The Devout Traveler’s Plevna Escape and Sultan Meeting
A veteran recounts a perilous 29 hour trek from Plevna through Russian lines with Circassians and Albanian guards to reach Orhaniye and Sofia. He details near capture by Cossacks, night rides across open ground, and encounters with Bulgarian villagers before a dignified audience with Sultan Abdul Hamid II in Yildiz Palace.
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Plevna
Osman Pasha
M. Victor Lorie
Pera
Orhanie
Gravitza
Fenimore Cooper
Zaptteh J
Lukowitz
Baker
Blaschnitzchevo
Jablanitza
Orkanie
Araba
Sophia
Yildiz
Lord Salisbury
Turkey
God
Miscellany Thoughts on Virtue and Friendship
A brief miscellany asserts TruTy needs no study or art and compares old minds to old horses that must be exercised. It extols virtue and friendship as essential, noting friendship is part of virtue and ends with a message of hope.
Never Plead Guilty to Poverty Says Victor Paradox
A editorial voice proclaims that admitting poverty is a trap and frames it as moral failure. The piece argues against self deprecation and frames poverty as a societal issue rather than personal guilt.
Vanity as a Drive Behind Sacrifice and Survival
A compact reflection on how vanity shapes human choices leading to self denial and endurance. The author argues that the hunger to appear valued can outweigh basic needs, driving risked health and reputation in pursuit of esteem.
Self Deceit Cited as Path to Prison
A terse remark notes that self deceit can lead to criminal end, warning that dishonest acts against oneself may mirror deception used on others and result in imprisonment.
The Pleasures of This World Deceive and Divide
A reflective note warns that worldly pleasures are deceitful they promise more than they deliver they trouble us in seeking them and despair us when we lose them. The passage cautions against seeking fulfillment in transient gains.
Hope as Guide Through Life's Journey
A reflective line on hope enduring in humans. It frames hope as a sometimes deceitful but useful compass guiding people through life toward their end.
Idleness as the grave of a living man
A quotation about leisure and learning equating idleness with death and noting Scipio’s wisdom. It praises those who fill time with purposeful activity and cautions against wasted hours.
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Scipio
Deceitful self-deception and social pretense
The passage argues that those who practice deceit fool themselves more than others. It warns that such people misjudge their character and others opinions, and while telling all is not required, one must avoid false pretenses for duty and self interest.
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Peru
Osman
Monsieur Lorie
Opportunities on life’s highway and open doors
The text speaks of opportunities as divine chances placed by God along life’s path. It compares them to gold mine treasures and calls them open doors to the treasure houses of God, available to all who seek and ask.
Ancle Blucher’s Wedding Trip Recalled by Elder Narrator
An elderly storyteller recalls a Dahenhammer wedding and a fine reception with stuffed furniture and city musicians. He describes a barefoot hunting era, a simple home, and the quirky cart ride home with Martha perched on a feather bed.
Advertising Rates and Rules for Notices
Advertisements priced at $1.00 per inch with 25 cents extra per week for each additional insertion. Twelve lines of Nonpareil make one inch. Special notices before marriages and deaths cost 15 cents per line. Prepaid for transient ads. Yearly contracts on reasonable terms with limited privileges to current business. Entries must be submitted by Thursday noon for the next issue. Religious obituary and political notices treated as advertisements.
A Wartime Wedding Tour Turns Muddy in Morning
A narrator recalls coaxing Martha to cheer up before a wedding trip. She sleeps through a misty dawn as they ride to see their house, then falls from a wagon into a muddy bed. Martha is rescued, revealing she dreamt of home and mislaid in the mud. They reconcile after a chilly, comic misadventure.
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Ancle Blucher
Aunt Martha
Dahenhammer
Martha
Peter Grimes
Grandmother Smith
Blucher
Smith
Muartha
Lassie
Jed
Fee
Martha P
Marttha
Pleasant for hard drinkers
The Louisville Courier-Journal claims that about 199 gallons per thousand of brandy come from whisky swill and other adulterants and argues whiskey demand will drive people to the pump. It warns that most liquors sold today are a slow form of death and urges careful self-guarding.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Goodnes
Help Each Other And The Joy Of Giving
A reflective essay extols helping others as a noble joy, contrasting hypocritical selfishness with genuine generosity. It denounces stinginess and calls a responsive heart essential to manhood, arguing that those who fail to act kindly belong among beasts.
Goop MisTAKEN for Evil
The passage argues that darkness and wrong can yield light and growth. It frames affliction and chastisement as sources of purification, suggesting that great wrongs often lead to the greatest good through divine or moral renewal.
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