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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1879
Page
6
A collage of fleeting notes spans global curiosities and anecdotes. The items mention a postmaster in Mexico, lumbermen in Michigan, Henry Morrissey near Trafalgar, and a Halifax death at 94, with odds about London marriage fortunes and various odds and ends on art, trains, wells, alcohol, petroleum, and Egyptian Nile levels.
A Waverly description of Swiss workers living on sixty to eighty cents daily. They stretch earnings to cover rent and family needs, rely on economical meals, and share living spaces as combined kitchen and rooms. Bread, soup, and limited meat mark daily diets, with wine replacing coffee at supper.
Bachaumont recounts a remarkable episode at St. Cloud in honor of the king of Rome's christening. Napoleon I stood in a palace doorway with Lyons's mayor as rain poured and declared he would do a great turn for Lyons manufactories. A crowd stayed outside while Prince Aldobrandini secured an umbrella for Empress Marie Louise as dresses were ruined. The extravagant losses are described as trillions of francs.
A guidance note urges mothers to resist reflex denial and consider granting reasonable requests from children. It argues that permitting small wants, even with slight household disruption, can foster happiness and empathy, reminding mothers to imagine their child’s perspective and the joy a permission might bring.
A famed London pianist, annoyed by loud drawing room chatter, plotted a sharp lesson. With violin and cello, he halted the music at a cue, silencing the crowd. A voice from the front rows proclaimed, We always fry ours in lard.
A Hindu devotee endures a severe mortification lying motionless on the ground for days. He places mustard seeds in moisture on his upper lip, exposing himself to dew and sun until germination, typically around the fourth day, with no food or drink.
A new double coloring substance from the coal tar series is not poisonous and is being used as a dye for silks wool and cotton. It is highly fluorescent and can color large water quantities from a single grain. experiments show green filament dispersions in water forming vivid spirals and spreading color. M. Kayser links manganese to the strength of Black Glass from Venice and reproduces the deep black color with manganese oxide in a sand and sulfur melt.
Uncle Joe Johnson reads the morning paper and muses on aging and mortality. He notes tales of elderly men living frugally while others end in death in the Poor House, claiming heirs and lawsuits often taint memory.
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