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posures made at different places, so In
order to see 1t all he must keep con.
stanuy on the move. Cattle are not
handled and showed out of the way as
quickly as hogs, so there is time enough
FOR one man to walk here and there and
see the skinning, the fat that Is soon re-
moved after the killing, the Viscera, the
exterior Of the carcass, the interior, etc.
NO workman dares remove any part of
the carcass from where 1t was taken
out until after 1t has been examined by
the inspector and passed as satisfac-
tory. The vital organs and the intes-
tines may then be thrown to the differ
ent places where they properly belong.
When the cattle inspector finds sus-
pieious beef he tags 1t In the same way
as the hog inspector does porker, and
1t is run Off into a sidetrack, where II
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
afflx 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, am
terror to the hind quarter, this official
places his stamp. the three sections
stamped being the three into which the
mar 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 mum.
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 ~. S. Inspection, 4"
which curves about the oval. BY these
| figures and the letter on the meat the
department officials can tell II they are
ever called on to do SO what Inspector
passed the meat, in what abattoir II
was killed and the day upon which IL
was killed. So, in case any dealer re-
celved piece Of the stamped meat and
claimed It was not good he could re.
turn 1t to the stock yards and the gov.
eminent officials would trace the iron.
BILE back to the very beginning.
Inspection Of the Strengthening of ami.
mails was established by the govern.
ment In 1901, and since the year of the
founding Of the great plan 1t has grown
and fiourished and spread like the ira.
ditional green bay tree. Constantly in.
creasing appropriations for its mainten-
ance and support and increase of scope
have been made by Congress and all the
hopes and expectations of the promot.
ers Of the scheme have been realized.
The burden Of inspection Ii operated
under the government department OF
agriculture.
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Few people have even the least
knowledge oil tie great work doue Dy
the national government in inspecting
the killing OF cattle, hogs and sheep ut
the Chicago stock yards. This lnspee-
ton Is being carried on in the stock
yards Of forty-eight other cities IN the
United States. but it is operated on
far greater sale IN Chicago than al any
other point. Such sharp watch Tor
diseased and Objectionable animals is
maintained that il is practically an I'M
possibility for unit meat, designed Tor
interstate or export shipment, to leave
the inspected sIaughter-houses at the
yards. Every animal killed receives
two or 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. These
examinations are antemortem and post
norton Sometimes the first one alone
Is sufficient to bar out animals and they
never get as far as the slaughterng
pens The antemortem inspection, Of
course, takes place 'on 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
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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. II 1t is found that the pork bears
evidence that it Is lmpregnated with
I disease to an extent that would render
/ its use in the least dangerous, condem-
nation Is then completed. The two ends
of the wire which was passed through
the flesh by the inspector are pulled to-
gether the loose end Is imbedded in a
/ slot in the piece of lead attached to the
other end and with pinchers 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.
pears ~. S. Condemnation"
| Ali of the carcasses condemned are
taken to refrigerated retaining rooms,
where they are locked up by the United
States employees, no one else having
keys to the lock- When a room Is filed
| 1t is sealed as well as locked, and it Is
a crime for anyone other than an in
spector to break the seals. When the
! packing house is ready to dispose of the
condemned pork the seals are broken
and the doors of the retaining rooms
unlocked by the officials and, under the
eye of an Inspector each hog is re-
moved and pushed down through the
hole in the top of the big rendering
tank. Into this tank all kinds of offal
must be thrown, so that the pork may
at once be ruined for use as food. In
this tank the pork is steamed and boil
ed until is decomposed. The fat rises
to the surface and the bones and meat
sink to the bottom. The fat skinned
| from the top to be used in the manu-
facture of the cheapest kinds Of soap
and the bones and meat are taken out
to be used in making fertilizers.
with the passing of hogs by the sec
ond inspector all examination for pork
to be consumed in the United States Is
complete. No record of the inspection
is stamped directly upon the carcass, as
IN the case with cattle, for no whole or
half hogs are sent out from the slaugh-
ter-houses, all swine being cut into
smaller pieces. The inspection brands
are later placed on these small pieces,
directly on the meat itself or in the
form of tags pasted upon the canvas
i covers.
Pork for foreign export receives ex-
animation after passing this regular in
spectlon which is so elaborate and
thorough that it can scarcely be COM
/ pretended by anyone who has not
made a 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-
alton. Traces of trichinae and other
diseased conditions which can be de
tected only through the microscope are
sought for with the utmost diligence.
After the pork has satisfactorily pass.
ed all of these microscopic tests II Is
placed In casks and slowed away under
lock and key in cold storage rooms
Here 1t IL watched and guarded a If II
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declined to pass, and the loss falls on
the stockman But after this antemor-
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 its 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 be cut
out. The law requires that the refused
animal must be killed and turned into
soap fat and fertilizer.
The number of animals cut out at the
antemortem examination varies so
greatly that the inspectors decline to
strike an average on the number ex-
cluded per day. Thousands may be
passed without one being refused, but
In the next hundred 10 per cent or more
may be condemned. AS a matter of
fact, however, many of the diseased
animals pass this first inspection with
out exciting the suspicion on the part
Of the inspectors. for they bear no ex-
terror evidence whatever of the fact
that they are suffering from a danger
Gus Illness.
Passing this first inspection success
folly, 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 stricter examination
because of their greater liability to dis
ease and the greater 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 anil
mails are more difficult to detect than
those more advanced.
After going through the first opera
tons at the slaughter-house the hog is
strung up by the heels with hundreds
Of others and passes forward I'm a line
that seems endless The device to
which the animals are strung up is fit
ted with small wheel which rolls
along a 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 the
hog inspectors. AS each hog passes in
front of him a workman with two
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 in which the inspector is sitting
Just above the head of the inspector
and little to the rear Is an electric
lamp, which throws brilliant stream
Of light down on the platform.
Each time as the entrails are thrown
down the Inspector glances down a
them. One glance is sufficient. Long
long practice at postmortems and fa
milisrity with normal viscera enabl
the inspector to tell quicker than tn
wink Of an eye If anything is the mat
ter with the hog whose vital organ
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Promises of Winter.

The meanest man yet revealed him
self at one of the railroad stations the
other evening. He was about to start
on three weeks vacation at the sea
shore. all by himself, and his worn-look
Ing little wife and two children were
down at the station to see him Off
Never mind" said he to his worn
looking little wife, as he started
through the gate, ''Just you wait until
the cold weather gets here, and Il
things come my way I'll let you get
that jacket of yours trimmed with as.
trakhanr'-W Washington Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

Heroic Girl-What has become of
that handsome man who cheered so
loudly when rescued the little boy
from drowning?
Friend-He Is over there on the yer.
anda, proposing to the girl who
screamed and fainted.-New York
Weekly.
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after had watched a colored man
fishing In pond for forty minutes
without pulling up his hook" said the
traveller II asked him II he thought
there We're any fish there to be caught
mo, sab, reckon not he replied.
but you seem to be fishing
Yes, sab
but perhaps you are not fishing for
nshT
mo, sah.'
81 waited ten minutes for him to ex-
plain, but as he did not finally asked
him what particular object he had In
view
De objick, sah,' he repeated with
out taking his eyes off the pond or
moving the pole-'de obJlck of my fish
in fur fish whar dere hain't any is to
let de ole woman see dat hain't got no
time to pick up de hoe and work In de
truck patehP "-Washlngton Post.
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Human Nature.

There are very few people who don't
get Interested In a good scrap.
That's right. think there are a
number Of advocates OF universal peace
who would be somewhat disappointed
at an abrupt termination OF the Boer
war."-Harper's Bazaar.
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nimcnItiea of Latitude.

Social conditions in these Dutch re,
publics were not all that could be de.
sired, fancy"
NO, indeed. Just imagine June
brides occurring in winterP'-Detroit
journal.
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Not "a Com plete lob,

Wife tsternly)-Well, sir! What's the
matter with you?
Husband-Why, m'dear, to shee zhe
cash turned up an you waitin' up f.
me jush took my breach away.
Wife dcily)-Too bad 1t didn't take
away your stagger. too.-Philadelphia
Press.
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His Personal Riphts.

Nov that you are wealthy, Mr.. Com
monstock," said the man who dealt in
pedigrees and the like, you really
should adopt a coat of arms"
"I'll do rs | durn please" retorted
Mr.. Commonstock, holly; IF | want to
90 around in my shirt sleeves that amt
none O. your business. "-Phlladelphla
Record
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

Borrows-Easy, Is her
Graphter-Well, | should say. wrote
to him once and asked him to lend me
81. 1t seems | spelt two" double o,
and forgot to cross the I. He sent me
AOO-Philadelphl Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

Softleigh WEAKLY put In
the entlah day at-aw-hawd labor,
doncher know.
Miss Cuttlng-Is 1t posslblel
Softlelgh-Yaws; not 49, aw manual
labor, but bwaln work. doncher know,
which Is the-aw-hawdest of all.
Miss Cutting-Yes. 1t must be-for
you.-Chicago News.
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were precious metal. At the gate open.

were precious metal At the gate Open
ing INTO these rooms is government
Office which keeps track of everything
that goes into or out of these frigid
apartments. Foreign regulations have
been so rigid in relation 10 admission OF
American pork that these extremely
strict aud iron-clad regulations have be-
come absolutely necessary.
Accept Beef Inspection.
The requirements In regard 70 Ameri
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 &c
eepted as ample by all other coun'
tries. Cattle are not nearly so liable 10
disease as hogs and on a day when hf'
teen or twenty hogs might be thrown
out in single packing house thero
might be only one, two OF three cattle
Diseased steers are often among tho
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 eau
Just as well as not sit down while per-
forming most Of the work, so they re-
main on duty a half a day at time,
but those performing work over cattle
must constantly walk about, so they
are kept on duty only two hours at q
time, the men laborlng In two alternat'
ing shifts. In the cattle Strengthening de-
partment one man does all of the actual
inspecting, but second official puts the
purple stamps on the beeYes
The layman would at once vote the
Job of the cattle inspector most un'
pleasant. In long, yellow. oil coat the
inspector tramps about in blood an
inch or two deep, up and down the long
line OF men who are doing various feat
ures in the dressing of the cattle. He
can't sit down or stand still as can the
inspectors In the hog departments. Too
many important things are done or ex-
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Chicago Inter Ocean.


ave noticed" remarked the clergy
man, polntedly, "that the man who
goes to sleep in church Is generally very
wide awake at the baseball game"
Eyes" returned the hardened sinner.
''the delivery is different, you know
Philadelphia Record.
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oioating in the uioa mine.

"When you rejected me last even.
ing" asked young Spoonamore, had
you heard, Miss Quickstep, that my
rich uncle had cut me off without q
shilling?"
No" she said. with tears of tender
compassion in her eyes. Il had not Be
lieve me, my friend, am So"
We'll. he hasn't-and I've got anoth.
er girl"
And In the pale moonlight he was
seen to leer horribly.-Chicago Tribune
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A Good Thing in Certain Cases.

Mrs. Henpeque (readlng)-It says
here that this new elixir OF life will
make man live for 200 years.
Mr.. Henpeque-If | was a bachelor
I'd buy a bottle!-Puck.
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Broneho Pete-Say. Bill. what'd y
think o that young doctor what's Jlst
come here firm d Eastl Think thar's
any stun in I'm?
Brawny Rill-Sure. Amt he a doc
tori Aw, he's killed his man all right.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Farmer Green docking at the cable
sign)-Not ON your life. Then derned
bunco chaps won't find me so easy. My
yalise is goin' to stay shet, by gum
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Two Close Friends.
MOI Enonrh 10 Hurt..

First Boarder-I wonder what makes
this strawberry shortcake so heavy?
Second Boarder-Don't know. but ii
Isn't the weight of the Strawberries on
top, anyhow New York Weekly
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is a very
versatile chap. isn't he?
Teller-0h, yes! He makes a differ
ent kind of fool of himself almost every
day In the week.-Puck.
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The women have a great deal to say
about the necessity Of young married
woman beginning right with her hns-
band. as If she ought to go nj him like
horse trainer goes at a young colt
Atchisnn Globe
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08
HUkOR OF THE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Odd, Curious and Laughabie Phases
of Human Nature Graphically Por-
trayed by Eminent Word Artists of
Our own Day-A Budget of Fun
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

Didn't you hear about itY' mo"
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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SEEK IMPURE MEATS.
GOVERNMENT INSPECTS CATTLE
AT CHICAGO YARDS.

Reeves, Hogs, Sheep aud Calves Are
Searched for Disease - Rigid Post
and Ante Mortem Exani'uation c.
Each Animal by Lynx-Eye,2 officials.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

do you really think that you love my
daughter as a husband shouldT'
Love her? Why, | would give 4
bicycle for her"
mo cards. New York Herald.
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Exclusive Information.

say, pa, what's bachelor
"A bachelor, my son, is a mighty
lucky fellow, but don't tell your ma
that | told youv'-Der Floh.
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Jackson-Why don't yan ge, sOme of
-FOUR friends to help yos o1af
Jumpuppe-Because l am so poor I
can't afford to accept favors. The pee
pie who confer them expect too ~
IN rsturn.-LAfe.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

VIII you have plenty Of fresh fruit
at that farm where you go, Aliee?'
Yes; Arthur says he will bring a big
oasketful every night"
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Taxon-Do you have an alarm clock
at your house?
Paxon-I don't have to have: we've
got twins
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She Mna

Clara-What a pretty bonnet you
have on!
Irene-Yes. but I'm over my ears In
debt for it.-Chlcago Tribune.
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In proportion to population Nortn
Berwick is said to be the weaitnies,
town in Scotland. 1t has an annual
value of real property per innapi'an' "
about $50.
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His Disposition.

lis Wigston so terribly Jealous of his
wifeT"
"Oh. yes. He goes all to pieces II she
even speaks cross to another man."
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Music and Music.

lie tafter tue nftletn plecel-i could
just die playing the banjo.
She lambiguouslyp-I could just die
listening to you.
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Japanese swords have the high tenn
nar m the famous Damascus blades
,y,tbout their wonderful hexibility.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

Willie-Say, did you propose to my
sister last night?
Featherstone-Eh-A Why, Willie?
Willie-'Cause everybody in the house
has been guying the life out of her.
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Mag-Now dat she's got 80 rich ]
s'pose she's shook Billy Casey dat used
ter be her steady compny.
Kit-Not much. She lets him take
care of her roll now.
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Kit-Dats right. SEE TO r: rs
Billy yer steady eomp'ny yet?' and she
drawed 'erself up, an seq: Mr.. Casey
is my flnancler."
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Look here, sir" exclaimed the maid
ell lady. Il want you to take back that
parrot you sold me. find that 1t swears
very badly"
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Not for Farmer Green.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-11-08

well, mndam," replied the dealer,
ITS very young bird; It'll learn to
swear more perfect when it's a bit old
Philadelphia Press.
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at this bank?
Cashier-oh. yes. madam: but not to
people who draw money-only to de-
positors
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hsh ?

but perhaps you are not fishing for
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hasn't-and I've got anoth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
".
CYNTHIA Grows Skeptical.

Two or three days had passed by, and
the report had been confirmed that VIII
lam Mckinley, of Ohio, was to be the
next President Of the United States.
Political Simon was able to be up
and around" as Cynthia expressed It,
though his face was slightly ~disfigured.
He had stayed away from Boonsville
quite a while, it seemed to the people
Of the town.
.Pa," said Jimmie, IF you stay at
home much longer people will think
you're ashamed of your face"
Well, I'm not, my son. Many a mar
tyr before me has worn a dishgured
c~ountenance."
.Then you'd better get a move on
Won and 90 down town and pay up
what you bet on Bryan"
"Simon," said Cynthia. did you Def
on Bryan
'sNot much, Cynthia, but sun we snaii
feel the loss of 1t now
.Well. / am surprised said Cynthia
in establishment. How mucn uiu you
betr'
"Twenty dollars, the money ! got TOT
the old. speckled cow, but you see ! ex'
pected to get forty dollars back, OF TWO
cows for one."
~ hop simon, that you have learner
A lesson. Went and took the last uoi-
lar we had and fooled 1t away. "n"'
would you think II | had done such d
thing as that9"
.It wouldn't have been very proper
In A m but men, who are sup
posed to know about such Things oi'e
make piles of money this way
"Yes, you tell how mucn you nav
made" Cynthia said sarcasticaily'
Cynthia. Don't be unreasonable
half OF the bets made have been won.
| just happened to be unlucky' put no.
much more unlucky, after ALL tnah W.
one else. McKlnley's election VIII pe .
detriment to all laboring classes anu
In regard to his victory, we may a. "
ali be considered unlucky.