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AYERS
Cherry PeCtOraI

rNcef, an Nn .lf Preparations. II i en-
dur>rd Is lyallug phy Sici3nS. is agreeable 10
the taste. doe, not interfere with digestion.
ANA urcd, ID Be- taken usually .n small doses.
From repeated tests in my own family,
Ayers Cherry Peetoral has proved itself
NrFs efficient remedy for colds, coughs, and
the Various disorders OF the throat and
luuG>"-A W Bartlett rittSfeld. y II.
Ior The last p years have been taking
-Nyer, Cherry reCt0ra f0i lung troubles, and
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BANGOR TO BAR HARBoR.
BAR HARBoR TO BANGOR.

stops on signal or notice TO Conductor.
Wv Gather permitting, ferry passage.
These Trains connect at Bangor. with through
Irains on Main Line to and from Portland, Boston
and st. John.
Passengers are earnestly requested TO procure
tickets before entering the train. and especially
Ellsworth to Falls and Falls to Ellsworth.
Tickets for All Points South and Yves,
on sale at the M. c. R. r. ticket Office,
Ellsworth, G. w. CLIFFORD. Agent.
PAYSOS TUCKER,
Vice Pres. and Gen'l Manager.
F.E. BoOTHBY. Genn Pass. aud Ticket Agt.
Dec. 2s, 1892 lyr25
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CHAS. H. EMERY, President and Manager
..,OMce I'm the First National Bank
Building, Main Street, Ellsworth.
aTHouse lots for sale on easy terms. Shall
be pleased to show same to parties contemplating
buying. tits
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-03-23
SOMETHING NEW.

The subscriber wishes to give public notice
that he has hiredthe Blacksmith Shop of E. ID.
Mayo at Brooklin, Maine, and in addition to
horsesboeing will do carriage work of all kinds.
Entire satisfaction guaranteed In all work done.
2mos7t +. n. ROWE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-03-23
AT HAND

ln adangetou> emergency. AhtKs CHLKRY
PICTORIAL Is prompt 10 ACT ana surc to
amr dose taken on The INST symptoms
81 Group or bronchitis. check, further prog
ross OF These complaints II softens the
phie-m. sooihr> The mflamed membrane,
5ud uducr, Steep AN a remedy for colds,
coughs loss otAoirc II grippe. pneumonia,
amt even cnIi>llurtiOn iu its early stages
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-03-23

The skin is as grateful for bath
in winter as in summer, if the mercury
records summer heat 10 the bath room.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-03-23

Pennsylvania has established dairy
school under the control of the state
College.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-03-23

n. x. FAIRBANK & CO.,
CHICAGO Ill. -a9
20 State Street. BOSTON.
PORTLAND, MI.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

THoNas b. REED, OF Maine, is ffty-four
| years old.
BIsHor THEODORE D. LrxAS, Of North
/ Carolina, is dead.
QUEEN VICTORIA will spend part OF the
winter In villa near Florence Italy.
SENATOR'S Palmer. Cullom and Dubois were
/ Az Tor long time residents Of Springfield.
| Ill.
THE Chinese Emperor. who is TWENTY
three years old, has learned the English
language.
THE Dake Of oporto, brother of the King
OF Portugal, is one OF the finest flute PLAYERS
in the world.
Sra Henry BEssESER. the great inventor.
VINO Is now IN his eightieth year, is writing
an autobiography.
GLADSTONE finds time. with all his mani
iold duties. 10 go TO church regularly, rain
or shine, every morning.
Ex-PREsipESr HARRIsoSs lectures ON law
before the students OF stanford Untversity. In
California, will be delivered in February.
The Prince OF Wales has seventeen
brothers-in-law. sixteen uncles flfty-seven
cousins and tifty-eight nephews and nieces
LirE-sizED marble bust OF Governor Rus
sell. OF Massachusetts, is to bs presented TO
the State and placed in a niche at the State
House In Boston.
SECRETARY GRESHAM and Secretary Morton
viii be the only members OF the Cabinet who
will not keep house this winter. Both will
live at the Arlington Hotel.
EDWARD BARRoN. the San Francisco min
ing man who died u few days ago. landed In
California at the ago Of twenty with ten
cents. He died worth s2.00O,OO0.
PHiLErUs SAWYER. Senator and millionaire
lumbernan. Is AS vigorous az seventy as most
men at ilf'y. He began life in shingle fac
tory carrying out shayings at twenty-five
cents day.
NEAL Dow, OF Portland. Me-. known as the
apostle OF temperance will be ninetyyears
old on March 20, 1894. and temperance sosi.
eties all over the world will unite in celebrat.
ing the anniversary OF hts birth.
DuRiNe the visit of Admiral Avelan. of tho
Russian Navy. at Paris. he is said 10 have re-
ceived no fewer than Il. 900 letter. Most of
them were from ladies and a large majority
of these asked FOR lock Of his hair.
ArGrsr X. +. BALDAMus, who died In Ger.
many few days ago. aged eighty-two years.
was famous because he had one OF the largest
collections OF birds nests and birds eggs In
Europe. He was the founder OF the Ornitho-
logical Society.
L. =. GRANT. JR.. has purchased the Hub.
bell House. at San Diego. Cal. . and II will
probably be the permanent home OF the
Grant family. The house cost $4,000 10
build IN boom times. but Mr.. Grant maid
much less than that for it.
GENERAL o. o. HOWARD. Commander OF
the eastern division Of tho United States
Army, u a frequent attendant at the Young
Mems Christian Association meetings In New
York City. Re is ono of the most noted
Christian workers In the United States Army.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
sRAzIL's INSURGENTS GAINING.

The People Preparing to Follow the
Lead of Admiral Cana.
The latest dispatch from Brazil reads as
follows:
'Adniral De Gamas manifesto, declaring
for the insurgents, has produced much ex-
citement, greatly increasing the popularity
Of the Insurgents cause. Tie Monarchist
element predominates everywhere and
people are prepared TO follow the lead Of
Cana.
:. Saturday night 1900 government troops
lining the shore near tfe war and marine
arsenals opened heavy fire with the machine
guns and rifles against the Cobras for the
purpose OF covering an atvance bv storm
ing parties. Cobras replied strongly. caus-
ing the government troops 10 abandon the
attempt after two hours Of heavy firing. The
government lost over 100. white he insur.
gents had only two wounded The firing on
both sides was very wild
Many important business houses pro-
pose 10 suspend business until the end Of
the revolt as they consider the present
situation too dangerous"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
The LABOR WORLD.

Vows miners are organizing.
ENoLAND has 1.lO9.0l4 union men.
W. have 10000 idle textile workers.
SICILY has 200 600 lnion agriculturists.
PARIS has sixty-'our labor councilmen.
ANERIc, has 2.0OO. 900 children working.
BosroN stair builders will have trade
school.
New ENGLAND has thirteen cooperative
quarries.
SYDNEY. New South Wa.ea, has a daily la
Dor paper
BosToSIANs arc enjoying a series o, wage
earners' concerts.
49,. Ohio sts.e t.. y,.so. ''l.-c,'i 's' s>'-t. -
places for $4,000 people.
GEEmaSY's typographical union has spent
sGs6. 600 on strikes in two year..
GIRL employees Of Lawren - Mass :a'-
tory are discharged II seen On the stree: after
9p. m.
OMAHA. CNeS. unlon men boycott n dane
ing professor who employs non'un.on
musicians
THE Monongahe,a Analslnltel Associa-
ton ~ Pi;tS5ury is furnishing coal ana fool
- the poor.
IxDASrorls unlN city employees will
give two per cent. o'thei- salaries 10 the
unemployed.
PIrrsaUEl reports u" or ;8nizltioa o. q
o-lpnrl,Iy. 1nplGy that viii give wo:S TO
the Unemployed
Bru.DiNG trll"s vorSers A. Cieyeldn =,
Ohio, will eat down IN" len.;iA y. their day
in order to Civ ,h' tii" % show.
THE indianapolis InlD street rtilwsy
company has begun repairs on it, linz IN Of
der TO give work tv tho ~ 'no'oy'L
NEw SovrH WAS rogr,s hly' Gecr'
that employees must Aot p" wpr<ei oa Sltur-
iay afternoons without compensation.
AuFRlrASs wall e,'an.isN 70 c')', f0ct1'-.
employing about ten tioVstn han Is a.
Toxic. Jlpln. wLcrr IaJoc i very clea?.
THg olies, nbo- ,lnizl..o1 "a tlr w1r!
il said 20 be the F-llp ysIiD o FrsH Port
ut London. Il dat from tn thir:e.n.L
century.
AN1rHEr cotton m;. hls JUS: bael CON-
llet.i ~ North 'tr1,ipI, being the n'nin
.hisye.r. Its ~ Long ShOli. an will hiTi
800 SPIN Hes.
70 such an ex,aa. has ml'linery suner-
sadel hand WORK iu til" grain farms oithe
Northwest that il Is astlmntei that tine
tabor OF one man will raise enough crain 10
support 1000 men for a year.
IT, Rhode Island. Olueyyille's G0O) textile
strikers have returned 10 work. The re-
!u,tion was compromised az fifteen per ,ent..
The old scale to be- restored in prosperous
lines. Wage loss, 500 900 in six weeks.
The promoters OF the British National
Free. Labor Association. encouraged by the
success Of a conference In London, nave
undertaken 10 organize free labor move
mcnt In the leading ports ana Industrial
centres oi Great Britain.
DENyER Col, had 10 go back 10 tallOv
lips, lamps aud gas when the electrical
workers struck against "a cut OF from ten 10
fifteen per cent. They were getting from
500 TO 800 a month Not street lamp In
he city was burning the 1rst night Of tho
trlke.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
Telling Time without a Watch.

Actual and repeated experiments
have shown, says Tit.Bits, that the
nearest hour of the day or night may
he ascertained in the following very
curious way: Make Il small running
loop IN piece OF sewing thread about
foot IL length, place Il shilling IN
this LOOP, see that the coin Is Gccu-
rately b!scctel by the thread. aud
th-H draw the loop tight M, 20 chat
the shilling ID firmly s!ung at one end
oi the thread. Put on "A solid table
glass tumbler with fairly wide
mouth. Rest your right elbow on the
table in a firm AMI easy position So a.
- avoid any shakiness il your hand,
hold the othe- end OF the thread be.
tween yoGr Iir,t lnccr and the ball
oi the thumb Il. -, the ileshy top
Joint of the thumll 81 that tha thumb
nail is undofnost and q few inches
above the middle Of the mouth Of the
glass. Now, ii you keep your hani
quite steady the movement OF the coin
(Which is hanging inside tAc tumbler)
will become less ali less until the
shilling is m0t.oaless. Then, IN half
minute or -, Very slight and reg.
ulHr vibration viii commence, the
coin oscilIatius from side 20 side like
% pendulum AMI gradually increasing
the lcagth OF the movement until II
gently strikes the side o. the glass.
This strike goes Ol IN the most rcgu-
lar AMI automatic way, tr-; On one side
os the glass all then the other IN.
I'll, say, ,.-hs strOAcs have been
strlck; the vibrations Of the coin then
diminish IN l.1gth, until the suspend.
ca shilling again becomes motlOnless
I'D hangs Ia the middle o4 the tum-
ll.-. fJu l1ok at your watch aud find
that : O'c!O,E j. the nearest hour.
have tried this over and Ovgr again,
deliberately setting about the expert.
ll-ui without bias ur any Intention Of
influencing the swing Of the coin, AMI
also being iguC-a4t Of the time, and
when NY hand has been steady the
right time ha, invariably been struck.
There is something very cur!oU, about
this phenomenon. Whether the thread
3. Influenced by theyulse in the bail"
oi the thumb W wu-ther there Is some
unconscious trausiereHcc of "!uten.
tiOa' from tie brain 20 The thrcsl ]
10 not know; but IN anY csse the mat.
ter is sufficiently inter ast!H9 - be
worthy oi a erit.ca! test by persons
who will carefully and without bias
carry out this singular experiment. VI
telling the time.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
NEW prrss1oN RULES.

Assistant Secretary Reynolds Makes
Some ptrtant Decisions.
Assistant Secretly ofth Interior Rey-
nolds made four ifhrortant pension rulings.
He decided that the act Of congress prohib-
iting payment Of pensions after July, 1898.
TO nonresident OF the United States,
except for actual Sc rvice disabilities. applies
to widows who arelnon.resident aliens; that
where soldier dies, leaving legally
divorced wife and minor children over 16
years old his motKer occupies reasonable
status and can apt'ly for aud receive a PEN
sion as depe udeut mother of such soldier
and that where AZ invalid pensioner dies
leaving no increas or reratins claim pend
ing at the bureau. Jnt has accepted the rate
of pension then re eived without demu.ring
the widow cannot hle an original claim for
rerstine OF her dead husbands pension. IL
Is also decided that the commissioner OF
pensions has no authority to change the
terms OF contr, for pension attorneys
fees where the c. tract with the claimant
was in accordant with the law. nor can he
refuse pension o a claimant because the
allowance Is insu uihcient TO pay the fee con-
tracted for. Certificates should issue
irrespective OF the amount due.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21

A New York letter IN the Washing.
ton Nevs has the following: was sit
ting il New York club u few even
ings ago when there was pointed out
10 me a man described by ny inform.
ant a. 'yuc Of the most -'ccess:ul lit.
erary men H. America. when !
learned LIs name Aal never hear it
or seen IT IN lr.At. Ani yet, rs !
aseertslued, tins man hal regular
income Of SlC,DJO each year from the
results Of hi- pen. Tie vas writer OF
pirate stories for boys anl OF storie.
of factory life Tor working girls. He
wrote entirely for the cheap story
wecklies wrote eight serial stories
each year, four of tacn kind-and the
purchaser gladly paid him $4,000
apiece for these productions. -.
course, he said, "I know nothing
about pirates OF pirate lie. aul thos,
stories are works of the Imagination
in fact, | have often lougel u see q
pirate to see ii my descriptions were al
all like ;he original article Factory
life / study, and study closely, and
this Is she most interesting part ~. ny
work. The actual writing j. mers
mechanism. oh, yes, ] could DO more
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21

august.
Flower

"One of my neighbors, Mr.. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time. All thought him pastrecovery.
He was horribly emaciated from the
inaction of his liver and kidneys.
1t is difficult to describe his appear
ance and the miserable state of his
health at that time. Help from any
source seemed impossible. He tried
your August Flower and the effect
upon him was magical. Itrestored
him to perfect health to the great
astonishnent Of his family and
friends" John Quibell, Holt, Ont.S
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

GERMANY has 5,21G 600 farms.
KASsAs is oyerrun By tramps.
ENGLAND has 1000 idls cergymen.
TExAs's cotton crop yields $50, ,0OO, 0OJ.
MASSACHUSETTS has 200 button factories.
CoLoRApo cowboys have an association.
TENNESSEE has seven ex-Governors living.
UNCLE SAM has 1922 railroad corporations.
A NIGEL mine has been discovered in
Idaho
Iowa horiculturists lately held state con-
ventlon.
THr Socialistic societies OF Sicily count
800. 600 members.
The Socialists IN England have manifested
q defiant attitude.
A TEMPERANCE university has been founded
nt Hartman, Tenn.
wYoMiSa had 2S3, 900 cattle in 1892, anl
only l2s, 900 IN 1898.
IL Alabama all school ana chur, "a property
Is exempt from taxation.
THE funds OF Yale University increased
during 1898 by over S29O,0O0
SIxTY-EIGHr Mary Smiths are students this
term in Smith College, New York.
THIS seasons orange crop in Florida Is
much above the average in quantity.
The surplus earnings of the Brooklyn
Bridge for the past six months are $40, 900.
BEET sugar factory and refinery will be
erected at cost Of - 100000 at Omaha,
Neb.
THE Department Of Agriculture is making
an exhaustive inquiry into road improve
ments.
THE clty OF Toronto's share of the earnings
d the street railway for "a mOath reached
s57sl.
Two THOUSAND new books will be put on
he market by London publishers alone this
winter.
AT a meeting OF notables IN London il was
resolved that England's naval supremacy was
In peril.
ToRoSTo SoSs Of Canada are investigating
the cause OF migration from Canada TO the
United States.
THERE is an abundant apple crop through
out Europe, and the shipment OF fruit there
Is not advisable.
MRS HATTIE GOrHRiE. OF Lowell Mass, Is
the youngest grandmother 50 far reported.
She Is only thiry-two years old.
THE engine John Bull" has returned TO
It's old quarters In the National Museum at
Washington after an eight months visit TO
the Worlds Fair.
THE total number OF imported animals in
spected by the Bureau OF Animal Industry
during in 1893 was 463, ,3S9 andthe total OF ex-
port animals GIL 80.
NEAR Fort Benton, Montana. large herls
OF wolves are making great slaughter among
range cattle. The country IL gtrewn with the
carcasses OF calves and yearlings killed by
the wolves. Btockmen offer bounty for
wolf scaips now.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21

The days Of the patient mule, as o
canalboat motor, are probably num-
bered, remarks the New York News.
Steam has been used as propelling
substitute with partial success, but
there is now promise that the all
potent agent, electricity, will propel
the cannl-boat of the future. Tests
are TO be made this week near
Rochester, and experts have no doubt
tha. the neN motor will he found salts.
factory in every respect.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21

The erratic Missouri River is threat.
ening, aud Will most likely soon ac.
complish the complete destruction Of
the town OF East Atchison, No. %
the opposite bank from Atchissa, Kan.
The stream has been eating IL new
channel for several months. and Gur.
ing the past summer washed away
over 800 acres of land 1t is n1w
within an eighth of mile of East
Atchison, and the destruction oi the
little town, with many thousands q
dollars worth ~! valuable property, IS
regarded a inevitable, and tho people
are moving away Us rapidly Us pJ.'
sible.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
FEW RpFFALo LEFT.

Two Dozen Of tho Rare Animals Living
Remote Corner Of Colorado.
A deputy game warden has discovered q
small herd OF budslo in North Park, Routt
county, Col Not long ago small band
was found in Lost Park. This last herd is
larger than that ope The North Park Is
region Of Colorado more Isolated than any
other and s far away from the beaten paths
and hunting grounds
The herd Is said 10 consist OF about two
dozen OF the rare animals. In spite Of the
wildness uf their nome they are very tame
and are fed regularly by some OF the few
farmers who inhabii the lonely park. These
people have constituted themselves special
protectors Of tbs lefu and VIII see that they
are not tx,efmint teu
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
POPULAR SCIENCE.

dark depths of the ocean.
0ne-quarter of all the people born
die before six years, and one-half be-
fore sixteen.
To be perfectly proportional man
should weigh twenty eight pounds for
every foot of his height.
The Government of India has given
| its approval Co scheme for establish
ing a Pasteur Institute for hydropho.
bia at Simla.
4 new method of coloring iron has
been discovered in England which en-.
tirely prevents rust, even though the
metal be brought TO a red heat.
The earth, in revolving on its axis,
goes almost as fast, reckoning at the
equator, az cannon ball-that is to
say, it goes n mile i'll u little more than
three seconds.
The baya bird of India spends his
spare time catching mammoth fireflies,
which he fastens TO his nest with moist
clay. On dark night baya's nest
IL said 10 look like an electric street
lamp.
The largest magnet in the world is
at Willet's Point, Long Island, New
York. u - made of two condemned
Dahlgren guns, each of ffteer- inch
caliber, wound with eight miles OF
heavy cable, and charged with elec-
tricity.
IL has been found by continued
series of experiments that magnetized
iron will lose more hy electrolytic ac-
tion than iron not so influenced. The
difference il said to average about
three per cent. under the conditions
of the experiment.
Ravens when on ths wing spend
much time striking each other, and
often turn on .heir back with loud
croak anl seem t. he falling to the
ground. III fact they are scratching
themselves with one foot and have lost
their center of gravity.
1t is now established tla. flowers AMI
the perfume distilled from them have
salutary influence and constitute a
therapeutic agency of high value, and
that residence in n per!umc1 atnos-
phere forms protection from pull
moIary affections and arrests phthisis
In the town of La Grasse, France,
where the making of perfumes is large
ly carried on, phthisis Is unknown.
1t is believed that lightning is visible
at a distance OF $50 miles. but it is
still controversy how far away tAun.
der can be heard. \ French ast-on-
umer has made observations on the
subject, and he declares il impossible
for thunder to be heard at greater
distance than ten miles. An English
meteorologist has counted mp to l30
seconds between the fash and the
thunder, which would give distance
of twenty-seven miles.
A French physician, who has found
that the majority of deaths upon the
battlefield arise from the bleeding to
death OF the wounded while wfitins
for the surgeon, proposes that sch
,solds- sax h., ~ .-a--.ar-- --~tt,-- -
Al~Sny rrus--A Na--y nlial 90 |
taught where the arteries of his body |
are and how To arrest hemorrhages /
from them. In doing this he has found
a use for that most useless OF arts, tat
tooing; small figure of some kind |
being tattooed over each artery, so that |
the soldier can at once see where to
apply the ligature.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
SENSATIONAL WORDS.
The NeN Master Workman Discusses
the onditions Between Labor
and Capfta1

The NeN Master Workman Discusses
the onditions Between Labor
and Capital.
A reception was rendered the General
Master Workmen James X. Sovereign and
Thomas b. Maguise ofNew York, c. Z.
French Of Marlboro and Henry b. Martin,
of MinnePta, the newly elected member OF
the generS executive board of the Knights
Of Labor n Faneuil hall, Boston, by the
members { the order in the city. General
Master Wirkman sosereign was the first
SPEAKER. Speaking OF the hard times, he
said;
There isa wheel loose somewhere In
our social machinery aud the rich
are growing richer aud the poor poorer
aud there Is rank discrimination In the
law against the poor IN favor of the
rich. During the past twenty five years we
have ised two distinct classes Of society.
;he tramp and vagrant and the dude and
dudelet. The tramp is cross between crime
and poverty and the dude IS cross between
no one and nothing. Society IN now being
shaken from stem TO stern by the labor
troubles OF the present day. The Knights
OF Lahor are wor sing for the amelioration
OF the working classes. The workingman
with his wife and children provided with
the necesssries of life Is very harmless
fellow, but when his wife and children are
starving then is the time TO watch that man.
for he Is liable To do wrong. IL is the duty
oi the government To make II easy Tor the
people TO do right and hard for them to do
wrong. Henry Is. Martin; of Minneapolis
tpoke next, aud earnestly advised organi.
zstion aud membership in the Knights Of
Labor. Thomas Il. Mcguire of New York
spoke on the land question and humorously
discussed the silver and tariff question.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-21
The i.asso.

The cowboys lasso made by cut
ting rawh de nto tn str ps and
half tam ny W tb the bar on. These
strips are then stretched over a block
ani braided nto rope, the strands
be ng pulled very Rht. The lasso
Is then bur ed n sand Tor o week or
two. and absorbs mo sturc from the
ground, which makes " soft and pli-
able When taken out Of the ground
10 j. stretched out, and the ha.r 3
sand. az cred or IL then creased
" Tn mutton tallow and properly
uoosed, when IL is ready for use.