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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1880
Page
4
A travelogue notes the swift, simple Indian ink methods of Japanese screen painters. A tester asked for grapes and watched a thumb dipped in ink create a shaded, livelike bunch with leaves and stalks. Other humorous sketches exaggerate the artists’ transcendent genius and vitality of their subjects.
The text argues that appetite and hunger are separate drives, with appetite driven by habit and taste while hunger signals the body's overall need for food. It warns that feeding by appetite can lead to unhealthy lifestyles, excess intake, and a loss of regimentation, suggesting hunger should guide feeding.
A marble mantel at the Cincinnati Exhibition displays a natural portrait of a woman formed in the onyx grain. The feature appeared when a pilaster was turned upside down by a workman, revealing a graceful, carved-like figure whose arms rise above the head in a Caryatid pose. The reversed pilaster now serves as the mantel’s chief ornament.
The article compares the Mexican persimmon to crape myrtle in size and habit, notes its small dark leaves and smooth almost black fruit, and explains its seeds are smaller and pulp sweet. Readers in Texas reportedly value it, though no cultivation or improvement efforts have occurred. It grows on rocky soils near mountain bases.
A writer notes the uncertain domestication date of fowls and their widespread presence from Aristotle’s era to the New Testament. Domestic birds flourish in temperate zones but thin out in the north, with early Pacific island distribution shown by Captain Cook’s voyages, suggesting natural dispersion rather than early European introductions.
Experts expect a sizable drop in high grade cattle stocks after this year’s shipments while inferior stock may not show a large deficiency. Prices for cattle sheep and swine likely to rise due to a surge in immigrants as buyers and greater needs in Britain Ireland after recent losses.
Autumn is best to cleanse fruit trees and plants from scales and insects. Use strong soapsuds of whale oil soap with a stiff brush and cover trunks branches and all areas where scales appear for effective control.
The text advises delaying harvest until corn grains glaze to avoid fodder deterioration. It suggests topping the corn to save the best fodder, notes labor costs may exceed output, and emphasizes economy in small farm tasks as generally profitable.
A sharp kitchen pie raid by a lone boy ends with him hiding under a bed and faking sleep as his parents return. The tale contrasts the boy's cunning with the irate father’s reaction while hinting the youngster will grow into a ward caucus manager and future senator.
A wife who had lectured her intoxicated husband grew irate at his indifference and cried out in fury about wringing tears from his eyes. She taunts him as he coughs and asserts it is no use crying for water in their tense moment.
A witty musing contrasts a man who brags about shared youth with a woman who would counter with her own revealing stories. The piece explores dating norms and the sting of unequal reminiscence in social courtship.
A humorous remark about a clerical friend with a rubicund face. The speaker notes the friend does not drink, yet jokes that he may sleep in a bed with very red curtains implying homely vanity. The line exposes quirky social banter within a local circle.
A bereaved mother consoles her six year old son as they discuss the baby who has died. The child asks if the baby is an angel with white wings and fleas, linking imagery from a picture book to their sorrow.
A Denver deacon slips and asks a man ignoring the contribution box "Are you going to chip?" The congregation shares a private smile as the clergyman feigns innocence, turning a small moment into light churchroom humor.
A dog frequently worries a cat while a man, deemed nobler, worries himself. The line contrasts animal instinct with human self-concern.
Domestic culinary note presents ambrosial pancakes using eggs milk flour and apples with butter and sugar. It then contrasts tastier veal cutlets served with a cabbage and tomato conserva mix and fried in oil, offering a rich step by step preparation and serving suggestion.
The text promotes oatmeal for brain and muscle fuel, outlining how to prepare eight ounces whisked into two quarts boiling water with salt, served hot with milk or syrup. It also describes a brown onion meat gravy to accompany hot meals, suggesting serving over rice or toast for a savory start.
Instructions detail rinsing soap after washing, avoiding soap residue at table for sanitation. Recipe uses seven pounds of tallow, three pounds of rosin, two pounds potash, six gallons water, boil three to five hours, set overnight, sun dry two to three days. A family of four can use this soap for a year.
A cor respondent reports that with sixteen hens he averages thirteen eggs daily. He fed cayenne pepper on alternating days mixed with soft food and divided it evenly among hens. Omitting pepper reduced daily eggs by five to six. The correspondent believes moderate pepper use increases egg output and helps ward off diseases.
Souk two cups dried apples soaked overnight drained and chopped. Add one cup molasses and boil slowly three to four hours until thickened. Cool then mix one and a half cups brown sugar one cup sour milk one teaspoon cloves allspice and cinnamon one teaspoon soda three eggs and three and a half cups flour. Bake in two square tins or one large five quart basin. If baked in the latter bake slowly two and a half hours. Keeps six months.
A home method shows how to prepare lemon syrup cheaply. Boil one pound Havana sugar in water to a quart, clarify with an egg white, strain, and add a quarter ounce of citric acid. Adjust sourness after two or three days and finish with a few drops of lemon oil.
Boil rice until soft and white then form into cakes. Dip in beaten egg and coat with Indian meat. Fry in bacon fat. Serve with sauce or with butter or with cream and sugar.
Wash half a pint of pearl bakeey, cook with three pints of milk and sugar, add nutmeg, swell then add four eggs and boil in a basin for an hour. Serve with black cherry or turnip root saucer.
One quart of milk, five eggs, five tablespoons flour. Boil milk, reserve enough to wet flour, stir in hot flour, cool, then beat in eggs reserving two whites. Bake half an hour. When cool, spread icing made from beaten whites and powdered sugar.
A fragmentic kitchen note describes a potter’s recipe mixing sixteen pounds of nice wine, sixteen pounds of sugar, and a quart of vinegar boiled until thick. It instructs adding two large spoonfuls of cinnamon, one of ground mace, and a teaspoonful of cloves or allspice near the end.
Wash Irish moss and soak in two cups boiling water for two hours near simmer. Strain and squeeze in the juice of one lemon. Sweeten to taste.
Prof Henry Draper argues that Jupiter could still be hot enough to emit light. In Sweden nearly two thousand school gardens have been established as instruments of useful scientific education.
A Galveston man reports a northern Texas friend thriving by a curious business. He bought Mexican donkeys for three dollars each in San Antonio then moved them to his rancho and earns twenty seven dollars per head. He also nets thirty dollars per donkey when trains run them over, as the railroad company pays.
A collection of concise maxims noting quirks in language medicine and behavior. Each line offers a witty observation on common assumptions such as second-hand watches, medical bleeding, steam power, and human prudence.
A small boy with a dinner pail is stopped by a generous man who asks about his destination and work. The boy answers that he goes to school to wait for it to end rather than to learn reading writing or counting. The anecdote recalls a quiet rural scene.
In a letter the Tribune argues against praising patent medicines while endorsing Hop Bitters as a worthy remedy. The writer says Bitters performed well in Bay City’s climate and lived up to its claimed benefits.
At a dinner party Quin is asked for his opinion on a peculiarly attractive pudding. A guest helps himself to a large portion, and the host pushes the dish toward Quin inviting him to taste. Quin ponders aloud asking which plate holds the pudding.
Angelina breaks silence and asks Theodore about army worms advancing rapidly, a strange question that shocks him. She downplays it with a coy reply as she toys with her fan, noting that newspapers claim the pests eat all green growth wherever they go.
A German traveller departs a train and orders a beefsteak at a restaurant. The waiter explains a steak needs twenty minutes to cook, while the train waits ten. The traveller quips to serve half a beefsteak instead.
A court scene unfolds with an attorney insisting the testimony is irrelevant while a voluble old lady on the witness stand continues speaking. She wraps up by asserting the matter is not irreverent and that it is her point regardless of objections.
A man named Braiig rests on a sofa brushing away flies from his waistcoat while ignoring those on his face and jokes about fasting. A Dutchman who married soon after his first wife’s funeral endures a two hour serenade of disapproval and responds with a contrite plea about the noise during a funeral.
A brief ad claims Dobbins' Electric soap by Cragin & Co. of Philadelphia is the most popular choice because it is pure, uniform, and honest. Grocery delivery urged to switch and try it immediately.
A witty rescuer saved a rich elderly man from a millpond and refused a small bounty. He returned twenty-one cents of a twenty-five cent offer, saying the act was not worth more and pocketing four cents as the exchange closed.
An exchange discusses a so called recipe for preserving hair with someone questioning the value and likening it to eatable preserves. The speaker doubts any man would relish such a concoction and scoffs at the notion of a preserved hair delicacy.
A gentleman reports overhearing a boy threaten to drop a baby from a carriage to provoke its mother into care while he tackles another boy named Johnny Bracer. The fragment suggests a troubling scene with potential harm to a child.
A reported harsh address by Queen Victoria left Parliament in disarray. A separate case notes a young man seeking divorce after his deaf wife regains speech and hearing, alleging the marriage as a swindle.
Advertises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a remedy that prevents coughing during the season’s entertainments. Priced at 25 cents a bottle.
An ad claims the liver regulator cures chronic headaches linked to liver and stomach issues. It urges large preemptive doses at first symptoms and shares a testimonial from W. W. Wirmer of Des Moines Iowa praising its effect on a serious headache caused by constipation.
A description from Les Mondes outlines making fire resistant, water resistant paper by mixing one third ground asbestos fibre with two thirds paper paste in a solution of alum and salt. The sheet is processed in a machine, dipped in dissolved zinc oxide, finished, and cut into sheets. The article notes potential applications and invites experiments by inventors.
The method uses castor oil mixed with absolute alcohol to moisten drawing paper, neutralizing to create a transparent surface for crayon or India ink. After completing the drawing, immersion in absolute alcohol removes the oil and returns the paper to opacity, with the alcohol reusable for future solutions.
Chronicle urges readers to abandon wasteful luxuries and costly quack medicines. It promotes Hop Bitters as a simple remedy for better health and savings, encouraging practical living over extravagance.
The text describes welding cast steel at a high temperature using a flux with 4.5 parts boric acid 35 parts salt 155 to 226 parts ferrocyanide of potassium 7.6 parts colophonium and 3 to 5 parts dry carbonate of soda. Boric acid fluidizes the iron surface while ferrocyanide restores carbon and nitrogen lost during heating.
Ammonia valuable to farming and the arts is made by uniting hydrogen with atmospheric nitrogen in special apparatus using electricity. The method’s economic viability remains to be demonstrated.
The Board of Health approves using railroad style flags and lanterns at 80 rods to test older employees who fail full optical exams. Of 1,085 examined, 56 did not meet requirements. The piece ends with a quoted verse about CARBOLINE.
English mortality data show more women reaching old ages than men over thirty years. Men suffer more from lung heart and kidney diseases now rising in England. Dr Carter notes total darkness under the sea dulls the eyes of deep sea inhabitants, making them rudimentary. They rely on long feelers to navigate, like a blind person with a stick.
The Vegetine remedy has achieved marked success as a purifier for the blood and system, with many users reporting immediate relief and notable cures.
The Russian Government plans a man of war voyage to hydrographically survey the Japanese seas and the Sea of Okhotsk. The Geographical Society of St. Petersburg is invited to send a representative, with Professor Amantevitch likely chosen for his knowledge of Japanese and Siberian coastal dialects.
A young New York woman who is partly deaf consistently says yes when a gentleman speaks to her to avoid the risk of missing a proposal. The habit stems from her hearing impairment and social awkwardness.
Letter from Rev Isaac N Augustin of Buffalo New York praising Dr Pierce’s Discovery for a daughter aged 18 with tuberculosis who was deemed incurable, saying she began improving after taking the product last fall and is now well and strong.
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