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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1893
Page
1
Boston November meeting at Parker House features Comptr Eckels who argues financial stringency stemmed from large withdrawals of small deposits. He cites 378 million dollars pulled from banks May through October and urges repeal of prior measures to restore confidence and sound money principles.
The article explains that wool requires nutrition separate from the sheep’s flesh, detailing the wool’s higher element demands, its low water content, and the impact of underfeeding on fiber strength and breakage. It cites the need to double live weight when estimating rations and notes sulfur in wool as a dietary consideration.
An engine driver recalls a near collision while running a passenger train on a clear autumn evening. He slowed and reversed to a siding after a distant approaching engine was seen, thinking a wreck was imminent before realizing the headlight belonged to Venus shining through a forest clearing.
A Washington Post excerpt describes a bon vivant at dinner parties who enjoys terrapin and indulges in portions beyond standard etiquette. It also explains green versus dry bones for poultry feed, noting green bones contain meat and gristle while dry bones are meatless after processing and used for soap making, with different handling and storage.
The 1893 report shows 63 schools teaching agriculture with 1,159 instructors and 11,858 students, 8,460 studying agriculture. Last year 8,811 graduates. Maryland college since 1856 totals 3,333. Revenue for colleges in 1892 was 3,432,908. Experiments: 54 stations, 997,244 revenue. New York Geneva leads at 68,500. Ohio farm product sales 6,019. Missouri 4,057. Total staff at stations 491.
An editorial notes Swiss roads echo Roman engineering with proper foundations. Consul Adams warns that a solid base beats expensive surfacing. without foundation rain ruins surfaces despite high spending, while a good base allows gravel or even soil to suffice.
A 19th century guide lists stable offenses under the code for stabled horses including getting loose, hanging back, leaping in stalls, weaving, pawing, and wind sucking. It warns that hanging back can cause hip injury from halter failure and recommends a strong chain and firm manger construction to deter escape.
Mrs Hulse of Matoloking credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing a severe womb ailment and prior heart trouble after three New York doctors gave up. She details fits fainting and paralysis, notes immediate improvement and recovery, and reports sharing the remedy with others. She mentions all druggists sell it and provides Lupia E Pinxsau Mep Co Lyxx Mass as address.
The article outlines methods for heeling in trees and small plants, detailing trench setup and root protection. It cites Elias A Long and his manual How to Plant a Place, listing four key points: spread trees, sprinkle fine earth, cover six inches above the crown, and firm soil. It also advises heeling on a dry spot, covering tops with evergreens, and burying frozen stock to restore them.
Winter gardening guidance notes that rose growers should check if plants are grafted or own roots to prevent vigorous stock from overtaking grafted varieties. It advises pruning methods by rose class, with severe cuts for some and longer cuts for others, citing oisette prairie and hybrid perpetuals as examples.
Bouvardias thrive in ordinary potting soil with maximum heat and the sunniest window. Do not let winter bloomers flower in summer and keep plants insect free. Daily syringing with clear water aids foliage. Alfred Neuner is a pure white double variety. Have s c ens yields delicate yellow blooms. President Cleveland bears scarlet flowers, President Garfield pink. White Bouquet presents graceful snowy white single blossoms.
The article recommends warm indoor temps for palms and rubber plants, noting they tolerate sunless windows and respond well in small pots with moist soil. Avoid stimulants unless plants are root bound or in fall growth. Also explains a mistaken cyclone theory, attributing lift to air density and velocity and noting suffocation feelings come from air compression near cyclones.
If kerosene lamps give off an unpleasant odor or smoke, place the burners in an old saucepan with water and a tablespoon of soda and boil for thirty minutes. Do not cut the wicks. instead rub off the charred surface each morning with a rag or soft paper.
A fanciful tale from the Philadelphia Times describes a Chinese maiden and her lover with rival’s plot. After an ambush of beauty the wicked rival loses and the god directs planting fallen lashes to grow a tree whose tea delights all. The wicked one is beheaded at the wedding.
A Boston man named M. J. Lally reports long standing dry catarrh cured by Ely's Cream Balm. He attributes complete relief to the remedy and shares his positive experience from Woodward Avenue in Boston Highlands.
The Boston Transcript reports that for the year ending July 1 1892 Americans produced 2,892,982,840 cigars, 214,444,800 more than the prior year, reaching about three cigarettes per person. The rise since 1884 85 shows rapid expansion. imports from foreign sources remain small and a Senate panel proposal to ban foreign cigarettes affects only a few packages.
After two months using Ely's Cream Balm I could breathe through the right nostril for the first time in over twenty years. The testimonial from R. H. Cressengham of Brooklyn expresses gratitude for the treatment and its results.
A Kansas humor item notes love mocks locksmiths but not plumbers and jokes about punishment, trains, and a girl and cigar smoke depending on whether it is her brother or another girl's brother.
Oscar Wilde met Mrs Pendleton in Washington where he quipped You have no ruins no great natural curiosities in your country. She replied No but the ruins will come soon enough and as for the natural curiosities we import them.
A report notes insects that remain torpid or semitorpid resist freezing. Travelers in the Rocky Mountains find butterflies above the snow line frozen stiff yet they revive in warmth. Their vital power is very low but not permanently killed by cold that would kill other creatures.
A passenger questions the meaning of a seat offered by a girl in gray. The man in a new spring suit claims the seat for a gentleman who has not arrived. He moves to another car as the scene unfolds with understated disappointment.
An Advertisement extols Hoods Sarsaparilla claiming it stays within reason and appeals to sober thought. It asserts truthfulness and broad endorsements as solid proof in financial terms.
Fragmentary prose hints at a critique of wealth pursuit and advertising. The speaker notes a common human aspiration and suggests the core idea is people yearning for riches rather than genuine value. The text presents a skeptical view of material gain.
The Rev A T Wright describes Chinese cook shops with open fronts and show boards displaying dishes and ingredients. He notes a variety of unpoisonous snakes, silk worm grubs, and insects as foods, the belief dogs and cats are eaten by the poor, and the famed bird s nest soup as a luxury seldom affordable.
A Harper's Bazaar warning notes free eye exams promising cheap glasses may exploit patients. It urges consulting a competent oculist for any sight issues, warns against risky cheap remedies, and recalls hospitals offering free eye care in many cities.
Assistant Treasurer Sam Bailey demonstrates five types of U S paper money for a Cincinnati Tribune reporter. He presents the greenback, a twenty dollar gold certificate, a silver certificate, a silver coin certificate, and National bank notes, noting their legal tender status and limitations.
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