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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1872
Page
2
An observer extols the value of selective hearing for happiness. It argues that tuning out petty chatter and provocation protects temper, safeguards privacy, and preserves serenity at home. A well bred person ignores impertinent remarks and avoids dishonorable conversation by discreet deafness.
A London scheme cuts telegraph costs by routing messages through packers who cipher and forward to Calcutta. Niney shillings for twenty words to India becomes cheaper for customers, while firms claim profits and the telegraph company sees reduced pay. Backward writing and word-length tricks are discussed at a Rome conference with no fix found. The piece questions if rate reductions could curb such ingenuity and raise profits more fairly.
A veteran New York street car conductor exposes widespread graft in the system. He claims conductors earn two dollars daily and must share around 15 a week with driver and foremen, while the hire requires up to 50 in bribes to obtain a position. He says honest conductors are quickly removed and holiday thefts reach 9 to 15, though regular earnings stay low. Meanwhile main lines yield large dividends and stock is scarce.
A French medical journal notes increasing opium use in France. It warns that the opium smoker grows indolent loses will to work and often becomes a confirmed idiot as mental faculties fade.
The article traces tea roots in China and spread to Japan Europe and beyond from early centuries. It details cultivation in China near Shanghai, harvest schedules, and the Pekoe leaf, plus green and black tea curing methods, drying, rolling, and fermentation. It notes adulteration risks and spurious Lie Yen tea.
A Parliament discussion from years past notes that import of Lie Tea into England reached about two to two and a half million dollars yearly. Evidence shows adulteration occurred both in China and abroad, including use of exhausted tea leaves from hotels mixed into fresh tea. The text predicts reduced adulteration if tariffs are removed and tea and coffee join the free list.
Mr. Kinnear of West Beaufort Cape of Good Hope shows an eight acre enclosure with thirty ostriches, a lucerne crop, and a simple lodge. He plucks feathers by a later-root method, yields about 50 dollars per bird yearly, and raises young in warm boxes. Ostrich transport requires slow night travel, and prices for birds and plumes have risen since 1860.
In 1864 a mutiny aboard the Ocean Queen, led by Kelley, was thwarted by Commodore Ammen. Ammen shot Kelley and a follower, then ordered leaders in irons. passengers and crew praised his decisive action. Justice Field endorsed the conduct in a strong report. The episode elevated Ammen’s authority and steadied the voyage.
A comparative table shows Hoosac leading in cost at about 900 dollars per linear yard, with Mont Cenis at 875, and other major tunnels in England France Belgium and Switzerland ranging from 230 to 860 per yard. Estimates place a Channel tunnel at roughly 650 per yard or about 25 million dollars overall.
A fragment discussing newspaper value stresses that original matter alone is not enough. It argues editors shape tone temper and dignity through careful selections and consistency, with supervision of the paper’s conduct as a major responsibility beyond writing.
A damaged, uneven poem fragment evokes labor, poverty, and rural peace. It references a patriarchal figure, cottage life, singing birds, summer leaves, and a belief that faith and simple work bring health and happiness. The text shows archaic diction and broken lines, suggesting stylistic notes rather than a complete work.
The article notes risks from inhaled anesthetics, urging gradual administration and careful monitoring. Dr Curtis of Cincinnati advocates slow chloroform delivery, using limited inspiration and delaying intubation, to avoid respiratory and circulatory compromise. It warns against rapid administration causing dark blood, reduced circulation, and potential death, and recalls a Boston case of dangerous overuse. It also mentions potential long term cognitive effects after repeated exposure.
The Winter Palace, home to the Russian imperial family from October to June, spans over seven hundred feet of frontage and could lodge six thousand. Guards built huts atop the roofs, later expanded to households for wives and children before a cow's unrest prompted a dispersal. The palace showcases wealth and taste with Empress and heir apparent suites, a notable children's nursery, and a Crown Prince study filled with arms and models, including a full ironclad warship model.
A collection of short items including a dentist's boast of precision, a New York rag picker’s $4700 savings, wages of a Montpelier school chief, and a clever San Francisco marriage aboard a steam tug. Diamond fields in East Africa, a Chicago boss’s reformulated quote, and a Warren County mica discovery add global color. Adirondack Murray’s Boston role and Amherst romance cap the menagerie of curiosities.
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