Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-01

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with her, Brumley apoTogized. He thu,
went TO drug store. bought acid ann
attempted to end his life. WING
More heroines are bobbng I'M in ria
rural free delivery service as a resnI,
the publication some weeks ago nf
statement showing the remarkable "a.
OF Miss Eta Nelson, rural carrier In
one OF the New England states mi,
worked her way through blizzard VIII
Kept the entire community indoors.
Assistant Postmaster General DaCr....
at Washington is the recipient Of unrn.r
Gus letters, newspaper clippings AMI
photographs from places which claim a..
tinctiOn III the possession of carrier, as
the fair sex who perform their dut;,. '
der unfavorable conditions. ""-
Indiana has two candidates for homo.
in this respect. and they are -
the Misses Mollie and Etfie Stevens a.
one occasion, when the roads were ~
most impossible, the sisters shoullar..
Their mail bags and travelled the enri,.
route of twenty-five miles on foot
Boise, Idaho. claims the distincr;ou NJ
employing more women rural carrie.
than any other postoftice, three our s
every four routes out of that place L,i,,..
covered by members of the fair sey nv
of them, Miss Mollie Stewart. is H..
champion broncho rider of the northveet
At the age of s years and 3 month.
Charles Ross Buchanan, son of FARM.
at St Francisville, ILL.,, reads books tb,r
the majority of children do not read mil
they are 10 years older. He has ey,itaj
the attention of educators.
Asked what kind of reading he liked
best he replied:
Il have just finished reading Shakes.
peare's As You Like IT. but | H..
Charles Dickens much better
his mother, who was a school teacAar.
at Nlncennes, Ind. says Charles Srlards
about four hours each day in reading to
her. He has never been to school ard
seldom plays with other children
Ever since he was able to talk he has
possessed craving for learning that has
not only puzzled but at times has wor-
ried his father and me-" said Mrs. Ru-
chanan. when reading the newspapers
he must have details of all the worlds
happenings and often asks questions H..
never has to be told a second time.
Charles spoke his first words when
he was six months old and four months
later could talk fuently. He knew hi,
alphabet even before he could talk plain
ly. When | asked Charles what he M
tended to be when he grew up he said,
The railroad business appeals to me.
The railroad monopoles will soon CON
troll almost everything.
The citizens of Conneaut. O.. are ron-
slderably wrought up over a phenomenal
hen which, it appears from entirely vera
| cious accounts, has laid an egg with Sty-
eral words printed in newspaper type t,
the inside of the shell.
A learned Cleveland medical authority
intimated that the Conneaut phenomenon
has been noted in several European uni.
versities, and is entirely possible. accord
ing to advanced materia medica There
| fore hen raiSerS may rest assured thar #
| they open their breakfast eggs any morn
ing to discover that their favorite jour
mails have invaded new field it will NOT
| be entirely novelty.
The COnneaut hen is owned by Mr>
| Vera Benjamin, who was Smelling a hard
boiled egg when she found the words 50
weekly Gazette" clearly printed on the
inside of the she'll
The dispatches say it had all the re
semblance of coming from a newspaper
story"
| Now this is entirely reasonable. thinks
| DR.. Martin Friedrich. city health officer.
| He backs himself up with the staff Of the
! University of Munich.
when | went to school there" he said.
''the so-called psychological factor in
| heredity was being examined infinitely,
Il don't care to stand responsible my
self for an absolute statement that
| Conneaut hen, or any other brand of
| hen, for that matter, would be apt 10
| take mental impression from a scrap
| of paper in her nest and transfer it 10
| the inside of the egg she laid. but that
very process might have been followed
| When James Carter of New York
was sent to Clinton prison fifteen years
| ago he was a Strapplng, prepossessing
Lyoung fellow of %. But he was a bur
! glar. He had been caught with the
! goods and so he had to 20 behind the
| bars.
1t was a long sentence, but the unforu-
nate fellow was buoyed up by the prom
| Use of a pretty girl who lived in South
! Brooklyn and who told him when he was
convicted that she would be true to him
and would marry him when he came
back, provided he would lead a different
! life. He said he would, and served bis
sentence uncomplainingiy. lie came ont
eff prison 40 years old, gray and friend
| less, but still buoyed up with the hope of
matrimonial happiness. He began 10
search for his tiancee and finally found
| her She vas a sober-faced woman ANA
| she told aim she had fallen in love with
another man and was about to be mar
! ried 10 him.
You promised to wait for me- the
| poor fellow said.
Il know, and l did wait for years but
! it got too lonesome" she answered. Il
! am sorry, but 1t IS too late now. MY
wedding dress is all made"
| Well" replied the eX-convict mt last,
Il suppose l will have to give it up hut
| let me look at your wedding dress
His former tancee acquisced and tonk
| him into the house. Once inside tbe
broken-hearted, prematurely old man
flew into a rage, tore the wedding dress
to shreds, broke the furniture, and pro-
ceeded to make the house n wreck. Then
no 6nnlrfnrn wiz ln
return and finish the job.
The frightened woman sought the po,
| lice, and as a result Carter was picked
up and was in line in the Brooklyn le-
tective department for inspection by the
| squad. Capt. McClusky told the squad
to arrest him whenever they set eyes on
him. as he was desperate crook WHO
would shoot.
When Carter was subsequently ar
raigned in the police court on a charge
of vagrancy ne drew out 50 hill a>
| proof that he had visible means of sup
| port. The name of the woman to wlnW
he was engaged was not divulged 10y '.t
| police.