The Floating Island Fairy Sails to Fridolin’s Shore
A lonely forest boy Fridolin dreams of a Floating Island and the fairy maidens who guide away from sorrow. Years later, after loss and exile, the girl returns in a pearl boat to summon him to a distant, radiant castle. The veil of silver guides her boat as they reunite in a magical home.
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Feidoliy
Porh
Anneele
Jake
Eiver
Enels Fridolin
Idolin
Olygis
Pridotin
Littl
Hanter
Picola
Serrus
Fairy
Fleane
Littleeiel
Feidere
Eas
Atl
Prang
Abe
Fairy of the Floating Island Passes to the Lake
Fridolin meets Fairy, a girl from the Floating Island, aboard a silver jeweled boat. She warns she cannot speak his language, befriends him and his family, but a white bird drops a silver veil and Fairy sails away into the lake, leaving Fridolin bereft.
Word Puzzles and Verse Snippets Featured in 1260s Pages
A collage of riddles and poems includes 1267 to 1271 items with definitions, wordplay challenges, and verse. Entries reference Haggard style phrases, geologic and astronomical imagery, and a dialogue on linguistic shifts.
Electric motor replaces Gatling gun crank in new design
The Crocker Wheeler Motor Company, at the request of the U S Navy Bureau of Ordnance, integrated an electric motor with the Gatling gun allowing one gunner to fire at 1200 rounds per minute. The device eliminates the crank operator and enables precise control by a button, improving steadiness and efficiency in firing.
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New York Tribune
Crocker-Wheeler Motor Company
United States Navy Bureau of Ordonance
Bureau of Ordnance
Fire in Sea Aboard Kelvin Off Sunda Strait
Captain John Newman reports glowing patches on the water around the bark Kelvin as it sailed east of Krakatoa in Sunda Strait. The firelike patches formed lines extending from the ship, pulsing with each glow and fading after about 15 minutes as the vessel drifted.
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New York Times
John Newman
Kelvin
Sunda Strait
Java
Sumatra
Krakatoa
Suoda Strait
Such is Fame How the Grand Old Man Figures in the Century Dictionary
The Century Dictionary includes Gladstone as a word with two senses. First a roomy four wheel carriage with two inside seats for luxury travel. Second an English leather portmanteau sized 22 to 24 inches for transporting a dress suit without creasing, named in his honor.
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OODR
Tom
Bess
Harry
Elphant
Rowsewip
Catia
Gladstone
William E. Gladstone
The Name of God and the Trinity Explained
The article traces how God’s name evolves from Elohim to Jehovah to Father Son and Holy Ghost. It argues that Christian revelation completes the Hebrew monotheism with a triune God, yet stresses that the Father Son and Holy Ghost constitute one God. Reason must align with revelation, and belief in the Trinity rests on Christ’s teaching and Church authority.
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God
Elohim
Jehovah
Christ
Father
Son
Holy Ghost
Redeemer
Jesus Chrrist
Jesus Christ
Grover Hopees
Married in a Knotty Manner by an Old Pennsylvania Preacher
Spare Moments recounts a Western Pennsylvania circuit preacher famed for marrying many couples. He hurries through blessings, joking that each pair is joined, but two couples mix up their partners. He reforms the scene, declares, I married ye all, sort your selves.
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Pennsylvania
Supreme Bench of
United States
Judge Bradley
Blutchford
Harlan
Justice Gray
Judge Brewer
Fuller
Supreme Bench
Lamar
Field
Optical Telegraphy Uses Light Spectrum for Morse Signals
A Danish marine experiments with a spectro lantern that cuts white light into rainbow bands to form Morse code signals. Through prisms and screens, a lighthouse beam could convey long and short dashes to ships or shore observers, enabling night communication. A humorous aside notes a character named Matilda, while Melissa comments on marriage.
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Hiums
Longevity and Lives of United States Supreme Court Judges
A Washington dispatch surveys the long lives of Supreme Court justices from the early Republic to the present. It highlights Belknap and Miller deaths, notes judges’ ages, retirement patterns, and anecdotes about Taney and Jay, with opinions on overwork and a suggested retirement around seventy.
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United States
Supreme Bench
Taney
Maryland
Andrew Jackson
United States Bank
Luther Martin
William Pinkver
Thar
Jackson
Supreme Court
Jay
Marsal
Judge Swayne
Ohio
Duval
Washington
Justice Miller
Marshall
Story
Massachusetts
Bushrod Washington
General Washington
Mt. Vernon
McLean
Wayne
Georgis
Johnson
South Carolina
Rutledge
Tay
Largest sailing boat launched for France from Meadowside yard
A steel five masted bark built for Paris owners Ante Dom Bordes et Fils, parts of the France fleet. The ship rises 360 feet long, 48 feet wide, 30 feet deep with about 3750 tons gross and 6150 tons deadweight. Sails total 46000 square feet and nitrate trade will be its main cargo.
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Messrs. David & William Henderson & Co
Meadowside
Partick
France
Paris
Messrs. Bordes
The Alhambra Fire Narrow Escape at the Palace
A fire on September 15 threatened the Alhambra in Granada. The blaze broke in the Patio de Alberca near the Court of the Lions and Queen’s dressing room, but was contained after hours of effort. The upper gallery burned, including the Sala dela Barca and the right wing of Arrayanes Court. eight people sustained minor injuries.
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Europe
Alhambra
Grenada
Patio de Alberca
Patio de Los Leones
Sala Dela Barca
Arraynes Court
The Window Tax and Its Darkening Effect on Homes
A Chronicle article notes England’s window tax emerged from wartime revenue needs after Waterloo. It taxed houses with more than eight windows, prompting blocked windows and darker interiors, harming sanitation and health until Gladstone reformed the system.
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England
Newcastle
Chronicle
France
Waterloo
William Ewart Gladstone
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