27 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1879
Page
1
Poem from the Indianapolis News voices a dreamy voyage at sea with a couple in a boat drifting between sea and sky. The speaker contemplates landing nowhere specific, finding the moment and partner more enduring than any place. The lyric ends with a question of landing answered by divine grace and shared affection.
A reflective poem by D. KH. B. Goodale celebrates summer warmth and nature's influence. It contrasts tranquil rural scenes with inner restlessness and longing for life’s deeper meaning. The speaker yearns for stillness before nature while acknowledging fiery inner desires and aspirations.
Swift over the sunny grass a shadow passes with subtle charm and life. The unseen bird travels with keen wing toward an unknown goal, leaving the speaker in awe.
A speaker questions a rival about a lover who wooed two women with the same tale. One vows to endure pain rather than betray the love given, choosing a life of sorrow over revealing the shared passion and risking a crumbling future.
A lily in the garden is courted by a creeping vine that embraces her through the night. The vine’s kiss leaves a stain on her face and, at dawn, the lily lies dead, having not stirred by the breeze.
A girl in Burma gambles away her jewelry in a string of bets with a neighbor who then offers marriage upon loss. Her mother and sister plead for help as the gifts escalate from ring to necklace to bracelets, ending with the threat of a forced marriage. The narrator intervenes, condemning gambling and its misery.
The Koh i Noor and other famed gems have stirred superstition and fortune. The stone’s journey from Golconda to the Punjab and British spoils is traced, noting recuts by Amsterdam and current carat weights for the Koh i Noor and rivals like the Star of the South and Regent.
The article traces wheat's arrival before Columbus in the Americas, noting early introductions in Mexico around 1530 by a slave, its spread to Peru and Quito, and the role of English and Dutch settlers in the broader U.S. settlement era. It mentions a monk in Quito and a preserved seed jar as part of the historical record.
Advertisement notices praise Hop plant Bitters for curing many ills, claiming broad popularity in secular and religious papers. Exchange notes the Bitters rise in use and credits proprietors for clever compounding and visible virtues.
A reflective aphorism argues that concealing woes increases empathy and public sympathy for those who suffer. The adage emphasizes restraint in sharing hardship to avoid inviting pity.
The article outlines frankincense origin from Moewellia trees in India and Arabia, harvest methods, and resin processing. It contrasts true olibanum with gum resins like gum thus, turpentine, and scrape, noting markets in Bombay and Calcutta, uses in Catholic rites, plasters, and fumigation.
The tale recalls Senator Sumner visiting Alfred Tennyson on the Isle of Wight. Sumner tried to read The Princess aloud but the laureate interrupted, forcing an extended recitation of his own poetry for five hours, leaving Sumner eager to depart.
A person captured a humming bird nest with two young hummers and the parent, then stuffed them for sending to a London museum of natural curiosities. The nest, about the size of half an English walnut, is covered with lichen and resembles a natural excrescence on a twig. The tiny cup like nest is velvet soft inside and the birds sit on a perch while the parent feeds them.
A Gully notice warns against clothing remedies for children with opium and commends Dr Bull's Baby Syrup for lacking opiates, urging wide commendation of the product.
In a study by Dr. Bachelor of Midnapore India the chameleon’s color changes accompany its form shifts. It switches to stripes then green to black on excitement and camouflages on trees or red foliage. It also inflates and contracts to resemble leaves or a crouching lion, using a serrated belly line as a leaf mid rib, aiding concealment.
A Paris Figaro correspondent outlines Zulu marriage practices with emphasis on male youths working for fathers until eighteen then seeking brides. Cattle prices set wives, polygamy followed by labor, wealth, and beer. mothers-in-law are unseen, with娘 hiding when seen.
A moral exhortation urges gentle speech and steady care for a wife. It cautions against harshness, cheap beer, smoking, and leaving home for clubs. It promotes patience, Christian living, shared evenings, and affectionate partnership to foster love and trust.
An advertisement in the Portland column touts Hop Bitters as a cure for ague biliousness and kidney complaints. The copy urges readers to try them and promises strong praise from satisfied users.
A witty note compares stylish accessories with crocodile tears, linking fashionable leather goods to dramatic expressions of emotion.
A fragmentary moralizing piece urges humility and virtue while warning against vanity and avarice. It cites examples of behavior in prosperity and adversity, kindness, and self-improvement with aphoristic reflections on life and thought. The text invites daily kindness and considerate conduct toward others and family.
The Detroit Free Press describes a fad of archery among young ladies with playful, satirical rules. It notes many have moved to Toledo, a few follow printed instructions, and exposes exaggerated terms for misshots and gallery antics.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin lists prominent arrivals at summer hotels. A morning routine features a heavy tread man called at 5 am, an adhesive fly arriving uncalled, a small boy learning to whistle, a young lady declaring the weather jolly, a young gentleman amused by a witty remark, and an old gent who ignores. An upstairs resident practices song and dance at 11 pm, highlighting hotel life and neighbors.
In a winter revival at a colored church near Suffolk Virginia the pastor preached with fervor about water mill ions that grow without effort and appealed to his audience to seek a promised land where labor is unnecessary. He invoked Old Jason to urge movement toward a carefree future.
The poem fragment hints at pairing a trusted confidant with a caretaker. It paints a quiet portrait of loyalty and mutual support in intimate bonds without explicit names or settings.
A New York Witness description tracks a spider’s feeding from 5:30 a.m. to night. The spider captures earwigs, flies, and midges, then weaves and feeds, ending with a web full of prey. The piece uses a macabre scale converting spider meals to human equivalents, joking about a man with similar appetite.
In Des Moines a girl chose suitor No 1 to marry while No 2 was away. On his return he found the wedding had occurred. No. 2 stayed in the parlor, attempting to win the girl, while No. 1 suggested they retire for the night, leaving No. 2 puzzled by the turn of events.
A dead African eagle, gypactes harbactus, was found at Maina on the southern Greek coast. An iron-headed arrow over a foot long was embedded under a wing, suggesting the bird was shot in Africa and carried the arrow across the Mediterranean before dying upon landing. A pair of quoted witticisms ends the passage.
A hand organ played "Sweet By and By" before a sudden rainstorm silenced it. Readers note the simple moment as hopeful amid repeated showers.
A playful exchange between Tam and Marianne uses a vine and oak metaphor. The lover urges the vine to climb to the top leaves, while Marianne counters that nothing awaits there.
Advertisement for Dr Bull’s Baltimore Pills offered at 25 cents a bottle. The copy urges readers to buy the remedy at local druggists as a cure for biliousness and related symptoms.
A fragmentary tale describes a friend doubting his skill to scale a picket fence and gaining unexpected confidence. The quirky anecdote hints at a test of nerve and hidden potential, framed in a playful, old-time newspaper voice.
A collection of jokes, quips, and witticisms from various sources. The items poke fun at Germans, doctors, fraud, and social norms, with snippets about umbrellas, tea speculators, a tramp, a Scottish wedding, and clever wordplay. It also notes curious incidents from Boston to Detroit and notions on vanity, silence, and clever trades.
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