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, 1888-07-17

Supplementary to the great ~shoemaking
business here Is the rubber industry, for
which Boston is the great center in this
country. Forty million dollars worth of
rubber shoes and boots are sold in the
modern Athens annually. The raw ma
terial comes from Para, Brazil, in huge
Jumps, which the natives make by dipping
sticks in the sap of the caoutchouc tree
and turning them round and round with
frequent plunges into the heated rubber
over n hot fire. These Jumps, upon reach
ing the factory, are cut In slices. which
are run through rollers and pressed out
thin and fiat like pancakes. The sheets
thus obtained are next put through other
rollers, heated to a high temperature, and
incidentally amalgnmated with q compost
ton of lampblack, sulphur and litharge,
which reduces them to a soft and putty
like consistency.
Finally, In this soft condition, they are
passed over steel rollers bigger than any
that have gone before, and actually incor-
porated with the tissue of q wooden cloth
which is destined to serve as the lining of
the eventual boot or shoe. If you will
try to pull apart the lining and outer coat
of a rubber sandal, you will obtain a no
ton of the thoroughness with which this
part of the manufacture is performed.
The rubber sheets, thus prepared. are
passed through a last set of rollers,
on which are engraved all the mark
ings and corrugations of the sole and
upper that appear in the completed article.
The rubber sheets are now ready for the
cutter, who turns out the various pieces
by hand, with the aid of a knife and pat
terms. The parts are then put together
by other workmen with rubber tape.
When this much has been accomplished,
the shoe or boot is lasted in the usual
way, and, after being vanished. is allowed
to remain for eight hours in a room heated
to the temperature of 235 dogs. The heat
sets the varnish and tempers the rubber,
which Is then termed "~vulcanized." Tho
stamping OF, the firm name on the sole is
the concluding operation, and then the
rubber shoe is ready for sale.-Boston
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
, 1888-07-17
Pen Picture of Gath.

Mr.. Townsend Is not 90 years old, but
he hasn't much further to travel before
he reaches that milestone. He Is the very
opposite in appearance of q student. He
would starve to death In Boston unaccom-
panied by his reputation. His physique
Indicates good dinners, regular hours, IN
abundance of vacation, q bank account
and repose. His eyebrows are shaggy,
his face is broad, his mustache is dark,
his eyes are restless, but in this respect
not in accord with his bodily movements.
For a man of his reputation as a news
gatherer he is a disappointment on first
appearance, He Is not alert, although he
Is inquisitive.
An old newspaper man who Is q good
judge Of men describes him In saying that
Townsend is receptive, not reflective
He takes in everything; he uses every
body; he fills himself up; you squeeze
him and you get what everybody has said,
not what Townsend thinks"
Mr.. Townsend never writes anything
himself. When on a mission he has his
shorthand man II n typewriter. They
go to his room at n stated hour and re-
main there till he says good night. He
goes to the hotel office, or the rotunda, or
the headquarters of this or that delega-
ton. He finds n man, no matter whom,
and gets him started. On such a mission
he rarely takes n note. Having obtained
his mans views MIR. Townsend goes to
his room, dictates what he has heard and
embellishes it. always taking care that
the establishment is fattering to the SUBJ
ject, and in this way the interview is sell
dom. IL ever, denied. There you nave
the secret of Mr.. Townsend as an inter
viewer. This done. he is out again ON a
similar mission. Chicago Times.
, 1888-07-17

How do you like my new dress2' in.
CURED Mrs. De Jaison of her husband
mo it isn't. Now, Alfred, l think
you're just horrid. It's the new color,
emerald green"
Yes. dear, but I was only going to
say
"Oh, l knowl That it isn't the color ]
ought to wear. If it was that horrid
Miss - you would think it lovely"
But l didn't mean"-
Eyes, you did, too. You're mean
enough for anything. And you've never
noticed my new chip hat, either"
why, my love, l thought
You thought OF course you did
that it makes me look frightful. IL
[sob, sobEdeclare it's TOGO bad"
IF you'd only let me speak'-
Speak Why. what else have you
done for the last half hour-just to find
fault, too. with everything l had oni
What's that? A diamond for my birthday
present. Oh, you dear, precious old
sweet Why didn't you say 80, and not
tease mo so2 l could not imagine what
you wanted to ay."-Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-07-17

If we take three pieces of glass, and dis.
tribute over N several small drops OF
brown paint, by pressing on this with an.
,ther glass, the drops are spread out, Civ.
ing to the whole glass a delicate brown
tint. If we now separate the glasses a
little the paint collects in drops, and the
tint partly disappears. If we take the
third glass and place on 1t a-few. drops OF
green paint, and then press 1t against one
of the others, a green tint will show
through the layer of brown dots. The
skin Of the chameleon Is, roughly speak
ing, made up of three such layers, with
dots of pigment called chromatophores
between them. These dots may be con.
tracted or spread out In thin layers, the
resulting color depending on the color OF
the chromatophores affected The power
OF adapting color to surrounding objects
is known to naturalists as protective re.
semblance," and many cases of it are to
be found in both the animal and vege
table kingdoms. The Swiss Cross.
, 1888-07-17

Indian slavery is said to have replaced
negro slavery in Brazil. Mr.. Wells, G
great Brazilian traveller, says that sin
the widest regions of the tributaries OF
the Amazon bands Of India rubber gather.
ers carry on an iniquitous traffic with
many Indian tribes, from whom they &c,
quire captives from other tribes. The
lawlessness of their proceedings is fully
admitted by the Brazilian government,
but over the vast areas in the distant
regions through which they roam it is alb
~solutely impossible to maintain any check
over them.-New York Sun.
, 1888-07-17

little boy was passing through Riving
ton street the other afternoon with fouI
new pairs of trousers slung across his
If he wanted to make five cents. The boy
said he did. well, go up in that house
and ask for Miss Smith and tell her Mr..
Johnston is waiting to see her. I'll hold
your bundle till you come down" The
little fellow did as requested, but when
he returned neither man nor bundle was
to be found. There is a gang of such
thieves at work ON the east side. They
have been known to take a pitcher and
pennies from a little girl sent after milk.
Another Of their tricks is to tell a little
boy that his coat is dirty and offer to
clean it for him. The unsuspecting little
fellow will take off his coat and the thief
will make off with it.-New York Sun.
, 1888-07-17
A FRlGHTFUL SKIN DISEASE.
~SunerIngs Intense. Head Nearly Raw.
Body Covered with Sores. Cured
by the Cuticura Remedies.


MEsSRs. & BRUNER: Monroe, N. G.
Dear two months ago, on read
ing your recommendation, / bought a bottle
Cuticura Resolvent, one box Cuticura Salve,
and one cake Cuticura Soap, for my son, aged
ID years, who has been afflicted with eczema
for n long time, and l am pleased to say that l
believe the remedies nave cured him. His
sufferings were intense, his head being nearly
raw, his ears being gone eNceptthe gristle, and
his body was covered with sores. His condi-
ton was frightful to behold. The sores have
now all disappeared, his skin is healthy, eyes
bright, cheerful disposition and working every
day. My ~neighbors are witnesses to this re
markable cure, and the doubling ones are re-
quested to call or write me or any of my neigh
bors WIN. s.
Winchester p. o., Union Co, N. C..
, 1888-07-17
FROM WITHIN.


Not by the sea tide,
Nor the swift river,
Nor the stars that sweep thro' waste OF heaven
Side by side
Forever and ever,
Do We mark mans life with its loss and gain.
Not by the leafs fall,
Nor by the spring rain,
Nor the atoms that drift thro' endless storms
Changing all
Tho they chRngeless remain,
Do We count mans life with its hap and bane.
Not by the strong things,
Nor by things sweet,
Nor by the fair light OF sun that speeds far
On swift wings,
Nor the wild winds that meet,
Do we time mans life with its dusk and day.
But by the strong will,
But by the souls grace,
But by the yeafnings that thread night and day
Soft and still,
TIL they glow In his face,
Do we tell mans life forever and aye.
George lie Moline in Overland Monthly.
, 1888-07-17

81 hate to make a complaint, Mr.. Smith,
but that lawn mower of yours is a terrible
nuisance"
Lawn mowerl haven't got any lawn
mower"
Haven't got any lawn mowerH Well,
that's goodi As though hadn't heard 1t
night and morning aver since l moved
here. Therel there goes the COMPOUNDED
thing againl"
But, my dear sir, that isn't a lawn
mower. That's my son winding up his
Neutrality-suspicious. Transcript.
, 1888-07-17

THE POTTER DRUG n CHEMICAL Co.
Genhe7nen:-Mr. WINS. Stephenson of this
county brought his son to town to-day to let
us see him and to show us what Cuticura
Remedies had done for him. This is the case
referred to in our letter to you some time ago
To look at the boy now one would suppos-
that there had never been anything the mat
ter with him-seems 10 be in perfect health.
the father has to say about the matter,-wrote
1t just as he dictated.
We are selling quite a quantity of Cuticura
Remedies and hear nothing but praises for
them. We regard the Cuticura Remedies the
best in the market, and shall do al we can to
promote their sale. Yours truly,
& BRUNEI,
Druggists and Pharmacists.
, 1888-07-17

Since there must, or 1t is thought there
must, be floral tributes to actresses, the
suggestion of a New York manager that
the surplus supply be sent to hospitals is
worth needing. After doing duty as
blinds to the spectators two or three
nights, they are generally left to witber
and waste their sweetness on the car,
bureted hydrogen air. Only let them be
sent before they are too far gone.-Chi.
Gag Herald.
, 1888-07-17
Discoveries More Valuable Than Gold

Are Santa Able. the California discovery
for Consumption and diseases of the
Throat, Chest. and Lungs, and Caliior-
MIA Cat-R. Cure, the only guaranteed cure
for Catarrh, Cold in the Head aud kin
dred complaints. They are sold at 81
per package, or three for 50. so, and are
recommended and used by the leading
physicians of the Pacific coast. Not
secret compounds. Guaranteed by DR..
w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-07-17

Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood Maker
No remedy in the world has gained the
popularity that this medicine has, as a
household or family medicine, no one
should be without it. 1t has no calomel
or %auinine in its composition, consequent
" no bad effects can arise from 1t. We
keep a full supply of it at all times. w.
N. Hunt agent.
, 1888-07-17
For fine watch repairing.
David Miller, Idelman Block.


The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT,
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. Win positively sure all
kinds Of piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETlNE OINTMENT. Sold by DIR.
w. N. Hunt, at IS cents per box-by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-07-17

Aunt-Mina. what has become Of all
your beautiful curls7 You have NOT got
any left.
Mina-You see, the cavalry regiment
that has been stationed here has been
ordered away, and l had to give each Of
my admirers a lock OF hair.-Texas Sift-
iuUa
, 1888-07-17
He Thought 1t Was shortcale.

Boarder-Strawberry shortcake, Mrs.
Stew2
Mrs. Stew-No, Mr.. Tickle; it is plain
strawberry cake.
Boarder-oh. 1 thought it was straw
berry shortcake. as ! find my piece rather
short of berries.-New York Sun.
, 1888-07-17

Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup is the only
medicine that acts directly on the lungs,
blood and bowels; it relieves a cough in
stantly and in time effects a permanent
cure. w. N. Hunt agent.
, 1888-07-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums. allavs
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle.
, 1888-07-17

Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, soc; Soap,
25c; REsolvent, 81. Prepared by the Potter
Drug and Chemical Co., Boston, Mass.
40 Send for "How. to Cure Skin Diseases
"a pages, 80 illustrations and 100 testimonials.
, 1888-07-17

OF the 10, 500 persons who have visited
S~hakespeare's birthplace during the year
5000 were Americans, thirty-nine nation
alities being represented in all. The
amount derived from the visitors fees is
about $4,000 a ~year.-Boston Transcript.
, 1888-07-17

Citizen Ito strangerSWhat are your
politics, my friend2
stranger-I have no politics this year;
I'm leader Of a brass band.-New York
Sun.
, 1888-07-17

Cuticura, the great skin cure, and Cuticura
prepared from it, externally, and Cutl-
cura Resolvent, the new blood purifier, inter
nally, are "A positive cure for every form of
skin and blood disease, from pimples TO scrof-
, 1888-07-17

"Woolenite" is q new word used to
designate the man who wears garments
entirely of wool.
, 1888-07-17

It Is said that bald headed Indians are
becoming common, and the plug hat OF
civilization Is thought to be responsible.
, 1888-07-17

pIMPLES, ~blackheads, red, rough, chapped
L LIN and oily skin prevented by Cuticura
Soap.
, 1888-07-17

In 1772 Clementius Reid published q
newspaper in Virginia
, 1888-07-17
Dr.. Wagner c..
SEGCIALrsra


We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention TO this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition OF human
ity is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
them from worse than death, is no less q
philanthrophist and n benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plication excels IN any other b anch OF his pro
fesSion. And, fortunately for humanity, the day
Is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
condemned the victims Of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law, to die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG MEN
WhQmay besuflering from the Effects of youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
MEX VIII guarantee to forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case OF seminal weakness or prl-
undertakes and fails to cure.
M~IDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many men of the age of 80 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often mi by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing of the system in n manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a ropy sediment Will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen wifi APP
pear, or the color will be of akin or milklsh
hue, again changing ton dark and turbid ap-
pearance. There are many men who die of
.HN' hNu iBbOidib II YIN tdusS, WHICH II
the second stage of seminal DIR.
Wagner viii guarantee a cure in all such
cases and n healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communication should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER Il co.
lili Lartmere street. Address, Box 27B3, Dem
Yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1888-07-17

Strawberries with cream at the Saddle
Rock.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-02
"BILLY" COOK DEAD.

One OF Twecd's Lfeutennnts Closes
His Career--A Very Expensive
Clerk.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-02

Ladies are no longer TO wear birds
on their bonnets and hats. Thus 1t
has been decreed by fashion. The be-
nevolent edict comes just In time TO
save the last remaining members Of
the humming birds Of Paradise. The
great forests Of India, Brazil, and the
banks of the Mississippi have been
ransacked, and have yielded up their
treasures of winged jewels to adorn
the feminine headgear. Now, at last,
there Is TO be truce to the massacre,
and the pretty dcnizens of the woods
may sing and ny awhile In peace. To
estimate the extent OF slaughter per-
petrated for the sake of womankind's
adornment, we may take the statement
of a London dealer. who admits that
last year he sold 100000 small birds
of every possible kind and color, from
the soft gray OF the wood pigeon to
the gemlike splendor Of the tropical
bird. Even the friendly robin has
been inundated TO adorn the fashion
able bonnet.-London Queen.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-02
Give the women n Chance.

Why am l woman-suffragistf Be-
cause / am. Because woman has
more good. hard, common sense than
q man. Because she makes less blus-
ter about her rights, 'and quietly
maintains them better than man.
Because she won't give $3.50 for an
article that she knows very well she
can get for rs cents. Because she
does not stalk loftily away from the
counter without her change If the rob-
Der behind It is little reluctant about
counting It out Because she Is too
independent to pass the landlord 1925
for her dinner, and then pay the head
waiter 81 to send her waiter who
will bring 1t to her for so cents. Be-
cause she will hold her money tightly
In her own good, little, right hand for
two hours until she first gets receipt
for it from the fellow who made her
husband pay the same bill three times
last year. Not any "just give you
credit for It" for her.
Because one day Pullman porter
complained to me. mo money on
this trip; too many women aboard.
Don't never get nothin' out of woman
'ceptin' just her regular fare" / had
just paid him twenty-five cents for
blacking one of my boots and losing
the other; and when he said that, when
saw for myself the heroic frmness
of those women, travelling alone, pay
ing their fair, and refusing to pay the
salaries of the employees Of a wealthy
corporation, / said: "These women
have a right to vote" To vote? BY
all that is brave, and self-reliant, and
sensible, they have right to run the
ernment!-Burdette
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-02
Her Visiting List.

A Philadelphia lady accidentally
left her visiting list in a dry-goods
store, and before IL was returned to
her some interesting matter was culled
from IL. There were in 1t a hundred
or more names Of the Quaker city's
bellies and beaux, accompanied by
such free and easy explanatory notes
"horrid and vulgar" "does nothing but
eat" "a regular circus" ''mushroom,"
"very swell" "rich, but disagreeable,"
pretty, but poor" "conceited," "very
rococo," ga fine antique" "plebian,"
"pretentious and pushing" "clever
but fast" "blue- blooded pauper," saw
fully queer" "a dreadful tongue" ETC.,
etc.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-02

run on the track (comma) turned up
side down (comma) with tho cow
catcher buried in a stump and the
wheels making a thousand revolutions
minute (nll stop) A kite In the
mir that has lost its tail (dash) hui
man novel without hero (dasl) a
man who climbs a tree for a bird 3
nest (comma) out on limb (comma)
and in order to get 1t saw the limb on
between himself and the tree Quli
stop) A ship without rudder (dash)
clock without hands (dash) an arrow
shot into the air (dash) a sermon that
is all text (dash) a pantomime OF
words (dash) the apotheosis OF talk
(comma) tho incarnation OF CAB full
stop) Handsome (comma) vivacious
(comma) muscular (comma) as neat rs
a cat (comma) a Judge of the effect OF
clothes (comma) frugal in food and
regular only in habits Qull stop) A
MONDAY mystery (dash) a solved
conundrum (dash) cypher hunting
for figure to pass for something
(semi- colon) with the brains OF twenty
men in his head (comma) all pulling
in different directions (scmhcolon)
not bad as to heart (comma) but q
man who has shaken hands with rev.
erence Qull stop) This Is George
Francis Train full stopy'
Thus did Mr.. Prentice draw pic
ture Of the restless agitator which
photographs him inside and out even
TO day. WI Visscher ia Arkansov
Traveller.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-02

One OF Twccd's Lfeutcnants Closes
His Career-A Very Expensive
Clerk.
BILLY" Cook. who left New York
with $500. 900 at the time OF the Tweed
scandle. Is dead in Paris. says The
Neto YORK. Herald. For years past he
had been an invalid. His sealed will
is in the hands of M. Valois, a Paris
lawyer
When the Tweed ring came to grief
early In the 70's Cook was clerk In the
department of public works at a salary
OF 81. 900 year. but lived at the rated
of at least ten times that amount
and was spoken of as an opcn-handed
liberal fellow.
His apartments In the upper part of
the city were fitted up with ebony
furniture OF the best make and filed
with rare paintings and bric-a- brac.
The tableware was OF solid silver and
everything was OF the most expensive
kind. But rs his bills were promptly
paid by Comptroller Connolly, after
they had been raised 100 per cent or
so. BILLY" was not called upon 10
practice economy. and entertained
his friends in right royal style.
Cook was very near to Tweed in
these balmy days but rs he never
came to trial the exact amonnt of his
pilferings was never known. 1t was
said that he had realized mt least $780,
600. When the crash came he was in
dicted In company with Peter b.
Sweeny. Andrew s. Garvey. William
nj. Tweed. and the other members of
the ring. but receiving the Tip" In
time. fled to England.
just bfore his departure ho married
a ballet girl abroad. After remain
ing In England for . time Cook
went 10 Paris. where no had since re-
sided
Early In 1882 BILLY" returned 10
this city. but not until tho time fixed by
the statute OF limitations had expired.
Soon after his arrival q nollo
prosequi was entered In his case. AZ
in that of Peter b. Sweeny and he
became once moro New Yorker.
His long residence abroad. however.
had untitled him for life In his native
country, and he soon returned to Paris
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-02

during some seasons there are more
rain and snow than In others, but
come 1t must. To such 1t always has.
There are few grown up children
who spend recklessly when 1t is theirs
to spend. In such cases they have
not been taught to think or have not
had any responsibility in the use of
money; keep woman child, never
set her free from the leading strings
and she cannot be trusted. That Is
not the way TO learn TO walk. BY no
such method comes strength Of char
acter. Good Housekeeping.