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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1899
Page
5
A critical note on the eight hours sleep rule cites the British Medical Journal claiming many great workers thrived with less sleep. It cites James Legge Brunel Lord Heathfield Humboldt and Max Muller as examples to show longevity can coexist with small sleep.
A Bloomingburg correspondent reports rat hunts in Ohio show cunning tactics by competing groups. In a local event 1 455 tails were counted with a winner's supper. One leader bought tails at Madison Mills, paying low rates that inflated his crowd’s total. Other offers were made but tails burned.
Leather coats come in sheepskin horsehide and dogskin varieties, with corduroy flannel and wool linings. Corduroy-lined coats are reversible, usually black sheepskin, russet horsehide and dogskin. Prices range five to eighteen dollars, used by truckers policemen hunters and lumbermen for warmth and mobility.
In a St Louis shoe store a large, elegant woman complains of her long feet. She recalls childhood taunts and shares how a neighbor joked that cows are glad to see her walking because their hide will never have to be cut for a shoe.
At royal jubilee events in Sweden and Norway a striking display drew interest as Koenissen’s female fire brigade of 150 young women aged 20 to 30, led by a married male commander, performed amid the festivities. The dispatch notes an accident query from a western Kansas division engineer aboard No 2 requesting guidance after a busted flue. Ostrich industry in South Africa grows from $300,000 to $5,000,000 in two decades.
A Marquette citizen recalls a humorous deer encounter while hunting. He had never shot a deer before and sat to rest, smoking a pipe. Startled by a buck approaching, he trembled, forgot the gun, and nearly yelled, later discovering he had bitten the pipe mouthpiece in two as the deer moved off.
An Atlantic observer recalls a 6000 strong audience in Paris reacting to The Marseillaise. The chorus leaders needed no notes, the hush was total as softer parts sung, then a burst of applause like a tropical storm. Demand for a repeat rang out.
The Outlook argues that a book’s printing plan cannot be learned in a essay or volume and stresses authors must consult experts. It cites a self publisher who ordered improper margins and misplaced illustrations, causing costly, defective results.
A writer surveys printers errors and mixed quotations with samples. The piece cites a public meeting report about a Ripon marriage reference and a missionary account in Central Africa describing cruelly misrepresented methods. Venezuela marble growth and effects on commerce are noted along with local broom exports.
A stylish veiled woman boards a commuter train and sits beside a well dressed young man. When she slumps down and her bag spills open a working girl’s jar breaks, staining his coat. He rants, passengers laugh, and she apologizes while cleaning the seat.
An Alaska Miner tale recounts a Klondike escapee’s tall claims of extreme cold and bizarre happenings. He describes candles freezing into strawberries, fires snuffed and thawed, frozen whisky causing colic, and cattle giving “fire cream” till death, plus diamonds as ice and smoke freezing in chimneys. The account blends humor and hyperbole about long winter darkness.
Historical note recounts introduction of Indian mongoose in Jamaica in 1872 to combat rats, yielding early savings but later causing widespread destruction of birds, poultry, crops, and livestock. The creature’s invasion led to ecological imbalance, more pests, and calls for restoration efforts as native species decline. Also mentions dogs in Nebraska wearing canvas shoes for hunting prairie chickens and quail, noting impact on dogs’ footing.
Porpoise leather footwear reportedly shrinks with wear yet remains practically waterproof and suited for winter boots and laces. In Australia, shop assistants work limited hours per week. Ballarat shops mostly close early in the week, with extended hours Fridays and Saturdays, while errand boys pre-dawn duties prep the stores.
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