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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 02, 1893
Page
3
A plain, technical note describes a method using a shellac coating and liquid ammonia to protect metal surfaces from air and moisture. The approach aims to create a dry, uniform layer around the plate and glass to enable a calmer, more economical operation and reduce wear and fuel costs.
A historical defense of public health links flesh consumption and cows milk to widespread disease. It cites Dr. Brush on cows as a “web nurse of consumption,” and argues consanguineous dairy breeding and tuberculosis risk. It warns about germs entering the body via broken skin and contaminated food, noting toxins from microbes in flesh and fruit.
The writer aligns with Prof Keen that doctors should master kitchen knowledge and food preparation as much as drugs. Dietetics and materia alimentaria outweigh pharmacy for many chronic ailments, since blood and nerves rely on nourishment. A cooking school linked to medical colleges could transform disease treatment.
A health note discusses cold hands and feet in summer and fall, attributing the issue to abdominal nerve irritation and vasoconstriction. It argues exercise helps but warns excess movement may worsen symptoms, and relief requires treating abdominal irritation and stomach complaints through dietary correction.
Advice discusses whether fruit skins should be consumed and notes the need to purge germs from skins. It mentions germs on peach bloom and surface microbes, implying the risk of ingestion and potential health concerns.
M Boussingault investigates fresh bread noting its smallest parts are very soft and glutinous. Chewed bread forms hard, saliva-coated masses that resist gastric juices, often lingering in the stomach and causing oppression, chest pain, head congestion, brain irritation, inflammation, cramps, and delirium.
The article cites Dr Brown Sequard on building resistance to cold by daily exposure. It suggests soaking feet in cycles of cold and hot water to endure half an hour in cold water, and using a bellows to blow on the neck to acclimate to wind exposure, gradually increasing duration.
A report notes styles misaligned with a man's eye care, urging an oculist to adjust spectacles. The commentary links eye strain to congestion, showing the strain manifested in the observer and recommending professional eye examination.
The History of the 43d Light Infantry recounts Captain Lloyd’s daring act during a blaze at Benevento’s convent. With thousands of troops and horses crowded inside, he leaped from horse to horse, tore a burning shutter from its hinges, and hurled it out the window. The building was saved, and no casualties occurred. His eyebrows and moustache were singed, but he joked they would grow again.
Clara C. Farnham writes of sunflowers and calendula sharing the sun with tiger lilies, marigold, and buttercup. The verse links their colors to life drawn from a source of light, praising nature’s vivid influence.
Augusta DeGrouchy laments a garden scene from Under the Hawthorn, asking if spring’s blooms remain, if birds and blossoms endure, and whether time has altered the beloved landscape as she anticipates returning to find it unchanged.
The speaker bids a dear friend good night as a fever abates, hoping for a peaceful afterlife. She mulls the idea of dying if she could feel the friend’s breath and touch, imagining graves lit with a pale smile and a final reunion in a serene beyond. The verse blends tenderness, faith, and metaphysical longing.
A wanderer recounts a long desert journey and a rescued return to a father’s loving embrace. A white winged bird guides the traveler to home as fear and fatigue fade, and the speaker finally grasps the father’s hand, recognizing love is waiting. The moral center rests on repentance, reunion, and forgiveness.
In Dedwada near Bulsar a fire consecrated twelve centuries ago to commemorate the Parsee migration from Persia to India still burns. It is fed five times daily with sandalwood and dry fuel and draws large Parsee crowds during the fire god's festival months.
A poem by James Buckham describes a drenched scene where a small bird sings clear on a dripping bough. The bird senses nature’s pulses, damper skies weep, and the mate comforts nestlings. Love brings sunshine within, as justice is discussed in English history.
Celebrations mark the Ismail siege centennial and Father John of Cronstadt's thirty sixth year in the Orthodox ministry. A Kerry correspondent appeals for his prayers, praising his healing and charitable work among masses in Russia. Crowds flock to Cronstadt as priests, officials, and poor alike honor the revered priest.
In July 1892 observers in Austria and Italy tracked a meteor that briefly crossed the upper air a six hundred eighty miles long. It peaked about forty two miles up at closest approach and receded with an elevation of ninety eight miles. The event illustrates atmospheric resistance altering its course as the meteor vanished back into space. Elsewhere notes describe crocodile meals among the Konded at Lake Nyassa, aNorth Woods trade of antlered buck heads priced eight dollars each plus sixteen to finish as decorative racks, and a term shift from farm Proprietor to noble title and monarch address.
London report says Mr. Hugh Childers denies any telegrams or instructions to Gen. Wolseley about shielding the Duke of Connaught during Tel-el-Kebir. Wolseley and Childers both state no special treatment occurred and portray the tale as untrue and ungenerous.
A second despatch reports inquiries found Herbert Spencer at his London residence 64 Avenue Road NW. The earlier claim of dangerous illness was a canard. Spencer has been in feeble health for some time and is not worse today than usual.
A London special reports two thousand striking miners assaulting Sut ton Heath collieries in St Helen s Lancashire. They drive off mine officials, damage pit machinery, and attack police who respond with clubs. Ten leaders are jailed after heavy clashes. four policemen and three miners are seriously wounded.
Madrid dispatch reports Sultanate troops encircling Frajana Mezquita and Mazuza Kabyles who attacked the Melilla garrison. Moors dig trenches around Melilla and fortify heights near Fort Guariach while browns brew breastworks by the Oura river. Canovas del Castillo blames the government for inaction amid rising Moorish hostility.
A Weitzow dispatch says Countess Blucher wounded in the neck by a gardener and is recovering. The Countess’s husband was killed, and an old servant Ewald heard the shots, chased the gardener, who then killed himself. A representative of Emperor William will attend the funeral.
A historical note outlines various insects and their uses in food and industry such as beetles for food, bees for honey and wax, cochineal from cochineal insects, the Spanish fly as a blistering drug, gall insects for astringent properties, and silk worms for garments. It also mentions a world monetary table prepared by the Director of the Mint Preston, listing aggregate stock totals for cold, silver, and uncovered paper in large sums.
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