Entries from November 2005 ↓

It is very interesting to sow various kinds of seeds in the indoor garden, such as canary-seed, cress, or linseed. For this purpose clay shapes can be purchased at a florist’s shop. These are sometimes made in the form of a man’s head, or a pig, and are very quaint-looking. The idea is to sow the seeds on the roughened part, and in this way, when the litle plants are grown, to give the object the appearance of having long, upright green hair.

The following announcement of a grand Shakespearean performance a l’Indienne at a native place of entertainment was recently circulated in the city of Benares:

DON’T FORGET.
Well come. Well Come. Well Come.
The
Indian Empress Dramatic Coy,
of Benares,
at Madho Das Shamia’s garden,
Close to the Prince of Wales Hospital
Benares.
Will Give Performance
To Night! To Night!! To Night!!!
“Fasana Hosh Roba”
The Most Tragic Drama of Othello and
Desdemona with
Wonderful Scenes and Sceneries, Brill-
iant Dresses and Ornaments, Ge-
nius Actors and Actresses.
Come one! Come All!! Come Sharp!!!
and
See Young Dancing Girls with their
Dance and hear their Attrac-
tive Songs.

Gentlemen–With due respect and humble submission I beg leave to state that I have taken the contract on the —- instant, the piece chosen to be given is Fishanai Hosh-Ruba.

The last plot of the play is taken from Shakespeare’s famous play of Othello, and I stand guarantee that the play is a nice one and will be shown with the best scenes and scenery, made specially for this play, never think to be disappointed. The following scenes in this play are worth attentions and show the experience and skill of the painter:

1. The scene of Durbar fully decorated with chandeliers and other furniture.
2. The scene of Jungle and a long-bearded pious man’s coming out of the moon, and animal’s grazing in the Jungle and Othello’s hunting one of them down. All these sights would be to attractive to make mention of. They depend on seeing.
3. The scene of garden with a bridge, therein, and a river flowing from below. A very beautiful sight indeed. Sweet and melodious singing of the birds in the garden. The nauch party is held in the garden, several dancing girls charming the audience with their sweet songs and showing their best practice in the art of dancing.
4. Washerman’s scene–a river flowing by–two asses with a big bundle of clothes on their back–Washerman’s joke with asses. A very comic an laughable scene.
5. Tragic scenes toward the close of the drama will be so effective and touching the spectators shed tears–Othello’s going with a sword drawn and burying with anger near the bed of Desdemona, her apology and last words are very heart rending–her sighing and agonizing a painful sight.

To be followed by a very interesting and laughable farce of chunyan and munyan.

I promise to shore more than I have written in this program. Yours faithfully, Shaikh Abdul Gani, Contractor.

Henry Cresswell of Hudsonville, Mich., while fishing at the Ottawa Beach resorts pulled up on his hook a solid silver purse containing a diamond ring, a pair of diamond eardrops, and some Spanish gold doubloons. The purse had evidently been in the water a long time. No clew to the owner was found about it. Of course Cresswell is looking for an owner.

Division of Words: Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabification and Pronunciation, by Frederick W. Hamilton. (TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES–PART VI. No. 35) Published 1918; part of a series on printing and typography for apprentices by The Committee on Education, United Typothetae of America (later, the Printing Industry of America).

The most interesting thing about this little book is the large number of typographical errors in it. Other books in the series have more attractive content — they’ll be coming along eventually…

Thanks to Sigal Alon for Post-processing this book!

Craftsmanship in Teaching, by William Chandler Bagley. Published 1912; essays and lectures on educational topics.

Bagley (1874-1946) was an influential educator of teachers, at least during his lifetime. There are scholarships still awarded in his name at the Univeristy of Illinois. However, according to his biographer, his reputation suffered in the throes of the intellectual battle over methods of schooling.

Thanks to Janet Blenkinship for Post-processing this text!

Manitoba Lake, which lies northwest of Fort Garry, has given a title to the Province formed out of the Red River region, derives its name from a small island, from which, in the stillness of night, issues a mysterious noise. On no account will the Ojibways approach or land on this island, supposing it to be the home of the Manitoba, the “Speaking God.” The cause of this curious sound is the beating of the waves on the “shingle,” or large pebbles lining the shores. Along the northern coast of the island there is a long, low cliff of fine-grained, compact lime stone, which, under the stroke of the hammer, clinks like steel. The waves beating on the shore at the foot of the cliff cause the falling fragments to rub against each other and to give out a sound resembling the chimes of distant church bells. The phenomenon occurs when the gales blow from the north, and then, as the winds subside, low, waiting sounds like whispering voices are heard in the air. Travelers assert that the effect is impressive, and that they have been awakened at night under the impression that they were listening to church bells.–Helena (Mont.) Independent.