The Helping Hand Across the Street
An old, ragged woman stands at a snowy crossing as youths pass by. A bright boy pauses to offer help lifting her across the street, showing compassion amid careless crowds and winter hardship.
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Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1878
Page
1
The Cuban Revenge and a Fatal Duel in St Iago de Cuba
A Cuban nobleman Carlos Fernandez seeks vengeance after a insult by Captain Calvo in a duel set near Trinidad. Fernandez is mortally shot by Calvo during a pistol exchange and dies beside his devoted wife who soon follows him in a trance of seeming foreknowledge. The scene ends with a solemn funeral in a marble setting, the widow’s quiet calm and a striking, mournful procession.
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St. Iago de Cuba
Carlos Fernandez
America
St Iago
Donna Catalina
Carlos
Spain
Calvo
Fernandez
Trinidad
Avalante
Titien
Boarding-house Mattress Triggers Wordplay on Bones Count
A humorous aside notes that the claimed 240 bones in the human body is likely an exaggeration, as a weary guest wagers against the textbook tally after a night on a shabby boarding-house mattress.
How To Succeed Through Personal Conviction
MISCELLANY quotes warn that age loneliness and wealth offer weak anchors while virtue remains firm. A mother’s words praise self control, while a professor notes failure as progress toward truth. The piece urges persistence in doing what one believes is best, regardless of profit or praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Gore, Co Magazine
Walout Ets
Cambridge
Mass
Goop Works and the Test of True Character
A reflection on character tested by work and fruit. It asserts ecstasy alone does not prove virtue, urging self-examination of life and deeds. If works align with the Spirit and service, deception need not fear. a good tree bears good fruit.
Bad Temper Destroys Domestic Life Across Ages
The piece condemns the harm of severe temper whether silent or explosive, noting it harms all ages and yields no lasting benefit. It highlights the aged as especially afflicted and urges restraint, arguing anger is useless and misery for both speaker and others.
Indestructibility of Enjoyment and Lasting Happiness
The passage argues happiness is lasting, not limited to the moment. A childhood rich with guidance from wise parents shapes lifelong calm pleasure. Even small pleasures leave enduring memories that comfort the aged and recall a world that cannot be renewed.
Sleep and beauty sleep from early to late hours
Sleep schedules affect health and appearance. Rest two hours before midnight yields brighter eyes, clearer skin, and a fresh complexion, while staying up late causes heaviness, pallor, and dull features. Regular early rest maintains a lively, healthy look.
A Lesson for Scandal Mongers Told by a Confession
A priest instructs a woman who spread rumors to scatter ripe thistle seeds and then gather them, showing how hard it is to undo harm from gossip. The tale warns that careless tongues sow discord impossible to retract, while even the strongest cannot restore the damaged trust.
Forgetfulness and the power of thoughtful encouragement
A short essay argues that small acts of consideration can spare others great harm. It highlights how encouragement lifts discouraged people and how friends, by noticing temptations in a young man, could steer him away from ruin with a simple, timely word.
The Shaping of a Vessel and Its Silent Model
In preparation for building an iron ship, the designer first decides the voyage and duties the vessel will perform. A model from equal wood and veneer reveals balance of forces, hull shape, draft, and stability, blending science with beauty as the key to seaworthiness. Sleeping position notes explain how posture affects blood flow and rest, advocating a pillow raised about four inches to avoid discomfort and health risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thdian
North Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Charles Barnard
Harper's Magazine
Hall
Journal of Health
Sunset in the Hartz Mountains on Rosstrappe
Marion Mitchell describes a sunset over the Hartz Mountains from Rosstrappe and Hexentanzplatz. She notes shifting light over meadows and valleys, rain showers, and a rainbow arcing across the peaks, praising the scene’s color depth and variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartz Mountains
Hexentanzplatz
Rosstrappe
Brocken
Marion Mitchell
Harper's Magazine
Woodwork or deserts threaten: tramp refuses logging task
A tramp insists on labor but refuses to saw wood claiming deforestation will ruin moisture and rain across the continent. He offers to carry coal and send a boy instead, asserting environmental warning over taking part in forest destruction.
Deaf man Taff killed by passenger train strike
A deaf man named Taff was struck and killed by a passenger train Wednesday morning. The same man was injured similarly about a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taff
Memory and its strange pull on our lives
A reflective meditation on memory as blessing and burden. The author ponders how memories of home and kindness lift us, while wrongs and vanity cast shadows, shaping how we view life, aging, and future pleasures or regrets.
The Pace Reward and a Great King’s Kindness
A tale describes Frederick the Great discovering a page sleeping and a mother’s note in his pocket. The king rewards the page’s mother with ducats, then tells the youth to send the money to his mother and promises to provide for them both. The scene emphasizes filial gratitude and benevolence over mere wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick the Great
Bicarbonate of Soda in Burns Cited by Medical Times
An editor’s assistant burned the thumb and found prompt relief from bicarbonate of soda applied as a saturate solution in a cardiometer. The Louisville Medical News reports a second-degree burn on the face and neck where soda relief was described as prompt and permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Medical News
Coleman Rogers
Weighing Gold Coins at the Bank of England
The Bank of England operates a six machine weighing department with three weighers to test sovereign and half sovereign weights. Coins pass through grooves into scales. standard coins go to the right box while underweight coins go to the left. Accepted coins are bagged in bundles of 1,000. underweight coins are returned to the mint London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
London Times
Sign Lures Traveller To Track As Train Rides By
A western Iowa traveller rode to a large sign urging him to look out for the locomotive. He stopped for a better view and was struck by a freight train of thirty seven cars passing, forcing him into the ditch before he could return to his horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hawkeye
Rev Joseph Cook Remarks on Dar win Hypothesis
In Norris Town Herald, Rev Joseph Cook questions Darwin's hypothesis of pangeneses and its subsidiary theories, noting that only a few believed the claim was as severe as suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cook
Norristown Herald
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