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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1894
Page
3
A reflective verse item recalling moonlit nights and local figures Hiram Brown Fairfax White Henry Black in a rural setting. The speaker narrates travels across a toll bridge and through winter snows with varying warmth and peril, noting conversations that never occurred.
Mary confronts Savannah Morbyn over Tom Roy lance’s innocence and uncovers Savannah’s secrets. In the mill office Reuben Gorringe presses for a confession while Mary reveals she holds new evidence and resists his unwanted marriage proposal.
The piece argues against tariff changes affecting horses and cattle, detailing how McKinley act duties shifted imports and prices. It compares import values and head counts before and after the act, notes rising U S horse stocks, and asserts potential protectionist gains for American producers while warning of broader agricultural harm under the Wilson bill.
The piece argues against free wool on the tariff, asserting protection preserves domestic sheep farming and prevents dependence on foreign wool. It warns of higher foreign wool prices, a foreign wool trust, and annual gold drainage of over sixty million dollars due to wool imports.
Judge Charles D. Long, of the Michigan supreme court, denounces pension cuts against veterans in a Memorial Day speech in Mound City NL. He laments reduced pensions, delays, and biased rulings, urging Congress and the public to uphold protections for disabled soldiers, widows, and orphans.
A Brooklyn dog named Spot is celebrated for daily worship with his master and unwavering obedience, waiting on a chair while his owner is away. The text shifts to economic policy, contrasting McKinley era tariffs with proposed lower duties on cattle, arguing protection boosts U.S. cattle exports and warns against imports.
The Youth’s Companion recalls Coleridge as a Cambridge student who mocked veal at hall dinners calling it “veal tottering on the edge of beef.” The anecdote highlights his peculiar conversation style during student days.
A Toledo Blade remark reinterprets a public service adage as stating that public office is a sugar trust instead of a public trust. The change cites Mr. Cleveland's statement and frames it as a satirical critique of governance.
The text extols the McKinley tariff showing manufacturing value rising from five to nine million dollars from 1880 to 1890. It argues tariffs boosted domestic shops, created a large home market, and kept prices competitive against foreign goods. It warns against free trade hurting farmers and west-northwest markets. It criticizes New York importers and southern low-wage states seeking cheaper labor.
The Chicago Inter Ocean recalls a quip about how Republican laws supposedly enrich the rich and impoverish the poor. It also cites Josh Billings on fools in three classes and notes the author’s suggestion that all three can appear in one person.
Rev. Dr. Gunsaulus recounts a Chicago Record joke about two elderly New Englanders overhearing a Universalist idea that all souls will be redeemed. The dialogue mocks Universalist theology as a target for prejudice.
A collection of aphorisms and quips from the Chicago Herald on skepticism dreams bread reputation and social observations. The snippets comment on virtue wealth appearances and social behavior with a playful critical tone.
A humorous poem from Eva Lovett Carson in Arthur’s Home Magazine follows Theophilus a young boy who cries constantly. His mother warns tears are needed yet he cries until he cries dry revealing the fate of endless sobs.
A practical guide shows how to make a sturdy tool chest from a strong box or boards. It describes dimensions about 26 by 16 by 12 inches, lid cutting, edging, hinges, a chain, handles, and a front lock. Inside, sliding trays with compartments hold nails tacks and small tools for a neat workroom.
A large white rat named Solomon lived in an New York artist's studio and was famed for wisdom and delicate white whiskers. His companion Juniper was notable only for jumping while Solomon performed remarkable feats, though Solomon avoided mischief and ate no cheese on the sofa. A friend’s rat family nearby lost seven orphaned kits when a stray cat attacked their cage.
An anecdote from Blackwood's Magazine recalls a mahout driving an elephant toward a trench. The elephant resisted, trampled the mahout, and then another elephant tossed a handler, while the narrator faced a close encounter as the animal charged with benign intent but dangerous force.
A U S visitor notes Mexico City postal practice where letters are collected from a bulletin list at the post office, merchants check the list for their mail, and postage stamps are affixed by clerks. He observes widespread public writing and universal smoking in streets, buses, opera, and church.
A deep sea torch fish lights its nose with a phosphorescent lantern to guide itself and attract prey. The mechanism of lighting and extinction remains not fully understood.
The Russian emperor’s physician Prof. Zakharin is famed for odd habits he enforces before visits. At a patient’s bedside he becomes calm and meticulous, so skilled that he earns praise and advancement despite his comical rituals.
A light anecdote from Brooklyn Life notes a child asks why balloons rise and a father answers with gas as the reason. The joke pivots to the gas meter being sealed, amplifying the gag about containment and ascent.
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