Academic prisons illume Heidelberg and Oxford contrasted
An essay contrasts how English universities use civil authority for student discipline with German practice in Heidelberg where academic courts and a grand prison culture prevail. It recounts carved inmate portraits, odd crimes, and the ritual of matriculation cards guiding justice, ending with a Portugal Spain theater anecdote on audiences applauding properly.
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England
Oxford
Clarendon
Cambridge
Germany
Heidelberg
Mark Twain
Mark
Clemens
Graf Bismarck
Durance
Bismarck
R. Diergandt
London
Quack Medicine on the High Seas Aboard a Whaling Ship
A harbor tale recalls a whaling skipper who used a medicine chest and numbered potions. A sore throat directive led to misdrawn dosages causing a passenger to die within half an hour, highlighting sham remedies and faulty figures aboard.
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Bill
Penitence as Forgiveness in This World and Beyond
A Baltimore Sun quotation praises penitence for a fault as highly commendable, noting it earns forgiveness both in this world and the next. The remark frames repentance as a virtuous path with spiritual and social benefits.
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Baltimore Sun
Thumb screws test of loyalty in Rye House tale
William Carstairs a secretary to William III endured torture by thumb screws in a Rye House plot tale. The king William I watched then asked Carstairs to tighten the screws to prove fortitude and confess. Carstairs applied the pressure. the king cried out and claimed he would confess under true pain.
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William Carstairs
William III
Rye House
Charles II
Monmouth
Carstairs
William
Escorial: Spain’s vast royal complex of many roles
The Escorial in Spain is a granite complex begun in 1568 by Philip II as a royal burial site and monument to his victory at St Quentin. It covers 744 by 580 feet with towers at each corner and was built over twenty one years costing over 12 million dollars. It serves as palace museum library picture gallery monastery church and burial place but has suffered damage from lightning and French sackings.
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Escorial
England
America
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St. Quentin
St. Lawrence
German professor returns cigars with dissertations sting
A German university professor received six boxes of cigars with a letter asking for 6 marks by post. He replied by sending 12 dissertations as payment and offered more for 8 marks each. The response returned the cigars and sent the carriage cost, declaring the dissertations are being sent back.
Glorious Sight Misprint in Dean Stanley Manuscript
A proofreader found an amusing error in Dean Stanley's writing about a journey to Jerusalem. The text described the setting sun gilding hilltops and ended with the compositor’s note declaring they saw “the glorious sight of Jones.”
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Jerusalem
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Jones
Embongpong Quip Touches Cleveland Readers
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer quip a speaker riffs on a new French maid named Emma Bongpong. Mrs. Frills reacts with mock worry as the joke unfolds, playing on a pun and mistaken identity.
Leaning Tower of Pisa described by John Ward
In St Nicholas John Ward writes of the Bell Towers of Italy focusing on Pisa. The leaning tower rises 179 feet with a 13 foot tilt, built 1174 around a hollow brick core and marble galleries. Galileo watched from the summit and the six bells weigh over 12,000 pounds each.
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St. Nicholas
John Ward
Italy
Mr. Ward
Pisa
Arno
Campo Santo
Charles Dickens
Galileo
The Moujik and the Drink In Rural Russia
A Chambers Journal sketch portrays Ivan neglecting work due to religious holidays and heavy drinking. His wife Masha bears the burden as poverty deepens and fields lie fallow while the village alehouse drains the family’s meager resources.
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Ivan
Masha
Chambers’ Journal
Make Up Complexity Grows In New York Style
A New York trend reports increasing use of daytime makeup among fashionable women. The piece criticizes the heavy application and poor technique of many, recounts a father and daughter anecdote about rouge, and notes the shift from evening to daytime use.
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New York
New Yorker
Journalism For Women recounts a tired journalist’s royal visit lapse
A northern England woman journalist seeks permission to cover a royal visit for a London paper. She gains authority but fails to file by deadline. The editor’s scathing reply arrives as she excuses herself by saying she was exhausted after the ceremonies and felt unequal to writing.
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England
London
The Old Lady's Discovery
The Philadelphia Record recounts a late President William H. Allen of Girard College. In a central state town parlor a hotelier's wife questions his private affairs and asks about his family. He replies with a joking count of 500 boys among his pupils. The wife, astonished, exclaims that Brigham Young is stopping by.
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Philadelphia Record
William H. Allen
Girard College
Mr. Allen
Allen
John
Brigham Young
Rumor Confirms Bill Jones's Death in Hastings Village
In Hastings on the Hudson, George Ober overhears acquaintances discussing the demise of Bill Jones a famed local figure. The chat leads to a blunt assertion that Jones died last Thursday with remarks about having seen him buried, casting doubt on the tale as gossip in a lively country village.
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George Ober
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
Bill Jones
Ober
Bill
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A London Lad's Prayer Sparks a Quick Return
A W Pett Ridge story centers on a London boy who prays for strength and height with thrift in mind, asking God to speed the gift to save money for a cricket bat. The youth, clad in blue flannel, recalls his name and address, whispering Elfred Martin of 58 Castle Street near Southwark bridge.
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London
W. Pett Ridge
A. Martin
Elfred Martin
Cawstle Street
Surrey
South’ark Bridge
Why the pope does not appear on Roman streets
The Osservatore Romano explains that public appearances by the pope in Rome would trigger mixed demonstrations from the faithful and hostile factions. He would be applauded and hissed, surrounded by tumults. military honors might be given, but demonstrations in his favor could not be tolerated, as the pope is described as a dispossessed sovereign.
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Rceme
Osservatore Romano
Rome
A Plan To Make Bullets Carry First Aid
A Philadelphia physician proposes coating bullets with aniseptic cotton to antisepticize wounds and potentially seal the exit, reducing infection and bleeding. He argues this humane approach could lessen the need for large medical corps in modern warfare.
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Philadelphia
Tourists Abroad Spending Billions in Europe
A report from Bern shows Swiss hotel receipts rising from 2.8 million francs in 1880 to 114.3 million in 1894, with annual hotel and travel expenses in Switzerland and Europe totaling about 700 million dollars. Paris hosts 60,000 foreign visitors yearly at about 10 francs daily, while Americans lead in travel wealth.
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Shere
Switzerland
Riviera
France
Nice
Republic
Paris
Sleepwalking Wonders and Oddities in Somnambulism
Andrew Wilson, M D., cites science and fiction to illustrate somnambulism. He recalls McNish’s shepherd lad who walked miles asleep, scanned a cliff for an eagle’s nest, and Abercrombie’s Scottish lawyer who wrote in sleep. The sleeping ego acts as an automaton guided by private secretaries.
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Wilkie Collins
Franklin Blake
McNish
Abercrombie
Andrew Wilson
Harper’s Magazine
Alva and Dutch War Tactics From Self Culture Note
The extract recounts Alva’s harsh siege of Dutch towns and cruelty amid the Dutch liberation struggle. It notes Elizabeth I’s easing Spain ties, Dutch merchants barred, and the sea beggars' raids on Brill and Flushing, with Alva’s son Frederic not improving outlook and Naarden’s brutal sacking.
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Weyler
Elizabeth
England
Spain
Netherlands
Brill
Flushing
Orange
Don Frederic
Philip
Naarden
Honeymoon Eye Opener from Cumminsville Sage
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote notes that love can blur time during the honeymoon but monthly gas bills quickly restore balance, humorously warning newlyweds about practical finances. The sage in Cumminsville emphasizes the need to consider household costs to avoid romance fading into reality.
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Cumminsville Sage
Cincinnati Enquirer
Not Recognizing Whey At The Creamery
A trades paper special correspondent on a northern New York trip mistook a large cheese factory for a creamery and asked for buttermilk. He drank a glass of thin, acidulous liquid, remarking that it was the darndest buttermilk he ever tasted, while his country host observed whey is unpalatable to pigs.
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New York State
Smith
Two Steps at a Time on Park Place Elevators
The New Yorker’s rush to catch trains causes stairway mats at the uptown Park Place and Church Street elevated station to wear unevenly. Rubber on every other step wears faster due to embedded iron rings. Manager Fransioli introduced steel reinforced rubber, extending mat life.
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Park Place
Church Street
Fransioli
New York Sun
Cardinal Sw swsenina and humorous tales at the dinner table
The Cardinal Swvs snenina responds with a joke about botanical names as tales of his table humor. The passage recalls Father Faber at the cardinal's table and highlights a tale of an Irishman and a landlord absenteeism debate as part of the cardinal's stories.
Why Elephants Fear Mice
The New York Sun notes elephants fear a mouse or small chacanas in native lands. These tiny creatures inhabit berry bushes, feed on a sour berry, and climb into elephants trunks causing severe injury. Even in captivity elephants fear mice imagining danger.
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New York Sun
The One-Two-Three-Four Freight Car Mystery
In a feature from St Louis Republic the author recalls seeking railroad sequence cars numbered 12 345 across the nation and finds none in local yards. The piece notes many freight cars exist but the elusive 12 345 is never seen, joking that 12 346 is rarer still. It adds a quip about Armenian Persians in business.
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St Lovia Republic
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