Perseverance and a mill pond plan win Comfort's hand
Deacon Amos Tenderloin recalls his trials to win Comfort from Pete Diggs. He credits his mother and perseverance for outlasting rival efforts, culminating in a daring row and a confession that finally won her approval. The tale ends with Comfort declaring Amos the one for her.
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Deacon Amos Tenderloin
Mother
Pete Diggs
Cele
Amos
Comfort
Pup
Pete
Sunday Mercury
Slavery in Old England and Its Slow Abolition
The article traces slavery in England from Celts and Roman times through the Saxon and feudal eras. It notes Doomsday estimates of 25 000 slaves, the rise of villeins, and partial church actions. It claims lasting practices persisted until 1660 and that colliers remained movable labor until 1775 act declaring them free.
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England
Cresar
Bristol
Scotland
Ireland
Ceurls
Richard II
Church
Brooklyn Eagle
George III
Hunters Feast in Africa From Hoodoo to Elephant Trunk
The Saturday Review describes Nairobi style hunting life in South Africa with stark camp discipline and hard routines. It notes men endure heat and fatigue, dine on hoodoo and eland, and savor simple meals after long hunts. It also laments the decline of the oxlike eland and the faltering status of the roan antelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eland
Harris
Gordon Cumming
Livingstone
Moffat
Boulevard Haussman
Paris
Insect and Animal Hearing Organs Across Species
The article explains hearing organs in diverse creatures. It notes insects show auditory sacs at leg bases or wings and crustaceans like lobsters and crabs have sacs at the base of their antennae.
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Old England
Africa
Dines, Lig Uors -Ard
Cy L
Cor
M. Brown
Ge Me Deeke Sk
Diguon
Treyines
Jars
Gig
S. J. Henxniop
Little Chicago
Cotton & Wixson
Gigars
E. Dillmans
M. A. Workeman
CSA
Oes
John Glines
W. Gillman
McNaughton Bros
Poineer Livery
CharLtes Crouse
Curtis Hadlock
Deseret Spia Wy
James Hacking
W. BR. Green
Ashley Valley
Huquire
R. Veltmen
Ashley
Utah
John Wilson
Christainson and
Pope
Callamed
Aine
W. P. Reyondos & Sons Proprietors
Central Canal
Rrynoxos Miller
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