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-
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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
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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.
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"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