
-APROPOS OF “EMBALMED BEEF.” 
Our bitter opponents, the Agrarians of 
Germany, have seized upon Gen. Miles’ 
“embalmed beef” accusation and have made 
it an exceedingly weighty factor in 
strengthening their warfare on the meats 
of America. In fact, they have used it so 
effectually that the powers that be have 
brought forward a proposition anent meat 
examination which will completely knock 
out American meat exporters if it is adopt- 
ed. The board of inquiry has declared that 
there was no embalmed beef, yet what do 
the Agrarians care for the board! The 
“embalmed beef” cry has answered their 
purpose---that is all they desired. 

PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada 
runs through a country which has enor- 
mous possibilities for fishing, shooting, 
bathing, boating and tourist recreation in 
general. Starting at Montreal, it includes 
the great salmon and trout rivers of Quebec 
and the Maritime Provinces, and extends 
to Sydney, Cape Breton, whence a short 
steamship journey lands the tourist at the 
starting point of the newly opened railway 
line across Newfoundland. Along the 
route of the Intercolonial are such invit- 
ing and picturesque regions as the Meta- 
pedia valley, Gaspe peninsula, the Baie de 
Chaleur, Prince Edward Island, the Bay 
of Fundy, the most attractive parts of 
Nova Scotia and that famous inland sea, 
the Bras d’Or, which extends through the 
island. of Cape =Breton.. In no part of 
America is there so great a variety of 
scenery and of attractions, while the climate 
is of the most tonic and invigorating char- 
acter. 
Recognizing the requirements of the in- 
creasing number of summer visitors to this 
country, the Intercolonial Railway has re- 
cently procured a new outfit of vestibule 
trains, consisting of luxuriously furnished 
dining, sleeping and day cars, finished in 
solid mahogany and equipped with every 
modern convenience, which have no equals 
in Canada, and which make rapid time to 
all parts of the country. No tourist can 
afford to miss seeing the Maritime Prov- 
inces, and the Intercolonial is the route by 
which to travel through them. Full in- 
formation furnished on application to Jno. 
M. Lyons, General Passenger Agent, 
Moncton, N. B. 

A GREAT AMERICAN INDUSTRY. 
._The New York Condensed Milk Co., of 
New York City, has just been re-organized 
and incorporated as Borden’s Condensed 
Milk Co. The capitalization is $20,000,000. 
The incorporators are H. Lee Borden, Jo- 
seph Milbank, William J. Rogers, Albert J. 
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Milbank and Isaac Milbank. This com- 
pany is the largest manufacturer of proprie- 
tary food products in the world. 
Gail Borden’s first output was in 1857. 
The fame of Borden’s Eagle Brand became 
world-wide. The civil war made heavy de- 
mands for its product, and the Northern 
armies were supplied as extensively as man- 
ufacturing facilities would permit. It was 
a happy day when the Southern soldier was 
lucky enough to get access to a Union sup- 
ply train, and thereby obtain Borden’s Con- 
densed Milk. 
During the late war with Spain among the’ 
first food supplies to follow the American 
troops, whether in Cuba, Porto Rico or the 
Philippines, was the Eagle Brand and no 
Red Cross outfit was considered complete 
without a liberal stock. Since the days of 
Dr. Kane, the exploring expeditions to the 
Arctic regions, have deemed it their most 
important item of food. Lieutenant Peary 
only recently testified to its value, and his 
present expedition was well supplied with 
it. 
Constant additions to the company’s man- 
ufacturing facilities have been made to keep 
pace with the increasing demand. New fac- 
tories have been added, until now it oper- 
ates 15 large plants, among which are some 
that outrank in size, capacity and actual 
product manufactured, any other factories 
of a similar nature in the world. 

Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn., send out 
a circular which reads as follows: 
Owing to the increased demand for a 
Parker Hammerless gun, at ‘a lower price 
than formerly manufactured by us, we have 
been induced by our many customers to 
place such a gun on the market. 
We can now supply you with a 12 gauge 
“Vulcan” steel (black barrel) gun, 28, 30 
and 32 in. barrels, weights 71%4 to 9 lbs. Also 
in 16 gauge and 20 gauge, 26, 28 and 30 in. 
barrels, weights 6% to 8 lbs. Drop, 2% to 
2 ine lenett OF stock; “14 to idl in, 
American walnut stock checked and en- 
graved, pistol or straight grip, and hard 
rubber butt plate. Catalogue price, $50. 
This gun, in material and workmanship, 
is first class, and will be kept up to our 
high standard in fitting, shooting and wear- 
ing qualities. It will fill the wants of per- 
sons desiring a genuine Parker gun at a 
medium outlay. 
We also call special attention to the fact 
that we can supply you with a plain black 
barrel called “Titanic” steel, which we do 
not hesitate to recommend as a _ hard, 
tough, thoroughly reliable barrel, and in 
consequence suitable for shooting nitro 
powders. 
We unhesitatingly recommend them for 
trap and pigeon guns when a party desires 
a barrel similar in appearance to the Whit- 
worth Fluid Pressed Steel, 
