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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
3
Gelett Burgess contemplates moral struggle and the wish to reform in a dramatic verse from A Gage of Youth. The speaker frets over past misdeeds and longs for a chance to atone and someday enter heaven despite perceived flaws.
In Hopetown a young lawyer helps Mother Farley gain a studio portrait for her son abroad, then photographs a series of neighbors and townsfolk. A bicycle club visitor arrives with a friend, revealing a budding romance and the town’s quiet social dramas.
A detailed exposé of fairground con games led by the faker who profits from cane racks rings knives and the wheel of fortune. It explains setup costs per rack board or wheel, common tricks like loose racks hidden mechanisms and deceptive boxes to separate victims from money.
In a lively exchange two couples reveal a secret wedding and a planned photo venture. Dottie greets Hall as a future husband Mr Oakley while Dorothy plays coy, and Reginald Pierce moves in opposite, framing a tale of loyalty and friendship between the twin Dorothys.
A new method is being used in Sumatra to capture tigers. Natives build a wooden enclosure near a tiger lair and place a trained dog to lure the tiger inside. A concealed steel trap, sprung by the tiger stepping on a platform, grips and holds the leg firmly.
The London Telegraph notes a tiger entangled in a trap with keepers nearby and a dog released to test the trap. The tiger faces death or secure caging as the delicate mechanism could crush its leg under pressure from a dog’s foot.
In judging opals color dominates value with red fire and combinations of red yellow blue and green the highest. Blue alone is weak while green needs vivid color and strong pattern. Color must be true not streaked or patchy. Patterns include pinto or impurgent, dnu rleunin, hashfire, or shopal with regular or large color blocks. Harlequin is prized and best when color forms small distinct checks. edge viewing can improve appearance.
The American Sunday School Union organized 1874 destitute Sunday schools last year and reorganized additional ones. It visited or aided 9,128 old schools. Missionary work received about $146,101 and 222 men were employed. The proofreader notes a typographical error by the compositor.
A Providence Humane Education Committee leaflet highlights common mistreatment of domestic animals with emphasis on tight check reins. It cites expert opinions from Royal Veterinary College president Wm. Pritchard and other writers, arguing the bearing rein harms mouth tissue, airway, and facial muscles.
The American Cultivator notes that mixing skim milk or buttermilk with kerosene forms an emulsion that destroys insects without harming animals or plants. It cites success on scale insects causing scaly legs in fowls and mentions a possible use for ticks on sheep, with guidance on approximate kerosene to milk ratios.
The Buffalo Exposition tests show farmers must buy seeds from reputable seedsmen and test seeds in winter to avoid losses. Orchard grass seed proved only 16.5 percent good, making real cost high. Swill and kitchen slops fed to swine cause diarrhea paralysis and high mortality due to soap and alkaline contents. Farn Journal.
The article explains dairy cows require two to three pounds of digestible protein daily, with some cows thriving on under two pounds while others need more. Wheat bran is cited as an ideal supplement to corn and other grains in the ration.
The article discusses feeding cotton seed meal for protein and minerals with cautions on large quantities. It notes gluten meal as an alternative and mentions cowpea hay and alfalfa as primary protein sources, ground with small amounts of cotton seed meal. The aim is best protein quality at minimal expense.
A reflection on beet farming urges caution with spring plowing and drainage to avoid meager yields. It argues beet sales to factories should not deter feeding stock and stresses selecting breeding stock to boost egg production toward 200 per year.
The Farmers' Tribune advises consulting commission men for timing and methods when selling apples to meet trade needs. It notes selling in the orchard for a lump sum can avoid marketing hassles but warns about handling perishable crops. It also gives a house plant fertilizer mix and describes the ideal cow for farming: large, roomy, good milker, docile, and easily fattened.
A letter urges practical tree protection using wire fly screening as guards and notes the method will stay on trees for several years.
Instructions on eradicating red ants using oil of sassafras followed by several vintage recipe cards including Honeycomb Pudding Celery and Apple Salad and Apple Meringue with detailed steps and ingredients for each dish.
Use only the tender celery finely chopped and soaked in iced water. Mix with mayonnaise dressing and chopped walnuts. Butter bread or biscuits, spread one slice with the mixture and cap with another. Slice biscuits small and thin, then brown delicately for serving.
Wash and scrape these parsnips and cut in slices then boil until tender mash through a colander return to heat add two large parsnips a tablespoonful of butter salt and pepper to taste and one beaten egg mix thoroughly form small flat cakes fry in batter serve hot.
Practical home tips on preserving foods and improving cooking smells. Advice covers rat traps with sunflower seeds, soda to counter odors, salt in toilet basins, egg white for leather luster, lime near jams to prevent mold, egg white substitutes for cream, onion-infused water repelling flies, clover blossom dye fix with alum, borax in starch, cork sealing for bottled goods, salt-water sponging for certain malt drinks, not leaving spoons in hot custards, and avoiding glazed ware due to lead in glaze.
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