When Old Age and Love Endure Against Time
A long meditation on aging and enduring love contrasted with the frailty of memory and beauty. It laments worn faces and fading sight while asking if affection survives the trials of time, pain, and the final curtain. The piece shifts to a critique of clandestine marriages, arguing caution, parental counsel, and the consequences of elopement over youthful impulsivity. It mourns misplaced trust and cautions young women to seek wisdom and support from family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hve
Ho Sinee
Ody
Walsha
Juliet
A Madman on the Corcovado and a Tunisian Contraband Tale
A Brazilian misadventure near Corcovado describes Pereira’s maddening headpiece and a deadly struggle on a perilous cliff. The narrator recalls escaping with bruised pride, Pereira’s fate in a madhouse, and a later voyage ending with Tunisian diplomatic intrigue and privateering fallout.
War era Americans and a Boston schooner tale
During the last war with England a Boston built six gun schooner Abelene capt. Wyer with 75 men sailed from Boston to the Mediterranean in sixty days. The crew showcased Boston fare and papers aboard. The encounter occurred near Goletta after a surprise at Carthage ruins.
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England
Barbary
Carthage
Cape Bon
Bar
Goletta
Boston
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Abelene
Wyer
Russell
The Count Dondudidaschi and the St Petersburg Pantaloons
An anecdote from a country writer describes the Count Dondudidaschi arriving in St Petersburg lodging at hotel Coulon. After a day of illness he demands his pantaloons and warns of police as his pocketed fifty thousand rubles vanish. The landlord offers hire of a tailor and bribes to keep quiet, the Count staying weeks, then returns home praising hospitality before being revealed as an impostor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpi
England
Great Britain
Tunisian
Tripoli
Soas
United States
Transinion
Malta
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Baltic
manJousx & Maxwet
Russia
Dondudidaschi
St Petersburg
Stockholm
Coulon
Hey
Monsiaur Coulon
Conlon
Sweden
St.’ Petersburg
Hatwaa
Haven't the Change
A first person tale recounts a housekeeper who delays paying Polly the wages for a day's work, prompting reflection on the poor needing timely money. The narrator recalls her mother as a widow in poverty and the moral learned: the poor must be paid promptly for daily labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Sam
Petntlon
Pally
Balan Hans
Alain
Wilton Joho
Deste
Wild Woman of the Navidad Haunts Texas Forests
Local reports recount a hair covered humanoid creature sighted near the Navidad and Nevada region. Mr Glascock pursues the figure, which resembles a shaggy human, about five feet tall with a six foot stick, seen near prairie and river edges. Villagers report thefts and nests, with various witnesses maintaining it is human yet covered in hair akin to an orangutan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Advacois S
Nevada
Texana
Glasrock
Laa
Urrea
Scene at the Post Office in rain drenched San Francisco
Reports from the Alta California describe the chaotic Saturday morning rush at the San Francisco post office. A long queue stretched 80 feet down a slippery hill as eager entrants braved rain and stifling crowds, some paying 5 to 10 dollars for “places” near the window while others endured hours of waiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta California
San Francisso
United States
Notun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Corcovado
Brazil
Diaz, Brown, & Company
Rio Janeiro
Lonez Do Vestaira
Moderna
Pereira
Rios
Peralta
Gromer of Habat
Enid
East
Tohgih
Corcavade
Mms
Mary Gnalam
Anil
Nevar
The
Navidad
Fron
Tna Houstos
Texas
TeLeanann
Desias Var
Gov. Briggs
Son
Charley Eludapn
Lin Excellency
Arie
Hackshira
Masachusetta
Ocean Grea
Oes Caflte
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