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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1893
Page
7
A garbled text fragment contains incomplete phrases about travel, permits, a person speaking, and mentions of places and numbers. No coherent event or identities are clearly readable to establish a factual news item.
The British cruiser Victoria sank within fifteen minutes after colliding with the Camperdown off Tripoli Syria. One hundred plus officers and crew drowned, while 255 were saved. Casualties include Vice-Admiral Tryon and other senior officers.
This review traces Admiral Sir George Tryon and the Victoria through late 19th century naval history. It covers the Northbrook programme, 1887 launch, 1888 maneuvers, the Berehaven and Lough Swilly exercise, navy expansions, and trials that exposed weaknesses leading to a 70 ship build plan. It notes Tryon’s later Mediterranean command, the 1892 torpedo exercises, and the Victoria running ashore in 1892 with a subsequent court martial acquitting officers.
A dialogue suggests animals imitate human actions as a crowd from the village caused hens to seek nests after a brawl in a barn. The speakers note the connection between observed behavior and subsequent mating or nesting instincts in poultry.
The verse urges patience during illness and delay, praising steadfast endurance. It counsels sufferers and thinkers to endure pain, fear, and uncertainty until fortune and effort meet, guiding readers with hopeful imagery of storms passing and light after darkness.
A nostalgic poem celebrates buttercup days amid April light and blue skies. It recalls snowy fields melting into verdant meadows, peach blooms, pansies, and gossamer clouds, portraying innocent, sunny spirits and unblemished hearts in a heavenly landscape.
Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox lamenting the loss of innocent childhood in contrast to modern flirtation and style. It recalls memories of merry girls, their simple joys, and asks to locate such dear little girls with open smiles and innocent hearts. The speaker imagines awarding a medal to a pure child from the long-ago era.
The poem invokes a mother’s lullaby to a sleeping infant with imagery of folded hands, tiny feet, and seraphic calm. Soft nature scenes unfold as the speaker bids the baby sleep, weaving dreamlike, Paradise echoes with gentle, comforting verses.
A Magazine of Natural History writer recalls watching a line of about 150 small black ants move from an old home. They greet each other by meeting heads as if chatting. After one ant is killed, survivors spread the warning of a monster behind them, prompting wide fear and retreat.
A postman reports a misaddressed letter likely from the country. The landlady notes Mueller, the student boarder, has city creditors, leading to doubt the letter belongs to him.
The article notes Canada hosts a leprosy hospital in Nova Scotia and rare imported cases on the Pacific coast and in Ontario and Quebec. It summarizes a British Leprosy Commission report denying recent increases, finding no census undercount, no vaccine link, no congenital cases, and no proven transmission by contact or mosquitoes.
Nature reports a simple apparatus to show air oscillation in sound. A small conical hole in a resonator extinguishes a match, and a paper wheel near the opening spins when the horn or note is proper. A glass alcohol tube measures intensity and a light resonator floats on water to show repulsion. Continuous rotation is achieved with four resonators on a cross or a single four-necked device.
The piece traces how prominent individuals across power, literature, and politics showed superstition in daily habits. Napoleon, Marlborough, Johnson, Swift, Byron, Beaconsfield, Pitt, and Peel are cited for ritualized acts tied to luck or omens. The tone critiques widespread credence among leaders and intellects.
A writer compares selling an untrained horse to pricing green lumber and expects the value of a finished product. The analogy notes that readiness and quality determine worth, not mere availability, implying buyers reward proper preparation and maturity.
A kindly clergyman recounts his boyhood struggle to study and work. Richard Vernon tries farm labor to fund college, marks a large field with irregular furrows, and the farmer reluctantly agrees to keep him on, blaming heat for the crooked plow lines.
Dr Russel recounts his India service during the Mutiny including the Lucknow siege and Rohilund campaign. He describes a near death from a knighted kick during a night march, a sunstroke episode, smallpox exposure, and the perilous trek with wounded, ending with his revival and burial debate.
The text notes theatres in Russia ban applause and describes snuff-boxes from the last century. It highlights materials hidden in these boxes such as papier mache horn silver and gold with both plain and enamelled finishes. Sixty years ago potato pulp boxes were common and Brunswick boxes named for their origin.
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