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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10

mortem. Sometimes the first one alone
Is sufficient to bar out animals and they
never get as far as the slaughtering
pens. The antemortem inspection, Of
course, takes place ION the hoof" and
Is conducted just before the animals
are driven onto the scales to be weighed
for purchase, by the packer from the
stockman The inspector examines
each animal as 1t is driven forward to-
ward the platform of the scales. Any
animal that Is evidently affected with
disease or is emaciated is ordered cut
out. The packer, Of course, declines to
buy an animal which the inspector has
declined to pass, aud the loss falls on
the stockman. But after this anteInor%
tenn inspection the 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
evidence of 'sheep scab," a. hog with
large, red cholera splotches on his hide.
steer with external tumors. sores or
assesses, or any animal which exhibits
the ordinary indications Of illness, such
as inability to walk, etc.. will he cut
out. The law requires that the refused
animal must be killed and turned into
soap fat and fertilizer.
Passing this first inspection success
fully. the animals are weighed and sent
to the slaughter houses Of the 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-
amines cattle, and there Is also but
one each for sheep and calves. The
hogs are given the strlcter examination
because of their greater liability to dis
ease.and the gteater danger to be found
in the incipient stages. OF hog diseases,
and ii. 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
t,ons at the slaughter house the hog Is
strung nj by the heels with hundreds
Of others and passes forward in line
ihat seems endless. The device to
which the animals are strung up is fit
red with small wheel which rolls
aL,ie. n single track. Not far from the
noint where the hogs are first strung
~ and only few feet from the line of
loylug carcasSes sits the first Of the
81. .nsppt.tors As each hog passes In
.yun of hin a workman with TWO
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10
SEEK IMPURE MEATS.
GOVERNMENT INSPECTS CATTLE
AT CHICAGO YARDS.
i~eSes' Hogs, sheep and Calves Are
Searched for Disease Rigid Post
and Ante Moriem Examination of
Each Animal by Lynx Eyed Officials.

Few people have even the least
knowledge Of the great work done by
the national government in inspecting
the killing Of cattle, hogs and sheep at
the chicago stock yards. This inspec-
ton Is being carried ON in the stock
yards Of forty7eight other cities in the
United States, but ii is operated on
rar greater sale In Chicago than at any
other point. Such sharp watch for
diseased and Objectionable animals is
maintained that 1t is practically an iIn-
possibility for unfit meat, designed for
Interstate or export shipment, to leave
the Inspected slaughter-houses at the
yards. Every animal killed receives
two OF three inspections and when
diseased one is found the carcass is
guarded as carefully as a box of Jew
elry until 1t is completely destroyed, as
far as edible purposes are concerned
Two kinds of inspection are given
every beef, hog or sheep that goes out
of the yards as being fit to eat.s These
examinations are antemortem and post
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10

picious beef he tags it in the same way
as the hog inspector does porker, and
1t is run off into q sidetrack, where 1t
Is held to await final examination. The
half beeves which are passed as all
right are rolled ON down the line to the
point where their dressing is completed
and here stands the stamper with his
rubber stamp and linked pad ready to
afiix a purple oval stamp about three
inches long, In which are letters half
an inch high. At three different points
on the abdominal and chest walls, an
terror to the hind quarter, this official
places his stamp, the three sections
stamped being the three into which the
half of the body Of beef is divided for
transportation to the butcher.
In the cooling room, when the outside
OF the beef Is more thoroughly dried,
the same stamp is placed on the hind,
quarter, making altogether four stamps
which are placed on each half of a
beef Besides ~. s. Inspection on the
stamp there are letter and two num-
bers, one number being Immediately at
the side of the letter and the other be-
tween two stars which are at the be-
ginning and end Of "U. S. Inspection, &"
which curves about the oval. BY these
figures and the letter on the meat the
department officials can tell If they are
ever called on to do so what INSPECTOR
passed the meat, In what abattoir 1t
4 Al. 4.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10

alton. Traces of trlchinae and other
diseased conditions which can be de-
teeted only through the microscope are
sought for with the utmost diligence.
Accept Beef Inspection.
The requirements In regard to Ameri.
eau beef maintained by foreign eoun-
tries are by no means as heavy rs those
on. pork and the United States inspee7
tion given for interstate trade is ae-
cepted as ample by all other coun-
tries. Cattle are not nearly SO liable TO
disease as hogs and on day when flf-
teen or twenty hogs might be thrown
out in a single packing house there
might be only one, two or three cattle.
Diseased steers are often among the
very finest appearing and heaviest that
are 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. II Is
also often found among diseased hogs,
but cholera Is most common with the
latter The men who inspect hogs can
Just as well as not sit down while per-
forming most of the work, so they re-
main on duty half day at time,
but those performing work over cattle
must constantly walk about, so they
are kept on duty only two hours at a
time, the men laboring In two alternat-
ing shifts. In the cattle slaughtering de-
,partment one man does all of the actual
inspecting, but second official puts the
purple stamps on the beeves. -
When the cattle inspector finds sus-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10
the United States laws prescribe
heavy fine and Imprisonment
Carcasses Examined Twice.

the united states laws prescribe
heavy fine and Imprisonment.
Carcasses Examined Twice.
Further down the line Of moving
porkers is the second United States In
spector. The first inspector has neither
the time nor the opportunity for doing
more than to inspect that yiscera Of the
animal. The hog has not yet been split
In twain and he could not possibly see
the Interior conditions of the carcass,
but before the swine have been pushed
down as far as the second inspector
each one has been chopped into halves
by the sharp cleavers in the hands Of
the workmen. This official gives the
inner cavities an examination and also
carefully inspects the outer skin. Red
spots on the hide or granular tubercles
sticking to the abdominal or chest walls
are the most common evidences of dis
ease found by this inspector. The red
spots indicate cholera and the tubercles
are evidence Of tuberculosis, or con-
sumption. The official goes through
the same tagging as was referred to
above, unless the carcass was one that
had already been tagged by the first in
spector.
The yellow-carded hogs are run Off on
a side track and all of them kept to-
gether until after they can be visited
by the inspectors after the killing day
is over. Each carcass is then given a
more thorough examination than was
possible-at the time when they were
passing rapidly In front Of the inspec-
tors. If 1t is found that the pork bears
disease to an extent that would render
It's use, in the least dangerous, condem-
nation is then completed. The two ends
Of the wire which. was passed through
the fiesh'by the inspector are pulled to-
gether. the loose end Is imbedded in a
sfot-in the piece of lead attached, to the
other end and with ptnchers the lead is
pressed over the wire. Thus the final
sealing is completed. On the lead seal
as well as upon the yellow cards ap-
bears ~. S. Condemnation"
Pork for foreign export receives ex-
amina ton after passing this regular in
spection which Is so elaborate and
thorough that 1t 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 taken for microscopic examin-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10
LOADED TO ORDER.


Watches, Diamonds, Clocks, Jewelry of
all Kinds Sold and Repaired.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10

slashes Of knife removes the entire
viScera from the already partially open
ed body of the hog aud throws them
on platform at the side of the raised
chair in which the inspector is sitting.
just above the head of the inspector
and little to the rear Is an electric
lamp. which throws a brilliant stream
of light down on the platform.
Each time as the entrails are thrown
down the inspector glances down at
them. One glance is sufficient Long,
long practice at postmortens and ia
miliarity with normal viscera enable
the Inspector to tell quicker than the
wink of ap eye N anything is the mat
ter with the hog whose vital organs
and intestines have been thrown before
him. Spots on the lungs, enlargement
OF the lymph glands, darkened appear
ance of other glands, blackened spinal
column and perhaps half dozen addi-
tional points indicate to him at once
that the hog Is diseased. Every time
this Inspector finds a 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 large
yellow card stating that the carcass is
condemned. Also attached to the wire
is small lead seal for fastening the
two ends Of the wire together,
At that moment the wire is not seal
ed. but its presence bearing the yellow
card signifies that the carcass is to be
placed to one side for further examina-
ton. For removing this wire and card
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10

Didn't you hear about it?" "No."
why, the thing happened right down
in your own neighborhood." II know;
but my wife's away for the summer"
Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10

First to Abolish Slavery,
The Danes were the first to abolish
lavery in their West Indian posses
siOns.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-10-10

Mr.. O'Toole-What is Terrence doing
now. Mrs. Flyn?
Mrs. Flyn-He is wuruking in Dootch
Pete's chaze factory making imytashun
schwitzer chaze.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12
Life Insurance q Duty.

Said the eminent DR.. Talmage,
when lnculcatine the necessity of
life insurance, in one of his famous
dlscourses, 81 cannot imagine any
more unfair or mean thing than for
. man to get his sins pardoned at
the last minute, and then 60 to
heaven and live in a mansion, and
60 riding about in a golden chariot
over golden streets, while his wife
and children, whom he might have
provided for. are begging for cold
victuals at the basement door of an
earthly city. 1t seems to me there
ought to be a poorhouse somewhere
on the outskirts of heaven where
those guilty of such improvidence
should be kept awhile on their soup
and gristle instead of sitting down
at the Kings banquet. The death
of the married man who, during
life, was so criminally negligent as
not to provide against such a posi-
bility by life insurance." continued
the indignant divine, sis a defalca-
ton, an outrage, a swindle. He
does not die; he absconds." These
are strong words, but not stronger
than the subject merited. Life in
surance is a sacred duty of every
man who has taken unto himself a
wife. 1t is duty which he owes
to her whom he has vowed to pro-
tect and to the God who blessed
her with so sacred a trust. The
more limited a mans resources, the
more imperative is this duty, and
the privilege of life insurance is one
of the greatest blessings for which
the poor man has to thank civiliza-
ton. We feel confident that our
people are too conscious of their
duties as heads of households tc
neglect this matter of life insu1-
ance; he who does neglect it, shirk:
the first duty of husband and
father.
S. R. Paterson, agent; Fell,
Mouton, solicitor; Equitable Life
| Tneurance Societv of New York.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

Many people IN Lafayette will be
sincerely sorry to learn of the death
of Mrs. w. J. Thomas which oc-
Cured on the 5th of May at
Brownsville, Tenn. Mrs. Thomas
spent several months here last
winter, her husband being in the
employ of the Lafayette Compress
and Storage Company. During her
stay in Lafayette Mrs. Thomas won
the esteem and friendship of all
who met her. Her death which
was so untimely and unexpected
was unusually sad. The Gazette
Joins the friends of Mr.. Thomas in
extending to him their heartfelt
sympathy in this hour of profound
afhiction.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12
Firemen Will Take Part.

The fire department of the town
held a meeting at Falk's hall last
Monday with Judge Debaillon in
the chair. The following resolu-
tons, given tc US by Secretary F.
v. Mouton for publication, were
adopted:
Moved by Mr.. Campbell, seconded by
Mr.. Schmulen, that the fire department OF
the town of Lafayette turn out in full uni
form on the day fixed for the laying of the
corner stone of the Southwestern Louisiana
Industrial Institute.
Resolved that it is the sense of the Fire
Department of Lafayette, that all business
houses he closed during the ceremonies of
the laying of the corner stone of the Indus
trial Institute and that the chief of the fire
department give public notice in the local
press of the date and hour Of the celebra-
ton. Be it further resolved that the chief
send invitations for their presence here on
that day to the fire departments of the
neighboring towns of Southwest Louisiana.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12
Musical LAFAYETTE.

G. w. Peters, the energetic rep
resentative of Philip Werlein, has
been in Lafayette this week. He
has succeeded in selling some hand
some pianos to citizens of the town.
He has sold to Mr.. G. D. Caffery
the highest grade Mathushek up
right piano, finished in French
burl walnut. The Mathushek piano
stands strictly upon its merits Its
enduring qualities, sweetness of
tone, easy action, commend it to
the public as being the piano best
adapted to this climate. Messrs.
A. E. Mouton and Thos. Hopkins,
Jr., took advantage of Mr.. Peters
presence here and bought beautiful
high grade pianos.
Mr.. Peters is anxious to place
many more pianos into this town
and he will be pleased to entertain
any propositions from the citizens
of Lafayette.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

Mr.. Wanamaker 'doubts If there
has been a fair election in Penn
sylvania, except in spots, for fifteen
years." And yet Pennsylvania is
one of the most enlightened.
progressive States in the country.
What is the cause of this strange
contradiction?-St Louis Post-Dis'
patch, Dem.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

The following words from Lord
Salisbury are not calculated to give
much hope to the Irish people. In
his speech at the Primrose League
Salisbury said: ssI am assured that
there is no hope of the predominant
party ever consenting to give Ire
have learned something from the
South African war. How disloyal
government, in spite of warnings,
could accumulate ornaments against
the most powerful combatants, and
thus secure terrible advantage.
We now know better than we did
ten years ago what risk 1t would
be if we gave disloyal government
in Ireland the power of faccumula-
ting forces against this country.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12
TO SEE YOURSELF

AS your friends would like to see
you allow US to supply your furnish
ings. Our neckwear display sug-
gests a flower garden in its variety
of shapes and colors. For dav and
evening dress, and business and out
ing wear you can seek nothing not
here. The colored shirt looks its
brightest in our assortment. Well
repay the loan of your eyes for 5oc.,
75c., 81, and $3.50. Our special
Monarch shirts at 81, and $3.50.
LEVY BROS.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

Felix Canatella, who has been in
the employ of the Crescent News
& Hotel Company at this place,
will leave tomorrow for his home
in Italy which he has not visited
since fourteen years. Mr.. Cana
tella came here when a mere child
and is so attached to the country
that it is his intention to <c.urn
after stay Of several months at
his old home where his mother is
still living. Mr.. Canatella has not
seen his mother since the year of
the Chicago fair when she visited
America. The Gazette wishes him
a pleasant voyage.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

Oswald Fournet, travelling Sales
man of the ST. Martinville Collar
Factory, was in Lafayette this
week. Mr.. Fournet informed us
that the factory was an assured sue
cess and that as it was making an
excellent grade OF horse collars
there was no trouble in finding a
ready market. This is the only
factory of its kind in this section
of the State and we hope it will
meet with the success it deserves.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

Several young men became hi
larious last Thursday night and pro-
ceeded to paint the town in a color
of deep red. Bridges were turned
topsy- turvy, inoffensive sign boards
were exchanged and other evidences
were not wanting to show that
the boys had INDUCED in their time
honored usages. Aside from the
commission of these youthful indis-
cretions no damage was done. AT
this writing the town authorities are
negotiating with the jewellers and it
is probable that suitable indem-
nifty will be paid to satisfy the mu-
nicipal honor and incidentally to
help defray the expenses of running
the town. Of course young men
who would indulge in high grade
sports should be willing to pay the
cost of court.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

Mr.. Louis Tapissier called on The
Gazette last Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Tapissier is getting ready for
a trip to France, his native country.
Mr. Tapissier has spent 10 years of
his life in Louisiana. During the
last ten years he was in the drug
business at Carencro. Mr.. Tapis-
sier informs US that he will probably
return to this country having formed
a very strong attachment for it and
it's people. He was quite young
when he came here and he is now
more American than French. Mr..
Tapissier will be accompanied by
DR.. J. P. Francez with whom he
will visit the Paris exposition and
others points of interest in Europe.
DR.. Francez attended college in
France and his visit will no doub,
prove very interesting and pleasant.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

Cochran ON the Negro Question.
A, the race conference being
held at Montgomery. Ala, Bourke
Cochran delivered q brilliant ora
ton. The report of his speech is
as follows:
"Hon. Bourke Cochran score d
the most brilliant success of the en-
tire conference in his closing ora
ton. He advocated the repeal of
the fifteenth amendment 20 the fed
eral constitution. He argued that
it was a dead limb on the tree; that
1t had been nullified by the States;
that it had been lynched, SO to
speak, by the people of the south.
He declared that the reconciliation
of the theoretical status of the ne
gro under the constitution should
be reconciled with his actual status
in the public opinion Of the coun-
try. He maintained that this re-
peal was best for the negro as we'll
as for the white man, since both
races had to live together, to pros
per together or go down together.
Every source of irritation between
the two should be removed and the
fifteenth amendment was the great
est. He asserted that the path OF
the negro to political and 50 cial
rights lay through the development
of the unit, the individual, and that
the only means was by industrial
education. He lauded the genera
sity of the south for spending in
thirty-6ve years after its devastation
and out of its poverty over $780,
900, 600 for negro education, and
pointed out that it was the
duty of the federal government
to assist in preparing Its ward:
for the duties of citizenship. He
said tina. it would be for more
defensible for the country to spend
$40, 900, 900 or $40, 900, 900 a yea
in helping to uplift the black men O
putting down the brown men of thu
east. He believe that the establish
ment of a Tuskegee school in ever!
county in the south and the multi
plication of Booker Washingtons wa
the duty of the national government
| ellis Grafton was received witt
the most marked favor from tn
tremendous audience, and he wa
applauded by the large section o
intelligent negroes in the gallery a
by the superb audience of white
on the floor. He was accorded
magnificent ovation at the close
A number of newspaper men VIII
had heard him on occasions befor
pronounced it the finest effort h
has ever made"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Broussard
left last Sunday for San Antonio
where they were called by the Sc
rious illness of Mrs. Broussard's
brother, Mr.. Aurelien Dugas. AS
there was a favorable change in Mr..
Dugas' condition Mr.. and Mrs.
Broussard returned to Lafayette
Thursday morning.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12

The pastor and the officers of the
Methodist Sunday School request
the teachers and pupils to be pres
ent at the church at 10 O'Clock on
Sunday, May IS.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-05-12
HypnOtism

HypnOtism.
Prof. Laurence Kenner gave
hypnotic exhibition at Falk's opera
house last Tuesday. Paul Robi-
chaud, young man OF this town,
was hypnotized by Prof. Kenner at
O'Clock in the afternoon and
placed on a cot in one of Levy
Br os'. windows where he remained
until @ O'Clock, all the while being
under hypnotic influence. At the
hour of nine he was taken to the
opera house, placed on the stage
and awakened, after having been
asleep about seven hours. Several
other young men were called to the
stage. All, excepting two, were
hypnotized ana made to 60 through
some amusing performances.
If asked our opinion as to whether
the boys were really hypnotized OF
not we will readily confess our
inability to either deny or affirm.
The Gazette does not pretend to be
acquainted with things "beyond the
veil" and is blissfully ignorant OF
| the occult sciences. Prof. Kennel
may be hypnotist for that is pcssi'
BILE, but we can not say if our young
friend, Paul Robi:haud, was sleep
ing or not. At any rate he per
formed a wonderful feat by remain
ing seven hours in the show win
dow without opening his eyes anc
without once changing his position