The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-04-14

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INTO boards, from which he made Al
he became seriously i'll. He sent for
IN undertaken and had the coffin
trimmed. lie died and was buried n
! few days ago. and all Of his funeral
expenses were paid from the money
| that he had received and saved from
the sale OF the cherries borne by the
tree from which his coffin was made
We find "A somewhat remarkable
advertisement i'm the columns OF the
Vossische Iietung. 1t is a. follows +.
A very pretty little boy, aged u
year and half, who has had the mis-
fortune TO lose his dear mamma
wishes in this manner-as he seldom
comes in contact with ladies-to find
/ new mamma. who, however, must
also be capable, by tenderness and
lelicacy Of sentiment, Of affording
faithful companion for life for his pa
pa. My papa, the advertisement
Soes on. suddenly forSaking the ties
Of the third person, lis an architect,
who fills an important social position; (;
therefore am unfortunately Obliged
besides delicacy Of sentiment, to look
out for some fortune, so that my pa
pa may be content with my new
mamma in every respect. / repulst
all go-betweens with all the energy J
possess, and beg that communications
may be made direct.
AT Madras. some time ago, Il valu-
al. l.. Ln, -. I
its tail to stray into an adjoining
cage, the tail was seized by an evil
disposed leopard, close to the lion
body, when as the lion attempted t
escape, almost the whole OF the skii
OF his tail was stripped or This Wa,
followed by such an amount of intiam
nation that the lion life was in
danger. Surgeon Major Miller, bro
ther OF the late Professor Miller, OF
Edinburgh, the surgeon to the GOV
ernor Of Madras, volunteered to per.
foim amputation. The lion was
seized i'm his cage and his head Gov
cred with n cap containing IA consid-
cradle quantity Of chloroform. He
was then dragged to the edge os the
cage and the tail passed through the
bars, where DR.. Miller cleverly per-
formed his operation. The anima'
made good recovery.
IT is amazing to think that there
are people in tNis country who have
never seen looking-glass, but il
seems to be the case. Charles Pat
terSon, II farmer living near GallipOliS
Ohio, has never had one in his house.
He went to town the other day ana
bought one. That evening his tei
year old son saw it for the first tim,
in his life. When he saw his image
there, it frightened him dreadtully
He thought it was II ghost, or some
equally uncanny thing, and seizing n
shotgun, fired ut it, shattering the
new mirror into thousand frag-
ments.
THE Mohave Indians Of the far
West have one curious superstition
that is supposed to be Of compara-
lively recent origin. They refuse to
eat the flesh Of the beaver, and de-
clare that who so eats beavers flesh
will have swollen neckS. An agent
who has lived for some time among
the Mohaves conjectures that some OF
the Indians must have eaten the flesh
of beavers poisoned for their skins
and died with swollen necks. The
memory had been handed down
through the tribe, and no Mohave
eat beaver's flesh since that day.
A RICH foreigner settled in Mar.
seilles and built very costly villa.
Two years ago he made elaborate
preparations for dying by his own
hand whenever he decided that the
moment had come. He built vault,
which could be hermetically sealed,
in corner of his garden, furnished
with n reclining chair. two Candida
bra. and two pans, filled with char
coal, ready to light. He entered the
vault frequently, but not until !;
week ago did he close the door and
light the charcoal. He was found
dead in the chair.
Mrs. G.. +. RoyTON, wife Of Il West
Newton, (Ind.) .)pioneer, was buried nj
.that place recently. She was fifty.
I eight years Of age, and was an eN-
ceedingly large woman, weighing BOP
pounds. This necessitated II casket
six feet long, twenty-eight inches
wide and nineteen inches deep. y
few weeks ago an attempt was
made to rob a grave ut West Newton,
near the lot in which Mrs. Routon
was buried, and this led the relatives
of Mrs. Routon to have n ghoul-proof
grave vault of iron made.
IN the window Of cigar store on
Columbus avenue in New York is to
| be seen u freak of nature that attracts
much attention. 1t is "A goldfish that
has no fin on its back. otherwise it
is perfectly developed, and seems to
/ suffer no Inconvenience from the abb
sence Of this part of the anatomy.
There is said to be but one other
such specimen in the country. and it
| is stuffed one in the smithsonian