English Life, Ballads, and a Jockey Woman Tale
The piece blends Kingsley ballads with impressions of English life and a striking portrait of a young woman who rides horses for gain in London and across England. It contrasts harsh old-world struggle with American opportunities, ending on Arctic explorers noting the polar coast and a blunt quip about money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine
Lorree
Froude
Kingsley
London
Regent's Park
England
King's Cross
Doncaster
Lorvaine Lorree
Uahristian Union
Family Bible Confuses Fare on Rock Island Rail
On a Rock Island line, a mother presents a family Bible to prove her son Jonas and daughter Miranda are under or over age for fares. The exchange centers on exact birth dates and ages, leading the conductor to verify the ages through the family record as the woman insists Jonas is the proper age for half fare while Miranda’s age becomes a point of contention. The scene highlights a clash over documentation, age, and travel rules aboard the carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Jroad
Darter
Mirandy
Chicago
Jonas
Almena
The
Punch
Tye
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Jerusha
Kingdom of Heaven
Miranda
Jonas Lincoln
Miranda Shewell Scott
Hiram Shewell
Oquawka
Mirandly
Animal Life in New Zealand and Australia Curiosities
A letter from Wellington reports abundant quail larks sparrows pheasants deer and rabbits as a growing problem with vast losses to run owners. It recalls two Australian brothers facing kangaroo and opossum swarms that terrorized households and servants with poisoned milk nightly for months. Pocahontas to have Gravesend monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stuart
Sportmen’s Club
San Francisco
Cal
Wellington
New Zealand
Fox
Booth
Waiarapa
Fos
Australia
Mexican Women Seen Through a Chicago Tribune Visitor
A Chicago Tribune correspondent describes Mexican women in Mexico City, noting a small number of attractive women on the streets and a divide between the young and older women. He observes eye color, complexion, and dress, praising some features while critiquing others, and suggests Paseo Sunday scenes as a place to view variety in appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayne Reid
Shus
Chicao Tribune
Indies
Spain
Mexico
Chide Harold
Paseo
Pasco
Rules of Etiquette and Introductions Primer
A 19th century etiquette guide emphasizes promptness and discretion in social encounters. It outlines who should be introduced, how to pronounce names, and when to offer a handshake, noting the lady of the house holds hosting duties and that introductions require the lady's permission, with exceptions when introductions would be mutually welcome.
How the Streets of Paris Are Cleaned
The rapid snow removal in Paris relies on a vast corps of sweepers. About 2,500 workers are employed in normal weather with 7,000 ready in emergencies, organized into brigades of 115. Wages vary, with full-day rates around 80 to 85 centimes per hour and half-day work paid 1 franc to 1 franc 75 centimes. In heavy snow, up to 100,000 days of work may be needed to clear streets, and 800,000 days for twelve hours of snowfall. The town’s total area to sweep exceeds 15,000,000 square meters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Galiganni
Briades
Riin
Teleographs by selenium tracing for distant images
Ardres inventor M Benlevy submits a plan to MM Du Moncel for an auto graphic telegraphic system using selenium as a variable resistance to transcribe light from a camera obscura onto paper. The receiver uses a pencil and vibrating iron plate. a magnet modulates pressure to produce a darker line with brighter surfaces. Leibecq suggests removing the magnet to print directly on paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Benlevy
Ardres
London
MM. du Moncel
M. Leibecq
Quinine, The Cinchona Remedy From Calisaya Bark
The alkaline quinine, long a universal tonic, was discovered less than sixty years ago by Pelletier. The Academy awarded him 10,000 francs. Quinine is valued as a prophylactic, used in navies near fever coastlines, though not effective for all intermittent fevers. It is derived from calisaya bark in Bolivia and Carabaya, Peru, with bark gathered in forests eleven miles from settlements. Cascarillos roam the woods to harvest and ship to Europe and America. The common West and South preparation is the sulphate, or disulphate, of quinine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pelletier
Academy of Science
Africa
Livingstone
Zambesi
Calisaya
Irish cattle trade hit by American stock imports
The New York Times notes Ireland’s cattle and provisions business, outside Ulster, suffers from American stock competition. Dublin exports fell sharply from 1876 to 1678 shows large losses, while tenant farming may rise. Irish traders aim for higher quality stock but expect reduced exports. Whiskies rise. Japanese edition of Genesis in Chinese published with kun ten by American Bible Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New York
Ulster
United States
Ireland
Dublin
American Bible Society
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Lorraine, Lortee
Marth
Dickens
Wordaworth
Thackeray
Charles Kingsley
Colorado
Lorrain
Barum
Barrum
Barun
Burts
Coulterlee
Barnum
Bann
Barium
Baree
Lares
Coulterleo
Polar Bight
Animal Life In
Gravesend
Laura
Taura
Hunt
Bright
Kliney
St. Inwrayvolia
Minn
WM. FE. Clarke
Providence
All Drugg!sts
Business Gards
MT. Carroll Seminary
Carroll Co
BANKS
First National Bank
Bidwell
Gro F. Defennsr
Second National Bank
Freeport Capital
John H.adams
Thompson Wilcoxon
Michael Lawyer
Jacob Krohn
Alfred H. Wier
Wau Youna
Joan Kesegy
David Neidigh
Pells Hanesohn Haddamb
Barbers
Jungkunz & Becker
Chicago Street
W. W. Kerape
Knowlton Bros. Bank
Soldiers’ Muntument
Court House Square
W. S. Taggart
Munn’s
Court House
Freeport, Ill
Kingsley & Mills
Dentists
Freeport
Ilinois
Ofice
Hison
Ewer
Esther W. Taylor
James I, Neff
J. Hi, Stearns, Neff & Stearns
Dalley & Neff
Attorneys AT Law
Stephenson St
Wiinels
Stephenson Street
Schulte
R. Peck
Insurance
Insurance Agency
Cho
Trembor
Fry's Block
Liverpool
London & Globe
Ennsylvania Fire Ins. Co
Insurances
Quuupan of
North America
Philadelphia
Phamnix Ths. Co
Western Star
C.F
Odd Fellow’s
W.krape
Lowes
Beribe
the Journal
Bill Heads
Journal Printing CO
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