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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1907
Page
6
A bishop visiting a mining region sees an old Irish man turning a windlass to haul ore from a shaft. The sun blazes on his head as he works all day. The bishop warns about sun exposure. The Irishman retorts that his brains would not let him work all day. He resumes turning the handle.
A poem questions courage and attitude toward adversity, urging resilience in the face of troubles. A second anecdote follows an old man on his deathbed who dies content, then a parable about a preacher and a boy tied to a hay bale, illustrating blessing in humor and misfortune.
Extracts reveal a mix of old literary quips and social sketches. A quip about a “fat friend” in a Brummel tale contrasts with a Charleston hospital scene recounted from Lippincott's. The bit on Lord John Russell Stussell notes his small stature and memory lapses during reform debates and a witty exchange with a Whig follower in the House of Commons.
The Kansas governor vetoed a legislature bill already on the statute book as he criticized the introducer for a provocative remark. An opposition member warned that the comment could be seen as dangerous rhetoric.
Governor Hoch replies to Senate resolution from Atchison County asking meaning of get em up in his wet message. He jokes the term revived the Kansas Democracy, says it has no proper meaning and mocks party boosterism while noting a dormant Democratic coalition would answer in chorus that they will take the same.
A New York preacher Rev. B. hosts daily visitors seeking solace at home where a sharp observing daughter greets callers with compassion. A bishop arrives on church business and is told by the child to pray for him as “poor drying sinner.” A separate scene has a girl recalling undertaker Mr. Melrose, noting he “undertook” her grandmother.
A learned professor offers a sixpence to a dirty bootblack who asks for a shine. The boy washes his face, returns for payment, but declines the money and suggests the professor keep it to spend on getting a hair cut instead.
A disobedient boy is scolded and told to be whipped. He hides under a bed as the father returns, while the mother explains the incident. The boy whispers to his father asking if the mother is coming after him too, revealing his anxious mischief.
A nameless doctor of divinity stays at a farmhouse and, after asking for medium well eggs, joins in singing Nearer My God to Thee. The cook later serves eggs as a fourth verse is needed to boil them. In a separate exchange a boy recalls the proverb about soft answers and recounts biting a classmate with a rotten tomato.
A lawyer counsels a German farmer who mourns a wife buried three weeks prior. The man, steady and plain, reveals he has remarried, saying his new wife is as dead as she ever will be.
A Bullard speed recorder unit combines an odometer and clock to measure miles run and speed over time. The instrument, about four and five eighths inches wide, mounts on the axle with a flexible shaft. A stylus records quarter mile marks on paper as the dial advances one hour per revolution for twelve hours before reset.
John A. Stranaban a ranch son near Fairbanks Alaska demonstrates atmospheric electricity powering ranch buildings water pumping and farm machinery. He uses tandem box kites to collect Hertzian waves from the sky and stores the energy for unlimited power generation.
Explorer Professor E F Gautier reports a broad steppe in the Adrai plateau near Kao on the Niger with six to twelve inches of yearly rainfall. Evidence of a stone age population appears in weapons stones grinding tools and graves. The region seems to have dried up in the past but desert conditions are receding as rain shift northward.
A lamp using yttrium thorium zirconium cerium and magnesium filaments offers sunlight like illumination. The rare earths resist air fusion while heating to high temperatures and emit a white light. The spectrum contains all seven colors forming rays containing elements from the sun.
A historical note describes making a permanent red color by oven-softened beets macerated with vinegar, Expressing and evaporating to half, then diluting with alcohol. It suggests beet juice from pickled beets or beet rind liquor as alternatives, yielding deep reddish hues.
A verse by Arthur Gutterman from Realm of Toil and Trouble portrays a westward train journey toward Spain and home. The speaker longs for Mary as the dim valley, lanterns, and clattering cars accompany the rolling train and its two burdens.
The piece weaves humorous lines about a hunter missing a bird, a waiter correcting orders, an Irish tale of a hostess with a sharp mind, and a Hussar remark about the Tenth. It ends with a Rome police note on photographs helping identify criminals with mixed results.
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