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declined to pass, and the loss falls oll
the >tockman But litter this antemor-
TEN inspection tho animals become the
property Of the packer and all losses
through ultimate condemnation Of the
stock must. Of course. fall upon him.
A sheep which bears on it's skin plain
t'ldcnc" Of "Shecp Stab, 4 hog with
large, red cholera Splotchcs on Ill.,; hide
steer with external juniors, sores or
ahscesscs, OF any animal which exhibits
the ordinary indications Of illness, S,c,
as Inability to walk. etc, will bc cut
vut The law requires that the refused
animal must be killed aud turned into
soap fat and fertilizer
The number OF animals cut out ut thu.
antomortem examination varies SO
greatly that the inspectors decline to
strike an average on the number cN-
rluded per day. Thousands may be
passed without one being refused but
in the next hundred 10 per cent or more
may be condemned. AS Il matter of
fact, however, many of the diseased
animals pas: this first inspection with
cut exciting the suspicion on tho part
Of the inspectors, for they bear no eN-
terror evidence whatever of the fact
that they arc suffering from Il danger
Gus illness.
Passing this first inspection SUCCESS
fully, the animals are weighed and sent
TO the slaughter-houses OF tho company
purchasing them. Hogs receive by far
the most careful inspection. Two in
spectors watch the passing of the
slaughtered hogs, while but one ex-
amincs cattle, and there is also but
one each for sheep and calves. The
hogs are given the strictcr examination
because Of their greater liability 10 dis.
ease and the greater danger to be found
in the incipient stages Of hog diseases
and it. OF course, goes without saying
that early stages Of disease in any ami
mails are more difficult to detect than
those more advanced.
After going through the first opera
tons at the slaughter-housc the hog is
strung up by tho heels with hundreds
Of others and passes forward in Il line
that seems endless. The device tc
which the animals are strung up is fit
ted with small wheel (which rolls
along 4 single track. Not far from the
point where the hogs are first strung
up and only few feet from the line OF
moving carcasses sits the first Of tho
hog inspectors. AS each hog passes ir
Front Of him workman with two
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slashes of a knife removes the entire
viscera from the already partially open
ed body Of the hog and throws them
on platform at the side of the raised
chair i'll which the inspector is sitting.
Just above the head OF the inspector
and little to the rear is an electric
lamp, which throws 4 brilliant stream
OF light down on the platform.
Each time as the entrails are thrown
down the Inspector ylauces down ut
them. One glance is sufficient Long,
long practice at pOstmortens and ia
mllarltN with normal viscera enable
the Inspector to tell quicker than the
wink of an eye if anything is the mat
ter with the hog whose vital organs
and lnte$tineS have been thrown before
him. Spots Oh the lungs, enlargement
OF the lymph glands, darkened appear
ance Of other glands, blackened spinal
column and perhaps half 4 dozen addi-
tional points Indicate to him at once
that the hog is diseased. Every time
this inspector finds Il case which he
thinks suspicious or clearly defined as
unfit for food he steps forward from his
chair and slips wire loop through the
flesh of the hog. The wire bears Il large
yellow card stating that the carcass is
condemned. Also attached to the wire
IS Il small lead seal for fastening the
tW" ends Of the wire together.
At that moment the Wir" is not seal
ed. but its presence bearing the yellow
card signifies that the carcass is to he
placed to one side for further rXami.ll-
tiol. For rcnlovin" this wire and card
the United States laws prescribe Il
fleav! time and Imprisonment.
Caracas SEES Examined Twice.
Further down the line OF moving
porker> is the second United States in
Spcctor. The FIRST Inspector has neither
the time nor the opportunity for doing
more than to inspect tllat viScela of the
animal. The hog has not yet been SPLIT
in twain and he conl.l not possibly see
the interior conditions OF the carcass,
but before the swine have been pushed
down As far as tn" second inspector
each one has been chopped into halves
by the sharp vlraverS in the hands: Of
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and the bones and meat are taken out
to be used in making fertilizers

to be used in making fertilizers.
Pork for foreign export receives ex-
animation after passing this regular in
spection which is SO elaborate and
thorough that it can scarcely be COM
pretended by anyone who has not
made personal visit to the yards and
witnessed the work. From three diff
! ferent parts Of the body Of every hog
| which is designed for export bits OF
flesh are ':lkcn for microscopic examin-
alton. Traces of trichinae and other
diseased conditions which can he de-
/ tected only through the microscope are
sought for with the utmost diligence.
Accept Beef Inspection.
The requirements in regard to -AmeIi-
can beef maintained by foreign coun-
tries are by no means as heavy as those
on pork. and the United States inspec-
ton given for interstate trade is uc-
| ceptcd as ample by all other coun-
tries. Cattle are not nearly so liable to
disease as hogs and on day when tif-
teen or twenty hogs might be thrown
out in Il single packing house there
might be only one, two or three cattle.
Diseased steers are often among the
very finest appearing and heaviest that
arc purchased. That they are WORTH
less is only discovered after they have
been killed and opened. Tuberculosis
is the disease with which the cattle are
most often found to be afflicted. 1t is
also often found among diseased hogs,
but cholera is most common with the
latter. The men who inspect hogs can
just as we'll as not sit down while per-
forming most OF the work, SO they re-
main on duty half day at Il time.
but those performing work over cattle
must constantly walk about, so they
arc kept on duty only two hours at Il
time. the mell laboring in two alternat-
ing shifts. LII the cattle Strengthening de-
partmcnt one man does all of the actual
inspecting, but second official puts the
purple stamps on the beeves.
When the cattle inspector finds sus-
piciouS beef he tags it in the same way
rs the hog inspector does a porker, and
it is run off into sidetrack, where it
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wide and straight and the residence
quarters are beautiful. Astounding in
lllXuriant gardens shaded with mag
nolias and oleanders. During the sum-
lner months thousands of pleasure
seekers from all parts Of the South go
10 Galveston to enjoy the many attrac-
tons OF the city and it's surroundings.
On the bay. or north sid lie Of the city, is
the commercial section, with wharves
stretching along for nearly two miles.
lined with sheds and large storage
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SEEK IMPURE MEATS.
GOVERNMENT INSPECTS CATTLE
AT CHICAGO YARDS.
EccVcs, Hogs, Sheep and Calves Arc
Searched for Disease Rigid Post
ANA Antc-Mortem Examination of
Each Animal by Lynx Eyed Officials.

Few people have even the least
knowledge Of the great work done by
'he national government in inspecting
{ir killing OF cattle, hogs and sheep at
tic Chicago stock yards. This inspcc-
'!un is being carried on in the stock
yards Of forty eight other cities in the
tnl1rd States, but it is operated on a
l.tr greater sale in Chicago than at any
DINER point. Such 4 sharp watch for
diseased and Objectionable animals is
maintained that it is practically an iln-
possibility for unfit meat, designed for
Interstate or export shipment, to leave
|h' inspected slaughtrr~houSps at thu.
yards. Every animal killed receives
wv" or three inspections and when Il
"'>e'>tu one is found the carcass is
guarded as carefully as box OF jew
tlrH until it is completely destroyed. as
1:'r as edible purposes arc concerned
W" Kinds If inspection are given
every beef. hog or sheep that goes out
"1 he yards as being til to eat. These
'>an'!n"tlrnS are antcmor1nm and post
lh"rtt III. Sometimes the first one alone
Is sufficient to bar out animals and they
he'rr set as far as the STRENGTHENING
i''n>. The antemortem inspection. OF
'""iSc, takes place ION the hoof' and
~ t"'N(uc;ru Just before :he animals
are driven cato the scales TO he weighed
Tor purchase by the packer from the
>(vr:illan The inspector examines
'arh animal rs it is driven forward to-
ward the platform of ;:le scales. Any
aH'lnal that is evidently affected with
ui>s"'>> or is rlnaciatru is ordered cut
"u'. The packer, of course. declines to
OK" an animal which the Inspector has
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-28
GALVESTON ASITWAS
BEAUTIFUL AND PROGRESSIVE
SOUTHERN CITY.
The Greatest Cotton Port and the
Fifth Commercial City in the United
States-Has Risen Before from the
Fury of Storm, Fire and Flood.

Galveston, previous to the devasta-
ting storm, was one of the most bcauti-
full and progressive cities of the sunny
South. Its history indicates that it has
been one of the most unfortunate. In
1872 the entire eastern portion of the
city was swept away by tidal wave
which followed terrific storm that
ragged along the Gulf coast for three
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-28

The natives of Gomera. one of the
Canary isles. converse with one an
other by whistling on their fingers. 1t
is possible to understand a message Il
mile of. Each syllable Of 4 word has
it's own peculiar sound. Gomera is cut
up by a number of deei glens, which
are not bridged over, and as it would
otherwise be impossible for the inhaD-
itants OIL separate sides of Il glen to
talk with one another without going
a long way round to meet, they have
hit upon the whistling device as the
best means of communication.
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houses. In this same portion are three
grain elevators with an aggregate stor-
age capacity of 3,25O,OOO bushels. The
island from the north side Is connected
with the mainland by railroad bridges
and the longest wagon bridge in the
. world, nearly two miles in length On
the south side of the city, beginning
Within fifty yards Of the medium gulf
tide, the wealthy resident portion of the
city is located and this was the first
part to be struck by the full force of
the recent storm and flood. All of the
eastern end Of the city was washed
away and some Of the handsomest and
most expensive residences were here
located. There was one home which
alone cost the owner over 81, 600, 900:
Among the principal buildings of the
city are. or were, the new custom house;
and postotfice, the cotton exchange, the;
Court House, the Ball free school. the,
free public library, the Roman Catholic;
University Of St. Mary, the John Sealey:
Hospital and the School of Medicine;
OF the State University. All the build:
lngs of the city were constructed on
substantial and modern lines. The city:
had gas and electric light plants, Il:
water works system valued at $4JO, 00N
and supplied from artesian wells and
Il number OF 1irst-class hotels. In 1888
the gross city valuations were $25, OOO.-
GOO. The city debt was $l,7JO, 600 and
the officials had authority to issue ST.;
100000 in bonds to raise money for
permanent improvements, and it ownetli
property to the value of 81, 955, $50. The,
population, according to the figures Civ.
en- by the census bureau for 1900, is 81, :,
7S0.
History of the City.
The island Of Galveston was occupied
by the famous pirate Latitte in 1917
ana continued to be his headquarters
until his settlement was broken up in
ISL. 1t IS believed by many that
somewhere ON the island are buried
treasures OF TIL. pirate and many
stories OF romance have been woven
about the daring rover and his island
home. The city Of Galveston was
founded in 1897 It was the scene OF
stirring events during the Civil War,
lie Federal forces occupied the city
oct. s. lSC1. Int t was retaken by the
tonft4lcratcs on Jan. /, 1868 Durin"
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Didn't you hear about jt?" NO"
"Why, the thing happened right down
in your own neighborhood' II know:
but my wife's away for the summer"
Philadelphia Press
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Almost every girl of sixteen has her
mind made up that some day she will
have a son named De Mountyille, or Il
daughter named Geraldine.
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' L.
has. spent 500, 900 in the construction
and equipment OF coast fOr1iticat ions
near the city.
Bay of Galveston.
The bay OF Galveston. the mouth or
which is guarded by the island on
which the city stands as Il sentinel, is
Il body Of water with area OF about
$40 square miles. 1t has al irregular
coast line and branches out into various
arms. 1t receives the San .Jacinto and
Trinity rivers and Buffalo Bayou. Ow-
inv 10 the island being but little higher
than the bay, inumlatons have often
been threatened. The bay is quite shall
low III most parts. Ecntrance to it is
through the recently constructed deep
wafer chauuc! and thanking It on either
side are the stone jettieS five miles long
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Thought He Was Saving Money.
Hiram-Hurry up, Mandy, an git
away from this buildin'.
Mmdy-What'S yer hurry. Hi?
Hiram (chuckling TELLER III the
elevator forgot ter collect our fares
Truth.
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The dirtie: boy, the worse he looks
in curls.
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About all some men are willing to do
for a living is to breathe regularly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-08-10
BAR THE ANARCHISTS.

The discovery, as a result of the
assassination of King Humbert, of
Italy, of nest of Anarchists in
Paterson, is evidence of the need
of amending our immigration laws
so as to keep that class of people
out of the United States. A bill to
that effect has been before Congress
for years, but various influences have
combined to prevent it's passage
through both houses in the same Con-
gress, though the Senate and the
House have each passed, at different
sessions, bill on the subject
The immigration laws should be
amended in that particular as we'll as
in some others. Criminals and objec-
tionable persons excluded from Amer
can ports now come in by way of
Canada without any restriction what
ever
Commissioner Powderly's PROPOSE
tion to raise the head tax to 30 each,
and thus pay for inspectors to be
stationed at all places on the Cana
dian border where immigrants cross,
is wise one. When that is done and
such persons as Anarchists barred
from landing on American soil. the
nation will have performed duty
which it owes to itself and mankind
in general.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-08-10
A FOOLISH SCARE.

The Dover Index is trying to scare
timid peope with the fear that con-
scription will be necessary to hold the
Philippines and take our part in the
settlement of the Chinese trouble.
That is the extravaganza notions of
delirium or Mysteries. The United
States will easily be able to enlist all
the troops needed in both countries,
and that, although the number need
ed is greatly increased by the unpa-
triotio utterances of the "antis. = So
far as China is concerned even the
Index would hardly dare suggest that
we should abandon our representa-
tives in that country to the fury of
heather mob.
The Philippines were acquired by
our treaty of peace with Spain, a
treaty that was approved OF by
William j. Bryan and which was
ratified by Senators whose votes were
influenced by him.
The proposal that Mr. Bryan now
makes is for Congress to set up a
settled government in the Philippines
under American protection. Congress
cannot establish q government in the
Philippines until there is order there.
A native government is impossible,
because the Filipinos are not q
homogeneous people. Put Aguinaldo
on the throne tomorrow and some of
the tribes will dethrone him next
day unless an American army Keeps
him there. Besides protectorates do
not work we'll, particularly if the
protection is exercised in the interests
of the protectors as it would be in
this case. In very few years, if a
native government lasted that long, we
should very likely have to fight the
Filipinos with Germany as make
weight
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-08-10
AS TO THE CUBAN ISSUE.

The fourth paragraph of the Kansas
Oily platform begins with this declar-
alton:
1--WE demand the prompt and honest
fulfillment of our pledge to the Cuban
people and the world that the United
States had no disposition or intention
to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction
or control over the island of Cuba. -
The war department has issued an
order for general election, in Cuba,
of delegates to a constitutional con-
vention whose task it will be to frame
a constitution under which the people
of Cuba shall govern themselves.
Thus the Bryanites' Cuban ISSUE
is wiped out. The convention will
begin its sessions on the day before
the presidential election in this coun-
try. Mr.. Bryan's party is placed in
the position of party making de-
mand for something that is already
doing
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-08-10
WHAT 1T MEANS.

1t is we'll known fact in law that
a contract in writing has greater force
than verbal understanding without
witnesses. 1t is alleged by Democratic
apologists for free silver, who wish to
keep the silver issue as far in the back
ground as possible that the plank upon
Is to | adopted at Kansas City does
not mean anything because of a verbal
understanding to that effect existing
among number Of Democrats OPP
posed to Mr.. Bryan's free coinage
ideas. They have no witnesses and
this is the written clause in dispute:
"We reaffirm and indorse the
principles of the National Democratic
platform adopted at Chicago in 1896
and we reiterate the demand Of that
platform for an American financial
system made by the American people
for themselves, which shall restore
and maintain bimetallic price level,
and, as part of such system, the i'm
mediate restoration of free and un-
limited coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1,
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation.
Four years ago, in the depression
resulting from Democratic meddling
with the tariff, the responsibility for
which Mr.. Bryan naturally wanted to
avoid, there was some plausibi1ity
in the arguments used as the poor
mans last hope. But now, after
every prediction made by the Demo-
cracy in that campaign has been
demonstrated to be inaccurate, and
after prosperity on gold basis has
been realized beyond the most san
guine expectations, why should any
reasoning man wish to take chances
on the Bryan experiment. whenever
Bryan's own followers are mutinous
and fearful?
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SOUND DEMOCRATIC OPINION.

The Newark Advertiser which is
one of the strongest Democratic pa
pers in the State shows its patriotism
and sound wisdom in the following
article upon our relations. with China.
It's commentator of the course taken
by the administration is highly
creditable and is refreshing con-
trast to the unprincipled revilings Of
many Democratic papers;
There is no dissent among the
American people from the policy of
the state department. in respect to
China Secretary Hays course, which
has been singularly consistent as we'll
as straightforward, wins universal
appreciation in the United States
It has been dignified as representing
the attitude of our government, fair
to China, conservative of our interests
in the East, and yet in harmony with
our relations with the other powers
interested in China. It's firmness was
we'll enough exhibited in the response
of the state department to the notice
by China that cipher messages would
not be delivered to the foreign minis
tiers at Picking.
In our affairs with China, the ma
tion should be a unit. Fortunately
there is nothing of Imperialism so far
in what our government has done or
has proposed to do. We have distinct
ly and emphatically disavowed any
intention of taking or accepting ter
ritorial compensations, and moreover
our policy is to prevent, by moral
means, the seizure of Chinese terri
tory by European nations. Our mis-
sion in China is one of justice and
future peace; not of revenge and
spoliation. There is no reason,
therefore, why our affairs with China
should be dragged into political
controversy this fall There are
higher interests than the success of
political parties and candidates and
our interests in the East should not
be compromised by the malignancy
of national politics in heated cleo
tion campaign. The people have good
reason to feel confidence in Secretary
Hay; they have approvingly observed
his course in the complicated troubles
in China, and they have faith that he
will do nothing either to injure the
prestige of our republic or lead it in
to embarrassments and difficulties.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-08-10

James e. Boyd, the only Democra-
tic Governor Nebraska ever had, is
radically opposed to several of the
Bryanite doctrines. Recently Cover
nor Boyd, who, it will be remembered.
has been a member of the Democratic
National Committee from Nebraska.
and has always stood high in the
party councils, in an interview said:
"The greatest mistake Bryan ever
made was to require the Kansas City
Convention to reiterate the 16 to
silver free coinage plank. He en-
phasized it beyond all others. thus
doing what the Republicans would
have him do. 1t will cause Bryan,s
defeat under heavier majorities than
were given four years ago. It was
sheer idiocy. Money was never so
plentiful and the interest rate SO low.
Prices of farm products were never
better and the producers are getting
gold money for their products,
Prosperity everywhere in evidence.
cannot be talked down. 1t may not
be due to Mckinley, but it is possible
under the policy for which Mckinley
stands
With America, imperialism is i'm
possible. We have been acquiring
territory ever since the Government
was founded. yet this is not an en-
pire. To say that new territory. added
from time to time, will be followed
by the reclamation Of an emperor 10
rule over us is absurd Bryan NAV
deceive some of the people By his far
fetched cry of Imperialism, but the
scare will not be Of long duration. !,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-08-10

If the Democratic party succeeds
in persuading the business man that
free silver will help business and per-
suades the laboring man Chat free trade
will help wages, and persuades the
colored man that he is better off with
out the ballot than with it, and con-
vinces the soldiers that their blood and
bravery has been spent in vain. then
the party may have some chance of
winning next November.
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BEAUTIFUL Nj. TABOR.
Continued from First Page.

pavilion and make it into a free
reading room. The money received
in the collection will be used for this
purpose.
A number Of young men who spend
the summer at Tabor have organized
themselves into an athletic associa-
tion and they now have baseball
nine, tennis club, and all around
team. Last Saturday two hot games
of ball were played on the grounds
and tennis tournament also took
place.
Tabor is a live, active, healthy
place. Those who have been there
do not need to be told of its many
attractions. Those who never have
been should make visit now, while
the season is at it's height.