Variety Column Notes From The Register Era
Presbyterian tale denies another charity addition while a Belfast couple refuse milk payment. Terracotta timber blocks promise fireproof use and easy shaping. Boston doors deter gambling as watchers guard exits. Montreal police court use of languages noted. Dredging finds ancient eggs in San Francisco mud. Nast wife linked to Columbia the allegorical figure. Russian princess violinist's romance and fall from favor. Georgia strongman Beussee showcases feats. King Gessler legends debated by rationalists. Swiss Tell legend still stirs locals as a boatman rejects a Gessler descendant.
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William Tell
Geasler
Moses
Switzerland
Four Forest Cantona
Tell
Baron von Gessler
Gessler
Amusing anecdotre tells of Mrs Gladstone’s forgetfulness
An English lady at Aixle-Bains recounts Mrs Gladstone’s absentmindedness. On a Windsor Castle trip she traveled with no maid, and the dress was altered by her daughter. At dinner the trailing waist caused Lady Ponsonby to ask what she wore on her skirt. Mrs Gladstone, not finding it, wore a shawl as a low neck waist.
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Aix- le-Bains
Mrs. Gladstone
Windsor Castle
Lady Ponsonby
Mrs
Parallel lives of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln
A concise character study notes striking parallels in birthplaces and years, early relocations, start of political careers in 1844, service in western Indian wars, and election to Congress in the mid 1840s, ending with their parallel rise to prominence.
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Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky
Davis
Lincoln
Polk
Henry Clay
Congress
Wouldnt Give a Hair a Chance
Dialogue from Newman Independent humor column about a wife doubting a newspaper claim that a Indiana woman was disinterred after two years, with a quip that whiskers grew on her face. The husband insists it could happen if she held her chin long enough.
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Jane
Newman
Forty-Eight and the Path of Lonely Sunset
A solitary figure at forty eight sits in twilight and recalls ruined hopes. She reflects on dreams watered long past, ambition’s funeral pyre, and a life with nothing left to gain. The poem portrays desolation, fatigue, and quiet resignation as the sun fades.
Youth and Maiden on the Pebbled Strand Love Confession
A youth and maiden sit by the sea as he declares love while holding her lily hand. He gazes into her sapphire eyes and says he would win because he holds her hand tonight. The maiden sighs, blushes, and lowers her head as he presses her hand and chin in affectionate gesture.
Blue Satin Slipper Sparks a Love Lesson at the Fair
Jenny Carson at a Waynesville church fair dreams of blue satin boots but buys sensible ones after a tempting clerk push. Dr Chester exposes vanity, offers overshoes, and forgives her as he proclaims her brave. The couple reconcile as she vows wiser choices and a future wedding boot.
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Jenny Carson
Jenny
Miss Bell Dorsey
Miss Bell
Dr. Chester
Turner's
Miss Carson
Bell Dorsey
Tam
Fred
Miss Fenny
Fred Somers
Jennie
Microscope findings and natural wonders detailed in Popular Science
A London microscopical society exhibit shows a Sheffield saw grinders lung damaged by steel inhalation and carbon deposits from London smoke. Karst underground rivers in Austria connect to surface shafts, with planned enlargement to prevent floods. Weather forecasts, alarm signals, textile dye safety, and air mass discussed. Wood properties, Arctic whiteness, atmospheric electricity, oyster spawning, and ballast storage of oysters are covered with various scientific notes and age ranges.
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Microscopical Society
London
Sheffield
Austria
Weather Bureau of
France
S. P. Langley
United States
Prof
Sargent
Arkansas
Texas
Prov Panmren
Vesuvian Observatory
Kindness of a Teacher to a Young Savant in Pennsylvania
A young man with a pale face and kindly voice mentored a ten or twelve year old naturalist near a Pennsylvania village. He taught the boy the scientific names of reptiles and insects, paired with brief habits, and encouraged the pupil Ter ritorial Geologist of Wyoming to ask questions by letter.
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Poe
Pennsylvania
Aughey
Wyoming
Mnostottice Ho
Teacher Critique Amid Offers and Letters
An observed critic notes that a teacher would assess the composition of letters with tact while responding to offered information. This reflects educational methods described in E. H. Trajton’s quotation in the Christian Union.
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E. H. Trajton
The
Christian Union
The Bank of Venice and its ancient money empire
A history of the Bank of Venice founded 1171 as the Chamber of Loans born from state needs amid Guelph and Ghibelline wars. Funds deposited were non withdrawable yet transferable on the bank’s books and credit often valued above coin. The bank operated uninterrupted until 1797 when Venice fell to French revolutionary forces.
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Bank of
Venice
Europe
Chamber of Loans
Venetian Republic
Revolutionary Army of
France
The Language of Signs and Safe Taxi Tactics
A Saturday Review piece advises tourists on avoiding discomfort by learning a town plan and walking confidently from the station. It describes gestural signals to cabmen, including chin raises for no, a shrug for ignore me, and a fierce gesture to deter pursuers, noting such signs can deter the lazzaroni and imply strong language without guilt.
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Flanders
Saturday Review
Waters and wonders of Utah described as vast soda springs
A northern Utah subterranean soda water reservoir and a southern Orderville lake are described as endlessly full and lime incrusted, while springs across the state show varied temperatures, algae altering colors, and notable sulfur and hot springs near Salt Lake City.
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Utah
All America
Orderville
Salt Lake City
Kleptomania as a Gift of Civilization
A sharp critique from New York English-American mocks kleptomania as a societal anomaly. The piece argues the condition is elaborate, self unaware, and uniquely tied to civilized wealth, likening its origins to a lawyer's clever inner reasoning and framing theft as a selective affliction of the affluent.
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North Pole
New York
Match Making in Thirty Minutes
A cedar log twenty feet long was hauled to a California match factory where it was sawed, split, glued, dipped in sulphur, labeled, and boxed for shipment in exactly thirty minutes during a recent trial.
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California
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