Lion of Guelma Drives Futile Hunt in Africa Tale
An Algiers inn spahis captain recounts a dangerous Christmas foray to win his Vandal mistress a skin from the black lion of Guelma. Amid moonlit hills near Constantine, Abdul Said lurks as rival, while the famed lion stalks the plains, threatening both hunter and quarry.
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Algiers
Cadis
Constantine
Africa
Guelma
Gerard
Cecile Jules Basile Gerard
Fondouk
Hotel de
Paris
Spahis
Messieurs
Moseley
Black Lion
Lion Battle and Sacred Skin Tale in Desert Encounter
An explorer recounts a lethal clash with a lion when saving a Spahi and a wounded comrade. After a savage fight, the hunter kills the beast but loses scalp and sustains injury. A rescue follows, the lion is slain, and the mission ends with a tense revelation about Fatima and Abdul Said.
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Spahi
Fatima
Gnelma
Abdul Said
Christmas greens from Roman times guide modern decor
The article notes Christmas greenery traces to Saturnalia in ancient Rome and cites Ruskin on noble plant worship. Holly bay and laurel populate church decorations in England and America with holly from Virginia, laurel common, bay rare, greens kept to Twelfth Night and cleared by Candlemas to avoid goblins.
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Ruskin
England
Virginia
South
New Year calls fade in cities as old Knickerbocker custom evolves
The Philadelphia Press notes New Year calls decline in urban life as formal receptions replace old fashion visits. Some households keep the tradition in whole or part with dinners and carriage tours ending in supper and games, apples and chestnuts.
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Philadelphia Press
So-yal-u-na Moqui New Year Drama and Sun Dance
The Moqui celebration So-yal-u-na is a two part mythic drama with offerings to serpent effigies and a sun dance. Warriors perform to depict the sun’s conflict with hostile gods as elders note the sun’s return from winter solstice and prepare a kiva rite to placate the snake demon. The ceremony ends with a year of sun protection and renewed moisture.
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New York Herald
Ring Out the Old and Ring in the New Verse
A rhythmic inset echoes year end themes with bells across snow. The verse contrasts ring out falsehood with ring in truth as the year turns.
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U. S
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Merchants’ Exchange
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