Sleep's Dominant Idea Triggers Wakefulness Under Fatigue
A study of extraordinary sleep patterns shows extreme fatigue can override conscious control and coax the body to sleep, while a waking intention can nudge the brain to awaken at a set time. Examples include soldiers at sea, a French traitor in 1757, and naval officers like Sir Edward Codrington. The mechanism hinges on dominant ideas imprinted on lower brain centers guiding automatic actions. The cause of sleep remains debated by science.
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Sinseber
the Nile
Carpenter
Damiens
Paris
Buch
Sir Edward Codrington
Lord Hood
Toulon
Andrew Wen
Harper
How They Made Mummies And Clever Puzzles
The article describes three mummification methods with costs from a talent of silver to a few minutes' wage, detailing brain removal, Canopic jars, natron, and minimal salting. It then presents two brainteaser puzzles about time zones and a monkey on a balance rope, noting varied opinions among mathematicians.
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Budge
Lost Rose Heist on Park Place Platform
A station guard snatches a large red rose from a hurried woman, then fondles it amid jeers from brakemen. A tired mother’s girl, eyes bright with longing, seizes the rose and the chop falls silent as the crowd watches.
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Park Place
New York Commercial Advertiser
When does the day begin in a puzzling note
Two posers, including Lewis Carroll, famed author of Alice in Wonderland, enjoyed presenting curious problems to friends. One puzzle asks when the day begins, hinting at Carrolls love of playful wordplay and riddles.
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Lewis Carroll
Secrets of the Post Office Secret Service Revealed
The London Letter describes how the post office secret service operates with two branches and vigilant watchers. It explains how letters are opened and resealed using bread dough impressions and edge tricks, plus the methods to detect tampering and the steady surveillance of new workers.
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England
General Post Office
Secret Service
Postal Secret Inquiry Branch
Postoffice
Home Secretary
John Manners
Post Office
London
Glase In Fifteen Years Before Kitchener’s Omdurman Return
Cozzi recounts fifteen years of imprisonment ending with rescue by General Kitchener. He describes how, seeing a mirror for the first time since capture, he found himself a hollowed, broken man and wept for the first time in years. His wife died soon after his capture, and his child perished in famine while he endured harsh treatment.
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Cozzi
Kitchener
Omdurman
Adders Swallow Duck Eggs by Back Papilla Saw Teeth
A small adder about 28 inches long feeds on duck eggs nearly two inches in diameter. The neck bones act as a backward saw to pierce and drain the egg, then the shell is expelled and the snake becomes inert, resembling a photographer's bulb.
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Museum of Natural History
Paris
Guilleme
Chimney Climate and Its Foggy Deception
A Boston Transcript note argues that urban fogs arise from dust particles and invisible vapors released by factories. It questions scientists’ failure to find an antidote and claims fog is manufactured before our eyes.
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Men of Science
Boston Transcript
The Gospel of Relaxation Excerpt by William James
A slice from Scribner's presents William James arguing for mental calm through bodily stillness. He asks how inner panting or expectancy can exist if posture breathing and muscle tension are relaxed and controlled.
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Professor William James
Scribner's
Cleaning Chamois Cloth and Welsh Mineral Wealth
To clean chamois skin soak in ammonia wash and rinse then dry in shade. Wales tops Britain in mineral wealth with over 4 per acre output while England and Scotland yield around £2 per acre. Projections claim world population may double in 260 years.
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Wales
Great Britain
England
Scotland
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