The Courageous Flight of Jacrisse Mauriac
Celestin Mauriac known as Jacrisse, a meek recruit mocked by comrades, volunteers to depart for Tonquin with a twenty six man detachment after his steady refusal to be kept home. The captain applauds his resolve and Maurice leads the troop through a city crowd to Toulon.
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Mauriac
Jaerisse
Champione
Joevisse
Jacrisse
Toulon
Tonquin
Celestin Mauriac
Mons
Jocrisser
Shem
Landais
Jaersse
Joaquin
Dying Landais Farewell and Father’s Lost Honor
The scene follows Jacrisse as he endures a brutal march to relief amid a fierce battle at Tauyen Quan. Saintly acts unfold when he is mortally wounded, and the dying youth receives the Legion of Honor from the general, then pleads for mercy for his imprisoned father. The letter from the father reveals a crime of murder and expiation, revealing a son’s ultimate pardon.
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Tauyen- Quan
Celestin Maurice
Landais
Jacrisse
Mauriac
Celestin Mauriac
Republic
Legion of Honor
Jaersse
Nash
Maison de Force
Maurine
Tribunal of the Law
Clemency Granted for Father as Jeerisse Reaches Peace
General reads the letter and pledges clemency for Jeerisse's father in a moment of emotion. Jeerisse overhears with joy as the general blesses the child and salutes the cross of honor before Jeerisse dies, a celestial light in the scene. The passage is translated from Volgrange.
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Hye
Jacrisse
Jeerisse
Joerisse
Volgrange
L. Cy. Waggoner
New York Mercury
Mexican mono traps and banana brandy plan
A Globe-Democrat report describes humane, humorous crude traps for native monkeys. Traps include biting a nursing she monkey to steal its baby and a brandy mixture to befuddle the animal near favored haunts. Success relies on proper alcohol strength and patience amid jungle retreats.
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Mazatlan
Globe-Democrat
Inherited Sleep Habits And A Loquacious Servant Case
A report traces a man who slept on his back with the right leg crossed over the left and notes his infant daughter showing the same habit. A grandson imitates the toe flexing and extending in bed. Ribot cites a domestic servant with incurable loquacity, claiming a paternal link to her habit. The Chamber's Journal records the observations.
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Qman
Ribot
Chamber
Old Tramp in Washington Park Seethes Over Teary Girl
A dirty, drunk tramp sits in Washington Park watching a well dressed girl with a hoop. He speaks to her and she runs away crying. Passersby mock him, calling him a rascal, and he snarls that the tears are deeper than coffins.
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Washington Park
New York Star
Sir John Lubbock's Oldest Queen Reaches Fourteen
A hive reports that a queen named under Sir John Lubbock lineage has attained age fourteen and continues to lay fertile eggs, highlighting remarkable longevity in the monarch's fertility.
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Sir John Lubbock
Near Sightedness and Electric Light Critique
A Chicago Tribune quote notes young Americans grow more near sighted and pins blame on arc electric light. It warns the eye strain from street and interior lighting and condemns adulterated cheap spectacles sold nationwide by peddlers, urging readers to avoid them and trust reputable opticians.
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Americana
Chicago Tribune
Irrigation in the United States Report Highlights
The Agriculture Department reports that about one third of U S land lacks adequate water for cultivation. Only a small portion is irreclaimable, except high mountain areas. Canals total about 15 000 miles and reclaimed areas house millions, with Kansas once part of the great American desert and irrigation crucial even in less arid regions facing droughts.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Great American Desert
Globe- Democrat
Not remarkable taste Norace Greeley comments on Beethoven
Norace Greeley disliked most music though he loved old hymns. He often endured full sonatas in friends homes and was bored. One evening after hearing Beethoven Spirit Waltz played by his hostess’s daughter he quipped in a high squeaking voice that it was a pleasant noise.
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Norace Greeley
New York Press
Evers Day Talk
Kalamazoo Youth Builds 12-String Guitar Dream
A Kalamazoo young man believes his experiments will revive guitar music. He first built a nine-string guitar showing notable improvement and now works on a twelve-string design promising charming results, according to the Chicago Times.
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Kalamazoo
Chicago Times
Machine powers 27 million watches with one horsepower
Le Nature reports a single horse power could sustain operation for twenty seven million watches, highlighting extraordinary efficiency. The claim frames comparative energy outputs and technological potential, suggesting vast production or timekeeping capabilities from minimal power input.
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le Nature
English critic cites 400 novels per year supply
An English critic states that the modern literary market delivers roughly 400 novels annually, reflecting a rapid expansion of published fiction and a crowded field for readers and critics alike.
Four inch file with 804 teeth on face
A four inch smooth file has 804 teeth on its face, equating to 216 teeth per inch. The terse measurement notes the high tooth density of this tool.
Lodgings in Paris Classifications and Rents
A described hierarchy of Parisian housing from cabinet to grand hotel with prices. Cabinets rent 12 to 24 dollars yearly, chambre 24 to 50, chambre a cabinet a bed 30 to 300, logement with two rooms and kitchen, petit appartement with sitting and dining rooms, then appartement and grand appartement. A grand hotel is a public house. Refectories vary as lodgings.
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Paris
J. D. Osborne
Bernhardt Leaves Hospitals After Morbid Encounter
The New York Sun recalls Sarah Bernhardt studying realism in consumption wards. A delirious dying girl sat up and cried that Bernhardt was death itself, shrieking that her presence doomed the patient before collapsing dead. Afterward, Bernhardt never visited the hospitals again.
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Bernhardt
the Bernhardt
New York Sun
Minister's Home Thrust At St George's
The Rev Dr W H Rainsford told a large metropolitan church crowd that many attend church for fashion and gain. He warned gain drives choices in life and in church selection, delivering with a delicate but pointed critique that drew amused smiles rather than offense.
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Rainsford
St. George's
New York Sun
Addicted to Taking Cold in Everyday Talk
An observing woman returning from church notes men ridicule women’s dress and weather guards yet fearlessly catch colds. She contrasts men’s noisy cold complaints with women who endure quietly, scolding their barked complaints in public places.
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New York
Last Negro Paid For Prompts Racial Court Claim
Col Zeb Ward of Little Rock Arkansas claims he paid for a last enslaved person in the United States. A Black woman he held for years won a services suit after a ownership dispute, and Ward’s check read to pay for the last negro that will ever be paid for in this country.
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Zeb Ward
Little Rock
Ark
A Novel Contest At Beaufort South Carolina
In Beaufort, South Carolina, a prominent citizen and a portly colored woman faced off at a muddy street spot where both refused to yield. They summoned chairs and sat facing each other for hours, the man even had dinner brought to him, but he ultimately conceded the contest.
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Beaufort
S. C
Chicago Herald
Hello Charley Greeting Turns Sour Health Joke
A dialogue turns satirical as one speaker greets Charley and asks about health, the other replies in paradoxical fashion claiming poor health while the first replies suffering good health, ending with a judicial stage direction.
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Charley
Electricity Supports Up To Five Million Jobs
A conservative estimate places at five million the number of people supported by all forms of employment furnished by electricity. The figure highlights electricity’s broad economic reach.
Hedgehog-like Irritable Man Metaphor Declares Self Torment
A quotation portrays an irritable man as a hedgehog rolled the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own prickles, reflecting Hood's sharp metaphor.
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Hood
Dead folks cyarn heah what made yer wait twel
A compact old-notice item describes a long delay in hearing about deceased residents and the reasons their rites were postponed, noting the community’s patience and the impact on local families.
Rio Grande Bridge Planned at Laredo by Mexican National
A plan is outlined to bridge the Rio Grande at Laredo, connecting with the Mexican National railway. The project aims to improve cross border rail traffic and trade between the United States and Mexico, signaling a significant transport link in the region.
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Rio Grande
Laredo
The
Mexican National Railway
Cows Cause Mealable Damage in Neighboring Peas
A Georgia farmer’s cows ate ten bushels of a neighbor’s peas. The neighbor charged $6 for ten bushels at 60 cents each. The farmer argued that under gathering rules cows receive half for picking, so they owed for five bushels. They settled for $3. Chicago News.
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Georgia
Chicago News
Autograph Series Traces Napoleon’s Changing Mind
The North American Review prints autographs of Napoleon from youth to peak power and decline revealing a shift from bold signatures to crude scrawls. The piece links autograph decay to nervous system deterioration mirroring the ruler’s turbulent life and mind.
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North American Review
Napoleon
Belief in Luck and Coincidence, Proctor Commentary
In this excerpt Richard A. Proctor argues that lottery players rely on personal superstitions and dream inspired methods to pick numbers. He notes the paradox that believers find justification in both success and failure, revealing contradictions in luck theories across cultures and ages.
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Duck
Richard A. Proctor
Alcohol as a diphtheria antiseptic and prophylactic
The Medical Times extols alcohol as the supreme antiseptic for diphtheria. Diluted with water and given in full doses it rapidly reduces malignant throat exudation, lowers fever, and steadies the pulse. It claims sustained success since 1875, with only one fatal case before treatment. It also notes gargle use for exposed persons as a preventive.
How Wooden Spool Are Mudee Birch Wood Spools Made
Birch wood spools are produced from sticks four to five feet long cut from birch, then seasoned and cut into short blocks. Holes are bored, blocks run through a pattern shaped knife, and spools are formed at one per second. A boy feeds the machine while sorting remains manual. Spools polish in drums and may be dyed. Yardage labels refer to spool capacity, not actual thread length.
Japanese find of ancient Confucian text in Ashikaga college
A Japanese Ashikaga college discovery reveals a 1 200 year old copy of Hwang K an s Confucian Analects with the original commentator s notes. The Chinese government asks the Japanese minister to borrow the manuscript to prepare a corrected edition. If Kana inscriptions exist they may illuminate the Japanese alphabet question.
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Japan
Legation
Germany
Ashikaga College
Touh ii Aioh
Hwang K’an
China
San Francisco Chronicle
Oyster Culture In France and Other Brief Notes
France shows rapid oyster farming growth from 1857 to 1885 with beds expanding to 15 000 acres and annual output near 300 million oysters while Britain’s industry declines. From Auray Brittany 7 000 000 oysters went to market in 1876 77. by 1885 numbers exceed 70 000 000. Also reports an African Mocking Bird mystery and natural history notes about tarantulas that threaten birds and even horses in distant lands.
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France
Bay of Arcachon
Auray
Brittany
Rome
Paris
Wasps Pioneered Paper Making Long Before Humans
The American Agriculturist notes that papermaking shifted from rag pulp to wood pulp using poplar and other soft woods due to rag shortages. It adds that wasps had been producing pulp for centuries, prefiguring human methods.
Bonbons Replace Love Letters in French Courtship
In France engaged couples do not exchange love letters. French brides do not carry boxes of letters with keys to the groom. Instead, boxes of bonbons and exquisite flowers are sent daily with the future husband’s card.
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France
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