Dream mysteries and memory in sleep explained
A thoughtful essay on dreams from The North American Review by Elizabeth Bisland is cited, noting dreams' mystery and the brain's odd recall. It discusses memory selection, inherited memories, and sleeps’ heightened mental activity, plus a digression on Lecky, Macaulay, and Gladstone related to religious belief and political choices.
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North American Review
Elizabeth Bisland
Gray Kingdom
Seeming
Quay
New York Commercial Advertiser
Impartial Texas court styles quick verdict for Mexican thief
A Texas court years ago heard a case of a young Mexican charged with stealing a pistol. He proved the pistol was his own, long in his possession. The jury, eager to adjourn, debated quickly and sent a verdict before the 3 PM reopening, asking to "put him through" since he was not guilty, ending amid a cheerful noontide mood.
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Texas
Presidents and Humor Across Early U.S. Leaders
A collection of quotes contrasts Washington to later presidents on humor, citing the Boston Herald praising Washington as gravity embodied while noting Garfield’s alleged lack of taste for fun and Andrew Johnson’s failure to recognize humor. The piece preserves rival views from Boston and New York Sun.
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Boston Herald
Boston
George Washington
Washington
The
Andrew Johnson
North Carolina
Tennessee
United States
Garfield
James A. Garfield
New York Sun
Most Dangerous Reef on English Coast The Manacles
The Manacles rocks lie mid way between Falmouth Roadsted and the Lizard, the coast’s most dangerous reef. Extending three miles offshore, their sharp spurs block a ship’s natural approach to Falmouth, causing frequent wrecks in night conditions. A bell marks danger three miles out, though storms can muffled its toll.
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Manacles
Falmouth
Lizard Point
London Standard
His Sacrifice Mammy and Aunt Jane in dialogue
The excerpt from the New York Recorder depicts a conversation where a child expresses pity for orphaned boys and asks to give them care from Aunt Jane. Freddy responds cheerfully, while the mother nudges consideration of familial help.
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Jane
Freddy
New York Recorder
Why Some Glasses Are Called Tumblers
A Jewelers’ Circular tale explains the word tumbler from All Souls College Oxford. Silver round bowls balanced upright when filled with ale impressed guests, then rolled and righted themselves when empty, prompting the nickname tumbler which later passed to common glass cups. The original All Souls tumblers remain a rarity.
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Max Muller
All Souls’ College
Oxford
Alice
Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt
Queen Victoria
The Unique Bowdoinham Merchant Who Went Bankrupt
A Maine tale of B. B. Douglas of Bowdoinham who built a vast farm store stock from farms to liniment and pins to mowing machines. He sold at tiny profits and drew customers from miles, yet failed with an $80,000 loss. His cluttered shop spread through a long farmhouse and outbuildings with flour barrels, molasses, lard, and piled goods. The Lewiston Journal notes the paradox of profitless abundance.
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Maine
B. B. Douglas
Bowdoinham
Douglas
Lewiston Journal
Sargent Studio Secluded Yet Sociable Brilliant Painter
In Sargent's Studio he paints amid visitors but remains relaxed and unfazed by company. He works with ease, often filling pauses by playing piano or guitar. He aims for perfection, repainting parts as needed, and avoids radical art movements while appreciating novelty in observation.
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Sargent
William A. Coffin
Gloomy Muscat Lacking Minarets and Charm
The article describes Muscat as gloomy with narrow dirty bazaars under palm matting and ruins. It notes the decline in population from fifty years ago, absence of a proper minaret, and unremarkable Ibadi mosques. It also mentions halwa tied to cruel labor and a bell shaped cone used as a mosque marker.
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Muscat
Russian Methods and the Warsaw Censor Incident
Danish critic Georg Brandes recalls a Russia journey tale from Impressions in Poland. At the Moscow frontier a customs official questions two copies of the Paris Nouvelle Revue, insisting its contents must be censored. The Russian officer declares prohibitions arise from what he cannot understand, confiscating Brandes writings and even a Chinese-French dictionary.
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Georg Brandes
Russia
Poland
Copenhagen
Paris Nouvelle Revue
Warsaw
Herr Brandes
King Prempeh Beholds Sea on Exile Voyage
The Ashanti king Prempeh, imprisoned by the English, sees the sea for the first time as he boards the warship Racoon for exile. Crowds on the shore shout and sing while the king and his guards depart. Seasickness among Ashanti captives before the ship moves offshore.
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Prempeh
Ashanti
West Yorkshire
A Frenchman Learns Breaks and Brokers in Language
A New York Journal snippet jokes about a Frenchman misusing English verb phrases. He misnames situations like health broken up and smallpox broken out, then learns broken off engagement and broker, realizing the pun on Mr James's occupation as a broker, not a breaker.
Black Hens and Hidden Eggs Prove Theory Flawed
A Wabash Times anecdote recalls a poultry interview about black hens. A farmer boasted his 200 bird flock lay better, but a white feathered hen vanished, later found to have concealed herself in potato storage, uncovering 66 eggs and refuting the boastful theory.
Journalism and the novelist William Black’s view on training
William Black, once a leader writer for the London News, says journalism offers broad life experience for novelists though reporting best yields fuller insight. He notes journalism has transformed over 20 years from a daily paper to a magazine-like medium that accepts any subject if it is interesting.
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William Black
The
London News
Bible in the pockets of a young runaway
A police superintendent in an inland city stops a boy arrested by an officer for running away from home to fight Indians. The only item found on the boy is a Bible. The chief reads it slowly, then tells the youth he is surprised a book of this kind could lead him to run away, noting there are really good things in it. Source: New York Tribune.
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Chauncey M. Depew
New York Tribune
Patent Office Recording Fees Set by Word Count
The fee for recording assignments or agreements in the patent office ranges by word count. For 300 words or under the charge is $1, for more than 8300 and under 1,000 words $2, and for over 1,000 words $3, with fees tied to the length of the document.
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Patent Office
East and West contrasted in Owen Wister’s view
In a New York Tribune sketch of Owen Wister, he remarks that the west shows kindness and broad interest beyond its borders while the east remains more self focused. The commentary notes western travelers stay curious about New York and other eastern centers, whereas eastern cities tend to mind their own surroundings.
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Owen Wister
Arthur Stedman
Mr. Wister
Chicago
San Francisco
New York
East
Philadelphia
New York Tribune
The Rules of His Life Exs Congressman Wise Story
Ex congressman John Wise recalls a postwar Virginia social encounter with Frederick Douglass at Madison Court House. Colonel Dinwiddie declines a hand to Douglass due to prejudice yet agrees to share a drink, revealing clashing attitudes within Virginia's old guard as Douglass notes his status. The anecdote highlights race, hospitality, and personal codes in the era.
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John
Wise
Virginia
Madison Court House
Frederick Douglass
Dinwiddie
Douglass
Old Dominion
Lighting the Yule Log Tradition in English Hearths
The Yule log, a custom in England and still seen in northern districts, involved burning a large log on Christmas Eve while the family gathered. It was lit with a brand saved from the previous year's log, symbolizing protection against evil spirits. The event included music, stories, and jest, with the log's continuous flame deemed essential for good fortune.
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England
Old Country
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Heart of Gotham Writers and Ideas Concentrated Here
A Pittsburg Dispatch New York correspondent assesses a narrow midtown district between Fourteenth and Fortieth streets as the city’s creative hub. He notes writers composers and critics shape most original literary and dramatic work and influence broad American culture through Broadway activity.
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Gotham
Metropolis
New York
Pittsburg
Broadway
Persistency in advertising cited as worth small spend
A Macan Telegraph note argues that steady persistent advertising beats spasmodic bursts. It warns merchants that even small ongoing spending yields better returns than intermittent, large sums, likening small bread to greater gain through consistent effort.
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Macan
London literary taste shifted from West End to provinces and colonies
A critique argues that modern readers favor stock market news over classical works. The author laments the West End’s declining influence on literary standards, claiming provincial and colonial readers shape reputations through popularity and "log rolling" rather than genuine critical acclaim.
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London
Stock Exchange
West End
Don
Ancient Roman glass paste revived by modern sculptor
An eminent sculptor with a chemical lab has recreated soft glass paste like the old Roman variety. The paste can be modeled like clay and holds impressions. it rebounds when struck and can be driven with nails as with lead. The secret once guarded by Romans remains elusive in history.
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Tiberius
Pearson’s Weekly
Electrical plant near Illinois coal pits eyed to curb smoke
Albert Shaw in Century recounts N C Nelson proposing a near mine plant consuming slack and waste coal to generate electricity for St Louis. Transmission by wire would provide heat power and illumination, reducing the smoke nuisance without moving coal from mine mouths. Nelson argues Illinois sites are ideal for this solution.
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N. C. Nelson
Illinois
St. Louis
Albert Shaw
Ads Victims In Florida Land Scheme Described In Cornhill
The account recounts Iowa families lured to Florida by a land advertisement. They arrived to burned stumps, rough camps, and a shabby house as dusk fell. The land agent loomed, threatening to “settle up hell” if given the chance, while the families faced fear and disillusion.
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Florida
Iowa
Cornhill Magazine
Water in the Sun Questioned by Mont Blanc Observation
Professor Janasen, the astronomer, visited Mont Blanc’s summit observatory to inspect a new telescope and searched the sun’s spectrum for water. He found no evidence of water, noting the dry alpine air enhances the result, though it cannot prove absence of water in the sun.
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Janasen
Mont Blanc
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