Monaco’s Joseph Avoids Guillotine to End in Exile
A tale from Monte Carlo recounts an attempted execution plot by Albert of Monaco and Italian officials. Joseph, the condemned man, survives via royal pardon that shifts him to lifelong imprisonment and then exile with a life pension, ending his stay across the frontier in the Alpes Maritimes.
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Tales of tame toads and wild giraffes in a garden menagerie
A garden account recalls a wellhouse toad that sang when stroked and followed by trains of trained horned, tree, and hoptoads living as indoor pets. They sleep in sand, bathe in water, and return of their own accord after porch outings. The piece shifts to giraffes and zebras, noting defense by hoofs and circling herd behavior, with cassowaries described as powerful kickers. It contrasts horned toads with tree toads and mentions a Chinese book agent encounter and greenhouse ant control use in Temple, Texas.
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Mies
Toads
Temple
Tex
Questions and Answers from a Historic Column
A long reader Q and A column covers diverse topics from geography and history to carpentry and medicine. It includes inquiries about rail mileage, Lucrezia Borgia, geometric and statute miles, spitz origins, record jumps, sweat box terms, Felix Grundy, boat calking, and the last Frederick of Germany, with explanations and archival references.
Cecil Rhodes Simple Tastes Revealed in Biography
T P O Connor in Everybody's Magazine recounts Cecil Rhodes immense wealth yet frugal habits. As Cape Colony prime minister he wore a shabby hat and faced London royals in plain clothes. Despite riches, he kept a fine house for others, enjoyed simple meals, avoided jewelry and grand carriages, and despised outward displays of wealth.
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T. P. O'Connor
Everybody's Magazine
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
London
Bismarck
Birth of Spring Poem Fragment As Seen In Harper's
Poem by E. O. Laughlin for Harper's Weekly describes spring’s birth as fog lifts and sun and south wind return. Three wise men carry gifts of gold and frankincense and lay them at young season's feet.
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E. O. Laughlin
Harper's Weekly
Their Means of Defense Ringling Brothers’ Menagerie in Indianapolis
In Ringling Brothers’ circus at Indianapolis tomorrow, hundreds of herbivores and carnivores offer distinct defense traits. Deer protect kin with hoofs. yak defends and fights for females. onager and zebra-like foes defend young. hippopotamus, the largest, sports a thick hide and dwells on eating, ignoring most predators.
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Ringling Brothers
Indianapolis
Natural History
Thibet
India
Hippopotamus
Love and solace found beside the wanderer
A poem excerpt by Elsa Barker recalls crying for love and finding it near. The speaker finds that the world is wide and the heart needs no other shelter when love appears at hand. The verse from May Century expresses spiritual longing and intimate union.
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Elsa Barker
Pullem the Dentist Makes a Poker Remarkable
A humorous line notes Pullem the dentist would be a good poker player because he draws and fills so well, playing on dental terms as wordplay.
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