The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-08
With the Long BolU
%--"Eye Nature's walks, shoot foAy@as files"
Hairy Caterpillar Soup a Dainty Luxury IN South
America-People Who shudder at It in North
America Make No Bones of Eating the Hairy Cow.
TITLE Florence read in her natural history book

TITLE Florence read in her natural history book
the other day that some nations of South Amer
l. lea made a very paatabe and rich soup out of
the hairy caterpars that found in that country
She took her shudder of horror to mamma and they
both enjoyed shuder together at the disgusting idea
But father, severely practical looked up from his
paper and said to mamma: $50. -. ~
''Which would you prefer to eat, few spoonfuls Of
caterpillar soupsor slice cut from the cow?''
Then they did another shudder at the thought of
eating the kindly Pr
There is nothing like getting used to idea. Very
few people in this country object to eating the
or the pig they will shudder at the idea of eating
the caterpillar But in India or China the idea OF
eating the pig the is offensive. Somehow it
quite right when you take into considera
ton the facts of killing, etc. But what you going
to do about t7 Then there's that matter OF hunting
for sport.
claims that hunting is relic of the barbarsm in mans
nature. The Claim says:
'One of the most piteous sights is to see life pass
of the innocent, quvering, helpless grouse, quail
dove other birds. Often these garnished
with the cheers and laughter Of the hunters, when
beating out the brains of the birds that sharply cry
and cling to their lives.
= ''The more humane and civilized maa becomes the
he will despise the killing for fun Such
ment marks the low savage instinct.'
How any man of genuine sympathy and kindly dis
position enjoy the killing of nofensive nnocents
is mystery.
Still other people like to wear beautiful dry goods
with gold lace, etc., it and go out and kill their
fellow
- When we sit down and think these things OUT we
against all sorts of trouble. If you going to
kill things people you must not think much about
it. IF you think about it, it ruins your enjoyment in it.
49,
After careful survey of the sweet pea crop our
estimator finds that it has been cut about $4,000
blossoms by the frost of Sunday night This however,
will occasion crop shortage, as the acreage this
spring increased enough to offset the shortage
occasioned by the frost.
The songmakers have not failed to grasp the stua-
tion and have been for time turning out vast
quantities of what is called the 'san Francisco Dis
aster Song in larger type, ''Wat Till the Sun
Shines Frisco.' The song tells how ION Wednesday
morn it just at dawn, San Francisco got shock
and later, how "a cry of fire from the coast rose
higher' and swings into this refrain.
Wait till the shines, Frisco tho stricken help is
nigh
We will send succor, Frisco, don It you sigh;
Relief trains fast speeding, Westward they will fly
Wait till the sun shines, Frisco, by and by
The telephone companies very shortly may be able
sing hay youy good day you' to their strk-
ing linemen, for wireless telephoning is fact.
Charles E. Aldens discovery of the secret has
opened up field of experiment and will doubt
great DEAL in time, rid the of dis
figuring and dangerous wires and poles. It dawnel
upon Mr. Alden day that if wireless teegraphy
easy the wireless telephone ought to be equally
simple. He lost time after this hint in construct
ing telephone along experimental lines. The nstru
mont small that he could put it in his vest
pocket It attached to wireless Marconi bat
terry.
One evening few weeks ago Mr.. Alden set w
his telephone in his studio Martha s Vineyard
island, and as he sat smoking his afterdinner pip
and wondering where he had better set up his sending
apparatus, he startled by the sound of voice il
the Outside the storm howled along the coas
and beat the waves against the rocks of the island
''Hello Hello! Is that Mr.. Smith7 Yesg Com
this evening if you CAM
''A right. Goodbye
Mr.. Allen sat bolt upright. Then he got up an
went to the door. There was there. The lttl
instr he hlo hprran to 11v oroip
another voice. different this time.
Mr. Allen realized the situation His little instru
ment was not waiting for his sending instrument t
be set up, but pilfering messages from the Ne1
- England Telephone companys wire which alon
o road three miles away. Wild with delight, M
Allen rushed across lots and got of his friend
to come in and witness the of his discover
When they arrived this little apparatus still bus
disclosing neighborhood gossip
It is not necessary for to enter the state (
1natrmony to hear all the talk that is coming to hir
He may set up his wireless receiver and discover a
that his neighbors have for dinner-and some 9th
things. "A. J. R.