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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1886
Page
2
In a Harper's Weekly sketch by Lillie FE Barr, a speaker laments endless threats from nature and human progress. He cites comets, sun, hail, storms, and fires while noting humanity's drive to discover powerful forces and dangerous chemicals that may erase the earth, yet hopes for a shared end.
Mr Briscomb returns from a distant town with six thousand dollars found to be missing from a hidden trunk. Rumors swirl as a young surveyor is accused, Ruth the teacher suspects sleepwalking safety, and a Crawford courtroom drama ends with Briscomb’s confession and a marriage at last built on his recovered fortune.
The article describes quippus as knotted and colored strings used by the Inca to memorize taxes tribute wars and treaties. It notes that specialists formed from strong memories read and interpret the knots and colors and that some quippus may still exist among Andean tribes though modern interpreters are scarce.
The New York Tribune recounts General T. W. Conway sharing a serendipitous tale. An ex-Confederate officer he once aided in 1865, when stranded with his wife and daughter in Montgomery, repaid a $200 loan with interest during a recent New York visit, proving strong memory and gratitude across time.
A narrator recalls a curious scene in Jacksonville where cattle are seen minus tails, later explained as alligators grabbing them while feeding. The tale notes the humor of locals and comments on ownership disputes, concluding with the remark that cattle never win such encounters.
Dr. A Sims a Baptist missionary describes a year in the Congo free state. He details rivers such as the Mobangi Lomami and Ubangi, declares vast undeveloped rubber, ivory and palm oil potential, notes Arab incursions, and praises political progress under the Congo state while warning of cannibalism and religious disbelief among natives.
From the New York Sun a short scene unfolds with George Simpson pressing Miss Jane about marriage. She declines, offering only friendship, while he laments and asks again about hope of wedlock.
Rev. Thos. Stack of Alexandria lectured at Loyola College on a grain of salt. He detailed salt's role in food preservation and digestion, noted high U S consumption, and cited ancient and modern salt mines in Europe and Asia, with population figures for China.
Gus De Smith notes heavy organdage in Mexico while a visitor reports unrest. A Mexican paper claims robber chiefs have sent a memorial to Congress requesting the rank and pay of majors in the regular army.
A client asks for advice after presenting his case and the lawyer responds that the first action is to demand a retaining fee. The exchange ends with the client reacting to the notion of paying upfront.
In a Pittsburg Chronicle snippet Eben ezer Jones and Zebedee Smith discuss the emperor of Germany conferring the order of the red cage on General Wolseley. They quiz what the principal German order truly is, joking that the red cage is not it and remarking on a supposed rival “swol bier.”
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