Russian pilgrims seek distant shrines in harsh winter travel
The piece describes Russian pilgrims leaving their izbas to trek to distant holy sites across Russia and beyond Toj Moscow Kiev Jerusalem and Solovetsky In monasteries along routes they endure hunger cold and long days walking with simple plaited footwear and bright headscarves yet receive hospitality and charity from locals and churches.
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Iri
Russia
Solovetsky
Odegsa
Jaffa
Moscow
Petchersk Ut
Kiev
Motisik
Tolstoi
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Javra
Petchersk
Lang’s Prolific Output and Period of Literary Work
The piece notes Andrew Lang once produced vast literary output, writing weekly pieces for a morning paper, two humorous sketches for an evening paper, two long articles, two reviews, and a weekly illustrated paper. He also spent four hours daily on fiction, turning out several books yearly, with 1890 seeing titles like Red Fairy Tale, Letters and Diaries of Sir Arthur, and more, averaging about 25,000 words a week.
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Lang
Andrew Lang
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Cedars of Lebanon A Century of Decline and Royal Bloodlines
The article notes only about 400 cedar trees remain on Lebanon slopes under guard to protect shoots from grazing. It describes immense trunks and wide canopies, the strong fragrant wood, and the cedar’s vitality with some trees possibly over a thousand years old, linking guardianship to biblical monarchs.
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Lebanon
Sone
Uuike
Hiram
Temple
Jerusalem
Lewis Gaston. Leary
Scribner's
Aphorisms and Formal Notes From Berlin Sacrist Frederick
A collection of maxims and quips on habit generosity and justice followed by a comic exchange attributed to a Berlin cathedral sacristan and a Prussian king. The piece ends with Frederick noting the king's reaction to the sacristan’s formal complaints.
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Berlin
Prussia
Schmidt
Bacrist Schmidt
Trist
Bacrst
Frederick
Derby’s Cabinet Secrets Spark Laugh At Conference
An account recalls Lord Derby sharing cabinet secrets with Lord Clarendon, who kept them private. Clarendon’s retelling amused colleagues as Derby woke and realized his error, his foreign office dispute momentarily forgotten amid the banter.
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Lord Derby
Lord Clarendon
Lord Charendon
Fragmentary Notebook Snippet From Historic Papers
Readable phrases reveal a casual exchange about stockings and a remark by Uncle Eben. The text includes fragmented dialogue and newspaper attributions suggesting a midcentury daily page snippet with colloquial tone and local color.
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