PRESS,
VOLUME XXI.
FRANKLIN. 1ST.' 0., WEDNESDAY. NOVKMKER 7, 1906.
NUMBER 45.
THE FRANK!
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A Wonderful Sleuth.
By Emmerson Bennett.
" The following wonderful exploit ol
an Oriental Sleuth U the narration o(
a gentleman who spent some years lu
British India, and is here given In his.
own language.
I was one day sauntering through
one of the prominent streets ct Cal
cutta, when my attention was utrnc'.ed
to a crowd of people gathered around a
mountebank, who, on a raised platform
. . was amusing the spectators with some
feats of legerdemain.
I quietly drew up tc the outer cir
cle and remained there for a few
, minute!) watching his clever tricks,
and then resumed my walk.
. As I did so I attempted to draw my
watch, to note the time; but, to my
surprise, found the gold chain caught
in the lining of my pocket.
As I disengaged it, I discovered to
my horor, that my watch was mlss-1
ing. I say to my horror, because l can
think of no other word that bo nearly
expresses what I felt.
The watch was not only of ureal In-
; trlnslc value, but an heirloom in our
family a royal gilt to a distant ances
torand has been In possession of
elder sons for many generations. Thero
. was a legend, too, that. If lost, and
liot recovered, the last owner would
have a tragic end.
With a gasping faintness, and large
beads of perspiration standing on my
features, I at once started for police
headquarters; and there I made my
loss known, with the remark that I
was prepared to pay almost any amount
to be again put In iKs.session of what
I so highly prized.
"Then ym are disposed to offer a
tempting reward?" said the chief of
police.
"Anything you may think proper to
name, sir!' was my reply.
"Shall we say fifty pounds?"
"Double it treble it quadiuple It.
if necessary!"
"We'll say a hundred pounds, then,
and I'll got your watch back tf la
human or ghostly power."
"What do you mean by jhostly pow
er?" "You shall see."
He touched a button and presently
a man appeared.
"Is Zanwl off duty?"
"He has just come In, sir."
"He is wanted here."
The chief detective opened a door
and pronounced the name.
A nondescript came bounding in.
I say nondescript, because 1 never
saw anything like him before or since.
He seemed to be neither man nor
monkey, and yet something of both
combined. He was, very., sjna!J for ji
"Hum,' burtoo large for a monkey. His
head, face, arms, hands, legs and feet
were of the monkey order, but he bad
no tall. His eyes were black and bead
like, and he seemed to have an intel
ligent cunning, and could talk in a
way to be understood by his master.
"Mr. Gonzai,' said the chief of po
lice, speaking to the detective, ' this
gentlemun (nodding towards me) has
lest a valuable watch, for the iestora
tion of which he will pay a "hundred
pounds. Let Zanwl rind the thief and
restore it."
"Please state the particulars, sir?"
said Gonzal, turning to me.
I hurriedly and anxiously related all
1 knew of the matter, which really
amounted to nothing beyond the fact
of the loss.
"Are yen certain you had the watch
with you In the street'' questioned tie
detective.
"Yes, I am certain of that," I replied,
"because I remember looking at the
time while walking along."
"Did any one jostle you In the crowd
around the montebank?"
"No one, I am certain, for I did not
stop long, and all the time remained
on the extreme outer circle."
"How do you account for the watch
helng removed from the chain, and
the end of the chain restored to your
pocket, without you being made aware
of It In any manner?"
"I cannot. That Is a mystory I have
not been able to solve to my satisfac
tion. My only theory is that the pick
pocket must havo been an adept In his
piofession, to draw my watch and twist
it from he chain wlhou my seeing or
feeling him."
"You have tho chain the thief han
dled?" "This Is it," I replied, as I produced
It, "and the end of the chain shows
: the twist, as you see here."
v "Good!" smiled Gonzal, as he took
the chain in his hands; this gives us
a chance to coll upon a power more
mysterious than the problem we wish
to solve! In this manikin (glancing
toward Zanwl), as sometimes play
fully call him, you behold a marvel
that no one as yet has been able to
explain, at least to my satisfaction.
Some claim that he is endowed with a
- sixth sense. I don't knew. Nature
has her mysteries, and he Is one of
them. Zanwl!"
i At his call the little man-monkey
bounded to his side; his eyes glittered,
tand every nerve seemed to be on a
quiver.
Without another word, Gonzal took
one of the claw-like bands of Zanal,
and quietly placed the twisted and
broken watch chain within it.
The effect was electrical.
The nondescript bounded up, as If he
had received a hock, whirled around
swiftly some half a dozen times, and
then uttered a strange, unpleasant
' sound, something that one might fancy
compounded of a serpent's hiss, a cat's
waul, and a human groan,
"Evil influences reach his sensitive
soul!" smiled Gonzal. "Well, Zanwl,
what Is It?" . . '
The strange being began to Jabber
with excited gestures; and all I could
make out of what seemed mere gib
berish was a whirring succession of
r-r-r-r', with some marked Intona
tion HI master, however, claimed to un
derstand him; and as soon as be had
finished, turned to me and said:
f'Your watch Is in the possession of
man who occupies a grand mansion,
and who must be met by strategem it
..-.we ever recover It He is not td be
"aeiied like an ordinary thief, nor ao-
cused till we have positive proof that
ho possesses it. This we must get by
cunning, not by force. He is above
general susplclonand general observa
tion. Only the eyes of the soul can
see him as he is. To the world be
teems a fair man. He Is not. He Is
a double man a bad man and over
his black heart Is drawn a smiling
mask that deceives the good, who think
they know him, but do nol."
"But how and where did this man
meet me to get possession of my
watch?" I now inquired! "for I havo
no recollection of uny such person
being at any time near me."
Gonzal put the question to Zanwl,
and the answer came like a fla?b.
"He never was near you." Gonzal
said to me, as Interpreter for Zanwi.
He never saw you even. A female
onfederate took your watch and
transferred It to him."
"A female?" I exclaimed. "Oh, that
Is a serious mistake! Your little man
has got clear off the line; and it will
be useless to follow his lead, when
his start Is wrong!"
Zanwl understood me, and his bead
like eyes seemed to enlarge arid shoot
rays of fire. There came another whir
of the r-r-r-r's, with almost frantic
gesticulations, and Gonzal quickjy
said:
"He says It Is you, Mr. Bedford, and
not himself, who is mistaken; that It
was a woman, a seeming lady, who
took your watch from your pocket and
broKe the chain."
"But I say 'No!' emphatically; be
cause, from the time I looked at my
watch till I missed it, no woman was
near enough to touch me on the
street.''
Again the whir from Zanwl, and
sgaln Gonzal said:
"Mr. Bedford, pray be calm, and an
swer me this question, and reflect be
fore you speak. After starling on
our walk, and after looking at your
watch, and before you reached the
juggler, did you not turn the corner of
a street, look back at something, and
then turn again suddenly, and find
yourself lace to face with a fashion
ably dressed lady, who quickly moved
to one side, while you moved to the
other, at the Same time lifting your hat
with. 'I crave jour pardon, madam?'"
"Great Heaven yes!" I cried, with a
start; "I do remember the Incident
now. though It had quite slipped from
my memory. Was Zanwi there to see
and hear?'
"No! but he sees and hears It all
how, as the facts are Hashed upon his
mental consciousness fufmi tho mere
mTS'Alftg'or what tfieornvaind.yr- '
self have left a marked impress up
on." "Great Lord of the Universe! do our
thoughts, words and actions become
tangible things, to be, as it were,
photographer upon every thing we
touch?" I exclaimed.
"It would seem to," replied Gonzal;
"at least I can conceive of no better
way of explaining the wonderful mys
tery, to the like of which liave given
much time and thought. Suppose, by
.vay of comparison and Illustration, we
consider the marvelous faculty of
memory, which we all possess in a
greater or lesser degree! What is
memory? where is it located? And
how is it we bring up at will before
the mind's eye of the present, pictures
of scenes and events that have been
buried in the past for clays and weeks
mid months and years? And this, too,
from beneath thousands of other scenes
and rvents. In which we have since
been an actor, and then permit them
to fade out lno a blank til we want
them again! ' this faculty of Zanwl,
though mere rare, any more wonder
ful? Of course it seems so to us, be
cause we are not familiar with It; but
if there is an intangible something
upon which we Imprcsi our thoughts,
to be read off at will, as If from the
leaves of a book, why may not our
souls make their Impress upon our
v hole environment, to be deciphered
by some supersensitive soul with
which they may come In contact? Tho
fact that this Is done, as you have just
bad pnof In the case of Zanwi, set
tles the point, and leaves no ground for
argument. We know the hound fol
lows an Invisible, intangible line of
scent of the living creature that has
gone before him, and which perhaps
he never saw; and this little human
wonder, with human and greater Intel
ligence, take in the soul as well as the
body of the object he pursues, and
gets visions that reveal past, present
and future acts, motives and inten
tions of the being pursued."
"Well, It certainly Is the wonder of
wonders!" I rejoined; "and If I suc
ceed in regaining my lost prize, I shall
have reason to be grateful that such
u thing exists."
"Come, then," said Gonzal, "let us
lose no more time lu discussion. A
carriage is In waiting. Follow me"
He led the way to a back yard, where
stood a harnessed team, with the driv
er on the box.
We rode through different streets,
Zanwl giving his master directions,
and he communicating the tame to
the driver.
At length we slowly passed an ele
gant mansion, and Gonzal said to
me:
"The owner of that mansion has
your watch In his possession; so Zan
wl informs me, and Is at p'resent with
in, and the watch is on bis person;
but though I have implicit faith 'in
what he says, yet' in law his words
would go for naught without corro
borative evidence, and so I dare not
swear out a warrant aud wake the ar
rest on bis bare testimony.'
"What, then, is to be done to re
cover my prize T I questioned. V:
"It will probably require time and
careful management,' i (plied the de
tective. "I propose to put the man
under surveillance and bid our chance,
I know the man by sight, and by hav
ing him secretly shadowed by men be
does not know, olt is possible , the
watch may be discovered In his pos
session, and his arrest be made be
fore be becomes aware of being under
suspicion," , v
"I earnestly orav vou may not fall!
I said, as t looked back at the man
sion we had passed," which now bad an
interest for me, made Intense by my
anxiety, 1 .
At that moment the front door open
ed, and an elegantly dressed gentle
man came out and descended the mar
ble steps
I quickly called attention to the fact,
"That Is the man himself," respond
ed the detective; "and fortunately for
us, I hope he is coming this way. This
nay be the chance we need. We will
turn the corner of the next street, be
yond his view, and then you must
leave the carriage, Mr. Bedford, aud
contrive to meet him In a casual plan
ner tin foot. He may have the watch
on his person. If so, by politely ask
ing him for the time of day, in a quiet,
off-hand way, you may possibly get a
chance .to see your watch without ex
citing his suspicion. But control your
nerves, be perfectly calm and cool, and,
If you do see It, give not the least In
dication that It Interests you, but pass
quietly on, and I will soon Join you
for your report."
These instructions I followed, and
soon met a tall, slender, stylishly
dressed person, middle-aged, slightly
gray, with clear eyes, refined, intellect
ual features, and with the look and
air of a gentleman of means. In fact,
so little had. he the appearance of a
man of crime that I never should have
suspected him, and really began to
fear a mistake had been made.
There happened to be no other per
sons near us on the street; and as I
was about to pass him, In a seeming
ly abstrated mood, I slightly halted,
politely touched my hat and said, quite
blandly:
'Your pardon, sir! but mav 1 trouble
you to tell me the time of day?"
There seemed at first a keen, quick
glance, as of suspicion; but my quiet,
Innocent face appeared to dispel It.
"Certainly, sir!" he answered, with
a suave bow, as he drew a hnndsome
watch from his fob, and held It off a
llitle, for the right focus of his
slightly failing sight. "It Is just 2.21,
at your service."
"Thank you kindly, sir!" I said, as
I again politely touched my hat and
passed on.
It was my lost watch!
As soon as clear of him, so Intense
were my emotions that I trembled In
every limb and could scarcely keep
upon my feet.
When the detective joined me, which
he did by a roundabout course, with
out being seen by the thief, I gasped
out:
'Seize that man, Mr. Gonzal! he
has my lost watch."
"You are sure. Mr. Bedford?"
"I will swear to It."
"All right, then."
He turned back, and I kept him
company, and we Boon overtook the
man.
Gonzal placed one hand on his shoul
der, and said, In a quiet, firm tone:
"IUhmi Langdon, I arrest you in
the Queen's name!" " ' -S
The prisoner started, and wheeled
fiercely upon the detective, at the same
time glanciig sharply at me.
At (Hire be recognized the officer,
then said, half playfully:
"Ha! Mr. Gonzal, is it you? What is
the jolec?"
"Better ask what Is the hall?"
"But you are not in earnest?"
"Never more so."
"But 1 don't iind.ToUind It."
"Come to the magistrate's office and
have it explained."
"Will you not tell me with wnat
crime I am charged?"
"For having In your possession an
other man's property, whether stolen
or otherwise."
"I Herman l.angdon accused of n
crime like tills! Why. Mr. Gonzal,
what can have led yui into such a
mistake?"
"If It he a mistake, Mr. Langdon,
why all the better for you," returned
the detective. "Meantime, I must do
my duty and I hope you will so far
aid me as to give me no unnecessary
trouble?''
"Oh, certainly, sir, certainly; but I
am all amazement."
Gonzal blew a whistle, the carriage
canie up, and we were soon at a mag
istrate's court.
I at once made the charge that I
had been robbed of a very valuable
heirloom watch, which I had seen in
the prisoner's possession.
Langdon laugh"-! derisively.
"Well," he said. "If that Is the
charge on which I have been arrested,
all I need to say is that I have only
one watch, a present from my father,
which I have carried for twenty years."
Here he drew my watch from his
pocket and handed it to the judge.
"Is this the watch you claim as
your, Mr. Bedford?" queried the lat
ter. "It is, please, your Honor.'
"Can you prove It is your property
and not Mr. I.angdon's?"
This question gave me a start akin
to a shock, which almost unnerved
me. How was I to prove It, Indeed?
I could swear to It; but then my oath
would be no better than I-andon's, who
could, by perjury, swear directly the
othpr way. I saw a gleam of triumph
in the villain's eye, and it nettled,
confused and embarrassed me. There
was no one who knew me as the own
er of the watch, and unfortunately,
my name was not engraved on the
case, and it would be folly to think of
bringing in such testimony as Zan
wl's. For a few' moments most painful
moments I felt as If all was lost; and
then a sudden Idea came to my relief.
"Please, your Honor," I said, "as wo
both claim to be owners of this watch,
is It not reasonable to suppose that
both should be familiar with what Is
plainly engraved on the Inner case,
especially as I declare the prize to be
an heirloom in my family, and Mr.
Langdon that it was a present, from bis
father 20 years ago?" j
"That appears to be a reasonable
Supposition?" replied the court
"Then please, your Honor, t pro
pose that each of us write down the
inner inscription, and hand the same
t your Honor, for a decision as to,
whether Mr. Langdon or myself is
most familiar with the one article both
claim to own, and this enable your
Honor to correctly judge who Is the
real owner of the watch!"
"Well, I will not a?; to any such
proposition!" snapped eut Langdon,
with a reddened face.
Here the detective whispered In his
ear. " .',
"Better give up this watch before I
am compelled to arrest your femalo
accomplice, who stole it." ;'
This appeared to astonish and startle
the villain, who bad the good sense to
act upon the threat In the best way
to get himself clear of his present
trouble.
"May It please your Honor," he said,
turning at ctiee to the magistrate, "I
now propose to state the real facts of
his case. I found tho watch in ques
tion only a short time since, lying on
the pavement; and, seeing its great
value, I wa3 on my way to adv"so
It, when this man Mr. Bedford, as I
hear him called had me arrested ami
brought before you. Thinking he
might have seen me find the watch,
and that this arrest might be a ruse
to get possession of 1, I resolved to
fall him by claiming to be the owner.
Now, if ho is really the owner, I shall
only be too happy to restore his prop
erty. All I ask Is that he prove him
self to be what he claims; and if he
will say say what is engraved on tho
inner case of the watch, and your
Honor find it as he states, I will con
cider that sufficient proof of owner
ship, and relinquish all right to It at
once."
"Then, please, your Honor, here is
my proof," I gladly responded, an I
wrote the line:
"H. R. H. to U B., 1695. For liiyal
valor."
'Correct, Mr. Bedford," said the
judge, as he examined I tie interior
case with a glass "You have proved
your claim;" and he handed the watch
to me "Do you wish to push the matter
any further?"
"I do not your Honor, I am satis
fied to have recovered my watch."
"Very well,' replied the Judge, "the
case Is finished. Mr. Langdon, this Is
a lesson for you to speak the truth at
first and save unnecessary trouble."
Good Literature.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
"Ruptipe," a fibre used by Mexican
Indians for ropes, Is claimed by ex
pers to be better than hemp or any
other known textile. The material
Is abundant, a large supply being
produced by plantations In province
of Tuxpan.
Tho brown-tall moth, which Is the
plague of New England trees, was
Imported by Professor Trouvelot, as
an aid in his experiments In produc
ing silk. Now congress has voted
$100,000 for the Importation of para
sites to hasten the departure of tho
moth.
The ever Increasing dimensions of
war vessel has led the German gov
ernment to concludo to widen the
Kiel canal from sixty feet to 130 feet,
and the width at the surface from 130
feet to 350 feet. Tho proposed im-
provomenj &r -Vr -YTcstiniVjaiiT-KUb-CflSlf
Tfearly $50,000,000.
Mice are employed as signals on
submarine boats. Should thero be
tho least leakage of naphtha, tho mice
glvo warning by Incessant squeaks, as
they hnvts a great dislike for the
odor of naphtha. In the British navy
an allowance Is made for feeding the
mice on tho submarines.
A party of huckleberry pickers In
Attleboro, Mass., recently picked two
hundred quarts of the berries in a
single day. There were only seven
of the pickers. When It came to sell
ing the berries It was found almost
impossible to get anything for them
because the large amount brought in
flooded tho market.
So universal was tho custom of
free entertainment that it was a law
In Virginia that unless there had
been a distinct agreement to pay for
board and shelter, no pay could be
collected from any guest, no matter
how long he remained. In the few
taverns that existed the prices were
low, about a shilling a dinner; and It
was ordered that tho meal must be
holesome and good.
Tho woad crop of Lincolnshire,
England, has been the most success
ful for over ten years. The Increased
supply of woad, the leaves of which
yield a dark blue dye, will mean the
revival of an ancient Industry, as far
back before William the Conqueror's
time the British ancestors dyed their
bodies blue with tho leaves. Many of
the Lincolnshire farmers make a spe
cialty of their woad crop, growing it
In place of corn.
The unsanitary stabling of cattle
In Italy and .consequent tuberculosis
have developed a new form of insur
ance. A company has been estab
lished Insuring butchers against con
demnation of beef by sanitary Inspec
tors. Butchers pay to this company
a premium for each head of cattle
slaughtered in the municipal abba
tolrs or for carcasses brought there
for inspection, and if the meat Is
condemned the company reimburses
the dealer and retains the carcass.
A Paradise of 8port.
The Transcaucasus and the neigh
boring Turkish and Persian territory
are not without Interest to the sports
man. Bears, ibex and other large
game are still In considerable num
bers; In the season quails abound,
and so do waterfowl about the num
erous ponds and lakes., In the lakes
especially in the great lake Gokcha or
Sovanga, which Is about 6,700 feet
above the level of the sea, on the road
between TlfllMnd Erlvan,-are to be
found the splendid trout up to six or
seven pounds weight. In mountain
streams aa at Borjom, the summer
resort of the Grand Duke Michael, tho
fly-fisher would find a paradise of
sport, the trout as game aa any in tho
world.
Crystallized Grasses. ' -
Grasses may be crystallized as fol
lows: .Place a saucepan partly filled
with water on the stove and in it
dissolve enough alum to make it oi
sufficient density to bear , an egg
Let this boil. : Take off the saucepan
and lay your grasses (dried and tied
in bunches to suit the fancy) In the
water. When the' water is perfectly
cold lift out the bouduets and you will
And them a mass of beautiful crystal.
Nature's Fireworks. .-
An occurrence that has taken place
at Amiens Bhows that where there ex
ists an electrical establishment of any
size nothing more than a good robust
thunderstorm is needed tor provid
ing a display of natural fireworks on
a scale that leaves nothing to be de
sired In the way of largeness.
Aroused by unusual noises in the fac
tory Curing a storm the other night,
the manager of the electrical works at
the station was met by a wonderful
spectacle on entoring tho place. No
artificial display ever presented a
scene nq falryllke. Tremendous show
ers of sparks were being given off
from every machine in the place, while
there 'was a deafening crackling as if
from b hundred sputtering fires, a
machine mnn had seen his food burn
ed to a cider as he ate It. all the
electric bells were sounding, and the
telephone had been wrenched from
the wall. The current hud to be shut
off before order was restored. Next
day everything worked us smoothly as
If there bad been no disturbance.
London Globe.
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The Cost of New York,
New York city's budget next year
Will be 116,80f,490.37. This Is one
fifth of the total expenditures of the
151 cities of the United States having
a population of over 30.000, Including
the bond Issues, New York spends
one-third. New York spends more
than the bIx next largest cities Chi
cago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Balti
more, Boston and Cleveland. Al
though Its population is only twice
Chicago's, its government costs four
times as much. Its debt is mere than
a third of the aggregate city debt,
which Is larger than the national
debt. The por capita debt of all
these cities Is $57, or loss than half
New York's.
New York's expenditures exceed
those of any foreign city. The Ion
don Council uses only fr.O.OOU.nOO a
year. Paris expendltuio:; do not
bring the total to the New York fig
ure. The expenditures of the German
empire are less than live times as
great, those of the Kingdom of Prus
sia six times as great, those of Spain
only a quarter larger. New York
World.
A poetess says that sho Hvcs on a
diet of milk and prunes. That is tho
trouble with some po-trv. Is the
comment of tlw: At! ir.tn .! Mirual.
ixTi:i:i:sri;; n-i .-sr.
Heavy Cost of Unpaid l'.Me.;;e.
One of the most curious contests
ever before the public was conducted
by many thousand persons under the
offer of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd.,
31 bo?
to trios!
of the let!
The contei
nry, 1906, and It was ;u7!o
have the prizes awarded on Apr. 30,
190i5.
When thi public .liinoiiurjmoiit
appeared many p r: n,:: i.san to
form the words from these 1 'Iters,
sometimes tho whole fan ily being
occupied evenings, a combination of
amusement and education.
After a while the lists bi-.;an to
come in to the Postum Cifiicv, ami be
fore long the volume grew until it
required wagons to raivy tlie mail
Many of tho cnutrnaiits were
thoughtless enough to send llielr lists
with Insufficient postage ami for a
period It cost (h- 'or.: ; .any from
twenty-five to ' fifij -,ht an I sixty
dollars a day to pay the uni ;iM nost
ag. Young ladles, g'u.'i-; V-- l! ;se who
had graduated from 1 1 1 - - high s. i:ool,
were employed l eieuiine th'-.v." lis's
and count the ronvc: wo-.N. Web
ster's Dictionary was tin" standard,
and each list was very carefully cor
rected, except thosa which fell below
8000. for It soon bo.-a.v.e clear that
nothing below that could win. Some
of the lists required the work of a
yotiug lady for a solid week on each
Individual list. The worlt was done
very carefully and accurately, but
the Company had no Idea, at the time
the offer was made, that the people
would respond so generally, and they
were compelled to fill every available
space In the offices with these young
lady examiners, and notwithstanding
they worked steadily, It was Impossi
ble to complete the examination until
Sept. 29, over six months after the
prizes should have beon awarded.
This delay caussd a great many
Inquiries and naturally created some
dissatisfaction. It has been thought
best to make this report In practi
cally all of the newspapers in the
United States and many of the maga
zines in order to make clear to the
people the conditions of the contest.
Many lists contained enormous
numbers of words which, under the
rules, had to be elimluaUd. . "Peg
ger" would count, "Peggers" would
not. Borne lists contained over 50,
000 words, the great majority of
which were cut out. The largest
lists were checked over two and in
some cases three times to Insure ac
curacy ,
The $100.00 gold prize was won by
L. D. Reese, -12 2 7-1 5th St., Denver,
Colo., with 9941 correct words. The
highest $10.00 gold prize went to 8.
K. Fraser, Lincoln, Pa., with 9921
correct words. , "
A complete list of the 331 winners
with their home addresses will be
sent to any contestant enquiring oa
a postal card. , ,.
Be sure and give name and address
clearly.
This contest has cost the Co. many
thousand dollars,, and probably bas
not been a profitable advertisement,
nevertheless, perhaps some who had
never before tried Grape-Nuts food
have been Interested in the contest,
and from trial of the food have been
shown Its wonderful rebuilding pow
ers. ' It teaches in a practical manner
that scientifically gathered food ele
ments can be selected from the field
grains which nature will use for re
building the nerve centres and brain
in a way that is unmistakable to
users of Grape-Nuts.
"There's a reason,"
MEATRULESAKESEVERE
REGULATIONS UNDER NEW LAW
ISSUED BY SECRETARY WILSON.
Afford a Full Guarantee of Healthful
nets Sanitary Measures Specified;
Reports Required Destruction ot
Condemned Flesh Secured.
The regulations for the killing and
preparation of meuts for Interstate
and foreign commerce, issued by Sec
retary Wilson, are comprehensive and
far-reaching, and insure thoroughly
sanitary and healthful meat foods to
all consumers of American meats,
both In this country and abroad, de
clares tho Washington correspondent
of the Boston Transcript. "See that
lag!" will bo the Injunction of evory
handler of first-class meats, and the
tag will bo tho consumers' guarantee
of a strictly first-class article Under
the new law the secretary of agricul
ture is empowered to deny federal In
spection to any packer or slaughterer
who refuses to permit all uuhealthful
and rejected meat to be "tanked,"
and the regulations say that he will
do so. This remedies the gravest de
fect In the old inspection law, where
by condemned meats were sold to lo
cal consumers, and the government
was powerless to prevent it. Regu
lations covering Interstate transporta
tion of meats and the microscopic ex
amination wil bo Issued later.
The regulations provide that the
i i-jif of the Inspection shall cover all
s'-. i;.;btcrlng, packing, meat canning,
salting, rendering or similar estab-lis'-monts
whose mats or meat-food
products, In whole or in part, enter
Into interstate or foreign commerce,
unless exempted from inspection by
the secretary of agriculture. Under
the law tho only establishments
which may bo exempted by tho sec
retary are those of retail butchers
and retail dealers supplying their
customers In interstate or foreign
trade, but even these exempted class
es are required to submit to the sec
retary an application for exemption.
All animals, carcasses and meat food
products will be subjected to a rigid
Inspection, Relnspectlon will bo had
wherever necrssnry.
Tho sanitation regulations require
the establishment In which animals
are slaughtered or meats and meat
food products are prepared, cured,
packed, stored or handled to be suit
ably lighted and ventilated, and to be
suitably lighted and ventilated, and
to be maintained In a sanitary condi
tion. Ail work In "uch establish
ments must be performed in a clean
ly and sanitary manner. All parts of
the buildings must be whitewashed or
painted, or, where this Is Impractica
ble, they must be washed, scraped,
or otherwise rendered sanitary; old
floors and old equipment which can
not be made sanitary must be re
moved and replaced by suitpble1rna--
must well ro 111111)1'
al that Is easily cleansed
sanitary and all toilet rooms
dressing rooms are required to be en
tirely separate from apartments In
which carcasses are dressed or meats
nnd meat food products are prepared.
Managers of establishments will not
be permitted to employ any person
affected with tuberculosis in any of
the departments where carcasses are
dressed, meats handled or meat food
products prepared. Butchers who
dross diseased carcasses are required
to cleanse and disinfect their hands
and implements before touching
healthy carcasses. Employes who
are unclean and careless of person
will not be allowed to handle meats.
The provision relating to dyes,
chemicals and preservatives is strin
gent. No meat or meat food product
for interstate commerce shall con
tain any substance which lessens its
wholesonieness, nor nny drug, chem
ical. or dye, unless specifically provid
ed for by a federal statute, or any
preservatives other than common
salt, sugar, wood smoke, vinegar,
pure b pices and pending further In
quiry, saltpetre. Meats and meat food
products for export may contain pre
servatives In proportions which do
not conflict with the laws of the for
eign country to which they are export
ed, but all meats or meat food prod
ucts so prepared for export must be
treated and kept In compartments or
the establishment separate and apart
from those In which meats and meat
food products are prepared for Inter
state commerce, specially labeled and
certified, and stamped with the word
"Special." 8uch meats may not en
ter domestic trade under any circum
stances. The inspection of animals before
slaughter, designated in the regula
tions as the ante-mortem Inspection,
Is changed to conform to the new law
and to give the secretary of agricul
ture authority to require that all ani
mals suspected of disease on this
ante-mortem inspection, shall be
slaughtered separately and apart
from all other anmuls, under the
careful supervision of federal inspec
tors. Heretofore the antem-mortem
inspection bas been made In the
stock yards, at the time the animals
arrived, and has ' covered animals
which were to be slaughterer at es
tablishments . where inspection was
maintained and those which were
slaughtered for local trade. ,
. Special provision Is made for the
destruction-of all carcases and parts
of carcasses and meat food products
which, upon Inspection or relnspec
tlon, prove to be unclean, unsound, un
healthful, unwholesome or otherwise
unlit for human food. All such meat
will be placed in a tank In the presence
Ot a government inspector and all
openings to the tank will be seated
with a government seal by the Inspec
tor , Steam will be turned oa. Be
fore the carcaseaa are placed In the
tank sufficient coloring matter will be
added to render it Impossible that
the tankage can; be used for- lard of
other edible product. ; If any estab
lishment refuses to follow the tanking
regulation inspection will W, with
drawn and the product of that estab
lishment will not be allowed In Inter
state or foreign trade. -,-v
Tie meat inspection law, under
whlch tho regulations are Issued,
contain a provision that no meat or
meat food product shall be sold or
offered for sale by any person, firm
or corporation In Interstate or for
eign commerce under any false or de
ceptive name, but established trade
names which are usual to such prod
ucts and which aro not false and de
ceptive, and which shall he approved
by the secretary of agriculture, are
permitted, The regulation on this
subject provides that trade labels
which are false or deceptive In any
particular shnll not be permitted, and
that a meat food product, whether
composed of one or more ingredients,
ajiall not be named on the trade label
with a name stating or purporting to
show that the said meat food product
is a substance which Is not the prin
cipal Ingredient contained therein,
even though such a name be an es
tablished trade name". It will be seen
that theso provisions in regard to la
bels conform to thn requirements of
the pure food law. It was stated at
one time that the provisions of the
meat Inspection law conflicted with
the pure food law, but this idea Is
not borne out by the regulations just
Issued,
All stamps, labels aud certificates
showing that meat and meat food
products have been Inspected and
passed are required either to be af
fixed by a government employe or by
an employe of the establishment un
der tho personal supervision of a
government employe. Certificates
are required for exports of cattle,
sheep, swine ami goats, and the meat
and meat food products thereof, and
no vessel having on board any such
animals, meat or meat food products
for export will be allowed to clear
by the customs officer until the cer
tificate of tho secretary of ngi'ISil
tore, showing that the meat is sound,
healthful, wholesome and fit for food,
Is produced.
For the purpose of enforcing the
law and the regulations, inspectors
and other government employes un
der the direction of the Inspector
must have access to establishments
at all times by day or night, wheth
er tho establishment be operated or
not. Each employe of the department
engaged In meat Inspection will wear
a numbered badge for Identification
purposes, The regulations direct at
tention to the fct that It is a felony,
punishable by fine or imprisonment,
for any firm or corporation, or any
agent or employe thereof, to give or
offer, directly or indirectly, to any
department employe engaged In meat
inspection, any money or other thing
of value, lib intent to Influence tho
employe In the discharge of his duty.
It Is also a felony for any department
employe engaged In meat Inspection
to receive or accept from any per
son, firm or corporation engaged In
Interstate or foreign commerce any
gift, money, or other thing of value,
'"mrDose or Intent what-
lnbcl-
rats1
en con-
A system of
In duplicate, with
8 Inspector in charge.
turn, reports to Washington.
will make it Impossible for anv car
cass which has once been tagged by
a department employe to escape the
vigilance of the Inspectors. If such
a carcasB were spirited away, the In
spectors would know the fact at once.
Running through the regulations Is
a carefully prepared scheme which
will effectually prevent the entrance
into sausage, curing, canning and
other chopped meat establishments of
any carcasses which were not In
spected and passed by federal Inspec
tors nt the lime of slaughter.
Olio of the most Important provi
sions of the regulations Is the defini
tion of the phrase. "U. S. Impeded
and passed." It is declared that this
shall mean that "the carcasses, parts
of carcasses, meats and meat food
products so marked are sound, health
ful, wholesome and contain no dyes,
chemicals, preservatives or ingredi
ents which render meats or meat
food products unsound, unhealthful,
unwholesome, unclean, or unfit for
human food."
Simple Remedies.
For bee and wasp stings, carbolic
acid, soda or ammonia.
For poison ivy, a solution of baking
soda or a weak solution of lead. Mack
erel brine from the kit in the farm cel
lar or tomato from the vines will also
be found effectual.
For burns, a dressing of saturated
soda or equal parts of linseed oil and
lime water, vaseline, Bwcet oil, but
ter any bland oil but on no account
glycerin, which Is Irritating.
For sunburn, cloths wet In saturated
soda and soft uowdera, like flour, laun
dry starch or cornstarch, dusted on.
For silvers, a fine needle. If too
deep In the flesh to be reached by
ordinary means, fill a rather wide
mouthed bottle two-thirds full of boil
ing water and hold the Injured spot
close over the opening. The suction
draws the flesh down and a little addi
tional pressure will lake out the splin
ter, i
For a bruise the best treatment is
an immediate application of hot fo
mentations. After that witch hazel,
vinegar, and hot water, or alcohol ana
water, put on with a bandage and of
ten moistened.
The Exploitation of the West
Five years ago we who lived In the
far west were wondering when the
marvellous resources of one-third of
the United States would be discovered
and exploited. To-day we awaken to
And our forest stripped, and the places
where we pitched our tents, built our
smudges, and fried our bacon- and
game made desolate by the steam saw
and the freight car.' The rivers where
we speared our 'salmon and the rush
ing waters of the northwest where
we cast our selns have been made to
fill the labelled tins of highly capital
ized syndicates, until the preservation
of the "sock-eye,", the most delicious
of all salmon, bas become the' subject
of Interstate conference. The Im
mense plains, whose phenomenal pro
ductivity made legends of our "Mussel
Sloughs" and our "Yuba Dams,' are be
ing turned Into Irrigated plaisances.
Into trolley-strewn highways. Into the
dense social conditions ot Ohio, lown
and llllnolt,--Reader..
SOME SIGNIFICANT IDEALS.
Why Many Men are Choosing Country
to City Life Today.'
In a previous paper I presented the
reasons that 155 college students gave
me for leaving the farm to engage in
other occupations. These students
saw little opportunity In farming, 40
percent of them alleging that tho
business offers no financial reward.
Twenty percent Bald that the physic al
labor is too exacting, and approxi
mately an equal number that no social
opportunities are offered. These ra
phes present one view of the. vexed,
question as to what the place of tho
farmer' Is to be In our coming civil
ization. There was a strain of bopo
running through some of the rcpliss
that in the future the opportunities on
the farm would be Improved; but, for
the most part, the responses were
hopelessly against the business of
farming as a means ot personal
achievement.
When I asked for the opinions ot
those who had planned to leave the
farm, I asked, also, for the reasons
that moved those who have planned to
remove from city conditions to farm
life and those who, reared on farms,
Intended to return there after leaving
,c' l',",' I
e-muuT"
, they are
tin lnnl tl
college. The responsts-vre
lumlnatlng, and-oicourse.
hopeful for those of us who look to
the open country to aid In some
large way in maintaining and for
warding the best civilization.
Sixty-eight town-bred or city-bred
Btudents wrote me that they intend to
pursue farming as a business, and to
this end had entered themselves in the
College of Agriculture. 1 should ex
plain, however, that I use the word
"farming" In Us broadest sense as
comprising those many occupations
that arc directly concerned with the
products of the soil and are In Inti
mate touch with actual rural Ufa
conditions; for some of these young
men expect to be creamery men In
the small rural factories rather than
actual tillers of the soil. Many of the
respondents give more than ono rea
son for desiring to follow agricultural
work.
The point of view of all these vari
ous persoiml replies is most signifi
cant, and Is In bold contrast to tho
general run of the responses of those
who plan to leave the farm. The
present replies are marked by the
prominence given to ideals and by the
subordination of mere personal emolu
ment and desire for money. Forty'per
cent of those who are leaving the
farm allege that they do so because
there Is not money enough In it; very
few of the 261 students who plan lo
be farmers mention the expectation ot
earning money as the leading motive,
and a number of -them mention tha
relatively small earning power, and
then declare that they will follow tho
business In spite of that handicap.
Nearly every one of them gives higher
tnnn A ll..l lilMM
luTraio m living aa cue VluVKJnug IUO-
ulize about
two TSftnove of nature, and the
desire of a free, independent life.
Moreover, these are responses of
strong conviction. They evidence
pride of calling, and not one of them
Is apologetic. They are hopeful; they
all have a forward look. They are
surprisingly unselfish. Not one of
them asks for power. They show that
even in this epoch of hurried city
building, the love of the open country
and of plain, quiet living still remains
as a real and vital force.
I was impressed in the replies of
those who are to leave the farm, with
the emphasis placed on luck of money,
hard work, and small social opportun
ity; I am Impressed in theso replies
with the recurrence of such Ideals as
love for the work that one is doing,
education, study, personal influence,
happiness, service, home. With- these
young men, their business Is be an
affair of the heart. We hear much
about the greed of money and power
and the great dangers that threaten
our runaway society; but I wonder
wheher, In the end, the country man
will not still have hold of at least
one of the reins. From L. H. Bailey's
"Why Some Boys Take to Farming"
In the Century.
The Eskimo Canoe.
It Is In Greenland that the hunting
ability of the Eskimo ronches Its'
highest development. He has a fine
mechanical skill. Bones, Ivory,
stones, a little driftwood, skins and
the sinew of the reindeer are the
materials from which he must niako
his boat and weapons. There la
nothing else. Says a Greenland trav-"
eler: "Of these the Eskimo builds
a canoe. Its frame of bones and drift
wood, its covering of translucent seal
skin sewed together with sinew.
This kavak Is decked over, except for
a hole In the middle framed with a '
wooden ring. Tho Eskimo wriggles
Into his. hole, his legs extended into
the fore part of the boat
'Round his waist there Is a cylln- .,
der of sealBkln, the lower edge of
which draws over the wooden ring
and Is pulled tight with a thong, mak
lng all water-tight to -tha armpits.
For heavy weather the cylinder is part .
ot a skin-shirt with a hood. Strings '
tighten this hood to the face and
cuffs to the wrists, while a pair of
long-sleeved mitts protect hands and
arms. '
"So -rigged a good man can turn
bis canoe bottom upward and right -himself
again with sliding strokes ot
his paddle, for he Is as waterproof
as a duck. Moreover, his vessel la
so flexible that It Is almost. safe from
being crushed In the ice drift and,
being limber, is extremely swiff when
propelled by the double-ended paddle.
"On the otbjsr b..nd, the vessel is
so cranky that on) about two-thirds
of the natlve men have nerve and
balance enough to hunt : Only three
or four Danes In all Greenland have v
dared use a kayak." New York Ev
ening Post, .
' How to Arrive.' . -
Man has to be humbugged It one
.would command him, and he has no
use for the humble person. The way
to go Into a publisher's or editor's
oiHce (or, . Indeed, any other with a
mas at the bead ot It), la with a tre
mendous show of bounce and '..
r. A Spinster la M. A, P.