A Fine Wall of Fisi and a Fatal Fishing Tragedy
Don Jaime de Mequinenza returns to his castle while Carmela and Damian, an eel fisher and his young wife, plot together. The couple’s affair leads Damian to murder, as his rival is found dead and Carmela killed by a broken bridge. Damian, in a final grim boast, claims a grand catch of fish as law officers close in.
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Mequinenza
Don Jaime de Mequinenza
Louis the Fourteenth
Ebro
Babylon
Jaime de Mequinenza
Damian
Carmen
Carnen
Carmela
Carmelita
Saint Anthony
Don Jaime
Jamie de Mequinenza
Baron
walnut wood bridgeway
Americas
Pacific
China
Ilindostan
Upper
Aragon
leieyl
Damian apee
Bedlam
law
Don Pedro de Alarcon
Y. L. Addis
Japanese Merchants and Their Frugal Trade Tactics
Rank G. Carpenter observes that Japanese shopkeepers operate on tiny margins, thriving on 5 to 10 cent profits and living frugally. He describes the minimalist stalls, wall displays, and haggling floor, noting the orderly, tea and charcoal hospitality, polite farewells, and speedy, accurate arithmetic with a wooden button calculator.
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Sayonara
G. Carpenter
Parisian cabmen face exam to hire out for public service
A Valdosta Times item recounts Parisian police requiring cabmen to pass an examination, including how to harness a wooden horse purchased by the prefect of police, with candidates tested on harnessing and other proposed checks. Also told is a sleepwalking incident where a man falls into a well, battles to escape, and crawls out after a near fatal misadventure.
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police
Valdosta
Beet Sugar Making Process Described in Detail
The article outlines beet sugar production from bin intake to shipment. It covers washing in a wash barrel, lifting via elevator to a cage for weighing, cutting, diffusion to release 90 percent liquid sugar, heating, carbonization, pressing, evaporation, vacuum crystallization, and centrifuging before packaging for rail shipment. This procedural tour reflects machinery and steps used in a sugar refinery.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Revwant of Authors and the Changing Pay Scene
A Literary World summary notes rising pay for fiction over a decade with Frances Hodgson Burnett selling serial rights for 15000 pounds to The Ledger story paper. Magazine payments now average 15 to 20 dollars per 1000 words for unknowns, and 500 dollars for famous names. Short verse pay climbs from 5 10 dollars to 30 50, driven by higher magazine demand and larger circulation, while book royalties remain around 10 percent.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ledger story paper
New York
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French detectives and the Parisian police system
The French detective force is organized for maximum efficiency and demonstrates its strength by the mobility and effectiveness of its police. English criminals who reach Paris often avoid arrest while in the city, while professional French criminals seldom flee to London to seek refuge.
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London
England
Paris
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KENT COUNTY
DOVER, DEL
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Corsica River
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Emerson
U.S
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DENTON, MD
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Talbot
NG WATER
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