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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
6
A collection of aphorisms on character, labor, virtue, and political caution. Portraits of ambition and restraint contrast nobility of birth with deeds, patience, and self discipline, urging wary civic judgment and purposeful living.
A young Indian recalls a rough infancy on his mother's shoulders and contrasts his early struggles with U S government aid. The article notes seventeen schools with over fifteen hundred pupils for the year and quotes a pupil on self development through helping others.
China repudiates a contract with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to build a line from Tientsin to New Chwang. The project linked with Manchurian rail and the transsiberian route and would tap the Yangtse valley. Russia pressures Beijing to stop the contract while English capital dominates the bank.
Aunt Cam receives two Maltese kittens to replace her beloved Tom after a fatal incident. Nan brings Timothy, a moral Tom-like kitten, and Benny adds another Tab, while Mrs. Smith’s anger yields two more kittens. The tale blends loss, generosity, and small acts of rescue as children and neighbors react.
A child recalls making a corn husk doll with Mammy on the kitchen porch after a bee sting. Watered corn husks, silk hair, and tight green fabric become body parts as Mammy guides the simple craft and storytelling.
An aged man explains his daily burden as two falcons to tame two hares to restrain two hawks to employ a serpent to bridle and a lion to conquer while tending a sick body. The tale, from British Christian Endeavor, frames a life of constant vigilance against sin and need.
A children oriented column urges cheerful giving and self denial. Aunt Mary praises a Kansas girl who saves and donates a tenth, noting giving builds unselfish character and suggests many ways to give beyond money such as obedience patience and loving care to family and friends.
A Boston lad, seeking work aboard a merchant ship, earns a berth by showing he can both toil and restrain his tongue. He recounts past tasks of sawing and splitting wood and admits not whispering in school for a year, prompting the merchant to hire him and foresee future mastery.
A terse saying hints that luck may shield a man who achieves feats from boasting. The phrase suggests restraint and humility rather than bragging about success.
Vincent Neale learns Lena Carteris will wed Lord Wrexham but she refuses. She declares independence at the wedding, revealing her choice of true love, leaving behind her stepfather Colonel Annesley. After a month, Lena and Vincent wed and uncover Lena's inheritance trap.
A humorous exchange notes a husband who withholds money from his wife while she asks for it. The wife is described as not using the funds if given, prompting a skeptical view of marital finance. The quotation reflects domestic financial friction in a concise city column style.
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