Pine and Palm Poem Fragment on a Bleak Plateau
A fragment depicts a bleak high plateau with a lonely north pine and a bare palm. The speaker is drowsy as crystal mantle ice and snow surround the scene.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1888
Page
2
Lounger revisits three mile forest tour near Lawrence
The Lounger notes three miles of Kansas forest from Mount Oread toward Mud Creek, recalling old timber belts around Lawrence and North Lawrence. He envies the lush growth, laments vanished primeval woods, and contrasts past forests with today’s scattered groves while inviting a short local excursion for scent and sight. He recalls childhood memories of streams, birds, and the Brandywine-inspired brook near his boyhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Oread
Walter Scott
Kansas
Ife
Leas
Lawrence
Col. Migginson
North Lawrence
Bismarck
Leavenworth
Delaware Reserve
Mud Creek
Lecompton
Eudora
Berlin to Dresden through Saxony’s Saxon fields
The narrator travels from Berlin to Dresden by rail, noting crowded stations, varied class cars, and overfilled racks. He describes Saxony’s farming shift to rye, the dominance of women laborers in harvest, forests, roads, and educated towns, then praises Saxon prosperity, schools, and industrial growth before reaching Dresden, “the Florence of Germany.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Luther
Elbe
Napoleon
Berlin
Saxony
Europe
Germany
Bismarck
Spree
Dresden
Florence
Yonder Heig
Moreau
Marshall Denoust
S. O. Thacher
Friction Matches Bring Change From Tinder Boxes
Henry M. Brooks reflects on how friction matches replaced old domestic tinder-boxes around 1836. He recalls pine wood matches dipped in brimstone lit by sparks from steel and gun flints, kept in a tinder-box with burnt rags, to preserve fire. The piece contrasts early lucifers and loco foco matches with safer, modern friction matches and notes social resistance to the new device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Henry M. Brooks
Moonlight Boy by E W Howe Issued in Leisure Hour Series
Atchison author E W Howe releases The Moonlight Boy from Ticknor and Co in paper covers as part of the Leisure Hour Series. Howe’s prior novels, including The Story of a Country Town, have sold well reaching twenty thousand copies, and another story is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Howe
Atchison
Ticknor & Co
Leisure Hour
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