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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1872
Page
3
In a field of clover a bee speaks to Saint Patrick about three in one. The tale places a three-leaved trefoil as the quiet symbol guiding Patrick to teach the people, with the shamrock growing in mossy dells and fairy lore.
A wealthy king with a speechless daughter offers marriage to anyone who can restore her voice. A prince with a talking gift narrates a tale of four artisans who shape a life like figure from a log, each claiming ownership. The princess speaks only to reveal the true owner was the rest-house keeper, and she wed the prince, living happily thereafter.
A weary elderly woman pleads to ride for free to attend a double funeral. The conductor stalls citing fare rules, angering riders as she draws a well-filled purse and pays the fare anyway. The Brooklyn city streetcar dispute highlights transit access concerns.
A fragment discusses Charles D. Warner’s Buck- Log Studies in Scribner’s Monthly March issue. It ponders talent amid intoxication and the fate of brilliant minds, noting the paradox of reform erasing reputation and the notion that some maidens remain unmarried to preserve virtue.
A former New York clergyman, humiliated by a merciless blackmail plot, paid hush money to two men who framed him as a scandal. After years of threats and repeated demands, he resigned his urban parish and fled to a quiet Canadian town where he died months later, through the toll of the coercion.
A historical caution explains how water absorbs gases from room air, making even clear cold water unfit to drink after hours in a closed room. It notes ice temperature increases gas absorption and suggests airing rooms with shallow vessels to improve atmosphere, while advising morning pumping and caution with stored water.
The piece recalls Aloys Senefelder in Munich sixty years ago who, shunned by printers, pursued ink experiments on copper and then on stone to cut costs. He found writing on polished surfaces required skill, leading to a pivotal method that transformed printmaking.
The article explores bamboo as a versatile material for tubing, vessels, houses, and measuring tools. It notes tall trunks up to 100 feet in height with slender bases, hollow stems aiding utility, and that bamboo blooms only every fifty years before dying after seed production.
A roster of names includes W. B. Bell treasurer and board members Edward Leary W. Roberts T. H. McGeehir N. Roff and others such as Bishop Campbell Webster and Alex Long. Also shown are John Story A M Brown G W Cormany and Theo Schumaker among attendees.
The article describes lion taming methods from the London Daily News, detailing patient feeding, in-den training, head and nostril control, and safe handling to prevent fights. It then shifts to pruning grapes, advising immediate pruning, root and top care, and guidance on vine strength and trellis shading.
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