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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1890
Page
9
Correspondence from June 14 recounts Mr Nast in Washington where an art tutor details his struggle to curb Nast's free drawing style. The letter portrays Nast drawn as a Professor figure amid debates on art versus instruction and space-bound notions in a decisive executive session setting.
The narrator recalls arguing with Nast about art quality during a Capitol walk. He emphasizes refined penmanship over rough, heavy lines and recounts delivering a harsh lecture on artistic standards. The exchange ends with Nast acknowledging the discussion after a Senate gallery viewing.
The scene centers on caricaturist Thomas Nast drawing senators in a mock gallery. He praises Morton while lampooning Call, McPherson, Teller, and other figures, then debates silver coinage as Nast sketches and the narrator previews an executive session for further drawings.
In a vivid anecdote from a political setting, Nast is accosted by a frightened doorkeeper while attempting to sketch Senators during a secret session. The intruder roughs up Nast’s companion Th. and retrieves the unfinished drawing, promising a later return of the completed portrait once recovery occurs.
A longtime friend recalls John L. Sullivan’s disdain for money despite vast earnings. In a New York cafe episode, Sullivan refuses a generous $500 gift and spends only $50 on wine, shocking a wealthy admirer who tries to help him.
A prospective ocean steamer over a quarter mile long will sail from Sandy Hook to Liverpool in 36 hours powered by electricity and synchronized to railway time. It includes an opera house, church pew, stock exchange, racing track, sports courts, and a literary press. services such as tailoring, millinery, and flowers are provided aboard. Accommodates 10,000 passengers and offers on board luxuries and suites open all night.
Paris report says M. Emile Blanchard, chemist, proposes producing silk from mulberry leaves without cocoons. He notes silk constituents exist in the leaf and preliminary tests show silk material in the chrysalis after worm digestion. He concedes leaf-silk is poorer in gloss than cocoon silk but expects future chemical methods to create the final varnish.
The Birmingham Free Library Committee reports 1889 borrowers by occupation in Pittsburg showing scholars and students 1392 and clerks 301. Teachers 290, jewelers 216, compositors 192, milliners 108, journalists 6, newsgents 2, reporters 2. The note wonders if newspaper writers lack time for reading.
In New Britain a suitor acquires a wife by bidding pigs. A man pays up to nine pigs for a wealthy, eligible bride, with clan restrictions and a formalized division of property inside the home. The custom contrasts with other Melanesian practices and is set against broader notes on marriage, polygamy, and social structure.
A humorous guide explains basic Japanese words and phrases Arimas and arimasen wakarimas dekitamasen and dekimasen with Ka and Anone for conversation. It notes that after the course a student is able to say anything and suggests using Ho bai na as expressive interjections to engage conversation and reactions.
Vladimir Lanin clings to life amid a brutal intrigue led by Schelm with Miller and Palkin in Irkutsk exile. Jana and Dr Haas endure danger as Miller marshals exiles to seize documents revealing Schelm’s secret funds and a looming coup. In a climactic confrontation, Popoff dies, a tooth is opened to reveal a hidden paper, and Helen vows revenge while Miller improvises justice.
A 29 pound female pike was discovered in Ewhurst Park lake at Basingstoke, near Lord Alexander Russell. It apparently died trying to swallow a nine pound conspecific, a scene now being stuffed at Winchester. Reports note pikes sometimes die in such voracious acts and discuss jaw and tooth structure.
A Bengal Hindu ritual marks Falgoon day with Ghantoo worship for skin diseases. Women place a village threshold offering while boys strike overturned vessels with cudgels, breaking them as part of the rite. Rag fragments are kept over doorways and village songs travel door to door.
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