Nast in the Senate Cartoon Returns to Spotlight
In this June report from New York Nast sketches Senator Evarts in a celebrated long satire. The piece notes Nast’s removal from the Senate gallery during a secret session and reveals the remaining half of the portrait. The cartoonist depicts Evarts, with dialogue about the New York colleagues in the Union League Club context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Evarts
Nast
Senate
Union League Cub
New York
New Yorkhaira
Senator Evaris
Mr. Nast
Senator Nast Sketch and Labyrinth of a Senatorial Pose
A lively dialogue with Nast and Nast-like observers debating a senator’s pose and the nature of power. The caricature contemplates hidden influences and the moral thread of secrecy after a secret session while musing on portraits, reincarnation, and theatrical attitudes.
Art of portraiture and the senator's plaid pants debate
A dialogue about authentic depiction in portraiture centers on translating a public figure into imagery. The artist argues character over mere likeness, noting plaid pants or complexion may guide styling to capture the true self more than exact wardrobe. Senator Ingalls is observed as the artist sketches in real time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murot Halstead
Williamsburg
Colonel Halstead
Berlin
Mr. Nast
Bismarck
Napoleon
Senator Ingalls
Senate
Don Cameron
Ingalls
Peepee
Frank
United States
Artis
Himself
Illis B
Haweina
King of Game Fish in South Seas Angling Scene
The article describes South Sea fishing methods and gear used by island natives, detailing lines of pandanus and coir, shell hooks, nets, and traps. It covers bait options from sea creatures to octopus, trolling for the prized tunny, and dramatic battles with large sharks and flying tuna, concluding with a nighttime glow of flying fish being nets and watched by two canoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitten
South Sea
Cat Baod
Wong
Wiltram
Ancient Theory of Crystals as Ice Explained
A Washington Star collector notes that ancient thinkers believed rock crystal was dense ice frozen by time. Pliny and Roman ladies used crystal vessels, Nero owned crystal cups and a ladle, and a crystal lens lit Vestal fires, with caution against heat. In 1867 explorers found a cave yielding 1,000 crystals weighing 50 to 100 pounds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Nero
Rome
Tielen
Crapite
Parisian Belle Demands Unique Parasol Handles
A Parisian etiquette notes that ladies seek original parasol handles as a mark of distinction. Wholesale handles fail to satisfy, with anecdotes of transforms turning bracelets, brooches, scent bottle stoppers, and even snake motifs into delicate, personal adornments. This refined practice highlights the era’s obsession with exclusivity and beauty.
Exiles of Siberia reshapes Uncle Tom tale in novel form
In 1806 Paris published Elizabeth or the Exiles of Siberia, sparking European and American chatter. Sophie Cottin, famed for Malvina and Claire, rewrote a real saga of Praskowja Lupulowa, a 17 year old Pole who walked 2700 miles to Moscow to win her father’s pardon. The tale blends romance, exile, and spectacle with stark courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praskowja Lupolowa
George Kennan
Stepniak
Joseph Hatton
Siberia
Hell Upon Earth
Siberian
Moscow
Bee
Novogorod
Rasckas
Praskowja
Elizabeth
Paris
Europe
America
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Iichds
Malvina
Claire
Amelie
Matilde
Stanislas Springer
Prince Potowsky
Kingdom of
Poland
Kosciusko
Catherine
Madame Cottin
Praskowja Lupulowa
Paul
Tobolk
Dorvo
England
Belles Lettres
Outre Locan
The Motor Ganglia and Life After Death
Washington Evening Star explains that heart and nerve tissue can show activity after isolation. It notes frog heart pulsations can persist 24 hours due to motor ganglia and that human heart nerves share this property. It adds that chopped turtle tissue may move by nerve stimuli and mentions Galvani and accidental discoveries with electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Evening Star
Galvini
A Romance of Russia and Siberia Ends In Power Plays
Vladimir Lanin and Jana Wernin navigate exile and conspiracy as Schelm a powerful antagonist attempts to bend East Siberia to his will. General Paikin, Governor Irkutsk, and Colonel Palkin clash over authority while Schelm plots to ruin Lanin and seize Jana. A tense confrontation reveals loyalties, punishments, and political danger in early 19th century Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdimir Panto
Jana Wernin
St. Petersburg
Oniphri Schelm
Jana
Schelm
Lanin
Miller
Siberia
Miler
Nicholas Popol
Paikin
Cute
Popoff
Alberta
Haband
Dr. Meen
Vladimir
Muller
Bohelm
Palkin
Schlem
Parkin
Irkutsk
Pulkin
Petersburg
Trne
Russia
Lie
Mr. Schelm
Minod
East
Revisor
Beriace
Scheilm
Rae Schelm
Siberian
Helm
Taleo
Lania
Subaltenna
Sebelm
Irkatek
Posucabern
Palkia
Beeside
Caar
Count Moaxi
Ted
Sehelm
Peters
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Evarts
Kcian
Élannes
Sae
Senator Quay
the King OF
Game Fish
Uncle Tom
S Cabin
Urs
Prince Josef Lubomirski
Turkistan
Meta DE Vera
Gaur
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