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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1885
Page
4
The speaker greets a weary Earth with Easter joy. Starbeams herald a second birth as a pierced hand and rolled stone announce peace. The poem blends despair and triumph, declaring death defeated by the cross and a renewed paradise through Christ. Horatio Gilbert Parker.
In a comic rural scene, Buckswort Ham the Arkansas lawyer publicizes his courtship of Miss Puss Hennifin while aiming to crown himself Lord Cottonbloom by marriage. The pair spar over money status and political ambition as an elderly chaperone mediates.
In a rural tale Bucksnort Ham wooes Miss Puss Henni fin as he contemplates love and a potential peerage. She answers with formal politeness while hinting at political ambitions and personal limits. The dialogue blends affection, ambition, and social roles.
A romantic exchange reveals a comic noble metaphor as Bucksnort proclaims love and vows, lifting the moment with playful praise. A warm embrace follows and the couple shares a tender kiss.
Chapter III notes Ham is elected and wed to Puss three days later. Lord and Lady Cottonbloom reside at a quiet Cottonwood grove home. Puss shuns neighbors unless they respect her status. As parliament nears, Lord Cottonbloom plans departure and hints at the Garter ceremony with Ham.
A fantasy tale where Senator Ham’s wife demands court presentation, causing a capricious sequence in which the governor and a cranking queen woman reveal mock nobility. The couple returns to Cottonbloom to find nobility repealed, forcing a fallback to plebian status.
The Philadelphia Times notes that young birds sent to the zoological garden often arrive with unknown species. Keepers must wait for final plumage to identify them, as four plumage stages can mask the true species. A case involved raccoons traded for two South American birds later found to be rare and valuable.
Dr Coakley told a Buffalo Medical Association meeting that during the war opium quinine camels whisk constituted the surgeon's materia medica. He said soldiers would tolerate opium largely.
In Yorkshire, Cissy Moreland endures a cruel stepmother while artist Philip Staunton courts her. A rich Aunt Amy Durrant arranges a future with her heir, but true union comes when Philip reveals he is the designated heir and Cissy’s aunt frees her from abuse to marry him.
The Portland Oregonian reports an extraordinary snow event in Wasco County starting December 13, lasting twenty days, with 106 inches falling and depths near sixty inches. The Dalles became isolated hub, streets blocked, snow shoveling paid at $1 an hour, tunnels dug in business districts, and temperatures around twenty-two below zero at Umatilla House.
A Georgia woman claims she married a materialized spirit after her husband died. In Justice Poe’s office she testified the ceremony bound her to J. F. Sterling but insists the groom was her dead husband who returned as a spirit. The case unfolds with dramatic oath and mystery.
The writer argues travel revives vigor as youth wanes, praising Southern climates and varied landscapes. Travel expands horizons, improves learning, and enriches conversation, with examples from merchants and planters who once enjoyed wealth and now seek fulfillment through new experiences.
A meditation on travel as a path to companionship and learning. The author extols journeys as enlarging the mind through cities, nature, and works of art, noting memories of landscapes like Harper's Ferry, Yosemite, Niagara, and Yellowstone as lasting inspiration.
A correspondent writes of mixed reactions from crews along the canal as British troops pass. Germans salute, Italians jeer, Dutch refuse manners, and Arabs dance on the bank while Egyptians show varied behavior. The author questions whether moral effects of victories extend to reverses and notes overall social friction in Suez.
A New York observer praises Washington society calling it the capital’s social world. He contrasts it with New York clubs where young brokers dominate talk of stocks and scandals and older intellects feel sidelined. In Washington, literary figures philanthropists and statesmen mingle openly, with dancing youth present but not the focus.
In Glasgow, Mr. Greville, once a privy council clerk, attended a spiritualist seance at age over sixty. Medium Foster claimed a female form blessed him, identified as Greville’s mother, who reassured and predicted an imminent meeting. Greville noted he would have tea with her at 5 that evening. Tableau showed his mother, though ninety, still hale and vigorous.
Reports say the Russian southward push toward Penjdeh and capture of Merncbak signal the end of any peace era and foreshadow a Russian move on Herat. Afghanistan’s ameer seeks English aid against Russia while powers urge Turkey to stay neutral in a potential Anglo Russian war.
The piece notes shorthand as essential for London merchants, yielding higher pay and status, but many students fail to become competent writers. It argues speed drives the art, cites public speaking at 120 words per minute as a benchmark, and laments decline of verbatim reporting due to limited demand and skill.
A Tokyo charge d affaires Sakurada was shot by Jeanne Marie Lorette a 21 year old Belgian woman in Rotterdam after a quarrel. Sakurada died at Rotterdam hospital that night. The alleged killer wounded herself and is in custody.
Gaklul describes camel convoys marching with many animals four to six days without water or food. Survivors suffer extreme sores and gapping wounds from packs. The stench from decaying bodies along the Abu Kru to Korti route fills the air near Gakdul as caravans pass.
The Right Reverend Bishop Gilmour of Cleveland endorses St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and related pains. Col. Hans Mattson of Minneapolis cites an April 16 letter from an English officer noting calls for a stronger lead against Russia and warning that peace may be short and prestige could be lost if Penjdeh remains Russian.
The former proprietor of Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy offered $500 for a cure for catarrh he could not achieve. The present owners renew the offer and promote the remedy and douche as essential aids. World Dispensary Medical Association advertises at 663 Main Street Buffalo NY with pamphlets and three cent stamps.
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