Ostrich farming in Cape Colony ambitious project grows
In Grahamstown district of Cape Colony, Douglass pioneers ostrich farming with an incubator, expanding from 11 birds to about 800. The operation includes large paddocks, weekly bird drives, and a detailed hatching and care system. Feathers fetch high prices, especially white primary plumes, while labor is supplied by local coolies with modest wages and rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Ee Burne
Pormeck
Africa
Dongcoy
Grahametown
Wood
Cape Colony
Douglass
Grahamstown
Renee Ee
South Africa
Harper's Weekly
A Sharp Adage On Travel Advertising
A newspaper quote asserts that a good advertisement pays no fare on railroads, costs nothing for hotels, seizes no cigars or dresses for customers, and drinks no whisky as travel expense, yet goes about its business efficiently. The remark adds it is rough on commercial travelers.
Beliefs on Body Parts and Septennial Change Debunked
A historical examination rejects common myths in medicine and physiology. It argues the third finger’s link to the heart is unfounded, denies tetanus bias in thumb injuries, and refutes a seven year bodily renewal myth while asserting constant change as life’s norm.
Narrow Escape from Wolves in Benton County
At about ten last Saturday night Mr. Miner of Langola Benton County was driving with his wife and three children toward Morrill’s near Jocelyn school house when five large timber wolves attacked the horses. His whip struck a wolf that leaped toward him but hit the wagon box. The family dog charged the pack, was killed, and the wolves devoured. Miner whipped the horses away and called for help. Mr. Jocelyn and family came to assist and drove the wolves off. The incident, nearly unprecedented, suggests hunger drove the pack to attack.
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Miner
Langola
Benton County
Mr. Miner
Journal
Coral the Sea Plant That Appears Like Flowers
The article recounts coral as a mystery long debated by naturalists. It describes coral as a branched polypus trunk with rose colored bark and flower-like polyps. Early views ranged from mineral to shrub before Marsigli proved its animal nature with sea water experiments.
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Pliny
Dioscorides
Tournefort
Marsigli
Academy of Sciences
A Russian Girl's Revenge and Trepoff’s Fall
The article recalls the 19th century episode where Vera Zasoulitch, a Russian girl, shot Chief of Police Trepoff after his brutal treatment of a prisoner, Bogoliouboff. Trepoff was wounded last winter, later mocking Bogoliouboff’s release petition before being assassinated by the gunfire.
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Russia
Trepoff
Vera Zasoulitch
St. Petersburg
Bogoliouboff
Bogoouboff
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