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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1881
Page
6
A sweeping historical montage recounts administrators and nobles, artists and adventurers. It details subsidies, imperial wealth, exile journeys, and a musician’s globe spanning career from Devonshire to New York, Baltimore, and the Confederate war years, ending in Baltimore in quieter times.
Baltimore craftsman F Nicholas Crouch author and composer of Kathleen Mavourneen has lived in obscurity two years, yet his career spans two continents. Born 1808 in England he played bass viol at nine, later cello before Rossini. His talent rose high but now he varnishes to support a large family. He studied under Dockra and Lawes as a youth.
The Sydney Herald reports a surge of Chinese arrivals to the colony with up to 2000 in the last fortnight and many more en route from Hong Kong. Immigrants are illiterate and nearly penniless, paying about £8 for passage, and merchants fear 20,000 may land this year. Immigrants burden the city by housing and feeding them until they are sent inland, while many Sydney Chinese residents oppose wide importation.
A French inventor patents electric light use for textile bleaching and other substances. A phonograph for teaching foreign pronunciation is to be tested in Paris. Experiments claim electric lamp grit travels 187200 miles per second and blue light exceeds red by over one percent. Plans to run trains via electricity through St Gothard Tunnel are discussed. Bavarian Dr Gehring introduces an enameling liquid to harden stones and protect metals from rust. Anhydrous phosphoric acid is touted as a powerful desiccant, removing trace moisture from nearly air-dried samples. A Brussels exhibit highlights a near complete cast iron marine engine structure. Portable electric force excites aeronauts, suggesting steerable balloons. Aeronautical Society to meet to discuss.
A collage of humorous quips from multiple papers. Jokes on fashion, language, and manners mix with oddities such as an Irish orator, an Austin doctor, and a Brooklyn editor. The tone is light, noting fashion, pronunciation, and a comic encounter with masked robbers who find the editor cheeky.
Nature correspondent describes two ant species in Sumatra creating rhythmic noises by tapping leaf undersides. One species plucks Papery nests on bam-00 leaves, sounding like heavy rain. A second large brown ant shows remarkable synchronous tapping across a tree, forming independent yet perfectly coordinated tunes over a space of several yards.
A humorous critique of meteorological prophecies by Hind and Vennor style predictors. The piece satirizes reliance on vague signs such as blue skies, household events, and fashion cues to forecast rain, storms, or dry spells across the United States and Canada, ending with the assertion no forecaster has pinpointed a cyclone’s target.
At a Royal Society meeting Dr. Mac Ewen described a 1878 case of bone transplantation in a three year old with humeral necrosis. Fragments from tibial wedges were grafted into the arm, uniting with the humerus and forming a usable limb, proving transplanted bone can live grow and be practically useful when done antiseptically. Birmingham police acquire public funds for tricycles.
A mixed page features children’s vignettes from Our Young Folks about a lively baby’s first years and a sister’s sacrifice, followed by Zip Coon’s antics and a gentle moral, plus brief cultural notes on kite flying in China, and a London Times take on U S global standing with a Mount Desert jewel caper.
On a birthday Fourth of July, Charlie explodes fire-crackers that smash a goblet, while Mary laments the mishap and longs for grandmas and aunts. Father dictates a lesson, Mary pleads for forgiveness, and Charlie agrees to be playful yet responsible, ending with a shared, redemptive family moment.
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