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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1893
Page
7
A sermon urging readers to recall past joys and trials, honor parental memories, and reembrace faith. It contrasts cheerful childhood scenes with later sorrows, urging gratitude, repentance, and readiness for eternity. The speaker appeals to personal memory, faith, and the example of saints to inspire renewed devotion.
A children's verse by Margaret Johnson in the Nursery portrays soldiers marching in line with banner drum and banner. It captures daring General in scarlet sash and the clang of pewter and steel amid rain at the window.
Among poor whites in Southern West Virginia a practice called riding and hitching uses one horse for two travelers. One rides ahead a mile while the other walks and the horse is hitched to a tree. later the second rider overtakes and repeats, giving the horse a rest and allowing both to travel longer distances.
A New York Sun excerpt describes riders alternating with a single horse. One traveler rides while the other walks. after riding his share, the rider dismounts, walks briefly, then the horse is hitched to another traveler who takes a turn riding. The cycle allows the horse to rest between passages.
The article details alligator nesting mounds four feet high and five feet wide, built of grass and mud with 100 to 200 eggs. The female guards the eggs and later tends the hatchlings. A tale from Doctor Lutenburg’s box shipment to St. Petersburg notes a live hatchling outbreak aboard the voyage.
An immense spider in a moor fails to seize a bumble bee trapped in his own web. Despite strength and size, the creature sits passive as the bee wrecks the web, proving to be a cowardly hunter as observers note the cruelty.
In Babyland a toddler named Babykins learns to use lettered blocks to signal needs. He recognizes M for mamma P for papa N for nursie D for doctor and S for sugar and uses S to indicate desire for sugar when the bowl is missing.
A narrator recalls a night stirring a stove to reveal a large owl with glowing eyes. The owl is removed with a burning net while the frightened family watches. The tale shifts to Florida homes with varying carpet and a faulty bed that crashes through the floor, leaving the castor behind in the parlor.
The article describes a remarkable gold-urn housed watch claimed as Napoleonic relics. The mechanism is hand-made with crystal views, a dial the size of a coin, and a history linking Napoleon to a rescue by William Behnen during a 1512 voyage via Hoilafa and Nimeguen, culminating in a gift to the beholder’s family.
A Harper's Young People description explains how dry-rot eats inside a wooden board, leaving a crusty exterior. The board seems sound but bears no strength, and any weight causes it to break, illustrating deceptive structural failure in unsuitable climates.
A committee of physicians appointed by the Medical Institute of the City of Mexico analyzes jicama used by General Rivera to aid typhus patients. They report it contains valeric acid and acts as a strong sudorific, with a thorough report promised at a future institute meeting.
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