Pocahontas star herald., 1915-09-03

will be rocked, IN the presence OF
their guests, in the old cradle in
which they were rocked when babies
They claim 10 be tho oldest twins
IN the state.
Temple, Tex. Cutting roses in
her garden, Mrs. Ed q TalleY
heard her baby cry m the house.
She started to run indoors, tripped
on l,wn.mower and fell. The
scissors IN her hand pierced her
heart illing her instantly.
Cra, e, Nov. IL, Hilton, G5
years cid, has a peculiar afllietion
which prevents hls speaking to per-
sons n,ar him. lie can talk TO
animals or persons at a distance.
Phil ,delphia, Pa.-sitting on
the dohslep Of her home, Mrs
Maddrlena Balsina heard her baby
utter O cry above her. She looked
up to .oe the child in a window en-
the third door lose ITS balance and
fall. The mother sprang under
the ndow IN time TO catch the
child. Neither was injured, beyond
a slight cut on the baby's lIp.
Wilmington, Del. Mrs. NJ. X.
Grant, a wealthy woman, gave a
horse party in. honor o. the llth
birthday Of her pet carriage horse
"Prince Grant, A luncheon was
served in the stable, aud an orches.
ira played throughout the festivities.
Nebo, Ill.-G. Q. Boyle has an
egg laid by one Of his hens on which
are fine pictures Of a chicken, a dog,
a pistol aud a giraffe. None of the
pictures would rub Off.
LewIstown, Pa.--When William
Stiiller left the open hearth Of fur.
mace and requested his nephew to
blow the dust from his clothes with
a hose carrying 95 pounds Of air
pressure, be became violently i'll
aud died after a night Of fnghtful
suffering. Physicians claim the
sudden application of cold air to
his oyerheated body caused a rup
ture of the bowels.
New York, n. Y.-Thersa
Planeta and her son LOUIS we're
kept prisoners by a jealous hus.
band in an hermetlcally sealed Hat
for four years until rescued by an
agent of the Children's Society.
Joseph Planeta, the husband, is a
prosperous cigar merchant, and had
to be forced at a pistol point to give
up his wife and child. He locked
his wife in her cell when he found
an old photograph of a former.
sweetheart IN her trunk.
Crookstown, Mimi. A fisherman
here has placed a mirror IN the wa.
ter and in front Of 1t a plate glass
slanting at l5 degrees angle. The
baIt Is placed between the two. lie.
claims that when the fish approaches
and sees his image in the mirror,
he speeds up thiRklng another hsh
is after the morsel, strikes the plate
glass and slides up in into a net
placed at the top.
Duluth, MINI. Charles French
wanted a job in Uncle Sans navy.
lie applied for a position Of piano
tuner. lie is still wanting the job.
St. Paul, Mlnn. DIR. S. n.
Mogilner and DIR. n. g. Mortensen
charged in police court with kick
ing out the false teeth of EmmIl
Freiden were dismissed because Of
lack of evidence when the false
teeth could not be produced.
Indiana, Pa. When lightning
struck the home Of A. J.. Dlehl Of
Penn Run, it lifted the necklace
from his daughter, Belle, and drop
ped the locket hanging from It in
to one of her shoes. The back of
her other shoe was cut from her foot
as If by a knife. Ida Diehl, a sis
ter, and Ruby Maxwell, a cousin,
had their hair parted by the bolt
and each had a streak of single hair
extending from their ioreheads to