The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-20
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
lures which Show that Truth 10
Stranger Than Fiction.

THE big storage buildings in New
York are managed in a fashion that
impresses visitors with a belief that
the science of discipline has entered
all fields of activity. When the furni-
ture is taken from the house ii is
packed into a huge covered van. The
van is locked in the presence of the
owner of the goods, and he takes the
key. Then he goes 10 the storage
house, the van is driven on a freight
elevator and is lifted TO the seventh
or eighth story, where the owner has
leased a room. The van is backed up
TO the door of the room and the goods
are taken out and packed skillfully
within the room. The owner sits in
an arm chair and watches ii all.
Then the door is locked and the key
handed him. the wagon is wheeled on
the elevator, the iron doors leading to
the corridor are closed and locked,
and all hands descend TO the first
floor. II the owner wishes to go TO
his storeroom at a stipulated time
the attendant unlocks the door and
admits him to the elevator. The
door is locked behind him. He is
taken to the floor in which his room
is situated, another door is unlocked,
and he passes over to a second attend
ant. who takes a list of the things the
owner wishes to have removed from his
room. The owner is again taken out,
the door unlocked, and he is passed
over 10 the first attendant. who con
veys him TO the office. Nobody a
obtain access TO the rooms without
going through this laborious routine,
and the result is that petty pilfering
and stealing from the rooms is en-
tirely unknown. The cost Of it all is
less than might be expected. The
rooms are leased at anywhere from S3
10 Sl5 a month.
ONE Of the most peculiar wills ever
filed for probate in Belgium is that of
Nine. Mems, whose first husband
bore the name of Verhaegen. Nine.
Mems died in Antwerp, where she
lived in n handsome palace in the
Avenue des Arts, a few months ago.
She left her estate TO all the relatives
up TO the twelfth degree of kinship,
on both the fathers and mothers
sides of her first husband. The only
condition was that they should make
good their claims within six months.
The news Of the contents of the will
created great interest in Belgium.
where the name Nerhaegen is IA com
NOR one. AS the widow was reputed
to be worth hundreds of millions. the
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their claims. As a result, the court
is obliged TO pass upon the alleged
rights Of Ia, 554 heirs. The poor peo-
pie are doomed to disappointment, as
the estate turned out to be worth only
about three millions. So many law
yers have been engaged that their fees
alone will swallow up this amount.
At a recent hearing Of the case, one
Of the advocates grimly remarked
upon looking at the great number of
his brethren: at seems as if Nine.
Mems had left her property to all the
advocates of Belgium"
AMONG the few seaside places that
are not much advertised in these days
are the shores of the Dead Sea they
are not marine resorts" because no.
body ever goes to them. 1t is now
stated. however, that the Sultan
who is proprietor of the locality in
question and an American specula-
tor have laid their heads together and
devised a plan for it's exploitation.
Its waters possess plenty of salt, bit
umen and sulphur, which will be use
full for commercial purposes; and the
associations Of the neighborhood it is
hoped. will prove attractive TO tour
lists. Two vessels-one large and
heavy for local products and a lighter
one for passenger traffic-have ac-
c~ordingly been conveyed TO Jerusa-
lem, and thence to the Dead Sea, says
the Illustrated London News. A
pickle mandatory is TO be erected
on it's shores. 1t is thought that
every visitor would like to carry away
at least one bottle as a souvenir. 1t
is curious, however, that not a word
Is said about preserving the Dead Sea
fruit. which has a worldwide reputa-
tation.
FARMER JOHNSON. of Linn County.
Kansas, made up ms NINA that ne
would have an artesian well not long
ago. so he got the necessary machin-
cry and set to work to dig it. At the
depth of ninety feet the auger entered
a cave TO which there seemed to be
no bottom. and instantly a stream Of
hot air began TO pour out with so
much force that the tools were with
difficulty prevented from blowing out.
The air was so hot that the men at
work were soon compelled to leave it.
and then the drill was forced out OF
the well. followed by a rush Of air
that sounded like the roar Of a blast
furnace. The strike was made in the
middle OF December. and the flow
continues as strong as at first. Sci
entists have tried 10 make out that
the flow was natural gas, but expert