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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1890
Page
11
A lonely shore girl Annette befriends a mermaid queen and takes a golden girdle to live beneath the sea. She gains a coral palace and subjects but discovers a deadly sea serpent and distressing shipwreck victims. Overwhelmed by sorrow she returns to the surface and dies in the old man’s boat, ending her underwater dream.
Senor Cooper recounts a poker tale aboard a steamer to Europe where a sharp attempted to cheat a renowned lawyer. The lawyer, holding four aces, loses patience as the gambler secretly glues a sixth card to the fifth, risking forfeiture. The trick is exposed and the lawyer exposes the cheat.
Civil engineer M Cassagnes demonstrates a steno telegraph system sending speeches over a two and a half mile wire at high speeds. He claims 25 000 words per hour from Paris to Brussels and 18 000 to Lyons with the device producing shorthand coded signals to a telegraphic pen. The setup uses a cyboar wheel and manifold signs connected to the pen to transcribe into ordinary text. The Paris Brussels test and the Parliamentary reports impressed observers and Ga congratulated the inventor.
A religious address urges parents to start training infants in faith from birth, teaching love and divine will, kneeling in prayer, and consistent home example. It argues conversion is unnecessary, warns against fear-based methods, and stresses parental influence as foundational to a child’s spiritual health and life direction.
In the mountains near Asheville a reputed thief-catcher named Abraham Durbill used charms to locate thieves and protect horses. He reportedly aided thieves, faced backlash from furious horse owners, and was found hanged with the body of thief Port Stacy.
California may cultivate cork oaks as a new industry. Existing cork forests range 3.3 to 3.5 million acres, about half belonging to France. Cork oak wood is heavy and warps in seasoning, but inner bark yields tannin. California climate and soil suit cork production, trees already growing for several years and yielding good quality cork.
Syracuse August 2 engagement announced between Miss Winnie Davis and Alfred Wilkinsonson, grandson of Rev Samuel J May, described as the crowning act of the Rebellion. The piece traces the Jerry Rescue led by May and Gerrit Smith, its abolitionist impact, and notes the marriage will symbolize reconciled North and South.
Captain Temple reports from the Patiala Mint where coinage is produced in a courtyard workshop. Silver bars are melted in small furnaces, cast into short ingots, rolled into disks, weighed by hand, and stamped with oversized dies. The makers aim to imprint the reigning chief’s mark, not precise minting.
A humorous fragment shows wife and Mrs. Cumso debating housekeeping and appearance. The husband jokes about buying new clothes after death. Mrs. Cumso comments on a hair style, likening it to a reflection in the mirror.
A lighthearted exchange reveals a husband's generosity as he smoked one birthday cigar and gave away the rest. The anecdote highlights his considerate habit and the hostess's amused recollection.
EB. W. SHOPPELL presents a detailed house design with dimensions 68 feet 6 inches by 62 feet 2 inches, seven foot cellar, veranda, and white pine interiors. The plan includes marble bathroom tiles, oak trim, and a 5000 dollar estimated cost based on New York prices, with feasible modifications noted.
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