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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1899
Page
6
A lyrical poem narrates a lover guiding a beloved through a verdant woodland. The speaker describes shade and moss as shelter, birds and brooks as music, and a hidden garden awaiting the pair. The beloved’s arrival fills the heart with joy, sealing a timeless private sanctuary in their shared quiet.
Master Ardick reaches majority and signs as second mate on the Industry bound for Havana. A chase, a mutinous plot led by Pradey, pirate Morgan’s buccaneers, and a perilous raft escape unfold. The crew fights, a city falls under Morgan’s flag, and Don Enrique de Cavadilla is rescued amid daring flights and final pursuit by Towland.
The captain urges steady progress while drawing the pursuers away as the wind shifts. Sel lingers, Mac Ivrach prepares to transfer breath to another purpose, and Ardick must brief the senorita about hiding as bullets fly. The narrator notes the hardship of informing her.
The narrator and Dona Carmen arm for defense as a pirate longboat approaches with Towland Blyte and gang aboard. A tense exchange leads to a volley and close-quarters combat with Tym and others, leaving the boatists repelled while the narrator concentrates on the fight.
A clash aboard a drifting sloop sees Gabriel and Towland felled by swift blows as the narrator grapples for survival. He dives, swims to the deck, and, with Captain Sellinger defending, seizes a tethered sheet to haul himself aboard amid chaos and renewed fighting.
In a quip from the N Y Journal Broncho Bill notes that Piste Pete dug up a tree and planted it in his front yard to honor his father the town’s men tease that he is now the young man with an authentic family tree. Tenderfoot questions the pride. Dialogue reflects small town irony.
A fragmentary excerpt depicts a father speaking to his daughter about shared thoughts, with playful dialogue on unity. The rustic, dialectal tone evokes a domestic scene set in Brooklyn, focusing on family ties and intimate conversation.
Hewitt Gruet left for New York to study art promising he would be heard from. His father says he has not been heard from regularly, except two or three times a month when he needs money, according to the New York Journal.
A brief Town Topics quip contrasts a man’s habit with declaring love. A man tells a girl she is the only one he ever loved, prompting the line that it is the force of habit. The exchange is light, reflecting social banter rather than a full narrative.
A brief note reflects on a humorous exchange about marriage in haste and repentance at leisure. It claims the couple lived beyond ninety, illustrating a tongue in cheek truth.
A vintage recipe for a moist tender cake using sour milk kept from spoiling. Mix two cups sugar with one cup butter, beat in four egg yolks, then add soured milk. Combine four cups pastry flour with a teaspoon soda, sift well, fold in beaten egg whites, then raisins and citron. Bake in a large loaf tin or two smaller tins about 40 minutes. ice with chocolate or white icing.
Summer chemisettes are elaborate this year in linen and Scotch madras. The bosom features plain linen with madras sides, a neat linen collar with a narrow washable tie, and a broad piquetie acts as a dressy vest worn under jackets.
Practical notes from the Ladies' Home Journal describe making ice cream using scalded cream with sugar dissolved in the scalded portion, added to the rest when cool. If cream is unavailable, enrich milk with four yolks per quart, scald in a double boiler, whisk eggs into hot milk, cook briefly, then strain and freeze.
Pare twelve apples and cut into quarters, core removed. Add about twelve cloves and one cup boiling water. Cook until quarters break, remove cloves, press through a sieve, then return pulp with one cup sugar and a teaspoon butter. Stir and boil until sauce thickens.
Delicate white laces can be cleaned by laying them flat on wrapping paper and covering with magnesia. Add another paper and press between book leaves for several days. Brush away the white powder to restore the lace to a fresh, new-like condition.
A fashion note observes a shift in footwear style as plain leather shoes give way to fancy ties and cloth based footwear. Designs feature ribbons black satin white grain silk, silver buckles, white suede ramps, striped felt backs, blue embroidered felts, and gold or silver eyelets, as women seek comfort and coordinated outfits.
A New York widow explains she returned from Europe to educate her son at home. She argues American boys succeed better with local schooling, despite cheaper European living, and plans to send him to a boarding school then a home college.
The New York Post emphasizes women with generous figures should renounce round waisted fashions. It argues such styles shorten the waist and offer no comfort, urging instead trim models that appear taller and more slender regardless of age. The advice covers young, mature, and elderly women alike.
Wash jars thoroughly and fill with cold water. Place in a large vessel with straw to keep from bottom. Heat gradually to boiling, remove, fill with hot fruit, and boil covers five minutes. Dip rubber bands, use new rubbers yearly, and avoid damaging rims to ensure hermetic sealing.
A historical pudding recipe mixes one pound grated carrot, three quarters pound suet, half pound each raisins and currants, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, eight teaspoonfuls of sugar, eight tablespoonfuls of flour and spices to taste. Boil four hours then oven bake twenty minutes and serve with sauce.
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