Provincial Travel Tales and Odd Encounters in Harpers
A narrator reflects on travel clichés and provincial sensibilities while recalling a vivid scene of a camel laden with cactus at a cafe. He contrasts exotic travelers with familiar New England norms and recalls a remote encounter in the Upper Caucasus and Kiloluvii in Paumotus. This piece blends humor and cultural observation from Harpers Magazine.
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Juesus
Bedouau
Nuut Hick
Caucasus
Cirles
New England
Wilbur Aniel Steele
Harpers Aagazine
Great Portrait Painter Gilbert Stuart Biography
Gilbert Charles Stuart, born 1756 in Innagansett Rhode Island, emerged as a leading American portrait painter. Apprenticed to Alexander in Scotland, he wandered through London and America after his patron’s death, then returned to America in 1792 to paint Washington and Jefferson. He died in 1828 and is buried in Boston.
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Gilbert Charles Stuart
Innagansett
R. I
Alexander
Edinburgh
London
America
Amelia
Washington
Jefferson
Boston
Cowman
Indianapolis News
Mixed radiations above earth from sun earth and sky
The article notes that heat and light above the earth come from three sources: the sun, the icy, and the earth itself. J Vallot, using a precisely calibrated actinometer, estimates the proportions with Nicé clear air showing the earth as about T percent of total radiation and the sky about 25 percent, the rest from the sun.
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J. Vallot
French Academy
Nicé
Hair Turns White Overnight Choir Opinions On Phrenology
Elmer G Still of Livermore California writes in Scientific American claiming hair whitening follows a severe emotional shock. He cites cases where tufts or patches of hair turned white over brain regions linked to cautiousness conjugal love and philoprogeniveness, with notes on personality traits.
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Scientific American
Elmer G. Still
Livermore
Cal
Still
Apple Pie Order Origin Explained
An Old New England phrase apple pie order meant things are neat and orderly. The origin traces to Saturday baking rows of pies and cakes cooled on shelves before Sabbath, reflecting housewives' work approach and the flour on hands.
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New York Sun
New England
Burke Quote on Colonial Ties Amid War Times
The speaker reflects on enduring ties between America and England, citing shared names, blood, privileges, and protection as bonds stronger than iron. He cites Edmund Burke from Parliament dated March 22, 1775, noting close affection despite colonial conflicts.
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America
England
Colonies
Edmund Burke
The Kitchen God Trick in Chinese Religion
The article describes a Chinese belief in a kitchen god who visits heaven for seven days. Households fill hollow candy balls to stop the god from revealing sins to higher deities by making him unable to speak due to gluttony. This preserves the householder's sins from disclosure.
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Heaven
Colonel Archibald Yell and Yellville Valor
The Arkansas Gazette recalls Colonel Archibald Yell whose courage at Buena Vista gave Yellville its name. A gentleman in peace and a soldier in war he left Congress to enlist and led Arkansas troops where he died in hand to hand combat against Mexican forces. Albert Pike served as captain under him.
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Yell
Yellville
Archibald Yell
Buena Vista
Congress
Arkansas
Washington
Hempstead County
Panama Hats From Ecuador Dominant Production Leader
Most Panama hats come from Ecuador using paja tequilla from palm leaves. Leaves are bleached with boiled water and lemon juice, each leaf yields about 80 strands of 55 cm to 80 cm. Weaving occurs in humid part of day. a worker makes a hat in six to seven days, finest takes a month and a half. Monte Cristi hats are famed for fineness and lightness.
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Panama
Ecuador
Monte Cristi
Birds That Dive Show Water Repelling Feats
The article explains aquatic birds can dive by expelling trapped air from their feather film to become heavier than water. It notes the kingfisher and starling as examples, observing the apparent size reduction when they plunge after hovering above the surface.
Advance With the Years and Fight Habits
The piece urges developing fight habits to ease life and gain automatic efficiency. It celebrates rising in business to avoid heavy tasks, while youth handles the labor and the older worker directs and guides. It stresses growth with age and staying on the job.
Queen Chooses Peasant Mate In Bohemian Legend
In Bohemian folklore a wise princess Libussa prophesies a peasant to be king after urging the people to select their ruler. The chosen farmer founds Prague with a furrow marked by his plow, and his shoes become a symbol worn by kings to pledge peasant protection.
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Czechoslovakia
Libussa
Krok
Prague
Praha
Optimism Has Its Limits In A Chicago Daily News Sketch
Joshua Sniler shrugs off a string of small misfortunes on a rainy Friday. A missing umbrella a broken pedal and an empty fountain pen test his cheerful resolve even as Mrs Smiler laments the sewing machine motor. The piece ends noting even optimism has limits.
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Joshua Sniler
Josh
Mrs. Smiler
Smiler
Chivrago Daily News
Brahma and Saraswati linked to Indian music history
Hindu tradition credits Brahma as universe creator and father of music with music evolving under him. Saraswati, goddess of learning, is said to have invented the vina. Indian vocal forms trace to the Sham Veda, with the Vedas dating to about 2500 B C. The Indian seven note system formed by 850 B C, passing via Iadia, Persian routes to Arabia, and reaching Europe in 1022 A D through Guido Arezzo and Benedictine monks.
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Brahma
Saraswati
India
Iadia
Persian
Arabia
Europe
Guido
Arezzo
Rivers as Airways
A Scientific American note advocates using rivers canals lakes and coastlines for safe seaplane landings when airfields are unavailable. It states pilots can land more reliably on water than on rough country and cites surveys of rivers and waterways for this purpose.
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Scientific American
Champion Pig State Census Figures Stir East Readers
The Providence Journal reports Towa as the champion pig state with a 7 864 304 count. Tilinals ranks second near 4 000 000 while Missouri Indiana Nebraska Ohio Kansas enter the 2 000 000 range, a drop from 1910. Sunflower farmers shift toward wheat or oats over corn, the pig food.
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Towa
Missouri
Indiana
Nebraska
Ohio
Kansas
Providence Journal
Deserts Storms Describe Harsh Dust Cloud Attack
In World's Work Thomas E. Lawrence recalls a fierce desert dust storm moving toward the travelers. A yellow cloud from Serd and Jasim thickens as dust devils rise, wind shifts to biting cold, a pale sun vanishes behind yellow mist, and a brown dust wall advances with violent eddies.
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Thomas E. Lawrence
Serd
Jasim
Lerd
Century plant myths and monocarpic bloom patterns
The piece explains no true century plants exist but many species bloom only after long lifespans. It cites the talipot palm from India as an example that dies after flowering and notes American century plants often flower after eight to ten years outdoors but may not bloom indoors. It adds bamboo as another monocarpic example blooming once after long growth.
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India
Best Equipped Mine in Britannia Colliery
Britannia colliery in South Wales is hailed by expert mining engineers as the most modern and best equipped in the world. It runs entirely on electrical power, likely the only colliery in the kingdom not using horses or raising a train of rubbish.
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Britannia
South
Wales
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