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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1885
Page
2
A poetic reminiscence on a silent figure lying in rest. The verses reflect on beauty, memory, and the serenity of the departed, contrasting mortal passions with enduring peace. The speaker questions past joys and sorrows, praising enduring calm as the soul transcends earthly ties.
A narrator recounts rise from mill worker to overlooker then manager at an Ekaterinburg mill owned by a great English firm. One evening his daughter Lottie faints after reporting a menacing face at the window. The family investigates a shattered lattice and a possible intruder near the mill yard as tension rises.
In Ekaterinburg a mill foreman shelters Feodor Stepanovitch, an escaped convict from Siberia. Feodor recalls harsh exile, police brutality, and a vow to reach Ivanova and Basil Makar, while the foreman helps him survive. Feodor later aids in saving the mill during a fire, but dies from his injuries, confirming a dramatic encounter marked by mercy and tragedy.
The south central gallery showcases precious stones and high priced pieces, with Goldsmith and Silversmiths’ corner display highlighting diamond and pearl settings. A 32 carat brilliant-Cane stone and a ruby diamond necklace worth thousands captivate visitors, including a famed one inch ruby said to be the world’s most important. Jumbo’s death noted by Barnum as an unfillable vacancy.
Malay Muslims still practice teeth filing with three methods including front-surface removal, triangular relief shaping, and tooth sharpening. A tooth filer is a respected craftsman who uses hammer, files, and hot iron to blacken and soothe aftercare with water. Historical notes compare Central American and Yucatan practices, citing ancient perforations and postmortem evidence, with no modern living examples recorded.
A speculative outline imagines a 100 pupil public school day with one hour blocks for sewing washing and ironing cooking honor music dancing painting modeling sculpture reading writing arithmetic bookkeeping and various subjects including industrial education geography geometry Latin Greek French German botany astronomy and weather The fragment ends mid sentence with the remark If the scholar.
A collage of humorous clippings from papers like the Norristown Herald and Detroit Free Press spans casual quips about marriages in February, color-blind tests, costly fans, violent horse racing, and witty school excuses. It adds light satirical bites on manners, manners of men and women, and cultural jests.
The clippings discuss semi military discipline at Vassar Poughkeepsie and a Chicago Tribune praise of Chicago schools costly yet valued. Other items cover London university electrical engineering chair, a Florida Baptist expelling liquor petition signers, New York YWCA building plans, and a remark on western college entrants age. Japanese Christian female participation cited, London Wesleyan missions, Vienna girl education method, and kitchen training for independence.
A collage of brief notes from journals: a Franklin County man pockets a small fortune wrapped in cardboard. Southern California sanatorium growth with cottages in Los Angeles. beet sugar and cane sugar yields projected. Yankton river channel shifts revealing rising land. a Holstein cow prized in Chicago. Lancaster druggist contracts to protect town trees from canker worms. Misses Green of Atlanta collecting and setting negro songs to music. myth that poker originated in Persia pre-Columbus. Mrs. Rider’s postmortem reveals large abdominal contents and heart-lung disease. ancient Tennessee graves show oversized skulls vs modern head size. German Dresden artists promote medieval attire. neutral fabric dyeing with ammonia and chloroform. Florida fruits and year-round bounty for tropical lovers. many fruits and seasonal availability listed for East Coast readers.
William Settlers, a brawny blacksmith near Mack's Creek in Franklin County, was captured by Indians but escaped. He later tracked and killed two captors to rescue a young woman, then returned home with her. She later married another man after the episode, and Settlers left the area, with few details of his later life. Source: Gaines wile Register.
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