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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1899
Page
6
The excerpt paints a farm morning with mockingbirds singing and sunlit fields, a crowing cock, and farmers beginning labor. It closes with a hopeful envoi praising life’s heartaches and golden hopes, attributed to H Armstrong in Atlanta Constitu-.
Ardick, newly adult, joins the Industry as second mate and is drawn into a mutiny plot led by Pradey. The crew battles to control the vessel, seven die, and a perilous escape in a raft leads to a Spaniard slave doom. Capt. Schinger, Tym, and Ardick later align with a buccaneer fleet under Morgan on a march toward Panama.
Reading party recounts a steep ascent to a fortress on a rock, where Marine soldiers under Captain Brodely defended a breached bridge. They describe ladders stained with blood, a ruined plank bridge, and a distant barbican before retreating to safety. The journey affirms the comradeship and fortitude of their garrison.
In a storm of naval spectacle captains and buccaneers hailed Morgan’s fleet at the castle and prepared for a bold river and land expedition. After days of peril on legs and oars, hunger and a raid on cattle, the party neared Panama amid cannons and wary Spaniards, spirits rising at the sight of the city.
In a tense dawn advance Morgan orders 50 expert shots forward to skirmish, while lines form a defensive square with cannons. The Spanish army, about 3000 strong, looms on the plain, armor gleaming, but Morgan urges firm resolve and careful firing to blunt a cavalry charge.
The narrator describes a sudden cavalry charge by Spanish riders driven back by cannon and musket fire. Morgan orders reserve defense as foot troops advance and confusion spreads, with several allies struck down while the main group suffers few injuries. The scene ends with anticipation of another clash as the action continues.
Prince Kropotkin recalls his father, an old officer under Nicholas I, who valued the uniform and drill over combat, praising a regiment that stood motionless for an hour while the soldiers “presenting arms” but “only, they breathe.”
A Scottish tale shows a minister and his servant planning a secretive back way home from a simple marriage. The minister suggests walking ahead, noting whisky in the air, while the beadle jokes about who follows and how the plan unfolds in lighthearted rural humor.
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle item recalls a playful exchange as five year old Clara compares her mother’s fuss to the Prodigal Son tale. The child’s remark, You make as much fuss an old Mr Prodigal, echoes biblical memory in a family moment.
The text notes grammatical gender varies by language with ships often feminine in Greek tradition. It asserts sailors personally personify vessels as sweethearts, attributing feminine features like waist, collars, stays, laces, bonnets, ties, ribbons, chains, and watches to ships as if they were a beloved.
A Washington Star quote features Mr Biykins contrasting a remarkable man who seems ordinary in looks and talk yet impressed by losing a billiards game without boasting about past prowess. The exchange highlights irony in skill and restraint.
A Chicago Tribune quotation pivots on royal court intrigue where a bold speaker calls a papal figure a pigsticker in a playful jab at nobility. The exchange mocks stature, hinting at power dynamics and satire amid high society.
The article argues veal and lamb best suit spring meals as lighter, easily digested meats. Veal breast is highlighted as the cheapest portion, with bones softened by cooking. It notes beef and mutton suit cold weather, while spring favors acid vegetables and sauces to accompany veal and lamb.
Instructions outline flattening and boning a veal breast, weighing about two and a half pounds, and rendering a bacon-like roll. It covers salting peppering rolling, browning, and slow roasting with gravy, plus a detailed forcemeat: onions bread soaked and wrung, eggs, salt, pepper, sage, skinned sausages, parsley, fried onions, sieved together before stuffing center, tied ends, and roasted in a hot oven per the New York Tribune.
The article notes draperies shape the summer house feel, suggesting removing heavy curtains for a plainer look. It highlights snow flake cloth in cream with a blue, green, or rose striped silk border, and Bombay cloth portieres with empire motifs in tinsel and gold, suited for a library in wood brown with cream and gold outlines.
White muslin curtains gain popularity this year with open work edges replacing frilled borders. Laundrability advantages are noted as a secret to appeal. Flat open work borders and scattered embroidered designs are affordable. New dotted Swiss curtains with scalloped edges are dainty and bright for summer draperies with large visible dots.
Two bunches celery, one tablespoon full salad oil, four tablespoonfuls vinegar, one small teaspoon sugar, pepper and salt to taste. Wash and scrape celery, lay in ice cold water until dinner time. Cut into inch lengths, add seasoning, stir well and serve in a salad bowl.
To care for a person who has fainted, lay the person down, keep the head low, loosen the clothing, give plenty of fresh air and dash cold water in the face. Smelling salts and stimulants should only be used when consciousness has returned.
Maitre d Hotel butter advises placing about six ounces of butter on a plate and mixing with a small amount of chopped ey pepper and salt and juice seit plan.
A devotional piece in Ladies' Home Journal cites Rev Newell Dwight Hillis on happiness through acceptance of one’s birth gifts and duties. It argues heredity fixes life work, warns against overvaluing grand deeds, and promotes humility and quiet effort as the path to a meaningful life.
A New York society matron preserves a single black themed room in memory of her deceased sister. Ebony furniture and black satin curtains fill the space, whose centerpiece is an 18 inch black enamel lamp with a china silk shade bearing a miniature of the sister. Memorial services are held there each anniversary and the room is entered only on that day.
The text explains that cold feet and limbs signal indigestion due to contracted small arteries from irritated abdominal sympathetic centers. It argues the fix is removing the irritation causes, such as prolapsed stomach or chronic indigestion, not exercise. Hot and cold footbaths may help via reflex action on abdominal centers.
A simple home perfume method uses half an ounce of arms root and two ounces of alcohol with freshly picked violets. After four or five days, a few drops on a handkerchief impart a fresh violet aroma. Also suggests laundering linen and silk handkerchiefs with salt water and ironing while damp under perfume-scented cloth.
A French geologist’s study places 860 languages in use worldwide with about 5000 dialects. Europe has 89, Africa 114, Asia 123, America 417, and 117 reside on islands in the south seas. Many islands boast distinctive tongues despite proximity to others.
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