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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
20
The speaker recalls youth and fame sought in verse. He reflects on aging, lost chances, and the enduring bid to sing as white hairs crown his brow. He names the high choir of poets, the echoes of past shapes, and the fate of a life lived with unrest and endurance.
In London a Scottish nobleman's ex-valet Sharp masterminds a covert visit to the Waterloo banquet at Apsley House. The narrator joins in evening dress, slips through guards, and witnesses Wellington and the King amid a grand gallery and supper, guided by Sharp's cunning.
A Philadelphia Record opinion notes that modern humor shows a low ebb with rehashed gags in papers and European efforts, while praising sharper contrasts in classic humor from Lamb and Dickens. It argues many aspiring humorists misjudge their audience and the limits of minds they aim to surprise.
An 11 am scene at the Ebbitt House shows a newlywed couple, the bride in lavender weeping and the groom in a black frock coat, as she pleads for him to stay and he replies he must go out. The dialogue concludes with the quip that the Almighty rested on the seventh day.
During an exciting debate in the house of representatives members trade metaphors echoing Sir Boyle Roche. A colleague is likened to a mousing owl hindering where it is not wanted and others warn of the iron heel of stern necessity darkening every hearthstone. A dramatic question asks whether to stamp out the last embers of a life fading.
The New York Letter describes bicycle collisions between carts and carriages and among cyclists, plus runaways and a warning about downhill risks. It notes a lawsuit where a pupil sues her bicycle teacher for 5000 damages after falling in a bicycle school lesson, alleging teacher carelessness.
In a sermon on Job 39, Talmage defends horse racing as a noble pursuit when free of betting. He laments horse cruelty, praises humane care, and argues for developing fleetness and majesty through proper training, not gambling. He warns that wagering corrupts, and calls for upright conduct in all racing-related matters.
A fragment from Frances Forrester reflects on mortality and spiritual freedom. The lines speak of a restless life, a shell shed in death, and the soul remaining free beyond earthly pain.
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