[Homer_J_Simpson]

Mademoiselle Piccolomini – 2-3
Contents – 3
Blackberries – 4
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 5-7
The Explosion at Havana – 7-8
“Old Father Sawyer” – 9-10
General Paez – 10-11
Travel Notes in Bible Lands No. XXXVI – 11-12
Fire Department of Cincinnati – 13-17
Tried Friendship – 17-21
The Mysterious Affair in a Gambling-House in Broadway – 22-23
Chess Chronicle – 24

[Tax-chick]

Happy Standard Time! I see on page 21 that the St. Vincent de Paul Society is holding a fundraiser (2nd annual) in New York. The Society was founded in 1833 in France, so its appearance in New York now is evidence of a rapid spread.