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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1879
Page
8
A miscellaneous column compiles brief items from London and beyond. Topics include the Anglo French tunnel project lagging due to finances, a Paris mint claim, local misadventures in Lyons and Mexico, missionary tax tensions in New York, a Leicester gymnastic accident, and assorted oddities from shipping to religion.
A critique of Sir John Lubbock on insect behavior notes ants show complex organization yet falter under novel tasks. Bees misjudge architecture, ants fail to reorganize honey mounds when disrupted, and recognition of nest mates persists after separation. The piece highlights strong instinct within limits and weaknesses in unfamiliar situations.
In the Mortola valley near Mentone two Nice men prepared to duel over a woman. The local chaplain arrives as an unexpected witness and reconciles them, a common practice praised for tempering violence. A separate tale from Birmingham, Connecticut, ends with a walnut-filled mishap at a funeral as the coffin story delivers a moral.
A man was jailed for six months after a judge questioned him about not supporting his wife. The inmate compared himself to Byron, claiming neither could bear to seal woman eat, a remark the judge did not accept.
Practical mothers learn from experience to care for the little bodies entrusted to them. Four rules sustain health: proper sleep, fresh air, good food, and regular bathing. A well rested, quiet, cold room and plain meals foster morning wakefulness and appetite, while avoiding candy and stimulants reduces ailments and fussiness.
The essay notes tobacco chewing as uniquely American while snuffing is common in Europe. It argues Americans lead in chewing and spitting, calls this unwholesome, and credits Columbus with introducing Europe to tobacco. It claims chewing is an American plant’s dominance and an inalienable right.
Boehm proposes a rapid ascent of sap in plants due to cell elasticity. When surface cells lose water they compress and draw in air and water, propagating inward as outer cells pull liquid from inner neighbors, driven by root pressure and water from below.
The article promotes sleep as the best cure for weakness, arguing the brain recovers only during rest. It states thinking burns brain particles and sleep allows blood nutrients to restore brain substance, while stimulants merely exhaust and fail to replenish.
Dr. D L Phares reports in the Trans Mississippi State Med Assoc 1878 that placing the patient in an inverted posture can promptly relieve colic in many cases. Some patients improve within minutes as air escapes or shifts in the bowels relieve pressure, though only flatulent colic is permanently cured by this method. The Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal notes the treatment deserves trial and could be used in general practice with the patient possibly held by the heels until aid arrives.
Providence Rhode Island spent four million dollars for a city hall and, at the first council meeting in the new chamber, voted the apartment a failure in its acoustic arrangement.
The Inter Ocean presents itself as a loyal, independent national newspaper leading Republican discourse for 1880. It pledges aggressive, fair coverage with enhanced foreign, Washington, home, and agricultural reporting, new departments, and expanded services while offering reduced prices for weekly, semi weekly, and daily editions.
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