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About The Eugene weekly guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1899-1904 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1900)
try to dodge death many schemes TRIED to es cape THE DESTROYER. Fear of Dissolution Lead« Many Men to etrange Freak» and Vnuanal Way» direction, one has the satisfaction of having fresh vegetables. * 1 here are plenty of worse things than snakes connected with West Afri can gardening, la some places there GOVERNMENT INSPECTS CATTLE r.e elephants. in others hippopotami AT CHICAGO YARDS. Specimens of either in a garden tor a n ght are Incompatible with success, Reeve», Hog», bbeep »na Calve» Ar» for a season, at least Then, if you hire SEEK IMPURE MEATS. ’ and intestines have been thrown before ' wer<* pr. . him. Mpots ou the lungs. culai geim-ut a uiau to sit up all night iu the garden and ring a hand -bell to keep such iu trudPTs off. he keeps you awake also. A win who, while poor. Is not more If you take away the bell and set bhn at raid to die than most people, ut leu up iu business w ith a fire to »care game develop» a Lauutmg terror ut deatu off. a leopard usually comes and takes after he has made a big fortune and him away, which distresses you very apeuds au unhappy life and huge »urns I much. Gardening In West Africa Is not to be jt money iu trying to uto.d the com.ug late, frequently hurryiug liiuueir ¡uto undertaken light-heartedly by p»*rsous » preinatuie grave througu sheer Worry of a nervous or Irritable dkposltluu. and tear. Thia pa»»iou na» turned the bruin» of a good many wealthy people and made mouoiuauiacs ot tueim l uey te»otT to the most childish expedients to keep death trout tueir dour». You remember Kiplings churact« r who bad In» ehair »lung ou rope» tru.u i beam that tile world might »p.u uu .er him instead of carrying him along to The new German dictionary of the grow older. There was au actual* ..ase carbou compounds num»* 74.147 of very like this a tew year» agu, W lieu these substances, aud iliv end is yet far Juan Islip, au Englishman, who made a off. huge torluue out of silver in Mexico, Elephants have only eight teeth—two drove himself mad through worry mg lielow ami two above ou each »ide. Ail about bis death. After exhausting ail the safeguards au elephant's baby teeth fall out wlieu Loudon could otier, lie bought a »mail the animal is about fourteen years old. lucky island called Brycliil. on the west and a new set grows. ut Liviug—Sometimes Hurries Them Into Their Graves. Science invention Experiments by Prof. Loeb show Irish coast, taking with uim oue fuiih- tul servitor. Here, iu feverish baste, tliat chemically pure salt i» fatal to be bad four »tone pillars raised and a lisli, though present iu tlie same propor siuaii one-storied cabin, with luree tions as iu sea water. Il is agreed tnat rooms, rather like a houseboat, slung it Is useful to auimals, but tile mixture au chairs from iron girder» that crossed of it with other salts renders it uou- tbe pillars aud swung clear of the toxlc. as proved by bis further experi ground, Ghee Inside this lie shut him- ments. »elf up. with some books aud a pet "Nature” notes a remarkable fact in jackdaw for company, aud Uever left connection with the West Indian hur his swinging house until his deatu. ricane of September. IMUS. It app.a.s The attendant, who lived iu a »mall that before the hurricane one of the souse close by, used to row to the main tamest aud commonest birds on tbe isl land—a mile aud a half—when tbe and of St. \ lucent was a small hum weather permitted for provisions. Tbe tiling bird, but none ot these birds have master spent his time reading aud look been seen since September, 1SUS. ing out over the Atlantic from the cub According to Mons. Sigriste. of tlie it wludows. His braiu bad given way, French Academy of Sciences, the only >f course, ami be imagined his life thoroughly scientific shutter for instan itood still w hile the earth revolved uu- taneous photography consists of a slit Jer him. He had lio relatives to insist moving rapidly across the sensitive au his entering a private asylum, and plate. But to obtain good results tlie ue died three years later iu the eabiu, space between the plate aud tlie abut worried out of life by the fear of death, ter should uot exceed one-tenth of a tlis hair was snow-white, though be millimetre, ami the edges of the slit w as only 43. must be sharp aud caiefully beveled tu Another wealthy mini. Jean Ingle- exclude reflection. snut, though lie had made a fortune by The blue coral is known ns oue of the shrewd speculation, also gave way to most isolated of living animals. It Las tlie dread of death. He conceived tbe been described as tlie only species of idea that all movetueut aud effort wast its genus and the ouly member of Its ed tile tissues of tile body, aud this no- family, "with uo close living relation» tiou sunk so deeply into his mind tliat aud uo known ancestors." Recently, lie went to bed 111 a quiet country bouse however. Prof. .1. W. Gregory lias dis slid hardly moved baud or foot for covered In tbe British Museum what lie years; if lie even stirred a Unger be did believes to.he an aucestor of tlie lonely it with dread, belleviug it used up bis blue coral In a fossil coral of the Cre vitality aud slioriened his life by so taceous period, called PolytreniacI*. much time. He spoke as little* 1 as possi By distilling fresh herring and oily ble, sometimes not opening bis lips for lays, aud was fed by atteuilauts with pine wood iu au iron retort, and then spoons. All Ills food consisted of condensing the products in a Liebig 'slops," to save him the fatal exertion condenser, William C. Hay reports, in if chewing, mid his oue umusemeut the American Chemical lournal. that he was lieiug read to by the hour together, lias produced au artificial asphalt close for be would uot bold a book or turn ly resembling tlie natural product. Th|s llie pages. Even tbe reading lie did experiment Is regarded as confirmatory »way witli toward tlie close of bis life, of the opinion tliat asphalt and petrol uelieviug that listeuiug shortened bis eum are the products of a uatural dis filiation by which the remains of early existence. out* of the queerest cases was that of forms of animal and vegetable life l Mrs. Hulmes, a very wealthy widow, have been transformed in tbe heated who bad a terrible fear of germs and crust of the earth. Bret Harte's "outcast In gray." the uacllll of all kinds. Site bad studied the subject deeply mid it affected her coyote, is described by Prof. C. F. reason, to all appearance. Tbe dread Holder as a sp«*cies of wolf which is jt death seized her, ami she was con virtually a wild dog. Domestic dogs, he vinced slit* would die by some wasting sa.vs. although they will kill tin* mule disease Inspired by microbe*. Knowing coyote, will ofteu refuse to injure the that cold is fatal to tin* average germ, female. Prof. Holder defends the she liad two rooms adjoining each other coyote against those who would exter fitted as refrigerators and kept con uiinate him. on the ground tliat lie is stantly at a temperature* of about 30 the only effective enemy of tlie Jack degrees or Just lielow freezing point. ralibit and tlie ground squirrel, which Oue would suppose this to lie mole try cause so much iLamage in California ing than any quantity of microbes, but A coyote In a camp after chickens the owner was happy iu her conscious yelps so fast tliat he creates tbe impres ness of freedom from germ diseases. sion tliat a whole pack is abroad. Winter and summer the rooms were Naturalists have generally accepted kept at tlie same point, and tlie adjoin- the opinion tliat ants are not able to • tig rooms nud ball were also kept cool peieeive any sounds that are audible that uo current uf warm air might to human ears. Prof. Weld, of tin* Iowa bring bacilli iu. State I'tilversily. controverts this opiu Tills lady lived clad In furs through- Ion. He describes Iu Meieu» e careful ant tbe hottest days tliat blazed out experiments made by him with four side. and her attendants ami servants species of American ants, from which were obliged to constantly disinfect lie deduces tlie conclusion tliat these themselves before entering her pres species, at least, are aide to perceive ence. They lived in a perpetual at sounds, but whether they do It by mosphere of carbolic acid, mid their means of organs of hearing, or tbrougli mistress had to pay very high wages to the sense of touch being excited by at induce any servants to stay with her.— mospheric vibration*, lie Is unable to say witii certainty. He inclines to tlie London Answer. opinion tliat they do really hear, a* Where Peopl.* Live in Trees. some Individual* showed a perception The delta of the Orinoco River In of the direction of tlie sound, such a* kouth America 1« for a considerable tliat of a «Drill whistle, and other*, part of tbe year deep in water. Yet which were nut disturlied when vio this tract is inhabited by tlie Warau lently shaken In tlieir glass prisons, trilie, who tiud it their only mode of seemed to be "driven nearly frantic by -scape from the terrible bites of tbe shrill sounds.” uiosqulto. Tlie Waraua, therefore, Boats ft»r Arctic Travel. make their habitations in the Ita Palm, Boats ueserilied as steel ram* are now which loves moisture aud grows a Im nd- In use in Ice-locked Russian harbors »utly in this della, connecting several aud rivers aud have proved tliat they jf the trees together with eross-lieams can force their way through thick ice, • nd laying planks u | m > u them for the even with 72 degrees of frost. The flooring. The ualives of die Philippine harlmr of Vladivostok, till of late her Islauils and Borneo sleep In trees. Tlie metically sealed for four or live »pe men of India, the Veddaa of Cey- months, hn* since 1803 been kept ac i"0, aud the Bukones of the Andaman cessible through the winter; tbe Fin Islands also live in trees. Some years nish port of Haug» I* now open to turn- • go. I»r. Moffat, the great missionary, metre throughout the year. And la»t while in South Africa, saw one tree in winter a similar steam ram kept up which there were no fewer than twenty connection with the I ral railway olonlal huta of a Kaffir trll»e. A pow through the lie of the Volga at Mara erful chief bad deprived them of all toff. It Is proposed now to keep open their cattle aud weapons. By degree» by stronger Isiats of thi* kind the com tbe lions became so numerous and dar- munication of Mt. Petersberg with the ug that the slight Kaffir huts were an *ea and to force a winter i-ouneetlon usuffieient protection dttriug tlie night through the Ice from Archangel to the • nd tbe half starved jieople perforce mouth of the Yenisei. Admiral Maks look to the trees. rof. addressing the Russian Geograph ical Moelety. Insists that «till more pow Gardening in Africa, Tbe main trouble iu a British West erful boats of this kind might safety African diet is a lack of fresh gr«*eu Iu* counted on to cope with polar ice. food. So wrote tbe late Mary H. Kings such as Nansen bad to deal with, and ley. tlie Afrii-an explorer, in Climate, to cut a passage to the north pole.— and ahe proceeded to mention some »«f Chamber»’ Journal. tbe difficulties in tbe way of supply :ug Spain's I silrrgnninil River. that deficiency. Tbe Guadians, a Mpaalob river, after Gardening ia West Africa Is nervous flow ing for thirty miles overhead, van work. I have worked in gardens there 11,1 auditor tbe Best and know that even liftlig a kale pot - ' is not there, as it is here, a trifimg act— i uderground river, only appearing at issause under tbe kale-pots you lune in -rvals in the »baf*- of lakelets, tbe there a chance of finding divers th ■ -- Ugv« or eyes of the Gnadians as they that. If in spirits on a shelf of the B. t grF «-ailed. This is tlie largest under 1-h Museum reptile gallery. Would g re ..oiiud river which Las been fatly pleasure, but there, close to ones Traced._____________________ auklrs and not b< led and cork*- . People are always «b-appointed in a down, are merely ex< ting and on • at»L MuU, if the suase» gu .B the ■ •“ *us meta!. At the gate open lug luto tbeae rooms la a gvveinmeut office wbicU keet*a track ot everything that goes into or out of these frigid apartments. Foreign regulations have been so rigid tu relation to admission ot American pork that tbeee extremely strict aud Iron clad regulations hav e be come absolutely u«*cvssary. of tbe lymph glands, darkened appear sac* of other glands, blackened spinal column and per bap* half a doien addi tional points Indicate to him at once that tbe bog Is diseased Every time this Inspector fiuds a < use w hich lie txarcbed for Diweawc — Kigid Poet think» suspicious or ciraiiy detiued .1» unfit for food be steps forward from bis •Mid Ante-Mortem hiam taation of Accept Bet f Inspection. chair aud slip» a w ir>- tl.ra.igli t Ktch Aairnal by Lyui I. yc4 UftiviaU. The requirements In regard to Amerl fietih of the bog. The wire bears a large can beet maintaiuel by foreign coun yellow card stating that the carcass is tries aie by uo m»au» as heavy as those Few people have even tbs least ! condemned Also attached to the w lr< ou pork, aud tbe l ulled Slates luspec- is a small lead seal tor fastening the I knowledge uf the great wurk done by I tiou given tor Interstate trade Is ac the national government iu inspecting two euds of the wire together. cepted a» ample by all other coun At that moment the wire Is not seal the killing uf cattle, hug* aud sheep at tries. t attle are uot m arly so liable to tbe Chicago stock yard*. This Rupee- e»l. but Its presence bearing tbe yellow dlseas»* as hogs aud ou a day w lien tit lion >» being carried ou iu tbe stock ' card signifies tliat the can-ass is to he le*1 u or twenty hogs might t*1 thrown yard» of forty eight other cities iu tbe placed to one side for further examimi out iu a single packing lions«1 there I luted Blate», but it 1» operated on a tiou. For removing this w ire and card might be only cue. two or three cattle. tar g.eater »ale iu Chicago than at any tbe luited States laws pre»eribe a Dlseas»*! steers are ofteu among the other ¡mint. Such a »harp watch fur heavy fine and imprisonment. ' very titi»*it app»*ariug and heaviest that diseased aud objectionable animals H Carcae«ee lissmined Twice. are purchased, that they are worth maiutaiued that it 1» practically au im Further down the Um* ot moving less is ouly discovered utter they have possibility for uutit meal, desigued for porkers Is the second I uited State* In l>«**n kill<*l and opcn«*l. Tuber»*ulo*ls interstate or export shipment, to leave spector. The first Inspector lias neither is tlie disease with which tlie cuttle are the inspected slaughter houses at tbe ' the time nor the opi»»rtuulty for doing most ofteu found to In* attli, te«l. It is yards. Every auaual killed receive* 1 more thau to inspect that viscera of tin* [ also otieu found among dlseas«*! hog*, two or three luspectious ami w heu a animal. The hog has uot yet been split diseased one is found the carcass is i Iu twain and he could not isisslbly see lint cholera is most common witli tlie guardiil as carefully us a box of jew tbe Interior etvndltious ot th»* ciirea»*. latter. Lite men who 111*1**1 hog* can elry until it is completely destroyed, as but liefore the swine have lH*eu pushed just a* well as uot sit down while pci forming mo*t ot tlie work, so tliey re tar as edible purposes are concerned. down as far as the seeoud inspector Two kinds of inspection ure given »*aeli one baa I h *»* ii elmpi*»*d luto halve» main on duty a halt a day at a time, every beef, hog or slieep that goes out by the sharp cleavers hi the haudi ot tmt those performing work over cattle of tlie yards as being tit to eat. These i tlie workmen. This official give* the . must constantly walk alHiut. so th«1) examinations are antemortem and ¡»»st I Inner cavities an examination and also I are kept ou duty ouly two hours at a moi ti in. Sometimes the first one alone i carefully Inspects the outer skin, lied time, the men laboring In two alteruat- is *iiiticle ii t to liar out animal* and they J spots ou the hide or granular tulvercle*» ! Ing shifts. In the cuttle slaughtering de I partuieut one man does all ot tbe actual uever get a* far a* tlie slaughtering | sticking to the abdumlual or chest walls pen*. Tlie antemortem Inspection, of are the most common evidences ot dis- iuspta ting. but a second otlii lal puts tlie course, take* place "on the hoof" and ' ease found by thia Inspector. Tbe red purple stamp* on tlie b<*'ves. Tli»* layman would at on»-e vol«* th»1 is conducted just before the auimals »|>ots ludlcate cholera aud tlie tubercle* ar»* driven outo the scales to l>e weighed ' are evidence of tuberculosis, or eon job of the cattle lnsiM*'tor most un for purchase by the packer from the i sumption. Tbe official goes through pleasant. In a long, yellow oil coat Hie stockman. Tlie inspector examines the same tagging as was referr«*d to inspector tramp* alsmt Iu bl<*sl mi each auimal as it Is driven forward to above, unless the carcass was one that lu<h or two deep, up and down the long ward the platform of the scales. Any had already beeu tagged by tbe first in line ot men w ho art* doing various feat lire* in til»1 dressing ot tlie cattie. He animal that is evidently affected with spector. disease or is emaciated is order«*«! cut Tbe yellow-carded hogs are run off on can't sit down or stand still a* can the out. Th»* packer, of course, declines to 1 a side* track and all ot them kept to inspectors in tlie hog departments. T< hj buy au animal which the inspector has | gether until after they cau l>e visited many important thing* ate done or ex CANDLES ARE GOOD TIMEPIECES WALKS BLINDLY TU d£ATW. Miner« Note «he I ««slug of lhe Hour» b* Wii.hiug tbe Burning Taper». »»or uf lb« Keeucat Hirds Is ofteu De ceived by His Visual Urgant. Down In ic coal mines, where sun liais would r quite useless, and where w steiles ar< uot always tu be fuuud. tome curious ways of keeplug time are >ften resorted to. Although the under- (louud toilers »peu<! their working ¡lour» in w hat musi be regarded as per* petual uig'.t, tie* are usually able t > form a fairly corrtret estimate of the time of day Eveu w heu a few tneu are • t work m a lonely and distant part of tiie mine without a watch It la a rare lliitig for any miner to remata at work after th«- proper leaving off time, aud It must I*1 re.ui-uits-red that their work is itivarlalily piece work. Iu those mines w here candles are In us«1 th«1 miners are able to form a g«**l Idea of the time by the uuuilter of "fat sticks" tliey burn. Four ordinary tal low dip« are given out ea«'h morning to th»1 |*my drivers, and wlieu these ate used or uearly used they know it is time to "knock off" for th«* day. A coljlery manager one«* s»mt a nun to work by himself iu a lonely part of th»* pit, giving him four cauillea au». telllug him that it would lie time to go liotue w lieu they were gone. The miiu w as not a >-oiil In wer. but a r»s! i tean er, and worked by th«* »lay. Hi* was supposed to I*- a bit daft, but ou arriv ing at hl* louely working place he wa* wise enough to remember what tbe manager luid told him. Fixing up the vanities on h pit prop, he proceeded to light all four of them at each end. w ith tlie result that he was soou ou his way home again. Iu some of the poorer rural districts, where clock tow« r* are "conspicuous by their absence” ami where watches are still few ami far between, various methods of reckoulng time are Iu vogue at different place*. Flower* are ofteu found to open or close tlieir petals at a glveu time, and It I* said tliat Iu a cer tain rustle corner of Scotland, where there Is no clock, tin* children are dis missed from »ehiHvI at a signal from "the yellow goat's beard,” which regu larly close* Its petals at 4 iu the after noon. Iu a large workshop on the outskirts of a I'eiiiisyIvanla town the workmeU usually stop for breakfast at the ap pearance of n passenger train which pull* up nt tlie ndjolnlng station at 8 a. m. with remarkable promptness. That Irregular riser, tin* sun. I* not a bad Indii-ator of the time when lie Is up hik I shining. Apart from tlie ortil- nary sun dial tliat III* light may be- iiik I ofteu is Hilaptisl for tlnu* keeping m various otlH*r wav*. \Vh> u tlie sluid ow of n lions • or other building reaches a given spot at, »ay, 12 o'clock a ¡wg may be driven Into tin* ground, ami when tlie shadow creep* up to the peg tlu* next day you may vanturs to "kuoek off" for dinner tlint Is. provid ing no on»' lui* tiiov»*»! the peg. Another way of k«*epltig time hy tlie sun Is to muk«* a chalk mark on a w all whir«* a streak of sunshine, coming through a er»*v l< <* or oilier o|>ening In tin* opi>osit«> wnll, rest* for till* time be lug. Tlie worst of it Is tliat cloudy lay* always put a stop to till» method >f telllug the time of »lay Cluciuuatl Enquirer. After tiudglng all day long tbe top of the mountain with no success at all. !n- •»uiiK'b •* I ha I shot several times, but tailed to bring down my game. I ran ii i oss *11 old iiuuter, J. W. Hyde. After ;Le usual greeting we seated ourselves •u au old log to exebauge Uotes. 1 put die question; "Why are th«* turkey* always on tha run when I see them?" 1 lie old uiau spit through bls teeth, rhaug»*d his position, laid bis long, uiuzxle loadlug rifle ou the grouud. put tli»1 fourth portion of a ¡»lug of tobacco iu Ii - mouth, ami ¡>r<>» veiled to tell uie why tlie turkeys were always on the run when I »aw them. “Of all tbe gituie I have ever hunted, turkeys display tbe most wonderful power of vision. I cannot tell just why thi* Is. I have made a microscopical examluatiou of tbe ey»-s of the hawk, eagle. f»»x. weasel ami owl. but tiud no material difference In tbe lens and retina; the ciliary muscles au»l the Iris u•• exactly the same, yet noue of these k«*en visioned creatures can eonq»are with tlie turkey In ¡silnt of seeing. 1 rememiier th»1 acuteness of sight di«- played l»y mi old gobbler In the spring ot ls!>2. l luul carefully cou» eale»l my self. and no ¡»art of my tssly was visi ble but the upisT portion of my bead. A ¡»ulT ot wind slightly disturbed the brim of my lint; he saw it and Immedi ately took to night. "On another is i-aslon I was hunting In tlie mountain* ot G«*»»rgia. I was ly ing behlud a log and wa* carefully bid den, but all the upper ¡»art of my face. A turkey wus slowly coming In re- »ponse to my call, au»l wa* carefully uotlelug for sign* of danger. A tuos- »¡ulto wa* »tinging me fearfully on tbe forehead; I raised my Huger slowly to crush It. am! as soou as the Huger came within the range of vlslou. cluck weut the turkey aud h«1 was gone. "Now. th«1 most unexpllcable thing In regard to huutlng turkey* Is that, witli all hl* neuteties* ot sight, tbe sur est way to get n shot la to sit <lowu In an open place w ith your bai’k ngHlnat a tr»«1. In full view. ami. strang»1 to say. lie w ill walk up w ithin ten step* with out aivlug you.”— Forest aud Stream. How tl»«* Eyesight Tires. GOVERNMENT MEAT INSPECTION AT THE CHICAGO STOCK YARDS. declined to puss, uu»l tbe loss fulls ou by tlie inspector* after tlie killing day the sttH'kuiun. But ufter this uuteuior- I I* over. Each carcass Is theu given a teui Inspection tin* auimals become the more thorough examination tliati was property of the packer und oil losses ! possible at the time w lieu they w ere through ultimate condemnation of the i passlug rapidly In front of th»1 lnspec- I tor*. If it I* found that the pork bears stock must, of course, fall upon him. A sheep which bears on it* »kin plain [ evidence that it I* lmpregtiat«*d witli evidence of "sheep scab,” a Img with disease to an extent that woulil render large, red cholera splotches on hi» hide, Its use Iu the least daugerou*. condeiu a steer witli external tumors, sores or nation 1* then completed. Tli«1 two euds abscesses, or any animal which exhibit* of the wire which was |M»*a«*l through tbe ordinary Indications of lllnes*. sui'li the tlesli by the Inspector are pulh«l to a* Inability to walk, etc., will be cut getiier. the l«*>se elid is Imbeihhsi 111 a out. Tbe law requires tliat tlie refused slot In tin* piece of lead altncliei! to III»1 animal must lie killed aud turued iuto other en»l and with piuchei* the lead is liressed over the wile. Thue the lilial soap tat aud fertilizer. The uumlier of auimals ent out at the sealing is completed, tin th»' lead seal autemortem examination varies so as well as upon tlie yellow carda up greatly tliat th«* inspectors decline to pears "U. 8. Condemnation.” strike an average ou the nuuil**r ex All of the cari'asseu condernne»! are cluded per day. Thousand* may be taken to refr!gerat»*l retaining room«, pass«*l without one being refused, but w here they ar<* lo» k»'»l up by tlie I tilted in tlie next hundred 10 per cent or more Stat»*« employes, no one else having may l»e colldenim*!. As a matter of key* to the lock. When a room I* till»*l fact, however, many »if tlie di«ea««*l it 1» sealed as well a* lock«*l, and It I* animal* pus* this first iu»|**'ti«»n with a crime for anyone other than an In out exciting tlie suspicion on the part spector to break tlie sials. When tin1 of tbe inspector*, for they bear uo ex packing house Is rendy to »ll«is»se of the terior evldeli»** whatever of tli»- fact condemned pork the seal* are broken that they are suffering from a dauger and the doora of the retaining rooms ou» illness. unlock«*! by tlie officials ami. under th»- I'asslug this first Inspection success eye of an inspector, each hog Is re fully, the animal* are welgli»*! and »» ut mov«*l aud pushed <lown through the to the »laughter bouses of the company hole in the top of tbe hlg r«*nl»*rlng ptireliasiug them. Ilog» receive by far tank. Into this tank all kind« of offul i the most careful Inspection. Two In must be thrown, so that the |s»rk may I spectors watch tbe passing of the at once be ruined for use as food. In slaughtered hogs, while but one ex- this tank tbe pork Is steam»*! and boll amine* cattle, ami there Is also hut <*l until Is d«*iotii[s>«ed. Tlie fat rises one each for »beep ami calves, The to th»1 surfai e and the lx>n>*» aud m»-at bog* are given tin1 stricter examination sink to the bottom. The fat skimmed bei-ause of tlieir greater liability to dis froiu th«1 top to I*1 us»»l iu the manit ease *n»l the greater danger to be found factnre of tlie cbea|H-*t kind» of avp in tbe Incipient stage* of Iiog disease*, and the bone* and meat are taken out ami It. of course, g,*'» wit I,out saying J to lie u»»*l In making fertilisers. that early stage* of <ll«ease In any anl With the pa-sing of hog* by tlie «<•<' mal* are more difficult to det«*t than ■ tail lnap»*'tor nil examination for is»rk those more advame«!. to I** con■>ii uh d iu ti*1 I’nlted Mtat»» 1» After going through the flr«t opera tton« St the slaughter tiou«»- tbe hog I* i »»mph-te No re»*»r»l of the lnsp«*itlou strung tip by the heels with hundreds is stampe«! dlr»*'tly upon thecan a»«, a* of otln r* nn»l passes forward in a line in the case with »attic, for uo whole or that »»**111« emlle«« Th»1 devl« to half hog* are sent out from the ala ugh ter-house«. all »wine lM*lug <*ut into which the animal» are «trung tip 1« fit te»l with a »mall w h»**l which rolls smaller piece«. 'The inspecthiu bland« along a «Ingle tnu k Not far from the are later placed on these small pi«***» point where the hogs are first «trung directly ou the meat Itself or In tbe up and only a few f>**t from the line of form <>f tag» pasted upou tbe canvas moving car»a««es «Its tbe first of the cov er». I'ork for f'.relgn export receives ex hog Inspectors As each hog passes In front <»f him a w rkti.an w th two amination after passing thin regular io slashes of a knife remove« the entire »pef'tlon which Is so elaborate an<l thorough that It can scarcely be c viscera from the already ¡»art ally open e«l I*-<!y of the hog ami throw« them prehended by anyone who lisa on a platform at tli»1 - <le of the ral«»*l ma<ie a p»-r»»<ual visit to tbe y ani* ehair In w hi« b th. In»t** tor Is sitting. witnessed tbe Work. From three Just glove th*' liead of the Inanettor fereht part* of the Issly of every and a Jittle to the r»ar Is an el»*'trt<' wbleb Is <i»i»:gu«*l tor export bits <>i lamp, will» h throw « a brilliant stream fl»*«fa are taken for micro* <«pn r xa in i ii alien. Trace« of trichinae sod other of I ght down on the platform. Ea< b time a« the en'rall* are thrown »llseas«*i condllions wbi»*b <an be <le- dr> era tbe I nape» tor giam-s down at tected only through the uilf-rowwpr are them One glatH-e i* suffi lent Long »ought fur with tbe utin<»t diligence. long p*a ti»e at p .«tmortem« and fa- Af' • ■ millartty w ¡th normal viw»wa enable rd all of these microwoplr t»-«t« it 1« th* inspector to tell »juL ker than tbe pla< **1 In cask* and »towel away nud«*r k* k and key In cold storage rooms w nk of an eye f sr>t;..ng i* the mat tar with Ute Lug w uu* v.La. urgana Her« 11 .» watched aud giuudej aa if it o © leisure* mad«1 at different pince*, so III older to see It »ill h»1 must kt*ep coil siuntly on tin* move. Catti»1 nr»1 uot 1 iiiik II i *I ami sliovisl out ot the way a» quickly us boga, so there Is time enough for one man to walk here ami there ami »«*■ tli«- skinning, tlie tat that is s »* hi re moved utter tin- killing, tlie viscera, tlie exterior of the carcass, the luterior. etc. No workluan dar»** remove iiuy pari of tlie ciireass troni where It was taken out iintil after II lias lieeu exaiulu»*! liy the iusp«*ctor and pus»«*<| u* satlstai- lory. I lo- vlial organa nini tlie Iute* t ii»* may then lie thrown to the differ »•tit pin» es where tliey properly belong \\ Leu tL«1 » utile lu»pector limls u *u- plcious l»e» f he tugs it in the Mine way us tin* iiog Inspector doe* >» porker, uik I It is rim off into a sidetrack, when* Il I* held to await linai examination. Th»1 half beeve* which are passed a* all right nr»- rolle»l on down the line to tlie point w here their dn-ssing Is compiei»1»! anil her»1 stands th«* »tamper with Ids rubber stamp mid ink«*l pud ready to uffix a purple oval stamp about three Inctiea long, Iu which aie letter* linlf an Inch high, Al three different |*dui* ou the alslomimil ami chest walls, an terlor to the iilud quarter, this official piare» bis stamp, tlie three a»**tlons stamped lieiug tbe three Into which tin- half of tlie li<*ly of a beef la dividisi for transportation to the butcher. In the cooling room, wliea tbe outside of tbe beef I» more thoroughly »Irled. the same stamp I» placed on the bind quarter, making altogether four stamp* which are plan*l on each half of a beef. B»isl»le* “C. M. ltisp<**tlotl" on th»* stamp there ar»* a letter and two num bera. on»1 number l»eliig Iniimsllately al lh<* aiik1 of tbe letter am! the other I*1 tween two stars which ar»1 at tlie l»e ginning mi<! end of "I 8 ln«|Hi<iil»in." wbl< Ii curves nlsmt the oval. By the*». figuri*« anil tli»1 letter on the nn*at tbe <1* pnrtruent < ffi. sis < an tell if ihry are ever called on to do so what inspe» tor pa*«*! the meat. In what abattoir It •n kill»*! an<l the day upon which it was killed. Mo. In case any dealer re »•rived a piece of the statiifM'il meat and claimed It win not goo»l he could re turn It to the stock yards an<| ri,«. go». ertiment offi» lals woulil trace the trou ble Lack to the very Ix gitining ln-p. » te n of th. slaughtering of ani mais was established by the govern- meat In l*‘H. ami »Ince the year of tlie foiimilug of the great plan it ha» grown ami flourish«*! ami »(»read like th»1 tra ditional green l»ay tree Constantly In i reusing appropriation« for Ita mutateti mu-e and •up|sirt mi»l increase of s»-of* liuvetiren oisdr by fonare«« am! all tie hojtes and exi** tation« of tbe promot er« of »he s in ni» tisve l*-«-n reallz»*«l Tlie burden of ln«t**'t;on 1« operati*! under the government department of agriculture. • 11 'I;. ® x "Why. the thing tiap|»ene<l right dow in your own nelght»orb«»od.” "I ku«»e but my wife's away fur Gia imuai« 1'UiladelpL.a I'lesa. I'eopl»1 s|»ei»k of tlieir eyes belug tired, meaulng that tlie retina or seelug por tion of tlie eye Is fatlgui'il, but such la not tin* ease, as tlie retina hardly ever gets tired. The fatigue is In the Inner ami other muscles Attached to the eye bull, and the muscle of accommodation which surrounds the I 'tis »if th»* eye. Wlieu a Uear object I* to 1 h * looke»l at till« intisch* relaxes ami allow* tlu* lens to thicken. Increasing Its refractive ¡lower. Th«* inner and outer muscles are used in covering the eye on the ob ject to be looked at. tlie luner one be ing especially us»*»l when a near object Is lookv<l at. It Is In the three muscles mentioned that the fatigue Is felt, ami relief I* secured teiii|iorarlly by eloslug th«* eyes or gazing at far distant ob jects. Tli«* usual ln»ll«*atlon of Mrnln I* a redness of the rim <»f the eyelid, l»e- tok-nlug a eoligested state of tlie IllUvr surface, aceompauled by some pain. Sometimes thia weariness Indicates the need of glasK»'» rightly mlapt»*«! to the person, ami in other cases the true remedy I* to massage the eye and Its surrounding» a* far as may lie with the hand wet In cold water.—Philadelphia Ledger. Hwls« Chimney Nwer|M. In Rwltxerlam! tlie chimney sweep Is an official personage. Il<* la tlu* em ploye of the commune, receiving a fix»*»! -alary. Ids actloOs controlled hy the government, and lie himself bolding on by th«- l»s< k »traps to tbe ear of state, lie Is also, a* many tourists will liavs notice«!, on»1 of the few »oils of the Hel vetian republic who on Bundays ami week »lay* *|mrta a tall silk list. This he wears with dignity, but It Is gener ally brushed the wrong way. On Ills Hfi' lal tour Ii»1 takes It off hlaudly, ami Informs the householder that be is "em powered by tlie Stale to lli»p<*»'t his flues." In the ciiuton of Grisoua re- > »tally the ¡M>»t ami title of “ramoneur communsl' na* opened to coin|ietltli»n. Tlie »alary was 132 a year, and the can didates were numerous. But tbe • Irange thing wss that they were most ly village a» lns>lnia»ters from Italy. A ¡»sinful »Igu of the times In that unrest ful laud "Better.” says L'ltalla del I’opolo, "l»e a chimney »weep In Mwltx- erland Ilian a schoolmaster in Italy ” But the Italia del I’,>| h »I o ha» re»eiitly liven »»u»pre«»e»L Fail Mall Gazette. A Mother's A»lvl»*r to Her M«»n. Ed'vln Markham has nearly com- plet«*«l nls s«*cou«l volume of poems. \\ B. Yi'iits I* working at his iuqiort- ini b»»»»k on tin1 folklore of Galw ay. He 1» also engaged ou a new novel. William Helneniann has brought out In Londou Stephen Crane's two stories, "George's Mother" and "Muggle," In one volume, uiuler the title of “Bowery Til les." A new novel by Gertrude Hall, the title of which Is to Is- "April's Mowlug.” 1» announced. Th«1 mime la said to hav«1 lieen suggested by tbe following lilies In Browultig's “l’lppa Passe»;” Yi»u'll love nu- yet, aixl I can tarry Your love’» |u »»tracted growing; Jut»«1 rear«1»! the biiucb ot Howers you carry, Fi'iiin »»•»»is nt April »owing. A lilstorl» nl novel, dealing with tlie life of th»1 earlier settler» of th«* Mo hawk Valley Just before the revolution, tills I hm ' u written by Miss Pauline Brad- fonl Mackie, author of "Ye Little Salem Maid." It w ill be entitled "A Georgian Actress.” A series of biographies of famous liv ing actors ami actresses 1» to tie pub- ll*bi'»l soon. The flrat two biographies will be "Klien Terry," hy Clement Beott. an»! "John Drew,” by Edward A. Dltlimar. The volumes are to I m * copi ously Illustrated with photographs In character. Ilail Catne’s forthcoming story Is not to I m * »-alleil "The Roman.” blit "The Eternal t'lty.” It will I m * publish»«! in England in lhe Lady's Magazine, a new perhslh-al which C. A. Pearson will bring out next January, and tn this 'ounlry in tlie New Magazine to be pub- II h I ki »I III the fall by It. II. Russell. It Is said that Mr. Caine received S7.&UU for the »» rial rights. Greatest Docks In the World. Tin- marine docks at Portsmouth, En gland. ar»1 tlie largest in the world, cov ering more than 3Ul acres ami employ ing »»»me lti.iaat nieii. Two of the larg est docks are fjtal feet long aud MS broad. All ar<- what Is kuowu as stoiia graving »locks. They are dug out of a sufficient <l»ptli, length aud width to euable vessels of a «ertalu size to bo admitted. They are constructed ot graulte ami fitted with heavy gates; II»«* »e««»1! Is float»*«! luto the dis k aud proiH'rly slior»*«l lip ou the keel blocks— th»* gates are closeil the water th»m ¡»ii iii | h *I out. Mil» b docks are below tlie level of the dockyard. The walls are built with stairs like the M*ata in an amphitheater, so that workmen may go ii|» anil down, and grrat cranea lift ing forty tow» are usr«l In Uaudliug ma terial*. Wlieu a vessel is culiq»let«*d all that Is neieasary to launch her la to o | h * ii the gates, nil tbe dis k aud ahe tl»»nt« out without risk or trouble. Tlie advantage nt a uumlier <'t (l»» ks at a station is tlie rviidlness with which a small vessel may I m * put Into a «mall <l<* k ami a large vessel luto a birgs oue at »»me. till» l<eing done with *« mu< Ii e< <>u»>niy of time aud laliur.-- I'rovlileiK V Journal. Mo you are looking for a »weetheart? Well, then, by her music you may A Kaad«»lph t»e» il»»lr. ku«>w I er. If a girl manifests a ptedi- In the "Green Bag" the »krtch o Iri tlon f»»r Mtrau»«. »lie Is frivolous; If John Ran»lolph ln< lu»!es this lllnstrn for B»'>'thov» n. »he I* unpractical; If for live an«*« dote, the Chief Justice allude») Vertll. «he I* »»'ntliiiental; If for Offen to Iwliig. It Is pr«*»utued. his ¡siiitlial bach. »he is gl»1'!y; If for <>ounod, she Is f»»e. John Marshall, of tlie L'tilted States la< kadal«« al, If for Gottschalk, she Is Court In »»»me of ltan«l<>lpti's prs-ull- ■ u|>ern> ial; If for Moaart. «be la pru arltie» he «eem» to have taken pride. dish: If for Flotow, she la common- Due which lie cultivated with care was place; If for W agner, she is idiotic. The an exaggerated precision of pronuncla- girl who liarnmvrs away at "The Maid- 11 n. Thia l«-<t him Io correct without en'a Prayer,” 'Tlie Anvil Chorus,” and hesitation whatever he considered a "Hllvrry Waves," may be »lepetid»*d bluiKlvr In that n-speet In oue of his upoa a» a go»«! cook and a helpful wife; Irritable ukmm I s at Roanoke be grew but last of all. my son. pin thy faith very Impatleut for his cup of coffee, and on the calico dress ut a girl whu cannot testily ask»*! tbe woman who was wait play at all." ing on him. "Why dou t you make that coffeeT' "I wu a makln' Iu” she re Money even attracts bullets. A maa plied. “You 'win' makln' It.” retorted who missed a barn duor with a rifle tbe sick man. "Who ever said 'wuaT yesterday easily pl»igg»*d a silver dollar but yen a»»d tbe Chief J uatic«r at a dlslam.« ut fifty yarila
