Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09

went home disconsolate. He had no
meat, no credit and was about to give
up in despair. He went off into the
woods and made n long prayer, not as
long as Jacobs, though, and went home
to his family where he ate bread and
drank water for his supper. As he
wanted to piece some of his gearing he
got to turning over some old plumber
laid aside by his father during the war
in an old shop. In turning an old crock
over a piece Of money dropped out, and
ON investigating the crock he got 5000
in $50 gold pieces and about $50 in
silver"
A BROOKLYN coroner, while exa.nin-
ing somo papers, unearthed receipt
for valuables that were found on the
person of man who dropped dead near
the bridge. Among the things acknowl-
edged by it were almost $1,000 in cur
-ency, several large books, some jewelry
and Iapers. The widow of the man was
known, and the officer, to save her the
trouble Of going to his Office, sent the
effects to her residence. There were a
score of articles i'll all, and they make a
pretty bulky bundle. When the mes
senger delivered them to the widow she
carefully went over each. Upon con
GLIDING her examination, instead of
thanking the messenger, she startled
him by saying: "There was pair of
scissors. Where are theyl"
A LITTLE child about four years old,
wearing skirts, was lost in the West
End, Washington, and two boys, after
making inquiries, took him to the sta
ton house. Here an officer, after en-
deavoring to obtain from the little one
some clue which would direct him home
ward, handed him a pencil and a piece
of paper, and asked if he could write his
name, little expecting that he could do
so, or that it could be read after it was
written. The little fellow sat down, and
on the back of business card wrote
plainly, "Boggs, 1927 o." The police
man at once directed his steps with the
child to 1927 0 street, where the little
fellow was joyously welcomed by his dis
tressed parents. He was very accom-
plished four-year-old.
IRA Trip, millionaire coal operator
of Scranton, Penn. was told a few years
ago by his physician that he must either
quit smoking or die As he didn' want
to die, he quit smoking He loved the
odor of tobacco, however, and still en-
ioyed ii by frequenting the company of
smokers. But as they did not always
smoke good tobacco, he finally adopted
the plan of hiring man to smoke con-
SANITY in his presence, Mr.. Trip fur
nishing the cigars, which of course are
OF the finest quality. Thus far the man
enjoys it, although he sometimes feels
that he is little crowded.
THE ingenuity of the women of Lon
don and Paris in inventing new dissipa-
ton is without limit. To the morphine I
habit the devotees of sensationalism /
have now added the practice of smoking
lea cigarettes. Special grades of the 1
finest tea are used, and the effect of the 4
cigarettes is said to be delightful for
fully an hour after one has been /
After that comes the reaction
in the form OF nervous trembling and +
exoitability, but which is subdued, ac-
cording TO woman OF title, who rather .
goes in for all these things, by thin
bleful of frozen absinthe.
A SINGULAR discovery was made a
short time ago by some lumbermen on
the Cowliiz River, near Toledo, w. 7. (
1t was collection of firearms leaning
against log. There were twenty-six OF
them some rifles, some shotguns, mus
Aets and old smooth bore guns all of
oid designs. Some had flint locks and
some had been remodeled into percus-
SION cap locks. They were crumbling
with rust, the wood falling from the
ron, and were useless as firearms.
They did not seem to have been hidden,
yet had been there some time. How
hey came there is a mystery.
JosEPH OPPERMAN, a well-dressed
German laborer, thirty-fve years old,
vas found in the streets of Baltimore
recently, lying in an unconscious con-
lition. He was removed 10 the Uni
fersity Hospital. Dr. Bowen found that
he man was suffering with a very rae
disease, called angina pectorls, or pain
If the chest. This sickness occurs
Utmost exclusively to persons of great
It is spasmodic contraction
# the fibers Of the heart muscle, and
the unbearable pain. Men
ike Chambers and Hunter, tie great
lnatomist, suffered with it.
A NEW and decidedly novel industry
las sprung up in Dubuque, la. A man
vas here buying cats, for which he pays
fifty cents to 81 each, and ships them
% Dakota, where he sells them for s3
zach. They are in great demand there,
where they are wanted to destroy mice,
which swarm by thousands around the
.ogn and wheat bins, doing great dam
lge Thus far two carloads OF cats have
been shipped from Dubuque, and an
,ther load is being secured. They are
,ut in separate boxes to prevent hostiE-
lies, but the noise they make in the ear
$ simply hideous.
A HEROIC deed, which saved one life
It the cost OF another, was done in Jer-
ey City. Patrick McTamany, for
weniy years an employee of the Penn
,ylvania Railroad, had Just opened
witch for freight car which locomo-
i've was rapidly pushing toward him,
when boy stepped upon the track He