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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1890
Page
11
An old merchant’s disease prompts a water-sprite pact. Armide returns with wealth and beauty, Sylphide’s charm fades, while Elfrede, praised as plain, is taken to a magical palace where she thrives for years. Envy shadows the two sisters remaining at home.
In a forest tale three sisters seek life giving water from a hideous water sprite. Armide refuses to stay with the sprite and returns home on a magical horse. Phylde dances with the wind and is carried away before Elfriede finally trades for the water and is transformed into beauty.
A German tale set in a red and blue marble castle contrasts a Golden Queen beloved for kindness with a sad Dark Queen who steals children. A river marks allegiance between realms as one child disappears and the others are lured to the Water and the Dark Queen. The servant laments the loss of all the children and vanishes. The Dark Queen binds the children with a silver band on her dress.
This item presents a section titled Sympathetic Saying as part of home amusements for children. It is a readable puzzle fragment from a Lewiston Maine department page credited to E R Caannonen and includes address details for correspondence.
A fragmented page mixes a hunting chase with drawings, poems, and puzzles. It mentions a beast by a stream, a fairy figure, a transposition cipher, a dressmaker scene, and a monstrous bird seen by a child, all rendered in a belated miscellany voice.
Sermon discussing St. Paul’s appeals to mercy and reason to urge believers to present their bodies as a living sacrifice. It contrasts asceticism with a willing, joyful offering aimed at service, urging readers to imitate Christ by choosing the higher good and keeping the body pure for God.
A report in the Revue Industrielle describes the Giffard gun, a curious small firearm. Its operation relies on liquefied carbonic anhydride stored under high pressure in a steel nine inch cylinder, replacing traditional powder for propulsion.
A historical note explains a gas gun design where a detachable liquid cylinder powers 150 shots. The hammer retracts a piston, seals the chamber under gas pressure, and releases liquefied gas without heating. The conical gas ball fits through an aperture then locks to form a sealed unit, producing a small popping sound and light weight.
A Dispatch correspondence from La Paz surveys Bolivian Indians the Aymaras and Quichuas, showing enduring social control under white ruling classes. It details Inca roots, colonial relocation of tribes, religious practices coca worship and memorial cairns, and the lasting cultural divide between Aymara and Quichua communities.
Max Hambourg, a South Russian immigrant boy pianist, is the eldest of five children. In London, a Pall Mall Budget representative found him playing with tin railroad cars as a child, but at the piano he becomes a man. His father speaks of his sudden deep interpretation and remarkable talent.
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