Hermit and the Goose Tale Ends in City Temptations
Friar Philip, a hermit, loses resolve to remain pure after his son is moved by city sights. A longing for companionship grows as they visit town with a gray goose in tow. The tale follows his struggle over love and restraint, ending with a vow connected to the fated goose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
Stetharm
Bermall
John
James
Eitla
Mimay
Anges
Crien
Keturah Kiddle's Courtship and a Barnyard Blunder
Farmer Hezekiah Lazier visits Miss Kiddle to discuss a marriage proposal but naively pursues a match with her, aided by a comical misadventure. After barnyard chaos and social meddling, Keturah decisively rejects him citing her own reasons, and later marries a wealthy mill owner, while Lazier remains a bachelor.
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Mr. L
Jericho
Addy
Hezekiah
Jones’s
Jones
Lazier
Mr. Lasier
Jove
Mr. Lazier
Miss Kiddle
Mr. Jones
Mr. Lagier
Pye
Miss Keturah
Cornelius Jones, Jr
Audh
Barnards
Patie
Prospero
Zoe
Mrs. Lazier
Young Jones
Kiddle
Cornelius
Keturah
Skeetas
Ealing
Keturah Kiddle
New Theory on Egyptian Mummies and Other 19th Century Speculations
A sweeping roundup of speculative science and culture notes surveys mummies as suspended animation, British astronomy curiosities, Mill’s life, a possible trans Neptune planet, Japan’s mound cannibalism, a new explosive, Lincoln medal flaw, beer adulteration, and varied natural philosophy musings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaiselbach
University of
Upsal
Gauselbach
Richard A. Proctor
Proctor
Nelson
Erete Society
Richard Avery
Astronomer Royal
Japan
North
Hints to Good Health for Invalids and Caregivers
Advice on feeding invalids with varied, appealing meals and clean, timely service. Guidance on fat removal, fat-free beef tea, light digestible foods, and proper toast. Warnings on iron tonic waters, bedroom ventilation, and avoiding spoiled meals. Added sections cover digestion, eye care, quinine myths, and dental health linked to oatmeal.
Imitation Cameo Work in Sealing Wax and Household Hacks
The article details sealing wax cameos with colors and dies from die sinkers, methods for making impressions in plaster or clay, and applying them to panels and objects like baskets boxes or frames. It also gives sewing tips for stockings reheeling a heel, framing glass with silk and lace, a combing box project, and an outdoor husk mat made from flour barrel heads and husks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Plaster of Paris
Within an Ace of Death and Other Narrow Escapes
A vivid collection of near fatal moments and curious escapes from wars and crime. Colonel Gilmor recalls a pistol shot through cards in his pocket during a Civil War engagement. Other tales cover retribution, mistaken identity in Versailles, a theatre murder misadventure, billowing escapes at La Roquette, and a man spared by a guillotine malfunction. Also recounted are Espartero’s brutal purge at Miranda, a highway ambush thwarted by a snake bite, and a Colorado Grand Canyon rescue where a wife dangling above Arkansas survives with rope aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmor
Laon
Steffens
Wyndham
Redan
Sword of Justice
Wells
Booth
Fifth-avenue
Ells
Sing Sing
Versailles
Jean Baptiste
la Roquette
M. Chevrieu
Pigerre
National Guard
Soisson
Genton
Jarraud
Jarrand
Sicard
M. de Chateaubrun
de Chateaubrun
Duncan
Christine
Escalera
Miranda
Segovia
Espartero
Burgos
Oude
Hurduian
Bethinking
Ang Cy
Colorado
Arkansas
Jessor Mallet
Canon City
Vanderbilt's Cheek in Rochester Traffic Plan
Rochester faces heavy traffic from the New York Central railroad and risk to life and property. Vanderbilt controls the line and rejects local plans, offering to fund half of a new plan if Rochester exempts the company’s city property from taxes for ten years. Legal opinions say exemption cannot be granted.
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New York Central Railroad
Rochester
N. Y
Vanderbilt
Ornce
Lam
New York Central
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Benedick
Farmer Lazier
Selchow
Widders
Miranda Brown
Jane Tucker
Mrx. Selchow
Jane
Marm
Hope
Keturab Kiddle
Brooklyn
Edwin Booth
Chicago
Hartford Courant
Science and the Arts
Sir John Stuart Mill
Popular Science Monthly
Bain
Aberdeen
John Stuart Mill
Mill
Ganek
Holland
Ford Abbey
Neptune
Newcomb
Uranus
Asaph Hall
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Leavenier
M. Nobel
Zamky
of Fincoln
M. Paquet
Lincoln
Great Britain
Tiber
Temple of
Jerusalem
Science Notes
J. J. Murphy
Scudder
Rocky Mountain
Huxley
Comte
Hume
Peirce
Leverrier
Count Saporta
Europe
North America
Canary Islands
Great Salt Lake
Clarence King
Germany
Bayer
Liebig
Munich
Ag Pa
Miss Nightingale
Saratogian
Steel
Workingman’s Lyceum
Seguin
New York
Roosa
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