Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-06
Personal Paragraphs.

| Personal Paragraphs.
The late Richard Somers Smith, of
Philadelphia, was the third of six broth
ers, all of whom lived to celebrate their
golden weddings. He was born in 1889,
and consequently lived under the adj
minlstration Of every President the
United States has yet had.
| Mamie Dickens, daughter of Charles
Dickens, writes in the Youths Compan.
lon of her great father: ellis study
to these children--was rather myste-
rious und awe-inspiring chamber, and
while he was at work nobody was al
lowed to enter it.. The little ones had
to pass the door as quietly as possible,
and the little tongues left off chatter
ing. But at no time through his busy
life was he ever too busy to think OF
| them, to amuse them, or to interest
himself in all that concerned them"
A gander-1egged reporter Of the Gin
cinnati News-Journal disguised himself
| as dude and went out to hear what
would be said about him and to firt
with beauty. He reports that fully two
| thirds of the young women and girls are
not ayerse to little innocent Irritation,
and that nearly all the women Will turn
for q look at 81 finely or strikingly
dressed young man.
MIR. Bell, the originator Of the tele-
phone enterprise of that name, formerly
a teacher of languages in Boston, now
lives in Washington with fortune esti-
! mated at $5,000,000. Mr.. Blake, the
inventor of the "transmitter, is worth
100000. Mr.. Vail, the general man
ager of the company, formerly q poor
telegraph operator, has an elegant Bos-
ton residence and 100000. Mr..
Forbes, who furnished the money TO put
the invention to use, is worth from
100000 to Sc, 900, 900.
The world has just discovered that
Gen. Stonewall Jackson loft daughter,
and England and France has discovered
that she is the most beautiful woman
that has visited their shores this season.
Miss Julia Jackson is said to be much
moro beautiful girl than the now famous
Jennie Chamberlain, and there is every
probability of her being the rage of the
coming season in London. Itwould ap~
pear that the crop Of English profess
sional beauties has given out, as we hear
of no one who takes the place formerly
filled by Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Corn
wallis West. It is new field for
American enterprise. Miss Jackson is o.
dark type, and half the artists in Lon
don ore raving about her eyes.
Mathew Arnold delivered his farewell
lecture in Chickering Hail. New York,
Saturday night. The subject was Lit
erature and SCIENCE" In concluding it,
Mr. Arnold said: II have met with much
kindness everywhere and wish before
/ depart to express to you and to all
my friends in America my gratitude
for the kindness in which you have re-
ceived and the indulgence with which
You have heard me. My deep interest
in this country and its inexhaustible
impossibilities make it my hearty desire
to visit you once more before l die"
Mr.. Arnold, accompanied by bis wife
and daughter sailed for England last
week.
The following anecdoto is told Of
Earl Lindsay, father of Lady Anne
Barnard, who wrote the lannon's ballad,
"Auld Robin Gray" Tho enrl's kind
ness Of heart was unbounded One
day he overlook, on the road, an old
woman VINO had stolen a quantity CT
turnips from one of his fields. He be-
gan to buster and scold in % way that
would have frightened stranger; but
the old woman waited and curtsiad till
the storm had subsi.led, and then said:
cay, my lord; they're unco heavy;
will ye nae gle me- lift ?" and the earl
dismounted and helped her take the
sack on her back"
Miss Anna Stolnps, a young society
lady of Dayton who had always been
much admired for her beautiful head of
thick, brown hair, was robbed Of her
charm Saturday night. She VAS in the
woodshed in the rear Of her home, when
her braided treasure was caught from
behind and slashcd off with s. sharp
knife. An alarm was raised, but the
vandal escaped with his prize, The
motive for the deed is a mystery.