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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1899
Page
2
A jumble of wry maxims and reflections appears in the Emmons Co. Record column. It cites lines on seasickness facts Cuban debt and history repeating itself while musing on genius and pride and the limits of human philosophy.
If Li Hung Chang lives until next February he will be 76 and unlikely to resume office. Reports claim he is the world’s richest man, wealth dwarfing the Astors and Vanderbilts, with his imperial ties kept distant despite fame. Li remains a skilled diplomat and long a key figure.
Lady Frederick Cavendish addressed a meeting for young women in England and urged restraint on government interference in the labor market. She echoed a statesman’s line that individuals should act with Christian principles toward each other, emphasizing truth, honesty, unselfishness and brotherly love.
The island suffers from few decent routes with a single good road from San Juan to Ponce, about 80 miles, praised as a marvel of engineering. Elsewhere roads are poor and telegraph service is a minimal operation run by American military authorities separate from the post office.
Treasury estimates show the Spanish American War cost 187,562,941 or about 1,000,000 daily while the Civil War cost 3,065,413,425 averaging 1,685,156 per day. The largest single day expense was 4,110,000 just before peace terms. Other high days reached 3,775,000 and expenses often topped the daily total.
Henry Savage Landor recounts his brutal detention by Thibetan authorities, the torture endured by him and his companions, and his narrow escape with life. He notes the hostile entry into Thibet via Lumpia Pass, the desecrating treatment, and the superstition that saved them from execution, ending with admiration for his endurance.
A donation event for a country clergyman yielded 27 bushels of beans and second hand clothes for his five children. The clergyman's wife, exhausted by waiting, dressed the five youngsters in donated garb and led them up the aisle as the pastor read a Bible verse about Solomon's glory. The text hints at another donation party next.
An earnest citizen questions a senator about national duty. Senator Sorghum replies he is rusty on the subject due to many years since involvement in revenue collection.
Willie Washington credits his parents for musical education but jokes they never heard him sing. He says he knows enough about music not to try singing, a wry remark highlighted by the Washington Star.
The Hayou Horoo promontory rises 3,000 feet above the Aegean Sea. As the sun moves, its shadow touches a circle of islands that serve as hour marks, creating the largest sun dial in the world.
A recent ordinance fixes annual pay in the Japanese Navy. The admiral receives 6000 silver dollars, a vice admiral 4000, and first and second class captains 2496 and 2263 dollars respectively.
A wry quip notes a Boston girl provoking a mirror to shiver with curiosity. The joke plays on vanity and regional stereotype, reflecting a light conversational item from a social column.
The account describes Landor being bound and paraded to a frontier with a torture saddle of iron spikes, a red hot iron near his eyes, and a ring of brutal guards and spectators. He recalls the grim spectacle, the intent to terrify, and the claim of punishment in this harsh encounter.
George W. Cable writing a Civil War novel likely titled The Cavalier set in creole New Orleans. Max Adeler edits about tariffs and currency while Kipling’s earnings story amuses. Marian Crawford’s Ave Roma Immortalis presents Rome’s rise and medieval divisions through biographies and sketches.
A Sunday gambling scene unfolds at Camp Wikoff with Ninth and Tenth Cavalry troopers betting on card games under blankets. Officers report the habit persists despite danger from bullets, as men on San Juan Hill bridge and tents remain engrossed in wagers, while a curious bugle-blown contest among boys near the signal station ends with a reporter puzzled by the odd sounds.
A Montauk post office worker was approached by a man who requested a $300 money order. The clerk asked pay and the man replied in a single word, craps, indicating a dispute or irregular intent.
The Chicago Chronicle notes Utah’s low water levels in the Great Salt Lake, driven by scarce snow, evaporation, and irrigation diversions. It describes the lake’s size, salt concentrations, and the unusual bathing conditions including warm water, buoyancy, and the dangers of salt exposure.
In a brisk dialogue a man claims to know a girl by speaking to her daily but not by sight. The prompt corrector clarifies, revealing she is the telephone girl at Central, unseen by him yet familiar through daily conversation.
Sergeant Boon describes the sensation of a 1,000 foot fall from a balloon used for observation at Santiago. He says the experience resembles a rapidly dropping elevator with a dislodging inwards sensation, likening it to movable innards loosening and squirting toward the eardrums.
A dialogue shows a teacher asking for an example of a marsupial while a student misinterprets mar supial as a tobacco smoker. The exchange highlights a learning moment about animal categories and spelling.
The Spiketown Blizzard prints a miscellany of tiny notices and gossip. Items mention Hank Thorn re shingling his barn, Bob Middleton visiting from Sudmore, Harrigan McPelt in Chicago, and Dominick Merri wether's alleged suicide in Baumgartner's Mills. Also noted are a serenade from the Spiketown Silver Corner band, subscription pleas, and a Corny quip about paying debts.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt recalls a passerby on a trolley car wearing pure white attire marked by a child's handprint on the collar, provoking smiles and quiet tears as memory of a lost child returns. The item also repeats an old ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants priced at 250 a bottle.
A Swiss policy fines parents when a child misses school, with increases each day. A doctor may be sent if there is suspicion of sham illness, and if proven, the parent pays the doctor’s fee.
Rivers speaks of change in a town where a ragged man, once destitute, now carries a sack of rags as Brooks watches from the window. The sight nudges a fresh quarrel between two longtime friends in the streets of Chicago.
A chemical factory accident caused a worker’s clothing saturated with potassium chloride dust to ignite from a spark from a pipe. The flames enveloped the suit and proved fatal for the worker.
Brooklyn humor notes how a 2e man vows to prove love by swearing then swears at his wife in the first year of marriage. The quirky phonetic spelling adds comic effect and shows village speech patterns.
In a playful exchange a photographer aims a shot as Tufffield Knott jokes about adjusting his whiskers and posing. The moment captures an amused response to the camera with a self deprecating, rustic charm.
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