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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1892
Page
7
A long compilation of curiosities and oddities including a wind blowing from a deep well in Tacoma. a Mexican river-dog style attacker. a Gaelic speaker arrival at Ellis Island. a Nevada rabbit fights a snake. a speed-odd lizard tale. a rooster that lays eggs. bandits in Spain. a tiny Shetland foal. a Navajo jailed thief using a wall rock. suicides and duels in Russia. a prolific goose. and a rapid locomotive assembly in England.
The tribes living on the Arabian desert under the burning sun avoid exertion. They move in circles around water and shade, fold tents, and relocate by dawn. Minimal possessions, five or six rules, barley and water, and a present focused philosophy define their life.
An immense 1190 year old oak near the Long Water in Home Park Hampton Court caught fire on Saturday. Palace brigade with help from Kingston and Surbiton steamers sprayed water into the hollow trunk and branches, extinguishing the blaze after hours though the ancient tree was largely ruined.
Mount Mica in Paris Maine stands as a famed mineral deposit. Discovered in fall 1820 by Hebron Academy students Elijah L Hamlin and Ezekiel Holmes, it yielded crystal pockets from 1821 onward. Crystals range from microscopic to over two inches thick with a noted 1888 find of two inches thick.
Bob Logan of Brunswick found a stone in Pine Nut he suspected as a diamond. A San Francisco rapidary declared it a white topaz of 26 carats. The stone was halved and one half cut into a brilliant ring valued by Logan at $100.
A poor farmer's son inherits vast wealth from a kindly merchant. The spendthrift heir ponders how to use it and ends up giving to the lowly, while the thrifty father is honored with a statue as the son leaves only a modest endowment. The poem contrasts wealth, education, and public memory.
A collage of jokes and quips from a bygone era includes a fault finding husband and a sharp retort on social pretensions. The humor shifts through marital bickering, flirtations, and lodge politics as a newspaper cut from Atlanta Constitution and Chicago Tribune style jest.
The Boston Cultivator notes a shift from large Western pre empted lands to smaller plots. It argues a well managed forty acre farm can sustain a family and possibly support a second generation, contrasting English roods with American farming scale.
A new brooch features an owl design with outstretched wings crafted in diamonds. The piece highlights intricate detailing and luxury appeal for collectors and jewelry enthusiasts.
A whimsical piece from Harper's Young People imagines a magical toy called Freddy that changes with the seasons. It envisions a kite in spring, a light fragile canoe in summer, a red football in autumn, and a bob-star in winter, outshining all other playthings.
In a London Globe report a boy's birthday gift of two goldfish ends in tragedy when one dies after rough handling and the survivor is found bisected. The boy explains he split the fish because it was tired of living alone.
The piece explains that black pepper comes from a vine native to Sumatra and Ceylon, with most supply from Java. It notes the pepper vine is a beautiful plant with large oval leaves and white flowers, and that white pepper is the decorticated form of black pepper with husk removed.
The New York Advertiser recounts how Cynsar the Newfoundland often tolerated small dogs yet protected his territory. After a tailor’s dog snarled at passersby, Caesar calmly set down his basket, seized the other dog by the neck, and trotted off with it. The terrified creature was dropped unharmed, and Gaia’s ear never bothered Cesar again.
A short note claims eye color reveals character and ability. It describes gray eyes as intelligent but scarce among the foolish, blue gray as kind, blue as quick with strong bodies, and hazel as indicating musical talent, citing the New York Mercury.
The piece notes mica production across Appalchian border states with New Hampshire and North Carolina as current leaders. Annual output ranges forty to fifty tons valued from ten cents to five dollars per pound by quality, with Canada and India as main foreign sources.
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