Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-27
NOTES OF INTEREST.

/ Il required the menace Of tue guns II
the revenue cutter stationed at Calves.
ton 10 curb the st. Patriek's day en-
/ tlusiasm of Capt Moore OF the British
sseamshlp HowJhhead of Belfast, Ire
land, who, in dressii.s ship in honor of
Firm Patron saint, pgt the green EN-
bieih above the stars aud stripes. This
VOCATION OF the United States law that
requires Old Glory always TO be at the
TOP when displayed in a United States
port was promptly called to the COM
| mander's attention by government IN
sneeeor, but he blutiiy refused to comply
Alth the law. Not until he received n
formal demand from the United States
coiteetor of customs of this port, Wicked
| ~ an order for the revenue cuttev -
stand ready for action unless the order
81 the days was reversed. did the Irish
SKIPPER yield, and then only 10 haul
down tha American flag aud leave the
grecn ene up.
4 black bear which, was captured with
rope by III. q, Beleh,r. who has a
farm near Crystal Lake. \. j., is now
u prisoner n box stall IN his stables
Ihe bear wandered into Beleher's fields
III search Of his spring breakfast. 4
piie Of lime there for fertilizer attracted
Ms attention. When he approached I'll
high wind blew some If the lime into his
eyes and blinded him 3elcher. who
came upon the bear rolling about helm
tessly, made a lasSo out of rome ana
called his dog. After Il few tries the
lasse settled over the bears head, hut
the Dear was not halter broken ard there
was q struggle, Finally With the dog
swapping at the bears heels, and urg-
ing him forward and Belcher pulling on
e. the fba half OIL
dragged into the stable and locked in.
WHAT Belcher is going to do with his
captive he does not know. 1t is A VIC.
iatl0n OF the game laws 10 keen a wild
animal in captivity.
At the League Island navy yard nj
Philadelphia. the American hlueiacket
proved his mastery of strategy and. AS
z result, won Il sweeping victory through
his mental alertness over the ministers
| OF Philadelphia and the navy DEPART
mem Recently Secretary MetcaH de-
nled the petition of the ministers that
the Sunday athletic games at the navy
ward be prohibited, but IN lieu Of such
il mandate. issued an order barring the
general crowd OF visitors who formerly
had congregated. But, with his best
girl and other guests barred from APP
plaiIdmg his athletic prowess, the sports
| began to pail upon the husky man. I'm
der the rules any visitor who applies at
| the gates to see any particular man is
admitted. But, it was observed, though
| these visitors who ran the official gaunt-
let formed brief fringe about the ath,
| letie field, scores We're left outside.
Among the latter invariably were many
| Young women. Last Sunday it was oh
I served that several sailors and marines.
evidently having been especially de-
tailed from some unknown quarter.
passed among the boycotted crowd with.
lout the gates and distributed slips of pa
per Immediately thereafter the crowd.
inyountarily falling into line, assailed
| the gatekeeper. each individual request
ing the privilege of visiting a particular
man now quartered behind the walls
1 The sergeant on duty had no alternative
| but to accede to the request. lnvestiga-
tion proved that the distributing squad
4 had passed out slips of paper containing
| the applying visitor might ask. Needless
to say the athletic contests were at,
tended by intense enthusiasm and Il rec
ord breaking crowd cheered itself hoarse
while the officers, defeated by the ruse
fsrgot TO ask too many questions.
/ When James Legg opened his restau
rant at Vineland, n. J., be found large
rat dancing around the floor with clan
| hanging to one foot. The rodent was
| crazy with rage and pain and put up Il
| lively fight before it was killed. The
| CLAIMS shell had to be broken with q
I hammer before the rat could be re-
/ leased.
a big turkey gobbler belonging t.
| George Nesbith Of WoodlaWn Ind, de.
ljberately committed suicide The bird
had been suffering from some whatsoever
able complaint for several days. He had
| wandered about, moping, refusing to
! feed, and keeping away from his fellows
in The flock, The other morning he
seemed to make up his mind to end ii
/ all. He flew with tremendous force
against q barbed Wire fence, cutting his
/ windpipe clean through. He fell back
| dead.
/ There's mutiny at Stanford university
! California, over the dismissal of twelve
students who took part in a big parade
aud demonstrations against prohibiting
| the use of liquor on the campus. Three
! hundred howed in front Of the house of
Prot. Clark, head of the faculty commit
| tee that imposed rules against drinking
! then marched through the library to the
| quadrangle, where they denounced the
regulations, The students claim the SEA
lection of twelve victims is unfair, as
several are men who have never re-
| NfftBA uEtjtEtt
| After being kept close prisoner for
| fifteen years because it ran away anil
upset buggy, a once vicious horse was
/ liberated the other day at Altoona, Pa.
1 and was sold by the owner 10 Plus In
| low. a drayman. During the fifteen
years the horse was never out of its
stall. although it's master treated ii
| kindly and fed and watered it regular
| ly. When liberated the animal was fat
/ but weak and could scarcely walk. it,
| ho0fs were a foot long and s inches
were removed from each Of them before
| shoes were put ON.
A walk Of teeth is to be built around
! the novel home of DIR. John Kinsei. in
| Bellwood. Pa. The doctor has been say.
| ing up the ache producers he has extract
ed for the past twenty years, and he has
/ a big stock If them on hand at the pres
| ent time. He never knew exactly what
| ne would do with them until he decided
to build "A 'roumd house" for n dwelling
/ Then he concluded to use the teeth IN
tire walk. The dwelling is perfectly
round, fifty feet in diameter. two stories
/ tall, with a cupola on top. 1t was con
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