Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-02-28

Russia. Issuing from the Podolian and
Volhynian and Lithuanian forests, they
have assembled in formidable numbers,
compelling tho inhabitants in the smaller
towns and the steppe hamlets to observe
n constant watchfulness. Only 40 miles
from Odessa, on TIL Nicolaief post road
a pack of some 200 wolves appeared
some days ago. They we're partially
dispersed by an organized raid, but such
travellers as have the temerity toproceed
ly that route in sledges are officially
warned to see to their weapons.
"BUFFALo BILLS" ranch is located en-
the North Platte, in Nebraska, and con-
tains nearly five thousand acres OF fine
land. Mr.. Cody has about two hundred
head of thoroughbred horses, and two
to three thousand head Of cattle. The
place is well improved, and is most
attractive spot. His residence is big
franc house near the railroad, on the
roof of which is painted in large letters,
"Colonel w. I. Cody's C'Buffalo Bill)
Scouts Ranch" and over it every day
there floats big American flag. About
the on Y game left there now is the
prairie chicken. Cody is very fond OF
the ranch, though my friend said it is
not paying investment.
TIE official report as to the produc-
ton of sugar in France during the last
three years, since the new Legislation
relating to rehneries went into opera
non. shows that the first eff ct of this
legislation was to reduce the nuaibr OF
refineries, which fell from 4S3 IN 1854,
to 449 in 1885, to Alb in 1856, and to 39l
last year, while the quantity OF sugar re-
fined was 272,96 tons in 1885, 265,071
in 1887 and 444, 900 tons last year. I'm
der the former method of refining the
beet root did not yield more than 81 per
cent. of sugar, but this proportion has
now been increased to nearly per
cent.
A SUCCESSFUL experiment has been
made in the manner of shipping oian-
ges from Florida northward, and now
they are coming in bulk instead of IN
boxes. The cars are lined with paper a
little more than three feet high, the
floor is covered with fine marsh grass,
thin board partitions are run through
the car il more than one variety is
shipped in the same car, and the oran-
ges are piled in, some three feet deep. A
fair load is AZ, 900 oranges, on which TO
Baltimore the freight is Sl65.
"Ir is curious" said railroad man,
chow firm is the attachment between a
locomotive engineer and his locomotive.
know an engineer on the Central Road
who coils his engine Hank, and talks to
it as he drives through the rain and
storm Just as he would to horse, some
times in sweet and mild tones, and then
with the strongest imprecatlons known.
| know another engineer who insists on
sleeping in the round.house near his To-
connective, and thinks as much of 1t al
most as he does of his child"
"THE MExIcANs," says n traveller,
''have very queer way OF burying the
dead. The corpse is tightly wrapped IN
century plant mating, and placed IN
collin rented for about twenty-five cents.
One or two natives, as the case may be,
place the coffin on their heads and 70 in
n trot to the grave, whore the body Is
inferred, aud the collin is then returned.
The wealthy class use the street cars as
nehlScS, hnu the lAAchNS AohoN iNoANS
the ear on foot.
ONE remarkable result Of tidal wave
in the province of Baunam, Java, has
been n great increase in tigers. The land
laid waste soon relapsed into jungle,
affording welcome cover to the tigers,
which became so daring and numerous
that whole villages have had to be aban-
doned. Last year tigers killed no less
than sixty-one persons there. To rem
edy the evil the Government of Java has
raised the reward for killing tigers from
100 to 300 guilders heal.
A COMPANY has just been formed in
London to run small one horse omni-
buses on short routes at halfpenny fares.
Every second or third omnibus will be a
smoking car, and these hitter will be fit
ted with automatic delivery boxes for
the supply of cigars aud cigarettes.
These smoking omnibuses will also be
fitted with racks of newspapers.
yIcroaIAs will was made in 1876, en-
crossed ON vellum aud is now great
bound volume fastened with lock with
several blank pages left for subsequent
codieils. The last was malo recently
and distributed the jubilee gifts. Some
are left to the State and the others are
distributed among the members OF the
royal family.
WHILE saving a log that had been
chopped down a couple of years ago, V.
S. Whitemore, OF Beatrice, Neb, struck
a stone as large as his two fists that had
grown solid in the heart of the tree. ] he
tree was sufficiently large to indicate a
growth of perhaps twenty years or moro
around the stone.
FoR two years Capt. Frink, of South
Windham, Me-, was totally deaf. But
the other day, after terrific sneezing
spell, during which, as he said, he
thought he'd sneeze his head of, he was
delighted to find that he could hear just
as well as he ever had in his life.
In southern Russia and the Caucasus
the women smoke almost as universally
as the men. A newspaper correspond
ent writes: 81 have had, two or three
times, nicely dressed ladies' step up to
Al. =.