25 Dec 1878
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1878
Page
1
In Berlin the respected Major M loses his horse Lise when his wife buys a replacement. Years later a new horse resembles Lise, yet reveals a white stripe and a familiar gaze. The Major discovers the horse is Lise reborn, after a traveler’s deceit and a vanished seller.
An aged Major, moved by emotion, confesses his joy at reuniting with his old friend Lise. He embraces his horse and recalls past days in Berlin. The narrative notes that both the Major and Lise have since died, leaving only memories of their companionship.
The London Times reports on insect buzzing debates from Beau mur to M Jousset de Bellesme. It explains two sounds from wing and thorax vibrations, the grave tone during flight and a sharp tone when alighting or with restrained movement.
A Detroit Free Press report describes a couple fighting in a farmer’s wagon on Woodward near Davenport. A bystander intervenes as the wife exposes tobacco, a dime novel, and playing cards in the husband’s pocket, and she drives away with the fight resuming beyond the toll-gate. The Pekin Gazette references Kung Too Whing around A. D. 976 in a telephone investor note.
A lyrical piece fragment explores mistrust of absence, return home at night, and the shaping of fears by distant lands. It ponders divine power, love, and mortality shaping the shoreless currents of humanity.
Wealthy Australian settler Mr Brown navigates a deadly trap in a native village led by Chief Atal. He uses courage and a revolver to trap the would be cook while passing the night in a single hut. Dawn finds him escorted safely to French settlements amid wide interest.
The 1878 apple harvest is described as one of the richest in the nation with abundant fruit feeding livestock and fueling cider mills. Export demand in Europe grows as shipments by sea rise, with thousands of barrels sent from Boston and New York. Prices remain low but profit exists for well-packaged fruit destined for England.
Alizarin Carmnine is a sodium sulpho salt of alizarin used as a wool dye. It yields brown, chocolate, orange, red and scarlet shades with ordinary mordants and is fast against air light soap and perspiration. The color suits carpets hangings and uniforms.
The Challenger expedition, published from London, reports four years of ocean study across the Atlantic Pacific and Indian basins. It describes two mile high sea mountains, deep red abysses, and shells whitening vast stretches, linking findings to legends of ancient submerged lands and a plateau matching early Western myth.
A humorous tale set in a military town where Mile Nathalie's bright eyes spark romantic fuss among officers and horses as a grand review unfolds. The Inspecting General marvels at the troop display while the Colonel remembers past service and the soldiers orbit around the window.
A boy in Grinwold Street contemplates wealth after lingering by a chestnut stand. A roasting vendor jokes about the healthiness of chestnuts, then tells a fable of riches and deceit, prompting the boy to weigh risk and reward before deciding to gamble on chestnuts.
In the Repertore de Pharmacie a claim is made for the healing properties of the down of the common cat-tail flag applied to wounds and burns. The method involves puncturing vesicles and covering with a dense layer of down until it falls away. The plant is described as common.
The article compares digestive capacities of horse and ox, noting the horse stomach holds about sixteen quarts while the ox holds about two hundred fifty. It argues feeding oats before hay disrupts digestion, as oats digest faster and can push hay through, suggesting hay first with a bulkier meal to allow proper digestion.
A fragmented column questions everyday paradoxes and social behaviors. It playfully critiques government theft, murder, debt, vacation plans, and romantic choices while probing common human inconsistencies and myths.
The article discusses Russian delicacies such as sturgeon and caviare from the Caspian region, noting price, preparation, and cultural appeal. It references Shakespeare and English tastes, then shifts to migration of European colonists along a Pacific railroad corridor, religious outreach by Catholic missionaries and Adventists, and social scenes in Chicago with minstrel shows and dance talent.
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