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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
2
A compact collection of maxims and quips, noting the value of books, cautioning against excess, and reflecting on travel, diplomacy, and road progress. It mentions mules in the Transvaal and forecasts about road improvements tied to automobiles and storage batteries.
Leopold Gmelin, former instructor in Karls ruhe and Munich, editor of Kunst und Handwerk, writes that the American architectural scene after the decade change has sparked a complete revolution in German professional circles about the status of architecture in America.
The Jains of India and Buddhists reject Brah manical rites that destroy life. They practice strict noninjury as vegetarians and even avoid harming plants. A rajah notes effort to spare plants and leaves, while a gardener once taught replanting pulled weeds to prevent pain.
Sig Marconi pursues Atlantic wireless trials while negotiating with the Italian admiralty in Rome. Early experiments prove feasibility but show limited reliability for critical operations such as train timing, military coordination, or sole naval use, with secrecy concerns deemed similar to ordinary telegraph risks.
Poetic reflection from Ladies Home Journal about longing for Leisurely Lane a forgotten peaceful place. contrasts with modern rush and golden memory of Sunday strolls, lamplight, birds, and a distant song.
A San Francisco Call extract recounts a voyage near Nanaimo where a giant octopus attacked a sunfish, its color changing rapidly, and its enormous tentacles dragging prey below. The account cites Banks, Solander, Pliny, and Captain Cook, noting the creature’s fearsome beak and blackened water as it feeds.
A brief note on the remarkable partialities observed in certain animals, highlighting how individual preferences shape behavior and interaction in the wild. The passage hints at curiosity and attachment as notable traits in natural history studies.
A Philadelphia Times tale describes a raven outsmarting a mother hare by misdirection to steal a young hare. Ravens also steal dog food after provoking the dog to chase them. A traveling gentleman hears a raven cry fair play and rescues a captive raven, learning it had been taught the phrase.
Pittsburg dispatch reports Major Robert H. White refused his $2,000 yearly retired pay citing conscientious scruples. He left Pittsburg for New York hoping to sail to South America, saying he would travel for health and pleasure the rest of the year. White had earned extra money speculating at various posts including Presidio San Francisco, and friends say he now has ample funds.
Dipping any colored silk in strong salt and water before washing preserves color brightness and prevents colors from running.
Davie ignores chores until a doctor warns him to break his lazy bone to become useful. A nurse like Katy learns caution as a child tastes dangerous substances and nearly poisons herself, a tale warning children against meddling with unknown items.
A reminiscence tells of Katy a neglected orphan girl who followed her benefactors. After being locked away to keep her home, Katy climbs into a barrel of soft soap and is found daubed and dirty, prompting reflections on child curiosity and safety.
Nellie builds a doll house from a packing box with a pantry kitchen and glass windows. A mouse in the pantry crumbs the shelves and dolls panic until Ned's cat Purina chases and captures the mouse. Arabella consoles that their dolls endured battle scars in war times.
A Queensland exhibit entry in London will feature a double iron fountain with quicksilver flowing continuously between two basins. Mercury will cycle from the upper bowl to the lower through channels, then return via a glass lined pipe to a reservoir and be lifted back to the top. The system will hold about two tons of mercury with eighty feet of return piping and a two foot delivery line, raising roughly one ton per hour. Ordinary flatirons will float in the lower basin to illustrate mercury’s density, which supports iron as water supports wood.
In northern India sheep are used as pack animals on steep Himalayan trails. Each sheep carries sixteen to twenty pounds of grain in a small back bag while the farmer shears wool in each town to sell. The flock is driven from village to village with wool growing.
A Boston Herald reflection notes that taking action to aid someone while alive is more meaningful than arranging benefits after death. It stresses practical support over relying on future bequests.
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