Wichita eagle., 1889-12-10
DEATH DOES NOT END ALL
THAT IS, WHEN YOU ARE CONSIDER
ING THE USES OF THE HORSE.

THAT Is, WHEN YOU ARE CONSIDER
ING THE USES OF THE HORSE.
Details Of Common Occurrence Which
Shows How tn. Hide, Hoofs and Car
cass of the Noble Steed Il Utilized BY
Man-Ground Up to Make Fertilizer.
1t was a very melancholy looking horse,
with consumptive aspect presumably en-
gendered by long periods OF ssmi-starvation,
and when it fell dead suddenly in the shafts
of an ash wagon opposite the patent ONCE
early yesterday morning, the colored man
who drove the cart did not svince any mark
ed surprise. A policeman who was passing
stopped for q moment to inspect the corpse
and then went into a shop On the corner to
ring up a telephone. Ten minutes few by,
and q man with a businesslike air and large
wart on his nose made his way through the
little crowd that surrounded the dead ami
NAL
The ash man he addressed briefly in q whis-
per, and presently handed him five silver doa-
lars. After cycling the money for few sec
onds with the air of one consoled for mis-
fortune, the ash man put it in his pocket and
walked of, probably to borrow another horse
for the purpose Of dragging the wagon home.
As the crowd broke up philanthropic pedes-
trian remarked, with a sigh, to the person
with wart on his nose that the poor beast
was to be congratulated upon having finished
his career of usefulness in this world. The
man with the wart e.inned, and replied that
the unfortunate creA:ure's usefulness, far
from being finished, had only begun
TIE DRAY WITH BIG LETTERS.
The phlanthropic citizen did not under
stand the meaning o. this response, but be
would have comprehended it better If be had
waited minute or 50 more, at the end Of
which heavy dray wss driven up alongside
the pavement, and two men, with an inclined
plane of boards and rope tackle, pulled the
dead horse upon the vehicle and drove away
with it, The bystandsrS noticed that the
dray was marked in big letters with the
name of such and such firm, manufacturers
of superior fertilizers"
This, then, was to be the destiny Of the de-
ceased quadruped. Unlike the eggfhat chips
at breakfast, it had not survived the period
of its usefulness 1t would live again in the
fruits and flowers and waving grain to which
1t might contribute the slements Of growth.
After awhile the dray came to a stop in
front of an ugly looking building on the Po-
tomac bank at the other end Of Georgetown.
The men did not hold their noses, but that
was because they were used to the very I'M
pleasant smells which tkicken the atmosphere
of the locality. The carcass was unloaded,
and having been conveyed Into the building
was hoisted to the second floor. There an
expert operator set to work upon it with
keen knife and quickly removed the entire
skin, the portion covering the head and tail
included. The fayed animal was then cut
up into six parts, which were thrown into
big iron kettle with a steam jacket and boiled
four hours. At the end CT this time the big
bones, loossned from tho flesh by cooking,
were separated from the mass of meat with
rakes for subsequent griIsding up into bone
fertilizer, which is very expensive, but con-
teins elements that restore the nutyitive
power to the soil in a wonderful manner. For
whereas fertilizers made VI flesh produce a
good effect which is merely temporary, the
grannd bone supplies the appetite Of the
hungry loan IN way that really lasts. Nj
trosen, carbon and lime, which it 80 largely
contains, are marvellous growth producers.
GRINDING HIM TO POWDER.
But, rs was about TO be said, the flesh and
little bones, after the big bones had been
taken out, were put under q powerful press,
big enough to accommodate half a ton, and
squeezed until nearly every particle of water
and grease has been forced out OF the tissue
Then the mass was placed in steam drier
with two jackets, beneath which steam was
continually flowing around, end after while
it came out dry as chip. Not bit Of grease
or moisture, in which the elements Of decom
position are propagated, relnained, and the
residue, after being ground up fine in a sort
of mill, resembled Lone Jack tobacco more
than anything else 1t he'd no offensive
smell, and tie reporter was Informed that 1t
would last indefinitely without exhibiting a
sign of decay or change. In this form, put
up in bags, it was ready for the farmer-an
excellent fertilizer, though by no means
equal to ground bone. 1t is much cheaper,
however.
And now, presumably, you are under the
impression that you know all about the post
mortem history Of horse By NO means
You have not yet been told that his skin goes
to Philadelphia or New York ard is made into
baseball covers. Nothing so tough as horse
hide, and, therefore, SO well acapted to that
purpose. has yet been discovered. The hair
of the name and the tail Is tba best possible
material for a curled hair mattress. The
hoofs are ground up Int. the 6uest gardeners
fertilizer known, and the most costly Of all
fertilizers, owing to the difficulty of grinding
them The result is called 'hcof meal" aud
its value from the gardeners point of view is
largely owing to the presence in it of great
percentage Of ammonia. Very likely, how
ever, the hoofs may be utilized in the manu-
facture ef an excellent quality Of glue, or it
may be that the chemist viii sdapt them to
the various uses of his own, among others to
the making Of that exquisite color Of Persian
blue. BESIDES, the hair may be used for hair
cloth and FISH lines. and the bones for animal
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