The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
HUlIISTOA'S REX MAGNUS.

HUlIISTOA'S REX MAGNUS.
a Worthington Maa at the Front-1est
Of the Famous Anti septic-Hoau the
Name ,oas made. '. ~
Prof r. F. uumiston, the founder of
Worthington, has certainly made the
grandest strike of his life this time. II
all that is claimed for Ais famous anti
septic be true there's millions in it,"
sure, and the Professor will soon he rich
enough to buy cut all Noble's county.
The Boston Herald, Of Sunday June Sd,
says:
On Monday last, Prof. Humiston, &C.
companied by the president of the
IIumiston Food Preserving Company,
). Willard Rice, the general agent, w.
E.. Plummer, some of the directors and
others interested in the new method.
went out to the abattoir at Brighton,
where 4 large OK, weighing over 1000
pounds was slaughtered TO: the purpose
Of being preserved 10y the process in
question. After the animal had bee,
Killed and Thoroughly b!atl,4 and while
the animal heat was still in the body,
Prof. Humisten, after tying the large
veins and arteries in the neck which
had been severed, attached glass tube
leading from the hose of common
the clrculatory system of the animal
about II gallons of his antiseptic solu-
ton. This was driven in with such
force that it quickly permeated the
whole body, and, in about ten minutes
from the time he commenced to inject
the solution, the butchers were allowed
to continue the work of disembowling
the animal and skinning and dividing
the carcass jhto two parts, the loss OF
the material injected being quite small.
One side of this beef is to be sent to
Wyoming, while the other side is to he
hung up in the BOylst0n market, in the
stall of Ellis & Co., there to remain for
an indefinite time, to give the public an
idea
OF THE PREsERVATIvE MERITS
of the Humiston process. When he
had finished the work Of injecting the
carcass, Prof. Humisten 'entered into
conversation with the writer, and read
lily answered all tile questions asked.
With Pasteur, lie is a firm Leleiyer in
the germ theory, not only in regard to
MANY of the diseases which af1lict hr-
manity while living, but that feed upon
the animal form When life becomes eX-
tinct. He helds the belief entertained
by scientists generally, that there exist
III the air myriads Of reproductive Or
ganisms OF microscopic dimensions,
that represent the lowest forms of ami
ma! and vegetable life. They are, it
would appear, abundant in all seasons,
but more especially during the hottest
part Of the year. These. sreruies and
germs-such as algp, fungi, toru)2,
hactcria, VibTions, etc-tho :gh 1nvis-
ibe TO the naked eye, are now recog
niz"d as not only the prime cause of
t"rIneHtlve changes. putreflctiHn and
decay. but they are also regarded as the
prolific source of many OF the ilnam-
matory and prevalent diseases which
aflct humanity. The septic or putre-
tactive changes in inert animal and
vegetable matter are, he holds, princi
pally due to these minute organisms.
which not only precede but accompany
chemical ACTION. In other words. they
are the nal'lral agents Of decay of
change, and, in reality, Go usefu!
work; but. acting in accordance with
| the law OF their being. they are incOn-
| venieNt to man when he wishes to store
| up animal matter for food. 1.egiti-
mately, they dispose of the dead or
ganic matter that might be left to
waste. But the same law which impels
them to digest the remains of an aui-
NAL who dies of inanitlon Will also
impel them to attack those of an ami
mai which
| HAS BEEN KILLED FOR FOOD.
The effort put forth in the employment
OF aNtiseptics, or curative processes, is
to ward Oft the attacks Ut these appar-
emily insignificant organisms. This has
been the object of Prof. Humiston.-
Speaking of his past career, he said:
- have taught chemistry for 25
years, but Go not know much about
lt,'-a stage of knowledge which even
| few professors arrive at. or his pro-
cess he said: ~ portion of it is pat
ented, that is, Il process which gives
very good antiseptic results has been
granted letters patent. But it is not
the process now use. The most eS-
sential pa OF it have not patented.
But the trade marks have been patent
ed. 1t is a secret which is not known
outside this company. With it can
d" again what have done. In expert
mentlng | have had occasion to write
numerous prescriptions, and you know
the physician's prescription is always
preceded by the symbol r. with a
stroke across the tail of the letter. 1t
indicates the Latin word recipe, take.
But with stroke across it's termina.
tion it looks like RI and * which
phonetically would give the sound of
rex, or king. 1 called my compound
1xyt 1,,,f MI, no
was formed one of the officers in his
enthusiasm at the preservative prop
critics OF the compound, suggested that
rex was not enough, and that we should
add another word such us magnus-the
mighty-and his suggestion was adopt
ed. We therefore call our PREPARATION
Rex Magnus,' and know that it will do
what we claim for it. We have been
in no hurry to put it on the market,
but have for over two years patiently
and thoroughly tested it. 1t has met
all requirements, and seems to be just
what we claim it. is-a perfect anti
septic. The microscopic organisms of
putrefactiOn and decay cannot prOpa-
gate in its presence. Even house flies
give it a wide berth. BY warding off
these parasites it prevents decay, and
that is what we aim te do. Thus, by
the use of this compound, ice, tor pre-
servative purposes, can he altogether
dispensed with. OF course ice will still
: have it's uses, but butchers, housekeep-
ers and others who desire to preserve
perishable food, can have in Our prepar-
alton a much
CHEAPER AND BETTER PRESERVATIVE
than ice will give them. This is the
whole matter in nutshell: In CON-
mercial sense, the Rex Nlagnus must be
of the greatest importance, for it will
} enable the animals to he slaughtered in
! Chicago, or even beyond, on the ranches
; where they are raised, and their meat
sent to great distances, not only un-