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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1895
Page
3
The evening scene centers on the young violinist cousin as she performs Wagner to praise and heat, drawing intense attention from Col Dalrymple and a crowded salon. Tensions surface with family and suitor Noel Sylvester, as flirtations clash with pride and ambition amid a fashionable crowd.
A London drawing room scene unfolds with the heiress Eleanor Fairfax, granddaughter of Lord Carbyne, celebrated for her violin talent. Barbour quips at ambition and wealth, while Sir John Amory defends her artistry and social position as public interest swirls around possible matchups with Miss Sylvester and Colonel Dalrymple.
The Philadelphia Record reports on speculative underwriters insuring long overdue vessels. The British bark Commander sailed April 11 from Chittagong for the West Indies and Delaware Breakwater and is presumed lost. Insurers shifted risks, then reinsured at higher premiums as fear of total loss grew. Additional ships Munster, Lord Spencer, and Star of Austria are believed lost, with reinsurance premiums rising to 70 guineas in some cases.
The meeting between Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen in a London drawing room led to a long guest stay marked by Andersen’s emotional bursts. He asked to see Dickens's eldest son, an idea thwarted by absence and danger, then sought relief in a barber shop to tend his beard. New York Herald.
The Great Western railway agreed in 1841 to halt every passenger train at Swindon for about ten minutes in return for building refreshment rooms, paying a penny yearly rent. Courts ruled express meanings shifted over time, cost to break high, and after fifty years competition forced a buyout, ending the Swindon ten minute stop.
A Nashville horse, praised for its intelligence, guides a crowded thoroughfare without bridle or reins, instructed by its owner with verbal commands and occasional whip taps. Spectators on Vine Street note the scene as safer on the sidewalk than in the buggy.
A Virginia farm visit reports German clover plowed under turns poor land fertile, yielding ten foot high twelve acre corn with multiple ears. Bone meal and potash show slight ground burn while clover plots stay dark green. Sow German clover this month. terraces need diagonal stakes to prevent edge erosion.
The record notes Orange Judd farmer urging farmers to use devices to hold soil in place in many localities where without such devices the soil would wash away and create an unsightly scene.
Describes a simple farm wagon front gear with a fodder frame. Two 3x3 inch poles, 12 feet long, form the frame, joined by boards of specified width and length. Holes at designated points hold stakes to secure fodder.
An illustrated design shows a fodder drag attached to a wagon using a simple coupling pole, enabling turning and easy construction without ironwork. A second figure details a corn fodder loading ladder made from boards and cleats, with stay chains securing the rack for stacking loads.
Henry Stuart explains that burying manure in the soil yields the best decomposition, prevents loss of volatile elements, and enables ammonia to be absorbed by the soil. He warns against surface heaps and urges immediate soil incorporation to keep the ground moist and productive.
The Canadian Stock Journal argues for heavy draft horses as farm work requires strength. It notes three light horses may be less efficient than two heavy ones, consuming more food and care. With surplus colts and shrinking urban demand, breeding for farm purposes appears prudent.
The article notes September as the moulting period when hens shed old feathers to grow a winter coat. It stresses protection from cold, regular nourishing feed prioritizing feather growth over eggs, and hints that feathering equals weight gain. It cites Fari Field and Firside as a source.
A Dakota Farmer reader argues calves grow faster and stay healthier when allowed to run loose in warm quarters and fed warm drinks or milk. He notes two groups of calves, one in stanchions and another in a ten foot square pen, with the pen calves performing one third better. He prefers tying with slack rope if space is needed and shares anecdotes of two fat lively male calves raised in separate pens.
The article argues that farmers overvalue flashy cows with large udders and overlook smaller cows that give consistent milk quantity and quality. It urges systematic weighing and testing of milk to reveal the true productive value, noting many herds are never accurately measured.
A farmer links his gasoline engine to a water well with a windmill pump for quick emergency pumping and firefighting via hose. He notes instant start capability and suggests using the same engine to drive a washing machine to ease heavy laundry for women.
The excerpt offers practical advice on poultry yard maintenance, water drainage, and soil filling to prevent dampness and disease. It notes the benefits of clean water for ducks, suggests tiling to improve runoff, and warns against puddle holes. It also mentions fodder timing, a record cow in Saco Maine, and comments on rice for chicks and oleomargarine production.
A brief collection of boy crafted definitions describing an editor as a word handler, a professional of the English language, a relay of others work, and a patient industrious figure likened to a beaver bee and ass.
In Japan the Lake Biwa canal station uses twenty 120 horsepower Pelton wheels belted to Edison and Thompson-Houston dynamos with a Siemens dynamo added. The incline canal uses electric motor cranes to move cargo cradles up and down a 11 feet rise over 1815 feet. The plant powers weaving, clocks, needles, oils, beverages, rolling mills, rice mills and bath houses and supplies Kyoto Electric Railway by day and Kyoto Electric Light by night. Power costs range from 20 to 40 dollars per horsepower yearly, with higher rates for longer operation. The piece argues Japan is not childish in industry.
The Royal Baking Powder is endorsed by medical authorities government bodies and health boards for its purity and wholesomeness. It contains no alum lime or ammonia and its greater strength makes it more economical and a reliable safeguard against unsafe powders.
Duquesne Pennsylvania will host six large blast furnaces for the steel plant with extensive electric and steam powered automation. Generators will supply about 3,000 horsepower for light and power and drive cranes bridges conveyors and other equipment. Homestead and Bethlehem steel works already use electrical power totaling thousands of horsepower.
A Tolland Connecticut boy turned a tiny potato into a multi year harvest. He cut the potato into pieces to plant eyes, harvested yearly increases, and by the fourth year produced about 400 bushels, prompting the farmer to seek release from the bargain.
A prominent Eastern Maine lumberman hurries to catch a train with a friend. He realizes he left his watch under a hotel pillow but decides they lack time to retrieve it. He counts the minutes, notes he cannot go back, and insists he can manage a day without a watch.
A new welding method by M. Slondel in France uses a thin layer of lead amalgam between cleaned surfaces. An ordinary soldering iron vaporizes the mercury causing finely divided lead to fuse and unite the joint.
A prison tale with a prisoner declaring innocence yet finding humor in ten years of solitude. He smiles, imagining time to read Sunday papers, as chains clank and he steps to his dungeon cell. The irony contrasts guilt and clever resignation in a Puck vignette.
A playful exchange quotes a Washington Star line about Harold proving love by risking life to pass a grade crossing twice weekly. The banter frames a light romance as a clever daily joke.
Rev. David Utter of Salt Lake describes a driftwood raft descent of the Colorado River. The 20 by 6 foot craft carried two provision boxes with false bottoms and faced a 600 by 600 foot eddy. Three days on the raft, harsh heat near the Black Canyon, and wind from Death Valley shaped the perilous journey.
Instructions for making a bran free whole wheat loaf with minimal yeast. Mix boiling water with milk, ferment with yeast, then form four leaves and bake. After cooling, crusts are removed and the peeled pieces are dried to make pulled bread, touted as the only bread to use.
John Stauffer on his Cherry Run farm near Hagerstown reports finding a large anthracite seam. He mined about twenty tons in two to three months with his son and a helper, hauled to a 60 foot shaft, and now tunnels into the mountain. The vein is described as very thick and rivaling Shamokin Valley coal.
In the south of France spiders hiding in convolvulus flowers show color memory by adopting flower colors. White spiders stay on white flowers, green on green, pink on pink, then change color within days when placed on different colored flowers. Four spiders of pink white green and yellow were placed together and within three days all became white.
A New York clergyman known by reputation assisted an old lady up church steps on a Sunday. She asked who would preach, and he revealed his name. She declined entering, saying she would rather hear a man sharpening a saw. He helped her down, noting the sermon wouldn’t go in if he wasn’t paid for it.
An intensely reserved man, Ibsen deflects claims Hedda Gabler is impossible. At a dinner, a wife of a famous artist insists Hedda is not real, while Ibsen replies that he drew her from life. She presses, he calls her an idiot. The moment ends the discussion.
A private dress session by a women’s council presents a model business dress with a back gore skirt and cutaway coat. The outfit includes seven coat pockets and two skirt pockets, plus a vest with a breast pocket. The skirt adapts for rainy weather without altering its hang, keeping the wearer’s hands free.
In Ohio Farmer a writer recounts feeding hens chopped raw tallow to stop egg eating. He fed seven pounds the first day then five pounds the next day in soft feed, and claimed the hens stopped eating eggs, even those on the floor, with several others reporting good results.
Judge W F Lockett recalls a case in North Carolina where a young lawyer used a colorioned jury to convict a hog thief. The Juro rs returned not guilty after a fiery speech by the defense. The foreman resisted polling the jury as a plantation hand pointed to the circular legged speaker as guiding their verdict.
The Farm Field and Fireside of Chicago promotes an Opt 15 trip to Green Cove Springs Florida with the lowest rates. A deluxe train from Chicago and cars from Omaha Kansas City St Paul and Cleveland will carry sleepers used as beds. Five and a half 56 000 acres of land in Florida offered at 5.00 per acre. write for details. They will also run a special excursion to California on the 1dth of Nov.
Dialogue from a Tit-Bits excerpt shows Harold pressing hopelessly on. Marie refuses marriage and declares final resolve as the unnamed male laments with talk of death. At a restaurant a waiter is asked for oysters to begin the meal.
A novelist begs a publisher for a chance claiming one successful debut will unlock 123 follow ups at home. The publisher questions the feasibility of a single hit balancing ambition and risk.
Texas Siftings reports that Goldbug became engaged to Birdie McGinnis. The notice notes he assisted her and reflects on the social scandal and possible outcomes for Birdie.
A visitor in room 65 complains of haunting. The hotel clerk notes the claim and the landlord tallies the charge as one ghost at ten marks on the bill.
An incident described as a grim home invasion features a householder ordering a burglar to flee while the intruder threatens to wake his wife and demonstrate the posted letter the householder forgot to mail. The scene echoes sensational crime reporting in Pearson's Weekly.
Advertisement urges readers to send name and address to F A Hornbeck in Kansas City Missouri to receive a 7 column Spage paper and pamphlet with a price list of lands from Kansas City to the Gulf of Mexico. It touts varied climates and new railroad openings urging quick response while lands are cheap.
A Detroit Free Press quip compares a wife accurate with a rifle to another wife who robs pockets of coins. The humor plays on precision and loss of money with a sharp punchline about dime theft.
The Indianapolis Journal reports a convention ran fourteen days with a waning pace and a lack of initial agenda delaying proceedings. Officials blamed indecision for the sluggish start and an extended session to wind up the event.
Advertisement for Dr Kline's All Fits Nerve Restorer promising free trials and dramatic cure claims. Mentions a trial bottle and a kit, with directions to Bend ovr Kline at 931 Archot. Pilla.
In a brief Brooklyn Life vignette on a dark piazza a couple observes another pair. He comments on the darkness and tries to kiss his companion, while she identifies the other couple without clear details.
Majestic ocean liner leaves the dock as travelers prepare for a trans Atlantic voyage. Advertises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for seasickness nausea biliousness dyspepsia and related ailments for emigrants travelers mariners and others.
An Il Carlino quip compares a shoemaker father who lets boots wear out with a dentist father whose son has only one tooth. The joke highlights humor from Italian sources about parental stinginess and work.
A philosopher asks why a man doubts his ability to win a woman's affection, calling man the noblest created object. The audience remains silent as the query lingers.
The Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin outlines practical results. Grafting wax outperforms soil or cow manure for mouse and rabbit injuries. Trees on cultivated ground show darker foliage with less yellowing and leaf drop in heat and wind. Apple weight rises 14 percent on cultivated soil and 17 percent on pasture compared with mowed land. Moisture differences show 140 barrels of water in cultivated soil per 1000 in sod. Evaporation tracks wind speed.
Women are admitted to lectures and sit on the front benches at Edinburgh University. Eight women recently joined Prof. Tait in a lecture on crystal geometry. An octahedron has eight plane faces, the professor notes, prompting a man in the back to call attention from the front bench.
An old advertisement touts Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve as guaranteed to cure and offers a money refund. The product is promoted by asking customers to buy through their druggist at 15 cents per jar.
Those able to buy multiple china sets favor white and gold for subdued elegance. If color is chosen, apple green with gold is popular because it lights up under artificial light and stays softer than daylight. The best sets feature white bodies with creamy tint and wide color bands with gold tracings.
A dialogue fragment shows May accusing Milson of calling her a rhinoceros. Milson disputes and suggests beauty is skin deep. May accepts an amendment and agrees.
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