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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1899
Page
4
Professor G T W Patrick of the University of ee reports curious findings from tests on anosmic and normal subjects. He argues there are four basic taste sensations and that aroma, touch, temperature and sight shape most flavor distinctions. The sense of smell largely determines how foods and drinks are identified and enjoyed.
A traveler compares Mount Popocatepetl ascent to a rapid descent from the crater, noting a fifteen minute return to the snow line after a six hour climb. The piece urges continuous vigilance against temptation, warning that long effort can be undone in a single moment.
A Manila merchant on his deathbed wished for a famous American tune at his funeral. Unable to name it, a friend identified the piece, and the band played A hot time in the old town tonight at the graveside.
The rotunda floor of the London coal exchange features a unique mariner’s compass design. It uses upwards of 4,000 wood pieces in a border of Greek fret and includes almost every British variety in the decorative scheme.
In Ulster England a squire prideful of his garden sun-dial asks a boy for the time. The boy returns with the dial torn from its setting, hauled up the hill, saying it was hard to fetch. The incident is presented as a lighthearted bull joke in local lore.
A critique describes Arab music as a prima donna rupturing her voice while attempting a duet with herself. It notes each note straddles sharp and flat and then splits into four or more parts, with listeners unable to grasp more than one portion at a time.
The report shows an Englishman drinks 2.41 gallons annually costing 20.50 dollars. A Scotchman follows with 1.66 gallons costing 15.25 dollars and an Irishman consuming 1.54 gallons costing 13.25 dollars.
In Paris and other large towns in France female bootblacks are increasing in number. They wear a garb resembling that of Sisters of Mercy, which gives their appearance a neat and attractive look. Some even work with gloved hands.
The text compares Canada’s area to Europe and the United States noting Canada would need 237000 square miles to match Europe and is about 5000 square miles larger than the United States excluding Alaska making it roughly 30 times Britain and Ireland in size.
The Chinese detective force is a secret body and the best organized in the world. They watch every man woman or child in China and also monitor each other.
South Sea Islanders hold that a man with a lost limb cannot enter Paradise, a belief that drives some to die rather than undergo amputation.
It is calculated that 10,000,000 photographs of the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales are produced annually and find a ready sale worldwide.
Analysis shows one hour of continuous firing from the Oregon’s big guns could consume about 216000 dollars in powder and projectiles alone. Including smaller weapons and other ships, daily expenditures could reach around one million dollars, with infantry cartridges adding further cost.
An observer analyzes how high salmon can leap, detailing measurements from multiple rivers such as Washecootal Olomana Kegasha and White Bear in Labrador. The study notes factors like take-off water, fish condition, and tail breadth, estimating ten to twelve feet common leaps and up to eighteen feet in certain spots with a ten pound fish needing eighteen to twenty three mph to achieve such heights.
A Kulu housewife cast boiling water at a sleeping leopard. The pan bounced after the cat, leaping from rock to rock down a ravine as the leopard fled. The pan’s relentless chase extended from the hut’s ledge to thousands of feet below, ending with the beast avoiding a fiery fate.
A naturalist notes that warm weather prompts foxes raccoons and squirrels to cover themselves with their bushy tails while sleeping. Foxes curl or lie flat depending on temperature while raccoons tuck knees and heads beneath their tails and squirrels sleep upright propped against a surface. The expert cites all observed bushy tailed animals and calls it a natural comforting adaptation.
Witnesses describe the Arab attack at Ondurman where tribes formed a line advanced on mud houses, halted to dance and fire, then rushed the village and killed everyone inside. The method mixed ritual movement with rifle fire leading to mass slaughter.
In Sydney New South Wales street car lines are owned by the municipality and no fares are charged frameless folk are said to use them at night instead of going to cheap lodging houses.
The article notes public eating houses in German cities like Chemnitz where 435000 dinners were served in 1893 with revenues of 17500 and costs of 15500. Grenoble runs a self supporting municipal restaurant serving about 1200 meals daily, with surplus going to the city treasury. Other French cities, municipal bakeries in Rome and Kovno, and Stockholm liquor stores for workers are mentioned.
A historical account details how monarchs across Europe believed in magical talismans. It follows Nicholas I and Princess Charlotte of Prussia, who exchanged a peculiar ring, later worn by Nicholas as czar, with a prophecy of his rise. It also notes Empress Eugenie’s cloverleaf breastpin as a personal talisman, passed to Princess Mandy for lasting happiness.
The text explains that insects do not breathe with lungs like humans and animals. Air enters through openings on the body and travels via an intricate network of tubes reaching legs and wings. Delicate membranes protect these tubes, and air sacs or pouches act as reservoirs.
At a New York Young Men’s Christian Association dinner a lawyer speaker told of a client who sent a tract with every letter. The latest note demanded mortgage payment within thirty days or foreclosure, with the tract titled He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.
In France a convict sentenced to death by guillotine is not told the execution date in advance and learns the exact moment only fifteen minutes before the fatal stroke.
A Mississippi tornado lifted a family of six persons bodily about 600 yards. A hen safely deposited a setting hen on a nest at the apex of a peaked roof without breaking an egg, illustrating remarkable survivals in a single report.
A wealthy Turk is noted to dine infrequently at his wife's dinner table, typically eating in a distant part of the house away from his connubial partner or partners.
A description of Swansea iron mills product Gossamer iron notes it is so thin that 4,800 sheets stacked equals one inch thick.
It is believed that aluminum was originally discovered around the year 40 BC, though if true the finding was by a small group and faded from memory soon after.
A Breslau tailor who died in 1837 reportedly possessed extraordinary vision enabling him to discern two of Jupiter's four moons without aid. The tale highlights exceptional observational claim linked to early 19th century astronomy.
The lightest tubing ever made is of nickel aluminum. Three thousand feet of this tubing weighs only one pound avoir du pois.
In Mexico, hotel staff conduct day to day duties with men handling bed making and room upkeep, while chambermaids remain unidentified. The routine tasks focus on cleanliness and order within guest rooms.
The article compares historical hand joinery with fixed knife planing machines in Europe and smoothing machines in the United States. It notes manual energy requirements, estimates about 130 workers equaling a planing machine, and asserts machinery has vastly increased efficiency in wood conversion, reducing handwork to near zero.
The vanilla bean is described as the costliest bean. It grows wild in Papantla and Misantla Mexico and is gathered by natives. Imported beans fetch £2 5s per 1000, dried beans about £2 1s per pound, with druggists the main buyers and over 90,000,000 beans imported last year.
An article extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a key to a healthy wife and successful marriage. It cites Mrs Bell McCrobie of Maryland who credits eleven bottles with relief from Bright’s disease uterine trouble and other symptoms, urging sick women to consult Dr Pierce by letter in Buffalo.
In 1832 New York City a self-styled Matthias proclaimed himself God in a wave of religious fervor. He attracted believers, some intelligent, many ignorant, amassed money and ruined others. He claimed to heal the sick and faced charges for taking $63 from Folger under false claims. The district attorney noted proving falsity of pretenses, yet Matthias was convicted on lesser charges.
The piece cites the New York Times noting that walking is the most common yet most complex human action. It quotes Dr. Holmes describing walking as perpetual falling with self recovery, dangerous when colliding with objects or slipping, and difficult to analyze without specialized study. The text ends with a remark that the genial autocrat has not explained the phenomenon.
A Blackwoods Magazine writer describes the siamang as a gentle gibbon living in treetop assemblages, calling over great distances and leaping with the wind. Malays capture young siamangs for homes, where captives often die from illness and harsh captivity in malaise.
Meteorologist Alexander McAdie ranks trees by lightning risk with oak at 54, then a group of 40 tall pines, 15 beech at the end. Oaks are the worst shelter, beech the best. After rain trees are less prone to splitting from a stroke.
The origin of the modern circus dates to around 1770 when Philip Astley, a discharged soldier, staged horsemanship exhibitions in an improvised ring at Lambeth.
The article states that fumigating fruit trees infested with the San Jose scale using prussic acid is now regarded as a certainly effective remedy.
Pekin is described as a dusty Chinese city where glass windows are rare among shops. The only storefronts with glass are those of watchmakers, marking a notable contrast in the town’s commercial architecture.
Estimates place about 1142 railway tunnels worldwide. If laid end to end they would stretch roughly 514 miles, illustrating the scale of global rail infrastructure.
A science note states that even the largest telescope cannot make Mars look larger than the moon through a simple opera glass. The comparison highlights optical limits and perception.
The guinea pig grows faster than other quadrupeds and reaches full size at six weeks. Its heart rate drops by ten beats per minute when lying down compared to standing upright.
A playful exploration explains that one foot naturally moves faster, causing a person to veer to one side while walking. By walking naturally with barriers and even blindfolded trials, the observer tends to circle back toward the starting point, illustrating the imbalance between feet.
A noted statistician estimates 36 million babies are born each year, about seventy per minute. Even at twenty per minute a reviewer would miss much of the infant population as the year unfolds, with a growing rear guard of older children by year’s end.
A compact exploration of mattoids defined as sane individuals with peculiar traits linking genius and madness. It cites Lombroso and lists signs such as preference for colored inks, unique phrasing, egotism, and graphomaniac tendencies. It notes historic figures and urges caution in labeling across circles.
The article explains that a first dose of Chinese medicine is bitter and often given as a home brewing decoction or in pasteboard boxes. It notes 10 to 16 varieties per prescription, with about 600 commonly used from 3,000 species, and that daily pulse exams adjust prescriptions. It also mentions limited use of home-made pills for foreigners and the preference for fresh root or plant decoctions for assimilation.
The king labels unmarried Siamese girls reaching a certain age and keeps them in a privileged class. A jailed prisoner can win pardon by marrying one of these women, with polygamy not considered a barrier. The system is unlikely to yield domestic bliss.
The Siamese are deeply water oriented, bathing frequently with clothes on and preferring water travel over land. Bangkok streets resemble Venice with canals, and locals say paradise would be a canal town with currents both ways to avoid rowing.
Anchors cost 5 to 7 cents per pound with a 6000 pound anchor costing about 300 dollars and ships carrying two. A 2000 ton ship would bear two anchors weighing 4800 to 5000 pounds each. The Sandwich islanders judge beauty by a woman's weight.
The saying roots trace to a whistle tankard practice where a cleared tankard signaled waiters for more liquor. Global volcano counts total 672 with 270 active. American 80, Asian 24, African 20. Java holds 109 with 28 active. New Zealand’s 127 mile area hosts 63 volcanoes 196 to 900 feet tall.
A Nagasaki craftsman makes large birdlike pyrotechnics whose lifelike flight astonishes observers. The art is said to pass through the eldest child in each generation for over four centuries. Also notes on ear injury from ear drum damage and careful ear cleaning, a brief radio-like piece on U S state and territorial areas in 1898 and a note on the German emperor’s levee uniform practices.
A large tom cat aged thirteen sailed the mail steamer between Sydney and San Francisco for years and died after nearly completing one million miles of travel. The cat was buried at sea.
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