Spontaneous Remarks in a Wild West Theatre Scene
A humorous reminiscence recalls a chaotic night at De Give's Opera House in Atlanta when a Yale graduate cowpoke warned a fiddler, a Rip Van Winkle performance stirred emotions, and a staged baby caused a near riot before police restored order.
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Charley Stone
Siolin
Pardner
Yale
de Give
Atlanta
Jefferem
Rip van Winkle
Rip
Lachrymal
Gartley Campbell
Harry Miner
Bowery
The Field Family Rat Trap Incident
Obscience recounts how Cyrus Field and siblings were raised to obedience under a clergyman father earning $800 annually for nine children. During a service two Field brothers entered quietly with a missing rat trap and placed it before the pulpit, saying, Father, here's your rat trap, then left.
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Cyrus
How He Looked
An old woman testifies about a testator’s appearance in response to a lawyer asking if he looked like the attorney. She says she cannot recall two years back and notes the deceased man had a vacant look similar to the lawyer’s. The exchange ends with the lawyer finishing his questions.
Why He Would Be Absent
A commuter in a blizzard crawls from a halted suburban train and sends a telegraph stating he will not be at the office today and was not home yesterday, illustrating effects of severe winter weather. The vignette from Everybody's Magazine highlights disruption and isolation during harsh conditions.
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Everybody’s Magazine
A Doubtful Compliment Cartoon Moment
A clergyman guides an elderly visitor through a church tour and points to a memorial tablet for the late vicar. The lady, charmed by the moment, hopes a similar tribute will soon be placed for the tour guide on the opposite wall.
Breathing Plants Show Plant Uses Oxygen Like Humans
Professor J. R. A. Davis describes a sealed glass jar experiment with a growing plant. In darkness the oxygen is consumed, extinguishing a lighted match when opened. If lime water is present it turns milky, indicating carbon dioxide is released by the plant.
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J. R. A. Davis
Old Gabriel Comes in a Winter Sleighing Night
In northern New Hampshire a pious Second Adventist woman awakes her husband to report the arrival of Old Gabriel in a celestial chariot. He replies to lie still, noting Gabriel won’t come in such good sleighing.
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New Hampshire
John
Gabriel
Mary
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