The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-12-09

slammed the door and went after he
gun. After wakening four women in
the house, so they would not be scared
BY the report of the firearm, he returned
and killed the bear. Seattle is q pretty
big city, and the house invaded by the
bear is not far from its centre, so that
the presence there Of the bear is a good
deal of a mystery. II found access to
the house through door left Ajar.
ERNEST HIGHHousK, Of Pittsburg, has
only one lung, the missing one having
been cut out. Only q membrane Of
little more than the thickness of the
skin covering a chickens egg immed-
lately inside the shell separates his heart
from the open air Four years ago
lighthouses lung was removed after
suppuration had set in, in consequence
of an attack of pleuro-pneumonis
Three pieces of rib were cut out In front
and four in the back. The lung was
then removed. lighthouse states that
breathing with two lungs is all . matter
of habit. 1t is just as easy to get along
with one lung. he says. DR., Stewart of
Pittsburg, lately took lighthouse TO the
Mercy hos pital, where he was examined
by about fifty of the leading physicians
and surgeons of the city, who said his
was the most remarkable case they had
ever seen.
APARIs letter says: Five years ago a
Russian princess, who died in this city.
left by will 81, 900, 600 to the person who
would consent to remain for the space
of one year in the chapel which is erected
over her tomb, in the cemetery OF Pere
La Chaise. The princess lies in crys-
tai coffin. Thus, the whole body is dis
tinctly visible, and this is what causes
so much fright 10 all who have as yet
attempted 10 gain the prize. But the
will forbids all visitors. The candidate
must be alone with the dead for a whole
year before the 81 900, 900 is won. No
work is allowed. Books and newspapers,
however, are permitted and servant
brings meals regularly TO the watcher
one hours walk day is allowed, bu,
this must be undertaken before 5 o'clock
in the morning in summer and o'clock
| during the winter months. Several
Frenchmen have essayed to win the
prize, but all have given up after a
! short trial. One lasted out nearly three
weeks, by which time he had completely
lost his reason and still remains a jab-
bering idiot The will makes no mention
of foreigners being ineligible; there is
every chance therefore for a strong
minded American who fears neither
! ghosts, ghouls nor gravestones TO be
come rich in the short period of 365
days. Application to be made to the
municipality of Paris.
A YOUNG man by the name Of Rodwell,
in the employ of the Grinton Coal Com
pany in North England, has shown
wonderful powers in his occupation az
professional water finder" or water
witch" Professor +. II. Lancaster, the
great English scientist, stated very
plainly in one Of the journals that he
doubted the attributed powers of either
the witch" or the "divining rod" with
which he is armed in all professional
operations. This evoked the following
| from DR.. Mcclure, the chairman of the
Grinton Company: 81 deny empha-
tically that the lad is an impostor! He
has been tested time and again and has
never failed to locate veins of either
nllhefal oI Water, uepenuihS uPoIi "na'
the search was being conducted for.
The 'divining rod which he hods only
moves in obedience to the muscular con
fractions of his hands and arms, and he
can use a rod of any kind of wood or
materisl, providing it be what is known
as a good conductor of electricity. An.
other oddity about the lad, and one OF
which have never heard in connection
with water witch;ng,' is this: The lad
habitually walks with his hands clasped
behind him and as soon as he steps upon
the ground directly over a mineral or
water he is powerless to unclasp them
until he moves away from the region of
the lode or conduit"