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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1902
Page
4
The piece argues laughter relieves arterial pressure, relaxes the body, and promotes health. It links optimism to a sedative effect, notes evolution and progress as rational, and asserts science and religion authorize a peaceful psychic state for sleep or rest.
The passage lists famous women who had few children, noting Elizabeth Barrett Browning with one son, Mrs Somerville with two daughters and a son, Mime George Sand with two children, Lady Mary Montagu and Mme de Sevigne with two each, Mme de Stael with three then a second marriage and a son, George Eliot childless, Mrs Cross childless, Mrs Craig childless, Mrs Barbauld childless, and Mrs Opie childless.
tale of Mulcahy and Mulhooly who fear quarreling so much they avoid any greeting bound by intense friendship. A second anecdote shows a man cheerful after delivering a death notice, joking that his mother in law was the deceased.
A Philadelphia Times item recounts a lawyer living near the city who sank into deep pecuniary trouble causing a public scandal as creditors found nothing to garnish. During a church revival a congregant asked if he had religion and another lawyer quipped that perhaps it was only in his wife’s name.
A visitor to an asylum meets a man capering along the hull astride a stick. The lunatic calls it a hobby and says it is not a horse, adding if it were a horse he could get off, in a witty exchange from the London Chronicle.
A column argues about gendered dressing habits, noting women often critique men’s attire while men assume more authority in fashion. It suggests women can judge male style well and that mutual fashion discourse could benefit both sexes. calls for freer discussion in fashion journals.
Chambers’ Journal notes that ancient Etruscans described three lightning varieties: a dangerous long zigzag type, a sheet-like harmless form, and a third eccentric ball or globular fire. Modern scientists, following Arago, also classify lightning into three types with similar distinctions.
A compendium features Chamfort quotes translated by W G Hutchison with witticisms on life sleep laughter and society. It includes anecdotes about Richelieu Mme de Montfort and Mile. Duhme and a humorous quip about a harpist. Also discusses ancient footwear from French Spanish English and German courts and an old frontier hangings anecdote with a Celt.
A London barrister Henry Crabb Robinson rebukes fault finding after a Paris visit. He tells a London acquaintance he will not meet in Paris again, explaining that constant criticizing drains pleasure and he seeks sympathy instead of negation.
A Scottish clergyman invited Bishop Selwyn to preach and his sermon impressed yet puzzled some congregants. One regular member criticized it as simple, while another praised it for its impact though it might confuse the head for a week. The exchange, cited from London Tit-Bits, captures competing tastes in preaching.
Pearson's Weekly reports diet affects temperament and energy. Pork diet leads to pessimism while beef strengthens, mutton causes melancholia, veal lowers vitality, eggs and milk boost health in women, butter makes people lazy, apples aid brain work, potatoes dull, and mustard preserves memory at advanced ages.
A wild beast tamer had quarreled with a neighbor and a friend. During a planned performance the men attacked the tamer before he was timed to appear. He sought refuge in the lion’s den while spectators laughed at the spectacle as the two men shouted insults through the cage.
The ancients valued dancing as essential. Socrates studied it late. Plato urged dancing schools in his Commonwealth. Romans celebrated triumphs with elaborate pantomime dances that fed into ballet. Domitian banned senators from dancing, removing several Renaii. Notable statesmen excelled in this enduring art.
In 1854 a patent was granted in France for a combination opera hat and bandbox, and that year a month was invented for artistic use on photographs negatives envelopes and postage stamps. The gum used cow’s heel for adhesion and vanilla extract to avoid taste offense.
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