Duration of Dreams in Slumberland and Time Perception
A discussion at the British Medico-Psychological Society features Sir George H. Savage arguing that dreams occupy the briefest moments yet appear long. He recounts dreams triggered by waking events, notes his own sleep gifts, and cites Hutchinson on ancestral memories influencing dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Medico-Psychological Society
George H. Savage
DS Seiten
Oxford
Medico-Psychos Association
Simla Babies and Their Cold Water Rite
In the Simla mountains people practice pouring cold water over infants heads daily from birth to age four or five. The stream runs off without soaking clothes and the water’s soporific effect puts the child to sleep quickly. Usually one or two women supervise a group of babies.
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Simla
Wide World Magazine
Two Scots quip over short courtship and long courting
Two old Scotsmen debate domestic life and marriage. One notes Jamie Thompson and his wife enjoy a fair time together, while the other jokes he married after only a few years of courtship. A guest asks if long courtship guarantees happiness, and Septéman replies he courted ninety years to learn what a woman was before marrying.
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Jamie Thompson
Coortin
A Worthy Antagonist
A fragmentary Liverpool Mercury piece discusses Jorkins and a friend recalling visits to Nearer old caves. They mention forcing Maria out of a cave and the cave’s echo, noting Maria’s discomfort with the last word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorkins
Maria
Liverpool Mercury
Consolidated Stocks and the History of Consols
The passage explains consols as England’s funded debt and traces their origin from 1752 to 1870 when certificates began to represent them. It describes the 3 percent annual yield, transfer mechanics via Bank of England, and the obsolete tally system and its downfall, including the burning of tally records.
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England
Bank of England
What Do You Mean by Taps Question at Barracks
A group of Maryland girls visiting the Washington marine barracks asks what taps means. An officer explains taps is the nightly bugle call signaling lights out and is blown over the bodies of fallen soldiers.
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Marine Barracks
Washington
Maryland
Harper’s Weekly
Weekend Visit Amid Storm at Mrs Jones Cottage
An elderly hostess invites friends to a country cottage for a weekend as a heavy rainstorm drenches arrival. One guest reassures the host that the purpose is to see her, not merely to enjoy the bad weather, in a light exchange.
Curious River Tinto's Extraordinary Stone Bonding
Extraordinary qualities are attributed to the river Tinto in Spain. It is said to harden and petrify sand at its bed and that any stone falling into the stream and landing on another will unite into a single stone after a few months.
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Tinto
Spain
Birds Keep Us Alive and the Case for Birds
An essay extols birds for pest control and their ecological value. It cites a French scientist’s warning on bird extinction and argues humans gain from birds eating insects and worms. The piece notes song and silent birds serve man and warns against shooting them, citing practical labor data on shovelers and gun loads for context.
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Adam
Eve
Edward B. Clark
Country Gentleman
Scientific Shoveling Tests at Bethlehem Steel Works
At Bethlehem Steel works a series of tests determined the shovel load where a first class shoveler achieves maximum daily output without increasing effort. The study identifies the optimal load for peak productivity in manual material handling.
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Bethlehem Steel
Ordinary Method and Degrees In a Humorous Exchange
In a lighthearted vignette, Professor Sawyer, calm and precise, endures rheumatic pain as he travels down to the kitchen. His wife rushes to help, astonished by his steady progress and quips about his method as he explains he moved gradually, by degrees.
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Sawyer
De-Grees
Gladstone Sleepless Nights Revealed in Cabinet and Wind
In a rare confession, Mr Gladstone recalled two sleepless nights in his career. The first came during forming his first cabinet as he pondered ministerial harmony. The second occurred during a gale that afternoon when he considered whether a chestnut tree would survive to impress Lord Napier visiting the next day.
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Gladstone
Mr Gladstone
Lord Napier
Excused from Jury Duty Cited by Judge
A judge notes the defendant seeks relief from jury duty but says no good reason is given. The respondent cites dyspepsia and conflict with others as reasons to be excused, with references to saving money for the people.
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A. Pegees
Hright
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ACME
Larkin-Prince Hardware Co
Newberg, Or
Hutchinson
Pall Mall Gazette
British Consols
Earth
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