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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1892
Page
7
A Mexican man Juan Lopez cared for a four year old mountain lion as a pet near Silver City New Mexico. The lion, once tame, killed Lopez's wife after a dispute over it staying in the house. Lopez then killed himself, left insane and confined. Cor. Chicago Tribune.
A quotation from C. B. Montgomery cites studies alleging theater air is among the worst for patrons, worse than mines and prisons, due to crowding and fumes. The piece argues managers must improve ventilation despite limited immediate effects, noting mill air is even more impure but exposure differs.
The New York Advertiser notes water pipes styled after the Turkish chibouk are growing in favor for home lounging. Smoke passes through water and glass, cooling and supposedly removing nicotine, with cigars also usable. A recently used pipe shows a large nicotine deposit on the water bowl glass, cited as proof of utility.
A St Louis Globe Democrat warning notes that tightly laced shoes and gaiters constrict blood flow, weaken foot muscles, and can cause sprains. Chronic wearers may see shrinking ankles and reduced power, risking injury from weak, enfeebled feet.
A Shanghai customs inspector reports 8 061 foreigners in China, listing 11 Chinese residents, 1 158 US citizens, 817 British, 648 Germans, 580 French, 41 Dutch, 81 Danish, 304 Japanese, 2 Brazilians, and other nationalities. The data show about 8,000 foreigners total, with roughly three times as many Britons as Americans.
A New York article notes that in this country a formal declaration of war requires a bill passed by both houses of Congress and approval by the president, while other nations may begin hostilities without such parliamentary action. The piece discusses the legal framework governing war starts.
In autumn 1862 Robert Chambers delivered a letter to Emerson, inviting the speaker to spend a day with him in Concord. The description portrays Emerson as a contented sage with placid features, who guides the visitor through Concord, showcasing his War of Independence era homestead and New England orchard. An exchange ends with a brief silence and a sharp exchange after a heated moment.
Article summarizes late experiments in England measuring adhesive force of limpets on rocks with random specimens. Details include shell size averages, detachment pressures per square inch, and noted extreme values, citing Parson's Weekly. Also described is a vegetable fly trap plant from government gardens that kills by closing leaves after attracting insects with honeylike exudate, then reopens.
An item reports a pneumatic air blast in sawmills to wash dust away, admitting air to the saw hopper so it impinges on the saw sides and teeth. A New York Times note highlights the technique's effectiveness in reducing dust emission. The piece also includes a light exchange from Field's Washington about Amanias and Sapphira and a humorous historical reference.
The oldest New Yorker is likely Eli Gray of Roxbury now 109, living on the Delhi county poor farm. Born in 1783 in Connecticut, he recalls working for Jay Gould's father on Roxbury area farms over sixty years ago. Charles Lamb loved London and wandered its streets, saying life would be worthless without the city.
From Maryland comes a curious remedy for chills and fever. Take the skin from the inside of an eggshell, go to a young persimmon tree three days in succession and tie a knot in the skin each day. An Irish editor unable to obtain enough news announced they must leave several columns blank due to unusual pressure of matter.
A New York Recorder tale recounts a weary salesman and a witty Irish lady testing four fabric styles. The lady asks for samples for a sick friend, provoking the shopkeeper to remark that this country sends for samples rather than doctors.
A snake grabs a frog by the hind leg or midbody and maneuvers to head first swallow. It drags the prey over its elastic skull and jaw, stretching widely so teeth grip then release as it draws the frog into the esophagus. Digestion proceeds quickly, and the frog may remain alive briefly during and after swallowing per the Quarterly Review.
The article recounts the Iron Crown of Lombardy, a gold crown with an iron inner ring said to derive from Jesus nails. It traces its history from the Lombard king Agilulf in 591 through Charlemagne and French emperors to Napoleon in Milan, its capture by Austrians, and return to Italy, noting its claimed lack of rust after nearly two millennia.
Dr. Lewis G. Jones argues in Popular Science Monthly that all expansion and integration of society arise from voluntary action of individuals. Reformers should influence motives and morals rather than force social changes through laws or mass campaigns, as political action often fails to solve social problems.
A Paris taxi error shows a cabman misread English literature when asked to reach Rue Milton. The driver dropped the passenger in Rue Byron at the far city end, then returned to Rue Milton after a sharp rebuke about a poet’s misstep. The exchange highlights cabhumor and literary confusion.
An elderly English parish clerk resents the rector’s modern reform urging all in the pews to join the responses. He quips that soon there will be no work left for the church clerk and complains about women and children taking words from a man’s mouth.
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