The Bow in War and the One Client Lawyer
A discussion of Asiatic horn bows used by horsemen and their origin from ancient models, noting the curved shape and thumb draw with horn rings. It compares these to English longbows and cites Bernier on arrow speed and effectiveness. The piece also critiques the modern one client lawyer, detailing how wealthier firms employ lawyers to serve a single client.
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India
Bernier
Aurangzeb
Dara
Andamans
Chambers’ Journal
Portraitist Captures Cross Eyed Subject in Paris
Prince Troubetskoy painted a cross eyed American in Paris to ensure a faithful likeness. The subject later viewed the portrait and agreed the eyes looked cross eyed, with the artist noting the same reaction and a curious, queer gaze.
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Prince Troubetskoy
Paris
The Lover Sees In The Eye The Same Beauty As Sunset
A poetic fragment compares the beloved gaze to the sunset and the night sky. It describes the eye as a diamond beneath eyelids and links human beauty to the ancient pattern of evening and morning.
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Thoreau
Cause and Effect in The City Voices
A dialogue contrasts views on decline in child behavior and moral causes. La Montt cites worsening children. La Moyne argues improved ideas in building and language about outcomes. The piece notes shingles scarcity and a crude metaphor about punishment and roofs.
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la Montt
la Moyne
Adopting Heirs Among Chinese Lineages Maintains Family Continuity
The practical Chinese practice to obtain heirs uses adoption from side branches when no legal heirs exist. If no male descendants in side branches, sons of outsiders are adopted. This method preserves the family line and is preferred over taking a second wife.
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Ceres
China
The Decline of the Amateur Caption Sparks Debate
A witty exchange in the Baltimore American questions a caption calling it the decline of the amateur. Critics argue the phrase misreads a longtime hobbyist tradition and mocks perceived derision of amateur effort.
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Witticus
Criticus
Baltimore American
Hog's Mouth Facts Impress The New Orleans Times-Democrat
A country speaker explains how hogs crack nuts without swallowing hulls. He notes the hogs tongue sensitivity and mouth corners aid discarding hull bits, contrasting with horses’ grinding teeth and praising the hogs skill in separating kernel from hull.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Why do many people act unfair to those closest to them
A Chicago Record Herald pondered common hypocrisies and tensions in everyday life. It asks why clerks feel undervalued by employers while outsiders receive more courtesy, why spouses and parents face cold treatment at home, and why rich relatives resist small, thoughtful gestures.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Time In Japan Divides Day And Night Into Six Periods
The London Express explains that Japan splits the day into twelve periods six by night and six by day with day starting at sunrise and ending at sunset. Adjusted numerals mark sunrise and sunset and the four middle characters divide daylight and night into equal portions. When day is longer the daylight periods grow proportionally longer. The six characters used are four to nine and read backward.
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Japan
London Express
Thirteen-Year-Old Commits to Asylum Over Checkers With Police
A youth described as tough and aged thirteen was committed to an asylum by a city magistrate after an arrest for loitering. The superintendent asked what led to this, and the boy snarled that he was sent up for playing a game, checkers with the police, claiming he moved first and they jumped him.
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Checkers
New York Tribune
Explosives from Everyday Substances Warned of Dangers
An Atlanta Constitution analysis warns that sugar and chlorate of potash, flour, dust and dry air can explode, citing past factory fires and accidents in London and New York. It explains nitroglycerin, dynamite, guncotton, cordite, gutta percha detonators, and various national powders, stressing nitric acid reactions and safety concerns.
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New York
London
Germany
United States
Atlanta Constitution
The Carat and Its History in Weighing Gold
The carat originated from Abyssinian carat seeds used to weigh gold and stones. Today it equals one twenty fourth of the weight of a gold piece or alloy, with seeds noted for their equal size and historical use in measurement.
Compiled Deal Leaves Mark on Globe Incident
In a noted event at Globe, a negotiated agreement drew attention as observers described the process as a snowball effect. The situation left a visible mark on ongoing relations and prompted discussion among involved parties.
The Belle and Her Dress Tale
The tale recalls a wealthy woman who visits a tailor often to ensure gowns fit perfectly. The modiste works to shape every line and curve for an artistic and pleasing result. Moral thrills that form matters more than content.
A Lawyer Uses Picture of Actress in Settlement Ruse
A Philadelphia attorney tells how a photograph of Fanny Davenport helped settle a $7,500 death claim against the Pennsylvania Railroad. Wayne MacVeagh, the railroad’s counsel, praised the image and a quick negotiation led to a $5,000 settlement after the client remarried.
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Philadelphia
Fanny Davenport
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Wayne MacVeagh
Paid In His Own Coin
Archbishop Temple of Canterbury faced a parish request to change their parson. He advised a transfer and revealed the motive, noting the clergy member’s voice as the critics' complaint. A guest later commented on the bishop’s sermon and his unfortunate voice.
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Archbishop Temple
Canterbury
Temple
Accommodating Witness Clashes With Lawyer On Stand
The witness endures bullying by the attorney and insists he saw the prisoner draw his pistol. The attorney pressures for confirmation while the judge intervenes and the witness offers to reveal the truth. The exchange ends with the witness defying the lawyer’s demands.
Monument to a flawed man mocks its own inscription
A granite obelisk in a Massachusetts cemetery honors a man with a checkered life. A returning former resident, familiar with his faults, muses that the monument is too grand for good deeds or not grand enough for bad deeds.
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Massachusetts
New Haven Chronicle
Trained Chrysanthemums in Japanese Gardens
Chrysanthemums are trained into life sized figures in Tokyo gardens. Figures include court ladies warriors and children with masks. A popular piece features a young lady with a fox tail and a mask that can morph into reynard's head.
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Japan
Tokyo
Reynard
Neighbors complain over piano racket in New York Weekly
A dialog from the New York Weekly depicts Mr MulhoolyPhwat and a daughter arguing about noise from piano practice. The man demands louder hammering while fatigue and headache appear, reflecting a clash with new neighbors over the music.
Fresh Air Dining Away From Indoors
A Philadelphia Press quip notes Mrs. Nuriteh seeks to know Mr Fresco while Mr Alber Fresco replies he does not know him. The gag centers on an invite to Mrs Blugore's garden party where guests will dineAl Fresco, highlighting playful wordplay about outdoor dining.
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Fresco
Albert Fresco
Mercenary Matchup Sparks Vows Over Real Estate
A quip in the Baltimore Herald frames a marriage joke where Sue vows to marry Chol’ly Sportboy for his wealth. Nan counters by asking for grounds, and the reply cites his real estate as the basis of love.
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Sue
Chol’ly
Nan
Baltimore Herald
Grief is the agony of an instant says Disraeli
A brief quotation notes how grief strikes in a moment yet the indulgence of grief harms a life, attributed to Disraeli.
Lions Terrorizes Tsavo Camp During Uganda Railway Build
During the 1890s Tsavo camps faced a reign of terror as two man-eating lions carried off many Indian coolies and African workers. Colonel J. H. Patterson eventually killed the predators after 28 killings and numerous maulings, with reports of raids from mid March 1898 through November 30.
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Uganda
Tsavo
J. H. Patterson
Colonel Patterson
Patterson
Angan Singh
Ungan
Lions Attack Railhead Hospital at Tsavo
In Tsavo a herd of lions breached thorn fences around the Railhead hospital camp, seized a hospital assistant and later carried off a water carrier amid night raids. Whitehead survived a lion attack aided by a carbine shot as Abdullah was pulled from the cutting.
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Engeman
Whitehead
Lions
Ingly
Tsavo
Peration
Mr. Whitehead
Abdullah
Askaris
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Belle and Her
New York Herald
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