Tom Howell saves runaway boy then loses home
Tom Bliss, an orphanable teen, is taken in by Mr. Howell after a fall in Bristol, but Farmer Judkins schemes to foreclose Howell's mortgage. Tom finds an inheritance in London, enabling Howell to repay the debt, and the sign of Howell & Bass replaces John N. Lowell as Caroline becomes Mrs. Howell.
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Caroline
Tom Bass
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Tom Bliss
Nottingham
Jonas Webb
Lincoln’s Inn
London
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John N. Lowell
Howell & Bass
Williston, VT
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Soldiers
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Ohio
New Jersey
Hull
Dartmoor
Lundy’s Lane
Scott
Jackson
Florida
Mediterranean Sea
Ireland
Washington
Tom Bass Hero of a Sunday Rescue
Tom Bass, a boy driven by hardship at Mr Judkin's work house, runs away after a brutal Sunday wrestling with boots. He saves a girl from a runaway carriage, suffers a broken arm, and is aided by Caroline Howell and her father as he recovers on the roadside.
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Coors
Tom Bass
Mr. Judkin
Tom
Caroline Howell
Mr. Howell
Boy
Ungrateful Man Injures All Says Mis Gellany
A satirical verse laments ingratitude harming the wretched and warns against judging others unfairly The author notes the tongue is powerful enough to spread trouble and urges ending charity to those unwilling to do justice to others.
Admiration for grave flowers and rebirth in glory
The text reflects on adorning graves with flowers and fragrant plants as symbols of life. It quotes scripture comparing mortal beauty to fading blooms whose roots lie in dishonor yet rise again in glory.
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Zvelyn
Desert of Sahara Converted to a Sea Scheme Endangers Environment
A Scientific American letter argues that turning the Sahara into a sea would need a canal over 500 times Rhine to supply water lost by evaporation. He notes sea water is a quarter salt and would evaporate yearly, turning the desert into a salt desert within a century, worsening the problem.
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Sahara
Scientific America
Rhine
Laziness and its Cost in Farming Practices
The piece argues laziness wastes time and money in farming by neglecting simple tasks. It links inaction, loose gates, loose nails, and failing to fix fences to damaged crops and buildings, concluding laziness is the root of many farming excuses and igno rance is the worst waste.
The Silver Egg and the Crown of Peace
A silver egg once offered to a Saxon queen hid a gold yolk, then a bird unlocked by springs revealed a jeweled crown and a diamond ring for the princess. The text likens these nested promises to Scriptural allegory and urges seekers to find the deeper crown of rejoicing and covenant peace.
Mora ErrrLENess and the Cold Worldview Portraying Small People
A harsh writer condemns “small people” as morally barren and cold hearted. He likens them to lifeless, bleak days with scarce sustenance for happiness, claiming they never show generosity or joy and live in a perpetual dreary atmosphere. They are described as a societal plague to be pitied and forgotten at death.
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Siberia
Adable
Turbulent Crossing of the Danube in 1811 Campaign
A historical note recalls the 1811 Russo Turkish Danube crossing. Turkish forces of 2 000 crossed at night, reinforced to 30 000 with fifty guns. Russians halted the advance. Turks built entrenchments. a Danube flotilla blocked supplies. With cold, famine, and disease, only about 4 000 of the original 30 000 survived by December peace.
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Danube
Von Moltke’s Love In Holstein: A Crescent of Passion
The article recounts Field Marshal Von Moltke returning to Holstein to find a young widow Mary Bute, one of Mr Bute’s daughters, awaiting his affection. He, a veteran officer, falls for a girl of sixteen, marries her after she loves him, and she dies in 1868. He grieves, the countess is buried in Silesia, and the marble bears Love is the fulfillment of the law.
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Mr. Bute
Mr Bute
Orient
Sweet Mary Bute
Silesia
Mary von Moltke
Ret Touching A Palatine Portrait Test
A Parisian artist painted a duchess portrait rejected as unlike. A dog was brought to test resemblance, licked and enjoyed the likeness, and witnesses claimed the painter had secretly retouched the image with a thin coat of lard. The dog proved nose sharper than critics.
Reproof Fear In Church Stories Of An Idiot
A clergyman recounts fearing rebuke after a past incident in which he punished a laughing youth, only to learn the youth was an idiot. He admits his caution to avoid mislabeling and recalls orderly conduct thereafter.
The Indian Love of Ornament and Blackfeet Dress
In Appletons' Journal, July, H. M. Robinson notes the Blackfeet passion for dress. Traders import antique English outfits with stove-pipe hats and blue coats, worn with deer skins and raven regalia. The elaborate costume proves kingly yet impractical for wild life, discarded for convenience.
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England
British Isles
Pantaloon
H. M. Ropinson
Appletons’ Journal
The Early Ristine Delusion on Sleep Habits
The article argues against the myth of waking early for success. It promotes seven to eight hours of sleep as essential for health, noting few can thrive on less. It advises sleepers to adapt to their bedtime, whether early or late, and dismisses extreme sleep sacrifice as harmful.
Natural Curiosity at Sandhurst Mining Registrar Office
A six inch square landscape painting appears on a slate rock in the Mining Registrar's office at Sandhurst. The scene shows a farm, ponds, rock clusters and poplar trees, formed naturally by water and iron deposits within the slate. The curved convex face presents a skilled, quasi painting effect discovered on the Carshalton reef.
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Bendigo
Sandhurst
Carshalton Reef
The Doctor and the Publisher Aged Annuity Trick
The eccentric Dr Walcot faked illness to force a higher copy right price from his publisher. He feigned grave disease and a coffin like cough to push the offer from £200 to £300, then lived another twenty five to thirty years after the agreement. This tale from Peter Pindar era illustrates clever deceit in dealing with publishers.
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Walcot
Peter Pindar
Man’s Temper a Treasure He Should Guard
A proverb stresses that a man’s temper is his most valuable possession and he should keep it under control for personal benefit and stability.
Sugar disease threatens Queensland cane crops
The article notes a rust-like disease hitting Queensland sugar canes, reducing yield and juice quality. Experts warn soil overtaxing and climate stress as main causes, urging balanced cultivation and soil restoration. A separate item describes the megapodius bird in New Guinea with giant eggs hatched by heat from a sun-warmed mound.
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West Indies
Queensland
East
London Globe
Fattening Practices in Moroccan Matrimonial Markets
Across Morocco villages elders profited by fattening brides for marriage markets. Moors favor moonfaced brides and weigh weight over accomplishments. A girl begins at about age twelve, bound hands, seated on a carpet while a guardian administers meals and punishment, mothers feeding boluses with grease.
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Morocco
Barbary
Not WANTED IN Califoria
The San Francisco Mail argues against relocating to California noting overcrowded labor markets and widespread hardship. It warns educated or skilled migrants that opportunities are scarce and urges would be emigrants to stay or seek local chances first.
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Califoria
San Francisco Mail
California
New York
Woman Tries to Buy Bonnet Despite No Money
A woman tells her husband she wants a spring bonnet and he asks how to pay while she exclaims Owe dear in a humorous exchange.
Rough side of a match box haircut trend
A columnist notes fashion shifts for boys as hairstyles adopt the rough, boxy look resembling the match box texture, signaling a return to simple, rugged style ideals.
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