The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-03-24

road To which they belonged and their
relative position in the train would
all be recorded accurately. His was
the most remarkable memory that l
ever knew OF.
A CORRESPONDENT OF the Philadel-
phia Call writes: II have n friend, a
dentist, who is the owner Of kitty.
This animal is very observing and
frequently sits near the chair watch
ing the doctor operate on patients.
For several days IL was noticed that
pussy had not taken her food as quick
as usual and she frequently yowled
in apparent distress, but no atten-
tion was paid to it. One morning
last week, after a patient had left the
chair, pussy jumped into the place
he had occupied, and raising her head,
gave pitiful cry, and then opened
her mouth. The doctor looked and
found the gum badly liberated from
a defective tooth. He drew the in
cisor out, and after having her gum
dressed the cat jumped down and ex-
pressed her thanks by purring In II
contented manner"
THERE is man in Washington who
has a most uncommon name. His
mother was on the lookout for some
thing original. and one day, before
his christening, she noticed on the
door OF Il building the word "Nosmo. "
This struck her fancy. Now, for a
middle name. Later, coming along
by the same building, she saw on the
door the name King" All, this
was what she was after, "Nosmo
King Jones he shall be, >" she said,
and he was christened so. On the
way home from church after the
christening she passed the same
building again. The doors were all
shut, and behold the doors with the
names on them she had selected were
shut together, and she read, not
"Nosmo King" but mo Smoking" I"
and her heart was broken.
THE seven wonders Of Corda are de-
scribed at length by "A Chinese paper.
They consist Of hot mineral spring
near Kin Shanto, locally credited
with having the power OF curing any
disease, no matter how serious; two
wells, one at each end OF the penin-
sula, which have the peculiar charac-
teristic that when one Is full the
other is empty; cold cave, from
which issues constantly an ice-cold
wind OF great force; pine forest,
which cannot be eradicated; IA "hov-
ering stone, OF massive rectangular
shape and free on all sides; hot
stone, which has been lying from
time immemorial on the summit OF u
hill, and evolving IA glowing heat,
and sweating Buddha, on which
not "A blade Of grass or flower or
tree has hpurished for thirty years.
A MAGISTRATE OF a Liverpool court
recently had the odd experience OF
trying himself for an offence against
the law, and inhicting on himself q
heavy penalty. A number OF names
OF persons charged with allowing
their chimneys TO be aiire, through
neglect Of cleaning, came before him,
and among them was his own name.
He was the only magistrate present,
and the clerk said that he could fine
himself, and suggested that il he in
ficted double the usual penalty JUS
tice would be met. The magis-
trate promptly fined himself TO this
extent, and caused smile in court
by lecturing another offender OF the
same batch for his carelessness and
warning him TO be more careful In
future.
A HONEY bee sacrificed its life in
paying tribute to +. A. Penny q
Rochester artist who is engaged in
decorative flower painting. Having
laid in with fresh color clusters Of
Marechal Neil roses, Mr.. Penny went
to dinner. II being warm day, a
window Of the studio was left open
for ventilation. On his return the
artist was surprised TO find "A honey
bee clinging TO one OF the newly
painted roses and making an effort TO
extricate itself from very unpleasant
position. All efforts TO save the bee
were unavailing. The bee seeing the
roses had come in through the open
window undoubtedly TO inspect
them.
A FIRE caused by an October sun is
very unusual occurren ce. A bed in
an industrial home for girls at IIamp-
stead, England, was discovered to be
on fire, and the accident was regarded
IA the work Of an incendiary. Ex-
periments having been made, IL
eventually transpired that the fire
was actually caused by the suns
rays falling upon full water-bottle,
which was standing in the room be-
tween the open window and mack
intosh on the wall The suns rays.
being concentrated by the water,
caused burning liquid 10 fall from
the macintosh on TO the bed
THERE is "a remarkable sand dune
near the lighthouse at Cape Henry,