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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1900
Page
5
A Kansas City Star excerpt discusses deafness among musicians, noting brass players face hearing loss from prolonged vibration. It cites gradual decline, practice demands, and the fate of many skilled artists who drop out. The piece then explains why cats arch their backs, contrasting fear and affection with Darwinian insight on instinctive postures.
A young Louis XIII era tale recalls Duke Sully arriving at St Germain with treasury funds for the dauphin. Mme de Monglat stages a toy soldiers drill as coins are handed to the boy. he laments not getting more while the attendant guards the last crown.
A Kansas City Journal item recounts a chain of household mishaps when a man sends his son to fetch a neighbor’s paper. The sequence includes a damaged fence, a hurt father, a cow’s death, a churn spill, lost teeth, a baby in spilled milk, a runaway daughter, and animals damaging clothing and linen.
A provident plumber leaves a humorous note inside his home before a family holiday. The sign warns burglars that valuables are in Safe Deposit vaults, describes where to find keys, and even offers a bearer check for $5 to compensate for time.
The Baltimore American records a sharp exchange where Mr. Sourdropp sneers at Mr. Arguso and argues that knowledge is overestimated. Arguso fires back with a paradox about knowing twice as much as one does not know.
A Washington Post brief notes a young married woman in a Columbia Heights apartment openly feeds mice by leaving crackers and cheese out each night. The housekeepers are amused and puzzled by her confidence in preventing damage by providing easy food for pests.
The article lists several British regiments and their nicknames reflecting wartime events and deeds. Grenadier Guards known as The Coalheavers for plain clothes odd jobs, Seventh Foot as The Elegant Extracts from officer origins, Forty-sixth as The Lacedemonians from a colonel’s Spartan speech, Gallant Fiftieth as The Blind Half Hundred and Dirty Half Hundred for Egypt and peninsular fighting, One Hundred as The Old Hundred and The Centipedes, Twenty-eighth as The Fore and Arts for repelling attacks, and Cheshire as The Lightning Conductors after a 1899 night march where lightning struck men.
From Stark's Birds of South Africa, the ring hal feeds on various insects and parasites. Ravens approach a reclining ox with soothing caresses and a soft caw before inserting the head into the ear to extract ticks. The oxen cooperate, lying down at a signal from the birds for efficient parasite removal.
A shabby youth asks a stranger to cash a check but the old man warns him to seek someone who knows him. The youth laments that those who know him won’t cash it, while the farmer expresses sympathy and asks the amount, noting money is hard to obtain.
A Jamaican creeper, modest in appearance, is cut to length and frayed to form a toothbrush. The natives also prepare a tooth powder by pulverizing the dead stems to accompany the brush.
Asia Minor housed the chief opium market until the twelfth century, after which distribution spread worldwide. The Chinese acquired the drug by the thirteenth century, signaling a shift in global trade routes and source regions.
R Talbot Kelly recounts wading into a swamp near El Akewa Egypt to study a pool. He sinks into mud discovers swelling legs as foul slime and mosquitoes attack his exposed skin forcing a rapid retreat. Century excerpt describes billions of mosquito larvae surfacing and filling the air like dark smoke.
Ainslee's Magazine notes the queer luck in Alaska goldfields where a man dies after a pile is made. James Meade, rich with dust, falls ill with typhoid and dies at Dawson as he is to sail home, after six carriers and a daily wage of 15 dollars.
The sermon recounts Braddren and sisters on a Sabbath as Parson Woolfman condemns the crowd for giving sixty cents. He defends Brudder Slewfoot and accuses the congregation of meanness while urging better offerings and the choir resumes with a flourish.
Sir John Millais recalls a story of Carlyle in the British Museum reading room. An unnamed man troubled a official with ladders and books, then bragged he had obliged Thomas Carlyle. The official replied he had the advantage of him and implied they might meet at a mutual friend's house. He had never heard of Carlyle.
The New York Press urges internal and external baths for health. Drink two quarts of water daily starting after rising and ending before bed. Avoid drinking during meals to combat stoutness, and use cold water to improve complexion as a preferred option.
Charles Kingsley defends a single minded focus on duty while allowing a playful break at will. He notes the secret of hardworking men is the ability to switch off and indulge in amusements at a chosen time, even while maintaining resolve to avoid broader judgments.
The piece notes human running capability near ten miles per hour and a 23 foot leap. It compares speeds of horses and a greyhound, stating horses trot a mile in two minutes and gallop a mile in one, while a bare ostrich and other faster animals outrun humans.
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