The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-07

ONE use Of the whalebone to which
the Esquimaux put il. and one case
OF which came under my personal OBJ
servation, l must not allow 10 pass
unnoticed, writes Eugene Melville,
of the United States Navy. When
datory. have destroyed favorite dog
or so, or dug up a cache OF reindeer
meat Just when il was needed, or in
any way have aroused the ire OF the
Innuit hunter, he takes strip of
whalebone about the size OF those
used in corsets, wraps it up into
compact helical mass like watch
spring, having previously sharpened
both ends, then ties il together with
reindeer sinew, and plasters il with
compound of blood and grease, which
is allowed to freeze and forms bind
ing cement sufficiently strong to hold
the sinew string at every second or
third turn. This, with lot of SINH
lar looking bats of meat and blubber,
is scattered over the snow or ground,
and the hungry wolf devours it along
with the others, and when it is
thawed out by the warmth of his
stomach, it elongates and has the
well known effect of whalebone on
the system, but having the material
advantage of interior lines its effects
are more rapid, killing the poor wolf,
with the most horrible agonies, in q
couple Of days.
"A FEW years ago, said Charles
j. Patterson, of Philadelphia, II
learned the secret of the life Of a man
who had passed more than quarter
of a century with scarcely smile.
He had been physician and sur
geon, and on one occasion had to re-
move an injured eye in order to
save the other eye and prevent
total blindness. The night before
the operation he had been drinking
heavily with some friends, and al
though the following morning he was
sober his hand was unsteady and
his nerves unstrung: After admin
istering chloroform he made fatal
and horrible blunder, removing the
well eye by mistake and thus con-
signing his patient to perpetual
blindness. The moment he discov-
cred his error he turned the man
over to competent surgeon, decided
everything he possessed to him, and
hurried from the neighborhood like a
convicted thief The remainder Of
his life was one constant round Of
remorse, and he rapidly developed
into confirmed misanthrope. The
secret Of his life was known to q
number Of people, but when it was
finally revealed to me it explained o
mystery and made me to respect the
man, for however grave was his
original blunder, which in some re-
spects was, Of course, worse than a
crime, his repentance was Of the
most genuine character.
A MAN who has died three times has
been describing his experiences. He
is lineman connected with an elec-
trio company. According to his story
he was first knocked out by an accu-
mutation of gases in a manhole; the
next time was by an electric shock,
and the third by sunstroke. II don't
see, said he, why they make such
a fuss about suffering and all that
from an electric shock. dom think
| it was half bad" He was up on a
pole when the shock came and was
sitting with his legs interlocked
around the pole. when the shock
came" he said, lit just knocked me
] l, al 4 J., Ia
me in the head with n hammer, and
down l went, head first, but not very
far, because my locked heels caught
on the lowest cross-beam, and there
| hung. My senses were numbed
right of. and hadn't the least sem
sation, except waiting rather uncon-
cerned a couple of seconds then |
lost my senses" He says that by all
odds the worst was the sunstroke.
For two hours he suffered such tor
ture as Dante describes. All the time
he was conscious and the bad things
he had done in his life kept parading
themselves before him. He could
hear the people say that he was dead,
and could understand their discus
/ oNtI w utbSi-
mine whether there was spark OF
life left-all this was going on for
several hours until he did really lose
all consciousness. After that he was
for three weeks in hospital
A UNIQUE operation has been sue
cessfully performed by DIR. James Ha-
ley, veterinary surgeon OF New Lon
don, Conn. A handsome little cocker
spaniel was brought to him a short
time ago suffering with curvature OF
the spine, as the result Of kick ad-
ministered by some brute. The little
fellows back was twisted out Of shape
and he was practically helpless. His
back legs were helpless, and he could
not move. He was always a sufferer,
and kept moaning and whining. DIR.
Haley thought when he first saw the
dog the most humane thing to do was
to kill him, but he was such hand
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