The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-10 00:00:00

WORRING FOR WAR!

The Weser Ze if wig gives a description of the Manufac-
tory of Premien army stores at Berlin. More than 1 700
persons, adults and youth,, of both sexes, are eugaged
from morning till night, in preparing 150,00010. of peas
pudding (etbateurst,—literally, pea sausage) and 210,000
rations of meat and vegetable preserves, which are daily
despatched by railway. The largest room In the building Is
devoted to the preparation of pea.puddlng Swine's flesh,
emecially bacon and hams are, Met cooked in 12 large
saucepans. Tie other components of the sauseee are pea
flmr, salt, and the io-called "lupus," the name humorously
given by the Inventor to the secret ingredient which
msJtes the &Mete keep and gives it so agreeable flavour.
When the mistime fs cooked it La poured into pails,
and by skilful kneading the pea sausage soon becomes
firm, and Is enclosed In a covering, not of skin, but of parch-
ment. Boys and girls carriee the mixture on wheelbarrows
to the pecking room, where 400 women and girls, after
Cleansing the outside from gnaw. Mlle on every portion the
following—"put ten ounces, or one-third of a sausage,
freed from the coating, Into l pint of cold water, stir It up,
and let it cock for tea minute.." The sausages are carefully
packed to pairs, and are sent to the coopers' workshop,
where they are stowed into 151 k. chests, nailed up and sent
oil The sausage or sudding bee nnes in time as hard as
stone. The genuine article is not obtainable by the public,
though imitations of it are gold. Turnips, carrots, anti
celery for the preserves are dressed and cut by abmit 120
women. The tin cases of the preeerve. employ 120 work-
men ; 100 oxen are daily rlau,shterial, and 275 cwt, of bacon
dad), bought for the umlaut actory. The preserves, already
soldered up in cases, are boiled in the so-called marine bathe.
Labels with directions are placed on every case. Everything
I. made the molt of. the bones being cooked and eupplyine
excellent broth. Eighteen raucepaus are used for preparing
"yullaseh "—a mixture of beef and ma!ze, which is much
relished by the troops. The works cover ab ,ut eix acres,
and are now the property of the nate. There aro similar
establishments at Frankfort and Stayence.

SWITZERLAND SENDING ARMS TO FRANCE.
The Germaei have of late been complaining strongly of
the export of mulattons of war from S witzsrlaud to France,
and the federal authorities hovo at length interfered, on
the 29th a long train from Asrau, L•merne, and Chur reached
L winnow consisting ti a numbr r of truck. tensile:l "iron
ban, m *chines, silk, old iron ware, teas, me t title cortnelgew
box.,, locks," and addressed to two inhabitants of Lansaw..
The actual contents were 4,200 muskets, 112500 cartridges.
and 630000 percussi n caps The cantnal police sitmestrstwi
them, and sent then to the arsenal at Mores. A demand
was made on the rail owy authorities for the delivery of the
consignment, but they refused, awl the State representative
stated that the sequestration hod been ordered by the hued
hUthOTIIA6S, and must be upbell. The consignees next
lodged a complaint with the Federal police department, and
lutiroated that they srould institute proceeolngs for the
recovery of the property, Inn Die C .unell of the Coulon were
directed by the Federal o:uncil to prevent it is eels, on the '
ground that the sequestration had been imposed on general
pllticil grounds, in the interest of the C dife deratuns, ant
that the matter was within its own ex.:lustre jarlad.ction
The chief judge of Lausanne thereupon declared himself
incompetent to Wafers in the question.