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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1888
Page
7
The lyric laments a lost beloved as spring blooms around the speaker. The speaker, in Philadelphia Times, recalls that the beloved was “all to me, love” and questions what heaven can be without them. Nature's beauty contrasts with personal sorrow, urging future hearts to awaken despite the ache.
A reflection contrasts hunting with nocturnal ambush as murder. The speaker condemns lying in wait to shoot a deer, calling it an assassination and deed of darkness despite hunting’s thrill and skill. The passage analyzes the moral line between pursuit and murder.
A Globe-Democrat note describes a British museum practice of color coding book bindings by content. Theology bound blue, poetry pale yellow, natural history green, history red, novels pink, biography black, with Browning in a mixed shade.
The New York World cites society duties in Washington as requiring strict private secretarial aid and social bookkeeping. A wife of Justice Mills quips that tracking callers, addresses, and visitation notes forms the basis of social success in the capital.
Dialogue notes a reporter who claims to have filed 1 040 sermons over twenty years in a satirical exchange. The Omaha World-Herald excerpt critiques churchgoing habit by counting weekly sermons as a measure of piety. The tone mocks religious presumption and professional habit.
A bedridden husband mishears a distant street band as he nears death. His wife dismisses the sound as a mere German band, and he urges them to keep moving, illustrating a lighthearted mailbag-style exchange from the New York Sun.
The Chicago Herald notes a dusk practice to free canaries and other birds from insects. A white cloth is placed over the cage at night to lure pests onto the cloth, which is then destroyed by hot water in the morning. Repeating the process soon clears pests.
A Burlington proprietor rejects a candidate for not understanding path layout. The dialogue shows the need for a gardener who fully grasps laying out paths, emphasizing practical expertise over general study in pathology.
Notes and Queries traces checkmate to Arabic es sheik imat meaning the king is dying. A Rome palace fact notes the Quirinal has 2000 rooms with 125 occupied. Naturalists claim wasps remember nest locality for ninety six hours.
The article recounts the dangerous log drive on Little Black Creek during late April last spring. A jam formed when a heavy spruce log wedged between trees, and a Wall boy narrowly escaped being crushed as logs flooded the rift. Dynamite is used to clear jams and improve safety, while log drivers receive $2 to $4 a day plus board. Six shanties provide meals and lodging as crews work from dawn to dusk along the creek.
The observer describes Tartars cooking a morning meal in a rough shelter. A pot of green nettle porridge with barley flour is eaten from wooden cups, while raw meat is briefly cooked then devoured with gusto. The hardy group also subsists on sattoo porridge mixed with water and salt.
Horace Townsend writes in the Philadelphia Times that Robert Houdin founded the second sight illusion, inspiring later magicians like Heller. The trick emerged after Houdin observed children with eyes bandaged, prompting him to develop a method enabling the son to identify objects.
The piece urges that viewing art requires special training to read an artist’s language. It argues many assume seeing pictures needs no preparation and contrasts casual photo viewing with deliberate study of engraving craft, light, line, and composition.
An analysis notes that Hindu caste rules bend for convenience as rajahs smoke and drink from exceptions. It argues caste is public opinion, tyrannical yet capable of gradual improvement, with drugs and medicines long accepted and ice and soda enjoyed by Rajputs despite rules.
The Nebraska State Journal notes a farmer lamenting drought with corn suffering under sun. A predicted rain tomorrow is welcomed though skepticism remains about whether it will arrive and save crops. The exchange humorously contrasts farmer pessimism with weather forecasts.
The Inman steamship City of New York is warranted by builders to be unsinkable. The contract requires it to be unsinkable, despite being made of iron and having a capacity of 10,600 tons.
Dr Geikio’s observer’s tour through Joppa recalls an age of reefs and shore boats. The narrator details crowded landing, fog of distant languages, and a bustling street scene with water carriers, turbaned vendors, and Arab shoppers in a sunlit ancient port.
The article notes Britain's ongoing struggle over a law barring a man from marrying his deceased wife's sister. Enacted fifty three years ago, the rule declares such marriage void and offspring illegitimate. Despite long agitation and repeated Commons votes, the Lords, led by bishops, have blocked repeal.
A note traces the saying hung higher than the worst criminals to legal axiom. It recalls Montrose gallows at thirty feet and a ballad describing Gilderoy bound and hanged high above the rest. The verse links extreme crime with extreme punishment and a kite-like reference.
An editor debates a sensational World story about South American mosquitoes attacking a boat and forcing the captain and crew from deck, noting the claim’s plausibility with a summer resort dig. The exchange ends with a surprised remark: it might be true.
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