27 Jan 1881
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1881
Page
1
A quiet poem recalls old keepsakes tucked away in a lower drawer away from curious eyes. The speaker reflects on a note from a distant hand, memories of a sovereign figure, a bright silver look, a late mother’s care, and other mementos. The verses urge silent reverence and restraint, trusting the creator to keep their secrets.
A poor widow Mrs Shelter and her child linger at a city wharf seeking the brig Good Luck lost at sea. The firm head Mr Tawman offers sympathy and funds as the telegraph delivers hopeful news, and the child clings to faith that the vessel will return with father Caleb Shelter.
A complex narrative follows a Pacific coast merchant family reunion after a long separation, then shifts to a vivid tour of Benares. The Good Luck brig and Captain Shelter anchor a dramatic rescue, while a later river scene in Benares depicts ablutions and cremations on the Ganges with priests, funeral pyres, and offerings as boats pass downstream.
A witty exchange contrasts dairy and an old maid. Milk that sours can be redeemed by scalding into a sweeter state, but an old maid grows more biting with scalding. The remark uses culinary metaphor to comment on personality.
A narrator describes how sound travels through ice in the long Arctic night hearing distant movements and ice pressures. He notes the ice crust acts as a vast sounding board and that noises from cracking grinding and block falls travel astonishing distances to the observer. He observes soft unfrozen salt water ice at 40 degrees and explains how heat absorption by dark bodies creates holes in drift ice often misattributed to seals, noting he never saw a seal hole in winter.
A Colorado traveler describes freighting routes to Leadville via South Park and Norton Leadville, detailing caravans of two to three wagons per team, eight to ten mules, and a single driver guiding about ten thousand pounds of freight at twenty five miles per day. The trains form long strings under wagon-masters who set marches and stops amid blinding snow and mountain gorges.
The account portrays frontier wagon teams enduring arduous labor for high pay, with drivers described as brave yet profane, silent at work and in camps, often sleeping with animals, facing brutal cold and deadly accidents, while maintaining unexpected courtesy in blockades and isolation in bivouac.
The article describes cinnamon and coconut farming on coastal Ceylon with yields, soil, and labor costs. It also recounts a distant reminiscence of a Hamilton Burr duel site near New York, including a 1820s boat party, pistol shots, and aftermath. It ends with poultry notes on laying hens, broods, feeding, and care.
A district schoolmate in Jucknow, Russia, plans to wed a landowner’s daughter. After the unwelcome inflation from 25 to 100 roubles, the wedding party tours four villages seeking a priest willing to marry for the original fee and finally finds the local pastor who had set the initial rate.
Late broods appear when fowls roam free and often fail to pay. Keep hens from sitting late, separate nonlayers, and avoid crowding. If started in July or August, chicks can mature profitably with careful feeding and winter confinement.
The article describes a small island at Garve loch, called Eilean na Naomh, identified as Hinba, linked to St Columba and St Brendan. It details rugged cliffs, caves, and its sacred religio loci history, from possible pre Christian worship to a Christian college, with ties to Oronsay and Jura parishes, and long-term uninhabited status save occasional shepherds and antiquaries.
A historic sketch of Paris burial sites from the Reign of Terror describes the Cemetery de Mousseaux near Parc Monceau, its closure, and later removal. It records how Picpus La Madeleine and Les Errands became the three final resting places for guillotine victims, with only fragment remains near walls today.
In large military manoeuvres a reflector system named the Bellati Chiodo helioscope directs solar rays to the artillery point aimed at by the enemy. A secondary reflector assists when direct sunlight is unavailable, enabling troops to adopt suitable tactical formations or use the device as a heliograph.
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