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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1897
Page
16
A towering mountain woman recounts meeting Jim, a small man who saved her from a rattlesnake bite. She explains marrying him out of obligation for his life-saving act and mocks his suitability as a husband, while noting snakes are common in their neighborhood. The tale, told by W. J. Lampton via the New York Sun, blends humor with frontier grit.
A dean notes Denver audiences are benevolent and recalls a chairman who praised a depressing address as moving soothing and satisfying. When challenged next morning he denied praise, saying he merely described facts that the talk moved some, soothed others, and satisfied all with ample audience restlessness.
A humorous tale recounts Dr. Tait the archbishop of Canterbury seeking letters from a village postmaster. The shopkeeper misreads his title and jokes about his grace while praising a son in London who heard the archbishop preach.
A witty party remark links talking shop to many professions. The idea crosses actors musicians doctors lawyers and philosophers as a playful exchange about constant chatter. The quip features Schopenhauer Chopin and Schoppen as a linguistic twist.
G E Grumsil reports on wild horses in the Dzan garian desert of western China. The animals are small, compact, and fleet with dark foreheads and pale bodies, difficult to tame and rarely kept alive in captivity. Mongols occasionally seize foals, but domestication remains elusive.
A historical excerpt describes Chinatown in New York with ratios: one fourth private opium use, about three opium joints visited by white patrons, and around one twentieth gambling venues while nearly three fourths pursue ordinary vocations.
Edward Connor recounts 19th century Parisian low end dining. A Mortellerie establishment used a floor table with holes filled by soap before meals. Patrons paid before eating and soup, bread, meat portions varied by coins. Desserts unavailable. Napkins reused. waiters danced on boards to extract savings.
Wilkinson longs to learn golf from Peter McGourock who mocks the idea of golf as a game. Peter argues golf is a grand, unique game that cannot be taught quickly and ponders the life lesson of chasing mastery.
In Brooklyn psychologist Dr. David Allyn Gorton notes motherhood sentiment appears in plants though weaker than in animals. He cites protective wrapping of buds, night concealment under leaves, thorny guarding, aquatic plant strategies for fertilization, and precise food and water selection across species.
A discussion of famous iron nicknames includes Edmund II the Ironsides Frederick II the Iron Tooth and the Iron Czar. A dinner table exchange reveals a child’s quip that a life insurance policy of fifteen thousand dollars would let a widow buy a new husband after the father dies.
A reflective aphorism by Franklin urges honesty as the breath of the soul and stresses the need to keep pennies for expenses. It argues independence as a shield and crown and warns against bowing to wealth or accepting abuse from the rich.
The snippet recounts a child begging for a lock of her father’s hair and a gag about taxes on a shoe shine, as captured by the London Fun and Detroit Free Press. It also references a Milwaukee Sentinel remark on a lawyerly phrase as out of place in polite society.
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