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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
3
A Pall Mall Gazette verse paints a golden cradle rocking in rose red skies. Bats and beetles drift while white clouds serve as curtains and fleecy pillows cradle the Moon Baby. Stars wait for a dew bath as planets are tucked to sleep in ocean depths. The Moon Baby, king of dreams, is rocked by wandering winds as lullabies rise.
A new milking apparatus milks a herd with two operators. One man monitors reservoirs and pumps while the other moves through stalls attaching teat cups. Overhead pipes connect to vacuum canisters and a double walled teat cup prevents over suction.
The tale centers on Olympia and a poor but dignified actor Juan Rodriguez de Penaflor who loves her. A pearls heart piece inspires his theft attempt and Olympia lends him a path to a better fate. A Madrid fortune soon shifts Juan from a failed life to potential reward with Roberts the theatrical agent.
A historical sketch recounts Pawnee near Fort Riley as Kansas first capital, the 1855 assembly drama, and the once grand statehouse now in ruins. It notes Governor A. H. Reder, prairie wagon journeys, cholera fears, and later bids to preserve the site as a relic of pioneer effort.
The article presents a small water powered motor by John D. Brotherston of Buffalo New York. Aimed at home use the device is said to be inexpensive and practical for beating eggs and similar culinary tasks. The mechanism features a small wheel with pockets inside a casing designed to rotate to perform mixing.
A glass bowl holder is mounted on a base and connected to a motor via a knuckle joint. When in use a faucet delivers liquid through a top opening, the spring wire hooks to the spindle forming a tight seal. The oblique nozzle stream drives curved buckets to rotate the beater, whipping cream, beating eggs, stirring mayonnaise, and beating cake batter.
In Kansas the first capitol built in 1855 stands in Pawnee Township with a storied past. Citizens of Kansas want to save this relic from time and neglect as efforts grow to protect the historic Statehouse era landmark amid early settlement history.
In Russia wages for horses exceed those for men and women, varying by region. In Nishni-Volga the average daily pay is 2 cents for a horse and 34 cents for a man. women earn 10 to 20 cents. Central region horse 23 cents, man 29, woman 13. Southern steppe horse 36, man 25, woman 16. The piece notes how this wage structure implies humans are cheaper alive than animals and links it to social decay and stagnation. It ends with a quip about the average man at social functions and a line about rain and dew time.
An illustration shows a sawbuck arrangement where a lever on one end can be pressed down and fixed with a peg to hold the leg securely. By aligning holes on one arm with a series of small holes on the other, the buck remains stationary for log support.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens a canning operation to process peaches. They have produced 4 000 cans so far at 20 cents per can for supplies and aim to cut costs to 12 1 2 cents hourly wages for students. The plant cost 360 dollars and may expand to other fruits.
The Philadelphia North American reports that oleo margarine formulas have been made public despite protests. A described process forms a soap emulsion with caustic soda, then precipitates lyes and applies chlorinated alkaline lye or gas. The list of constituents reads like a hazardous mix of minerals, acids, oils, and other substances.
The article argues corn enhances flavor in milk eggs and meat and yields strong nutritive value though not a complete food. It stresses balancing corn with other foods to maximize profit without harming animal health and notes beef pork poultry and dairy improve when corn forms a major part of the diet.
Cornell Experiment Station reports in a bulletin that beets grown on well loosened subsoil produce smooth tapered roots, while hard subsoil yields short roots with many side roots and more protrusion above ground. Fertilizer also influences this, suggesting mellow soil beneath seed could reduce lifting and improve root crops. Varieties vary in tendency to outgrow with soil conditions.
Mexico rapidly improves as cattle raising country with haciendados importing fine bulls from the United States. Longhorned Spanish cattle become plumper and more desirable as natural forage and climate prove favorable for dairy and beef production.
Bay Tea for Calves, Tea describes making calf feed by soaking hay in water, extracting soluble nutrients for young calves. It suggests adding linseed meal oatmeal or middlings cooked in gruel and feeding various grains to calves a few months old for thrifty gains.
Amanda C. Erickson of Victoria Illinois has patented a guard disk attached to a cake turner or utensil handle. The device shields the hand from grease spatters while turning frying meat or cakes and can be mounted on forks or knives to reduce steam scalding when lifting vegetables and meats from a kettle.
The excerpt advises inspecting the pantry for pests and treating infested areas with boiling water or kerosene. It covers serving unripened tomatoes chilled and sliced at the last moment, boiling green vegetables uncovered to preserve color, using borax for laundry, making starch for dark prints, cooling starch before use, and ironing on a rug with multiple holders. It also suggests avoiding excessive ironing by shirking and using benzine to remove spots on a white kitchen floor.
Recipe instructions describe making currant berry jam by heating seven quarts of berries with a pint of currant juice for thirty minutes, then adding one to one sugar, cooking to thick jam, and sealing in earthen jars. A currant and blackcap jelly is noted as delicious when made with half berry juice and half currant.
The article describes making buttermilk ice cream by mixing one pint buttermilk with one pint cream and half a pound sugar flavored with lemon. It notes adding lemon juice and freezing the mixture, and suggests serving with hot chocolate or caramel sauce for warmth, dipping sauce in small cups.
The guide promotes steaming eggs outside the shell for lightness. It details breaking into a platter, adding cold water and butter, then covering to steam until whites set. It notes fresh eggs for boiling in the shell and describes yolk-to-white differences by age. It also covers sick headache remedies with hot foot soaks and herbal teas, plus an emetic note after overeating.
Health specialists say lean beef and whole milk provide similar nourishment per pound or quart, but beef offers greater value for food. Meat costs more yet supplies nutrients in more suitable proportions.
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