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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1893
Page
1
A New York Tribune account recalls a Mexican village where a priest hosts Sunday cockfights. The priest guides spectators through the arena in a courtyard ring as roosters battle with steel spurs, betting peaks at five to ten dollars, and crowds cheer until one bird is declared victor.
A Rochester New Hampshire preacher Reverend Joseph Haven famed for humor uses a ruse to uncover a guilty boy. He confines a rooster under a kettle in a dark room and makes suspects pass in to touch the kettle. Those with soot on their fingers revealed the offender while the one who did not touch it remained unnamed.
The item notes corns from tight footwear and advises sensible shoes, pumice stone, or removing with a knife, warning against folk cures. It cites a New York World piece urging proper pedicuring, soaking feet, and cleaning away waste material. Also reports Frederick Terrell bound over for six months for threatening Harriet Carew, calling her an old witch, in Yeovil borough petty sessions.
Lowe recalled as education minister advising not to send a child to public school unless necessary and to remove him quickly if chosen. The London Spectator quoted Talleyrand calling English public schools the best in the world yet detestable. Brooklyn Life and a remark from Jarley and Dawson sparked a sharp remark about women.
A short verse extols luck as a blend of patience skill courage and will. It frames perseverance and repeated effort as the four leaves of luck guiding effort and fortune.
The hull of oats adds bulk and the grain supplies strength not fat. Ground with equal bulk corn and fed with cut moistened hay, oats become the best standby for working horses. It is quickly eaten and digested, keeping teams ready for work if the feed is fresh and not left to sour.
Investigations in Minnesota uncover theft of pine lands worth at least five million dollars by timber “kings” and “Sharons.” Rural New Yorker cites soil improvement methods for sour grass, lime use, and cultivation to restore exhausted land. China reports new beet sugar refinery machinery, buckwheat as a late profitable crop, and squash bug control tips. Consular reports note cream of tartar largely comes from France, Austria, and Italy, with California benefits from refining impure stock after wine processing.
A Second Avenue pair discuss buying four milk cows with promises of low cost and high returns. The exchange notes milk purity, family use, and easy upkeep, then shifts to a carpentry order being countermanded as neighbors gauge fly screen demand. Other items include charcoal usage tips and odd newspaper anecdotes.
A recent idea uses electricity to replace natural ice and cooling chemicals. Electrical World explains the invention withdraws heat from iron blocks until they reach ice water temperature, then places them in refrigerators connected to electric current, achieving ice-like cooling without the inconvenience.
A meditative inquiry asks how the sage died and whether repentance preceded death. A grave messenger replies that repentance proved neither by word nor sign, and that he departed as one who loved, weighing neither doubt nor belief.
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