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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
TANNING OF LEATHER
Crude Aethods Employed Success
fully in Various Lands.
MAKING WIRE FINER THAN HAIR.
An Instrument for Removing the Epi-
dermis in Skin Grating.
PAPAw LEAVES MAKE NEAT TENDER
PREPARED FOE THE prsrIrcx.,

fPREPARED FOB THE DIsPArcH.i
A leather manufacturer, who has been on
his travels, has sent trade journal some in
teresting notes on the methods Of tanning
adopted in various countries. While walk
ing out one day in Antigua, he came upon
hut about II feet square, matched with
sugar cane, and on entering he found him
self in very unique and primitive tannery.
A big, brawny colored woman was hard at
work taking the hair off skins. Her method
was of the simplest. The skins had been
put in lime for about a week, and were be-
ing unhaired by means of board, after
which they were stepped in various tan
liquors in series of tubs, and the product
was ready for market. The leather was
crude but serviceable, and sold readily in the
island.
John Chinaman was found to have rude
and primitive process. After sleeping in
solution of lime the hides are cleansed and
beaten, then tanned with extract of gall.
The hides are afterward passed backward
and forward through the smoke of straw,
which issues from circular furnace built
underground, and gives the latter yellow
brown color. The process Is then complete.
Sometimes the leather is blackened with a
solution of gals and copperas, or simply
with lampblack. India has 4S large tan
neries. Hides are tanned there by softening
in water for few days, after which the hair
is scraped off. The hide is then treated
with quickiime, and after remaining in this
condition for two or four days is placed in
the tan, which is made from the bark of the
babul acacia Arabica), or any other tree
yielding good tanning solution. There it
remains for fortnight or three weeks after
which it is removed, and when soaked in
clean water for short time and dried is
ready for use.
When intended for the manufacture Of
shoes the leather is usually stepped in a
solution of red dye for day or two before
being worked. From the undyed leather
buckets for wells and water bags for the
water carriers are made. Some leather
water-skins of superior description, called
chagals, are also made, which are used by
travellers to carry drinking water. Besides
the manufacture of different and character
istic forms of shoes used in various prov
inces, european bootmakiug has also been
learned in the bazars of the larger towns.
In some OF these hides of animals are beau
tifully tanned with the hair intact, and a
fine soft skin Of greenish buff color is made
into trousers, coats, leggins and gloves, the
skin used being that OF the deer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
WILLING TO MARRY.
Howard Fielding Conducts an In
vestigation of Matrimony.
INTERVIEWS TWELVE sPINSTERs,
The Result Is Breach of Promise Suits for q
Total of $300,000
AND A BREACH oF PEACE At HOME
lvp1rrEN ZOE THE prsPAruH.I

twRrTTEN FOB THE DIsPATcH.i
Maude was sitting at my desk when en-
tered the room, and the big tears were fall
ing from her eyes upon manuscript which
I had recently prepared.
''My DEAR" said in, q somewhat acid
voice. ''you needn't complicate the obscuri-
ties of my chirography by crying over that
It was intended to be funny"
"Oh, Howdy, how can you" she sobbed,
show can you write on the marriage ques-
ZION when you know that every horrid thing
you say will be traced right straight to me.
You know that after Mrs. Matthews article
was printed some of Mr.. Matthews friends
wouldn't speak to him on the street, and he
a model husband, as kind as kitten. Why,
she got barrels of letters of coincidence, in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

The total is little over 100000. I am
sorry for these ladies, but this is more money
than 1 can spare. If they win their cases
they will have to attach my salary, which
will suffice to settle their claims within
1000 or 5, 900 years.
I turned from these dreary legal docu-
ments to my own brilliant discussion of the
interesting than the laborious compositions
of the lawyers, and yet theirs seem to be
stronger argumentatively.
81 shall not publish this article" said
to Maude; my conclusions appear to have
been hasty." HOWARD FIELDING.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

chant, whose stock In trade would be hope
lessly ruined n the firemen were allowed
their own reckless way, to pay sums OF
money to the chiefs Of the ompanies to in
duce them to turn the hose in another di-
rection; or. failing In that, to lock doors and
windows and stand in front with drawn re-
volvers, to keep the destructive bomberos at
bay.
A Fire the Signal for Holiday.
The alarm system is so arranged, by the
ringing of bells, that those who understand
1t can instantly locate the scene Of disaster.
Occasionally the bomberos succeed in get
Ing there, engine and all, before building
Is quite consumed. They mostly ride up in
carriages, and repair to the balconies of
neighboring houses, where they watch the
burning as if it were 8 spectacular show
gotten up for their benefit 1t is the court
eous custom of the neighbors aforesaid to set
out luncheon for these distinguished guests,
Including wines and beer. When not ar.
rived too late to do anything but partake of
the luncheon, the highly excitable amateurs
sometimes perform wonderful feats, in the
line of Singing babies and mirrors out OF
upper windows and carefully carrying down
feather pillows. once saw piano hoisted
off a balcony and fall crashing into the
crowded street below, to the injury of few
heads and the utter demolition of the instru-
ment, which might as well have been left
to burn.
An acquaintance writing from Conception
the third city of Chile, situated some
distance south of Santlago-says: "The
houses hereabout are built OF heavy brick
and adobe, covered with earthen tiling, SO
that it would be almost i'm mpossible to burn
them. Within the memory of the oldest in
habitant there had never been fire in Con-
cepcion; but as all well-regulated cities in
civilized lands have fire companies, this
ambitious town must have one also. After
vast amount of spread-eagle talk. in print
and In public speeches. the city organized a
company of bonn beros. composed mainly of
the 'gilded youth. and purchased monster
fire engine, at unheard OF expense in trans
portation. But they found no use for either,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
New Use for the Papaw.

In the West Indies one of the character
istics Of an intelligent cook is the care with
which he or she will see to it that papaw
tree is growing within a short distance of
the kitchen door. The fruit Of the papa W,
if large and well grown, Is not to be de-
spised as a breakfast dish, and its rich
golden flesh is to many much more palatable
than that of the popular melon. But the
attractiveness OF the papaw for the cook
consists in its leaves, which possess the re-
markable property of rendering meat ten
der. The toughest beefsteak or the most
hopeless old rooster can be made soft and
comparatively juicy by being wrapped for
AN hour or two In the Large, dark green
papaw leaves.
DR.. Mortimer Granville, who has been,
for some time studying the properties of the
juice which works such wonders, states that
he has discovered in it remedy for cancer,
when used with some other preparations.
The organized ferment Of the papaw is be-
lieved to be bacillus; but DR.. Granville
says he has satisfied himself OF the thera-
peutic value Of the juice, or certain OF its
elements, as a solvent Of the morbifcally
indurated tissues in cancer, when admin
istered in combination with certain specified
adiuncts. 81
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

printed advice. Miss Lee remembered me,
and she blushed to contestant is she said
she blushed, but I had her in bad light and
couldn't honestly say that noticed it-she
blushed to confess that she had thought OF
me often, too often perhaps.
Noticed That She Was Eccentric.
introduced the subject of marriage. She
hadn't given it much consideration. She
would take day off and think of it. It
was q very serious matter. She remarked
that she made all her own clothes and was
quite in love with housework. couldn't
see what that had to do with the case, but I
was too polite to say so. However, as to
her clothes, it was honest OF her not to let
suspicion rest upon anybody else. She
would write me soon, and meanwhile need
not despair.
This Is the summary of q conversation
which led me to believe that Miss Lee was
somewhat eccentric, and perhaps trihe
sentimental for one of her age, which must
have been about 35.
Ny next call was a. the house of Miss
Helen Elizabeth Graves in Weehawken. I
don't know what she was talking about; I
really don't The subject OF marriage ap-
peared to excite her. Ijudged that she held
very violent opinions, but what they were,
could not fully understand. She, too,
promised to write to me.
Iskipped over to Morrisania to see Miss
Lottie Linden who prepares the Sunday
dinner column for Saturday afternoon
paper Che is hearty, robust woman Of 40,
who does not look as If she ever meddled
with her own prescriptions. I introduced
the subject Of marriage and begged her to
tell me calmly what she thought of II, but
she Immediately branched off to something
quite different. 1t appeared to be her de-
sire to give me her small savings amounting
to s., 000, Tor the purpose OF starting a New
York daily newspaper of which was to be
editor.
Love Better Than Cold Cash.
I told her that, as the sum she named
would run the paper tor only about 10 min
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
Railway Passenger Communication.

An apparently perfect system Of railway
passenger communication has been inau-
gurated in England. By means of new
apparatus, when the passenger has turned a
little handle, convenient of access, he act
ually stops the train by setting the vacuum
brake in action. As a remedy against friv-
olous or risky stoppages, the engine-driver
is enabled, when he feels the brake on, to
put it off SO that he may select suitable or
safe place to stop. His power Of stopping,
however, is lessened. in proportion to the
number of people who use the apparatus.
When four persons have applied themselves
to the communication in four different COM
partments the train is! stopped absolutely,
and is beyond the power of the driver.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
New Liquid Fuel Burner.

A new liquid fuel burner is said 10 possess
points of superiority over any burner
hitherto used. Among these are simplicity
safety. which is insured by the placing of
the oil trap few inches below the level of
the burner. and ease of regulation and
cleaning. A specially designed oil cup for
use with thick oil can De furnished, which
makes it possible to use oil of considerable
density. Hitherto there has been difficulty
in atomizing oil OF certain density, but,
with this improvement, as fine a spray as il
desired can be thrown iu.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
Two Remarkable Memories.
!hicago Tribune. ]

J. NJ. Hill, Of New York, and Joe Parks
were talking in the fremont House about
their memories. Parks said he could re-
member some things, while others got away
from him completely. II can. reeite." he
said, 'from memory every line OF Tom
O'Shanter' without missing. a word, but I
can't rememrer the number Of my brothers
house,.
Same here" said Hill. II recited one
night in New York from memory Macbeth
for man and forgot to sisn my name
70 Il
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
Poorly.Paid yocallsts.

A prominent music teacher is authority
for these facts: There are no less than 1000
singers employed in the choirs Of wealthy
churches of New York who receive but 81 a
week for their services. About 1000 are
paid 50. and less than 200 receive 81 Sum
day. This means. attendance at morning
and evening prayers, at least one rehearsal a
week and work at the occasional sociable
q plate OF salad and biscuit or a saucer of
ice cream and a lady finger. There is a
great deal OF money in religion, but IL does
not appear IRON the above facts that the
choir has very large share off 1t. Mile. de
We're, the Patti of church ct,oirs, gets 500 .
Sunday, which Il unprecedented in the
church world of music.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
A FEELING OF SOMETHING GONE.
What q Popular Actress Has to Say Of
Tights on the Stage.

What q Popular Actress Has to Say Of
Tights on the Stage.
Lila vane in ''All the Comforts ofHorne.''l
What do think of tights? As a mers
garment not at all uncomfortable. but as an
object of unnecessary and uncalled-for at
tention, exceedingly annoying. They eer-
tainly allow delightful freedom of action
and movement utterly unobtainable in the
ordinary close and .ightly-6tting garb Of
my sex. But fear the length of my expe-
rience in this style of stage attire scarcely
warrants discussion of its peculiar fea-
lures.
I must confess however, that found
tights very awkward at FIRST, just as any
woman would who donned an abbreviated
attire for the first time. There was some
thing gone, didn't seem to realize Just
what; but any woman can appreciate it who
wants to lift the train of her dress in cross
ing street and finds it missing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
A Peculiar yer.e,

An old English drinking mug of china.
brought to famous New York jewelers. to
be ornnmented, had this quaint inscription !
Let the wealthy rejoice,
Roll in splendor and state, ..s-
l envy them not, ] declare It;
eat my own lamb
My chickens and ham, sss-
shear my own fleece and wearik :
have lawns, 1 have bowers,
I have fruit, have fowsrs
The lark is my morning alarmers
30 jolly boys, now,
Here's God-speed TO the plow
Long life aud success 70 the farneri
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
Detecting Sulphured Hops.

A German brewer, wise in his generation,
has discovered certain mode OF detecting
sulphured hops. He fits up knitting needle
with silver-plated knob, and drives it into
the bale of hops so as to leave only the knob
visible. II after two or three hours the
silvered knob is blackened, the sulphuring
of the hops is considered to be proved.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

The wire used in making the receiving in
struments of ocean cables, the galvsnome-
ters used in testing cables and measuring the
insulation of covered wires and other DELI
cate instruments is possessed of remarkable
6neness. Some of this wire is 1-5O0th of an
inch in diameter, finer than the hair Of the
human head. Ordinarily fine wire. which
is drawn through steel plates, would be use
less in this work, because if the hole wore
away ever so little the wire would become
larger and therefore unserviceable. Insteed
of undergoing this process the wire is drawn
through what is practically hole in dia-
mond, to which there is no appreciabls
wear. These diamond plates are made by a
woman in New York, who has a monopoly
of the art in this country. The wire is then
run through machinery which winds 1s
spirally with layer of silk thread that ia
0015 Of an inch in thickness, even finer than
he wire,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

and of more uniform thickness than can
be obtained by the most dexterous manipu-
lator, and the chances Of successful grating
are increased by the fact that the skin In
trausplanted, while the cellular elements
are In their full vital activity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
instrument for Removing the EDIaerni..

The process of skin grating, Of which
modern surgeons are largely availing them
selves, has led to the invention of a wonder
iul little, instrument. By this invention
large portions of the epidermis can be sep
arated from the subeutaneous tissue with
the greatest ease and simplicity. The thick
ness OF these delicate human plasters is or
dinarily about one-sixisenth OF an iuch, and
the resultiug: hemorrhage is not more than
il caused by slight abrasion of the skin, or
= very close shave The advantages OF the
new over the old method OF epidermic de-
tachmeut are obvious It il expsditioux the
ssssioss u sssved eutiels sfs nseh larger
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
Manufacture Of Watch alasse..

In the manufacture of watch glasses the
workman gathers with the blowing tube sew
eral Kilograms of glass. Softeniug this by
holding it to the door of the furnace, he puts
the end of the tube into communication
with O reservoir of compressed air, and big
sphere is blown. 1t is, OF course, necessary
to get the exact proportion of material at the
commencement Of the operation, accompanied
by peculiar twist of the hand and an
amazing skilfulness. The sphere ought to
be produced without rents, and in such di-
mensions that it is of the requisite thickness.
Out of these balls the workman cuts convex
discs of the required size. This is delicate
operation. A "tournette, kind OF COM
pass furnished with diamond in one of its
branches, is used. The diamond having
traced the circle the glass is struck on the
interior and exterior sides with q stick and
the piece is detached. The discs, which ara
afterwards traced, are obtained very easily.
They are seized by the thumb, passed
through the aperture already made and de-
tached by the pressure of two fingers. An
able workman will cut 5000 glasses day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

told her that, as the sum she named
would run the paper tor only about Is min
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
Profits Compared.

In local paper we find an item that
represents a forcible picture of comparative
profits. In the market at thanksgiving an
l8-pound turkey and 50-pound pig hung
side by side. The price of the latter was
81 so; that of the former was 50. SO. The
cost of the feed necessary to produce the
two is not given; but any one familiar
with stock raising knows that there is no
such disproportion in the cost of feed as
existed in the price of the finished pro-
duct. Many breeders who have carefully
expe. imented claim to be able to produce
a pound of poultry at the same cost as a
pound of pork or beef. Even allowing
that the turkey in question cost twice as
much to grow per pound as the pig, there
still exists big difference in favor of the
former. Still further, even allowing that
the turkey cost just twice as much to
raise as the pig, the latter is diStanced
the cost He would be considered 4 poor
fnancier who invested his money so that
it produced but three per cent. upon the in
vestment when it might just as easily be
invested so as to produce six per cent
ISM it equally true that farmer shows q
lack of good business sense when he in
fSStS MS iSCu, MS tltuS, LIS IdJOi, 81 tlltO
it doesn't produce more than half the
profit it might be made to do? Is it wise
to manufacture good corn, oats or other
feed into one kind of meat when it ight
as easily be made into another kind that
sells for twice or three times as much :?
Doesn it look like poor management for
farmer to spend the time of himself and
steam blowing and cuitivating his land
for return of II or Is bushels of wheat
per acre when the yield might be doubled
with proper treatment? Is it good policy
to turn out 15-cent butter from milk that
contains the elements of 25-cent butter
Isn't there a screw loose somewhere when
any man fails to make the most possible
from his property, his time, his talents,
his opportunities Rural New Yorker.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
FANNY'S COMPANY In FLAMES
The Beautiful Fifth Avenue Theatre,
in New York, Goes Up in
Smoke.
Fanny Davenport Has Just Opened
Her Season as Cleopatra" in
the Building.
1t is Reported that Six Firemen Lose
Their Lives while Fighting the
Flames.

NEW YORK, JAN 2--Shortly after the
close OF the performance of Cleopatra by
the Fanny Davenport company at the
Fifth avenue theater tonight, fire was
discovered in that building. 1t spread
with marvellous rapidity and be-
fore long the Fifth Avenue theater, Her
mans new play house, dozen stores
add a whole block on Broadway were in
flames. A stiff wind was blowing, and in
spite of the utmost efforts of the FIRE de-
partment the buildings mentioned above
were Quilted. The Sturtevant house was
threatened and there was great excitement.
At the height of the fire there were
explosions of gas in the Fifth avenue
theater which blew the blazing timber in
all directions setting fire to all the adjoin-
ing buildings and nearly causing the death
of dozen fremen. All the property burned
belongs to the Gilsey estate and total
damage to the Fifth avenue Theatre is
estimated at half million. Prof. Herr
mann loses his property in his new theatre
and the stocks of six or eight stores in
the block on Broadway are very badly
damaged.
At 2:15 the fire in the Sturtevant house
is under control. The loss to the Fanny
Davenport company will be $4,000. It is
impossible to give an estimate of the other
losses tonight. As far as learned there
are no lives lost.
According to the Herald, six fremen
lost their lives in the Fifth avenue theater.
At $40 a. m. the fire is still burning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
THE

Fast Trains with Pullman vestihuied Drawing
Room S'eepers, Dining Cars and Coaches of latest
design, between Chicago and Milwaukee and
St. Paul and Minneapolis
Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibned Drawing
Room Sleepers. Dining Cars and Coaches of latest
design, between Chicago and Milwaukee and
Ashland and Duluth.
Through Pullman yestibu1ed Drawing
Room and Colonist Sleepers via the North
ern Pacific Railroad between Chicago and
Portland, Ore.
Convenient Trains to and from Eastern
Western, Northern and Central Wisconsin points,
affOrding unequalled service to and from Wan
kesha, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Neenah,
Menasha, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire,
Hurley, Wis, and IronwoOd and Bessemer,
1Iich.
For tickets, sleeping car reserva' ions, time
tables and other information, apply to agents of
he line, to Ticket Agents anywhere in the
United States or Canada.
y. r.. AINSLIE, General Manager, MILWAUKEE,
WIS.
r. NJ. HANNAFORD, GenI Traffic Manager
ST. PAUL. Nj Y.
H. c. BARLOW, Traffic Manager, CHICAGO,
ILL.
LOUIS ECKSTEIN, Gen1 Pass'r & Tk't Agt,
CHICAGO, Ill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
IDliiyidunl Cow Tastes,

That cows do have individual tastes and
preferments in regard to food 7 have no
doubt. But that they are pror ounced
enough when good sound hay and grain are
fed to make it profitable to discriminate in
feeding herd, | seriously doubt. | find
in feeding good ensilage and oat or wheat
grains that to all appearances each con-
sumes her ration with relish Still think
little variety in some instances is desir-
able, so that in feeding ensilage as l do,
now and then change the grain ration for
a week or So Varying the diet of cows
often stimulates the appetite and aids
digestion, and the more good cow can eat
with relish the greater or richer will
probably be her yield of milk provided she
assimilateS all she eats. Petting one COW
in this way may pay, but catering to the
several tastes of the cows in large herd
would hardly do so. JOHN GOULD.
Portage County, Ohio