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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1888
Page
7
New sermons from Dr. Talmage arrive from Chicago Illinois noting experiences described in a day’s sermon. The article summarizes his discourses and reflects on faith, endurance, and moral guidance presented to readers.
A preacher frames Jesus Christ’s crucifixion as the vinegar of suffering shared with all who ache in life. He urges the weary to seek Christ’s sympathy, contrasts worldly wealth with divine mercy, and calls listeners to drink the water of life offered freely. He warns against self reliance and loneliness, urging surrender to grace.
A number of cobras were sent to Dr. Vincent Richards of Calcutta for experiments. He attempted to extract venom into a watch glass, was bitten on the left forefinger, killed the snake, opened the finger to the bone, treated with permanganate of potash and ligatures, cauterized the wound, and is now recovering after more than two months.
In June 1886 Brazil counted slaves at 1,153,228 within a total population near 13,000,000, a ratio close to the U S in 1860. Dom Pedro's 1871 act to gradually free about 1.5 million slaves faltered, and a 1885 measure also aimed at emancipation but administration lagged. Yet voluntary manumissions grew as public opinion shifted and leading abolitionists freed their own enslaved people.
The 1887 police report shows an average of eighty eight sick each day among 3,232 officers. Illnesses stem from weather exposure during night duty, with bronchitis rheumatism and malaria common. Two thirds are native born, including 2,123 Irish and 185 German births.
Dr. Watter Cnearnam of Dawson Georgia owns a young shepherd dog that pursues and eats common grass sparrows. The birds seldom fly high when startled, and the dog outruns and captures them before they take flight, seemingly enjoying the chase as well.
A West Point cadet is ridiculed for failing to roll his collar thrice and is forced to walk in the sun with a musket. A wandering American visitor heckles him, offers whiskey, and departs cheering the American eagle as the cadet endures the punishment without reacting.
A humorous tale argues that a mustache worn inside a woman’s bodice could bring luck. A girl supposedly swapped a fiancé’s mustache with a rival’s, causing a torn engagement when the man discovers the mix up. The piece blends folklore with comic gossip about romance and mischance.
A country doctor rushed through a midnight call to aid a critically injured stable hand. At a remote house with savage dogs, he entered guarded by the housekeeper, who fought off the dogs with a cudgel. The doctor performed the operation despite the danger, but the owner refuses to pay for his services.
A Connecticut tale humorously contrasts the state’s female head waiters with New York norms. A young visitor at a Norwich hotel is drawn into an awkward breakfast scene where a richly dressed hostess reveals herself as the head waiter, leaving him startled by local customs.
In a humorous exchange a grocer questions a customer’s shift to cash payments. The customer admits weekly bills and a cigar for settling on Saturdays led him to pay cash, revealing a playful incentive behind changing habits.
The Wilmington Messenger explains that house flies mature fully as adults and do not hatch new offspring in winter. They hide in warm roof spaces or between partitions, often near chimneys, remaining active enough to fly when disturbed, and their numbers can surge in hibernation sites.
The article states England has nearly rebuilt her navy with 97 warships and 589 heavy guns able to pierce 12 to 20 inches of iron, plus 15 ships with 50 guns piercing 20 to 33 inches. It notes use of White Star and Cunard merchant steamers for war roles and a navy valued at $200,000,000 with 25 vessels in service and 150 torpedo boats in reserve, plus home defences and armored coast protection.
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