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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1889
Page
2
A column blending holiday Maine Christmas tree notes with global oddities. Tales include Maine spruce demand for New York buyers, a German clock over two centuries old, Siamese cashier apes, and strange local exploits from Maine to New Zealand and Kentucky.
In Pennsylvania two amateur hunters Isaac Greenberg and Newton Africa shot a doe near Warm Springs but were outshot by veteran hunters George Warfel and John Barrack who claimed the deer under local deer law. The youths surrendered the carcass and sought redress in court as Squire James Kelsey reviews the unwritten hunting law and its enforcement. The case draws keen interest among deer hunters awaiting judicial interpretation.
The Peruvian burial finds include ingenious silvada and musical jug specimens. A pair of linked vases in the William S. Vaux collection in Philadelphia hides a whistle mechanism driven by air pressure. Other vases imitate birds, a llama’s saliva ejector, and a grotesque earthenware head with a syrinx, showcasing evolving musical forms.
A visitor recalls a Japanese ball game differing from rugby with no tackles or scrums. Players used fans to return the ball and tea breaks followed play. The tale contrasts Yokohama rugby with courtly etiquette and the Mikado era in Kyoto, noting cultural restraint and ceremonial tea.
The article discusses fears of Nile diversion as low river levels alarm Egypt. It cites Sir Samuel Baker and Stanley noting possible redirection toward the Red Sea Desert or Uganda, recounting historic famines and warnings of Afar and Abyssinian actions, with references to Joseph and biblical-era insights.
The passage notes a popular belief that dreary weather drives suicide, but on Thursday six individuals in Pi. Set. chose self harm despite clear skies and bright weather. The text frames the event as a counterexample to the old theory and highlights the impact of mental state over weather.
The text notes Hiram Maxim, of New York, earning $850000 for his rapid firing gun and $1000000 in royalties from earlier electric light inventions. It describes his youth, a Thurlow Lodge estate near Lowood with historic ties to Lord Thurlow, and mentions other figures in a meandering, conversational tone.
The Japanese Railway Bureau's last year report shows rugged terrain. A 205 mile line requires 16 tunnels 16 000 feet long and bridges over eleven rivers. Large brick piers sink 80 feet deep, ranges reach 1 468 feet, another line climbs to 3 144 feet and lies snowbound five months.
Mrs W questions Mr W about his preoccupation with debts. He replies he is musing on the infinite, and she urges him to stop to avoid losing his mind to fixation.
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