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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-24

The larger packers believe in government inspection. THEY
ASKED FOR 1T in the first place. They want it continued and
improved, if it can be improved.
We will give any meat inspection law that may be passed
our heartiest cooperation and SUPPORT. Armour e. Co. have not at
any time opposed legislation to improve meat inspection and to extend
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-24

Thorough inspection of all animals after slaughter.
Thorough inspection of the sanitary condition of the packing
houses. H#s to f
THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE PRODUCTS THAT GO TO THE
CONSUMER IN FORMS ioTHER THAN!iN BULK.
We are able is. say with exact truth that every pound OF meat
in our plants, for local use as well as for export, is inspected and
passed in accordance with the FULL REGULATIONS OF the de-
partment of agriculture and the bureau of animal industry. Every
day carcasses and meats that would be passed for food in Germany
and other foreign countries are condemned in our houses and con-
verified into grease and fertilizer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-24
Recent Attacks on the
r 3 n. American Beef Industry

By j. OGDEN ARMOUR. KING of the Beef Packers"
Fl inspection now in force in all the larger packing houses
makes the, sale of diseased meat from such. houses IMPOS-
SIBLE. The government, which is responsible for the in
spection, has failed to state the facts about it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-24
Ie - 9 I = .

! have seen it stated that,these ,scandalous attacks upon the Ameri-
can meat industry were precpitated by the OPPOSIElON&Of The
PACKERS to proposed legislation. Thatis not true. My informa-
ton Island the newspaper files willebear m out-that the flood OF
SANDERS was well started before a suggestion of legislation was heard.
We never heard Of the SO called Beverdge amendment untlit was
introduced. Everything provided for in the Legislation could have
been accomplished without any of the DAMAGING SENSATION
ALlSM we have had if the cooperation of the packers had been
desired or had been accepted WHEN PROFFERED.
AS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANU-
FAcTURERs PUTS IT, THE PURPOSE or THE PERFORMERS" SEEMS
TO HAVE BEEN TO KILL THE INDUSTRY FIRST AND THEN RE-
FORM 1T.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-24
INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN LEAGUE
OF .%MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.

OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY. s'7 I
yTHE undersigned. ares1ent and legal voter in Mddlesex Comfy "
l hereby subscribes to The constitution and principles of file indie.
pendent Republican league of Middlesex County, and hereby be-
comes a charter member of the League. Ill
Name 49, -.
.";.....
HARRY COWARD, vkePres, Perth Amboy n. j.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-24

OW long is the present race OF SIZE in shipbuilding,
with steadily increasing cost, to be maintained In all
nations the responsible authorities soon will have to recog-
nize that naval development has become a mere matter OF
international competitoMg TO which no logical-ands what
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
Consideration.

George Elliot once recorded in q
letter to friend a little incident
in which the confusion of ideas
evinced was such as to remind one OF
the deliciously bemuddled wits of
Shakespearian rustics. A blind man
was walking along the sidewalk. A
woman crossed the street, ran up to
him, touched mis- arm, and addressed
him by name. adding in tones of
complacent pride, "You see know
you, though you are dark"
Mrs. Binns of Hentley, whose intel
lect is manifestly of the same order,
was mildly reproved the other day by
her daughter Emmeline as the door
closed upon departing guest.
Mother" said Emmeline, do tell
me why you have been shouting so
at Miss Doane all the afternoon.
haven't heard that she is growing
deaf, have you?"
eff you'd known the Doane family as
long as have, you wouldn't need to"
rejoined Mrs. Binns, serenely. "Her
Great-Aunt Jane and both her sisters
have cleft palates, and are the hard
est people to understand 1 ever talked
to. AS for Eliza, haven't heard her
spoken about particularly, as l know,
but a Doane's a Doane, and it's as
well to be on the safe side. It's more
considerable"
"But, mother" protested Emmeline,
feebly, Gears and palates aren't the
same thing. You wouldn't nave to
shout at her even if ="
There, there, that'll do" interrupt
ed Mrs Binns. triae loftily. Il
hope I'm willing to take little
trouble for a family I've known as
long as have the Doane girls. We
lived next door to 'em year; that
was before you were born. Poor
things I'm sure don't begrudge
shouting while, even if it does
hoarse me up some. You'll find
paper of lemon-drops in that luster
teapot, Emmeline. wish you'd hand
.,em down. YOUTHS Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
TURNED DOWN.
One Way of Asking Girl to Be Your
Wife and Possible Result.

One Way of Asking Girl to Be Your
Wife and Possible Result.
Slowly they walked along in the
twilight-he and she.
He was no longer in the heyday Of
youth.
Time, however, had laid light hands
upon him. So had his barber, but Of
tener and more artistically, and he
was well groomed.
She was rare and radiant maiden,
known to the regular frequenters OF
Spotcash & Co.'s great emporium of
trade as the girl at the ribbon count
er.
Miss Mildred" he said, with a sort
of premonitory cough. let us suppose
a case"
"a case of what kind, Mr.. Mat
ewer?" she asked. Motions or rem
nants?"
Let US not talk shop, Miss Mil
bred. If case suggests business
will vary the phrase. Let us consider
a hypothesis"
A what!
"a hypothesis. A hypothesis is
supposition, an assumption, a postu-
late, a working basis, or an idea TAX
en-, for granted for the purpose of lay
ing foundation, establishing prop
osition, or demonstrating a fact. Get
the idea?"
"Oh, yes; anybody can understand
that. Is there more of it?"
There is. Some day. my dear girl,
you expect to marry somebody"
us that the hypo--hypo"-
mo; that is one of the eternal veri-
ties. Every pretty girl expects to
marry somebody. Here is the hypo-
thesis: Suppose some man slightly
past the blooming period of youth,
but we'll preserved in full possession
of health, strength, and all his intel
lectual faculties"-
"a hypothesis is man, is it?"
Hes a necessary part of this one.
Suppose some such man as / am de-
scribing, not at all Unlocking, and Dos
Ysssed of a reasonable share OF Ibis
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
FEEDING IDLE HORSES.

The farm horse that has practical
ly nothing to do during the months
of winter is a costly proposition to
feed if he must be kept on the regu-
lation ration. 1t is really more profit
able to find some work for the animal
to do which will enable one to af
ford full rations, as in the summer,
for then the horse is likely to be in
much better shape to take up the
spring work OF course, if one is 10.
Gated where the horse can be on pas
ture more or less during the winter
months the cost of wintering the ami
NAL is materially reduced.
In colder sections one must rely on
the sheltered yard to give the horse
needed exercise and largely on the
grain one has; do not attempt to keep
the horse through the winter on
roughage alone, for the plan will only
result in having run down animal
in the spring, which will be a costly
experiment Horses are not fed near.
ly the quantity of roots they should
have, and those who winter idle ami
mails will find it profitable to grow
roots, especially for them to feed with
the grain ration In the absence OF
roots, oil meal bran or some similar
articles which will keep the digestive
organs in good condition must be a
part of the daily ration. One can get
along very nicely on feeding con
siderable roughage and corn if con.
siderable bran or root crops is also
used. Remember, too, that good
grooming and clean, light stable will
do much toward keeping the animal
in good health, and help to enable
him to enjoy even the roughage.-In
dianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
LAWS OF BREEDING.

Lecturing recently upon this sub
ject, Professor Shaw said that the
three great laws are that like pro-
duces like, that like producers unlike,
and that the characters of some an
cestors may crop out with unexpected
intensity in a given animal. OF these
laws the first is the strongest. Like
father like SON. Breed from the best
COWS if you expect to breed up and
not down. In selecting sire prepo-
tency is of the first importance. Pre-
potency Is the ability to put into the
progeny the desired qualities pres.
ent in the sire or in his ancestors. In
looking for prepotency regard as most
important the individuality of the sire
and of his immediate ancestors. If
his dam was good mixer, and If
his grandams were good mixers, and
his four great graudams were Of SUI
perior merit, these facts are of more
Importance than traclns. back to some
prodigy in the distant past. 1t is
far better to have the immediate pedi.
gree strong than to record a trace
of the blood of some splendid animal
so far back that it could not much
affect the character of prepotency OF
the given animal. The next point to
be considered is to see if the bull is
line bred-that is, that he, traces to
and through animals that have been
bred for the purpose to which his
calves are to be devoted. In this
way the bull has an accumulation of
forces all tending in the same direc-
ton. In-breeding, except in the hands
of an expert, is dangerous, but line
breeding should be followed by every
one DESTROYS of improving his herd.
Tho bull should, of course, be a pure
bred. Never breed from cross
bred animal, because a cross-bred ami
NAL cannot be prepotent. The pure
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09

bred is more apt to be prepotent De-
cause his lines Of force are derived
from parallel channels, all lending in
the same direction. Finally, both in
his form and carriage the bull should
evidence PHYSICAL vigor Having de-
termined what kind of a herd you are
going to breed, and having definitely
decided as to the point at which you
are aiming, select your bull according
ly, and having begun on this line do
not vary.-American Cultivator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
Postcards in the HoIy Land.

The picture post card invasion Of
the Holy Land has greatly curtailed
the regular photograph business, al.
though the number of tourists has
increased from a few hundreds to
many thousands annually. Last sea.
son there was sold over half mil
lion post cards in Jerusalem, and Con-
sui Merrill. in a report to Washing
ton, deplores the consequent cheap
ening of art. The picture post cards
sold in Palestine are made in Switzer-
land and Germany, the wholesale
price being from 50 to $12 per 1000.
Only a few of the finest at the higher
prices are sold.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09

worlds goods. should fall wildly. mad
ly, desperately in love with you Miss
Mildred"-
"Well?"
''And offer you his hand and heart
do you think you could learn tc
love him?"
mot if he looked anything like
you Mr.. Matewer."
They walked along block or two
in silence.
Then MI. Matewer spoke again.
Feels a litale as if it were going
to snow doesn't it, Miss McGinnis?'
he said-Chicago Tribune.
MASTER OF HIS CRAFT.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
Mechanical Refrigeration on Rail
MANS.


The scientific engineer has achieved
one more victory over natural Ice,
and now has constructed refrigerat'
ing machine for freight-cars, which
forms an integral part of the car, ana
does away entirely with the necessity
of constantly refilling the refrigerat
highlander VITA ice during its Journ'
ey.
This new device, which has recent
w undergone successful tests, con-
sists of a small acknowledgements
for each car, located in an enclosed
casing beneath the car, and deriving
power by gearing connected with the
axle on one of the trucks. The ma
chine includes a compressor for con
densing the gas, usually carbondiox'
ide, circulating pipes which cool the
car, and a condenser for abstractlng
the heat from the condensed gas. The
principle underlying is that common
to most systems of mechanical re-
frigeration, and is based on the fact
that a gas expanding extracts heat
from the vicinity, while gas being
compressed absorbs heat. The func-
ton of the condenser Is to Withdraw
the heat from the gas that has been
compressed, and for this purpose wat
err is employed, which in case OF need
can be supplied from engine hydrants,
while rain-water from the roof of the
car is also employed.-Harper's Week
ly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
MUNICIPAL cHIlD-REAR!Ne.
An English Town Taking An Ad
vanced Step in Civic Reform.

An English own akin9 AT Az
vanced Step in Civic Reform.
The town of Huddersfeld, England
which stands in the front rank OF thu
cities that have adopted the plan O.
public utilities owned and controlled
by the municipal authorities, has re
Gently taken a further step, and pro
vided for collaborating under official
direction. Realizing that large par
of the death-rate among the poor was
of infants under one year of age, ow
ing to insufficient or unintelligent care
and nourishment, the mayor of the
city offered a bonus of 81 to every
child born il one of the districts thai
should attain the age of twelve
months. This offer, which is to hold
good during the term of the present
incumbent's mayoralty, led the local
health authorities to consider whether
steps could not be taken towards saw
ing the lives of infants.
Accordingly they decided to Offer
a reward of one shilling to the first
person who should inform the medi
cal officer of the birth of child
within forty-eight hours of its &C
currence. The mother is then to be
visited by physicians and women
health visitors, who will instruct her
as to the best methods of feeding,
washing, and clothing the child, while,
in addition, detailed instructions are
to be prepared and printed for gen
eral distribution.
The health visitors will also ex'
anime the homes of the mothers and
factories and other places where wo-
men are employed, and cases where
deaths OF children under one year
have occurred will be investigated.
Furthermore, years experiment will
be undertaken with day nursery
where children will be cared for, and
sterilized milk will be supplied for
the babies. Huddersfield is manu-
featuring town, and the authorities
consider that it's present strength can
best be preserved through maintains
ing it's native labor. They therefore
believe that if the infant mortality
is reduced to a minimum, large
majority of the children would grow
to manhood and womanhood. The
experiment is resting.-Harper's
Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
WHILE MRS. WESTWO0D
WAITED.
MISUNDERSTANDING

I'm afraid" she said as they sat
down ON log where they could watch
the clear water as it rippled along
over the shining pebbles, chat we
ought not to have come out here
alone. Mrs. Westwood will be wor-
ried when she finds that we are not
m sight"
EYES," he answered. perhaps we
ought to return. She appears to take
her duties of chaperon very sefi-
ously"
Glow do you know the path we
just came down is called Lovers
Lane? thought you had never been
here before?"
II merely guessed it must be Low
ers' Lane There is always Low
ers' Lane at place Of this kind. you
know"
'Is there? But the real Lovers
Lane maye be somewhere else"
Perhaps it is, We might call this
it till we find the real one, though"
"You must have had delightful
time in Colorado. Was Pixies Peak
very wonderful"
Il didn't think much of it. and
Colorado was disappointment to me.
didn't see it under very favorable
circumstances, you know"
''Why, wasn't it the right season."
mot for me. / went out there just
after you had told me that you never
-"
''Isn't it beautiful the way the sun
beams steal through the leaves and
play ON the water down there?"
Eyes, it's very fine. Mrs. West
wood will probably be worrying about
us. Shall we go back?"
81 think we'd better. Isn't it ridicu-
lous the way Miss Allen and Mr..
Hewitt have been flirting out here?"
81 hadn't noticed it."
Goodness, you can't have any eyes.
Everybody has been talking about it."
st have eyes for only"
"It looks to me as if Mrs. West
wood had invited them out here de-
liberately to throw them together"
I've heard that she's an incorrig-
ible matchmaker"
ooh, she doesn't live for anything
else" N.---..---,~>..
81 wonder if she expects Tom
Thurston and Miss Marsh to arrange
matters between themselves while
they are here?"
you may be sure she wouldn't have
invited them if she hadn't thought
it might come to that"
Shall we go back?"
"Yes, they'll be getting the help
out to hunt for us if We don't hurry
1t is true that the forget-me-nots cover
almost everything on the way up the
sides of the peak?"
81 didn't notice. / believe there
were flowers of some kind there, but
they didn't interest me-"
"And suppose you found a
Lovers Lane out there, too? You
say they always have one every
where"
There was one there, no doubt. but
wasn't looking for it. If you had
been there"
'Hark! I thought 1 heard some
body calling. Don't you think we'l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
better go2 what a Joke it would be

better go? What joke it would be
to get lost in these woods"
I'm afraid that would be pretty
hard to do" he said, getting up. "One
couldn't go quarter of mile in any
direction without getting into the
fields"
But people sometimes get bewild-
cred, so that they go around in cir
cles without knowing it, she answer
ed, as she tossed piece of bark into
the stream and watched it float laziIy
away. "Have you ever been lost?"
mo but l have loved and"
do you think Mabel Allen and
Mr. Hewitt are suited to each other?
They're both dark, you kown."
"What difference does it make
about the color of their hair or eyes
if they love each other?"
II don't know, only people say that
girl who has dark hair should marry
a man who is light, and vice versa"
would you say no to man be-
cause of the color of his hair if you
-" =
''Why do you keep insisting on be-
ing personal? was talking about
other people"
"Other people don't interest me
very much. But supposing other peo-
pie were to get to considering the
question of dark girls and light men
or dark men and light girls and de-
cided that we we're"
1--WE must really be going, or Mrs.
Westwood will never forgive u.s."
eyes. The sun will be down in a
few minutes. There's the whistle OF
the boat coming up the lake."
'This is such delightful spot that
I hate to leave it. think shall
come out every day and sit here and
watch the ripples. Do you suppose
there are any fish in this stream?"
"I'm afraid not But there may be
wildcats in these woods"
"Oh, well, suppose can get the
coachman, or the man who attends to
the lawn, or-or somebody to come
and protect me-"
He looked at his watch and then
glanced up the path.
"This is the lovliest time of the
day to be in the woods" she con-
tinued. "There's such an eerie feel
ing about them. One can imagine that
there's dryad behind every tree"
~There's a chipmunk behind that
one over there. / just saw him scoot
around it. Hadn't we better go
ROW."
st don't believe you care for the
beauties of nature"
There's the chipmunk. Do you see
him?"
But wasn't talking about chip
hunks"
Hes one of the beauties of nature,
isn't he?"
II mean the trees, and shrubs, and
streams, and rocks What gift it
would be if one could put this all into
picture or poem"
"And sell it for three dollars and
forty cents"
"That isn't at all funny"
"Mrs. Westwood won't be at all
funny either if we keep her worrying
much longer"
ooh, well, if you can't think of
anything but Mrs. Westwood, per-
haps we ought to hurry back"
Il could forget that there ever was
Mrs. Westwood if"
He stood looking down at her while
she earnestly gazed at the tiny point
of shoe that peeped from under her
soft, fluffy skirts. The setting sun had
found an opening through the trees
and was trying to add to her beauty
by frightening the color of her:
IF what?" she asked.
IF you would tell me you were
sorry you said no that other time"
She lifted her arms toward him and
they forgot that Mrs WeStwoOd was
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-09
Brief Tale of Wandering Cowboy Of
the Western Plains.

the western Palms.
The cowboys who travel with herds
of cattle for days across the Western
plains become very tired of their ra-
tions, says the author of The Log
of a Cowboy" and gladly welcome
any change or addition to their bill
of fare. In illustration of this he
tells the story of wanderer wio ar
rived at their camp one night just be-
fore Christmas. He was made wei
come, and in his conversation men,
toned where he had been the Christ
mas before.
Il was helping the folks at the
ranch make doughnuts. Well, fell
lows, you ought to have seen them;
just sweet enough, and Drowned to
a turn. l tell you, I'm an artist on
doughnuts."
Miller rose, took him by the hand,
and said, That's straight, now is it?'
That's straight. Making dough
nuts is my long suit"
Mouse" said Miller to one of the
boys, "go out and bring in his saddle
from the stable and put it under my
bed. Turn his horse into the big pas
ture in the morning. He stays here
until spring; and the first spear OF
green grass I see his name goes on
the payroll You go to work on this
speciality of yours right after break
fast in the morning, and show us
what you can do in that line"
The next morning, after breakfast
was over, he got the needed articles
together and went to work. There
were nearly a dozen men lying round,
all able eaters. By ten o'clock he be-
gan to turn them out as he said ne
could. When the regular cook had
to have the stove for dinner, the taste
which we had had made us ravenous
for more. Dinner over, he went at
them in earnest.
A boy riding toward the railroad
with an important letter dropped in.
and as he said he could only stop
minute, we stood aside until he had
had a taste. After eating a solid
hour, he filled his pockets and rode
away. One Of our men called after
him, Don't tell anybody what we've
got!"
The next morning two men rode
up from camp to the north, which
the boy had passed the day before
with the letter. They went straight tc
the kitchen. An hour later old Tom
Cave rode in from his camp, twenty
five miles to the east He refused
to take a stool and sit down, like
civilized folk, but stood up by the tub
and picked out the ones which were
a pale brown.
About two o'clock Doc Langford
and two of his peelers rode up. Oul
luck was circulating faster than 9
secret amongst women. Our man
though, stood at his post like the boy
on the burning deck. He certainly
was an artist on doughnuts.