Treasure and danger in the Pilgrims Rest gold claim
In a moonlit South African hillside, a mine owners son and father discover a gold nugget among twelve pockets of ore. They fear Handspike Tom lurks nearby while pondering a move toward Delago Bay after sourcing four hundred fifty pounds more than they invested. They settle by a remote camp to bathe and reflect as a lion roars from the river, signaling danger.
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Harry
Tom
Quatermain
Olfer
Barry
Delago Bay
Delago
Durban
Night trek through sparse bush on moonlit frontier
A narrator recalls a fortnight after losing a sovereign and finding money instead, describing a moonlit camp with Harry, two Kafirs, a Scotch cart, and six oxen on a rising sea of bush, noting sparse growth where the camp was set.
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Eldorado
Harry
Mosaic of Virgil Unearthed in Tunis Dig Site
A Roman mosaic found by soldiers uncovering foundations at Tunis seaport shows Virgil writing the Aeneid. The tiny three and a half foot square scene depicts the poet in a white toga with blue fringe, papyrus roll, and a front view as Clio and Melpomene dictate his cantos.
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Italy
Provence
Rome
Tunis
London Daily News
El-Djem
Arles
Nimes
Academy of Inscriptions
Paris
M. Boisier
Susa
Egypt
Jnv
Clio
Mélpomene
New Tariff Bill Promises Farmer Protective Rates
Washington correspondence notes the new tariff bill introduced in the house aims to shield farming interests and reduce duties on key farmed articles. General Grosvenor of Ohio praises the measure, claiming better wool and sugar protections and a shift away from the old McKinley schedule.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House of
Congress
McKinley
House
General Grosvenor
Ohio
United States
Middle West
United’ States
A Good Samaritan Dialogue From Washington Star
A brief exchange between a young writer and a seasoned reader discusses editing a manuscript. The young author seeks advice on selecting the book’s best passages, while the elder suggests curating and discarding sections to improve quality.
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Washington Star
Death notice for a woman aged fifty in brief exchange
An obituary note records the death of a woman described as living fifty years, with a terse line about her life and a reference to a sitter. The fragmentary text emphasizes the age at death and a brief tribute.
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Teka
Bismarck Austria Partition Proposal Reported
A Berlin letter to a London paper claims Dr Hein rich Friedlung will publish a book about Bismarck and Austria in 1866. It alleges secret talks proposing a Prussia Austria partition of Germany and a joint attack on France to seize Alsace with Austria taking Strasbourg and Prussia Mainz. The aim was to subdue Napoleon III amid Mexico campaign effects.
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Bismarck
Austria
Berlin
London
Heinrich Friedlung
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Prussia
Europe
France
Alsace
Strasburg
Mainz
Napoleon
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Tale of
H. Rider Haggard
South Africa
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Pee Satan
Eee Ceeseess
Manus
Carde
P. c. Xayn
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Samaritan
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