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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1888
Page
4
Reverend Dr. Talmage declares secular newspapers are open to religious facts and urges churches to cooperate with the press. He laments hostile reporting but argues journalism can amplify Christian work, proposing a pact between pulpits and printers to enlighten society and defend moral standards.
A writer urges printers and Christian readers to support wholesome publishing, praising evangelists and urging reform of the press. He likens faithful printing to a ship saved from wreck by a cricket’s warning, calling for a sacred pact between journalism and faith to advance redemption.
The article notes larger coarser horns of the wood buffalo compared to Saskatchewan plains buffalo. It discusses horn shape as a result of digging for gravel, plus growth conditions, population estimates of 500 to 600 remain, and difficulties for Indians to hunt due to terrain and undergrowth. It argues regulation against white sport hunting could aid Indians, but government protection may be impractical given the animals' moose-like habits.
Lovers of baseball may find it convenient to keep in mind this explanation of the pitcher s curve from Mr. R A Proctor. If the ball advances with out spin the cushion of compressed air carries forward in a cone-shaped manner and resists equally on all sides, affecting velocity only. When the ball spins on an axis square to its course the air in front cannot escape as easily and the resulting cushion shifts toward the forward spin side, deflecting the ball from the region of greatest resistance.
An account recalls a visit to Rome and the Vatican stables. The narrator sneaks into the papal carriage, describes ornate gear, and takes a solitary improvised ride before slipping away unseen, recalling it with delight.
The New York Chamber of Commerce is described as the most prosperous of its kind in the United States and now lists nearly 100 members. This highlights its status and growing membership.
A lone Indian hunter and a panther die after a brutal close encounter south of Mercer Texas. A hunting party herd of Indians witnessed the fatal struggle and reached the scene as both combatants lay dead.
A chemist shop at 16 High Street was damaged by a sunlit display causing a blaze in its window. The fire was discovered early with limited damage, highlighting the risk of sunlit show bottles in shop windows.
A compilation of maxims on wealth, poverty, pride, negotiation, and human behavior. Notable lines contrast riches with virtue and warn against pretence, while urging prudence, self awareness, and modest living. Includes reflections on change, speech, and the limits of knowledge.
A German government account analyzes crime by season for 1883, fixing months of occurrence for 317,404 of 300,760 crimes. Winter and summer show high totals, autumn often highest, with varied patterns across offenses including violence against officials, property crimes, assaults, robberies, and moral offenses. The author notes temperature effects unevenly across crime types and highlights autumn as broadly unfavorable.
In Scheubrunn Austria the palm house witnessed a rare bloom of the Brownia Ariza tree, a plant now rivaling the Maria Theresa palm in age and size. The bloom occurs once every fifty years and lasts forty eight hours, with the last sighting in 1851 at Chiswick, England. Rear Admiral Heneage bans colored shirts under coats.
From the Boston Herald account, birds display elaborate and often grotesque courtship. Cranes perform aerial dances. woodpeckers chase on ground and in air. blue jays chant variedly. hummingbirds boast bold feats. ruffs fight to win mates. The pinnated grouse emits a piercing nuptial cry in March mornings.
A Chicago Time correspondent depicts Tahiti on arrival as a band plays before the government house under the French flag. Pomare V abdicates governance for 50,000 francs yearly while the Queen, her mistress, retires to a cottage next to her sister, the US Consul’s wife.
The ad urges use of Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets for constipation and bilious disorders tied to liver and stomach imbalance. It cites the National Temperance Hospital in Chicago proving liquor isn’t needed for cures and typhoid and shock treatments succeed without alcohol.
A medical notice claims Dr Saze's Remedy offers relief for chronic nasal catarrh. The advertisement presents patient testimonials and urges readers to try the remedy for persistent nasal congestion.
The Grant Club of Chicago a social organization voted to exclude the sale and drinking of intoxicants from its rooms establishing a temperance rule for all members and guests.
New Jersey authorities report water snakes in the Hackensack river tributaries prey on herrings. The snakes ambush shoals, seize prey by the tail, and drown fish by weight as the herring struggles, leaving mutilated remains along the creek shores.
The advertisement touts Brandreth's Pills as the safest and most effective blood purifier tonic and alterative after more than fifty years of use. It claims long-time users best assure the product's merit and notes availability in druggists in plain or sugar coated forms. It ends with a rhetorical question about banking strength.
The passage argues that many Europeans resisted the idea of a New World until Columbus succeeded and notes how some persist in old theories. It cites Dr. Pierce and his claimed cure for consumption as an example of clinging to beliefs despite evidence and asserts the discovery narrative persists in modern attitudes.
A wry note suggests a wealthy woman free from parental constraints can make a smoother life. It contrasts wealth with confinement, implying independence reduces obstacles to personal choices.
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