Song of the straining span and Bosporus peril
A fragmented reminiscence blends a historic travel tale with a perilous night in Istanbul. The narrator recalls a Bosporus voyage with Circassian boatmen, a tense near-ambush, rescue by Turkish soldiers, and reflections on locals, law, and danger while contrasting American resilience with Turkish caution. The piece shifts to observations on Mexican postal practices and a closing note from Pearson's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
New York News
Night in Pera and a voyage to the Turkish camp
The narrator in a Pera hotel at night plans a late escape with Antonio the dragoman to see Turkish troops. He describes the city asleep, the firman cost, Circassian soldiers, and the river passage by a finely described caique cradle as they depart around 11 PM to view the discontented port forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosporus
Antonio
Bono
Johnny
Pera
Turkey
Golden Horn
Scutari
Theatre Francais
Ae Dragoman
Chapuk
Dragoman
Porte
Peru
Constantine
Porphyry
Monsieur
Sare
Shamul
Stamboult
Rivai
Tophana
Japanese In New York Becoming A Domestic Life Factor
A New York dispatch notes rising Japanese influence in daily life as domestics, clerks, and students. About 100 Japanese in New York and Brooklyn, many aiming for higher vocations, prefer stable, well paid positions with good homes. Women are fewer, with some serving as maids or nurses. A New York letter highlights obedience, diligence, and unobtrusiveness as admired traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Japan
San Francisco
America
Chicago
Pittsburg Dispatch
Windstorm Tale Builds a House From Loose Materials
In a striking anecdote, a man recounts a wind that seized a hotel site and, using scattered materials and a toolhouse plan, built the entire house, cleaned the windows, and lit a fire in the kitchen. Washington Bear notes the feat as extraordinary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Bear
The Navajo Blanket Lost to Time and Taste
A vivid critique of modern Navajo blankets contrasts today's coarse, cheaply dyed wares with the antique ponchos and zerapes woven for chiefs. The author laments the disappearance of true color integrity and master weaving, noting the rarity and burial of perfect old blankets alongside the economic allure that drives current production. The piece, drawn from "Land of Sunshine," champions the old art and its cultural value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Great American
New Mexico
Arizona
Plymouth Rock
Pueblos
Land of Sunshine
Inquisitive Kinross boatman and Sir Walter Scott tale
The article recalls a Kinross boatman who once ferried Sir Walter Scott around Loch Leven during the Abbot era and described him as a well mannered gentleman. It then notes debates on who invented geometry with Thales introducing Greek geometry around 600 B C and Euclid completing it around 300 B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E Pritt
Kinross
Loch Leven
Sir Walter Scott
Castle Island
Wr. Pritt
Walter
Greece
Thales
Pythagoras
Euclid
Archimedes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pamir
Oxus
The
Don
Zambezi
St. James Gazette
Venice
Europe
Canute
England
Inglis Subjek
Spain
Mexico
Pearson’s Weekly
Delaware Bay
W. J. Blagkiston
Denton, MD
Atlanta, GA
W.W. Ton & Brutren Lumber CO
Tunis’ Mills
Talbot County, MD
North Carolina
Page
E.lhouse: CO
W.F. Pennington
Acena
Hillsborough
Maryland
ISS
Sss.co
Turner & Moore
General Southern
St. Paul St
Baltimore, MD
Washington, D.C
Richmond, VA
J. O. Tayler
T. H. Evans & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission
Luce
Julias Mines&Son
Wheeler Transportation Line
Great Choptank
Trappe and Tuckahoe Rivers
Light Street
Oxford
Trappe
Cambridge
Coancellor's
Secretary
Clark’s
Choptank
Joyd’s
Dover Bridge
Kingston
McCarty’s
Ganey's
Podd’s
Downes
Towers
Williston
Tuckahoce Bridge
Reese's
Coward’s
Covey’s
Hillsboro
Queen Anne
Medford’s
Baltimore
Steinner
K. Bk. Wheeler
Pier
Light St
B.B. Coust
Pease
North
North Wast
P. H. McShane & Son
Denton
F.W. Redden
W. F. Murphy
Denton, Maryland
Murphy
New Fountain Hotel
Pratt & Calvertsts
Bernard Reilly
WM. J. Deweese
Fred BR. Owens
Atttorneys-at-Law
Denton, Mod
Court House
H. Dewerss
Caroline County
James Swann
Wewspaper
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