Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-09-26
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

adopted the pol1cy oil senulng Out uOaS
ing commercial exhibitions, and Spain
has sent large vessel, having on board
an exhibition of raw products and man
ufactured goods, to make tour OF all
the ports of South and Central America
and of Mexico.
AN old man in North Carolina, who
had lived all his life without even seeing
a railroad. recently got on train, and
before he had travelled mile was
thrown off and killed Yet, on the
other hand, according to writer IN
s'Scribner's," man might travel OIL
0O0, 900, 900 miles before being killed.
JUSTICE MILLER, of the United States
Supreme Court, tells this OF Block
Island, r. l.: 'sOf the / 200 inhabitants
of the island, fully 1000 of them have
only four different family names. They
have inter-married to great extent, and
I did not perceive any deterioration
either mental or physical IN consequence
of it"
A WITNESS who has been engaged IN
the cattle business for thirty years testi-
fed before the Senate Committee IN
Chicago that the price Of live cattle had
fallen from S3S per hundred weight IN
1888 to S1S in the present year. AT the
same time it was stated that the price
of beef to the consumer had remained
substantially the same.
CENTRAL AMERICA is enormously rich
in natural resources. The principal
natural source Of her wealth is her
minerals. These are not mined because
of lack of capital and transportation.
Gold, silver, copper, iron, zinc, opals
and coal are plentiful. The rare woods
occupy the second place as source OF
wealth. There is not a saw mill IN the
whole country, and all sawed lumber
now comes from the United States,
although pine forests abound on the
Aguan river.
w. d. SMITH, the leader Of the Con.
sentative party in the English House oil
| Commons, is extremely fond OF flowers,
and in his lighthouses he finds employ
ment for thirty persons. while his ex-
penditure upon this particular fancy
| amounts to several thousand pounds a
wear. His father was poor newspaper
boy, who at times peddled " button
holes as well as the daily journals in
the London streets He LETT his son q
great fortune and the largest newspaper
selling business in the world.
THE subject Of desertions from the
army will be treated at length IN the
4 forthcoming report of the Secretary OF
War. 1t is one that ha had Secretary
Proetor's earnest consideration from the
beginning, as we'll as that of the Adiu-
tant- Generals staff. Various changes
4 in camp and barrack life, with a view to
increasing the soldiers comfort and in
terest in his command, have been insti-
tinted. notably the consolidated mess
and the eanteen systems. These have
worked we'll whe er tired, and the re-
i suits have been that the percentage OF
i desertions have decreased since 1888.
A FIRM of bookmakers have hit on a
novelty in the advertising line which
must possess irresistible attra ton Tor
every genuine snob They announce
best boots and shoes at ready-m money
prices, made on selected lasts Of the
following gentlemen, perfect feet only
| having been chosen for the stock mod
els" Then follows n list Of the owners
i of these perfect feet in assorted sizes, IN
Guiding such distinguished collection
OF eminenee as the Duke Of Roxburghe,
the MARQUIS Of Hamilton, Earl Cadogan
Prince Doigourk and many others.
This arrangement has the doub'e ahvan
tage that any one going TO tins estab
lishment has chance Of being chosen
as stock model, and finding his name
enshrined on this roll Of fame rs owner
Of perfect pair OF feet.
HisroRY occasionally seems to repeat
itself geographically, as we might term
it. abnormal or altogether unusual
events occurring almost simultaneously
in different parts OF the world. On the
Dist OF August score of passengers
were killed or wounded on the trial trip
of tho new Heraduns branch of the
Cordova Railway in the Argentine he
public. and on the same day an Associ-
ated Press dispatch stated that " A new
steamer. Just completed, was making
her frsk iftp from the Port Of Shanghai
last Sunday, when her lioier burst, and
10 persons on board were killed. Only
day later Knoxville dispatch report
ed the disastrous collapse OF railway
trestle in Granger County, Tenn,
where % persons were killed or wounded
ON the trial trip of the new Cumberland
Gap and Kentucky Railroad.
SIXTY years ago railroads were I'M
known in this country, and the popu.a.
ton of the United States consisted oil
~. DOC, 900 Ieoplc. To day we operate
upward Of les, 900 miles of railroad, and
our population has increased to 60.0OO,-
600. Sixty years ago the aggregate
wealth of the United States was less
than 81, coo. 000, 900; at present it i:
estimated at $50, 600. 10000 Over om
l65. 900 miles of railroad there was car
ricd last year AIS. 10000 people. and
COO, 900, 900 tons Of freight were trans
ported. Upon these lines are engaged
.OOO. 900 employees. Their equipment
, consists Of $1,000 locomotives, 2l.00l
passenger cars, 1000 baggage cars. and
1000, 600 freight cars. The capital IN
vested in construction and equipment
amounts to Ss.O00.00 and the yearly
; disbursements for labor and supplies
exceed 5000, 100000.