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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1893
Page
6
The Philadelphia Ledger facetiously notes 125,000,000 American hens yield 6,000,000 eggs annually, calling it a heavy burden to lay down and joking about the yolk.
The Liverpool Corn Trade News estimates world breadstuffs supply up 11 million bushels from last year. Europe shows a 13 million bushel drop while America rises by 24 million bushels.
The excerpt notes about 3000 estate owners over one acre in England versus 7,000,000 in France. It states England averages 390 acres per farm, while France averages ten acres, with 4,000,000 owners on properties of two acres and 200 acre farms being exceedingly rare.
The Atlanta Constitution notes that few foreign immigrants reach the South. Of 375,000 foreigners landing in New York last year about 3,500 moved to the South. About half stayed in New York, and the rest went to Western States. Those settling in the South were Americans born in the North.
The piece argues Oregon should keep National control of two parks Mount Hood and Crater Lake rather than turn them to state control. It contrasts Yellowstone and Yosemite management to show benefits of federal oversight.
Britain now controls about 12,208,500 square miles including protectorates, far exceeding Russia at 8,457,289. The 1890s saw a rapid gain with roughly one quarter of that area added in five years. The Swans bury Government appropriated more land than the United States.
The New York Sun notes a shift in warfare where bullets wound rather than kill, aiming to reduce deaths while leaving opponents as burdens. The change centers on rendering enemies incapacitated but alive, complicating battlefield ethics and logistics as wounded soldiers require care and extraction.
Statistics show the Faculte de Paris with 9215 students last year, more than Vienna and Berlin. Of Paris enrollees, over three-fifths were foreign born, who come to specialize in medicine surgery or laboratory work. Paris offers its hospitals laboratories Sorbonne Museum and College of France open to all at no charge.
A miscellany review covers height and social dynamics at gatherings noting how tall men elicit deference while shorter men avoid contrast. It recounts a Illinois gas demonstration with an umbrella trick, a Philadelphia veteran’s shielded rifle device, earth rotation effects on artillery, a submarine boat concept, a new voting machine, crow control in Maine, and patent law overviews.
The article traces how cats remained unknown to Greeks and Romans until after the Christian era and credits ancient Egypt with taming and venerating felines. It notes Herodotus on embalmed cat mummies and Egyptian reverence, and cites Ilian describing cats as tame and used to hunt apes.
A fragmentary montage of humorous vignettes and banter from a 19th century club scene. Characters trade quips about love deserts and justice while other bits recount travelers, money woes, and sailorish bravado in brisk punchy lines.
The Albany Express notes the largest kite in the United States made in Durham, Greene County. The frame uses two 28 foot sticks, cross sticks of 21 feet, all 2 by 6 inches, with total weights around 330 pounds. A white duck sail measures 25 by 18 feet, weighing 55 pounds, and the 50 pound tail contains 155 yards of muslin. Kite lines total 2500 feet of half inch rope. The toy cost 100 dollars and yields about 500 pounds of lift. six men once raised it to 1000 feet.
The article notes Iberian pigmies in Spain and a small Welsh percentage, with body height around 3 feet 7 inches. It claims Mongolian eye features and yellow skin, broad square jaws, red hair, and links ancestry to European roots via provinces like Gerona and Salamanca. Refers to Col de Torus and Ribas valleys near Toulouse as sites.
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