Explorations in Afghanistan Buddhist Remains Revealed
William Simpson’s visit to the Jellalabad Valley yields sketches and notes on Buddhist mounds, viharas, tope structures, and caves. The Anin Posh tope shows a square base with Corinthian pilasters, a 80 foot diameter circular top, and a 500 foot enclosure, with ashes, relic holder, and coins indicating a date no earlier than the second century.
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Jellalabad
William Simpson
Sir Samuel Browne
the Society of Arts
Buddhist Remains, Says Mr. Simpson
Afghanistan
Sanchi
Bharat
Amaravati
Jellaiabad
Bamian
Cabul
Hada
Darunta
Simpson
Anin Posh
Ether Freezing Machine Makes Ice From Cold Vapor
A new apparatus combines engine and air-pump with a refrigerator and ether condenser to make ice by evaporating ether at low temperature. The system uses a vacuum to vaporize ether, cooling brine circulated through zinc moulds to form ice blocks.
Jacobsen’s Method for Photo Printing Described
A detailed description of Jacobsen’s carbon printing technique using a gelatin frame gelatine mixture and gum arabic. The method covers inking with thick oil-based ink on a ground glass roller, transferring to albumenized paper, and handling moisture for multiple impressions. It notes the relief advantage over intaglio and potential color printing for round objects like bottles and vases.
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Jacobsen
Endless Rails Revolutionizes Child Transport In Paris Park
In Paris Jardin des Tuileries Clement Ador unveils a rail system where carriages move on linked rails with moving wheels and distributing rollers. Three carriages carry about thirty children drawn by two goats for seven hours, lifting and laying rails to follow curves. The three-carriage load weighs around a ton, requiring far fewer beasts than road transport. Normal speed is four miles per hour and the system targets goods use rather than passenger traffic.
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Jardin Des Tuileries
Paris
Clement Ador
Champs Elysees
Balata: A Substitute for Gutta Percha Emerges
A new elastic gum named Balata, the milky sap of the bully-tree from South American banks of the Orinoco and Amazon, rivals india-rubber and gutta-percha. It is tasteless, supplies an odor when heated, can be cut and joined like gutta-percha, and is more elastic than gutta-percha. It melts around 270 F, dissolves in benzole and carbon disulphide, and shows strong insulation. It resists caustic alkalis but is attacked by concentrated sulfuric and nitric acids.
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The
Polytechnic Review
Orinoco
Amazon
South America
Guiana
Lightning Rods and Grounding Advise Strongly
The article argues glass insulators are useless for lightning protection and urges tying lightning rods into a house’s metal systems and grounded moist earth. It cites telegraph arrester as proof that discharges jump even with glass barriers and recommends grounding via water pipes and metal masses around the home.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Health Tale
Results Tell the Tale What may we reasonably infer from the success of a medicine sent far and wide in foreign lands and endorsed by medical men The annual preparation and shipment employes a small army and the outlay is enormous Hostetter's Stomach Bitters leads as the American remedy for fever and ague liver complaint dyspepsia debility nervousness rheumatism and other ills It quickly proves a tonic and alterative with remarkable recovery in weak physiques and strong bilious relief for the sickly townsman.
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Whch
Horse and Catarrh in Livestock Ailment Defined
Agriculture notes describe catarrh in horses and cattle as an inflammatory nasal condition with fever. Symptoms include red nasal mucosa, watery discharge turning thick and purulent, eye involvement, and dullness. Etiology links chills and epidemics. treatment favors bran mash with nitre, corn removal, and mild laxatives, escalating to a vet if bronchial or pulmonary involvement occurs.
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Hors& Catarr
Corp
Dr Butt’s Cough Syrup Tops Local Shelves
Carpenter and Palmeter in Jamestown New York report Dr Butt’s Cough Syrup giving far the best satisfaction and leading all cough preparations on their shelves.
Fecundity of Grain and Real Crop Averages
A discussion of grain yields proposes corn or wheat could yield eighty ears per plant but notes actual average UK crops run about 32 to 50 bushels per acre. The text argues ideal yields of 100 bushels per acre are unattainable in practice, per statisticians.
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United Kingdom
VEGETINE Cited as Cure for Weakened Systems
An advertisement asserts VEGETINE has never failed to effect a cure, claiming to restore tone and strength to a debilitated system.
Lampass in Horses and Humane Remedies
The article explains Lampass as a swelling of the horse mouth bars caused by gum inflammation during shedding. It notes older horses may improve with little care while young ones can be relieved by small incisions. burning with a hot iron is condemned. A nurse jokes about Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a cure.
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Lenny
Dr. Bull
Dew Hazards for Cattle and Sheep in Damp Seasons
Heavy dews in late summer and early fall and light hoar frosts are not themselves harmful. The issue lies in wet pasture filling the stomach with decomposed plant matter, distending the stomach, and causing illness over time. Keep stock off damp grass until dew dries, especially for young animals, as days shorten and nights lengthen.
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Wayne County
Detroit
Justice Alley
Vosar
Sarah
Samuel
Haystack tonnage rules from old measurement manual
The text explains two formulas for estimating hay tonnage. For long or square stacks multiply length by width by half the altitude, then divide by 15. For circular stacks multiply the square of the circumference by four times the altitude, divide by 100 to get cubic yards, then divide by 15 to obtain tons.
Simmons' Liver Regulator Praised in Family Testimonial
Mrs Wise and Mrs Jones discuss relief from dyspepsia and bilious symptoms using Simmons' Liver Regulator. The testimonial from J A Nelson, merchant of Macon Georgia, claims no medicine expenses for five years aside from the Regulator and asserts improved sleep and digestion.
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Simmons
J. A. Nelson
Macon
Coffee Ice Cream From Fresh Roasted Mocha Berries
A vintage recipe describes making custard from a pint of cream and four egg yolks, then flavoring with freshly roasted mocha coffee berries. After steeping and chilling, the custard is frozen to yield delicate ice cream that preserves the coffee color. An infusion method uses two stages of coffee grounds and fresh grounds to flavor the cream before freezing.
Fumigation in Asthma and Its Noted Benefits
The article describes a fumigation method for asthma. A powder mixture uses nitrate of potash belladonna and stramonium leaves with sugar to slow burning. The saltpetre is dissolved in water to form a saturated solution mixed with the leaves, dried into a coarse powder, then ignited to emit fumes.
Two Orcans Regulate Stomach and Liver
The ad claims regulating the stomach first and the liver second yields health benefits, suggesting nineteen twentieths of human ailments arise from these organs. It promotes Hop Bitters as the sole remedy for perfect natural action of both organs.
A Pretty Dish or App versus and Kitchen Tips
A collection of domestic recipes and kitchen advice describing apple dessert preparations with fruit, meringue, and jelly, plus meat pie technique, soap price notes, appliance purchase tips, kitchen maintenance ideas, and Grilled Fowl with mushroom ketchup sauce and veal cutlets prepared in egg and bread crumb coating.
M Largeau Proposes Sahara Deforestation Causes Desert Rivers
In 1874 M Largeau traced the Igharghar valley and the Saha ran drought to forest clearing by pastoral Arabs. He argues deforestation reduces rainfall absorption, turning periodical rains into violent storms that wash away surface mold and dry springs drying major rivers.
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A M. Largeau
Igharghar
Rhadames
Algeria
Soodan
Chambas
Tell
Atas Mountain
M. Largeau
Expectorant Promises Quick Relief from Coughs
An old ad extols Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant as a sure remedy to end a cold and cure stubborn coughs. It claims to relieve anxiety about dangerous outcomes and to lay the foundation against pulmonary or bronchial ailments.
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D. Jayne
Impecunious Dialogue About Half-a-Crown Conundrum
A humorous exchange features an impecunious man and Jones debating possession and desire of a half crown. The Likely banter turns on promises to return a coin and whether one would refuse a good one, highlighting frugality and wit.
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Jones
Weill
Tam cashier in a clothing store joke
A boy explains his playful job title as cashier in a clothing store. He says clerks call him cashier a hundred times daily and he cheekily responds with cash, here.
Father and daughter spar over drinking in rustic exchange
Mr Tremarr appeals to Mrs Gluppins to abandon drink and reform while she quips that water would be handy for boiling potatoes, in a rural, dialect filled exchange.
Quack Remedies Endorsed by Mrs Partingron
Mrs PartinGron warns against quack rostrums and promotes Hop Bitters as a cure for general dilapidation and comic diseases. She claims they saved Isaac from a severe extract of tripod fever and calls them the ne plus unum of medicines.
Tramp Finds Cozy Nooks Along Steam Heating Lines
In a sleepy scene from J'raq, a tramp relies on the steam heating company's pipe tracks to stretch his mo sequito net and slumber through cold nights. The simple hideaways offer a comfortable midsummer dreamlike rest for the vagrant along the roadside route.
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J'raq
Earl ties up dog after six servants quit
An English coachman refused to tie up a dog claiming it was the butler’s duty and resigned. The butler declined and resigned, and after six servants left the earl took on the task himself.
Albany Man Declares English Only In Language Claim
An Albany man asserts he does not speak other languages and openly rejects learning them, claiming American is the only tongue he knows. The quote reflects attitudes toward multilingualism in the period.
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Albany
Beauty and hair as a social barometer
Pere muses that beauty draws with a single hair but modern standards fail to spark interest when a beauty is nearly bald with only one hair remaining. The remark contrasts past allure with current indifference.
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Pere
Resolution grounded in solid preamble and grounds
The statement urges preserving a resolution by grounding it on sound justification and complete with both the preamble and the action text. It emphasizes adherence to foundational justification and proper formulation.
Unclear Dialogue on Silk Goods Trade
Fragmentary dialog mentions dry goods and watered silk with stray questions and phrases. Lacking context, no clear subjects, dates, or outcomes are discernible.
Bronchial Troches Claim Remarkable Cures
A Detroit humor column riffs on patent medicines and everyday witticisms. It mocks Bronchial Troches with exaggerated claims while delivering a string of quips about honesty, candy, shoes, and a court scene involving a jealous alibi and a catnip tea joke.
Old physician offers free remedy recipe for lung ailments
An elderly physician now retired claims to possess a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all lung afflictions and nervous complaints. He promises to mail the recipe free in German French or English with full preparation and usage instructions to any reader who writes with a stamped return and paper name from Rochester New York.
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East India
W. W. Sherar
Powers’ Block
Rochester
New York
Premonition Fulfilled as Poet Dies After First Volume
A lady predicted her death upon printing her debut poetry volume and died soon after. The writer notes many poets, especially young women, experience no such forewarning, and such omens are uncommon.
Sherman & Co Seeks County Agent in Marshall Michigan
Sherman & Co Marshall Michigan seeks an agent in this county at once with a salary of 100 per month plus expenses. Full particulars require correspondence to the address given above.
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Sherman & Co
Marshall, Mich
Limnts to Butter-Makers pamphlet offer
A free pamphlet titled Limnts to Butter-Makers offers instructions to increase butter yield from 6 percent cream, improve butter quality by 20 percent, and produce gilt-edge butter year round. Send one stamp to Butter Improvement Co., Buffalo, N. Y., to obtain the booklet.
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Butter Improvement Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Dairymaid
Burraxo
N. F
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