31 May 1893
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1893
Page
1
The essay argues that a third party in female friendships tests tact and self restraint. It cites examples of both faltering and noble roles, noting that successful third parties balance presence and absence, listen and speak, and maintain harmony without seeking praise.
Poised as a timeless meditation, the excerpt by Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues that true friendship must be elastic enough to absorb a third party without tearing. It views monopoly of friendship as impractical in a kaleidoscopic life defined by constant surprises and misery.
The article discusses varied methods of disciplining children, arguing against anger and brute force. It praises measured punishments and describes practical approaches such as pin-and-debt systems and firm, fair guidance. It also recalls personal memories of lessons about obedience and consequences.
Two New York society girls are rumored to start a milliner shop though likely not true. English noblemen reportedly finance millinery and dressmaking ventures. Miss Ellen E. Kenyon, a pedagogy doctor, serves as assistant editor of the New York School Journal and has a record as an educator and writer.
Henry VII is described as a miser while the Prince of Wales shows interest in science. Leo XIII once sauntered London's Piccadilly during a 1846 visit. Grand Duke George of Russia health improved in the Caucasus, but the young prince remains frail.
A playful set of notes describes a whale with 145 horsepower from tail flicks, horned toads squirting blood from eyes, and the tiny West India hummingbird under an inch long and 20 grains. It mentions a Newfoundland cuttlefish with arms up to 30 feet, a frea with a lancet in its head, tears shed by reindeer and other ungulates, and a red eyed rhesus monkey in anger. An anecdote about Mrs. Tompkins and Tompkins jokes closes the snippet.
A parade of famous figures each pursued unusual leisure or habits, from Balzac sketching to Erasmus reacting to fish smell, Frederick the Great flute playing, Carlyle smoking in his garden, Gladstone woodcutting, Henry VII miserly fits, Garrick street schooling, Tycho Brahe stomach issues with foxes, Herrick pigs and beer, Handel dining solo, Bacon costumes, George IV jokes, Rembrandt's monkey, Herschel playing hautboy, Adam Smith watching a blacksmith, Turner’s weekend carousal and hidden revelry after a $5 note.
The article lists world newspaper numbers by country and city, noting Japan with 92 dailies and 175 other periodicals, the United States with over a third of daily papers, and Paris with 141 papers. It cites The Post Zeitung of 1616 as the oldest European daily and the Peking Gazette of 911 as the world’s oldest continually published paper.
A collection of curious claims spans ethnicity and height myths, Chinese eye on every person in China, a New York rent paid in pennies, Mongolian dress ranks, Ukrainian courtship by women, and gendered marriage customs. The notes mix folklore with speculative observations.
The New York Sun notes counts of foreign born in major cities: 1,400 Mexicans in San Francisco, 2,200 Cubans in New York and 1,200 in Brooklyn, 18,000 Hungarians in chief cities with 12,200 in New York, 3,200 in Cleveland, 35,000 born in France in chief cities, 60,000 Bohemians led by Chicago, 125,000 Scandinavians nationwide with Chicago housing 62,500, 681,000 natives of Ireland in chief cities and distribution contrasts between Irish and German populations across Boston, New York, Chicago and other metros.
The article notes Egyptian stone working tools including drills and saws. It explains metals burn or absorb oxygen when heated in air. It disputes ice purifying water by freezing, giving impurity percentages. Dr Haffkine reports conquering cholera with an inoculative method tested in India.
The passage notes a future German army of 5,000,000 men and describes Amazon Indians using a blowpr to throw arrows with high accuracy. It cites a German tailor's bulletproof cloth hardened by hydraulic pressure yet flexible, and tallies 273 French generals killed or dying of wounds in the last century, including 8 field marshals and 83 generals of division.
A brief cartoon style exchange shows X and Y debating memory over a five dollar debt. X claims poor memory, Y counters with constant reminders about the same debt, illustrating social humor about debt and recollection. Life magazine caption style hints at everyday interactions.
A brief exchange notes a dog biting a person after an attempted late night call. Ethel observes the dog is usually finicky about its food, while the quote from Vogue adds context to the unusual behavior.
A speaker recalls a summer morning with a son, sharing a moment of reading and tenderness. The memory of losing the child haunts the speaker as they mourn a vanished life and long for the chance to feel the child’s breath again, signed E. W. Latimer.
A poem affirms there is no death as life continues through nature and memory. It envisions dust becoming grain and fruit, leaves and flowers returning to life, and unseen immortal spirits near us, guiding the living as beings pass.
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