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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
4
A selection of brief witticisms and maxims from the Warren Mail column. Perspectives on virtue, courage, and human folly appear alongside quips on wealth, memory, and social behavior, with humorous lines about photographers, widows, and the nature of inspiration.
A series of curious statements on diverse topics from animal abilities and tea acreage to historical services and labor wages. It notes camels and elephants cannot jump, tea plantations in India at 25 000 acres, 5 000 British vessels at sea, field rats eaten in Cuba, elephants equaling 81 horses, savages living longer than civilized people, Turks establishing a carrier pigeon service in AD 567, Sicilian labor at ten pence for 14 hours, Germans weighing about ten pounds more than Frenchmen, comet heat said to be 2 000 times hotter than red hot iron, a bone chandelier in a Seidlitz Bohemia church, and English spoken by 115 000 000 people.
A roundup of diverse claims: U S naval buildup since 1883, Egypt’s trade dominated by Britain, Texas larger than Spain by about 75 000 square miles, Berlin street repairs mostly at night, proposed biological pest controls in New Zealand, thirteen US Presbyterian church varieties, Britain’s coin collection near 250 000 pieces, Chinese law punishes heated temper with a five day jail, and gray horses’ long life with cream color noted for fragility in heat.
A collection of curious statements notes hair lengths on women, hair length miles, salt content in polar currents, gun wear rates, Spain’s sunshine hours, Egyptian cotton production under British rule, and Abyssinian salt as money.
A survey of curious notes includes 1897 rail collisions in Japan, leather railway wheels in France trials, a South Sea Islander greeting with water, pulp machinery growth in Scandinavia, Farinelli’s high note feat, kagura taiko drums in Japanese temples, cruelty to animals laws in England, a lion hunter’s claim on left handed lions, and potential English military strength in India under Prussian conscription.
A gentleman at afternoon tea astonished his hostess by rejecting sugar and cream and asking for pepper and salt. She tried it and found the unusual combination delightful, tasting like a delicate bouillette.
A Scottish pigskin portrait idea is proposed as an art novelty for Chicago, offering lifelike images on leather at about five guineas. The piece also reviews naval fireproofing, noting battles between Cervera and Sampson, woodwork fires, and Dashiell’s firefighting insights aboard ships.
The Professor argues that inanimate objects act of their own accord while German friends recall a fiery engine on the C. and P. line dubbed hoo doo. A large pipe smoker and a wooden legged man recount near-disasters, blaming luck and a devilish engine for mishaps. The talk ends with a note on tobacco quality after a new revenue bill.
A veteran journalist recalls a Civil War scene where mules pulled eight Parrot guns under Fremont in Missouri. A staff officer urged the mule batteries forward with a shouted chant, and the ensuing volley helped halt a Confederate regiment, leaving over 200 dead and wounded in the ravine. The passage ends with a moral about a girl warning a young man to save for a home.
A brief note states that production of lucifer matches is a state monopoly in France Spain Portugal Italy Greece Roumania and Servia, detailing the spread of government control across several nations.
At Camp Alger a Tennessee private refused to salute a colored officer in an Ohio regiment. The officer challenged the salute and the private answered that all colored men look alike. The Tennessee man has been under arrest awaiting court-martial.
The article notes Hebrew guides in Rome avoid walking under the Arch of Titus because it commemorates a victory over their race. It also mentions compulsory military service in the Netherlands with priests and divinity students exempt, Bohemia forming an anti Czech movement alliance, and that romance reading is forbidden by the Koran with tales preserved orally among Muslims.
A foreign gentleman notes the lack of picturesque ruins in the country while a local patriot insists the west offers grand castles in the air. The exchange captures regional pride and a playful debate over national scenery.
Experiments by M. Arbing show perspiration from a healthy man injected into a dog kills it in one to three days. The lethal dose is fifteen cubic centimeters per kilogram of dog. Rabbits also die but require a larger dose of twenty five cubic centimeters. Sweat from severe muscular labor is one fourth to one third more poisonous. The findings were communicated to the Paris Academy of Sciences.
A quip filled slice of old humor on marriage pride power and money. Lines poke at duels weddings bosses and the quirks of love with sly social observations and playful cynicism. The narrator notes men women money and reputation in brisk modern witticisms.
On a bright summer day evaporation lifts about 5.28 billion tons of water from the Mediterranean surface into the air, a figure used in climate or ocean studies to describe large scale hydrological flux.
A compact collection of social maxims contrasts motives and behavior across gender and reform. It muses on self restraint, the value of men, and the challenges of fashionable life, offering pointed reflections on liberty, marriage, and reform.
In The Nineteenth Century Sir Henry Thompson notes the altered die required by vast social changes over the past sixty years affecting all ranks and surroundings in civilized life. He argues reforms are driven by evolving human conditions and global developments.
Local office advertises LraaL Blanks priced affordably at the Maw facility. Officials urge quick purchase as stock remains limited and prices remain low.
A roundup of brief notes covers Russell Sage at eighty plus, Morres of the Vizcaya mourning stamps, Le Valley as a NY naval reserve death, and Colt’s fox terrier tattoo. It notes Colonel Queen’s Chicago death, Corbett predicting boxing rise, a machete gift to Mayor Harrison, McKinley’s godfather offer, Fisk’s lashing tale, Campbells linked to Admiral Camara, Lieutenant Sears and a brick, and ties between Bou din and Garnier as self-made beginnings.
Murray Carson plans a play with Max Beerbohm. Ada Rehan returns to New York after England. Mrs. Fiske to present Horace B. Fry's Little Italy. Rough Riders copyright in Hoboken. Bancroft writes What Will the World Say for Edward Terry. Minnie Palmer to produce A Showman's Sweetheart in London. James O Neil's When Greek Meets Greek adapted by Joseph Hatton. Mme Jeanne Granier to tour Marseilles in December. Julie Opp to star in Walter Frith's A Man of Forty at St James London. Heisses Blut renamed A Dangerous Maid for Lederer McLellan. Kendals open season at St James with The Elder Miss Bloa Gom.
The note recalls etiquette for French judges avoiding omnibuses, private bullfights by the rich in Madrid, manuscript music in St Peter's Rome, and performers keeping scores hidden until performing. It also mentions ancient Indian bones unearthed near Providence, a hundred year old burying ground, and Switzerland’s tourism industry earning 115 million francs annually, vastly surpassing the confederacy’s revenue.
A historical overview of the potwalloper as a town inhabitant who cooked own meals and its link to voting rights. The piece traces origins in Taunton and Yorkshire, the street meal custom to assert suffrage, and the transition from venal to reform era voting before the act of 1832 and beyond, noting extinction in Pontefract.
Isaacs and Morningstar argue that modern life taxes the brain far beyond the 1830s. They urge diet reform with easily assimilated foods and recommend beef extracts as a quick brain fuel dulling fatigue and supporting digestion, contrasting with alcohol-based relief.
A California lawyer visits Uncle Jerry Hopefield in Ohio to hand him 10 000 in cash for a legacy. Jerry delays, prioritizing a rain barrel repair while humorously fearing his wife Mariar’s return and the risk of losing the money if he stops work.
The article describes blue crabs swimming endwise using one large claw as a forward hook while the other trails behind. When not progressing they hold claws in front and use small claws for buoyancy, and they can alter direction by crooking alternating claws. At the Aquarium tank they are lively in suitable water temperatures.
The Bonhomme Richard engagement saw Commodore Jones refuse surrender and joke about the British captain knighted for gallantry. He quipped that if they met again he would make a lord of him, illustrating bold frontier bravado and naval bravura in the famous fight.
Shavings are often sold or disposed of based on nearby demand and transport costs. Factories use mechanical systems to collect shavings, delivering them to a bin or boiler room. When distant or uneconomical to transport, shavings are given away or destroyed by burning on-site.
The article notes poet Theodore Tilton, age 68, living in Paris for eight years, rising at 4 a.m. and following a simple routine. It also describes a Civil Engineers Paris experiment testing color visibility for military uniforms, ranking colors by detectability at various conditions and distances.
The Cologne Gazette recounts Archduke Heinrich of Austria seeking to wed Miss Leopoldine Hoffmann against the emperor’s will. A banquet featured a priest’s passive assistance as the archduke proclaimed this woman his wife and Hoffmann declared the archduke her husband, challenging imperial authority and invoking church pronouncements on marriage validity.
The notice lists train schedules effective June 5 1898 for several routes including Dunkirk Falconer Warren Titusville and Oil City with Sundays services described. It notes connections at Falconer Junction with the N L E W Ry and provides agent contact details for C Moon Supt Dunkirk NY H Parry Buffalo and Gro H Daniels New York City.
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