Thrown Off By Brakeman and Had Hand Cut Off

NORFOLK, Neb., June 30.
—Special to The News.—
While stealing a ride on a freight train near West Point today, Anton Niedemeier, of Wisner, was ordered off by the brakeman, and he stubbed his toe and fell. His hand was run over and was amputated.

--Lincoln Evening News, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 30, 1905, page 1.


A Dog's Queer Taste.

"Old Peter Jenkins of our town has the only tobacco-chewing dog ever heard of," says a Bristol, Pa., man in the Philadelphia Record. "The dog is now over 10 years old, and, so far as anybody knows, he has been a slave to the habit ever since he was a puppy. Peter himself says he doesn't remember how the pup acquired the taste; maybe he was born with it. At any rate Peter never takes a chew without offering one to the dog if he is around, and the dog never refuses. If Peter should happen to forget he would soon be forcibly reminded of his oversight. It is a curious thing to see the dog lying with head in his paws, working his jaws over a juicy quid. He swallows it, too, and it never seems to make him sick."

--The Sioux County Bee, Rock Valley, Iowa, July 24, 1903, page 4.


A Mean Fellow.

Clara -- Of all mean, selfish, worldly, despicable creatures, I think Mr. Huggem is the worst.
Dora -- Why, what has he done?
Clara -- When I refused him he did not commit suicide, or go to a mountain cave, or anything. He's engaged to a girl I hate. -- New York Weekly.


A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market. -- Charles Lamb.


Happy, Nevertheless

Oh, he was a trusted employe,
With a life in obscurity spent,
He found 'twas his lot
To be wholly forgot,
'Cause he never embezzled a cent.
--Washington Star.


Beethoven's mother was a stout, brisk, hard-working housewife, who seemed to have not a thought about her daily duties.

--The Sioux County Bee, Rock Valley, Iowa, July 24, 1903, page 4.