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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1898
Page
4
Dixon recounts a baby elephant named Sidney captured in Ceylon after its mother’s death. The calf initially hesitates with milk, dipping the trunk, then learns to drink from a bottle. She is half-starved and joyful to be fed, with no ill effects from the new diet.
Notes that Bornholm in the Baltic, described as magnetite rich, confounds compass needles and navigation. The text also claims English butter consumption is highest and links it to British complexion, presenting a mix of curiosities and health lore.
An assay office proprietor compares prices of many metals from barium at 8950 a pound to gallium at 38250 an ounce and shows rare elements like vanadium and indium far exceed gold in cost, while aluminium has fallen to cheap production. The piece argues public opinion on precious metals is misleading.
Long running remedy for teething children claims universal use for over fifty years. Soothes gums relieves pain and wind colic and diarrhea. Sold worldwide by druggists at 25 cents a bottle. request Mrs Winslow’s and avoid other brands.
The Paris observatory director Delaunay, famed for kindness and intellect, refused ocean travel yet sailed at Cherbourg in autumn 1872. A sudden squall struck the boat, drowning Delaunay and his companions, while his fear of water echoed from family tragedies and fatalist tales.
A dialogue reflects on girls in domestic service, noting perceived ease yet acknowledging hardships. One speaker contrasts worn gowns and bonnets with the mistresss new fashion, highlighting social expectations and class dynamics.
A reader questions whether crows truly understand language and communicate, recalling an observer who claims to decipher their vocabulary. The piece weighs limits of ornithological interpretation and whether truth can be attained.
Quotation from Cincinnati Enquirer features an educated parrot remarking that a thirst for knowledge is not quenched by dry facts, challenging the idea that learning equals dull data. The tongue in cheek line underscores curiosity over rote details.
A brief anecdote from Short Stories: A New York firm asked Abraham Lincoln about a neighbor's finances before his presidency. Lincoln notes the neighbor has a wife and baby worth about 50 000 dollars, an office with meager furnishings, and a large rathole in a corner to be explored.
The Chief Burgess of Milesbury Pa. says DeWitts Little Early Pisers are the best pills he ever used in forty years of housekeeping. They relieve constipation headaches and stomach and liver troubles. Small in size but great in results, Dr. W. A. Wuirasr.
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes Mr. Franketown Spiffin’s birthday next week and plans a smoker in his honor. Spiffine dislikes cigars and cannot tolerate tobacco odor.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a remedy for piles and scalds. It markets the salve as a universal healer for various skin ailments and irritations.
The finest doors use a pine core with thick veneer of fine wood on the surfaces. Built up white pine frames, edge and panel veneers, and carved moldings imitate solid wood. Panels may be mahogany in lighter doors, but larger doors use pine panels veneered, achieving beauty, durability, and about half the cost of solid mahogany doors. New York Sun reports the method and advantages.
The National Museum in Washington preserves Washingtons camp chest from the Revolution, a compact 2 by 1 by 15 inch outfit with tinder box bottles knives and plates, plus three tents incl sleeping and two marquee types in excellent condition. Washingtons uniform from Annapolis 178%, blue shadbelly coat buckskin waistcoat breeches and brass buttons reflect his dignified appearance.
The New York Ledger reports a chimney, reported as the third or fourth tallest in the world, completed at 53 900. It notes that forced draft shows great economy with no unusual chimneys required. A large fan driven by a 4 by 4 engine powers the draft, allowing use of lower grade coal and cheaper fuel. Operating the fan costs about 500 per year. the smokestack is small and less capacious than typical for such work.
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