The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-02-25
Price, 10 Gents
some Facts About Peanuts.
ICor. Philadelphia Press.l ].

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The preparation of peanuts for Chs
market is an interesting operation.
| They are first put in an immense cyl,
inder, from which they enter the,
brushes, where each nut receives fifteen
| or sixteen feet of brushing before it be-
comes free After this cleansing pro.
cess the nuts drop on an endless belt,
| which revolves very slowly. On each
side of the belt is row of girls black,
white, tan colored AMI crushed straw
berry, some OF them whose duty it IS
to separate the poor nuts from tue good
ones.
| Those of the nuts that pass go on
/ to the next room, where more girls
await their arrival and put them in bags
which, when filled, are sewcd up and
branded as cocks" with the figure Of
rooster prominent. on each sack.
These are the tsNo. l" peanuts. The
poorer nuts, which were separated by
the girls at the endless belt, are oil
picked over again; the best are singled
out and branded, after being put in the
sack, as ships" The ships are not
so large nor so fine in appearance
as the cocks" but are just as good for
eating. ~
The third grade of nuts is known as
eagles" and the cuttings that are left
from the eagles are bagged and sent
to building where the little meat that
is In them is extracted by patent
shelter. This smeat" for by this name
| it is known to the dealers-is put up,
clean and nice, in 200-pound bags and
shipped for the use of cOnfectioners and
manufacturers of peanut candy.
There is also an oil made from some
of the nuts, and in this speciality, am
told, a large trade is dono by Wholesale
druggists. OF the peanuts there is
nothing wasted, for even the shells are
made useful, being put in immense
sacks aud sold to livery men for horse
bedding and very comfortable, health
full bed they make.
! A Chinese Funeral Procession.
| Hong Kong Cor. London Telegraph
There is this unfortunate fact con.
nected with the death of Chinaman
| In Hong Kong-he can never be buried
there with the eclat which is obtaina-
bic in the interior. / saw one funeral
procession up on the Tientang river,
which was nearly mile long. First
came posse of priests in white robes
and sllayen heads, and then apeculiarly
holy man, who, l suppose, was q sort
of bishop. Next was lot of servants
bearing paper money, clothes, and
articles OF furniture, to be burnt
at the grave, and after them some
men with gongs Of tremendous power.
Then followed a company of soldiers,
and some more gongs; after which
were banner-men In considerable num-
bers, and again gongs. Now came, q
huge white dragon borne aloft In the
air, and another party OF priests imne-
diately after. The coffin followed,
| being borne by twenty men on long
bamboo poles. IT was covered with
white, and on It's top was the cap of the
deceased mandarin. His chair was
next, and after that many other sedan
chairs, full OF relatives and friends,
some empty ones coming afterward.
And lastly, there ran along lot of
| women oil habited In white.
| This was really a fine procession. The
defunct Chinaman at Hong Kong can
not expecs to be ushered into the next
world in such state as this. But he can
have nice coffin, and is 10 be blamed
very little il he gets it in good time, SO
as to be assured of its quality. In one
respect the European OF hong Kong
has certain advantage over the native,
for he possesses what is generally al
lowed to be the prettiest cemetery i'll
the world. Situated i'll what is called
"the happy valley" it is for situation
end ornamentation one OF the most
beautiful spots that art and nature com
bined have produced.