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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
4
Daily schedule listing week day transit times for the Newport and Providence Railway Company, effective June 10 1906. Routes and optimized departure points are shown for weekday service with likely stations and connections.
Martha Baker Dunn notes Montaigne approached marriage with cheerful reluctance. He says he would not have chosen Wisdom as wife, even for a perfect match, and he writes a brief, restrained condolence to his wife after their daughter’s death. The article highlights his habit of not overindulging in affection, preferring restraint.
A curious Holi festival is described among Mohammedan inhabitants of India. Observers fling red powder on people, staining clothes and faces. The custom, linked to ancient heathen history, causes fears of violence and public disorder, especially among refined classes.
A London Lyceum anecdote recalls Mr Gladstone visiting during Irving's Corsican Brothers. Blindfolded by curiosity he sat in a spectator box as the curtain rose on the opera ball scene, was spotted by the pit, and withdrew hastily. The moment marks his only stage appearance outside Westminster.
A temperance lecturer recounts a brave soldier fallen to drink. After bouts of repentance he asks his wife to forgive and reform. She, recalling his past, quietly answers that she did marry better than he.
In Manchester Vermont five crows were seen to descend daily into an apple orchard. They tucked closed bills into the mellowest apples, flew to a tall pine, and fed. Remarkably crows also carry turkey and hen eggs from nests in the same fashion.
The piece argues every window should reach the ceiling with a paneled top for seasonal opening. It notes if ceilings were six feet high and occupants stood seventy inches, fetid odors accumulating near the ceiling would become deadly.
A public exchange notes Mrs De Style is strict about exclusivity and that she fired her doctor for saying her temperature was too low. The remark highlights social satire on status and propriety in a clipped dialogue.
The quote outlines a progression of learning from infancy through youth and strength to old age. It emphasizes that learning begins childish, grows with vitality, becomes solid and mature, then dries and wanes with time.
A dialogue notes Mr Crossley, a self made man, visited last evening. Mrs Bacon remarks it would have helped if he had been more agreeable.
The brief item notes Simkins and Old Skinner are considered pretty well to do while Timkins is hard to do, as reported in the Chicago News with a light social tone.
The article explains how withdrawal blanks at post offices enable recalling a mailed letter. A deposit covers expenses and the postmaster requests return. The signer indemnifies the postal service against claims and delivers the returned envelope. Fraudulent remittances often prompted recall after sending.
In Harwich, Captain Nicker son lures Joe with a supposed wealth plan. The captain seals a room and offers Joe a $25 secret to riches, warning him to keep it quiet. Joe prompts a test question about witnesses, and the captain claims secrecy. Joe then retorts he will begin by taking the captain’s money.
Heiress tells Harold she will marry him not for his money but to shield her fortunes. She vows to give all to missionaries, prompting Harold to declare he will become a missionary. Indoa
A German scientist reports that all stars appear to emit the same rays when seen with the naked eye, with brighter stars showing longer, clearer rays. Observations note that left and right eye rays differ and rotate with head movement, suggesting the rays originate in the eye rather than the stars. The retina’s central region is not perfectly homogeneous in sensitivity.
A note on equine sleeping behavior states horses always point one ear forward while asleep. The writer muses this may reflect wild ancestry and constant vigilance, contrasting with cattle which show no consistent ear position.
A melancholy youth asks if a commercial career matches a literary one. Mr Comrox responds that business lets you inscribe a name on a tiny card and gain large wealth, while literature yields long papers worth little money. The Washington Star quote contrasts profit from commerce with modest returns from writing.
A comic exchange shows a collector scolding a faithful retainer about the master’s absence from his own funeral. The retainer quips the busy man would struggle to attend even his funeral unless it were postponed until death.
Fred taunts Joe about marrying a young widow and a pact to quit smoking. Joe confirms the plan, describing it as a mutual sacrifice where she stops smoking in exchange for him giving up his weeds.
A Westerner wrote to the late Mayor Prince asking for a good stop on a Boston visit. The mayor replied, Just be fore the at. Boston Herald reflects a playful exchange in a regional note.
In the Somerville Journal fragment, reference is made to Conceit Hicks your acelgia and a claim of marriage to Wicks. The item notes a woman described as mighty sensible and names Sorel in connection with the marriage assertion.
A dated quotation portrays a woman as the master financier of the world. The piece humorously sketches a man who lends $10 then borrows 72 cents back, observing how the woman allegedly keeps tally and multiplies small sums into more purchases, illustrating financial cleverness.
A traveler returning from a tour of China notes that the nation has an extraordinary number of dialects. He states that even Mandarin can fail to be understood as dialects shift roughly every twenty five miles. Governors often need interpreters to communicate with the people. A common joke among foreigners, with some truth, is that locals signal topics before speaking.
A New York Post note explains the genuine English settles as solid oak pieces five feet high spanning the kitchen. They serve as family seat with drawers for weaving rags, a hat rack above, and a double upright creating a recess used to hang the family bacon. The Post quips that charity affairs are mere toys by comparison.
A historical excerpt explains that destroying a five dollar note frees the issuing government from the three dollar gold payment the note required. It states no penalty for destroying one’s own money but warns against passing mutilated currency at face value. It adds that mutilating gold or silver coins is not punished if kept, yet cannot be passed as equal value.
In a California town the new hospital on Salsipuedes street faced name debates. A cautious director proposed checking the street meaning before naming. He discovered Salsipuedes translates to get out if you can, prompting a quick change to a less suggestive name, per the Argonaut.
A Chicago man recounts a strange barber encounter in Judge. The barber asks if he has been there before. The man replies he has, noting his face changed as it healed after a prior injury. The dialogue hints at memories tied to altered features and recognition.
Quote reflects Ruskin on seeing clearly as the greatest human act. It asserts that many can talk or think, but few truly see and report plainly. The line ties vision to poetry prophecy and religion, all in one concept.
A letter from Bobcaygeon Ontario argues that English humor deserves respect and should not provoke casual laughter. The author insists Punch’s humor is refined and suited to drawing room settings, not for public ridicule or indiscriminate amusement.
Keblé Howard notes humorists’ faces often show sadness, labeling humor as rooted in sorrow. The Sketch essay implies humorists’ craft arises from emotional contrasts and lack of acute sympathy, framing humor as born from melancholy rather than cheer.
A brief note reflects on the trickster figure’s pride in clever tactics and deft maneuvers, illustrating how wit shapes perception and influence across tales and traditions.
The Columbia Herald quotes Colonel Switzler praising Thomas H Benton as highly remarkable yet unable to begin a career now. He would stride the street with head high and hands behind his back, arrive exactly on time, enter a room unannounced, begin with Citizens, and refuse audience interaction or direct responses to questions.
A historical note explains atmospheric height estimated at 100 to 131 miles using sunset timing and sky color fading. Professor T. J. J. Lee links blue to black sky transition to oxygen and nitrogen particle reflection. The shooting star method yields a similar 100 mile range for the atmosphere’s height.
A Bordeaux woman Madame Canaby was accused of forging two prescriptions to obtain large quantities of poison. Her husband nearly died after she allegedly administered it, but the doctor intervened. The jury convicted her of forgery but found her not guilty of attempting to poison her husband.
The author asserts fruit consumption cures drinking habits by erasing appetite for alcohol. It claims fruit and liquor taste preferences are opposed, and no one who likes fruit desires drink, while those craving alcohol dislike fruit. A simple remedy is proposed to restore childhood tastes.
A London Notes and Queries correspondent reports an old gardener reinterpretation of Cast not a clout till May be out. He says frost danger ends only after the May is out in blossom, warning against shedding extra garments until then.
A correspondent reports a brutal Abyssinian custom where a son forces an aging father to jump from a tree. If the father stumbles on landing, the son spears him, ending his usefulness. The vivid account highlights deadly elder abuse justified by tradition.
A fragment from Harper's Bazaar questions culinary timing with playful slang about a waitress and cook. The quip suggests whether dinner is ready, using cheeky punctuation and era tone to lampoon domestic service and advertisement language.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a quarrel scene with a woman complaining of shabby dress and a man named Doolus responding. The text hints at a character planning to “go home to papa” and mentions needing a new suit, but the surrounding context and full details are missing.
A brief quip from the New York Sun notes Stella complimenting Bella with a line about looking sweet enough to eat and Bella replying that Stella meant she was well preserved. The cheeky exchange captures early modern social banter.
A translated remark attributed to Alfred de Musset notes that humor and laughter come most often from a woman with fine teeth, presenting a wry social aside on charm and wit. The line is framed as a witty historical quote rather than a narrative.
Deer tracks are sharp and narrowly spaced with hooves pressed to the ground. Heavy fawns or rutting bucks alter the pattern, but even then deer heels stay closer than hog or sheep prints. Hoof shape and toe roundedness help distinguish from livestock, and in cold conditions the rear foot often lands in the front track.
A Puritan domestic chronicle notes extreme baptismal names such as Through-Much-Tribulation-We-Enter-the-Kingdom-of-Heaven shortened to Tribby and The Gift-of-God Stringer. Others include Faint-Not Hewitt, Fight the-Good-Fight-of-Faith White, Weep-Not Silling, Thunder Goldsmith, The-Work-of-God Farmer, Search-the-Scriptures Morton, Be-Courteous Cole, and Kill-Sin Pimple.
In a courtroom scene reported by the Catholic Standard and Times, a lawyer lifts a paper shouting good news and a reprieve. The convict replies with somber doubt, noting that delays can be risky, and questions the meaning of mercy.
A large Hawaiian volcano crater contains a vast lake of liquid lava. The surface appears like red hot bottle glass, while microscopic analysis reveals tiny rock fragments. When cooled it forms festooned shapes resembling slag from a giant furnace.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a dialogue between Elder Keep and Deacon Ironside debates gratitude versus resentment when calamities strike elsewhere. The elder praises their favored land while the deacon questions why they should be better off than others.
A Chinese proverb cited in a letter to editors urges that young married couples should plan their home to prevent discontent. The saying implies that a well ordered dwelling can curb strife and strengthen harmony in early marriage.
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