Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-03-19
PAST FINDING our.



The Ways es = Woman Armed with aa
UmbreMa or rArasol.
| Among the things enumerated by Solo
mon as past finding out should have peen
included the way OF woman with an um-
brclla md he who observnntly walks tho
streets In these days, when every member
OF the softer ser carries q sunshade, will
feel that the author OF Ecclcsiastcs missed q
golden opportunity in not being able to ndi
this item 10 the list OF things too wonderful
for him.
The woman with an umbrella in the hrst
place, says writer IN the Boston Courier.
assumes that the sidewalk is LAID down for
her sole and especial uso. With certaia
oriental potentates the umbrella Ia sign OF
authority in virtue Of which all beholdcrs
are eIpectcd TO understand that II x their
duty 10 mako way and give the road TO the
exclusive use Of the high and mighty lord
Of tho umbrella In virtue Of scme subtle
instinct the moment a woman talfcs In her
hand sunshade and walks abroad. ail tho
oriental Significance Of that insignia
seems 10 impress itself upon hor soul.
and abe goes forth TO take posses
sion OF the streets that have become
hers by right Unfortunately she lacks
the guards which are provided to en-
force respect 70 the uHfurlcd umbrella
OF the potcntates she initiates, and she 10,
therefore, obliged 70 do her own fighting.
But with what glorious and effective zeal
she docs III How men who venture rashly
10 come IN her way are swept aside, their
hats knocked la tho dust, their eyes
prodded their faces scratched by the points
with which tho circumference OF the para.
sol bristles. How women who presume to
display like signs Of rank are hustled,
banged and frowned upon, and with what
rancor rival sunshades claah together Tho
amount OF vim woman can put into tho
thrust sho gives TO the sunshade OF another
woman gocs far TO redeem the charge u
weakness and physical iaferoriiy.
The result OF the triumphal proeross OF
women with sun-umbrclla Is disastrous
Her path 10 strewed with wrecks. Bias
pheming men pursue their hats along tho
pavemcnts; women whose hcadgcar has
been disarranged or whosc rival umbrellas
have been slit or hustled, boil with rage "a
they look for victims upon whom they may
In turn wreak similar indignities. Every
whero Indignation, wrath. devastation aud
general Generalization testify to the CON-
pletcness OF tho work aud tho might Of tho
woman with the umbrella.
:, discover . sprinkls ~ gray In your beard.
cleared.
To note how you take TO Your slippers and
And hug to tho nrs whom you got home from
town
All, that's VIA. I, is to b forty
Usw wesd -HsrAsning rrooesa.-
.'rhe recently invented process" ssyv
Eon, "by which wood 10 made TO take on
some Of the special characteristics Of metal
has been turned TO practical account in Cor
many. BY this process the surface becomes
20 hard and smooth as to be susceptible OF .
high polish, and may bc treated with
burnishcr OF either glass or porcelain, the
appearance OF the wood being then In overy
respect that Of polished metal, having, II
fact, tho semblanco Of n polished mirror.
but with this peculiar and advantageous
difference, namely, that, unlike metal, 1t 70
unaffected by moisture. To reach this re-
cult the wood is steepcd In bath Of caustic
nlkali for two or three days together, ac-
oording TO its degree OF pcrmeability, at .
temperature Of between 1856 and i97 degrees
Fahrenheit. II IL then placed In second
bath OF hydrosulphate OF calcium, 10 which
q concentrated solution OF sulphur is added
nftor some twenty-four or thirty six hours.
The third bath is one Of acetate Of lead, at q
Temperature OF from & TO 100 degrees
Fahrenheit and in this latter the wood is
allowed 70 remain from thirty 10 fifty hours,
After being subjected TO thorough drying
IL is in a condition for being polished with
lead, tin or rinc, M may be desired, finish
Ing the process with burnisher. when tho
wood apparently becomes piece OF shining.
Isslis.ssri w<l 1885, --