11 THE COLUMBIAN, ULOOMSM7JIG. I'A. HORSES FOR FOOD. JN KQV1NK SSTiArr.HTKR IIOVSK IN ClllCAUO. Sorry Looking Victims Turned Into Moat lor Human Consump tion A Flourishing Western Industry. CHICAGO letter to tbo New f i- i. Tr 1.1 ........ Tl.a As slaughtering of horse for (J" human food is now a recog nized Western industry, ma the an (horities have shown no disposition to interfere with it. In fnet, the City Health Department of Chicngo says horso meat, from ft sanitary point of view, is mperior to that of beef for the reason that horses do not have tuberculosis. There is a horse slaugh ter house at Ilnnitnoud, Ind., nnd sev eral in thnt vicinity, and there is nlso one here, the most extensive of the Jot. The main cause of eomplaiut against the Chicago abattoir is that Ihn horses slaughtered tnere are broken down and emaciated animals, and ninny of them are said to bo afflicted with disease. Comparatively little of this meat is sold here, the anotion. Huddled together in ft cor ral these miserable creatures await tha sharp blade of the axe that puts an end to their sufferings forever. Tho meat is packed in barrels nnd then sent beyond the sea. A moiA uninteresting place than this slaULrhler house cannot be im agined. It is simply a long, low, one story shanty nearly one hundred, feet in length and about forty feet iu width, divided into two rooms by n light wooden partition. In one of these rooms, the one to the west, the horses nro killed, skinned, dismem bered and hung up. It is not an in viting apartment, but on tho contrary is ono calculated to destroy a man's appetite forever, so far as eating meat is concerned. The floor is slippery with blood, whilo all around lie parts of animals that have been slain await iug tho hanging up process. In tho centre is a rack on which aro con stantly hanging innumcrablo quarters of horse meat, with portions of equine skeletous disposed everywhere. Tho actual slaughter of the horses is littlo short of absolute murder. An incline leading from the outside runs into tho shed, the floor of which is fully threo feet higher than tho ground, and tho victim walks upon this until he is well inside. He then passes under a raised Ch i). t7 n ii a -1 zf r I u yj : V :JY" : v M It! t-r'fa ... v. - A y Nre fti':- :"fiy : tl 'A iv HERE HORSE AHE SLAUGHTERED FOR FOOD. bulk of it going to Europe, and, as a consequence, the Consuls repiesent ing Germany. Belgium and Franco have made complaint to the State De partment. The slaughter house in Chicago is a den of horrors', foul and ill-smelling. The very atmosphere can breed noth ing but disease, and even though the meat were sweet alter killing it could not remain so amid such surround ings any length of time. There is practically do attempt at cleanliness. HOW THE HOUSES Al'.K XII.T.ED. and the odors that arise from the place are beyond the powers of defini tion. The victims are invariably ringboned, spavined, decrepid iu every way, weak from hunger or dis ease. From this inferno are sent out barrels of nuat for tho people of Bel gium, Antwerp, Paris und other cities platform of tho crudest nature, con sisting of a few scantling and boards enough to make a sure footing for the feet, whereon stands the executioner, a brutal, low browed, unemotional man, who swings a sharp, heavy axe with skill, precision and force. As the horse approaches this plat form a small blanket, or sometimes a gunnysnck is thrown over his eyes, to prevent his seeing the axe, and as he reaches a point immediately under the mau with the weapon, the latter comes down upon his forehead with a crash, tho blade sinking deep into his brain. There is no need for n sesond blow, for the first is sure and deadly, and the poor, starved animal falls dead in his tracks. Another man with a sharp knife slits his throat and ho is ready for the skinner. In a few moments his hide is off, the knife and cleaver soon dismember him and he is then food for human beings. As the quar ters hang upou the hooks they are not distinguishable from those of beef, and uudoubtedably pass for such in moro than ono butcher's shop, particularly in tho poorer sections of the town, al though the city authorities deny that nny of the meat comes in here. In the east room of the slaughter house are three great iron kottles, each of three hundred trullous capacity, and in these purls of the meat ure boiled, but for what purpose there is a diver sity of opinion. Martin and his em ployes say the kettles are used for boiling those parts of the dead horsed out of which glue is made, the result being sold to the gluemakers. Ono mau told me the vats contained the necks of horses, whioh was made, iuto "beef extract." A snitablo brand is then put upou the extract, and there are doubtless thousands of persons who sip tho concoction and think it is beef tea, when it is nothing more than VOKLD'S CHESS CllA'jriOX. Career of the Young American Who Heat the World's Hcst I'lujeis. Henry Nelson I'illsbnry, of Brook lyn, N. Y., who won the international chess masters' tournament at Hast ings, England, has up to the present HOUSE. THE PACKING of the continent. As 1Kb slaughter 1 house is located just outside tho city limits of Chicago the city authorities an do nothing, even were they so in clined, whilo there is no Htate law on the matter that can be invoked iu pre reotion of the business. Only the Government of the United States can interfere. This Chicago packing establishment is located on thu open prairie and ona nists of two large, uupainted build ings aud several sneds. One of the large buildings is used as a stable and the other is the abattoir proper. The (table is not uaed for the care and comfort of the animals that are to be slaughtered. They simply lie or tand arouud until death claims them. There it no danger of their getting away. Many of them cannot stand and running would be an exercise far beyond their powers. Death is a wel come relief to most if not all or them, and never a whimper or a whinny is beard. One hundred horses per week re claughtered here,, and they are bonght for $1, $2 or $3 eaoh, the ma otiy ol tue purouatie, vein iIf If n. N. rr.LLari.r, mikss ciiAMrioK. rnjoyed only a local reputation. His career as ft chess player has not been of the brilliant rrder, but rather one of constant advancement. I'illsbnry is twenty -two years old, and his chess playing dates from his sixteenth birthday, when he first learned the moves of the game at which he has now proved himself to bo tho inter national champion. Addison Smith, a leading member of the Boston Chess Club, becamo in terested in the young man shortly after he began to play, aud Pillsbury was not siow to take advantage of Smith's valuable fxperiei.no. lie be came an active nu mber of tho Boston Chess Club, and snjoye 1 a reputation among Boston enthusiasts as a coming player. , I'illsbnryV first important success was gaiuea over niampum otciuitz, who unsuccessfully tried to concede him the odds of pawn and move. He was entered in lHOU in tho American Chess Congress, receiving odds from Burrille and other leading players. Young Tillsbury defeated Stoue at evens with a scoro of 5 to '2. He also played a match with Barry, a strong New Euglaud player, winniug by a score of 5 to 4. All of the leading devotees of the game played at Hastings. The cham pion Lasher, Tschigoriu, Blackburne, Burn, Bird, Giuisberg, Tarrusch, Ver gani, Tinsley, Yon Burdeloben, Teich lnanu, Albin, Mason, Janowski, Bollock and several others, among them Wallirodt, also a vi ry young lnnn, like rillsbury, played. Lasher was looked upon us u probable wiu ner, with Tschigoriu, Stu uitz, Black burne and Tiurasch as dangerous rivals, while I'illsbnry and tho others were in tho dark-horse category, rillsbury 'h v'ctory against such an array of talent is therefore the more remarkable, as ho was pitted against men whoso experience iu tournaments aud matches was calculated to at least overcome the younger and less ex perienced players. rillsbury is an active member of IhoBrooklvn Chess Club, ami on his departure for tho scene of his great victory was the recipient of a cordial demonstration at the hands of that organization. How a Great Stcrl Kin Was Made. Tho sicel ring for generator N", :l n! tha Niagara Power Company's new ..lant is now at tho shop of tho West itighonso Company, and is attracting n ereat deal of attention from steiv men, as well ai from electricians. I' is regarded as ono of tho very tines: pieces of woik ever turned out. U w is forced at Bethlehem, Tenn. The i ing is considerably tho largest of the kind ever cast. It is eleven iceiscvei. nnd one-eighth inch.-s in diameter, about five feet high and weighs 27,001 pon m's. It cost over $S0i)i. Tho making of the rinj was an ex ceedingly ditKcult task. A nickel steel ingot four and a half feet in di ameter at tho bottom ami six nun half feet long was cad. A hole was then bored through it lengthwise. A block of the proper weight was then out from tho ingot, and tho eyliuder thus obtained was heated, and, under a hydraulic pressure of 14,000 tons was expanded to tho present size. It would be just like cutting from a lead pencil a section half an inch long, bor ing tho lead out of it and then expand ing the wood to ft ling au inch iu di amct'T. Tho ring had to bo forged to ft per feet circle, and in such a way as to prevent the possibility of weakness in any part, for, when tho tremendous pressure of Niagara is brought to bear on tho turbine, which will turn tho ring, it will rt volvo around the arma ture at the rata of U.'jO revolutions per minute. Tho electrical energy thus obtained will bo fiOO'J horsepower. rittsburg Dispatch. FASHIONlANCIKS. T II K 10 A T K N K 1 1 K s r R R K. C T I O N OK T1IK llOOl'-SKIRT. A Tendency to Individual Mens ns lo What lo Wear-Kali Wraps and Oinio Ulnck Horse hair Hats. m lonter doubt it, writes a aris correspondent J woman has issued her personal - dec araiiou ui nun- tii"j" . A revolution is at hand. The slaves of the tyrant fashion aro toiling, and tho dressmaking dynistiestremblM in their shoes. They are t rule no longer. It is tho stiictly peisoual stylo which is to bo tho fashion. Tho movement began in England, wheio women have always been al lowed a free choice couceruing the stylo of their dress. Some fair young confeotionii already senn in this rich aud universally becoming fabric. Tho sketch shows one of tho no capes in ft dull, slato-colorod Lyonn velvet, with such a wonderfully thick pile, and showing such beautiful white light. It is circular in cut, falling from tho shoulders in rich folds, and bordered with strans of cream whita broadcloth. Broad rovers and a high rolling collar of white havo strapped edges. A double clasp of pearl orna ments tho front. With this is worn a Hat, flaring brimmed hat, of warm, tan-colored braid, simply but modishly trimmed with long, spikey wings of brouzod greens and reddish browns. This toilette is mado complete wh-n worn with n frock of crcam colore I broad-cloth, as isnhown in the sketch. WOVE HOHSKIIAIR FOR HATS. Wovan horsehair remains a rage for hats, aud llgnres largely in the millin ery notions for fall. Black horsehair Bk'liesl American Woman. An interesting sight for the poopi.i of Bellows F,U1h, Vt.. tho past rummer was to watch Hetty (ireen, tho woman whoso fortune is way up in million?, returning frori a shopping tour with a small package of tea, a ponu 1 of crackers aud a bag of ilour in her arms. They considered Mrs. Green a good citizen, and said that she paid her taxes with commendable prompt ness, but she would not submit to the slightest extortion. She had the water cut oil from her house at the cost o; IfcSf HETTY Gl'.REX. -i 4f Of 'j m It M immmS; THE HOOrSKIKT OF 18.W, WI1ICH TIIKEATEN'S TO RETURN TO FASHION. A New Illiiiiiiiinnt. Some day we shall, perhaps, settle on a universal domestic illuminaut. Will it be acetylene? If so, wo shall want a shorter name for it, but that can be shelved for tho present. Ace tylene is said to give a flame ten or twelve times brighter than an ordi nory gas jet, or four and a half times brighter thirn the very host gas burner can yieid. Moreover, acetyleno gives out much less heat than gas, and very much lees vapor. Add to these advan tages tho fact that acetylene can he liquified with ease, and kept in liquid form, and you have the claims of ace tylene in the rough. It is curious that acetylene nas become comraer- mlly possible as an iliumiuant by de velopments in electricity with which it will now have to campete. ew York Journal. horse gruel. Another man thought it was soup stock, and yet another said he was certain that saloon tree lunches were supplied out of the kettles. The beef tea theory, however, is the more probable, and the one generally ac cepted. Connected with the north side of the slaughter room is a small shed, enclosed, on the priuoiple of the "lean to, which is designated as the cool 'ug and packing room. Here the vis itor will And, behind a railing, half a ton or so of ice, with pile) of quarters near it, in the process of cooling. It is rather a primitive arrangement, as compared with the various cooling processes at the stock yards' puoking houses, but the proprietor is authority for the statement that none of the meat leaving his establishment iu bad. After it is snmcieutly cooled it ia packed io barrels and shiped aoross the ooean and othei viae disposed of. A railroad trestle 1000 feet long, with double tracks and a steel draw- bridge, has just been completed oyer n ado at j Colgate Creek, Maryland, great personal inconvenience because sho thought sho was charged too uiuoli for it. A Jiirgo Tooth. Whilo workmen were excavating n ditch in a swamp on tho farm of C. E. Perciva!, in tho southeastern part of Champaign County, a few days ago, they dug a huge tooth which has at tracted considerable curiosity and tho attention of scieutitio people. Tho tooth measured teu inches in length, four inches across the face of tho crown and weighed seven and one-half pounds. When it was brought to this city it was compared with n plaster cast of a mastodon's tooth in the Uni versity of Illinois, nnd it was found to correspond almost exactly with it. Burlington (Iowa) llawkeye. dame with a vein of originality con ceived tho idea of the picture hat, built after the fanhiou of some famous painting, and wore it, notwithstand ing the fact that it was not mode. This slight departure from established rules spread far aud wide, and it has now come to Paris. Frenchwomen are quite open to the suggestion of individualism in fash ion, and women in prominent social positions who are fair, clever aud ad mired have become advocates of tho new thought. They are now tukiug tho "ideas" for the works of art in j the wardrobe lrom the picture galler- decorate tho Louvre, are mado tho ar bitrators of what is worn. Tho rule is to try the various styles, and wheu ono is accepted, it should be woru at least two seasons. Another chronicler of fashions as serts that the hoopskirt is bound to bo with us again before another six months. Wo can only hope, adds tho Chicago Times-Herald, that tho first woman to reappear iu one will not share the fato of her unfortunate sister who wore one iu tho streets of New York in 1810. Sho was arrested by tho police. chapoans aro trimmed elegantly with rhinestouo buckles and a single perky up-Hare of flowers. In many cases mmmm TAL.L WKAPS. It seems such a pity to be obliged to cover tho pretty bodices of this season with a wrap of any sort, aud were it Andrew Fields, a Kentucky day laborer, who can remember Jackson's victory in New Orleans and who worked for Henry Clay, and Uncle Charley Basco of Pond Creek, W. Vu., claim the age of 1U5 aud 103 respectively. A JIOKSKLESS CAKKIAtiB IX EW YOKK. It came from Taris, aaya the Detroit Free Press, and is used by a New York firm for delivering sroods. A petroleum air engine provides motive power and its maximum speed is sixteen kilometers an hour. The inventor claims that the wagon's running expense daily is less than half that required in keening of a horse. The wagon's appearance does not differ materially from that of those now employed. The engine ia concealed in a square wooden box in the rear and is said to be almost noiseless. A crank in front guides the vebiole with acour aoy and three brakes keep it- under control. The tires aro of rubber and tho wagon is light, stanch and trim. I A NEW FA Lb CAPE. not that the wraps are so very enticing the fashionable girl would be apt to shiver aloug the avenues with no pro tection from the wiuds, says the New York ltecorder. Tho capes are perfect loves, and keep right in the lirst rank of favor with women in general, for there is, nor can there be, no more comfortable covering than a loose cape. The sleeves are still tremendous, one of the most marked features of the fall bodioe, and a jncket, even with the fullest kind of a sleeve, seems cranipy aud out of order. One hates to crowd and push a lovely big sleeve, all soft folds and puffs, into a oout sleeve, no mat ter of how big proportions ; there ia sure to bo more or less crushing. , Velvet is, as was predioted, in espe- sial favor for fall wraps but more of this later ; there are no end of lovely I1AT OF WOVEN HORSEHAIR. the trimming is very simple, but in the hat of this material that the artist presents here the trimming is abun dant. First, there is in iront ft hiro Louis XV. bow, made of rose pink rib bon overlaid with black guipure whose fancy edges extend beyond the rib bon. The bow has double loops on each side that droop over black rib bon arranged in pull's on tho brim. Ia ( trout a few malmaisou roses with biuU and foliage show. COLLARS AND (TFFS. The muslin collars and omTs hava had their day, but for the fall and winter bilk, velvet and satin ouea will take a proiniuent place among de tachable dress-triminiugs. On a Parisian model of lustrous black corded silk is a large sailor collar of black and white plaided taffeta silk. Tho collar ends in Bquato tabs iu front, instead of shawl-points, and is edged with two narrow whito crepe frills, with rosettes in eaoh oorner mado of uarrow black velvet ribbon. There ia also a neck-baud of the Mlk, with two very large velvetrosettes on eaoh side. Black or green velvet sailor collars are self-lined, oe they show a gay re verse sido of bright Tartan plaid cherry silk, or flower brocade in small patterns. THIO HATH FOlt ACTUMX. The fall hat differs from the sum mer one in one particular very strongly Whereas tho summer hat had to h picturesque or lose all claim to dis tinction, autumn headgear has to he merely chic. Broad brims, crowns ol many indentations and the like are tabooed, and the trim littlo bbapoe which are most capable of developing into the "chio" beneath a skilful milliner's touches havo taken their places. TRIMMINGS. Passementerie waist trimmings a" imported, and are very handaome aud expensive. There ia a standing collar of points, the entire sections for covering the shoulders and tops of the sleeves, with a long point for the front and sides shaped like an Eton jaeket, with a complete baok of the garuiturfli Prices paid for opals range from eoro v 51 -5 per oanoe.j
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