An odd newspaper reference from 1902 at the this column about buying "The Vampire" art. Why are these unrelated snippets together under the heading "A Very Wicked Peace"?
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW: 1889-1915) Tue 14 Oct 1902
A VERY WICKED PEACE.
According to the German Press the Kaiser has ordered every stationmaster to keep a parrot, supplied by the State, on the platform to cry out the name of the station. The railways have been warned to obtain carefully-trained birds. At one small wayside station, when the train slowly drew up, pretty Poll, who was new to the work, greeted it with, "Donnerwetterpetsdamundgotterdammerung." "What a funny named place," said an English tourist. "I don't find it on my map. It sounds almost wicked!" His German fellow travellers smiled.
In many parts of Illinois experimental clubs are being organised for the purpose of co-operating with the experiment stations. The members of these clubs are young people, who are interested in experimenting with the cereals or with flowers. They will carry on experiments in line with those being carried on by the college, and will report to the college the results of their work.
LAYING BRICKS BY MACHINERY. A recent invention of a Canadian consists in a machine for laying bricks. The device can be worked by two men and a boy, and will lay from 400 to 6OO bricks per hour, provided the work is plain, such as is found in ordinary mills, factories, piers of bridges, small rows of cottages, etc. Considerable pressure is utilised in putting the bricks in place, and the claim is therefore made that the work is firmer and more stable than that done by hand.
WEEVILS IN CORN. The Texan farmers keep the weevils out of their corn by gathering it early, before the weevil has time to lay its eggs, and then when the corn is stored, to sprinkle a few buckets of salt among it. This is said to be death to the weevils, and makes the animals all the more fonder of the corn; but corn intended for seed should be kept separate from the ordinary crop, as the salt sometimes, if applied in large quantities, injures the germinating power of the corn. The berries and leaves of Jerusalem oak (Chenopodium botrys) scattered among the corn, is also said to be a sure cure for the weevils, and will also keep out mice and rats. If such is the case, no time should be lost in introducing the plant in this colony, if it is not already here. At any rate, the matter is worth investigating.
Mr. W. K. Vanderbildt has bought Sir Philip Burn-Jones' picture, "The Vampire," for £3080.
(picture) "The Vampire" (1897) by Philip Burne-Jones
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