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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1883
Page
1
Theron Brown narrates a moral tale of a wealthy landowner who ignores mortality. He boasts of vast harvests and hoards wealth while death nears. A sudden warning echoes that riches cannot save him as his life ends in mourning.
Polly Biggs, a clever cousin, earns a living in the family bakery's basement while Edelgitha's social ambitions meet a plain proposal from Leonidas Lilburne. Lilburne, seeking a home after illness, falls for Polly through her famous ginger-snaps, prompting Uncle Biggs to approve and Polly to accept after careful persuasion. Edelgitha watches as Polly's simple bread winning wins for love.
The passage lists numerous writers and the sheer volume of their work. Baxter produced at least 168 works, Owen 7 folio volumes, 20 quarto, about 30 octavo, and others like Clarke, Otway, Lardner, Cobbett, Miller, Hook, and Abbott are noted for extensive output.
The article notes plates proving light reaches 3800 feet in clear water, and suggests deeper effects. It discusses diamonds formed under high heat and pressure, German balloon photography for military use, a long brain weight record in Columbus, and a listening trumpet on a ship. Mexico studies rubber plant culture alongside cotton intercropping. A locomotive engineer recalls a dramatic train ride driven by a French pianist.
A compact collection of maxims on conduct, happiness, friendship, education, and resilience. It urges action over rumination, notes cities shape character yet invite artificiality, and champions fortitude, self-judgment, and the value of recovering strength through effort.
Icelanders recount seals, especially land-selur, as observant and easily lured by scented fires. They tame young seals, keeping them in ponds and feeding them until they follow owners by name. Harsh winters starve seals, making them lean, weak, and easy to catch as their stomachs fill with marine plants and stones.
The Atlanta correspondent notes a shift in Southern style after the war from cold climate designs to climate adapted homes. Northern architects created close, labyrinthine plans with small rooms and scant verandas, impractical for heat. The new Atlanta system favors roominess wide halls porches and large rooms to promote breeze and comfort.
A striking fir in the Alliaz forest near the baths in Vaud rises 1300 feet above the hotel and 4500 feet above sea level. The trunk exceeds thirty feet in girth and seven side trunks sprout from near the base. The two largest side trunks connect to the main stem with brace-like girders forming a sheltered space between them suitable for a hermit’s hut.
The author notes China as a long enduring civilization from biblical times to Isaiah's prophecy. It contrasts China’s ancient longevity with other empires and cites a population around four hundred million, claiming one in three people on earth is Chinese and that one in three graves is for a Chinese, highlighting vast demographic impact.
A London newspaper notes ivory hafts on ordinary knives mask a distant trek. From elephant tusks to desert digs and plains roamed by jackals, the tusks travel hundreds of miles, worn by fatigued bearers. Demand and prices rise as ivory remains plentiful in Africa and India, despite limited supply in Egypt.
The author argues long isolation and intermarriage have kept Japanese stature small. He cites diminutive cattle and ponies, links internecine wars to reduced population height, and likens war’s impact to Napoleon’s effect on France. The piece notes Japan as a warlike people using advanced edged weapons.
An ode to echoes and nature as sound returns in chorus. The poem describes mountains, rocks, herds, forests, birds, and waves of noise that resolve into a single, divine answer from the heavens, a French source of love.
A quirky miscellany notes a bank bill passage hope, a guilty or not guilty question, and advice on clothing near heated windows. It mentions legends of William Tell, a Gessler reference, rare litigation in Searcy county Ark, shotgun settlements, and a San Francisco tall fiancée with a punning marriage proposal.
A London Globe item chronicles peculiar street acts including a tin-pot musician drawing coin with a pot spout, a wild concertina performer, and a dignified man who reveals a two-foot beard to solicit tips. Each act relied on unusual theatrics to earn cash from passersby.
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