Sleep Habits Across Animals From Night to Day
The article surveys how various animals sleep, noting elephants rest their legs while standing, cattle and horses lie down, birds like storks gulls and ducks show diverse one foot or water sleeping, while bats parrots and sloths have unique head, body positions and some creatures never sleep such as snakes fish and hares. It argues there is no universal rule and darkness typically triggers sleep with exceptions like owls and bats due to feeding needs.
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Bera
India
One Head Of Family Quarrel Mocked In Crowd
An audience member replies I do to a question about one head of family. He says he has just paid for hats for nine daughters. The exchange is excerpted from Fun and Frolic in The People's Home Journal of December. Congress has appropriated money for experiments to increase sugar beet seed production in the United States.
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People’s Home Journal
Congress
United States
Green Heron as a Masterpiece of Calm Delight
A Maurice Thompson passage frames a green heron as a living painting beyond reach and a dreamlike scene. The narrator admires the bird as a symbol of tranquil wonder, its subtle shadows and harmonized colors evoking enchantment and romance.
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Maurice Thompson
Care With Electricity Warns Against Handling Live Fixtures
The Electrical Experimenter warns extreme caution with all electrical fixtures. Do not touch switches or sockets with wet feet or while standing on a wet floor, especially after storms that may blow down high voltage lines.
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A. C
D. C
The Horse Fair Masterpiece Ends Up in New York
Rosa's celebrated painting The Horse Fair attracts endless sketches and praise as its lively Norman horses burst across the scene. Though she calls it her Parthenon frieze, the work travels worldwide and finally rests in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, far from her studio.
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Rosa
France
Ocean
Metropolitan Museum
New York City
Prayer Flags of Tibet and the Sacred Road
National Geographic describes Tibetans circling sacred roads around Thasa and across limestone rockBuddha carvings with prayer flags. Pilgrims spin prayer wheels and hang cloth prayers to send merit to heaven, believing motion accrues merit and absolves sins.
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Thasa
Tibet
National Geographic Magazine
Unknown Self Declares Its Eternal Enigma
Quote from Life describes the unknowable as the intimate, unseen force within daily life. It asserts that you will never truly know yourself and will always mistake your identity for a bigger mystery.
Bright student answers exam trick question about Columbus
In a New York Times anecdote a bright boy correctly recalls 1492 as the year Columbus sailed. When asked why, he jokes that he knew the examiner would ask.
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America
New York Times
An Office Cushion Advice From Good Housekeeping
The article suggests workers' relatives craft a chair cushion to protect trousers or skirts from shine and help garments hold their shape, crediting Good Housekeeping.
Witty Quip on Meeting a College Mate’s Offspring
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes a humorous exchange about meeting the grown son and grown daughter of former college mates. The exchange remarks how such encounters make a person feel older, highlighting social ironies across generations.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Modern steamers afloat the tela in Baltimore talk
The Baltimore American reports on modern steamers signaling with bell buoys and placing emphasis on new maritime practices and equipment as ships navigate waters.
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Tela
Baltimore American
Waiting room described for new store in Boston Transcript
A correction notes a large ladies waiting room in the new store while questioning the absence of a similar space for the small arse. The brief reflects a local newspaper correction and a humorous aside.
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Boston Transcript
Table Etiquette Rules From an Indianapolis Star Item
Dicey dining guidance outlines table etiquette including proper use of utensils napkin rings and seating. It covers stacking utensils before dinner leaving the table only after others finish eating and rules about eating pie and cheese. It also notes smoking at the table only if dining alone and harboring a grudge.
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Indianapolis Star
Ancient Roman Aqueduct at Nimes and Pont de Gard
The Nimes aqueduct is famed as a perfect Roman relic with three arch tiers. It rises about 120 feet above the river and served as both bridge and aqueduct. The Pont de Gard in contrast is linked to Agrippa and dated about fifty years before Christ.
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Nimes
Pont de Gard
Agrippa
Christ
No Celestial Explorer
A matter of fact man counters celestial talk by claiming earthly conditions explain all hard luck and temperamental quirks, noting no interest in cosmic explanations.
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Washington Star
Wattles Says He Can Mail Letters Too
Mrs. Wattles states he can write letters as well, adding to the pile of mail tasks. The brief note appears in the Kansas City Star.
As We All Think You and I Are Folke on Earth
A fragmentary Detroit Free Press quote reflects on shared humanity. The line suggests a wistful view of common ground between people, emphasizing mutual perspective and connection in a concise, reflective style.
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Detroit Free Press
Starred Tortoise Observed With Bow Starlike Markings
A description notes an Indian starred tortoise with yellow bowstarlike markings across its shell and body, highlighting its distinctive pattern.
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