Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1894 — Not Good for Kid Gloves. [ARTICLE]

Not Good for Kid Gloves.

In Paris elephant skins are tanned. The process is the ordinary one except that a very powerful extract of tannin is used. When the giant skin is taken frotp the vat it is nearly an inch and three-quarters thick. The tanned skin of the elephant, like that of the alligator, is used in the making of various fancy articles, and brings a high price, a small elephantleather valise costing S3OO to S4OO, and cigar. cases and card casesnot less than S6O to SBO. The best way to manage a quarrel is to stop quarreling