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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1900
Page
3
A reflective verse laments delays in fulfilling promises as time slips away. It urges seizing the present, avoiding procrastination, and valuing each moment before opportunities vanish. The poem contrasts planned futures with the reality that today may be the only sure day.
A rough, loyal youth Ralph Mydack toils in a defunct farm and abandoned mill after his father's sale to a cotton company. Years of hardship follow as sisters and a mute aunt endure poverty, while Ralph earns a living at the saw-mill and meets Gertrude Kendennis in June, hinting at a new connection amid decay and loss.
Gertrude and Ralph confess love while facing village gossip and financial doubt. Aunt Hannah reveals a hidden stash of $4,000 in gold, the price of the farm lands, changing the couple’s prospects and shocking the village. The pair plan marriage with limited funds yet newfound hope.
A narrator describes Cuban housewives buying fresh pure milk delivered at their doors by dairymen. Cautionary tale notes vendors may dilute milk or color it with sweet potato juice. Some milking methods include hidden water bags to mix milk and water before serving. Similar tricks reported in Italy and India.
The article notes that gold leaves can be pounded to such thinness that 282000 layers equal one inch, and a leaf can gild a surface to look like solid gold. It also contrasts mandarins who rarely walk, citing Nan king Viceroy as a notable exception who walked 1000 steps daily in his garden, while mandarins typically never move on foot within their jurisdiction.
The text notes the housefly has 16 000 eyes with 000 facets per eye and can see in all directions. It then lists famines of modern times including Ireland 1846 47 with 1 000 000 deaths, India 1866 with 1 450 000, India 1877 with 500 000, and China 1878 with 9 500 600 deaths.
The text notes the Czar owns an estate exceeding 100 million acres, over three times England’s size, and another estate more than twice Scotland’s. It adds a reflective line on wise living, urging readiness for the morrow.
A long sermon portrays the Cana wedding as a theater of divine care and abundance. Christ appears at the hour of extremity, supplying wine beyond need, inviting believers to rejoice, and contrasting earthly limits with heavenly feasts.
A short humorous vignette from Chicago describes a boy finishing prayers by blessing family members and asking, in a witty twist, that Brother Jim be made as good as he is. The piece frames a moral with Carlyle’s maxim about flaws.
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