A Dinner in Paris Shows Cheap Paris Food Tricks
The piece reviews Paris restaurant dining with emphasis on Duval establishments. It contrasts American and Parisian costs, outlines small portions, itemized prices from soups to desserts, and notes staff tips and wine markups. It concludes that true cheap meals exist but vary in quality, with a Parisian dining ethos of value through variety and taste.
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Paris
Dec
America
M. Paul Deschenels
United States
France
Enclishman I
Duval
Osien Soun
Hung
Lower Danube
Bermuda
Pittsburg
Doval
Kirsch
Normandy
Tisane
Lemaitre
Mumnn
Alacarte
Stones That Bend Have Flexible Itacolumite From Brazil
Article notes a Brazilian stone called itacolumite or flexible sandstone that bends under slight pressure without breaking. It is composed of sand grains cemented by a micaceous material similar to sericite. The cementing minerals likely formed as clay then metamorphosed by heat pressure and superheated steam into a micaceous substance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon Bucksaw
Brazil
Electric bells cue late rush for seats at Spurgeon's Tabernacle
Playgoers are familiar with the electric bells used to signal curtain rise. Spurgeon's Tabernacle in London has adopted the device to manage seating. Strangers wait in the aisles until five minutes before the service, then the bell rings and a rush for remaining vacant seats ensues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spurgeon’s Tabernacle
London
Notes and Queries on Christmas Day and Historical Veto Power
The piece discusses royal veto rights in Britain, US politics under Cleveland, and notes on The Dispatch. It also covers Christmas origins, Fronde in France, and a historical query about two archbishops' deaths within a year, with various clarifications and corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cleveland
United States
England
Victoria
Great Britain
House of Commons
House of Lords
York
W.F. C
Thomson
Magee
Tobias Matthew
George Mountaigne
Gregory X
Innocent V
Adrian V
John XXI
Sixtus V
Urban VII
Gregory XIV
Innocent IX
Origins and uses of common punctuation and titles
The text traces the history of quote marks and the exclamation point from Latin abbreviations and Greek letters, explains the paragraph symbol, and defines duchy and duke along with their geographic usage. It also notes governor salaries across states and mentions General Babcock’s whisky fraud case and resignation in 1876.
Fraud Suspect Fled South and Died in Florida in 1834
The record notes a fraud suspect fled after his trial heading south and was drowned in Florida in 1834, marking an obscure end to the case cited in the archival snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
The Cruel Butcher Bird
In Pomona California a rancher notes butcher birds highly sagacious and cruel. He describes pairs watching plowing, killing field mice then impaling carcasses on thorns. Birds hoist and carry toads and prey, while chattering with glee. Farmers call them helpers against gophers and rats.
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Pomona
Cal
America
Thomas Oldham
Kordsburg
Butterflies Observed Above Snow Line in Sierra Nevada
A California correspondent notes butterflies at elevations over 11 000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and 11 000 feet in British Columbia near Alaska. He describes them migrating through passes toward the east and compares behaviors with Sierra butterflies flying for pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Nevada
Pearson's Weekly
California
Europe
Sierra Nevada Mountains
British Columbia
Alaska
Arctic Circle
High Heeled Shoes in Venice Mud
The article recalls how Venetian streets thick with mud led women to wear ever taller high heels. Heels rose to about half a yard, making walking difficult and requiring supports from two sides, with pages or attendants assisting ladies in full dress through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Nations Review
Venice
Piazza
Rialto
Black Pages
Oy Clavalainn
Manx Superstitions and the Isle of Man Beliefs
The Dispatch correspondent examines Manx beliefs noting that while the people reject harsh superstitions they still cherish related customs. It describes the Moody Dhoo, the ghostly black spaniel, wedding secrecy, baby superstition, storm night rites, and a warning tradition tied to a bewitched woman and St Stephen’s Day rituals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Douglas
Ise
May
Dew
Eblis
Peel Castle
Manxland
Nios Wren
St. Stephen's Day
Encar LL. Waseman
Aluminum Xleroscopa Microscope Weighs Light and Solid
An aluminum microscope nicknamed Aluminuza Xleroscopa weighs 2 pounds 10 percent ounces. Brass screws provide rigidity while the fine adjustment screw is steel and the nose piece is German silver.
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Y, Crisp
New York
Rehan
Vier Arts
New Fork
Evening World
Pacific
Atlantic
Usde Sam
Philadelphia Inquirer
Thomas Nast
Harper's Weekly
St Pau
Adnertimr
Pittsburg Restaurateurs
Somme
Bouillon
Sterling Heilig
Queen Victoria
New Brighton
Lee
Theodore O'Hara
Missouri
Kentucky
Buena Vista
Frankfort
Tim
Mullen
Cardinal de Retz
Mazarin
Prince of Conde
Conde
Spain
Parliament
Michelet
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis
Danny Reaper
Christ
Palestine
Bethlehem
Germany
Anhalt
Grand Duchy of
Baden
Forest Bismarck
Duke of
Lauenberg
Duchy of Lancaster
Duchy of Cornwall
Prince of Wales
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Oregon
Vermont
Babcock
Grant
C. Bizon
the Cruel Butcher Bird
Isle of Man
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