The Cow Tree of the Tropics and Earth Science
The article reports on the cow tree or palo de vaca found in Venezuela, its edible milk sap and rarity outside native mountains, and notes attempts to cultivate it failing. It then discusses a revised earth science theory with a solid nucleus, a viscid middle layer, and crust, plus electrical conduction ideas related to earthquakes and volcanoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Tropics
Humboldt
Perth
Americas
French method of polishing wood with char coal
A Paris technical journal describes French cabinet makers polishing wood with char coal to achieve a deep ebony-like finish. The process uses camphor in water and a sulphate of iron nutgall mix, which penetrates the wood, then a rubbing sequence to produce a dense, insect resistant surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sea Lions capture at Anacapa Island and aftermath
Capt Cyrus A. Fastman recounts April seizure of two California sea lion families at Anacapa Island by Capt Eastman and 15 las somes, using lasso then securing the creatures in cages. Four belong to Eastman, three to Rob Garrett, to be sent to Central Park and Druid Hill Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Cyrus A. Fastman
San Francisco
California
Anacapa
San Francisco Bay
Robbert Garrett
Eastman
Fastman
Athletic Park
Central Park Commission
New York
Capt
Robert Garret
Druid Hill Park
Cow Birds and Post Office Crafts From Rural lore
Curious cow bird relations show a non nesting parasite feeding on warbles and pests while cow mothers unknowingly raise their young. The text also describes making a toy post office from a card box with a letter exchange project for children.
A Proverb Puzzle and Lyric Verse in One Fragment
An assorted slice of verse and a riddle text mix a flirtatious lyric about a thirty year gap with a playful proverb puzzle. readable lines hint at a nineteenth century newspaper humor page tone and multiple dated language quirks within a fragment.
Emigrant Woman Reunited At Granddaughter’s Wedding
An elderly Polish mother named Janowski, barred from entering the United States as a public burden, travels to Newark with a helper to find her daughter. She arrives as Jennie is marrying, and the mother’s tearful reunion brings joy to the wedding guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Castle Garden
Juoowski
Cracow
Poland
Atlantic Ocean
Newark
N. J
Jennie
Mia Janowski
Canal Street
Bees as Weather Warnings From German Observer
A German observer notes that honey bees act as storm warnings. He reports bees become irritable and attack when thunder approaches, even their keeper. He cites cases where barometer and hygrometer predicted storms, yet none came, while bees showed agitation hours before.
English Learning and Social Issues Across Worlds
The item notes children in a London Ragged School system aiding 60,000 poor youths while a Tokyo prefecture official class learns English, signaling modernization. It also mentions Yakutsk soil permanently frozen and ancient trees in Tuileries Gardens spanning two to three centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yakutsk
Siberia
Training and Experiments in 19th Century Sport and Defense
The article discusses evolving training methods for college oarsmen shifting from dangerous routines to science based care with medical oversight at Harvard and Yale. It also notes Hyde England bayonet shield experiments and recounts a balloon parachute stunt by Godard in Philadelphia with spectators watching the descent and the French origins of the aviators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmouth Giants
John Biglin
Harvard
Yale
Hyde
England
Philadelphia Times
Lemon Hill
Schuylkill
Monsieur Godard
Monsieur E. Godard
Godard
Old Bell Tavern
Darby Road
Gambetta
Paris
Tours
The Philosophical Side. Platt in Rochester Chronicle
The piece argues lower animals such as horse dog elephant beaver and bees show intelligence and memory but lack consciousness. It contrasts human self awareness with animal thought noting man knows he knows while animals may think but do not know that they know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
Rochester Chronicle
Haro
The New Law Pill’s Explosion in New Orleans Courts
A young lawyer hauls law books to the courts and back to another lawyer’s desk. He has no cases in court yet, but his busy appearance may lead to future management of damage suits on shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
Onc
New Orleans Picayune
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Ccience
French Academy of Medicine
Brown-Sequard
Batignolles
Harper's Magazine
City Point
Lincoln
Richmond
Elie
St. Nichol&As
United States
Ikancae Travs
United States Price Survey
J. W. Powell
Alaska
Prairies
Great Plains
Tuirnal
Beadle
Philadelphia
Japan
Toyama
Tuileries Gardens
Gordon Institute
Ordon Institute
Barnesville
Georgia
Co. E. Lambdin
D.W. Patterson
Griffin, Georgia
E. van Winkle & Co
Russel & Co
Altman, Taylor & Co
Flanders Brothers
Macon
Dayguter
Savannah
J. A. Huddleston
Forsyth
Wm. R. Murphey
Frick & Co
Cotantia Arnaninan
Thistle-Down
Migeen Ept
Puck
Boston Courier
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