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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1898
Page
8
New York Press reports traders on the New York Stock Exchange cling to luck via lead pencils. Some men guard an inch long stumps as talismans, crediting profits to their favored pencils while others fear losing the lucky tool after a break.
In El Paso a rancher recalls a bizarre milk mystery after dry weather. He learns the artesian water and scorching sun evaporate milk from cow udders, revealing the milking apparatus had been varnished to prevent leakage.
The London Truth asserts humor as a precious gift that does not prize fortune, keeps temper, and shields one from vanity and dogmatism. A humorous person remains undisturbed by bores, humbugs, or praise, pursuing right action regardless of approval.
The narrator recalls Yafa as a seaport town in winter, filthy and overrun by beggars with their mit, Arabs shivering in cheap clothing, no stoves, and a strong distaste for Jerusalem. He notes medical failures in Turkey and missionaries finding locals ill from smallpox neglected for religious reasons.
The tongue sustains injuries swiftly repaired by nature, recovering more rapidly than any other part of the body. This natural healing speed is noted as exceptional, highlighting the tongue's robust regenerative tendency.
An 1803 invention by Col. Shrapnel evolved into a deadly modern projectile. Shrapnel releases hundreds of bullets from a case near six yards above and fifty in front, vastly increasing range and lethality. The piece details construction, fuzes, costs, and battlefield effects with examples from Civil War to Gettysburg.
German scientist Dr. Joseph Zanger tested honeybee venom with 35 000 bees and found fresh venom clear and acidic with a fragrant aroma. He identifies a non volatile poisonous base not formic acid, soluble in water but stabilized by acid, harmful to mucous membranes and eyes, causing tears redness and conjunctival swelling in rabbits and other animals.
The Chicago Times Herald recounts a Louisville switchboard test run on battery power showing a sharp drop in calls after 10 am as the engineers discover a mass exodus to nearby buffets. The strange chart ceasefire leads to a wild misread on business activity.
A Yorkshire socialist explains equal sharing to a friend. When asked if he would share two horses or cows he agrees, then the friend presses on two pigs revealing the speaker cannot share his own pigs. The exchange ends with a sly admission.
The complainant testifies that when told he would be arrested the prisoner answered mechanically. The judge asks for explanation and the complainant says the prisoner hit him on the head with a hammer.
In a Washington Star exchange, an observer mocks a politician as a has been and a critic counters that he is merely someone who used to think he was. The playful debate highlights public perception of fading political influence.
The Tongue of the Revolution Patrick Henry is buried on Red Hill estate in Charlotte County near Staunton River, 38 miles from Lynchburg. The grave features a marble slab with the line His fame his best epitaph and remains at the Red Hill property, now owned by his grandson William Wirt Henry.
A young organist at the Auditorium invited a stranger to try the organ after bragging of his skill. An elderly man, presenting a card reading Alexandre Guilmant Paris, revealed himself as the famed master. The organist realized he had wasted an hour entertaining the great master with amateur playing.
A New York Sun report quotes a stamp clerk at the general post office describing how business men carry postage stamps. He notes many keep stamps on hand, some in stamp cases, others beneath hats or in pockets, with a young man once hiding stamps in a watch case after mailing a letter.
A method uses zinc attached to iron and immersion in water with a splash of sulphuric acid. Keep the zinc in good electrical contact with the iron, using twisted wire and a zinc remnants as a binding post. Soak for several days to a week until rust disappears without harming the iron.
Just before Grant's world tour a Philadelphia merchant rushed a full dress general's uniform to fit him for court appearances. The coat was adjusted on another man when epaulets were unavailable, illustrating Grant's practical humor and self awareness.
A Popular Science summary recalls an inland Cretaceous sea that covered much of the continent. Giants: reptiles, fishes, turtles and oysterlike valves battled for food as land rose and waters divided leaving survivors to perish or bleach in the sun.
The article recounts two snake eye surgeries. An Australian diamond snake in Bombay museum was nearly blind and refused food, a native keeper cut away the膜 from the eyes with scissors. J M Phipson later performed a dangerous operation on a large king cobra, removing eight membrane layers from each eye with a surgeon's scalpel while others restrained the animal.
The speaker lists reasons a horse is unsuitable for riding, pulling a plow, or wagons while noting the animal at dinner time brays each day for five years. The exchange, printed by the Atlanta Journal, uses rustic dialect to comedic effect.
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