07 Feb 1891
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1891
Page
1
A poor boy with a sick mother roams the crowd while gathering stray coal. A kind gentleman offers a quarter to buy a toy, lifting the boy’s sad heart as he departs with a teary eye.
In a Palmer house encounter Clerk Cunninghillm recalls Charles A. Miller of Anaheim and his wife Alice Leland of Jimtown planning a secret elopement. Miller, a 58-year-old mine owner, fell for Alice after her family opposed the match. The pair wed at night and traveled toward Ohio and Chicago, boasting a fortune from mines and future plans on an Alabama orange farm.
A Fifth Avenue guest argues honesty harms workers. He recalls a hall boy rewarded with a dollar for returning a lost five hundred dollar diamond bracelet found in the gutter. John Cox, a hotel mail carrier, received one hundred dollars for returning ten thousand dollars in diamonds found in a street bay. The anecdotes suggest rewards highlight honesty rather than promote misdeeds.
The Detroit Free Press notes that before railways and streetcars, seven city castes in Bombay could not share vehicles. The piece mocks the social reform, saying now the only struggle is to secure the best seat as these barriers are knocked down.
Gen Butler’s courtroom tactics are described with humor and admiration. He interrupts with vigorous objections as he rises from a slumbering pose to deliver sharp, scrutinizing challenges, a display noted by the Boston Advertiser.
Saint Nicholas of Myra, bishop and patron of children, died circa 310. He inspired Christmas charity and gift legends, while Germany’s Knecht Ruprecht gave rise to Santa Claus, a masked gift bearer who tested children’s behavior before delivering presents.
The article notes wind driven prayer wheels atop houses and bronze wheels held by elders. People chant Om mani padme hum, the Avalokiteshvara invocation, as a means of merit beyond the mechanical wheels, described by W Woodville Rockhill in Century.
A fragmentary quotation ponders whether dancing is wicked while suggesting fear restrains expression. The lines attribute a classical tone to the debate on art and morality, though attributions are unclear.
An orator thanks the assembly with a garbled courtesy toast. He says the evening honors him and claims this to be the proudest moment of his life while weary from the repetitive formalities of official duties.
Alexander Black recounts how Duke Lorenzo de Medici meets a 15 year old Michael Angelo chiseling a faun. The duke critiques the teeth, the boy adapts, and is taken under patronage with a key to the Garden of Sculpture and a seat at the Medici palace table. A bond forms as the youth visits the duke for gems and talks.
A study of memory focus cites one poring over the Bible as a prime example. An old Stirling beggar named Blind Alick could name book, chapter and verse from any quoted passage and even correct verbal errors. Also recounted are feats like Gassendi reciting thousands of Latin verses daily and Col. Kearney learning a saddle adjustment technique from a Texas ranger to prevent slipping on a forty mile ride.
A discussion argues that removing a hat in elevators is unnecessary since the elevator is just passage within a building. It notes the hat salute stems from English custom tied to the word lift, suggesting practicality over tradition.
St. Joseph News Farm Notes offers practical advice on preserving tools and improving feed. It suggests using kerosene with a paint brush to prevent rust on implements and notes corn cobs are rich in potash, worth saving as fuel with ashes spread on ore or hard land.
From India W S Caine reports to Trader on a Baroda palace tour to its treasure room. He notes a 500-diamond royal collar, The Star of the Deccan, pearl strings, and a 10 by 60 foot carpet of pearls valued at £600,000. Two 280-pound solid gold guns with silver ammunition wagons are also seen.
Billy Brown a tall Irish carpenter testifies in a London case against his employer. He arrives in work clothes, is pressed about better garments, and quips that the judge is in his own working dress, prompting a laugh and the barrister’s order to stand down.
George D. Boardman argues creeds are necessary to preserve truth and propagate it, but urges adapting creeds to growth. He compares creeds to skins for wine and calls for fresh skins to allow truth to expand without stifling it.
A vignette from the old imperial city shows the national guard marching then diverging toward a side street only to be halted by their officer who discovers the whole unit ahead. Other items include a conjurer’s trick about the vanishing dollar and notes on Wade Hampton’s prewar wealth and postwar salary, plus practical hog care tips for winter.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat report describes a brutal Zulu cattle slaughter at a kraal where a dozen long horned cattle are driven in by warriors. They kill the livestock with assegais, then skin and butcher the bodies amid revelry. Spectators, including women and children, sample the meat as dancers in leopard skin, mimosas, and kilts perform a warlike ritual.
A Port Orange rooster chased by a dog plunges into the Morris canal and swims fast enough to outpace the pursuer. The bird reaches the opposite bank and crows in triumph before the dog nearly grasps it. the rooster escapes by fluttering into a tree.
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