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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1894
Page
4
Published every Saturday by the Herald Printing Company at 5 Bradford Street the office lists subscription rates for one year two dollars six months one dollar three months fifty cents and single copies five cents. It notes entry at the Bristol Post Office as second class matter.
The piece notes a sharp dip in railroad construction since 1865 and a wheat crop drop of 200 million bushels from 1891. It cites 1891 price 83 cents per bushel, 1892-93 price 52 cents, and predicts Niagara Falls area could host large factories with St Lawrence power. It mentions a quadruple alliance among England, Germany, Russia, France to protect Chinese foreigners and gain territory, likening it to vultures feeding on lambs.
The Russian government announces it will at once dispatch a strong Siberian army to the frontier to counter the depredations of Chinese marauders. It demands a substantial indemnity for breaches of international law, signaling clear Czarist hostility toward China amid the looming conflict.
The passage reviews past state experiments with government ownership of railroads. It notes Illinois Indiana Georgia Pennsylvania Massachusetts Michigan and others built or operated lines then sold or leased them, concluding transport is best left to private enterprise. It cautions current advocates to study this history.
The piece chronicles the creation and maintenance of 83 national cemeteries in the United States, preserving graves of Union soldiers and some Confederates. It notes Arlington, Gettysburg, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and other sites, the costs, and the aiming for precise records and respectful marking of graves. It also reflects on related travel observations and costs of a separate European trip.
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent recounts a six months journey from New York visiting Glasgow and Britain, Holland and Belgium, the Rhine to Mayence, Frankfurt, and Neipsic, then Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Innsbruck, the Tyrol, Italy including Verona Venice Florence Rome Pisa Genoa Milan, and over the St. Gothard to Lucerne and Switzerland. The narrative notes the exact five month span between departure and the return sighting of Sandy Hook.
The article discusses keeping indoor palms healthy and how to recover a sick plant. It recommends thorough soaking watering at the root daily if warmth supports it, and periodic leaf cleaning by sponging with plain soap and water. It contrasts greenhouse conditions with home environments, noting drier air and higher temperatures indoors require different watering.
Rural New Yorker argues orchards should favor a few standard varieties well suited to local climate and market. Diversifying to 20 or more varieties dilutes quality and branding. Small trials of new types are useful, but main crops should be few varieties to establish reputation.
A Philadelphia Press summary of a United States Geological Survey report by N. S. Shaler on road geology covers road history, material sources, and the macadam process. It notes cementation from repeated wheel traffic, best rock types like basalt, and the impact of grade on maintenance costs amid variable rainfall and drought.
Governor Levi K. Fuller of Vermont, a known active figure in the good roads movement, was nominated and approved as chairman of the conference committee at the Asbury Park gathering last July. General Roy Stone and Colonel E. H. Thayer were named to the committee. Roads with broken stone foundations offer hard, smooth surfaces and are far superior to dirt or cobblestone roads, highlighting future emphasis on quality over cheapness.
A road shaped upright with loose stones removed and iron sluice pipes set for drainage dries quickly. Roll the roadbed with a farm roller so water runs off rather than soaks in. A few sluice pipes and one day's rolling can create a hard, dry road at nearly no expense, per an old road master.
A small dedicated fruit and vegetable storage building with a ventilation equipped cellar and an upper loft for packing and tool storage. It emphasizes Northern latitudes and temperature control to prevent flavor loss and decay, with an incline for moving produce and a roof vent pipe.
Lord Aberdeen recalls a London Weekly Telegraph tale in which a fellow passenger asks if he is rich and how rich. Upon learning Aberdeen’s wealth the stranger jokes that if he were as rich and snored as loudly he would take a whole car to avoid disturbing others.
60 dozen White Turkish Towels priced 25c each, down from 874c. Hemsatitched Towels soft finished and heavy offered at 260 each. 6 4 Chenille Covers listed at 690 instead of 100. Very choice line of Irish Point in scarfs squares and doylies.
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