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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1892
Page
5
In a reflective piece from Waverly Magazine a meditation on sleep death and eternal rest contrasts nighttime calm with worn lives and distant loved ones. The prose hints at life after death and the unknowable beyond while a sense of quiet consolation pervades.
In a lake town on Lake Ontario, Douglas McDonald befriends and courts Mattie as Bella and Jack broker a hidden romance with Robert Evans. A staged misperception collapses when Evans reveals his prank of disguise and deception to test everyone's feelings, ending in a quiet, relieved confession and renewed trust.
The piece describes Shinto as the Japanese natural religion and explains its emphasis on politeness, reverence to parents, and filial duties. It notes universal deference to age and the value of attending to parents' wishes before those of one's own family.
Postmaster General Wanamaker outlines details of a proposed postal savings plan to Congress and the public. He argues government deposits would not threaten private banks and would reach hundreds of millions, with investments via state banks and a card deposit system.
A tramp aids a frightened girl at a door then demands money. A small dog and a large mastiff rush from the woodshed, scaring the man off as the girl hides, and the incident ends with his escape memory blurred.
An engineer explains that railroads reduce travel time not by speed, but by shortening routes. He notes his division has been reduced by eight miles and the Chicago to St. Joe segment by forty miles, a change the public remains unaware of as trains seem to run faster.
The Swiss scholar Dr Adametz found that one gram of fresh Emmenthaler cheese holds at least 90 000 microbes while the rind contains about 2 000 000 inhabitants. A small piece could harbor more living individuals than humans on Earth.
Delhi Montarno, a lion tamer at Wombwell and Bailey's circus near London, was fatally injured during a cage performance with three bears and a hyena. He slipped, was attacked for about fifteen minutes, and died later that night after removal to the Anglesy Hotel. An inquest heard witnesses describe the chaotic scene and Montarno's prior experience with wild beasts.
A writer in the Forum laments the poor state of linguistic education. He notes languages are learned laboriously and abandoned, with even scholars giving up classical languages for modern ones. Quotes from an Oxford Italian scholar, a Cambridge judge, a French prizeman, and others showing widespread disinterest among educated people. He asks what to expect from half educated individuals.
Seafaring lore links curlew flights in darkness with east wind in the English Channel. Gowk storms mark spring equinox gales, seamen proms portend rain and SW winds, and seagulls or stormy petrel signal southeast storms. Dolphins and porpoises near a ship recall moon myths and storms.
The text notes a common Highlands belief linking gypsies to the nails of the crucifixion. It claims tinkers are descendants of the nail maker and doomed to perpetual wandering, a tradition cited as widespread in the Scottish Highlands.
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