04 Apr 1891
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1891
Page
1
Calmed ships lie becalmed with canvas drooping side by side at dawn. Two tall masts sit in quiet leagues apart as night fades. When breeze returns, they wake with creaking rigging and voices in the darkness echoing the same fears. The stanza evokes shared fate among vessels awaiting wind.
A prose reflection urges young readers to offer their bodies and souls to God through daily conduct. It highlights speech, sight, and actions as gifts to be used for service, citing examples of a boy with a sweet voice, a painter, and a great orator who dedicated talents to religious ends. It stresses living virtues now to shape lifelong offerings and includes a note from Barbara Fechton in Church.
A note explains the phrase Bria reus of languages applied to Cardinal Mez zotanti born 1774 died 1849. The Italian cleric is said to have spoken 122 languages fluently and could learn a language in one to three weeks. A Vatican garden tale claims fifty diplomats, each in a different tongue, spoke to him and he answered in the addressed language.
An essay links facial expressions to occupation and character, noting soldiers and laborers acquire distinct looks. It also outlines sulphur's natural occurrence, forms, and dangers of sulphuric acid, followed by a Boston Herald note on Chairman Fitz meeting prison inmates and recalling a former Sunday school pupil.
A St Joseph News brief questions a young Virginian’s pedigree noting he does not descend from the oldest state family. The item hints at social scrutiny of status and birth in local circles.
Not all may know that a hot ironpoker can loosen putty around window glass allowing easy pane removal. The new pane can be inserted with putty neatly laid, making the repair convenient for the family handyman.
A New York World report recounted an inquiry at leading dry goods shops about comb sales. The head of a top uptown store said fine combs remain popular, sold to mothers packing school lunches, elegant velvet customers, and Saturdays for Sunday dress. He noted ivory and tortoise shell varieties range from $1 to $1.75, with finer teeth in costly sets. The butchered claim that combs boost dandruff was challenged by the trade, urging regular head washing.
A Buffalo Express item recalls a man who hitched his horse to a stopped freight train during a train making up. Lacking a hitching post, he attached to the motionless cars, then the train moved, the rig was dragged briefly before the horse was freed and returned to the driver.
A medieval tale links January 30 and February 1 to “Black bird days” celebrated from Brescia to Constantinople and Florence, tied to a cold year that turned white yrackels black as birds sheltered in chimneys. In Brescia, a feast called I giorni della meria marks the legend's transformation.
A brisk essay extols cookery as science and dining etiquette. It humorously notes that canned meats grow in variety, capon with truffles is delicious, and punctual hosts deserve polite guests. It praises new dishes for human happiness and urges immediate aromas from frying pans.
A reflective rambling collection of aphorisms on love, self respect, weakness, and daily life. It critiques talkativeness, sight and sunspots as metaphors, and urges kindness over ostentation. The piece ends with a somber note about minimal comforts versus ornate coffins and stones.
The excerpt describes a small town vagabond street dog that socializes with locals by day and feigns affection to lure strangers, then returns to its habitual haunts. It notes the dog’s apparent friendliness yet lacks heart, preferring streets to woods as a hunting ground.
A historic note explains that Elizabethan laws barred wool exports to protect England’s wealth. To emphasize wool’s importance, woolsacks were placed in the House of Lords, where the lord chancellor sits on a large wool bag covered with red cloth, illustrating the era’s economic mindset.
The piece argues no two hands are alike and that hands reveal strength or weakness, beauty or plainness, and vitality or illness. It notes artists and musicians tend to have long flexible fingers, while artisans and farmers have shorter thicker fingers. A muscular, vigorous hand with prominent lines signals unhealthy subject, while a flabby, pale hand with many short pale lines signals nervous subject.
A Krak in a piece of metal is halted by drilling a stop hole, but if not placed exactly, the crack may extend. Revue Industrielle advises oiling the crack then wiping and rubbing with chalk to show where it stops. Also notes a Paris idea of dining at multiple small tables to avoid long meals and hostesses’ envy at seating.
Philadelphia reporter quotes Henry M Stanley on foreign missions stating their work is successful, though not always well managed. He cites Africa as showing Protestant hold, and notes happiness comes from sacrifice to help others. The quote reflects optimism about missionary impact across savage regions.
A report notes Qsalnn, a valued draught stallion, died at sea en route from London to August Callens, Hueneme. The piece also outlines top contenders for Brooklyn and Suburban races, mentions jockeys Isaac Murphy and Billy Donahue wealth, and cites racing developments in the Northwest and New Jersey betting restrictions.
A trove of early 20th century ideas spans shoestring making from pauper, a petroleum motor tricycle using one gallon per forty miles, ocean temperatures at depth, corn soap production, a steam phaeton with a nonexploding boiler, lace between iron and gunpowder as a proof, a longer generation and life expectancy, and Faye’s paper confirming earth as an ellipsoid of revolution via precise geodetic and pendulum measurements supporting Laplace.
A collection of brief notes cites a 200 DB gold coin, an English Bible translation, and pre Elizabeth era eating tools like the jack knife. It recalls the Potsdam artesian well depth, micro scales and pores, ancient inks, gold on parchment in Rome, the Best Friend locomotive of 1835, Babylonian tablets in New York, and a London spencer tale ending with its fashion rise.
John Stetson to manage Henry E. Dixey next season Adelaide Moore in poor health plans retirement Louis James to quit tragedy for The Soudan cast Bill Nye and Burbank to tour from April under H B Thearle Belgian baritone M Emil Phuawaert dead Charles F Walton tallest actor leads Lederer's U I company Marcus I Mayer and George W Lederer Comic Players form new road company for Never Happened Claire vanova Russian actress engaged to play Vashai Dethik in Judah Wilton Jones new four act play A Yorkshire Lass opens on Yorkshire coast set 15% and moves to Alma battle era events.
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