The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-13

A mild sensation Was created AT the
A;thnological bureau one DAY last week.
rhe head OF q man reported TO he petri-
he'd and discovered somewhere In the
wilds OF New Jersey we're iorwsroed 10
,he bureau and a copvocahop OF scien-
sists was called. a yours geoiogist con- I
hected with the survey hsa discovered /
rhis remarkable curiou.it1 snd had sent
detailed description 20 the bureau. They
Hre annual. or. rather seTni-aDnual, oc-
vurrences says ,he Washington Poet
~No such thing as q humsn petriiac-
MON has ever been discovered. ''remafAs
Professor Me- t-tirsrt - ~
reason 10 say that it can not exist or has
mot existed. u may he possible. DOUBT
g. and everybody else who has in0uired
into the matter az all doubts iL The
human flesh has never been Known 10
become petrifed. but nevertheless any
rase reported 10 ne is inquired into, SO
~e awaited with Some degree Of curiosity
fhe coming of this gentleman
"This gentleman" was very carefully
packed and the hox labeled 'glsss. His
description had aroused general Interest
80 there was quite an 8ssemblage OF
~thnologists. seologists. ana paleontolo-
aists. az we'll as clerks. and IN fact the
entire bureau force, on hand 90 view INC
FURIOUS head soon as it arrived.
No sooner was II unpscked than Me-
Zee announced This is petrihed
snan.'r IL closely resembled one, however
srhe features were so plainly indicsted
and the substance SO like petrifaction
ahst there were question. What else is
st?'' What do YOU call 'tP " was 2
Iimes,one bowlder. curioEly fashioned, 1
ss true into features very much hke
human beings, but limestone howlue
none the less. II was disappointment.
eve should like 20 discover senuln
s..r,aea man" rema rked one of the eth
biologists: we should really hke 10 nm
one after all these years.
'rhe gentleman being thus rudely de
,1ared \ fraud remained Tor 4 day o
ywo on exhibition and was then hfed nae
80 his original habitation with lette
80 the Young geologist
Eat thls peiriAed man VAS noth hine con
.,sred 20 his most recent predecessor ~
rrsderesSor was a woman They speo
of her still At the bureau as Mrs., Ston
and her story never fails 20 bring a well
smile.
"rf 4, had not been for that gas pipe
remarked Professor Niece gtayeiE' ~
would hnve been rernar rkably hne WOW
m, indeed An Of the ethnologists q
1cr, nvstsrious when convcfrinS abo
,er YIer story is one " the most y
4hetic that the bureau has ever eneoH
iered.
hshc came TO use from the West sa
Y,rofessor McGec. saidly. where th
,,s,.iiv come from She had hon eNh'h
I'd around in small towns and her appt'
.n,c had invariably caused a big sons
1,r,n and She becan1e nine DAYS wond
Ne heard about her from al ppst''
and =; length decided 70 inNcsusato'
Lad received several letters from
a-,,sr, she was travelling with. whi
4 mus .sv seemed 10 be anxious 20 Sl
rtar,iate her reputation. =" We AE'
40 send on for her. She came We W
down IN y bodv 20 meet her, and dee''
90 have an irquest - once 'in no,
ANYTHING but carried along 2 tcW u
s,-truuents in my pocNcts fo' pe
Nea woman. she was certainly iem"
sbie specimen
nv. soene OF tho inouest vas q 81
,. .Nafr In wns late on wiz
sft.rnoou nnd one gas jet was lii.
hodv was laid ont in The centre OF
,oorn IN It's frame con'n and ftolts
NIECE with much gravity. procefdeu
o,a,,,. ihe services They consisted
taxing from his pockets those ittle
-trun,ent- and boring a few inchcr
she foot To fhe amazemcnt 81 eN
criooker a small section of eas pipe
strYck. This ended the inques'
F,one's reputation as professions
foyever spoiled. and she no longer
saiir,srtins around the country pass
a. sstbe one and only petrihed w"i
cv.r discovcrcd IN the history %
~,orid"
Th,s was not the only instance Q
ps,rificd fraud catching popular fave
s~rhere r. factory somewhere on
california" continued TIE stisn
(which manufactures these peiriiicd
man beings by the wholesale. oistrib
tbem around various sections nt
country has them discofcrtu ana
them for stipulated sum Tor exlipl
oa,rposss They make casts directly
ife. one u the worku'sn eonnec~a