Panther Notes From The Wilderness The Beast That Haunts The North
The writer describes panthers as large carnivorous animals inhabiting sparsely timbered ranges near the McCloud River. They emerge on warmer days to bask on rocks and are wary of humans, yet threaten stockmen and livestock, with many hides found near stock cabins. The text argues panthers may be outmatched by grizzly bears but could threaten oxen with a single blow.
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Banes
Lesan
Suimal
McCloud
Oasis of Penjdeh and its fertile frontier region
The text describes Penjdeh as an oasis on the Murghab near Merv, bounded by the Kushk to the south and east, with forests of Sariks and nomad encampments along the river. It notes the area’s size about 300 square miles, with Penjdeh’s 8,000 Sariks raising flocks and weaving markets for carpets and cloths, plus irrigation as key to future prosperity.
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Penjieh
Merv
Kushk
Penjdeh
Bad Ss
Heri Rud
Ageae
Badghis
Koshk
Penjdeb
Afghanister
Maimens
Shibergan
Ardkhoi
Akcha
Ofr
Ak Tepa
Meruchak
Persia
Barike
Peridch
Kchhars
Mer
Herst
Heratty
Korth
Cesia
Mervebsk
Perth
Mangia
Curious Terror of the Sea Haunts Margater’s Waters
An abandoned wreck drifts across the Atlantic, a constant hazard to mariners. The derelict, often without masts and blending with the dark or heavy seas, poses danger in storms. A German ship Black Hawk reported a recent encounter near Hom, detailing a schooner named John H. Wayren that drifted and was abandoned in the event.
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Black Hawk
Hom
John H. Way
Notable Streets and Tales Of Edinburgh’s Ancient Haunts
A vivid stroll through Edinburgh’s old town reveals stairways and cells where tourists could imagine the jovial gentlemen and soldiers of Gustavus Adolphus, Montrose, and Bonnie Prince Charlie. Readers are invited to relive landmark houses, churches, taverns, and Osnongate recalling centuries of Scottish history.
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Gustavus Adolphus
Rudolph Murray
Argyll
Montrose
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Prestonpans
Jennie Geddes
Allan Ramesy
John Knox
Exigus Factu
Osnongate
Shoes For Fast Nags In A Horse Shoeing Shop
In a bustling New York shop horse shoer John Murphy explains differences in shoes for fast horses. He lists horses and drivers like Belle F and Barus, notes heavy iron toe corks for draughts, twenty ounce shoes for business wagons, and lighter fourteen to sixteen ounce trotter shoes. He describes plates for running horses and emphasizes hoof protection, tendon support, and varied shoeing to suit each horse’s gait.
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John Murphy
New York
John Splan
Belle F
Barus
St. Julien
Trinket
Darby
Hogefal
Hannie
Win Thorne
The Buoyant Power of Water Observed
A fragment describes buoyancy saving life in water, noting a person can keep head above water with a chair or box as a prop. It claims one need not know how to swim and mentions a small boy as an example, implying simple methods and faith in water’s life saving power.
Timur Lang and the Kashmir to Qomorin Empire
The excerpt recounts Timur Lang’s reach from Kashmir to Qomorin, his harsh rule and massacres in India, and the fragile aftermath after his death in 1405. It notes his conflict with his heirs, his brief imperial coronation in Delhi, and the eventual fragmentation of his empire. It contrasts his Muslim faith with his destructive campaigns.
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Gibbon
Kashmir
Qomorin
Kan
Regelar
Evers
India
Pir Mohammad
Multan
Pir
Corquer India
Timur
Murs
Timar
Aving
Mahmoud II
Delhi
Samarkand
China
Mohammad of Ghor
Tamerlane
Nasib Shah
Leprosy Globally Widespread Yet Contagious and Incurable
The article surveys leprosy across regions including India China parts of Europe and the Caribbean noting historical centers in New Orleans and Louisiana and recent cases in Minnesota Beaten and California. It discusses uncertain contagion with a leaning toward dangerous transmission and confirms the disease remains incurable by medical science.
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Fes
Ecie
India
China
Europe
Sandwich Islands
West Indies
Loulsiana
New Orleans
Lower Louisiaa
Bay of Chaleurs
New Brunswick
Minnesota
California
How Brain Hugged a Busy Saw in Michigan
A bear enters a water powered sawmill in Michigan. Brain, angered by the bear brushing the saw, strikes the running blade with his paw, suffers two cuts, and the bear loses its fury as the two grapple. The anecdote ends with the crew eating bear steaks.
Bees Respond to Music and Noise in Ancient Beekeeping Beliefs
The article recounts rustic theories among beekeepers on how sound affects bees. It cites Sir John Lubbock’s 1882 Linnean Society experiment where bees found honey after a box played nearby but failed when moved, suggesting possible higher hearing or overtones beyond human range. It notes bees react to taps on the hive and distant heavy steps yet ignore loud noise, and mentions the bee signal piplog heard before swarming.
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Simtelins
John Lubbock
Linnean Society
Adoration Signals From Naples Women Described
A youthful traveler notes Italian manners from Venice to Rome and highlights Naples as a place of discreet admiration. He explains a coded gesture of admiration used by both noble and common women, signaling appreciation without overt attention. The piece links the gesture to ancient Etruscan symbols and portrays Naples as a city with vigilant policing and concealed danger.
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Venice
Florence
Rome
Naples
The Blind Man's Dreams and Silent Night Vision
A reflective passage on the blind man's limited perception of the world. It contrasts the vivid celestial and earthly scenes with his inner world, where no real vision can arise to touch his life. The text laments the absence of radiant sights and the living presence of beauty, danger, and joy.
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Henderson
Witchfinder
Thomas Blake
Jacob
A Sad Accident Near Erie Involving James Lockwood
A man named James Lockwood from near Erie Pennsylvania hunted and stopped at his betrothed’s home. While chatting with her younger brother Willie Reynolda the incident escalated with insults and tension, ending without a clear resolution.
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James Lockwood
Erie
Litdle
Willie Reynolda
Haunted Car 11088 Looms Large in Old Railroad Tales
A vintage tale recounts a haunted car linked to a murder spree and a San Quentin sentence. El Paso strikes, Italian laborers quarrel, and strange noises fuel belief the car moves on level tracks. Witnesses report whispers as engineers hear voices inside the carriage.
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Ivan Ee
Sacramento
Stockton
Railroad
Ee Oenga
Tokwey
Dewey
San Quentin
Aera
el Paso
Martin
Martins
Animal oddities from Forsyth to India a strange animal column
A white crow in Forsyth county Georgia, a Lake Gentry rookery in Brevard Florida spreading across eighty acres with vast guano, and many animal anecdotes. George Knotts wedged by a rabbit in Big Spring Georgia, a hawk eludes baited fowls, a Walker County man fears a night hawk spirit. A Grand Trunk station scene in Portland Missouri sees butcher birds decimating sparrows, and India offers a breakfast with 300 solemn monkeys gathering for every biscuit.
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Forsyth County
Lake Gentry
Brevard County
Florida
George Knott
Big Spring
G. T. Walker
Sumter
Walker County
Georgia
Farmer
India
Remarkable New Zealand Tree Lures Birds To Fatal End
In New Zealand a peculiar tree seeds trap flies in gummy vessels. The flies attract small birds, which become coated in the fluid and unable to fly. As birds struggle they fall prey to predators, including a nearby cat that used the tree as a hunting post.
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New Zealand
Confession of Double Tranquil Fatal Stabbing
A man describes a June 2 1885 killing in which quarrels with his wife led to him choking and slashing her throat with a razor after a confrontation over animals in the yard and bread on a kitchen table. He then cut his own throat and later stated the confession to authorities.
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Sue
A Fearful Presence in an Enfield Chace House
A narrator recalls an old wind battered house on the ridge-road of Enfield Chace inhabited by two maiden sisters. He describes a late autumn walk up oak avenue and a sense of foreboding as he nears the secluded dwelling and its circle of guests.
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Enfield Chace
Oak Avenue
the Chace
The Shuddering Sound Haunts a House Guest
A narrator rents an upper chamber in a house and is tormented by a persistent shuddering sound that follows him through rooms and stairs. Guests dismiss it as wind or draft, yet the episode unsettles him and ends with a remark that the sound is harmless to others though haunting to him.
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Mia End
Odd Tales and Old Finds in a Roaring War Era
A string of curious reports from a distant era describes strange events. A district deserted by birds after a cholera threat, vineyards revived by earthquake shocks, and a butcher at Poplar Creek Agency killing a mare and injuring himself to honor a late child. A child dies after a gamecock attack in Little Hempeton. A Upson county man uncovers 3,000 buried silver half dollars from two decades earlier. Henry P. Smith finds $1,000 in greenbacks in a ruined shop once owned by Judge Thomas Haile, who allegedly hid the money during the war and was later killed by Federal soldiers.
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Malaga
Poplar Creek
M. T
Little Hempeton
Eng
Upson
Henry P. Smith
Farmington
Kansas
Thomas Haile
Rome Sixteen Years Ago A Glimpse Of Papal Rome’s Splendor
The writer recalls sixteen years past in Rome with the papal court in splendor and a cosmopolitan royal presence. Cardinals in scarlet robes, grand villas, and Pius IX walking the Piazza di Spagna are described, contrasted with modern prosaic Rome and future demolition of Borghese property for housing.
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Rome
Papal
Raphael
Leo X
Vatican
Naples
Tuscany
Parma
Villa Borghese
Borghese
Prince Borghese
Pius 1X
Piazza di Spagna
Paris
Les Dames du Halle
A Colony of Jews in the Caucasus
A description of the Dagh Tchoufont Jewish colony in the northern Caucasus. They claim Persian-Jewish origins dating to the fifteenth century, live in several Dagestan and Terek communities, speak Circassian dialects, use Farisan for writing and Talmud, and maintain status through commerce and agriculture. They number about 500 families and engage in local fairs and trade, with rabbis under the Derband Chief Rabbi.
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Caucasus
Dagh Tchoufont
Northern
Daghestan
Terek
Koubad
Andreievaky
Koumyk
Stanitzas
Szavodskaia
Stchedrinskaia
Derband
Russia
Petrified wood and rock hinder well digging in Minnesota
Mr. Driscoll hired Merrell to drill a well south of Owatonna Minnesota. At seventy five feet a hardened petrified wood and clay stratum ignited when blasted and Fire was difficult to extinguish with water. At eighty five feet a large stone blocked progress and water inflow was uncertain as Merrell paused.
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Oasis
Michigan
the Animal World
Grand Trunk
Portland
Ead
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