Filth in Korea Reveals City Sewage and Social Clash
Leslie's Weekly describes Seoul streets permeated by sewage and odors. Shops lack display windows as Korean women barter through narrow door openings, buying textiles and garments for men while other goods are kept hidden behind stone walls and tiny gates.
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New York's Recorder: A Ledger of Civic Law Heritage
The New York recorder ranks with the mayor as the city's oldest public official. Originating with the Dongon charter in 1686, the office helped shape early courts, with the recorder and aldermen presiding over civil and petty cases. Over time the role evolved, shaping criminal jurisprudence and citizenship competency.
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Fire myths and a historic tune in early anecdotes
The excerpt discusses the myth of a salamander living in fire and its persistence as a fire-eating image, notes salamanders avoid heat, and mentions The Girl I Left Behind Me as an Irish tune cited in 1770 with unknown authorship. It highlights its long association with British military leaving towns or ships sailing.
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Trembling Pillar of Reims Baffles Architects
A historical note describes the trembling pillar at Reims near the Church of St. Nicaise. Four bells sit near the pillar but only one causes sway when rung. In 1775 a roof window and glasses of water on a board atop the pillar triggered movement at the fifth stroke, while other pillars remained unaffected.
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Spiritualism and science in troubled waters of modern thought
The article contrasts spiritualism with medieval occultism and explains how science studies its phenomena. It notes induced sleep, hypnosis, telepathy, and the role of mediums in exploring personality change and paranormal claims. It references Crookes and other scholars, while acknowledging enduring debate over a measurable psychic force. It then moves to a separate historical vignette about Count Panin, a Catherine the Great era statesman famed for indolence and a love of dinner, despite high office.
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Pills in medicine show varied actions beyond aperients
The text argues that many official pills are not aperient and have different roles such as tonic, nerve food, blood food, and expectorant. It notes the pill form is convenient for many drugs, except for liquids like mineral acids.
Similarities in Men’s Passions and Reactions
The quote argues that men share core patterns of interest and aversion. While individuals have distinctive dominant passions, their underlying operations resemble one another across character, behavior, and response to what pleases or offends. Chesterfield notes universal traits drive judgments.
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Head of the House Debate Ends in Quiet Quarrel Calm
A Scotch minister visited a home where a quarrel raged between husband and wife. He asked who was the head of the house. The man replied in a calm, humorous way telling everyone to sit down as they attempt to settle things and reach a resolution.
Impossible Purchase of Aged Fowl Provokes Wry Comment
A Boston minister notes a woman shopping at an Fan eulhall stall where fowl appear extremely aged. The vendor quips they sell for profits while the woman retorts she mistook them for patriarchs. The quote ends with a wry aside on success being wine that dulls the mind.
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