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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1895
Page
3
In the Albany Express verse style a shop group muses Mary who won’t marry a penniless crew. A low voice and baby face charm, but low wages and unspoken chances doom their hopes. The speaker recalls leaving, wishing her happiness, while noting he cannot marry her. A wistful, humorous monologue from workers missing their chance.
A jovial Irish conductor Michael Murphy, newly arrived near Flatbush Avenue, ferries a mother and child to safety. He recounts evictions in Ireland, the Crimea, and his vow to uphold the law, revealing a tender heart beneath a tough public image.
In a heartfelt tale from Longford a man recalls evicting a family and the subsequent guilt that spurs him to flee to Dublin and then to America. He narrates marrying Kitty in Dublin, securing a lease back home, and then crossing to New York as a striker to send money for rent. He vows to bring Kitty and her grandfather to America once he saves enough.
The passage follows Michael Murphy as he exclaims then exits from a car and adjusts a new vehicle for travel. A car approaches from the opposite direction, he returns to the city, and he anticipates joy waiting in a modest home with a small patch of ground after the New Year.
The old platform-spring park phaeton used by General Grant and later by Mr. Hayes sold at auction for $14. The yellow wheeled carriage drew Grant to the capitol for his second inauguration and was famed for the Cincinnati and Egypt horses. Washington locals recall Grant's proud rides in that phaeton and note only one other such skeet in the city, once owned by Senator John L Stockton.
A Butte Montana man, C B Hoffman, nicknamed the human lightning rod, was struck by lightning near a mine. The bolt burned his skin, tore his hat and clothing into shreds, knocked him unconscious for over an hour, and left him naked until hospital treatment. The clothes were found folded into a neat pile beside the track.
An Australian engineer M I Mfister claims trunks of trees retain sea salt and can filter sea water into potable water. He built a device with a pump and trunk filter producing drinkable water in minutes at 1.5 to 2.5 atmospheres, depending on wood type, after initial drops then fine streams.
A man named W. BR. T. Jones dug a grave and built a rough coffin at the bottom. He entered the coffin, swallowed poison, and pulled a string to release the dirt, burying himself under tons of earth in what is noted as a unique case of self-destruction.
The article argues fame rarely stems from pursuit itself. It cites Socrates, Alexander, Isaiah, Da Vinci, Shakespeare, Newton, Washington, Edison as examples. Noted figures gained fame through character, deeds, or discoveries rather than direct seeking.
A Morning York notes that the Western Reserve University annex in Cleveland uses a college yell about warm milk fresh air and keeping feet off the register. The chant underscores strict sanitary rules that have reportedly benefited the students' health and discipline.
A London drapery house showcases the Venus de Medici clothed in a celebrated combination suit of ladies' lambs wool underwear. The description blends art with high fashion flair, claiming a comical, extravagant appeal that pairs classical marble with contemporary lingerie.
A boy recalls a prank on a pedantic neighbor in Peoria Illinois. At age twelve he painted a preacher's carriage with bright colors and stars, then hid. The preacher's entry into town caused a stir as crowds laughed and followed him. The enraged minister searched for the boy, who had already fled.
A writer in a laundry shares a tale about a Chinese partner who stayed due to poverty and sickness. The discussion reveals neighborly help among Chinese workers, with the laundries offering shelter when possible and debating the limits if someone refuses to work or pay.
A student of ornithological oddities describes the Apir N'Dooh or Bird of Death from New Guinea. A small gray bird with a red tipped tail, it rarely flies far and can be caught easily. Its venomous bite causes severe pain, loss of sight, convulsions, lockjaw, and death within about two hours due to no antidote.
Louis Marbet a passenger on the French steamer La Bourgogne arrived in New York tried to smuggle sixty eight Swiss made watches through customs officers. The contraband was sewn in a waist band under a corset lining. He paid about $300 for the watches and claimed residence in Seattle Washington. He was held on two thousand dollar bail.
The process describes drying material, immersing in a coloring pickle to indurate, drying again, grinding to mix indurated and non indurated particles, then pressing with heat in a mold to form a homogeneous cohesive mass. The finished product can be polished or enhanced in appearance.
The system educates girls in Vienna through studies until age 15 and a pantry kitchen training period under family members or cooks for one to two years. This aims to make them independent of cooks and servants. Austrian women are described as affectionate wives and mothers, educated, witty, and among Europe’s most beautiful.
Hunter Sellick, long seeking a male moose, tracked a six foot specimen from forest trails between the Tobique and Miramichi headwaters. After five weeks of climbing, fording rivers, and using a catamaran, he lassoed the live moose and transported it to Moncton aboard a box car on the Intercolonial Railway.
The mountains and valleys of Utah host rare minerals unique to the region. Tea tite, unknown to mineralogists before 800, shows promise as amber quality. Ozokerite and gilsonite appear in notable quantities, with ozokerite valued as a waterproof insulating material and gilsonite rich in carbon. The Utah vein runs almost three feet wide for a mile, plus abundant niter and alum beds and various metal mines.
A rich silver ore strike in the West does not guarantee high profits for mine owners. Transport costs per ton rise with ore quality, and railways ask for ore assay values before terms. The railway charge links to ore value, constraining the mine’s financial return.
A fragment recalls Euclid of Alexandria answering Ptolemy Soter that there is no royal road to learning, a reply celebrated for centuries. The tale highlights the enduring truth about mathematics education and the discipline’s demanding path.
A historical note explains producing a cohesive mass from wood pulp after an exhaustive pickling process. It highlights recent uses in ornamentation and describes using the pulp in its natural form as it comes from the source material.
A story about Lord Coleridge from Oxford circles describes him reading the second lesson in chapel by mistake. He paused and quipped that he had ended the wrong lesson, a remark that humorously exposed his habit of finding the right word for any situation.
L T Otero of Santa Fe recalls vast plains stampedes where oxen loose or hitched rush to danger. He describes a Cimarron incident where six oxen fled, two more teams joined, wagons rattled, and nearly half the oxen collapsed from exhaustion.
W H Harvey presents Coin s Financial School and the To Date volume as affordable educational texts. The publisher advertises 150 to 200 pages with numerous illustrations, pricing 50 cents to 1 dollar, plus cloth bindings and a combined cloth edition for 1 dollar. Sent on receipt of price through Times-Post Fort Wayne.
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