The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
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\ MAN living near Triton, Ga. has
pointer dog and a large brown cat.
The 90 out hunting together. The doc
points the birds and attracts their at
tentlon, while the cat, with a flank
movement in the rear, never fails to Sc
cure bird. They never banquet until
they have secured four birds, when
each of them dimes on two birds apiece.
The coroner of Buffalo, n Y, was in
vestlgatlng the sudden death of an old
man when clock owned bv the de-
ceased suddenly struck the hour of 10,
As the clock had stopped voluntarily
when the old man died, the happening
is thought 10 be rather strange.
TIE French Society of Men of Letters,
which had its convention in Paris on
april =, has pension fund of $500, 600
Tor Old and INDECENT members. Its
whole property is worth between $500
900 and sGoO,o0o. Its annual expendi-
lures are 100000, or about 5000 less
than its receipts.
LIE commander Of the st. Petersburg
police has issued an order that if a
horsepower is in arrears with his water
taxes he is TO be compelled by police
measures to pay them. But the water
supply IS not TO be cut off, in order that
the tenants shall not suffer for the de-
llnquency Of the landlord.
A CHAMBERsBuRC. Pa. man who swore
that his 1S-year-old old bride was Is
years Of age has been convicted of per
jury. But the girl of % who swears that
she Is IS has never had her crime ac-
curately defined by any court, SO far as
the record shows.
The latest fish story comes from
Ocala, Fla., where the cook at rastau-
rant is alleged to have found diamond
ring in a fish's stomach. The ring is of
handsome design and contains seven
small stones set in a circle, with one
larger than the rest in the center. In
side the band on the lower side are en-
graved the letters s. f. L. The ring is
valuable one, probably worth from
500 20 1928.
BLACK water snake which was dis
sected at the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege the other day, was found to CON
tain the bodies of four fishes. one of
these. which was about four inches in
length, had partially swallowed another
fish two-thirds its size 1t was, how
ever, not quite equal TO the task, and
the snake had captured both. This
curiosity will be preserved in alcohol as
museum specimen.
\ NEBRASKA man has what is prob
ably the queerest freak in existence.
1t is half monkey and half owl. In
color it is a dark or dirty yellow, and in
size is about like the ordinary owl. Tie
! mouth is large, and the face, as formed
by the features, presents the appear
ance of a monkey in every way The
eyes also take on that quick action
characteristic of Jocko. 1t makes no
sound save that similar to crying
| baby
The Anthropological Department of
the Smithsonian Institute las received
| from China pair of stockings manu-
featured from human hair. They are
worn by fishermen over cotton stock
lngs being too rough for the naked
skim and unders straw shoes a. protec-
ton against moisture. Hair unsuitable
for textile purposes is collected from
BARRIERS shops and sent to a part OF the
province for manurlng rice fields,
which, it would seem, are deficient in
silica