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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1879
Page
3
A reflective passage discusses how Lincoln formed his power to “put things” into plain language through childhood puzzles and persistent search for exact meaning. It links John Bright and Walter Scott to clarity and accuracy, praising Howells for faithful detail and immersive storytelling.
A study highlights how American workers eagerly adopt labor-saving inventions, viewing invention as a path to improved conditions. In contrast, English artisans resist new machines due to stronger resistance to patent-driven progress, risking industries relocating abroad as seen when a large English machine for railway carriage springs was abandoned by workers and sent to Belgium.
A lowly man in a drug store jokes about economy by scaling arsenic price from ounce to ton. He declares two cents per ounce saves $6 400 per ton, leaving the druggist speechless. Robert Browning becomes president of a Shakespeare society, to publish six dramatic idyls.
Naturalist Brehm and Bucekich pioneered sponge farming by growing live pieces in perforated frames off Socolaizza Bay. The project showed rapid growth and black coloration but faced resistance from local fishermen who raided plantations and destroyed frames. Shipworms damaged wood, prompting copper wire substitutions and attachment of sponge fragments to stones for anchoring.
The piece warns that excessive sleep blunts the nervous system and dulls memory and imagination. It notes reduced energy, torpid digestion, diminished excretions, and possible excess fat. It urges parents to prevent overindulgence in children and avoid late rising or late bedtimes for sound sleep.
A compact reminiscence traces Galileo’s haughty temper and disputed science to modern philosophy. It cites Delambre, Bacon, and Newton on inductive thought, then reports the International African Association meeting in Brussels with plans for acclimatization stations, geograph coordinates, and commerce benefits. notes financial figures for 1878 Belgium.
Hugo Riha explains a wood mosaic imitation using a white ground, a fine black drawing, and soda wash to lift white patterns on a black surface. Colors are applied to mimic different woods, with adhesive paper separations for join lines, producing a flat, naturalistic mosaic look.
Many young men lack time for study and reflection, choosing amusements over intellect. The article argues duty precedes pleasure, citing Alfred the Great, Benjamin Franklin, Frederick the Great, Napoleon, Julius Caesar as exemplars who found time for learning amid duties. It urges the motto Time Faith and Energy for all students.
A new branch of celluloid manufacture proposes using it as a substitute for linen in cuffs collars and shirt fronts. It resembles well starched linen is light flexible resists wrinkling and perspiration and can be worn for months without damage. It cleans easily with soap and water and is especially convenient for travelers and hot weather. Real linen is now sandwiched between two layers of celluloid to improve the fabric.
A farmer explains he does not want the newspaper because his father, on dying, left him many newspapers he has not read yet. He keeps a pile unread rather than subscribe anew.
A Southern correspondent urges wide planting of cow peas in the cow-pen area. The Black variety thrives on poor soils, stores forage through winter, and offers multiple uses: green manuring, feed for horses and cattle, hog fattening, or as a catch crop among corn. Planting can extend to August 1, even on vacant land, with strong market demand if left unused.
In a decades long French study reported by Rural New Yorker, 100 plots tested vines with complete manure and each omission, showing potash as indispensable. Removing potash weakened vines and yielded poor crops, even with other fertilizers present. potatoes showed similar results. Wood ashes rich in potash suggested as beneficial for vines and potatoes.
A recounting of the 1820 collision with a giant whale that wrecked the Nantucket ship Essex. The second whale attacked with force, tearing part of the keel, grinding the ship to a halt, and leaving the crew stunned as the vessel capsized and sank.
Local papers recount a Reno blaze incident where a well dressed woman claimed a piano as aid at the relief pavilion. A committee member replied they do not distribute pianos but offered a washboard instead, provoking the woman to depart in sealskin with dramatic flair.
In Quincy Florida a poor black man entered the tax collector’s office with a large pistol and broken gun. He laid them on the desk and pleaded that the taxes be taken from the weapons to feed his hungry children, saying bread is in the corn. The tax official complied by deterring further payment in a dramatic rearrangement of the weapons.
A historical craft note explains marking sheep using Venetian red paint. One pound covers about a thousand sheep. Rub a pinch of dry powder through the wool at the mark point, loosening it to blend with the wool oil. The bright red mark resists rain and lasts between shearings, yet can be cleaned out by the maker.
In Nancy Prof Poincarre warns that exposure to methylic alcohol vapors in wood spirit used to adulterate vinous alcohol poses health risks. Months in fumes can cause abdominal obesity, liver hypertrophy, fatty degeneration affecting heart and lungs, and brain congestion, especially for hatters and other artisans.
A doctor out west boasts of success with one case. An old friend asks the outcome. He explains the birth case ended with the mother and baby dying, but he remains hopeful to save the husband.
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