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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1885
Page
4
Memphis educator Miss Clara Conway outlines a view of environment as a trinity from divine to human. She argues teacher duties include fostering moral climate, faith, self control, and harmony with God, shaping character and will through natural and social surroundings.
Prof Burr of Beloit College discusses how questioning should engage pupils and stimulate self discovery. He outlines six conditions for successful teaching including clear aims, ample material, understanding minds, linking student and content, encouraging questions, and a passionate teacher.
The New York Sun recounts a fishing tale from five miles from Brockville Canada on the St Lawrence. Powell and another angler battled a huge muskalonge for an hour and a half, landing it after a dramatic struggle. The beast was iced and shipped to the city for a dinner party.
A reporter visits Lee Ah on Mott Street and samples his full street barber service. The process includes facial shaving without much lather, ear grooming with tiny crescent razors, and a Swedish style facial massage. The session lasts about thirty minutes and ends with a brisk patting finish.
A Pittsburg Dispatch report recalls how John Robb secured a rural delegate by proving himself a capable plowman. Robb challenged a skeptical farmer, rolled up his sleeves, plowed two furrows, and earned the man's support, securing a key delegate.
A note explains glucose sweetness is about three fifths that of cane sugar. It references comparative taste strength and implies glucose is less sweet than cane sugar in common culinary use.
The Cultivator argues roots extend far beyond visible soil and affect orchard growth. Hoard's Dairyman notes a low price period tests dairying, with profits returning in better years and poorly kept cows causing losses. A Sparta cow reportedly bore multiple calves with yearly shifts of sires, prompting a cautionary tale. Practical tips include cow restraint devices, potato yields from composted soil, lamb fattening troughs, and sheep marking with lampblack and vinegar.
A Brazil named bolita or Tolypentes is the most fully armored armadillo. It rolls into a perfect ball for protection and can move swiftly while digging with strong clawed toes. Armadillos reside in South America. today’s largest living species reach about three feet, far smaller than ancient giants.
A country school scene shows a teacher asking, then a misdirected boy Johnny uses a joke to deflect attention. He claims a dead cat and other creatures are in the spring, blaming a classmate Georgie Winters for the setup.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps compares the short story to an opal noting it can be the most delightful or dreariest form in literature. She says a true opal lover studies thousands of specimens to find the one choice he would not trade for any other stone.
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