The Rosemonde Bell and Jehan's Fatal Jealousy
A lord of Pomerolles orders a grand bell named Rosemonde cast by master Jehan and Mathias. Jehan loves Annette and murders Mathias over rivalry. Mathias calls to Jehan from the bell and Jehan later dies struck by the bell while seeking truth.
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Pomerolles
India
Bourdon
Cathedral of
St. Hilaire
Rosemonde
Lord
Jehan
Mathias
Annette
Gulf
Amused Traveler Duped by Indian Guide Moose Hunt
The narrator watches an Indian guide read signs in grass like a book. The guide claims moose tracks and leads the narrator on a fruitless chase until admitting the trail is dead. He then admits to taking two dollars and a half for the day’s sport.
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Big Fartridge
Big Partridge
Memory lapses strike a cavalry officer and others
A smart cavalry officer loses command words on the drill ground and retires claiming illness. A prominent merchant wakes to find he cannot locate his offices. A popular novelist suffers a sudden memory loss halting a work until an idea association restores the missing plot.
Sleepy Grass In New Mexico Stuns Grazing Animals
A New Mexico grass causes animals to sleep after eating. Horses sleep standing, cows and sheep lie down, and the effect lasts an hour or two. Travelers have encountered sleeping horses on roads. The cause is uncertain, whether opium-like or other substance.
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New Mexico
Husking Bee Prank Recalls Dexter Pioneer Jest
A Lewiston Journal tale recounts Captain Small hosting a husking with a large party. Some youths hoisted a missing steer into the haymow, rope and all, and it later mooed from the ridgepole, revealing the prank's end and the old days' rough humor.
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Dexter
Captain Small
Lewiston
Ateer
Artichokes as Feed for Hogs In Dry Summers
A farmer promotes artichokes as a reliable hog feed after two dry summers, noting artichokes thrive without rain or frost, yield 800 to 1,000 bushels per acre in good soil, and can be planted in spring or fall. Hogs fatten quickly with little corn, and artichoke tubers feed sows, pigs, cows, calves, and colts through winter. The White Jerusalem variety is grown, with tubers remaining to supply subsequent crops.
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Jerusalem
Postoffices at Sea Extend Mail Service on Transatlantic Ships
Harper's notes the expansion of railway postoffices to transatlantic steamships. Since Wanamaker's tenure as Postmaster General, American ships to Southampton and German ships to Bremen and Hamburg carry postal clerks. Each ship assigns one American, one German, and a German assistant to manage the mail on eastbound and westbound voyages.
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Harper's
Mr. Wanamaker
Southampton
Kremen
Hamburg
Hnea
Germany
The Value of the Garden and Farm Produce
The piece argues a gardener’s value by saving money and time through home grown food. It cites direct dietary savings and indirect health and expense benefits, noting farmers could yield more with garden plots. It questions farmers who rely on purchase for fresh goods, stressing advantages of fresh garden produce.
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Hank
Academy
the Rosemonde
Astery
Father Bendringer
Father Bellringer
Jean
Strand
Great Britain
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