Important December 2 events in Napoleonic France history
The article recalls notable occurrences tied to December 2 across French and European history. It highlights Napoleon's 1804 coronation with Josephine and his self-placed imperial crown, the 1805 Austerlitz victory, and the 1851 coup leading to Louis Napoleon's ascent, plus reflections on Tsar Nicholas I's autocratic rule and its portrayal as a supreme, uniform authority.
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Whittier Advice to Youth From The Writer
A reminiscence of a summer meeting with poet Whittier who advised a young writer to join a noble but unpopular cause and warned against relying on poetry alone. He urged study, experience, and a profession, noting rare work is needed in a world of need and suffering.
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Boston
Joun G. WHITTIER
Frauds birds and the battle for mates in bird life
The essay challenges the ideal of singing birds as gentle creatures. Naturalists describe most songbirds as quarrelsome, battling mates during the singing season. Mating favors the strongest, with fierce clashes often ending in death and rival females contesting prizes, sometimes leaving the victor to support a defeated partner.
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Scientific tricks reveal surprising ghostly photography
The article explains how early photography uses rapid ghost figures and multiple exposures to create transparent apparitions and self playing chess tricks. It describes methods like masking with velvet shutters and composite images for flying locomotion, horse statues, and joined silhouettes in photographs.
Norwegian Fences and Country Life In England
The Youths Companion notes that typical Norwegian fences, built from two thick pine stakes eight feet high with horizontal slats and osier ties, form tight grooves that even a weasel cannot pass. It criticizes them as unattractive and monotonous, contrasting with England’s hedgerows.
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Nautical Surveys and Tidal Observation Purpose
Tidal and current observations form essential parts of nautical surveys. They aid navigation directly by guiding station choice and observation scope, while broader aims in tidal theory and oceanic circulation may influence station selection and methods to advance those sciences.
A Newspaper Thief
A woman watches as a newspaper thief is foiled when a dog snatches the paper just as the carrier drops it. The incident appears in the Peta Tuna California Courier. Electric light enables German night attacks by mirror-reflected beams 200 yards from the lamp, concealing batteries per the New York Sun.
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Petatuna
New York Sun
Will You Earn For Me After We Are Married
A New York dialogue imagines a witty couple discussing future finances and daily labor after marriage with humor and irony. The playful exchange centers on mutual expectations and economic roles within the union.
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Holes and hospital care for car horses in city service
A New York Herald report describes car horses' rough life, from feed to patches, hospital stalls, and a stock farm. It explains how west stock is sourced, broken in on the cars, and finally replaced as electricity looms, with drivers noting hard tiresome work and short service lives. It also covers a medical view on eating before bed and its effect on sleep, citing an English physician and practical advice for nervy patients.
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Albany Argus
Oriental Brigands in Juchew Prefecture Captured
Government agents captured brigands in Juchew Prefecture Niangsi and brought them to Nan-chang Fu. Among prisoners were a brigand lieutenant a sham sergeant and a 14 year old silversmith's apprentice reportedly coerced into joining Hui. A tailor aboard junk and sampan crews faced weak evidence and none confessed acquaintance. Shen Pao.
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Korea Secret society
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Wheat growth trick leads to colossal grain growth claim
A German expert argues that starting with one grain of wheat, doubling each year yields 2 500 grains in year two, 125 000 in year three, 15 625 000 in year six, and 244 140 625 000 000 in year twelve, with vast implied food supplies. Bird fanciers note canaries’ voices grow harsher each generation, and Rochester press critiques local manners after a town incident and timetable handoff.
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New York Telegram
Forerunners of Consumption in Medical Opinion
A medical expert with extensive life-insurance experience outlines early signs and risk factors for phthisis. He cites debilitating influences, oxygenation issues, pulmonary congestion, and prior conditions like scrofula, dyspepsia, chronic catarrh, and indoor dusty or heated work as contributors. He notes symptoms such as morning cough, hoarseness, low vigor, weight loss, rapid pulse, and breathlessness as warning indicators, with recurrent sore throats signaling potential scrofulous taint. Herald of Health.
Inventions of Cards In China Raise Engagement Customs
The Tang dynasty dates earliest visiting cards in China and the red silken cards used on engagement notices. Chinese ceremony for paying visits is strict and cards carry ancestral names and birth symbols. The match maker selects a bride, calls on parents with the groom's card, and if accepted, the bride’s card is sent in return with engagement particulars written on two cards tied by red cords.
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Toronto Times
China
Tannin Treatment Eases Ingrowing Toenail Pain
Medical Journal notes a simple tannin regimen for ingrowing nails. A concentrated tannic acid solution applied to surrounding tissue twice daily relieved pain after first use and allowed work to continue. After about three weeks the nail grew normally and the cure was complete without other treatments.
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Cupid
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Butler Ga Claims Natural Glass Vein
Butler Georgia reports discovery of a natural glass vein at 317 feet deep. Fragments are round rough pieces suggesting formation by intense heat fusing sandy soil, per the New York Sun.
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