Petersburg Conspiracy Captives Face Siberian Exile
In a grim Petersburg sequence, Vladimir Lanin endures a damp fortress cell as Schelm’s plot collapses. Schelm’s power enthroned, the Emperor’s mercy spares some while sentencing others, Miller seethes for revenge, and a masked ball plan seeks to prove Vladimir’s innocence amid a web of intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Povoff
Vernin
Count Vladimir
Schelm
Russia
Tam Dava
Joe
Mr. Popof
Schelim
Mme. de Dugarer
Visdimir
Schelin
Popoff
Wernin
Mme. de Dagares
Japa
Cendarme
Nicholas
St. Isaacs
Tarakoff
Miller
Millertown
Vladimir
Parsons
Androw Miller
Rases
Baltic
Germany
France
England
Czar
Siberia
Rascal
Lanin
Shem
Mel
Sde
Lania
Mr. Schelm
Ministry of the Interior
Snars
Count Lanin
Sechelm
Count Lunin
Schlom
Neva
Palkin
Jana
de Dugarzy
Jans
Dearest
Max
Lanio
Rita
Dana
Mme. de Dugarey
Life in Guayaquil The Women and Their Mantas Exposed
A Dispatch correspondence from Guayaquil describes local life customs and attire. It notes women’s mantas as essential, the lack of hats among aristocrats, and the mourning black of Indigenous people. It details social costs of marriage, late night funerals, and harsh local traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecuador
Mncal
Atahualpa
Pizarro
Ple
Pittsburg Stereotypes Inhabitants And Visitors Comment
James C. Prepy recalls Chicago critics misjudging Pittsburg speech and social life. He notes persistent myths about glamor, beauty, and gloom, praising local wit, dancing, and hospitality while citing Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton remarks.
Killing a Hippopotamus in Water Near Lukolela
E J Glave recounts tracking a herd near Lukolela in which a hippo attacked the canoe. After shots and a spear work by hunter Bongo Nsanda, the animal was killed with a shot behind the ear. The submerged body did not surface for hours depending on water temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lukolela
Bongo Nsanda
Price Table for Builders Materials and Labor Costs
The article lists comparative construction prices for excavation per cubic yard, tough stone work per perch, brickwork, plastering, and various timbers, boards, shingles, flooring, and moldings. It guides builders to compare local prices with listed rates to judge cost adequacy.
Country house design with detailed dimensions and costs
The listing provides exact window sash sizes and prices, door specs, blinds, painting, and carpenters’ and plasterers’ labor costs. It then outlines a two to three story country house with dimensions, exterior and interior materials, colors, and copper cresting. Final cost is 23500 with feasible modifications and layout notes by K. W. Shoppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Guayaquil
Notre Dame
St. Peter's
el Puerto del Cielo
Heaven
Buffalo in Australia and Kangaroo Decline
Chambers Journal notes wild buffalo herds now roam Northern Australia, descendants of livestock dropped about 60 years ago. Kangaroos, the traditional marsupials, are thinning rapidly with risk of near extinction unless protection improves. Farmers report kangaroos consume as much grass as six sheep, influencing attitudes toward their fate. In 1888 kangaroo numbers fell by about 30 percent from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers’ Journal
Australia
Australian
Australis
Cobweb Parties Bring Indiana Amusement To Light
Indiana youths host cobweb parties where balls of colored yarn are stretched from a chandelier through the house. Guests claim their color end and hunt for the matching thread end, with the first to connect declared the winner and each guest receiving a crocheted cobweb souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Crows Hunt Field Mice Beneath Spring Snow
The article describes crows seeking field mice before snow melts. Mice nest under the snow and warmth creates a hole in the crust. Crows circle, locate holes, tear nests, and consume the contents.
Also Mentioned on This Page
William E. Curtis
North American
Enuador
South America
Tropics
Campo Santo
Equator
Cotopuxi
Vesuvius
Cotopaxi
Fannie B. Warn
New York
Sturtevant House
Broadway
Cor
Earth
Guayaquin
Pittsburg
Chicago
Penn
Philadelphia
Ashe
Market Street
Gotham
Smoky
Baltimore
Susan B. Anthony
Smoke
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
James C
E. J. Glave
St. Nicholas
Bethy
Buffalo
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