20 Jan 1881
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1881
Page
1
A reflective poem urges steadfast honesty and courage to speak truth despite risk. It calls on the reader to guard the fact, confront danger, and trust conscience, warning against safety at the expense of truth and personal intent.
In February 1848 Paris, George Duchene, a cabinet maker and ex-soldier, hides a gun and prepares breakfast for his aging grandfather. He learns Vallada, a linen-draper’s daughter, is in danger as a handsome assailant advances. unrest swirls as streets threaten with revolt.
A dramatic tale follows George Duchene and Vallada as they flee social upheaval in Paris, face a brutal mob verdict against a supposed thief, and endure personal vows amid revolution. The narrative shifts to a sea voyage where a stern mate tests a boy's truth with a hanging threat, redeemed by compassion.
The text notes lace as a favored gift in the sixteenth century and at times a tainted market item. Silvio’s bill cites a “piece of Flanders lace” for Zelinda’s waiting-woman and a bawdy dig at lace’s use in women’s dress. Lace burial adornment spread in Malta, Greece, and the Ionian Islands, with tomb looting and sale in filthy conditions. In Palermo Capuchin catacombs mummies wear lace, and Northern Europe long used lace in funeral attire. The Duc de Croy is pictured in Charles XII’s era with guipure lace at Revellies church.
The article notes U.S. sumac yields about 8 000 tons yearly with a price of 50 dollars per ton, half the Italian figure. It explains American sumac is less suitable for fine leathers due to color, but June and July leaves may be superior. Cultivation could expand if manufacturers value tanpic acid content and color purity, with Italy practicing spring planting and second year harvests.
A second engineer recalls a 1851 voyage aboard a Liverpool steamer bound for New York. Three days out a ragged, pale boy about ten stands fearless before the ship’s crew and the ferocious first mate, claiming to be the son of a stepfather who stowed him away to avoid his wages. The boy offers an address for Aunt Jane in Halifax and speaks with calm resolve about his plight.
Explosions caused by ignition of flour starch and other carbon dust in the air are discussed. Examples include a Paris 1869 dust fire from a sack of starch, a New York candy factory blast, Minneapolis flour dust nibs in 1878, Burton-on-Trent malt dust, and a Seawanhaka fire possibly linked to coal dust.
The text itemizes construction metrics for shingles siding flooring laths and mortar. It states one thousand shingles cover over 100 square feet with four inches weather exposure and five pounds of nails. siding and flooring require 20 percent more area than to be covered. one thousand laths cover seventy yards with eleven pounds of nails. mortar for 160 square feet uses eight bushels lime sixteen bushels sand and one bushel hair. brick courses for chimneys and flue dimensions given as nine and eight bricks per course with specific widths and lengths.
A new sugar refining venture is planned in Chicago with a capital of 750 dollars. The project aims to establish production facilities in the city, signaling growth in the local chemical and manufacturing sector.
Professor Hannay outlines a method where carbon under immense pressure and a nitrogen compound forms diamond crystals. Experiments yield octahedral crystals burning on platinum and resisting hydrofluoric acid, with analyses giving around 98 percent carbon. The process is costly and yields tiny diamonds, not yet commercially viable.
The report notes Brazil provides the United States with about 8vv000 bags of coffee each year. It also states Italy’s grain crop this year is only about a third of what it was in 1879.
Three Russian heroes Todleben Gourko and Skobeloff are highlighted for their roles in the war against Bulgaria. Todleben, sixty, led the siege operations at Plevna after a long career from the Crimea to Sebastopol. Gourko, about fifty, commanded the Imperial Guard with a notable Crimea and Poland background and a bold Balkans raid. Skobeloff, thirty two, famed as a daredevil from Khokand, led volunteers to reconnoiter at Simnitza and repeatedly fought fiercely in the August and September assaults.
Likey Lycurgus in a frightened scene swears off whisky as he spots a mysterious corner object in the parlor. Mirandy denies seeing anything while the couple cling to fear and, in the end, Likey hides as his wife disposes of the alleged phantom by tossing the toy snake into the stove.
About 40 000 American books are now cataloged in the British Museum as scholars note growing interest in U S literature. Librarians say demand from students and researchers has surged, prompting expanded acquisitions and a broadened collecting program.
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