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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1888
Page
2
A fragment from a humor column in Abilene reflecting on Em'son and a saying about building better than one knows. The item riffs on identity and self perception with playful dialect, noting an apite and strange idea that contrasts with the speaker's claim of building worse than he knew.
In a narrative set across seas and salons, a loyal correspondent recounts Jack Moncrieff of a regiment in Africa, a sister Mara, and a mission to recover a dying comrade's gifts. A Parisian aunt, a bag snatched in Mentone, and a fateful train encounter lead the narrator to Mara and a moral reward, with Mara and the narrator drawn together through danger, wit, and a shared vow to honor Jack's memory. The tale blends romance, betrayal, pursuit, and a sharp eye for social detail.
The article surveys garden vegetables including peas like Laxton's Alpha and Improved Daniel O'Rourke, midseason favorites such as Telegraph and Stratagem peas, wax beans, and early beets, cabbage and cauliflower varieties. It notes planting schedules, yields, and storage. mentions Jersey Extra Early and other market garden staples. also covers corn, carrots, cucumbers for pickling, lettuce varieties, and a note on preservation and supply. It also briefy mentions the Powder Horn building in Williamsburg as a historic relic in danger of decay.
Science and industry items recount Pasteur like experiments on exterminating rabbits with chicken cholera at Rheims, discovery of diamonds in a meteoric stone in Russia, large scale chicken production in Franklin County Pennsylvania, Rayleigh and Stokes urging weather signal testing for lighthouses, a new auto graphometer device for surveying terrain, diverse hummingbird facts, rabies eye graft attempts at Heidelberg, a novel lubricant formula, 1887 US ink production and trade, and the perils of deep sea organism expansion when brought to the surface.
The strange tale of Marco St. Hilaire the Napoleonic historian who married a widow of a general and then promptly renounced marriage. He wrote he was unfit for wedded life and returned her liberty, yet they remained cordial afterward and exchanged friendly letters. He quipped on never knowing why he married.
The Philadelphia Times notes Washington ladies preserve visiting cards in scrapbooks, preserving social links to senators and prominent figures. One 13 season veteran keeps every caller since first, filling six scrapbooks with thousands of cards. Also mentions pillow shams falling from use and Baltimore Sun proprietor Abell as a famously rich newspaper man with a fortune around 20 million.
Inspector Byrne outlines the essential qualities for detectives. A passion for the work, perseverance, youth, intelligence, enthusiasm, thoroughness, and tenacity are vital, as is a deep knowledge of professional criminals learned by visiting haunts, observing suspects, and maintaining notes.
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