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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1890
Page
3
A London Graphic report notes a naturalist’s series of experiments on animal responses to music. Sheep pigeons pigs oxen and cows prefer instrumental sounds while canaries respond to music and seals follow ships where a violin plays. Traditions and later experiments are mentioned with a Scots bagpiper and a wolf.
Dr. E P Thwing notes a November execution near Bangkok. A 35 year old murderer was beheaded with a Japanese style blade in a Buddhist temple setting. The head was displayed on bamboo and the body left for scavengers. cremation is common in Siam.
A Chicago News item highlights Emperor William II’s contrasting personas. In Berlin he mingles with common folk, but at his Potsdam residence he remains secluded. During a park encounter with four ragamuffins, he praised the children and arranged private military school education at his expense.
Alpharetta Georgia readers report a farmer, John Boles, finding a deep red cotton plant that survived worm damage and soil thinness. He saved seed and grew a unit producing red stalks leaves and blooms, longer finer lint, higher yield, and earlier blooming than neighboring cotton.
A dentist named Samson in a New Jersey town faces puns about his name as a tooth extraction leads to a tense, humorous exchange with a patient who jokes about a Samson tugging at his jaw and an expedition against the Philistines.
A man claiming kin to the inventor of wooden nutmegs markets a fake coffee substitute in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The circular disguises flour as a coffee bean and promises 15 percent mix creates flavor, packs resinous beans in 170 pound barrels, offers 114 cents per pound and a stated 1.5 cent profit per pound. It warns against showing samples to employees and asks for shipping directions.
A 500 mile rail link between St. Petersburg and Archangel would feature stations generating electricity along the route. Estimated cost runs about 15 000 dollars per mile.
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