Going to the Circus in War Time Youth
A country boy recalls a family farm morning in 1864 when soldiers in blue uniforms pass by and the family learns a cousin or neighbor will attend a county circus. The narrator walks to the show with excitement, describes the parade, animals, and ring acts, and ends with a chaotic town-fight scene leaving the family to return home as the circus departs for the next town.
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Lou
Times
Acarcely
John
Joshua
Garden of Eden
Corm
Temple of Justice
Girla
Drum and &Fe
Sible
Rube
Chicago Chronicle
Li Hung Chang Seen as Liberal Yet Hostile to Foreigners
The article portrays Li Hung Chang as liberal in education and reformist in government but fundamentally hostile to foreigners. It notes his Confucian admiration, his calls for reform of provincial powers and public service exams, and his view that China is hampered by antiquated customs.
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Li Hung Chang
China
Ito
Telephone Wires Said to Shield Towns from Lightning
German Telegraph Department studies observed 340 towns with telephone networks and 500 without. Lightning struck in towns with phones only three times per hour, compared with five times in those without. The intensity of strikes was also lower where telephone systems existed.
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German Telegraph Department
Lightnig
Sunlight and Health Show Sun Exposure Kills Germs
Experimental observations at a Washington meeting of the Biological Society show direct sunlight killing bacteria on gelatine plates while shaded areas allow growth. The result is offered to explain how sunlight aids healing in sick rooms.
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Biological Society of Washington
Debated Origins of a Universal Sign Language
The article cites Dr. Taylor and Sir Richard Burton noting deaf mutes in Berlin understood signs used by Arapahoe Indians for basic words. It discusses a possible “natural language” of signs shared by all races and compares human lifespans to animal longevity with examples like the Ajax elephant.
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Taylor
Berlin
Richard Burton
Arapahoe
Earth
d’Hygiene
Ajax
Alexander
Porus
A Meteor's Adventure Across the Upper Atmosphere
A meteor seen over England and the North Sea passed York at fifty-five miles and Sunderland at fifty-three miles, then Heligoland at fifty-five miles. It moved about twenty miles per second, possibly escaping back into space, suggesting a fiery, fleeting journey through the upper air. Professor McGee proposes naming this era Tennessee epoch, a geologic period of chemical activity and land leveling when the Tennessee River shaped the southeastern United States, linking to the Mississippi.
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England
North Sea
City of
York
Outer Space
Tennessee
W. J. McGee
Washington
United States
Great Plains
Tennessee River
Mississippi
Cumperland
Appalachian
Teglona
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