The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-28
be William Bell, and the facts, which
came out at The inquest, proved that he
was the wanted murderer

mill in San Diego, Cal, recently passed
through thrilling experience. He had
painted half of the stack. 120 feet high,
and had just been drawn TO the top when
the hook holding his platform gave way.
/ He fell twelve feet, striking guy rope
with his legs, which he wound around
the rope in twinkling. but without
effect. He fell again, dropping forty
! feet further, where he struck another guy
rope, luckily catching il with both hands
and feet. He held on pluckily, although
considerably bruised on the breast and
shoulder, until help reached him, and he
was lowered to the ground. 1t was a
narrow escape, but he did not appear to
be especially disturbed over his accident
and was at work next day as usual.
HAT stealing is said to be one of the
favorite occupations of the footpads in
the City of Mexico. The scoundrel
marks his victim, often in the most pub
lie streets and in broad daylight comes
up behind him, grabs his hat and makes
off at the top of his speed; and from his
knowledge of the byways aud hiding
places of the city usually succeeds in
making his escape. An ordinary Ameri-
can reader will wonder why anyone
u
he does not know that the hat, or SOM
brero, affected by the average Mexican
is the most expensive part of his apparel.
These hats are very large, made of the
best of felt and often elaborately dec
Grated with gold and silver embroidery.
A Mexican cowboy will wear the biggest
and costiest hat that he can afford TO
buy, and it is not uncommon to see them
with hats worth from $50 to $50, when
all the rest of their garments would not
be worth s..
MIND-wAvEs which strike separated
friends at the same time and make each
sit down and write TO the other after six
months or six years OF silence are COM
mon enough. But the case of two
brothers living in the South comes
little nearer the rarity Of cases placed
high in the Investigations of the Psychi-
cal Research Society. 1t appears that
recently a Mr.. McCrory of Oglethorpe
decided at certain hour on "A certain
night to visit his brother, who lived in
Florida 1t had been long time since
the two brothers had seen each other,
and the strange part of it is at the very
hour on the same night the Florida man
had decided TO visit his brother in
Georgia. They both started about the
same time and were both cminently sue
cessful, for each reached the home of
the other about the same time and was
much surprised to find the other gone
) ONE of the most curious applications
of the phonograph TO practical use was
made by an American student of Ian
guagcs. Being desirous of studying
Chinese so that he might speak 1t, he
asked an acquaintance to send him an
instructor. When the latter arrived he
proved to be a Chinaman OF unpromis-
Ing exterior but fair English. Teacher
and pupil got on well the first day, bat
the latter found his instructor so oifen-
sive in personal characteristics that he
decided to avail himself of his knowl-
. edge without enduring his presence. So
the Chinaman was set to work to talk
his lesson into phonograph, and at
night the pupil, having gone to bed
, with the lights out, turned on the phono-
graph and mcmorized the lesson. He
gave up the experiment. however, for
the whimsical reason that he dreamed of
Chinese dragons and other hideous pro-
ducts OF Oriental art.
An amusing story comes from the
South Sea islands. A missionary there
not long ago concluded that his house
would look better for coat of white
} wash, and to get the lime burnt some
coral. This operation the natives
watched with a good deal Of interest,
thinking that the coral was being cooked
for the purpose of being eaten. They
were greatly disappointed when they
found that this was not the case, but
/ when in short time they beheld the
missionary's cottage cleaning in the
sunlight as white as snow. their delight
, knew no bounds They danced, they
sang, they screamed with joy. The
whole island was in confusion. White
wash became the rage. Happy was the
coquette who could enhance her charms
by daub Of the white brush. Conten-
tions arose. One party urged their
superior rank; another obtained posses
sion of the brush and valiantly held 1t
against all comers. A third tried to up
set the tub 20 obtain some of the pre-
cious cosmetic. To quiet the hubbub,
more whitewash was made, and in a
week not hut, domestic utensil, a
war club or garment but was as white
as snow; not an inhabitant but had his
skin painted with grotcsque figures; not
pig that was not whitened; and
mothers might be seen in every direction
capering joyfully and yelling with de-
light in the contemplation Of the
superior beauty Of their whitewashed
babies.
A correspondent witnessed a strange
duel on one of President Crespo's big
cattle ranches in the interior OF
Venezuela. Two vanqueros, or cowboys,
were enamored of the same dark-eyed
, little Indian girl of the great Orinoco
plains, and they decided to settle by Q
|. duel with the lasso which Of them should
take her to wife. a dozen fellow
vaqueros assembled to witness the fray.
The lovers soon appeared mounted on
mettlesome mustangs, each with long
powerful lariat OF tough cow hide.
They were both experts with the lassoo,
and their horsemanship was marvel.
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