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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1888
Page
1
A speaker laments a ruined happiness as wind roars and life feels empty. He reflects on wealth within a bare external world, a heart scarred by a false beloved, and a soul overwhelmed by despair. Martha M. Ross notes the sorrow in the Times-Democrat.
Thomas Stevens recounts a visit to Benares describing 1400 idol temples and 280 mosques, bustling ghats, burning bodies, sacred Ganges, and crowded streets. He notes red face paint, toe-to-tail idol worship, and colorful deities from Jagaddatri to Kamadeva, with monkeys at the monkey temple and a richly carved fakirs temple where gram is given to mendicants.
A party of Australian natives demonstrated boomerang throwing for German researchers in Munster. The large crescent-shaped wood instrument, about two feet long, was launched about 100 yards, flew straight then curved back, whizzing as it rotated. A projectile pierced a spectator's hat. a Weimar maker notes the key is unequal arm length and curvature, producing the distinctive motion.
Thomas Stevens notes in Outing how villages near Agra prize temples and god making. Some villagers invest in ornate painted deities, while poorer homes settle for simple two dollar soapstone idols. He observes affluence shapes religious display and the idea that the best goods are the cheapest in the end.
Beale, intimate friend of Grant, stands among refined Washington hosts. Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Wilson display a family card on Friday from G street. Washington McLean of The Cincinnati Enquirer stays sociable in old age. Mrs. Stanley Matthews and Mrs. Stockbridge show simple cards beside Mrs. Mahone’s bold notation in Carpenter's Washington Letter.
A dry goods store clerk known for efficiency claimed the business could not run without him. The senior partner summoned him to the private office and announced they would test the concern's survival in his absence while he remains healthy. The plan aims to gauge whether the firm can endure without the clerk.
Luke Sharp examines living on a shoestring in London, detailing fourpenny lodgings for single men, a communal pea soup feast, and the daily thefts and rough conditions. He notes upper room sleeping, shared kitchens, and the risk of losing a penny, with a teaser about traveling England with no money in a future piece.
Globe-Democrat Interview notes that few fighters have the nerve for bare knuckle combat. It argues that many trained boxers fear exposed fists more than gloves, especially Germans who tremble at the thought of a naked blow, though some have shown courage with gloves but falter without protection.
The piece extols Mexican women as loving wives and mothers using affectionate terms such as Precioza Adorado and Alma Mis. It notes the narrator’s wife's admiration for these women and recounts a scene of two young Mexicans, one a girl held captive by Indians nearly four years, who escape and return home only to face a grave ending.
The Hon. Ringbone Bivins of Kankakee arrives in Detroit to lecture before the Limekiln club on Has de World Advanced Fur Nuff. He faces heckling, refuses to proceed without apology, withdraws, and exits amid taunts while a scene unfolds with a coat ripped and his necktie gone, ending in comic street punishment.
General Morgan argues education should test practical action over mere knowledge. It questions if graduates can use eyes, judge, adapt, organize, and endure. If schooling builds disciplined thought, self reliance, and duty, one gains readiness for real life work and practical mastery.
A Louisville Courier Journal note describes a “Rainbow Luncheon” with a gas lit lunch room shaded by tinted globes. Guests enjoyed mandolin music, an Oriental touch, a rainbow arch over the window, and three color coordinated tables in yellow red and blue with matching menus, china, napkins, and crystal.
Bell telephone stock with a par value of 100 a share sells at 2090 and yields 15 percent in dividends while expected earnings reach about 80 percent. The biggest stake is held by the inventor and his wife, with Forbes of Boston as another major holder linked to the Burlington road.
Immense black stallion dies from a gunshot as old Stevie, a Big Horn mountains rancher, explains wild horses and their bands. He details stallions guarding mares, tactics to hunt them, and the wolves and wolfer bounty system entwined with frontier stock protection.
A Pittsburg mechanical engineer claims a novel movable dam can create a boating stage in shallow rivers at all seasons. The invention has been examined by veteran river men and deemed practicable. The inventor is two years old.
Laura asks about engagement and age with a playful arithmetic remark noting she is half his age, a line reflecting social humor and dialogue between lovers.
A Philadelphia Times summary explains balance sheets for those unfamiliar with accounting. It defines taking stock as valuing goods on hand at current market prices, outlines double entry ledgers and trial balances, and shows how gross gains or losses are derived from merchandise accounts, leading to the final balance sheet detailing assets, liabilities, and net gain or loss.
A grand ball at the British legation last night lit the great palace with a thousand gl windows. Victoria’s portrait overlooks the crowd and some say it blesses American guests. Sir Lionel Sackville West is popular in Washington society as he hosts and entertains generously.
While a U S mill remained shut for repairs workers painted a metal water conduit with benzine and asphaltum to guard against rust. The superintendent saw six employees in high spirits dancing and painting each other during the work and summoned more men to restore order as chaos erupted in the work area.
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