Show Inspection by Tapping Among the most Incomprehensible proceedings to be observed within the vast area ot Woolwich Reserve Depot are the doings of 0 small part of officials offi-cials one of whom appears to do nothing noth-ing all day long but sit at a table and Lap on the lop of tin canisters after the manner of a child beating on the upturned end of his drum The tins are passed before him about as fast as he can lap them and absolutely nothing eeems to come of the game To the unenlightened onlooker It is quite unintelligible un-intelligible The tins contain meat and before they are passed Into the store It lsv of course important to examine tho condition of what Is Inclosed and this In fact Is tho way It Is done The trained ear of the expert examiner can tell whether the meat Is In a wholesome or a putrid condition by the sound emitted emit-ted when rapped with the stick Just as the examiner of railwaycarriage wheels Is Supposed to be able to tell whether the wheel ho taps with his hammer Is cracked or not The rapidity rapid-ity with which the business is gone through and tho seeming inattention of the performer with the sticks and his total Indifference to all sorts of noises about him render the procedure a very curious one lo watch The test Is said to be practically Infallible London News |