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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1872
Page
3
A vivid maternal scene shows mothers preparing children for bed on a quiet Saturday night. They mend worn garments, button toes, and tuck blankets while softly recounting Jesus stories. Mothers kiss each sleeping child and offer prayers to guide them and keep them safe.
Poem lines expressing steadfast devotion to a beloved, promising to live for love, toil with daily labor, and endure beyond death. The speaker vows to rise at dawn, work honestly so love may smile, and seek eternal faithfulness, hoping the beloved will bless the divine origin of their union.
A San Jose lady’s letter describes a mountain jaunt to New Almaden and the Almaden mine. The party enjoys ocean breezes, live oaks, and scenic vantages, then tours a tunnel into the mountain, learns of quicksilver ore, and reflects on nature's beauty from base to summit.
Eyewitness notes describe the volcano eruption and surrounding destruction. The sky darkened as ash and smoke covered the region while people struggled with injuries and fear amid the chaotic countryside. Observers recount scarce shelter, disrupted roads, and the spread of debris from the blast.
The dispatch describes Neapolitan evacuations and extensive ruin from volcanic eruptions. Lava scorches forests and trees, while heat and foul odors afflict survivors. About 50,000 residents reportedly emigrate, with soldiers and peasants guarding amid robbers. The writer laments Naples’ vanished orange groves, vineyards, and vibrant life.
A famous California gold nugget fraud newly revealed at the United States Assay Office in Wall Street. A 2918.75 ounce gold specimen was coated with silver and base metals, fooling assayers and securing a large loan before the truth emerged. The case exposes a clever deception and leaves details of its manufacture unknown.
In London Granville and other ministers spar over whether Britain should answer questions as American Congress adjourns. Disputes over indirect claims and arbitration persist. A powder magazine explosion in Oswestry kills six. In Madrid Serrano resigns as Generalissimo and Endique is named successor, with Serrano possibly becoming President of the Council. Paris notes Carlist officers fleeing to Bourges and Bayonne with Serrano passports.
Engineering notes describe a method to produce crucible steel tires by heating, hammering, and shaping large six to eight tire ingots into cheese shaped pieces, then through steam hammering and punching until final rolling mill sizing. Crucible steel proves tougher than Bessemer in clippings, though less economical.
The article notes aniline colors suit transparent lacquers and varnishes, yielding intense thin films for glass or mica. It outlines using separate alcoholic solutions of bleached shellac and the coloring matter, added to lac in use, with slight warming of the substrate. It also mentions colored films from gun cotton solutions in ether, with coloring matter in alcohol and ether, and that collodion films gain elasticity with oil.
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