Training a War Horse and the Truth of Its Fearlessness
A correspondent describes training horses for battle in Texas by acclimating them to muskets cannons and cavalry maneuvers. The piece argues a trained horse faces musket fire with apparent fearlessness, learned through controlled exposure and repeated volleys.
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Future of small colleges and their evolving role
A lecture by W. B. Harper outlines ten challenges for small colleges including high school development, professional schools, university ideas, funding, and sectarian shifts. He predicts junior college roles, specialization, stronger state university ties, and federation to gain prestige and resources.
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China a Great Country and Its Rail Road Future
The speaker extols China as a vast nation with potential for rapid development through railways and waterways. He argues rail expansion will curb official squeezes, boost trade, and shift from raw exports to manufactured products, urging harnessing China’s population and canals despite past disrepair.
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Admiralty to adopt .203 Maxim gun for Royal Navy
The English Admiralty plans to replace all 450 type guns with the .203 Maxim once enough units are produced. The new gun can use standard Lee Metford ammunition, avoiding special rounds. Its mounting is more field friendly than current field carriage or pedestrian mounts for the 50 caliber gun.
Largest painting in Venice Doge's Palace revealed
The grand salon houses the world’s largest painting excluding panoramas and cycloramas. It measures 84 feet wide and a height of unknown feet, located in the Doge's Palace in Venice.
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Deep Breathing Promises and Quips In a Humorous Excerpt
A fragmented humorous piece extols deep breathing as a health aid claiming it improves circulation, clears the blood, warms the body, aids sleep, and cures asthma and bronchitis. It shifts tone to a light domestic dialogue about cooking and social control, ending with a character turning down an offer to eat.
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