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

~ ON the desert from
Daggett, Cal, say
-k0 pigeon II yinl
n A3-A around as though
S2asSfN hunting for water
He tried severa
<gt ppO times to catch it
II but when close the
bird would fy
| away. Having I
small rifle along, he crippled one wing
when he discovered that it was carrier
pigeon, bearing love letter in COOS,
quill tied to the right wing, dated New
York, and directed to q young lady in
San Francisco. The name he would
not give. As soon as the bird recovered
it was turned loose to complete its jour
ney.
A CURIOUS adventure happened recent
ly to an inspector of the Indian Midland
Railway. As he was travelling on the
Cawnpcre line some twelve miles out OF
Jhaspi, seated ON the front of locomo
tive, he noticed large number of vul-
lures collecting and evidently disputing
over some object, which, ms the engine
drew near, proved to be the carcass Of q
jackall The locomotive. with the IN
spector in front, charged in among the
birds, who seemed determined, notwith-
standing, to abide by their prey. The
result was that while some we're killed
others of them were thrown against Mr..
Campbell, whom they straightway pro-
ceeded to attack in most vicious man
ner, tearing his clothes and inflicting
considerable wounds ON his hands and
face. He was able, however, to retain
his position on the engine and to defend
himself from further injury.
The newspaper man sent out by a
news syndicate to explore Alaska and
describe the wonders of that American
possession has been lost. He fell, sup
possibly, into a hole in the great Muir
glacier, and was carried away in an I'M
der ice current. His body now doubt
less lies imbedded somewhere in the
solid ice OF the glacier. Five hundred
years from now some pleasure party may
be witnessing from some yacht the
breaking off of the masses Of the great
Muir glacier as they fall laundering in
to the sea. Some one of the icebergs
thus formed may rise to the surfa o
near the yacht, and then the people
aboard may see something wonderful.
They may see in the clear ice human
figure, perfect OF form and feature, clad
in what will be to them an ancient cos
tune, looking at them calmly with cold
eyes.
A VERY curious collection of ladies'
fyorfaI,c Ic lat,f Of tha Hnla.a.,I
Museum at Berlin. Whenever there is
n wedding in the Hohenzollern family a
number OF these short silk carriers, with
the initials of the newly-mairied Prin.
cess, ARE distributed among friends. The
collection was begun by William l., and
the Oldest garter is that which was WOW
en- on the occasion of the marriage of
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig with
the daughter of the reigning Duke Of
Anhalt Bernburg, in 1917. There are
twelve carriers from the reign Of Fred
eriek William Ill and ten from that Of
his successor, Frederick William Nv.
They are all made of ribbed silk Of diff
erent colors, braided with gold or silver,
and many of them are finished OFF at
both ends by heavy fringes.
The inhabitants Of New Britain, New
South Wales, have a peculiar custom of
confinlng their girls in cages until they
are old enough to be married. The
cages are made of the palm tree, and I
the girls are put into them when two or
three years of age. The Rev. George Z
Brown established a Wesleyan mission
in New Britain in 1876, and he saws
that these cages are built inside of the
houses and that the girls are never al
lowed to leave the house under any cir
cumstances. The houses are closely
fenced IN with a sort OF wicker work
made of reeds. Ventilation under the
is rendered difficult. The
girls are said to grow up strong and
healthful in spite of these disadvan-
tages.
Any calm bright afternoon strange
sight may be witnessed in WHAT'S known
as the McCulloch settlement, near JEFF
ferson, Ind, five miles north of this
town. For about two weeks immense
lights of swallows have been congrega-
hing there and indulging in flying
There are thousands upon
thousands of them, and they alightup
ihe trees and telegraph wires in such
tense masses that they threaten to
break them down. The birds go through
III kinds of wild manruvres. They fly
here and there in great swarms, as
hough drilling in military tactics. Just
1t dusk they take fight and go no one
Knows where. The next afternoon they
etuTn.
"CELLUvERT' is the name of mater
al which is being placed on the English
market. 1t is prepared from celluiose
II vegetable fibres. 1t is applicable for
many purposes, such as the manufac-
ure OF baskets, dishes, rowing cans,
ournal bearings, tubes, cylinders, canes,
hoemakers filings, bushings, gibs, cross
leads, washers, nuts, bolts, wheels, ]
runks, chair seats, &c Its strength is /
cry great, both to resist tearing and
a strip one inch wide by
uartcr of an inch thick having stood a {