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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1902
Page
4
The fragment recalls 17th century England where coffee faced sharp satire from press and pulpit. A preacher denounced it as poison bearing the devil's color, while women joined the campaign against the beverage amid heated debates. It also mentions a teacher's sarcasm about George Washington's role as a soldier or sailor.
In Greenwich park near London a tale from St Louis and Canadian Photographer tells how an old telescope revealed a hidden factor in a famous astronomical observation. A spider spun a web inside the instrument, leading to a new practice of placing a fine net in telescopes for safeguarding optics.
A Chinese emperor is described as effeminate with monkey-like features yet skilled in mechanics and clockwork models. The text details a temple clockwork machine seven feet high and 344 feet wide, with sun and moon temples and fairies guiding time. It also notes flowers used as food including mahua and clove, and discusses an fiery mahua beverage. A political column predicts a long session due to the Philippines government bill and ship subsidy debate, arguing Republican opposition risks an extended Congress and heavy costs to taxpayers.
A curious Irish tradition centers on Barnas well near Belfast, where white stones are put at the bottom and rags cover the heather. A nearby mound, said to guard the bones of a holy friar, draws visitors who each add a stone, though the reason remains unclear.
A government report estimates the world corn crop in 1900 at 2,822,900,000 bushels, up from 2,718,260,000 in 1899 and 2,082,997,000 in 1898. The figures are not literal but reflect the best available trustworthy statistics.
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