The Red Cross Rider and the Prussian Dispatch
In Haute Marne the besieged town of L bristles on a rocky hill with a citadel and ancient ramparts. Cousin Melasippe Rousselot, a physician and avid collector, journeys to Recy sur Ource for quinine and antiseptics. En route he carries a vital dispatch in his Red Cross pocket and plans to burn it if captured, but a chance spark from his pipe sets the paper ablaze, revealing the note from Gaston that forever spoils his mood and fuels his feud.
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Haute-Marne
Stree
Aly House
Melasippe Rousselot
Asinte-Mirne
I—y
Siese
Recy-sur-Ource
Cote Vor
Biehasippe
Red Cross
Rocy
Sous-Prefet
Melasippe
Nona-Prefet
Melanippe
Hoss
Ripawen
Auberive
Father Sausseret
Montavoir
Dumas
Chicot
Henry
Ile
Cote d
Gaston
Dutch Canal Life Inspires Quiet Old World Charm
A Gentleman's Magazine passage extols Dutch streets and canal views in The Hague near Scheveningen. It praises antique houses, white window sashes, and shaded red brick fronts, imagining William of Orange strolling by and linking the scene to bygone, serene retirement in a fortified, tranquil setting.
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Bey the Canal
Churchrew
Mampstead
The
Hague
Scheveningen
Willam Temple
William of Orange
Gentleman’s Magazine
Table Mountain Ropeway in South Africa
A 5,280 foot fixed rope ropeway on Table Mountain uses a single carriage pulled by an endless hauling rope with reversing drive. Spans 1,500 feet up to 1,480 feet above sea level then 1,400 feet to an upper terminal 2,200 feet higher. Used for materials and occasionally passengers during reservoir construction.
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Table Mountain
South Africa
Passegers
Calculating Machines and the Census Bureau Card System
The Babbage calculating machine adopted by England in 1521 could compute tables and solve equations but failed for general use. The Washington census bureau uses a perforated card system to tabulate and record returns with certainty and extraordinary speed, reducing clerical needs.
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Babbage
England
Census Bureau
Washington
The Myth and Origins of Tea in a Global Tale
A humorous antiquarian piece traces the myth of Prince Darmal and the eyelid leaves that became tea. It notes tea's rise in the United States, Chinese origins, linguistic roots of the word tea, and the plant’s botanical relatives, with historical asides and poetic nods.
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Darwall
United States
Boston
Darmial
Celestial Empire
Darimal
China
Edwin Arnold
Prince Darmal
Darmal
Lindley
America
North America
South America
East Indies
Africa
India
Ceylon
Pope
New York Press
Brave old hearthstone teased as defiant symbol
A magazine editor and contributor spar over a phrase describing a "brave old hearthstone" with the hearthstone said to have been under fire for nearly four decades. The exchange turns on whether the object can be brave and if the user is the original owner of a missing umbrella referenced in a separate quip.
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Tam
Chicago Tribune
S.S.S
Sarah M. Keesling
Windsor Ave
Bristol
Teton
SWIFT
Atlanta, GA
Conrad
Massillon
Creation
Great Lakes
Detroit
Toledo
Cleveland
Mackinac
Upper Lake
Alpena
Biainiac
St. Ignace
Petoskey
Chicago
Be ' Marquette
Duluth
Putin Bay
Schantz
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Annie Linden
Pall Mall Gazette
Andre Thuriet
Cleveland Plain Dealer
C. E. Livingston
Dayton, D
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michican Av. & Mudivon
Pusckinag Island
Uae
West Main St
DAL
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