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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1892
Page
2
A rich English traveler, Sir William, discusses sacred white elephants in Siam and the more general reverence for elephants in India. He recounts a precise dream of being a white elephant and reflects on his remembered life from infancy in the Malay Peninsula’s forested lands.
A first person narrative describes a perilous capture by Malays after a white elephant named Aor defends a captive. The elephant refuses to aid in violence, while the captive endures imprisonment, learns kindness from a sympathetic keeper, and later reflects on leadership and fate during warfare.
A fragmented narrative recalls a solitary life with a mother figure and a loyal companion, describing distant lands, animal life, and a bond formed on a shore. It then shifts to a historical analysis praising Hannibal, contrasting him with Roman cruelty and detailing battles, tactics, and his enduring defiance of Rome.
Sally Prindle and her sister Marcia visit Great Uncle Judge Nathaniel Ingraham's mansion. Sally's nightly forays guard the house, a theft attempt by a prowler prompts a dramatic upstairs confrontation, police arrival, and a surprising yet forgiving resolution with the judge.
The article presents unwritten history from U S presidential nominations, focusing on 1888 Harrison, 1876 Hayes, and Garfield 1880. It cites internal discussions, telegraphs, dinners, and gas-lighting tricks as pivotal in shaping outcomes, with named figures like Tom Platt Depew Morton Blaine Hayes and Conkling. It recounts inside accounts from senators Tyner and others about strategic moves and endorsements.
A long miscellany notes rare coins from Bergerac a giant London telegraph office a claim on magnetism from steel rods and the Ashantee royal wives a Latvian legend on world partition and the sun’s distance. It covers postage history Pattis watch railways in Austria and Russia and curious regional beliefs with broader science facts.
The passage contrasts Rome's commitment to good institutions and laws with Carthage's weakness and corruption. It describes an African leader whose intellect energy and opportunity making power supported Rome while Carthage faltered behind him, implying Rome would prevail.
A Washington woman recounts Stephen Wise, once Webster's office boy and secretary of state’s messenger. Wise, a keen observer, grew into a famed Virginia lawyer who mingled with top jurists and debated in Washington’s Senate libraries, shaping his celebrated career.
In a satirical note the piece mocks fashionable society craving modern improvements on salvation. The old religion remains enough for salvation, while the idea of through tickets to heaven is played for humorous effect.
M Leon Say and supporters campaign to introduce the English Sunday in France. Success looks doubtful, yet the effort has publicized their aims across the country.
The author defends himself against religious critics of Life of Jesus. He cites a Nantes subscriber who imagines hell as a place of escape, preferring purgatory with a polar light and etheric purification. He jokes that Paradise would bore him and that travel among planets suits him, though devout elders may dominate the elect.
A Pall Mall Budget writer describes two historic gowns. The gray brocade dress features a redingote with straight lines and cut steel buttons, ruche front, jabot neck and no wrinkles. The black satin gown has two bodices, jet trim, square and V necklines, lace vest, open sleeves, and jet buttons.
In Gaveston News a quip ponders what a woman could do if she had Burnsides, imagining bold ripple effects from wit and charm.
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