The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-08-04
THE SUN
THE JUNGLE
Thrilling Story of PaCkin$tOWn!
Novel that has Startled Nation!

could not get out of his mind and
gaudy pictures ...aJ lurked for him
around every street corner. Here was
where they made Browns Imperial
Hams and Bacon. Browns Dressed
Beef, Browns Excelsior Sausages!
Here was the headquarters of Dur
hams Pure Leaf Lard, Durham's
Breakfast Bacon, Durham's Canned
Beef, Potted Ham, Dcvilled Chicken
Peerless Fertilizer!
Entering enc Of the Durham build
ings, they found a number of other
visitors waiting; and before long
there came a guide to escort them
through the place. They make
great feature of showing strangers
through the packing plants, for It is
good advertisement. But Jonas
Jokubas whispered maliciously that
the visitors did not see any more than
the packers wanted them to.
They climbed long series of stair
ways outside of the building to the
top of its five or six stories. Here
were the chute, with its river of hogs,
all patiently toiling upward; there
was a place for them to rest to cool
off, and then through another passage
way they went into room from
which there Is no returning for hogs.
1t was long, narrow room, with a
gallery along 1t for visitors. At the
head there was great iron wheel,
about twenty feet In circumference,
with rings here and there along Its
edge. Upon both sides of this wheel
there was narrow space, into which
came the hogs at the end OF their
journey; in the midst of them stood
a great burly negro, bare-armed and
bare-chested. He was resting for the
moment, for the wheel had stopped
while men were cieaning up. In min
ute or two, however, 1t began slowly
to revolve, and then the men upon
each side of 1t sprang to work. They
had chains which they fastened about
the leg of the nearest hog, and the
other end of the chain they hooked
into one of the rings upon the wheel.
So, as the wheel turned, hog was
suddenly jerked off his feet and borne
aloft.
At the same instant the ear was as
sailed by a most terrifying shiek; the
visitors started in alarm, the women
turned pale and shrank back. The
shrek was followed by another,
louder and yet more agonizing-- for.
once started upon that journey, the
hog never came back at the TOP OF
the wheel he was shunted off upon
q trolley, and went sailing down the
room. And meantime another was
swung up, and then another and an
other. until there was double line OF
them, each dangling by foot and
kicking in frenzy-and squealing.
The uprOar was appalling, perilous to
the ear-drums; one feared there was
too much sound for the room to hold
that the walls must give way or the
ceilings crack. There were high
suueals and low squeals, grunts, and
walls of agony; there would come a
momentary lull, and then a fresh out
brust, louder than ever, surging up
to a deafening climax. 1t was too
much for some of the visitors--the
men would look at each other. laugh.
ing 'nervously, and the women would
stand with hands clenched, and the
blood rushing to their faces. and the
tears starting in their eyes.
Meantime, needless Of all these
things, the men upon the floor were
going about their work. Neither
saueals of hogs nor tears OF visitors
made any difference to them one by
one they hooked up the hogs, and one
by one with swift stroke they slit
their throats There was a long line
of hogs, with speals and life-blood
ebbing away together; until at last
each started again, and vanished with
a splash into huge vat OF boiling
J water.
II was all 80 very businesslike that
one watched It fascinated. 1t was
pork-making by machinery, pork-mak.