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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1889
Page
1
A Montana man arrived in Chicago with five car loads of cattle and sold them at gain but woke next day in Police Court with seventy five cents left of his starting thousands. The War Minister favors bicycles for the French army after trials show bicycles superior for dispatch carrying.
The piece notes rising bull prices in Mexico with bulls selling from 200 to 500 dollars as Manzantini plans to import from Spain for next season amid growing Mexican opposition to bullfighting. It also mentions Japan's agricultural limits and a French reply to a U S military unit visit to Ireland.
A farmer near Phoenixville Pennsylvania combats ground hogs damaging meadows by placing a powder filled bottle in a burrow with a fuse protruding. When fired the blast kills all hogs in the hole, a method described as successful in the field.
The Washington Star recalls past presidents reached semicentennial marks while in office. It lists Polk, Pierce, and Grant as three who preceded Cleveland and notes Garfield would have been fifty years old after Guiteau, with earlier presidents like Washington Adams Jefferson Madison and others cited for their ages at inauguration and tenure.
The United States Treasury Department refused the application of officers of the Ho Wong Joss House in San Francisco for free entry of a dragon figure about 150 feet long. The department ruled the image does not fall under exempt religious or cultural entry provisions for philosophical apparatus statues or regalia.
The Michigan Legislature enacted a plan to pay one cent for every sparrow killed, with costs covered by county, village, or town clerks. The Cultivator notes the policy may curb a nuisance as sparrows swarm cities and suburban grain and fruit crops, especially in spring when damage peaks.
The poem recalls a weathered swing once shared by a boy and a man, now worn and aging. The speaker laments time’s passage and the swing’s fading strength, acknowledging their own near end as they drift toward parting. The piece, credited to O M Harger, appears in the Detroit Free Press.
In a storm bound tale Dr Belton visits Hannah Hall a poor recovering patient and offers her a gift for his daughter Mimi a bullfinch. He delivers the bird but soon dies from fever unknown to Hannah whose life continues with unknown sorrow.
Hannah Hall pursues a finch Mimi left by Dr. Belton and discovers Belle Belton, now poor and worn, is his daughter. Isabella Belton, rich now, reveals the family debt repaid, and Mimi’s song lingers as a symbol of grace amid hardship.
In an article on The Veda by W. D. Whitney in Century, the Veda is described as the Bible of India's inhabitants and a sacred book with broad influence. It contrasts Hindu scripture with other ancient texts such as the Hebrew Bible the Koran the Avesta and Confucian records noting its unique breadth and significance.
The Grass Valley Union recounts how during a mine shutdown rats, forced to ration, supposedly unscrewed oil can tops and dipped their tails into the oil to lick it from the tails. Miners allegedly testify to the odd behavior as truth.
The St Louis strawberry season brings a flood of berries from Arkansas and Missouri to feed a bustling market. Farmers and pickers haul in tons daily as signs announce ten cents a gallon and fifteen cents for large berries. Night shipments shift supply to Chicago and other cities, while farmers dream of New York prices.
A five year old Philadelphia boy visiting his Baltimore grandfather won praise for a bright laughing face. A photographer made a near perfect likeness and a small print was sold to a cotton mill manager. Five thousand copies were produced as a trade mark on muslin for shifting fabrics. The father exposed the scheme, dealer remonstrated, and unused pictures were surrendered and destroyed. Baltimore American.
A collection of aphorisms on motivation, reputation, solitude, friendship, conscience, study, and leisure. The author notes slander, self knowledge, and the value of faith in daily conduct, urging honor in business and personal ties.
Miss Fannie and Miss Sadie exchange gossip in a lively New York Tid Bits note. They discuss social circles at Mrs Hungerford Gunns reception, rumors about Sir Marmacuke Flat, and Charley Van Smith’s engagement after Fannie’s rejection.
The passage lists varied tastes among senators and notable figures. Beck favors Robert Burns while Gladstone adores Homer. Hawley places Lowell high among living poets. Argyll studies natural history with zeal. Carlisle loves Latin classics and Sallust. Randall admires Jefferson and Jackson. Edmunds reads Greek literature yearly. Ingersoll reveres Humboldt and Plato. Gibson prefers Browning over Tennyson. Morgan studies Burke as England’s great intellect. Ingalls admires Voltaire and translates his works. Lincoln cherished Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud and Gray's Elegy.
A chacma baboon from Africa is praised as highly trainable and versatile. Domestic at times, it defends property and even operates smiths bellows and farm tasks. Its chief value lies in locating water during dry seasons by scenting grass and breezes and digging to springs or finding juicy roots as a substitute.
The boy I E Bill, a Baptist from St Martins New Brunswick, is described as perhaps the youngest preacher in the world. He delivered a sermon recently to a large congregation while his father serves as a clergyman.
A letter from Bill Nye discusses hotel and traveling man relations over pie limits, with wit about hotels and door knobs. Nye riffs on travel life, commerce, and a central pie distribution idea while contrasting bold traveling men with hotel clerks and porters. The piece ends with Nye’s sign off and quoted verses from The London Spectator.
In Sicily manna comes from cultivated trees eight years old. Bark is cut inch and a half to two inches long daily starting at the trunk base, each cut higher than the last. The juice oozes out, dries into white spongy flakes, is collected and dried, then packed for commerce. The sugar imanite makes up the main component and provides mild laxative effects.
A collage of humorous quips and brief items from various papers. Jokes range from war headlines to weather and light social jests, including stocky lines about journalism, fools, and a pun filled exchange about an umbrella.
The judge expresses that sharp, well-argued criminal cases educate the public about lawful conduct. He notes he has often presided over murder trials where defendants acted in self defense and emphasizes appealing to reason to uphold the law. He praises merciful outcomes after juries vindicate the law, as observed in courtroom audiences.
A New York News extract notes a youth using a rice fed noose to trap sparrows above a Brewery common. The birds are sold to cheap French and Italian restaurants, with Italians purportedly seeking reed birds as a steady market. The account mentions a dirty-faced boy and rising demand despite harm to wildlife.
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