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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1873
Page
1
A fragment describes a newspaper with varied content including special dispatches, market reports, local news, editorials, arts criticism, and weekly business review. It notes telegraph reports and a Boston stock market review as part of its offerings and mentions a large circulation.
The text explains that all shelled marine creatures obtain shell material from seawater. As oysters filter water through their gills, lime dissolved in water is absorbed by tissues and deposited to build the shell, causing growth.
A minister's wife describes life in a grand seaboard parsonage, envy of a colleague with children, and the loss of their daughter Mamie. After the child's apparent death, a visionary moment at the sea shore consoles her, linking grief to faith and a call to endure.
The excerpt argues that life is defined by action and use of our senses not by years. It suggests the longest living man is not the one with many years but one who has truly enjoyed life, noting a centenarian who was spiritually dead from birth.
Spurgeon states that light and sunrise require each other and prayer brings a blessing. He argues that the spiritual universe operates under a rule where the answer to prayer is granted, though neither element guarantees its own outcome.
A reflective piece by Arthur Helps on decision making as life's great labor. It argues that choosing is exhausting yet essential for stability and progress, requiring patience, endurance, and sustained reasoning to confront and uproot evils.
The Mobile Register urges young men to fit themselves for a useful calling and to pursue excellence in a chosen business. It warns against idleness and drones, arguing that knowing how to work provides comfort and security even if fortune changes.
The piece argues tact as essential to success beyond raw ability. It cites William III and Aaron Burr as examples, noting how courtesy and social poise can make or break political and personal advancement in historical contexts.
The passage notes Napoleon’s genius paired with tact. It describes his gilding of the Hotel des Invalides drawing mixed praise and criticism, while another plan passed unnoticed. It also mentions his hesitation to award Dumas the Legion of Honor, citing tact as a refined sense of touch.
The essay examines fear as a universal trait not limited to common soldiers, citing Pompey and battlefield frenzy. It argues passion can suppress fear during combat while calm observers may fear intensely. It notes fear can be fatal and even fatalistic, shaping actions and deaths.
A Rio Grande hunter long mocked by companions emulates Comanche tactics. Dressed in deer skin with antlers he hides at a stand. A cougar leaps from a tree and sinks claws into his disguise prompting a startled retreat by both hunter and beast.
The American Builder describes an easy device to make sand paper using green window glass ground to a fine powder and sift onto glue coated paper. After a day or two the glass adheres and the result is cheaper and better than store bought sand paper.
The Rev Richard Cecil visits a former admirer who is unaware of his danger and warns him that wealth can lead the devil’s path to destruction. The grave warning is delivered with solemn earnestness and leaves a lasting impression.
A travel note describes Andersonville with the 180 foot flag over the stockade remains and the 18 716 departed Union soldiers. It praises the cemetery, calls for preserving the stockade as a historical monument, and recounts the harsh conditions and burial details. It also mentions a visit to the stockade, the spring, and the abuse by Wirtz and others. The piece ends with a lighter note on lizards and a cobra in a garden.
A poetic reflection notes that great souls face sorrows and storms. Thunder-clouds break and disperse, leaving a sheltering calm over the surrounding plains. The imagery contrasts inner turmoil with outward landscape.
A hunter describes wild ducks mockingly as feathery, clumsy birds with odd bills. He explains duck behavior, water floatability, and poor meat after feathers are removed, then recounts unsuccessful decoy shooting and a long confession kept secret.
In a Green Mountains church Parson Shepherd chastises Deacon Tucker for dozing during a sermon. He raises a giant Bible and declares a warning, bonking the sleeper on the head to wake him. Tucker never slept in church again.
An Irish Lord Chancellor was briefly confined in a mad house after arriving unannounced at an asylum in a closed car. The porter mistook him for another inmate, joked about seven Lords being inside, and warders finally released him after his secretary was contacted.
A man unwilling to advertise land for sale posted a written notice in a hotel. A prospective buyer, seeking a small farm, responded that he would not buy from someone who advertised that way, alleging the seller would steal infrastructure before handing over possession.
A reflective note contrasts time's brevity with eternity and a renowned name, warning that earthly pleasures and profits amount to an empty bubble and a deluding dream. The passage laments worldly aims and hints at a deeper, enduring reality beyond life.
An Rochester Democrat item outlines the red mite problem in canary cages, especially dark rooms. It notes mites hide in cracks and in a reed perch with gimlet holes, which when shaken releases and kills them, offering a simple effective method for owners to test.
A carter named R in Mormont to Givors injures a horse with a lever after failing to kill it. The horse survives, returns at daybreak, and a second attack triggers a horse to attack the man, injuring him severely in front of two other horses. French paper reports the incident.
The article contends urban settlement leads to shorter statures, while rural Kentucky and Tennessee breed taller men. It cites Patagonians as tallest historically, polar Esquimaux as short, and claims English and American physiques vary by ancestral blood. A milk-rich diet is favored for tall frames in youth.
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