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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1900
Page
6
A New York Observer anecdote recites a Boston wholesale counter over a settlement. A debtor offers 75 cents, Wholesale closes the recount and withholds goods. A second retailer offers five cents, Wholesale accepts. The first asks to pay seven cents on the dollar. Wholesale warns against insufficient capital and mocks the proverb honesty is the best policy.
A Washington Star tale recalls Jack Shane of Tennessee winning $25,000 after dreaming of seven sevens. He believed seven times seven equaled 42 and chose that number, while another man lamented his ten tickets yielded nothing. The anecdote ponders luck versus judgment.
In Japan the fiercest crab fights pit two males against each other in a brutal contest. Claws clash like rocks, sand flies, and after a grueling battle one crab defeats the other, tears off a claw as a trophy, while the loser feebly rubs his remaining limb in defiance. The scene ends with the victor triumphantly carrying away the trophy.
A London corre spondent notes Mandell Creighton bishop of London loves books and avoids damage. A clergyman borrowed an old Shakespeare edition, kept it for months, and returned it with a humorous note. The bishop replied that all the joy is mine, revealing his wit and scholarship.
Mrs Stevenson refuses to read certain novels set in bygone times saying authors force dialogue to imitate old speech. She notes she would never read the "Black Arrow," a remark Stevenson found humorous and offered to dedicate to her, as cited in Illustrated Indiana Weekly.
An Indianapolis Journal quote depicts a flamboyant political booster claiming Mike’s approach to constituents goes beyond a handshake. The healer praises his grasp while a cautious observer wonders if it overdoes it, noting the line that as long as he holds hands his watch is safe.
Quote from Chicago Tribune questions the ethical note of wearing bird wing hats. It contends the wings are clever imitations, implying vanity or inauthentic adornment without explicit event or date. The brief snippet frames a conscience-based critique of fashion wear.
A column of simple home tips on food storage and prep. How to make a tooth powder from chalk and roots, how to cool bread before wrapping, ironing aids, wallpaper paste with starch and glue, cockroach control with turpentine, lemon juice for linen scorch marks, scenting a sick room with sweet pea, side comb maintenance, washing rice in hot water for better flavor, preserving eggs with lime and salt, saltwater gargle for sore throat, and using fuller’s earth to remove grease from surfaces.
A compact catalog of maxims on education prudence charity humility and effort. Notable voices include Thomas a Kempis Tuckerman Lowell Goldsmith Chamfort Carlyle and Brooks. The passages celebrate self understanding purposeful living and steadfast effort informed by faith and discipline.
A fragmentary collection of quotes on eloquence, marriage, leisure, courage, and law from Montaigne Holmes Franklin Danton and a proverb about friends. The text threads ideas on communication, social norms, and personal conduct in short aphorisms.
An officer living in Egypt recounts camel handling and training with detail. He describes the aggressive antics of untamed camels, the tough methods used to subdue them, and his evolving respect for these capable animals despite their hazards.
News notes a French rapid fire gun said to produce no flash or sound. If true, it marks a major artillery advance after smokeless powder. In Santiago operations flash was the only enemy locator. a flashless gun would complicate land warfare. Description hints cooling gases below flash point. Rate up to twenty shots per minute. Proposals include four guns per battery and more ammo wagons.
The Turbinia built at Newcastle is praised for speed but the Hai Lung by Schichau Taiping in Tlbing is claimed to have reached 184% knots with an average 36 knots. The report notes Turbinia’s high speed and boiler efficiency, while the larger Hai Lung demonstrates the potential for faster future turbinia designs.
Instructions from the New York Sun describe making visual sound pictures by singing into a horn with a paper diaphragm and sand or lycopodium powder. The note's vibrations scatter the particles into shapes, with every musical pitch producing a distinct image. lycopodium and alcohol can fix the image for preservation.
The narrator describes visiting a Chinese gentleman's country house and estate. Features include a large bamboo garden, fish tanks, carved brick walls, ten miles of carriage roads, and grounds with nutmegs and tropical plants. Inside, the house blends English furniture with Chinese motifs, guests in London fashion dine well, and Jocko the ape and other animals roam the grounds. The host’s son studies in Edinburgh and a tiger incident is noted nearby.
The world’s largest sun dial sits on Hayou Horoo, a promontory extending 3000 feet above the Aegean Sea. As the sun moves, its shadow touches a growing circle of islands that serve as hour marks.
In Jerome Arizona Territory the police cuff prisoners and bind their arms to telegraph poles as a substitute for jail. Captives may stand, sit, or lie but cannot move away, effectively confining them to the pole.
A shabby candidate for knighthood knelt before King James VI who, amused by the applicant’s evident shame, joked that he had more reason to be ashamed than the kneeling man. The exchange captures the king’s playful rebuke and regal bearing in a moment of ceremony.
A Pressonville Kansas resident E. Presson writes that all townsfolk who used Foley's Honey and Tar regard it as the best medicine for la grippe cold and coughs. Endorsed by H J Moogh and W F Jungkunz & Co.
The C M and St P Railways resumes the Midland Route Tourist Car service between Chicago and San Francisco with a Friday 10:35 p.m. departure from Chicago and a Wednesday 9:45 a.m. arrival in San Francisco. The itinerary includes Omaha, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake connections via the R G W and C R I P lines, with an optional Salt Lake City day for sights. Eastbound service departs San Francisco Saturdays at 8 a.m. and reaches Chicago Wednesday at 8:25 a.m.
On the first and third Tuesdays through October the Southern Railway sells one fare plus two dollars round trip tickets to most Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Florida. Tickets valid twenty one days from sale date. For details contact Ws A Taylor Louisville Ky or J C Beam Jr Chicago Ill. 6-8dwtf
Public notice from collector J C Kosen calling all taxpayers to settle amounts due. He states he will keep the books only for a short period and urges prompt payment with respectful sign off.
O Tayxtor and Frick advertise real estate loans at five percent interest with funds available for borrowers seeking property financing.
R R Time Table Illinois Central shows routing details and agent credit for E B Daley. The fragment notes timetable access and agent designation for railway service.
Trains bound east depart 11 00 am and 11 00 am, with connections to Milwaukee stops. No 72 freight between points, No 6 provides connections to Chicago Racine Rockford Janesville and Madison, arriving Milwaukee 3 40 pm. No 86 also links to Chicago Racine Rockford Janesville Madison and all stops on the Mineral Point division, arriving Milwaukee 8 40 pm.
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