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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1895
Page
10
An aged reminiscence recounts a voyage from Port-au-Prince in 1837 with a companion into an uninhabited interior. They explore a grotto with dazzling stalactites and a branching maze, ignoring cautions as a hidden underground river veers toward danger and possible peril.
A narrator recounts finding gold flecks in a stream inside a dark abyss near Port-au-Prince. After a companion is lost in the subterranean cavern, the speaker escapes, endures illness, and sells the discovery to a Frenchman for four thousand pounds. The windfall launches a successful career, culminating in retirement twenty years later.
A historical write up argues the Maxim gun's utility beyond warfare, noting economic adjustments could place it among useful arts of peace. Admiral Cameroll cites a 303 Maxim capable of felling a seventeen inch tree in fifteen seconds and challenges other guns to match the feat despite long firing time.
Lord Dufferin spoke Greek to the University of Toronto audience while Canadian journals hailed his language mastery as astounding. A subsequent exchange revealed Sir John Macdonald’s blunt remark that he does not know Greek yet claims to know politics.
The article notes how one sense sharpens to aid another. Dr Millington Miller cites Alexander Hunter who, though land office deaf, spelled 150 words from a dictionary without error. It suggests deaf individuals like Mitchell, U S patent office chemist, could grasp essential lectures for college graduation.
Captain Charles F Shoemaker has been appointed chief of division for the Revenue Cutter Service following Captain Shepard's death This marks the culmination of over thirty years in the revenue and life saving services including his early education at Annapolis and service at frontier posts He gained praise from Sumner Kimball for diligence and impartial judgment in difficult cases and later commanded the Hudson in 1893 before receiving the captaincy and Treasury Department duty order.
Ethel Matthews known as a London beauty and frequent royal likeness subject engages with Lord Vernon Calverley as the new favored match among English nobility. The tale notes her prominence among editors and nobility alike amid ongoing societal attention.
The article traces Lieut. Shoemaker’s Civil War loyalty to the Union, his postwar life on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and his rise to assistant inspector in the life saving service. It notes his later appointment as executive officer of the Seward and his 1894 departure for command at Washington at New York. It also mentions social status implications for Lady Calverley.
The essay argues paper money and its representatives reduce heavy metal currency which hinders large transactions. It notes that money need not be gold or silver, but must be widely trusted to pay the promised amount. It explains promissory notes drafts bills of exchange and checks enable most daily commerce and are redeemed by belief in their value.
A fragment recalls Therai stocles a famous Athenian general from five centuries before Christ and a claim attributed to Jesus about a baby boy ruling the world. It links infant rule from mother to Athens Greeks Europe and world.
An early New York piece reveals how lower Manhattan grew over marshes swamps and streams. Historic Beekman Roosevelt Lispenard and Collect ponds swamps formed a diagonal chain from Roosevelt Street to the Hudson, with the fame of a missing stream that had no clear source or mouth.
Mayfair whispers say the Duchess of York will become a mother again, likely in June, while the Queen and Prince of Wales show added interest. The Duke's health concerns include grip complication and recurring varicose veins, limiting his activity after fatigues in Russia.
Kate Field reports a copy of Martha Washington’s sole letter and signature is in U S government custody after decades hidden in capitol archives. Walter H. French identified and reproduced the exact spelling punctuation and line breaks Mount Vernon December 31 1799. Martha expresses grief and duty remarks and gratitude to Congress and the president’s aide.
A dialogue between Fannie and Gussie reveals a quarrel about Charlie with hints of mutual attraction. The piece contrasts clairvoyant logic with social perception. A separate verse notes rain’s credit to crops while sunshine drives growth and sales via advertising and printers’ ink.
A collage reports on health in 19th century regimes with stone cutters in Switzerland and England, naval sick rates, metal elongation under extreme cold, and a buffalo roaming the Red Desert. It notes a Wyoming bill protecting buffalo, buffalo Galway cattle hybrids in Texas and Kansas, a post mortem on Hans von Bülow, and brain nerve damage linked to childhood injury.
A cascade of aphorisms on faith, self-control, duty, and personal worth. The speaker contrasts wisdom with zeal, urges action over emotion, and notes culture fosters fruit only with cultivation.
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