Egyptian Camp Life Compared With British Forces
The article contrasts Egyptian camps with British life in wartime, noting mixed uniforms among Egyptians, Bedouin and Nubian dress, and quiet prebattle routines. It highlights Bedouin gatherings, narghileh smoke, and a storyteller group, while praising Egyptian troops as well trained under American and other foreign officers. Arabi Bey’s defenses at Ramleh and the Mahmoudieh Canal are discussed, with marshy terrain hindering cavalry and artillery movements on the neck of land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Cairo
Alexandria
Fez
Toerce
Soudan
Genii
Arabi
Ramleh
Aboukir Lake
Lake
Marcotis
Mahmoudieh Canal
Arabi Bey
Gas burner rivals electric lamp with platinum gauze cap
A London invention proposes a dual pipe burner delivering air under pressure and gas to a platinum gauze cap. When ignited, the gas air mix yields a bright steady light claimed to double Argand burner output for the same gas, with low heat and no tarnish on a silver plate, potentially aiding gas companies against electric light competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yorkshire jumper Ireland Amazes with Nine-Horse Leap
Strutt notes Ireland, a Yorkshire jumper, as an English authority on games. Ireland stood six feet tall and at 18 leaped over nine horses in a row without a spring board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strutt
Ireland
Driving Cows With Horses Brings Cruelty and Loss
A letter condemns using horses to herd milk cows at pasture, noting faster pace damages udders and causes illness or death. It argues boys become cruel and families suffer poorer milk, urging end to the practice and warning of social judgment.
Hand Hoe Enduring On Western Farms Despite Cultivator Gain
The hand hoe remains essential even as horse cultivators gain traction on Western farms. Farmers note the hoe performs tasks no horse implement can, such as removing stones and soil crust, weeding around emerging plants, and preparing fields before cultivator use. Fields touched by the hoe show higher productivity than those cultivating alone.
Potting Movuto and Vermin Control
There is one infallible method of treating potting mould suspected of harboring vermin. Fill pots the day before use and water the soil with boiling water. Do not mix coal ashes with potting mould. Earthworms are not enemies and help ventilate subsoil. lime water can eject them from pots or lawns while benefiting plants.
Indigestion in Young Chicks and Turkeys Prevented
A historic note outlines a disease labeled indigestion in young fowls, caused by sour uncooked food, lack of gravel and green feed. Prevention stresses cooked meals, gravel, and greens with onion tops or lettuce added. Remedies include croton oil or rhubarb tincture in early stages, then cooked rice or bread soaked in milk, seasoned with pepper, plus charcoal to aid digestion.
How to Make an Oilcloth Wagon Cover
To craft an oilcloth wagon cover apply two coats on each side of a varnish mixture. Use one gallon of linseed oil with three ounces each of dried sulphate of zinc and sugar of lead, plus eight ounces litharge. Boil with constant stirring until it strings, cool slowly, then skim the clear part and thin with boiled oil if needed. The result is a flexible coating that folds easily.
Winter blooming plants guidance for pot growth
Instructions advise delaying full bloom during summer to strengthen plants. Pinching growth tips and removing most flower buds during the season yields robust, well formed specimens ready to bloom in winter.
Crop rotation suggestion to keep land covered
The author argues for keeping land covered by vegetation by alternating crops. They propose plowing under one crop while planting another and outline sequences with buckwheat, winter rye, and potatoes to maintain soil cover and reduce plowing costs.
Oxalic Acid Aids Seed Sprouting for Very Old Seeds
An English scientific journal reports that oxalic acid promotes germination in seeds even after forty years. The method involves soaking seeds for one or two days in an oxalic acid solution until they begin to open, then removing and planting. Readers are invited to test and report results.
Domestic tips and recipes from a late era guide
Practical household lore covers hair care methods for longevity, fly control, textile care, and a variety of pantry and dessert recipes. It lists make‑and‑do cures, soups and puddings, cakes and pies, and remedies, with instructions for flypaper, bread doughs, and apple drinks.
London Society offers three annual prizes for telegraphic papers
The London Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians will award three annual prizes for original papers on telegraphic or electric subjects from nonmembers. The first prize is worth £10, and the two runners up £5 each. Submissions must be received before the end of May.
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London Society of Telegraph Engineers and of Electricians
Oysters Live Twenty Four Hours in Exhausted Receiver
A historical note explains oysters can survive twenty four hours in an exhausted receiver while a candle flame dies within a minute and charcoal lasts five minutes, illustrating reactions to air depletion.
Humorous family dinner mischief with Freddie
A boyFreddie spills details about Mr Lighted at a family meal causing embarrassment as the mother and father scold him for improper behavior. The clan discusses the ladle use and Freddie’s repeated talks with the parents about his fingers.
Testimony on Hop Bitters Efficacy From Pittsburg Reader
A reader known as Gillilan from July 25 1878 shares a testimonial praising Hop Bitters for mild taste and health benefits. Friends Mrs Cresswell and Mrs Connor also report strong results in building strength and toning the system. The writer cites relief from costiveness headache and loss of appetite and says he no longer needs his annual doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillilan
People’s Advocate
Pittsburg
The Footman Delivers Cards With A Twist
A gentleman discovers he has left his visiting cards and sends his new footman to fetch them from the sitting room. The footman returns with three cards the king of spades the six of hearts and the act of clubs prompting the master to exclaim that the deuce is gone.
A Protective Duty In Purchasing Kidney-Wort
The notice states that a person with derangement of the kidneys or liver has a protective duty to buy a package of Kidney-Wort. It asserts the product imparts new vitality to the sick body and cures by eliminating obstructive matter as claimed by the Democrat.
Judgment Day Light and Thunder Fire Near Washington Ga
A family near Washington Georgia woke to a blazing engine house lit by the awake wife. As flames roared and thunder rumbled, one member cried Judgment day has come and another echoed Gabriel's horn. After the mill whistle blew, fear subsided but lingered.
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Washington, Ga
Gabriel
Knight's Asthma and Hay Fever Cure Treatise Ad
The L. A. Knight Company of New York advertises a free treatise on Asthma and Hay Fever Their Cause and Cure. The pamphlet is well written and offers many valuable suggestions for sufferers. See testimonials of Knight's Asthma Cure in another column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Knight Company
Broadway
New York City
Knight
Man Refuses Oath In Montreal Court
Tury faced trouble swearing in a Chinaman in a Montreal court. He claimed belief in nothing, refused to swear on a sau cer, and gave evasive replies about Buddhism and his religion. He ultimately swore by crossing his hands on his heart.
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Tury
Montreal
Ohio
Caswell Hazard Liver Oil and Juniper Soap Ad
Pure cod liver oil from selected livers offered by Caswell Hazard & Co New York. The ad claims purity sweetness and patient preference as physicians rate it superior to other oils. Also promotes Juniper Soap for chapped hands faces pimples and rough skin treatment.
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Seashore
Caswell, Hazard & Co
N. Y
New York
Under false colors
A New Haven man scolds his wife for letting a dirty child run around, comparing him to a monkey and saying he just ran the boy into Neighbor Jones' yard. She questions whether he was there, and he replies the boy will pass for Jones’ dirty brat as long as he is there.
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New Haven
Jones’ Yard
Jones
Deodorized Carboline Promises Scalp and Skin Revival
Digest describes Carboline as a clear deodorized petroleum extract once touted as a universal remedy for scalp and skin diseases and hair renewal. The text references social dining banter about Langdale and Rose, and mentions Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a leading female treatment.
Ax Insh Gentleman Seeks View of Small Picture Room
A gentleman with a small picture room invites others to view it together. He quips that the space cannot hold everyone if they all enter at once, implying limited capacity or a humorous constraint.
Question on Charity and Wealth Language
A fragment questions why funds are habitually given to the poor as if a newborn babe. It reflects on the value and rarity of money given in charity.
Guiteau Case Echoes in Domestic Banter
In a quirky exchange, Job Shuttle urges his wife to stay calm as she frets over the Guiteau affair. He minimizes the tension, jokes about brain fissures, then plans a fishing day, leaving her fuming and alone in a tense moment.
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Guiteau
Job Shuttle
Job
Dr Pierce Remedies Promoted In Quack Slogans
An old newspaper snippet markets Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription for consumptive and female ailments. It notes Dr Pierce’s pills as superseding purgatives while promoting these patent medicines sold by druggists amid light political quips.
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Dr. Pierce
Coop Catcher Raises Neighbor's Question on Animal Aid
A farmer notes his watch dog’s quick learning, while a neighbor asks if the coop catcher is a successful animal. The ad claims Kidney-Wort clears foul humors and promotes healthy kidney and liver action, preventing gravel diabetes constipation rheumatism.
Eminent Provincial Tragedian and a Caution on Kidneys
A dialogue references a famed provincial actor and a mother scolding a sleepy youth after a soliloquy. The piece then shifts to a medical claim about kidney trouble being common and dangerous, promoting Hop Bitters as a preventative cure. The tone mimics period newspaper health notes.
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Sweet One
Vegetine cure claims and humorous exchange in story
A fragmentary piece describes a married man avoiding a former clerk with safety pins and promotes Vegetine as a cure for long standing scrofula. The text includes a remark about a donkey laughter and Mr. Snooks reacting with embarrassment.
Sire I have suffered for many years with inflammatory kidney and bladder disease
The letter from Mrs Mary Stager praises Warner safe kidney and liver cure for years of kidney and bladder inflammation. It also warns against removing grape vine tops, noting green branches conduct glucose and excess leaf removal harms grape sugar and fruit quality.
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East Aron Stree
Porrsville
H. H. Warner & Co
Mary StaGer
M. Macagno
Kidney Disease Cure Advertisement in Jersey City
An advertisement claims relief for kidney disease pain irritation retention and incontinence. It mentions a remedy called Buchu paila and offers a pamphlet for $1, requesting readers to send orders to E. Wells Jersey City New Jersey.
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Wea1s
Jsisey City
N. J
Snail Horns Use Hollow Tubes for Eyes and Optics
The water snail’s horns are hollow tubes. When drawn in, the eyes disappear down the tubes. To reveal optics again, the surrounding muscles contract and slowly push the tip outward.
Dr Kimnes Great Nerve Restorer Marvels The Age
An advertisement touts Dr Kimne's Great Nerve Restorer as a cure for all nerve diseases claiming fits stop free and directs readers to send for the treatment at 981 Arch Street Philadelphia PA.
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Kimne
Arch Street
Phhiladelphia
H. W. Lobb
North Yifternth Street
Philadelphia
Strengthful Englishman Topham Bends Iron Bar
Englishman born in 1710 named Topham possessed astonishing strength. His armpits were muscular and he could bend a heavy iron bar by fixing its ends in his hands and forcing the middle behind his neck until the ends met.
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Topham
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Kenness
Drugrista
Hop Bitters Mfr. Co
Rochester
N.Y
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Aablaaty
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Medical and Surgical Institute
J. W. Grindle
Pe. Kline
Kli K
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Marrage
Paychalg
Honey
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Farmer Hodges
Mr. Snooks
E . Louse
America
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Mesers
Lynn
Mass
United States
Brupertus
Wadsworth
de Gruce & Co
Ces St
Bend
Ayne
England
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J. B. Hopia
Perso Street
Philadela
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Mnal
Papee
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