MEAT THAFFIC METHODS

ola Mxmc Tawaid Iba Cora ball— Hyalaus allr >-lau(tilarlBC Dparatloaa. Pt-rbapa (he moat eloquent testimonial of the almoat unparalleled rapidity of development which has chanuterlxed the meat packiuc Industry In the United States la found In the governmental attention which has of late years been accorded Its product by a number of foreign nations, says the Philadelphia Record. That one or two or these nations have. In one way or another, discriminated against American provisions is merely additional

trade of the New World.

Meat packing. In the common acceptance of the term, refers to the wholesale curing and packing of hog products, although the Industry is so iutimately associated with the shipping cattle' and sheep that the whole may be considered one general Held

of activity.

In a quarter of a century the packing industry has increased the volume of ita operations fully four-fold. in 1372 there were less than six million hogs slaughtered and packed in the United States, whereas during the last twelve months, for which statistics are available, the number apsched close to twenty-four millions. ; the eight months of the summer season last year the hogs [lacked weighed more than one-and-one-half ^illlion tons and cost about one-eighth W a billion dollars. The average ■eight of each hog was about 230 iftunds and the average cost of each

t

proac-h Durinf

i single summer yielded a quarter

of a million tons of lard. A couple of decades ago not a third of thfc whole packing product was put up during the eight months of the summer season. Now, as has been stated, from one-half to two-thirds of the total is

handled during that interval. If we consider the total yearly pack-

ing at prominent places we And Chicago well in the lead, just as' in the comparison restricted to winter packing. Of the twenty-four million hogs slaughtered and packed in the United States during the last year, for which the statistics have been summarized, more than eight millions were packed in Chicago, which has practically doubled its annual output in a decade. Considerably more than three million hogs were packed during the year at Kansas City, and the cities of Omaha. St. Louis. Indianapolis. Milwaukee and St. Joseph. Mo., each packed between one

and two million hogs. — Before passing from this phase of

the subject It may be noted that In addition to nearly nine million live hogs brought to Chicago each year by the score of railroads centring at the Western metropolis, there are received annually at the city on the lake more than two-and-one-half million cattle and fully three-and-one-half million sheep. The eastlxpnd shipments of livestock and dressed beef from Chicago have fluctuated of late years, but are not far from one-and-one-half million tons annually. The relative positions of the various centres of the industry may be appreciated when it Is stated that Kansas City, the second . on the list, receives each twelvemonth about two million cattle and rather less

than a million sheep.

The exportation of American provisions has. of course, grown tremendously of late years. Indeed.' it has resulted In the United States assuming the position of the principal meat dealer for the world. Even the French and German exclusion of meat products from the New World. Inaugurated in 1881. only temporarily retarded the development of this branch of the industry. Of the $175,080,000. which in round numbers constitutes Uncle Sam's annual bill for provisions furnished to the nations across the sea. about two-thirds is for hog products. More than one-half of the latter, or more than one-third of the total provision export, consists of bacon and hams, while lard represents nearly a fourth of the total. The United Kingdom has always afforded the greatest market

lean pro . the mi

States have to a considerable extent displaced the European products. The feature of the packing industry, which by reason of Its plcturesqueness would probably appeal most forcibly to the average spectator, is found in the operations of the great stock yards, located in various cities in the West. Take, for instance, the Union Stock Yards at Chicago. They cover more than 200 acres of land and embrace fully a score of miles of streets: water troughs Of similar length, and perhaps half a hundred miles of feedingtroughs. These yards have a capacity for caring daily for 135,000 hogs.

uji caring umuj iui uuga, NOW jUSt watch cattle and nearly that number of sheep, q U [,t whispered in

and very frequently nearly, if not this full quota. - ,of animals is In the yanks at one time. The plant of the stock yard company, even without taking Into consideration the great packing establishment on the grounds, represents an investment of about $e,000.000 and gives regular employment to

about twelve hundred men.

Of even greater Magnitude, of comae, la the business conducted in the‘Immense packing establishment previously mentioned. Single Anna operate plants in the erection of which several million dollars have been i pended, and there are aereral corpoi Oons in the packing business, each 4hich keeps regularly on its pay-roll from 6000 to 7000 men. In the Chlca

stock yards alone about ISO Bros are now regularly doing business. Thtav corporations represent a capitalization of about $27,500,000; the manufactories themselves represent an outlay of perhaps two-thirds that sum. and give regular employment to a force of men equal In size to the American standing army prior to the Spanlsb-Amerlean war. and who drew in wages almost half a million dollars per week. The operation of the meat-packing establishments and the stock yard* generally is conducted in the most systematic manner possible. The train* carrying the slock' usually arrive in Chicago during the afternoon and are side-tracked on the hundreds of mile* of railroad lines which form’s network covering the entite trait. The animals are unloaded gnd driven to pens, where they arc watered and fed. If the stock is not already consigned to some bu]M a sak of the new arrivals la next in order, and then follows an offlclal weighing and examination. The actual w-ork ot slaughtering the animals Is. of course, performed in the most exj peditious manner possible by new and | improved mechanical appliances, which not only result In on economy of time, but save the cattle from much

pain.

After e ho? has been thoroughly cleaned and dressed it is sent to the cooling rooms, where the meat Is suspended in long rows. The next stage in the rapid transit from breeder to consumer la found in the work at the immense cutting tables, where thousands of animals are dexterously ap portioned every morning In the year , Chutes convey the meat In various forms to the curing cellars, where short-ribs and other cuts He in dry salt iple of months, while ham* and pieces for breakfast bacon remain in vats for sweet-pickle for almost as lengthy a period. Smoking, a process that requires a full day and night, follows. and then the products are placed in storage. Embraced in the packitfc business are many minor or supplemantary industries. For instance, there is the manufacture of lard, an interestin. peedy process, whereby the pure white fat of the hog after being reduced In reu&ering tanks and kettles to a clear fluid Is cooled by passage through pipes and ultimately finds Its I way into the various fancy packages in which it reaches the trade, in this j age of extensive military operation?' in foreign countries meat-canning has i also become one of the leading branches of the industry. Girls are extensively employed in this line of , work and mechanical darlces are util- | ized to a considerable extent. There are automatic machines which press the meat into cans and other novel apparatus which cap. solder and seal the receptacles. The great packing Arms are cons tan t’ly introducing new economic methods, and in the effort to bring the cost of producUon to the lowest possible basis have gained, control of every contrib-

.ry It e of

packed. Tb« Horse In SroallaaThe horse, like the msn. in scouting. ust be exceptional. The first essential is "bottom." A scout's horse must have endurance, as his work is continuous and laborious so it is the duty of the man to husband the strength of the animal M much as his safety may depend upon it. He should be of a neutral color to avoid detection. Dyeing him

INFLUENCES THE BRAIN,

Liao af lavasiiaatl fossar Frederick Collin*. An original investigator has interirted blmsi

tard to approaching storms. Occavionaily an Individual Is found who by ■rason of the Influence cf barometric rhanges upon parts of his body, for .t-.stance, on a leg or a foot, is able to ioietell approaching atorms with con-

ilderable accuracy.

j.Btlsm. are susceptible to disturbing itmospherli; conditions. Pure nervousness is, perhaps, the most common mlting f

teal

red to.

Collins, ot Narberth, began, some time

Itlng

ierlc electrical agencies. The Inveareferred to. Mr. A. Frederick

pberl l!gat.

ring

heavy thunderstorms is an unreason.’.ble one. or whether it resulu from physical action of electric wavi

be brain

A lightning

to a gigantic electric spark,

very truthful a

generated and

lions

waves directhosc trans-

-blldren during the ocinrrcnct

vy i ? ot

ph[

the brain matter.

flash is often compared

igantic electric spark. This is a

xuthful analogy. The

in all

exactly similar to

emitted by a wireless telegraphy

milting apparatus, being of course, n uch more powerful. Now. It Is perfectly certain that auch waves do pencil ate dense, opaque, In the sense o( light, mediums. It follows, therefore, that they must reach the brain. Do they have any molecular or other effect on brain matter? This question •.an only be determined by experimental work. An affirmative answer would explain all the phenomena of nervous-

ness. etc., referred to above. A partial answer was obtained by

experiments witi the fresh brains of recently-killed cats, as well as wl® living brains, the cat subject, of course, being under the Influence of an ru.aesthetiA The electric waves were

iuced by-apparatus such as Is used

ipace telegra]

produced by-appara

In space telegraphy transmitting stations. The results were affirmative In

both case*. The electric waves did produce a cohesion of the brain matter. similar to the "coherer'' action of wireless telegraphy receiving appara-

Industry, even to the manufacture of the cans wherein the meat Is

In the case of the living feline experiments a spasmodic twltchlnjp of the muscles at the base of ihe^raln was observed during the emlsafon of electric waves, which manifestation ceased immediately on the cessation of the electric waves. In ail these experiments .1 must be remembered that there was no actual connection between the brains under observation and tha electrical apparatus. Either one was placed at varying distant points in a room, reproducing in miniature the conditions of a normal brain under the influence of an electric storm, except, of course, the application of the observing instrument to the

brain.

By fortuitous circumstances during

■esh human after the

been removed f

khaki would be an improve meet- The gray horses of the Arustrian batteries were dyed during the recent maneu;rs and the color lasted a month. The iperlment was considered a success. Tne horse should be trained to stand quietly and to lie down and stay down. The- Boers have a way of tying a horse's head to his foreleg in such a manner that he can graze in .comfort, but cannot stand with hear erect without raising the foreleg, and finds running away very inconvenient. He should be perfectly trained, and hi* rider should be able to place every confidence in him. A horse that continually needs watching or urging is a source of distraction to his rider and so renders him unfit for scouting w’ork. Neighing and fretful horse* worse than useless. Bvery opportunity should be taken advantage of to allow the horse to graze; a feN mouthfuls of grass eiten at every little halt saves a horse tremendously.—The United Service. VwmrlloqaUm. While overseeing a gang of men who. with mule teams, were hauling loads of dirt, a friend of mine—a ven triloqulkt—came ut> and stood by my

side.

Presently a mule driven, by a fierytempered fellow, balked right in front of where we were standing. The driver lost his temper and began to beat the animal. Every now and then tbfwmule would turn hia bead and look reproachfully St the fellow, but re

fused to budge.

"Now just watch him." the ventrllo-

n my e

At that moment the fellow gave the animal a kick with l|ls heavy boot The mule turned Us head, and look the man square In the face, opened mouth: “Don't you do that again." The voice soon led as though it came direct from between th^. mule's

parted lips.

The whip dropped front the fellow’s hand. For a moment he stared at the mule, without a word, he bolted down the street is fast as his legs could take him.—Our Dumb Animals.

ing tl Us n

A Ban I

leal writer declares that the only way in which a physician ever makes a competency in that region is by Investing in veal

tours

he brain having cranial caviy^ unobserved.

covered unusual and erratic behavior indicating instruments. An un-

of the in usually I

eavy stroke of lightning, ick about a quarter of a mile

: positive and

which struck about a

distant, had the most positive and pronounced effect on the brain under observation. Here the fortunate investigatbr found the exact natural conditions which he was trying to produce

artificially.

While the experiments are far from final or conclusive, they open up a broad field of inquiry. It appears to been demonstrated, however, that

Te elei lilovrin i appn

brain. As the Electrical World, from

have

iptlre electrical charges, such as

• following a lightning fli

ireciabie influence

lining flash,

orfW. f

which the above resume is taken, marks editorially, while the demand for thunderstorm electric shelters as a

edit

indei

result of these experiments Is not likely to be .sufficient to render the buslof their manufacture profitable.

profit

1 phenon

frote

the obscure phyalco-physlcal

ena may now be appt scientific point of vie*

PragT*a« la Paitilnkkattal. Advance Puddukkottai! A novel experiment is being made in the native state of Puddokkotial. The rajah an xieus that the needs of the people should be learned not only from the persons charged with the administration of the etate but from others who have opportunities of mixing with the people and discovering their needs, has formed a representative assembly te make suggestions and roxeceiveaccurate information regard!

A re-

cent meeting of the assembly was ad-

ho laid

tOyTt rdinj

tlon taken by the goveromen

’ was

dressed by the Jewan. who laid be fore it details of the past year's administration, and discussed the suggestions that had been made to the

dunbar.

Among *be projects which the dunbar hopew to carry out at an early date are the reconstitution of the sanitary

important villages, the Introduction rules to Insure efficiency in the public

i, the construcUon of storage for Irrigation purpose*,

■ting

electric UgfaU

t and pipe water sup-

ply 1

tlon of a metre gauge railway through

of bridge*.

for Puddukkottai town, construc-

' ft m

etc. It Is Intended to organise

a ot the . (India) 1

People who talk too much are apt » get tripped up. The fish that keep*

NEW JEKSEY STATE NEWS.

Dispatches From Many Foists. SNAKES INVADE PITMAN DROVE Bey Fell Frea Tree aid Laadrt Cew's Mere —Cherry PM Ore* la Wenea'* Reee-

dest Wot

led b) S4.«$*

Ugblslaf While Is HU Reea-Hats os a Trala—Kicked te Dead! by Herse. "Willie VaiiAndalc. to years old, pf New Brunswick, fell from a cherry tree directly on the horn of a cow standing Jtidcr the tree. Thc'horn struck hint in the abdomen and he wax •impaled upon t. The boy was picking cherries in a tree when he slipped and fell. When it landed on the cow's horn she tossed her head and this drove the horn deeper Into the boy's bod)'. As the cow started :o run he fell off to one side. Neighbor.-! who saw the acctdcr- **--

bpy iutojhe '

rian> pcriti

cr.

rho saw the accident carrien the ;o the hot!if and iunmioned tihysi-' The boy U terribly injured, but if itis doc» not set in he will recov-

Thrce years ago Mrs. Matilda Jones, of PlcaaantvilU-. swallowed a cherry stone. She did not suffer any inconvenience until about a year later, when she began to experience violent pains, but no cau»e could be attributed, she haring forgotten the swallowing of the Cherry pit. For two years she had been unable to sleep soundly from a severe pain in her nose and eyes. During a violent coughing spell Mrs. Jones spat out a hard substance with eight long prong' attached. On examination it was found to'be a cherry stone, which nad been

growing in the woman's nose.

Henry Harding, employed at a hotel at Atlantic City, as a timekeeper, wahcld in $250 bail by Justice Dc Hart, charged by Miss Gertrude Leary, a seamstress at another hotel, with pester ing her with his attentions. She testified that she met Harding while she was employed at his hotel and he became sc ardent in his wooing that she left and gave up her place to avoid him. Sinc: then she said Harding had been following her about and threatened to kill her if .-he did not permit him to ffiakc iove

to her.

. package of money, said to contain c than $4/300. was found on the floor

g«tabll*h«d 1901. FIRST NATIONAL BANK

or care may,

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it. Interest Iscued, interest beginning at the date of ieiu*.

in' money orders exchange, payabt

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more than $4,000. was round on the floor of a Pennsylvania Railroad coach by Francis R. Cullen, Jr., while riding to -his home ah White Hill. The money wa* /mind tug^'the seat occupied by Genera! E. BuArGnibb. to whom, it has been TearueiL it belonged. He dropped it when he got off the train at Edgewatcr. The money wa* handed over to Joseph Dow. the conductor of the train, to be return-

td to its owner.

Cottagers at Pitman Grove, have become badly scared over the numerous snakn seen about the grove, and many, especially wotnen and children, arc somewhat timid about going out. Ju*t what causes these reptiles to come down this way i* more than can be fathomed Ralp Potfdi. on First avenue, and J. C. Cowan.' nearby, have each killed an immense snake within a few days, and dozens of others have been seen. Jeremiah Hackney, a well-known oyster dealer of Pleasantville, received a 'telegram announcing the death of his son, Alfred Hackney, who was station agent at Cape May Court House. Mr. Hackney was in a runaway accident last Monday and was severely kicked by the horse which he was driving. He never rallied from the shock. The commencement exercises of the Clinton township (Hunterdon county) public schools was held at Annandalc, Thursday evening. The graduates are: Elmer Apgar, Mabel Frances Gano, Lulu C. Haynes, George Prescott McConnell. Lulu McConnell and UUie Akerstron Siple. None of the members of the graduating class arc over 15 years, and Miss Haynes is but 12 years old. George Immick. residing at Alpha, near Phillfpsburg. was instantly killed by lightning during a heavy shower. He was at his boarding house when stricken. In the room with him were several other men who were shocked but not seriously injured. Immick was 24 years of age

and unmarried.

John Bailey. 6? years old. bring in the East Side. Camden, was stricken with paralysis while driving a team for a bn teller at Twenty-first. and Federal street*, and fell back in the vehicle unconscious. He was taken to the Cooper Hospital in a serious condition.-

Joht

, jhn D. Voorhees. 65 years old. a New Brunswick veteran : of the • Civil War. was found dead on a couch. He had seemed to be in his usual health. It is supposed he rose during the night, dressed • himself, and lay down on the couch. Death was due to heart disease,

aggravated by the heat.

A bold horse thief walked into the bam of A. Craig Pcrrine. a farmer, living near Kingston, and stole a horse and wagon. The thief was detected and the alarm given. Two young farmers chased the thief to New Brunswick. When their horse gave out they secured another and continued the chase finally compelling the thief to abandon the rig. During the terrific thunder storm which passed over. Hunterdon county the

' ’ ’ idiah' Ewinj' ’

other night. Judiah Ewing's large wagon house at Flemington was struck by lightring and burned to the ground, with its contents, including a lot of farming machinery. The Paltcnburg school building was also strode by lightning ”~ 1 badl- *

■adly damaged. The spire was wrecked. Members of the Standing Elk Tribe.of cd Kf ' * ' -

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department. the formation of local ing members. Interment was made in committees to supervise sanitation in Crow£emeten^ important villages, the Introduction of ***** ^ gh ‘“

' Edward E. Wilson, of Mount Holly, narrowly escaped breaking his neck by falling out of a wagon backwards. His head came in conttct with the curbstone, resulting in a gash back of the ear which

required ten stitches. ^

Wcnonah has appointed a committee to arrange for the annual Fourth of July celebration. This year the item of fireworks has been cut out, and there will be sports and music all day. with a fire-

men's contest in the afternoon.

As the result of a fall produced from ca attack of vertigo. Mr. Elizabeth Al(yokca 0< V ‘ ncc *“ wn ' ‘‘ » nrs ' n * *

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