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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1906
Page
6
Ernest Thompson Seton describes how elk antlers grow from base buds in spring to full velvet-covered heaps by late summer, then shed velvet and harden by September. The piece details rapid tissue formation, blood vessels, and the skull-supported structure that becomes ready for battles in autumn.
The Ontario department of agriculture lauds honey as nature's best food noting its historic primacy before refined sugar. It argues honey aids digestion, reduces stomach strain, and can substitute part of the butter budget. Children benefit, and a German honey tea is proposed as a wholesome drink.
The Turkish dowry is fixed by law and custom at $1.70 in U S currency, cannot vary. Weddings occur on Thursday with four days of festivities starting the prior Monday. Men and women celebrate separately, each day featuring different ceremonies. Spoons forks knives or wine are not allowed at the table during celebrations.
Dr Alfred Russel Wallace explained to Herbert Spencer that living in a London boarding house with retired Indian officers and a common crowd helped him avoid mental excitement. He said insomnia plagued him and that ordinary evening chat, news, or light music improved his sleep.
An editor recalls a writer fainting amidst shoppers and recovering, likening the scene to a book fallen dead from the press. A Steele quote then muses that men live by their passions rather than serving a life built upon them.
A London Saturday Review piece argues world vocabularies expand with time yet many words become dull through overuse. It contrasts syllabic variety in Welsh and Chinese with English, noting undergraduates may use about 250 words while Elizabethan writers used thousands.
An amateur chemist argues that bread fermentation leaves alcohol in baked bread, estimating a loaf contains about eight hundred percent alcohol by some misprint. He suggests eating 400 loaves yearly yields twenty ounces of alcohol, equating to four pints of whisky, and 4,000 loaves in ten years to nineteen quarts.
In a diary entry Samuel Pepys contemplates his wife using the word devil which angers him and leads to fears he may lose authority. He laments her alleged frivolity and dancing drawing her away from duties and away from pleasing him.
Home Chat advises dog kennels face south to provide sunlight year round and promote health. Straw or pine shavings are best bedding, superior to hay or sawdust, with bedding kept dry and changed at least weekly. In hot weather bedding may be unnecessary as dogs lie on the kennel floor.
A London Globe anecdote from a midland town describes a friend visiting Joe who lies ill. The visitor jokes about making a will, then leaves, returns with a grim quip about stairs to deliver a coffin, leaving Joe in awkward silence.
The photographer urges a higher chin while Mrs. Vick-Senn insists on keeping her head low, suggesting the photographer lower the camera if the effect displeases her. The exchange captures a moment of staged portrait tension in Chicago.
Dialogue hints Betty-So Maud is engaged prompting a remark on household skills. Bessie asserts a man is needed to keep house, sparking a light clash over domestic expectations and readiness.
The piece notes two famed reversals turning to victory. It recalls the Black Prince offering terms before Poitiers and the French refusal, leading to a remarkable British triumph. It also cites Beresford and Hardinge at Albuera where a near retreat became a decisive victory for 1,500 unwounded men of 7,500 remaining British soldiers.
Blackwood's Magazine recounts women who fought in Dutch sieges. In Haarlem 1572 three hundred women defended the town led by a widowed commander. At Maestricht seven years later women aided mining operations and served under "mine mistresses." Similar courage appeared at Alkmaar and in Saragossa in 1808.
An anecdote from A Levantine Log Book by Jerome Hart describes a beggar pair in Italy using flattery and a feigned eye condition to elicit alms. A noble couple stops a carriage as a young thief with a maid showcases a two eyed, two copper ploy. The narrator concedes the two coins, noting disbelief in beggars though crediting the performance.
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