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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27
THE MAKING OF A SHOE
Inventive Genius Has Made Wonderful
Improvements in the Operation.

Improvements in the Operation.
1t is a far cry from the cobbler of
fifty years ago. sitting on his little
bench pegging away at the pair of shoes
for his neighbor, which must be done
on the morrow, to the modern methods
and machines for shoe manufacture.
Notwithstanding the fact that science
has made tremendous advances and
invention has done mighty things in al
most every branch of industrial life,
somehow or other, most people stlll
keep in their minds the vision of the
shoemaker of old, bending over his
task and patiently boring and stitching,
now and then stopping to wax over
his thread. But far different Is it now.
Machines, with the most astonishing ac-
compliShments, pound and hammer and
stitch in place of the human hands
which lent themselves to this work in
the former time. And yet it seems to
one watching the processes, as If hui
man hands were somewhere concealed
in these cases of iron, so deft and Won
derful are the parts. Fancy a machine
which can cut and sew $500 button
holes a day and then revolve in your
mind the long and weary tOiling of the
tired fingers which might have the
same amount of work to do. In some
cases a pair of shoes goes through 139
distinct processes In the course of its
manufacture. A pair Of shoes has
been turned out in twenty-eight min
utes, but that is exceptional, and the
manufacturers like better to take time
/ for the goods to rest bit after some
of the processes. A trip by Free
Press was made through one Of De-
troit's big factories the other day, and
some interesting things We're noted.
The factory has a capacity of 1000
pairs a day, although this limit has
never been reached, and 5000 day,
or six pairs a minute, is keeping the
hands pretty busy.
The hides and skins come in with
ragged edges, some with holes here and
there, others with unbroken surfaces
1t is necessary in some way to get al
the quantity of leather in these pieces
puzzling job. But brains have solved
the problem, and there stands a ma.
chine for doing the entire work. The
skin is put into the machine as into 9
planer and the number of square feet
and inches in its surface Is indicated
on a dial. The amount of labor saved
on account of the irregular edges of the
leather can be imagined.
Making the Patterns.
1t seems as if the theoretical side Of
the manufacture of pair of shoes
should begin with the making of the
patterns, at which one to five men arr
kept constantly working. These ar,
cut out of stiff pasteboard, and ar,
smoothly edged with tin. Each par
of the shoe must have It's pattern
Some of these seem to have very littl,
resemblance to anything an ordinar!
observer might see in a pair of shoes
For instance, the pattern for the uppe
looks like a large horseshoe magnet IL
shape. With these patterns in hand
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27
Slightly Inconsistent,

Some of the cheap novel writer's are
in hurry to get their pay, otherwise
they would revise their work, and not
allow such startling statements as the
following to appear in type:
81 grew up to manhood without ever
knowing what the love Of a parent
really was, as my mother died when
my eldest brother was BORN
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27

out he was eXtremenly neat, and he in
listed on shaving himself. He argued
hat it was necessary to have many
:azors to have one always ready. There
were the raZors that his father had
1sed before him, they were of French
make, handle with several extreme
y thin blades; there was fat razor of
boarding school days that was includ
ed in swap of a sled FOR banjo; there
make; but young Mr.. Johnson's favor
lite was white-handled, and it was to
him as the apple of his eye.
Mr.. Johnson married when he was
about 25 years old pretty girl Of 20.
She danced, and played waltzes on the
piano, and she was sweet and amiable.
They were happy, especially Sunday
mornings when Mr.. Johnson did not
leave the house. They breakfasted late,
and 1t was one of the wife's amuse-
ments to watch her husband shaving at
his leisure. Those days he chose his
white-handled razor. She would laugh
Mt him when his face was covered with
lather; she would keep saying, Don't
cut yourself, DEAR" and when his chin
and cheeks appeared, smooth and
shining, she would throw her arms
about him, and cuddle against his
breast, and say, 81 never could love
you if you had beard" and then she
would kiss him in the neck. And Mr.
Johnson, holding the razor in the air
above his head, would smile compla-
Gently.
They were happy in this foolish fash
Ion for year or so.
One morning Mr.. Johnson did not
leave the house, although the day was
Tuesday, not Sunday. He did not
shave himself; in fact, he had not
shaved himself for two or three days.
The next week barber came and
brought his favorite razor, and Mr..
Johnson was clean and smooth for his
coffin.
AT first Mrs. Johnson insisted that
her husbands things should remain
Just where he left them. And so in the
bathroom the straps and the homes and
the brushes and the soaps were ready
to be used, and the razors were in
order. The white-handled one was
nearest the glass, and the others ac-
knowledged its claim.
Mrs. Johnson would look at these
things, and tears would come to her
eyes. For the first month she kissed
the white-handled razor daily. Her
sister Maria, who had come to live
with her-"until die" said Lucy, "foI
know shall follow Harry soon"-dis.
couraged her in 'such nonsense" And
gradually Mrs. Johnson began to find
pleasure in life. One night when Mr.
Mortimer called she was persuaded to
play n waltz, and she even sang pret-
ty song, entitled, Love for Eternity
Mr.. Mortimer's calls were frequent
He was thick-set fellow, with bushy
black beard. His vitality in n room
stirred the pictures on the wall; chairs
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27

and sofas were uneasy until he had
made wise choice. He was prosper
Gus in business and fond of farce-com-
edy. When he was dressed for call
or dinner he smelled of musk. Mrs.
johnson became accustomed to him,
and at the end of year and half she
was Mrs. Mortimer.
The wedding was quiet, and even the
bridegroom was comparatively quiet.
There was journey; New York and
Washington hotels entertained "Mr.
Mortimer and lady" and the routine of
daily life began in the fiat in which
young Mr., Johnson had reigned.
Sunday came, and Mr.. Mortimer
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27

through with. The heels and soles are
cut by hand with dies. Before each
worker is an immense section OF tree
trunk, on the top Of which the hide Is
laid. The sharp edged die Is placed on
the hide and the worker with fell
swoop of his hammer throws out what
is to be ere long the sole or the heel or
a shoe. The process is exactly like that
which mother used in making cookies,
with the addition Of the extra strength
necessary. In an ordinary heel there
are six pieces instead of the one winch
is apparent to the person who examines
a finished pair of shoes. These pieces
are put together in a machine, nall
holes are bored and enough nails are
nut IN to hold the heel together, all with
single motion of the machine. An
other machines cut the rough piece
which has been hewn out OF the sole
into the exact shape and size needed
for the shoe desired. This Is done by
a pattern of the sole in question gov
erning the cutter of the machine. An
other machine cuts what is known as
channel in the top of the in-sole
and around the edge and 1t is this chan
mel to which the upper is to be sewed.
Other machines cut out the pieces Of
the sole between the heel and the ball
of the foot.
Wonderful Machines.
In the next department most of the
lighter sewing is done, as well as the
pasting together of the Innings and the
uppers. Scores of girls are busy at the
sewing machines, fastening the differ
ent parts of the upper together. Here,
too, are the button-hole machines
which do their work with lightning
rapidity. Another sort of machine,
with a din and hubbub, cuts the holes
for the eyelets and the hooks of laced
shoes, and stamps them in securely
with marvellous quickness, and the
sound of a Gatling gun. Still another
sort sews on the buttons, fastening the
buttons on as many as 1,G00 pairs q
day. Beside these is the newest in
vention, machine for riveting the
buttons on. Seventy-five pairs an houl
can be finished on this machine.
Thus, far, the uppers and the heels
and soles have been making their way
| separately through the processes, but
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27
Hard Luck story from Kansas.

When the Kirby bank failed in Abb.
lene a Santa Fe conductor had in II
$4,000, which represented the savings
Of many years. In the course Of time
he received $1,000 in dividends from
the bank receiver, and this sum he de.
posted In the Cross bank at Emporia,
which in turn failed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27

man without a beard-he isn't man."
And she cuddled against his breast and
kissed him below the right ear. A dis
Greet maid coughed near the door and
said: breakfast is served. Boston
Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27
@ NOUNG Mr.. Johnson

DUNG Mr.. Johnson
had already several
zors when he
bought a set of seven,
each marked with a
day Of the week and
arranged in order in
q case. His beard
was not heavy-in-
deed, his mustache
was pale and wispy-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27

1t would be easier to forgive ,..l,
he were original; but all are
the same old ways.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27

The woman who always wears Q
smile is faultlessly dressed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
WHAT TRUST "FINANCIERS"
ARE DOING.

New York Journal.
The anthracite coal situation is exactly
this:
AT one end of line are mountains
of coal and 1000 miners eager to mine
it, that they may get bread and live.
AT the other end of the line are mil
lions of people eager to get the coal
to burn. that they may keep warm and
carry on their daily bread-earning
Between are a dozen very rich and
very powerful men. who. exercising an
Illegal and revolutionary authority. will
not let the 100000 work. nor, cxcept
at the increased prices. let the millions
have coal.
And the dozen do this solely for the
purpose of increasing by more dollars
their fortunes. already far beyond any
mans power to spend.
There are things about this situation
calculated to make the common citizen
stop and think.
But the dozen are not common citi-
zens. They are among ''our ablest tinan-
Gers
The operation by which they interp0se
their avarice between producer and CON
sumner is called-in some quarters
shrewd stroke of business
In the sixteenth century it was known
by a name not nearly so pretty, and fol-
lowed by consequences quite different
from the building of palaces in Fifth
avenue.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17

AN ATTEMPT THAT WILL NOT
SUCCEED.

An attempt is being made to carry
the remaining $4,000 Populists into the
negro party by making them join hands
with the Republicans to fight the White
tion. This weeks Caucasian in a long
editorial, containing an unfair review of
the Legislature made this charge:
1T has presented a constitutional
amendment which will not only dis
franchise the negro, but which will
surely result in DISTINGUISHING nearly
as many whites
In communication to the same pa
per, J. f. Click, editor of the Hickory
Mercury, says of the amendment
st is incomplete. and if put in the
Constitution, it will disfranchise white
men. For this and other reasons, it
will not be ratified, if taxpayers are al
lowed to vote and counted as voted. "
Both these writer's must know that
the amendment cannot disfranchise
single white voter in the State. or a
white boy over thirteen years of age.
They are bound to know that the amend
ment was framed to protect them aud
Will protect them. These paragraphs
are thrown out as feelers to see if the
rank and file Of the Populists can be
brought to join hands with. the negroes
to defeat the amendment. Those Popu-
lists who have made up their minds to
become Republicans, and they do not OK
other fusion with the negroes. The
bulk of them will vote with all advo-
Gates of permanent White Supremacy
for the amendment. In one township
in Wake county where there are forty
Populists thirty eight will vote for the
amendment. The other two will vote
with the negroes to restore negro rule.
The intelligent Republicans who voted
last year for good government will vote
in August, 1900, to continue White Su-
premacy. The Democrats will vote
solidly for it. If it is understood all in
dependent voters will support it.
The pie-hunting politicians will be I'M
able to get any considerable number of
white voters to vote to restore 1865 or
1897 times. Let the advocates of the
amendment be up and doing, and its
opponents cannot make any Roadway
with their campaign of deception.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
EDITORS HAVE CAUSE FOR COM
PLANT.

Chatham Record.
The facts. in regard to the fate of the
libel bill that was introduced into the
late Legislature are here given for the
information of those concerned therein
In accordance with Il resolution adopt
ed at the last meeting of the North
Carolina Press Association, the editor
of the Record carefully prepared a libel
bill and had it introduced in the House
early in the session. 1t was referred
to the Judiciary committee, and its au.
thor with several other editors appeared
before that committee in its advocacy
The bill seemed to be acceptable to a
majority of the COMMITTEE and one mem
Der tAIr. Il. ID. WINSTON made an able
speech for it. but it was referred to a
subcommittee for further consideration.
The subcommittee consisted OF Mr..
Winston, ex-Judge w. r. Allen and
Mr.. Frank Ray, and to this day they
have never made any report on the
bill Whether they ever considered it
is unknown.
The editors of North Carolina have
cause to complain Of such treatment
of bill that so deeply concerned them.
and which at least deserved Il better
fate than being smothered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
WALKING ON A VOLCANO.

Mr.. Hamrick was appointed Commits
sioner of Labor for a term of two years
ON March 18th. 1897, and his term ex-
PRED on March 10th. 1899. During his
torn of office, Mr.. Hamrick received
the emoluments of the place and when
the term to which he was appointed ex
pired, it was his duty to retire just as
his predecessor did. To try to hold on.
after his term has expired, not only
causes Mr.. Hamrick to lose the conf
dence of the public, but makes him
liable to heavy penalty. Section 615
of the Code, which is as follows, fits
Mr.. Hamrick's case exactly:
when the defendant, whether a nat
ural person or corporation, against
whom such action shall have been
brought, shall be adjudged guilty of
usurping any office, franchise or privi-
lcge, Judgment shall be rendered that
such defendant be excluded from such
office, franchise or privilege, and also
that the plaintiff recover costs against
such defendant. The court may also.
in its discretion, fine such defendant a
sum not exceeding two thousand dol
lars, which fine, when collected, shall he
paid into the Treasury of the State
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
Additional Testimony as to the Merits Of
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Mrs. lhomp on's Remedy.
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MAY y. 1898
Mrs. Joe Person:


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put me in perfect health. My neighbors
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
IT is \ HIT, NO MATTER WHO
WROTE 1T.
Washington Post.

Washington Post
The New York Sun prides itself upon
it's originality and claims to be pains
taking in giving proper credit for all
bright things it transfers to its columns.
The other day the Sun printed the fol-
lowing lines as original matter:
"Kentucky, o Kentucky
/ love your classic shades,
Where fit the fairy figures
OF dark-eyed Southern maids:
Where the hooking birds are singing
Mid the flowers newly horn,
Where the corn is full of Kernels
And the Colonies full of corn"
For several months past the above
quoted lines, printed on an advertising
card, have been gratuitously distributed
at a Washington free-lunch counter.
The liberal proprietor throws i'll poem
with every free lunch. Is the Sun eat
losing its censorious cunning?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
NO RIGHT TO UGLINEss.

The woman who is lovely IN face, form
and temper will always have friends,
but one who would be attractive must
keep her health. Ii she is weak, sickly
and all run down. she will be nervous
and irritable. If she has constipation or
kidney trouble, her impure blood Will
cause pimples. blotches, skin eruptions
and a wretched compIeAion. Electric
Bitters is the best medicine in the world
to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys
and to purify the blood. 1t gives strong
nerves, bright eyes. smooth, velvety skin,
rich complexion. 1t will make a good
looking, charming woman of rundown
invalid. Only so cents at all Drug
Stores.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
THE sPA1NHoUR CONTEST.
State Senator Eaves Shows That He
Acted in Good Faith.


To the Editor: Kindly allow me
space in your yalable paper for word
Or two.
In Mr.. 7. II. Spainhour's letter. which
you published yesterday, assigning fea-
sons for abandoning his contest for So
licitor in the Tenth judicial District, he
places Mr.. Lambert and me, it occurs TO
me, in an unenviabe light, and one
not warranted 10y the facts.
Mcdowell was not taken out of Mr.
Snainhour's district. but has been for
the past two years in the Western
Criminal District. Notwithstanding
this. when the subject was preached of
re-establishing the criminal district, L
wrote to Mr.. Spainhour and asked him
if he had any objection to Mcdowell be-
ing retained in the Criminal District,
and although we had subsequent CORE
spondence relative to his contest, he did
not answer that interrogatory. Mitch
ell is still in the Tenth and, therefore,
Mr.. Lambert is not solicitor III that
county.
/ did not feel that / ought to or
pose the bar and people of 1ancey ana
Caldwell counties. and Burke was put
in the Criminal District at the request
of Judge Avery, Mr.. Spainhour's coun-
sci.
1t is not true that Mr.. Spainhour
went. at his own expense, over to Mitch
ell and assisted Mr.. Lambert and me in
taking dispositions. but there was recip-
rocity in that business. The facts elicit
ed were as material for his as for our
contest. and he got the dispositions YER
batim ct literatum. We also furnished
him evidence of irregularities and illegal
voting in Yancey, Mcdowell and Cald-
well, where he did not go, and at onr
expense.
/ regret to see Mr. Spainhour aban-
don his contest. for | know he has
good grounds for it. So far as | am
concerned / have acted in good faith
with him. Respectfully.
c. G. EAVES
Marion, " c., March 10Th.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
A SOUVENIR OF THE CAMPAIGN
BASKERVILLE Citizen.)

Representative Locke Craig has a
highly-appreciated reminder of the last
campaign in North Carolina and one
of it's results in the shape of the pen
with which the first Democratic clerk
of Richmond county III 10 years signed
his first official document. The pen IS
set in handsomely wrought hand
painted background of silk, and the
whole is neatly framed. The gift came
to him near the close of the Legislature.
and was presented by the ladies' OF
Laurinburg because of his speech at the
opening of the campaign in that town.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
CHILDREN REAP THE BENEFIT
Cleveland Star.

No act of the Legislature was more
commendable than the one appropriating
100000 to educate the poor children of
North Carolina. 1t is the policy of the
Democratic party to send the money
the people pay for taxes back to them
and let their children reap the benefit.
North Carolina must make progress
along educational lines, She does not
belong at the foot of all the other
States in the matter of illiteracy and
she will go forward.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17

For frost bites, burns, indolent sores,
eczema. skin disease, and especially
Piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
stands first and best. Look out for dis
honest people who try to initiate and
counterfeit it. It's their endorsement
of a good article. Worthless goods are
not initiated. Get DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salye. For sale by j. Hal
Bobbitt and Henry L. Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
A JUST ESTIMATE.

Charity and Children.
The Legislature adjourned Wednes-
day Of last week. 1t was an indus
trious and an able body, and, in the
main. earnestly sought to advance the
moral and material interests of North
Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
AS the season of the year when pneu-

AS the season Of the year when pneu-
monia, la grippe, sore throat. coughs,
colds, catarrh, bronchitis and lung trou-
bles are to be guarded against, nothing
l''is fine substitute" will answer the
purpose" or is lust as good as One
Minute Cough Cure. That is the one
infallible remedy for all lung, throat or
bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously
upon having it if something else" is
offered you. For sale by j. Hal Bob
bitt and Henry L. Hicks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17

Mr.. Walter III. Page said in his lee
ture at Greensboro a few days ago that
Joel Chandler Harris is the only writer
of the South who is immortal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17

DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP BAN
ishes at once all forms of throat dis
eases, and always effects a permanent
cure. This wonderful remedy has cured
thousands of sufferers from bronchitis,
hoarseness and other bronchial troubles.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17

The Washington Post says that ii has
bart will not be renominated The pco-
pie have nothing to do with it. Mark
Hanna settles it ALL
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17

Happiness may resemble either Il
mountain or Il molehill. 1t depends on
the distance you are from it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17

About this time next week Capt. Day
and Mr.. Hamrick will want to crawl into
a hole and pull the hole in after them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-17
FAIR DAYS AHEAD.

"Wtll, | see good times are coming"
YES, my wife's folks have decided 10
move to Canada"