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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1878
Page
4
The article describes pottery from ancient cultures including Greeks and Gauls, noting water as key to shaping clay and the wheel technique. It covers mold-made forms, enamel and blue glazes from Egypt, and the skill shown in small works and deity images. The scarab amulet appears in pottery and steatite with symbolic meaning of creation or resurrection.
The article explains how Chinese crickets are captured kept separately with mold and water, fed with fish and bees honey, and various other foods for diet. Female crickets are placed with males nightly to provoke battles, with pots kept free of smoke and sometimes charms used. Victorious crickets are called Shan lip and may be buried in silver coffins or sold for large sums as games conclude.
A novel electric lamp for dwelling illumination was shown in New York. It uses two metal or carbon rods with a small, inventor secret compound between their ends. The compound shines incandescent when electricity flows and burns in open air, so the lamp is housed in an air tight gun case with a protective atmosphere.
A vivid account of Vesuvius from its summit describes Naples and the bay to the west, Pompeii ruins to the south, and the surrounding landscape. The crater walls descend 800 feet to a lava-filled inner basin, with perpetual smoke and sulfurous gas from the volcano. It recounts eruptions from AD 79 onward, including 472, 1631, 1695, 1737, 1794, 1822, 1861, and 1872, noting vast destructions and tens of thousands of casualties and millions in property loss across Europe.
In Herbert Spencer's overview, subjugation appears via ritual mutilations that chiefs, prisoners, and deceased rulers receive. The text traces removal and display of fingers noses ears jaws teeth and hair, scalp trophies, beard shorn, and self bleeding, all signaling submission to gods, living superiors, or dead rulers across various cultures.
A fragment from a historical text presents a playful exuberant phonetic rendering of a flirtatious dialogue. The excerpt centers on affectionate secret wishes and imagined futures as the speaker urges a beloved to act with ardent devotion.
Chinese fortune tellers in San Francisco use opium visions to predict outcomes in health and gambling. Practitioners employ an ivory deity to aid interpretations, blaming the god if forecasts fail and replacing the idol afterward.
The article lists estimated lifespans for various trees from ancient times to modern species. Figures include cedar of Lebanon at 3,000 years, oak at 1,600, chestnut at 8,000, orange at 1,500, Oriental plane at 1,200, and several others down to pear and apple varieties.
A reflective fragment delves into folly and envy, urging silence when confronted by fools. It warns against waiting for repentance and notes the misery of an ill tempered old man unable to feel pleasure or give joy to others.
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