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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1883
Page
1
A speaker rejects material riches claiming inner wealth beyond land and gold. He praises honest purpose and gratitude as true riches, contrasting poverty with a rich spirit and humble environment. Written in a reflective, declarative tone by J. Whitcomb Riley.
In a warm prairie afternoon Lindy sees a distant fire approaching her family farm. She calmly fights the blaze by starting a back fire and smothering flames with wet bags, saving the house and barn before fainting from exhaustion. Her father calls her a brave girl.
A Long Branch hotel clerk has become famous and popular by kissing babies of any age and has drawn numerous favorable remarks from admiring parents. The description notes the clerk's bashful nature and the positive reception from families.
The Port Jervis Gazette notes engineers often lose nerve during night shifts. Eyes and thoughts fix on the headlightlit single spot as memories of past wrecks and near disasters haunt them. Daylight offers broader view, but night runs confine focus to danger on every curve and embankment.
A correspondent traveling from Bismarck to the Little Missouri reports a burning mine in the Bad Lands. He describes intense heat with red glow and volatilized sulfur on crevices, no smoke, and a crevasse area of ten to fifteen rods square burning for centuries. He suggests the Bad Lands may be ashes of extinct coal fires.
A child friendly vignette from Youth's Companion features Miss Passy perched in a hickory tree whispering of catching the robin. The robin teases that Pussy Cut cannot catch him, boasting wings and speed as feathers flutter in a playful woodland scene.
A tale from Nicholas describes a kingfisher diving straight at an artist sketching by a river, striking the palette and brushes, then flying off unharmed. The piece notes snowy owls sometimes landing on hunters but jokes the kingfisher could not be mistaken for a strip, keeping a humorous tone.
In a garden tale a boy named Tommy Gray persuades his father to spare a toad. The creature helps control garden pests by catching bugs, and over days the shy toad becomes tame. Tommy, calling him Humpty, learns to feed and observe the toad without fear.
A legend explains the nightingale's night singing and imagined sorrow. It says the bird and blindworm once shared one eye, the bird took the reptile’s eye for a feast and never returned it. Vowing vengeance, the blindworm haunts the bird, so it fears sleep and keeps awake by resting against a thorn, causing its sad song.
A New York Times style discussion reveals how diamonds function as currency in real estate exchanges. Brokers recount large trades, deceptive appraisals, and a few sharp exploits, noting that while diamonds offer ready sales and steady prices, misvaluation can lead to losses and retirement from the trade.
In Harper's Magazine William H. Bishop notes Kentucky blue grass breeders publish yearly stock catalogues with stallion woodcuts. Prices rise from $400 to $2,000 for young stock, higher for older, and top flyers command huge sums, with Dexter at $33,000 and Maude prompting talk of $75,000 for a leading trotter.
A New York Evening Post essay notes the pickerel as a paradoxical freshwater fish. It darts like a greyhound yet hides in muddy waters and cannibalism is common. The writer cites personal fishing recollections of bold, near-improbable chases and swift escapes to illustrate its voracious appetite.
The best meadow poa specimens may be in Kentucky woodlands with lime rich soil though origin is uncertain. Kentucky bluegrass and June grass names cover poa pratensis and compressa. seeds spread by early cavalry and its range includes Indiana and the west on calcareous soils.
A reflective verse by Sarah Dowdney portrays a weary heart seeking rest amid nature. The speaker longs for safety and stillness, acknowledging struggle between good and ill while praying for divine rest and peace.
A witty compendium mocks official reports and slang while highlighting old time phrenology and wedding toast jests. It notes the distant reach of sounds from a dinner gong and contrasts polite pursuit of fame with Elizabethan ruffs, ending with a playful panorama of humorous quotations.
Entomologist Mr. Ellie describes Regalis as the king of caterpillars. Birds fear this worm which defends itself with horns and spines, spits saliva, and turns on aggressors, much like a fabled creature.
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