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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1901
Page
3
An English officer recalls a monsoon incident in India where a young lieutenant feels a snake creeping up his leg. An elder officer counsels staying still and calm while the envenomed danger unfolds. The narrative highlights perils of venomous snakes and quick, tense moments.
A young officer is bitten by a hooded snake inside a colonial camp as two snake charmers extract the venomous creature. The pipe music lures the snake from the officer's trousers and into a basket, the snake is removed, and the officer recovers with brandy.
A discussion on why incidental music appears in plays and how audiences react. William Gillette explains his use of natural pauses and sound effects to cover inevitable disturbances in a performance, arguing it helps sustain atmosphere amid audience noise.
A portrait of the Prince of Wales notes a shift from youthful notoriety to a respected figure. He is described as dignified with kindness to children and animals, supportive of British art and music, and influential in government and international affairs.
A Midlands preacher has written the entire New Testament three times to study it deeply and claims mastery. He preaches from the New Testament and boasts of instant recall of any book chapter and verse. The London Tit-Bits notes the feat. The Baroda gaekwar owns a quartet of gold and silver artillery.
Paris dispatch recounts a Hindu talisman gifted by an explorer to the Carnot family and later to the museum of religions. The talisman is linked to Luck and doom, including the assassination of M. Carnot. It notes similar fates of rulers, and a cautionary tale about a talisman’s power. The piece also mentions the inner and outer ear cell counts and a humorous anecdote about an English traveler misinterpreting dried apples for delicacies.
A compact set of physiological figures shows the human body comprises 206 bones and 522 voluntary muscles enable daily movement. Hair counts at 250000, brain and spinal cord hold 8,000,000,000 nerve cells, and red and white blood cells total 32500000000 and 531000000 respectively.
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