Petrified forest wonders near Mark West Springs Calistoga
In a wild mountain region between Mark West Springs in Sonoma and Calistoga in Napa a petrified forest features fallen log sculptures and stone-logs with bark fissures. The largest log measures eleven feet in diameter and a sixty eight foot excavation reveals a long hollowed trunk. Nearby shade trees and diverse flora enhance the site, prompting geological interest.
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Awmong
California
Mark ‘West Springs
Sonoma County
Calistoga Springs
Napa County
Discounted Subscriptions For Larger Clubs
A twenty percent discount applies to clubs of four or more. Four copies of Blackwood or one Review go to one address for $12.80, four copies of the four Reviews and Blackwood for $48, and fifty copies are offered at a similar rate.
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Blackwood
One Reveiw
Cheerfulness and Silence in Public Life
A reflective miscellany contrasts cheerful gratitude inspired by nature with Carlyle’s praise of Silence. It extols an inward gladness that sanctifies effort and turns daily walks into vows of joy, while lauding silent workers as the salt of the earth and warning a nation lacking quiet depths risks becoming merely leaves and boughs.
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Addison
Death
Carlyle
David Dudley Field Described As a Powerful Legal Adviser
A New York correspondent portrays David Dudley Field as a dominant figure in law. He commands an enormous practice, draws clients from rival factions, and is reputedly wealthy from a notable marriage. Field listens first, then acts to fulfill the client’s wishes, rarely voicing his own opinion.
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David Dudley Firitp
New York
David Dudley Field
Department of Law
Uncle Tom’s hero Josiah Henson meets Queen Victoria
Josiah Henson known as Uncle Tom’s hero with wife and friend visited Winsor Castle at 1 p.m. He was presented to Queen Victoria at luncheon and later by the Queen for many years acquainted with his history. The Queen, with Prince Leopold and others, praised his age and history and gave him her portrait. Henson thanked the Queen for honoring himself and Canada’s colored brethren in Britain’s dominions.
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Tom
Uncle Tom
Josiah Henson
Queen Victoria
Winsor Castle
Prince Leopold
Princess Beatrice
Henson
Uncle
Mr. Henson
Canada
United States
Tts
County of
Providence
Cranston
General Assembly
Rhode Island
What the Sea Tells Us About Earth's Fiery Past
The article argues that Earth's crust and oceans arose from a molten, firelit past. It links celestial observations and fossil evidence to claim the ocean's salinity reflects primeval volcanic activity. It posits vast salt transfer from the earth to its envelope during the planet's early heated stage.
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Solar System
Theis
Monkey Experiment in Cotton Field Ends in Loss
A Thomas county planter released 200 monkeys to boost cotton picking beside local workers. The primates copied the labor, but the plan backfired as enslaved workers deserted, choosing to observe and imitate the monkeys instead, leaving the field to the laughed-at creatures.
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Thomas County
South America
Amon
Eld
Canary Bird Diet Enhances Song Quality
A Rural New York correspondence describes varied feeding for canaries using oat meal seed, canary and rape seeds, hemp seeds, lettuce seed, salt pork, and a cattle bone. After three to four weeks a second canary in hearing boosted the singer, showing careful balance avoids fattening from hemp seed.
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New Yorker
Dickens's Boston Visit and Social Circles in 19th Century
Recount of Charles Dickens arriving in Boston and navigating local society through figures like Richard Dana and Sumner. The text notes Dickens’ awareness of social ostracism for anti slavery stance, and his awkward introductions into elite circles amid Boston’s troubled social dynamics.
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Dickens
Wisit
Boston
Chas. Dickens
Sumne
Dans
Richard Dana
Sumner
Boston Society
Simon
Dackersy
Treddora
Parker
Ashman
Rhode Island Public Laws 1877 State Charities Board Act
The act establishes the Board of State Charities and Corrections to govern Cranston state institutions. It details board composition, appointments, responsibilities, prison management, inmate labor, admissions, transfers, and reporting obligations with a June 11 1877 effective date. Names of officials include the governor and secretary of state.
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Cranston
General Assembly
Board of State Charities and Corrections
Providence
Senate
Iaid Board
State Farm
House of Correction
State Asylum For the Incurable Insane
Providence County
Board of
State Workhouse
State Asylum For
State
House’ of Correction
State ‘Asylum For
Charites and Corrections
Providence Reform School
Prson
Garision
Sven
Sitkneas
Ang
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Superintendent of State Charities and Corrections
State Charities and Corrections
Joshua M. Addeman
Domestic strain and remedies urged for marital discord
An 19th century style editorial urges treating chronic disease as the cause of marital tension. It links a torpid liver and biliary poison to irritability in husbands and postulates exhausted blood and nerves in wives. It promotes Dr. Pierre’s Purgative Pellets and Dr. Pierre’s Favorite Prescription as reliable cures, with a note to consult Pierce’s Memoriam Book.
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Pierre
Pierce
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