Poem Excerpt by Ethel Leitner in Prank Leslie's Month
A short poem speaks of tears and suffering, contrasting tears shed on earth with those unshed. The piece imagines divine awareness of human agony and the bitterness of withheld grief.
18 Nov 1893
Page 1
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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1893
Page
1
A short poem speaks of tears and suffering, contrasting tears shed on earth with those unshed. The piece imagines divine awareness of human agony and the bitterness of withheld grief.
In a coastal English home Nancy Messinger reveals she loves Jim, who returns from India to confess his feelings. They resolve past misunderstandings, end their prior engagements, and plan a future together amid family life and a Rome festival note.
Winter roosts are built to have troughs or catch droppings to prevent weeks of accumulation under perches. This improves air quality at night and can reduce respiratory diseases in poultry. Proper cleanliness is essential and unclean housing proves unprofitable, per Independent.
The New York Times notes no practical milking apparatus exists or is usable at present. Attempts fail as the cow’s wider and delicate milk ducts cannot endure machine use. A silver milking tube may substitute for the human hand when milking is done by other means.
The Smithsonian and Geological Survey report rich Alabama alumina ore discoveries that may lower aluminum prices. Aluminum horse shoes are praised as superior to steel or iron, cast in bars then hammered to hardness, forming durable shoes that can be reset and last longer, potentially cheaper in the long run.
A Pennsylvania farmer explains to the National Stockman how he built a cheap cistern using multiple circular layers of dug earth and cement, topped with brick and sand. The design stores water, with an overflow pipe and an estimated output of about fifty barrels at seven and a half feet depth. Costs totaled about $2.43 plus masonry and cement, and the system has functioned for ten years with minor freezing damage.
Practical notes cover potato storage before vines die, honey granulation to improve color and sweetness, seed destruction to prevent premature growth, fall planting advantages, poultry care, hive sanitation, and everyday recipes like potato fritters stewed beets and orange layer cake with step by step ingredients and methods.
The article explains preserving grapes from Spain by air drying and in cork dust within barrels. It covers selective picking, spreading the fruit to sweat, trimming decayed berries, packing with cork dust and dust, sealing barrels, and storing in cool places in New York. It also notes native grapes can be kept similarly and warns against overripe fruit and compact bunches.
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