BIB BBT ATTACKS
Bll ERIEFAMILT
Ten-Pound Rodent Turns on Five
Persons and Leaps Upon
Child's Back.
GIRL BADLY BITTEN
Food to U^t Quantities Hod Been
—teeed from the Pantry, and Ev
ery N.ght the House Waa
Filled Wit* Peculiar
New York —A tea pound tweoty
aevia-tack rat fought live member* of
a family all over the ground floor of
thsdr home ta Bast New York the oth
er day If eaa killed oaly after a
d« operate struggle ta which one worn
am waa hadly Mica aad soother driv
ea lata hysteria
The rat pot ta Bight Teres e Mr
mt M Mootauk aremue. his
iad three children M-» Me
ta ill as the iwauit of bar fright
tar. Mae. Is suffering
have haMaead for
paat that tbetr borne waa
by a plague of rats Food
guaatfties waa mlmnd from
tbe ymalry. aad every aigbt the bouse
The other bight McKeaaa bis wife
aad the three rhiidrea-Joseph. IJI
has aad Mae—derided to begin war
wa the peat* They pat a trap la tbe
Ah. he* aad weal into tbe dicing room
«o at 11 itvakl
They heard two or three loud
•hemps aad rushed Mt The trap
■waa empty, hat two potatoes and a
eahhugc lay la the middle of tbe
finer The MrKeaaa* eeu<d sot be
Meet that rata had drugged the »ege
UMn from tbetr hta
After *a boor of waiting, the fam
By beard the trap rfirk They again
the kitchen and saw an
rat attttag I gstdt the trap.
The glare af Ha eye made Mrs Mc
Keaaa hysterical
instead af running to earape. tbe
rat rushed at Urn astonished family.
They Bed The rat Jumped first at
11__1-1
*in»t* Firm rn On* and Then the
Other.
nee **d thee another lta kalfe-Ulie
set* »>'■*» a* It •uyi«4 tu Jaw*
lenrib McKrtM prk*4 op a re
eataer tree* the aMeboard aaJ fired
It a jaiode Hallman was pausing and
beard the abet* He ran into the
hue11 grabbed up a thevad and joined
ta the fajeb*
The rat had Jaat made a aprlng at
Mae HctCeaaa Kb* Jumped atop the
'dhhf table The rat leaped after her
aad hat her twice, oa the back aad
Ini# MrKeasa Marled to attack
the *£ja«l with hia bare hands when
Matin.aa awwac the abovet He hit
the rate -ewaiety urn 'he bead and
killed it A fbyddaii waa called to
wtiawd the la fared women
Cota Elephant'# Corn*
New Turk —Oapbaata' com* which
Stand Keeper B.Uy harder aay< are
harper thaa paHcewm'a or ordiaarr
p. aptr'g were ret the other day at the
• mtral Park me
Billy cats h&epfcaat*' coma about
the Arm. Ft Slay erery fear, aad It fa
•ie*Je a feat af chiropody For Jewel
and Hatty, the two lady elephant*
•centre > urn* Jeet reading araend ta
their he en all mater, and corns
make hath af them tnr;?
I tatty fitted Italy with her trtiak
all the -mm that he waa working on
Jhcr lent, hnt when be came to Jewel
•hr waa peers*! The big elephant
dropped her trunk circled Billy'*
watet aad lifted him tip where she
maid get a goad look at him When
«b» aaw that tl waa Just Billy Snyder.
Jewel art kirn down
I P *« CmiiW Fined
< amandyr Va.** —Junta* Kpeneer
**»*■*. jr, KTMCMC of J. Pierpoet
More** defied the of law and
*wd*r by Mtatty ta atop bis auto
•be a i«t' <n»M» bailed bin.. He was
Steed US. bat appealed.
Where One Can linear.
|.s«reat X I*—You may swear on
7wwr own pt» miner in Hnanton. A con
rtrtleo aatlcst Mina Josephine X. Nix
*m am a efcary* at ustey profane ltn
Sanaa, was re-rented because she was
<m mat own porch.
Irek New Low.
('Mrayn — HuffrayeUn* are unanl
moan te tbr-ir support of a proponed
tew m imMt women when .ailed at
ante am ■■ and anbnd their aye to bids
DAVIS SAYS EASTERLY WILL BE A STAR
**oro sy **vt ruo/*oso\
Catcher Easterly of Cleveland.
Manager Harry Davis of Cleveland
Insist* he will make one of the star
catchers of baseball out of Ted East
erly.
' Easterly doesn't belong in the out
field. his place Is behind the bat. and
that is where I intend to play him,”
says Davis
“Easterly in one of the best hitters
In the American league. In this de
partment he is a natural ball player.
He can be developed into a beady
catcher. He is a fine thrower, and I
, have a great deal of confidence in
him.
“I want Easterly to have confidence
in himself. That is what I am going
to try to instill in the player, and I
am sure I will be successful. That
much and my object of making him a
leader in his department will be at
tained.”
SUSPENSION FOR DAVE SHEAN
President Chivirgton of American
Association Takes Action in
Case of Former Cub.
For refusing to join tbe Louisville
club, to which he was sold. David
SLean. formerly with the Chicago
Hub of the National league, has been
indefinitely suspended, according to
Dave SHean.
'-he ktnericaa association bulletin is
sued by President • hivington.
' «-an was utility infielder with Chi
cago an.i was dropped at Louisville
«b:> the club was on Its southern
tr?x.cg trip He previously played
with the Boston Nationals, and his
home is in Arlington. Mass.
"Wave Spitter” Is Latest.
Kimt-r Strlcklett, inventor of the
■'si ‘ball " lias a “wave spitter” to fool
the big league hatters. The “wave
setter” is a ball which breaks in at
least two different directions on its
wav to the batter. It has more speed
than the ordinary "spitter.”
Strlcklett “lost” his arm several
r ars ago w hen he waa in the niajors,
and was sent to the minors. When he
perfected the spitball he went back to
Brooklyn and was a leading National
it-ar ie pitcher several seasons.
The “wave spitter” is said by experts
1 :• be m >r<- effective against scientific
batters than husluers, and Is expected
to mal e Stricklett famous again.
Cotton States Venture a Failure.
Toe attempt of the Class l) Cotton
H'«te* league to operate a team In
New Orleans has proven a failure and
Cent Detnontreville, who was given
the franchise, announces that In less
than a month's time he has dropped
$2,509 in bis venture and will seek a
transfer. Laurel, which was first
awarded the Yazoo City tranchlse that
? was later decided to try out at New
i Or loses, pr bably will he asked to
take over the team.
OTooir's Brother ‘•Yanked."
Marty O Toole baa a little brother
i named Mike He plays with the same
team the $25,009 beauty played with
wh> n a member of the American as
sociation, He twirled tn the game
j against Toledo, and SL Paul had to
I yank him out ot the box. With a new
; twirler at the helm, Toledo was
J trimmed
Bates aa a “Waiter.”
Johnny Bates is getting surprlslng
i tf few “times at bat" in the records.
Never has he shown such skill as a
waiter, and he Is collecting a barrel of
fcaae* on balls. Numerous sacrifices
are klao to bis credit, and his “A. B.’s”
have been averaging lees than three
to the game.
AROUND
■iYvRASES
It is said that Hank O'Day can smile
these days without hurting his face.
Milwaukee has sent Pitcher Weidell
to Wausau of the Wlsconsin-Illinois
league.
“There is no great loss without
some small gain," says Harry Davis of
the Naps.
Wheeling has signed the veteran
Gu8 Dundon, who was with Lincoln
last season.
Fort Worth has released Pitcher
Charley Deardorft. He was unable to
get into playing form.
Arlie Latham has caught on tem
porarily. He is an umpire in the
United States league.
Gus Wiser of St. Joseph has been
selected as playing manager of the
Beatrice (Neb.) team.
Fort Wayne has purchased Pitchers
Loudell and Fenfer and Catcher Dob
bins from Providence. *
The first shift in the Nap lineup is
the substitution of Jack Gr&ney in
left field for Hank Butcher.
Manager Kling says that on the
shoeing up to date Boston will finish
ahead of Brooklyn and St. Louis.
The Brooklyns have sent Outfield
er Bobby Coulson to their tributary—
Newark of the International league.
“Germany" Schaefer makes a lot of
fun for the fans, but he never over
looks a point. He is a real inside
j player.
Oscar Vltt declares he has fallen
in love with Detroit and that he is
quite willing to make the city his
home for life.
That Mclnnes mite of a first base
, man was about as good as they make
them last year, and seems to have lm
j proved this season.
Phelan seems to have won Eddie
Grant’s corner in the Cincinnati In
field. He is batting over .300 and
fielding in fine style.
Connie Mack keeps Derrick on the
team in hopes that he can lift the
Athletics out of any possible hole into
which the team may fall.
Catcher James Shields, formerly in
the Cotton States and South Atlantic
leagues, has signed with Sharon in the
Ohio-Pennkylvania league.
Roger Bresnahan Is one of the
wealthiest men playing ball at the
present time. It is alleged that the
leader of the Cardinals can draw his
1 check for 5100.000.
Terry Turner, the Cleveland infield
| er. expects a good season. Terry’s
j arm, which has bothered him for
I years, troubles him less this spring
than in former years.
Frank Bowerman has been signed
as manager of the London (Ont.)
club of the Canadian league. His first
baseman is Loey Bierbauer, son of
Louis Bierbauer, the old Pittsburg
second baseman.
Janvrin, the third baseman of the
Jersey City team, has been doing such
good work in practice that it is pos
sible he will be recalled by the Boston
Americans. He moves about like an
other Eddie Collins.
Jimmy McAleer says the Boston Red
Sox are the best team in the world.
Many figure the Red Sox will remain
up in the race If McAleer will keep
his hands off and allow Manager Jake
Stahl to run the team.
Willie Keeler, who is the Brooklyns*
coach and scout. Is receiving $600 a
month fbr his valuable services. Keel
er and Dahlen, old pals, keep their
heads close together. They are trying
to make the Brooklyns play some in
side ball.
Lou Ritter, former Brooklyn catch
er. recently released by Indianapolis,
on the appearance of Nig Clarke, has
gone to Utica in the New York State
league. He was given a present of
$500 by the Indianapolis club to re
i ward him for hisjgood work last year.
IDEAL TRAINING CAMP
—
| Managers of Big League Teams
Differ on Question.
Some Like Quiet Places Where There
Is Little to Divert Attention of
Players From Their Work—
Others Favcr Big Cities.
What constitutes an ideal training
•amp for big league baseball teams?
Big league managers and players dif
’er in their opinions. Some like the
quiet place*, where there is nothing
:o take the thoughts of the players off
.heir work. Others like the big towns,
where there are divertisements to
break the monotony of training. Some
also prefer the big towns because
more money is taken in at the gate.
Some managers like to change every
rear, so their players will get a change
of scene. Many prefer a spot where
the athletes may imbibe freely ol
mineral waters.
In the latter class are the managers
jf at least five—Fred Clarke of Pitts
burg. Bill Dahien of Brooklyn, "Red"
Dooin of Philadelphia and Jimmy Me
Aleer of Boston. Of the five, all but
New York have picked Hot Springs
while the Giants have trained at Mar
tin. Texas, for several seasons. The
fact that the Giants and Pirates have
been contenders for the pennant all
the time they have trained at health
resorts speaks well for their system.
The Boston and Chicago Americans
are the two clubs that have made cir
cus trips of their training tours. Co
miskey several times took his squad
to the coast and once to Mexico, while
the Red Sox twice went to California
Neither team obtained good results.
in the opinion or Nap Lajoie. a
training camp combining tbe good
qualities of Alexandria. La., and Ma
con. Ga.. would be the Ideal place.
Alexandria has the climate, the water
and the hotel, but It lacks population
and a good baseball diamond. The
latter fault could be rectified, however,
by tbe sending of a groundkeeper
ahead of the team to get things in
3hape. But the town is small and
lacks amusements. Consequently the
j players got mighty tired of It In a
I week or so. and their work seemed
: unusually onerous, especially as Man
ager McGuire was a stickler for that
I old old-style plan of having the play
ers walk some eight miles a day in ad
i iition to their double workout. Again.
I It was a case of "all going out and
| nothing coming in." as the gate re
ceipts at Alexandria were practically
I nothing.
Now, Macon has an even better cli
mate—that is. from a training stand
i point—in that it does not get so ex
tremely warm. Macon also is a much
larger city, but unfortunately it lacks
as good a hotel as is wanted by the
big league clubs, who insist on the
j best.
MURPHY SIZES UP TY COBB
Field Captain of Athletics Says There
Never Was Player Like Him—
Can Do Anything.
Danny Murphy has a boost for T.
Raymond Cobb. Dan is apt to cen
j sure the glittering Georgian for loaf
ing a mite when he looks like lying
j down on a fellow-player, but when it
I comes to the personal stuff it’s aces
j and eights for Tyrus as far as Danny
I is concerned. Hear the manner in
which the Athletics' new field Xa
1 poleon sizes up that Cobb person
age:
“I don’t believe there was ever one
: like him before, and I don’t think
: we’ll ever see one like him again.
“He can do anything. He hits, he
I throws, he fields, and he can run. A
I "
Ty Cobb.
I ' 1
i .ot of the players In our league used
| to tell about his baneheaded running
:he bases. Well, let me tell you some
hing. He’s so fast he can take
I :hanees ail the time. The'e isn’t a
| :lub in the league that don’t hate to
see Cobb on first with one run needed
ay Detroit. He keeps the pitcher wor
I ried, he has the team bothered, he
, aas the catcher worried, and it’s al
; most a cinch that he’ll get around. |
He’s the greatest I ever saw.”
Marquard Shy on Slow Ball.
When Rube Marquard can pitch a
; slow ball Coach. Robinson of the
: Giants says he will be invincible. Mar
: guard has learned to control terrific |
! speed and a fast-hreaking curve. Rut j
he doesn't know much about change :
of pace. Robinson is drilling him I
; every day in the art of pitching boat- ;
; ers. and says the big southpaw is :
' making progress. All of the great j
i pitchers in days gone by mixed slow j
| ones with fast ones, thereby increas- j
: ing their effectiveness remarkably.
■..- ' "■ ---
“Brick" Owen Is Lauded.
“It is seldom that an umpire can
give emphatic satisfaction to both the
winning and losing teams, but that is
what “Brick” Owen is doing in the
National league. “He umpired in five
of our games,” said Manager Fred
Clarke of Pittsburg. “We lost four of
them, but there wasn't a kick coming
oh him. It is hard to find fault when
he is working.
J
(Copyright. 191k by Associated Literary
Press.)
When Fred Winters departed for
Cuba with his regiment the know-it
alls in society said there was an en
gagement between him and Ruth Burt,
and that when the war was over and
the lieutenant came marching back.
again there was to be a wedding.
By and by there came strange ru
mors from the front. In no case could
they be traced to a fountain head, but
those who held them in greatest con
tempt had a half-belief Just the same.
1 Some one was giving out and re pea t
i Ing that Fred Winters had shown cow
ardice in the face of the enemy. The
newspapers didn’t have tt, but letters
came back affirming and denying 1L
“It’s a lie. and 1 know it!" exclaimed
Miss Ruth's only brother, who had
reached his sixteenth birthday. “It's
the work of some of his Jealous rivals."
"I do not know a gentleman that
| would stoop to anything of the sort."
replied the sister.
“Well, some one has been stooping.
Have you written to Fred what is be
ing said about him?”
“Of course not. Indeed. 1 am not
writing to him at all."
“Just like a girl to condemn a feller
unheard! Hang it. 111 write him my
self."
“You'll do nothing of the kind. I can
manage my own affairs."
“Go on. then, hut I'd give my pony
to find out the liar."
“We shall know all about It when
the soldiers return.”
“Yes, and 1*11 challenge and fight the
man that first set the rumor afloat!”
And the youth puffed out his chest
and walked to and fro in the long
parlors and tried to look determined
and ferocious.
When Miss Ruth's letters ceased to
put in an appearance, Mr. Winters was
on his dignity at once. There was some
good reason, but was it for him to beg
it? He had written last, and now he
must wait. At the front there were no
rumors of cowardice. It was the other
way. Lieutenant Winters had received
high praise from his superior officers.
No One Knew Their Mission.
He was in at the beginning and at the
finish, and he returned home no wiser
about Miss Ruth's silence
“If he calls, then what?" asked the
brother.
“He won’t call.”
“All right for you. Ruth, you are as
stubborn as a mule.”
“A coward has no place in my esti
mation.”
“How about the half dozen fellers
hanging around you? Do you know
whether they are cowards or brave
men?”
“It isn't necessary for me to know.
I am going down the country and shall
forget all about it.”
Young Mr. Burt took a resolve, and
next day he hunted out the returned
warrior and put the case to him
straight from the shoulder.
“And is that it?” was mused in re
ply. “This is the first time I have
heard of the rumors, and it's pretty
late in the day to put up a denial.
Thanks for your interest."
Young Burt went home to sit down
and purse his lips and say to himself:
“Let’s see? Let's see? The gov
ernor and the duchess are keeping
bands off, and the thing has been
flung on my shoulders to settle. Very
well; I will settle. Fred Winters must
prove he is not a coward, and Ruth
must apologize for doing him an in
justice. I bring about a marriage.
make two souls happy and gain a
tip-top feller for a brother-in-law. Cm!
I am equal to tbe occasion.’*
Eagle’s Nest is a manor house. So
is the Birches. They are three miles
apart. Two days after Miss Ruth
reached the Nest, Mr. Winters reached
the Birches. It just happened so.
As the ex-warrior had his auto with
him. and the girl had had her electric
sent down, it could be only a question
of time when the two must meet.
Young Burt imagined that meeting
and smiled. Not a word—not a nod
—not a look! For three days be dis
appeared from the paternal mansion
and a detective might have traced him
to a country inn between the two
manor houses. He was there on busi
ness. He saw his sister and a friend
out in the electric, but he took good
care not to be seen himself. In his
company, much to the wonderment of
the landlord and others, were three
beetle-browed men who seemed to
ache to cut throats. No one knew their
mission, but on a sunny morning, out
behind tbe barn, young Burt was say
ing to them:
“You go right down the road about
a mile to the thick growth of bushes
and go into ambush. When two young
ladies in an electric runabout come
along look up and down the road and
see if you can see an auto. If you can
then go ahead and hold up the girls.
These revolvers are loaded with blank
cartridges. Do a good deal of shoot
ing. If the chap in the auto stops to
mix in give him fists.”
“Are we to hurt him?” was asked.
“If yon can. Don’t fear that he
wont try to hurt you. If he doesn’t
show up then let the ladies pass and
come back here.”
“If it’s highway robbery or assault
we may get arrested.” muttered the
leader of the trio.
“Then I’ll get you clear. It's all la
the way of a joke, you know. The idea
is that the man in the auto rescues
the ladies, and the harder you fight
the more credit be gets. AJ1 as easy
ar pie, you see!”
For four days Mr. Winter had been
out in his auto, and for tbe same four
days Miss Ruth Burt had gone spin
ning over the highways in her electric.
No meeting. One was due. however.
On this morning Miss Ruth started
for the village, and Mr. Winter to ex
plore a pond where there was said to
ue gooa nsmng. mere came a time
when he sighted her, but too far ahead
to tell who It waa. He was about to
turn off when he heard the reports of
pistols, and saw three men bound out
of the bushes and stop the vehicle.
Five minutes covered the distance.
The autoist didn't stop to look at the
woman who was screaming at the top
of her voice. The three men were his
game. They shouted to him to "hands
up," but he didn't put them higher
than the professional boxer usually
does. They turned their guns on him,
but he got on to the blank cartridge
bluff, and then followed a sad ten
minutes for the conspirators. They
were knocked gally-west and gally
east. and they finally threw away their
useless weapons and fled into tne
woods.
It w-as then that the puffing, bleed
ing Mr. Winters had time to look
about him. He knew that the electric
and the young lady were there, and
that after his arrival the cries for help
had ceased.
“What—you,” he exclaimed, as he
looked Into the face of the girl who
wasn’t sure that he was not a cow
ard.
"And you here!” she answered.
“You have come to no harm?”
"No. thanks to you.”
Then there came an embarrassing
silence. One of the men bad left bis
cap behind, and Mr. Winters stood
turning it over with bis foot.
"You did not call on your return
from Cuba," said the girl at last.
“I feared you might not be at home
to me.”
“Did you fight this way In Cuba?"
“I shall have to refer you to the
official reports."
“I am stopping at Eagle's Nest”
“Yes?” v
“And you might call."
“Thanks, I will.”
And when he did call it didn’t take
twenty minutes to make satisfactory
explanations, and a week later young
Burt was saying to his mother:
“They’ve made It up.”
“So Ruth writes me.”
“Mighty lucky she had a brothei
about my size.”
“But what had you to do with it?"
“Oh. nothing much, exoept that Fred
has got to return me the sixty dollars
I paid the robbers. You can’t hire
fellers to be knocked into the mid
dle of next week for a nickel apiece.’
No Mourning.
“1 hear Jagsby’s son has taken to
gambling."
“So he has.”
“I suppose he has broken his poor
Did father’s heart.”
“Not much he broke his poor old
father’s hear, he did! He broke the
bank.”
“I have seen three doctors. The first
said it was arthritis and the second
ataxy."
“And the third?"
“Of course he contradicted the other
two flatly.”—Rire.
“new cure for nervousness
■ ?l
Front Platform Trips on Trolley Dur
ing Rush Hours Prescribed by
One Doctor.
When asked if he would allow a pas
senger to stand qu the platform beside
him the motorman replied that it was
against the rules.
“I know that,” said the applicant for
the post of honor, "but maybe this will
put me through.”
He presented a letter signed by the
manager of the company.
“All right,” said the motorman, 'Til
he ready to start seon.”
"T am making front platform trips
during rush hours on my doctor’s ad
vice,” the man said. "A year ago I
was a mental and physical wreck. A
nerve specialist took me in hand. He
says now I am cured. To make sure
1 can stand the severest kind of a
mental strain he has ordered me to
stand beside the motorman and see
bow I would meet emergencies.
“He has put me on my honor in re
porting to him. If a child turns a som
ersault in front of a car or a man falls
down in a fit, my orders are to decide
immediately what I would do if in
charge of the car. If I can think as
quickly and as straight as the motor
man does, my recovery will be pro
nounced complete. If not, the treat- I
ment will have to be continued a
while longer.
“Before I got sick I would have
thought an ordeal of that kind suffi- 1
cient to cause nervous prostration, but
persons who pass through that doc
tor’s hands seem able to stand it, and
nearly all of his patients are subjected
to the test”
Novelty in Surgery.
The bone of a sbeep was transferred
to the arm of a patient recently. The
forearm undergoing the novel opera
tion had been shattered by the dis
charge of a gun. The operation Was
pronounced successful.
SAILOR IS PURSUED
BY A CHINESE GOD
Seaman Is Threatened With
Death for Preventing a Sac
rifice in Yangtse River.
New York.—Believing that he has
oeen trailed by members of a Chinese
secret society all the way from the
tarbor of Che-Foo, China, to this city,
with ultimate death at their hands aa
in inevitable result, Alfred K. Scanze.
i mechanical engineer, applied to
Fourth Deputy Police Commissioner
Dillon for a permit to carry a 're
volver. His request was granted, aft
er he had shown Dillon letters of a
threatening character from a Chinese
band.
According to Scanze. in 1908 he was
a midshipman on the gunboat Min
iora, lying in the harbor of Che-Foo,
md while on leave of absence took
Saw Her Leap Into River.
a small river steamer up the Yangtse
river. On the way back Scanze saw
a young Chinese woman leap into the
river. He plunged after her and res
?ued the woman.
When he told the story later on the
Mindora his shipmates told him he
might get into trouble, as the Chinese
regarded the girl offered as a sacrifice
to the river god. who had flooded the
riTer. and in rescuing the girl he had
deprived the god of his sacrifice.
One of the letters received by
Scanze was delivered to him on Sat
urday morning while he was at work
an a new building at Broadway and
Thirty-fourth street. The note was
handed to him by one of the workmen
employed on the building, who said a
Chinaman had asked him to give it to
Scanze. The letter referred to the
rescue of the young Chinese woman
by Scanze. and warned the latter “to
be prepared” for a visit from the "riv
er god’s messenger."
BEASTS INVADE VILLAGES
Inhabitants'of Hungarian Mountain*
Were Almost Prisoners In Their
Houses Last Winter.
Vienna.—The inhabitants of several
villages near the Rozaly mountains,
in Hungary, are almost kept prisoners
in their houses by numerous packs of
wolves which the intense cold has
driven out of the high lying forests.
A number of cattle and other domes
tic animals have fallen a prey to their
depredations.
One village near Gross Banya was
treated to the remarkable spectacle of
a fight in a garden between a bear
The Bear Defended Himself.
that had come to the village to look
for something to eat and a number o*
wolves there for the same purpose.
The bear defended himself stoutlj
with blows of his paws and killed tw»
of his assailants.
A farmer at Vesszod saw a wol'
put his head through the half-openei
door Of the room in which he was
sleeping. With presence of mind he
slammed the door, caught the animal’s
neck between door and door post and
killed it with a blow on the head from
a heavy chair.
Gets Corns on Ears,
Mount Clemens, Mich.—There is a
merry war on in The local telephone
exchange. On one side are thirtj
sweet-voiced operators with a medium
sized district manager as their oppo
nent.
The operators are compelled to wear
a headband contrivance while on duty,
and the claim of the girls is that the
contrivance causes corns to form upon
their ears. They declare that If the
manager does not provide another sort
of appliance for holding the recelveri
they will leave the office.
