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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1888
Page
1
Ready made wheels and wheel material, Osborne Reapers, mowers, self binders, steam engines, threshers, grain and fertilizer drills, phosphates, and more. Everything in hardware is kept in stock, with a full range of implements and supplies available.
A New York Times piece describes landing a hunter in a sea battery off Patchogue. Ducks approach decoys as boats push to claim prime ground with a $10 daily fee, meals included, and a lone gunner wielding shells amid waves and wind.
Report from the spring military exercises in England finds teycle devices impractical for army use. Cylist volunteers struggled up long hills, carriages failed with four men, a Maxim gun carriage broke down, the Centipede sapper machine split and was abandoned, and many minor accidents occurred in two days of testing. The article notes war operations require varied terrain, not smooth floors, limiting usefulness of such machines.
The article notes chewing gum is a top seller beside daily papers on elevated rail stands. Gum is described as a supposed dyspepsia remedy, with demand limited by new novelties in the lines. It mentions fortunes made in dyspepsia remedy manufacturing since the era of Plantation Ditters in New York.
A British inventor and his wife reached Rouen from Honfleur aboard a long tricycle fitted with a large sail and a bamboo mast. When winds were favorable the treadles were unused, the sail powering the journey. The experiment, noted by Youth's Companion, suggests land sailing may gain wider use.
Julian Hawthorne argues in American Magazine that humor challenges poets by exposing what is ludicrous or pretentious in verse. He defines common sense humor as cheap and material, born from hypocrisy and pretense in social and moral behavior.
Roscoe Conkling and Matthew Arnold died in ways tied to their character. Arnold, aged 66, leaped a fence as an athlete would. Conkling faced a blizzard while walking Broadway in a defiant, unyielding manner. A nation mourns their untimely losses.
A Boston Transcript correspondent condemns German men as lacking chivalry toward women and describes courtships as abrupt and boastful. The piece notes German suitors pursue women with bold ceremony, while the author questions why American women find Germans attractive as lovers or husbands.
A Cincinnati Enquirer report recalls a meeting where a man asked Senator Conkling to look up a claim. Conkling refused to pledge assistance, remarking that the man had said one word too much. The exchange ended with no further concern from the senator.
A historical note contrasts religious outreach by country. It cites one minister per 700 people in the United States versus one ordained missionary per 1,000,000 in China and highlights Africa's 140 million untouched by Christian teachers. It also notes 80,000 U.S. preachers and India with five times the population having 700 ordained missionaries, Brooklyn Eagle.
The article argues wind could light country houses during long calms. It suggests a windmill with an electric dynamo and storage batteries may power homes as needed. It cautions higher cost than oil but cites convenience and beauty, predicting windmills for wealthy rural homes.
Theodore Roosevelt describes rodeo antics as cowboys attempt to ride rough horses. Bucking patterns include plunging, sunfish, and end riding, with spectators jeering good naturedly as riders strive to stay aboard and avoid injury.
M Victor Popp advances a system distributing compressed air for motive power in Paris. The Rue St Fargeau works cover 15,000 sq m with 2,000 sq m roofed. Seven steam engines of 400 hp and two of 100 hp operate, totaling 3,000 hp. Pipes span about thirty miles, laid through trenches and sewers, powering electric light machinery in venues like Cafe Americain Cafe de Paris Cafe Anglais and offices of The Figaro Jardin d'Hiver.
The New York World argues that modern improvements in heating reduce ventilation as open flues vanish and ovens replace chimneys in homes. It notes indoor climate changes from constant warming, increased drains, and less outdoor activity, saying comforts come at a high personal cost.
The Revue Scientifique reports Dr Kaufmann solidifies petroleum by heating with 1 to 3 percent common soap for half an hour into a homogeneous mass like tallow. Cut into cubes, it serves as smokeless fuel that burns slowly and steadily leaving about 2 percent carbonaceous residue. Solid petroleum burns slower than coal but yields greater heat.
Will Carleton describes a distant view from Italy of Etna and Sicily. In a New York Star passage, the author revels in the clear, detailed sight of Europe's volcanic giants, noting Etna two miles higher than the Mediterranean and the snow capped peak glowing with sunset colors as the sun sinks behind it.
Petrified loaf found at Acmetonia Station near Pittsburgh preserved in earth twelve feet deep under old locust forest. Henry Armstrong owns the loaf and plans to have it made into weights.
The article notes adult heart rate around 70 beats per minute with variations by age sex and constitution. It compares rates in children and women, describes slower stronger rates in muscular individuals, and higher rates in small or lean bodies. It cites Dr Richardson on heart work equating to lifting five tons per hour and suggests the blood’s mileage could reach about 61 million miles in a lifetime, totaling nearly 3.87 billion heartbeats.
The Navajoes, strongest and richest tribe, fear cameras as a theft of their being. A photo shrinks a sitter and must be taken many times to vanish entirely. I recall their hatred of snakes and the tribal backlash when Chitchi molded a snake bracelet, leading to a near-mobbed denunciation and threatened stoning by elders.
In 1873 during the Ashantee conflict, Mr Prior sketched bayonets and muskets amid rifle smoke as Forty-second regulars fought in the bush. He hurriedly sent the drawing to The Illustrated News, but the home office published it as is, making it a celebrated example of a special artist’s work under pressure.
A newly noted bedside device uses two iron sockets attached to a bedframe to hold an adjustable horizontal bar. From this bar hang straps with grips allowing patients to lift, turn, and reposition themselves, while various attachments provide leg rest, privacy curtain, and a medicines table for ward use.
The article proclaims fluorine as the most volatile element, noting its peaceful presence in fluor-spar but aggressive behavior when isolated. It describes fluorine’s strong reactions with metals and nonmetals, heating metals to red heat, causing iron filings to flash, and even dissolving glass while forming hydrofluoric acid.
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