29 Aug 1874
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1874
Page
1
Poetic meditation on tired feet climbing hills. The speaker recalls mornings of freshness and glances back over valleys and glens. A prayer to the Father asks for permission to start anew, seeking brighter, sunlit places long left behind.
Cyril Harding saves Lily Lowe from drowning during a nocturnal sleepwalking episode on the Mississippi near St Anthony. The near tragedy rekindles a romance, leading to marriage and a lasting bond after years apart in Europe and America.
A London Royal Free Hospital case reports an ulcerated tongue fully removed and a week later the patient could say I would like to have some beef tea. The text discusses why taste requires contact among tongue lips and substance and describes experiments with salt castor oil and ice water to illustrate sensory loss.
A brief miscellany line notes a proverb about divine provision and animal effort, stating that God gives birds their food but they must fly to obtain it.
A traditional statement notes that a Christian pound weighs six teen ounces and remains at least evenly balanced, reflecting a historic unit conversion and standard balance reference.
An aged, deaf, palsied man sits by a fire in an almshouse. He is deeply poor yet rich in faith, waiting for the Lord and a crown of righteousness promised to all who love Him. He reads Romans 5:1 2 and finds justification by faith as the foundation of his hope.
The passage argues that true home value lies in domestic love, not lavish furnishings. It contrasts outward elegance with inner warmth, asserting a simple life with heartfelt affection is superior to wealth of furniture and ornament.
A collection of stories on premonitions and fate links Hogarth Mozart and Napoleon to final works. Stories recount death, timing, and the power of imagination. A dialogue between Cukap Laser and Uncle Clarence debates pyramid labor in ancient Egypt, with grim details of mass mobilization and famine.
Buckingham's Lectures describes Persians Turks and Araba comparing Europeans and Himalaya athletes. A band from the Himalayas demonstrated superior strength on a Glasgow frigate regimental and Indiaman trials showing one mountaineer equaling two to three strong Europeans and capable of crushing a man if uncontrolled.
A moral exhortation urges obedience to kindness over social coldness. It argues that small acts of warmth and praise improve the lives of children, the elderly, the poor, and workers, contrasting generosity with fashionable restraint and snobbery. It calls readers to openly love, laugh, and affirm others.
In Cuina a country with roses lacking scent and women without petticoats, laborers without Sabbaths, magistrates without honor, roads without vehicles, ships without keels, and old men flying kites. The text notes peculiar signs such as a southward needle, antipodes scratched on the head, left handed honors, stomach as seat of intellect, hat etiquette, and mourning white garments, describing a literature without an alphabet and a language without grammar.
The passage praises cheerfulness as the bright weather of the heart, a harmonious, wordless song that fosters repose. It strengthens the soul and aids natural recovery, warning that worry and discontent wear the spirit through constant strain.
A careful investigator notes coffee must be ground before use, likening grounds to a dull ax. The remark uses a sharp metaphor to critique preparation and readiness.
A Moravian writer uses the two ends of a ladder as a metaphor for duty and consequences. He recalls balancing a ladder in a crowded street and warns that one end unseen can cause harm to others. The piece connects ladders to youth, fashion, and misplaced priorities.
A New Orleans Picayune tale recounts a stylish lady stranded by mud at Magazine and Lafayette. An aged cotton float driver guides her partway, offering a stepping stone as she reaches dry land. She thanks him with a smile, and he basks in local humor afterward.
The St. Louis Globe argues journalism demands apprenticeship and hard work. It contrasts editors with sudden career switches to law or medicine, noting no national journalist lacks extensive practice, while many people doubt basic trades yet claim editorial skill.
The passage emphasizes sustainable farming, warning that taking more from the land than is restored ruins capital. It urges proper drainage to prevent water stagnation, tilling to create loose powdery loam, weeding to favor useful crops, collecting all manure, preventing waste, choosing proven crop practices, giving plants room to grow, and staying slightly ahead of rivals.
A newspaper interview with General Hillyer recounts judging Grant harshly at first but praising a tactical move at Fort Donelson. Grant inspected a prisoner and found extra rations, deduced an escape plot, then ordered a decisive attack that overwhelmed the rebels.
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