Angel Paradise in Paradise Arizona a tale of luck and a girl
Lonesome Linthicum recalls Paradise Arizona where he and Bill Jernigan settle a feud in a saloon. Angel Paradise a little girl in a white dress appears on the bar and charms all, leading to a toast for the surprise visitor. The memory ends with a promise to settle the fight another day.
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Lonesome
Chuir Rotunda
Paradise
Arizona
Big DI Jernigan
William Jernigan
Congress
Montana
Bill Jernigan
Washington
Bill
Dill
Hill
Denver
Edwin Booth
Pete
Dutch Henry
Dutch
Emi
Angel
Pap Johnson
BU Jernigan
Mamma
Anna Louise
Nuffin
Lannon Bridge
Heaven
St. Louis
Angel Paradise
Pop
Mr. Hawthorne
Boston
Papa
Tucson
Surry
Pete's
Atmospheric cause of star twinkling per early astronomers
In London T. P. s Weekly F R A S argues that the weight of evidence favors an atmospheric explanation for stellar twinkling. He cites Newton Galileo Kepler Ptolemy Aristotle and Arago noting light passes through air layers whose varying temperatures and densities affect twinkle with altitude and atmospheric state.
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Newton
Galileo
Kepler
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Arago
London
T. P
S Weekly
Glasses of seeds and speeches at the crossroads
A granger complains that a congressman from the district sent him a parcel of garden seeds none of which arrived. The crossroads grocer replies that the man should not expect more, joking the speeches might have been on phonograph records.
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Congress
Crossroads Grocery
Why Cats Fall on Feet
An experimental model with a cardboard cylinder and rod legs shows a cat’s knack for landing on its feet. The tail’s rotation aids turning and balance, according to a zoological garden supervisor who cites monkeys and squirrels as examples. Tail length correlates with climbing and leaping ability, and losing a tail diminishes balance and agility.
Effective Drying Methods For Small Laundry Articles
A livery washerwoman uses a long shallow bag of mosquito netting with a drawstring to dry small items without blowing away. Other tips include a transparent Isinglass sheet to hold cookbooks open in use and a home laundry shelf with hooks for indoor drying and storage on rainy days.
Currant Pastry on Tin Crust
Layer sheet tin 14 by 9 inches with pastry and spread currants. Mix one egg with two thirds cup sugar to form a thick paste and apply with a fork. Sprinkle nutmeg, add top crust, trim edges, fold to seal, and bake just until a delicate brown. Watch to avoid overbaking and a hard interior.
Secrets for preserving plant pots and laundry care
Old hot water bags or rubber objects can be cut into circles to place under plant saucers for moisture control. A glaze for starched clothes is achieved by adding a teaspoonful of salt and pulverized soap to every two cupfuls of starch. Quicklime serves as an inexpensive disinfectant in cellars and dark damp corners.
Summer Fish Salad Preparations with Simple Dressing
A practical recipe for a popular summer dish using cold boiled fish two hard boiled eggs lettuce and a thick dressing. Wash and dry the lettuce lay on a white dish quarter the eggs around the salad cut the fish into neat pieces and top with dressing. Cod hake or haddock are suggested firm fish options.
Squash Soup Recipe From Old Household Tips
This brass era recipe uses boiled squash pressed through a sieve with salt sugar pepper mace and onion juice. It includes minced celery or celery wall, hot milk with soda, and butter and flour to thicken ready to serve.
Swifter Than the Pigeon A Antwerp swallow outruns pigeons
A Antwerp citizen tested speed and homing instinct by sending 250 carrier pigeons by train to Compiegne while a marked swallow left at 7 15 am and returned to its Antwerp nest in 67 minutes. The pigeons took 4 hours 7 minutes to cover 147 miles. The swallow averaged about 132 mph versus pigeons around 35 mph.
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Antwerp
London
New York Sun
Compiegne
France
Seize the tail and hold on to get ahead
A rustic adage urges patience and persistence over chasing glory. It contrasts bold frontiers with steady grip, advising young men to cling to what they have to advance, while a Boston Herald critique notes the clash between idealized culture and practical domestic skills.
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Columbia
Ala
Breeze
Food for Pet Owls from St. Nicholas
Young owls thrive on fresh meat and can be raised with chopped beef or mutton for the first four to five weeks. Afterward, mice rats and English sparrows served whole become preferred, provided the prey is not too large and can be swallowed whole.
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St. Nicholas
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