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

The southwestern face Of St Ehas' J
is safe to say, will never be climbed, !
presents a mass Of broken snow, oeaaI
/ ful, vet forbidding. We estimated lt
summit to be about 1000 feet above y
making its total height lS,50 ieet I
seemed to us that the Coast Survey y.
ing it 1e, 500 feet was too liberal II =
! figures. IL
I The day was cloudless; the W.
! scene was one that battles deseiip.O-.
1t surpassed in grandeur though ~. n 4
picturesdueness the very best tnat n
Alps can offer. Roughly speaiklns' v
eve encountered for miles nothing y
snow and ice. [ had never before W.
ouohlv realized the vastness o. n
Alaskan glaciers, though during ~
past fortnight we had spent man
weary hour in crossing lnmense, -. ~
aines. One of the glaciers We ~ ~.
down upon was not less than sky ma \,
long, while another attained a pi''''-
of twenty-five on thirty miles.
From below I had gained tue linf =.
sion IlliL Ice CoNttS0 WIZ IN
dominated over the white Ice ~. M
saw that this was not the case, ana ~
the ratio of debris to clear Ice was p. ~
ably not greater than that Of one !i = ~, -,
Standing at considerable hclgh NJ =.
appreciates for the first time the 9 1.,r.
fuf curves through which the g .I;s 4
alter their course. We noticed ilis X \
particular in looking down upon M y
Agassiz Glacier 1t appeared = II 4
point to describe three or four az am :
concentric circles with radll N'l i, ~
from eight to ten miles, each slc -. -
indicated by light coating o. So r1se
the whole resembling an immense l,, M
course. Through the middle OF tli y ~. ~
DAN Glacier. and for a distance O s-'T
al miles. two light streal1s O h .,.in.
ran parallel to each other pless' hgr.
from above the appearance o. +,
serpent crawling the length .
glacier. Scri5ner's.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09
3tortru aaS 1alisrrIIang.
If We WOULD.

If we would but check the speaker
When he spoils his neighbours fame;
five could but help the erring.
Ere we utter words of blame;
If we would, how many might we
Turn from paths of sin and shame.
All, the wrongs that might be righted
five would but see the wayl
All, the pains that might be lightened
Every hour and every day,
five would but hear the pleadings
or the hearts that so astrayI
In each life, however lowly,
There are seeds OF mighty good
Still we shrink from souls appealing
With timid .'if we could"
But God who iudgeth all things
Knows the truth is, IF we would"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09

KELLY has q rival in a New Jersey in
ventor named Speer, who claims to baye
invented perpetual motion in two forms.
He has established himself i'll modest
little shop in New York, and has plenty
of stock for sale and lots of brilliant
promises. The invention consists OF a
non-exhaust steam engine, while con-
trivauce by the same inventor viii, he
claims, create power by combination
of wheels.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09

The Manufacturers Record reports that
there is great activity throughout the
South in building cotton seed oil mills,
and that dozen mills, TO cost 81, Co.,
900 or more, have been organized in the
last two weeks, while there is report
that 32,000,000 company has been or
gained in Philadelphia to build mills
in the South. The new mills reported
are nearly all by Independent eompa-
MES notconnected with the Cotton Seed
Oil Trust.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09

Az old man of Iowa, whose tottering
steps have brought him to the verge of
eighty years. has sent ont challenge
to any man OF the same age to run him
forty or eighty-rod race, and at the
conclusion to jump and strike his heels
in the air three times. If Iowa has many
such lusty youths Of four score the rider
of the pale horse must find Iowans a
tough crop to gather.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

ONE of the formsin which the golden
wedding" of Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone
will be celebrated this summer will be
the holding of special reception in
their honor, in July, at the National
Liberal Club in London. From two to
three thousand guests are expected TO
be present on the occasion.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09

Grace and Tom were coas'lhE' -,
when ascending the hill, Nliis I:r,sa
steep and very icy, Tom snff
slid hack. and finally fell ..-hss +
ssOb." exclaimed Grace, -.
backslider you are ~ an,v isI
ooh. mo-" said Tom, y ohi'
from Grace q - Pii1odelplis Pes
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09
Vt. MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE

Insure in the old reliable Home Company.
You can get cheaper insurance than In ForeiEt
Companies
The Company Is making extra efforts for safe risks
Patronize home institutions. Apply 10 the under
signsd-sols Agents for Randolph and Bralntree;
B0YDEN 4 CLEVELAND.
onhce over Joslyn's store. West Randolph, VT
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-09

ulll NOUs 10 II
eyes, yes, uncle-do come quick 2"
Auntys droundin - cried Johanna, be-
tween her broken sobs.
The next moment Uncle Gideon, ar
rayed in a red and green double nine
patch quilt, was holding a lamp above
Johanna limp and dripping form.
30 uncle, do hurry, she said, Aunt
'Iecty's droundin'. The rivers riz aw-
fully, and"
''What an old donkey am, Z" shouted
Uncle Gideon, flying up stairs for his
clothes, and in ten minutes he and Jo-
hanna were driving furiously down the
road in Uncle Gideon's light wagon be-
hind old Betty, the mother of the trou-
blesome colt The colt itself sought
companionship in the storm by follow
ing the buggy.
$50 back, you mizzable critter, youl"
shouted Uncle Gideon once, fiourishing
his whip fierecly in the darkness. eff
'Lecty sees you, she'll lay an be droun-
ded fore she'll come p
The water had risen with wonderful
rapidity. 1t was a foot deep all over
the room in which Miss Electa lay, and
the purple calico valance around her
bed IVES hanging starchless and bedrag-
gled IN the muddy water.
When her brother came wading into
the room Miss 'Lecty put both her hands
up to her night-capped face, and sobbed
out:
20 Giddy, Giddy, Giddy, I knowed
you'd come Bless your leart -
She had never called him "Giddy."
excepting in her tenderest moods, and
Gideon felt that she was now open to
the reconciliation fer which he had been
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Corn husks make soft bed, and one
which is always light and easily stirred,
never becoming matted, like straw.
They are also durable and clean.
-Flannels containing much perspira-
tion should be soaked for half an hour
before washing in hot water in which
them in the ordinary manner in hot,
soapy water, ammonia, etc.
Keep the wardrobe within small
limits. If dress is soiled in wearing,
have it brushed and cleaned at once, and
keep on wearing it until it is past cure,
then rip it or make other disposition OF
it before getting chance for another
wear out of it.-Christian Union.
The most tart fruits will make the
firmest jelly, although fruits of all kinds
can be used. But in the case of peaches,
ounces, apples, crab-apples, a little
water must be added to them for the
first cooking.
To keep the stove bright cloth
should be kept on purpose for rubbing it
off. When used first on a newly-black-
with the surplus polish, which rubs of
so easily, and is then ready to impart a
gloss whenever it is needed.
Match Safe: Take piece Of thin
board ten inches square, cover it smooth
ly with plush or velvet, hang it diamond
wise, nail in the center a pair of gilt
slippers, which cost forty or fifty cents,
then place little brass hooks above and
below to hang keys or rings on.
Sand Tarts: One pound flour, one
pound sugar, three-fourths pound but
ter, yelks Of two eggs and white of one.
Cream the butter and sugar, add the
eggs, and then enough flour to make a
rich, soft dough. Roll very thin, and
cut with a cookey cutter. Moisten the
top of each with the white of one egg,
cover with white sugar and cinnamon,
and bake in quick oven.-The House
keeper.
Oyster Soup: Put over the oysters
with all their liquor and stew until the
edges begin to curl, then add rich milk
slightly thickened with cracker dust, a
generous lump of butter, pepper and
salt. If liked, put some oyster crackers
in the bottom of your soup tureen and
pour over the soup. If liked highly
seasoned, add small bits of red pepper,
which can be removed after cooking, as
they are very strong. To serve raw,
clean some of best shells and place a
fine, plump oyster on each one, six on a
plate. Serve with slice of lemon.
Pumpkin Pies: Cut the pumpkin in
thin slices, peel off the rind, put the
slices in thin iron kettle with half
pint of water. Stew slowly until quite
soft. Take two pounds of the pumpkin,
half pound of butter, half pound of
sugar; heat butter and sugar together;
add pumpkin while hot. Beat up six
eggs, adding cinnamon, allspice and
rose-water to taste. Put in sufficient
water to thin it to a jelly, and bake in a
good under crust.-Western Rural.
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
A Poisonous Practice.

If housekeepers everywhere would
start and maintain a crusade against the
sale of undrawn poultry in the markets
or by farmers, it would work a most
wholesome hygienic reform. 1t is a
vicious practice, an abuse, in fact, that
people have endured, as they havemany
other abuses, because there is no remedy
except in concerted action or legislation.
1t is impossible to keep undrawn poul-
try even few hours without the begin
ming of putrefaction from the effects OF
the gases from the undigested food in
the ''crop" and intestines. The longer
it is kept, the more of the poison goes
into the flesh, and, in the majority of
cases, the poultry that reaches the
kitchen from the market is actually un-
fit for food. Housekeepers could well
afford to pay larger price to have the
poultry dressed Immediately upon being
killed-they pay for much weight that
is thrown away, as it is, besides having
left mass of poisoned flesh. 1t is
urged that some people prefer the flavor
of undressed poultry, but that fact only
makes the matter more alarming, since
it indicates that we are cultivating a
taste for putrid meat.-Good Housekeep-
ing.
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
THE TERRIBLE TIGER.

How 1t Watches and Seizes Its Prey-Hin-
doc Superstitions.
Since 1880 nearly three thousand men,
women and children have been killed by
deadly beasts in India. 1t has been said
that when tiger has tasted human
flesh he prefers it to other food. I can
not say how this may be, but there is no
doubt that when he has overcome the
natural dread of the human form he
readily kills men and becomes the ter
ror Of whole district. At Wyneetal a
tiger prowled within circle of twenty
miles, and for three years killed, on an
average, eighty men per annum. 1t
sometimes happens that road is
closed for weeks by Jungle
tiger; not only pedestrians, but
even those travelling in bull
lock carts are attacked and carried
off, and yet it is remarkable with what
apathy the danger is sometimes regard
ed. for natives will carry on their usual
avocations as herdsmen or woodcutters
close to the cover in which the tiger is
concealed. On the other hand, they will
often not pass along certain road or
path without tOm-toms or torches to scare
the tiger away, whilst in other cases the
beaters will readily go on foot and beat
him out, though should he head back he
is pretty certain to strike some one
down, inficting dangerous, often NOR
tai wound, but is less likely to do this
if unwounded. I have repeatedly seen
herdsmen who were willing to accom-
pany you on foot to the Jungle in which
the tiger was lying, but who could not
Ho Id 20 oil 60
that purpose.
Hindoos especially hold the tiger in
superstitiouS awe. ALI sorts of
power are ascribed to portions of the
tiger after death; the fangs, the claws,
the whiskers are potent charms, medi-
cines love philters, or prophylactics
against the evil eye, magic, disease or
death. The fat is in great demand for
rheumatism and other ailments; the
heart and flesh are said to be tonic and
invigorating remedies, giving strength
and courage to those who eat them. The
whiskers are said to possess, among 9TH
er powers, that Of being slow poison
when taken with food, and the rudimen-
tary clavicles are also much valued.
The tiger generally seizes his prey at
lie WdCCucS tuc VI "AdttftT
it may be, until he creeps within reach,
and then with rush or bound he grips
it by the throat, drags or strikes it to the
ground, twisting it so as sometimes to
dislocate or break it's neck; the fangs
are driven in so as to hold the struggling
creature until dead, when it is dragged
off to the Jungle, to be eaten at leisure.
His lair is near, and from this he pro-
ceeds, as appetite prompts him, to the
''kill," until it is eaten, and even the
bones gnawed, by which time, owing to
the heat of the weather, it is far ad-
vanced in decomposition. The place is
revealed by the vultures, kites, crows
and adjutants soaring over it or settling
on the branches round about it, and by
prowling jackals. The vultures sit with
gorged or sleepy aspect on the trees or
on the ground near the s'kill," and en-
deavor to make a meal when the tiger
has left it for a time, and even try to
snatch morsel when he is feeding, a
temerity for which they often pay with
their lives.-Sir ]. Fayrer, in Nineteenth
Century.
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
NICKELS AND PENNIES.
How They Are Made and What They Are
Made of.

How They Are Made and What They Are
Made of.
The story of the nickel is an interest
ing one. Very few people in this coun-
try imagine how much profit Uncle Sam
makes out of the stamping of these small
,oins. The actual cost of a nickel to the
Government is not much more than
three-auarters of cent. Formerly the
metal was fixed, planned and prepared
for use in the National workshops at
the various mints, but now the metal is
purchased and prepared by outsiders
under contract. All the Government
does now is to put its stamp upon the
blanks and then gather in its profit on
their circulation.
The total amount of these coins issued
in wear will average about S600,000,
and as yery few of them ever return to
plague the Government, the actual profit
to the National treasury can be easily
calculated. Nickels and pennies are, OF
course, redeemable by the treasury in
other money when demand is made, but
this occurs only occasionally, and then
the coins are sent to the mint, cleaned
up and sent into circulation again.
1t is about the same story in refer
ence to pennies. The Government buys
the metal out of which they are made
ready for use and pays SO much pound
for it, when it is cut and prepared for
stamping. Then the mint puts the
legal mark upon the coins and they are
turned out by the million. What do
they cost? Well, every cent that Is
coined brings in profit of three quar-
ters of a cent to the Government. More
pennies than nickels are returned to the
treasury in exchange for other money,
ibut they are sent promptly to the mint
and soon get into the hands OF the pub
lie once again. A bronze penny or
nickel fve-cent piece does not wear Out
as rapidly as dollar bill.
The coinage of silver pieces is done
mainly by the National mints, and
strange to say, there is more profit IN
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
FEEDING-BOX.

This diagram shows the feeding-box or
manger and the partition, about feet
high, in front of the cows, to prevent
them getting over the manger to the
feeding floor, which they will try to do
at feeding times.
Stanchions are Objectionable in sew
eral ways. They are apt to injure the
necks or jaws of the cow and may be con-
sidered as frequent cause of the COM
mon disease in dairies known as 'big
jaw" and which almost always turns out
fatally. A safe and excellent-in every
way-fastening is a short chain with
snap hook catching on ring in stout
leather strap around the neck. The
chain has a ring on the other end which
can slide up and down on the long staple
fitted on the side of the stall, as shown
in the diagram. In more than twenty
years use of this fastening in the
writer's stable an accident never hap
pened and a COW never got loose from
her fastening.-Henry Stewart, in N. Y.
Times.
Iron County register., 1889-11-21

the work than any thing else that the
mint does. Under the present law the
treasury is required to buy and coin at
least g.. 900, 900 worth of silver into dol
lars. This 81, 600. 900 worth of silver makes
nearly Sa,25o, 600, so that the profit on
the monthly purchase and coinage Of
silver dollars is fully S750,0O0. So the
profit on the silver dollars, you see, is
about $4,000, 900 year or more, and
adding to it the profit on the pennies
and nickels brings it up to nearly S1O,-
600, 600. OF course, there must be taken
out of that the expenses of the mint,
but they are comparatively a small sum.
The process of coming silver pieces is
an interesting one, and is the same
practically for dimes and dollars. The
silver bullion is first melted and run
into bars. These in turn are run through
immense rollers and fattened out to the
thinnesS of the coin. These silver strips
are then passed through machine
which cuts them into the proper size for
the presses, the strips first having been
treated with kind of tallow to prevent
their being scratched in their passage
through the cutters. The silver pieces
are then put into the feeder of the print
ing presses, and are fed to the die by
automatic machinery. AS the smooth
pieces are pressed between the ponder
GUS printing dies they receive the
lettered and figured impressions in
manner similar to that Of paper pressed
upon form of type; at the same time
the piece is expanded in slight degree
and the small corrugations are cut into
its rim. The machine drops the COM
pleted coin into a receiver and it is
ready for the counters hand.
The instrument used by the counter
is not complicated machine by any
means, as one might suppose. 1t is a
simple ecopper-covered tray, having raised
| ridges running across its surface at a
distance apart the exact width of dime.
From the receiver the money is dumped
on to this board or tray, and as it is
| shaken rapidly by the counter, the pieces
settle down into the spaces between the
| ridges. All these spaces being filled,
| the surplus is brushed back into the re-
ceiver, and the counter has exactly
1850 dimes, S125 on this tray, which
number is required to fill the spaces.
The tray is then emptied into boxes,
and the money is ready for shipment.
The dime does not pass through the
weigher's hands, as does the coin of a
| larger denomination. One and one-half
grains is allowed for variation or ''tol-
erance" in all silver coins from one dol
lar down, and the deviation from the
standard in the ten-cent pieces is SO
trifiing that the trouble of weighing
coins of this denomination is dispensed
| within V Star
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
ABOUT BOOKCASES.
How the Best Ones Are Made and How to
Arrange the Books.

| How the Best Ones Are Made and How to
Arrange the Books.
The best bookcases are those made
half high, not those cumberous, glass
doored edifices which indicate that the
| contents are made to look at, not to read.
The wood may be either hard like
cherry, ash, mahogany or black walnut,
or merely pine stained to resemble
either, according to the finish of the
room. The simplest bookcase is best
of all. End pieces about five feet high,
| with grooves on the inside to hold the
shelves, the fronts of which are either
rounded or finished with stripes Of
pinked leather, and the shelves them
selves can be made by an ordinary car
penter. Let it fill the space between
the chimney and the end of the room or
the entrance doorway and the side, warm
ish it, or stain and varnish, and then
proceed to arrange the treasures of many
a lifetime. Do we realize that these
best works of good men and women are
the epitomes of vast labor, research and
thought? Then let us house them with
genuine tenderness.
1t is good plan to have the bottom
shelf broad enough to hold aliases and
bOChS VI ItlCICuCS, 1ihS uC6fy SlClO-
pedias, when laid on their sides, unless
we have for them special rests or tables.
Large, heavy leaves are inclined to break
away and drag down from the back, and
then book soon goes to ruin. That is
the reason why children should be taught
never to pick up book by one cover
only. 1t tears the cover loose from the
back. For no reason ought child to be
taken by the ear except to show it how
book feels-or to book lover seems to
feel-when dragged about by single
cover.
| After the books are arranged in the
case there is left the upper shelf for a
couple Of pictures on easels, with CEN
| trail flower vase or bronze. But to dedi-
| cate the space to an indiscriminate lot
of bric-a-brac is desecration. Nor
| should it be used for an old paper shelf;
| let papers be relegated to their proper
receptacles. It is, though, place for
current magazines and a book or two
subject to daily perusal.
But the bookcase is not yet finished.
| In front, depending from brass rod, let
US hang curtain of India silk, the color
of which shall harmonic with the pre-
vailing tint of the room. This"curtain
should be drawn only when the room is
busted. On sweeping day muslin cover,
kept for this purpose, is thrown over the
top, and reaches to the floor, for our
book lovers do not tolerate dust on their
volumes.-Good Housekeeping.
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
Every Man n Missionary.

Every man is missionary now and
for ever, for good or for evil, whether he
intends or designs it or not. He may be
blot, radiating his dark influence out
ciety, or he may be a blessing, spread
ing benediction over .he length and
breadth of the world; but blank he
can not be. We are either the sower that
sows and corrupts or the light that
splendidly illuminates, or the salt that
silently operates; but, being dead or
alive, every man speaks.-Once Week.
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
Austria is a country where ones foot

Austria is country where ones food
needs to be tested in order to avoid
adulteration. At the laboratory in Wen
ma, where food is analyzed for nothing,
a loaf of bread was found to consist
largely of the pulverized barks of trees,
sawdust and chaff; ground pepper was
found to be mixed with wood ashesi
cinnamon was colored with ochre, and
so-called nutritious coffee" consisted
entirely of roast acorns and chicory.
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
Cows.
Feed passage.
Cows.

The standing spaces for the cows
should not be too wide. In some stables
8 feet is given, but the writer, after
many years. experience, prefers 4 feet,
as giving more room for milking and pre-
venting injury to the cows by the next
neighbors stepping on the teats or udder
as they move about. For protection
against this danger a sloping partition
may be put up to separate the cows ex-
tending 4 feet from the stalls and
running out to the floor in this manner:
Iron County register., 1889-11-21
THE ONLY NIAGARA ROUTE.
St. Louis to New York and Boston.

WABASH TRAIN NO. SUBSTITUTED.
Leaves st. Louis. ..............6:55 s. IS p. m.
Arrives Niagara Falls. p. m.
Arrives New York. 30 q. m.
Arrives Boston. .............. 9:50 q. m.
Only through line from St. Louis
TO the Grand Central Station, New York
via Niagara Falls.
Reaches the Grand Central Station
OVER TWO HOURS EARLIER than
any competitor.
Arrives Boston via Hoosac Tunnel
FIVE HOURS EARLIER than any
competitor.
Is the ONLY Through Sleeping Car Line
st. Louis to Boston, leaving st. Louis
at night
Stops at Falls View Station Expressly
to give patrons the best possible view of
NIAGARA.
Has been for NINE YEARS the only line
to New York and Boston running
DINING CARS.
For Tickets, Time Tables and full
information call upon the nearest
Ticket Agent.