Hat on the Run and a Texas Skirmish Tale
A New York Sun narrative blends a humorous hat incident with a Texan march of Smith and Lane. In a night ambush near Santa Anna’s camp, the pair fall into Mexican hands but plot a daring escape aided by a drunk guard. Lane reaches Houston’s camp with word of a decisive victory after Smith defeats the Greasers.
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Houston
Hawkins
Smith
Lane
Tenderfoot
Santa Anna
Greacer
Erastus Smith
Pecos
Sarth
San Jacinto Creek
Texas
Sangfroid Smith
Capitan Smooth
Santa Annina
Ahumada
Hisself
Hell
Ore
Carnp
Hatton
Hall
Greaser
Bar Hatton
Liberty
Colonel Smith
Trinity Basin
New York Sun
Lone Star Scout Tale in Texas Conflict
Colonel Erastus Smith reviews Lane, a young courier from Nacogdoches, amid a rough Texas assignment. Lane meets Hawkin, Greaser Ear Hatton, and Ned Hall as Smith’s scouts, with mention of Santa Anna’s rumored private liquor and a small but famed band prepared for the border.
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Erastus Smith
Smith
Hawkins
Lane
Douglass
Nacogdoches
Buckkin
Liberty
San Jacinto Creek
Ceneral
Hawking
Texas
Magnolia
Ned Hall
Greaser Ear Hatton
Liberty Creek
Georgia
Animals Change Color and the Foods That Influence It
Observations and experiments show food strongly affects animal coloration. Canary feathers redden with cayenne pepper only in very young birds. pigment interactions differ by breed. Large and small tortoise shells, thorn moths, and other species reveal color shifts when diet changes. Deep sea animals remain vividly colored in near darkness, possibly from self-produced light, while prey color offers no protection.
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Canaries
Counterfeit Antiques and Court at Dyer
A New York Sun report quotes a dealer explaining how fake antiques circulate, including a Paris sale and reworked reproductions. He notes a market shift to reproductions, the lack of buyer protections, and the dealer’s honesty about selling recreations. Also described is Holding Court at Dyer where a makeshift 10 by 12 tent court handles cases via common sense and a US marshal, settling disputes informally.
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Custom House
France
Paris
Baltimore
South
New York Sun
Dyer
United States
New York
Harper’s Weekly
If Youth And Experience Could Only Go Together
A reflective piece on the clash between youth and age, noting how youth reject guidance from experience and learn too late. It laments the misfit nature of progress where discrimination and appreciation often arrive after risk, as parents urge caution and the nursery creed “Smother is always right” returns through experience.
Lawyer’s Opinion on Case Shown in Tribune Quote
A terse exchange shows an attorney asked if he has formed an opinion on the case. The Veniceman replies he has not spoken or formed an opinion for months, while the Chicago Tribune references a janitor at a women’s club.
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Veniceman
Chicago Tribune
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Honest John” Truss
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Ridgely, Md
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Phila
Stockholders’ Meeting
Alliance Preserving Company
W. A. Wilson
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H. W. Iynson
Sec’y
Journal
Piny Woods
Shimpetnoeus Youth
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