Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-26
ODDS AND ENDS.

OCkO 49,
T., Ranoor there is a one armed man, une
r;ob4 ane having been taken on at .ne
shoulder in the G=stysburg hBhs' ~nS -
snaded mn a quarter of an acre OF iahu' car
r;ad dressing to il and planted garuen-
He whistles and sings, too, as be WORKS
Tho chief chemist of the London Gas
.o',,,eo,,v has succeeded in making from
ths refuse of a gas retort perfect emerald
TIE cost Of making the gem, however. was
,,,,,v tirnes greater than that for when
natu,al stone could be purchased at Jew
eler's
An American in London mas announced
that if he can raise the money ne Is pre-
nared TO build platform over the NANTES
from London 10 Putney, thus ADDING nve
miles of superficial space to Engiands cap
ital.
The greater portion of the cedar teie-
oranb poles used by the Western Union
comnanv come from Michigan. From ~ TO
oOo men and nearly 40 teams are employed
in gathering the poles and putting tneln N
proper shape The poles range from - 70
sO feet in length and are worth from u 10
s. each.
p;anos which have long been considered
necessary school furniture in American
schools. are being introduced into Engllsh
hoard schools. in which all sorts of devices
for accompaniment have been used prevl-
ouslv one teacher complained that the
wbistling Of the boys frequently was TOO
shrill and drowned the girls voices
Preparations are being made to take out
a mart Of the big redwood tree for the pur-
nose OF exhibition at the World 5 falr IN
! isa3 The tree measures 30 feet in cireum-
/ ference and 80 feet in diameter Inc sec
tion to be taken win be . feet in height and
i co feet In circumference. The work offell-
4 ing the tree has already begun IL VIII
/ take ten men at least two months 10 com
| plete all the work to be done.
+ II has been remarked by all who have
/ seen the pyramids that the sense OF sight
/ i deceived in the attempt to appreciate
/ their distance and magnitude. Though re-
moved several leagues from the spectator
/ they apper to be close at hand; and 1t IS
4 not until he has travelled some miles in
direct line toward them that he becomes
sensible Of their vast bulk, and also of the
pure atmosphere through which they are
viewed
II i estimated that over 2OO00,09 cigars
are manufactured every day IN the United
i states alone, and this enormous number
requires ia the neighborhood OF +20-Oo0
boxes for their keeping As result there
are over 200 factories in the country turn
ing these boxes out The wood Of which
these boxes are made comes from Mexico
Central America and the West Indies
i Sportsmen IN India and Africa have al
ways regarded wounded elephant as one
Of the most dangerous and reyengeful OF
animals Frank L. James, Of England, a
well known African traveller and entertain
ing writer. had occasion recently TO test
this propensity of the beast and met with
fatal results Instead OF stamping his as
saiiant ont of existence, as Is sometimes
the case in such encounters, the enraged
brute pierced Mr.. James breast with a
tusk, aud he died soon after.
I There i no doubt that fish, particularly
many OF those which inhabit fresh water,
feel the cold, and that this accounts for
Il their moving in winter TO deep water when
they have the opportunity Of doing so.
some fish are much more affected than
others by cold Swanson mentions an in
stance OF number Of fine teneh having
been found dead in pond after the break
up OF a frost. and as a proof Of vitality in
other fish he states that in northern lati
tudes eels and perch have retained their
vitality when frozen into solid blocks OF
ice and thar advantage has been taken of
the fact TO remove them from one locality
70 another
new albuminous poison of one hun
dred times the power of strychnine has
been described by Professor Robert. Il is
extracted from the seeds of Abrus precato-
ria, which have long been used as rritants
and anti-hemorrhage remedies, in Brazil
for ophthalmia and in India rs a poison;
the poisonous principle causes death by
coagulation Of the blood corpuscles.