01 Jun 1899
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
1
A child speaks of a brother named Will who transitions from girlhood to boyhood. The speaker recalls dressing in dresses and playing with dolls while Will enjoyed suits and curls. The narrative contrasts expectations for girls and boys and the burden of conforming to gender roles.
The story recalls General Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee University who secretly joined Professor Nelson's children at a circus. Despite parental rules the General invited the kids to go, rode with them, and ensured reserved seats, turning circus attendance into a sanctioned amusement for children.
A playful note on the Wood Seller Game where players guess woods by asking What kind Find out and forfeit. The piece also recounts how the Duke of Wellington demanded jam at tea, startling the nursery in Strathfieldsaye and prompting a Waterloo memory among the children.
Four children compete in a potato relay at a party using small silver spoons to transfer each potato from a row to a plate. Four more contestants take over after three minutes, keeping the same row setup while avoiding touching the potatoes with other objects.
The article states Russian women criminals are mostly peasants who murdered husbands. It links the crime rate to early marriage practices and notes Russia’s under-one-year mortality at 27 percent versus 18 percent in Europe.
The origin of card marks lies in symbolizing four societal classes. Hearts symbolize the clergy, spades the nobility from spads meaning sword, clubs the serfs, and diamonds the citizens.
Among the Sioux, when a family borrows a kettle, the owner expects a small portion of the cooked food left in the bottom when it is returned so she knows what was once cooked in her kettle.
A statement compares the bitterness of a grain of strychnine to 600000 grains of water, noting the strong bitter taste perceived.
The article surveys diverse sewing machine uses from button sewing to carpet stitching and leather work. It notes button-sewing devices handle many button styles with eyes set identically and describes carpet seamers traveling along edges while textile and leather sewing require heavy machines, including leather belting stitching and even bookbinding applications.
A Buffalo inventor outlines a steer ing device using a submerged water jet system near the bow. A screw in a side hull cylinder would push water left or right to veer the ship, aiming for faster response and safer steering, with potential use in collision avoidance and naval warfare.
The piece explains the horse's instinctive flight from danger, its swift foal, and the old habit of shying as a remnant of wild plains life. It argues the need to calm rather than whip the horse to stop this inherited behavior and notes the history of this impulse.
A reformed thief recalls a late night break in where a fleeing man awoke and fought back. The intruder, overpowered by the stronger resident, was driven out after the resident noticed the thief’s watch and chain, which were then taken by the occupant.
The piece, prepared by Wm K. Fisher, surveys biblical parables of tares and wheat, citing Matt 13 24 30 Acts 8 9 24 Rev 2 12 17 and 1 John 3 12. It argues that true discernment distinguishes good seed from tares and warns that tares can imitate believers while producing corrupt fruit. It cites Amos R Wells on heart tares and urges love as the fire to burn them away.
A historical excerpt explains wave lengths and crest speeds in the Indian Ocean and South Indian Ocean, detailing a one mile long wave weighing about 1,920,800 tons and moving at 33 miles per hour. It compares energy to burning coal and notes potential ship-destroying power near lee shores.
Strangers note sheets of blank paper on windows or balconies as a sign that rooms are available for rent in that house, a practice as meaningful as a pawnshop symbol like three golden balls in other countries.
A palm-like shrub Phytelephas Macrocapa yields imitation ivory from its fruit. The material is sold as ivory and can be carved similarly. A test uses sulfuric acid which leaves the genuine substance unaffected but turns the imitation pink within minutes.
The passage notes that lakes with no outflow to the sea become salty due to evaporation and small rainfall. It cites the Caspian Sea and Dead Sea as salt lakes and mentions large lakes fed by subterranean sources and a historical habit of guests carrying spoons.
Wm Fisher comments prepare a lesson on Matthew 13:24 30 for leagues and families. He explains the field represents the world good and bad seed grow together, urges caution in judging others, and notes tares resemble wheat but are a nuisance. He urges reform over expulsion and stresses final judgment.
The text recounts Jesus in the temple answering elders who question his authority. He presents the parable of the two sons, condemning the self professed righteous while noting publicans repented after John the Baptist. It draws a moral: outward morality without repentance leads to ruin.
The account cites the fangs removed or sewn shut from cobras shown at a London Ceylon Exhibition and a rare instance of a charmer forcing a biting cobra into a basket. It highlights cool courage, dexterity, and quickness of hand necessary to handle venomous reptiles, comparing Indian charmers with American Indian snake dances who carry rattlesnakes in their mouths.
The British steamer Penguin recorded a depth of 4762 fathoms between Auckland and the Tongan Archipelago marking the deepest ocean soundings to date. The ship also investigated Falcon Island, formed in 1885, which disappeared last September and was found to have sunk three fathoms beneath the surface.
A friend who often opens with Most sensible people think so and so says he discovers what they think by learning only what he thinks. He reveals the method: Most sensible people think as I do.
European Russia hosts 450 woollen mills employing 50,000 workers, producing goods valued at 46,000,000 roubles. The sector underscores a sizable industrial base and labor force.
A commentary asserts that maintaining peace in Europe costs about 950 million dollars annually through navies and standing armies, highlighting the heavy financial burden of postwar security.
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