The Spectral Confession and the Oxford Bishop Tale
A celebrated Bishop of Oxford and Winchester, Samuel Wilberforce, hosts a Roman priest specter at a country house. The ghost reveals a centuries old confession that could alter an estate’s entail, claiming a book hid the confession in Young’s Night Thoughts. The bishop finds the manuscript as described, the estate soon passes to a distant relative, and the specter vanishes.
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Samuel Wilberforce
Oxford
Winchester
Wilberforce
London
Wilberforge
Mey Lingmre
Church of Rome
Young
New York Timess
Danse du ventre called ugly oddity in New York
Special Correspondence from New York reports the danse du ventre has been abolished in the city. Kate Jordan observes the act as bizarre and unrevealing, noting the dancer Zuleika’s restrained movements and suggestive attire, with the scene deemed out of step with New York morals.
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Kate Jordan
New York
Chicago
Salome
Herod
Cairo Street
Egypt
Algeria
Museum
Zuleika
Hoboken
Rich Chicagoan’s carelessness with Corot painting shocks dealer
In Cutcaco a street railroad magnate Charles T. Yerkes bought a Corot for 30000 dollars then carried the small canvas to Chicago in a simple paper wrap. The tale echoes a famed courier’s nerve, while noting coal costs and a South Africa China contrast.
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Cutcaco
New York
Charles T. Yerkes
Lakeside
Atlantic Seaboard
Corot
Yerkes
Mr. Yerkes
Chicago
Leonard Martin
Marble Heart Behind Civic Quiet Masks Deep Pain
A lyric contrasts a man’s calm city facade with hidden torment, then shifts to essays on dining knowledge and ignorance in meals. Letters discuss a Brown segmental wire gun, its design, use, and an editor’s note, noting the concept of a gun accompanying a regiment and its technical specs.
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Buffalo Express
Sun
Broad Arrow
Newport
R. J
London Truth
The Visible and Invisible in Indian Philosophy
The piece contrasts Western supernatural doubt with Indian thought. It cites Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita, noting Brahman's presence in the visible, maya as illusion, and Arjuna’s vision of the infinite. It reflects on death as a natural, softened concept in oriental view.
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India
Sir Edwin Arnold
Vanderbilt and theUniversalist Quip in a Fourth Avenue Car
A New York Sun item recalls Commodore Vanderbilt and Dr. Deems riding together when two drunken men boarded. One taunted the elder man about hell, prompting Vanderbilt to reply I hope not. The other retorted he must be a Universalist, sparking a brief, pointed exchange with the clerical figure.
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Vanderbilt
Commodore Vanderbilt
Dr. Deems
Fourth Avenue
Commodore
New York Sun
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