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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 15, 1935
Page
3
For Young Folks describes a harmless lifting trick using forefingers and chins to lift a person, plus a soap bubble race game with fans and a seam line as the winning marker. Variations include posts or a football style setup with goals, creating lighthearted amusement for earlier generations.
A spring lesson describes frog and toad spawn differences and how tadpoles develop. It guides observing in a jar, noting jelly formation, yolk, eye and mouth placement, gills, tail growth, and eventual metamorphosis into frogs. The text invites returning the young tadpole to the pond for proper growth.
A collection of short riddles with punny answers. Examples include Why in a thief called a jail bird because he's been a robin robb Er nat lock is that which no bar s can pick a P A lock from a bald. How can a leopard change spots by moving to another location. The trickiest riddle notes a watch cannot be stolen because it must be taken off Its guard. The exchange ends with clues about a spider as a correspondent and a bridge with no human being ever.
A scientific writer explains that a polished surface is achieved not by smoothness but by countless fine scratches. The ridges between scratches must be under a quarter of the light wavelength to reflect light without breaking its waves, about less than 1/200,000 inch for visible light.
Before house numbers, callers relied on signs and names. Berlin in 1795 began the numbering system, numbering straight ahead from the Brandenburg Gate without odd and even sides. The first house was number one, and the last reflected the total houses in the city.
A compilation of curious notes includes 66000 Germans in London and London with 14000000 tons of coal used annually. Other items mention Swiss watches precise to ten seconds per month, France taxing landings of airships, women frequenting certain Berlin beer saloons, and Jerusalem set for modern utilities like telephones and electric lights under Ottoman policy.
A playful cautionary tale on the letter S portrayed as a serpent that spoils words and powers objects. It promises both mischief and magic, turning pecks to kks, tables to stables, rocks to stacks, and even cures pain in Spain while warning readers to keep it away as they read.
A foggy sea voyage relies on a deep sea lead to fix position. The lead weighs twenty eight pounds and hangs on a marked line. A two inch deep hole in the base is filled with tallow to capture bottom samples for sounding.
A historic note recalls Napoleonic era practice of snuff use by generals and soldiers. It highlights Von Moltke's frequent pinches shaping strategy at Sedan and a wartime tale of a cannon ball ending a box presentation, suggesting snuff aided morale and career highlights.
In Tyrol a bride receives a handkerchief called the tearkerchief before leaving home. Woven from newly spun Ninen, it is used to dry tears on the wedding day and then kept with cherished belongings. It is finally spread over the bride’s face at her death.
The quote contrasts insistence with distance and advises seeking advice. It argues that accepting counsel can exceed the giver, and that avoiding action at justice’s start limits progress. It claims "I will it" can achieve miracles, while mere wishing yields little.
A Berlin inventor creates an artificial life size man named Orculus capable of walking speaking singing laughing and obeying commands. It is a pure mechanical creation not an illusion and can answer questions from a yard away. The piece reads as a curious tech marvel of the era with several other notes on technology and tobacco fermentation.
The method described uses a line with a lead to measure water depth and identify seabed material. By noting depth and the tallow's collected samples, a ship’s position can be estimated when compared with charts, yielding reasonable accuracy.
Mr F W Lawrence of the Chicago Telephone Company explains the technique for laying wires by using ferrets. A rat carries a string through a pipe, then successively larger strings, finally pulling the wire cable through.
Edible clay, not listed as a natural resource, lies in beds 10 to 20 feet deep in the Carolinas and Tennessee. It is white and grit free, habitually eaten by rural poor whites in the South, and used in making porcelain, pottery, wallpaper, and high grade paper and cards.
A reflective note urges steady effort as a path to growth. It contrasts present sorrow with a future life shaped by work, suggesting that consistent thought and hopeful thinking become habits that influence character and wellbeing.
Walter Goodfellow, leader of a British Snow Range expedition, details the pigmy tribes. Men average four feet six inches, women unseen by outsiders, and huts are leaf-made. The tribe hunts and cultivates, with vast clearings carved by stone axes. A two day marriage rite ends with the bride crawling to her husband’s house as silent watchers observe. Stone clubs and gifts serve as transfer of wife.
Sir Torbert Tree writes in Strand Magazine on the theatre as a profession. He notes few true successes amid many disappointments and urges that only those with proven ability should pursue acting, while many who think they have talent should not.
Barr McCutcheon waited for a Chicago train when he noticed a latest bestseller on a newsstand. He signed the flyleaf and handed it to a boy, who urged him to buy it anyway since his autograph would spoil the sale. The author had to pay for the copy as the train was announced.
A Paris constable stopped two men for suspicious behavior. One man struck the officer, but the constable’s police dog seized the attacker before the second man fled. The officer regained footing and escorted the suspect to the station.
The article argues that environment shapes children profoundly in school years. It cites Tennyson and Goethe to illustrate how surroundings influence taste, values, and lifelong standards. It urges parents and school leaders to provide harmonious, artistic settings to cultivate an appreciation of beauty.
German leaders view a £6,150,000 hoard from the Franco-Prussian indemnity as a peace shield. Stored in 1200 chests and bags, each chest holds 100,000 marks, with three seals and a vault divided into three sealed chambers. Regular inspections by three officials are conducted, and authorities resist investing the money to avoid enabling start of new wars.
An old Korean tale explains cat dog enmity. A man’s magic stone is carried by a dog and cat across a river. laughter from children causes the cat to drop it into the water, and the dog’s later luck is harmed by the cat. The tale ends with a lasting feud between descendants.
A string of light anecdotes and skits featuring village characters and urban confusions. A barber asks about shaving a corpse and a flirtatious wife and husband exchange insults over rent and the baby. A tramcar conductor enforces no smoking while Pat protests footwear. The piece showcases puns, misunderstandings, and social foibles through short exchanges and mischief.
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