The Sacred White Elephant Part II
The narrator recalls being chosen by the King of Burmah to dwell in Mandalay with the elephant Aor as guide. At about age 15 he travels from Tenasserim via Martaban to the Ira wady, driven by duty, pride, and the flute's promise of glory. The Burman court meets him with reverence, but he fears separation from Aor until a minister presents a palm leaf letter from the King inviting the elephant to reside in the capital.
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Aor
India
Tenasserim
Martaban
Irawady
Burmah
Burman
Sacred Elephant and a Golden Empire on the Irrawaddy
The narrator recalls an ascent along the Irrawaddy to Pachano, where royal pomp surrounds a sacred elephant named Aor. The king grants grand rewards, the animal and mahout receive honors, and Buddhist cruelty are condemned as the pageant culminates in palace splendor and river pageantry. The tale ends with a promise of continuation.
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Pachano
Aor
Kawady
Buddha
India
Great Generals by Col Theodore Dodge U S A
A concise portrait of famed military leaders from ancient campaigns to modern wars. Dodge surveys strategies, leadership traits, and pivotal battles shaping U S military history through sweeping biographical sketches.
Julius Caesar and the making of a Roman emperor
The article portrays Cai Julius Caesar as a gifted yet evolving leader who rose from youth in Rome to conquer Gaul and defeat Pompey. It highlights his strategic genius, disciplined training, and nerve under odds, noting swift campaigns and the rapid arc from consulship to dominance within fourteen years.
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Cai Julius Cesar
Rome
Sulla
Alexander
Wellington
Caius Julius
Cesar
Pompey
Cisar
Gaul
Cmsar
Hannibal
Caesar
Crassus
Greece
Italy
Spain
Egypt
Africa
Asia
César
Pompeiiaris
Owsar
Brussels Snow Man Project Sparks Park Sculptures
In Brussels a heavy snow fall inspires a grand winter sculpture project led by the Burgomaster. Eminent artists transform the city park into a vast salon of snow figures, focusing on sheep shaped forms with woolly texture and sharp facial outlines as observers note the head, shoulders, and back angles.
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Belgium
Brussels
Snow art exhibition draws crowds in Boston and New York
Artists in Boston and New York transformed snow into public sculptures along the Common and Central Park. They used shovels, knives, and coal for features, lit by paper lanterns at night. The free exhibit charged four cents for hospitals, drawing countless spectators and admiring figures like Leopold II and lions, until weather ended the display.
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Boston
Central Park
Place Des Palais
Rue Royale
Kneller
Dillons
Dardenne
Leopold II
Animal drawing for children by Caroline Hunt Rimmer
An instructional piece on drawing sheep and goats for children. It discusses differences in form, emphasizing curves for sheep versus angles for goats, proportions, and shading to depict solid rounded masses over flat surfaces. The article references Fig. 1 showing a side view.
Detailed front and side views of lamb and sheep features
The text analyzes sheep anatomy and poses in illustrations figures 8 through 13. It describes wool growth, facial lines, lip shape, eye spacing, and differences between lamb and adult, noting the lamb's peaceful expression and the three quarters reclining view. Copyright 1892.
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Aline
Dear Girls New Colors for Half Bell Shaped Gowns
Paris fashion notes reveal blue green and pink fabrics for spring wardrobes. Descriptions cover crepons crepe effects corded textures and new borders with lace and ribbons. Prices range from 1.50 to 40 dollars per yard with silhouettes featuring half bell shaped skirts and side paneling reflecting Paris models.
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Miss McFlimsy
Paris
London
Modiste
Point D'Irlande
A Skin Game in Socks
A customer orders shirts and socks from a New York shopkeeper. He pays for shirts with socks, refusing to pay cash, leading to a dispute over exchange value and balance. The shopkeeper demands payment for the socks and asserts the shirts were not paid for, dragging out the disagreement.
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New York Herald
Foolhardy Waltz on Nelson's Pillar Stuns Dublin Crowd
In Sackville street Dublin yesterday a Cork watchmaker and a companion climbed Nelson's pillar and the former danced along the parapet. A fall could have been fatal. Police climbed after and arrested them. magistrates released them as their conduct was deemed trivial.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Sackville St
Dublin
Cork
Driving John to Drink in Washington Star
A brief humorous vignette shows a wife chiding her husband about temperance, then suggesting he go make a few of them with a pump handle, as he replies he will. The quip casts a playful light on drink and reform rhetoric in a domestic setting.
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Washington Star
Elkins Career and Blaine Ally Told in Portrait
The profile portrays Stephen B. Elkins as a leading businessman and politician with vast land holdings and broad culture. Born in Ohio to Virginian parents, he rose amid Missouri and Kansas struggles, allied with Blaine, and famed as “Blaine's friend” with a future wealth in the millions.
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Elkins
Ohio
Jefferson
Hocking Valley
Perry County
Gen. Sheridan
Jeremiah Rusk
Ponies
The
Cabnet
Noble
Columbus
Foster
Fostoria
Harrison
North Bend
Morcan County
Mr. Elkins
Missouri
Kansas City
John Brown
Kansas
John Sherman
Kansas Inverheaing Committee
Sherman
Ace
West Virginia politics and Blaine's mentor bond discussed
Senator Elkins recalls early life in New Mexico and West Virginia. He details Civil War family loyalties, law practice, wealth growth, and moves from Washington to New York. He analyzes Republican strength, East West party differences, and praises Blaine as a brilliant but conservative leader with a lasting reciprocity program.
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Elkins
Tom Ewing
Bilkins
Arizona
New York
Panama
California
Gol
Plains
Albuquerque
American
New Mexico
Congress
Washington
West
Thurman and
Edmunds
Supreme Court
Departments
West Virginia
Davis
Union
Pennsylvania
England
France
Germany
Renate Davis
Macerani
West Shes
Charlestown
Anes Pouthern
West,Virginia
Harrison
Ublican
East
Republican Party
Elki
New England
Ee Spey
Atlantic
Europe
Andrew Johnson
Capitol
Blaine
Welcker
Mr. Blaine
Speaker
Territory
Tim
A Nation of Stair Climbers in Berlin Apartments
Berlin residents prefer top story living and multi story houses with a common guarded staircase. Visitors climb dozens of steps to private halls where gatekeepers inspect entrants before private rooms. The system shapes social life and architecture as Americans abroad adapt to tall, layered homes.
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Berlin
Pittsburg
Llane Worape
Ringway and Featherstone Pillow Talk on a Rug Mystery
In a humorous exchange, Ringway questions why Featherstone walks the rug to keep his trousers from creasing. Featherstone explains the trousers lie under the rug. Tommy, the humorist's son, pleads for a cent and asks if silence implies assent.
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Ringway
Featherstone
Tommy
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Hrim
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