Telegraphs and finance and a glimpse of reform
A mixed batch of 19th century items covers telegraph industry finances with figures on capital and salaries, and submarine lines. Notes on civil service reform in Turkey and naval service practices prompt debate, while electric car progress and medical experiments on animals close the column with technical observations.
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America
Turkey
Bear Fitting Russia Plans Behind Afghan Frontiers
A report on secret Russian war plans near Afghanistan describes moving 20 000 troops and Cossacks to threaten northern India. The piece notes a London discovery of papers claiming Russia aims to invade India with native uprisings aided by a campaign from the Pamirs to Quetta and Kabul, with detailed reconnaissance and signatures.
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Khyber Pass
India
Charog
Pamir
Ian
Ministry of War
South Africa
London
Russia
Afghanistan
Henry Norman
Samarland
Samarkand
Ukroff Naraskoi
Basilevich Markoff
Yonoff Kriminski
Vasileff Karskoi
Gen. Kuropatkin
Czar
Kasmir
France
Chitral
Punjab
Peshawar
Quetta
Kabul
Edwin Markham Reflects on Poets and Influences
Edwin Markham cites early recollections and notes admiration for Shelby Browning Swinburne and Carlyle Ruskin. He mentions The Man with the Hoe as his notable work and recalls how poets influenced his own poetry.
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Edwin Markham
Man With the Hoe
Hugo
Carlyle and Ruskin
Shelby
Browning
Swinburné
Wife Corrects Tax Notice in Office Exchange
An old woman confronted Jones at the office displaying a notice about a quarterly tax she allegedly owed. He showed records proving the debt, she denied it and quipped that she hadn’t made a mistake. Jones joked that his only mistake was being married, she retorted that his wife made that error.
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Scott
Ruskin
Jones
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