Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-28

out assistance. She did not even vlin-
| per ana 90 those who ran 10 her Sic
merely complained that her foot hurt.
Al Ute ume she chung to a small piece
| eI paper winch size said was 10 remind
her Of a purchase 10 be made al n store,
Her left leg was amputated above the
ankle at ST Barnabss' hospital.
Have q good time. Sing. dance. he
merry. Have plenty of beer, pretzeiS.
| me 'O''9' -
This is the substance of the diving re-
quest Of Joseph Zarpf. German shoe
maker. regarding the arrangements for
ms funeral, at which he wished every
one TO be Jolly Zarpf shot himself
in the head in East River park in New
York. The old man left letter saving
| ne committed suicide because he could
hot mud anything to do. He said he
| wanted 10 be creinated. and requested
that schmerkaeSe party he held at his
| wake.
Michael Reilly. a puddler. caused
| small panic in Danyille Pa, when he
swallowed his false teeth. When Reiliv's
| teeth became lodged in his throat he
dropped his pudding bar and without "A
! word dashed from the mill Workmen
| standing near by. not knowing what had
occurred, and thinking Reilly was seek
! ing safety from an accident in the mill
joined in the flight The fleeing men
We're joined by the whole mill force.
| To sail through sea of crabs is bv
| no means an everyday occurrence yet
| the record of such an experience is
| written upon the log book of the steam
| ship Captain Bennett. which arrived at
New York from Jamaica. The Captain
! Bennett was sal big Just south of Cape
! Henry when "a & ran into the live sea.
| Hundreds of thousands of crabs. some
| floating singiy others collected in inn
mense masses, swarmed around the ship.
| There was no trouble in scooping them
| up by bucketfuis, the sailors say. and
| Capt Olsen and his men had their fill
| of crabs. prepared by the ship's doc
| tor" 1t is thought that the crabs were
| carried out to sea by recent storms from
| Chesapeake bay and We're unable to re-
turn to their accustomed waters.
Owing to the continued dry spell. an
1 gle worms have become so scarce for
| fishing purposes in Michigan that mar
| ket price of 10 cents a dozen has been
/ placed on them, and small boys are
| working nights by the aid of lanterns
| and garden hose. reaping Il lucrative in
| come. That is about the only bait that
| bass and trout will bite on at this time,
and fishermen have to necessarily pa
| tronize the younger set when they plan
Il "trip.
| Joe Smith is dog that works. He is
| setter and lives on a farm five miles
| southwest of Ottawa, Kan. Joe carries
| Il tin cup each morning from the house
| to the barn to be filled with fresh milk
| for breakfast. He has a quart water
| pail that he considers his own and has
( been known to carry ii, half filled with
| water, TO the hay field twelve times in
| day. The dog has been trained to carry
! berry boxes. When picker runs out of
boxes and calls, Joe, bring me box,
he goes to the crate, picks out an empty
| box, and takes it to the picker who
| called. If any member of the family
| goes to the door and says: Joe, do you
| see any hawks todayY he will make a
| large circle around the house and chick
| en- yard. scanning the sky, and, per-
| haps go tearing down the field under Il
| blackbird or a songbird that happens to
| be passing. He does not like cows, but
| will go to the end of the pasture, three
| quarters of a mile from the house. and
bring cows home, walking quietly behind
| the herd. One day last summer Mr..
| Smith was moving at the far end of his
| farm when his machine oil gave out He
| happened to have a small paddle in his
| pocket. on which he wrote, 'Send me
| some oil by joe" He gave the paddle
| to Joe and started him home In a
short time Joe came back, an oil can
| tied around his neck. He had received a
| piece of bread and butter at the house
| as pay for his work. But the dogs best
| work is with the pigs. As Mr. Smith
goes to the trough, with n pail in each
hand and Joe at his heels, you might
| hear this talk: Joe, there's those pigs
in that trough again" With no further
words Joe clears the fence with a
| bound and begins scattering pigs right
and left He lines the pigs up in a cir
Gle about the trough, where he keeps
them until Mr. Smith sweeps and cleans
the trough Then he says ''That will
and walks quietly back at ais masters
side The family had all petted and ba-
bied the dog ever since he was a little
wabbly pup. They Lave always talked
to him and never whipped him. They
never fail to pay him in some way for
work well done. He was never trained.
He just learned.
Stranded in the California desert and
dying from thirst, large party of In
dams were relieved by an expedition
carving three wagon loads of water
melons. The rescuers were unable TO
carry water, which would have boiled
in the desert. where thermometers regis
tered 126 The party, composed of Mo-
iaves and 9umas. were crossing the
desert near the Needles when Their wa
| ter gave out and their horses became
exhausted One young buck volunteered
to ride to Needles Cor aid. The officials
were puzzled as to the manner of relief,
however as they knew water would boil
or evaporate as soon as the desert was
reached. Then the watermelon plan was
hit upon and all the Indians We're saved
except one old chief, who expired before
the relief party came.
| Brighten. Daniel II. Rucker. retired,
had been notified by the New York Life
Insurance company of his own death"
The other day he walked into the local
offices of that company in the Washing
ton Loan and Trust company building
in Washington, ID. G., to. disprove the
theory. There have been few cases sim
liar to the death" of Gen. Rucker, ac-
cording to insurance men. Gen. Rueker
is 96 years old, and the insurance men
say he ought to be dead, according to
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