Abyssinian Travel Marchand’s Launch Expedition Returns
A British Foreign Office survey party led by Major H. T. Austin returned from an Abyssinian journey aimed at mapping the Anglo Abyssinian boundary near the Sobat Baro rivers. The mission faced harsh transport losses, harsh terrain, and a difficult ascent to Abyssinian highlands before resuming progress toward the plateau.
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British Foreign Office
Lake Rudolf
Sobat
Macdonald
H. T. Austin
D.S.C
G. Bright
Rifle Brigade
England
Omdurman
Wader
Khalifa
Cadurman
Tamal
Nile
Sonat
Nagser
Austin
Bright
Baro River
Colonel Marchand
Faldherb
Baro
Major Austin
Ads Abada
Reuter
Sooth Water for Plants and Garden Boosts
Advice from a Gardener on using soot to improve garden and greenhouse plants. Soot protects against pests, strengthens foliage, and enhances color, with applications for peas beans roses chrysanthemums ferns and lawns. Expose soot to air before use and mix in water for liquid use.
Warm Welcome for All Amid Chapel Copy
Globe correspondent notes a chapel display praising a warm welcome for all with a sermon by Rev. A. B. on death and the need for humor, reflecting local dissenters' charges of lacking humor.
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Globe
A. B
Japanese Dreams and Ghost Tales by Lafcadio Hearn
R Lafcadio Hearn visits Japan and reviews his Shadows works coupling Gothic fears with Japanese tales. He links ghost lore to childhood fear, dream psychology, and cultural storytelling in a discussion of Japanese stories, poetry, and illustrations.
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R. Lafpcadio Hearn
Tokyo University
Japan
Hearn
Lord Orrery
Boglea
Scott
Lafcadio Hearn
Mr. Hearn
Cnd
Renoten
The Verbs Break In A Teachable Misunderstanding
A dialogue in an educational journal explores how a French learner misuses English break phrases with prepositions. Examples include break down break up and broken into and a miss about a broken engagement and news.
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M. Dubois
Markeson
Tam
Smart Sayings Illuminate Social Satire
A collection of quips on culture fame humor and plagiarism. It rails at bookishness reputations and the sly costs of happiness while lampooning modern writers and social missteps with wry homespun wisdom.
Fragile Theories Spark Debate On Inherited Traits
The article notes skepticism toward heredity theory and cites observations by Lord Orrery, two Anglican bishops, and the Austrian Ambassador about a butler seen floating in a room. It contrasts these claims with dubious origins of evolution theories tied to pterodactyls and dreams of battles.
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Lord Orrery
Glinovil
St. Joseph of
Lord Salisbury Reflects on Early Years of the Administration
Lord Salisbury argues that the early years of the current government avoided war and secured stability. He credits diplomatic restraint in dealing with Turkey Greece and Crete, notes British policy in the Ottoman Empire, and cites Armenian massacres as beyond Britain’s reach while praising negative yet decisive outcomes.
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Egypt
South Africa
Turkey
Greece
Europe
Crete
Great Britain
Ift
India
Asia Minor
Lord Salisbury
Greces
Blackwood
Anarchist Judge and French Justice
A discussion of President Magnaud’s eccentric judgments in France. The piece notes his lenient handling of thieves and vagabonds and his view that delinquents are victims of society. Henri Leyret praises the decisions as revolutionary, envisioning a state with no king or laws.
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Magosud
M. Henri Leyret
President Magnaud
Paris
Stock
Magnaud
Maznaud
Diderot
Kanting
M. Seyret
Solomon
Boys as Servants in Milwaukee Households
A Milwaukee movement uses boys aged 14 to 18 for general housework after housekeepers sought help from a charitable association. Initial trials show boys performing tasks with good memories, lower wages, and fewer privileges. The plan faces uncertainty but appears to offer a potential shift against traditional female domestic labor as described by the Philadelphia North American.
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Milwaukee
Philadelphia
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the Conqueror
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