10 Jul 1880
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1880
Page
1
Mrs Goodington muses on a forthcoming circus with trained horses and camels. She recalls visiting a circus with Daniel, describing the tainted enclosure and the wild animals growling, later realizing the sounds came from peanut vendors and prize packages.
The grace cup name and use derive from eleventh century Scottish queen Margaret Atheling who offered a draught from a gold cup to those who stayed for grace. Chiefs and nobles adopted the custom, spreading to England and enduring in inventories and wills through the Reformation era.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets as the best outside institutions for lung complaints. It urges open windows and fresh night air, likening crowded rooms to bathers drinking the same water, and promotes the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, N.Y., for pamphlets and guidance on consumption care.
A debt freeing dispute between Hiram and Jennie Graham over how to spend surplus earnings ends with Jennie’s sacrifices guiding a lifetime change. He buys and renovates the neglected farmhouse, builds a green shuttered home and a fruitful garden, and finally secures the Southwell forty with quiet growth in character and happiness.
Dana Krum, a conductor on the Erie Railroad, was approached by an unknown man claiming to be a fireman without a pass. The man asked for Susquehanna and pressed for a time check. Krum warned he would stop the train if the man could not produce a pass or fare, noting the irony of the incorrect time.
The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company stands as Rochester’s major business, with sales described as beyond precedent and their product found in almost every household nationwide per Graphic report.
A collection of essays discusses how dreams affect memory and perception, including dreamy familiarity and forecast-like visions. It reflects on Valley Forge, praising Washington's resilience, strategic genius, and moral stature amid hardship and criticism.
Geneva professor Colladon presents observations on how lightning travels through trees and houses. He says discharges injure trunks most when current seeks the stem, not the thin upper branches, and that conductors ending near water attract sparks to earth. He argues lightning splits among many branches rather than one main stream and behaves like a rain with tributaries.
James Payn argues that wealth corrupts morals while poverty humbles and sharpens character. He critiques the belief that moderate means breed idleness, noting riches can petrify while frugality preserves self-respect. He cites Agur’s prayer and stresses that true happiness lies in means with a margin rather than excess or lack.
A one eyed man with a glass eye shares comic anecdotes about how he uses his eye to unsettle others. He recounts driving a man down stairs during a dispute, helping alms seekers, and clearing streetcar seats by staring with the dead eye to provoke reactions and applause from ladies.
The article explains that glue must be thinned with water to a point where it penetrates wood pores, with slow drying glues typically strongest. It outlines a method: break glue, soak in water twelve hours, boil until done, store in an air tight box, cool before sealing. Do not heat by direct fire and prepare only what will be used within a week.
Afghan etiquette forbids visiting in the off hand unceremonious way common in Europe. Visitors are admitted by confidential retainers, guided through an open courtyard to a staircase, and received by the host in person. A tray of fruit is placed at the visitors’ feet, and after polite exchanges the interview ends unless hosts withdraw attendants for more confidential talks.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art gains a permanent loaned numismatic collection from Joseph W. Drexel of New York. It includes over 2,000 ancient Roman Greek and Egyptian coins, 14 gold pieces 485 silver 824 bronze or potan items and 200 mixed pieces totaling 2832. Gen. Di Cesnola has opened the cases but not catalogued yet. The collection is valued at about $30,000 and is seen as a potential nucleus for a major American treasure collection.
The description notes Cyrrous climate similar to Crete with short cold winters and long hot summers cooled by Mediterranean breezes. Population around 90,000: 60,000 Greeks, 25,000 Turks, rest Fellahs and Arabs. Languages Greek Turkish Ithan. upper classes speak them. Buildings poor, natives lazy, harbor nearly useless with no breakwaters or quays. Cargoes must be discharged by lighters, often halted by bad weather. fixing this is urged as a government priority.
An American mother sails from New York to Paris and orchestrates a double wedding. Her elder daughter faced two equally eligible suitors, prompting a Napoleonic order: hold both until mother arrives. Sequel: the two daughters wed the same day at the American Chapel, with mother presiding.
Queen Victoria admired Lord Beaconsfield, with a full length oil portrait hung opposite Prince Albert at Windsor Castle. At Princess Frederica’s wedding she squeezed Beaconsfield’s hand in sorrow over his political fall. Asked for his secret, he replied he never contradicts and sometimes forgets, and he is finishing a long started novel in his leisure.
A student notes teachers increasingly write to his parents, claiming the practice saves him trouble. The ad praises Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup claiming to ensure sound refreshing sleep for babies, priced 25 cents per bottle or two bottles for the deal.
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