The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-01-18
Pluckinx and shearine Goose.

glish court for adjudication recently. A
poulterer was charged with cruelty to
forty-eight live geese by plucking them
of their feathers, and the owner of the
geese was charged with procuring the
commission of the offense. The pro-
,eedings were taken by the Society for
he Protection of Cruelty to Animals.
witness sWore that latter the geese
we're plucked their skins turned to
,urple color and they seemed to be il.
pain. They walked about with their
backs up, and shrank when touched.
The practice was shown by defendants
to be very prevalent. and the society
asked for nominal fine, to put a stop
to it. The defendants said it was the
custom Of the district to pluck the featn-
ers every six weeks, and if they were
stopped from doing 30 many people
Court imposed fine of Is shillings
upon the defendants, ana expressed
the hope that it would be a warning to
the otLer people. Plucking live geese
and ducks prevails all over the United
States.
There is species of large water fowl
whose habitat IN winter is the open
lakes of the interior, and their feathers
almost equal those of elder down, as
the stiff, troublesome quilts are absent.
Shearing geese and ducks could be
made to supersede plucking.
The Chinese Theory OF Evolution.
Adele ". Fielde, i'll Popular Science Monthly.
The rocks are the bones of the DI-
vine body, the soil is the flesh, the met
ais are the nerves and veins; the tide,
wind, rain, clouds, frost and dew are al!
caused by It's respirations, pulsations
and exhalations. Originally the noun
taIns lose to the ornament, and the
seas covered the mountains to their
tops. At that time there was in the
Divine body no life besides the divine
life. Then the waters subsidized; small
herbs grew, and in the lapse of cycles
developed into shrubs and trees.
As the body Of man, unwashed
for years. breeds vermin, go
the mountains, unlaved by the
seas, bred worms and insects, greater
creatures developing out of lesser.
Beetles in the course of ages became
tortolses, earth worms became serpents,
high lying insects became birds, some
Of the turtle doves became pheasants,
egrets became cranes, and wild cats be
came tigers. The praying mantIs was
by degrees transformed into an ape,
and some of the apes became hairless.
A hairless ape made a fire by striking
crystal upon a rock, and. with the spark
struck out. igniting the dry grass. With
the fire they cooked food. and by eating
warm victuals they grew large, strong.
and knowing, and were changed to men.
Trinity is Mighty Rich.
From the New York Times
The Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix has ad-
dressed letter to the Churchman in
the correction of an exaggerated state
ment Of the value of the property
owned by Trinity Church. He says:
: II is said in the item referred to that
our property IS worth $4,000 900.
This Is an astonishing exaggeration. 1t
far snrpasses statements on the same
subject which | have again and again
corrected in our year book and IN the
secular journals OF this country. Let
me give your readers demonstration
OF the wildness of the estimate.
''The income OF $4,000, 600 at ) per
cent. would be s. 10000. Our property
is managed on strict business princi-
pies ana with the earnest desire to
make it available ID the fullest extent
for tire purpose ofoGr trust, b It the en-
tire income from that property for the
year ending July IL. 1899, hardly, if at
all, exceeded S5S0,G0o. The difference
between S5SG, 600 and 81 $780, 900 may be
taken as fair expires sion of the differ
ence between the value Of the property
Of onr p,rish as fancifully estimated and
its actual value for practical purposes"
Walked Up EffectuaiIy.
4 iethargic. dormant condition of the liv-
er Is hardly to be overcome with drastic ca
tTartics and nauseous efola.ogues 4 gen
tier. rleasanter and lar more effective
means exists Of arouSino the organ when
Somnulent This is lIostetter'S Stomach
Filters. youched for by the medical frater-
nifty. tested by the public for many years.
\ resumption by the hillary organ of its
SecretiSe function. With the activity attend
ant upon health. a return to regularity of
the bowels. and renewal OF digestion. are
The 10 less happy and certain results OF us
iii. thc I,tters Systematically. It's laxative
effect is never painful and ,irenching. its
tendency hen. rather 10 perpetuate rcgu-
laritS than 10 produce a ealious action. Ma
iail.i. nervousness. debility. kidney troubles
and neuralgia i sahdues effeetually.
Felt IL Coming On.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Mamma ito family physician) Doc
tor. what are the symptoms of this new
influenza
Physician 1t begins in many eases,
madam, with a feeling of languor-an
indisposlton to any kind OF exertion
Willie setting down the coal bucket
II can feel II coming on, mamma"
fhysician-.Ani 4 total inability to
eat anything
Willie (pick,ng up the coal buck ct
again With great mptness But
don't think I'm going to have it very
bad
For Coughs and Throat Disorders
Use Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs. =
Have never changed my mind respecting
them. except ! think better of that which
| began thinking Well of. = Rer. HenrA
Ward Btectier. Sold only in boxes.
THE new regulation British small arm
is about to be issued to all government
forces. 1t appears. however that ne
good smokeless powder has yet been
discovered, or at least adopted by the
British. Some of the foreign critics say
that England is not in the same condi-
tioE as continental nations that the am
muniton of the former has to be stored
and used in ell sorts of climates, and
ALL or nearly all, the nitrate explosives
are very sensitive and very ugly
under climatic influence. The critics
do not see. however, why black powder
should not he used abroad and nitrate
powders be kept for home or European
service.
IL not abore being taught by a man
take tins good advice. Try Dol,bin>' Elcc.
trie soap neNt MoHduu Ii won't eoSt
much, and yon Will then know for uonrstli
Just how good il is. BE sure TO get no imi
tatian. There are lots of them
MAR Morgantown. Pa, two sycamore
trees standing about 10 feet apart, are
Joined together by limb Is inches
IN diameter. and it is impossible to tel
which tree it started 10 grow from.
VIZ recommend "Tansill's Punch,
Cigar.
SJAcoBs OIL