24 Sep 1887
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1887
Page
1
A collage of Lost Worlds style prose describes Wolland's green meadows canals and windmills, then shifts to urban bicycle culture near Central Park with riders in knickerbockers and an early urban cycling scene. It notes oyster beds decline, and recalls the first iron wrecks and shipwreck lore from Yorkshire.
A fragmentary collection notes life on a southern California sheep ranch as a sparse, sunbaked homestead with rough, unpainted structures. It contrasts a city dweller or bachelor proprietor with a rugged, lonely lifestyle and hints at poverty, gender dynamics, and distant ties to San Francisco. A second piece observes Chinese migrants in New York pawn shops, noting daily patronage and motives tied to gambling, while a final remark cites Sydney Smith on children's perceived wisdom and folly.
Mr Romanes lists observable emotions in animals including surprise fear social and parental feelings industry curiosity jealousy anger play affection sympathy pride terror grief hate cruelty benevolence revenge rage shame humor deceit and other traits across mollusca fish cephalopoda reptiles birds hymenoptera carnivora ruminants monkeys elephants apes and dogs in his survey of animal minds.
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