First Christians in China Arrive After 1845 Grant
The 1845 Chinese government grant to foreigners opened China to Christian teaching after the war with Britain. Missionaries spread quickly though met hostility in many areas. Emperor Taou-Kwang died in 1850, his successor Hieng-Fung favored reforms, while 1851 saw the Taiping movement rise under a self styled savior who proclaimed himself the bruise of Jesus and king of all beneath the sky.
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Camill e Manuscript Sells for 240 in 1851 Offer
The Jules Clarette library sale at Drouot included Alexandre Dumas fils' Tale of a Lottery manuscript of sixteen pages from 1851. Dumas noted he received 240 for the pages, far more than the 80 paid for his La Dame aux Camellias manuscript, which Michel Levy bought and later earned the publisher a fortune.
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Reclaiming Disabled Men Through War Lessons
Article notes Ma Harry E Mack urging reclaiming all disabled workers after war to address labor shortages. It contrasts Germany's peace offensive, British and Russian issues, and the U S draft and mobilization push. A fable about giants and labor underscores value of workers to society.
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Paris Barracks Battle With Bugs Ends In History
In Louis Philippe era France a Monsieur Terrat fought bugs in Paris barracks. An 1846 contract set 90 centimes per sleeping room for initial treatment and 50 for future reopens. He treated arms racks guard houses police quarters and prisons. He offered to share his secret on payment but the offer died with him. The soldiers still wrestle with the bugs.
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A Real Compliment From a Prisoner to Billy Sunday
In Philadelphia Moyamensing Prison a housebreaker told a guard that Billy Sunday had deeply impressed him. The inmate said Sunday turned him “inside out” and made him sick of himself, calling Sunday a winner and predicting a Christian life after release.
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