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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1891
Page
2
A fragmentary quotation from Margaret Preston appears in Harper's Bazaar reflecting on loss and comfort. It contemplates a benediction and the lasting ache after a loved one's absence, invoking Christ in Gethsemane as solace.
In 1873 I served on Tickler under Lieutenant Napier. We hunted Tartars in a bamboo village along a narrow river, were captured, buried neck deep, tortured with mockery and shaving, and rescued after a British counterattack led by Napier. Joe Maxted and twelve men accompanied me.
Discussion on how great writing appears effortless yet results from intense apprenticeship. Goethe claims forty years to master, Heine rewrote songs several times, and even the most spontaneous poets labor over form. The piece argues genius equals the definite capacity to take pains and endure hard work.
In Tokyo a vast figure of Hashimin the god of war stands 54 feet tall with a head large enough for twenty people inside a winding interior. It holds a 27 foot blade and a 19 foot diameter wooden weapon head. the interior is elaborately arranged to depict different forms of combat.
The article traces leprosy from ancient Egypt through Biblical times to medieval Europe, detailing stigma and public health responses. It notes the leper camps, bells to warn others, and social ostracism, then covers religious orders, civil law, and later spread to Norway and the Pacific. It concludes with three recognized forms of leprosy and mentions Father Damien.
A terse note lists alphabet counts: Randwich Tolands with 19 letters, Burmese 19, Italizan 0, Bengaless 91, plus Hebrew and Syrian referenced without numbers. The fragment hints at linguistic inventories but provides no full context or conclusions.
The passage lists language counts by nationality or group including Chilfen, Samaritan, Dutch, English, Spanish, Scisvonic, Arabic, Persian, Coptic, Georgian, Armenian, Russian, Muscovite, Sanscrit, Japanese, Ethiopian, and Tartarian with varied numbers such as 29, 95, 26, 27, 28, 32, 35, 38, 41, 43, 80, and 202.
At a Utica church wedding the bride failed to appear by 8:20 and again by 8:35 leaving guests and the minister puzzled. A late carriage retrieved her. by 8:46 the ceremony finally occurred, with the groom awaiting and the crowd abuzz over the delay.
Three profitable industries in Southern France include essential oil distillation from wild lavender, cultivated flower production, and crystallized preserved fruit. Lavender harvesting employs peasants of all ages. wages reach 80 cents to a dollar daily in good seasons. It takes 300 pounds of dried lavender plants to yield one pound of essential oil.
Reported trial in England shows nine patients receiving nitrogen anesthesia with complete loss of sensation. Observed effects included initial strong pulse, then weakening, rapid deep breathing, surface tremors, dilated pupils, and limb fluctuations.
A revivalist asks a young lady which conduct she will elect this night and she blushes replying she would rather choose the bridal path. This reflects a moralizing tone from the New York Mould.
A survey of recent scientific and technical notes covers carbon-rich steel rails, lightning energy estimates, Mercury transit measurements from Lick Observatory, plant-based cancer therapies, ocean salt quantities, long distance telephones, Paris military balloons, automated electrical devices, oil in fire buoys, electrical conductivity of metals, steamship engine efficiency, and new furnace and casting methods. It highlights copper and iron as leading conductors and notes rising vessel speeds, blaster furnace trends, and improved mold practices.
The article explains U.S. military academy cadet appointments, listing one cadet per district plus ten at large, with the president and War Department involved. It outlines age, height, health, and academic requirements, examination process, costs, and the four year course leading to second lieutenant rank.
A speaker recalls scaring two dogs by dressing as a ghost to drive off nearby African Americans after the Civil War era in Kentucky. The dogs reacted with fear, backs arched, eyes wide, and fled to shelter under a house, remaining hidden for days while the writer notes the social climate and lingering tensions.
A German hospital patient Kittelberger died of aneurism and his coffin gift joke came true when a workman Kirchler built the casket for him. Friends toasted life, then the same oak coffin bore Kittelberger to his burial at the Masonic cemetery after his death.
A yearly rental is paid to several Scottish iron works to collect blast furnace gases. Gas passes through miles of metal tubing, cooling and condensing oil. The Glasgow plant pumps about 60 million cubic feet of gas daily, yielding around 24,000 gallons of furnace oil weekly. Residuals fuel distilling and other uses, with sulphate of ammonia also produced. The demand for oil is small, mainly Lucigen light and pickling railway sloops. A late-night dialogue then references the Early Closing Movement with Mr. Staley.
A quip filled dialogue covers cows and milk origin then shifts to railroads liquidations and regional feuds. Miggles and Janey discuss cows and Mileage. George trots a baby. Bizarre quotes from Harper’s Bazaar Boston Transcript and New York Weekly frame a feuding tale with Billington and Wellington families, resolved long ago.
An old gentleman says a kiss must come from a lady’s own mouth for satisfaction. A New Englander notes a bed approach woven since 1750. Queen Victoria owns a dress of pidtorn webu. Veils injure eyes and bright colors are cautioned. A statesman notes married men as keen public debaters. Warm drinks raise pulse. cold drinks lower it. A woman muses on remarriage and decorum, while comic misprints and charity chocolates appear in a shop scene.
A colonial ethnographic sketch portrays the Somals as fierce fighters with female warriors called Gallia who wield spears daggers and clubs. Men focus on dispute resolution and camel trading while Somal dress and manners blend Arabized Gallay traits with a classical costume and distinctive jewelry and amulets.
A Toledo beekeeper or operator named Jim Richardson trains a dozen toads in his yard near the Union depot. The toads assemble before his return, perch on hind legs, take morsels from his fingers, and perform simple tricks. The display draws crowdlike interest as the toads behave with order and loyalty.
Educational leaders debate examination value versus progress in top American institutions. Harvard and Johns Hopkins jargon shows European methods ahead, urging shift to original theses over routine semi annual exams to foster true scholarship amid objections in academic circles.
A fragmentary quotation questions rule and condition on the floor. It references a wounded figure and a oratorical line about leaving the floor in a state of condition. The source is unclear but implies a dispute or critique in a Princeton context.
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