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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1892
Page
4
A humorous verse notes how laughter erupts despite effort to stay solemn. The speaker, H. C. Dodge, describes giggling at sermons, social mischief, and the contagious joy of laughter that lifts spirits and defeats gloom.
Hannah Gardner endures a bleak day as her old home is sold and torn down. She longs to revisit the hills and the well but finds the house transformed. She dies in Rose’s room at the new home, with neighbors and a pastor recalling her kindness and wish for rest in a home not made with hands.
Comparative statistics reveal a swift rise in electric railways with 250 lines, 2,024 miles of track, and 5,830 cars powered by 6,400 motors, serving 174,435 horsepower. The article notes major shares of equipment and costs by electric, horse, cable, and steam systems, plus details on overhead versus storage power.
Two elderly women born twins share perfect resemblance through life. Their weight voice and expressions are identical and even fathers husbands and children cannot tell them apart. They often swapped homes without detection, prompting reflections on nature and identity. St Paul Globe notes the curious case.
A child recounts loving both Auntie Grace and Auntie Bellet, describing Grace with gowns, train, songs, and Bellet as sweet and understanding. Grandpa teases with the question, and the child replies affectionately that they love them both the best. The verse ends with the author E. B. Tucker from Our Little Ones.
A little girl nicknamed Meddlesome Minnie pries into every closed box and drawer. Her mother assigns a short practice lesson and a festival surprise. Minnie ruins her pink sash with ammonia perfume and glue hair oil, ending with her curls cut off by her father. The tale, from Sallie V. DuBois, warns against prying and shows a hard lesson learned.
The piece argues that one must cultivate persistence and prepare during youth to influence later success. It warns that misfortune is common and unavoidable, but a noble, well-spent youth yields a hale old age as its afterglow. Continuous, often laborious effort leads to true success.
A boy saves five cents in a tin safe and dreams of travel to Niagara Falls. He notes five cents buys a mile and a half by rail, and that small savings accumulate toward a long journey. The tale, cited from Wide Awake, links thrift to health and adventure.
A lady recounts a pet pig that followed children into a house, inspected the switch by the fire, and delighted in naps on the rug. The pig knew the corn bin, tugged trousers to get fed, and avoided the switch when it was moved. A second vignette shows Leon misunderstood coins for fruit, and a third notes a soap and sulphur experiment illustrating child curiosity.
Practical guide from Ladies' Home Journal on selecting whalebone stays at thirty cents a yard, covering options for ready or uncovered stays, how to stitch to seams, and shaping with warm water. Tips include bone length to edge, fastening, warming before use, and special guidance for princess dresses and snug fits with button-hooks. Also cites quote from Rain's Hora.
The article explains pear tree leaf blisters caused by mites that live in leaf cavities and move to buds for winter. It notes propagation via buds and leaves, uneven tree impact, and suggests cutting affected twigs, severer pruning, and possible copper fungicide spraying to reduce mites. Cor. Orange Judd Farmer.
The article discusses milk fat impact on cheese yield and quality, cow teat trimming to reduce injuries, Lancaster County tobacco production, bark lice prevention with lye, milk aeration and air quality, California orange industry growth, cattle feeding practices for profitable stock, clover sod plus wood ashes for soil, late potato and cabbage grounds, and control of scale insects on thick leaved plants with brushing.
A reader outlines a method to keep bees in near continual bloom by moving hives through elevations in Nevada. Start at 200 feet for wintering, rise to 2 000 feet during early bloom, climb to 4 000 and then 6 000 feet as the season advances, and return to 2 000 feet for winter. This cycle aims to minimize stores consumption and maximize forage.
Rev. J B Saxe argues that Fort Scott's macadam streets and a nearby two mile government road show durable, low maintenance benefits. He notes rock quality matters, cites past mistakes with fine-grained material, and suggests using state prison labor to supply rock for road repairs.
A. D. Baker recommends oats and peas as a mid summer to early winter soiling crop to sustain pasture and butter yield. Sow peas on fresh land, harrow, then sow oats, cut when headed, and feed ears with early sweet corn. Maintain green feed by succession from clover to oats and peas to corn, store leftovers, and use a silo for dent corn to ensure winter milk. Breeders' Gazette.
An old handsaw is repurposed into three tools: a sod-axe, a strawberry-path cutter, and a strawberry pruner. The craftsman explains the pieces and uses, noting the pruner saves stooping and aids removing large weed roots in beds. Also included are figures on manure values per ton from various animals and rough daily/annual outputs.
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