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Show Ingenious Plea Made by Rascal. Nolody Is worried nowadays b) the fael that the twelfth month of the year Is called the teulh December," aays a writer, and no doubt evet the ancient Homans soon sot used tc the anomaly when the new year wai shifted back from March to January though the old names of the month were retained. Hut there was one ol them who road Ingenious use of It Llclnlua. a rascally procurator at Lyons under Augustus. lie Insisted on haring certain monthly payment made fourteen time a year, arguing when December came round, that, a it was the tenth month of the year and there ought to be twelve, there must be two more to be accounted for. The Humming Bird. Scientifically humming birds are trochilidae," and those who make a special study of them are trochldiste" although the birds are not Identical with the old Greek "irochl- lus" or "runner" bird, which, accord- ing to Herodotus, entered the laws ot the sleeping crocodile and obliged Its - big friend by picking leeches from his throat The Spanish name for the humming bird Is "tomlnejo" meaning a third of a dram, and referring, of course, to the bird's minuteness. But the prettiest names are those, such as the French froufrou, which refer to the humming noise sometimes produced by the almost incredibly rapid vibration of the wings. "Purring with her wings" Is the expression of Thomas Morton (1632), the first English writer to mention the humming The Part He Took. The head of the college was Tery bird. angry. Bo you confess that this unfortunate young man wras carried to Many Murders Unavenged. the pump and drenched with water? Sixteen murders have been commitNow what part did you take In this ted In the Metropolitan area of LonThe left leg, don during the past ten years andj disgraceful affair?" tr,M the replied undergraduate, none of tha murderers have yet been! discovered. meekly. Year 1905 Sales. Tha total distributive sales for 1905 exceeded $200,000,000. This total is realized from the sale of fresh meats (beef, mutton and pork), provisions, produce (poultry, butter and eggs), soaps, glues, oils, bones, fertilizers, feathers, casings, hides, wools, pelts and other derived from cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry. ts Margin of Profit. The Industry Is operated on a margin of less than 2 cents to each dollar of sales. Swift & Co. do not sell at retail. Their entire output is sold at wholesale to many thousands of dealers in various parts of the world. There are hundreds of local slaughterers throughout the United States, who buy their live stock in competition with the packer doing an interstate and international business. Likewise the packer must sell In competition with the local slaughterers. There are no secret processes in the industry, no complicated and expen- sive factories, and as live stock can be purchased in almost every hamlet and city, and the preparation of eats is simple in the extreme, local Slaughtering will long remain a factor in the production of fresh meats and provisions. Economic Advantages. The large packing houses will, however, always have these advantages: Locations at the chief live stock centers, with the opportunity to buy the best live stock; manufacturing in large quantities, at the minimum of expense; utilization of all waste mate- rial; refrigeration; mechanical appli- ances; highly efficient business management. These advantages are reflected in the quality of the packers output, a quality that has reached its highest development in the products bearing the name and brand of Swift. Purchasing Live Stock. The principal live stock centers are St. Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, i TREAT and CURE CATARRH ell fwtMt 4laa tha 1)1,141, mm.IIvnI, lwjt. ! f , ' 11 I j lir, tkrtnii.Mnttuu balk aaiaa, private af thi.Aran. a4 4Uoa Special Offir In Prlvata Diseases eaaaoA b lao-uoa- . Unfortunate. of boifcaaiat, ba ara aaSartnf froaa Private Dloaaoaa-vbaib- ar or fontAloa bate aloaja teen loulaA opon laaiusaio rar br tba Bfeorta ajU bo poa 11 InicliiiiM" ana rub vba aaffarar for oortb oa irnl-Ma- l CJknrlaiaaa fRg. HCCB DO b'UT aSE Tot TO riT TUSH ON UULLAK UNTIL CURSD-riTLSM TOL WISU TO TOlK.HXI.r. DUS BHORSa' KNOW THXT CAN CCKS AND DO CUSS PRIVATE D18KASSS IS SOTS ISXKS PSRHANKNTLT. aad to PKOVB Ualr aklll. la Ibla alaaa af oLaaou. veer kraaA and anra aaeb mm bafora tba pUtol la roqalrad to par Dr. Bboraa oaa dollar. Ur tbooa win ptafcf, orakif or moaiblr liiullarau atiba ror p rue roam. TUI H03IMT may par tba faa la A SO. Benia a earn bloo ie the goarb nn4 raktrnbo rtAN oraUDEaI.INU WITU a Did roa avar baar af a Taker rafaoAn a Aeanend Cab. la aarhacf for eapip promtae to a da pad patlaat? 1 aka ao abaacoa p on aaenot (oaa roar noaae tf ron don't par II aat poear Nlaa-tootb- a WBAINKSSKS Of HEN" ara nliopir taa roawll of aalarood aa of ao oallod Bboroe nao LOCAL TREATMENT for aorb aaaaa. IN VARIlataanad PROSTATA OLAMD-D- ra. ABLY CURES nab Oibar Doctor boo ntaar aaaaa thep aara tba old aad aaa aao pla ad traatiaaot for tkl iroub'B. Wa cora UNT Id AN Hot) D. Samlanl Waaboaaa. Suormaawib GONORRHOEA. ITruiLlS. VARICOCELE aad bladrad troabiaa. la laaa Mas a aad Kt nay. I baa aar laaUiatloa la tba at, every oaaa I ooaddaaUal oa never nee a eameea beaaay a aoarat. Ooatal'atloa, EiamtaaUoa aad Adrtaa ERRS br mall or at tba eBee. OrriCE UOURS: a aa ta A p at: Evaalaf f to ; Baadara aad bolldara It a aa t II. tautb Mi IB I Wool DRS. SHORES & SHORES, Eipert Specialists, Salt Ubd tU yta aatl ms truer aar na W 249 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Paul and Fort Worth. The same methods of purchasing cattle, sheep and hogs prevail at all cities. At Chicago, which is the largest market, there are about two hundred and fifty buyers, representing packers', local slaughterers In various cities and exporters. Of this number, less than a score are employed by Swift & Company. Employes. The farmer ships his live stock to The total number of persons emto a commisChicago, consigns them ployed In all the Swift packing plants sion firm at the Union Stock Yards, and branch houses aggregate over who sees that they are unloaded and 26,000 persons. Conditions for emput In pens. Then the buyers Inspect ployes in the various manufacturing them, make their offers to the com- and operating departments Is continmission dealer, who accepts or rejects ually improving with the construction as his judgment dictates. All buying of new buildings and the installation must be finished at 3 oclock each day, of new and equipment. and the buyer must pay spot cash. Sanitation and Hygiene. If the commission man has no satisThe housewife makes no greater effactory offers, he can hold his stock over to the next day. He gets his fort to keep her kitchen clean than to commission from the farmer, and nat- we do keep in sanitary and hygienic condition our abattoirs. They are urally strives to get the highest posthoroughly scrubbed at the close of sible price for his client. each days operations, and automatic Wholesale Distributing Houses. appliances are used wherever possiA wholesale distributing house is a ble in order to eliminate the personal of meats. Rigid rules govgiant refrigerator, but instead of handling shelves there are trolley rails, from erning these points are strictly enwhich are suspended hooks to hang forced; laxity means dismissal. the carcasses. Some of the houses Visitors Always Welcome. cost as much as a hundred thousand No other industry in the world dollars to build and equip. As a rule gives such a cordial welcome to visitthey are of pressed brick, the insides ors as Swift & Co. We keep open being lined floor, walls and ceiling house the year around, and maintain with highly polished hardwood. The a corps of specially trained guides, floors are covered daily with fresh with special elevators and rest rooms. sawdust, and all are kept spotlessly In one year we have entertained over clean. There are over three hundred a quarter of a million of men and of these wholesale houses in various women; in one day Grand Army cities of the United States, and the Day, 1901 we entertained 23,000. public is always welcome to visit Among our visitors have been ambasthem. sadors from foreign governments, princes, noblemen and distinguished Packing Plants. citizens from all lands and eminent All the Swift & Company plants are folks from every state in thfe Union. located at the great live stock marWe wish to familiarize the public kets, in the heart of the great agri- with our methods, and the best way cultural sections, where can be pur- to do that is to let the public see for chased the finest grades of cattle, itself. We have no secret processes sheep and hogs. We have seven pack- or methods in any department. ing plants, employing at each from Swifts Premium Hams and Bacon. two to eight thousand persons. The following gives the locations Swifts Premium Hams and Bacon and sizes of the different plants: are more widely and favorably known i h, llama TrxIaMt Caro. Writ far fraa aympaana llat If too not mil, CaaatlUllaa fro. up-to-da- j atom-at- LLAArr When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. than any other brand. Their popularity is due to the uniform quality aad flavor of the meat, and to their flue appearance when received from the dealer. Each piece is branded on the rind, "Swifts Premium U. S. Inspected," and wrapped in cheesecloth and white parchment paper. Look for the brand, Swifts Premium," when buying haras and bacon. Swifts Silver Leaf Lard Is a strictly pure lard, kettle rendered, and put up in 3, 5 and sealed pails, it is Americas Standard I.ard, and enjoys a high reputation and an enormous sale. 10-pou- Swift's Soaps. An interesting feature of a trip through the Chicago plant is a visit to the soap factory, one of the largest and most complete in this country. There we manufacture numerous toilet and laundry soaps, and washing powders. Among which are: Wool Soap, widely and favorably known; for toilet and bath, and washing fine fabrics. Crown Princess Toilet Soap, highly perfumed. Swifts Pride Soap, for laundry and household use. Swifts Pride Washing Powder, unsurpassed for all cleaning purposes. Swifts Specialties. Swifts Premium Ham Swifts Premium Bacon Swifts Premium Sliced Bacon, Swifts Premium Lard Swifts Winchester Ham Swifts Winchester Bacon Brookfield Farm Sausage Swifts Silver Leaf Lard Jewel Lard Compound Swifts Cotosuet Swifts Jersey Butterine Swifts Beef Extract Swifts Beef Fluid Swifts Premium Milk-Fe- d Chicken Swifts Soaps. Wool Soap Scented Toilet Soaps Swifts Pride Soap Swifts Pride Washing Powder |