Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-29

ner hands, and then gradually returned
to her senses.
A DISPATCH from Victoria, b. c., SAYS
that Prof. Willoughby, who has visited
the Alaska coast for many years, a short
time ago visited ''Muir's Glacier" and
took a shot at the mirage with his cam
era. He was startled by most remark
able result. II was the phantom of a
great city with rows of high warehouses,
factories with tall chimneys, stately res
licences, and elegant church spires. A
French Canadian recognized the Wind
sor Hotel, the dome of the new Catholic
cathedral near the hotel and Notre
Dame, with Mount ROYAL in the dis
lance. The mysterious city was the
phantom OF Montreal, neatly 1000 miles
away.
GRAND REPORTER ]. w. JACOBS, of
the Knights of Honor of Indiana, is the
possessor of singular power. BY some
occult process he can stop the bleeding
OF even dangerous wounds, and he has
frequently been called upon in cases
where physicians seem powerless. All
that he requires is to know the exact To-
cation of the patient, and, though he
be several miles distant, the bleeding
will cease. He never accepts any pay,
nor does he want notoriety. Mr.. Jacobs
says it is not necessary that the patient
believe III the healing power. He
learned it when boy from his sster-in.
law, but has never taught it to any one
else.
The breaking of a water-pitcher saved
two young girls from death by asphyxia-
tion in New York. Lena and Theresa
Mandelstrom, aged twenty-four and
sixteen years, arrived from Europe,
meaning to join their brother in Texas.
they had been directed the girls turned
of the gas, but must have turned it on
again. Early in the morning the elder
girl awoke, feeling, as she said, terri
BILE thirst, and started out of the room
to call for some water. She fell in the
hallway, however, and broke a pitcher
she held, the noise attracting the atten-
ton of several persons.
AN employe of the Germantown, Pa,
Crematorium has been where no other
live man has ever been or wants to be-
in the iron crib and locked in the retort
where dozens of bodies have been burn
ed to nothing plus three pounds of lime
smelling ashes. The occasion of this
was the trial of the new crib in which
the bodies are burned instead of the pan
used. He won't tell what he
saw in there, but it is peculiarly de-
clared by witnesses that when released
he moved little hurriedly to get out
from the crib, felt for his hair and eve
brows to see if they were singed, and
then asked for fan to help reduce his
Mr.. MARBURY Is IS years OF age, and
'or II years he had been entirely bald,
md the top of his head had become
quite popular with the flies as summer
resort. He had used the wonderful hair
restorative people read about in the
hopes of starting the hair, but oil to no
purpose; it refused to grow. Two days
lfter the food at Johnstown, in which
he spent seven hours Of danger, while
ioating on a wrecked hotel, he noticed 4
| downy substance all over the hitherto 4
)ald head. As time passed the down 4
,ecame hair, which grew remarkably .
asst, and now has reached the length Of /
me inch all over his head.
FoR eleven years Biddeford man has
)een at work with his jack knife making
museum Of wooded curiosities. He
las done nothing else, although his
ack- knifery has brought him no money
Except the small proceeds of two exhi-
litions. He has made animals, tools,
-iolin case composed Of 2, 1877 pieces of
wood Of log different kinds, a yoke OF
ken and cart put together in a glass jar
With small neck, NC. Many of his
awnings are ornamental and others
rould find ready sale as toys, but he
ill not set a price upon anything or
art with any article, and his collection
) consequently increasing all the time.
MRs. Wilcox, clerk in the Sixth
.uditor's Office, Treasury Department,
as history interesting to Tennesseeans
Ter father, Andrew jackson Donaldson,
as an adopted son of President Jack
on, and she is said to have been the
llly child who first saw the light of day
Idly of refined tastes and much infor-
lation. She has seen many European
lpitals, and has command Of Spanish
nd other languages that serve her to a
God purpose.
THE museum at The Hague has lust
cen presented with the tongue of John
G Witt and the toe of Cornelius de
1itt, the two Dutch statesmen who
ere torn to pieces by raging mob in
SD. They are the gifts of Mr.. Cock
uyt, of Leyden, whose ancestor OBJ
lined these valuable" relics on the
nv that these de Wits were murdered, ,
ld they have since been carefully pre-
rived in the family.
MISS JOHANNA KEMLER, a belle of
aradise Valley, New, has set out for '
arts. She rides any animal that wears Q
air and hoofs, and cares no more for
ddle than does wild Indian. She is '
much at home ON the side of gallop- 9
g steed as ON his back. With her :
orse at full speed she can mass under I