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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1895
Page
2
A Vermont observer notes the chilling effect of anti Democrat sentiment on careers and social ties. The piece cites a Hartford man who refused to fund his pastor’s salary after learning he voted for Cleveland and ends with a critique of local public health and political topics amid a broad, satirical survey of figures in national affairs.
A historic account describes how millions in gold are withdrawn from the United States sub treasury and loaded into oak kegs for swift shipment to Europe. Bankers and merchants supply currency or gold certificates, treasury officials issue equal value in gold coin, and a team assembles and seals kegs in about an hour for transit to steamers.
Prof Carpenter argues tests show higher coal efficiency with anthracite while bituminous coal and oil waste more heat. He notes hydrocarbon gas from bituminous coal may escape with air before firing doors close and suggests gradual heating with limited air to drive off gas then full combustion over incandescent coal. Automatic devices cannot replace an intelligent fireman.
The piece explains rainfall volumes using a 50 by 100 feet garden example from Popular Science Monthly. It notes that 0.01 inch yields 25 gallons, one inch equals 25,000 pounds, and a 45 inch yearly rainfall is common, with New York City averaging 45.2 inches over 22 years. It quantifies water per acre per day and totals for Manhattan Island rooftops and surfaces, reaching tens of millions of tons yearly.
Prof Mobius estimates adult Schleswig oysters range from 7 to 10 years, with rare specimens reaching 25 to 30 years. Oysters breed early, possibly in year one or two, and peak productivity occurs around age five or six before declining. Further observation is needed to set firm rules. Only one in a million oysters may reach maturity.
A Pasadena paper reports tarantulas are captured and shipped as a Pacific coast industry. Last year over 20,000 tarantulas were sent from the area to meet tourist demand, with an estimated 250,000 spiders sold in the past five years.
A new welding technique from France by M. Blondel uses a thin layer of lead amalgam between cleaned surfaces. An ordinary soldering iron traces the joint line and the amalgam fuses to join the lead surfaces.
A vivid excerpt portrays General Custer leading a determined unit on a swift charge. The charger races forward as the commander presses onward, the maneuver breaking only when a precise touch causes the horse to veer away in a dramatic, headlong moment.
Ailing mother and unemployed daughter Clara in a tenement strive through cold and hunger. Clara revises a manuscript from her mother’s trunk, seeks a newspaper office, and, after a kind elder editor helps, is offered twenty five dollars for the story. The act of compassion and risk yields hope.
A young girl opens the door to an old man who asks for Clara Munroe. The scene reveals an invalid woman who learns her child is dead, and they comfort each other as she returns to happier memories. Clara Munroe writes a popular book after recovery.
A Western observer recalls a former county judge now entering Congress. He recounts a courtroom moment when a lawyer invoked a grand comparison to a higher judge, and the judge admonished him to stay with the case. The anecdote ends with the plea being finished in fair shape.
In Roumanits a village custom lets a suitor inspect a bride to be's dowry box. If the dowry pleases him, he proposes to her parents. if not, he withdraws without obligation. The wedding features a cart procession with the box on the cart and a relative carrying the bride’s dot in a handkerchief.
The article compares U S mail flow and costs with Europe noting 1893 totals. It cites U S railway mail at 10,777,875,040 pieces and European totals around 9.237 billion in 1888 with Russia omitted. Total U S postal system cost in 1893 was 84,321,489 dollars. Europe combined post and telegraph expenses reached about 185 million for eight nations.
The passage notes European farmers often receive mail at their doors while in the United States rural areas lack door delivery. It emphasizes broader urban over rural delivery and cites the Post Office Department as the world's largest, with higher expenditure and rapid growth, noting letters increased about fivefold in thirty years.
The Saturday Review laments China’s examination driven state apparatus. Thousands compete for limited posts, face search checks, two day isolation, and spartan meals to craft essays. Even success may stall without influential allies as officials endure oppressive, corrupt governance from top to bottom.
Texas hosts about eight colleges and academies for higher education of Afro Americans. Most are led by Black administrators and teachers, with Tillotson in Austin and Bishop College at Marshall as exceptions. The system, spread across the state, is transforming the race and state prospects, and Texas features more Black higher education institutions than many Southern states.
A historical editorial argues Americans maintain faith in Washington and Jefferson on foreign alliances to keep the nation foremost for Christian safety in America and China. It laments persecution and urges united action to secure global religious freedom.
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