South African Races and the Zulu Noble Beast
A colonial era correspondent profiles Hottentots and Bushmen, contrasts Zulus with Western norms, and notes the decline of native powers. It recounts Zulu dress, wealth, marriage, and warfare while tabulating tribes, leaders, and regional dynamics around Natal, Zululand, and Delagoa Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JTS
de Gama
South Africa
Diamond Fields
Transkei
Africa
Asia
Cape Colony
Gulus
Natal
Zululand
Delagoa Bay
Thompson Street
Purlicus
Sixth Avenue
Zulu
George Washington
Napoleon Bonaparte
Scipio Africanus
Kaffir
Kraal
New Jersey
Dion Boucicault Signs Irving for New Role in 1866
In 1866 Liverpool, Henry Irving faced a quiet summer with no engagement. Dion Boucicault sent a letter offering a part and asks for terms. Irving replied six pounds a week and hope the part is good. Boucicault answered that the salary is more than he intended but he never bargains with an artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Irving
Liverpool
Dion Boucicault
San Francisco
Argonaut
Longevity notions and odd wardrobe of health and wealth
A collection of brief reflections and anecdotes on longevity, cruelty to horses, convict searching, a singing couple in opera, and social observations. It cites Heine, Hufeland, and Dr. Roose on age, reports a case of overhead rein cruelty, recounts Captain Nikolin and tissue paper in a prisoner’s ear, and notes Ansari and Signora Maccherini’s troubled stage partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansari
Opera
Signora Maccherini
Gentleman’s Magazine
Barron and Hudson Exchange Jests at Boston Museum Benefit
Charles Barron, top actor at the Boston museum, laments acting as a trade while Alfred Hudson teases him from the wings. Hudson quips that Barron might be sitting in the audience next time, underscoring the comic tension in a lively stagehouse exchange reported by the New York Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Barron
Boston Museum
Alfred Hudson
Barron
Hudson
New York Star
Catching a Big Horn Alive Feat Marked by One Man
The New York Sun recounts Frank F. Baker of Boulder Montana who alone captured and restrained a wild Rocky Mountain sheep at foot of a cliff using a bold ascent and lariat. The dog's aid failed to deter the ram as Baker struck, wrestled and held on until helpers secured the prize. The sheep was later released as it refused to eat or drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Natal
South Africa
Cetgwayo
Dinizniu
Cetywayo
Dinizulu
Somkeli
Cetuwayo
Central Lake Region
Southeast Africa
Limpopo
Zambesi
Lobengula
Matabeleland
England
Delagoa Bay
Rocky Mountain
A. P. Horton
Montana
Frank F. Baker
Rockies
Sierras
Baker
Boulder
Mon
Big Horn
New York Sun
Laken at His Word and a Paralyzed Ferryman
A hundred miles below Abbeville a ferryman on a deer hunt becomes paralyzed in his right arm and tongue while declaring he will not give up the ferry. The captain notes the old man’s tremor and the moral about extravagance in speech, citing the Atlanta Constitution tale of the ferry’s longtime keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laken
Abbeville
Burcher
Atlanta Constitution
Governor Cornell Clock Tale from Ithaca Story
A Ithaca woman recalls a tale about ex Governor Alonzo Cornell and the clock in his Albany days. He would report times like about 18 or a little after midnight. his wife asked him to stop it, and when she later asked the hour the clock showed half past midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Ithaca
Albany
Alonzo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vasco de
Cape of Good Hope
Table Bay
Hottentots
Port Natal
Kahvir
Durban
Marine Hospital
Laurenco Marques
C. C. Huyz
Heine
Hufeland
Humphry
Roose
Pittsburg
Boston Transcript
Kennan
Capt. Nikolin
George Kennan
Century
Wau
Agnes & Sons
Philada
Bill Heads
the Ledger
Williams
Harvest Home
Delmonico
G. B. Williams
Adelphia Kitchen
Warren, Penn’a
Warren
L. F. Watson
T B. Nesmith
S A. J. Hazeltine
Cashier
Dangerors
O. H. Hunter
M.ai Dunham
Jas, Clark
Nesmith
A. J. Hagertine
L. R. Freeuien
Myron Waters
Francs Henry
D. L. Gerould
Francis Henry
H. A. Jamieson
Ss. V. Davis
5. P. Johnson
A. Hertzel
W.D. Brown
G.N. Parmlee
A.T. Scofield
United States
Uitars
Eric Erickson
Warren, PA
Gonewango
Foundry
Machine Shop
Conewango Foundry and Machine Shop
John T. Hill
IRS Bitters
Isit
Boston
Mass
OA. P. Onpwar & Co
Island
Idaprif
G. Koebley
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