17 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1879
Page
1
A reflective poem on aging and time as youth fades and hair grays. It contrasts youth’s buoyancy with the swift advance of years, noting wrinkles, thinner hands, and looming death. The speaker laments the quick passage of life while cherishing moments made precious before decline.
A disjointed first person tale follows a poor man who becomes a dealer in sewing machines to support his wife and widowed neighbor. He observes Luke, his grown son, bond with a dying widow and her daughter, and the family’s poor hardship shifts toward hope as Luke’s sacrifice reveals a deeper kinship and a quiet transformation in the narrator.
A correspondent recalls a Monte Carlo visit from Monaco by rail, describing the casino’s opulent halls, strict entry rules for strangers, and scenes of roulette and rouge et noir. The narrative weaves in anecdotes of patrons, gambling excess, and social tensions amid the glitter and risk.
A fragmented roundup reports veterinary notes on lions in Paris and Africa, wolves at the Jardin des Plantes, and a chimpanzee death linked to consumptive lungs. It includes oddities from a Volhynia court, Pompeii relics, and scattered items on justice, disease, and travel life, finishing with a tale of a conductor returning a $1,000 bill to the railway.
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