Ellen Campbell and Davie in a guarded camp hour
At Greene’s camp Ellen faces mixed loyalties as Davie’s letters stir trouble. Sevier accuses Graham of stirring Ellen’s heart, while a hidden love triangle unfolds among Ellen, Graham, and Mr. Willoughby. Ellen rejects Graham’s advance but fears a memory that blocks happiness.
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Day
Davie
Ellen
Sevier
Sumter
Broad River
Greene
Pee Dee
Col. Morgan
Morgan
Cornwallis
Tarleton
Mansion House
Graham
Miss Ellen
Pat
Miss Campbell
Seyjer
Selim
Bowen
P. S
David
Ned
Major Davie
Mr. Willoughby
Jupiter
Mar
Col. Washington
Cunningham
Howe
Scott
Jerry
Zoe
Ellen Campbell
Latter Day Saints Have Made a Wonderful Country of a Desert
R. J. Herndon reports from Sant Saxw City Utah on Joseph F Smith and the Smoot controversy. He describes Mormon influence in Utah politics and the churchs stance on tithing self reliance and economic ventures like Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution. He notes growth of Gentile ownership in Salt Lake City and the enduring Mormon work ethic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Yorkville Enquirer
Sant Saxw City
Utah
Joseph Fr. Smith
Mormon Church
Henry Hall
Pittsburg Times
Smith
Reed Smoot
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Apostle Smoot
U. S. Senate
Church
Apostles Winder
Penrose
Smoot
Republican Party of
U.S. Senate
Congress
Geo.q. Carmon
Territory of
Church of Latter Day Saints
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Brigham Young
Plains
Tabernacle
Young
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution
Salt Lake City
The Snaky Octopus Encounter in Stewart Island
Frank T. Bullen recalls his first octopus experience in a shallow Stewart Island bay New Zealand. While collecting flounders in a sandy riverbed he was seized by multiple tentacles and used a sheath knife to kill the creature saving himself from drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Bullen
Stewart Island
New Zealand
Oakland Forty Niner James Wainwright Recounts Gold Rush
In St Louis for a brief visit James A Wainwright 80 a surviving original forty niner from Oakland recounts travels from Philadelphia where he visited a grandson. He recalls life in the gold fields the Indian fights and a hanging case and notes California commerce and rapid justice then ends with a lamp chimney anecdote. He and his nephew plan to finish the journey to Oakland together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Wainwright
Oakland
Cal
California
St.Louis
Mr. Wainwright
Philadelphia
Frank Blair
Chicago
Wainwright
St. Louis
Planters
Ohio
West
Billings
Man Seeks Dishpan Damages In Court Inquiry
In a humorous episode a man arrives at Squire Nickerson's office with two children and insists on filing suit over a dishpan held by a boarding house landlady. The squire explains practical remedy: replace the lamp chimney and recover the dishpan by direct purchase, avoiding costly litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire
Indianapolis News
Squire Nickerson
Timarau the Fearsome Mindoro Forest Buffalo
A reader of natural history recounts the elusive timarau of Mindoro and its vicious nature, detailing Worcester and Steere’s failed first hunt, native fear, and the animal’s deadly charge when surprised. It contrasts this with a medical summary of Japanese rifle wounds in Manchuria and the high survivability of certain gunshot injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Profs. Worcester
Steere
Philippines
Prof
Worcester
Mindoro
Timaran
Prof. Worcester
Ita
Anoa
Celebes
Manchuria
Zoge von Manteuffel
Kholine
Zeldovitch
Dr. von Manteuffel
Dr. Zeldovitch
St. Petersburg
Finger Rings Origins Traced to Prometheus and the Rock
The article traces rings as ancient symbols of marriage and authority, noting myths from Prometheus to Prometheus’s rock chain and early uses in Egypt and Rome. It cites Isaac and Rebecca from Scripture and mentions the Cheops ring, plus notes on ring symbolism across cultures and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Prometheus
Caucasus
Iver
Pharaoh
Joseph
Egypt
Cheops
Tubal Cain
Isaac
Rebecca
Chicago Chronicle
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Mary A. Ewart
Shakspeare
Solomon
Richard
R. J. Herndon
49ERS
Washington Star
United States
India
Africa
Prometheus and
the Rock
G. K. Chesterton
Sebastian Melmoth
Constance Clyde
Edward Marshall
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