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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
5
A wasp parent hunts spiders to store meat for its brood. The spider is paralyzed with a sting and sealed in a mud cell, where it remains alive but immobile while the wasp egg develops and later consumes the prey. The fate and sensation of the paralyzed spider are uncertain.
Peter Cooper, a frequent Brooklyn visitor, sought to investigate Fox sisters spirits. One night Miss Fox stayed with S. J. Pardessus on Pacific Street and Cooper joined the session. A rapping disturbance at his bed end spooked him but he never spoke of the event or asked for a repeat.
A teacher asks Isidor to compute cloth cost for 314 yards at 24 gulden a yard. Isidor replies eight yards suffice for a suit and can be bought at two gulden, making the suit cost one gulden.
This excerpt reviews American dinner party culture as seen by Clement Scott through a San Francisco Argonaut piece. It contrasts English evenings with American hospitality, noting warm atmosphere, skilled introduction, and lively conversation that leaves guests feeling exhilarated and sociable after the event.
A Lewiston Journal anecdote describes a farmer watching turkeys scramble for a rag, triggering a chase as other birds attack the finder. The tale concludes that the flock’s behavior mirrors human nature.
In MacCormac's siege tale a shell hits mule lines and soldiers tear the killed mule with clasp knives, toast the meat, and fry biscuits in axle grease. Despite scarce fatty foods and vegetables, discipline held and no surrender occurred as officers note horses could cover only limited moves for sorties.
A physician charged a patient two guineas for a prescription. Later in the street the doctor boasted the medicine restored the patient to full health, but the patient reveals he never filled or took the dose due to the price.
The piece asserts that English boys fight to prove physical superiority rather than out of anger, while American fights stem from anger. It suggests disputes may occur without quarrel, but if friends dispute prowess the result often ends in a mill.
A dialogue contrasts a moral man and a practical man condemning a man who uses religion as a cloak. The moral man denounces the hypocrite as “everything that is bad” while the practical man notes the flimsy nature of such religion and jokes it could lead to catching cold.
Mrs. Blykins recounts the Chinese minister's remark that American women's costumes appear ridiculous in his view. Mr. Blykins agrees, noting the minister would change his view if he had to pay for them. Washington Star.
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