06 Oct 1881
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1881
Page
1
A reflective verse theme recalls youth and aging. The speaker contrasts past vitality with present change, noting hair, gait, and lips as signs of time. He asserts life is only thought and sustains the idea that youth and the speaker remain housemates despite age.
A dramatic San Francisco tale follows a couple adrift in a leaky rowboat near Fort Point, their frantic attempts to bail the water, the fog closing in, and a sudden rescue by a brigantine crew after a hopeful kiss and whispered words of love amid peril. The piece then shifts to seaside lore about Red Sea turtles, then fashion and domestic tips on lace and sewing, finishing with a comic street scene at the Pacific express station.
Two steamers, the Royal Mail Line Spartan and American Rothesay, raced down the St Lawrence from Ogdensburg toward Montreal. The vessels touched, jammed paddle boxes, and ran four miles through De Flan rapid with passengers frightened as currents pressed them together before the Rothesay steered into Morrisburg.
The article highlights hand painting on the corner hem of Parisian silk handkerchiefs as a new fashion. Designs include birds, dolphins, waves, and Venus with a pearl, with matching embroidery on the opposite corner. Prices in Paris run fifteen to eighteen francs. artists earn five to ten francs per subject. Also featured are perfumed sachets for quilts and card cases and velvet parasol embossing with delicate applique techniques.
A reflective aphorism notes that trust in others depends on self honesty and virtue. It argues personal integrity is the first step to judging character in others.
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