Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-05
General News Items.

Cremation is becoming so popular in
Rome that the immense creamatory
there is in almost daily use.
Brazil proposes to admit aliens to cit
tzenship after four years. residence. An
alien marrying a native or an alien set
ting up factory Or going into agricul-
ture on large scale may become cit
izen in two years. ~. .
One thousand Cinnamon participated
in the grand parade at Portland, Ore., in
honor Of the completion of the Northern
Pacific road.
Experiments made at Hutchinson,
Kansas, are said to settle all controversy
about the possibility of making sugar
from sorghum. A sugar~refning COM
pany has produced from sorghum cane
q sugar of bright grade which crystaiized
perfectly, without the sorghum taste.
From recent investigation into the
mortality referable to alcohol, conduct
ed by a committee of the Narveian So
ciety, it appears that the rate in Lon
don is IA per cent. of the total number of
deaths in the adult population. About
twice as many occur among men as
among women.
Samuel 7. Yerkes, of Royersford, Pa,
drowned two pups in the Schuylkill. A
big bass swallowed one of them, and, as
they were both tied to stone, the fish
had to drag the other one and the stone
wherever it went. The burden made
the fish an easy prey to Mr.. Yerkes,
who caught it with his hands.
It is found that the silk worm will
feed and tsrive on the Usage orange
leaf, and will produce silk as advantage
ously from that diet as from the null
berry foliage. In Kansas the silk worm
business is experiencing boom among
enterprising young ladies who can con-
troll few rods Of Usage orange fence.
1t is suggested that some one publish
a dictionary of anonymous poems for
reference, giving first lines, titles of po-
ems, authors adopted names and auth
would be difficult, but it might ray en-
thusias'ic collectors in the discovery of
good forgotten poems.
Two years ago lady at Middletown,
N. Y, found little tree toad on large
Gala lily which she had ported in the
house. He was adopted as the pet of
the household, and made his home on
peared presumably in the depths of the
few months ago, Ehen he reappea red,
bringing his vile with him. Whether
he involved her from the depths of his
consciousness, or whether he found her
in the earth, is a problem that is puz-
Zling the household.
A very good story is told of Cham the
caricaturist, who died in 1879, and who
had very long legs. One day he went
into tailor's shop, chose some cloth
and agreed to give the price of forty five
francs for a pair Of trousers. The tailor
took his measure and went lower and
lower. while his astonishment went
higher. At last he stopped little be-
low the knee and threw his measure
over his shoulder. t:Well," said Cham.
"why do you stop?" ''Monsieur, for
forty-fve francs I can't go lower" was
the reply Of the tailor.
To build ship so that in case of acct.
dent to the bow the stern half can be in
simultaneously separated from it, and can
continue the voyage securely and easily
on its own account, is the latest contri-
button to the list of safeguards against
the dangers of the sea- The idea is that
Of a German inventor, and is set forth
with some detail in the Hamburg
Courier, which sees no reason why it
should not be entirely feasible. It would
require many departures from the pres.
ent mode of building vessels, as we'll as
for their lnterna! arrangement and equip
ment but the inventor asserts that, as
whole, g vessel so constructed could be
fully as seaworthy and swift as any built
on the present plan, and would be twice
as secure against disaster.
The experiments made by Prof.
Forbes with wire to determine the thick
ness required for carrying electric cur
rents without overheating have attract
ed considerable attention. The result of
these experiments, according to the an
nouncement, appears TO be- that if g.
lehnlte amount Of current be carried
through a wire OF certain diameter
without heating it to a temperature Of
above $50 degrees, then, in order to car
ry a current twice as great. without
overheating, the wire used must be
twice the diameter or four times the
section. This, if correct, is considered
quite important, the size of conductors
being an element largely affecting the
cost of plant for electric lighting, and
conductors liable 20 be overheated
greatly increase the cost of the current,
besides being dangerous.
a Work of Art in Danger.
The equestrian statue of Andrew
jackson. by Clark Mills, which stends
in the Carito1 ornundo Of N,.s;11