Cow Tree of the Tropics and Earthquake Theory
A fragment describes the cow tree or palo de vaca in Venezuela with its milky sap and edible qualities, notes attempts to cultivate it abroad and the difficulty of transplanting it. It then outlines a theory of earthquakes and volcanoes involving a three-part earth, viscid inner layer, electrical currents, and the idea of grounding electricity with deep lightning rods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Palo de Vaca
Humboldt
Ankee
Nally
Ays
French Method of Polishing Wood with Charcoal
The article describes a French cabinet making technique using camphor in water and a tannin iron nutgall coating to tint wood black. After drying the surface is buffed with couch grass brushes and very light charcoal to achieve a smooth, indelible black finish resistant to insects.
Polishing Furniture with Charcoal and Oil Method
A craftman uses natural stick charcoal dust worked into dented areas and crevices, alternating with flannel rubbed with linseed oil and turpentine to force the powder and oil into the wood. The process yields a rich color and a flawless polish without varnish flaws.
Copper Bath Preservation of Corpses Idea Surfaces
A Brest chemist revisits electroplating corpses with plumbago and a copper bath to seal them from air. The process allegedly preserves bodies and even decorations like grapes and lilies, turning the dead into copper statues and provoking grim, humorous possibilities for in laws and heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
Curious Case of Nervous Sympathy From Window Injury
At a Paris medical meeting Dr. Brown-Sequard described a curious case of sympathy. A girl in Batignolles was injured when a sash fell on her arms. her mother fainted and later felt pains with bruises on both arms in the same places as the child's injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Academy of Medicine
Brown-Sequard
Batignolles
Cosmic dust blamed for red sunsets and other notes
The piece notes a belief that last year’s red sunsets came from star dust not volcanic ash. It mentions Japan adopting Roman characters to ease learning, and reports an English inventor coating tin with glasslike material to render canned goods poison free. Also describes a new steam oyster dredge with an endless bucket chain that could devastate oyster beds, though the impact remains uncertain.
Embroidered Table Cover with Titian Red Ground
A Titian red square cloth serves as the table cover base, featuring a broad embroidered border. Thick ecru linen cord defines the outline with buttonhole stitches, while a fine gold cord sits inside. Floral motifs are filled with long stitch in olive brown bronze and blue, and the piece is lined with satteen and edged with a thick cord. A bobbinet lace center overlay is decorated with colored silks and gold, edged in silk or tinsel.
Jewelers Circular Spoons Showcase Diverse Silver Patterns
The circular highlights solid silver spoons with varied motifs including Indian spoons modeled after Catlin's North American Indians and National Museum objects. Patterns cover court life scenes, shells and seaweeds, Red Riding Hood and Mother Goose etchings, and the popular Armenian Berry design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catlin
National Museum
Washington
Court Lfe
Little Red Riding Hood
Mother Goose
Ornate Silverware Trends For Fruit Spoons And Servings
The article notes size variety in a fruit spoon set with spoons matched to berry sizes and fruit types. It highlights orange spoons as versatile for ice creams and water ices, plus elegant handles and designs including wood with silver trim, carved ivory, and bark-like textures for paring sets. It also mentions asparagus serving options: a silver shovel or a four-tine asparagus fork.
Silly Styles Highlight Gentlemen's Dress Across Nations
The piece critiques modern male fashion noting ultra short overcoats in light colors, tall hats with wide crowns, light gaiters, and pointed shoes. It adds a Russian origin for silver cravats worn by the jeunesse doree of the Neva, fastened by a movable silver band.
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Creation
Russia
Jeunesse Doree
Neva
Lace painting and jet fashion noted for elegance
Ladies admire painted lace on net fabrics with flowers and leaves seeming to float in water. Jet tomave jackets with armor like scales, Centaur belts, and jet jewelry pair with black sarah or grenadine to create stylish evening looks.
Fall Fashions Preview at New York Fashion Week
In New York Fashion Bacar a fall dress idea features woolen guipure lace over silk for a wintry look. Woolen galloon adds a cold-weather impression with deeper fall tones and colors like sky-blue with gray, pumice gray nebula and Labrador blue, plus many yellow and pink shades.
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New York
Fashion Notes From the Era on Dress and Decor
Fashion trends describe embroidery wrapped wrappers in white and Mother Hubbard bedroom styles. Delicate fans painted on cream gauze, sang de boeuf dresses with black braiding, lace with velvet trimming, and pillowless beds with lace counters. Embroidered necklines and striped fabrics show Parisian styling, with Fanchons in black straw and jet detailing finishing outfits.
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Mother Hubbard
Mullins the Agnostic and a Cave Visit
The piece centers on William Mullins known for sneering at arguments with lines like Humph how do ye know. It recalls a tragic pickup with a railroad accident after his death and then reports State Mineralogist Hanks returning from Murphy's Camp Calaveras County describing a large cave with Indian bones not older than 100 years, 140 feet deep explorations, and formations named The Twins and The Angel's Wings observed by about 300 visitors.
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A. T. Worden
Utica
William Mullins
Mullins
Hanks
Murphy’s Camp
Calaveras County
Cave City
Salack
San Francisco Chronicle
Italian Consul Reports Palestine Canal Advantage Over Suez
The Italian Consul at Jerusalem reports that the projected Palestine Canal would shorten passage to the Hast by about four hours compared with the Suez route and would cost roughly half as much to build, with further details on the main aspects.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Suez Canal
Palestine Canal would cut costs and boost Mediterranean trade
The project promises toll reductions on ships about half those of the Suez canal and easier access to fertile regions. It would increase import and export via sailing vessels between the East and the Adriatic and Mediterranean, delivering immense gains to Italy and other nations. Analysts estimate traffic of 6,000,000 tons or 30,000,000 francs after completion.
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Suez Canal
Holy Land
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Italy
Palestine Canal
Romance of a Sultan's Sister and a German Merchant
A German merchant in Zanzibar falls for the Sultan’s sister, who secretly marries him. They flee to Hamburg but poverty follows. after the husband dies, the ex-princess teaches Arabic to survive with three children. She seeks Turkish protection but is told it cannot help her. Admiral Knorr later protects her as a German subject during a Berlin era.
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Zanzibar
Hamburg
Turkey
Bismarck
Rome
Italia
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Venezuela
Meon
Sulenle
Pyramid
Deacon Stillwater
Fitch
Mullin
Calaveras Cave
GRO
Sphar
Portland Cement
Michigan
RED Cross Paints
Marshall & Fox Coal
Mansfield’s
A Foundry & Machineco
8Th and
Larimer Streets
Denver, Colo
C. C. Eaton
Greeley
A. J. Wilber
Colo
Oscar Eaton
Bryan
Ohio
Frank Baker
Fort Morgan
ORE Morgan
Co. A. Myers
Weld County
Cinches
SPURS
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
R. E. Hart
Deakers IN
General Blacksmith
Dkinner Bros. & Wright
Lawrence
Denver
Fortune
Trust & Co
Augusta
Maine
Main
Walnut
Pine
ALFRED T_ BACON
Hunter
Mitchell
Hardy & CO
Nichals
Colo. C
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