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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1897
Page
7
In the odd corner of life a curious tableau is described with a battle scene etched on a tomb. The note highlights a white horse of Berkshire and a salt incrusted lake setting as part of the peculiar elements.
A storm tale recounts Grace Darling guiding a boat to save shipwreck survivors as Amanda M. Redwood is credited for the verse. The maiden defies danger, aided by an angel figure, computes a heroism that brings fame and lasting renown, with England’s poets praising her deeds.
A newly found wall painting in an Egyptian tomb dated earlier than known battles shows Egyptians with early battleaxes fighting the Sati of southern Syria. The mural depicts archer Sati, slain and captive figures, and Bedouin allies scaling walls to plunder, defeated by Sati women inside a fort.
The fresco shows Bedouin stabbed and tripped by Sati women who rout them. The Sati chief tears his hair at news of his people's defeat. A Bedouin man attempting to enter the chief is killed by a woman. At the base two Egyptians mine under the wall near listening Sati men.
In a Mahratta versus Mogul battle a state elephant holds the standard as its mahout dies. The animal stands three days until the mahout’s son arrives and leads the elephant away. The tale contrasts with Roentgen ray findings at Berlin showing X rays reveal heart function, valve deterioration and organ relationships aiding early disease diagnosis.
In Western Australia water scarcity haunts gold districts as rainwater reserves and artesian bores fail to ease the drought. Black Flag lake appears salt crusted and desolate with a distant road crossing the salt flat and a horse and vehicle near central rocks.
The White Horse of Berkshire is a vast hill figure 170 yards long carved into a hillside. From afar it resembles chalk lines, but the outlines are deep ditches kept clear of grass by locals. Its eye spans four feet and the ear measures fifteen yards, visible from sixteen miles away.
Professor Ehrenberg used sand samples from stations along railway lines to trace the source of sand found in a hollowed silver coin barrel. By examining the sand under a microscope he identified the originating station and then named the offender among the few on duty there.
The Lattice leaf plant is a Madagascar native. It is extraordinary because its leaves show only ribs and veinings like skeletons, with no interstitial tissue. This aquatic plant appears delicate and graceful as it floats on water.
The University of Pennsylvania has dedicated a new observatory on a hill west of Philadelphia. Donor Reese Wall Flower provided the site, and Prof. Charles S. Doolittle led the project to create one of the nation's finest astronomical facilities. The complex features an eighteen inch equatorial telescope, a meridian circle, a universal transit, a sidereal clock, and a chromograph. Dr. Simon Newcomb delivered the address on astronomy's problems, praising the institution's prospects and aiming to advance scientific knowledge.
A recent Engineering issue from London compiles the year’s shipwrecks, detailing vessels that went to the bottom and providing a fascinating record for mariners and researchers alike.
The article explains Devant's side show act the Spirit Wife a clever illusion using a plate glass screen Miss Marion Melville plays the spirit on a couch hidden under stage. An electric light creates a ghostly reflection as Devant appears to communicate with a phantom wife.
The article describes Brashear’s precision lensmaking in Allegheny and his giant flat telescope exhibited at the 1893 World's Fair. It notes the instrument’s six story masonry pier, the included eyepieces, spectroscope, and transit tools, plus the expert praise for its accuracy and outline.
At a Paris Academy of Sciences meeting Monsieur Ollier demonstrated that Roentgen rays allow watching bone growth after surgeries and locating diseased bone parts. They enable removal without limb amputation though require careful use. Seguy and Quenisset warned prolonged exposure can cause violent irregular heart palpitations.
The article describes bridesmaids carrying crooks or pompadour sticks in summer weddings, with ensembles of white satin and muslin, black trimmed hats, blue moire trimming, and bouquets of roses or forget me nots. It notes varied color schemes and ornate accessories in British fashion plates.
The world s longest turntable at East Albany was finished for the New York Central. It supports locomotives and long private cars and measures 684 feet with 431 yards of center concrete. A 14 year old boy proved its precision by moving a heavy locomotive easily. In Chicago a hospital treats injured birds.
Mrs. Sally Baker born June 9 1799 in Kingston is Marshfield’s oldest resident at 98. She married Capt Otis Baker in 1819 and settled on a long Neck road farm once near Daniel Webster’s estate. She recalls Websters and says his voice could be heard a mile away.
A South African cow at Waterfall Farm near Johannesburg has horns measuring 6 feet 6 inches tip to tip. Owner A. S. Gibson says the growth is unprecedented for a cow, with Dutch farmers calling the horns absolutely unique. The calm bovine is shown beside a normal horned animal to emphasize the dramatic contrast in the photograph.
An American painter and a renowned English critic observe a sunlit old chalet. The critic admires its beauty while the American sees poverty and decay, fearing misery rather than aesthetic poetry.
A winter event on Iceland's southern seacoast near Skei darar Sands produced a groaning glacier sound and masses of ice shooting skyward. A flood of ice followed, creating a belt of ice waves stretching 25 miles from glacier to sea. Cause unknown but linked in Nature to last summer's earthquakes.
Dr C H Merriam describes a tiny high altitude rabbit found at 10000 feet on Popocatepetl near Mexico City. The creature walks on all fours, lacks a tail, has short ears, and sustains itself on grass below the snow line and volcanic sand.
Croquet is again spreading across England with higher participation than last season and major matches scheduled almost daily over the next two months, signaling a renewed interest in the sport.
Col Schulz owns Leo a great Dane billed as the champion wrestling dog of the world. In a New York stage bout Leo grapples a trained wrestler, the two rounds end with the man and dog evenly matched before Leo gains the final edge as the curtain falls.
The beehive shaped gola at Bankipore Bengal built by the British in 1786 as a granary looms unused. Intended to store grain in plenty for later scarcity the project was abandoned as unworkable. Naples plans a direct railroad link to Mount Vesuvius tying into the existing cable line to the crater.
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