Jackal rescues baby in Delhi mutiny tale resurfaces
In a memoir style recounting the 1857 mutiny, Col. Stern and his ayah save baby Mabel Stern during a night raid. A pursuing jackal carrying the child prompts a tense chase before the animal drops the infant and vanishes. Later, Mabel grows with her family, while the colonel reflects on home and fate.
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England
Mabel Stern
Bern
Mabel
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Infan
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London
Calcuta
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Owas
Delhi
Goebrigtion
Brern
Ayab
Yah
C.jonel
Babib
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Aysha
Stey
Sahib
Sin
Wwe
Ovi. Stern
Feeding and Training Road Horses with Minimal Rations
A writer argues for a cramming-free horse system, detailing a six month case of a fat lazy mare turned into a robust road horse through daily long jogs, strategic feeding, and rest. He contrasts this with standard practice and notes improved health, weight composition, and work capacity while warning of cruelty and overfeeding.
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Fiedand Farm
Mirror
Owen
Nea
Egatus
Owl Lady Instructor Joins London Society
Mrs Louisa Reed Stowell of the University of gan is created as a member of the Hoyel Mostconspi ral Society of London, becoming the third lady to join the insted.
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Louisa Reed Stowell
University of Gan
Hoyel Mostconspiral Society of London
Tricks of machines and the human touch in repair
A collection of anecdotes on how simple overlooked details fix complex devices. From paper cutting machines and telephones to watches and steam engines, skilled hands discover that minor touches, oil, or grounding restore function and often save a troubled invention.
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Renee Ase
Anu
M Svail
Andlea
Central
el Murray
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jake Finlay
Philadelphia
New York
Evening Express
Trenton
Jake
Ciphaes
Cager
Opium Use Record in Coleridge Associate Journal
A British Medical Journal writer notes Coleridge’s acquaintance with Ba who used opium systematically adjusting doses to health needs. Ba sometimes took large quantities via elect herbs to overpower him, especially when he had promised to lecture the London Philosophical Society. The author describes Ba’s intoxicated lapse during the lecture hour.
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British Medical Journal
Coleridge
Sd Yy Ba
Cotacilge
London Philosophical Society
Diverse scientific notes and curiosities from a global agenda
A survey of notes covers Berberich and Bernard’s comet observations, Russian and Chinese political shifts, Dutch Kratus eruption report, Turin prize in anatomy and physiology, experiments on sunshine affecting microbes, soil improvement guidelines, chloral hydrate in milk detection, solubility theory, enamel timing, cholera alkaloid findings, altitude effects on vegetation, cabbage worm control, and a humorous Scotch tailor anecdote.
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Berberich
Berlis
Aby
Anenn
Benard
Pas
Demoker
China
M Doclaux
Heiden
M. A. Onaali
W. W. Nichol
Royal Society
Edinburgh
M. Forbes
Society of Naturaliate of
St. Petersburg
Central Asia
M. A. Villiers
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Villiers
Charlies H. Erwin
Painted Post
N. Y
The Black Watch and Its Famous Highland Deeds
The Forty-second Highlanders, the Black Watch, earned fame by storming Arab entrenchments at Sirti where Gen. Earle fell. They joined Sir Colin Campbell’s forces at Alma in 1854, helped break the Russian centre and stood in the thin red line at Balaklava. They later fought at Amoaful during the Ashanti War in 1874 under their chief’s command.
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Forty-second Highlanders
Black Watch
Sirti
Earle
Colin Campbell
Lord Clyde
Alma
Balaklava
Coomassie
Wolaeley
Amoaful
Frayed Advice Warns Against Brace Use in Baby Clothes
A reader cautions against adding bracing to infants outfits near the shirt area, stating it causes painful chafing. The note urges safer clothing design to avoid discomfort for babies.
Prance Army Costs and Structure Compared to Russia
A discussion of French armed forces compares its 1.24 million active army, 502,786 soldiers on duty, and 1.25 million total with a vast British and German force, noting organization, territorial troops, and the high cost of maintaining officers and wages. It details corps, divisions, and commissions, plus pay scales and marriage restraints for officers.
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France
Territorial Army
War Department
Catalepsy Described As a Strange Deathlike Disorder
A detailed account explains catalepsy as a loss of consciousness and motion with rigid muscles, the body fixed in the position of onset. Examples include an old lecturer resuming speech after a seizure and a Bellevue hospital patient remaining immobile with limbs raised. The piece notes pale waxy skin, cold body, nearly inaudible heart sounds, and respiration only evident on close inspection.
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J. M. Kerabaw
Bellevue Hospital
Justice
Heaven
Cee
St. Mary's
Nan Swellen
Useful household remedies from an old scientific miscellany
A compilation of experimental preparations and tips including tinctures for hair loss, making scented soap, creosote wood preservation, copying ink formulas, paraffin wax polish for fabrics, remedies for dandruff, baking powder mixtures, glue with nitric acid, and various shoe and paste products with stepwise instructions and cautions.
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Scientific American
R. Ae Coler
Venus Transit Return Distances Compared by M Houzeau
M Houzeau of the Brussels Royal Observatory publishes the first result from the last transit of Venus. He estimates the Sun’s distance at 91,756,800 miles, with Leverrier’s figure being 91,357,000 miles as the nearest prior determination since 1862.
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M. Houzeau
Brussels
British Officers in Egypt Sketches of Prominent Names
The article profiles British officers connected to the Egyptian expedition, noting Major General Sir Redvers Baller as chief of staff with prior campaigns including Red River 1870 and Ashantee 1874. It mentions Colonel Butler, Col C W Wilson, King, and other figures with service in Egypt, India, and various imperial postings.
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Redvers Baller
Red River
Butler
Elizabeth Thompson
Col. Butler
C. W. Wilson
King
Botst
Anatolia
2Aedeakaues
R. A
Eene
Veeroy Ot
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