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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
4
A Philadelphia Post tale recalls a circus show advertising Aztec children with a clubfooted pair. A farmer exposed the hoax, clashed with the lecturer, and exposed performers as frauds. The lecturer paid him off, but the man spent the money on whisky, ruining the business scene.
The Independance Belge reports a young girl found unconscious in Presburg and brought to a Vienna hospital. She awoke speaking a language none understood, prompting oriental scholars to debate if it was Persian Abyssinian or Turkish, until it was revealed she was Hungarian who spoke none of those tongues.
Leech farmers water a meadow and sow it with 15 000 leeches from sacks as part of a traditional cultivation method. They rely on ample water and blood, often supplied by driving old horses and cattle into the enclosure, or by fresh blood from a slaughterhouse.
The letter from Atchison dismisses common expressions like stag at bay and fog horn whistle as inappropriate. It questions whether such phrases relate to Kansas and mocks their overuse in conversation.
Curious individuals act as conduits, taking in information not for themselves but to pass it along to others. They gather ideas from others and redistribute them, shaping discussions without claiming ownership of the content.
A cryptic quotation attributed to W. EB. H. Leckey notes that habits gain strength as age advances. The fragment appears as a reflective aphorism likely from a column or editorial context.
John P Robinson, famed Lowell lawyer and witty stump speaker of the 1840s, once sought a Massachusetts congressional seat but withdrew amid Whig and antislavery tensions. He later opposed Governor Cushing after Cushing’s Mexican War fame, and Lowell mocked his shifting loyalties in verse.
Frank lin Fyles notes in The Ladies' Home Journal that stage embraces must look impulsive and fervent while being practiced in modern clothes. Directors fix arm positions and kisses, but rehearsals rarely show genuine kisses, with actual kissing mostly saved for public performances.
A New York Herald piece describes Soraponjee in India where heavy rains rival New York’s yearly total. Tigers and leopards roam high hills to avoid wet ground while cattle are driven uphill to prevent foot wetting, with beasts feeding cautiously by night in open country and caves. Local residents carry torches at night as wild beasts avoid light, though exceptions occur.
A brief quotation from the Ladies' Home Journal on health as the cornerstone of success. It argues that for young men, good health and a sound constitution precede abilities and work, and that health enables rather than follows achievement.
A San Francisco Examiner quip reflects on physicians who save lives yet face angry relatives when bills are collected. The exchange highlights the tension between care and payment in medical practice.
A fragment notes a silk frock spun by a worm and a woman’s shriek when the worm crawls on it. quirky line from Chicago ec ord.
Darwin notes bees visit about 15 flowers per minute, 900 per hour, 8 hours daily, about 648000 flowers in six months. A recent paper estimates 7.5 million flower tubes to yield two pounds of honey, with 125 clover heads giving 15 grains sugar. In India going to bed is simple: a wooden frame bed with webbing, cotton mattress, one sheet, and two pillows.
A refusal to marry a man with a rabbit's foot leads to a severed engagement. She declares the superstition ridiculous, and he reacts with a wild, mirthless laugh before leaving her life forever. The Detroit Journal frames the moment with sharp, fateful irony.
A color specialist asserts that true white petals cannot be formed by pigments alone. He notes that perceived white requires lighting, background, and surrounding colors to influence how the eye sees brightness and shade.
Naturalists dispute the legend that snakes fascinate prey. They argue snakes do not possess mind control. instead a snake’s gaze may frighten and temporarily paralyze a victim. The effect is fear driven, not mystic influence.
A short exchange shows Jack asking for help with Mabel who accepts him after intervention, and Cousin Belle says she only hinted she was pursuing him. The note then adds trivia: amber oil is believed to cure rheumatism in Finland and Lapland, and Naxos provides all the emery.
A joke at Lafcadio Hearn's naturalization as Japanese noted his pay drop from 150 to 50 yen a month. As a foreigner he earned more than native instructors, but at a celebratory dinner the university president quipped that the last distinction would disappear by cutting his salary. The American-born professor appeared to enjoy the moment.
A plant in New South Wales bears showy flowers whose mucilaginous juice has a glossy varnishlike look. Chinese ladies use the juice to dye hair and eyebrows, while in Java the flowers serve to blacken shoes.
A fragment notes the Pa cutshe lexicon as the earliest Chinese glossary compiled over a thousand years ago, described as the world’s oldest dictionary. It highlights its antiquity and significance in linguistic history.
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