Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-02-14
OF GENERAL INTEREST

Iugging at piece of timber whieh
he had chopped almost in two. jacob
Meilck. lS-year-old boy who lived with
bis parents near Burlington. WASH, sud
denly fell backward and landed on The
npturnea blade of q sharp axe. which
laid las heart VIDE open. His backbone
was completely severed. the axe pene-
iratlng the boy body at full length
Fishermen, while SEEMING Lake WI
mona, Mimi, pulled in their net 10 find
that all it held was a mans pocketbook.
the purse contained notes and certiti-
Gates Of deposit in various banks, in an
amounting 10 $500 Ii also contained
about $40 in money aud mileage book.
he owner X. c. Stevenson. a local mer-
chant, was notified Of the find and
claimed his property. 1t developed that
last Fourth of July was thrown into
the water and almost drowned and in his
frantic efforts to save himself lost the
peeketbook.
Burglars after stealing tools from a
carpenter shop entered the postofiice of
Stamford, Conn. with the intention of
blowing the safe, They did nor do so.
for on the front of the safe was this
sign; The safe is nor locked, so please
% Rot blow it one.' The burglars took
the STAMPS " ilich were in the outer com
partment and left Postmaster Wykoff
said he put mp the sign ia order e save
his safe, II having been blown 6;,en
three times and the building burned
tNice by burglars within the past five
years.
Nov. this white waistcoat | am
wearing, said Prof Edward w. Worst
70 the National Association fer the Uni
Eeation of Manual Training and Graphic
Arts in Chicago, Il raised from the seed
in my own backyard garden"
The members of the n. A. L. NJ. 4.
y. \. looked at the professor then
screamed for help in one voice.
Police! He's got 'emi" said an ex-
citable little man in the front row.
'Stuporous melancholia, dementia
Americana, said a member who had
been reading the Thaw trial
But Prof Worst calmly tided the
storm as though he'd never heard of
Matteawan, then raised his hand for 81
lence.
1T is fact, gentlemen" he eontin-
ued, as he fingered his vest-ahem!
waistcoat-proudly. Il planted the flax
seed myself. / spun the flax on my own
spinning wheel, wove the textile on my
own loom, cut the goods, and sewed out
the finished garment alone and unattend-
ed.
Everything | wear l made myself.
from dyeing to weaving"
While the members of the n. A. u.
NJ. i. q. a. gazed in startled awe at
this man who would make such love
OF a husband the professor went on to
explain the why
I'm head of the industrial depart
ment of the Chicago normal school, and
It is my profession. So | unite business
with pleasure During the Christmas
holidays | wove the cloth for my over
coat. | bought the wool from a farmer
near Lockport. ILL., ! paid % cents for
the q pounds in the coat. / washed,
carded, and dyed the wool, using veg
etable dye of logwood and copper sui
plate, the dye of the colonial times. 1t
was fun"
Miss Jean f. Coy Of No. Ills East
Ohio street, Pittsburg, is the heroine of
the north side. The other night Miss
Coy tackled a burglar whom she found
D her room, attacking him with a
French heeled slipper in each hand.
She slammed one with her left hand IN
his face, hitting him in the eye, aud then
seat him with the other, using itsas q
billy.
IHtEE Was tNiueiiGe III AhE InUfuiHG
that the plucky little woman had drawn
blood from the face Of the burglar, and
the police are now looking for man
who has the imprint of IL French heel on
his face.
A report from the Hiawasse district
Of Pulaski county, Virginia, tells of the
birth of a child with two heads to MIR
and Mrs. John Meredith. The coming
nF fbn Ia
able excitement in the neighborhood, and
It is said that the mother Of the little one
IS almost frantic with grief. She is con
stantly in tears and Is unable to sleep
Some relief. it is said has been afforded
her by a dream in which she saw the
baby's extra head removed with no hurt
to the natural head. This has led her
70 believe that surgery can accomplish
the result, and it is asserted. the fam
lily doctor shares the mothers belief.
Don't get red-headed about it." said
X. II. Miley, a conductor on a Marion
Qnd) street car, TO Mrs. A. Cooper when
she demonstrated against paying full
fare. for the passage of her 6-year-old
child.
1t so happened that the woman's hair
was of an auburn hue and she arose
from her seat and gave the conductor
ears boxing.
Mrs. Cooper had insisted upon paying
but 3 cents as the fare for her child
The conductor stopped his car and eject
ed her and lie then received a chastise-
ment from his fair passenger and box
ing that caused a ringing in his ears for
some time.
Pink ice cream was used as a medium
by Cupid to bring about the marriage oi
Ernest Wercneck, TG years old, a vet
Gran of the Civil war, and Anna Keil
than, 90 years old. Of Sterling, Ill. TIL,
couple were welded the other day.
1t was at a Grand Army garden party
last July that the pair first met. Mis-,
Keilthan was serving ices.
Wont you have another plate Of thij
link creamW CHE shyly asked Mr.
WePeneck after the first helping. And ht
did, at the same time noticing that sh,
had remarkably pretty eyes. Right ther
the friendship started that later ripeneC
into love.
Fair seniors at Smith college, New
Haven, Conn, expressed their abhor
renee and indignation that the brother
collegians of Wesleyan should contem
plate a burlesqUe on Smith college life
Their sentiment in this regard was ex
pressed in resolutions adopted and for
warded 10 the president Of the senior