Mountain Stage Coaches and Wild Mountainside Roads
An account describes mountain coaching in the American West with six-horse teams on narrow shelves above precipices. It notes daring drivers, strict timetables, and the art of safe fast travel amid steep grades. Also covered is Gold Hill sheep-shearing by Wilhelm Sommer and a Boulder News report on boom-town logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevadas
Coast Range
United States
Sacramento
Umpqua
Oregon
Yreka
Gold Hill
Wilhelm Sommer
Mr. 8
Two Mile Canyon
Little Jane by Pt A Culver
A somber poem recounts the life of Janie who, after a trusted guardian, is betrayed by a suitor Will Thurston. The speaker laments her fall from virtue, cruelty of society, and the harsh fate of women, while insisting on eventual repentance and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PT. A. Culver
Jane
Angel Stair
Janie
Mother
Thurston
Earth
Hell
The Mustard Seed Question of a Grieving Mother
A grieving woman seeks the Buddha to revive her dead child. He asks for a mustard seed from a house where death has never entered. She traverses many homes, finding none untouched by death, until understanding dawns that death touches all. The tale ends with a revelation of the universal reach of loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Thurston
Janie
Mother
Jane
Buddha
Paris
The Indian Alps in Darjeeling and Sikkim Narratives
Narrative of two years in Darjeeling Bengal, plus a two month excursion into Sikkim, describing the hill sanitarium, landscape, and geologic scope. It traces Himalaya scenery from Darjeeling to Everest and Kunchenjunga, notes regional geography, and surveys early human migrations linked to the high Asian plateau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darjeeling
Bengal
Sikkim
Rummam
Ranjeet
Himalaya
Thibet
Nepaul
Bhootan
Teesta
Gol
Europe
Asia
Central Asia
Pyrenees
Alps
Greece
Islands
Levant
Taurus Mountains
Ararat
Table-Land
Persia
Hindoo Koosh
Central
High Asia
Pamere Steppe
Tianshan and
Altai Mountains
Mongolia
China
Kashgar
Yarkand
Kuenlun Mountains
Cape Finisterre
Kamtschatka
Oxus
Hoang-Ho
Yangtze-kiang
Chimborazo
Mount Everest
Kunehinjunga
Atlantic
Pacific
Pamere
Raleigh
India
East Indies
Ganges
Indus
Deccan
Africa
Arabia
Scandinavia
Himalayan Range and Sikkim Travel Note
A vivid survey describes the Sikkim Himalaya and Terai plains, noting Doons between the Sewaliks, and sunrise phenomena over Kun chinjanga. It details Darjeeling passes, Tangloo and Tangloo’s height, and the Teesta river’s origin, with praise for the authoress's atmospheric writing and woodcuts. The Sunshine mine in Nevada is highlighted for extraordinary ore yields and high values, with profits and tonnage figures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cashmere
Sirmur
Garwhal
Kumaon
Nepaul
Sikkim
Bhootan
Sewaliks
Himalaya
Ganges
Terai
Sikkim Himalaya
Sewalik
Ganges and
Brahmapootra
Rajmahal
Garrow
Kunchinjunga
Singaleelah
Kunchinjanga
Tangloo
Darjeeling
Senshal
Overland Mail
Hiram Hiitchcock
J. Alden Smith
Sunshine
Sunshine Courier
Copper colored winged plantain eater and distant tales
A survey of the plaintain eater Corythaic Pauline from Angola notes its copper bearing feathers and soluble ruby red dye, with observers in Sierra Leone and England detailing its habits, moult, and attraction to bright objects. The piece also cites superstitions about the bird warning of danger and includes stray anecdotes about war era scandals, Paris portraits, and a seminary incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
Sierra Leone
J. J. Monteiro
Henry Bassett
Church
Mr. Monteiro
England
Monteiro
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Colorado
H. N. Rogerson
Monse
Par Saddle and Harness Shop
N.B
R. E. Hart
OLD Colony
Main St
Greeley
Fort Conta
CoLoRano
AY Hl
Boughton
Fort Collins
Larimer County
B. A. Haynes
Aynes & G
A. BE. Grrson. Lipson
F. Sanborn
Best
D Buckley, J
Weld County
K. L. Childs
Justice OF the Peace
Bokery
D. Leavy
Florist
Grant
Sherman Srs
J. M. Preeman
Jos. C. Shattuck
Sec’s
Union Colony
Anp
Denver Pacific Railroad
New Masonic Block
Colo
Se Spectacles
Srreraces
Ofare
Moxelle
France
Scierd
LAW & Fezer
Greeley, Colorado
Ellows
Holmes
Clapp
New York
Litte Jane
Professor Adler
Frank Leslie
America
Pearl Street
Pater
Cowell
Ark Row
Plateau
Succes
Secor Claims
War and Navy Departments
Springfield Republican
Young Ladies’ Seminary
Up Town
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