Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-03-06
NOTES OF INTEREST.

NOTES OF INTEREST.
ii. E. Merrill, a dealer of Cromwell
| Conn. has purchased an automobile i,
which he delivers milk To his customers
Il can cover my large route" he says
IN less than half the time when | ped
! died with horses and | believe thar n
| the end the automobile will prove III,
| cheaper Of the two means OF convey
ance.
After selling a lottery ticket wortl
$15,0e0 for ST. believing il yaneless a Ar :.
mold Nonderhelson of Bloomington, Ill.
discovered his mistake Filled Will
poignant, but Hnayailing regrets when ht
learned that he had missed the opDortu
nlty OF exchanging poverty for compara
i've affluence, Nonderheson took To drink
For two or three years he steadily went
down hill. A few days ago the tragedy
| OF the lottery ticket had its denouement
when he died in the Peoria county poor.
house The friend who bought the tick.
et from NonderhelS0n, well knowing its
value, now lives in prosperity ON the
prize money.
When an old salt speaks of a dusty
ocean highway the average land mhher
looks ineredulous and thinks he is
stretching the long bow a bit: but those
who spend their lives ON sailing ships
know that. no matter how carefully the
decks are washed each morning.. dust
VIII gather in large quantities every day.
An old sea captain, who was telling of
his trip that he had juS, finished Incl
dentally mentioned that it was rather
dusty. No less than twenty-six bar
rels of fine dust were swept from the
decks of my ship during the voyage of
nlnety-eght days from San Francisco
10 New York, he said. Bits of leath-
er, cord, wood and vegetable fiber were
found mixed with the sea dust-a condi-
tlon which would seem to disprove the
Theory OF scientists that such matter
emanates from the inter-stellar spaces -
One never la Jws," said a salesma II
~ one 0f the big New York stationers'
how many people are afflicted with ii
given inhrmity, until something comes
up to call attention to il. Every one
knows in a general way that a num-
Der Of persons are left handed: but un-
III we got these new playing cards with
the index marks in all four corners.
winch We're invented just for left handed
players | had no idea that SO many
people held their cards in their right
hand | have been keeping count for
Il Week now. and | find that about one
person IN siN wants cards for left hand
ed players.
Dreaming that he had been stricken
blnt while ut work Thomas Fender
CAST twenty-five years of age living at
Us Adams street, Hoboken bridge
tender at the Lackawanna ferry. awoke
suddenly while in bed and finding It
only dream, turned over and went 10
sleep again. The next morning he told
ms wife of his strange dream and she
told him not TO worry He also told his
FELLOW workmen and they laughed at
HIM. Shortly before time TO quit work
that night, at ! o'clock. and while he
was winding the hawsef about the drum
at the ferry, he became blind suddenly
as the crowds were rushing for their
trains. His comrades We're quickly ut
his side in response to his terrified cry.
Fendergast was placed in a cab aud
taken home, where several doctors
worked over hir: all night in vain eff
fort . restore his sight. The unfortu-
nate man mas luree small children.
Members of the women's clubs in
Hartford City, Ind, who under the reign
of the blue laws invoked by Mayor
.lameN Lucas five weeks ago were pro-
hibited from playing cards for prizes
have inst made the startling discovery
tasit there is a traitor in their midst
When the mayor issued his ultimatum
eard-playing for prizes was not stopped
but the women We're more stealthy In
their operations The mayor now an
nounces that he has on file list of prac-
tlcally every woman card player in the
city, along with the names of those who
have won prizes since the lid" was
put on. These lists he says. were fur
nished him by one Of the women attend
ing the meetings. The mayor may sub
nit the evidence to the grand Jury.
Mrs. James g. Eustis Of New York
gave lot of champagne nerves IA jolt
the other night when she posed in the
tableauX wants with a real live snake
around her waist and neck.
As the python yibrated around the
waist of the fair poser one man passed
his hands before his face in agony.
It's live snake" said his wife.
Thank God. it's real"' he said.
Horrors exclaimed a mere man.
That thing will crush that woman!"
A belle smiled soothingy.
The constructor hasn't chance, :"
said the mean thing, You don't sup
pose mere constructor can compete
with the modern corset, do your
But you can take this from james"
who looks after the wraps: If society
is going to form the snake habit, hostess
es viii have to provide Kelley cure
annex for each function where the snake
stunt is pulled off.
Riding eight miles inside Of a hearse
to keep from freezing was the experience
Of Rev. Charles J. Palmer, an Episco-
pal minister, who was called to New
Ashford. Mass, to read the service over
the body of one of the oldest residents
Of that town. The thermometer regis
tered u degrees below zero, and there
was bitter wind After committing
the body to the earth, the rector took
the place of the casket IN the hearse,
and rode to Lanesboro. stretched out in
side the vehicle. The ministed said he
expected to have but one more ride Of
the kind.
Boston is on the verge Of Dean panic.
A real famine in the staple edible is
right at the door, say the commission
merchants. Practically no beans were
grown ia New England last year. For
some reason or another the whole crop
was failure Then there was big
shortage in the California crop and the