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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1884
Page
2
Minnie Irving notes a poetic scene in The Manhattan about ghosts and heroes on a frost filled field. The piece blends imagery of death and reunion as a living light returns to join comrades beyond the sword in the skies, while longing for home.
In a tale spun around the eve of Solferino, Colonel de Valmont seeks his lost son Lucien whose fate hinges on a vengeful former lover La Severina. A long inquiry, a brutal firefight, and a twist of fate reveal Lucien was raised as Karl Gottfried, killed at Solferino, driving the colonel to death from shock.
The article describes an ice palatial structure built for Empress Anna Ivanovna in 1734 using frozen blocks of ice without cement. It covers dimensions, architectural style, illumination, and decorative details, noting its translucent windows and the overall effect of a single ice mass. It also references glassmaking origins and the Portland vase’s history and preservation.
The reader describes a simple observation to explain why animal eyes glow in dim light. With a lamp as the sole light source, a child observer and the viewer positioned near the flame show a reddish yellow reflex in the pupil due to light from the vascular choroid. The effect, most evident in obscurity, arises from light reflected from the eye’s inner structures, not emission, and hinges on the observer’s position and the subject’s refractive state.
The Novoje Vremya warns Russian mothers about a new religious sect. In Kostov on the Don an officer employed a middle aged nurse for his three year old son. She grew affectionate then abandoned the boy, who soon fell ill with memory loss and drowsiness. A corpse was found and a Jewess cried that the same nurse killed her child. The section hints at narcotics and a conspiracy.
A Bavarian goblet from the Rathhause collection, a twelve quarts pokal, was drained by a single reveler during a 1631 siege led by Count Tilly. Councillors allegedly foiled beheading by filling the goblet and challenging the conqueror to drink, prompting a pardon for the city. Heer Nasc, former Mayor, drank it in defiance, earning a pension and the pokal’s fame in Friedensgasse.
An interview recounts Hickory nut cracking, recalling Westchester County traditions. A craftsman explains a simple method using a hammer and cobble stone, noting the shell fuel tale and old-time kitchen scenes from a small farmhouse.
A group of youths near Pleasant Plains entered the woods known as the snake woods with shovels picks and crowbars. They overturned rotten stumps and stones and opened snake holes discovering emcees coiled in each pit. The snakes were chopped away leaving the area disrupted after several hours of work.
A child recalls a tender scene where a grandmother awakens from a dream of a gentle kiss. The narrator, Pet, carries the moment to tea with the grandmother, who recognizes the kiss as a sign from a little angel.
In a garret Janet revives a wooden bed-wrench as Tabitha a doll. She dresses, names, and plays with her secret friend until Uncle Silas mistakes Tabitha for the real bed-wrench. Janet defends Tabitha and the toy helps her cope as family helpers finish the task. A later reflection on boyhood manners and parental discipline closes the piece.
A correspondent asks how smooth lump sugar differs from rough surfaced lump sugar. The rough sugar is cut loaf, aka cut-loaf, commanding higher wholesale prices and harder to adulterate. Pure loaf sugar from cane is preferred. glucose is the main adulterant, used to imitate sugar but detected by experts.
N and M, young cadets, travel to a sheep fair with limited funds. They plan to buy and sell sheep for profit but face delays and misadventures including a public house visit and lack of decisive action during the hour. The tale unfolds as they weigh risk and opportunity.
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