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killing Cattle in chicago Stock Yards.

The modus operandi of killing and
preparing cattle at the Chicago stock
yards for the market is described by a
writer for the National Lire Stock Jour-
nal, who says:
Zone man with good h-loading
rife, used at very short range, does the
killing. This has been found the surest,
quickest and most humane way of ex-
tinguishing the life of cattle by the
firms engaged in the business here One
concern uses heavy hammer to deal
the death blow, and a few years ago
'spearing' was resorted to. This was, in
appearance ct least, very barbarous
practice. A man armed with bar of
round iron, seven or eight feet long and
sharp pointed at one end, would take
his place over the narrow chute through
VIII ch the bullock was driven, and
plunge the instrument into the top of
his head, just back of the horns. sever
ing the spinal cord. Generally the spear
was effective and caused instant death :;
but in the case of badly frightened and
FESTIVE beasts, it would frequently 90
wide off the mark and MAIN them in
horrible manner After the shooting
the animals are dragged head foremost by
chain from where they fell into the
main building and their throats are cut,
the blood being caught, as it flows, in
pans. These are allowed to stand until
the blood coagulates, when it's removed
and dried, for not only the blood, but
the horns, bones, entrails, tails and every
thing, except the contents of the stom-
ach and bowels have a commercial value
here. The tail does not go with the
hide at the stockyards, but is taken out
entire and has a market value Of about
sixteen cents 0x-taiI soup is made from
them. The intestines are all wanted for
sausage castings and the bones are sold
mainly to knife manufacturers. They
are worth fifty to fifty-five dollars per ton.
There is a demand in some quarters for
blood sausage, md the blood not used
in this way is sold to sugar refneries.
It is worth twenty-eight dollars per ton.
Hogs blood is used but seldom, except
as fertilizing material. The visitor is
always amazed at the incredible short
time it takes a butcher to remove the
hide from bullock. The whole opera
ton of skinning and dressing is accom-
plished at the rate of one every ten min
rtes to each butcher. or about the length
of time it takes farmer to skin the hind
leg of COW to her gambrel joint"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-16
WhatIt Costs.

The people who stand on the banks of
! river intently watching college boat
race rarely ever take into account the
amount Of money expended in the
preparation Of the crews. II costs from
fifteen to twenty dollars to uniform each
man, and some 60 TO higher figure in
the matter Of dress The paper shells
they row in are costly. prices amounting
to anywhere from 34O0 to $500. Trainers
must be provided, Who not only coach
the crew, but closely Itch all the food
they eat. This is an ex nsc TO the club
Of at least s., 900 year. Rhen the crew
must eat for three months ,rin0 their
training, and this viii chi for about
500 for each man. Incide ernenses
will swell the bill 10 Al ,era from
g., 600 to double that ,,rt and
Offenfimes after severe bsrd
work, and bitter disapp Isl the
crews 60 back to their - h,,s;-
ness with smiling faces, - ont If
pocket considerably, il y r,;n
s -s.s- 4 - 49, 1870 rivals who
- K Globe.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-16

It's astonishin',n said a tough old
dog fancier, the other day, 'ow fash
ions ii lap dogs comes an goes. Ere
am been in the business more'n thirty
year, an I've seen a dozen breeds of
ladies' lap dogs rule the roost in turn.
Fust, there was the King Charleses;
an for a lazy, worthless set o. ours they
take the cake The fatter, oilier, an
curly-pateder they was, the more their
missuses was within to stake on EN-.
Then come the greyhounds: not the
English ones as kin run a hare down,
nor the racir' dogs like Arthur Cham
befs IS tryin' to introduce, but the regu-
Ian Eyetalian stay-in-the-sun-an'- shiyer
breed. Nobody ever knowed what they
was good fur, barrin' the ladies as owned
'em and fed 'em on lump sugar. Then
there come the black-an-tan; and a
gamer, wirier little cuss never worried
raj nor them there black mouthed,
10p-eyod, bnlgin' -forided dogs. How
0neser, wot with stuffiin' an l.alnperin'
cm, the only sign b game they'd
show, arter belongin' to some of them
sassiety ladies for six months, I'D be to
crawl unner chair an stick their teeth
ia SEMINARS leg.
Then come the pug; good fur nuth
~ most on en-; great feeders. ar lazy
he dickens. A lady brot me ono
IA she says to me- Mr. Atkins,
ls pore DOG o mine MS lost is Apply
do you think you can cure my
dop ! looked the brute over, an,
of there wu1n't nuthin' moro the mat
with him than over-feedin'. Z Leave
him ere for few days. mum, says !,
Enr knowed there was $50 in the job.
st locked Mr.. Fido up in the cellar,
b tomato can full Of water. an not
thing to eat. In three days the lady
was back, and says she: Mr.. Atkins, is
n,y poredog's Apply tite restoredg' sYes'm,
! think it Is. E. So | borrowed a
8 fine shavins from the carpcn-
next door. an when Fido came
np the cellar steps Just poured a
navy on them shavin's Il would
use ger heart good to sec Fido bolt
81 shavin's an all Appytitt re.
You'd better believe il was.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-16
I ny WIFE AND cHTrD.


This poem was written by1Henry nootes
Jackson the recently appointed Minister 10
Mexico, during the Mexican campaigns in
which he took part lt then went the rounds
of the press, and during the civil war BY some
chance it got into the current of the Southern
press, and was attributed TO Stonewall Jack
sor.l
The tattoo beats; the lights are gone,
The camp around in slumber lies:
The night with solemn pace moves on;
The shadows thiclxen Ger the skies;
But sleep my weary eyes hath flown,
And sad, uneasy thoughts arise
think OF thee, Oh, dearest onel
Whose love mine early life hath blest;
OF thee and him-our baby son
Who slumbers on thy gentle breast
God Of the tender, fraiI and lone,
Oh, guard that little sleepers restl
And hover, gently hover near
To her whose watchful eye is wet
The mother, wife-the doubly dear,
In whose young heart have freshly met
Two streams of love, so deep and clear
And cheer her dropping spirit yeti
Now, as she kneeIs before thy throne,
Oh, teach her, Ruler Of the shiesl
That while by thy behest alone
Earths mightiest powers fan or rise;
No tear is wept to thee unknown,
Nor hair is lost, nor sparrow dies;
That thou canst stay the ruthless hand
OF dark disease. and soothe its pain;
That only by thy stern command
The battles lost, the soldier slain;
That from the distant sea or land
Thou bring'st the wanderer home again.
And when upon her pillow lone,
Her tear-wet cheek is sadly pressed
May happier visions beam upon
The Frightening currents Of her breast;
Nor browning look, nor angry tone
Disturb the Sabbath Of her resti
Whatever fate THOSE forms may throw,
Loved with a passion almost wild
BY day, by night--in joy or woe
BY fears oppressed or hopes beguiled;
From every danger, every foe,
Oh, GodI protect my wife and child
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sOnr Margaret. >

In the city Of New Orleans there are
many monuments erected to the famous
statesmen and soldiers of the South.
But there is one which has a more pa
thetic and deeper significance than any
of these. 1t stands on Prytania street,
In the midst of beds Of flowers and sur
rounded by stately dwellings and groves
of the orange and palmetto. It is the
figure of stout woman who is seated,
holding q little child. on which she
looks down, her homely face illumined
with noble benignity and tender love.
ssThat is our Margaret, the stranger
is told when he asks what it means All
New Orleans knows tour Margaret"
She was q poor woman, who earned
her living by making bread, which she
sold from little shop; a thrifty, ener-
getic, business woman, whose heart was
full of love for children. Before the
counter was always to be found some
ragged urchin who would be sent away
with full hands and happy face.
As Margaret prospered, and the bake
shop enlarged into cracker factory, she
had her lovers, like other women. But
she turned a deaf ear to them all The
UHAy I41u S3tC WOQAU nGf0 44utA4GA was
dead, and her heart was full of love only
for children; for the orphans and the
poor little outcasts more wretched thar
orphans.
Ali her money, all her thoughts, an
care as years passed, went to them. She
founded. out of her scanty savings, a
home for them which, as she grew richer,
she enlarged and endowed with ali she
had.
So wise, SO tender and benignant was
she in her care Of them, that this poor,
illiterate woman, who was without
friends, and upon whose breast no child
Of her own had ever lain, became tsour
Margaret to the people of New Orleans,
and a mother to all the poor babies o.
the great city.
When she died, other charitable
women erected this monument So that
the homely figure should remain Among
them. type Of truest motheS love-
Youths Companion.
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FAcTA ZOE THE CURIOUs.

One million dollars OF gold coin weigh
1855 pounds avoirdupois.
Twenty-Five daughters at the present
moment live with their father. George
Riddle, Esq, in Carroll county, Mo.
The word measles originally signifed
leprosy, although in modern times used
for far different disorder. It's deriva
ton is from the old French word mes
aeau, or mesel, leper.
The fifty-eight horse butchers IN Paris
dist .Ibuted TO the population of that
city d 271 horses, asses and mules during
the pan year, against 1865 OF these ami
mails Slaughtered in 1888.
The devotion to ladies was the crown
ing grace Oh chivalry. The respect for
the sex went so far that an act is on
record, Of James IT. Of Aragon, that any
man, whether soldier or civilian, native
Of foreign, travelling through the king
dom with high born lady, should be
safe from all attacks or pursuits, unless
lie were q criminal under the charge of
murder.
In the town Of Warwick. Rhode leland.
IS bollderso poised on another rock
that person standing on it can rock it
from side to side. When it is rocked a
dull booming sound is given out. which
can be heard for miles over the country
On a still night. A legend says that in
this manner the Indians were accus-
toned to summon their warriors to coun-
I'll at this place.
Few animals in times past have been
more esteemed than the cat, or been hon
ored with q wider folk lore. Indeed,
among the Egyptians this favored ami
NAL was held sacred to Isis and tho
moon, and worshiped with great cere-
mony. In the mythology of all the Indo-
European nations the cat holds promi-
nent place; aud its connection With
witches is well known.
Among the old devices used in the old
war Of independence for obstructing tho
progress of cavalry was an ugly, sharp
four pronged piece of iron, so arranged
that whatever way il might fall upon
the ground. one of the sharp prongs
would be erect to penetrate the foot
pressed upon it. These were scattered
over the ground in the direction of the
approach of the enemy's cavalry to at
.aclk.
4N kt0tA1AA tSAStA OAtACe IA IA AnN~
peare's Romeo and Juliet was wine
the atropa mandrago, plant which
rows in the isles of Greece. It is
drug equivalent to our atropa, or deadly
nightshade, though little different in
it's effect. The Greek physician made
''death-wine" of it, and employed it as
we do chloroform. rBefore any per-.
sous were submitted to the cautery or
the knife they took a draught of this,
and the operation was performed while
they were under the influence of the
wine, the formula of which remains to
this day as Dioscorides and Pliny gave
IL. Some years ago, Dr. w. B. Rich
ardson says, he had some of the root
brought him from Greece, and he was
able to make some of the wine and give
evidence as to its action, which was
strictly in accordance with that expert
enced by Juliet from the draught adj
ministered to her by Friar Laurence.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-16
Iincoln ~ the Rail1 q -.

The Merhanioal EngiHetr publishes the
following letter written iby Abraham
Lincoln On the subject df renewing :
railway pass
SpRKaGFKEEaD. February IL ls56-B B
Blank, Eso-Dear Sir. Says Tom 20 John:
Here's y3nr old rotten svheelharrow I've
broke Is usen a * Nv Ii you would nerd
81. case / shall want 60 borrow it this after
noon
would take it afid send tie new one. case I
shah want to U.s. SIS the first 81 March
= gurs truly LxAcoH
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Laa0et says that appetite i mcsl
ding sensation, only remotely fclat.
e lie actual demands Of the organ ISM.
81 SIS shlY ate more deliberately we should
hna halfof our accustomed quantity Of
foo8 sufficient to sarisfg the most eager
era ines Of hunger, aud hence save our
se from the evils of dyspepsia. or On
Hi other hand q tendancy 70 ovc- III
weight.
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talking az dinner, end when q = Over
all retire 10 rest o. return e their homes
It once. 81. James Gasstte.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-16

Tie burglar. like his friend the PHI.
takes everything just IS Il
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28
Gaprime 3DIaotrrn.
Dangers on Wheels.

mo, sir, IL is not business to get rich at,
this hack driving; whether a man owns his
carriage or drives for some Of these companies
that are springing up now-a-days." aa
As he expressed this opinion, r. RI. Turner,
one of the best known and most careful hack
men in Boston, was standing beside his We
hiele in front of the Quincy House.
1T would seem TO me, said /, shat one OF
the principal drawbacks is the exposure you
have to UNDERGO"
Exactly" he answered. ''We have 10 be
ont at all hours and in all sorts Of bad weather.
Hot OF cold. rain or snow, frost or fog, we've
got TO face It or lose our bread and butter In
spite of blankets and rubber coats we are
often soaked TO the skin, and, as a hackman is
as likely to catch cold under those circum-
stances as bank President, we get sick, with
out being as able TO afford 1t as rich men are -
That's so,' replied with genuine sympa-
thy. land doctors naturally want their fees
yes, and luckily for me don't often have
TO call on them. Whenever | catch cold--and
| frequently dO--and get pains In the back or
chest or any part OF anybody, just run in to
BarteauX', the druggist, around here In Green
street, and buy Benson's Capcine Plaster
and clap IL square on the sore spot. IL re-
lieves me right away, same day. Don't have
TO wait. I've Just thrown OF on other outside
remedies. Benson's plaeters do the whole
business. Ever tried emp"
"Oh, yes, many times"
Then you know what j say is so. They beat
all the other plgsters rolled into one with all
the stuff in bottles beside. There are thous-
ands and thousands OF men exposed Just as 1
am. Ifyou print what say, tell them that
for me-"
Saying this Mr.. Turner showed passenger
into his coach, jumped on the box and ratified
down the street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28
LAKE CITY AND COLUMBIA.
Rapid Progress ofthe Town and County
Condition of the Farmers.

Condition of the Farmers.
LAKE CITY, FLA, June 26.-The crops
of corn and cotton in the northern, east
ern and southern portions Of the county
are reported as being very good The
cotton weed indicates good yield. Farm
ers have been buying too much corn this
summer, but not so much as in past
years. Plow stock generally is in worse
condition than usual, which is an indica-
ton of short feed at home and determi-
nation on the part of farmers not to go in
debt for supplies. The credit account in
Lake City Is not one-half as much as last
season, and for days at time scarcely a
farmer is TO be seen on the streets.
The water works at Lake City will be
OF vast benefit to the town, and are an
evidence that its citizens are determined
to be progressive. In the way of progress
comes the fair this fall, which will he the
best county fair in the State. People
here are so confident of IL that the direc-
tors and members Of the association will
challenge all the counties in the State.
The agricultural prosperity of counties
and States commence with the first fair,
and | hope that other counties will follow
Columbia in the way of fair.
A hotel man has been prospecting at
Live Oak with view OF buying one of
the hotels and making additions to it for
the comfort of boarders. The drummer
is among us, and is growing more numer-
GUS daily.
Our farmers should piece out their
crops with the speckled pea. 1t is the
best bearer In this section. A few acres
of Bermuda grass on the farm of w. II.
Wilson, at Wilson, has saved him over
100 bushels OF corn the present year. 1t
is Of all the grasses the grass for Florida.
ltgrOws winter and summer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
should always be used when children are
cutting teeth. Ii relieves the little suf-
ferer at once; it produces natural, quiet
sleep by relieving the child from pain,
and the little cherub awakes as Upright
as button" IL is very pleasant to taste.
1t sOothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the
bowels, and Is the best known remedy for
diarrh9a, whether arising from teething
or other causes. % cents bottle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28
HORsFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE
For Women and Children.

DR.. JOS. Holt, New Orleans, La, says
81 have frequently found it of excellent
service in cases of debility, loss of appe-
title, and in cOnYalescence from exhaus-
tive Illness, and particularly of service in
treatment of woman and children.v
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28
SUMMER BoARDERs

THE GRIFFIN FEMALE COLLEGE will
4 be open for b0ardcrs during the months OF
JULY and AUGUST Large, airy rooms
Cool locatiOn--in the midst Of grove of two
acres. Address
GEO. G. BUTLER, A. NJ,
griffin. Ga,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28

seemed bent on carrying out his purpose
until the Jalier told him that it would take
al least sixty days to cause death from
starvation, when he tell TO eating with a
relish: he is desperate character. and
says That II he does not succeed in break
ing out before court that he Will never go
10 the court house alive, as he only has
one time to die, and will make break if
he is shot down.
AT Lexington one OF Mayor Moons
mules took the collie and began to roll
upon the ground In doing this he got too
near beehive and kicked it over. The
bees swarmed out, alighted upon the sick
mule and well one that was hitched
near by and came near singing them to
death. Also did they attack a hen and
DrOou OF chlckenS in the vicinity. killing
elght OF the chicks and barely sparing the
lie OF the old hen. Some of the MAYORS
children ran out to see what the trouble
was and got stung, while one or two more
off. nv"
friday a flash of lightning struck a
large OAK standing within seven feet of
mayor Murphey's residence at Barnes
vile, and ran down the tree, ran up the
renee ana then struck the house. 1t
knocked OF several planks, broke the
fragments, and also shattered the main
Sill of the house. The house was well
protected by rods, and strange to saw the
lightning struck within few feet Of the
rod on that side of the house. Luckily
no one was in the room when the flash
came, else several of the family might
have been killed.
DR.. w. b. Burroughs, of Brunswick.
mas several papers pertaining to an arbi-
tratiOn of insurance on goods lost on
board the schooner Charming POlly.v
They We're dated at Savannah, Ga, June
8, IlI0, and among the signers of the docu-
ments is the name of Burton Gwinnett.
one OF the signers of the Declaration of
independence. He also has an old bill
OF later date of Thomas johnson, great
grandfather of Mrs. Burroughs, to James
Storie, one item of which is "To gold
mounting one cocOanut sugar bowl. Ct
IS. 4d." Mrs. Burroughs owns the above
sugar bowl, made of cocOanut that was
cut 100 years ago in the Bahama Islands.
and prizes it very highly, not only for its
antiquity and association, but it's value
as we'll.
The man who burglarized the post office
at White Springs, Fla, is probably under
arrest at Valdosta. Friday Marshal J. s..
Barnett arrested James r. Hodges on sus-
plcion and lodged him in jail. Hodges had
been in NaldOsta for several 1ays partak-
ing quite freely of the Garden. !" He had
about his person a complete set of bur
glars tools, two or three watches. con-
siderable iewelry, about $40 worth of pos
tai stamps and over $500 in money. A
dispatch was subsequently received from
ID. ii. Paxton, who is a merchant, and
also Postmaster at White Springs, Fla.
asking the authorities to hold Hodges.
Mr.. Paxton charges him with breaking
into his store and robbing the post Office
at White Springs. A requisitiOn will be
made upon Gov. Mcdaniel for Hodges de-
livery to the proper authorities of Florida.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28
ElroplJularlir Elmin.

For Burns, Scaids, Cuts, w Ounds, Bruises,
ETC., 10 Is invaluable aud gives instant and
permanent relief. IL Immediately aIIays
pain. Nothing IL necessary but 10 apply il
directly TO the parts affected. 1t will keep
down inflammation. Gangrene or Proud
Flesh, and IN a short time will heal without
applying anything else. 7 his was fully
proved in the military hospitals during the
late war. II has performed astonishing cures
both in the case Of men and animals afflicted
with chronic sores. L. cleanses and heals
obstinate Ulcers, ROils. Carbuncles. Fry
sipelAs and running sores Of every kind
IL destroys the diaagreeable ehiugia arising
from Cancers, ADce4seB, Ulcers, aud every
kind OF purulent discharge. Use In and
about the sick room.
FOR THE TOILET AND NURSERY.
In the water used In bathing add a
small qunntY of DarbYs Fluid. IL Is a
cleansing lotion for the skin-hoaling, purify
ing and refreshing. Removes all taint Of Per
spiratlOn from the body and whtens and
, sOftenB the skin. Wherever a preventing.
healing, cleansing injection or wash ID re-
CURED IT Is positively safe and most eliica-
ciOus. Cures EruptiOns, BlOiches Prickly
Heat, Chalng, bites and Atings Of insects. Re
moves stains. Ink Spots and Miidew. Used as
Il dentifr &c II puriies the breath. preserves
the teeth and cures tOOthache, sore gums.
cnnker, and deOdOrizes bad breath. Sore or
inhaned Eyes are speedily cured. and any
infamed surface, external or internal,
treated with the Fluid will be quickly re-
leyed. Perfectly harmless, used inter
nally or externally.
w. o. Tuggle, LaGranRe, Ga, writing
about Darbys FLUID, says: at IL priceless
level as "A disinfeotant and deOdorizer. My
wife states for the benefit Of young mothers
that IL rs valuable adjunct 10 the nursery"
II IL equally 30 10 parents travelling with
children.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28
REDUCE STOCK.

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Handsome ChangeabIe Checked
Silks, sold at S5c., reduced to soc.
Handsome Checked Silks, sold at
Soc, reduced TO 25c.
Tapestry satins, sold at 81 so, re-
duced 20 soc.
Black satins, sold at zoe, reduced
to soc.
Yard-wide Printed Battistes, sold
at zoe, now I21zc.
Brocaded Lace Buntings, sold at
zoe, reduced TO Zoe.
Fancy Terry Cloakings, sold at
soc, reduced to 15c.
500 pieces Of good quality White
Lawns at 81 80 per piece, 20 yards
in piece.
Fine qualities in Shear White
Lawns at &C., &c. and S1Sc.
Gentlemen's All Silk NecLties--.
summer styIes-soId at 05c. and 75c,
reduced to SOC. and soc.
Ladies' CoIored Real LdsIe Thread
Hose, sold at 81 per pair, reduced TO
4Oc.
Great reductions in prices of silk
Nhtus.
Great Jobs in Ladies' and Chill
dren's Hose.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28

CATsKILL MOUNTAINS,
TIRE MPER HOUSE
Opens JUNE II. Terms, 80 50 per day.
~ special arrangements by the month. Ad-
dress ). ~. TREMPER. JR., PhGnicia, Ulster
CO.. N. Y.