The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27

on the correspondent observed some
thing that c~ontrasted strangely with the
action Of those who were seeking sou-
vehirB. Two German customs officers who
had kept themselves hidden behind the
| firs which surround the chalet descended
by q narrow pathway. and az they went
! withdrew from their rife magazines five
| cartridges each, the nickelled buliets 81
which showed clearly II the light fell ON
them. The Emperor was well guarded.
There are people who wax satifical
on the subject Of congresses and say
that a congress 10 but a holiday dis
guised. an excuse for q pleasant time
Ia some pleasant town; but no one
Of these cynics a point tho finger Of
ecorn ut the International Congress for
the Repression Of Food and Drug Frauds.
for this congress has undertaken the tack
OF answering one Of the most difficult
QUESTION: asked by an inquisitive world:
What is a sausagef
The discussion was started by the read
ing Of Ldttre's definition, Iittre being the
dictionary authority Of France 90 long az
tho Academy fingers over Ito work. sSaus.
age-Intestine OF pork 1llei with raw
meat chopped up and seasoned
This simple definition % unacceptable
to the Paris retail pork butchers present
at the congress, and their spokesman, Q
man Of eloquence with q resonant voice,
declared that u sausage must be made Of
pigs meat.
0proar followed. voices cried. swhat
about the sausage OF Ariesss And the
Lyon sausagei' .Dcnkeys and mules
give excellent sauaaees.' ESQ does the
horse.'
One Of the interrupters rose and do
manded to be heard.
aaentlemen.' he cried. Everybody
knows that pork alone has 10 be sustained;
a pork sausage must be REINFORCED with
beef o. veal. Can we then allow the name
Of pure food to be refused toa sausage
that contains beef and voalf A sausage
made Of pork alone is an impoesibility.'
More uproar. especially from the Par
isians eager to have the name sausake
limited to pigs meat. A little man arose.
made a sign that he wished to speak, and
In n quiet voice sid:
.Gentlemen. you have forgotten the
dog
Murmurs from all sides.
Gentlemen he continued. Il assure
you our dog sausages are excellent. and
10 seems to me unjust that In an intsrna-
tional congress charged with defining
pure food q sausage containing dog should
not be considered pure
Some voices cried. 'Trdei' Hes righti'
And then the Partisan retailers returned
to the charge.
we admit all sausages.' they said.
we only ask that each kind shall bear
the name Of the product or products
which compose II and we demand for the
pork sausage alone the right to call itself
sausage without any epithet.'
Vehement protests from the majority
country pork butchers and makers Of
salted fnedtslwho declared this distinc-
ton unjustihed and liable TO discredt
authentic and pure eausages In whose
composition beef and veal entered. Then
the president proposed this motion:
when tho words sansage, sausage meat,
saveloy, are employed without epithet;
il means that a mixture Of pork. beef and
veal is employed
This motion was carried and the Paris
ian ehdreufisTs were defeated
we are ut O congress OF fraud they
declared, and putting on their hats they
left the meeting In a body.
Thus ended the stormiest meeting,
or rather the only stormy meeting, the
congress has had TO date.
A two hundred-year-old tortoise walk
ing in his sleep IL the cause OF the latest
upheayai at the Geological Gardens In
London.
On September I Methuselah. the eie-
phantine tortoise, aged $50. and Henry,
also elephantine but only 200 years Of age,
were tucked up among the hot water
pipes for their six months winter dozc.
Methuselah went of at onoe into a dream
less slumber end has not stirred since
then.
Henry. being more youthful and some
what fractions. could not settle down
at onoe to calm repose. He had been
very popular all summer at the ZOO
among the visitors because he allowed
himself to be looke1 at without scurrying
OF TO hide like Methuselah. The attention
he received perhaps affected his nerves.
The sunshine Of q few days ago was
too much for him and he had an attack
Of somnambulism and left his warm bed,
wandering off a mile or SO and settling
down TO sleep In another SPOT. When
found he was removed to his proper
place, but three times since then he has
walked In his sleep.
As a chill might prove fatal a Email
army OF keepers h needed to get him
back into bed. Then comes another
w.rm day and Henry kicks Oh the bed.
clothes and meanders ainiessly on again
Putting Henry to bed has become the
daily task OF the keepers lately. and they
arc wondering II his pereGrinations are
70 be continued all winter.
The limerick craze has had its day and
become q thing OF the past. Several
persons committed suicide from dis
appointment at never gaining a prize,
One or two men were. Imprisoned For
cutting limerick competitions out Of
pu blio library papers.
A few disappointed ones tried 70 way
lay the editors and explain with force
what they thou ht Of their Judgment. and
hundreds almost ruined Themselves In
sending sixpences and poor verses that