Englishman in Washington and a Parisian court tale
An English visitor met the president in Washington and praised the accessibility of the chief executive. A Paris jail scene recounts a prisoner claiming a remarkable family link, joking through a chain of ages to illustrate a point about time and lineage.
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United States
Washington
America
Miss Courtenay
Bhoatman
Alexander Pope
Richmond
Paris
Justien
England's New Sword and the Army's Thrusting Need
A discussion of a redesigned sword for British cavalry in South Africa era service. The weapon emphasizes thrusting, durability, and a modified Florentine fencing system, with notes on scabbards, grip, and weight, and mentions a planned event in Nova Scotia featuring sports and racing as part of a forthcoming carnival.
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South Africa
War Office
Hussars
Grant
Edgeworth
John Stane
Betts
Foerster
Byron Kied
A Tale of Vengeance From a Paris Manor
In Paris a Countess recounts a family saga of Victorine de Grantier and her lover Hector de Grantier. After a duel killer Raoul Maltravers is slain by Beauregard, Victorine vows vengeance through her daughter Claudine, trained as a swordswoman. Decades pass and Claudine becomes the Chevalier de Hauteville, while the Countess reveals herself as Claudine in disguise.
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Perris
Mme. Lebrun
Marie Antoinette
Mme Lebrun
America
Victorine de Grantier
Hector de Grantier
Hector
de Grantier
Victorine
Raoul Maltravers
Royal Navy
Mme
Victorine de Grander
M. de Granthier
Mme. de Granthier
Paul Beauregard
de Grander
Beauregard
Florette
Bestar
Brittany
Mme. de Grantier
Raoul Maltraversa
France
Chevalier de Hauteville
Claudine
Claudine de Grantier
Countess de Clairmont
Claude de Granter
New York News
Fire Walkers Of Fiji Astonish Medical Guests
Two New Zealand doctors, Hacken and Colquehoun, witnessed a rare Fiji fire ceremony where seven natives walked barefoot across a white hot oven. Thermometers failed after a moment, registering around 282 degrees with estimates over 400. The soles were unharmed, and no prior conditioning was found. The London Chronicle notes no miracle, just unexplained heat tolerance.
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New Zealand
Hacken
Colquehoun
Fiji
Suva
Hovken
London Chronicle
What Fish Eat in the Sea A Rose of Diverse Diets
The Newport News Herald notes that fishes feed in seven classes, with most life rooted in plants and vegetables. While many eat animals, vegetarians are more common than believed, as gray mullet may ingest seaweed and some fishes consume seaweed in digestion. The sea offers worms, jellyfish, starfish, sea urchins, shells, crabs, and other fishes as possibilities, ensuring varied diets across species.
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Land's End
Newport News Herald
Quaint and Curious Facts From Across The World
A collection of curiosities notes Japan’s large scale cremation practice dating 1200 years back, a British heir with barren titles, Jordan’s rapids, African royal sunshades and medicine men, London slot meals, a Georgian will granting oak ownership, Menes relics 6500 years old, and a queen’s jewelry arm fragment found with bracelets.
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Japan
Menes
Dahshur
Perils of Bank Fishermen Speak of Dories Lost at Sea
Chicago Record Herald details the dangerous Newfoundland coast fishing season marked by dense fogs and many drifters. Two men per dory are common, with numerous boats swamped or lost and rescues rare, including the heroic tale of William Johnson and David Hawkins on the schooner Nems and others like Cory Davis, Joseph Cerroll, Daly, and Clarens enduring days adrift before dramatic rescues.
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Newfoundland
William Johnson
David Hawkins
Nems
Hawking
Johnson
Hawkins
Belle Isle Streit
Cory Davis
Jozeph Cerroll
Petunia
Labrador
Daly
Clarens
Niagera
Chicago Record- Herald
To the Pole by Wire
The article discusses wireless telegraphy enabling Arctic explorers to maintain contact with base camps. It argues this technology promises safer travel, easier exploration, and could hasten pole discovery, reducing expedition terror.
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Pole
Arctic
Detecting a Cheap Shoe From Rainy Day Clues
A rainy spell reveals cheap shoe dealers as observers note slips on wet pavements. The test focuses on footwear with imitation leather pressed from paper and water-softened soles, which slide when walking on damp streets. The Indianapolis News reports this phenomenon as a caution.
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Indianapolis News
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Faubourg St. Germain
Count de Chasivord
China
Earl of Seafeld
Jordan
Coffee
Ashanti
London
Col. W. H. Jackson
Athens
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