Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-14
Curious Facts

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From the Montreal Star.
Not = single case Of hydrophobis
has occurred in Berlin for three years
Every dog in that city, however. il
muzzled. 4
"A German observer has found tina,
COWS MIXED three times aday Civ.
much more milk than when MIXED
twice only, and the proportion Of "a,
is the same in both cases. .s* s5
The marquis Of Lorne. known to al
most every body, Of course, as one o
the sons-in-law of the British queen
dips his private pen into an ink bot,
tie made out of q hoof of Lord Gives
Crimean charger.
In the United States, with. ar
estimated Jewish population OF nearly
500, 900, there is not single Jewish
member OF congress. In England nc
fewer than seven Jews have been
elected members OF the house of com
mons. 49,. ~,
In several villages of the Walk
province in Russia the peasants man.
zufacture wooden watches, which work
steadily, though they do not keep
very accurate time. All parts OF the
watch are of wood, except. the axles
which are Of horn. :, !. ~
Each pheasant that is shot in En-
glish, parks and preserves costs its
+, breeder, it is estimated. a sum of at
least three shillings. During some
seasons so many of these birds are
placed on the market that they have
to be sold at the same price as do,
mestic poultry in order to get rid Of
them.
Certain portions OF New Mexico
abound in petrifcations of various
kinds. -. It is no uncommon sight to
see trees three feet in diameter and
fifty feet long, petrifed and often
crystallized. The crystals-red, vel
low, black or white ARE often very
beautiful, and would make handsome
ornaments for eastern parlors.
''In the ordinary healthy lung, ~
says DR.. Curtis, perhaps even
in persons who have con.
sumptive heredity, the germ which
causes the breakdown of the lung
may not be able to make an impress.
sion; but if the physical integrity is
destroyed by poor food or any debil.
itating influence. or by q cold, then
the germ is able to get in it's work
and to multiply and produce its kind
and to fill the lungs with tubercles.'
I. The Fuegians are the lowest human
beings in the scale of existence. Their
language contains. no word for any
number above three; they are unable
to distinguish one color from another;
they have no religion and no funeral
rites, and they possess neither chiefs
nor slaves. Their only weapons are
bone-pointed spears, and, as they
grow neither fruits nor vegetables.
and their country is naturally
barren, they are obliged to live
entirely on animal food. Even
these savages possess, however,
some social virtues. They are not
cannibals; they i'll treat neither the
women nor the old, and they are mo-
nOgamouS.
An extraordinary colored man has
been lately attracting attention. He
claims to have two hearts, one on each
side of his lungs, and from the pulsa.
tions on each side of the body, good
many believe his assertions. He has
also two sets of ribs, one over the 9th.
er and both movable. Endowed with
more organs than the ordinary run Of
mortals, he appears to be gifted with
almost superhuman strength, as he
can lift 900 pounds weight with one
hand, and can bend q rod OF iron
three-quarters of an inch thick, by
striking it on his bare arm, and two
strong men could not bend the iror
into its original shape.