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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1894
Page
6
A statistician estimates U S land value at 12.5 trillion dollars cattle at 5.5 trillion dollars houses at 14.2 trillion dollars furniture at 7.2 trillion dollars railroads at 10 trillion dollars shipping at 0.3 trillion dollars totaling wealth per inhabitant about 1.05 million dollars.
The New York Sun notes Emil Frey has been elected President of Switzerland. Frey moved to the United States as a boy and worked as a farm hand in Illinois under an assumed name. He enlisted for the Civil War, saw combat, endured Libby Prison, then returned to Switzerland to become a journalist and later Minister to the United States in 1882.
The Bath Maine schooner Fannie E. Wolston abandoned October 30, 1891 has drifted about 6000 miles and is reported twenty two times. The waterlogged hulk remains a danger to vessels, with crew long gone and the vessel still afloat over two years later.
A British peerage survey notes twenty seven English dukes not counting royals and nineteen dowager duchesses. The article lists widowed duchesses by title including Bedford Manchester Merlboro Roxburghe Grafton Newcastle Northumberland Southerland Cleveland Wellington Athole Bucclench Leinster Abercorn Buckingham and Chandos.
An English engineer notes streets in London are wooden block pavements over a hard concrete arch that settles away from the soil. He warns of gaps filled with gas and air which could explode if disturbed by a trench or short circuit.
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports Sir Robert Ball delivered a Royal Institute lecture on recent solar discoveries praising his ability to present scientific facts vividly. He emphasized the sun's prodigious heat and the power of demonstration to engage the public.
The article traces ivory sculpture from sixteenth and seventeenth century Indian works mounted in silver by Augsburg and Nuremberg craftsmen to eighteenth century pieces of small plaques. It notes modern Indian ivory carving for minute detail and mentions Chinese and Japanese methods, including nested ivory balls and a proposed sequential drilling technique.
Simon Hassler, a famed musician, tells a fiddler his instrument is out of tune though he had just tuned it. He explains the wind caused the strings to sigh and reveal two discordant strings. The fiddler confirms Hassler is right and marvels at the perceptive ear.
The Ragged School Union, established in 1844, aimed to instruct very poor children and provide education and welfare support.
Dr Kedzie of Michigan Agricultural College analyzed fruit nutritive power using an egg as standard. He found egg-equivalents of 17 oz heart cherries 22 oz grapes 30 oz strawberries 40 oz apples and 64 oz pears, noting digestion support and digestive-system health benefits in well ripened moderate portions. The text then shifts to home orchard guidance on quince trees, rootings, and winter cuttings to promote quick, reliable propagation and shade tree planting.
A New York World note urges gentle training for colts to ignore blowing paper on roads to prevent runaways. It also highlights the value of wood ashes for plants and trees, enhancing foliage and vigor without promoting weediness, with florists and gardeners noting strong growth and lawn greening effects.
Winter cuttings boost early spring growth by hardwood and softwood methods. Planting timing depends on winter severity, with preservation in frost-proof cellars and spring planting when soils dry. Emphasizes grafting, pruning, pig and dairy notes, and shelter for poultry to improve yields and orchard expansion.
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