16 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1879
Page
1
A coachmaker kept a costly carriage ready for deceased nobles. After each noble’s death the carriage bore the heraldic arms and executors were asked when it could be removed for a price. Executors often paid to buy it back, allowing the rogue to reuse it for another noble. The scheme was exposed and damaged his reputation.
Mr Rassam reports excavation at Muje lbi Mound identifying the hanging gardens site with wells aqueducts and massive stone work. Basalt from Armenian hills and river transport imply grand structural scale. A southern Jumjuma mound reveals a palace hall with enamelled brick columns and painted brick cornices, likely state festival site erected by Nebuchadnezzar and enhanced by successors.
In Castle town Isle of Man a cautious lieutenant Jones defies his fear to save a sinking steamer and its passengers. He dives through surf with rope tethered to shore, reaches the wreck, ferries a woman to safety, and becomes a celebrated hero at Braddon hall. He later marries Miss Conyers and enters diplomacy, ending with a Vienna assignment.
A toast honors the Honorable Thomas Jones and his bride. The speaker notes plans to India next month and laments the loss of Lieutenant Jones, asserting he would have stormed a fort as he boarded the wreck.
A philosophical reflection on heroism of small minds and the fear of an evil conscience. The piece condemns chasing praise and champions contentment in solitude as a virtue. It argues a man should avoid public ity and advertise only when necessary, labeling such prudence as the motto for business.
A New York Tribune correspondent notes Texas shows reduced desperado activity due to deaths prison terms and frontier settlement. He cites Galveston News on weekly murders mostly from drinking dens, while highway robbery and frontier brigandage persist on the Mexican border. Overall, civil order in agricultural areas and towns protects life and property, encouraging travel and settlement.
A Chicago Inter Ocean letter urges reform of attitudes toward domestic helpers. A contributing woman explains she treats a long term girl as family, allows reading, sewing, and parlor time, and argues fair pay and social equality benefit households. Public sentiment must change to value honest work and maintain harmony.
In a village tale the controlling Griper-like figure dominates bank and railway shares while a benevolent neighbor, generous yet poor in enterprise, bears the social burden. The piece extols the intangible reward of kindness toward the vulnerable, contrasting material wealth with moral legacy.
A scientist describes ants cleaning themselves in elaborate social grooming and cooperative toilet habits, including a Turkish-bath like scene, plus acrobatic ant behavior by warmth. The piece also reviews Dr Wilks on how parrots learn to talk by imitation, suggestion, and association, comparing animal and human speech.
In Dayton Ohio the Gem Paper Mills miniature menagerie features a bantam rooster that bravely defends a crow from a fox near Reynard’s den. The crow attempted escape but the fox clutched it until the rooster swooped in. The rooster struck with wing and spur, drove the fox away, and the crow hopped to safety beyond the chain.
Workmen tearing down an old Perth Amboy dwelling in New Jersey uncovered a Danish Bible sealed within the wall while construction dated back to 1684. The 1664 Bible was found in about half of its condition preserved, with the rest likely damaged by time. Nearby an owl watched nearby during the discovery.
An Italian traveler, exhausted on a quest for fortune in Nevada, stops at a muddy spring. When the water clears, he discovers gold dust in the basin. He and fellow countrymen prospect the claim, yielding $700 the first day and $40,000 last year, with a quarter interest sold for $20,000.
A Foreign Letter describes Norway as a compact European maritime power with a large commercial fleet. It notes Norway’s ships frequent New York and London routes, a daily thousands of Norwegian craft in the sound, and that ship ownership and participation are integral to everyday life across towns and fjords. The piece highlights ship shares as village wealth, timber exports, coal, dried fish, and oranges as trade goods across Europe.
A brief excerpt from Forney's Progress contrasts Italian and American girls noting Italian brides sew their entire trousseau, six dozen embroidered items, over two years while courting. husbands provide dresses and accessories but not undergarments. Italian girls focus on sewing, cooking, ironing rather than singing or piano.
The Meriden Recorder reports outrage at boys with marbles and velocipedes gaining sidewalk right of way and proposes an elevated footpath only wide enough for pedestrians, not for games or velocipedes, to spare weary walkers from hoodlums.
Moore’s Rural Life describes various trees with notes on growth, shade, and ornamental value. It highlights Tulips, Poplars, Silver Maple, Horse Chestnut, Catalpa, Paulownia, Linden, Weeping Willow, American Elm, Black Walnut, Ash, Larch, Conifers, Ailanthus, White Birch, Purple and Copper Beech, and common fruit trees. The piece contrasts growth rates, shade, fragrance, and landscape appeal for lawn planting and garden planning.
A writer urges bathing suits be shaped to the neck shoulders bust and armholes for comfort while allowing free arm motion. Prefers twisted flannel or moeren materials that resist cling and drips. Trim with alpaca braid or delaine bands and a bow of water resistant black ribbon. Towelling cloaks in burnous style shield dripping figures at resorts.
A health note advises immediate home remedies for a cold. It claims the illness lasts about ten days unless treated within forty eight hours. On first day it recommends room heating to prevent chills, hot foot baths for fifteen minutes, thorough drying and warm woolen stockings, then twenty four hours of only warm liquids with no food.
A remark on the impact of misery on professional work urges using Hop Bitters to relieve dull nerves and sluggish brain, suggesting improvement is cheap and easy. The note hints at broader columns discussing remedies and wellbeing.
Editorial cautions readers against overspending, arguing prudent living is essential to avoid debt. It stresses self restraint, fiscal responsibility, and warns creditors' power when finances falter.
A farmer recounts using soft soap on apple tree bark to control ants. In years of trial, trees recovered from damage and grew more vigorously. Regular soaping reportedly reduces need for scraping, with cost estimated at a few cents per tree annually. The method is endorsed with caution and notes on preparation.
At a grocery store a mother described a second story fall by a colored child. She said the child was coming down feet fast with a real chance of injury, but after someone turned him over the impact on his head did not cause any noticeable damage.
A college professor notes that high class ranking requires discipline and clean habits. He cites catarrh as a cause of hawking and spitting and recommends Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as a cure in a brief endorsement.
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