Mirage Mango Trick Revealed by Indian Magician
In an 1879 Bombay performance the mango trick amazed Prince of Wales Plaza watchers. A juggler hid a pineapple seed under a cloth, summoned a plant via a hidden hooded cobra, then produced a hollow pineapple from a bag, claiming the snake aided the illusion.
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Treasured brocade lace for jabots and waistcoats
The article advises using old brocade to fashion fronts for waistcoats and jabots. It suggests mounting lace on muslin bands with few stitches to preserve fabric folds and extend use after the jabot trend fades. It emphasizes careful handling to spare delicate fabric.
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Fashion Journal
Greeleys Dinner Recounts Muted Taste for Dainties
The account describes Greeley at a dinner hosted by Judge Walker where he rejects many courses from shellfish to ham and shrimp, citing digestion and moral objections. He only consumes bread, potatoes, and cauliflower before delivering a moving, inspired speech.
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Counselor Therefore Sergeant Kelly’s Court Remark
In a court scene the Irish bar figure Sergeant Kelly known as Counselor Therefore urges the jury to accept his view, claiming the case is so clear that further explanation would be redundant and promising a concise, minutely explained summary of the case.
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Newcastle Chronicle
Child on grapevine swing amid maple shade
A poem describes a farmer's boy swinging through branches from grapevines to maple shade. He notes three blue robin eggs in a nest as he moves between sunlit heights and shaded spots, ending with a slow, tremulous pause in the vine’s scent and quiet in the noon glow.
Pellegrini patents novel sugar making method in France
The France patent by M Pellegrini describes a apparatus using a pumice stone block and nickel plated iron box to fuse carbonic acid and hydrocarbon gas with steam to form sirup containing 25 percent sugar. The method claims sugar can be produced by mixing gases and water, with pressure-controlled stages and a half hour charge cycle.
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M. Pellegrini
Humorous Uk Fragments Show Domestic Strains And Word Origins
A collage of short humorous anecdotes and linguistic notes: Mrs Henpecker mocks her husband hair, a tramp clings to a clothesline post as a dog lunges, Fran Schlemiller mourns a first husband who died heroically, debates on Piers Plowman and ragman origins, and Weber’s temperate three glasses daily.
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