The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-05-12

lie great grasshoppers in perfect
state OF preservation; at the base
they are heaped up in windrows and
present Q curious spectacle. There
is field for much speculation and
room for wonder and admiration as
we stand and view this vast glacier
and its burden of grasshoppers.
STALLION fights are not uncommon
on the pastures of Chincoteague ISL
and, where hundreds of ponies run
wild. Each full-grown stallion leads
band Of mares and colts. AS the
younger stations approach full
growth they are the objects of jeal-
ousy on the part Of their elders, and
SO frequent and savage are the fights
that the older stations must, after
few years, be removed from the pas
ture. The stations OF the Chinco-
league breed are considerably heavier
than the mares, and very sturdy.
! They are excellent swimmers, and
they sometimes swim narrow arms Of
Chincoteague Sound to islands where
the marsh grass is especially rich
and vivid.
TRIUMPH in engineering is report
ed from the mountains of Peru,
where a twin-screw steamer of $40
tons, 40 feet long and 30 feet wide,
has been successfully launched on
Lake Titacaca, the highest navigable
waters in the world, more than l3, 600
feet above the sea. This steamer,
which belongs to the Peruvian gov
ernment, and is to be used for freight
and passenger traffic, was built on
the Clyde, then taken apart in more
| than thousand pieces and shipped
to Mollendo by sea. Itwas then car
ported over the mountains on the
backs af llamas and mules, and put
together by Scotch engineer.
ONE of the deadliest serpents in the
ropic is the fer-de-lance, of which
there are ut least eight varieties.
These snakes are OF precisely the col
or which will enable them to hide
among the foliage or roots of trees.
Sometimes they are bright yellow
and can scarcely be distinguished
from the bunch of bananas within
which they are coiled. Again the
reptile may be black or yellowish
brown, or Of any hue resembling
tropical forest mold, old bark or de-
composing trees. The iris of the eye
is orange, with red flashes, and at
night glows like burning coal.
WTILE Orange Brown, colored, was
| ont -, tho moods mann Dolnnab hun N T.
ing his COW, he stumbled over piece
of iron at the root Of tree. Inves-
tigation proved the iron to be small
kettle. He dug It up, opened it and
was surprised to find $3.50 in gold in
it. The pot also contained roll of
greenbacks, which crumpled when
the air struck it. The money is sup
posed to have been buried many
years ago, the owner having been
killed in the war or died without re-
vealing the whereabouts of the buried
treasure.
The fire department Of Berlin has
fire engine the carriage Of which
is constructed entirely out Of papier
mache. All the different parts, the
body, the wheels, etc, are finished in
the best possible manner. While the
durability and powers OF resistance
possessed by this material are fully
as great as those Of wood, the weight
is Of course much less. The light
ness of fire engine is of course a
great advantage, and it seems not
unlikely that wooden carriages will
in short time pass out Of use alto
gether.
"MANGLING Done Here" is very
common sign in all English towns.
AS is known, it is method, by pres
sure, of smoothing out sheets and
other large articles after the wash in
stead of ironing them. Until re-
Gently 'mangling" has not been
known in the United States. That
is why sign on the east side of New
York reading: "Mangling Done
Here" attracts crowds Of passers-by,
who imagine that the proprietor of
the establishment is prepared to do
murder on short notice.
ERNEST Karones, of New York, was
taken by his wife to a police station n
early on a recent morning, with dis
located shoulder. He said that this
happened to him frequently while he
slept. 1t was painful, and rendered
him helpless, but neither he nor his
wife thought it strange. A physician
from Gouverneur Hospital, with the
help of a policeman, readjusted the
bones, and the couple returned to
their home.
ONE Of the most remarkable surgi-
cal operations ever performed was
that by Surgeon Lawson Of Hull,
England, about eight months ago.
The operation consisted in the extir-
patton of a portion Of the right lung
of patient suffering from consump-
ton. 1t was a success that was
highly gratifying TO DR.. Lawson, who
reports that within less than three
p,nptbc tho natioDt wac in nsnol