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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1905
Page
7
A Baltimore county resident left a fine silk hat at home for a seashore trip. On return he finds his cat had hidden a litter of kittens inside the hat. The man, angered by the disruption, later learns the kitten surprise was meant as a playful compliment from the cat.
A compact cottage plan for an eight room residence 28 by 32 feet with a bath on the first floor and a closet in each bedroom. Ground floor includes parlor dining room kitchen bedroom and water closet with optional doorway between kitchen and bedroom. Upper floor offers hall four bedrooms and a closet off each.
A veteran worker Sam Jenkins, who lost a leg at Magersfontein, recounts how a shell that nearly cost him his life bore the firm’s private mark. He had previously received a cork leg from the gun-makers after the campaign. The tale links war pension experience to industrial practice.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat writer questions whether eyestrain causes increased drinking among professions reliant on reading. He acknowledges some plausibility but argues most drunkenness stems from other factors, and cautions against assuming drinking is required after eye strain.
A poem from the Australian Journal ponders why tenderness and strength bear heavy tests while beauty and power survive with ease. It questions sobering contrasts between sorrow and cheer and between expressed thoughts and unspoken deeds. The verse notes how loyalty and desire mingle with distance and betrayal.
A Mysore correspondent reports the plague virus now affects elephants for the first time in history. One palace elephant died, and a palace bullock within a hundred yards showed plague symptoms and remains ill. The incident suggests quadrupeds and domestic animals are not immune from plague infection.
A pump should use a large pipe to maximize flow with sufficient power. The pipe above the cylinder should be larger to reduce friction, while the pipe below the cylinder only needs expanding if power allows faster water removal. Cylinder position has little effect on flow. keep the cylinder about twenty five feet above water.
The reference estimates 18 875 bricks needed for a double brick cottage 22 by 26 feet and 17 feet high with four doors and nine standard windows. A bay window adds about 35 dollars for a square bay with four windows. Window size commonly three and a half by nine feet. Roofing requires eight squares of shingles and fourteen pairs of rafters at two foot centers.
How much lime is needed to lay 700 bricks and plaster the inside of a chimney. What lime to sand ratio makes a strong mortar. Should bricks be laid dry or wet.
The guide notes that about two and three quarters bushels of lime are needed for 700 bricks. For 1,000 bricks use three to four bushels of lime and three quarters of a yard of sand. Some lime goes farther. bricks should be wetted in warm weather and kept dry in cool or freezing conditions.
Jerome Hart notes the exceptional quality of horses in St. Petersburg Moscow and Peterhof stables. He contrasts Russian, German and imperial carriages praising breakable bits, calm steeds and sleek coats while recounting the fate of Alexander II’s carriage bomb incident in 1881.
A Queen essay warns against health obsession and fear of drafts or cold turning people into hypochondriacs. It argues moderation in air, diet, and clothing, noting how monomania harms not only adherents but others who fear their fads. It cites wool as a case where fadists push hostility to moderate dress.
Frederick Palmer recalls First army action in Manchuria where 600 were casualties including a colonel. Rain washed blood from grass as wounded filled a crowded village and hospital tent. Night and dawn saw stretcher bears, drips of rain, and scarce pay amid war’s grim toll.
A New York Press piece recounts a dinner party where a visiting Snakeville widow clashes with local propriety. The unnamed traveler boasts of world travel and a fictitious “Colonel” husband, prompting bemused reactions about New York’s supposed tameness and dull surroundings.
The king of Siam has just subscribed to the Sir Edwin Arnold memorial and appears highly European in dress and manners. He keeps to the latest frock coats and silk hats, speaks English well, and travels with a critical eye, adopting ideas from civilized nations for his land. His grand presence could grace the Waldorf Astoria’s Peacock Alley in New York.
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