The Despatches at stake in a late night gaming session
Lieutenant Du Gescue joins a table at the inn with M. Rame Baron Corbieu and Meyer. Antoine the valet, suspected of betrayal, slips away as a high stakes card game begins. Du Gescue risks his despatches to Strasburg in a final gamble with ruin loomed if he loses.
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du Gescue
Strasburg
Avricourt
Tete d'Argent
du Ges
M'Sleur
Aasieur
Gaston Rame
Monsieur “Rame
Solier
Raoul du Gescue
Paris
Rome
Panion
Monsieur Hamer
de Gescue
Himelf
Lieuitenant de Gescue
du Gescu
Ater
M. Rame
Antoine
du Gescuc
Hom
Monsieur Meyer
Ramo
M. Meyer
Baron Corbien
Rame
Europe
M Raimee
Baron
Meyer
Montmartre
Manette
Rey
Tha
Savage
Negit Rame
Waron
Perhnaps
Corbeu
Deuce
du Geseng
Corlieu
de Prides
Aron
Moyer
Rane
Corlicu
Corbieu
Enemen
Bure
Gescue
Itv
Monsieur
du Gesene
Despatch Heist Unfolds Amid Mutinous Cards in London Tit-Bits
In London Tit-Bits a tense scene unfolds as a sealed packet is seized amid treachery. Corporal Manette bursts in with a blood stained counterpane, accusing traitors and exposing the plan. Du Gescue clings to relief while Rame and Meyer race to salvage a critical despatch.
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Rame
Corben
Knive
Manette
du Gescue
Meyer
London
Cairo A Perpetual Show Reminds of an Impressionistic World
The Cairo scene on a terrace awakens a vivid sense of a living, surreal collage. Arabs in ancient robes mingle with English grooms, merchants, officials, Bedouins, and Egyptians, all under electric light joining a global mosaic. The city offers a striking, novel spectacle unmatched elsewhere.
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Cairo
Shep
Abraham
Foreign Office
The
Treasury
Morerno
Slave King's Son-in-Law Dies in Fiji at 86
The oldest resident of Fiji, known as Black 13111, died at Levula aged eighty six. Born a slave in 1817 on a Southern plantation, he escaped to join a Berwick whaling ship bound for the South Pacific. After a wreck near Samoa, he married a Samoan woman and later moved to Fiji where King Cakobau took him as a son-in-law and interpreter, becoming his slave for seven years.
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Black
Fiji
Levula
America
Berwick-on-tweed
William Berwick
Berwick
South Pacific
Samoan
Black Til
Samoa
Cakobau
Old Fashioned Pudding and Pantry Tips In Tryout Format
A long excerpt lists recipes and kitchen guidance including molasses pudding with spices, corn gems from mixed grains, grape fruit preserves with rind preparation, Graham mush breakfast dish, lemon pie filling and frosting method, and Sweethearts heart cookies. It also covers smoking meat in a smokehouse with protective netting, finishing with bagging or packing methods for preserved meat.
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Graham
Preserving Meat with Saltpeter Alternatives
Farmers continue pickling meat using a saltpeter brine though it offers little preservation and can irritate the digestive system. A safer 100 pound meat pickle uses 8 pounds salt, 2 pounds brown sugar, 2 ounces cream of tartar, and 4 gallons water boiled then dissolved. Pack meat in a clean barrel, cover with pickle, keep in a cool dry place, and smoke as desired.
Hints for the Home from Frugal Cleaning to Haircare
Practical household notes describe methods for easing window operation with soap, making a shampoo froth from toilet soap and egg yolk with rosemary, monthly hair treatment, softening and whitening sponges with warm water and tartaric acid, borax hand wash, a simple metal polish recipe from rottenstone and soft soap, and oiling clocks with lime starch.
Windbreaks and forests shape land and moisture balance
The article explains windbreaks reduce evaporation and protect soils, gardens, and orchards by tempering winds. It notes trees slow drying of land, stabilize moisture, and act as a natural sponge, preserving soil and stream regulation, with forests easing erosion and climate extremes. It cites expert judgment on water entering soil as key to desert vs garden outcomes.
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Great Plains
A Born Scapegrack and the Parental Demand
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century piece recalls Mrs Babson remarking to her child Sommy that goodness costs a nickel. The exchange centers on teaching a child to be good for nothing as part of a larger moral or humorous vignette about motherhood and rearing.
Prison Visitor Seeks Help for Convict
In a prison visit, a visitor says the society is anxious to help, asking if anything should be secured for the inmate. The convict replies he wishes for permission to invent and use a flying machine.
Catering for a Steamer Shows Scale of Ocean Larder
A London Answers writer outlines colossal provisioning for a modern transatlantic liner. For a ship carrying thousands, he tabulates meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, fish, oats, flour, potatoes, sugar, coffee, milk, jams, and tableware needs, illustrating how food and utensils would fill the ship for a New York voyage.
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Kronprinz Wilhelm
Oceanic
Atlantic
New York
Saya
London
One Day At A Time Worry Reduction Piece
A brief exhortation urges readers to stop worrying for the day and focus on the present. It cites Sydney Smith and John Wesley on living in the moment, resisting anxious thoughts, and using willpower to overcome worry. The tone emphasizes practical wisdom and moral framing against chronic fretfulness.
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Sydney Smith
John Wesley
Spinks and Binks Talk About the Boy’s Twin Point
Dialogue excerpt shows Binks praising a boy and Spinks noting a strong trait. The exchange centers on parental pride and recognition of a notable feature described as a twin. No clear event or setting is provided beyond the characters’ interaction.
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