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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1890
Page
1
A memoir recounts a California Overland Trail journey where a Mormon captain Baker, an active Danite, led emigrants through Indian ambush risk on a ridge near Kansay. After suspicions of treachery, the group fought back as Indians attacked, killing nine, with Baker slain by shots from aboard the train.
A reflective medley counsels accepting life’s crosses with quiet philosophy. It urges trust in divine timing, noting hardship can yield growth and blessings. The piece contrasts appearances with reality and calls for humble resignation to fate.
Dr Rankin of Muncy uses hypnotism as a substitute for chloroform in surgery. He claims to place a patient under control in minutes by touching temporal veins and speaking a few words. The patient then enters a trance akin to chloroform, yet remains able to understand and answer questions.
A nineteenth century note explains that at noon the cat’s eye pupil becomes a thin line and then dilates, suggesting humans could use the eye as a timekeeping cue. The observation links pupil size to clock and watch readings.
A New York lady at the Queen's drawing room praises the Princess of Wales for teaching her three daughters to sew and bake bread, and to spend one hour daily on housekeeping. A London optician notes women’s eyes are weaker and explains bespoke glasses. Health and beauty advice urges hygiene, exercise, and practical hair care, while a photographer discusses capturing personality in portraits.
A jumble of fashion notes, sewing thread lore, and domestic how tos. Readers learn thread numbering, six cord versus three cord spool cotton, and the care of nickel plating plus dressed cushions and kitchen cutting etiquette. Also includes recipes for codfish on toast arrow root custard Creole chicken fried fritters and more practical home hints.
The city employs about 2600 men and 600 women as street sweepers in Paris, plus 3500 more workmen in paving and planting. Foremen and deputies earn around 80 and 75 cents for ten hours, while women work fewer hours for about TS coils per day. All must supply their own tools, and a pension of RIOD per year at age 65 is proposed for sineapers.
A long feature describes India’s farming practices and cattle culture. It notes Hindoo peasants’ avoidance of pigs and fowls, worship of sacred cows with hump-backed bodies, use of water buffalo, mule-like farmer buggies drawn by bulls, and the lack of fences. It surveys agriculture in the wheat belts, telegraph and rail infrastructure, and remarks on export markets and pastoral scenes along streams and birds. It concludes with a vivid natural history anecdote of cattle and a dramatic account of a Russian Nihilist, Vera Sassulitch, and a meditation on heredity and beauty.
The Victoria Fone plant shows leaves six inches across and stems extending twenty feet. The largest flowers reach 23 inches with white petals and a yellow center, emitting a wonderful perfume. A board placed on floating leaves supported a six year old child briefly.
A summer cottage design presents a two story frank dwelling with a wide veranda, large hall with fireplace, and all city house conveniences. Includes dimensions, materials, and features such as colonial exterior style, timber ceilings, and plans showing room sizes and storage.
R W Saorreny, Architect notes plank frame houses cost about $2000 with plank framing and $2500 with balloon framing. Plank frame uses less material and labor yet appears as strong as balloon frame, though it sacrifices some strength. He asserts small frame houses typically bear twenty times the usual weight, implying plank framing reduces excess strength.
Succi ends a forty day fast in London before thousands of spectators. He weighed 176 pounds at start and 92 pounds at end, losing an inch in height. He broke the fast publicly on stage, receiving gold medals. He plans to never fast again and cites ongoing experiments with vegetable sustenance to replace substantial food.
Three fatal incidents unfold in Marengo Wisconsin with a father dying in a fire as he saves his infant. Anton Foraker chops at the base of a tall pine. a topple crushes his two sons aged seven and five. A cradle baby perishes in a later house blaze. the mother and father suffer injuries while attempting rescue. The note mentions Washington state permits for new buildings.
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