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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
FOWL PHENOMENA
STARTLES OHIO TOWN
Hen at COnneaut Lays Eggs
With Printed Words in
Shell.

At Couneaut, Ohio phenomenal hen
has, from entirely veracIous accounts,
laid an egg with several words printed
in newspaper type on the inside of the
she'll,
A Cleveland medical authority init
mates that the Conneaut phenomenon
has been noted in several European uni
versties, and is entirely possible, ac-
cording to advanced materla medlca.
Therefore hen ralsers may rest assured
that if they open their breakfast eggs
any morning to discover that their IA
vorite journals have invaded new
field il will not be entirely Il novelty.
The Conneaut hen is owned by Mrs.
Vera Benjamin, who was shelllng a
hard boiled egg. when she found the
words "$2 weekly Gazette clearly
printed on the inside of the shell,
The dispatches say it chad all the
resemblance of coming from news
paper story
Now. this is entirely reasonable,
thinks DR. Martin Friederich, city
health officer of Cleveland He backs
himself up with the staff of the Uni
versitv of Munich.
"When I went to school there he
said. "the so.called psychological fac
tor in hcredity was being examined
infinitely.
myself for an absolute statement that
n Conneaut hen. or any other brand Of
hen. for that matter. would he apt to
take a mental impression from scrap
of paper IN her nest and transfer IT
to the inside of her egg she laid. bnt
that very process might have been fol
lowed -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
SNAKE STORIES ARE NOW IN ORDER

Washington county, Pennsylvania,
now comes to the front with an egg
eating blacksnake. James Applebart
of West Finley township has Ply
mouth Rock hen that recently made its
nest at the bottom of an old haystack.
Each day the hen was heard cac6ling
but no eggs were ever found. Recently
a commotiou was heard at the haystack
The hen was found savagcly fighting n
huge blacksnake. The snake was killed
and dissection showed it had swallowed
without cracking the shells, an even
dozen Of eggs Applicant set the eggs
TO see if they will still hatch
Miss Mary Kelly of Wakefield,
Mass, school teacher, who had been
i'll several days, received at her home
this afternoon, from the hands of a
young man, what appeared to be a
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
TOT READS SHAKESPEARE
Juvenile Prodigy, Aged 5, Who Likes
the Bard of Avon.

At the age Of , years and months,
Charles Ross Buchanan, son of farm
chat the majority Of children do not
read until they are ten years older.
He has excited the attention Of educa
tors.
Asked what kind of reading he liked
best, he replied: ''I have Just finished
reading Shakespeare s AS You Like
It,, but ] think Charles Dickens bet
ter His mother. who was q school
teacher at Vinccnncs, Ind, says Charles
spends about four hours each day in
reading to her. He has never been to
school, and seldom plays with older
children, ''Charles spoke his first words
when he was six months old, and four
months later could talk ilueDtly. He
knew his alphabet even before he could
talk plainly When asked what he in
tended to be when he grew up, he said;
The railroad business appeals to me.
The railroad monopolies win soon con-
troll almost everything.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
BIGGEST BRIDEGROOM
IN WORLD IN GEORGIA
Weighs $40 Pounds, While
His Bride Only Weighs
105 Pounds.

W. T. Bronson of Waycross. Georgia,
is the biggest bridegroom in the world.
He weighs Just SO pounds. Miss Lucia
Allen. his bride, weighs exactly 100.
All their courting had TO he done by
letter, because the 100 miles that sep
aratcd the sweethcarts were far too
difficult and uncomfortable for the
swain. ardent as he was, TO cover And
when il came time to have the parson
make them one, il was the bride who
had, perforce. 10 90 10 her bridegroom
Everything Bronson possesses had to he
made to order. His suits take three
times the quantity of cloth used for the
ordinary man. He is two feet larger
around the waist than around the
shoulders. His knee is twice as large
as his wife S slim waist. His collars
are twenty-five inches around.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02

were ''il'' Sunday Untold thousands
are victims Of all sorts of complaints.
4 record of the "sick'' ones makes
Kansas look like an n6rmary. Coin
cidentally the drug stores did more
business last Sunday than they have
done IN many years, probably than ever
before. In spite of the epidemic of
varIegated diseases the doctors had n
sleepy Sunday, but before night the
drug clerks were wan and worn from
overwork. All Kansas used the same
medicine-becr and whisky, and more
than $4,000 prescriptions - arc filed
monthly in this city alone, Skrptical
persons see connection between this
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
EYELASHES TO ORDER
Ingenious Inventor Creates Demand
Among Women Beauty Seekers.

"Please send me another dozen eye
lashes. = This is sample of numer-
Gus orders being received by an in
genious inventor in London, who has
created demand among women beauty
seekers for false lashes to replace ma
ture's fringes with which the owners
are dissatisfied, The patentee claims
that hundreds of women are eagerly
buying eyelashes, especially those who
spend much time in automobiling They
visit him to be fitted in the first in
stance, but after their preliminary fix
ture the lashes keep in good shape for
a month, They may then need a lttlo
attention, such as curling with warm
tongs and receiving touch of a special
fluid
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
EAGLE SEXES CALF
Great Bird Attacks Man, But Is Killed
After Fierce Struggle.

As George ". White sat in his ward
IN Germantown, Pa, he heard screams
from several children who had been
playing in nearby field, and saw the
children running IN every direction. Mr.
White also saw something that looked
like balloon settle down in the field
He secured his gun, and. approaching
the spot, saw a big eagle with ats talons
fast in the back Of a small calf, and
the cnlf's mother making frantic eff
forts to save it. White shot the bird
in the wing, whereupon it released the
calf and attacked White. After fierce
struggle the bird was killed. 1t meas
ured seven feet from tip to tip Of its
wings and three feet from head to tail
feathers
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
HYMN SINGER FINED
Fellow Worshipers Had Him Arrested
for Disturbing the Services.

Charles Morgan, who resides in the
country few miles west of Parkers-
burg, West Va, was indicted by the
grand jury for disturbing religious wor-
Ship, and he appeared in Criminal Court
today, pleading guilty to h7oass the cha charge,
sang out too loud for some of the
other brethren. He became enthusiastic
when the old hymns were started, and
he gave full range to his rich, strong
voice, which offended some Of the others
for the reason that he got ont Of tune
occasionally and this Jared on their
nerves. Their cxpostulations were in
vain, While none of the evidence was
heard il is intimated that if the case
had to come to trial, the witnesses for
the State would have testified TO the
same facts. Judge Showalter imposed
a fine of SO and costs and gave him
two days in jail
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02

condition of affairs and the fact that
the saloons have been closed and the
brewers and Wholesale liquor dealers
driven out of business. There is Just
one way to get "A drink in Kansas now
go to a drug store and sign a certrh-
cate to the effect that the beverage
is for medicinal purposes. Moreover
the purchaser must designate the NAL
Every disease known to the medical
science has its victims, according to
these victims. Insomnia and indigestion
are the most common, but the ST. Vitus
dance is running wild and the palsy
staggering through the State, Chicken
pox is flying around and yellow fever
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
STALLI0N'S BITE
CAUSES DEATH OF
A C0L0RED MAN

: Weld Hendee, a wealthy stock :
+ man of Berthoud, Colo, is dead
: there from blood-poisoning,
!. caused by being bitten in the :
: right leg last week by a blood :
: cd stallion, which suddenly be :
!. came infuriated and attacked
: him. Hendee was riding horse
: back, leading the stallion, when
: the animal suddenly seized his
: leg in its teeth. The stallion
: pulled Hendee from his saddle
: and whirled him about, dashing
+ him 10 the ground with such
: force as to render him inseusi-
!. BILE. The animal was about 10
!. trample upon the PROSTATE and
: helpless stockmau when assist
: ance arrived. Hendee was taken
: to Berthoud Immediately for
: medical treatment, but blood
: poisoning developed and death
: resulted. Hendee lived on a big
: ranch few miles south Of that
:. place. He was 40 years old and
: is survived by widow
:. x :. = =. :. = r = = !. :: = = =
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
there ARE SOME ODD STORIES S>S<'s$ SS::
KANSAS IS NOW GREAT INFIRN1ARY

victims walk the streets, and nobody
seems afraid of catching II from them.
Grippe, Bright s disease, mumps, bron-
chitis. dandruff, epilepsy. typhoid FEVER;
scarlet fever, pneumonia, cuts ana
burns, deafness-not to mention corns,
warts and buuions-for all these things
and many more beer or whisky Is the
only sure remedy, guaranteed TO cure
or money refunded.
Not in many years has Topeka been
"iointless. - Tho dens where intoXi..
cnnts were sold openly in violation Of
the law are closed. locked and barred,
The consequence is that drug stores OF
certain class are now doing thrIN-
ing business
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
PUPS AS SLEUTHS
Trailed Boy Thieves and Picked Them
From Crowd.

Policeman Leggett of Tarhoro. n c.,
has two cold sleuth" puppies that are
the pride of that section. A few days
ago Halford Lilies found that somebody
had broken into the house on the golf
grounds and taken some cotton seed
that he had stored there. Policeman
Leggett was informed and put his two
puppies on the trail which they fol
lowed to Runnymede There the dogs
became confused. Mr.. Leggctt conclud
ed that hope Of finding the boys was
over, but as a last resort let the dogs
smell around among the boys that gath
cred about as he went along. After
awhile they met two boys, one of whom
the dogs sprang upon, then went to
Mr.. Leggctt and began growing. The
boys were then charged with breaking
into the house and admitted that they,
with several others. had done so.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
MOUSE OF ENORY0|
South Carolina Farmer b
His Brand Of Bcd-

Following close upon ths |
90-pound rat. at Glen Jean, 4
enterprising citizen Of that
the news that a 200-pound 4
by Hallowell Dabney, at s.
the same State dnring ths 1
mouse as described by Nh. y
a pale gray color with mauV.|
its eyes of sky blue with
vermillion, and its ears a =
low, striped with fddle's n
day a wagon left a Chsr's
sale house with a quantlig
and beer for q saloon at 81
broke down on the way, ~
ney was left TO watch The
new wagon came this ~
Dabney saws he first saw
mouse shortly after 9 ot9
down n mulberry tree bsss'
enormous size Of the rode1;'
him. and he remsined g4
consumed n quantity Of ias
beer. In the midst Of Its
came frightened at 8 Pass
train and ran back tOwan
stepping on Mr.. pabnsy =
his unconscious. Mr.. Dso'9
able story is borne out By q
n quantity of the i1t91lt,,'
appeared and Mr.. Dabnsy
scious when found this mon
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
AUTO, LIKE HOTEL,
HAS BIG DINING
ROOM AND BEDS

= w. Gould Brokaw S new au- e
:. tomobile. which has iust APP
:. peared on the streets Of Paris.
= is n further approach to a house
= on wheels, at once luxurious and
= quickly movable. II is larger
= than an old-fashioned stage and
:. moro resembles an English rail
= way coach than an ordinary
= touring car. Small wonder that
:, crowd of gaping rubber
= necks surrounded the ear
:. whenever il halted before his
:, hotel here. The car is of seven
= ty-five horse power. On its roof
+ are snugly packed tent poles and
= a large camping outfit, The roof
= also accommodates eight spare
= tires and the electric dynamo
= which supplies power for the
= lights that illumine and the fans
= that cool the interior. So roomy
= rs IL that 1T contains two beds,
= lavatory with hot and cold
= water and a dining table, at
= which six persons can enjoy
= themselves Mr. Brokaw de-
- clares that he would not hest
:. tate 10 explore any part Of the
= world in this car: even to go
= tiger hunting in India. for he
= carries small armory of sport
= ing weapons. He has Travelled in
= his car as far as Lucerne.
:. :. !. :. :. !. = :. :. :. :. :. :.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
WIGS OF spun q
Famine in Human hM
Industry

The enormous feminln'
artificial coils and souEa
to a famine IN human nsu
Formerly Swiss and GsIn,
piled the world of iasISiI II
With luxuriant tresses Of =
the governments Of ~
are now making IL lllesa
sell her hair or Tor an as
The supply in cO9ssqusi9sn' y {,
short, and the prlcs;' !; .o..ss| ~
trebling. A series Oh ,l.ss i. r
ments point to spun E, El
effective substitute ioi ,.l.a
Wigs gg" made from spun g,1s s.
a%,IS = nd bcastiful. rsif II is easy =
sllp shade e'Jt desired. while !. .'Il1' IN
can be manufactures y d
fashion of the momcns ,l"s IA n
is iseH,'r so realistic and true Y, ~
impossible to detI'', Is.1 hail IL ~
tween it and real n'A
head.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02

box blacEsnake Jumped out. and
Miss Kelley swooned, SO badly fright
ened was she that it is possible she
will not recover The police are search
ing for the perpetrntor of the out
rage.
Tickle bluejackets OF the United
States monitor Nevada have turned
their backs on the chilly" goat and
game cock which have made their home
on that ship the last two or three years,
as mascot of the sailors for these two
mascots have been alienated by big,
ugly, creepy. grimy thing-a liking"
snake, 1t eats out of the hands of the
sailors and can brave the toughest seas
without getting bit seasick. just as
though it were a hardened old salt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
ARE DARED TO WED;
TR0TH IS PLIGHTED,
MARRIAGE RESULTS

> Herbert Webster of Rath-
: drum and Miss Grace Stock
= bridge of Wallace We're married
:. at Rathdrum, Ida. on what
+ practically amounts to dare.
= The "josh'' started in the room
!. where the public records are
= being Transcribed in order TO
= facilitate the separation of
: Kootenai and Bonner counties.
: T. F. Quarles, County Auditor,
= had noticed that the couple were
!. friendly, and announced that he
= would furnish free license if
: the love affair was consummatcd.
:. The prospective groom wanted
+ to know who would pay the
: preacher, and Mr.. Grimes said
:. be would do that part. The room
: was full Of girls who were work
: ing on the records, and they
!. dared. Grimes and Quarles to
: make good, - Quarles pro-
. uutcu lHt liCSuSc ana NTlilttS
: went after Probate Judge Nc
:. Call and they returned to the
K room, where the judge per
+ formed the ceremony. The
= bride came here about two
= months ago from Wallace to
i. work at transcribiug the records,
!. and this produces the first ro-
!. nance of record for the new
:. county of Bonner.
=. = =: = - = - =. - :. !. =. :. =. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
IRREVERENT MOUSE
Women in Church Forget Their Prayers
When Rodent Appears.

mouse broke up the midweek
prayer meeting in the First Congrega-
tional church, Pittsfeld, Mass, We'd
nesday night, and the service ended in
an uproar. AS Leader A. f. Truesdell
was making the opening prayer the
mouse came from beneath the pulpit
aud was seen by woman in the front
row, who lifted her skirts and cried
out: "There IS a mouse" Other women
saw it and, hanging tightly on to their
skirts, rushed TO the door. The First
Congregational is the rich and aristo.
cratic church Of Pittsield. The mouse
escaped
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
ST|NGS OF II1
CAUSE BIG \
Insects Attack PAINT,
"alkout Of the n
Results. i
EIGHT SWARMS MAXI /
THINGS RATHER 4
Sulphur Used to Can
Busy Bees to Ab,,I
Quarters.

The painters WORKING !.
building at the Californ;, !.
slty at Berkeley went On =
while Friday morning-pos 4
disagreement over houu, s,,
rules, but on account Of h.
OF elght swarms of bees tt,l|
their home under the bio !,
had packed the in.erst,,s.
The bees stung the paints
course the painters reiu,,,
while the bees were there
i; =. A. HugiIl. supsrnts,;
buildings, told the painter h
would help him 6e Womb
bees away, but the psirts,.
do that Just then Dr.. { +
State bacteriologist, iroT.
buggy and his attentiou
were asked BY the s,s|
The sight reminded Dr.. q
old days when he was 4 /
home farm He wanted h
Job at once, So he and tbs /,
ent took a lot Of mH
them and climbed the lsjda
the bees were buzzinp. 4
stung, too, as the painter
but they would not rsI,,'
mained there all forenoon :
the bees with sulphur smois
When all the bees bad A.
away or smoked into A -
consciousness the doctor b
tendent robbed the storss
stored under the cornjees
iained 300 pounds Of IRA,
honey and thought thai tb
had been well spent. Thn|
ers went back to work
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
M0URNERS FIGHT RATS
Battle With the Rodents at Funeral of
Woman,

The funeral of Mary Ann Matfield.
aged %. at Marysville. Ohio, came near
being stopped By the onslaught of
small army of rats. The Hathelds re-
side IL a tumble down hut south of
the town. The undertaker's assistant
fought of the rodents with broom
while ladies quartet sang the an
them The corpse was carried into the
front yard before the coffin was opened
for the view of friends, as the mourn
ers could not keep the rats from attack.
ing it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
DOG RINGS BELL; SAY
Pet Collie Turns to gov 70 nsia
Taneht Him py

A little trick, tSu,A ,,As ia5i|
the e children. saved f,1msr me q
liam Beattie, a iaisih adisath M|
Oxford, =; K Pa, from trasS sFa,d iu 81
dog found the mouse Sc, + ths
being able t.,aE 10 aTsS,d sbs diuusr
barking graspGS ssppegbt III 10 Do siI
ing the hands md family, ll1'II bsI
hSi hnSeiigSS5Dorrhoo,al:. SD'r ..1aaSSsd aSs Va, Is
s; 55:snss 455i5. s.. s.';ss: +: =; !; ;;'S$' a55 e.
was almost 2s rrSSped SvetIhis bis Ts'
floor to save the U
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
SKELETON FOR HAT RACK
Grewsome Piece Of Furniture in Physi-
clans Office.

A New York physician has the most
grewsome piece of furniture in the
United Staates. 1t is the skeleton of a
large man standing erect, with the right
hand grasping long spear. This
weapon is Of oak, with several proiec-
tions, and is used as n hatmck. In the
center of the skull is set a clock. and
the ribs form n cage in which the physi-
clan keeps his pet cockatoo. The bird
has been taught to say, "We re only
mortal -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
GROOM FIVE CENTS SHY
Borrows a Nickel to Make Price of
Marriage License

After saving for five years to get
married. Cornelius Bowman of Coal
City, H., found himself cents shy
wed Anna Eistek. When told that the
license would cost $l25 he was uu-
able to produce more than 100. Dep
uty County Clerk Swcnson obligingly
handed over > cents upon request Of
the bridegroom for assistance and the
couple proceeded on their way rejoic
ing
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
BARS BACHELOR JUDGE
Woman Asks That Divorce Suit Be
Transferred to Another Court.

Declaring that bachelor Judge
couldn't properly try her divorce case,
IN which the custody of her two chill
dren is at issue. Mrs. Helen 4. Smith
has asked that the suit be taken from
Judge Beacom's room in Cleveland,
Ohio, court, TO that OF another judge
The case will go back to the assign,
ment room and will have to be tried
over again.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
DOE and cat y.

robbed of her y ,Coliv.
Sy 6y, E adopted a s 5 ed 9sssdi is,i Is :
S95s Si5n % nsaS; sa5s: i s''''l ! IS E: ;ls
" Wil'is%si Resi, he hss sole e.sssssa sss'saas
S4+i and Ga't; the I've two. have oyst ils';s e
little animal.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02

near Darlington, Pa, he took off his
felt boots and stood them in a clump
of bushes. When ne started to put one
of them on later huge water snake
coiled in it struck at him. The snake
was dispatched and measured almost
four feet
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
SNAKES MILK THE COWS
Farmer Catches Reptiles in the Act and
Kills Them

On the Kelly farm, north of Wash.
lngton, Pa b. S. Moore came upon two
huge blacksnakes calmly removing the
mllk from COW belonging to a tenant
Moore dispatched both reptiles. They
each measured six feet two inches. For
several days the tenant had noticed
hls cows were mysteriously failing in
their milk supply, which since the
snakes were killed has increased.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
MOTHERS STRANGE DREAM
Vision Followed by Fatal Accident to
Her Baby.

Edgar Campbell. IA years of age, died
in Middlesboro, Ky, as the result of
injuries received in a baseball game at
school Friday, While batting he was
struck over the heart by n pitched ball.
Mrs. Campbell, mother of the boy, says
she dreamed that her son would be in
mTed IN such a manner and tried TO
keep him home from school that day.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
Died at 100 Years.

Mrs. Hannah Arnsworthy, aged l09
yenrs, is dead at her home, near Queen
port, Guysboro county. \ S. She was
the oldest person in Nova Scotia
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
Found Snake in Boot.

While Richard Kcnsworthy was
washing sheep III Little Beaver creek
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-26
GOLD COINS ARE POPULAR
More Than 500 900 Of Them Used ns
Christmas Presents.

WASHINGTON. December 25.--omlt-
ting the motto I'm God We Trust" hnd
ability of the new gold coins as Christ
mas presents. 1t was estimated at the
Treasury Department that there We're
exchanged for other money. over $780,
Christmas presents. 1t is not antici-
pated that any of this coin VIII be re-
turned because of the omission OF
the customary inscription.
The demand for these new coins has
been Unprecedented this year, and to-
day there was n continuous line OF late
corners at the Treasurer who desired 10
exchange bills for the new goltl coins
to be used for Christmas presents. Sta
TONERS recognized the demand by pro-
viding a holly -decorated box just large
enough for the coins.
The new coins are being struck at
the rate OF half n million day. at
which rate they have been issued for
ten days. Their issue was begun early
in December.