Briar Root Pipes From Italy To U S Makers
A London News report relays vice consul Carmichael in Leghorn explaining briar pipes come from Erica arborea roots, not briar roses. The industry began in the Pyrenees region, moved along the French Riviera to Corsica and Tuscany, and now centers in Calabria. Briar blocks are boiled, cut into Marseillaise, relieve, and Belgian shapes, with blocks shipped mainly to the United States and little to Britain.
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Mr. Carmichael
London News
French Riviera
Signarian
Corsica
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Maremma
Calabria
Garmichael
St. Claude
France
Nurenberg
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Rhenish
Prussia
Thuringia
United States of America
United Kingdom
Quail Hunting in Egypt Sparks Massive Bird Capture
The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports that more than half a million quail are captured yearly in Egypt. Nets on cords and double-layered nets trap birds along the Nile coast from Port Said to Alexandria each autumn. A picturesque method uses branches and herbs to lure tired birds into hidden traps.
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Dohody
Banda of Quail
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Port Said
Alexandria
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Pekin Correspondent Dr George Morrison Returns
London Times Pekin correspondent Dr George E Morrison resumes post at Pekin in early February after a long sojourn. He crossed Australia on foot at twenty, led Melbourne Age expedition into New Guinea and endured a spear wound. He studied medicine at Edinburgh and graduated in 1887. He also traveled from Bangkok to Yunnan and Tanchin while reporting from Asia. He previously published An Australian in China.
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Pekin
George E. Morrison
Celestial City
Australia
Melbourne Age
New Guinea
Edinburgh
Morrigan
the Times
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Siam
Yunnan City
China
Tanquin
Morrison
Defytig the Lightning In Cowboy Lore
A former cowboy recalls facing storms on the plains. He describes lightning striking the tallest object and warns riders to ride hard to stay ahead the stampede, noting the nerve strain and dangers of the sudden thunderbolts.
Secret of Bird Flight Still Eludes Scientists
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reprint notes that despite thousands of papers and theories about bird flight, no definitive explanation exists. It cites Lílienthal’s failed glide work, Hiram Maxim’s aeroplanes, and current efforts by Oliver Chanute and Langley, predicting eventual progress through persistence.
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Lilienthall
Hiram Maxim
Oliver Chanute
Professor Langley
Smithsonian Institution
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Whirling in Space The Earth’s Sun Orbit Explained
A Montreal Herald and Star summary argues the earth moves around the sun and spins on its axis, asserting no third option exists and highlighting the implausibility of the heavens revolving around the earth. It notes the extreme speeds required if this were true and points to the common, periodic celestial motions as evidence.
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T Han
Montreal Herald
Star
Experiments in Wheat Growing at Halstead Kansas
An extensive wheat study at Halstead Kansas seeds about 160 varieties from around the world. About eighty remain promising in spring. The project aims to identify foreign wheats suited to Kansas climates and improve each through grafting and fertilization to create superior varieties over several years of propagation in the same soil.
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Halstead
Kan
Kansas
The Orloff Diamond and Catherine II's Royal Jewel
The Orloff Diamond, claimed as the finest in the world, was acquired for Catherine II by Prince Orlov in 1778 in Amsterdam. It now graces the czar’s sceptre and financed the empress with an annuity of 4,000 roubles and a 450,000 rouble patent of nobility, among other rewards.
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Orloff
Catherine II
Prince Orloff
Amsterdam
Russia
Eypibotay
Birthplace of Gyolones in Mountain Climate Study
A commentary on how the Rocky Mountains seed weather patterns across the continent. Storms form rapidly, vary from sun to hail to snow within hours, then recede as plains endure the aftereffects. The piece contrasts Rockies storms with protracted Swiss Alps events, noting their brief, dramatic life.
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Rocky Mountains
Aloshe
Thair
Jerday
Qumberland
Rockies
Swiss Alps
Old Salt's Philosophy and the Spider Web Folklore
A Chicago suburb lake edge sighting of a dead woodpecker entangled by a spider cobweb prompts a sea captain narrator to explain a tropical myth. He links hummingbird tales of self-entanglement to missing mates and millinery demands in civil nations, blending legend with legend and stereotyping distant cultures.
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Edgewater
Chicago
Coleridge
South Sea Islands
China’s Vast Mineral Wealth Awaiting Modern Progress
The passage asserts China remains rural with undeveloped mines and limited trade, yet holds immense mineral wealth. It cites coal, iron, lead, zinc, salt, petroleum, gold, silver, and precious stones as inexhaustible resources hidden in mountains and plains, awaiting modern exploration and technology.
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China
Electric car hits sixty five miles an hour in New England
A New England company built an electric car capable of 65 mph. It would run on the 17 mile Providence to Fall River road and cover the distance in 16 minutes. The baggage room superintendent notes travelers’ satchels reflect their habits and types of luggage.
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New England
Providence
Fall River
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