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Newspaper
Berwick Advertiser
Location
Berwick, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1896
Page
6
A historical note column offers criticisms on daily happenings. The essay asserts right actions may require extra struggle but bring happiness in the long run. It comments on fortifications and defense, implying England's threat and potential shooting distance.
The latest plan of the mathmakers involves producing a fox and transforming it into rain using dynamite. London is proposed as the field of experiment, though Londoners may object.
A historical note claims England has investments in the United States totaling 4,185,000 pounds and suggests profits could double if Britain resists further “bullying tricks” in the New World. The statement reflects concern over Anglo-American financial ties and political leverage.
Connecticut figures its present population at 858,420, a gain of 112,000 in five years. The growth of the older Americans is steady and rapid, indicating the 1900 census will show continued national progress.
The quotation reflects a view that lovers of nature receive rich rewards not in wealth or status but in inner happiness, contentment, and mental tranquility as the best fruits of nature.
A spirited newspaper note imagines correspondence with Prince Bismarck to probe the crisis and the rising tobacco clouds from his historic pipe. It hints at historical tensions with England and a grandson's blunt impact on his grandmother.
The passage ponders whether men, if enlightened and self-governing by reason and reflection, would heed conscience over others opinions. It argues that conscience would become the sole guide, rendering truth law reason equity and religion as synonyms for that internal compass guiding daily conduct.
The Shah of Persia sold to the French Government the exclusive right to search for archaeological relics across Persia for £10,000. The sale aims to uncover ancient biblical cities buried in the sands, with France seeking glory in revealing antiquities rather than pursuing territorial conquest.
History notes Portugal held the tooth of a sacred Siamese monkey after a historic Asiatic war and demanded 3.5 million dollars for its return. The piece criticizes European governments for using an elastic notion of international law to justify broad misdeeds.
The piece argues that enterprise thrives when leaders understand what people value and fear, the conveniences they prize, and the hindrances to avoid. It condemns those who ignore others’ perspective, urging consideration of broader impacts to apply effort efficiently.
All who have been in the habit of making themselves and their griefs and troubles the uppermost consideration in their minds should learn to think more of others and less of themselves. It is one of the surest antidotes for this sort of mental disease.
The Utah constitution introduces eight jurors per panel and a three-fourth verdict in civil cases, limits debt except in insurrection, and enshrines a citizen’s right to employment. It notes women’s suffrage on equal terms and signals further protections proposed by the state.
A referenced explosive device capable of delivering a maximum 500 unit charge is described as guarding the San Francisco harbor entrance. The note implies a threat assessment by authorities and heightened defensive measures at the port. No further operational details are provided.
A recent demonstration charged a gun with 100 pounds of nitro glycerine on a red rock bluff two miles away. The blast made a hole 80 feet wide and 6 feet deep. Fire accuracy was said to be so precise that a ship entering the Golden Gate could be hit three times before advancing 100 yards.
It notes the South harvests 611 million bushels of grain valued at over two billion dollars, surpassing the cotton crop. This year’s Southern grain crop exceeds last year by 50 million bushels, showing diversification and rising prosperity as the region widens its agricultural use beyond a single crop.
Congress sees a bill to investigate uniform Great Lakes water levels by a dam system as Lake commerce has grown tenfold in forty years while levels fall three to ten feet. Deforestation and channel deepening costs are noted. army engineers to study costs and viability of dams.
In a crowded street scene a man attempts a penny in the slot weighing machine trick by blowing into the slot. The crowd laughs as another youth demonstrates a simpler method yielding a 94 pound reading, while observers debate technique and luck.
The piece warns against keeping hens in stables as they contaminate feed and spread vermin, and it offers fumigation steps. It covers fruit digestion in the elderly, trichinosis in pigs with treatment, geese stock trials at Rhode Island, and notes on growing popcorn, stone seasoning, potash in fruit trees, flaxseed meal for calves, and general farm practices. It references Philadelphia Press and Scientific American.
The first southern hemisphere attempt to gauge subterranean temperature at Cremone near Port Jackson NSW shows a slower rate than northern boreholes. NSW records one degree Fahrenheit rise per eighty feet, with the Cremone depth approaching four thousand feet, compared with one degree per sixty feet in the north. A French journal notes a new gold substitute alloy of copper ninety four parts with antimony six, with magnesium carbonate to raise density, claimed to be workable and polishable like gold at one shilling per pound. Also described is a French recording piano using a typing-like instrument under the keyboard to reproduce played music in Morse-like dashes. An English design for a two-candle-power bedroom lamp includes a bed-stead mount and a compact accumulator under the bed for easy illumination in rooms without fixed electric lighting.
The article discusses ground bone as a bone meal supplement for hens, noting its components and benefits for eggshells and manure. It compares alfalfa to corn fodder for forage, highlights its palatability and early readiness, and covers plaster as an absorbent in stables to control odors and ammonia. It also mentions muck as a cheaper absorbed plant food option and weighs cost considerations.
The article explains that Omaha means going against the current and contrasts with the Quapaws who drifted with the current. It notes a split during a hunting expedition, with the Quapaws once on the Arkansas River and later ceding lands to the United States around 1830 in De Soto era references.
The excerpt describes an animal skin used to remove an excretion agent from the blood. It claims the matter dries on the skin, and frequent heating prevents clogging of pores by the excreted material. The drying process is said to aid loosening of the matter.
The seasoned swine breeder urges choosing a rangy open sow over a close built one to ensure a good breed and mothering ability. Beginners should heed advice from experienced hands, as practical tips emerge from those who have raised sows.
A short editorial urges frugality and debt avoidance for farmers, arguing that a small farm with no loans is sturdier and more manageable than a large, heavily financed operation. It emphasizes prudent ownership and steady growth without overextension.
Lighter than aluminum and twice the weight of water, glucinium emerges as a promising metal for electrical use. It boasts high electrical conductivity, greater than copper, and better durability than iron. Priced at $17.83 per pound, it is one tenth the cost of platinum by weight and 1 160th the price by volume.
The sea holds vast gold content but in trace amounts per gallon. A historic patent sought to extract it from ocean water and a newer method promises high economy by placing iron and copper plates in sea water to induce electrolysis that deposits gold on copper. Batteries would be set in tideways or on ships for continuous coating.
A fragment notes an alloy of aluminum called golden steel praised for durability, with references to bronze, iron trade shifts in the United States, and large annual production. It mentions camphor in melted lard for an anti rust prep, a waterproof traveling bath tub, and a duckboat stove with compact folding fixtures.
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