Armstrong Learns a Fool's Lesson at Three Card Monte
In a tale from Overland Monthly Armstrong battles a water ordeal and scorns monte. He is mocked as crazy by the hotel couple until a peppered tea cure drives home his warning to quit bucking money away at three card monte. He sleeps on the floor, dreams of peril, and wakes convinced he has learned a lasting lesson about gambling.
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Cyclopedia Habit and a Name Dilemma Across Papers
A Dakota settler recalls buying the first volume of Johnsons Cyclopedia, pausing after years at two thirds complete, while his wife has just begun the second volume. He notes the work is dense and dry, and recounts a doorstep sales episode. Reports also discuss suggestions that Julia may be chosen as a granddaughter’s name for the queen, favoring Eugenie as an ex-empress’s favorite choice in the be.
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Ceremonial Prayers and Social Oddities at English Country Houses
In this Outing magazine excerpt, a narrator describes the formal family prayers at English country houses, noting the strict decorum, the clattering of servants, and the stern gaze of the lady of the house. Humorous interruptions appear as guests, including Capt Pitzlake and a claret-soaked guest, fail to suppress tittering. The piece ends with reflections on the mix of freedom and propriety in country life.
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Training the beginner to become a writer, through practice
The interview with Richard Watson Gilder discusses how a beginner can enter literature. He urges saturating the mind with great works, writing constantly, and distributing pieces, even without pay, to gain type experience and reduce early mannerisms.
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Crowley's Destructive Temper Grips Monkey Exhibit
A reported incident from Olive Thorne Miller in Cosmopolitan describes Crowley the monkey’s explosive temper. The creature tears at gloves, hurls dust, and grabs items from curious bystanders, while guards and keepers struggle to restrain his vicious, inventive mischief.
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A Painter's Despair and a Model's Rescue
Georges, an exhausted painter, faces poverty and a collapsing marriage after his wife Julia abandons him. Rose Misere, a devoted model, offers help and comfort. A suicide attempt is halted as Georges is inspired by Rembrandt and Rose's loyalty, choosing life to pursue art rather than end it.
Darned man pilgrim dies keeping wedding suit
The Connecticut pilgrim known as the darned man dies after a life spent mending his wedding suit. His mind unraveled in youth after his fiancées death, yet he wandered the state in that suit, seeking needles and thread to preserve it, a constant symbol to him. The New York Tribune notes this obituary.
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