Advantage is taken in South America of the intense heat of the tropical sunlight in drying 

 cattle hides. The odor is the most objectionable feature of this method 



Drying Cattle Hides in a Broiling 

 Tropical Sun 



ONE of the strangest sights which will 

 greet the traveler from the North 

 in visiting the small tropical countries 

 along the eastern coast of South America 

 is an occasional large tract of land 

 covered with long racks of wood upon 

 which are strung cattle hides drying in 

 the sun. Whenever one of these inter- 

 esting tracts is approached the visitor 

 after one or two experi- 

 ences does not have to 

 be forewarned ; the odor 

 which arises from them 

 is almost unbearable. 

 The intense heat of the 

 tropical sun causes rap- 

 id decomposition of the 

 fleshy parts, which cling 

 to the hides, so that 

 they dry quickly; but 

 while they are drying 

 the stench that ema- 

 nates from them is sick- 

 eningly offensive. 



Dried hides comprise 

 one of the chief means 

 of revenue of Uruguay. 



A Whipping Machine 

 to Cure Nervousness 



THERE must have 

 been merit in the 

 "birch tea" of child- 

 hood, for the same rem- 

 edy is prescribed in 

 sanitariums nowadays 

 for invalids. In other 



His nervous, tired body is receiv 

 ing a soothing series of slaps 



words, it is considered that a healthy re- 

 action may be gained from a "spanking." 

 In the mechano-therapy departments 

 of up-to-date institutions, the "whipping 

 post," a mechanical device for thera- 

 peutic paddling is an accredited healing- 

 machine. 



You are whipped by straps of heavy 

 cloth or leather attached to two rapidly 

 revolving posts. When you take the 

 treatment you step backward into the 

 flying whips and re- 

 ceive their blows upon 

 your legs, back, abdo- 

 men or chest, depend- 

 ing upon the malady 

 from which you are 

 suffering. The impact 

 of the straps is just 

 sufficient to set the 

 blood in free circula- 

 tion. There is no smart- 

 ing, stinging sensation 

 because the straps are 

 broad enough to elimi- 

 nate any possibility of a 

 cutting blow. You are 

 paddled rather than, 

 lashed. 



The "whipping post" 

 is valuable in many 

 types of nervousness. 

 It is also valuable in in- 

 creasing blood circula- 

 tionandrelievingnumb- 

 ness. Certain forms of 

 paralysis though not 

 responsive to other 

 treatment, are bene- 

 fited. 



