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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
8
The essay surveys feigning death as a widespread adaptive tactic across animals and even plants. It cites rhizopods in pond water that pretend to be dead after a water louse approaches, prompting discussion on senses and perception beyond human understanding. It notes carnivores preferring fresh prey over tainted corpses and warns of poison in tainted substances.
A quaint aphorism extols laughter as the sunshine of the soul and a salve for melancholy. It frames humor as a noble force enjoyed by kings and peasants alike, praising its cleansing glow and the pure conscience behind gladness.
A fragmentary meditation on changing attire for the year, comparing inner transformation to a wild finch shedding gray and choosing vivid colors. The speaker imagines wearing a green tunic in emerald grass and chrysoprase skies, preferring winter ermine for cold months and resisting autumnal orange.
In late summer reflections, readers note psychic revulsion toward prevailing sympathetic or protective coloring, as described in Atlantic commentary.
A self confident young barrister boasts of future fame to Sir Henry Hawkine who retorts asking what he has done to deserve it. The tale ends with a humorous line about aiming to have the world at his feet. Also notes the psaltery of Spain, said to be introduced by the Moors, still common among peasants.
An anecdote from London Field about a tame Indian python ten to eleven feet long kept in a beer chest. It fed on six rats weekly, instantly killed by constriction, then swallowed each rat methodically, until five were consumed and the sixth spared for a terrier. It notes the snake’s merciful efficiency and the dangers of injuring its skin.
A Youth's Companion summary explains perspiration as mostly water with salt, its role in cooling the body, and how secretion varies with temperature and activity. It notes insensible perspiration beyond visible moisture and discusses ailments and remedies for excessive sweating including hand and foot treatments, night sweats, and dietary tips.
London Chronicle recounts how apothecaries used red lights as trade signs then shifted to bottles with red yellow and green liquids in windows. Rivalry led to broader use and finally vivid colored vases replacing bottles as a familiar sign nationwide.
A Port Chester Record item recounts a humorous humorous misprint on a widow’s husband headstone after his death. Mrs Marble asks for inscription “To my dearest husband” and “We shall meet in heaven” but the engraver misspells as “To my dearest hus band, and if there be any rom left we shall meet in heaven.”
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