23 Mar 1878
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1878
Page
1
The speaker laments aging and weariness while seeking divine comfort and shelter in heaven. Heprays for protection of the weak, healing of a bleeding heart, and passage to a blessed land where care cannot come. The poem expresses lifelong travel, dimmed sight, and longing for the farther shore with the Saviour calling home.
The tale follows a colorful stranger from Solano California who moralizes on social pretensions while charming a belle with odd vanities. His dull wit and odd dress contrast with a daring rise in stock dealings and a dramatic rescue rumor that boosts his reputation.
Tips on preserving mirrors lemons and fabrics and caring for hands. Notes include avoiding sun on mirrors and protecting glass with proper coatings, keeping lemons in a cool water-filled cask, using pepper to prevent linen spots, and using vinegar or lemon juice with glycerine to soften chapped hands.
A reflection on overcoming despair. The author argues that courage sustains value and action despite poverty or hardship, and that inner resolve determines a person’s fate rather than external circumstances.
The saying contends that people without fortune’s favor often feel more content than those who experience hardship. It contrasts satisfaction levels between the unfavored and the forsaken, suggesting resilience or perspective.
The piece contrasts hopeful thoughts about love and calamity with cautions about false friends and leadership. It quotes Jeremy Taylor and critiques hurried governance likening weak officials to a busy turnstile. It argues enduring ideas outlast crowns and highlight the dangers of shallow action.
A call to persistent effort rather than a single dramatic act. The author urges enduring toil for justice, urging readers to work and wait, come in at day’s end, and rely on Divine Providence as the long harvest progresses.
Insist on reading great books and marking world events. Leave trivial politics to perish. In every knowledge branch, ask who stands as the head, the chief oracle, the ruling genius above all others. Master works are the canonical books of science and literature.
The piece reflects on how sunshine alters perception from shadow and likens cloudless light to hope in the human soul. It praises unselfishness, Christian charity, and loving-kindness as sunbeams that brighten others and, in turn, lift the giver.
The piece urges parents to provide lively, intelligent conversation at home to educate and engage children. It warns that dull homes drive youth away and stresses using existing mental resources for family discourse. It highlights daily talks as a source of pleasure and mental training for youngsters.
A critic argues people hide poverty to fit in and warns against ostentation. The piece champions self denial as safer and honorable, urging readers to prefer honest living over display and to regain wealth through prudent restraint.
A discussion by Charles Hale in Atlantic Monthly warns that cities borrow to cover deficits caused by neglecting annual taxation. Expenditures for sewers parks and public buildings may be prudent only with foresight. Debts arise more from miscalculation than will, mirroring private overspending but eased by municipal credit.
A Paris Letter notes the eel-skin dress craze with ultra tight skirts and boned stays. Women employ theater tights and chemilon to achieve slender waists, shackle limbs, and risk bodice malfunctions while chasing youthful slenderness.
The article warns that cows drinking stagnant water produce impure milk containing living organisms. It cites Cornell findings and Prof Arnold noting milk may coagulate quickly when cows drink foul water. Instances are reported of typhoid fever transmitted by milk from cows that drank contaminated water. Farmers are urged to provide pure water.
The column humorously notes the perils of street rain with skirts and umbrellas, mocks reversible hat design where fore and hind parts blur, observes women wearing men's hats and coats to mirror contemporary fashion, and predicts spring trend of low neck and short sleeve coats with groomed front hair.
A speaker urges practical labor and perseverance in all honest trades. He mocks laziness, says every trade has value, and warns against fear of dirt or danger. He notes only hard times will ease when miraculous changes occur, while until then everyone must endure ordinary toil.
The Turkish bath traces back to Phoenician origins over three thousand years ago and was refined by Greeks and Romans. Ancient baths were grand, with inlays of gold, silver, marble, and mosaics, and could house vast crowds, such as Caracalla’s baths for eighteen thousand bathers. Invading Goths and Vandals destroyed these refined structures, unable to appreciate their aesthetic.
An excerpt discusses coffee's spread from the South to other regions, noting Havana cafes and London Turkish traders. It compares coffee and tea chemistry and hints at growing global consumption. It ends with a moral about gradual self-improvement and steady accumulation of knowledge, character, and fortune.
Summary notes a TS78 chapter related to public laws enacted during the January session.
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