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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1890
Page
5
A lullaby style poem titled Sailor Slumber Song appears in Worthingtor's Mazazine. The verses describe a child or sailor boy asleep as moonlit seas, fairies, and crickets provide a soothing, dreamlike setting with a guardian figure promising safety and reunion with a father at sea. The text blends nautical imagery with domestic comfort and religious reassurance.
A Boston Globe report recounts encounters with warrior ants in the Caribbean region. The observer describes armies of ants attacking wildlife, insects, and a snake, then later enduring a fall that injures his leg. Native guides explain ants clean homes and aid wounds using their strong mandibles.
A Westfield Massachusetts tale recalls a Dewey relative who returns each fall to visit his well to do kin. The host weeps saying he will not see the visitor again but the guest insists on another winter visit. The punchline: the host mourns because the visitor never leaves.
Dr Carver notes how fear and nerves affect shooting accuracy when facing live gunfire. He recalls two notorious bad men in Plum Creek who both fired and were hit once, both in the same arm, with shots missing the others. The scene ended in a stampede and shattered glassware.
A Scranton Sun story from Ash Hill, Ovington Township, recounts Mrs. Mapes feeding a thin fox from her hen yard. The fox grows tame, answers her calls, and returns each morning for more meat, even taking it from her hand. The tale contrasts with a passenger’s humorous Underground misadventure and a note on bogus money.
Louise Marksehefel recounts Thomas Carlyle’s 1881 bequest to Mrs Hanning and her life at Comely Bank Drumaquin Ontario. Since then she has lived with her daughter and son‑in‑law on a farm, keeping Carlyle’s complete library intact with autographed inscriptions from him.
A persuasive piece argues that happiness in home life beats ascetic rigor as a safeguard of society. It warns that stern, unwelcoming homes push youth toward forbidden paths, while bright, cheerful homes draw them toward brightness like flowers to sun. It poses a choice between cheerfulness and moral sternness.
England plans to issue nickel plated bullets claiming they pass through a man more easily while ordinary bullets slow or stop. The move is linked to a nickel and slot concept observed in practice.
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