[W]hen a dream or the hyp has given us falſe terrors, or imaginary pains, we immediately conclude, that the infernal tyrant owes us a ſpite, and inflicts his wrath and ſtripes upon us, by the hands of ſome of his ſworn ſervants amongſt us.

He had recently been on leave, wearing the uniform of an AC Plonk (newly joined airman) […]

[Franz von] Uchatius’ experiments with lanterns continued, and by 1853 he had developed a Projecting Phenakistiscope, combining a phenakistiscopic disc with a single magic lantern.

In Foochow the fighting was gradually turning in China's favor. Fuching and Lienkiang on the coast were harrassed by the Chinese, while northwest of the fallen provincial capital of Fukien, Chinese forces gradually gained the upper hand. Despite Japanese reinforcements, Chinese guerillas filtered in to the very outskirts of Foochow, which made the Japanese remove their puppet government to Pagoda Anchorage.