03 Feb 1896
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1896
Page
1
Kaffir corn grown across the western plains thrives in dry and wet seasons, maturing a sure crop any time from April to mid July. It yields grain and fodder with high value for stock, horses, hogs, poultry, and even human food, inspiring a new flour and bread potential.
A collection of brief items covers thrift in Maine with fruit sale profits funding yard work, large historical losses from transport accidents totaling 37 641 violent deaths in a year, a fox outsmarting hounds at a frozen pond, editor Passmore Edwards giving to charities, a Michigan town pig lawsuit ending in damages, and Edison’s concept of gas sail air ships using gas bags as propulsion.
A Milwaukee visitor recalls the Crystal Palace National Cat Show in London with about 700 cats. Notable winners include blue and black cats, blue-eyed white-coated cats, and Champion Kepnophon a brown tabby tom valued at $5,000.
A Columbus Ohio figure, Hon. Samuel Galloway, known for plain looks and humor, shares a story about his face. The tale recounts a dining scene where a child remarks that his mother must have loved children to have raised him, illustrating the guest’s self deprecating wit.
An anecdote about a Scottish presbytery moderator who insists on divine direction after disagreeing with fellow advisers. He prays asking the Lord to grant accuracy, framing the clash between human judgment and faith in a light of humility and certainty.
The N. P. Sun reports Juneau investors plan a summer hotel at Strawberry Point at Glacier Bay entrance. The site offers rich soil for agriculture, abundant grasses and strawberries, milder summer climate, and striking views of Muir and Pacific glaciers. Locals tout tourism and mining profits and compare the spot to Saratoga.
A collection of home cooking tips and recipes including maucilage from gum arabic and gum tragacanth, a rich pudding with raisins currants and beef suet, Jumbles by Mrs. Sheets, Coffee Cream Cake filling, Apple Rice Pudding with rice and apples, Steamed Bread and Fruit Pudding, and Boiled Plum Pudding with bread crumbs and spices from Chicago Chronicle and Orange Judd Farmer.
The article describes Tuesday boat practice at life saving stations with hauling the boat carriage, launching through surf, and returning it to the boat house. Wednesday covers signal drills using international flag codes read by keepers, enabling communication with wrecked ships across nations.
A foot traveler encounters a diminutive Irish cabin and a stout cheerful man who explains he cannot stand inside yet keeps warm, saying he can go outside to stand and inside to sleep or sit. The tale, recounted in Youth's Companion, highlights rustic humor and practical philosophy.
In a St. Nicholas excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson, he recalls visiting Apia Samoa and greeting 100 black boys. Most ignored or replied with a grunt until one boy, helping a cart, spoke in clear English, stating you always say good morning. Stevenson mourns the seeming dullness and yet the rare civility.
A crusty husband and wife debate how fond memories shape taste as he laments his wife's pies not matching his mother’s. She retorts to perform old chores and return with water coal and wood, suggesting the past actions, not food, drive preference. The exchange ends with a sly note on change and satisfaction.
Sir J. Lubbock notes a spider’s daily intake by comparing to human weights. At 160 pounds per man, the consumption rival is a fat ox for breakfast, an ox and five sheep for dinner, and for supper two bullocks eight sheep and four hogs with fresh fish later, illustrating a ravenous appetite.
Washington Star notes the patent office spends vast sums on complex cases like a multi hundred thousand dollar machine for typesetting and distribution. It details filing fees, examiner costs, attorney fees, and repeated drawings, with the office earning about 200000 a year and holding over 4 million in treasury, while copies sell for ten cents each.
A lurid account of Turkish divorce shows how simply a wife can be discarded by returning her dowry and effects. In high circles formalities exist, while in lower ranks divorces occur young and frequently, sometimes a public farce. One case follows a highly educated lady who was divorced twice and later served as governess and secretary while remaining connected to former husbands. The piece notes dramatic methods once used and the modern ease of divorce shaping social life.
The recent exhumation of Paganini near Parma recalls the artist’s checkered burial journey from Nice in 1840 to Marseille Genoa Cannes and finally Parma. Notes recount the devil superstition and repeated relocations and reveal preserved facial features and a glass-lined coffin. The piece also hints at unpublished authentic Paganini works and his legendary practice with a weighted right arm and a favorite long bow kept in Villa Gaione.
A writer surveys the scattered use of the quixotic phrase my friend and pitcher once heard in Maryland Virginia and perhaps Pennsylvania. Pitcher meant chum or acquaintance and the article traces land patent names in Baltimore county from 1799 reflecting bridal imagery and whimsical tract titles.
A collage of short quips and exchanges from various papers. Jests about marriage costs whispers and kissing misunderstandings mix with political buffoonery and schooling anecdotes. The tone is witty and satirical, reflecting everyday social theater.
Adams in Jefferson county develops a salve industry where two tin box sizes act as legal tender in social and commercial life. The Salvemakers' Protective league allocates diseases to makers, and testimonials from families fuel demand, with hired testimonial writers reshaping endorsements as the market grows.
Two men matched on a streetcar as a man claimed to have paid few fares that summer. He said he solved a system of matching and insisted his method is correct, though further details were unclear.
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