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The Wingham Advance, 1906-01-18, Page 3eoffrey Hawkhurst's X e old Squire of Iiippineteri, Geoffrey awkhurst, was dead and gone and lehl to reet in the family vault atRipping- ton .chereilyard; some said it was a 'good the e, too; others, after calm considera- tion and recollectine, sundry favors, were of opinion that the old gentleman was not so bad as he might have been, but the remark of one old crony, that "he's never bide where they'd put him," sank down into many minds tieenliglitened at that time by the board.school education. The squire's will, dated five years pte- viously, left everything to his nephew, Reginald Hatvkhurst, to the exclusion of Lettico Beauclerin nee Hawkhurst, the old man's only daughter. She had mar- ried against his consent, but there was ono peculiariey in thatfor nothing would :have persuaded him to give his consent to her marriage with Italy man living. Nevertheless, a reconciliation bad, taken place. The lawyers asserted that there had been a later will,and dilegent search was made, in which Mr. Reginald. Hawk- hurst took a prominent part, so promin- ent, in fact, that Pastan 13eatic1erk remarked to his wife: e "It's my belief that Reginald knows all 'about it." "He is very kind and, straightfov- ward; I don't agree with you," hut wife replied. "Very likely, my dear; you wouldn't be the wed little woman you are if you thought differently; you judge others by yourself. I, •on the contrary, opine that Reginald with all his smooth -faced plaus- ibility would rob you of a, red-hot stove if he could carry it away." `se "Poor Reggie! Don't be hard on "Not 1; he's got the pudding, though your father never intended him to have it, and 1 have got the plum. He lute done away with the old man's will, Pin certain of it, but—" Eustaee stopped short and kissed his bonny little wife. The medical man who had, attendee the ease had. sought in vain to obtaM permission to make a post-mortem ex- amination—medical science seventy years ago Wag less advanced than it is now. lie had no doubt of the cause of death, but: he would have liked. to obtain a closer knowledge of the effects of the malady. So he thought it over and determined to Obtain by stealth wlett he could not ar- rive at openly. It was not unusual in those days. * * * * * * • * * .A dun mere attached to a spring cart stood disconsolately with drooping ears in the shadow of the churchyard wall of Rippington. It was e, cold, starlight night in December, with a pinch of black frost crisping the turf and causing the dead leaves to rustle. A fine old yew tree spread its limbs in solemn benedie- tion over the crumblieg gravestones and filtered fitfully the ray of a crescent moon, which was gradually sinking to- ward the horizon. Two figures made their way stealthily towards the Trawkhurst vault, keeping close to the northern wall of. the church. The older man was wary and. methodical the younger showed. reluctance. "I don't half like this job, Bill," be said as they halteci at the iron railings, "It's a swinging job if we're cauglit." "Lore it's nothing when you're used to it, and it's easier to earn twenty pounds like this 'ere than anyway else. I likes to be amongst old friends." He chuck- led grimly. "And as fer being ketelied, there's not a soul in Rippington would. face this 'ere." From a sack he carried under his arm he produced a white smock frock which he placed upon a stickeestretching the sleeves upon another stick tied trans, versely; a battered beaver hat sermeunt- -„_,,ed the whole, and Bill chuckled again. 'Darned. if it ain't Iike 'im as two peas," he said. "Now have a suck at this here bottle, Jim, end sve'll get out the squire hisselfe The reasons had not fixed the stone whien eoverea the steps leading to the vault Bills crowbar raise& it easily, and he descended cautiously before he lit his lantern. Jim hesitated, but the rum in the black bottle gave him courage and he followed. "I owes 'WI a grudge—he 'orswhiped me once ---but Lallow he's pretty quiet now," Bill said, deftly plying a • screw -driver. "Too-oo-oo" up above made Jim start and nearly upset the lantern. . • '. "Ler' bless 'ee, what be you scared about? Dead folk hold their tongues. Have "es never' heard an owl?" "I thought I heard footsteps," Jim said apolegetically. "Steps, There wont be no steps while that there keeps guard up above. Lend a hand now, Ned Syers said there wssn't no lead coffin 'cot; he helped carry it. There he is. IIe've a cussed me a eight of time; it's odd not to hear him begin." In a few minutethe corpse was clothed in tome old garments and the two men bore it up the steps and re- placed the stone, Jim breathing more freely when he teethed the.outer air; in five minuteso the dun mare was in nailinging trot, the body of the old squire crowned with the beaver bat seated up between the two men in the trap. • "Glass of ertin hot at the 'Dog and Gun' wouldn't be amiss, Jim," Bill said, breaking the silence. "The old gentleinan sine good company somehow, and we mustn't be at Fordington before mid- night" , All was cold and, silent. The old squire's chin dropped upon hihoet, and the listless bands were kept together by the mime Presently Isaac Prince, the landlord, came to the door and stood • outside, tall and gaunt in hie Owes, a costume which he adopted 1n; all weathers during business hours, He was as like the old squire as two peas, though a considerably younger man; tome said there were reasons for it, but then people will say anything. "Cola?" he stud, lookiug at the figure in the cart. There was naturally no re, - "Tired of waffle'? It don't do to sleep out o' door. Cart I get 'ea might?" e The :stillness of the figure moiled Isaac's curiosity.; he walked roiled the trap, gazed up, and then said half Montt "Lorill That's it, is it timed if it ain't the old squire!" Ister ;WOW tee the voices within; there was no time a movement. The warmth he knew was seductive. Tit a few moments hie strong arnie had lifted the correct from the temp and borne it acme the road to the little dell opposite. There Tatted reverently laid it down, divested. It of the teat lend hat, Slipped them on, returned to the trap, mounted, took the reins and adopted, as nearly as he could the limp attitude of the corpse. The time seemed long, but Bill and Jim returned at last and uneus- pectingly blundered into their plimes. Thane gathered their destinetiorie as he levelled first into one and then the other; he Waited till they Ciente to a spot where a high Wall bonlered theread on the one side and a bushy fence with le deep ditch herend I telt the other, theft he dug his elbow isharply foto .11M's ribs a* being' hilet BMW SWIMS Of tile tW'Oe . 41I "13111," Jim whiepered huskily, "he nudged me." "Not he, he's done with trudging. You be timid, you be. Set up, can't 'eel" 13111 said; pushing the cerpse, whick lolled against him. Presently bailee elbow struck his ribs. "Dinned If he didn't nudge sue," BM =claimed, uneasily.. Isaac waited agent and then made 0, savage dig on either side of him. "Did you feel that?" botrt men ex- c1ahnes1 together. "Darned If his hands ain't heti" Bill exclaimed. "It's hotter than that where I came froze, and whore you're , going," lease said in a sepulehre voice. "God in heaven, it's the .tald. 'un him- self!" Bill shouted, abandoning the reins and springing out of the trap. Jim was gonealso and Isaac littered 9. fiendish roar. Bill sprangwildly at the fence and disappeared into the ditch beyond with Jim on top of him, the two clutch- ing ono another and fighting desperately in the darkness, each under the impres- sion that he wee held in satanic clutches. They fought till they were exhausted and then lay still in the mud and water, neither daring to move. Isaac sat listening to the smothered, curses and sounds of battle, then he edged the inare on to the grass by the roadside and made Ms way home by a by -road, knowing well that neither Man would dare to eleira the mare and trap, Two hours later Isaac Prince conveyed the body of the old squire back to its resting place. He went alone and unaid- ed; it was work of restitution, so he had no fears, but he made some strong remarks to the body with regard to the treatment of "Miss Lettiee that was." Isaac raised his lantern from the floor and passed his band over the lining of the coffin in search of nail points; pres- ently there eame the crackle of paper, and the landlord of the "Dog and Gun" withdrew a long blue paper. The lantern threw a dim light on the surroundings, but it was sufficient to enable him to decipher the superscription: "The last will and testament of Geof- frey Hawkhurst" He turned it over and over in silence and then put it care- fully in an inner pocket of his coat "Maybe this will make a difference.; if so'I asks your pardon for my re- marks," he said. "Laid right under the old gentleman, tool I wonder who done it." Isaac Prince hoisted up the remains of Geoffrey Ilawkhurst and placed them in the coffin, screwed down the lid, made all tidy, and retired, carefully replacing the stone above the flight of steps. He whistled for company as be walked home, and then fell to meditating on some plan for handing over the will to those con- cerned without exciting suspicion. If lie took the document to the lawyer he would have to give an explanation; if he took it up to the great house there would be the same difficulty. No wonder his wife thought him unusually restless that night, Fortune is said to favor the brave; whether she .does or not, unforeseen cir- cumstances undoubtedly arise at times which help to snaps the ende of destiny. With the ostensible purpose of pur- chasing some meal for his pigs at the mill, Isaac Prince made his way toward the village on the following day. The footpath made its way through a coppice with the ground falling slightly on either hand; near the manor house another pathway crossed it at right an- gles a, stile marking the entrance to the park. To the right Isaac could see Sfr. Reginald Hawkhurst flourishing his cane and lookinground him with an air of proprietorship, to the left Mrs. Beau - clerk followed. slowly so as not to over- take her cousin, Isaac grinned, hurriecl forward, placed the blue envelope at the foot of the stile and disappeared behind an. ivy-covered stump ,to watch results. Presently Mrs. 13eauclerk, arrived, picked up the envelope, uttered. a low cry and stood perfectly still, glancing at the retreating form of her. cousin. "Ile had it all the time, and now he has dropped it," she said aloud in the tone of a person convinced against her will. Her eyes glittered, and she hooked very beautiful. Isaac in hiding rubbed his hands to- gether. Two persons always considered that to be the solution of the mystery of the disappearance of the will. Possibly it Went- as near the truth asselo the solu- tions of many mysteries in this world. 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A winning personellty in time pastor'a wife is like sunlight on the cougrogetion, lier gentle word, her womanly discretion, her notice of the shy and the lonely, her freedom from censoriousness, her kind hospitality and the popularity which Is her province, strengthen the minister in his church, straighten out some ot the Itangles which twist around lera through no fault of his, and aro elements in whet - over success he gains. Whether She desires It or not, the patter's wife is first 1 lady in the congregation, just as the Prosidentei wife is Bret lady in the laud, Itonerdingsbat:iTfillnneal, IgieltetWiany fram the er woman is an engaging flattery, and • In the older oues a benignant approval. ' As a rule, the wife of the minister de- teellvdeln lesgrecgrigierliffellislinindIseegr; devotion to the parish as well rie to the peetor.—Chrlstlan intelligence. 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I grew so weak I could scarce- ey walk about the house, I had. no color in my nice, my lips and gums were bloodless, I suffered from headaches and dizziness, and fell away in weight until I weighed only 94 pounds. No treat- ment gave ane the least benefit until I began the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Inside of a few weeks after beginning the pills I began to grow better, and they soon restored my health, and while using them I gained fourteen pounds in weight. I can strongly recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to all pale and feeble girls," There are thousands of pale anaemic girls and women throughout Canada who should. folTow the example of Miss Jack- son and give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a fair trial. Bright eyes, rosy cheeks and perfect health would soon follow. When you buy the pills see that the full name, "Dr. Williams" Pink Pills for Pale Peo- ple" is printed on the wrapper around each box. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2,50 by writing The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. - - -- RICH WOMEN SELL THEIR GOWNS. These are busy days for the second- hand dealers in New York, for they are buying and, selling again with remark- eble epeed many of the gowns and man- tles whieli were hits at the recent horse show. Although the selling of old clothes —old, so to speak'because, while the garments are sectind-lra,nd, they have not. been worn more Oran two or three times—by society women is a practice of long standing, few out of the theatrical world knowing to what an extent it is done. Should one happen to 'wander into one of the numerous litble slope scat- tered along S.ixhh avenue, between Thirty-third, and Thirby-ninth streets, the would be surprised at the quantity and quality of expensive garments, rich silks and brocades, uniffon and lace, gowias wheel are displayed there fel. sale. The most remarkable port of if all ie time the prices of these garments are about one-quarter of the original figures, although it is plain to be seen that the gowns have been worn but once or twice. The secret of their sale is that women who are seen everywhere that society congregates seldom wear bhe same gown more than three times, for she who as- pires to leading, or even &dewing, knows that dressing well is e.eit the battle, and she who dresses well must constantly be seen in new and expensive gannlents, A gowmi n ude over would be nstantly re- cognized and the wearers would be secret- ly- moused of trying to economize, so the only alternative is to sell the.ga,nments; for contraq to popular opinion, neither poor relations nee ladies' maids mane in for the harvest of silks and satins. A letell sells these because she has no fur - time use for thent.—Leelie's Weekly. DO IT ANYWAY. • "1 don't feel like it to -day." Could any excuse for the non-performance of a dety, or tho seizing of an opportunity, he more Unworthy, more infantile and, more utterly unmanly? And yet this OXCUSO is one in which thousands of men and wo- men take refuge, and as 4 result, the world 18 filled with hosts of &hiltless, demoralized, dishentteued people, who have themselves and no ono else to blame for their failures. What if you don't "exactly feel like" doing the next thing just now Do it, anyway, and in the proper doing of it, will come the Preeeer feeling. "I don't feel like it" habit is the first step on the road to lazi- nese and failure. It is a dangerously easy habit to fall into, too. The next time you find yourself shirking a pleCo of work, or nostponing the chance to do a good thing, by *saying or thinking, "I don't feel like it," just take yourself foreibly in hand and ex- amine the motives that underlie the making of sueh a misoreble excuse. You must feel like doing what you should do, but you we'll acquire the feeling by shirking your duty, and waiting for a more convenient Anson. Thousands of women, and men, too, think that if they have 4 slight head. mem, or a painful corn, or any trifling an- noyance ot OM kind, about Which they Would speedily forget, ff only the bean and soul were put into the work in hand, that It excuses thect trout scores of necessary duties. As a result of making Buell excuses, a man wastes half his life and ateemplishes only a fractioti of what he timid and tihoutd do, for ales! to the man whO is alwaye waiting fori the "feel like it" tine to ar- rIve, that thee rem:Klee further end further, and in the end It never conies to IIIM:—Spare Woinontft. Britialt Society Leaders' Pets. Nearly every society leader in Great Britain has her own trete among the tali. mal kingdom, generally dogs, though tome go in for NW treatures. The young Duchess of Marlborough takes to snakes and pelieans, the Marchioness of Angle- sey earries marmosets with her wherever she goes, the Countess of Warwieh has a white elephant iri her eastle, Mrs. Arthur Cadogan boasts of a tame python and Lady Constance Rithardson owns a USA COUttrietOk: 111"il 1 :1;i1.41LYILIAL Scientific Warfare Against the Clouds ++++++++++.+44444444•1+144 zn Europe ft has become almost a com- monplace occurrence to shoot at the clouds with a cannon or specially constructed ap- paratus to dispel threatened hailstorms. In almost *Very coliutry on the Continent Nvhero agriculture forms the mainstay et the people, there is a systematic use of those storm destroyers. In many parts of France, ItalY, Germany and Austria the custom has grown so extenstvely that it often forms part of an official department of the munieipality. In such cases, with the aesistance of the neighboring land oww, ers and farmers, thorough systems have been devised, till the elements have become so harassed that It Is almost impossible for them to inflict any injury on the crops. Public interest in the subject has become so aroused that the leading agricultural soeieties have taken up the idea, with a view to contributing to the reeaus already employed the results of their minute in- vestigations. In Vienna recently a con- gress 01 the members of the Meteorological Institute was called, at which the various methods of cloud shooting were inspired, which gannet fail to be ot great benelit to the farmers in (be districts susceptible to the ravages or hailstorms. Judging •from the reports of the congress, the idea of avertiug a storm by means of cannon shot is not a new one la A.uqtria. It was first introduced during* the reign of Empress Marla Teresa, who issued a decree prehibiting the use of cannon lir the peasantry shortly alter the adoption of the practice. Ia time this decree was revoked, and in 1896 the method was again introduced into Austria, a new weapon be- ing substituted in place of the cannon. This consisted Of a funnel shaped barrel of iron with a broad muzzle. The idea of the broad muzzle was to distribute the discharge over greater space and thus in- crease the effect. So successful was this experiment than in 1897 the municipality in which the weapon wits first used had no less than thirty shooting stations. Since then there have been no hailstorm In tisat locality. Clone shooting has nowhere become , more generally used than in the vicinity of Venice, 10 Lombardy and Piedmont. These districts formerly suffered greatly from. e destructivenes of hallstorms. Derlog the summer of 1900 there were at least two ' thousand stations, built on the plan of those constructed in Auetria. At a con- gress held not long ago in Casale Monfer- rate it was found that in numerous locall- l?tsroNdvuhero e agreitneflesetat,wioenrse had notbeen frequent occurrence, causing great damage to crops and property, while tbe districts provided with artifielal means were entirely free from loss from such causes. Herr Stiger, the originator of the present method, gave some interesting Note re- gaining his experiments with the cloud shooting cannon. He began his experi- ments with the fundamental principle of disturbing the intense stillness -which pre- vails before a hailstorm. In view of the established fact that there is no physical reason why sound waves should exercise an effect on the formation ot hail, Stiger determined that it would be necessary to cunfine his operatheps to creating the form of a whirlwind. Al official trial demon- strated the fact that after the firing of a shot a small whirlwind arises easily per- ceptible in the reflected sunshine. This whirlwind ascends with a Maiming whistle, the sound lasting for thirteen seconds in day time and. twenty seconds at night, During this experiment it was noticed that a swallow which flew within the ra- dius of one of these whirlwinds instamtly drepped dead. It had the appearance, upon examination, of having been shot, Stiger laid great stress upon the mechanical en- ergy preduced by the wind thus created, but this idea found Rew supporters till the Congress of Casale. Italy. A. professor Roberts reported that at a distance ot two hundred feet the wind had destroyed a strong diaphragm. Thereafter several experiments at St. Catherine demonstrated that tho whirlwind was the main if not the sole agent in diverting hail. Some caretul experiments were =rice on in Austria, which are of great interest. The experts •who attehded the exhibition could plainly see the wind rise from the mouth of the funnels with lightning rapid- ity, possessing all the aspects of a shot, When large cannon were used, whistling could be heard from twenty to twenty-, eight seconds. The most marked effects were produced by horizontal shots. For the experiments, shields built of thick pa- per and linen were placed at intervals of forty, sixty, eighty and one hundred yards from the mouth of the cannon. When the circle of wind enfolded these shields they were torn from the frames, the solid posts and frame work snapped in two and were cast from eighteen to twenty-two- yards, white a large mastiff standing near was lifted in the air, and after turning several somersaults was hurled against the ground with such tremendous force that he had nO further interest in cloud shooting. THE SOUVENIR CRAZE. - "A man walked Into my office the other day," said James A. Sample, of the Redemption Division of the Treas- ury Department, "and dumped out of Ids pockets a handed of coins. There were several half dollars, four ,or five quarters, and a number Od dimand nickels in the lot. They hail ale been flattened out, so that in some instances there was no trace left of the original impression. "I would like to have these COinn re- deemed at their bee value," said the Ma% "'Certainly,' 1 replied, and while I was weighing them. the Man told me how it happened that they were all mas•h,ed in the same fashion. "These oolee were flattened out by the MeKinley funeral train. As the train beating the remains of the dead Presi- dent th pulled out of ie Sixth street de- pot n tide city, bound for Clanton, I placed a number of collie on the rails. °tiler persons were doing the teume thing, and for a, distanee of several hun- dred yurds the rails were coveted with nickels, dimes, quarters and half doll:ens, "'I've kept these long enough, and ivould eine to have them redeemed.' "The craze for getting souvenirs, and grneeonie ones at that," continued Mr. Sample, "luxe lied a then hold on Ameri- caes for some time, 1 remember as a boy how wild the people were to meek mementoes of Abraham Lincoln when lica was sthot. After thieving been striek- en down by the eseitsin's bullet, l'resi- dent Lincoln wits earried into a house on the opposite side of the street from Fora Theatre, niter° the tragedy' oc- eurred. Blood dripping from the wound merle a line from the theatre to the house. I saw several persona tearing papers into small stripe and dipping the ends of them into the red blotenee on the pavement,,— Washington eaLrying them, off as souvenirs."-' Special to the Brooklyn Eagle. Statue Of Queen Alexandra. The first statue of Queen Alexandra on English soil will be ereeted in tir‘ grounds of the London Hospital, to cony- • nunnora.te the completion of the rebuild- ing givrations, which have east 445,000. The sculptor will be George Wade, and the otatite, whielt will be of bronze, wi4l be of .heroie aize. It will cost £1,505, and of this som 414100 luts beeit tub - scribed tdready by the committee, the staff, and a few peroonel friendly 4€091EICV SCENES IN AND ABOUT CIIICAfin IMMENSE STOCK YARDS. etheeteetteteeeelt It has been said that corn can be made into more products for the use of man than any other substance, but the ordinary steer is turned into more forme of food end other artielesi than corn when every substance, liquid and olid, that is produced fe um an anima is con- sidered. This Is why the big packing house strike not only affects the price of tee portethouse steak or rib mast, but of soap and even buttons. The shutting down of the packing houses means not merely a possible meat famine, but the cessation of operations in a dozen other industries which depend upon. them for their raw nutterial, In faet, the Ordinary steer is made into so many things that literally ever" part from hoofs to beer , is of some value, and the modern meth- ; ods of slaughtering Nen the nucdeus of ; one of the greatest groups of industries in the world. 1 It is unnecessary to say that this bust. ness has reached such proportions at Chicago—the greatest centre of this in- dustry in the world—that the most mod- ern praesses have been introduced for the purpose of economizing both time and iabor, as well as utilizing all of the ' products of the carcass. Chicago Union Stock Yard. The 'Union Stock Yards, where are lo- cated soxne of the largest pecking plants are the most extensive m the world, having aannmodetions for nearly 125,- 000 hogs, 20,000 cattle and 15,000 sheep. Yearly 3,000,000 cattle and 5,000,000 hogs are slaughtered and converted, into , packing house products in what is known as "Packing Town," which really • forms a section of the yards. A fur- ther estimate of the extent of the indus- • try can be gained -when it is stated that ; the space devoted to pens alone com- prises 20 acres, while the yards are traversed by 150 miles of railroad track . and 20 miles of streets, and the trougbs • from which the live stock are fed and ; watered aggregate 75 miles in, length. j As far as possible, machinery has been employed,hvith the result that one of the large companies treats 7,000 hogs in , a day, where by hand less than 10 per cent. of this number can be disposed. of. How the Killing is Done. While the kiiline itself is stilt done by hand, the butclaer has every appliance to further his work. The drove of hogs, for example, is passed from the yards • into specially shaped pens, thence forced, ' single file, into a compartment where a large metal wheel revolves slowly but continuously. An attendant seizes each I of the animals by one of the hind feet 1 and fastens it to the wheel by a short 1 chain. As it is lifted into the air the , butcher with a thrust of the knife .opens the throat; the work occupies but a second. The blood from the CareaSa flows into a trough, which passes it on to vats, where it is kept until utilized in the manufacture of fertilizer. The ear- cas revolves on the wheel needle reach= a point where it is automatically re- moved and. fastened to a trolley system, which conveys it into the scraping room. Here it passes through a machine, pro- vided with revolving blades, which re- moves most of the bristles, preserving them so that they can be made into brushes. The carcass is then passed into a vat or tank of boiling water, which softens the rest of the bristles so that they can be easily removed by hand. From this apartment it is conveyed by machinery into a chill room, where it re- mains for 24 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 dex- terously that a few minutes suffice for one man to separate the hog into the several portions. Then the hams and baeon are placed in reservoirs, filled with a pickling composition, for which each company has its own formula.The otheif portions for provisions are placed in the salt room, where they remain from 40 to 60 days. The same length of time is required also for the'hams and bacon. Fallowing the pickling and salt- ing processes come the smoking, which is done in compartments, where thou- sands of pieces can be cured at the same time, Lard Forced Through Pipes. - The lard is extracted, or tried, in im- mense kettles, heated by steam, and . while in the liquid state it is forced through pipes into the packing room, the pails and other receptacles being filled by merely opening valves connected with the pipes. It is then allowed to cool and is ready for shipment. The pork sausage is also largely a machine product, the machinery. A part of this machinery, which is operated by compressed air, aeon Sheep Are Treated. Sheep are treated in a somewhat sim- ilar manner, except that the carcasses are not made into so many products. When slaughtered, they are swung from the floor by chains fastened to the hind feet. The throat is opened by the single thrust of tbe knift, and the hcidy is con- veyed mechanically into a chill -room. It is usually keptr in this department he hours, when the hide is removed, and it is cut into halves or quarters, its desired. Formerly the skins were sold with the wool on, but the packers have invented a proeess by which the wool Can be eas- ily stripped from the hide. The wool is then cleaned thoroughly in hot water, dried and packed in bales, to be shipped direct to the cloth manufacturer, the hide being sold to the tanner. The mutton intended for shipment is usually placed 111 the refrigerating dee will fill several feet of sausage skins in a few seconds. The links are made by merely tyingathe skin with strings in seetions a few inches in length. Before it is sent to market, sausage is usually hung in the storehouse for a few days to "xilitit evo E r fastening the hog to the Wheel, the killing process, the cutting into pieces, hnd fastening the packages, the animal passes through the peeking house with seinaely a touch of the hand. meat being chopped into fine partielcs by rapidly revolving blades, and then forced into skins made of the ifitestnice of the hog, these intestinal skins being, of course, first thoroughly cleaned by partment, which may contain 10,000 pieces at ono time. Here it can be kept for an indefinite period, for the is tnaintained at an even temeperature by a refrigeration syatern which extends to al portems of the departineet. When the time arrives for shipment the refrigera- tov care can be run into the refrigerator compfeehmenhe and the meat tratieferred , without exposing it to the warm air. - In the modern metboti of killing cattle helms, hoofs, of course, are con- vertedinto glue. In the fertilizer com- pound praclierdly all of the effai of the beof ean now be utilized. Within three or four years the manu- facture of twaps ami liquid foods has boon undertaken on a very large mettle In actuation with the Chicago packing induatry. Scores of products which have beef for the basis are distilled, refined and placed in bottles and jars in plants adpeent to the packing houses, The principal concerns of Chicagomanufaxe ture their own cans for liquid- and solid product*, and own the factories for mak- ing boxes and barrels, while one com- pany operates n null for making bagging for hams. As 100,000 paekages may be filled in a day with liquid oani. solid food, the economy of tins plant IS apparent, Even in the preparing of 'Mint is known as canned corned beef the tins are filled 'with the gooked meat by machinery, the contents of each package being molded 80 that they fit t� -X nicety, After fill' Limo stunning prone% is still retained. As the beeves are driven into tile gangway in siugle file, men upon elevated plat- forms knock them senseless by a, blow between the horns with a heavy hanuner quite similar in shape to the implement used in splicing railroad ties. As the animal falls a door in tire side of the gangway is opened, allowing the carcass to slide to the floor below, where it is slaughtered. Here the transferring ma- chine is attached to the body, and as fast as an animal is Wiled, it starts on its journey through the several depart- ments, First eomes the chill -room, then Ole compartment where iti is skinned. While one man is removing; the hide, the other cuts off the head and removes the tongue and another the feet. Next it halved or quartered in the cleaving room, and cleaved ready for shipment to the centres of coximemption, either in this country or abroad, The carcasses are usually left in halves, being transferred to the cold storage department, where, like the sheep, they may be kept an in- definite time. The beef affords a much greater vari- ety of products than hither the theep Or the hog, although, as already stated, every portion of the animals is put to some use in the recelern process. The fat, boiled in large kettles, is resolved into oleo and stearine oleo, or oil of the beef, forming tite basis of butterine and oleomargarine. This and. stearine are utilized in some of the soaps which are , now manufactured. The blood is con- verted into fertilizer, and also into but- tons of a cheap grade, -which are now manufactured he Packing Town, within a short distance of the slaughtering ing and soldering, the package is pieced in boiling water, then a hole is made in the top to allow the gas to escape, and it is resoldered, keeping the contents in good condition for a peroid of years in any climate. The trolley system is being used not only 2n the abattoirs for transferriug the carcasses, but for the general trans- ferring of packages and cars from one point to another. :The electric 2notor hauls everything, from a trunk to a rail- road ear. The method used for trans- ferring the carcasses usually consists of an overhead bar or rail, along which the trolley is moved, taking its current from wiring or feed bar. To the trolley are U. -fuelled short ehains ending in hooks, so that the animals e,an be easily fastened to it. The "hog -killing wheel," as it is termed, also revolves by eleetric power. BRICES FROM SAND. Plan to Utilize Great Sand Dunes in Britain. Great sand dunes extend for miles along the nerth coast of Bristol Chan- nel, included in Glamorganthire, Eng- land. These, in addition to being utter- ly worthless for all purposes:, are also a menace to the narrow strip of low- lands between, them ana ene liilis. .A. company of hues senemiebm*Y- aclye company of business men, with leant- gharters at Port Talbot, have deter- nuned to put the send to wine use, and if their works prove profitable an in- dustry wil. be built up on the dunes. The plan is to manufacture bricks from sand. The experiment has proved a entecess on the Continent where the bricks are produced in several colors - and take a. glaze satisfactorily. The Port Talbot plant will have a etinimum capacity a 10,000 juieks a day. eome experts claim that these bricks made of sand and Hine will be the building brick of the future in Wales and the United Kingdom. _ t Are Diseases Increasing? There can be no question that the pretielence of certain diseases has, in- creased during the last half century. Conspicuous among those are diabetes and. insomnia, both of which are largely due to the menial stress of a harder struggle for existence, The inereased con- sumption of alcohol and the free use of narcotics are also responsible for mizny morbid conditions unknown to our ha al- ier forbears. But, in comparing the pre- sent prevalence of diseases with that of the past there. aro several factors for which due allowance is often not nuiele. One of these is that our forefathers died, as a rule, at it eonsiderably younger age than their descendants; if they did not perish by the sword they were moved down from time to time by the plague and. other &vesting epidemics. In ilea tray they escapee many- of the diseases not only of aid age, but of ad- vanced middle life. Again, it must not be forgotten -that each generation repre- sented to a much larger extent than is now the case the survival of the fittest. Most of the weaklinge died in childhood. The triumph of modern hygiene is that at has preserved a large proportion of these lives.—Practitioner, 7- ! Adventures of a Ship's Cat. The ship's cat the mail steamer Ortona had e remarkable experience on the last homeward VOyilfre of that vessel. Soon after the vessel left Australia, the eae was missing, and it was thought that it had been ]eft behind; but when the vessel was thirty-two days out from Sydney one of the eugineers heare faint mewing in the refrigerator chann bet. This thamber, which had not 'been opened slime the vessel started, was promptly examined, and the unfortunate eat was found lying upon a box of butter in a very emaeiated condition. One of its ears and a. portion of its nose ma been bitten off by the cold, but fur had growo to it great length dor- i`ng its imprisonment. The eat has since recovered.---Melhourne Argus. What a Court Really is. Magistente Robert oe New York, has nequireel it, nrw and valuable legal definition, ATI aeon but robnet negro witness who thstified Infore .1din the other day wouldn't stop titinttig when tenured ()Wetted, hut kept on roar- ing hie testimony. "Stop!" the magistrate eorionanded. "Don't you kuow Viten§ in tonal" "Yoettees're teplied the negro. "Well, don't yea know what a mart 4011 -h -h., yalle'r," tam the old fellow With a low bow. "Ya.ae'r; a etet its a place rbah doy divenoes -with just -100 Every. 'wo Minutes Physicians tell us that all the It !cod in a healthy human body passes through the heart once in every two .• minutes. If this aeti021 be— • comes irregular the whole body suffers. Poor health follows poor blood; Scott's Emulsion makes the blood • pore. One reason why SCOTT'S .EMULSION is such a great aid is because it passes so quickly into the 'Wood. It is partly di- gested before it enters the stomach; a double advan- tage in this. Less work for the stomach; quicker and more direct benefits. To get the greatest amount of good with the least pos- sible effort is the desire of everyone in poor health. Scott's Emulsion does just that. A change for the better takes place even be- fore you expect it. We winsea you a sample free. Be sure that this picture in the form of labelIs on the wrap- per of every bottle of mulsiort you boy. tIt Scorr & BOW= ChtmiStii Toronto, Ont. 50 2%144 0° * Cow Testing Associations 44.4** slefeleleletelehneleedeielahieleethielelefele Probably every farmer in Canada would like to obtain more profit from each individual cow in his herd, but at present there is leek of co-operation amongst farmers to accomplish this ob- ject. In Denmark, the home of agricultural co-operation, there have been testing, associations since 1895, and there are now nine thousand farmers havingtheir cows tested systematically. Similar work will pay bere, and pay- well. Wher- ever such work has been done the aver- age production per cow has speedily been raised'25, and even 50 pounds of butter per annum. Surely there are hundreds of farmers, painstaking and thoughtful, willing to show a little en- terprise for an almost certain return of from five th ten dollars more than at present from each cow per year. In Michigan an association was orga- nized in September, 1905. Canadian farmers need to take this matter up quickly and seriously. As an instance of what substantial progress is possible when individual cows are tested,. a farmer near Cowansville, Que., furnishes a. striking., illustration. In 1800 fifteen cows were kept, giving an average of only 131 pounds of but- ter. In 1900 tests were commenced of each new separately, the milk being weighed regularly. In 1904 twenty cows were kept (on the same land which when purchased in 1888 would not decently keep nine cows), ad the average pro- duction per COW was 254 pounds of but- ter. This increase of 123 pounds per cow can be attained on many other farms. In, some illustration testing under- taken in 1904 and 1905 by the Dominion Department of Agriculture, it was shown that very poor returns are re- ceived from many cows, therefore the urgent need of cow testing associations is apparent. Valuable practical bulle- tins on the subject are available and will be sent free to any applicant. Mere any twenty patrons of a fac- tory will agree to weigh the milk from each maw on three days during the month the milking period, anti furnish them- . selves with scales and sample bottles, costing about two to three dollars com- plete, the Minister of Agriculture an- nounces thee the testing will be done free of cost, to the patrons. As the Department is anxious to assist farm- • ers in organizing, A. Ruddick, Dairy Cornmissioher, Ottawa, will be glad to hear from any progressive farmer or factory owner in any community relative to this most important matter, and will arrange for meetings to discuss the clues- tioni Ottawa, Dee. 20, 1005. --ere- =- To Make a Canary Sing. Generally any kind. of soft, sibilant noise will tempt a bird to sing. A canary • hung in a kitthen will usually start hie song if he hears'say, the frizzling of the frying pan. We utilize special de- vices to tempt the elle- singer, who la perhaps rendered the more bashful by finding himself in novel surroundings. For this purpose we employ whistles and song organs, will& artificially re produce the "tours" of the roller. This latter method is found to be irrestible when all other plans have failed. The bird feels apparently that he is being ehallenged and forthwith responds to the challenge by pouring forth the best of Itis song.—From the London Post, 1 7