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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1893
Page
7
The passage describes Charles Manning as keen, intelligent, and intensely curious about Louis and Mary. He memorized their conversations, kept a diary, and studied their college life, listening to texts and essays with profound attention. He knew their lives almost as well as they did.
The castaways on an unknown continent encounter a semi-dusky people near a river trading station. After a tense initial reception, a conference leads to an exchange of goods as the shipwrecked group joins a camel caravan toward the inland village. natives display civility and trade with European merchants.
After a calm spell a storm wrecks the Lucky leaving five survivors clinging to a prow fragment. They salvage water rice and brandy, drift ashore near rocks, and are guided to safety by a favorable breeze aiming for an inland voyage to a populated area despite fears of hostile natives.
In a jungle frontier, Americans assist natives by planning a lake water supply while Louis and Charles grow apart. Louis discovers diamonds with secrecy and falls gravely ill as a young healer warns that hope fades before a Holland-bound ship arrives. Louis Patterson dies at last.
A sea tragedy ends with Louis's death as Doctor and witnesses recall the sorrowful scene. Captain, Charles, and two others arrange a Christian burial and vow a fitting memorial stone before swift departure, while pledges of secrecy and sorrow mark the grim moment.
In a Cincinnati Times-Star recount, detective John T. Norris sitting in a Chillicothe sleeper tricks Dr. Carr of Cincinnati with a silver dollar stunt and a telegraphing wink routine. Norris identifies Carr from a 1878 meeting in Cincinnati, revealing long-standing familiarity and a knack for misdirection.
The Provident Institution of Hoston, founded in 1816, reports more than 90 000 depositors and over 30 million dollars in deposits. President Henry Lee cites a tradition tied to Bishop Cheverus, with earnings held back and surplus dividends declared every five years to encourage saving. The bank now pays 4 percent interest and is restricted to a maximum single deposit of 1 000 dollars, with surplus dividends discontinued under state law.
A Post overheard conversation recounts a clash between two Irishmen in Washington a week or two earlier. One man denies giving a black eye, saying the injury was "on the other foot" to dispute the claim.
A humorous exchange features a young woman tempting a lion with a sugar piece, a spectator’s remark, and a sharp retort about lion tricks. The scene shifts to a physician offering a free measles cure, noting a 10 percent commission on each child infected, per a Puck satire style.
A string of light humor and dialogue snippets. A stern teacher reproves a late pupil Willie Waffies who explains a night visit to the doctor. Other pieces feature a job applicant questioned by Mrs Mc Pride, a writer named Scribem, and a playful courtroom style exchange with Judge. Various quick jokes about marriage, mood, and family life.
In a brief stage quip Mrs Cumso suggests a double head-rest as a gift for dear mamma, while Cumo endorses it especially with a matching double chin-rest, as a judge would note.
A remark notes a woman failed to stop a car by whistling. The supervisor explains the act succeeded only because of her facial expression rather than the whistle. The quote appears in the Indianapolis Journal.
Witty exchanges and snippets from The Next Best Thing and Truth appear in a Philadelphia Record style montage. Jokes contrast outdated office chatter, a pie joke, a beard gag, and a gag about two heads with chromoscuda.
A humorous exchange about a boy and his family members. The boy notes his papa was born grown, while Uncle John pushes him toward doing something sensible.
A New York scene shows a crippled tramp asking for work during the World’s Fair period. He claims writers cramp and a list of people not offered jobs, while a housekeeper questions his appearance and speaks to his plight.
A brief cartoonish exchange shows a New Yorker taunting a Chicago native about how the world views their cities. The Native retorts with a complacent reply, highlighting regional pride in a witty back-and-forth.
Readable fragments show clashes of wit in New York Weekly and Puck cartoons. Dialogues mock social pretenses, engagements, travel, and publishing satire with characters like Clara Cora and Banks.
Chairman of a Congressional committee questions officials about failing to grant rights to the Indians. An Indian Agent replies that current law does not permit killing them.
A brief dialogue features Mrs Smythe asking if she was in Heaven and Mr Smythe replying he dreamed he was in Heaven. The exchange is presented as a curtailed, anecdotal snippet of conversation.
A brief exchange explains the eagle on coins as a teaching symbol that money flies. Jaspar notes the design aims to illustrate wealth’s fleeting nature in a concise dialogue.
On a crowded Saratoff steamer the assistant captain is halted by a peasant who claims a theft has been found. The money is sewn into a soldier's mantle and fourty one rubles and a twenty kopeck piece are recovered. The captain and police are unconcerned and the matter is dropped.
An old bachelor in a boarding house on Twenty first Street near Broadway buys fresh eggs at 1.25 a dozen from a fancier. He marks each egg, places them in a drawer, and hands them to the cook with his watch and thermometer. He eats unbroken eggs in shells to ensure they match his selection, and his mood hinges on every detail. If content, he stays bright for the day. if not, he remains unsettled.
The article discusses Italian opera’s exile from public favor, arguing it must regain influence through contrapuntal texture and a mathematical musical style. It cites Verdi Mascagni and Leoncavallo as proof of ongoing Italian genius and notes actor William Dardge on the actor’s mission to engage audiences.
A defender argues the modern American stage is clean and morally sound, condemns frivolity and licentiousness as European imports, and insists moral purity protects the scene. He cites New York as containing only sporadic impurities and warns against a hypothetical Chicago lowbrow theater on State Street.
The piece recalls theatrical missteps from a penny travel show cockney mishap to anecdotes about Rose Eytinge Julia Marlowe and Oscar Wilde jokes. It notes performers like Water Srearus Hatz Maida Craigen and the plan to tour Leander Richardson’s The Nominee with Robert Hilliard and Paul Arthur.
The account notes Russians showing little enthusiasm for the Turkish War. In a canteen tent officers longed to return to St. Petersburg or seek a minor wound. Hospitalized wounded complained of officers, a reaction atypical of Russian soldiers.
A literary man shuns style trammels and offers hexameter verse to an editor who dismisses it as uninteresting. A dried up plant cannot grow, and being called green is not uncomplimentary. Girls face pressure more from corsets than from suitors.
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