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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-09-17

into the scraping-room. Here it passes
through machine, provided with re-
volving blades. which removes most Of
the bristles, preserving them so that
they can be later made into brushes.
The carcass is then passed into-a vat
or tank of boiling water, which softens
the balance Of the bristles so that they
can be easily removed by hand. From
this apartment it is conveyed by ma
chinery into the chill-room, where it
remains for twenty-four hours before
being cut into sections.
The carcass, freed from blood and
bristles, is now ready for the cleaver,
who separates it into the hams and
sides for bacon, and removes the fat,
which is to be converted into lard
and other products. The cutting is
done so dexterously that few min
utes suffice for one man to separate
the hog into several portions. Then
the hams and bacon are placed in reser-
voirs filled with piclling composition,
Of which each company has its own
formula. The other portions for pro-
visions are placed in the salt-room,
where they remain from forty to sixty
days. The same length of time is re,
quired also for the hams and bacon,
Following the picking and sailing
processes comes the smoking, which
is done in compartments where thou
sands Of pieces can be cured at the
same time.
The lard is extracted or tried, in
immense kettles heated by steam, and
while in the liquid state it Is forced
through pipes into the packing-room
the pals and other receptacles being
filed Dy merely opening valves con-
nected with the pipes. 1t is then al
lowed to cool and is ready for ship,
ment. The pork sausage is also largely
a machine product, the meat being
chopped into fine particles by rapidly
revolving blades, and then forced into
skins made Of the intestines Of the
hog. these intestinal skins being. of
course, first thoroughly cleaned by
machinery. A part Of this machinery
which is operated by compressed air
will fill several feet of sausage skin
in a few seconds. The links are made
by merely tying the skin with strings
in sections q few inches in length
Before 1t is sent to market, sausage is
usually hung in the storehouse for q
few days to season"
Except for fastening the hog to the
wheel, the killing process, the cutting
into pieces, and fastening the pack
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About Russia.

No Russan officer may marry until
lie is twenty-thrce.
In Russia factories are usually near
forests, wood being still the chief fuel
Ninety per cent. OF The 12S,000,0OI
people of the Russiaa empire are farm
arS.
}'ladyos;ack possesses tie only ere,
matCrium i;,a. n, ten erected III the
whole Russiun enpir
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I6s Packing INDUSTRY Of Chicago.
By nay Allen Wiley.

products. When slaughtered they are
swung from the floor by chains fast
ened to the hind feet. The throat is
opened by the single thrust of the
knife, and the body is conveyed me-
chanically into the chill-room. 1t IS
usually kept in this department forty
eight hours, when the hide is removed,
and 1t is cut into halves or quarters
ms desired. Formerly the skins were
sold with the wool on, but the packers
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lFF}j4IE1RF}Sp
!NE(g1|Q!lR((l Z

Whether or not it pays to clip work
horses, was tested at the Michigan eX-
pertinent station and reported in
recent bulletin. The conclusions were
rot as definite as might be desired. The
station, however, believes that the
horses which were clipped did their
work with much greater comfort In
early spring than those which were not
clipped. This of course means great
deal when animals are at work pre-
pairing land for spring crops. They
clipped horses always look better.
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inv mile Economy.

Mama-Ethcl. how often have told
you about leaving your crusts? There
may come a day when you'll be glad
to get them.
Ethel (demurely)-Yes. mamma;
that's what I'm saving them for.-Ne'v
York News.
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ages. the animal passes through the
packing-housc with scarcely Il touch OF
the hand. Sheep are treated in some
what similar manner, except that the
varcasses are not made into SO many
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-09-17

Thirty-nine had been in Shasnal pris-
on about three weeks, when the JUS
tices paid their usual visit. He had
not long to wait for his own call.
A tall, thin. lawyer-like man entered
the cell, dismissed Williams with a
geature, and turned to the convict. He
drew Thirty-nine to the further end
Of the cell.
81 am directed by the home Office to
carry any communications you have
to make" he said, in whisper. II
have pen and paper, If you want to
write. But be prompt"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-09-17

in plants adjacent to the packing
houses. The principal concerns OF
Chicago manufacture theil own cans
for liquid and solid products, and own
the factories for making boxes aud
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single file, into compartment where
q large metal wheel revolves Slowly
but continuously. An attendant seiHes
each Of the animals by one of the hind
feet and fastens it to the wheel fDy q
short chain. AS it is lifted into the
air, the butcher with thrust OF the
knife opens the throat; the work occu-
pies but second. The blood from
the carcass flows into 4 trough, which
passes on to vats, where it is keptnnMtH M
utilized in the manufacture Of fsrtilz
izer. The carcass reyolves on Eel eel
ssss>satil < litrireacIes a point - =
atfcally 80 Aef e
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09

tive estimates OF sailing and steaming
time. II is assumed by the Nicaragua
advocates that the advantage possessed
by the shorter cut at Panama Is IS minus
II, or 20 hours. Even that advantage
Of 20 hours In time spent in the n
would 60 far to counteract the more
southerly location Of Panama, In traffic
between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
But the actual difference will be, roughly.
90 minus II, or 40 hours; inasmuch as
two nights as we'll as three days OF day
light must be spent in the passage OF
the Nicaragua canal.
In other words, a vessel arriving at
Colon early Monday morning, would be
clear of the canal and away through the
Bay Of Panama that same Monday night;
while a vessel arriving at Greytown on
Monday morning would not mako her
exit into the Pacific at Brito until Wednes-
day night. Forty-eight hours advan-
tage in the transit Of the Panama canal
neutralizes, at ten knots an hour, a dis
lance Of 4s0 knots at sea; which is a
hundred miles more than the advantage
of 375 miles claimed by Mr.. HEPBURN
for the Nicaragua route in the voyage
from New York to San Francisco.
II the manager Of the Hepburn bill
does not know this, he has not studied
the subject with sufficient diligence
II he knows It and withholds the infor-
nation from candid interrogators like
Mr.. McDERMoTT, he falls far short OF
his duty as a legislator.
The second question to which we have
referred, namely, whether it would not
be wise to ascertain If the Isthmian
Canal Commission recommends Panama
now that the offer Of the partly COM
pleted cut at s4o,OOo,ooo makes that the
cheaper route, appears to have bank
rupted Mr.. HEPBURN's sophistical in
genuity. He merely lodged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09
The Comic Opera at Albany.

The Hon. JOHN F. AHERN Of Troy
has introduced into the Assembly the
eminent measure known as the Theatre
cal Censorship bill. This triumph OF
speculative craftsmanship provides for
the appointment Of five censors who
shall read and judge all plays and con-
denim such as they deem injurious or
immoral. Under the supervision and
subject to the reproof Of five Lord Cham
berlains, the drama in New York State
would be as good and harmless as Mr..
AHERN is sage. No doubt OF that. IL
is almost unfortunate that the bill is
impossible. Good comic opera Is a
rare bird now. Five censors censoring
plays, a hundred managers, a thousand
dramatists or writers for the stage tear
ing their hair in wrath and believing
TO the heavens-it would be fun but IL
cannot be law.
Another part Of this thought-heavy
old bill provides for the examination Of
actors and for the licensing Of such, II
any, as pass. There is another and a
richer comic opera. You hear the bad
actors shifting their chests and exclaim-
ing against this new affront to art. But
the BARRIERS and the ho~rseshoers are
also artists. Indeed, a h~orseshoer who
understands his business is at least as
hard to find as a good actor.
What a pother there would be before
a satisfactory examining board could
be had. 1t would have to be composed
OF laymen. The actors could never
agree upon five names; and II is not by
experts but by the lay public that actors
are hahitually judged and their abilities
determined. The duties OF those five
examiners would be rather more deli
cate than fall 20 the lot Of any existing
officials. The amount Of contumely
hurled at them would be tremendous.
II would be unjust TO ask them TO take
less than s25 900 a year; and we dare
say they would be worth that figure to
the public TO which they furnished
amusement.
II is too bad that the show can't come
of; but blessings upon the head OF the
Hon. JOHN + AHERN, humorist, and OF
this ~reappearing old friend, tho The
atrical Censorship bill.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09
THE BOERS.
The Con t;nuous stream Of Men VINO Die
for Their Country.

To THE EDITOR or The sUS-Sir; On July
$ Lord Kitchener reckoned the number Of
nghting Beers left at IS, 500 Orcial reports
10 the end Of December have II that between
July / and Jan /, u.5is Beers were killed.
wounded. captured. or surrendered a loss
Of i.a2. a month This would leave 1887 In
the Acid Jan. I. and, II the same losses CON
tinue. will leave only 50 Boers aheld at the
end OF January II IL also a matter Of record
that as the Boer forces have dWindled. the
louder has been the call for British REINFORCE
ments How big al army will Il take 10 con-
ouer The sqs WILLIAM = WOoDs
INV NORE. Jan
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09
ZiOnIsm.

To rHR EpiroR oP 1HE SUN-SU Permit
mo 10 intrude upon your space and Add
4 few more words 10 my letter which appeared
An YOUR valuable paper under date ~ Deoem-
Der - on the much. discussed subject OF
Ziouisn
Mr lsaAc Mirsky IN THE SIN Of Yesterday
spropos this question AYERS iIhi as Palestine
could 7,OJ yeafs ago produce enough food
10 support a large population. b" does not see
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advantage OF the discoveries ~ modern
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09
GOLD NEAR THE ARCTIC.
Important Discoveries on the Shores OF
the Sea Of Okhotsk.

The Okhotsk Sea flls a deep indentation
In the coast Of northeast Asia, north of
Japan and the Amur province OF Siberia.
IL has always been practically valueless,
for little has been lone even TO discover what
resources Of value IL might possess. The
eastern side Of the sea Is bounded by the
Kamchatka Peninsula. which Is still only
partly explored Severa years ago II was
reported that the prospects for gold mining
along the bleak east and west coasts of the
Okhotsk Sea were very promising. The
Russian Government. therefore, decided TO
investigate these reports and ascertain
whether this new region was likely 10 prove
Of value 20 the empire.
An expedition sent out under the com
mand Of Mr.. B~ogdanowicz, has accordingly
been engaged for three years In exploring
the east and west shores OF the sea OF
Okhotsk. The main surveys embrace the long
stretch Of Siberian coast between the mouth
Of the Amur River and the hamlet OF Okhotsk
and the entire western coast OF the KAN
chatka Peninsula.
The results 81 these long researches have
proved that gold exists Ia important guam
titles IN many OF the river valleys, patlculArly
hstwcen the sea and the greet stsnovoi
range 81 mountains exending north and
south on the Siberian mainland parallel
with the west side Of the sea Of Okhotsk
Coarse and fine gold we're discovered both
along The larger streams and their small
Anlueuts All the favorable reports as To
the aunferous character ~ this region
were fully confirmed
The climatic conditions, although some
what severe, present no ohstacles 90 proc
parting even in winter The cold season
l. ~ long. however, that mining VIII be
couhn.d 10 about three months which l.
a much shorter working period than among
th- niuo- II the AmuT region Ia uthsi parts
~ eastern siberia Miners, mste1Als and
suppllr- must l~ br0usti by sea, but they
may 10 earlly and a. several Iolnis
along the cuasl Tho leader ~ the "a
I%sdiflou says hat the gold prosp"cts az.
worthy ~ Development and all q 80
az Important extent 90 ... 'inJifes TO-
s3urors lu thls pf-rluus m"iAl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09

A story comes from San Antonio OF q rich
collector OF %violins, who refused two OF
his choicest treasures to a stranger. The
stranger may have been a SrRApIvARIus
revisiting the glimpses OF the moon and
longing to possess n OF his own divine
productions. At any rate, the stranger
returned and went away; and the two
viollns went with him. There are casuists
who hold that 1t Is no sin to prig a violin, II
It Is a good specimen Of q great make We
have no sympathy with these refnements.
but II Is not safe to turn away the stranger
who has a passion for violins. He should
be arrested, II he be not killed on sight. He
cannot keep away, He Ia not too proud to
buy or TO steal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09

four commissioned officers. Of whom
ak are Of field rank, and nine companies
OF enlisted men, OF which five are In
the Philippines, two at Fort Myer, and
the other two In Cuba and Alaska. Only
IS per cent. Of the signal officers are
above the rank OF Captain, while In the
other staff departments the percentage
Of field officers varies from 81 in the
ordnance department to 50 in the pay
department, while the Adjutant-Gen-
erals, Inspector Generals and Judge
Advocate Generals departments con-
tain no officers under the rank OF Major.
The proved value Of the corps during
the past four years demands that its
efficiency should not be allowed to lessen,
and is a call to Congress for attention
TO the needs Of the service that should
not 60 UNDECIDED.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09

Keep your uniforms clean, don't loiter on
post. stand straight and be civil to citizens.
says Commissioner PARTRIDGE to the
patrolmen. Button you blouses and wear
your hats when on duty behind the desk
he says to the sergeants. and to the cap
tains he says that he will hold them re-
sponsible for the enforcement Of the above
orders. II a uniform Is worth wearing It
should be worn properly. The proper en-
forcement Of these orders OF Col. PAR
FRIDGE will 90 far toward restoring the
desired tone OF the police force, but the
Commissioned has omitted TO give an order
that is as necessary as it is proper; Don't
wear toothpicks.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09
THE FIGHT AT NEWCHWANG.
Mr. Conger TO Investigate Clash Between
Russian Soldiers and American sailors.

WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-Secretary Hay
to-day telegraphed instructions to Minister
Conger at Pekin TO make a full investiga-
ton Of the hostilities at Newchwang, China,
between American seamen from the gun
boat vicksburg and Russian soldiers Of IN"
Newchwang garrison. No further infor-
nation concerning the trouble has been re-
ceived by the State Department. The
Navy Department expects a report from
Commander Barry Of the Vicksburg, but
IL Ia doubtful whether IL will reach hera
soon, as Geographic communication with
N~ewchwang Is uncertain in the winter
season.
Officials here expressed the opinion TO-DAY
that the trouble was merely a drunken
brawl, but they admit that II has assumed
a serious aspect in the complaint Of the
Russian Government against the Nicks-
burg's men. Russia evidently attaches
some importance to the matter, or sha
would not have brought il formally TO the
attention Of the United States. The chief
concern Of the authorities Of the State and
Navy Departments is over the prospect OF
a continuance OF the clashes.
While such incidents are ordinarily ad.
justed with satisfaction 10 all concerned
there "a been cases OF similar character
where much bad feeling has been causei
between governments. Commander Barry
has been directed TO prevent the hostilities
from going any further.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09
The Wreck In Town.

Yesterdays appalling disaster In the
New York Central's tunnel, following the
f-ightfnl series OF railroad wrecks that
have occurred during the last three
months, comes with peculiar horror to
New Workers from happening in the
very heart Of the metropolis. After
such n calamity the community feels
a. though IL we're cropping blindly in
the midst Of horror, like the actual
victims. Explanations, however ade-
quate, cannot on the moment relieve
us from a shock so terrible and so I'M
expected.
For eleven years the almost innumer-
able trains entering New York by this
route have been run without an ac-
cident. under a system of signals tina
was ushered In by a collision far less
fatal than this. They were all that
ingenuity could devise at the call OF
a railroad which knew its reputation to
depend more on its success in safely
operating this particular portion OF
It's line than any other. This system
has been proven sufficient. and tests OF
" 1udut ruDStQucHt W thH 'iio'
showed Il u be in perfect working order.
One engineer stops his train because he
secs the sign f%orbidding him to go ahead,
and another crashes into it from be-
hind because he fails to see or to COM
prehend the signal set to stop him. IL
was a case Of failure of human observa-
ton, known, by b tier experience. to be
beyond all the ability of railroad man.
agement to control.
Even in the semi-dazed condition In
which the unhappy engineer who seems
to have caused the accident gives his
account Of it he apparently can teach
something II value. He says that as
he remembers it he was blinded by
smoke, which can fog the mind as well
ne dull the eye. If this be so, OF even
IL il be not so, there is indicated for the
Park avenue tunnel the same treatment
that science is applying to underground
roads in every city that has them, namely,
the motive power Of electricity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09
TALKS WITH CANNIBALS.
The Re asons They Give for the Practices
OF A~nthropophagy.

The Woelnel expedition which recently
traversed a region Of dense forests back OF
the Ivory Coast in West Africa found there
a large number Of cannibals comprising
several tribes. They are only about 100
miles from the coast and within a weeks
Journey Of the French posts. Cannibals
have seldom been found In Africa so near
the sea. As q rule they do not live within
500 miles Of the ocean and most OF them are
still farther inland. There are no cannibal
tribes, for example, on the lower part
Of the Congo River, though the middle and
p Congo basin are the greatest hot bed
Of cannibalism in the world.
When the white men in the Woelfs 81 party
asked these cannibals why they INDUCED
IN the practice Of eating human fash they
REPLIED that men are in the habit of washing
their bodies three times a day and their
flesh therefore, il cleaner and sweeter
than that OF cattle which are never washed.
These natives have I'M and powdsr
which they procure from Liberia or the
Gold Coast. As they have no bullets they
Use large pebbles In their guns.
When MIR. Stanley sent Capt. Coquiihat
TO occupy the station he had established
among the fierce Bangalla cannibals OF the
middle Congo he found the natives ever
ready To DEFEND tne pl actice Vi ta'inS huuha,'
flesh. This Is horrible said Coquilhat
one day 10 n chief whom he saw at his meal.
or the contrary 1t is delicious with salt,
was the reply.
Another time the Belgian soldier ex-
pressed his adherence to a chief who was
abou, TO sit down to a cannibal banquet
The latter replied TO his protests:
-When you kill a goat / do not interfere,
This lead man here Is my property. l
did not steal nor capture him, but bought
him with good cloth and will eat him IL
please"
One day Coquilhat pointed out the diIer.
ences between nan and mere animals and
tried TO convince the natives that TO eat a
ma was TO make a very bad use OF him
and TO degrade their species. A bright
fellow in the crowd called out In answer:
An you talk only shows that human
flesh is the best sort Of FOOD while the flesh
Of mere animals is a vile sort OF nutriment.
The practice still widely prevails over
tropical Africa, in many islands OF the Pacific
In northern Australia and among the natives
Of some South American tribes. IL IL
gradually being e~xtirpated, however, IN
all regions where the whites are acquiring
important influence. II is not found, Tor
example. In the neighborhood OF any OF
the white stations in the Congo basin where
it is now a crime punishable with death
As fast as the influence Of the State Is ex-
tended over the country the eating OF hu-
man flesh is discontinued Thus the great
Bangalla tribe, which gave Stanley. his
hardest fight when no descended the river,
has entirely abandoned cannibalism; Hany
Of the native employees OF the state come
from this tribe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-09
DEMOCRATS POSTPONE 1A,UN
Richardson's Illness Let's Them out OF
Discussion on Croker's platform

WAsHIs0Tos. Jan 5 Rspros"n'a''"
HAY 81 Virgins. chairman Of the lt'us"
Detnocra,ic cAucus. to-day announce
that owing 10 the Illness ~ Rspres'rtan'"
Richardson 81 tennessee, tho Democrat
hoor leader, the caucus which wac ." o..
held on Jan 10 Ca consider ~" ooufic'lnf
declarations 81 party primo p.cs subfui'"i
to the caurtls on ~, $50. has hseu lHd p
niiely postponed
T. b dolSfhl n The caucus Sil "N'f 49,
utpu the fsr,lu iuus sunUIIf'i ~ iru
r.sutAil,e- HlH.slu aui hHII - I'ha-
ArtlrllAn and ltgssfaid 90 Nrs A.fs aul
other a. = d f.t ilaf ~" caucus -NHuNi
avoid stimulating di-r'trH Do NUH NrrlhS
10 Eausar Dty IisifHru Ito .N.' action
.ltUi tho pAur,r BE- UNf.t H. fnhr n 'n -
.nI,r tiai b. 10 ultsifr fY. province ~ iiH
oaurus a. fltmu.at. platoon. iHt thf h"H
,-Hfatlf IaUN