Laughter in Meeting Sparks a Parson Morrel Tale
In a village Sunday service a visiting Parson Summeral provokes chuckles from boys as Parson Morrel’s dog Trip and a sleepy deacon trigger a chain of comic mishaps. Sam and Grandmother recount a council verdict and warn that laughter tests restraint and faith.
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Parson Lathrop
Parson Summeral
North Warem
House of God
Trip
Madame Lathrop
Innocenti
Parson
Summer
Lois
Summeral
Satan
Miscellany Reflections On Virtue And Wisdom
A compact collection of aphorisms and maxims on goodness, self discipline, and balanced judgment. It cites Rowland Hill and notes the paradox of burning candles at both ends while favoring measured praise and discernment in criticism.
Power of a sincere glance to kindle charity, Eliot quote
A concise reflection on how the direct glance of a loving soul can dissolve prejudice and inspire charity more effectively than extensive argument. The quote attributes this power to George Eliot and emphasizes humane understanding over debate.
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George Eliot
The Diamond of the Spirit Brightens Through Grace
A proverb-like reflection compares a brilliant diamond with crystalized carbon to souls cleansed by grace. It likens the process to transforming coal into jewels, underscoring spiritual renewal through divine power.
Echoes of Self in Society
The passage argues that individuals shape their surroundings and atmosphere, with men’s follies and vices echoing from their own souls. It likens a boy fleeing back to his mother’s embrace to people creating the evils they criticize, implying personal responsibility for collective ills.
Books as Vessels of Past Minds and Power
The speaker extols books as voices of the distant and dead, offering spiritual companionship and access to Milton, Shakespeare, Franklin, and others. He argues that through faithful use, even a poor person can become cultivated, gaining intellectual connection beyond elite society.
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Shakspeare
Franklin
Channing
How To Return THANKs
An old Scotchman helps himself when his horse stumbles and grain spills. A nobleman stops to assist without being asked, then offers simple thanks by a rule: whenever you see another in the same plight, help him.
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John
Kilmarnock
How To Put THE CHILDREN TO BED
Gentle guidance on bedtime care. Emphasizes soothing kisses and blessings over scolding, preserving warm memories of childhood. Warns against harshness and overindulgence, noting dignity and severity can replace love and pity in parenting.
Picturesque in Nature Opposes Artificial Embellishment
A speaker argues that true picturesque nature rejects man made refinements. He recalls a village pond ringed by curbstones and formal shrubs, noting such ornamentation spoils the natural charm unlike genuine poetic scenes.
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Milton
Relics of Ocean Bed and Adirondack Wanderings
A discussion on ocean floor myths refutes the idea that water is compressible or that heavy wreckage sinks never. Accounts note rare deep sea relics and a Casco Bay shoe pair find. The Adirondacks section describes solitary lakes, radiant scenery, and a meditation on beauty and isolation. A separate anecdote recounts Haydn’s stubborn captain who refused extra marches.
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Clarence
Mohammed
E. S. Morse
Haarlem
New England
Casco Bay
King George
Harper’s Magazine
How The Sun Moved A Bridge In Holland
The Sun moved a four hundred sixty five foot bridge traverse by heating iron to expand it then cooling to contract it into place. Workers bolted one end in heat and left the other free to shift the span toward alignment. This method contrasts with previous uses of heat to lift weights or settle structures.
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Lem Sudock
Keziah Larkin
Lem
Lord Massey
Cambridge
Wal
Parson Morrel
Hull
Old Dick
Morrel
Charies
Aunt Polly
Miss Titkins
Jerusha
Bretheren
Sam
Holland
Lost Greenland Colony Near Iceland Reappears in History
The article recounts a Danish settlement founded around 1000 A D on the Greenland coast toward Iceland. It flourished until the fifteenth century, then vanished as ice and Arctic currents grew. Repeated attempts to reestablish contact failed, leaving the fate of inhabitants unknown and a call to learn whether they survived or were displaced by advancing glaciers.
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Greenland
Iceland
Floating Island in Vermont Lake Acreage with Cranberries
A Vermont lake hosts a singular natural curiosity a floating one hundred fifty acre island covered with cranberries and fifteen foot trees. The land rises and falls with the pond dam and provides shelter for fish baited by holes to fish beneath the surface in winter.
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Vermont
Load of bar iron clatters over cobble pavement
A vivid line contrasts the cheerful birds and scented trees with the harsh sound of a bar iron load traveling over a cobble street, highlighting a jarring disruption in a peaceful scene.
Rise From Rags to Royal Law Lord Chief Justice Benchmark
A ragged boy named Saunders enters an attorney's London office in Clement's Inn. He learns to write, gains legal insight, rises to become a famed practitioner. Upon the death of peer Pemb during an era, he achieves eminence as Lord Chief Justice of England.
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Saunders
Clement's Inn
London
Pampeeran
Engand
Advertising The Key To Prosperity For Businesses
Advertising yields the largest and most immediate return on capital for a man of business. Those who advertise liberally and judiciously enjoy prosperity year round, while those who avoid advertising suffer dull trades and visible melancholy.
Cure For Corns Brings Radical Relief Report
A French medical journal notes that applying a drop of iron perchloride solution twice daily with a brush cures stubborn corns. After about a fortnight of painless treatment, a long suffering patient found relief from pain on both inner toes and pressure no longer hurt. Other cases reportedly responded similarly.
Friendship and the balance of choosing friends
A reflection on how friendship enriches life yet also disrupts our peace when companions are not wisely chosen. The author underscores the value of discernment in selecting friends to preserve harmony and well being.
Pavement Sinker Donzelot Dies After Riot Wound
Eminent runner Mathieu Donzelot known as the Pavement Sinker remained at the riot scene in Paris to document events. He was struck by a ball during clashes near Pantheon place and died after declaring himself the dead man.
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Osb
Paris
Mathieu Donzelot
Donzelot
Pantheon Place
National Guard
How We Got Out Yarns in a California Encounter
A traveler recalls meeting a storyteller who spins a tall tale about Bill Smith famed for thrift and mock heroism. The tale blends humor and hyperbole as Smith supposedly survives a drowning by soaking up water like a sponge and walking ashore.
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John
California
Bill Smith
Tick
Bill
Mississippi
Buying a Practice and the Doctor’s Horse
A Scribner's Magazine tale tells how a buyer acquires a country doctor’s practice only to learn the horse knows each patient’s door. The new owner stays in town to discover why patients fail to appear, uncovering that the former doctor borrowed the milkman’s horse to lure him around.
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Scribner’s Magazine
War Comets Are A Correspondent Explains Comet Tails
A Chicago Tribune correspondent argues that comet tails are not physical structures but sunlight passing through a heated atmospheric globe. He describes a transparent comet body heating, emitting light, and expanding, with tails formed by refracted rays and nucleus absorption. He claims comets are inner solar system objects, not distant traveling bodies, and explains apparent tails and curvature as observational effects.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Colbert
Determined Woman Weds After Repeated Ads
A British mechanic sought a wife by advertising and repeated matches. He courted three times with varied words, meeting the same persistent spinster each time. At last he married the determined woman, accepting destiny as fate.
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England
Fate
Mr. Swiveller
Destiny
Osmium Gift Sparks Caution At Paris Academy Meeting
At a Paris Scientific Academy gathering M H H Sainte Claire Deville presented a vial with about fifteen pounds of osmium. The chemist warned osmium as the most powerful poison, noting a tiny amount could be deadly and that no antidote exists, urging care to avoid opening the bottle in public.
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Paris Scientific Academy
MHH
Sainte Claire Deville
The Postal Money Order Business Grows Rapidly
The growth of money order operations in the postal system expands nationwide. From about thirty four thousand post offices, roughly three thousand four hundred offer money order service. Since July 1873 two hundred and nine ty-nine new offices opened last fiscal year. Since the first of last month three hundred forty three new offices opened while six closed. Eight new offices are in Maine, one in New Hampshire, six in Vermont, two in Connecticut and fourteen in Massachusetts.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Massaachusetts
Duties and Godly Burden Remove Burden at Dying Bed
A pensive reflection asserts that divine duties relieve a dying person from endless worry. The speaker claims obedience to God eases suffering and allows a peaceful departure with conscience clear and head laid down to rest.
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The fragment presents a philosophical credo urging steady effort, patient waiting, and steadfast faith and love as keys to future success and personal formation. It emphasizes earnest toil and mental preparation as essential.
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