The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-03-17

, man--The Desolations Of Cruel and Hear
: less War-Six Thousand Pension Benefc
, aries In Georgia.
A cruel man is tho meanest creatur
that God ever made. The story OF tn
inquisition with its racks and wheel
and tires and hooks is the most awtu
story that was ever written. When
was a boy read Fox's "Book of Mar
tyrs," and haven't recovered from l
yet. The worst two words In the Eng
i1sh language are torture and torment
and they both come from the same
Latin word, that means to twist, Il
turn, to screw down, to put In agony
torture is ten 2orary expedient ant
has an occasional rest, but tormen
goes on and on until death comes to re
!ieve the sufferer. wasent ruminat
Ing about the torture of humankind
but have just read about how they
make "pats de fois gras" and pepsin
and 1t made me sick. It distressed my
wife and daughters, and though these
Things concern only geese and pige
Henry Bergh Is dead, but whore 10 the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals Where is the spirit OF
| Uncle Toby, who wouldent kill fly,
but put him out OF the window, and
said Now 60, you little pest; the
| world is big enough for you and me ?"
Where is the spirit OF Cowper, who
says: u would not enter upon my list
OF friends the man who needlessly sets
foot upor q worm?" There is no more
beautiful trait in human character
and bird and insect. Shakespeare says
that MERCY is nobility's true badge"
used to hunt squirrels and rabbits and
birds and felt proud whom I brought
homo a good lot of game, but know
now that 1t was all wrong. What right
had to kill tho happy, Innocent crea-
lures that God had made
But just to read what Is going on at
Strasburg In the production Of pate de
fois gras is enough to horrify any body.
a peasant there is wealthy, according
are prepared for the appetites Of the
rich by torture and torment of the most
exquisite kind. Before over q young
goose has laid an egg its feet are nailed
by the legs to plank and tho plank
set before fro. Its eyes are burned
out and there the poor birds stays and
steams for six months until its liver is
distended and tho diseased fat enlarges
from 40 to 80 per cent. The children
OF tho peasants ram down food in it's
throat three times day until it is full
up to the guzzle, and they seem to en-
JOY tho fun OF listening to tho croak-
tngs of pain that tho poor bird makes
Not drop Of water Is allowed to slake
Its burning thirst and this treatment
goes on for weeks and months until tho
liver is all right-for the eoicures and
gourmands, who fancy this food at SO
and "a a can. All that want to know
about man now is whether he oats
goose liver or not. These tortured,
tormented; harmless, suffering birds
are raised by the tens Of thousands at
Strasburg. 1t is the great industry and
supports the major part Of the popula-
tion. Their pate de fois gras is export
ed to this country and other civilized
countries that claim q Christian civil
tzation. Now although Henry Bergh
is dead, why can We not limit this bus
iness to some extent by putting an em-
barge upon it's Importation to this
country Are We nation OF brutes
and barbarians 1 reckon we are, for
1t seems that the production of pepsin
ts nearly as cruel, and now pepsin is
the most popular remedy for indiges-
tlop. Indigestion is the great. national
remedy for 1t. Its production comes
from Chicago. Young healthy pigs
are placed In separate stalls and fed
literally until they are fat and round
and the gastric juices In full vigor. All
of sudden the feeding is stopped and
starvation Is the next step In order.
This goes on for a week until the pig
Is not only ravenous, but desperately
rabid for something to eat. The gas
trio juices from every part Of the ami
NAL flow to the stomach in search OF
h hfx,r 90 L.
process comes, which Is to place just
outside the stall pan OF hot, steaming
potato mash, just near enough for the
pig to smell and get the aggravating
odor, but not near enough to eat and
this stimulates the desire of the poor
hungry animal and causes every vein
and tissue to send its hungry juices to
the stomach In anticipation of g feast.
The pig gets the odor and nothing
more and just then the knife is thrust
into its heart and the stomach quickly
opened and the gastric juice taken out
and put into cans and bottled for the in
vsltds who have been gorging them
selves, with pate de fois gras,' or for
the sickly infants whose milk does not
agree with them.
What Is the world coming TOP Is
such cruelty the price of human life :?
1t did not use to be. Geese are not Of
consequence, but gander never has
but one mate and will stand by her
nest and guard 1t while she sits on her
eggs, and when she leaves them for
food he will escort her to the grass and
escort her book with dignity that is
impressive. I have groat respect for
geese.
| But just now we are talking about ar
as though 1t were sport, frolic and
tho killing off of q few thousand people
and leaving mothers and wives bereav-
ed and helpless was of little conse-
quence. We do not even express the
pity that Stonewall, jackson felt when
just before the battle he prayed and
said, Lord help their souls---now give
thefn"-well, that was Stonewall's way
There are nearly million pensioners
now, and we don't want any more
There are vacant chairs enough in our
households. There are three In ours
and nobody ever thinks of them save
the kindred to whom they were dear
/ thought we were to have arbitration
about these national disturbances
There are but three classes Of people
who want war, and they are all heart
less set. These are the professional
soldiers-the West Pointers and regu
lars, whose profession Is to fight, ant
| who aaaR- GLORY and promotIOD raOard