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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
2
In a grand ball Lady Varley’s guest, Mrs. Dundas, captivates by presence and beauty. Donna schemes amid flirtation with Varley, recalling past loves, while debating cards and a secret wager, as their tangled history and ambitions unfold through ornate dialogue and insinuations.
A natural history note describes ear arrangements across species. Fishes have head and skin sensors, lobsters and prawns show dual feelers with ear bags, shrimp has ears in tail flaps, shellfish use a single foot with ears, grasshoppers house ears in legs and offer a playful image of Mother Grasshopper disciplining noisy offspring.
A well known doctor urges adoption of hard beds and training children to sleep only on such surfaces. He argues hard beds promote the most refreshing sleep, while feather beds are enervating.
After their marriage Clara and Belle No. face retrenchment to cover money wasted during courtship as he spent beyond means. The couple navigates financial strain while adjusting to married life.
The article explains how flavor in milk cream and cheese arises from the nerves of smell and how faults come from three classes of volatile compounds. It notes the roles of cow diet, stable conditions, processing heat, and microbial action in forming aromas and stresses proper ventilation, feeding, and sanitary care to maintain quality and profits.
Farmers should construct poultry houses to keep night temperatures above 50 degrees, assuring hens do not freeze water or stop laying. Provide a well lit, well ventilated shed for daytime activity, but avoid artificial heating and stoves. Regulate heat with design, not forced warmth.
Practical notes advise nitrogen rich feeding to sows to prevent pig eating. Use clover pasture, bran, middlings, oats. if sows crave pigs, give lean salt pork. Fatteners benefit from cornmeal and skim milk with clover pasture for rapid growth and early market. Feed grain late afternoon to keep pasture grazing, encourage piglets to eat grass, wean at six to eight weeks with skim milk, and two litters per year require six to eight week weaning. two-litter method thrives where waste and palatable byproducts are abundant.
The account of Captain Gardiner of the Union shows how a sperm whale flung its jaw, injuring him severely but not defeating him. He signaled for bandages and splints, piloted the ship to port, and after care by a German doctor, resumed command in six months. He lived nearly ninety years.
In a terse exchange a confident man flatters Miss Wilfel while declaring he will turn her parents against him. The stern father confronts the match as the young man admits his marriage intent despite parental opposition.
Two Australian bushmen in South Africa survive a skirmish near Jacobsdal after taking shelter in a rock ravine and looting quartz pebbles rich in gold. The tale leads into a string of Vignettes on ambition and misfortune, including Rajah Brooke’s rise, theater publicity backfires, Desmond’s block and tackle, balloonist Saye, and London police control remarks.
An account describes a chaotic scene as a president stands under attack amid disorderly cries and gunfire. A bystander named Pred is reported among those involved, with medical personnel tending to the president while the crowd reacts. The event ends with security forces restoring order and the president remaining in a debated stance about safety and leadership.
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