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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1906
Page
4
A historical note explains a Tyrolese custom where a suitor offers a bottle of wine on first visits. If the woman accepts, engagement follows. if she refuses indirectly, the act signals doubt without direct rejection. Spilling wine is seen as a bad omen for marriage.
The article recounts the sacred status of crocodiles in ancient Egypt’s Fayum region. It describes Crocodilopolis later named Arsinoe, the Lake Moeris shrine housing sacred reptiles, and a vast underground labyrinth where successive pharaohs and sacred crocodiles were interred.
The article describes Neapolitan Lent customs with ropes between houses, rags dolls, an orange with seven feathers, and exploding Quaresima figures at noon, followed by New York photographer shop am ator studies and the odd reactions of customers to amateur prints.
A ship lacking a canister or mortar uses a metal socket on the bridge or poop rail to mount a detonating rocket. A firing tube inside the rocket is triggered by a sharp jerk of a lanyard, releasing a high explosive rocket that emits two loud reports similar to a twelve pounder cannon. The socket is angled to prevent contact with the rigging.
A clergyman, asked to preach at a prestigious college, chose a sermon from his barrel and spoke without reading it. He impressed the students until the ending, where he delivered a surprise peroration beginning with two words addressed to the mothers in the audience.
A brief comic exchange notes a new butler with peculiar speech, as McCall asks about his dialect and days to meet, and Nu ritch recalls the reply "At half pawst tin." The Philadephia Presz item highlights playful crossword style humor from a local caption.
A Philadelphia Ledger joke notes that Gayley was not regular in his habits but is now. The exchange questions reform as the speaker remarks the habits remain bad, ending with a wry line about showy conduct.
A Rural New Yorker note explains how two trees of the same species grow together by rubbing limbs and forming a natural brace over years. It contrasts rarer grafts of different species where one tree grows around the other, noting examples like a beech closing around a hemlock limb.
Two men bought a yoke of three-year-old steers in spring and worked them hard six days a week, feeding hay and four quarts of meal daily until October. They sold the steers in November for about $30 above cost. The piece argues oxen can match horses for work with less grain, notes cattle breeds differ in pace, and cites Devon, Jersey, Ayrshire as active types while Durham and Hereford are slower.
The Southern Cultivator notes sellers with well fitted animals avoid hunting buyers while poorer stock must hunt a buyer and take discounts. Auction demand rises as improvements in quantity and mutton breeds reduce earlier prejudice. Early maturing steer proves most profitable.
The parsnip thrives in western states and over winter with minimal injury. Dig roots in autumn and store in pits for winter use. The root tastes like oysters and the Mammoth Sandwich Island variety is considered superior to others.
A roughage feeding rack shown in the cut was used with considerable success at the Nebraska experiment station farm last winter. The illustrated device is designed to feed bulky forage efficiently and reduce waste, with sturdy corner supports and practical construction for farm use.
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