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Show 111 NTS ON TANMNU. Huw Ibe Mrxlcaus I .a C'analgre Hllh the Uaat lUsulie. Colon i a Diaz, Mvxloo, Fb. Htn, loTA To tho Kditort N,t bavlng noticed a eatlefaotory rt ply to lha query of Brother C. I. ICamna, "How to una oaualgra for isunlug," although repeated In your editorial, "Will Hoiut Una Tell," tha wilter bailees to ismre Brotbei Kaaape ami lha publlo that lha apparent In dlfTareoca mtnlfvftletf le nol due to lack of Interest lu tba eucctss of borne menufeeture, tut to tha d'fflnulty el-ways el-ways ene 'Untereif la trying lo learh a irau by prevtpl aloaa bei praotlral HlusiratUn Is naca-ary. If llr thar Kampe eaa gal a praatioal tanner to asalat biro, Iba following h lota from ona who has lived bare In Ibe home uf lha cao aigra for a number of yeara, aod wbn though not a tanner leeblelo 0 irnaiunionto In tbalr own laiguaga with tha Mrxluane who bava uaed oaualgra from lima Immemorial, will probably ba aufllunU In order lo eairaot tho vlrtuse of canalgra for lanniag, tba nsarar It ran I raduoad to a pulp tha belter, Tha btal cheap plaa to aoootnpltab Ibis, If tho roi,t can be obtained frasb, h.lore Ii has tloaa lo dry, la to run II through a Owmmun older uilll, after whlub tha pulp may be apread oul and dried and stored for future uaa. If lha root Is allowed lo dry flrat, than aemcttilng stronger must be usad, aa for luslauea, lha old fashioned bark mill, tt a atnt grinder. Tba Mailnane nea two flat rooks for Iba purpoea, Hiarally pounding pound-ing It Into polo. In order to make lha J'(Qrr,"wbare tha root la plentiful, the Meiloane maraly laaeb lha pulp something alter tha manner of the old-faahlourd laeah for leeching lye from wood aahaa. By othart.tuoh wasloof tba precious fool la eons tde red sacrilege, and eare Is taken (a ealraol all of Its slrangtb poaeible by heating, wblob must be dene In a oop par or galvanised oaldroa, otbarwise lha liquor" will turn your leather a , buelih aolor by oaedlslng lha Iron In an Iron vessel, Huooeaa has betn obtained ob-tained by steeping iba pulp la a wooden wood-en vat beats d by galvanlced Steam pipes running through lb After the 'liquor" le made many bava tailed to produce first olase leather through nol taking Into aooou.it tha wonderful streoglb of lha canalgra, aud putting tbalr bldaa Inta a aoluuun altogether too alroug to begin wltb, tnarahy burning" the lealhar. 'FsaU-Ing" 'FsaU-Ing" lha bide, or In eommon Kugliab Irausfarrlng tha blda al Iba proper lime from a weak lo a stronger ao lullun, oan only ba learned by experimenting If no taecher le to be bad. For making aale laaiber Iba M ml cans ara nut very particular to extract all lha lima, by wblob the bide la Impregnated In tha proceaa of removing re-moving tha balr, but la making upper leather Ibay uaa a "ball" uf hea-mauura hea-mauura to vitrsoiall the lima, alleging mat llms and oanaigra logettiar wliJ ruin upper Ivatbar. 1'arhapa thaaa few Unas will open tha way for dlsousslou aafo tba beat war to prouoad ou these pulois. aa tba writer dova not pretvnd lo any practical practi-cal kuowledira ol tanning, bis only experience ex-perience baving baan acquired by falling fall-ing luto a lau vat of "liquor" whan a small boy. In wblob ba narrowly aeoaped uruwnlug; thereby having thoroughly tasted lis strength. Yours for home manu aoture, KlMl.'M RlCIIANIMIuK. |