Return of Charles Trevanion Confirms Family Welcome
Charles Trevanion unexpectedly arrives at Slyverton in Morning costume to surprise Mildred and family. Frances Slyverton shows cool courtesy while Mildred and Denzil prepare to entertain him, as Lady Caroline beams with joy at her eldest son's homecoming.
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Mildred
Milly
Miss Trevanion
Denzil
Charlie
Younge
Mason
Frances Slyverton
Charles
Mamma
Miss Sylverton
Caroline
Charles Trevanion
Sylverton
Frances
Slyverton
Sir George
Eddie
Eddie Trevanion’s Gambling Scandal Breathes Trouble
Miss Trevanion learns Eddie has gambled away three hundred pounds, leaving him hopelessly in debt and fearing exposure. Mildred and Mabel confront the crisis as Eddie confesses his losses and contemplates flight while family finances strain under the Trevanion curse.
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Trevanfon
Cairns
King's Abbott
Eddie
Miss Trevanion
Trevanion
Sir George
Miss. Trevanion
Mildred
Lowance
Willoughby Trevanion
Milly
Poyntz
Benny Mabel
Cornell Professor on What It Means for a Farm to Pay
A Cornell professor discusses farm profitability with a focus on perspective. He recalls a bean patch tale about woodchucks and value, arguing that earning money teaches children worth and that overpayment dulls real sense of values.
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Cornell University
Thoreau
Talmage
Lesson of Patience and Kinship
A reflective couplet urges endurance when hurt by loved ones and rivals, noting that small wounds and humble enemies still demand brotherly or neighborly restraint and unity. The lines emphasize perseverance and solidarity amid everyday trials and tensions.
Snakes grow valuable as doctors seek antidotes
The piece notes rising snake prices with rattlesnakes worth at least $20, driven by naturalists and physicians testing poisons for antidotes to snake bites and toxics. It describes poisonous species, safety caveats, and a South Carolina snake hunting locale praised by R. L. Ditmars, with night hunts and dangers highlighted.
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Weir Mitchell
Texas
United States
Snake Hunting in Swamp Reveals Deadly Rattlers and Serpents
A verdant swamp scene unfolds with leatherclad snake hunters on mules stalking diamondback rattlers and cobras. The piece explains gear,技巧, and danger as hunters bag venomous snakes for medicine and study.
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United States
India
Novel marine torch lights upon water with carbide and calcium
A new marine torch described by Fielden in a magazine lights instantly when submerged. A sealed metal cylinder holds carbide of calcium and an air chamber for buoyancy, with calcium phosphide at the head to generate phosphoretted hydrogen upon contact with water. The device requires no mechanism beyond removing a protective strip, burns 30 minutes to 10 hours depending on size, and is rechargeable.
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Fielden
Mammoth Black Walnut Tree Sold for Four Thousand Dollars
A Valushie Black Walnut tree on B. P. Gaus’s farm in Williams County Ohio sold for 4000 dollars. Lumber dealers examined chips and called it the finest walnut they had seen. The tree measured eight feet in diameter, stood 40 feet above the stump, and extended 73 feet to the first limb.
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B. P. Gaus
Williams County
Ohio
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