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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1892
Page
6
The piece recalls youth in Lanark through a nostalgic poem by Howard N. Puller. It laments changes over years, honors a mother and father, and cherishes boyhood places such as river, island cove, Knolls, and the red paper mill. The tone is elegiac and reflective.
A young cashier at First National Bank of Scottsville recounts his ascent from trusted employee to a near temptation to embezzle. He recalls honest beginnings, rapid salary growth, and a sudden intruding voice urging theft for wealth. He notes that true ruin comes from yielding to gradual temptation.
A narrator recounts plotting to steal vast bank funds, detailing the September scheme, timed bank entry, and planned flight. A sudden encounter with a generous president and a remorseful tramp spark moral conflict, culminating in a moral turn toward honesty as a woman offers two thousand dollars and trust.
A cashier recounts a near-tempting heist at a bank as two businessmen discuss aPhiladelphia clerk who stole thirty thousand dollars and faced disgrace. The narrator resists theft, returns the money before opening hours, and earns praise from bank officials, proving himself trustworthy and steadfast amid temptation.
A biographer notes Kant kept two morning hours free from interruption and breakfast alone, worked through the day, dined with guests, and avoided philosophy at meals. He sought diverse conversation to rest the mind, and slept in quiet to calm the brain. This steady regime, rare among thinkers, underpinned his influential life and work.
In a fable from the St Louis Dispatch, a rich man’s flyer derides a poor man’s humble plug and tail, urging remodeling. The plug responds that though his tail is unfashionable it is made by the Creator, noting there have never been police reports about him or his driver.
A Philadelphia Times quip on gender and power cites a line from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew where a woman favors a masterful, slightly feared partner. The New England Grocer notes a reader letter about a $1.50 eggs bill, paid on Friday with a complaint about clerk barking.
A compendium of curious items from 1893 including a Turkish tale of narcotic danger from poppy fields, a German ladies strike over regimental dances, Paris hot water fountains, a Kensal Green urn vault for forty two urns, Captain Tower’s Tibet crossing and the world’s highest lake, English dressmaking woes, Siam's planned paper money issue, and a brief note on the tea trade tracing its travel from 780 A D to English importation in 1678 with tea once a court luxury priced high.
A Hammerfest correspondent describes a perilous Arctic chase as six wolves stalk a party on sleds crossing a frozen stream. Fire from rifles and a four barrel Lancaster pistol buys moments of defense before a collision spills riders and deer, leaving the party scrambling under extreme danger.
A sled team recounts a brutal encounter with arctic wolves. Officers fire with smokeless powder as Lieut Kjornsten shields Miss Cory and Mrs Wilson. The narrator kills eighteen wolves before injury, others fall, two guides and three deer lost, six wolf heads will be brought home as trophies.
A compact survey notes Djerba and Nabent as leading Tunisian potteries with Nabent praised for fine wares and reproducing ancient Phoenician Roman and Berber designs for domestic use while mentioning Naples as a source of red enameled pottery and tiles for homes.
A poem from Good Roads laments rural travel hardships. It contrasts muddy lanes, decayed fences, and broken buggies with the lure of town life. The speaker urges immediate reform to build surface roads or underground channels to ease travel for farmers and youth.
A guide from American Agriculturist on proper fence post bracing. Corner posts should be planted at least four feet deep with a larger lower end. Tamp earth thoroughly, use horizontally aligned braces, and avoid bracing until the ground has absorbed water for a secure hold.
A farmer column advises using lighter steel horse shoes for longer wear and lower first cost. It emphasizes clean asparagus beds after frost, proper manure incorporation, and avoiding grass robbing in orchards without fertilizer. It notes gradual diet changes for cattle and gradual growth in young stock, plus enfin a dairy farmer’s daily grind and slim profits.
Practical advice on building a dry pig pen using a raised pole floor. Lay strong poles set above ground, place a litter of straw and leaves atop, and add more daily. The packed litter creates a dry, well-insulated pen as rain drains through the gaps.
A writer urges farmers to keep sheep for weed control and profits. Sheep clean fields of seeds and weeds, require less fencing, and provide strong returns through meat wool and manure. The author shares a small breeder example with a two dollar ewe producing lambs and profit, noting care remains essential.
The article advises farmers to repair and tighten farm buildings before extreme cold arrives. It stresses fixing leaks, battening cracks, and using steel nails to keep structures warm and efficient. Keep ventilation appropriate, provide racks and manger feeding, separate stock enclosures, and ensure a steady water supply.
A described spring trap uses a 16 inch bottom, 12 inch sides, and a 2 inch foot rest. It features two 16 to 18 inch standards, a hardwood round pivot with a coiling spring, a wooden or iron fork to grasp game, and seasoned hickory bait attachment. Spikes beneath the fork ensure a secure hold when sprung.
Earthenware vessels break in winter when left with water overnight. Use tight wooden troughs tarred at the bottom, kept clean to avoid slime. Change clean water frequently to prevent disease spread among fowls. In England the air space rule is four cubic feet per 100 pounds, a better than none guideline for keeping animals less crowded.
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