12 Nov 1879
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Newspaper
Branford Gleaner
Location
Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1879
Page
1
Scientific American ponders attraction as a universal force influencing water air land and even human bonds. It notes how gravity and unseen laws hold objects and people, from stones to tides to lovers, while admitting many questions remain about what moves us.
Tinie Blair, a washerwoman's daughter, becomes the center of attention at Offport charity bazaar when her alluring muslin apron draws men, including a charming commodore. The rector supports her, a bid for the apron ends in a ten dollar exchange, and Tinie marries the commodore, leaving the fair with a new life.
Tom Short of Ruby Valley battled a large ferocious wild cat while guiding two dogs and pursuing stray steers. The cat knocked him from his horse, seized his pistol, but Short stabbed the beast with a knife, killing it. He survived with facial and arm injuries, expected to recover. the cat weighed nearly 200 pounds.
The interview covers diamond import figures, duties, and cutting in Amsterdam. It explains the scoring system from first water to brilliant cuts, current prices by carat, and comparisons with rubies, emeralds, and sapphires plus market notes on off color stones and cluster settings.
In a letter from Persia, Charles Warren Stoddard describes a luxury pipe ritual with rose water and tumbak, detailing the ornate Nargileh setup, inhalation, and sensory effects. A separate dispatch from Tianjin notes two English physicians aiding the royal family, with a free dispensary under the viceroy and praise for Miss Howard, M.D., advancing public health initiatives.
Capt W H Merrell of the US Army shares with the Chicago Tribune details on the Utes. About 7,000 people across seven tribes inhabit Colorado territories once under Spanish rule. Captain Jack, also known as Colurow, is noted as turbulent and banished under Ouray. The piece comments on language, customs resembling Hebrew and Mosaic-era Jews, dress, and a tendency to avoid work. It attributes social tensions and a plan by Gov. Evans to induce labor by inviting Captain Jack to work.
Eighteen states impose civil damage liquor laws holding dealers liable for harm from alcohol sales. New York Maine Massachusetts and Illinois have similar statutes. Russian era image net bans publishing advertisements. officials say the measure hurts editors and advertisers, especially women.
The article notes a striking parallel in the fates of Donaldson and Wise. Both men left Chicago and St Louis respectively with one companion and disappeared in a balloon over Lake Michigan. Neither balloon was recovered though each companion was later found with papers from their city, suggesting engulfment in the lake.
The Nevada Miner notes that silver mines remain active across the globe regardless of conflicts or wars. It cites Aztec Mexican mines, ancient Spanish mines, South American veins, and Roman-era Hungarian mines as still profitable and productive after centuries of operation.
The annual r1 of Dr. W W Strew medical superintendent of the City Lunatic Asylum at Blackwell's Island New York shows 1797 patients under treatment with 204 discharged either fully or partially recovered. Death rate is described as very low and sanitation as admirable. A benevolent local lady is cited for helping secured employment for cured and discharged patients after recovery.
The origin is often hereditary or due to unavoidable conduct. Impure air from poorly ventilated homes and crowded spaces contributes to heart disease, alongside factors like heavy exertion, alcohol, and tobacco. Tobacco especially paralyzes cardiac nerves, with doctors noting high rates among young men who use tobacco.
An odd tale describes the ex-khedive seen as the observer of all, dining thrice daily and writing between meals. He sends telegraphic messages costing $400 daily, visits his harem in another palace, and keeps a full yacht. Hassan de Henian, a rich Alexandrian, arrives in Naples with melons and pineapples, lends the hotel porter $20, and pledges $6,000 to cover it, promising to return with his purse to report to the khedive.
A reflective poem lingers on autumn’s chill and the falling maple leaves. The speaker senses a woodland thrill and mournful undertones as decay and death touch each leaf and sap, with a plaintive question about heartache despite nature’s passage.
A collage of notes: fogs and Jack Frost, a wedding where four farmer children wed three others, and Europe’s private railway cars at high cost. Russia’s wool decline from grain expansion, Paris invites sculptors for a republic statue, Yale’s Prof Dexter recalls alumni, and stock market bearings with few dividends amid vast future value. A humor line on a family hog slaughter festival. A temperance candidate faces a rumseller with a sharp reply.
A writer analyzes birth to death in an English generation from registrar reports. Among one million births, over a quarter die by age five, then mortality falls, rises after ten, and peaks 20 to 45 due to consumption. By 55 the cohort halves to 421,115 and only 202 reach age 100.
Baron Barthelemy advocates snail products for chest ailments including bronchitis and asthma. He claims snails contain animalized sulfur and lime phosphate in mucilage, marketed as syrup, snail bonbons, and helicine. Snails are collected in southern France vineyards in autumn, fed in winter, and flavor linked to feeding.
An old time notice praises Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup claiming it prevents throat trouble and saves trouble and annoyance. It urges faithful purchase from all druggists.
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