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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1888
Page
2
The column surveys varied topics from U S figures like Jane McMunan and Em peror William to Manitoba farming logs, noting mail privileges for polks, future senatorial prospects, and royal descriptions. It also cites Lord Onslow’s NZ governorship, Mrs Polk’s long life, and opinions on James vs Henry James in American letters.
The article notes that if Dakota were admitted as a state it would be the third largest territory, with California and other states under 100,000 square miles. It also describes Dr. Nansen crossing Greenland on snowshoes at about twenty seven, six feet tall, with a hardy build and blue eyes. Col Hinerson praises American women for athletic endurance similar to English women and notes their resilience to heat and cold.
A Washington sale of Lord Sackville's personal effects featured a carved writing desk whose bidding surged after a rumor that he used it to pen a famous letter to Murchison. The desk sold at an exorbitant price while real estate men in Minneapolis and St. Paul mobilize over a tax on land values to fund local improvements.
Sir Richard Wristter the English Attorney General and Times reader counsel in the Parnell case was a notable Cambridge athlete who beat Oxford in the one and two mile races. At the bar he was cool lucid hard working and full of cheek though dull among the bar lights and wearisome before juries. He always knows his case and excels in railway matters though his appearance is podgy and he often addresses juries with hands behind his back and stomach forward.
At the Paris Academy of Science meeting M Faye read Faure’s paper showing Dufour’s mathematical proof that the altered appearance of the Geneva shore’s reflected image nine kilometers distant is caused by the earth’s curvature. The same explanation supports Riceco’s sun reflection hypothesis. A note from Jansen reports a dry pure atmosphere at Grand Mulet near Mont Blanc for spectroscopic work.
Henry W. Miller and William Woods were found guilty in Fort Smith Arkansas of the murder of John Hantz. The trio vanished after a hunting trip in the Indian Territory returning with Hantz missing and his body later recovered in the Verdigris River bearing a bullet wound. A pointer dog led rescuers to the crime scene.
A prominent physician argues heart disorders rise rapidly but are beatable with steady supervision and lifestyle changes. He urges early family doctor consultation for suspicions and notes that those with organic heart trouble may enjoy long, comfortable lives with rest from strenuous labor and proper diet. An Atlantic bridge telegraph note mentions an electric current tied to a natural battery near a Nova Scotia mine.
The Chicago Herald discusses how presidents after retirement sought private roles or lived in dignity. It notes Washington at Mt Vernon, Adams' irritation after reelection loss, Jefferson's debt, Madison, Monroe, and the later presidents ending in privacy or business in Wall Street. It argues for a pension to prevent poverty after service.
A New York Telegram summary recounts the torturous sting of the Mexican wasp described by Charles Brazil of Pueblo, California. The creature measures about two inches, is brownish red, and its hostile nature yields numbness then excruciating pain for roughly an hour. The piece notes historical anecdotes and cites Dr. Gunning of Beshear, who studies these insects as an unclassified wasp.
The excerpt describes 18th and earlier beliefs where apple pips foretold lovers' fates. A pip shot to the ceiling signified a lover's wish fulfilled, while burning a pip predicted fidelity. Variants include using nuts, cheek tests from Gay’s Hobnella, and apple paring for initials, with Sussex lore noting an apple hung on a string during a gathering.
A Chambers Journal snippet describes a game where apples fall from a girl’s head as she twirls by a hot fire. The first apple to drop indicates the first suitor’s proposal, with the dropping order revealing the sequence of matrimonial hopes among the party.
Sunday School Times discusses how numbers carry universal symbolism across cultures and religions. It highlights three, four, seven, ten, twelve, and seventy as representations of time, space, completeness, and divine provisioning, tracing their biblical and historical contexts.
The piece urges dropping heavy gravity and embracing mirth to extend life. It cites Socrates, Bible verses, and Shakespeare to claim merriment purges the blood, improves health, and prolongs days. It contrasts constant worry with playful folly as a practical life reform.
A New York Telegram report notes a shift from slow hand rifling to automatic machine work. Modern methods allow up to 120 rifle barrels to be rolled in an hour, with one man tending six machines producing sixty to seventy barrels daily. Old rifling produced about twenty barrels per day before the upgrade.
A Boston Courier tableau recounts a local train quarrel as two traveling salesmen argue over a heavy trunk left on a seat. The conductor, stationmasters, and baggage chief try to resolve the dispute while the train runs late, until a fellow passenger reveals a trunk ownership twist.
North China Herald discusses Chinese filial piety which governs views on mutilation. It notes the repugnance to amputation, practices of keeping or consuming severed limbs, and how teeth and bones are treated as a parent's bequest. It cites legends of swallowing an eye and broth made from a child's flesh to restore parental essence.
A New York Weekly quip contrasts society youth’s plea for five dollars to attend an opera with a clerk who notes a father’s check is lost amid a tailor’s receipt for balance due. The piece references a historic right to tender a bill of exceptions to judges in trials once part of English law.
A long list of cautions for church leaders issued as homiletic guidance by Rev. Wallace Radcliffe to Rev. J. J. Service at Trumbull Avenue Church Detroit. Emphasizes prayer study humility and balanced leadership while warning against pride fear and overreaching.
Grant Allen explains camel physiology noting that humps store fat used for energy during long journeys. In drought, flesh shrinks and skin sags. Camels borrow water storage from their stomach, allowing four to five days of relief between wells. African and Bactrian varieties differ in hunger tolerance and habitat, with Bactrian suited to rugged, water-rich terrain.
Statistics from Germany show 80 percent illiterate in Roumania Servia and Russia. Spain 63 percent Italy 48 percent Hungary 43 percent Austria 39 percent Ireland 21 percent France Belgium 15 percent England 13 percent Holland 10 percent United States white population 8 percent Scotland 7 percent Switzerland 2.5 percent whole German Empire 1 percent Sweden Denmark Bavaria Baden and Württemberg nearly all literate. Traveler Arkansas.
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