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lit Packing Indu By Day AH THE Industry of killing ami i packing beef. pork and mutton baa reached sucb proportions in Chicago? the greatest centre of this industry in the world? J that the most modern processes have been introduced for the purpose of economising both time and labor, as .Wei) as vtilising all of the products of j the carcass. The Union Stock Yards. Where are located Rome of tbe largest packing plants, are the most extensive I In tbe werld. havinj* accommodations for nearly 125.000 bogs. 20,000 cattle and 15.000 sheep. Yearly 3.000.000 cattle and 5.000.000 bog* are slaughtered and converted inro packing-bouse products in what is kuown as "Rackhas Town." which really forms a sec* tion of tbe yards. A further estimate of tbe extent of tbe industry can be gained when it is stated that tbe space devcted to pens alone comprises 200 acres, while tbe yards are traversed by 150 miles of railroad track and twenty miles of streets, and tbe troughs from wbicb tbe live Mock are fed and watered aggregate seveuty-five miles Is length. As far as possible, machinery has been employed, with tin* result that one of the large companies treats 7000 hogs n a day, where by hand less than ten per cent, of this number can t* disposed of. While the killing itself is atill done by manual labor, tbe butcher has every appliance to further his work. Tbe drove of bogs, for example. is passed from tbe yards into ?ww.toii?.ait*n?<i n?n8 iher.ct* forced. ""-r-- a crrrnro xrr hogs. stogie file. Into a compartment where ft large metal wheel revolves slowly tat continuously. An attendant seises ach of the animals by one of tbe hind - - * * v? o feet ana rasiens u 10 iu? wnro uj ? abort chain. As it is lifted into the air. the botcher with a thrust of the knife opens the throat; the work occuPtea nt .a second. The blood from j the carcasa flows into a troaph, which passes on to vats, where it is kept until utilised In the mannfactare of fertiliser. The carcass revolves on the wheel vntil it reaches a point where it is automatically removed and fastened to a trolley system which conveys it Into the scraping-room. Here it passes through a machine, provided with revolting nlades. which removes most of the bristles, preserving them so that vthey can be later made into brushes. The carcaRS is then K?ed Into a vat or tank of boiling water, which softens the balance of the bristles so that they can be easily removed by hand. From this apartment it Ik conveyed by machinery into the chill-room, where it remains for twenty-four hours before being cut Into sections. The carcass, freed from blood and bristles. Is now ready for tbe cleaver, who separates It Into tbe hams and Ides for bacon, and removes the fat. Wbicb is to be eonvcrted into lard and other products. The Cutting is done so dexterously that a few minates sufflee for one man to separate tbe hog into several portions. Then tbe hams and bacon are placed in reservoir* filled with a pickling composition, f which each company has its own formula. The other portions for provisions lire placed In tbe salt-room, where they remain from forty to sixty day*. The same length of time is required al*o for the haras and bacon. Followiuj; the pickling and sailing processes comes the smoking, which to dohe in compartments where thousands of pieces can he cared at the ?une time. The lard is extracted, or tried, in immense kettles heated by steam. and while in the liquid state it Is forced through pipes into ;he packing-room, the pails and other receptacles being filed by merely opening valves connected with the pipes. It is then allowed to cool and is ready for shipment. The pork sausage is also largely A machine product, tin* meat being chopped into line particles by rapidly revolving blades, and then forced into wins mane 01 we imeniBn ui ioc IN*. bow intestinal skins being, of coarse, first thoroughly clean**! by machinery. A part of thin machinery, which is operated by compressed air. Will fill several feet of tankage skin la a few seconds. The links are made by merely tying the skin with strings In sections a few inches in length. Before it is sent to market, tankage is anally hung in the storehouse for a f?w days to "seaeon." Except for fastening the hog to the Wheel, the killing process, the cutting Into pieces, and fastening the pack l|d, tb? animal passes through the packing-boose with scarcely a touch of the band. Sbeep are treated in a somevbat similar manner, except that the arcane* arc not made into -ao many t 4 st-ry of Chicago. en Wffley. i product*. When slaughtered they art* kwuck from the floor by chains fastened to the hind feet. The throat is opened by the single thrust of the knife, and the body is ronveyed mechanically into the chill-room. It it usually kept in this department fortyeight hours, when the bide Is removed, and it Is cut into halve* or quarters as desired. Formerly the skins were -?1 * ? J*w *?- "ww*! ??? KM* ?ho nnnL'pra auiu HIIU liif nUVI V/U, ^ DRESSED MEAT HUNG Lave invented a process by which the wool can be easily stripped from tbe bide The wool is tben cleaned thoroutcbly >n bot water, dried and packed hi bales to be shipped direct to tbe cloth manufacturer, tbe bide being sold to tbe tanner. Tbe mutton intend* -? cd for shipment is usually piacru iu iuc refrigerating department, which may contain 10.000 pieces at one time. Here It can be kept for an indefinite period, as tbe air is maintained at an even temperature by a refrigeration system which extends to all portions of tbe department Wben tbe time arrives for shipment, tbe refrigerator cars can be run into tbe refrigerator compartments. and tbe meat transferred without exposing It to tbe warm air. In tbe modern method of killing cattle the stunning process lis still retained. As tbe beeves are driven Into tbe gangways in single flle, men upon elevated platforms knock them senseless by a blow between tbe horns with a heavy hammer quite similar in shape to tbe implement used In spiking railroad ties. As tbe animal falls a door Id tbe side of tbe gangway Is opened, allowing tbe carcass to slide to tbe floor below, where it Is slaughtered. Hero the transferring machine is attached to the body, and as fast as an animal Is killed it starts on its journey through the several departments.* First comes the chill-room, then the compartment trbere It is skinned. While one man is removing the hide, another cuts off the head aud removes the (ongut. and another the feet. Next it is halved or quartered in the cleavlug-room. and cleaved ready for shipment to the centres of consumption, either in this country or abroad. The carcasses are usually left in halves. rnXIXO Li ED PAILS. being transferred to tbe cold storagc dcpartment^wbere. like tbe sheep, they may be kept an Indefinite period. Tbe beef affords a much greater variety of products than either tbe tibeep or tbe bog. although, as already stated, every portion of the animals is put to some use in the modern process. The fat. boiled in large kettles. is resolved into oleo and steurine, oleo. or oil of tbe beef, forming the basis of butterine and oleomargarine. This and stearine are utilized in some of tbe soaps which are now manufactured. Tbe blo?d is converted into fertiliser, and also into buttons of a cheap grade, which are now manufactured iu Tacking Towu. within a short distance of the slaughter-bouse*. I Tbe hoofs, of course, are converted iuto glue. Id tbe fertilizer compound, practically all of the offal of tbe beef can now be utilized. Within three or four years the inanufacture of ooap? and liquid foods has been undertaken on a very large scale in connection with tbe Chicago juieking industry. Scores of product* which have beef for the basin arc distilled, refined and placed in bottles and jars 1 in plants adjacent to the pat-kins ' bouses. Tbi principal concerns or Chicago manufacture their own cans 1 for liquid and solid products, and own the factories for making boxes and It - ' . t bsrrels. while one company operates n mill for making bagging for hams. , As 100,000 package* may be fillcnl in a I week with liquid ami solid food, the j economy of this plan is apparent. Even in the preparing of what is known as i canned corned beef the tins are tilled ! with the cooked meat by machinery. | the contents of each package l>eing j molded so that they fit to a nicety, After filling and soldering, the pack- [ age is placed in boiling water, then n j hole Is made iu tbe top to allow the gns to escape, and it is resoliiered, keeping the contents in good condition for a period of years In any climate. The trolley system is being used not only 1l\ the abattoirs for transferring m? IN A STORAGE ROOM. the carcasses, tint for the general transfer of packages and cars from one point to another. The electric motor hauls everything, from a truck to a railroad car. The method used for transferring the carcasses usually consists of an overhead bar or rail, along which the trolley is raoveu. uikiuk h? current from the wiring or a feeder. To the trolley are attached short chains ending in hooks, so that the animals can he easily fastened to It. The "hogkilling wheel." as It is termed, also revolves by electric power.?Scientific American. A Question of True Sport. How shockingly brutal p!gcou-shoot> Ing would be if pigeons were about this size.?Harper's Weekly. Wben th? End l? Nm. The following powerful description of a drowning man's sensations is quoted from Franc-is Howard Williams's story in tbe Lippincott, called "Pe Profundis." M8alt water is running out of bis nostrils and bis eyes are void of all save blackness and throbbing yellow spots? not all yellow?wbite and yellow; daisies. daisies! A field full of tbem. How familiar is tbat old upland rounding against the blue! He plucks a flower for his hat band and Hfts bis bare feet high lest tbe sharp grass cut his toes; boys in the country learn to be so shrewd in these matters. Ah, a mead ow-iars: it s a iniru 01 a century Bince Dalrymple killed it witb a stone, and be wishes now that he hadn't. What a pitj. too. that he didn't do the square thing In his settlement with G. Q. Jarvis & Co. last winter. He (rot theni on tbe hip Id the stock panic and broke them up. Mrs. Jarvis was giving piano lessons to keep the family afloat at last accounts. Mr. Dalrymple thought how lie should like to send her a snug check - if be could only get to his desk?his desk with its neat inkstand and clean blotting pad. which seemed so far off and unattainable. "'Tick, tick.' No. not that! The roll of the organ, out from the chancel and far down the nave?the long, withdrawing roar of the ebb. "He was pushing hard against watorv Imf h!i musolpH nDlrprml and refus?-u to act. What In this strange impotence? The rushing in his ears is as a sigh of God." Triad Them on the Indian*. "When I was out In Oregon fiftythree years ago, said a pieasaut-look* iug farmer, who has been in the red raspberry business for twenty-five years, "I first saw red raspberries growing wild in the thickets and along the edges of the wild Oregon roads. They were saucer-shaped and not us deep as the modern berry?just like those which still grow wild in Michigan. As the Oregon l?erries looked tempting, I picked a lot in my hat, but did not dare to eat them, as I did not know whether they were poisonous or not. "Ou my way back to camp 1 met a number of Indians whom 1 had seen before, and knew to be my friends; iu fact, they had taken such a fancy to me that they once offered to adopt me into the tribe. To these genial Indians I presented my hatful of fresh red raspberries, and my Joy was great wlieu they ate them all with relish. Alter that. I ate all I wanted. "Ill old New Knglaml. 1 understand, they used to call tlie raspberry "the tbiinblelterry.' on accouut of its resemblance to a woman's thimble."? Detroit Frit Press. About KamU. No Russian officer tuay uiarry until be is twenty-three. In Russia factories are usually near forests, wood being still the chief fuel. Ninety p?*r cent, of the 128.000.000 people of tbe Russian empire are farmers. Vladivostock possesses tbe ouly crematorium that has been erected in the whole Russian empire. 1 w, v ".,cj A CHURCH OWNED BY UNCLE SAt One Wing For Catholics, the Othe For Protestants. The chapel nt the National Militar; Hume iu Marion, says the Indianapclii News, cost $10,000. It is tbe onl] church owned and constructed by tb< United States Government iu Iudiaua C3CLE SAX'S CHUBCH AT MARIOS, IJW It boasts of two chaplains?the Rev David E. Myers. Protestant, of tbJi citj*. and tbe Rev. Fr. F. C. Welch maun. Catholic, of St. Genevievi Church. Gas City. Religious services are hehl by hot I chaplains every Sabbath. The singinj in the Protestant section is led by j choir of trained voices from Marion. The building is divided Into twi wings, the Catholics worshiping in tbi north section in the early morning and the Protestant members at tbi usual hour. The services are largely attended by visitors and fine voca music has always been n feature. I line pipe organ has beon added 1>: voluntary subscriptions and allowance from the post fund. HEROES.OF 1776 REMEMBERED. Grave Markers Placed by D. A. K. Bangor, Maine. The Frances Dighton Wiliinins Chap ter of tbe D. A. R.. says tbe Bango (Me.) Commercial, has been for tw years past engaged in the laudabl II I , . _,. > 'V^'.'ii, j .'." I*.-' (k-ftw : .^pjb ONE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ORAV BARKERS. enterprise of marking tne graves of th Revolutionary soldiers, as far as the can be located at Mount Hope, or tb cemeteries near Bangor. Thus fa thirteen markers have been placed 1 position, and are a fitting, if souewbn belated, tribute to the patriotism of ou forefathers of Maine who helped t give to posterity its glorious heritag of liberty and country. The illustration presented berewit bLowb the patriotic aspect of one < tlie Revolutionary grave markers. THE RICHEST IAN IN GERMANY. Herr F A. Krupp, head of the stei works, t-ujoys ai? income of over $T? OOO.'.WO. CinfnlDtii Her Undoing. A story that is now going the round is laid to the door of a piquaute au dainty little French lady who wa more or less iu evidence at such plact as were visited l?y the Ilocliambea embassy. The humor of the situutio lies iu the extreme dittidence of tb Frenchwoman. She is sensitive to th jKiiut of u double nervousuess, an realizing the liability to err in a foi eigu tongue she was generally carefi to make selection of each iludividui word. Wherefore she was but tL more amusiug when one evening, fee iUK moved to remonstrate with n get tleiuiiu upon the chilliness of on . ... i;<i: liirru .uaj j?ih* ?tuu. *?* * w? v% so roid hen* nil ze time zut i Lav* si all u- day weetb my feet over ze trat some."?The Onlooker Cabt'i Hriki. The highest mountains in Cub reach greater heights than any peak iu the eastern ranges of the Unite States. Ting poug tablet! Lave beeu set up i liattersea Town Hall, England, an may be used by the eouneillors at it tervals during the council meetings. Every cloud has a silver lining an tome people kick because it isn't gob A Hrdenlr Terror. A geriu-proof house Is the latest art. I dition to the hygienic terrors of life*; It is not .ret actually in existence. buj r medical congresws are busily and ??vei| hopefully paving the way for its advent. When it arrives and we are ail r thoroughly scientific and uncomfortn5 ble. our homes will he slnglf-storied. '' without stairs, built on gravel soil des0 titute of cellars, with concrete and blocks of earthenware "pierced for ventilation" placed under the floor and the ordinary bricks "will be su perseded by glazed and tightly fitting hygienic bricks." The roof will be tiled, not ulnted. and the window* will reach from top to bottom of the walls The dining table will be of polished mahogany, the chairs cushionless or stuffed with medicated wool. The I walls ought to be made of a cement that takes a high polish, can be stained to any color and washed frequently. Curtains and draperies of all kinds will be abolished; pictures will be permitted only when let Into the cement wall: for artistic touches we shall be depending on "plants of the India rub ber and eucalyptus type." In no room 8 j will there be corners to harbor dust * and bacteria, and the skirting will al! j ways curve Into the hard wood parj quet floors instead of striking them at 1 right angle?.?London Chronicle. ; 1 Tl?e Emblematic Eagle. We have a habit of speaking of tbe a American eagle as if only America had e an eagle. "Let the eagle scream!" is a , pet saying. The eagle Is dominant In t the coat of arms of Mexico, Russia, r Chile, Austria-Hungary, Prussia and 1 Germany. It was the ensign of the L ' ancient kin^s of Babylon and Persia, 7 I of tbe Ptolemies and Seleucides. The i | Romans adopted It, and Marian made It tbe ensign of the legion. Tbe French under tbe Empire assumed tbe same device. The eagle is used for lacterna in churches, because it is tbe natural vnemy of the serpent. The Mexican coat of arms is an eagle holding a k | serpent in its beak and talons. Austria, r I Germany and Russia have two-headed 0 I eagles, one facing to the right and tbe e ! other to the left The two beads symbolize the Eastern or Byzantine Empire and the Western or Roman Empire. The eagle signifies fortitude.? New York Press. No N*td to Knead Bread. A woman whose success Is still problematical, since ber invention has yet to be proved, is Mrs. Lydia C. fcbarpless, of Philadelphia, who bos, after two years of study in laboratory, made what is believed to a valuable scientific discovery with regard to flour She is convinced, as the result of bet experiments, that kneading bread Is directly Injurious to flour, and has Invented a bread-making machine that does away altogether with kneading tbe dough, and asserts that a finer quality of bread will be produced. The whole humau race having been brought up to believe that it was hardly possible to knead bread too much, and that the goodness of bread was very largely dependent on it. it seems strange, indeed. to now be told that it Is wholly l uuuecevsary. | An Original Defeat*. Two al*origines of Formosa, who were arrested in the Hosan province, were recently sentenced to death for ? having murdered a policeman. Their defense was original. They - said they meant no harm: tbey killed e tbe policemnu merely for a Joke. ' Under cross-examination tbey snid it e was only after the Japanese bad come ir to the islaud that they had heard that D the murder of a man was considered a " bod deed. 11 In reply to a question as to whether ? they felt happy in killing the police:e man the prisoners replied yes, they felt very happy. k This is tho first occasion on which one of the aborigines has been sentenced to capital punishment since the Japanese took over Formosa. Bermuda Get* BiggMt '>rj Dock. Tbe new floating dock for the British Government's naval station at Ireland Island. Bermuda, is the largest floating dry dock in existence. The dock is 545 feet long, end its side walls are fifty-three feet three Inches high. It is capable of lifting a vessel weighing 17.500 tons and drawing thirty-two feet of water. The dairy business is increasing rapidly in New Zealuud. and the Government is doing all in its power to boost the trade. Most of us would be willing to share i our misfortunes with others. I Lost Hair " My hair cair.e out by fbe handful, and the gray hairs began to creep in. I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor, and it stopped the hair frofc. coming out and restored the color."? Mrs. M. D.Gray, No. Salens Mass. There's a pleasure in 9 offering such a preparad tion as Ayer's Hair Vigor. ? It gives to all who use it 8 such satisfaction. The hair becomes thicker, >? longer, softer, and more ? glossy. And you feel so rd secure in using such an [] old and reliable preparaII tion. si.M a bottle. All 4raoUto. ? . ill H your dniRrift cannot *upji!y yon, 1 tend us one dollar and we will rxprt-M 1 I I you a bottle. Be *ur? and\jrit9 the name I o/ sou uesmt nprm offic?. Addrnv, I 1 J. V. A VKR CO.? lowll Maaa. | " Headache? B Appetite poor? Bowels cons stipated? It's your liver! d Ayer's Pills are liver pills. u I Want your moustache or beard a d beautiful brown or rich black ? Use ' Buckingham's Dye ^ bOctt ct d'bfgittiC! R P. Htl'liCo N??hy?,N H AN IT ALIA r . Cured by Pe=rn=na of ( After Doctc Hon. J. D. Botkin, Congressman from Kansas, Writes an Interesting Letter. LAl^fAlN <). BEKTULKTTO. Captain O. Bertoletto, of the Italian Barque "Lincellen." in a recent letter from the chief oflicc of the Italian Barque Lincelle*, I'ensacola, Kin., writes: "I have Buffered lor neveral yearn \rith chronic catarrh ofthertomach. The doctors prescribed for me without my receiving the leant benefit. Through one of your pamphlet* 1 began the *i*c of Peruna, and two botUen have entirely cured me. J recommend Peruna to all my/riendo." ?O. Bertoletto. In catarrh of the stomach, as well as catarrh of any part of the body, I'eruna is the remedy. As has been often said ii Peruna will cure catarrh of one part it will cure catarrh of any other nart of the body. Catarrh is catarrh wherever located, and the remedy that will cure it anywhere will cure it everywhere. vflHU^fff A r* 0. I. Cmnui to* ^P5* dtoilciofMlr Savored. w BP I COINBiNi lilM I ktj-oMairg auu. ilk rovinwtr. If art in ?u>ck. be will order 11 tyoerreqoe*. Prepared onJr by UB8Y, McNtRL A LiBBY, CHICAGO Tkt World'* 6re*te%t Caterers. On* #? edition of "flow to Maze Oood Tatxas to cat" eeet free for iLe ufcin*. CHURCHES SCHOOL HOUSES AND HOMES j must be decorated with ALABASTINE to insure health and permanent satis- . faction. Write for free suggest ious by our artists. Buy only in packages properly labeled "Alabastine." ALABA8TINE COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. fieaaioe stamped C C C. Merer sold to bilk, teware Jf the dealer who tries tc sell "sooethiag jast as good." ^^ : Jf ' I Dainty summer girls use /~I iTiniDA mwTMPMT tf/v " 1 IV^UI\n UIIIIHIUM IVI fving the skin, scalp, hair, and hanc rashes, tan, sunburn, bites and stir.# incidental to outdoor sports, tor san; all the purposes of the toilet, bath, s 6&*~lluch that all should know abou (he circular with Cuticu&a Soap. '""1 \ CAPTAIN latarrh of the Stomach >rs Failed. J The following letter from CongretnnAa liotkin urmilii for itwlf: Hocsr or Rcpsicskxtatitu, I Wasbixotok, D. C. Dr. S. B. Hurt man, Columbus, 0.: My Dmr Doctor?It gives me pleasure to certify to the excellent curative qualities ot your nn-H ?iutlilt>ttlulutt icinwi^f? Peruna f flicted more or| les* for a quartet? \ of a centunr with} M 4^ ffl catarrh of the# IS stomach and con-? creased these trou { !! ties of your med ? a /SBC^" J? icine have given* v?- H yjjU nie almost com J x Jr \ Flete relief, and* * '1 am sure that a * *? "" ,,,,n continuation of thi-m will effect a permanent cute. Peruna i? surely a wonderful remedy for catarrhal affection*.?J. D. Dot Lin. This is a case of catarrh of the stomach which had run for twenty-fiv? years, according to his statement, and Peruna baa at oucc come to his relief, promptly accomplishing for him more benefit than he bad bof-n able to find in all other remedies dor ing a quarter 01 a '.-eniury. It stand* to reason that a man of wealth * * and influence, like a Congressman of the sprnt United States, has left no ordinary means untried and no stone unturned to find a cure. if surb cores aa these do not verify tba claim nut only that dyspepsia is due to catarrh of the stomach, but also that Penutawill cure catarrh of tbe stomach, it is impossible to imagine bow any evidence could do so. If you do not derire prompt and ?tio? factor)* results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, firing a full statement of your cose and be willtM pleased to give you his valuable advira gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of Th? Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. i W. I. Doug/at I'lOM an tM rtanjard of tit morid. I W. L. Dmuclas aU? sad tald Mrs mi'i OmI jmlt Writ (Iwl Rpwt4 Prortw) i>mi la tfcstnt I ?jx MMtka if INt than air KWr MlifMtinr. 110,000 FiKStttiSsF55* Best Import til ami American leather*. Mml't Patent Calf. Emmet, Box Calf, OaJf. V!d Kid, Cenam Colt, Hat. Kangaroo. 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Durifvinr and beauti Is, for irritations of the skin, heat c /if ine4/?4r inA cnriinMt j vi UMWWi.'y laiiiwuvjj ftim ?a/ivhv?m itive, antiseptic cleansing, and for tnd nursery. it tbe skin, ecalp, and hair i< told In