Senate Debates and Appropriations Amid Political Turmoil
The Senate tackled the Disbursing and Naval policy bills amid party lines. Votes on the Tilden electors continued, while the pacific railroad and District of Columbia budget measures advanced. A veto on improving U S laws was sustained and other appropriation actions proceeded.
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Ap E. Johnston
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A Curious Saltwater Bath Yields Diminutive Fish
In Waterford Mr. Scott, using melted snow mixed with rock salt as a daily bath for eye trouble, discovered a tiny three quarters of an inch fish in the glass. The transparent creature, bull head shaped with bead eyes, was preserved in a bottle and reportedly growing, prompting questions about its origin and life.
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P. T.heartt
Waterford
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Remedies and witticisms mix in a curious 19th century column
A New York Tribune correspondent notes home remedies and oddities from common varnish cures to tar water dyes and deafness tips. Quips on a slippering sun, church talk, statues, and a child’s testaments wrap a fragmentary look at daily life and humor.
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New York Tribune
Ancient Maps at Paris Exhibit Show Medieval World Views
At the 1875 International Geographical Congress in Paris a ninth or tenth century Beatus map presents the earth as a spherical plane bordered by water with Europe in the lower left, Africa on the right, and Asia above. Paradise marks Adam and Eve at the top while four winds sit in corner bottles. Cabot’s 1544 world map also appears with Latin and Spanish captions and depictions of indigenous peoples and fantastical monsters.
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Eve
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John
North America
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Young nobleman and shocked guardian in grim accident
In a grim accident a young nobleman learns his valet is dead, cut in two. A guardian asks him to check which half holds the key to the carpetbag, revealing a bleak, darkly comic moment.
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Gyer
Aly Jord
Centaur Liniment Promises Pain Relief and Healing
The Centaur Liniment claims to extract soreness, ease pain, and heal rheumatism and various injuries without mending bones or curing cancer. Testimonials from Josiah Westlake and Druggist Bennett praise its effectiveness for rheumatism, burns, bites, stings, frost, and other ailments, while promoting its affordability and reliability.
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Marysville
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Rock Prairie
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