Love rivals in a New York bachelor club clash at the Uptons
In a New York bachelor club Agnes Upton draws four suitors led by Fernshaw and the narrator. The president arbiters a disputed pursuit while friendships strain, as dinners and ballroom intrigues reveal generosity, jealousy, and growing passion. The quartet contends fate of Agnes amid club loyalties and hidden ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Chapman
Fernshaw
Miss Upton
New York
Vernshaw
Ieven
Barnes
Mr. Upton
Dernshaw
5Th Avenue
Chapman
Myself
Uptons
Agnes
Agnes Upton
Apollo
Foarnshaw
Brother Barnes
Brother Chapman
Upton Mansion
Burke
Upton
Social standing and trade in English sport and trade
A critique contrasts class and commerce in England noting that trade erodes a gentleman’s social standing, while sport and horse breeding can be done for pay without losing status. The impecunious nobleman may breed and sell horses or train them for wages yet remain in noble circles, but selling beef or mutton would lead to ostracism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Natural Malthusianism and Decline in Birth Rates Across Europe
A discussion notes widespread declines in birth rates across France and other European nations amid rising civilization and changing marriage norms. It cites France’s falling births and marriages from 1883–1890, trends in England, Belgium, Germany, and Prussia, and suggests immigration and urban life suppress births while death rates fall due to sanitation. It contrasts with social anecdotes about lawyers and women seeking legal knowledge, and ends with a historical vignette on Prince Henry of Prussia emphasizing humane leadership.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Canada
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Prussia
Italy
Malthus
Close Manageme A Western Yankee Hen Story
A Yankee newly settled in the West borrows a fine hen from a neighbor and a dozen eggs from another. He hatches the eggs, returns the hen, and finally presents a dozen chickens claiming they cost nothing, ending with a quip about the splendid cheap result. The tale ends noting the delinquent tenant travels in one rental splendor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Val
Telegraph Message Through a Telephone
A Buffalo police assistant inspector recalls a stormy night when a crossed line yielded a telegraph message from Inspector Byrnes of New York asking for a criminal arrest in Buffalo. Officers watched the train and a messenger delivered the identical dispatch thirty five minutes later.
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Jacob Ebersole
Buffalo
Inspector Byrnes
New York
Count Rumford in Europe A New Englander's Career
A New England schoolmaster, later Count Rumford, rose in Bavaria after 1799. He earned knighthood in 1784, gained a Bavarian major general title, and led reforms, with the Elector Charles Theodore boosting his power, honors, and administrative roles in Munich.
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Europe
George E. Ellis
Count Rumford
Atlantic
Bavaria
Thompson
Munich
Charles Theodore
England
Franklin
Engand
Empire
Benjamin
Holy Roman Empire
New England
Pigmies and their forest dwellers I observed
Dr T H Parke recalls African forest pygmies with dramatic claims of danger and affection. He describes buying a pygmy woman from a former owner as remunerative, crediting her with feeding him through months of scarcity and arguing dwarfed people are physically developed but intellectually inferior. He claims potential to train a pygmy as reliably as a Nubian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Mr. Upton
Fernshaw
Mr. Barnes
Fernshay
T. H. Parke
Luck in a Horseshoe superstition origin explained
The piece discusses how most superstitions trace to heathen roots and that the horseshoe may have been chosen for protection against trolls fairies witches and warlocks due to its perceived sacred associations with a sacred animal.
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Bachelors’ Club
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E.S. van Zile
Henry
Frederick the Great
Saxony
Frederick
Prince Henry
Yankee Count
Rumford
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