Dream of Heaven Contrast of Labor and Pleasure
The speaker envisions heaven not as gold but as landscapes with seas forests and mines. Souls include weary tollers rich heirs and workers, some sad and others bold, with vivid descriptions of flirts braving pride and others laboring under heavy loads. A somber angel leads away the dead as the dream ends with the bed breaking and awakening.
The Two Cave-Tigers Guard Atlantis Prison Ring
In a guarded circus in Atlantis two bronze-collared cave-tigers block passage between gates. A captive woman faces death with resolve as guards bet on her fate while the narrator weighs a risky intervention amid a brutal policy.
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Mie
Atlantis
The Atlantean Gatekeeper and the Moonlit Escape
In a moonlit circus I face a cave tiger and rescue a fierce Atlantean woman Nais who seeks my help. She reveals a plan to kill me to gain freedom and pledges to prove Atlantis’ good in exchange for my protection and a pact to depart together.
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Deucalion
Atlantis
Yucatan
Gulf
Nais
Yiga
the Sun
I Shall Live So Long as the High Gods Wish
A dialogue fragment shows a speaker asserting independence and resolve to serve the country, refusing subjugation and offering to free another to act with their best. The scene ends with a prompt to continue the exchange.
Noble Englishforger hampered by detective low key clash
Sir Harry Westwood a forger is restrained by Capt John Seymour after a comic elevator meeting at Langham hotel. The detective asserts identity, leads to a scuffle, and Westwood refuses acquaintance while manacled and bleeding, as Seymour introduces himself.
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Harry Westwood Cooper
Detective Seymour
Harry Westwood
Cooper
John Seymour
San Francisco News
Seymour
Langham Hotel
Sir Harry
Capt. Seymour
Prince Albert
Detective Agency
Merchant’s Fire Scare Controversy Over Insurance Motive
The owner of a large dry goods store tried to move stock to temporary quarters when a fire broke out in the old building. He urged the fire chief to save the structure and offered a $500 pension fund to the firefighters to prevent wider damage. The blaze was contained with little loss to the building, and the merchant honored his offer.
Brought to the Point and the Waiting Question
A couple uses a velvet drawing-room chair for quiet talks through seasons. He moves slowly toward a confession as summer arrives and the velvet shows wear. A knock at the door interrupts with the woman offering a fib about engagement, while the man remains captive to the unspoken question.
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Europe
Deucalion
Papa
Summertide
Kate
Jack
London
Royal Kissing Omission Sparks Crown Ceremony Debate
A professor quips that a kiss has a quieter yet longer echo than a cannon. Before Edward's coronation a plan to omit peer kissing is announced. Rumors say the king would resist the kiss rather than endure it, while William IV once objected but complied.
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Edward
Devonshire
William IV
Sunday School Golden Text Ledger from Past Quarter
A chronology of biblical events from birth of Benjamin to the exodus and Moses you read. It lists Joseph in Egypt and famines, Jacob's move to Goshen, Moses birth and exodus, and the Passover with accompanying lesson titles and Bible verses. The golden texts are drawn from Acts, Gen, Sam, Rom, Ps, Ex, Isa, Prov, and I Cor. Includes an alternative Christmas lesson from Luke.
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Jacob
Benjamin
Bethlehem
Rachel
Joseph
Hebron
Egypt
Dothan
Potiphar
Isaac
Pharaoh
Ephraip Joa Manasseh
Goshen
B. C
Moses
Ussher
Arabia
Yesson
Israel
Red Sea
City of
David
Luke
Volcanoes and Violets in a Night Ride Across a Crater
A memoir recalls a dare to cross a volcano crater through scoriae and sulphurous fumes. The descent brings gravity to mind past eruptions and a violet in bloom inspires reflections on creation, grace, and God. It ends with aphorisms on divine love, power, and friendship.
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Vesuvius
Hell
Chicago
Ikram
Beet sugar industry gains support for self sufficiency
An 1899 editorial lauds beet sugar as a self supporting American industry and argues it can outproduce European sugar. It cites Oxnard and Cutting on profits, notes 1890 tariff conditions, and asserts beet sugar can supply domestic demand without heavy protection while warning against Cuban sugar imports.
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New York Evening Post
the Evening Post
Oxnard
Cutting
Rocky Mountains
Congress
Messrs. Oxnard
Mississippi Valley
West India Islands
Seaboard
United States
Nebraska
Europe
Washington
Witness under table notes officer intoxication claim
A guest testifies at a dinner party about an army officer showing marked intoxication. The witness describes unsteady legs and clattering knees, saying they were under the table when observing the suspect. The Cleveland Plain Dealer relation notes the courtroom exchange.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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