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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1894
Page
4
Sir S. Baker notes the hippopotamus as intensely dangerous in river travel and on vessels, detailing attacks on steamers and boats. The hippo’s fierceness in water contrasts with timidity on land, while hunts by Hamran Arabs use harpoons before killing with spears. Tusks lost value due to porcelain enamel replacing ivory in dentistry.
The article urges calm, firm household leadership to curb tempers and avoid tyrannical behavior by any family member. It argues that gentle restraint helps children control impulses and prevent lasting faults, while crossness harms all from the head of the household to servants.
A New York coal company adopts a European method delivering coal in bags. Bags priced by the ton are carried from yard to doorstep by driver or helper, emptied inside the house, a clean simple method that avoids traffic obstruction and should appeal as the sensible way to do the job.
Rev Dr Talmage argues life is worth living when guided by purpose not wealth. He contrasts worldly riches with moral deeds, citing Solomon, Peter Cooper, Susannah Wesley, Frances Leore, Grace Darling, and mothers shaping families. He urges self-improvement and service as the true measure of a life well spent.
Fossil hunters from the Museum of Natural History of New York found remarkable specimens in Uintah Mountains region. They unearthed fifteen Uintathericum skulls and one complete skeleton, plus pathofelis remains, signaling early American megafauna and the emergence of swimming carnivores.
Explorers describe an Eocene creature the size of a sheep that grew to elephantine proportions in 50,000 years. They identify tapir and rhinoceros as its congenic cousins and find a geological horse ancestor about the size of a shepherd. Tertiary Wyoming showed semi tropical conditions with many monkeys and other warm zone animals.
Benamin F. Highsmith of Sabinas Canyon Texas is described as a veteran of three wars. He fought under Houston in Texas and under General Taylor in Mexico, and served with several Confederate generals in the Civil War. He was wounded twice at Banderas Pass and Buena Vista. Now infirm in Mexico he is nearly blind and unable to work.
The passage urges that most crowns in heaven go to those who give all to God rather than to those who seek self gain. It emphasizes life on earth as introductory to eternity, describing present life as a vestibule to a palace and urging devotion over personal gain.
A Viennese physician Dr. Robert Fischer notes his practice in women beauty culture is extensive. He states many mothers send daughters through full beautification courses for marriage market preparation, with spring and autumn being busiest periods.
The article describes a branding method where a steel branded knife edge is fixed to an arrowhead and shot into livestock with a bow. The resulting wound heals into a permanent mark that resembles a branding iron brand.
A diverse slice of curiosities and oddities spans topics from a Edward II era dinner rule to potato bug tricks and a freak in Lowpos Canada. It covers a London milk route, a Langholm collar thief turned thrush nest, a chicken with a wooden leg, a Pennsylvanian student’s memory recovery, and a Welsh-like tale of exotic court anecdotes.
A New York contractor praises a fellow workman who, atop a steeple during repairs, endured molten lead burning his flesh rather than move and endanger his partner. The act is likened to the dyes of daring and self control in a dangerous moment.
The Cree men and women dress alike with distinct ornamentation. Men wear vertical designs and women horizontal. Bags lined with moss hold bath items and are beaded. bags close at the neck with a string to deter pests. Mothers carry papooses on their backs and hang them on entering dwellings. Women ride saddled horses with horns on the saddle. The papoose is suspended from the pommel under the mother's eye.
The British training squadron of four sailing craft, traditionally training about 1,200 young officers and seamen in vessel management, is set to be abolished. The Admiralty argues the sailing art is unnecessary in the era of steam warships and may never be practiced.
Advertises Karl's Clover Root as a cure for constipation and claims to restore freshness with overtained parities. Mentions a price of 29 cents and a 4 count offering, suggesting a medicinal patent medicine style from a historical advert.
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