Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-20
ODDS AND ENDS.

The first edition of Michael Davitt's new
paper was 10000 copies. and the paper bids
fair to keep to that point.
The craze for collecting sometimes takes
very curious forms. An old New York
merchant has fancy for collecting trusses
of all kinds.
Pensions are paid by the government to
the widows of three presidents, eighteen
generals, one colonel and two rear admi-
rails.
Among recent invention is floating
rope" with center consisting of a core OF
small round corks placed end to end, and
surrounded by network of Irvine.
A judicious use of yellow does much to
brighten a room, and for a family apart
ment red, mostly in deep shades, is indis-
pensable.
Stanley Palmer, a prisoner in the New
Castle Del) Jail, has invented toy puz-
zle for which he is said TO have been Of
fered $4,000 by New York spectators.
The high explosive carbonite has recent
liz given very satisfactory results, and it
has been proved that il is a stable com
pound that can be stored for length Of
time without deterioration.
The large five-ineh wide "once over"
Ascots represent the premiership in the
neel1wear field, and are truly the acme OF
reaned elegance when worn.
There is no prouder moment in young
mans Life than when he first sees his pic
ture exhibited in show case outside OF
photograph gallery.
Roman ladies kept a special slave whose
A mod
dition, and present il 10 her mistress a!
her toilet.
A few Of the single breasted Prince Al
berts are reappearing. A neat and formal
looking coat, it was difficult to cut, but 10
short shouldered, well made way exceed
ingly fetching.
On tombstone in Philadelphia is the
record of young wife with the line added
"Onr first ia heaven" II is touching, but
il suggests he question what has become
OF the others?
The police force of India numbers 1900
superior and subordinate officers and 1885,
COO eonstables, not reckoning the lbSs1
police OF Upper Burmah and half a million
village watchmen.
In America the manufacture Of fire.
NOfkN HIS UtIbitAA hAlAiRol a AAAAN ftAAt HhA
no doubt the youth Of our country could
find this sort Of expression for their patri-
otto enthusiasm on the Forrth Of July
without drawing on the products Of for
eign ingenuity.
N. Crocq has argued strongly to the Bel
CLAN Academy of Medicine in favor Of
Bleeding. BY il he arrests all cases of
pneumouia-from which ; to 3 per cent.
of deaths result by usual treatment-and
cures rheumatic fever.
The commuters from certain suburban
town on the New Jersey Central have dis
covered that their daily trip TO New York
need not be a burden unless they make il
So They have organized u club, keep their
own car and maise tile time spent in going
70 and from business the jolliest honr of
the day.
The tendency To lop the ear varies much
in different animals Rabbits Top their
ears after comparatively short period of
dolnestication, and with the exception of
dogs are almost the only Top cared animals
Ia Europe and America, but IN oriental
countries all the domestic animals are
more or less lop cared, a fact which sug-
gests that they have been much longer UNI
der demonstration than their congeners in
Christendom