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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1890
Page
9
Correspondent describes Nast caricaturing a Senate clash between Ingalls and Butler as a heroic arena drama. Nast imagines gladiators and peninsular Rome, sketches militaristic portraits, and exits after a comic misfire as Washington bids him farewell from the Capitol to the train.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt, long laid up with a knee ailment, faced alarming rumors of possible amputation. The tale sparked an extraordinary bid from an American showman to buy her leg for exhibition, but the artist soon recovered and dismissed the plan.
Emile Kinst of Chicago unveils a curved bat patent claiming to spin the ball in flight to complicate catches and raise play. He asserts the bat creates intended forward spin and varied ball trajectories, promising faster games and wider field play, with investors showing interest.
A London correspondent compares the British police to American cops, detailing low pay, strict discipline, and pension disputes led by Police Commissioner Monro. It describes section houses, daily routines, and the high crowding of London streets, with advice to travelers to seek a policeman for guidance.
M A Balut of Enlavre invents a photograph kite using a long tailed lozenge shaped rotor and a triangular camera mount. A slow match fires an instantaneous shutter for exposures. A registering aneroid barometer tracks kite altitude alongside photographic data.
In a Sierra Madre canyon Apache men settle disputes by naked wrestling in a rattlesnake den. The combatants, watched by the tribe, wrestle among the snakes until one yields or is fatally bitten. Both often end up bitten as they struggle to the last breath.
Louis T. Peale surveys historic marriage rites from Babylon auction auctions to Circassian preparations and South American customs. It contrasts bridal ceremonies with Liburnian roof cakes, Indian Orinoco traditions, Mexican bride rites, Lapland foot races, and Roman nuptial precedents.
The piece notes muskets used by Napoleon’s soldiers fired a two-ounce ball, later reduced to one ounce, and observes a modern shift toward smaller projectiles. It observes that a little bullet can kill as well as a big one, and that forty bullets weigh a pound, reflecting on evolving warfare details.
A New York Sun item notes men’s novelty underclothes with tight cuffs and loose bodies. A tale follows a doctor tied to a murder aftermath, a frightened woman, a detective narrator, and a messenger dogged by a suspicious, comic cast as they chase clues through a seaside setting.
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