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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1889
Page
1
A recent calculation shows global paper output at 1.8 billion pounds from all materials. Half is for printing, a sixth for writing, and the rest for miscellaneous use. Government uses 200 million pounds, education 180 million, commerce 240 million, industry 180,030 pounds, private correspondence 1 million, and printing 9 million. The 1.8 billion pounds come from 3,960 factories with 9,900 men and 181,000 women employed.
The London Lancet notes renewed cholera activity spreading toward eastern Europe with deaths near Tirnova Bulgaria linked to clothing from a cholera victim in Hungary. Hungary and Galicia still report cases and deaths, raising concern of a 1887 epidemic starting from recently infected Austro Hungarian areas. The east is less prepared than the west.
News from Copenhagen describes an American naval engineer Mr Pears with another American and a Dane undertaking a Greenland interior excursion starting at Pakitsokfjord. They traveled mainly by sledges for three weeks reaching 130 miles inland before returning ahead of a southeast gale. The party was welcomed back by Greenlanders who feared they were lost.
A reflective verse notes that nothing is wasted as a dew drop returns in summer and memory preserves words and deeds. It argues actions, whether good or ill, leave influence beyond outward sense and urges using will to spread goodness.
In Haven, the Albatross is lost with Aleck Fanshawe on board. Betty Le Breton, Louise Turner, and Squire Fanshawe confront rumors of engagement and love. A twist reveals Aleck intends to marry Hetty Le Breton, leaving Louise to fade from Haven’s memory as Betty plans a wedding and new beginnings.
A linked anecdote on common nature items and misread science. A botanist mistakes a sedge for a plant, a farmer clarifies it is grass, and northern travelers observe a stone breaker whose Cumberland reply to a geologist sounds like stairns stones.
Cary and Co of London sent two jars of Bristol pickled tripe to Mount Vernon. Each jar held about two gallons and bore the firm’s mark. Washington thanked the firm and requested four more jars packed for shipment direct from the owners for domestic use.
Ludwig Wolff describes meeting many dwarfish, beardless tribes in Sankowron Africa under four feet tall. He says they hunt, are agile, emit gold shimmer, and number in the thousands dispersed across vast lands. He cites Herodotus and Aristotle on pygmy races in Africa.
Mrs Bowser and Mr Bowser clash over education and geography with a wager on Zanzibar's location and a claim Longfellow was a painter. The couple quarrels about titles and social status as the scene ends with a promise of more trouble tomorrow.
Reports of petroleum deposits along the Red Sea coast and a Stockholm tunnel using frozen gravel highlight practical tech. A fiber device sews on buttons and a meteorologist notes town temperature stability. Methods to distinguish iron from steel, dew formation insights, meteoric iron finds, and a verse by James Vila Blake round out the scientific miscellany.
A collage of humor notes from multiple papers jokes about sidewalk shoveling, bowlegged Burlington man used as tunnel, a girl born without a mouth, aging one sides, and quips about astronomers and lovers.
Fr Pormet notes curious cases of exhausted muscular power across professions. Violinists fret left hand strings violencers strike nails and hammers falter. tailors, compositors, and carpenters all lose dexterity. He urges everyone to keep a second calling ready if the primary skill fails.
The New York Herald reports Charity Organization Society figures quoted by Organizing Secretary Charles D Kellogg. He cites 86 009 families in charity care and about 344 900 people affected by poverty or crime through organized charities and authorities.
The English origin of the postage stamp is traced and Brazil is cited as early adopter in 124. The article notes America leads in letters sent, England follows, and mentions varied national stamp trivia from Stoifaland to Liberia and Nicaragua with a tongue in cheek.
The piece records humorous banter about a young soldier and a plumber figure with remarks on demeanor. It captures a lighthearted exchange highlighting irony and public persona in a Philadelphia context.
Agents of Paris insurance company have instructions to refuse policies for individuals who regularly dye their hair or beard, citing risk concerns and underwriting standards. The policy stance targets cosmetic hair dye habits as a factor in risk assessment and coverage eligibility.
In London the Duke of Nemours makes a private morning call to the Countess of J- but the servant dismisses him after a single knock. The incident contrasts English door etiquette with French heavy knockers and ends with the duke’s restored authority after his name is confirmed.
The article details making sealing wax from four pounds shellac, one pound Venice turpentine, and three pounds vermilion melted, cooled on marble slabs, rolled to form sticks, then finished by rolling on a cold slab. It contrasts with cheap wax using common resin, lead, and ordinary turpentine instead of the refined ingredients.
A Pennsylvania Railroad car department attaché tells an expressionist a bell rope connector that won't break glass could bring fortune. He notes the iron connections on bell tapes cause heavy plate glass breakage annually. The Buffalo Express quotes the idea as a path to riches through innovation.
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