The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-12-14


ment, l do not know. He probably
had Fort Sumpter in mind, the analogy
of the temperance movement with the
anti-slavery propaganda being one
that the enthusiastic temperance work
er never loses sight Of
Raising Minks for Skins.
We all know about raising Belgian
hares and recently | reported prom
Using skunk industry From Lake Mills
comes the news of sensible enterprise
the promotion of mink skins. Mr..
L \. Harvey has been at it for some
time. He has a mink house thirty-fou:
feet by twenty-five with u yard about
It. The minks prefer to come out dur
ing the evening and receive their daily
portions Of meat at. that time.
The cruelty of the animal world is
the hardest thing in theology TO ex-
plain. Some hold it is the curse OF SIN
imposed on the transgressing OF Adam
and Eve, and others say the violence
Of stronger animals does not hurt the
victim-animals as much as we think
il does. At this point they differ with
Shakespeare:
The poor beetle. that we tread upon,
In corporal suffering feels a pang as
great
AS when Il giant dies.
And the mink is q brutal fellow.
"Wheneyer | have sick chicken,
said Mr.. Harvey, II take him right
over 70 DR. Mink and he does the bleed
ing in the good Old-faShiOned manner
Sure enough. when chicken, small
rabbit or anything alive is thrown into
The pen the fierce little rodents ara
after it in a minute. 1t takes about hv@
minutes of good sprinting to catch a
lively rabbit Once caught the mink
digs It's strong teeth into the rabbits
iugtllar vein and sucks out the blood.
They will never eat flesh when blood
can be obtained. A chicken Is clutched
by the mink under the wing and the
blood drawn out. At present Mr..
Harvey has about twenty minks, but
next summer there will probably BIZ
about POO or more. The sum paid TO-:
the Delts is about So each. Much diff
Guilty is experienced by Mr.. Harvey in
keeping the animals in captivity. They
are able to bore through almost any
thing and in one case were known to
have bored two feet under the fence.
The average mink Is about foot long.
A female is able TO crawl through an
opening half an inch wide. Mr.. Har-
vey continues to increase his stock by
ca pturing them in traps. They breed
once a year in large filters.
To Suppress Cruelty.
Madison had branch humane sOcie
ty-one of the thirty-twO Of the state
society-but is now mOribund, though
a gross case Of cruelty usually kindles
some one to complain. or otherwise
reaches the police. The Milwaukee
society is alive and has been for TWEEN
ty-one years. and It's anniversary has
Just been celebrated. The society has
secured legislation aimed at those who
torture child or beast. The extent Of
the state society's work-its agent. r.
D. Whitehead Is an active workers.
shown by the report. An average OF
over 800 complaints and investigation
II year have been made; and the rascal
or improved condition Of 3,772 chill
dren has been effected. Homes have
been found for 800 abused children
and 976 have been placed ia institu-
lions. Two hundred and seventeen
convictions have been secured FOR
cruelty to children-a glorious record.
Coming to animals of lower order,
2O9 convictions for cruelty are report
ed; 27O disabled horses removed in an
ambulance. and over thousand horses
killed to put them out of their misery.
Man is never so repellant as when in
passion or thoughtlessnessh he Expresses
those under him. And when in cold
blood for selfish qualification torment
is applied to the helpless it is devil
ish. For such there may be qualifica-
ton of COwper's glad thought:
Man may dismiss compassion from his
head,
But God will never.
How TO Preserve Eggs.
Wisconsin friends of Jerome Ray
! mond, formerly Of our own state uni
versity, who is now the head Of West
Virginia State university, occasionally
receives copies Of the bulletin" pub
lished at Morgantown. A recent one
notes that President Raymond is en-
deavoring to secure a portrait In oil
of the late William L. Wilson. to be
hung in the library of the West Vir-
ginia university. Mr.. Wilson, as presi-
dent of the university, was most
highly esteemed.
Another item notes the recent adj
mission of West Virginia university to
the Central Oratorcal league in which
are Cornell and other good institu-
tons.
The horticulturist of the experiment
station has now in progress report of
certain Investigations relating to dis
ease affecting the apple orcha rds and
fruit of West Virginia.
BUT the item that most interests us
has to do with preserving eggs.
I The chemist has been working for
two years. Eggs can be kept in lime
water and brine solutions, but these
processes always impart to the egg a
more or less disagreeable taste and
odor, and it is always an easy matter
to detect such eggs. even after they
have been cooked. No liquid has yet
been discovered that will not find its
way through the shell. affecting the
contents to a greater or less extent.
Waterglass has been tried out west
with promise. but 1t is too soon TO say
whether the method could be relied on
to keep eggs in good condition from
early summer to late in the winter
The method that this West Virgin a
chemists most approves consists in