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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
3
A short verse feature from the Atlanta Constitution celebrates Miss Mary as the brightness of day. The poem compares her beauty to sunshine, spring gardens, and sparkling stars, suggesting her charm outshines the world from east to west.
A Rocky Gulch mining camp tale shows Joe Hardy and his wife welcomed by a rough crowd after their baby’s birth. Silent Sam leads a simple funeral, with moss and gold-dust laid in a crude casket near Joe’s cabin, as miners offer quiet sympathy and farewell.
In Rocky Gulch the beloved Babe, nicknamed iy Babe, fell ill and died after a days long vigil by miners and a devoted circle. Joe the saloon keeper and neighbors kept watch. Silent Sam aided, but Babe passed in the early hours. The town mourned as Babe lay smiling on the little bed for the final time.
A historical overview notes that horses suffer more than soldiers due to hunger, fatigue, and harsh conditions. It cites sieges such as Plevna, Crimea losses, and various campaigns, emphasizing starvation, overwork, injury, and shipping dangers as key factors in horse casualties.
Weather bureau reports 312 annual lightning deaths per million population on average from 1889 to 1898 with Ohio suffering highest farmer death rate. In 1898 lightning damaged 1,866 buildings worth 1 446 880 and killed livestock worth 48 257. Most deaths occur April to September with peaks in June and July. Grounding fences could reduce damage.
Australian native life expectancy rarely exceeds fifty years and the text highlights the need for unwavering confidence to enjoy love and sausages.
Dr Talmage extols a divine plumb line to test character and forcefully critiques secular religious trends and business malpractices. He praises steadfast honesty amid economic pressure, warns against lounges of greed, and contrasts high moral standards with ruinous cant.
Charles H North of Somerville Massachusetts once the town’s wealthiest citizen now rents two rooms on Prospect Hill. Once a mansion dweller he is reported to be peddling vegetables door to door in the same town where he thrived a decade ago.
In Australian waters H Phelps Whitmarsh recalls a muddy dive encounter with a would be octopus that proved to be a fellow diver. A twelve foot shadow giant with a barrel shaped head approached and, after mutual surprise, the two divers shook hands and exchanged loot states.
An English officer in Malta asks natives for directions and learns the joke of four fools. In Haddington Worcsshire a derelict church harbors a rabbit-warren amid collapsing walls and decayed flooring. A fundraising effort aims to restore the historic building.
The record notes 278,829 pounds of good ivory passing through Zanzibar markets in 1889. It also observes rising canning of new goods easing men’s solitude, and quotes a sharp male sentiment about pity and resilience.
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