Marriage reopens aboard the Grand Transasiatic
The train resumes after Ki Tsang’s ambush near Tchertchen. Faruskiar leads a salvage from the desert, repairs the line, and the wedding of Fulk Ephrinell and Horatia Bluett proceeds in the dining car as the convoy heads toward Pekin amid tales of Faruskiar’s exploits and regional turmoil.
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Ephrinell
Caterna
Fulk Ephrinell
Horatia Bluett
Ki-Tsang
Nathaniel Morse
Tcharkalyk
Lan Tcheon
Religious revival movement hinted across England and U S
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle notes reports from England and the United States suggesting a coming religious revival. It contrasts past evangelical defenses against attacks on faith with current doubts and conjectures about doctrinal shifts and renewed religious activity in the modern era.
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England
United States
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Paine
Voltaire
Finney
Jamie's Manliness and a Mother's Dilemma
A mother weighs cutting Jamie's curls to forge a "real boy" after his fifth birthday turns him toward manhood. Jamie choice gains pants and bristles as he learns rough play, while a wren steals hair for a hidden nest, ending with a transforming boy and a strange scene at home.
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Jamie
Papa
Pop
Ostend-Paw Platform Humorist Oration
A quirky quote notes a platform humorist who stands on a car back platform and jokes as a woman steps off backward The commentary reflects on learning and ignorance with a Shelley quotation in parentheses.
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Ostend
Paw
The Little Kangaroo Refuses a River Bath
In a St. Nicholas verse the baby Kangaroo balks at a river bath while other jungle youngsters show ease with water. The mother scolds gently as the tale lists animals like elephants hippos apes yaks rhinos crocodiles and antelopes enjoying baths.
Little girl asks for sash tied at tea party
A five year old girl asks to have her sash tied by the hostess because she cannot reach it, saying she is in front. The scene shifts to a mother wren visiting house porches as a gray haired man reads on his front porch and observes.
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Kara Nor
Nan Chan
Tsaidam
Kou-Kou-Nor
Lan Tcheou
Gobi
Lob-Nor
Kara
Fulk Ephrinell
Horatia Bluett
Hphriwell
Miss Bluett
Faruskiar
Ghangir
Nathaniel Morse
Ephrinell
Holmes-Holme
Strong, Bulbul & Co
China
Pan Chao
Cuterna
Turkestan
Yanghi- Hissar
Jamie
Mother
Wren
Mother Wren
An Interesting Experiment With Floral Color Change
An easy experiment changes flower colors by exposing blooms to ammonia. White lilies turn yellow pink roses become light green dark red sweet peas shift to blue and purple. The rapid transformation seems almost magical.
Spinning an Egg Explained for Learners
A short instructional note explains how a hard boiled egg spins differently from a regular egg. It describes twisting the egg in the fingers and attempting to spin it on its side, only to observe the egg standing and spinning on its large end.
Their Years Are Wasted A Baseball Star's Decline
The piece laments players wasting wealth and time after fame. It recalls Jimmy Ryan’s view that great stars lose fortunes and status after leaving baseball, ending in decline, obscurity, or menial work due to a culture of extravagance and fickle public favor.
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Jimmy Ryan
Indianapolis
Tennessee Congressman Recounts Census Day Incident
A Tennessee representative recalls two young ladies asking a local Negro boy who answered about residents on Capitol Hill. The boy identified the congressman from Tennessee as the resident, prompting remarks on race and identity during a winter religious census in the District of Columbia.
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District of Columbia
Tennessee
Capitol Hill
Darky Eph Friday’s Burial Tale From Massachusetts
Massachusetts Governor recounts Eph Friday a Southern black man who died without church or lodge ties. A lone uncle delivers a brief blessing as the coffin lowers and quips that Eph has gone to the place they expect. The remark lands with a rueful note on funeral rites and superstition in a racially charged vignette.
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Douglas
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Eph Friday
Eph
Philadelphia Ledger
Love and labor in a mill town wry sequence
The passage contrasts love and marriage with work in a mill town. A jokey dialogue touches on love as matrimony’s prelude, while mills and loitering around scales reveal distrust of trusts and shifting plenty. The piece reflects local labor life and social humor.
Presentiments Stir Harvest Gleaners Gathering At Mrs Shaw's
In a cold stormy afternoon at Mrs Shaw's, nine Harvest Gleaners hear Mr Shaw recount a presentiment about his brother William's household. He describes waking with a premonition and witnessing a kitchen scene with kettles and a spoon, then leaving before potential trouble escalated. An influenza warning closes the tale.
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William
Mr. Shaw
Jacksons Transformation Revealed In Buchanan Anecdote
President Buchanan retells an account of Andrew Jackson meeting a British noblewoman. Jackson dismisses concern about attire and presents a dignified front, praising the Tennessee leader who warned about self-reliance and wealth earned by prudent self-management.
Dining room girl chosen by boarding house mistress
A Philadelphia woman answering a dining room girl ad is tested by the mistress who asks how she would handle dropping a steak on the floor. The applicant steadies her nerve and asks if boarders are present before agreeing to start.
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Philadelphia
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Paris
Varuskiar
Tehertehen
Ki- T'sang
Mongolia
Monsieur Bombarnac
Noltitz
Tu-King
Vtehertchen
Tehertchen
Popof
Tchertchen
Donner Vetters
Thangir
Baron
Faraskiar
Teharkalyk
Tebarkalyk
Pekin
Tcharkalyk Station
Ouali-Khan-Toulla
Kachgaria
Kadigar
Ouali-Khan
Baron Weissschnitzerdorfer
Celestial Empire
Kara Roum
Caspian
Pamir
Transasiatic
Sou-Tcheou
Europe
Sou-Tcheon
Tchertchen and
Tie
Ace
St. Nicholas
Mistah Johnsing
Scout
Karmer
Pokeville
Hen Lake
Moose Landing
Skeeter Mountain
Puck
Chicago
Trusts
Jackson
Clodhopper
James Buchanan
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Russia
White House
Buchanan
President Jackson
Mr. Buchanan
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