Twin cabins tale on a river valley run by hidden tunnel
A horseman seeks the Dolan surveyors in a flooded North Platte valley. He stays with Jo Byrnes whose two cabins hide a tunnel and a stash. A sheriff arrests Byrnes thinking him a road agent, a cave and tunnel mystery ensue as the claim line and treasure vanish with the flood.
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Jo Byrnes
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Fred Buay
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Growth of Power of Man Sermon Reflections on Power
Edward Everett Hale cites a Boston sermon stating modern individuals control vastly more power than ancestors. He notes 1800 US steam engines totaled 30 horsepower and compares it to current trolley power, attributing the rise to innovations by Watt Hare and Henry and framing power as a moral test of human use.
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Edward Everett Hale
Boston
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James Watt
Robert Hare
Joseph Henry
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Chinese Court Etiquette Reforms Under Prince Regent
Regulations on audience etiquette for the prince regent are debated. Grand councilors may sit, with the regent central. a later proposal envisions a centered throne and seating arrangements for councilors and princes. The regent accepts 10 000 taels monthly, opposed by the grand councilors who propose 20 000 taels.
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