Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-21

lock was thrifty and at his death few
years later left his widow snug little
fortune of $4,000. Wheeler had given
up mining and, opening up a photograph
supply house in Frisco. was making
strides toward his fortune Then the
quake came and the fire which swept
over his shattered plant left him penni-
I less and wounded.
lie wrote to Il cousin, not to ask for
money but to ask about his old friends.
| II was natural that he should inquire
for Rebecca Baer who had married
again and become Mrs. Rebecca Baer
Nobloek Humme
When Mr., Hummel died Mr. Wheeler
sent his old sweetheart a simple note of
sympathy, and before many letters had
passed the old love was reawakened.
Flooding along through field in the
outskirts of the village OF Kingsley
eighteen miles southeast of Traverse
City, Mich, Clarence Workman, looking
for his COWS the other evening. found Il
big toadstool with Il death message writ
ten ON it,
Everybody who has roamed the fields
in his youth, knows that the yiscous.
eathery surface of the toadstool is rs
good ms birch bark TO write upon. The
toadstool found by Farmer Workman
contained this message, as the state
ment comes from Kingsley:
Notice., j. Allen, hereby request
that the person who finds this will notify
my uncle. w. Allen, Grand Rapids. Il.
Il. u. No. j, of my death. That he
may give to Ethel Thorn my share in
my fathers estate. For | love her
though she has drove Csic.) me to this
desperate deed, even though another has
taken my place. This will be my last
message. Soon | will have a hole
through my brain, No use to look for
my body.
'.Sept. 8. 1907 Joseph Allen
ley nor in the vicinity. The uncle. W.
Allen, was called up by the authorities
and said
Il have nephew, Joseph Allen. whom
| heard from ten days ago in British
Columbia. He was in love with his
cousin. Ethel Thorn. That is all know
about the case
No systematic effort has been made
to find the body of the suicide-if the
writer OF the queer note really made
way with himself.
\ school for transfers is the mtest
dream OF Chicago traffic men. +. &.
CaVanagh. secretary of. the Chicago
Team Owners association and Jerry
Met arthy, president or the Truck Driv-
erS union. held conference recently,
and i was rumored that ground would
soon be broken for IA school for universal
instruction IN transfers lore
The scientific connotation of gee
the equine Significance nf "haw," tire
difference between il hane strap and il
surcinge, aud the way To slip the bit IN
to the mouth of an animal who doesn't
fancy the flavor of stale steel, are few
of the subjects To be taught in the novel
seminary for ambitious horsemen.
Before would-be union teunster can
secure his card in the future. it is ru-
mored he will he required To write a
thesis on subjects like AN Historical
Dissertation on Curb Bits and Their
Uses How 20 feed horse what de-
gree OF tension 10 give the check rein,
how scientifically To swing il whip.
whether "git--ap" is obsolete or merely
provincial how fast to drive team
when there is given the weight Of the
load. the temperature Of the day and the
length OF the trip. are subjects promised
te he featured at the novel school.
Ere long, then, ii viii be inexcuSaby
philistine. nay, bourgeois. even for 4
| driver not 10 he graced by u bachelors
degree FROM the school Of equestrian
arts aud sciences 4 rigid examination
viii be given the candidate for member
/ shin ~ the teamsters union before he il
initiated into it's mysteries Moefnl II
norance of many drivers IL charged II
ilnfaHce Of city geography as well rs Of
| the rudimcnts Of horse care are said Is
prevail among Chlcago's drivers Of
| trucks