Relected Storp. A Sisters Sacrifice from the French
Pierre Galoubet, a diamond jeweller, has two daughters Marie and Jeanne. He discovers a hidden family question of which daughter is his, as Jeanne reveals a divine but troubled love for Duc Ostave de Blossac who cannot marry. The tale pivots on who is truly loved by the father and what fate awaits the two sisters.
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Marie
Jeanne
Pierre Galoubet
Pierre
Algiers
Jacquinette
Madame Pierre
Jeannette
Mary
Marc
Duc Ostave de Blossac
Duc de Blossac
Octave
Marquis de Valbourg
Eso
Father
M. de Blossac
Maria
Duchess de Blossac
Joanne
Madame de Valbourg
Linowus
M. de Candolle
Geneva
New Yorker
Triangle of Love and Inheritance Ends in Duchess Blossac
A family saga unfolds as Jeanne and Marie confront a hidden heiress claim. A sign marks the true granddaughter, leading Jeanne to marry the Duc de Blossac and leaving Marie to endure sacrifice, while the father grieves and remains unaware of Marie’s true role.
New England manners and a railway journey in India
The article recalls calmer colonial New England life, praising domestic happiness, courteous behavior, and a mother’s refined manners. It notes clergy families and social ideals, then shifts to travel writing on Indian railways, detailing double roofs, blinds, sunshades, and heat as travelers endure a long summer journey.
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New England
Silliman
India
Calcutta
Delhi
England
Weyeink
Four world conquerors and their fated ends
Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and Bonaparte are described as rising to vast power and dying dramatic deaths. The piece notes Alexander’s debauchery ended by fire, Hannibal’s fall in exile, Caesar’s assassination by friends, and Bonaparte’s banishment, framing them as symbolic of greatness and doom.
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Tor
Alexander
Hannibal
Roma
Alps
Casar
Bonaparte
Marlborough and Marlboroughs A Bantering Exchange
In a humorous exchange Lady Sutherland taunts the aged Sarah Churchill about her husband’s faithfulness. The duchess recalls Marlborough as Europe’s handsomest bravest man, while noting his faults. The dialogue reveals Marlborough’s reputed avarice and ambition and the duchess’s restrained wit.
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Saran
Mansporovan
Sutherland
Emenies
Sarah
Duchess of Marlborough
Mallet
Europe
Lady Sutherland
Queen Anne
Marlborough
Cod Conviction by Witness Mouth in Crabster’s Roads
A sailor tale recounts a cook denying knowledge of tossed herrings while the captain catches a cod. A herring from the fish’s stomach later proves the cook’s lie, convicting him by the mouth of a witness. The humorous episode is set in Crabster’s Roads.
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Crabster’s
French work claims seas will flood earth every ten thousand years
Tre Detuce argues in a recent publication that sea waters shift from pole to pole every ten thousand years, submerging the earth and all life in their wake. He states the last flood was 4000 years ago and delays the next to 6000 years from now for present comfort.
Yankee savant aims to electrify Old World using Niagara Falls
A Yankee savant proposes converting Niagara Falls into a vast heat gas and electrical works. He plans to turn the falls’ force into motion by water wheels then into electricity by friction and to transmit products across the Atlantic by cable to light and warm Europe when England’s coal mines fail.
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Turwina Nacasa Fantis
Savan
Niagara Falls
Atlantic
England
Baked ham advised by agricultural exchange
A dietary note suggests soaking ham in clean water for an hour then drying and coating with thin batter before baking in a deep dish with sticks to prevent gravy contact. After cooking the skin is removed and the meat cooled open face up. described as delicious but rich for dyspeptics.
Rhode Island Statutes Amending Fisheries and School Election Laws
The document details amendments across several acts including fisheries restrictions around Point Judith Ponds from August 15 to December 15, with penalties for illegal seining in Rastons Pond Newport and Middletown. It also updates Providence School Committee eligibility, residency, and vacancy rules, and includes a civil appellate procedure change clarifying clocked pleas before certain courts.
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General Assembly
Point’ Judith
Raston’s Pond
Newport
Middletown
City of
Providence
City of Providence
Worps Without Deeds
Fragmentary text references a proverb-like line about deeds and seeds. No clear People, Places, or Organizations are readable. The fragmentary nature makes it impossible to determine the full story, date, or context.
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