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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1885
Page
4
The piece reflects on clocks as companions, recalling childhood and time’s passage. It ponders age, memory, and effort, citing Professor W. W. Bailey and other scientific notes on glass, temperature, and energy, ending with homey recipes for meals and desserts.
An Iowa farmer traveling to Chicago outlines a plan to electrify barbwire fences to deter hired men from sitting on them. He claims a ten-horsepower electric battery would shock adaptively, making fences more visible and forcing workers to hurry back to work, a concept pitched to county leaders.
A reflective essay contrasts modern sugar abundance with the abject lack of sweeteners in the middle ages. It notes sugar’s transformation of daily life from tea and jam to puddings and confections, referencing ancient figures and the limited use of honey. The piece laments the absence of chocolate and toffee in ancient childhoods.
The Palestine correspondent for The New Orleans Times-Democrat describes the Pools of Solomon fed by the Sealed Fountain. He notes the vast tank system with three pools stacked in height, the largest capable of afloat ships like the Great Eastern, and mentions the spring's history as a sealed fountain linked to biblical prophecy.
In the English civil service there are 8,260 women clerks. The statistic highlights gender representation in public administration.
A mouse has inhabited the east window of the justice court room in Newport News for weeks. He watches proceedings from the sash and appears a fixture amid the crowd. Judge Baker has adopted him, giving the rodent legal residence and official care as a court mascot with regular rations.
Balakireff the Russian court jester was banished for offenses but returned to favor after he argued that a cartload of earth he sat on was Swedish soil. Peter the Great confronted him, then Balakireff claimed the ground was foreign. He was restored to his former office.
A Boston youth spending a few days in an antique town near the cape escorts home a young woman on two successive evenings and receives a kiss each time. She remarks a difference due to her false teeth, prompting a witty exchange about the missed bite.
Pompey Graham of Montgomery New York died last week at age 119. He recalled events and personages from his youth but could not name dates. He claimed to be a big boy at the start of the Revolutionary War and recalled Clinton’s governorship, slavery's abolition in New York, and multiple marriages including a second wife long before Washington’s death.
A New York Stock Exchange visitor regales Chicago friends with Gotham tales on a North State Street car. The tale is interrupted by jostling crowds and a street name finally revealed as Chestnut. The man slumps after the conductor shouts the street, muttering that he has heard it before. The scene ends with cautious silence.
A Salaman PA octogenarian with five marriages across decades faced a frosty reckoning. After years of stingy treatment, his latest wife fled, indignant farmers confronted him, a butcher knife incident followed, and he was cast out into the cold in his night clothes, rolling in a snowbank. Authorities fear he may never thaw enough to marry again.
Paris Figaro recounts a bridge built by the Chinese sovereign Te Pot near Pekin for exclusive passage. Rich mandarins paid tolls to the river, their names noted by an attendant, and after a month their estates were confiscated under Confucian precepts. The tale ends with the maxim that foolish fortune misuse forfeits possession.
Indications show Washington becoming a preferred residence for the leisure classes and affluent, with many having already established homes. The Capital City may be seen as the American Athens, home to artists, literati, and easygoing gentlemen of means, alongside statesmen and politicians.
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