08 Mar 1890
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1890
Page
1
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt reflects on the heart as graveyard for sin and the rise of faith. The poem contrasts the funeral of the tyrant of the heart with heavenly flowers and speaks of an exulting spirit praising faith born from the grave of gin.
In a WWI era style tale a diminutive hunchback M Mayeux helps a wounded Swiss Guard during the Louvre crisis of Paris. He saves a life, endures ridicule, and becomes the target of satire, song, and mockery as his life spirals into isolation and sorrow.
In a Naples performance Corelli blundered in a passage misfitting violin, while Pet rillo corrected the work. Scarlatti urged a restart in C minor leading Corelli to a major again. Embarrassed, Corelli left Naples, then Rome welcomed the acclaimed young violinist Valentini, whose success worsened Corelli’s health.
A mixed reading of snippets on manners and science. A playful exchange about a night scene with Maria and Willie leads into a wittily negative reflection on confession. Youths Companion questions whether pitcher plants actively capture prey, citing Dr. Maced as a skeptic who attributes decomposition to chemistry.
The document recounts an 1829 visit by Alexander von Humboldt to Ischim Tobolsk district. Police chief reports him as suspicious and dangerous after observing a long tube-like instrument on a hill. The dispatch describes concern for the town’s wooden safety and vows to protect the czar and Russia, ending with a pledge to send the message to the governor general. Also cited is a Pittsburg Press club dinner remark by George Welshons on reporters, editors, and journalism.
A postal route position draws eager young men but is hard to keep. The job demands constant study and readiness for intrusive inspections. Many clerks drop out in the first year, especially on long routes with heavy mail.
An escutcheon for a luminous key hole designed for closets and chests in dark places. The escutcheon with the keyhole is made of brass with a recessed back coated in phosphorescent paint. The device also targets lingering jeunesse dorée at clubs.
An article surveys the Megascolides Australis, a six foot long Australian earthworm. Found along river banks and open country, it tunnels through winding galleries. The worm glides rapidly, inflates its ends to brace against slimy walls, and is difficult to remove without breaking its body.
A wartime scene at M Labouchere’s hall shows a German officer laden with a roebuck on the stairs. Poaching was common as imperial preserves around Versailles St Cloud and St Germain opened to all comers. Food scarce in Paris flowed to verging suburbs where besieging officers enjoyed abundance.
An editorial urges homeowners to add safe exits in houses with limited egress and solidly nailed double windows. It warns such setups trap occupants during fires and recommends a fire escape or ladder, or at least a portable rope ladder, stored inside for quick use despite long-standing peace-time calm. It notes urban debt levels in Paris and other cities and includes a humorous aside from Harper's Bazar.
In May 1887, Louis Frechetto recalls traveling from Angers to Nantes and being directed to Champtoce where the ruins of Bluebeard’s castle, linked to Gilles de Retz, loom beside the Loire. He links Perreault’s tale to the historic figure, noting Retz’s many castles in Puys de Retz and the old legends that haunt the journey.
A physician recounted to a friend ten simple health rules from a New York Commercial Advertiser column. The guidelines urge avoiding reading in jolting cars, not picking teeth with hard objects, eating varied foods, not mixing hot and cold foods, avoiding excessive fuel variety, lighting from the left, limiting work to eight hours, keeping the parlor lit, accepting eight hours sleep, and resting the mind through productive activity rather than inactivity.
A hotel porter recalls how selling trunks left by unpaid guests invites lawsuits. He cites a St. Louis incident where a guest sued after reclaiming two trunks, winning $3,000. The practice has since become rare, with trunks kept long and sold only by legal process.
The excerpt cites a New York Sun remark on shad yields and population growth, recalling Edward Winslow’s 1620s agrarian view and transportation expansion. It also recounts a note from Notes and Queries about a French speaker’s perception of regional speech differences and a traveler’s observations in Spain.
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