Old Tale Retold on Love and Youth in Verse
In the New York Herald, a playful verse traces a girl through stages of life from sweet sixteen to thirty-five. The maiden and later the woman question suitors with phrases who is he what is he and where is he as expectations shift and hope wanes.
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Sweet
New York Herald
John Goldby
Bessie
Barnaby Morton
Tim
Barnaby
Brighton
Thom
Mayhem Villa
Selby
Vin
Miss Trevor
Burnaby
McCloskey
Waterloo
Maythorn Villa
Italf
Mynydd Menydd
Swansea
Wales
Tus
Barnaby and the Burglar Trap Plan
Barnaby Morton aids his uncle John Goldby while Bessie nears romance with Captain Dashbury. A doctor’s warning and a plan to trap burglars leads to a staged poisoning tactic gone awry as a fake captain is revealed as a former swindler. The outcome foils the theft and preserves Barnaby’s standing with his uncle.
Inventions Show Off Locks For Nuts And Water Devices
Recent inventions include a nut locking device using a lever to bite threads and prevent rotation. A water reservoir lever cuts off supply as tanks fill and rings a bell when water rises high. New kneading machine mixes dough with a vertical shaft and fluted rollers. A glove stretcher delivers powder to ease fitting. A door check uses an elastic roll to cushion closing. A box washer handles photographic plates with adjustable partitions and guideways.
Great Britain's Doctors Count in The Lancet
The Lancet reports 34,994 practitioners in Great Britain hold British degrees.
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Great Britain
The
Lancet
Simple smoke-box for farmers to cure bacon at home
A low cost method lets farmers smoke pork on site. Construct a portable box 8 by 4 feet with no bottom and a side door for loading meat. A distant fire feeds smoke through a trench or stove pipe to keep the meat from direct heat, preventing overcooking.
Old Farm Notes on Smoke Box Bacon and Orchard Tips
A nineteenth century farming column details building a smoke box for bacon with stovepipe, then shifts to soil needs for pears on clay, thinning early apples for codling moth control, and dangers of tree roots invading underdrains. It further covers irrigating crops with plaster lath tubes, keeping hogs fed in summer, artificial fertilization of figs, sunflower poles for beans, and lawn planting ideas.
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Calkins
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Sperm Whale Fights Off Killer Whales in Sea Battle
A vivid account describes a sperm whale attacked by three killers off Porte A cargo, one whale knocked about as the killers struck from above and under, a brutal struggle ending with the whale dying after the pack finishes its assault. A later encounter details a bull sperm whale fending off a swordfish and two killers, the whale sustaining a near mortal blow but prevailing briefly before the killers flee.
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Mr. Bullerois
Porte
Sin
Jeryvine
Mar. Bullens
Brave Private Damps Earth to Save Battery Crew on Jubilee Day
A Jubilee salute near Lime Point Port went wrong when a 50 pound powder charge flared. Private John M. Jones used bare hands and damp earth to smother the fire, saving seven men and an officer from catastrophe. The tale recalls similar acts of bravery in historic wars and a Welsh mine chapel ritual.
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California
IMO
Battery 1
Lime Point Port
San Princeis
John M. Jones
Syeour
Awas
Peel
Royal Navy
Robert Peel
Sebastopel
Curious Heron’s Nest Displayed at Ornithologists Club
A heron’s nest built largely of wire from vericultural binding gear was shown at a British Ornithologists Club meeting. The nest, blown from a Stoke Park tree in Notts, revealed other similarly constructed nests when viewed with field grass.
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Ornithologist's Club
Stoke Park
Notts
Hercury
Torpedo Boats Seek Invisibility By Mirror Bow Patent
A inventor claims a mirror attached to a torpedo boat bow can deflect searchlight rays to hide the vessel's subsurface, applying for a patent. The article notes the principle is old but the application is new.
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Ats
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Eden
bKidy
Thwickenham
Goldbys
Captain Dashbury
Goldby
Twickenham
Shavn
Dashbury
Mrs. Goldby
Wes
Hore
Hegan
Jessie
Dick Selby
Dr. Maddock
Acord
Mr. Goldby
Robert Hiwkins
Riley
Jones
Ohio
Smyrna
Los Angeles
A. J. Arthur
Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural
J. L. Lewin
Akebia
Actinidia
Jersey
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