WRECKED SHIP RAIDER TALES AND CAPTURED CREW
Reports detail the German raider Count von Luckner and the capture of the Slade and Manila in the Pacific and Atlantic. Captain Smith recalls crew taken aboard the raider, destruction of the Slade, and a march toward Tahiti before marooning at Mapeha and Lutece rescue.
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Ian
Pass
Balmahs
Bremen
Atlantic
Smith
Pacific
Slade
Sydney
Onith
Wlix Graf von Lueck
A. B. Johnson
San Francisco
Manila
Nila
Mopeha
Cook Islands
Fiji Islands
Count von Luckner
Mapeha Island
Papeete
Lutece
Tahiti
Mark Twain Refuses Fee for Grant Lecture Offer
Mark Twain declines a $1000 lecture fee for the Robert Fulton Monument benefit, saying he stopped talking for pay years ago. He jokes about Fulton, asks Grant to verify if Fulton signed the Declaration and about Paul Jones, Porter, and historical gems, then offers to use his own knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Grant
Mark Twain
Robert Fulton Monument Association
Twain
Grant
Robert Fulton
Paul Jones
Horace Porter
Porter
Lake Dwellings Built on Piles From Bronze Age
A correspondent describes ancient lake villages built on piles driven into lake mud. Large wooden platforms supported round or rectangular huts of wattle work with clay coating, hearthstones, and hand mills. One Lake Constance settlement used 50 000 piles in a 15 000 by 400 foot parallelogram connected to shore by a causeway and drawbridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Constance
Cat and Dog Exchange Offspring Stuns Observers
A cat and a female fox terrier born litters at about the same time deliberately swapped their young. The cat reared the puppies while the dog cared for the kittens. Both litters reached the weanable stage in good health. No explanation for the abnormal conduct is known.
Wisdom from leisure and the pursuit of happiness
The old Hebrew sage argues that wisdom comes from leisure and that even brief Sabbaths of rest, ten minutes if needed, refresh our hidden selves. He calls for a world safe for our other selves and cites the Declaration of Independence's right to pursue happiness.
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S. M. Crothers
The
Atlantic
Give Cheerfulness a Chance in a Quiet World
The piece argues cheerfulness is rarer than believed, even among the rich, noting Browning and Thoreau while urging openness to cheerfulness. It asserts a good disposition is valuable and that society should embrace cheerfulness rather than elevate philosophers.
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Browning
Thoreau
The
Atlantic Monthly
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Great Communication Army
Bell Telephone CO
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Warren, PA
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