Escape From Penfoo A Missionary And A Tea Merchant
Davies and Potter flee Penfoo after a Chinese mob disputes the belief in a weather stone. Van Ping guides through river sampans to safety as Davies confronts a mysterious stone toad box that proves central to their escapade. The journey ends aboard a river steamer toward Shanehal, with Potter regretful and Davies pondering future contracts.
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Van Tine
Davies
wei reael
Van Ping
nordhern bank
Penfoo sillage
Jug
roundstead
Wen Ping
dualeu foo
Cor Shanehal
Bob Davies
Leonid Potter
miade
Penfoo
Pam
Bob
Mr. Potter
Waters
ob Davies
California
George
temple garden
Joos Uitte
cauel
hela
Stone Toad Fortune Changes Davies and Potter
Davies buys a mystic stone toad from an old man for five dollars and becomes entangled with San Bong and a bow to luck. He leaves his tea business in Shanghai after appraising the emeralds as a fortune, plans a California ranch, and sends Potter a generous gift. Potter uses the money to visit Penfoo to prove the temple treasure myth false.
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Leonard Potter
Davies
Mr. Davies
Van Ping
Shanghai
Yan Ping
San Bong
Ybu
Penfou
Bob Davies
San Bang
America
California
Van King
Aitte Potter
Potter
Penfoo
temple
A Lame Excuse from Birmingham Contretemps
In a brief local vignette Mrs Twobble recounts a comic misunderstanding with a druggist. She says Mil refused further service after she asked him to lick a stamp, citing a tongue pimple as the reason. The exchange is reported as a light, humorous household anecdote from Birmingham.
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Mrs. Twobble
Mrs. Gadders
Birmingham Age-Herald
Captains among Mexican soldiers shock a grateful host
An American woman in a remote Mexican camp recounts five soldiers entering her shelter. They request blankets and food, with three men claiming captain ranks. The hostess discovers only one true captain, Primero, while the others are private soldiers. She grants blankets to the others, moved by flattery and curiosity.
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States
Mexico
Primero
Segundo
Tercero
Sequoia's Ancient Giants Stand Among America's Parks
Sequoia National Park, though little known east of the Rockies, hosts the oldest living trees in the world. The 161,597 acre park guards 1,166,000 sequoias, including the General Sherman and Abraham Lincoln trees, with ages surpassing 2,000 years. Nearby Grant and Washington realms share grand sequoias. the region offers superb trout fishing and stunning alpine scenery, near Kings River valley and Mount Whitney.
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Sequoia National park
Rockies
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Sequoia
John Muir
BR. B. Marshall
California
Mariposa grove
Yosemite valley
Yosemite National park
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Willam McKinley
General Grant National park
General Grant
Ellsworth Huntington
America
Kings river
great western divide
Mount Whitney
national park
Geographical Survey Bulletin
Saltness of the Sea Maintained by Uniform Inwash
The ocean remains uniformly salty as yearly saline input from continental rivers stays steady. The inwash of minerals from land keeps salinity levels nearly constant over time, a view echoed by the New York American.
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New York American
Nothing So Low De Goosby and Nev abt dialogue
De Goosby proclaims ruin after losing all money and questions Edo about his fate. Reggy reassures him to brace up and act manly, while Nev dismissively acts playful not addressing the loss.
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De Goosby
Edo
Puck
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