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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1890
Page
11
In a northern German village a poor family suffers daily hardship. Lena, the youngest daughter, cares for a blind mother and disabled siblings while tending a garden that keeps them fed. The rich landlord threatens eviction after back rent, driving Lena to seek mercy since no one else can work.
Lena aids a fairy who cures her family and promises service for years. On the eighth day Lena must return and is rewarded with a treasure bag that turns snowflakes into gold and butterflies. A large butterfly remains with her as the village nicknames it.
Lena meets a weary old woman who offers a heavy basket and warns of a price for aid from the fairy Holpen. Lena, eager to help her distressed family, vows to serve Holpen for ten years if the fairy can heal her. The tale sets a quest up the mountain toward the lake and its sparkling waters.
A fragmented tale describes Lena delaying to help family and a sudden apparition on the lake shore. A transformed white figure offers three rites to be taken and performed at dawn, guiding Lena to a sacred earth ritual before reunion with her brother.
A garbled reminiscence mentions a money bird moss and a family’s happiness, referencing kind Pai o and Lens with hints of sacrifice and joy amid affliction. The unclear text suggests a personal memory or caption with ornamental wording.
French engineer M. Jules de Douhet proposes a 1 083 km deep canal 99 m through France from Havre to Marseilles. The route would follow the Seine Loire and Loing with Paris vicinity and Berre lake, costing 244 milliards francs and taking 100 months to build. Annual traffic of 50 000 tons could yield 600 million francs in profit for shareholders.
Newcastle Chronicle reports a peculiar Chinese funeral in England. The body wore a new hat and blue attire with a white handkerchief, and Chinamen Ah Tuck and Ahes attended. The ceremony included ham and biscuits, brown sticks, candles, gin poured on the ground, and earth sprinkled on the coffin, all done in quiet reverence.
Mrs. T. Jefferson Orne sent a delicate yellow butterfly found this morning at Mr. Orne's Emerson street stable to the office. The editor notes the species only appears in warm weather and invites poets to submit spring poems.
New York society tale profiles McAllister I Ward a lawyer crowned king of the Four Hundred. He grooms, dines, and rules with strict pedigree checks and exclusive balls at Delmonico’s and Newport.
An Australian article touts wattle as a superior tanning substitute to oak bark. It notes black and broad leaved wattles yield 30–32 and 26–28 percent tannic acid, respectively, with Santa Cruz oak at 16–18 percent. Leather hides tanned in black wattle liquor in 47 days versus 75–80 days with oak. J Merry proposes planting wattles in the United States. The broad leaved wattle is hardy and ornamental, while black wattle provides stronger tannin.
A French visitor uncovers plausible truffles near Mussoorie, India. Signor Peliti and the Viceroy's chef endorse the find, with Calcutta papers and local talent confirming authenticity. Dogs are being trained to exploit the potential export trade if abundance supports higher prices.
An Eastern journal notes Connecticut’s 90 by 70 mile shape yet dense rail coverage lets travelers ride nearly 1000 miles without crossing state lines. The remark adds Ohio counties offer similar looping trips if one repeats routes.
Elder B F Kittinger and his wife report relief from a cold and cough after using Chamberlain Cough Remedy. The testimonial lists several local druggists and stores such as Stuckey at Seventeenth and Fourteenth streets and Markel Bros. at Fort and Frankstown avenues among others as sources.
A devotional critique urging better church decorum. It laments ministerial distraction, choir misbehavior, and confessional lapses during services, notes officers and sextons causing interruptions, and calls for reform while acknowledging most churches are exemplary.
In a Stirling address Prof Drummond argues true Christianity rejects cant and sanctimony. He cites a cynic’s view of a Christian and a Huxley exam joke to stress that genuine Christian spirit is not selfish or self serving.
The piece highlights 61 female foreign missionary societies across Britain Canada and the United States. It cites 13 British societies earning 234000 in 1889, nine Canadian groups earning 84257, and 39 US bodies with 25000 auxiliaries and 8000 children’s bands. Total receipts 1250000 support 1200 missionaries, 2500 native Bible women, and 2500 schools with 60000 pupils.
The piece stresses that Christians are new creatures with fresh aims and destinies while warning against clinging to former ties. It cites Lot’s wife, who looked back at Sodom and was lost, as a caution about divided loyalties and retained old desires.
In a Congregational News note, a sea of youths and church workers is referenced, with a question about the Lord Jesus and a minister’s role. A veteran observer notes, after 30 years in the city, that staying power marks the successful from the failed among young men.
A quaint epitaph shows a husband dying first with “I am anxiously awaiting you. A. D. 1837.” and the wife replying “Here I am.” A. 1867. The Indy notes the 40 year gap in time.
A note discusses the Bible in Hebrew as the world’s most costly book and mentions an offer by skm without further details.
A renowned writer criticizes society for tolerating crime and corruption. He laments lenient justice, complicit officials, and the moral laxity of high society and some churches, urging a stronger sense of sin and accountability. The piece citesRecent cases and calls for reform.
A historical notice recalls Osgood once pastor of the Church of the Messiah in New York City who died long ago. He avoided small meetings, lived in pomp, and sparked conversation about his later life, with quotes from various authors and sermons reflecting his vanity and beliefs.
A Washington Post observer notes a rising bowlegged trend among youths due to cycling. He compares wheelmen to cavalry and questions whether habitual riding deforms legs, suggesting bicycle design changes might avoid such effects.
Madam le Ray mother of the Duc d Abrantes, a noted Parisian traveler, endured months of Eastern travel through Babylon Nineveh and the Persian deserts. Her caravan endured cold frostbite and illness during five days without human contact before reaching the Persian Gulf and India.
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