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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1876
Page
6
A lyrical fragment recalls a girl kneeling at sunset to pray for blessed dreams to come true. The piece contrasts temple sentiments with a simple nightly plea addressed to the Lord, emphasizing purity and earnest hope in a quiet, devotional moment.
A Hong Kong memory recounts a captain and crew aboard the Wild Dayrell smuggling opium to Formosa. A Chinaman tries to throw the first mate overboard but is thwarted. The pair defend the cabin with revolvers as Chinese assailants use spears. The crew survives and later cattle the mutiny gang in court with multiple sentences.
The College Chronicle mocks a French tale of Eve and Adam with exaggerated dialogue about the Garden of Eden apple. It notes a Vatican order of 800 lightning conductors for the Vatican and St Peter's.
A Paris letter notes how Parisian theatre crowds set fashion trends with lavish costumes and diamonds. It cites Blanche Pierson, Scheher de, Mile Fromentin, and Mile Schneider among others, and discusses foreign and American ties, extravagant hotels, and losses from fire.
Hartford High School Professor Hall and the State chemist report analysis of several fermented drinks. Fermented cider 5.63 percent alcohol, Bay State Beer 6.23 percent, lager beer lees 8.24 percent, English ale 10.19 percent, London porter 2.21 percent. The Bay State Beer is claimed zero alcohol but all fermented liquids contain some alcohol through fermentation. Even hop or root beer yields one to one and a half percent.
In 1878 M de Lautrie released five young sparrow-hawks in a courtyard cage. The parents supplied food daily for a month, delivering twelve mice four large lizards and six mole crickets per meal. At times they brought fifteen field mice two small birds and a rabbit. The following year similar results emerged with twelve young nightingales one lark three moles and a hedgehog. The parents ate heads, plucked feathers, and left little of the prey behind.
A lengthy feature details Baron Rothschild's Mentmore estate in Buckinghamshire. It covers 20,000 acres with gardens, greenhouses, and tropical fruit production, plus immense halls, costly statuary, and paintings. It notes high value furniture, a renowned stud of horses, and lavish furnishings rivaling royal standards.
The piece outlines cost estimates for pursuing a BA at Oxford university through college or hall residence. It cites total potential expenditures around 1500 dollars for twelve terms, plus tuition, fees, room, and board. Unattached students face higher matriculation and exam fees, with room rents ranging from 30 to 100 dollars yearly and varying furniture options.
The Temescal tin mines, 24 miles southeast of Pomona in San Bernardino County, are among the world’s richest. A wealthy Amsterdam company bonds the mines for 80 000, with payment and title transfer on May 1 1876. Plans include 500 miners, enhanced Temescal Pomona wagon road, and warehouses with side tracks.
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