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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1894
Page
4
A fragmentary excerpt discusses a poet above time with a secret on his lip and a riddle in his rhythm. It notes the poet’s power and enchantment, suggesting his utterances carry an eternal savor rather than death, attributed to William Watson in Spectator.
In a Chinese courtly tale, Chao-Se plans to sacrifice his wife Tian to save the family honor after Te-Ku spurns his daughter. Kin the cook helps stage a self sacrifice, a monkey impersonates Te-Ku, and a fatal misidentity leads to a dramatic legal verdict. The monkey becomes the presumed victim and Te-Ku is exiled to a traveling troupe.
The article notes New York City monuments largely funded by private subscriptions rather than city funds. It lists major statues and donors from Worth in Madison Square to Franklin, Hamilton, Webster, Burns, Humboldt, Schiller, Lafayette, Moore, Bolivar, Mazzini, Garibaldi, Morse, Beethoven, Cox and others, highlighting varied immigrant and professional group contributions across Central and Union squares and parks.
In Chicago Record prose Evangeline O Glary returns from a ball exhausted and heartbroken thinking Archibald Rooney loves another. She spent the day at the telephone office and wrestles with memory as dawn approaches. Her mother wakes her at 7 30.
The new St. Pauls church in Milwaukee features the worlds largest opalescent window. The nave window measures 30 feet 1 inch wide and 24 feet high, with over 200 life size figures, depicting the crucifixion and copied from Dorés Christ Leaving the Pretorium.
The Chicago Tribune quote shows a editor rewarding a burglary article with extra pay while firing the reporter for revealing how to pick a lock. The passage contrasts sensational crime coverage with newsroom consequences. Irish bog oak and Roman catacombs figures follow, noting dark wood and vast burial sites.
A yellow car is drawn by three horses, Apple Jerry and Frank. Jerry rebels but a bootblack offers half an apple to each horse. the gesture softens them and they resume pulling the car as the bootblack hurries off with a shine request.
A playful verse from St. Nicholas by F. H. Littlejohn depicts the Wasp and the Spider proposing to build a ship with a red maple leaf sail. They sail beyond the seas but their destination remains unknown as the tale ends with pies heard of again.
London Telegraph reports a post mortem on Professor Helmholtz at relatives' request. The left brain region showed softening while the right remained normal. The brain exhibited unusual cerebral patterns linked to high intellect, a cast was made, other organs showed disorder, but Helmholtz had no prior related symptoms.
Harper's Magazine outlines upcoming features for 1895 including The Simpletons by Thomas Hardy and The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, plus illustrated papers on Charleston and the Carolinas. Other plans include North Africa features, Chinese Life stories by Julian Ralph, and new novelette by Richard Harding Davis. Subscriptions and binding options listed with prices and delivery details.
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