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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1885
Page
5
A Chicago Tribune glimpse shows a tall young pupil under a sparring master in a dim top-floor room. The coach notes boxing requires strategy, not brute strength, while the era’s pugilism draw draws in society people seeking private lessons.
Boston Globe recounts old travel by foot or stagecoach and the comic tale of a stage driver’s limited space. An old lady piles a spinning wheel and more onto the stage, then the driver says he must first reach a meeting house on the hill.
A Boston Gazette passage recalls bitter political feuds lasting after an opponent’s death. A prominent Massachusetts figure, once central to national history, faced a question about attending a funeral and responded with a dry remark implying continued disapproval.
A combative confrontation unfolds as a wife questions a young man about his Odd Fellows membership and roles. She accuses secrecy, demands details on rituals and succession, and warns of exposing supposed misconduct, while a nurse-like lecture on sea air remedies follows.
A Scientific American article argues that ink and paper colors harm eyesight more than glare. It says black ink on white paper violates optical principles, as sun rays reflect from white and are absorbed by black, damaging readers across nations.
Old Men Who Are Hard Workers notes ages of famed figures such as Sir Moses Montefiore 100 and George Bancroft 84. Cardinal Newman 83, Lord Shaftesbury 83, Sir Julius Benedict 80, Mr Gladstone 76, Cardinal Manning 76, Oliver Wendell Holmes 75, Dr McCosh 73, Grevy 71, Beecher 71, Bismarck 70, Verdi 70, Sir John A Macdonald 69. The piece remarks labor does not kill and honors these men in their eras.
A veteran gold seeker on the Chicago lakefront recalls thirty five years chasing wealth from Maine to the West. A sight of his mother's photograph after decades of feverish search changes his mind and he decides to return home, valuing family over riches. The encounter ends with him declaring the decision to leave the gold hunt for good.
Two artists in Philadelphia discuss a ruined canvas after a cat splashes turpentine and paints. One friend urges calm and jokes about salvaging the work by naming it Indian Summer with faint trees, while the other laments lost prize potential.
Colorado reports detail a wholesale system of mine machinery theft. At Leadville a mine owner says three hoisting plants vanished in two years, with dismantled shaft houses and engines stripped of all movable parts when owners return. The text notes the audacity of stealing steam engines and widespread losses across mines.
An exchange in a Chicago Journal column mocks a man who never votes and refuses politics while noting a woman tied in a Mother Hubbard costume. A Pittsburg Dispatch commentary ridicules the idea a duster is a woman. A separate piece outlines deaf mutes and the state of their education across Britain with figures on institutions and staff.
A Chicago Herald piece argues that young lawyers face slow beginnings and may drift into criminal or predatory practice. It contrasts reputable practitioners with police court shysters who exploit clients, drift into politics, and court cases for petty or coercive gains.
Atlantic Monthly describes birds coughing and dreaming while they snore. A goldfinch nearly perished but revived after a frightened episode, showing one eye sleep habit. A French cook left 750000 francs to nephews on tombstone recipe inscription. epitaph commission blocked the idea.
A melancholy note on winter funerals in remote mining camps with coffins of simple pine carried on a sled by snowshoe bearers. It also notes top mines in world lore including Potosi at 11,367 feet and Neu Salzwerk at 2,050 feet below sea level, plus a quip from Dr. Frederic Eliot on stomach health.
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