Escape From Tau Kuan Deep in the Gobi Caverns
San Con and Andrew March flee a guarded palace during a tense night escape. Pursued by horsemen, they ally with deformed miners and a desert Arab who recalls Buffalo’s fate, seeking shelter and aid to return to the world beyond Tau Kuan.
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San Con
Athirst
Andrew March
March
Gon
Levington
Con
Tan Kuan
Werem
Koresh
Tau Kuan
Gobi
Dory Street
Cincinnati
Rush Street
Chicago
Thames
Ashamede
Brooklyn
Shanghai
Gow
Jir
Don
Saint Lawrence
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Djarobed
Tau Kuon
New Substitute for Gold Alloy Described in Detail
A described alloy substitutes gold by combining ninety four parts copper with Aix parts of antimony and a touch of magnesium carbonate to increase weight. It is claimed this alloy can be drawn wrought and soldered like gold and take a golden polish.
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Aix
Lord Kitchener and Presbyterians, a wartime clash
The anonymous author recounts Lord Kitchener's stance on army chaplains during WWI. Lloyd George pressed for denominational chaplains, especially Presbyterians, but Kitchener resisted until he finally yielded and quipped about spelling Presbyterians. The piece contrasts his war-minded focus with religious appointments. Also notes on work animals moving from Pennsylvania and the Central West to the East, describing a cycle from farms to cities and back, with profit and loss for producers and dealers.
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Lord Kitchener
Downing Street
Kitchener
Pennsylvania
East
North
West
Mississippi Valley
Ealers
New England
No Room for the Incompetent
An aphorism on incompetence and progress notes that much work requires undoing and that incompetents are costly to society. It emphasizes a premium on brains and skill as a driver of efficiency.
First Night Play Jokes About Eskimo Scene-Shift
A theater remarks that a peculiar scene-shifter is an Eskimo. The manager explains the hire was to see one happy face if the show turns frosty. The author notes the idea as a quip about mood on opening night.
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Jess
Sandhills
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Aate
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Lati
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