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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1894
Page
10
A fragmented poem recalls a journey to Arcadia with dream memories and yearning. The speaker reflects on fairies, a beloved figure, and a quest for a remembered homeland where joy and wonder renew the heart. The piece hints at longing, wonder, and the pull of an idealized past.
A chaotic sequence at the Chicago World’s Fair follows Mr Douglass as he forces a ride on the malfunctioning Ferris wheel. Arabs, Bedouins, and a cascade of exhibits collapse around the wheel while rescue efforts and mock heroics unfold, ending with the tutor’s fall and a comic, dreamlike farewell.
A fragment describes spraying a drug onto material in a quid form with an atomizer and stirring. It notes quantities as drops per cigarette and cites opium valezian and cauatis indica as agents. Each maker aims to create a distinctive drag habit, making the smoker prefer that brand.
To detect alum adulteration in baking powder stir a small amount in a glass of cold water. Alum sinks as a heavy white sediment while powder with cream of tartar foams and leaves little sediment.
Poached eggs set better with a few drops of vinegar in simmering water to prevent whites from spreading. A squeeze of lemon during cooking improves scrambled eggs. Asparagus tops suit omelets, and pate de foie gras on toast with scrambled eggs makes a fine lunch. Cold fried eggs can become fritter batter fried. Fresh eggs boiled in sweet cream with salt and pepper make a delicious two minute breakfast.
A quick home paste recipe using a pound of flour and six to three ounces of brown sugar mixed with boiling water. If the paste is light, substitute white sugar. Make fresh as it sours quickly. A thin paste works best for labeling tin or glass containers.
Warm butter with eggs, then mix in sifted flour and cinnamon to a smooth paste. Bake in a hot wafer iron, trim edges, roll into cones when hot, fill with sweetened whipped cream once cooled. The same batter, rolled after cooking without filling, makes a pleasant cake for an invalid.
A fashion note explains why skirts sag due to the hollow in a woman’s back and prescribes using a giant hook and eye on the skirt band and waist belt as a perfect remedy. This method aims to straighten the garment and maintain proper drape.
Meerschaum, long known as petrified seafoam, was found on the coast in round balls and misidentified by superstition. The first pipe from the material was crafted by Karol Kowates in 1728 at Pesth for Count Andrassy, and the pipe remains in Pesth museum.
The text prescribes relief for hiccoughs in children using cold water or a pinch of brown sugar on the tongue, sprinkling water on the face, and placing the baby on someone's lap or shoulder. It warns against batheing a child within three hours after a fit, attributing hiccoughs to an overloaded stomach or improper food.
Instructions describe a cement mix using plaster of paris, ocher, litharge, red lead, manganese oxide, plus asbestos powder and boiled oil, curing in two to five hours. Also details tortoise shell repair by edge filing, overlapping halves, clamping, heating gently, and cautions about imitation shells and acetone cement.
Cleaning rag carpets involves wringing a cloth in warm water and rubbing the carpet with the damp cloth. Rewet the cloth as needed, dampen only, and use a brush and soap for the dirtiest spots.
Boil chestnuts then peel and pound with orange flower water and white wine. Beat in egg yolks and whites, nutmeg, butter, milk, and cream. Cook until thick, then bake in a lined pie dish in a hot oven. Sweeten to taste.
Instructions describe tightening a small hoop with a strap to stretch embroidery work. It then covers cleaning discolored decanters by fermenting chopped potato skins inside the bottle for three days, followed by rinsing. Also notes removing ink stains from woodwork with sand water and a touch of ammonia then rinsing with soda water.
Advice on selecting rugs such as Smyrna varieties, draperies and curtains in cream white and dotted muslin, and coordinating furniture for front and back parlors. Recommends mohair plush couches, rattan seating, a wide front window seat with cushions, and simple, symmetrical room layouts emphasizing comfort and wear.
The article explains muslin sometimes called book muslin but clarifies the term derives from Buke a district in India where it was first made, not from folding like pages in a book. It traces the miswriting from Buke to Book and notes the origin of the name.
A historical recipe describes mixing linseed oil gin turpentine and vinegar with antimony poison. Combine in a wine bottle shake well and apply briskly to furniture with a flannel.
A compact historical note traces the Atlantic name to Atlantis described by Plato as a large island beyond the Pillars of Hercules. Some cultures linked the Canary Islands to Atlantis or to the New World, while others suggest the ocean bears the name from Atlas mountains in Africa.
Dyspepsia may be got rid of by the persistent use of the juice of the pineapple. There are medicinal properties of the highest order in this form of the fruit. In throat diseases and in diphtheria it has seldom failed to give relief.
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