The herald., 1894-11-07

evidently besn at the bottom OF the river
Tor many years.
noise in his bedroom aroused Michael
Dixon OF Pequonnoch, Conn. In few
mor""nts he was struggling with the in
tn der N the dark, and soon wang uished
hini. The supposed burglar turned ou,
to DO MichaePs brother, whom he had
not seen for years.
Bueiness is rushing with a repsirsr oil
bicy ces whose shop is on a road much
irequeDted BY wheelmen. between
Brooklyn and Coney Island. II is said
he makes trade for himself By carefully
sprinkling about ak papers of tGcks
every day on the road near his shop.
A belle Of Manhattan Beach wore q
fancy bathing dress we'll padded at the
shoulders. A rival had secretly re-
moved the padding from the right shoul-
der, and substituted salt. When she
was five minutes in the water she was a
fright. One OF her graceful shoulders
had melted.
At the hygienic congress Just held in
Buda-Pcsth the fact was brought to
light that stammering is far more COM
mon among men than among women,
the proportion OF male to female stam-
merers being four to one. This is not
surprising, Tor impediment OF speech ia
rare among women.
The Mexican vaquero beats the world
as thrower Of the lasso. One of his
tricks is to stick a lot OF long handled
knives in the ground close together
within the limits of narrow circle, and
bet with outsiders that he can ride past
ut race horse speed and pick up any one
OF the knives designated with rope.
An English committee OF sportsmen
and naturalists is taking in hand the
protection of South African animale-
the giraffe, zebra, Gland, gnu, koodoo
and other antelopes-against their
threstened extinction. A suggested
method of accomplishing this is to se-
cure an inclosed park OF about 100, 900
acres.
1t is the common belief that the peach
tree is necessarily OF short life, but
there are some very old orchards on the
Delaware peninsula, and eingle trees
have been known to bear for great
many years. A Sussex county peach.
grower has an orchard 80 years old,
and in good peach years 1t yields abund-
antly.
A patriotic young man in New York
Oity, while on his deathbed, left orders
that he should be buried in coffin lined
with red, white and blue silk. In grati-
fication of another whim, the funeral
took place at O'Clock at night, the
mourners carrying torches snd closing
the ceremonies with q display of FIRE.
works.
A New York rogue caught Chinsman
asleep in hallway and stole his outer
garments. These he donned and per-
ambulated Mott street, the Chinese
quarter. One OF the celestials pretended
to be deceived and led the sham China.
man into an opium joint, whore he was
despoiled of all he possessed and badly
beaten.
An International telephone system, to
cover all Europe with Its network, 10 one
OF the latest movements to bring the
nations into more intimate and moro
peaceful relations with each other. The
cities OF Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brus.
sells anu Antwerp are already connected
by telephone, and the extension of the
line is question of only little time.
Champagne ought to be cheaper. In
the cellars of the Marne district in
France there are now stored loo, ,OOO, 900
bottles Of the sparkling Huid-enough to
supply the whole world for six years.
This does not include the vintage OF
1894, nor all the sparkling vino product
OF France. There is an immense quan.
tity OF all French wines on hand, re-
suit OF fine vintages for seven consecu-
tive years.
Breakfast hominy Of today Ia . very
different matter from the southern hom.
my additionally associated with hog.
The earlier hominy was true "oracked
corn." hence, doubtless, "corn cracker"
and "cracker." 1t was cooked gently all
night, enriched with butter, seasoned
with salt, and served smoking and snow.
white. As thus prepared tho true
southern hominy is delicious dish, not
especislly for breakfast, but las a veg
etable," 80 the phrase goes, for dinner;
it ia sweet, rich, beautiful and whole
some.
. A school Of sociology has been estab-
lished at Hartford, Conn.,, under the
auspices OF the Society of Education Ex.
tension. The curriculum covers three
years. Seventeen names OF instructors
are already given and others are to be
announced. The school 10 to be open
to men and women. For regular students
college diploma, or its equivalent, ia
required. Non-graduates can take the
entire course, but will not be admitted
to matriculations. The terms are a
natriculation fee, 81; tuition for the full
course OF the year, $5U.
There are some remarkable echoes in
the wood'encircled Adirondack lakes.
A single whoop will be tossed about a
dozen times from bit of woodland ede-
ing the lake. and when tine last echo
eesms to have died away some more
distant woodland will suddenly take nm
the call with increased loudness, and
the sound will at length fade in the |
extreme distance. The nearer echoes
seem to be filled with the inexpressible
freshness of the woodland, and it is hard
TO bslievo that the sound is mere airy
mimicry OF the human voice.
Quiet Day for Police.
The police department. enjoyed one of
The quieteat days in it's history. Up to