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New Photographic And Telegraphic Feats

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
March
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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A photographer of Port Louia, Mauritius, named Chumboy, has succeeded in taking photographs, ia which objects appear with their natural colore; and the íortuuate artist is about to remove to Paris, wbere he can bave wider scope. An autographic talegraph is about to be establiahed at Paris. By means of this machine, in a few seconds, thefac timilse oí a portrait, baad writing or a signatnre can be re produced at a distance of several hundred miles. Thus, you wish to send your portrait froru Paris to Vienna. Every stroke of the artist's peneil executed by meanu oí the pantelegraphio machine in Paris is eimultaneously re-.produced at Vienna. Two distinguished artista, MM. Berstall and Bauginet, drew likenesses which were inBtantly transmitted to a disUoce of 400 mileal The great Rossini did the inyentor the honor of composing a few bars of music, which were written and perfortned at the same moment at Marseilles aDd in Paris. M. Caselli has even accomplished printing in colora at a fabulous distance. For instance, a rose appeared on a blank sheet of paper in the most brilliant coloring, telegraphed from thafc1 Imperial Observatory, both the flower and leaves being pamted íq natural colora, The procesa used is similar to that employed tor painting leaves on stuff. The autograpbic telegraph transmita per bour thirty diepatches, containing twenty words in each. lt ia equaüy possible to stenograph by the pantelegrapbic maebine with marvelous rapidity, and from its peculiar construction it will work under atmospherio circumstances which impodo the aotion of ordinary telegraphs. jggg" " How does it appear," said Sheridan to a lady on a late occasion, "tbat the subject of Gray's elegy in a country church-yard was a volanteer soldier?" Because the poet informa us thát "Largo was his bounty and his soul sincere." SrST '' Jennie," eaid a puritan to his daughter, who was asking his consent to accorapany her urgent and favorcd sui tor to tha altar. " Jonnie, its a very , solemn thing to get marrid.'_' " I know it is, fatlier," replied the sensible damricl, I jjut its a grcat ieal soleroner uot to."

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Old News
Michigan Argus