Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-03-27

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asbestos paper. in which fire was burn
ing cheerfully.. There we're also exhib-
T tied wash basins, water-cans, a full-rig-
ged ship, lanterns, hats, shirts, full suits
| OF clothes and underclothing, straps,
handkerchiets, napkins, bath-tubs, buck
cts, bronzes, flowers, urns, Jewelry, telt-
| ing and animals, both for ornaments and
for toys.
Boston Corbett, who shot President
Llncoln's assassin, is now Nevada miner.
Here is his record up to date; 1866, sol
der; 1865, a Lynn shoemaker: 1857,
| bookbinder; 1857, newsdealer in Boston !;
| 1868, at work in Albany; 1869, Utica
| printer; 1904 salt workman in Syracuse,
1871, an Erie canal boatman; 1872, la
borer in Buffalo; 1878, grocer clerk in
Pittsburg: 1874-75, halter in Cleveland
1876, drayman in Chicago: 1877, book
peddler in Omaha; 1878, miner in Me-
vada. Mr.. Corbett appears to be travel
ng in ompany with the star of empire.
An infant, a prattling child, dying in
its cradle, will live again in the better
thoughts of those who love it, and plays
its part through them in the redeeming
actions Of the world, though its body is
burnt to ashes or drowned in the deepest
sea.-Dickeas.
A Chicago burglar says that half a
dozen newspapers scattered over the floors
are terror to men of his craft, as they
dare not handle them or walk over them.
Thus do we have another illustration of
the power of the press. Newspapers as
burglar alarm! And yet some persons,
we've been told, actually take a paper
five years and refuse to pay for it.-Nor-
ristoDn Herald.
The frost-work representations on the
window-pane, or sees, castles, landscapes
and common scenes-familiar phenomena
as they are-always excite wonder, and
often cause one to ponder on the myster-
ious chance which makes these pictures
in the regular outline Of careful design.
But the ephemeral frost is not the only
material employed by the unseen artist,
as witness marine view on wood which
can be seen at Mr. alvin Hervey's jew
elry store. It look ike an old oil paint
ing; no one would f moment suppose
that it was chance picture. but such it
really is. 1t was discovered recently by
Mr.. Harvey when he had the partition
removed from drawer which he had
used to keep tools in for Is years. The
scratching of the implements as they rat
tied around in the drawer, the action of
the oil, which mingled with the rust
turned green, the dust and CRIME of
quarter of century, all had combined to
paint on these pine board partitions
tolerably good sketch, in dull colors, of
the ocean with three vessels sailing on its
bosom, and in the distance a headland
with lighthouse. Mr.. 4ervey has had
the picture framed IN gilt, and it hangs
over his repairing bench, ready for the
close inspection Of doubling Thomases.
or any one else.
English photographers avoid the strain
on the sitter's eyes, which usually re-
suits in a ghastly stare, by having
clock-face as the point to which they are
directed, the eyes being allowed to travel
slowly from the figure XII. all round.
The rotatory movement Of the eyeball in
adapting itself, step by step, to the fig
ures uron SO small circle at such { dis
lance, is SO excessively fine as to cause no
interference with the Photographic pro-
cess. The eyes are excellently well de-
fined, even to the iris, and the pictures
have marked superiority over those
previously taken in the manner in which
the details of the eyes are reproduced.
The siters have expressed themselves as
not having had any strain upon their
eyes.
Aprisoner condemned to solitary con-
finenent obtained a copy of the Bible,
and by three years. careful study obtained
the following facts: The Bible contains
$3.50, $3.50 letters, IT'S, 692 words, 31,174
verses, 1,139 chapters and sc books. The
word land" occurs 46,277 times. The
word "reverend" occurs but once, which
is in the Sth verse of the 111th psalm. The
| middle verse is the 9Th verse of the 18th
psalm. The 21st verse of the 9TH chapter
Ezra, contains all the alphabet except j.
The finest chapter to read is the 26th
chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. The
10th chapter Of II. Kings, ana the 9th
chapter Of Isaiah ARE alike. The longest
verse IS the 9th"v of the 9Th chapter
of Esther. The shortest verse is the 35th
verse of the 18th chapter of St. John.
The 9Th, 18th, 21st and 31st verses of the
| 10Th Psalm are alike. Each verse of the
| 10th Psalm ends alike. There are no
words or names with more than six
syllables.
A Corsican invited us into his house,
whence the finest view over the ravines.
can be obtained, and refused, rather
Indignantly, any remuneration for his
courtesy. had frequently occasion to
note similar proof Of dignified republi.
can independence among the people, and
to contrast their conduct IN this respect
with that of the Swiss. But while my
friend and were admiring the view we
heard some giggling at the window
above us, and looking up we saw two
good looking girls, upon which the pro-
prietor calmly informed us, much to our
establishment, that here were two OF his
daughters wanting husbands, if we cared
to avail ourselves Of the opportunity. 1t
was more difficult for my bachelor friend
than for myself to refuse with good grace
so frank and obliging an offer. l was
led to believe by subsequent incidents,
and by further inquiry, that this also
might be taken as throwing some light
on the national character. FrGser's Mag
dzSne.
The latest exploit of the San Francisco
reporter is the alleged exposure Of a pro-
cess for manufacturing hens eggs from
deleterious materials. According to the
narrative the albumen is initiated by
mixture of sulphur, carbon and fatty
matter obtained from the slaughter-houses
and rendered sticky with mucilage. The
yelk is made of blood, phosphate of lime,
magnesia, nuriate of ammonia, "leic and
margaric acids, and colored with chrome
yellow. The shells are shaped by blow.
pipe from mass of gypsum, plaster Of
! paris, carbonate of lime and oxide of
iron. After the shells are blown the
albumen is forced in through hole in
the small end and sticks to the sides;
then the yelk is added, and after being
covered with more of the albumin mix.
ture the hole is sealed with cement, the
| complete egg is rubbed pretty smooth
and laid aside for packing. Tits assert
ed that many barrels Of these eggs have
been shipped eastward for consumption.
While popular pulpit orator was in
| the midst of his sermon last sunday