Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-07-31
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

st. Petersburg Police Department mas es-
tablished an anthropometric bureau In
connection with its secret service.
Henceforth, besides Photographic like.
nesses the anthropometric description OF
all persons arrested by the police Will be
preserved in the archives. To thus Du-
reau all persons caught travelling without
passports will be sent, all persons VINO
will not tell what they do to earn Nv
ing, persons attracting public notice by
irregular department, persons who have
been disciplined by the police, and all
suspects and criminals of graver des-
cription. They will be stripped and
measured in the following manner:
Height as they stand upright, height as
they sit up straight, length of arms,
length and width of heads, length of the
right ear, of the left foot, of the middle
and small fingers, of the forearms from
the joints of the hands to the elbow. The
color of the eyes, hair and beard will be
be noted, and all exceptional physical
traits. This description will be copied
on the back of the Photographic picture
of the person measured, and recorded IN
the books under the respective number
of arrest. This bureau is modelled after
the one that exists in Paris. The st.
Petersburg paper states that foreign mu-
inequalities have encouraged the Russian
police in the establishment of this instl
tuition, and that from New York rich
selection of anthropometric descriptions
of criminals of all nationalities has been
sent
There is one Indian in the United
States worth $1,000 900. He is known
as Matthias Splitlog, and is Chief of the
Wyandotte tribe. His mother gave him
birth in the woods near asplit log, hence
his name. He is now seventy years of
age and can neither read nor write.
For all this he is great money gettcr.
Some time ago he was persuaded to sell
a tract of land on the Kaw bottoms for
$40, 600, the money to be paid to him
at 10 o'clock ON certain morning at a
bank in Minnesota avenue, Kansas City.
The Indian entered the bank shortly be-
fore 10 and took seat, keeping his eve
on the clock. When the clock struck 10
and the capitalists had not arrived he
walked promptly out of the bank. On
the street he met the men who were to
DuA nio idnAi. anu W iltu tntN d.htA nlln
TO return TO the bank he refused and set
the next day at the same hour. When
they all met next day Splitlog refused to
sell for $40, 900 and wanted $3.50, 600 |
The syndicate wanted the land, and |
fearing another rise in eal-estate accept |
ed his terms. When in Kansas City he |
does not stop at a hotel, but puts up |
with negro who is one of his tenants.
J. p. RULE, of st. Louis, who has
spent several years in England, talks
Interestingly of the so-called GLORIOUS
SPORT which some Englishmen indulge
in at home. England is so densely
settled, says Mr. Rule, s'that you are
scarcely ever out Of sight of a house, and
wild game, in the sense we understand ii,
is unknown. On some large estates
pheasants are bred in farm yards and fed
by hand till grown. OF course they are
tame as chickens, but day or two before
a grand hunt the keeper sets the dogs
on them and runs them about awhile
until they are scared half to death. Then
The sportsmen take their stand in a corner
Of the woods, the birds are driven up and
shot, Foxes, he says, are also bred for
hunting purposes, and of late years have ,
become so degenerate that, after running
! mile or so, they lie down and wait for
he dogs to come up and kill them.
Shooting farm-yard pheasants and chas-
ng spoon-fed foxes is the modern idea Of
rare sport"
CONCERNING the Pasteur Hydrophobia 7
institute in New York City, the Sun !
avs: "The Institute is still taxed to its
ull capacity. Thus far fifty-six patients {
AVE been treated, so per cent. of whom
ave been discharged cured. Three
more patients will be discharged to day
But, adds the Epoch, why not have
Elective "dogn ordinances in every vii I
age and town in the countryG Then =
here would be far fewer cases of hydro
'hobia. Only the other day, out in =
'outh st. Joseph, big dog attacked two !,
hildren, and brave man who went to I
heir rescue was himself badly bitten ON n
he arm, after the dog had tried to catch a
i'm by the throat. We read of these II
nd cases continually, innocent children Y
ften being the victims. II all stray dogs Q
Tere captured, and the owners of them y
cavity fined whenever disaster occurs. n
great deal OF suffering and worry would :
e prevented. "
THE New York Association for I'm =.
rowing the Condition of the Poor has =.
iaugurated plan by which poor work .,
& people of the city, who are unable to II
ny for a days recreation, may enjoy -.
sit to the seashore with their families. h,
special committe has been appointed ~ H.
} take charge of these ''ocean parties" n,
I'd arrangements have been made to a. 4.
'ovide this healthy recreation for sew -,
al thousand parents and children during -, -.
e season. Parties numbering from u,
70 to three hundred will be carefully Sc a. -,
cted by the Visitors of the association, - -
lder the direction of Mrs. Fullerton, '"'
e superintendent, and taken by water
Coney Island to enjoy for day fresh
r outing, including surf-bathing for
rents and children. The Visitors will
COMPANY and retIifn with them They