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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1886
Page
2
The article catalogs eccentric trivia from the regency to modern times, noting Mikado silk habits, state coaches, and the Euphrates shrinking. It reports on European press penalties, American honors, tin ore veins in Virginia, and royal gratuities while weaving in Haydn anecdotes and a New York elevated railway lamp incident.
A miscellany notes electric instrument sensitivity aiding medical diagnosis and the rising Western influence in Japan. It covers an Atlanta journal report on stethoscope microminiaturization, Japan’s fashion and education shifts, Pasteur’s hydrophobia work, Rochefort’s critique, and public support for Pasteur’s inoculation approach citing Jenner’s historical precedent.
A Scientific American excerpt explains that insects lack a single brain center. they have multiple ganglia with nerves branching to body parts. Sensations are distributed across separate systems, so damage to one area does not erase all sensation.
A Boston clergyman party once gathered after Rev. Phillips Brooks’s return from Europe. W R Huntington recited a nature personified poem, and a sprightly critic teased Natura Bona Den about sameness in men carved as clay. The goddess answered by shaping Brooks herself in clay, signaling a dramatic turn in the tale.
In Ontario's Mull Campbell, Charlie Darling recalls a winter with Don Campbell and two spirited cousins Jette Jesson and Nellie Gray. A staged ghost story leads to a real confession by Duncan McDoughal, the old man who admits murder and dies soon after. The couple coalesces as Nellie and Charlie reconcile, while Don and Jette join in a pairings-turned-commitment.
Sydney Smith dies after a long illness and therapy to ease chest fluid. The obituary praises his unmatched wit and humor, noting audience impact and occasional melancholy. It recalls his stage presence, mischief, and ability to amuse, even when depression marked him at home. The piece ends with a moral about avoiding luxuries, citing hoecake to plum pudding as a caution.
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