Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-04
NOTES OF INTEREST.

Some idea of the speed and force at
which pheasants lily was illustrated Tia
Altoona, Pa, when Daniel Riley and
Henry i'etwiier saw bird strike a wire
/ fence near Clover Creek and drop To the
j ground. When they picked up the pheas-
ant they found that the impact of the
| body against the wire had cut il almost
in Two.
Mrs. ). l.. Olmstead, living near
| Princeton. Ind. probably saved her life
| by an act of kindness. Mrs. OlmStead
1 was driving TO town when she overlook
1 James NoyleS plodding along on foot.
She invited him TO ride and he accepted.
1 \ few minutes after they had started on
!! the horse stumbled aud fell. jerking Mrs.
I OlnaStead from her seat and wedging her
head between a front wheel aud the bug
ey bed. The horse scrambled to its feet
i and attempted to run, bat Noyies was mt
the animals head and by almost super
| hLnlan strength held il until it quoted
| and he could eXtricate the victim. Mrs.
4 Olmstead was not seriously injured,
A remarkably intelligent Newfoundland
/ dog saved the life of l2-year-old James
! Nerderam0. son of Salvatore Nerderamo
of 10l Lincoln street, Wilmington, Del.
| The boy was riding one of his fathers
| horses, when the animal became fright
/
The boy was about to be kicked. when
the dog. seeing blood running from his
/ head. leaped at the horse and grabbing
the rein with his teeth. led the horse to
the stable. Then the dog, barking and
swapping, led members of the boys fam
lily to the place where the little fellow
lay injured.
The lobster-the eatable kinds threat
| ened with determination This startling
news. at a time when the supply #
| chorus girls is ever on the increase and
the cold bottle is keeping pace with the
| growth Of the musical comedy INDUSTRY,
was developed ut a scientific conference
| in Boston Mass. The nation was warned
that the Twentieth century may see the
end of one Of the chief ingredients of the
| gay life. unless Immediate steps he taken
To avert the calamity II was at the
closing session of the New England con
fereiice called by the governors ii sax
states 10 obtain suggestions toward eon-
Sc. wing the resources cS This section. that
tie grave peril was barred. Francis II
Herriek Of Cleveland. special investigator
| for the United States bureau of fish
trees told of the waning~of the lobster.
Receiving hurry call from ply
stefan to convey to the hospital a man
suffering from epistaXis, the crew of the
phoenix ambulance in Wilmington, Del,
drove post haste to Court street. think.
ing that a patients life depended on
/ their prompt response On arriving they
found William Wright, colored. suffer
ing with a violent ease of nose bleed.
He was conveyed TO Delaware hospital.
where surgeon, after stopping the
hemorrhage, explained to the ambu-
lance crew that epistaXiS was the sci
entiiie name for nose bleed 1t was a
new one" on the crew.
People on tAe streets OF Red Lion. in
PENNSYLVANIA, rubbed their eyes at the
sight Of frantic horse dashing at
breakneek speed with big shepherd dog
ON the seat of the wagon coolly saving
away upon the reins held between its
teeth Mr.. and Mrs. John Johnson of
Stewarlstown had come up to visit John
Raab and left the rig standing outside
the house. Their dog had been lying
under the seat. While they were inside
an auto scared the horse, which started
at full speed down the street In q
twinkling the dog, understanding very
we'll that something was wrong. seized
the reins and threw his whole weight
upon them. By the tine a pedestrian
stepped into the street IN front of the RIG
the horses speed was checked by the
dog and the runaway was easily stopped
Christmas gifts TO officers and men on
the world-touring battleship Deet now NJ
Manila will be carried on the supply
ship Celtic, bur as the vessel viii not
leave the Brooklyn navy yard until the
middle of December, remembrances FROM
sweethearts and relatives will be a little
late in reaching their destination. The
Celtic will meet the fleet either at Ne
gro Bay, Morocco or at Gibraltar. The
fleet is due at Negro Bay on December
81, and at Gibraltar on February G.
Aside from Christmas presents the Gel
tic win carry nearly $4,000 eggs. SOC
tons of meat, hundreds of chickens
flour, meal and other supplies for the
battleships. Gifts are already beng re-
ceived by the supply ship and as the
time for departure draws near, there will
be veritable food of them.
A large bulldog belonging to Benjamin
DesOm of Evansville, Ind. attacked his
was always kept chained, as he had
formed dislike for the horse. He
broke his chain and, running straight
away 10 the stable. made a vicious lungt
at the horse and literally tore the animal
To- pieces.
George Myers. an old-time trapper ana
fisherman of Elwood, Ind, will send te
President Roosevelt a snow white storb
which he found in the swamps adjacent
to White river.
There was an amusing scene in a Pari.
restaurant one evening. An English
. family came in, chose their table, and
{ after ordering soup, debated on the mex
dish. As they We're doing 50 one Of thC
, Mattresses called to the cashier in pass
ing:
"Quatre canardsr' ('FGur ducks.'D
That is a good idea, said one Of thu
| English party, and ordered duck anC
, green peas
; The waitress pointed out that Their,
{ WIS no dick on the bill Of fare. But a
t that moment another voice was heart
. calling:
Two ducks at table No. T..
TIL Englishman became angry.
If al these people can have duck.
! he said. why should it be refused t.
f as"
/ The waitress tried hard to explain
, hnt what with excitement and absence
Of sufficient French her explanation wa
/ not understood, and il WAS not until
g French-speaking Englshman who wa
dining IN the restaurant lent his hell