22 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1886
Page
1
New uses for petroleum are being discovered almost daily. The London and Brighton Railway has introduced petroleum as a locomotive fuel in an experimental test to assess economic and efficient steam generation. Some objections remain to be overcome.
The New York Times reports that swift debt repayment, lower interest, and population growth cut the per person Civil War debt load. In 1865 the debt was 78.25 dollars per capita with 41.2 dollars in annual interest. Last year per capita debt fell to 24.14 dollars and annual interest to 0.83 dollars. The principal ratio is now two thirds of its 1865 level and interest ratio a little over one fifth.
The text cites worldwide blindness at about 1,000,000 people with ratios varying by country. It lists Egypt with extreme density in Cairo and New Zealand with low prevalence, and ranks nations by numbers of institutes for the blind, led by Germany with thirty five, England sixteen, France thirteen, Austria-Hungary ten, and small counts for others.
The Great Southern Cross Pearl, nine pearls formed as a cross found in Raeburn Western Australia in 1884 by the Ethel’s crewman Clark, now valued at £10,000 and owned by a Western Australian syndicate after several profitable transfers. Streeter brought it to England to attract attention at the Exposition.
A curious essay links President Cleveland to seven based on ages and titles mentioning Frances Folsom and the White House. It recounts a London clerk’s suicide after fear of responsibility and a partner’s refusal, then a petty embezzlement confession driven by remorse and guilt.
A humorous Indiana perspective on earthquakes notes fear of tremors but reassurance in sturdy work and mortgage logic. The speaker imagines surviving storms if weathering finances and staying put, while joking about the ultimate fear of being uprooted.
A boy named Andie vows to guard his sister Clara as they sail Lake Lucerne at dusk. The calm evening belies danger as the pair push farther from shore, Clara wary of becoming lost in the lake’s treacherous depths.
In dusk aboard a small boat Andie and Clara are approached by two bearded robbers who demand Clara’s earrings watch and ring. After a struggle Andie is knocked overboard and the pair flee with little gain, later captured days after and Clara regains her jewelry. The event ends their lake outings after dark.
A traveler recalls 1873 Paris and Bonn tales about the liar's bell at Kingan's pork house and a Bonn kat call bell with a fox's tail. The piece notes a two century old prank in German student life and ends with a Wisconsin cranberry marsh employing 900 pickers.
A vivid account from the Atlanta Constitution describes Georgia yellow pine farms. It covers box tapping, sap flow, and rosin quality from virgin to later crops, and details labor conditions, rations, and the social impact of liquor, with notes on mills, railways, and deforestation risks.
Dr Benjamin Sharp naturalist claims poisonous snakes have ellipsoidal pupils while harmless species show circular pupils He advises walkers to observe a snake from a safe distance and note eye shape Before fleeing is unnecessary with circular pupils but ellipsoidal pupils suggest danger according to his theory
A wide survey covers steam treated white wood strengthened to resist splitting, heated air distribution via steam piping, a backward-launch torpedo for Australian railways, malaria decline linked to drainage and sun, Dana on land sea depth, milkweed fiber for textile use, safer gas venting in mines, paper pipes for water and gas, Siberian lake shrinkage and relict color restoration methods using chloroform and ammonia, with notes on fabric dye revival.
Reports from Montana detail severe cattle losses as wolves hunt on open range. Observers cite 4 percent of cattle lost in a week, with calves repeatedly killed and a herder required to stay with stock at night. Poisons fail, wolves prefer fresh victims. old wolfers warn the depredations grow more serious.
Dr. Marter of Rome reports 2400 year old dentition finds in skulls from Roman and Etruscan tombs and museums. The artificial teeth are often carved from animal teeth and affixed with gold bands. Decay is noted, while cases of stopped teeth are absent.
A Cassell's Magazine excerpt explains hair anatomy and growth, noting hair roots and follicles, layers of the hair, pigment, and the role of sebaceous glands. It links scalp health to overall health, warns against harsh washing, and describes the hair sac, matrix, and how fear can make hair stand on end.
A New York Sun report describes a monster owl in a Powery museum, eyes fixed on a man circling the cage. The man and a museum attendant watch as the owl holds position and does not move its claws, prompting speculation about how the owl keeps turning its head.
A short poem about Grandpa and Ruthie walking in an orchard on a sunlit day. Ruthie notices apples with red cheeks on a tree and asks about fall apples. Grandpa explains they "fall" from the tree as a playful breeze frolics through the orchard.
The piece explains how seismic waves travel through elastic earth materials, using the ivory-ball analogy. It notes shocks from Greece and Italy traveling over the sea at about 100 miles per hour and reaching eastern U S shores by Sept 1, with Boston seeing perceptible but non damaging tremors and stronger shaking near Charleston and Somerville where softer crust amplified the effect.
A Victorian note on young eels moving from river to sea, with counts from 1832 Kingston records. It describes dense eel columns in strong currents and the difficulty of flood barriers, illustrating their persistence and upward journey. The text also briefly mentions a soup recipe using mutton hay broth and tomatoes.
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