My Misery or The Result of an Alliance with Poverty
A narrator recounts his misadventures after leaving the Pacific fish trade to seek fortune east with a wealthy aunt. He marries Libbie, squanders money on luxuries and relatives, funds Julia’s millinery venture, then suffers a crash in dry-fish markets. Lost wealth, a lone Chinaman, and a failed family saga end with a warning to his peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Globe
Pacific
Josiah
Abe
San Francisco
Libbie
Tceo
Goodby
Sam
Sting
Pacific Coast
Lake City
Jim
Thad
Oime
Julia
Clatsop Plains
Skipenong Landing
Josey
Marilla
Minor Visionary Prophecies and Notable Citizens
A critical portrait of Professor Grimmer and his grim forecast from 1880 to 1887. The piece also surveys Archduchess Christina, Queen Victoria’s Albert medal recipients for miners Harris and Davies, and a reflective anecdote on Irish dramatists Dion Boucicault and John Brougham now reuniting in New York after decades apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimmer
Asia
Europe
America
Christina
Spain
Queen Victoria
Henry Davies
John Harris
Abercorn
Harris
Davies
London
England
New York
Dion Boucicault
John Brougham
An Aristic Room With Coffee-Bag Wall Frieze and Lace Album
The narrator describes decorating a room with a whitewashed wall, a coffee-bag frieze, hung straw matting, and a central ceiling piece using a Hungarian grass wreath and a Japanese umbrella. It details curtains, fans, furniture, lamp setup, and crafting a lace album with precise mounting and guard rules.
Mantels and Their Arrangements for a Charming Fireplace
The article surveys affordable mantel decorations for drawing rooms and boudoirs, urging harmony with room woodwork. It recommends velvet shelves on overmantles, matching colors like deep olive or claret, and a velvet screen above the mantel as a decorative backdrop. It suggests centering with a small painting or mirror and filling with varied trinkets, photos, and miniatures, stressing unified harmony among items. It notes wall mirrors fell from fashion, yet glass remains valuable for light and landscape reflections.
Best Receipts for Cooking Vegetables and Preserves
Practical guidance on cooking garden vegetables to maximize flavor and nutrition. Tips cover potatoes corn peas beans squashes tomatoes beets cabbage and seasonal fruits with methods for boiling baking frying and proper serving. Includes quince and watermelon preserves fruit puddings and simple wines with tested kitchen steps and measurements.
Hints on Death Pain Gaslight and Health Myths
A collection of health notes discusses painless death by lightning, nervous transmission delays, and brain timing. It covers pulse variations by age and sex, Havana yellow fever risks, gaslight eye effects, snake bites remedies, burning feet relief, soda preparations, sciatica treatment with heat and vinegar, Honolulu spa tips, gentian root as tobacco antidote, and a halr restorative recipe with gall, borax, glycerine, bergamot, bay rum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyndall
Helmholtz
Lace Collections for Scrap Lace Albums in Leather Case
A detailed guide to organizing lace scraps into a leather bound album with numbered sections, proper mounting on black glazed paper, and careful handling. Describes page indices, eight inch typical sample length, mounting methods, and protective case features for portability. The piece emphasizes neatness, durability, and evidences of workmanship in presenting lace designs.
Insubordination At New York Republican Nomination Debate
The Harper's Weekly editorial condemns the New York Republican governor nomination for Cornelius Cornell as an ill chosen figure lacking true representation. It argues for a candidate independent of party factions, cites John Jay and Governor Seward as ideal precedents, and warns that the machine controls the outcome, risking a decisive defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George W. Curtis
Harper’s Weekly
Cornell
Geome
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
Seward
Virginia
Music and the Drama in Europe and America
The article surveys American singers abroad led by Emma Thursby and the European reception. It notes engagements in Paris, London, and the Covent Garden circuit, with offers from Gray Opera Paris, Germany, Russia, and Norway. Additional coverage highlights pianists Franz Joseffy and Franz Rommel, Carlotta Patti, and Marie Capoul’s company, plus Zola and Emma Abbott remarks on Nana and Paul and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Thursby
Thursby
America
Hereford
Bristol
Liverpool
Crystal Palace
Covent Garden
London
M. Riviere
Mies
Minnie Hauck
Europe
Esa
Qart Rosa
Herman Goetz
Kellogg
Lilian Norton
Lilian Bailey
Capoul
Paola Marie
Mile
Angelo
Mr. Grau
New York
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Mme. Angot
Clairette
Lange
Mlle
Angele
Amaranthe
Mme. Delorme
Ange Pina
Larivandiere
M. Jouard
Pomponnet
Poyard
Loucherd
Duplan
la Perichole
P.quillo
Brigands
Capital
Falsacappa
Fiorella
Fraguletio
Girofle-Giroffa
Marie
Delorme
Aurore
Marasquini
Tien
Paris
Zola
Nana
L’assommoir
Gervaise
Lantier
Nann
Emma Abbott
Paul
Virginia
New York Herald
Boston
the Park
Bernardin de St. Pierre
Napoleon
R Paul
Victor Masse
Lsang
Bird Son
Pittsfield Man Plans Tehuantepec Railway Across Isthmus
A Pittsfield Massachusetts resident Ed ward Learned has secured Mexican rights of way and a subsidy promise of 812,000 per mile to build a Tehuantepec railroad. He claims the line will rival Panama and aid Mexican authorities, with parts of the work already underway and major rail purchases made. Some construction will occur in the United States to cut costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Tehuantepec
New York
Edward Learned
Massachusetts
Panama
Learned
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Havana
Missouri
Ozark Mountain
Arkansas
Ozarks
Ebrard
Nimes
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
George William Curtis
Corneil
Popu
Kenstein
von Burow
Franz Joseffy
Franz Rommael
Carlotta Patti
Henri Ketvon
Mme
Julia Rive-King
Teresa Carreno
William H. Sherwood
Wilhelmj
Remenyl
de Vivo
Chickering Halls
Adelioa Patti
Henri Ketten
M. Derick
L. A. Phelps
Chicago
Italy
Lamperti
Milan
Las
Niblo’s Garden
Mercury
Noah
Gilmore
Milo. Casati
Montplaisir
Cappelini
Miles
Cornaiba Zallo
Cornius Ortori
Casta
Ciappa
Rosa Lee
Amy Lee
Harry Watkins
J. Campbell
J. B. Studley
George Eaeson
William Davidge, Jr
Sam Hemple
Trois Jolie Freres
Jessie Greville
Eugenie Nicholson
Poe
Marie-Capouli
Boston’s Commerce
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
United
Peer
Tee
Ieee
Massachusetts Enterprise
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