Circus Elephants and the Trials of Big Shows
A vivid reminiscence from circus life recounts elephants pulling wagons from mud and a fatal attack on a handler. The piece reflects on elephants being stressed by travel, crowding, and training, with a dramatic incident where a steer defends itself against an elephant named Nero in Rhode Island.
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Robinson
Chief
John King
Charley Gaylord
Barnum
India
Rhode Island
Torse to the House by Dr Taylor chair device
The Rev. Dr William M. Taylor of New York uses a chair that replaces the spinal torse with a two handle mechanism. It moves the sitter in a galloping motion described as more vigorous, claimed to aid after long desk work.
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Torse
William M. Taylor
New York
Taylor
Wonderful Vivisection At Morgantown University
Professor Hartigan of West Virginia University performs two vivisections on a dog. He inserts a fistula tube to feed and drain while observing digestion. he proves thirst stems from the body's demand, not the throat. A second operation exposes the brain by removing skull bone sealed with glass to study brain activity during sleep. A fatal accident ends the experiment.
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Hartigan
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Cincinnati Enquirer
How to Enjoy Chamber Blusi
A humorous excerpt explains a chamber concert where four men play violins on a platform while the audience talks loudly. When the music starts the chatter stops and the audience exclaims with solemn silence until the music ends. The speaker notes most listeners do not enjoy the performance, though a few in the audience might if they could endure it.
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Shearnae
Eac
Amkle
Philadelphia News
New York Sun
Negro Soldiers Praised by Gen Wolseley for Fights
General Wolseley lauds Negro troops as exceptional soldiers in The Fortnightly Review. He cites Basuto and Zulu as premier fighting material with a hereditary bias for combat and discipline that sustains them long after morale flags. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the assessment.
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Wolseley
Fortnightly Review
San Francisco Chronicle
Dynamiting Pirates at Chung Chan Island
A Macao fishing junk was attacked by pirates off Chung Chan. The fisherman dropped dynamite on the pirates’ boat, blowing them up. Two or three pirates were killed and a number of others were wounded or picked up after the blast.
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Macao
Chung Chan
News of the Week highlights disease outbreaks and political tidings
The column reports limeilpox at a county house near Syracuse with seven cases and 100 exposed in the poorhouse, plus a quarantine. It covers legal rulings on libel suits, a fatal shooting in Chicago, a 104 year old New Hampshire resident’s death, colonial and imperial dispatches, cabinet rumors, and various local disasters and political notes from across the United States and Europe.
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Duchess of Marlborough
Limeilpox
Syracuse
N. Y
W. W. Dudley
New York Times
New York World
Patterson
Charlie Owen
Chicago
Willie
Alfred Marks
Owen
Charlie
John Walters
Jackson Township
Ohio
Nancy Edgarly
Woilfforo
N. H
Brisbane
Queensland
Armstrong
New Gainea
Manoba
State Department
Zanzibar
Rives
Robert Garrett
Nathan R. Gorter
Berlin
Gorter
Secretary of War
Midvale Steel Company
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Count von Moltke
Knights of the Eagle Orders
Tas
Austria
Italy
England
Henry
Ives
George H. Stayner
Ludlow Street
John C. McClure
Jackson County
Ind
Ms.eula
Mont
Lee
Fountain City
Wis
Andersen
Bensler
Mississippi River
Washington Dispatch
Allison
Senate
David B. Henderson
Col Henderson
Iowa
London
Nice
New York State
Mentone
Vintimiglia
Paris
Riveria
Bouss Committee On Judiciary
Woman’s Suffrage Association
United States
Sarah B. Anthony
Elizabeth Beecher Hooker
Olympia Brown
Colby
The
Woman's Journal
Dunniway
Oregon
James D. Fish
Auburn
Floquet
Boulanger
Carnot
Democratic
Clara Campbell
Say's
Khartoum
Eimia
New York
Wall Street
Yusha
Money Markets Report From New Fork Money Market
The New Fork Money Market closes at 2 percent with easy limits yesterday. Exchange rates show 74 46 for £4, 1.8634 for sixty days, and 4.3346 for demand. Government bonds stay steady with Union firsts at 1.1244 to 1. from the Pacific Interurban. Central bonds quoted 1.18 to 1. VA.
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New Fork
New Yoak
Goserminens
Pacific
Ntroad
Union
New York Produce Exchange Market Summary
New York January 31 at the Produce Exchange prices drifted. Wheat options were active yet irregular, closing firm after a small decline. spot No 1 red and extra red quoted around 1.05 and 1.037 percent above. Corn dull and irregular, oats dull and easier, lard futures firm with February near 7.80 and May around 7.25. Butter and cheese prices showed eastern cream and western cheese relatively steady, Canadian butter about 11 to 12 cents.
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New York Produce Exchange
New York
Vty Mills
West Indies
Southeam
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Fat Mike
St. Louis
Mike
Noro
Nero
San Francisco Examiner
Urs
Marquise de Belboeuf
Duc de Morny
Bois
France
Savoy
Aime
de Belliceuf
Ballet Corps
New York Tribune
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Feader
House
Admisson
Utah
Congress
Governor Seaver
William Warner
Missouri
Grand Army of the Republic
H. A. Barnum
Washington
Geo. Harrison
Blaine
Gen. Harrison
Treasury
Phelps
Century Club
Louis A. Knockstedt
Mullanpby Savings Bank
Minneapolis
Supreme Court
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Tribune
Stewart
China
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Tientsin
Victoria
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Frederick
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Ont
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Manderson
Gen
Sheridan
Black
Perth
Hungary
Bayard
St Petersburg
William O’brien
Manchester
David Sheehy
Galway
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston Medical Library Association
J. P. Chamberlain
City of New York
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Theron
Samuel Ward
New York City
K Street
John True
West Union
W. Va
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Willingford
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Math Carter
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Finzer & Bros
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Lock Haven, Pa
Theelhy
North Fourth Street
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Zuriz
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Poplow
Tleers
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Weed
Bob
Pach Po Yonracil
Nzo
Larry
Allegheny
Brat Park
Sergeans
ABY
Luubuurs Nec
North Eighth Street
Mailadelpile
Ian
HASOM
Meson &T Hiamhinin
Mason 4
Ets Mason & Hamios
Mason & Hamm
Uny
Otlkr
Ertof
Ates
Genes Vue
Tadee Qwoork
Tirlitt
Alan Unter
AASOS
HANUN
Ark
Clargent Ehoftes
Sadam
Pat
Harts Mountain
Ger
Drogenes Bird Food Co
Bronefleld’s O. P
T. Phila
Heystone Mortgage Co
Aberdeen
Dakota
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Aberdeen City
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Stiles
Territorica
Corbin Banking Co
Broadway
Pyas
Hobersack Medical and Surgical Office
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Philada
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Hayfever
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