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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1888
Page
4
Maurice Thompson describes an antique Kentucky squirrel rifle in meticulous detail. The piece covers the barrel, stock carving from curly maple, brass fittings, flint and steel mechanism, ramrod, touch hole quill, powder charge, patching cloth, bullets, horn powder flask, and loading method.
Paris letter notes women entering trades once closed to them as men seek to reclaim status. French hatters now cater to both sexes with stylish trimmed hats and bonnets. A milliner claims women’s precision is key for fine trimming, while high art flows into eighteenth century channels spurred by the Universal Exhibition and theater influence.
Mary J. Holmes warns that true writing comes from a God given gift and deep imagination. Without an inner ideal world and vivid imaginary companions to inspire you, writing will feel forced and unnatural rather than natural and expressive.
Maine sawmills bale sawdust into half cord packages covered with bur laps. A hydraulic press compacts the bundles, then shipped to Boston for bedding horses used by street car companies. The transport cost drops about half. portions serve packing. Author notes expected widespread adoption soon.
A fragment from a 19th century column notes that dreams feel more real than ideals and describes the peril of falling in dreams. It also reports Gnessenbauer of Prague inventing an artificial larynx for BH Roth, outlining how vibrating membranes produce speech and the limits of articulation compared to natural voice.
A New York Evening Sun report recounts a broker victim's panic after sudden money withdrawal. Overwhelmed, he left the bank intending self harm, later returning to the office numb, realizing cash was missing and that funds were not deposited.
In Central California eastern tourists once overlook the region. The best grapes grow outside southern California in Sonoma, Napa, Santa Clara and the eastern Sacramento foothills. Butte county and Los Gatos Santa Clara report early mandarins and fine white Verdes Tokay and Ferrara grapes. Santa Clara also yields strawberries and raspberries through the holidays.
A Youth's Companion excerpt explains indigestion not always rooted in the stomach, detailing gastric and intestinal forms, two main types, and the role of nervous dyspepsia. Causes include overeating, sedentary life, anxiety, and luxurious living. treatment focuses on removing causes and improving overall health.
In New York the street serves as a stage for display, with American women leading in bold color and magnificence. The English aesthetic of color in dress has spread to street gowns and hats, brightening life and landscape. Men too are moving toward freer color, influenced by the English shift away from monotony.
A missionary in Africa heard a bird whose call mimics a clock strike. He observed the creature produces a note every few minutes matching the sound of a striking clock, a surprising discovery reported by the Chicago Times.
An astronomer in Conmncians, General Mitchel, aged 52, is described as wiry with gray hair and exceptional endurance. He rode a swift horse through camps nightly, earning the nickname Old Stars as guards noted his unseen approach and constant presence.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that true praise is rare and difficult to give gracefully. Honest praise loses effect when coaxed or overused, while a brief sincere compliment outshines lavish but insincere flattery.
The San Francisco Examiner reports Lieut. Cushing’s lecture on excavations near Arizona’s Los Muertos site, detailing a vast ancient Zuni city buried by earthquakes. He describes 33 blocks of terra cotta architecture, signs of a long vanished population, and ties to modern Zuni culture including pottery practices and beliefs about the soul.
A Chicago Times persuasion and a Scientific American excerpt urge patient study and steady labor. The text argues that consistent, disciplined work over bursts of haste yields better results, with rest and measured progress aiding next days’ performance and long term success.
Ward H. Lamon recalls how after his first presidential election Lincoln received a note from a New York girl praising his appearance. He kissed the shy child, vowed to preserve the joy of seeing his young friend, and allowed his beard to grow except for the upper lip, remarking that small moments can change a life.
A reflective travel fragment describes autumn light and alpine scenes from a moving train. The narrator notes changing landscapes, rugged mountains, distant battles recalled by soldiers, beggars, and villagers, with observations on dialect and worn travelers.
Henry Benson of Hayden Hill Lassen County Cal reports a petrified salmon specimen found at 1500 feet in Big Valley suggesting ancient rivers fed California’s Sierra Nevada region. The quartzized remains show crystal like sand and porcelain skin while the body remains hardest quartz. This hints at prehistoric waterways and dates geological shifts shaping the landscape.
A New York Star critique outlines the troublesome husband of a talented actress. It portrays his blunders as stemming from admiration and pride, despite genuine affection. The piece notes repeated faults, promises unmet, and eventual quiet, decent years with modest means.
A traveler extols American women as the most charming and superior to American men, citing decency and stylishness. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is quoted on women, while a Chicago Herald note notes postwar black progress with taxes on property valued at 48 million dollars across Georgia, South Carolina and Louisiana.
A new device described by the New York Press as an ingenious patented instrument for dentists and surgeons to examine teeth and the throat. It features a six inch hard rubber tube with a funnel opening and a miniature Edison incandescent lamp of one candle power, plus a spoon shaped silver tongue compressor.
An ostrich egg weighs about three and a half pounds, the equivalent of thirty fowls eggs. The flavor is less delicate than domestic fowl eggs, but they are perfectly edible. A singular fact is that the eggs will keep fresh and eatable for two or three months.
An excerpt from Saturday Review discusses poaching by laborers, cattle drovers, and colliers, noting the dogs used such as lurchers and durchers. It describes how poachers operate at night, the ethics of dog care, and the troubling ease with which keepers may turn to illegal hunting.
The Worcester Dictionary is praised as the recognized standard for pronunciation and orthography by leading figures such as Sumner Everett Phillips Garfield Hillard and others. It is cited as the most approved usage of the language and the standard in written and spoken English.
A Sewing Machine News feature proposes attaching a knee lever to the presser bar via a cord and pulleys to lift the foot lifter. It argues that 5,000,000 machines in use would save countless motions daily and could cost a few tens of cents per unit to implement.
The Chinese in California avoid depositing savings in banks, leaving surplus earnings with local storekeepers who charge a handling fee and offer no interest. Merchants in San Francisco accumulate large sums, kept in fireproof safes as workers guard the premises around the clock, reducing robbery risk.
The fortune of the Rothschild dynasty is described as spreading through marriages of Mile. Aline and others to Brussels, Brussels diplomats, and Dutch nobles. The elder sister wed M. Lambert, the cousin Helene married Baron van Zuylen, and a cousin became Princess de Wagram. The legacy of 830,000,000 francs split among four sons and a daughter is noted as rising with time.
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