An Unlikely Marquis at the Victoria Cross Gallery
A self styled wanderer narrates his London August visit to the Victoria Cross Gallery and a chance Paris to Wiesbaden journey with the Draper family. He endures social misreads and romantic misunderstandings, culminating in a comic revelation about his assumed title and a hasty exit.
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Piccadilly
Tibbits
London
Stumps
Albany
Promincnss
Apician
Victoria Cross Gallery
Schoulfellow
Crimea
India
M- W
George du Malakoff
Napier
Pater-familias
Punch
Scarborough
Paris
Tibbit
London Bridge
Sheg
Mr. Draper
Marcus
Argus
Hercules
Mr Stumps
Miss Carry
Mr. Stumps
Ford
Cologne
Rhine
Wiesbaden
Marquis of Walden
Walden
A Necro's Prayver
A devotional prayer asking divine blessing for a teacher, asking she be blessed with souls for her hire, stars in her crown, victory in battles, and honors of war. It asks for burial with glory, rising to wear a white robe, and walking a shining street near the great white throne, with thanks to Jesus.
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Jesus
Punne
Blessed sayings on ignorance and orphans
A compact aphorism noting that ignorance and orphan status grant happiness in ignorance and lack of a mother’s discipline. It adds a wry line about those who do not advertise avoiding customer trouble.
How to Be A Gentleman in a Children’s Lesson
A teacher rebukes Will Thompson for throwing stones at Peter Jones and emphasizes temper over pretensions of gentility. Will claims gentleness, but peers and the teacher show that patience, restraint, and a gentle conduct make a gentleman, while Peter Jones earns respect through calm behavior.
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Mr Draper
Miss Draper
Draper
Will Thompson
Peter Jones
Will
William
Peter
Will Thomson
Salt in blood cure and yellow fever treatment insights
A Scotch physician Dr Stevens reports that adding salt to blood turns it vermillion, preventing spoilage. He claims salt-treated blood remains fresh and reduces fever mortality in the West Indies from 1 in 5 to 1 in 50. Also notes infant bed-placing in bran for cleanliness and even room temperature debates.
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Stevens
West Indies
Brown Bros
France
All Mall Gazette
Uses or Mosqitors Mosquitoes as allies in health and harm
A Kaleidoscope writer argues the mosquito aids health by purifying stagnant water when exposed to air and breeding in open containers, while closed water remains pure only by hygiene. The piece warns open stills spread miasma and contagion, and even suggests a crude corn cure by heating feet.
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Imalaria
Shakspeare
Board of Health
Prank at College Involves Hasty Pudding Card Plot
A professor suspects students of card play and feigns a test by boiling hasty pudding. Students sit as gamblers, hide cards in a mushy pocket, and when the door opens the professor alleges their guilt with a dramatic show of hot pudding. The scene blends humor and mischief.
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Pye
Diseases and prevention for fowls and a strange Clerkenwell plant
Rural Notes discusses fowl diseases, urging prevention and proper care to keep flocks healthy and avoid wasteful cures. It also reports a London Gardeners Magazine item about a bizarre Clerkenwell plant with hollow stems and no foliage, prompting scientists to seek explanations.
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London Gardeners Magazine
Clerkenwell
Bruth Lake
Canning Eggs in Shells Described by Farmers Club
New York Farmers Club members heard a method to can eggs in their shells. Scald eggs three times, then cool, coagulate albumen, seal pores, and pack apex downward in salt to keep fresh for months.
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New York Farmers Club
GARGET IN Cows Saltpetre Remedy Advised
Farmers advised to treat garget in cows with saltpetre in warm bran mash and wash the udder with hot soap suds. Guard animal from cold for several days while recovery proceeds.
Autumnal weed removal for pear trees in Forties style
Instructions advise removing grass and weeds around pear tree roots this autumn. Do not cut roots, cover the end with manure on the surface, not worked in until spring. Then cultivate with a pronged fork or spade when soil is workable.
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