Unpopular author aims to do what none have done before
A French journal quotes a bragging author seeking a feat no one has attempted or will again. An acquaintance coolly replies, propose writing a favorable notice of your own book. The item shifts to a string of humorous anecdotes about courts, preachers, and mispronounced lines, then details the New York Vermont slate belt profiting from marble quarries and slate as a regional industry.
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Lord Russell of
Killoween
Charles Russell
Sir Charles
Strathfieldsaye
Duke of Wellington
John
Beadle
New Hampshire
Chicago
West
Union
James Russell Lowell
Edward Everett Hale
Lowell
Moxkt
Where Slate Comes From Great Roofing Slate Exports Rise
The nineteenth annual U S Geological Survey examines New York and Vermont quarries as the source of most roofing slate. The United States exports over two and a half million dollars of roofing slate in recent years, with Great Britain Belgium and others importing since ocean freights are low.
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New York
Vermont
United States Geological Survey
Great Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Secrecy in Wireless Telegraphy Via Dual Transmitters
Pall Mall Gazette reports M. Tommasi's method to hide messages using two transmitters one sending real code and the other a stream of meaningless dots. The weaker transmitter limits range so only code signals arrive at the destination. An interceptor between stations would see both signals, rendering the message unreadable. The plan defeats cutting wires by forcing post to post testing to locate and remove blocks.
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M. Tommasi
Academie Des Sciences
Lord Wolseley
Tie
Pall Mall Gazette
Tuberculosis Found In Fishes In French Experiments
French researchers report fishes such as carps contracting tuberculosis from contaminated material. Germs implicated in human consumption caused deaths in fish and spread when fed to other fish, though they lose vitality in cold blooded hosts, making transmission to humans unlikely.
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France
Do Fishes Feel the Cold
The article argues that freshwater fish sense cold and migrate to deeper water in winter. It notes rare lone fish die during deep freezes, cites Swainson on tench in ponds after frost, and mentions eels and perch staying marketable when frozen into solid blocks for transfer between locations.
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Swainson
Fiercest of All Spiders Captivates London Zoo
An extraordinary spider, claimed as the fiercest of its kind, is discussed with notes on its unusual five legs per side compared with the ordinary four. The piece muses on modesty and vanity in people.
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London Zoo
Sondon
Varied Whist in the Smoking Car Aboard the Train
A Philadelphia Press fragment recalls a suburbite's reply that mornings vary in rail travel, noting as many as ten bands of whist played in the smoking car and other days seven. The scene blends humor with everyday transit banter.
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Philadelphia Press
Comic Snippets and Jests From Distant Papers
A collage of humorous quotes and dialogue excerpts from various papers. Topics range from relief in China to playful banter about fashion, weather parties, melted ice cream, and light domestic sketches amid casual conversations and puns.
Scientific explanation for baldness by hair and fat layer
A Washington skin specialist challenges the hat theory of male baldness. He claims men lack a thin adipose layer under the scalp, causing faster drying and hair loss, while women retain warmth and nourishment from this fat, making baldness rare in ladies.
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Washington
Puble Printa
Washington Star
Inventions Featured Include Safety Device for Drawbridges
A Maine inventor showcases a funnel enclosure insect trap and a conical shield. A Southern patent safety device uses wedge blocks and levers to shield rails as a draw opens. An oven thermometer uses a shaft and expandable bar to move a pointer with temperature. A fire rescue apparatus uses a U shaped rod and saddle to carry a person down a ladder. A sailing mast adjuster permits shifting the mast to the windward side with a horizontal arm and lever.
London's Lost Tunnel Found After Fifty Years Of Effort
A London tunnel two and three quarter miles long lay forgotten for over thirty years. Engineer George Threlfall of 50 Fenchurch Street finally uncovered the route from the General Post Office at St Martin's le Grand to Huston station after five years of arduous obstacles. The piece laments neglect and calls for turning the relic into a useful asset rather than letting it rot with rats and fungi.
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London
St. Martin’s-le-Grand
Huston Station
George Threlfall
Fenchurch Street
Wndsor
Neatest Town in the World Broek in Holland
Nearest town in the world Broek in Holland famed as the neatest. It once barred horses to keep streets clean and is kept as scrupulously as a man-of-war. A village of 2,700 residents with dam cheese as its main industry.
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Broek
Holland
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Clara
Marguerite
Tom
Somerville Journal
Amicus
Nui
Haywood
China
Tommy
Bobby
Indianapolis Journal
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Nell
Philadelphia Record
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