Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-09-17
OF GENERAL INTEREST

1 q corner fenced with wire. uud the lirhf.
ning ran through the wire. killing theu,
instantly, hat leaving them a;nnnrked.
! The COW was killed ia an open field.
Arthur Alistou Of Wilmington. Del.
does not think job of Biblical fame hal
! anything an him when il comes To n
! question OF troubles. for Allstou believes
| he Is tue champion trouble man The
| otheF day AiISton attempted 10 brush n
| tiN from his hose. He forgot that he had
par ut fish scales in his hand at the
time and he almost tore his nose off his
| tace lie had TO call physician to sew
UP the wound, Ia the afternoon his
daughter, Miss Lydia AllSton was over
| come by the heat while at work in the
once where she is employed. aud an am
| hulance had to remove her to her home
The next day Mrs, Alston started 10
walk down the front steps. but tripped
| and fell aud Sprained her ankle and
again q physician had to he summoned
70 attend her,
She is feet high, weighs 80 pounds
has black curly hair and her face is
covered with pimples aud hlackheadS. y
| IS TIE description the Altoona Pa. p0-
lice received of Il woman who eloped
with Il man from Blandsburg, on the
mountain top north of here, No woman
answering this description of course.
! could be found
'I'll take him over to Windsor and 20
over there and live with him" uuoth
John Barkowski of Detroit. Mich as he
walked from Judge Phelan's court John
was speaking of his dog. which the police
say has been parading the streets with
out the official tag on its collar John
admits that he likes his dog very much,
but he doesn't like the idea of purchasing
a brass sign to hang on its neck. When
the Judge warned him that it will
be necessary for him to purchase. John
declared that il is n change of country
for him Judge phelan pleaded with
John TO stick to the United States, but
the latter insisted that he must give his
beast a square deal.
Indignant mothers lodged complaint
at police headquarters in Elizabeth, \.
j., against a pink cat which nearly
frightened the wits out of their little
ones. The cat, known as Mike. is a mas
cot for workmen on pier 10 of the Cen
trial railroad. 1t changes color with the
varying weather. and is q pretty reliable
barometer. An approaching cold wave
turns its skin blue. Walter Miller. the
boss of the pier, says Clear skies ahead
and its dirty white. II was that may
until the other day. II began turning
PINK WIN lne gathering tluUuS dHN the
bright hued feline scared dozens of chill
dren into Mysteries. The complaint fol-
lowed and the police are on its trail.
Pier ~ men are planning mass meeting
in its behalf.
At the London zoo there has just been
completed an arrangement of electric
lamps which is to he used for nothing
but the deception of the birds in the
bird house. A switch outside the build
ing controls he lights. and every morn
ing before daylight the keeper turns on
the current As soon as the birds see the
light they think the morning has dawned
and they Immediately begin to eat In
this way they are induced To breakfast
two hours earlier than they would orllin-
arily, The same idea has for some time
been put to practical use in fattening
quail for the market in London. These
birds take their feed only during the
early morning hours, so they are kept in
mn underground chamber, where ii is
dntk except when the electric lights are
on. Each time the lights are turned on
the birds, thinking day is at hand, be-
gln 10 feed. and as soon as they arc
turned out, they contentedly seek their
ro0sts. in this way the quail can be de
celved into eating score of times a
day. So that they become fat very rap
idly.
During the present hot days in Okla
homa. the owners of farms with good
swimming holes are charging lo cents
admission to persons who desire to take
a plunge The farmers near BristoW
Ok. agreed on Il proposition of this kind
and the boys and men from the sur
rounding towA., are finding il difficult
to locate a swimming hole unless they
pay the admission price. mo trespass-
lU - Gio aiH fl ftnt aT IA
IL keeping swimmers off their places.
Mrs. Andrew Hawkyard, 81 years old
died at Kenney Ill. 1t was her life
long boast that she had never drank
any water, partaling exclusively of
home brewed beer from childhood.
Mere than IL tons of rolling stock are
tied up at Iumwalt, a small station on
tne pomeroy Starbuck branch. near
Spokane. Wash, because q robin CON
sidered the brake platform Of box car
the best location for nest. \ week
ago Conductor Regain had orders to take
any empty car to Starbuck. When he
mounted the ear he found a robins nest
with three eggs on the brake platform.
The conductor had the car shunted back
up the spur. He reported to headquar-
ters the ear was occupied and received
orders to leave it there until the birds
Matched According to present mIeu-
tons. the birds will he taken from the
nest when a few days old and kept in
the baggage car on the POmcroy- Star
buck run until able 10 care for them
selves.
a few days ago Mrs. Henry Hoyer
Of st. Paul Ind. had an experience as
unique as it is thrilling. While work
ing in the garden she removed her sun
bonnet and after picking few cucum-
bers returned 10 the house, Throwing
the bonnet TO the floor. she was Mortified
to see a snake crawling from it. \
weapon was procured and the snake, a
spreading viper ~ inches long, was
killed.
When Richard Murray, 52S fremont
avenue. Chicago. saw two ROSTERS crow
ing and giving a vaudeville Performance
on the lawn Of their owner. William
Thompson, at 500 Wentworth avenue.
a desire TO possess them oyercamc Eln
So strong was the desire that Murray
began a sentence of thirty days in the
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Kong, China. September 10, 1863 He
spent his boyhoOd in Newberg, n Y,
and was educated at Adams academy