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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1891
Page
3
The verse by Auguste Mignon asks for a single devoted love. It praises one heart eyes cheeks hands and a gentle form to share affection and joy. The speaker desires a lasting mutual love with a single beloved.
In a Sheffield Telegraph tale Barbara Ferros tests three suitors by a grim midnight vigil. Ernest the gunsmith beds a coffin, Barney the blacksmith sits by a corpse, and Fritz the tanner tries a prank. A ghostly scene leads to a revealed ruse and Barbara wedlock with Ernest.
A Valdosta resident recounts startling encounters with snakes across his life. He narrowly escaped bites from moccasins and rattlers during swamp treks and while riding a mule, once losing his grip and falling but saving himself with quick action. A toddler briefly handled a rattler before being stopped by a sibling.
In Paris a diamond dealer ring faces exposure for staining Cape yellow stones to resemble white Brazilian or Indian gems. Professor Berthelot explains the simple aniline-dyeing process, noting the risk and rapid wear of the color. The case involves alleged illicit gains near five million dollars amid industry caution.
Captain Plus kow of the first regiment of Guards stood over 80m tall and was long regarded as the biggest man in the German army. Recently a Rhindlander joined as a one year volunteer and is said to measure even taller. Since 1850 the Guards have not had such height. An earlier tall man required a special bed and his equipment remains as regimental curios.
A nostalgic verse recalls evenings listening to crickets in the grass. The speaker, now aging, remembers childhood songs and carefree times, while reflecting on lost youth and the passage of time.
A humorous sketch portrays Emperor William I in Berlin enjoying nightlife and stage antics under disguise. The piece notes his penchant for music halls, can can dances, and sudden disappearances with bohemian companions, while he secretly mingles with sailors and workers to gauge public life and policy.
Constable Short serving juryman duties at Luke Harron’s farm is knocked over by a ram while inspecting a chicken coop. Harron jokes about the incident as the constable recovers, asking if the ram would attack again. The farmer remarks he has no objection to trying.
A farmer reports widespread sheep losses to dogs in Montgomery County Indiana. Two roaming dogs killed and mangled sheep in daylight, one dog shot after a chase with a Spencer rifle. The letter argues for a law permitting killing of all stray dogs to curb the menace and protect flock owners and useful dogs alike.
Advice from American Cultivator urges farmers to use pulverizing harrows and cultivators to plow now. Mow June grass and daisies early, turn weeds under with manure or fertilizer, and consider rutabagas or drilled corn for the silo. Options include reseeding grass in August or plowing crops to enrich soil for next spring.
An article from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat discusses corn roots staying near the surface, arguing shallow cultivation prevents root damage and wind sway. It critiques plowing that buries stalks and leaves center rows bare, urging near-surface tillage after midsummer and level surfaces. It also notes butter moulding issues in California and outlines a proposed cooperative market to combat short-weight rolls and oleomargarine.
The piece argues that despite anti cruelty societies reducing abuse, vast cruelty to animals remains. It urges readers to consider baiting horses to death, unsoakable remedies claimed by ignorant farriers, and horses driven in coaches and wagons while crippled and exhausted by beating, spurring, and heavy loads.
A sweeping critique notes how countless horses suffer in service and in illness while drawing burdens, urging reflection on human history and mercy. The passage recalls a salty remark that man deserves a hell for how he treats horses, highlighting empathy and reform.
A Colingwood Ontario dairyman outlines a summer technique to preserve milk for 24 hours with 5 hour railway transport. He favors evening shipping, air the morning milk by pouring into forty quart cans, lower into a well for cooling, then ship with both lots but not mixed. A rubber sheet covers cans to limit warm air and a small dose of carbonate of soda is proposed to retard souring.
A guide on pruning and nurturing a plant to bear fruit promptly. Emphasizes strong roots, correct soil and moisture, trimming excess growth above fruit, directing sap to fruit, and using manure water to sustain root vigor. Encourages sunshine and protection from wind to aid fruiting and even hatching birds.
A New York Independent report notes seeds and plants surviving under extreme conditions suggests vitality can persist longer than once believed. Examples include mummy seeds and a California cypress seed living 21 years after drying, prompting debate on authenticity and longevity of stored life.
Farmers are urged to read and study agricultural stations to improve results. Advice covers crop rotation, animal exercise, thinning fruit on young trees, whey value, pig washing to combat parasites, and cautious breeding for fruit bearing. Includes remarks on mutton demand, paper from cotton wastes, and the farmer’s mindset.
The article explains baccarat as a fashionable, simple gambling game popular in Europe and rarely in America. It describes betting against a banker who deals from a box, card values, how hands are played, the aim to reach near nine, options to stand or draw, natural hands, and how banks and stakes are set and counted by two croupiers before dealing.
A Chicago Tribune humor piece depicts a highwayman robbing a traveler at gunpoint and insisting on pocket contents, then asking for a pencil and notes. The traveler offers a lighthearted exchange, praising the story potential and leaving with a whistling departure as the robber mutters he will be hanged.
A distressed young woman in a big city sought a letter from home containing twenty dollars. The postmaster’s secretary located the letter at the Dead-Letter division and handed it to her. She tore the end of the envelope to reveal the green bills and cried, God bless the postmaster, as others in the office wept.
The Evening Sun urges caution in sharing confidences and warns against repeating tales of friends. It cautions that gossip harms both the teller and the betrayed, emphasizing that implied confidences are binding and that betraying trust wounds both heart and honor.
The piece cites George William Curtis on Harper's Magazine calling ostentatious Christian funerals opposed to Christian teaching. It argues burial should reflect immortality and a simple rite, noting reform associations in the US and England aim to relieve the poor from costly display.
In a Gentleman's Magazine retelling, Louisa Savoy the mother of Francis I of France saw a brilliant comet from her bed. She ordered her curtains drawn and prepared for death, dying three days later. Queen Elizabeth, by contrast, opened her window when a comet appeared in 1568 at Richmond, declaring Jada est alea, and no comet is noted before her death.
A Detrait Free Press anecdote discusses prudery and the use of the word leg versus limb. It recalls a country house stay where a schoolteacher daughter confronts cautious speech during a card game, highlighting social restraint and humor.
The London Lancet reports a stowaway from an arriving ship found dead at Seaman's Hospital Greenwich. Postmortem reveals extreme emaciation and a stomach filled with swallowed objects including trouser buttons, cog-wheels, watch parts, screws, lock pieces, brass and iron fragments, wire, lead, and key tallies.
A man in Australia argued that his vows end at death and refused to pay his wife's funeral expenses after her death. The San Francisco Argonaut notes that antipodean courts ruled a husband’s duties end only when undertaker bills are settled, making the obligation ongoing until those costs are paid.
A charity style snippet notes an officer waking late after another bottle dream and mentions Sitting Bull’s riding horse Pa-gi han-ta-is now with Dr Frank Powell of St Paul Minnesota. Also an insurance recruitment ad from Mutual Life Insurance Company seeks agents in Minnesota with liberal terms.
An English traveler observes a Hungarian town's justice as a panther guards the court. The charge is goose theft. A fortnights imprisonment for the prisoner, a fortnight for the prosecutor, and a fort night for the witness follow. The magistrate seeks the traveler’s approval at the end.
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