Barnum On The Defensive And Other Peculiar Styles
The piece discusses Barnum defending his use of curiosities to promote his museum noting Joyce Heth the Woolly Horse and the Fee Gee Mermaid were not authentic histories but marketing. It also covers quirky attire practices of writers and composers from Dumas Wagner Haydn Mascagni Carroll and Lewis Carroll including color choices and tea habits during work.
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Mr. Barnum
Manent
Barnum
Joyce Heth
Indiana
Fremont
Rocky Mountains
Joe! Benton
Dumas
Wagner
Frederick of
Prussia
Haydn
Beethoven
Mascagni
Lewis Carroll
How Lincoln Won One Case in a Laughing Risk Tale
Dr. D. B. Hill recalls Abraham Lincoln defending a client accused of fraud. Lincoln argued no intent to defraud, comparing Judge Logan’s shirt to show mistaken intent. The jurists released the client, then a separate note warns of chess risks with volatile adversaries from the Annals of the Four Masters.
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D. B. Hill
Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Logan
Judge Logan
Four Masters
Salt Starvation and Its Hidden Health Costs
A Medical Press note defines salt starvation as a public health concern when per capita annual salt intake drops below twenty pounds. It explains salt’s role in the body, contrasts human needs with wild beasts, and argues natural, unrefined salts in food are essential for vitality and bodily processes, beyond ordinary table salt.
Wax candles evolve as mineral wax overtakes bee wax
Cassell's Magazine notes the shift from traditional bees wax to mineral wax in candles. It explains the global use of candles despite modern lighting and details mining sites in Utah California Wales Galicia and Roumania with ore colored beds buried 350 to 600 feet deep near Boryslaw in the eastern oil region.
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California
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Europe
Boryslaw
Austria
Trunk lengthening myth debunked in pruning tips
The article explains trunks do not grow taller with age, only branches extend upward from a fixed point. It advises cutting low branches promptly and cutting flush to the trunk for proper wound healing. For large cuts, painting the stub helps prevent water rot during healing. Warns against leaving stumps indoors.
Extravagant Compliment and Laughter in St Helena Church
A reminiscence describes a visit to St Helena where Governor James Town pew antics provoked laughter as he loudly prompted the minister and cheered with Amen. A North woman teaches dusky pupils. one pupil compares Miss Jennie to a fair white rose bud in a jug of Guinness? The article also notes Caesar and Brutus in a quote about Gaul.
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St. Helena
James Town
Percy
Jennie
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