Colossal Jupiter Largest and Strangest Planet Described
The article details Jupiter as the first and largest planet with a mean distance of 483 300 000 miles from the sun, about 1300 Earths in size, and 316 times Earth’s weight. It notes rapid rotation, belts in the cloudy surface, a red spot seen since 1878, few polar belts, eight moons, and low solar radiation limiting life prospects.
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Thiers Remembrance Missed by Old Marseillais Schoolmaster
An anecdote from Lady Dorothy Nevill’s Under Five Reigns recounts M. Thiers visiting Luxembourg. The burgomaster praises an elderly Marseillais who taught at his school for twenty years, only to discover Thiers himself once the pupil. The old man fails to recall Thiers’ notable roles or writings.
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The Unhappy Medium Joke At Dinner
A French noblewoman unhappy in marriage told friends she wished to wed in English in a rage where vows are kept. A guest quipped asking what she married before, another replied broken ones. Kansas City message.
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Satirical tale and historic execution noted in old chronicle
A plumber recounts a lawyer’s sting that ends in tragedy as the lawyer ignores a thief’s money in a sting operation. The piece then shifts to 1560 chronicles of Sir William Collingwood, executed in 1484 for a witty squib about England under Richard III titled The rat the cat and Lovel the dog.
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Ghostly encounter rattles a Southern manor
Aunt Caroline claims a ghost spoke by the well to a Black servant who swears the specter talked in dialect the mistress cannot understand. The mistress dismisses ghosts but the exchange hints at hidden tensions and storytelling from Lippincott's.
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Why the Rainbow Appears From Droplets and Sun
The rainbow forms when sunbeams reflect off raindrops. Look away from the sun to see the arc. for afternoon storms the sun is west, so the rainbow appears to the east. Morning storms show the rainbow in the west while the sun is in the east.
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