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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1898
Page
7
A compilation for youth presents tales titled Some Young Americans What an Indian Has Done a Story with a Moral Washing a Wild Tiger and the Length to Which Fearlessness Will Carry a Man. It showcases moral lessons through adventurous exploits and cultural perspectives.
A poem depicts winter as a regal king marching through land and town. Frost winds sing of spring’s strength and care for the poor as snow and ice crown trees and fields. Children skate joyfully while the moment shines, with a warning that tomorrow may bring tears, urging happiness today.
A reader highlights Innuit children in Alaska who study in American schools and show strong English, drawing, and carving talents. They share food during famine and display notable compassion, even when meals are scarce, with teacher Mr Gambell often providing dinners for thirty or forty pupils.
Scholars and Mr Gambell observe Innuit Americans delaying meals after tin cans are offered. Guests stop eating, return beans to cans, and take them home to share with family. The people are described as patient merry industrious and likely to become good citizens as they prepare for winter by gathering food and crafting nets clothing and tools.
This piece profiles Edward Marsden from New Metlakahtla Alaska a full blooded Indian who graduated from Sitka Industrial School Marietta College and Lane Theological Seminary He plans to teach and work as a missionary among Alaska natives and has mastered varied trades and languages to aid his people His self made career began with a nine year old summer job and grew through personal effort backed by friends and schools a model of public spirit and perseverance for American youth
A French tale recounts Peron hiring a poor Cossack to clean a tiger's cage in Moscow. The man, unafraid and silent, washes the tiger as it lies asleep. The tiger relaxes under the cold sponge, purring and presenting itself for washing while the master fears any slip.
A man distracted by a hazardous experiment in a desert cage was stopped by Peton who pulled him away before he could try it again on another captive. The incident centers on the improvised danger and the intervention that prevented further harm.
The Chicago Chronicle cites a private letter describing Ensign Bagley’s death near Cardenas aboard the torpedo boat Winslow. Wounded severely, Bagley was raised onto the deck by Enlisted Man Reagan and, with no murmur, uttered his last words: Thank you, Reagan.
A reflective note on inopportune luck where many men lament their misfortune in their backyards while a chance opportunity arrives at the doorstep, suggesting sudden luck despite prior disappointment.
The article describes summer fans with silk paper rosettes on ivory sticks, colored in the seven rainbow hues, and etched black designs. It notes rival popularity of feather fans, especially marabout and swan quills, and mentions Parisian artisans painting medallion portraits on quills to boost beauty and value.
Young girls prefer hats with wide brims trimmed by wings and large wired bows in orange or light blue with black. Petunia roses appear among white tulle around chip hats while others showcase mauve lilac accents and white and mauve color schemes. Smaller round hats feature upturned brims, starfish rosettes in velvet with central pearls and side wing ornaments.
The bill, a late session compromise on the Nelson and Torrey measures, ends a fifteen year agitation by business leaders. It offers liberal discharge terms and aims to restore from 150000 to 200000 bankrupts, while helping creditors obtain fair property division and curb embezzlement and waste.
The Pennsylvania Yankee hauls molten iron by rail from Duquesne blast furnaces to Homestead steel works. Since June 1 this daily service sends 700 to 800 tons of iron in 250 ton mixing ladles to 20 ton ladle cars, enabling direct open hearth conversion and saving pig metal handling.
The Boston Transcript notes there is no basis for claims the Italian government will sue the United States over infringement tied to the Neapolitan Vesuvius warship. The item is treated as a possible improvement rather than a replica.
A poem narrative titled Lady China Deslers One More Avenue of Money Making for the Women of England. The ballad follows a maiden at her wheel whose cheerful song mocks Love yet foreshadows woe as she later laments the transient charm of the gathered rose and stolen heart.
A plain blue gown features a hemstitched trim down the skirt and a sheer overlay revealing the contrasting foundation. The bodice is tucked with a yoke above, fastened by tiny buttons, and inner vest and collars are gufpure.
A Pearson's Weekly inspired trend shows women entering china dealing, using catalogues and marks to appraise pieces. London society figures attend Christie's sales while impecunious ladies clear income by buying and selling, with baronesses sought by buyers.
The passage notes how those in better society invite working celebrities to sit for amateur photographers. It argues amateurs may coax subjects to pose with natural expression, as sitters feel they are helping a needy acquaintance, even if the sitter initially demurs. The result is more relaxed portraits despite lower technical quality.
To cook a fat spring roasting chicken wash and salt it, dredge with flour, simmer with heart, liver, and two cups boiling water, baste until half done, add half cup vinegar, finish until tender, chop liver and heart for gravy, serve hot or cold, and use gravy on lettuce.
A florist suggests preserving fresh roses at long meals by wrapping their cut ends in moss dipped in water and lightly shaken dry, then tying with silk. The moss can be concealed by bending a leaf over the end to keep single flowers looking fresh.
Line a buttered pan with thick boiled rice. Fill with seasoned chopped meat and crackers, eggs, and stock. Steam for an hour, then serve with tomato sauce.
Pickled eggs make a tasty relish for midsummer service. Boil eggs in hot water for an hour then plunge into cold water to preserve color. Remove shells and place eggs in beeted vinegar for at least a week before using. A dozen or more can be prepared at once.
A pale illustration titled Hint from Paria shows a white tulle hat trimmed with velvet spots. The design by Re bouch emphasizes delicate spotted texture and refined millinery detailing.
A humorous exchange questions the idea of “fire proof” houses as ashes and ruins demonstrate otherwise. One character notes the street burned down while the other counters with a witty remark on proof and judgment in fires.
A compact quatrain contrasts methodical living with happiness while noting a paradoxical joy in regular poverty or poverty with regularity, suggesting a wry, reflective mood about discipline and fortune. The speaker plays with rhyme and irony to question conventional success.
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