27 Feb 1856
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Newspaper
Peru Weekly News
Location
Peru, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1856
Page
1
A poetic original feature from the Peru Weekly News includes pieces titled THE DEPARTED and THE MOTHER S FAREWELL. The verses reflect themes of life, death, and home, with religious and reminiscence motifs and allusions to Noah and warded journeys.
An American notes Paris fuel scarcity with shops lining streets. Shelves resemble shoe stores, holding finger sized wood bundles sold for two to six sous. Larger sticks bundle similarly, charcoal and hard coal costly by weight. even small quantities pricey.
The New Jersey Geological Report warns rapid coastline encroachment along the Atlantic. Cape Island surf has eaten inwards a mile since the Revolution while Cape May Bay Shore marshes retreat at a rod every two years. Observers note higher tides on eastern uplands and shore settlement at about two feet per century. Eye Island near Maurice River Cove shrinks from 300 acres in 1694 to a fraction of an acre, submerged at high water.
The article presents a table of eight years of thermometric observations by Dr Daniel Drake of Cincinnati. It shows mean annual values around 54 to 58 degrees and an average of about 54.14 degrees, concluding the local climate has not changed significantly when compared with recent records. The note cites a Patent Office report indicating Cincinnati's mean annual range near 38.? degrees over eighteen years.
An article describes painting with milk as a substitute for oil paint to reduce illness from fumes. It lists ingredients such as skimmed milk lime powder and casein and notes the mixture should be creamy and not sour. The method includes careful mixing and gentle incorporation of Spanish white.
A nineteenth century guide outlines simple methods to mix colors for house, sign, portrait and landscape painting. It lists numerous blends such as Gray from white lead and lampblack and Brick from yellow ochre and red lead, with notes on distemper versus oil preparation and safety concerns for pigments like realgar.
Senate tables Sumner resolutions from Massachusetts denouncing the Fugitive Slave Law and urging presidential action to defend Kansas sovereignty. It also votes to have the Post Offices Committee study issuing international postal orders to move small sums abroad for cross border payments.
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