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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
7
Stray Stories describes shipwreck survivors living on slim rations for days. It cites Windover's Irish coast castaways surviving sixteen days on water and boiled rope, tar jelly, and wax, plus another pair on a rocky Irish island subsisting ten days on seaweed. Leather and barnacles surface as extreme sustenance anecdotes with limited nourishment and harsh effects.
The first Grantully Castle launched in 1879 cruised the British waters with Sir Donald Currie founder of the Castle line and W. E. Gladstone aboard. Currie ordered prayers in Scottish style and sent a messenger to the captain who replied he would watch if Currie prayed.
A clerical friend asks how duties are shared among four publishers led by James Harper. Harper jokes that John handles the authors and others while he, humorously, entertains the bores, implying light roles and social balance in the firm.
An English observer describes a supposed illusion where a woman is surrounded by light that forms a humanoid shape. The process includes light, cloudlike forms, a native man emerging, a brief performance with arack, and the figure fading back into light before spectators. The account notes the audience’s confined view and the rapid, exhausting sequence.
A seven year old writer recalls his fondness for dog tales and a self described story about a St Bernard. He narrates a dramatic scene where a wind lifts his mistress from a walker, the crowd panics, the dog dives to save her, but she sinks and dies after winter thaws return.
A Westminster aquarium exhibitor recalled Russian wolves, noting one in eight could be trained using food rewards rather than punishment. He tested many wolves, with seven of eight showing no learning capacity and being killed. Sir Ray Lankester is cited in Telegraph.
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