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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1896
Page
8
A reflective verse contrasts outward smiles with inner thoughts. It urges readers to look past appearances to discern real feelings and character, noting that joy and sorrow often mingle beneath a smiling exterior.
Charlie Stanhope admits faults and faces a letter accusing his wife Lilian of infidelity. Lilian reveals she, too, has sinned, and they confront mutual truth. She declares their marriage broken yet oddly reciprocal, as both confess their moral collapse and grapple with a possible life apart.
The Royal Society lists 26 losses over the past year with an average lifetime just over 76 years and 5 months. Seven foreign members averaged 79 years 5 months, oldest Frans Ernst Neumann at 97, youngest Henri Ernest Baillon at 67. Nineteen fellows averaged 75 years 7 months. oldest Bisset Hawkins at 98, George Edward Dobson at 47. Not all fellows were scientists. statesmen Lord Aberdare aged 80 and Earl of Selborne aged 88 are noted.
A short prose poem recalls a brown leaf fluttering in the woods and the speaker’s wish for renewed youth and joy despite time and grief, reflecting on aging and vitality through nature. Franklin H. Sweet presents a reflective comparison in Ladies' Home Journal.
Georgia colonel Joseph George Washington Mills, famed as Red Clay ruler, recounts his first drill at Lost Mountain. He borrows Captain Howell’s uniform and Scott’s tactics, tests muskets, inspires imagined troops, and faces a wary cross eyed mountaineer who pays him with a $244 coin after a comic, near-mishap ending.
A city missionary questions a woman seeking help about church attendance. She explains financial hardship from her unemployed husband and differing beliefs, stating she would attend alone if she went. The exchange underlines social strain and faith tensions in their household.
The Railroad club gathered for a evening session and heard the blond brakeman claim a new speed record on the Montana Union line from Deer Lodge to Garrison, describing a fast track and a relay of signals. He recalled dispatches from Bob Smith and near-misses along the way.
The scene closes with members presenting the relator a regularly signed license after a swift approach that was mistaken for a train shadow, then the club adjourns.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps recalls childhood years in McClure’s Magazine with candid details of fashion and a first literary effort aimed at The Youth's Companion. She describes a 13 year old self, a Sunday school teacher as first gentleman caller, and the mortifying upstairs moment that shaped her.
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