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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1890
Page
6
A crocus lies beneath the snow dreaming of spring while bells chime and icicles hang. Snow fairies tuck her in, birds urge patience, and the sun warms the earth as May arrives and the crocus emerges to stay.
A ruby convoy from Mogok faces attack by dacoits after Hokar Singh betrays the mission. Captain and Colonel Barre defend the treasure near a mountain stream, repelling waves of attackers until reinforcements arrive and the rubies reach Mandalay safely. Hokar Singh remains at large.
A college president cites figures showing Harvard at 800 dollars a year and Colgate at 200, with Yale 630 Williams 600 Cornell 525 Princeton 420 and many small colleges near 200. The piece urges scholarships, parental aid, and broader funding to keep education accessible.
Dr. Samuel G Dixon reports experiments at the University of Pennsylvania showing consumption can be contracted by eating tuberculous meat and milk from cows with mammary tuberculosis. He describes trials with calves pigs and a healthy dog to prove transmission and urges veterinary inspectors to condemn tuberculous meat and ban breeding of diseased animals.
The article notes Lord Dunmore catching twenty to thirty salmon on his Harris Isle estate in the Hebrides. He transported them alive by yacht to a distant lake on the island, where some returned to their native streams. The fish reportedly traveled a forty mile circuit through Atlantic waters, passing rivers they could have entered.
Hypometric club moss from Mexico shown to Royal Botanic Society of London exhibits a revival trait after three months desiccation resembling the rose of Jericho. Arkansas plant Polypedins incannum, Pluck, described as sharing a similar revival power, is being presented to the Paris Academy of Sciences.
Running warms the body as increased air intake speeds blood through the lungs. Faster breathing augments air into the body, boosting blood combustion and temperature. At 1 mph running vs 1 mph walking, breathing is six times greater. Excess heat from exertion exits via skin through more perspiration.
A collector asks for Mr Jdaystaith but learns from a maid that he is out. The exchange leaves the judge mournful as the search continues.
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