Vivid miscellany and curiosities from The Register
A collage of brief notes covers inventions, society oddities, and science whimsy. Items include a forty mile per hour petroleum tricycle, Berlin coffee house with Dr Koch’s portrait titled The Jolly Bacillus, manna from Asia Minor identified as lichen, Sullivan and the Elks, Russian sardine box censorship, England’s beds, Indian census shifts, a 370 pound bear star killed in West Virginia, a Cape Cod housekeeper’s bread and doughnut tally, starch digestibility findings, punctuation anecdotes, and the McCullough will worth ten million to grandchildren.
Eclectic Inquiries and Anecdotes From Global Figures
A collage of 19th century notes draws on Oliver Wendell Holmes style wit and Thackeray humor, recounting Goethe and Indian policy quips, a Portuguese medical training quip, finance bear attacks on London stock markets, and a Paris banker Mace who vanished after depositing funds. It blends quotations, legal recall, public figures, and a fateful bank fraud aftermath.
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Tsu
London
Bank of England
Difficult to Please Scheming Mother Weighs Wealth
A New York World Weenkly styled quip features a scheming mother arguing with her daughter over a wealthy suitor. The daughter gripes that Mr Lightpate talks only nonsense and thinks women are fools, while she finds Mr Greatmind a bore who covers topics she cannot grasp.
The Milking of the Cow Poem by Frank Blade
A nostalgic poem recalls milking old Brindle in a yard. Rich scents of dusk, flowers, and mountains mingle with the rhythm of bells and bells. The speaker, a youth, wanders through memory toward a tranquil farm night.
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Peter
Silent Post
Fankee Blade
Ramazan in Constantinople A Mosque Lanterned Night
Frank G. Carpenter tours Constantinople during Ramazan, describing city life from mosques to bazaars. He notes daytime fasting, night revelry, vast mosques like Santa Sophia, and the devotion shown in prayer. He profiles dervishes, koran devotion, and comparisons between Mohammedan and Christian worlds.
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Constantinople
Stamboul
China
Africa
God
Allah
Sante Sophia
Egypt
Peary Plans Greenland North Pole Expedition
Engineer Robert E. Peary seeks eighteen months’ leave to probe Greenland’s geography from St Johns Newfoundland. He aims to travel on foot as far as whaling steamers reach, then push to the Pole, relying on waterproof sealskin gear, pemmican and condensed foods, with companions chosen carefully. He argues heroism rests in self discipline and endurance, not only war or commerce gains.
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Robert E. Peary
United States Navy
Mr. Peary
St. Johns
Newfoundland
North Pole
Greenland
Congress
Peary
Looting Great Rookeries on Farallon Islands
A San Francisco Chronicle inspired piece warns of poachers decimating Farallon seabird colonies. It cites annual Farallon egg imports averaging 130000 with 3000000 eggs over four years, and details egg hunters sailing from San Francisco to Sugar Loaf to harvest auk and puffin eggs, often 200 eggs daily, with market tastiness noted yet misused.
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Farallon
San Francisco Chronicle
United States
San Francisco
Farallones
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Henry
South Farallon
California
San Francisco Bay
Egyptian Harps and Their Elegant Ancient Design
The Egyptians used various harps, some six and a half feet tall, and others on stands for standing play. The notable bupi had no front pillar, limiting string tension. Bruce first noted elegant frescoed harps in Thebes around 1250 B.C., prompting debate. A triangular harp with 21 strings was found preserved and is now in the Louvre. All harps shared the absence of a fore pillar, reflecting a distinctive Egyptian design.
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Bupi
Bruce
Thebes
Ramases III
Louvre
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