Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-10-23
ODDS AND ENDS.

.,ho american Congregational churches
- ,osoIved to give $4,000 annually for
evangelical work in France.
According to the latest statistics there
ave 100. 600 insane persons IN tne Ohlted
ctates-a ratio of one to every o'o lhhaD
itants. -,
Nv the agency of the London ehlldren's
oo,,ntrv HOLIDAYS fund 10000 children last
wear enjoyed short holiday in the country
uen who cannot pay the ordinary ex-
,,ansae of their households have no right to
belong TO high cost clubs.
Rev DIR. Meredith, the popular Brooklyn
raocber who has recently been travelling
n the west. had his pocket picked of
,a,,,ohIe gold watch presented to him by
Boston Bible class
The Roumanian government mas onered
nrizes TO the architects OF all nations lor
The hest plans for its new assembly and
senate chambers The first prize for each
hniIdinp is 5000: the second. $500; the
third, $500.
r,g valued at 5000 was bought in
ondon lately. 1t was about thirteen feet
sonare and had about 256 stitches to the
inch The material was wool combed, not
az from the animal, and worth more
than its weight in silk.
Mrs Bridget Morrison, who died at
Nassilon. Pa, recently. aged lO3 years,
amused herself several weeks ago, II is re-
LATED bv sewing together carpet rags She
threaded her needle without the aid OF
glasses.
mr. Andrew Garfield. of Brooklyn, has
DanlfE University
church. Chicago. on "a smaller salary than
no was receiving in Brooklyn, because he
deemed il best for the church that he
sbonld work in the west for the next ten
years Of his life
The Boston Young Mems Christian asso-
citation has started a charity that might be
followed in other places 1t consists OF
proyiding carriages for invalids and tax
| ing them for drives on pleasant days. so
| FAR i. $50 orders for carriage rides have been
/ issued. and 1851 car tickets given out.
There i a man at Old Orchard who fully
anpreciates the folly Of sending good
money after bad He lost valuable ring
while bathing Saturday, and 70 ascertain
I where IL went dropped another ring to
watch and see where it would 90. The
wave was too quick for him. and he
mourns the loss Of two rings.
A sweet girl graduate thus described the
: manner i'm which goat butted a boy out
of the front yard: "He hurled the previous
1 end of his anatomy against the boys after
ward with an earnestness and velocity
which, backed by the ponderosity Of the
goats avoirdupois, impaired momentum
that was not relaxed until he landed on
J ,.,.ra er,,a bavond the male of the goat )
/ Jurisdiction.
An English lady, Mrs. Watts Hughes
stretches membrane over receiver
spreads on il a sort of paste, and makes
{ musical sounds write their vibrations on
this prepared surface. Is this the parent
Of the recording photograph, or sound
made visiblef
A Toccoa. Ga, man is totally blind, and
has been so from babe few weeks old
Although be received no education he
possesses unusual intelligence, and can
solve difficult mathematical problems,
giving the month and year in which per
SON was born, tell the day of the week; can
tell day from night By the atmosphere
and when travelling can tell when he Is
passiug objects some distance from the
roadside, such ms a house or a tree.
II you love a man don't get in his debt.
This advice is not intended for women
Counsel in that direction is too often
thrown away. IL Is meant for the men
who are in the habit of living beyond their
income and then applying TO one who has
always been kind to them in other ways
and asking him TO assist them through
what Is a self made slough Of despond.