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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-10-11
Hiking Popularitv.

Guest-I understand that Billins Is
one Of the most popular men in your
city.
Host-Did Bilkins tell you that?
Guest-Oh, no; Ihave not met Bilkins
for years.
Host-Ah! Then you have been talk
ing with his wife.-New York Weekly.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-10-11
Not His Boots.

Add you hear that the thief and
desperate Buckshot Jack had been
killed?
B.-No. Died with his boots on,
suppose?
A.-No indeed. He died with another
mans boots on-robbed shoe store.-
Texas Siftings.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-10-11
IN THE TAN LIQUOR.

They are then taken into large room,
the floor of which is simply planks laid
over large watts. Into these vats hide
is thrown, fresh bark isscattered over it,
and another hide is placed on top, ETC.,
until the vat is filed. The whole is SUBJ
merged in the strongest tan liquor.
While these are soaking let us see how
the liquor is made. In large room
there are tllirty-two leeching vats, each
16 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep. In
new tannery these must be filed with
fresh water and ground bark, but in an
established tannery liquor is used. The
fresh bark is flooded with strong liquor,
and when this is drawn off weaker liquor
Is put on the same bark, the vat being
allowed to stand eight days each time,
and then weaker liquor is placed on the
bark, till at the thirty-second time it is
pure water; or, in other words, fresh
water is put on worn out bark, then
transferred to fresher and fresher, until
when put on new bark 1t is strong
liquor. The exhausted bark is burned in
heated ovens and generates an immense
amount of steam.
The hides taken from the vats were
packed with bark and suspended on
frames in tan liquor for two weeks.
Here as in the leeching process an old
tannery has an advantage. The fresh
liquor is put on the hides that have been
longest tanning, and as the strength is
taken out by the hides the liquor is run
over fresher hides until at last it is run
over perfectly fresh hides and into the
sewer. Thus the longer hide has been
tanning the stronger liquor it is subject
ed to.
From the watts the hides are taken to
be secured by a brush and stone in a
machine. They are then dried. When
perfectly dry they are tempered by be-
ing dampened with fresh water. They
are then polished with copper wheels
worked by machinery in the manner of
a huge fatiron. This is the last touch
given to sole leather. Betting leather is
sold in the rough without this last pol
ishing. Betting is, however, made here,
and only the best stock is selected for
that purpose. The hides are first cut into
short strips of the proper width, soaked
and secured, dried and stuffed. Stuf6ng
consists in applying coat of oil and
grease to the damp leather. It is then
dried and the oil Is absorbed by the
leather, after which the greaseis scraped
off, the strip dampened and put into
frame, where it is subjected to great
strain in order that it may lose all elas-
ITCHY. It is then removed to the belt
department, where it Is glued or riveted
into belts.-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-10-11
FORESTS OF BARK.

Inc nrSG room entered was the bark
store room, where there was an immense
pile Of 40, 600 cords of chestnut oak bark.
This is obtained from Kentucky, Ten
neesee and Alabama, and enough Is kept
stored for years nse. At one end of
this room is q machine, into which two
men are kept busy feeding the bark to
be ground up. The tan bark was left
for awhile and the hide room was visit
ed. This is below the level of the rail
road track, and a trap door opens in the
ceiling, through which the hides are
dropped from the cars. Most of the
hides come from Chicago, but for pat
ent leather those brought from Paris,
France, are the best, as they arc larger
and thicker. Rough hides range in value
from $8 to $40, according to grade. They
are here sorted, weighed and put into
packs of 1874 hides each, and one hide of
each pack is numbered. The whole pack
is started at once, and comes out finished
at the same time. By means of rope
attached to the numbered hide the loca-
tion Of any pack can be ascertained at
any time.
NCAV SOA0eS V11o Ucitul house. mere
the hides are soaked in clear water for
three days, receiving four changes of
water in that time. Thus thoroughly
soaked they are plunged into lime water
and left for five days. One more day in
fresh water and they are run through
machine at the rate Of b12 daily and have
all the hair removed. Next they go to
the beams, which are boards about five
feet long, inclined to an angle of forty
five degrees and having longitudinal
convexity upward and being covered
with zinc. Upon these the hides are
thrown flesh side up, and the flesh side
scraped off with broad bladed knives.
The bits Of meat go to the glue factories
and the hair is used by plasterers An
other soaking in fresh water and they
are taken by the strokers, who work
them three times on beams to remove
any short hairs or lime that may remain.
From here they are put into fresh water
again, then suspended on sticks In very
weak tan liquor for two weeks. They
are perfectly white when introduced into
this liquor, but come out slightly tanned
OY hrouyn
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-10-11

f a, ~ es
year. Sample copies free. Address American Pro
Rive Tartn League, u w. ESD st., New York
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

Natures tendency is to restore the bal.
ance-as a man gets ''short' his face gets
long.
Five red-haired girls gave a white-horse
bazaar at Williamsport, Pa, i'm the cause
of charity.
A championship emblem recently pre-
scented to a New York c~hess-player was a
chess board of solid silver with inlaid gold
for each alternate square. A full set Of
chessmen, which accompanied the board.
was made of sterling silver.
Aid. Donohus, of wilkesbarre, Pa, has
gained N wide reputation for his novel
method of furnishing a w~ife-beater, by
himself recently fioRRing the prisoner at
the bar. A letter commanding his action
has been received from q French lady
residing in New York.
Some clients called upon n Brooklyn
lawyer and he invited them out to lunch.
When thry got their bill for legal rervices
they found some - added to IL for the
meal, but they took good care not to nay
it, and the overshrewd disciple of Black
stone has not mp to b % present sued.
The burning Of all the papers dealing
with thef founding OF the ConRoo free state
i'm the palace of Lacken, near Brussels, IL
a much more severe blow to King Leopold
than at first sight appears. These papers
were necessary for him to show the exact
part which he had taken as und of
that state, and their absence may cause
him serious loss some day.
On the Kanawha q Ohio railway a quail
few against the headlight of u locomotive
the other evening, breaking the glass and
distinguishing the light. The quail was
picked mp for dead and given to the bag
gaRemaster, who revived it. Soon ID was
as clipper as ever and was turned loose
to go ON it's way rejoicing, while the train
ran the remainder of the way in darkness.
The big find of uranium i'm Cornwall, in
England, and h prospect of q greatly re-
duced price for the formerly considered
rare material, il likely to lead TO it's en-
ployment as o substitute for gold In many
ways. With copper and platinum. alloys
are made with Il that rival gold In beauty;
indeed. where the latter il used with Il
it will successfully resist the action of
acid.
Aftor the iainehtabie experience OF this
country Il is interesting tn know that there
is a part Of the world where the buffalo is
not only not dying out but increasing IN
numbers. Vast heards of these animals
are now running wild over certain dis
tricts of nothern Australia. The animals
are said to be massive and well grown,
with splendid horns. The first buffaloes
were landed mt Port EssinRton, In north
ern Australia, about h year 1879.
Funeral notices Neatly printed at the
ss Stund0p vt :" Office.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

ter Aountatn enjoys and which honest
people despise.
When the Eater Mountaia declares
that this paper said, zone other oficial
upon whose shoulders rests h blame
for h present condition of Affairs" IL
simply lies, and furthermore the
Inter Mountain commits this perjury
consciously and with intent to deceive.
The reputation of any honest man
needs no defense at the hands of a per-
jurer-much less a self confessed one.
Decent people are disguised mt the
fawning and slObbering of any news
paper whose utterances are discredited
i'm it's own columns. The officials of
Butte city are not in urgent need of
cOmmendation at the hands of h
Inter Mountain.
The Inter Mountain questions the
motives which prompted this news
paper to call attention to abuses which
existed i'm that city, n asks for names
and dates. Names and dates have
been given, and the whole matter In
now being investigated by the
proper authorities. The STANDARD
is content that il has called
official attention to these abuses, and
has no desire to repeat it's statements
for the mere ~edificatiOn of the Inter
Mountain.
II the Inter Mountain desires to
keep posted ON current events i'm Butte,
il it desires to learn to tell the truth
and not resort to the methods of q per-
jurer. il il desires, i'm fact. to read h
best daily newspaper in the state of
Montana, one which dares express it's
sentiments and dOes not find il neces-
sary to resort to falseheOd-it can ave
the STANDARD for ten dollars "a ear or
one dollar u month.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23
Or. ABBoTT's INSTALLATION.

1t appears hat the installation of
Rev. Lyman Abbott AS pastor Of Ply
mouth church in Brooklyn last week
was not the most harmonious gather
ing recorded by history. There was no
dissent on the part of the members of
the church, but there was OF the part
of h clergymen who gathered to do
the installing. According to the
custom of the Congregational and
Presbyterian churches, DIR. Abbott was
examined" touching his religious be-
liefs. He had the courage to tell what
he did believe and what he didn't be-
lieve, at which one of the examiner.
Rev. r. II. Mcleod, Of the Clinton
avenue church. Brooklyn, was SO
that he arose and left the
room.
1t ID not within the province of a Sec
ular journal to discuss points OF the.
ology, but IL il not out of place to state
h cause Of Mr.. McLeod's d~ispleasure.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23
TOLD A SIMPLE llE.

The Butte Inter Mountain confesses
its ignorance of the recent d~isgraceful
condition Of affairs in the city police
court, and i'm its effort TO perveft the
meaning of statements made in this
supplies NORRIS 70 suit its
fancy. and tives its own utterances the
lie. Again the STANDARD repeats that
It In content in the knowledge that its
statements regarding the Butte police
court nave been fully proven, and
whether or not it's course meets the
Inter Mountains approval Is a matter
that does not Oncern this newspaper
in the least.
A few days ago the STANDARD re.
marked that 'at the present stage OF
h game a resignation might be in
order; later OF the city government
may find it necessary to rid the city
of at least one official upon whose
shoulders rests the blame for the pres.
ent condition OF affairs"
In order to serve the purpose of its
petty spite the inter Mountain finds IL
necessary to supply the word 'other'
and make the sentence res one other
official" The Int. M0unta." prints
the paragraph rs it appeared,a and then in
its attempt to show that the STANDARD
has attacked the official character oi
every living man i'm the city of Butte
finds 1t necessary to ~ to falsehOOd
the las resort Of a self convicted per
jurer.
II the STANDARD has ever accused
the Inter Mountain of employing
decent methods il legs the privilege oi
here and now retracting any such in
situation. Any newspaper that givei
the lie to it's own editorial page, i'm tn
same article and within u dozen lines
deserves the reputation which the In
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

People who got nothing but left at
Christmas might possibly learn some
thing to their advantage by addressing
the dead letter office mt Washington;
for many bushels of Christmas pack
ages are accommodating there ON account
of lack of address and care in direction.
1t would do no harm at any rate to cut
this item out and SEND it to those of
your friends from whom you had rea-
son to expect something which failed
to m~aterialiZe. 1t will how them that
yOn are still holding your opinion of
them i'm allegiance.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23
MISPLACED vllllANY.

Ex-NIinister Phelps advances the
opinion that the sensational and emo
tional novel is responsible for many of
the divorces of the day. lie assumes
that the young woman n becomes
absorbed i'm reading such novels judges
men by the standard of the impossible
heroes which n finds i'm them, and
finds the husband h gets common
place and tedious.
According to this theory the evil in
iuence would be cOunteracted il
nOvelists would infuse more villiany
into their works. This advice of course
the story ~tellers. He is painted black
enough, the Lord knows; and each
novelist seeks to produce a more vii
famous william than any that his prede-
cessors have brought forth. The brains
of these writer's of fiction are taxed
constantly to discover or invent some
fresh and exclusive villiany which will
give their williams distinction and cele-
brity over all other Williams. The
ordinary N commonplace species of
william is rejected as unworthy of treat
ment. Even the refined, courteous
society william il played out. The viii
liam of the modern. novel must be not
only "a heavy william, but a grOtesque,
abnormal, miraculous sort of a william.
He moves in society, it is true,
and may nave the polish and education
of his immediate ~fOrerunner, the society
villain of the novels of ten years ago.
but he il far more ingenious and in
ventive. lie generally has a thorough
knowledge of science, n studies how
to apply it SO as to ecure in a way
masterful i'm its secrecy and diabOlism
the complete and lasting downfall of
his enemies. He is not only n villain
he is a genius.
As the villain has increased i'm vii
lainy n hero has increased in all that
is lovely and of good report. Mr..
Phelps says he is ''impOssible," b ut Mr..
Phelps forgets that to the novelist all
things are possible. There may be
nothing like him i'm the earth or in the
waters under the earth, but little diff
ference does that make to such writer's
Ouida and her school.
II Mr.. Phelps assumption be correct
as to the effects of such novels upon
young women, the remedy must lie in
infusing a portion OF the villains vii
lainy into h hero. The villain GER
has enough and to spare. But
the difficulty lies III making a novel in
the villain IL not .ho,iy
bad, nor the hero wholly COED. fascin-
ating TO the average reader. iioweli's
and Janies come pretty close 10 meet
Ing h requirements, but Ho%elis and
James are not popular and never will
To sum them up su~ccinctiy. they
try hard enough but they can't get
there. They are not the stuff. Nor
with the exception of TOlstoi and per-
haps one or two Others are there any
novelists living who are the stuff.
There aave been few such contrasts in
literature as the world of fiction i'm 1856
and the world of fiction i'm 1870.
But on the whole we are inclined to
believe that Mr.. Phelps Overestimates
the effects of the modern novel upon
Young nm
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23
THE LEAD

Trouble involving the tariff on Next
can lead began with the Interpretation
Of the law of 1883. As every reader of
the STANDARD is aware, secretaries of
the treasury, in constituting the law,
have held that when ore contains more
i'm value of silver or gold h of lead il
shall be deemed n gold or u silver ore.
Mexican silver ores more or less rich in
lead come pouring over h border duty
free under this ruling. The Northwest
suffers under this treatment. It's repre-
seutatives i'm congress are making ear
nest protest, and thus the e question
is before the public.
Lead had a hearing before the house
ways and means committee on Tues
day of last week. Montana is particu-
larly interested in Congressman Carriers
presentation of the case, n the
STANDARD prints this morning a very
full summary of his remarks. Regard
ing the question there are several pro-
positions before the committee. One
is the senate bill providing that lead ore
and lead drOss shall pay one and a half
cents per pound, provided that silver
ore containing lead shall pay a duty
of one and u half cents
per pound Oh the lead
contained therein, according to sample
and assay at the port of entry. Mr..
Carter pointed Out'the fact that diff
Guilty arises under the question ms to
what constitutes silver ore. How
much lead may be present and h rank
of silver ore be still preservedY Mr..
Carter shows how, under present rul-
ings, market value is made the test,
with the esult that most of the ore i'm
ported from Mexico is called silver IRE
Congressman Bartine. of Nevada pro-
posed hat when ore contains lead in
sufficient quantities to render il valu-
able for commercial and industrial
purposes 1t is lead ore within the mean
ing of h law. The Montana member
after q running discussion with men,
beers OF the committee, proposed that
all ore In which lead ia of greater
weight than any other metal contained
therein shall be classified as lead ore.
Both propositions are open to Objec-
ton. Unless Mr.. Bartine can fix a deti-
milton, the question will always be
open, o much lea may there be i'm
any ore to render the lead valuable for
commercial purpOser On n other
hand, MIR. Carriers proposition il by no
means as concise as might have been
developed out of the argument befOre
the cOmmitte. One point is fully
stated by h salt Lake Tribune which
v
III ouf yuuSfueut, VT. U IAN n stTlDus
mistake in the wording Of the amendment he pro- |
poses. The mistake is that were IL the law, Inn
Iorters would evade paying all duty by adding
iron enough, where there Is not enough already
In the ore, To make the iron heavier than the
lead. for iron Is "A metal although practically
worthless In that combination. In very much
lead ore the iron exceeds the lead i'm weight.
The best amendment is that which
would read: All lead in ores or other
combinations shall pay duty" and five
added words would Tx the rate, II it
be made the same % on pig lead, II
would be two cents per pound. This
would follow the clause in the law re-
lating to copper, and It would make
every pound of lead pay duty when it
crosses the border.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

In regard 10 q question about the trim
ity. DIR. Abbott said that e believed I'm
one God ~ . matter of psiDonal ex-
p~erience, and not of dogmatic defini-,
ton. "As to Gods relations to Christ,
God In 30 great and ] ann no small"
said Dr. Abbott, that ! don't knO
anything about it,"
A majority of the examiners, how
ever. voted favOrably upon Dr. Abbott,
and the installation was proceeded
with. but the end was not yet. 1t
was reserved for Dr. F.. w. Donald. u
Protestant Episcopal clergyman. who
was invited to be one Of the speakers
as a matter of Christian fellowship, to
deal u blow at our esteemed cOntem-
pOraries, the religious press. II there
was any criticism mt his taking part i'm
the installation services an an Episcopal
minister, he said lit would come from
that curse of he hurch-the denOmiha-
tiOnal newspaper"
Now that the difficulties Of installa-
eiOn have nee surmOunted, we predict
that DIR. Abbott will have no further
trouble indeed, there IN been no trOu-
BILE between him and the congregation
and hat he will make n worthy sue
cessOr to the brilliant Beecher.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

The editor of the Red Lodge Picket
and some other Montana editors would
do well to take lessons i'm mOdesty from
the newly installed editor of Ma Rulo,
Georgia, Times, who i'm his salutatory
v "This weeks Times is edited by
Morton Potter, who has as yet had
no experience i'm the business, and who
would be pleased if We editors of other
papers would east no reflections on our
inability to cope with you'uns, as life is
short at best"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23
The Lotteries,

From the New York Star.
As q means of making money, the lot
terry, as II is conducted in this country, il
considerably inferior for outsiders to a
well regulated faro hank or the race
course. Temporary winnings are some
times made, but i'm the long run the sim
pleton who INDUCES I'm this kind of gamb-
ling always ooses. The people who pat
ronize the lotteries are almost without
exception or the ignorant or superstitious
class, and they ought to pc protected
from these harpies. On the same prin-
ciples that the police make war on conf
dence men, the United States is justified
i'm Interfering to prevent it's citizens being
by lotteries.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23
knnnns PHILOSOPHY.

FfOtn the Atchts1n G1Obe.
we see - woman teaching her
baby TO shake Its fist at others. md to say
cute but had words. we think of the timo
when she will he praying that the baby
will be cured of his bad habits, and won
dering where q hoy reared IA well an he
was could have acquired them.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

Social dancing parties in the West
have sometimes been provocative of
feelings and passions not in sympathy
with the gladstone joy supposed to
dominate all such occasions. Indeed
there nave been instances when the fes-
tivities were interrupted by q sudden
and effective display of revOlvers. Bat
the history of the western state4 records
nothing SO bold and brilliant in the
way OF rufiianism as the recent adven-
venture of a band of spirited young
mel in New York city. The late Mr..
Plummer and his associates who fell or
rather rose at n hands of the vigil
lantes of Montana, at no time had the
peculiar courage requisite to invade a
dancing-schOol, pitch the dancing mas
ter down stairs and attempt to seize
and carry away the young girls who
were his pupils, stabbing the lads who,
as h partners of the misses, loyalty
defended them. The people of New
York should come out to Montana and
get civilized.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

From the Chicago Tribune.
Since IT Inns been found possible to cook
by electricity there In no reason why the
amiable kitchen domestic should hereaf-
ter destroy herself 10y means of the kero-
sene can. She can effect the same result
by using n live wire and with less damage
to the surroundings.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

From the Chicago News.
So long az the police regard the press
and it's inquisitivene,s after news with
suspicion az a rival and inimical institu-
ton, the two chief agencies for the pro-
lection of society work at cross purposes
and thieves and miscreants are rejoiced.
Let the press and the police bury their
jealousies and c~oalose, and the thieves
and miscreants will have to lake Ia their
holes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23

From the Chicago Mail.
C~ouQhlin. O'Suliivan and Burke have
entered upon their long terms in Joliet.
Each one Expressed the belief that ssit
wasn't over yet" upon being taken 10 tho
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-23
Senator tsiair'. visionary sshe

From tiic SAN Francisco Aitn,
Senator Blair Is sdre that his appropri-
alton OF $1,000 900 TO turn the schools over
is federal control would pass il il we're not
FOR the Jesuits. This is The first good
thing that has been said for Il Iesuits
this wear,