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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
ABOUT PATENT LEATHER.
Many of the Processes Of Its Manufac-
ture Are Guarded Very Care
fully from the Public.

Patent leather has become a feature
in the leather world, and its making has
assumed considerable proportions here
abouts. Peabody is probably the largest
patent leather manufacturing place in
the country, though Newark, N j., and
vicinity probably make more real and
imitation patent leather.
All manufacturers have their own tan
ming processes, much like those of the
calfskin tanner, though some patent
leather is given d bark tanning. Horse
hide and colt skins are thechief feathers
made up with patent finish, and the
process of producing the glossy surface
is most interesting.
The patent or enamel finish is really
painted and baked on. as the bicycle
manufacturer paints and bakes enamel
onto frame. Tanners are very particu-
lar about keeping their processes Sc
cret. and nobody but workmen are ever
allowed into the finishing rooms. Paint
ers are especially kept far from the
work rooms 1t is said that the work
men have to drink much beer on ac-
count of the chemicals with which they
work, and the heat of the baking ovens
The hide or skin having been
stretched and dried as much as pos
sible, is first given coating of mix
ture of linseed oil, litharge, white lead
or similar materials, boiled together I'M
til they make pasty mixture. This
is daubed on the surface with a steel
tool, and we'll rubbed in so that the
pores of the leather will be filled up
Then the leather is put into the oven,
it's surface being exposed to steam pipes
at temperature of about 16O degrees
1t takes about half a day for this finish
to set
Next the surface is rubbed down with
pumice stone, and then it is covered with
linseed oil and ivory black, about six
layers being applied, each layer being
dried and rubbed down. Finally var
nish is applied, and then the surface is
rubbed down and finished off as nicely
as a painter finishes fine carriage.
The final gloss is brought out by ex-
posture to the SUM- 1t is a peculiar fact
that Old Sol brings out better finish
than can any artificial drying or bak-
ing process. Manufacturers Of high
grade patent leather test every skin
before shipping 1t. The test is made by
folding the hide or skin at any point
seized at random into double v. This
v Is hammered with mallet. If the
finish cracks, the skin is rejected, and
il it does not crack, the leather is sent
to the shoe manufacturer A patent
finish is on a smooth surface and an
enamel on boarded. Japan or lacquer
leather is the same as patent. A
boarded" surface is surface whose
grain is raised by roughing it up with
\ piece of board.-Newport News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
MONT PELEE'S OBELISK.
Changes I'm the Crater Which Be1ched
Forth Destruction on the
City of St. Pierre.

Were less reputable person to tell
the story about Mont Pelee which Prof.
Angelo Heilprin gave to Philadelphians
recently, it would be received with skep-
ticism. This well-known geologist had
just returned from two months visit
to Martinique, and he described recent
changes in the volcano which destroyed
the city of ST. Pierre, states the New
York Tribune. From the crater at the
summit, he says, has been forced up
ward column $40 feet high and about
300 feet through at the base A small
portion of the movement here recorded
was observed by Prof. Heilprin himself.
Within four days there was an elevation
of 81 feet. At that time, however, the
process of extrusion was apparently 60
ing on more slowly than before, and per-
haps was nearly ended. There then
stood in the small basin of the crater a
mass twice as high and four times as
thick as the Washington monument.
For what he regards a practically
unique phenomenon in the history of
volcanoes Prof Heilprin offers partial
explanation. He attributes it to the
same internal stresses which elsewhere
force out molten lava In this instance,
ne thinks, the material had had a
chance to cool sufficiently to be solid,
when it emerged Credible as is this
supposition, it does not answer all OF
the questions which suggest themselves.
Why, for instance, has the direction of
the movement been so nearly vertical?
Why did not the mass lean over like
the tower of Pisa? How long had the
outward manifestation been going on?
And how long will it continue? To the
last of these problems the Philadelphia
geologist replies that time only can tell
Between the gradual and possibly
quiet manner in which this development
has occurred and the explosive effects
observed at Pelee last year one cannot
fail to notice contrast. 1t will be re-
membered, too, that no lava at all was
elected in 1902. Only ashes, rocks,
steam and gas were reported then. Still,
even if it did not reach the surface at
that time, it is not unlikely that there
had been a yelling up of lava from low
levels in the earth's crust. To the meet
Ing of such a substance, intensely heat
ed, with a supply of water is commonly
assigned the sudden and awful violence
of volcanic eruptions A want of har-
mony In observed facts might possibly
be accounted for if the scene of greatest
activity were well below the surface.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Female Weakness is Pelvic
Catarrh.
Always Half Sick are the Women
Who Have Pelvic Catarrh.

Catarrh of any organ, if allowed to
progress, will affect the whole body
Catarrh without nervousness is very
rare, but pelvic catarrh and nervousness
go hand in hand.
Whatisso distressing sight as a poor
half-sick, nervous woman, suffering
FROM the many almost beara bic symp-
toms of pelvic catarrh ? She does not
consider herself i'll enough togo to bed,
but she is far from being able to do her
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
a BROTHERS SONG.
Uphill the burden must you bearr
o brother, sing, as on you fare!

Uphill the burden must you bearr
o brother, sing, as on you fare!
may, nay, the road is rough and steep,
The narrow path / hardly keep
Already in the noontide heat
/ faint, and see my faltering feet
And trembling hands are SCARED and torn
With thistle's whip and sword of thorn.
Too soon shall pass my mete Of time.
AS up the toilsome height climb,
Where crags defy, and winds deride,
And foes assaiI on every side
The day is short, the night is long,
No voice no heart have for songv
Aye, brother sing; there's one behind
Who lists your voice, the path to find.
Sing loud, and with his answering song
Your faintfng courage shall grow strong!
Then rose voice so brave, so clear
The laggard pilgrim joyed to hear.
Light burst upon his darkened sense,
Hope quickened thought, once dull and
dense.
The sullen stream and threatning rock,
That seemed his craven soul to mock,
Took up the blitheful, buoyant strain
And sang 1t Ger and DER again,
Speeding the tardy footsteps on
Until, at last, the goal was won.
And 10! a glad, victorious throng,
Brought hither by brothers song!
-ZiteIla Cooke, in Youths Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

shocks are much softened. And what
still remains OF irregular jolting is
bridged over and smoothed out by the
soft, undulating and uniform vibrations
of the motor You can imagine that you
are sitting in boat gliding over rip
ping, slightly moved surface"
The relative ease of travel in car
riage and automobile, as set forth by the
writer, is shown in the accompanying
diagrams, of which the upper indicates
the jolting motion of the carriage and
the lower the relatively smooth motion
of the automobile.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Papa stronger Than samson.

Many boy who hears flgurative re-
mark made takes the same literally and
in recounting it puts an Irishman to
shame. An Omaha Sunday school teach
er was talking to her scholars, about
Samson, of whom she spoke as being
the strongest man who ever lived. She
attempted to show his enormous mus
cular power by stating as simply as
nossible some of the wonderful feats
he had accomplished. Young Jimmy, a
newcomer in the class, listened with
more than ordinary interest and after
the teacher had finished, the boy
lifted his hand for permission to speak.
ssWell. James" asked the teacher, what
is it," Samson wasn't as strong as
nv papa isl rs your father so sur
prisingly strong?" cueried the teacher
smiling. ''Oh, my papa's orful strong, !"
replied the youngster, emphaticaily.
why, l heard mamma say that he had
a ellyfant on his hands"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
M,1itary Spirit i'm Canada.

Figures have just been published
which the Canadian press claim as an
Indication of the military spirit which
animates young Canada. The state of
New York has population of nearly
1000 900 more than the entire Dominion
of Canada, yet it's national guard has an
enrolment of only 14,468 men. Canada,
on the other hand, has $4,000 men in
It's active militia, and thousands of 9TH
ers who have gone through militia
training and are now on the retired
list.-Chicago Chronicle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
TWAS Ever Tins.

Husband Tin an aside to his wife)-If
you can't think of some more anecdotes
of our children's smartness. let's go home
right away, for they're getting ready to
tell US things about their own.-Balti-
more American
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Uganda,s Biggest Things.

The Uganda Protectorate possesses
not only the largest lake in Africa,
but also the biggest swamp and the
largest forest. 1t also can show the
highest African mountain with 100
square miles of ice and snow right on
the equator
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
w. l.. DOUGLAS
$50 & s. SHOES S SsE9!
You can save from $50 to $50 yearly by
wearing w. L. Douglas $3.50 or $50 shoes.

They equal those
that have been cost
ing yoS from $500
to $500. The inn
mense sale of w. l..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
all other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name aud
price on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor.
ona Colt proves there Is
ygine In Douglas shoes.
Corona is The highest
grade at.Leatlier made.
Met (foIn.. Ha.ayafa a.aaI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
4 suggestion.

Should drop of oil from the ma
chine fall on the material being sewed
Immediately tack piece of cotton
wool on the soiled part Leave it for
time and the oil will be absorbed
by the cotton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Nothing to Drag OF.

Friend-How l admire your husband
master of seven languages.
Wife-That's nothing. am the mas
ter of him with his languages Meg
gendorfer Blaetter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Not Accurate Discription

MOI AcCurHte DIscrIPtIOh-
Dumley-Gibbs, understand that Tom
kins referred to me yesterday as an old fool.
l don't think that sort of thing is right.
Gibbs-Why, of course, it ism right, Dunn.
ley. You can't be more than 40 at the out
ade-Stray Stories.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
NNAAn

SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Relative Ease of Travel in a Carriage and
Automobile.)
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-07-20
Prisoners Arrive.

The Kinau on Saturday brought
down the following prisoners frsm
Hilo:
Makaio, manslauRhter in the third
degree, committed on Moses Hoski-
moa at Kapoha, District OF Puma,
Hawaii. Sentenced to two years.
imprisonment.
Sato Gengiro, malicious injury
committed at Olaa, Hawaii, on
May IL. Gengiro destroyed IF
teen cars belonging to the Olaa
Sugar Company by releasing the
brakes. Sentence, eighteen months.
Fedel Torres, burglary first de-
gree, committed on January %, in
the dwelling house OF Manuel
Machado at Ksumans, District of
South Hilo. Sentenced to FIVE
years imprisonment. All the men
we're sentenced by Judge Gilbert f
Little.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-07-20
Passengers Arrived.

Per stmr Mikahsla from Kauai
ports, July 19-Miss r McKinuon,
Mrs @ Kimball, j A Palmer, @ Hay
selden, I Bauman, @ Kruse, j H
Bole, M Lorenz, S Kikishige, S
Chin, Kundum, Miss G g Goodacre,
Bishop Restarick, j II Bennett,
K Kauai, Dr. "a w OConnelf, Mrs
L Kamokea, Mrs S x KALI aud 2
children, Rev S X Kali, NJ F Pros
ser, G w Ashford, Z w Ben
net, A Moore, Miss A E O'Oon.
mel. Dock, IS Japanese ald 10
Chinese.
Per stmr ClAudine, from Maui
ports, July l9-Geo Pecht, Dr. W G
gers, Miss Scott, Mrs r r Weir,
Kaohua and wife, S e Keliinoi, f E
Atwater, G D Loveland, II g Dan
ford, e Kopke, Rev S e Kskipi,
Rev j e Kekipi, NJ B Komatsu, Mr.
Ogata, Chang Chow, Sing You,
Chung Lsi, Mrs p johnson, Miss
f Carter, Miss III Sorenson, e Mol
Ter and wife, A r g Mccormick. w
r Patterson, wife and children, S
B Fujjyams, Goo Lip, Mrs Mai or
Harris, Capt Johnson, Major Harris,
Adj Coe.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-07-20

Per ALAMEDA, for Camarino
Rsfrigeretor-An extra fresh supply
Of Grapes, Apples, Lemons, Oranges,
Lines, Nuts, Raisins Celery, Fresh
Salmon, Caulihower, Rhubarb, AS
paEagus, Cabbage, Eastern and Cali
fornia Oysters Gin tin and shelly,
Grabs, Turkeys, Founders. etc. ALI
game In season. Also fresh Rock
roit, Swiss and California Cream
Cheese. Place your orders early
prompt delivery.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT MARKET
Oornsv KinRAAd AlakaA st.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-07-20
NOTICE.

The undersigned having been APP.
pointed by the Hon. j. w, Kalus,
Judge OF the Second Circuit Court,
as Temporary Administrators of
the Estate OF the late Robert
L. English, OF Kahului, Maui,
hereby notifies all persons hav-
ing any property belonging to the
deceased to return the same to his
widow, Keaka English, at said
Kahului, A. N. KEPOIKAI.
st oaw
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-07-20

G@- Psrties wishing to dispose ottd
81 pin tvoaiaaarr
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-20
IN INDIA.

Portland Telegram: A great amount
Of irrigation work has been done in
India during the last 40 years, the
Indian government having in that
time spent 500, 900, 900 on irrigation
works, and as much more in build
ing railroads. OF the latter there
are in India about $4,000 miles,
and they traverse the arid plains as
well as the river valleys; and the ir.
rigation canals water IA, 00O, 900 acres
of land classed as arid before their
been profitable is shown by an Indian
commercial report just published.
which states that the products of the
irrigated lands last year exceeded
in value 500, 600, 900, or the total cost
of the irrigating works. The rail
roads have developed interior dis
tricts and helped to build up large
cities, and these two agencies have
gone far to prevent the recurrence of
| widespread famine.
In 1857, before these improvements
| were made, the commerce of India
was S72, OOO, 900 in imports and $12S,-
600, 900 in exports, while last year
the imports amounted to 1864, 600, 900
and the exports to 1892, 900, 900, max
ing India commercially the sixth
! country in the world. What has thus
been accomplished in India may be
an encouragement and serve as a
templated work of irrigating the arid
lands of our western states and ter
rit0rieS
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-20

games and slot machines, the august
jurist delivered himself of the fol-
lowing cheer-compelling dictum:
"A moral wave has struck the coun-
Gil, and perhaps some of them have
axes to grind. l want it understood
that l am also up for this Office next
spring and I will sustain the demur-
rer in this case now"
Good news travels fast. Within a
remarkably short time after the judge
had announced his candidacy for next
spring every slot machine in. the city
was running again and the boys with
the pull at once began to do work
where they believed it would help
Judge Boyle the most when the right
time came.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-20
TRUE TO DUTY

In declining an appointment to the
United States supreme court so that
he would not be compelled to give up
his present position Governor Taft
has given evidence that no matter
how much we may hear about the
degeneracy of the times and men
that there are still some of the latter
left who think of duty before personal
preference and the opportunity for
advancement. No doubt the temp
tation was great-it must have been
but he resisted it and gave all the
greater proof of his highmindedness
and patriotic intensity. He felt that
his duty was to the islands he was
called on to govern and that that duty
required him to remain where he is
until the work he has undertaken has
advanced sufficiently that it may be
turned over with safety to another.
True, he modestly told the Filipinos
that it made no difference who was
sent to take his place, matters and
conditions in the archipelago would
continue in the same progressive di-
rection, that it was a question of
policy, not the man, but for all that
he could but realize the trust and
confidence. the natives have in him,
and realizing this could but feel that
to permit another to succeed him at
this stage would result in much that
would be harmful and possibly retard
the development in the various lines
now making in the islands. To think
so does not lay him open to the charge
OF being immodest or conceited. His
very refusal to accept a position of
greater dignity and Importance should
free him from the suspicion His is a
case of simple conscientious devotion
to what he considers his duty at the
loss of private interest and public
honor and distinction. The" regard in
which he is held by the American peo-
pie and those over whom circumstan-
ces have placed him as their ruler
will be intensified by his act Of unset
fich devotion and he will henceforth
be more than ever honored and re-
spected by both.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-20
SHIELDS RIVER RANcHER STAB
BED WITH HUNTING KNIFE.
BAD MAN IS UNDER ARREST
Wounded Man SIashed in the Back
Prisoner Refuses to Talk
of Affair.

Livingston, Jan. 1S.-George John
son., one of the best known ranchers
in the Shields river section, was prob
ably fatally stabbed last night during
a quarrel in a saloon at Clyde Park.
The blade Of a six-inch hunting knife
pierced the right lung and Doctor
Cogswell, who cared for the injured
man, states that he is very low, with
slight hopes for recovery. The cut
ting, it is alleged, was done by G. +.
Jones, a young man who has not yet
reached the age of 20. He is the
son of a well-known ranchman of
that vicinity.
Jones was placed under arrest by
Sheriff Robertson this morning and
will be confined in the county jail
awaiting the result of Johnson's in
jury.
The trouble occurred about :
O'clock last night at Clay's saloon,
where several men were carousing.
Jones was under the influence of IL
quor and was anxious to fight any
one in the. place, when finally Johnson
said he would go outside and fight
him. On going outside Jones refused
to fight, and when Johnson turned
to re-enter the saloon Jones stabbed
him in the back with a hunting knife.
johnson Immediately sank down and
soon after became unconscious.
A messenger was sent to Living
ston, a distance of 20 miles, to secure
the services of a surgeon. When
brought to Livingston Jones refused
to make a statement concerning the
tragedy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-20
JUDGE eoopwlN's OPINION.

Judge Goodwin, who has spent
the greater part of his life in the
Mormon capital, fighting the Nor
mons, has the following to say con-
corning Apostle Shoots candidacy
for the United States senate. 1t was
written sometime ago in anticipation
of Shoots success:
mo one better than Apostle Smoot
knows that if the individuals who
make up the Unied States senate had
any clear idea of where his real fealty
belongs, by what awful oaths he has
foresworn his allegiance to the Unit
ed States government, and what his
own purposes and the purposes OF
those behind him are, he would no
more be admitted than would be the
grand yizier of the sultan OF Turkey.
If is a shameful thing that the MOI
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-20
TESTING NEW ENGINE.
Northern Pacific Contemplating the
Purchase of Twenty.

Missoula, Jan. ia new engine
of the passenger class, No. ESQ, was
given a trial run yesterday. The
engine pulled a special train, contain
ing the private cars of Superinten-
dent of Motive Power Mitchell and
General Storekeeper o. q. Parks of
st. Paul. These gentlemen were also
accompanied as far as Hope by AS
sistant Superintendent Wentworth of
the Rocky Mountain division. The
two former-named gentlemen will con-
tinue on to Spokane today, after hav-
ing inspected the Hope shops and
yards, and Assistant Superintendent
Wentworth will return to this city.
If this engine proves satisfactory
the Northern Pacific will order twenty
of the same class for passenger trains.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-20

ExCELLENTLY NEGATIVE.

Springfield Republican: The Sc
cret of Judge Parker's assumed avail
ability as a democratic presidential
candidate is to be found, of course,
in the fact that he is supremely mega
tive in his political record and per-
.sonality. The democratic party is in
a condition of disorganization and
distraction, owing to it's recent fac
tionalism, and many of its members
naturally seek in it's candidate some
one who will offend nobody and who
will revive no bitter memories.
Now Judge Parker is the apotheosis
of the negative. Born in 1852, he was
admitted to the bar in 1875. His total
connection with politics is thus sum-
married.:
Delegate to democratic national con-
vention in 1884.
!. Declined Office of first assistant
postmaster general in 1885.
Chairman democratic state xecu-
tive committee of New York in 1885.
Judge Parker's active participation
in party politics ended seventeen
years ago early in Mr.. Cleveland's
first presidential term. Throughout
the fierce storms of 1S96-1900 he was
silent, snug and secure on the bench.
1t is not surprising, that democrats
who desire a candidate who will sng-
gest nothing and really stand for
nothing in particular look yearningly
toward a man like Judge Parker.