Queen Victoria’s Grandchildren Count and Roster
Queen Victoria has fewer than thirty seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Her living grandchildren total thirty one and include the Prince and Princess of Wales five, Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh five, Duke and Duchess of Connaught three, Duke and Duchess of Albany two, Imperial Prince and Princess of Germany six, Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse Darmstadt five, Prince and Princess Christian four, and Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg one.
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Victoria
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke and Duchess of
Edinburg
Milk yield in Britain and US cows overstate room for stock gains
Professor Baldwin places England Ireland Scotland average milk per cow at 400 gallons yearly with a total gross product of 1.6 billion gallons annually. Experts estimate US cows produce roughly the same figure in the 2000 to 3500 pound range. The text notes vast potential for improvement by adopting better stock, given many cows are used for butter rather than other purposes.
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Baldwin
Dublin
England
Ireland
Scotland
Diffr
Ent
United States
Tuberculosis Risks Tied to Milk and Beef Supply
Pr Blane reports at the New York Academy of Medicine that tuberculosis can pass to humans via milk or beef from infected cattle. He cites two percent of cattle killed for New York market with the disease and twenty one percent of mild cows affected. The New York News calls for stricter food inspection and tighter controls on suppliers.
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Pr. Blane
New York Academy of Medicine
New York
The
New York News
Wildlife killings in India rise despite deaths and hunts
About 20 000 people are killed by animals in India with snakes responsible for nineteen. While the number of wild beasts has doubled in ten years, human fatalities rise. Extermination costs paid reached 2 12 lakhs of rupees in 1884. Tigers and leopards also account for many deaths, wolves declined in the northwest and Oudh. cattle losses average 50 000 annually.
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India
Northwest
Oudh
Japan Population and Cattle Rivalry Highlighted by Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle notes Japan with about 40 million people has 875000 cattle and 1200009 horses and lacks mules sheep and swine meat is taboo. In contrast the U S has more horses per person and horses are elite while common folk walk. The Emperor rides in a wagon, nobles claim sedan chairs, farmers dismount at sight of armed guards.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Japan
Europe Becomes Continent of Soldiers and Strains
The article argues that Europe’s three great powers maintain vast standing armies totaling around 7,000,000 men, dwarfing England’s forces. It cites Austria Italy and Turkey as major powers as well, noting enormous tax burdens for uniforms and weapons and claiming militarianism harms trade and prosperity. It cites Bismarck on rising tensions threatening ruin.
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Europe
France
Germany
Russia
England
Austria
Italy
Turkey
Bismarck
One Law Governs All Grains of Sand and Stars
A compact verse reflection by Bradford Torrey asserts a universal law guiding both earthly grains and celestial bodies. It contrasts restless human fate with the fixed order that binds spirits and the cosmos in measured obedience, ending with a meditation on eventual rest.
Grim Walker Recounts a Civil War Overland Massacre
A former pony express rider narrates Grim Walker a pioneer leader who led a party of twenty wagons through danger west of Fort Kearney during the Civil War. After a brutal attack by about 300 Indians the fate of Walker’s group is revealed and the survivor’s vigilante vow is shared.
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Grim Walker
Pony Express
Civilization
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Platte River
Fort Kearney
Walker
Golden Land
Kearney
Colorado
Wyoming
Nearney
Platte
Overland
Smoky Hill Fork
Kansas River
Fort McPherson
Grim Walker and His Iron Bullet-Proof Wagon Terrorized Plains
An 1860s frontier tale follows Grim Walker who built a bullet-proof wagon and swore vengeance after a massacre. He rode from Council Bluffs to the plains, fought Indians from his iron siege wagon, killed foes, and moved suppression across the Saline Fork headwaters, ending his rampage near the Republican River before dying of natural causes.
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Grim Walker
Council Bluffs
Tam
Walker
Fort McPherson
Saline Fork
Solomon's River
Grin Walker
New York
Artificial precious stones and the imitation market
The trade in artificial precious stones has grown and manufacturing reached high perfection. Imitations like French paste resemble real gems closely and may deceive many. hardness tests remain reliable. French chemists Sidot Fremy and Feil claim to reproduce delicate color peculiarities and sapphire dichroism with phosphate lime bases, nearly matching true stones.
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Sidot
Fremy and
Feil
Popular Science Monthly
Antiquity of Gingerbread Revealed in History
The article traces gingerbread from the 14th century in Paris per Montell, noting rye dough and spices, and its English adoption during Henry IV's reign. It explains later changes in ingredients with molasses replacing honey and the evolution of its color and texture in the new country, while preserving the proverb and festive booths of old towns.
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Paris
Montell
England
Henry IV
City of Mexico Doctors Rubric Prescriptions Ciphered
A report alleges that physicians in the City of Mexico write prescriptions in cipher, readable only at a specific drug store, causing concerns over access and standard practices.
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Mexico
Railway Tales of Tickets and a Legless Traveler
Bill Nye recounts a Pacific railway scene where conductors demanded tenable tickets and extra fares while a legless passenger barely boarded. A miner anonymously pays the man’s fare, and the story ends with a benison to the railroad and the mining company.
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Thad
Pardner
Hireling
Tom Cat Consolidated Mining, Miling and Smelting Company
Centile
Clarion
Bonjoir
Peanutter
Adios
New York
Brindle Tom Cat Consolidated Mining, Milling and Smelting Company
Bill Nye
Letreit Free Press
Epitaphs from English churchyards quoted in Detroit Free Press
A Detroit Free Press writer presents epitaphs from Lincoln Wolverhampton Mancroft Norwich Chatham and other churches. The verses reveal humor piety and mortality with lines about leaving the world prudence before judgement and prayer in death.
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Detroit Free Press
Wolverhampton
Joseph Jones
Obsidian Cliff Road In Yellowstone’s Glass Outcrop
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent describes a road cut through massive obsidian cliffs in Yellowstone National Park. Colonel Norris used heated breaks and cold water to fracture the lava into a glassy, razor edged surface. Indians reportedly used the abundant obsidian for arrow heads and tools.
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Yellowstone National Park
San Francisco Chronicle
Norris
National Park
Farms on Last Hill Reservation Cultivated by Indians
140 farms on the Last Hill Reservation in Idaho are cultivated by Indians. They oversee nearly 1000 acres of tillage and own thirty seven mowers and two reapers bought with their own funds.
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Last Hill
Idaho
Varied Scientific Notes Across Plants Birds and Tech
A survey of scientific snippets covers sugar beet composition, bird migration patterns at British sites, fog signaling for lighthouses, an indestructible South American Rhopal tree, and duplex telegraph patents. Additional items note sound frequencies, Alpine glaciers, dampness in new houses, and a new wood toughening process boosting timber strength for small-scale use.
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M. Almo Gerard
British Association
British Isles
Light House
Lord Rayleigh
Stokes
W. T. T. Dyer
South America
Lucius J. Phelps
Heim
Zurich
Alps
Switzerland
Austria
France
Italy
Aletsch
E. W. Bucke
Rotorua
New Zealand
Barnum Urges Daily Advertising for Businessmen
P. T. Barnum told Bridgeport business men that they should advertise every day using printer s ink. He said persistent ads build trust and familiarity, even if readers seldom notice them, and steady newspaper presence encourages confidence in a business s stability.
MAMMA'S KISS Rhyme Recalls a Mother's Affection
A playful poem describes a mother's constant kisses at morning wake, bedtime, injuries, bathes, play, and mischief. The speaker recalls a day of falling stairs and a mother's comforting kiss, ending with the claim that nothing compares to a mother's kisses for her baby boy.
Humor Bits From Various Papers
A collage of jokes and quips from several papers notes home life, Wall Street animals, ghostly returns, light meals, weight on the mind, vacant chairs, red nosed seasons, tree planting by newlyweds, and fainting maids. The items showcase light humor and domestic lore in a bygone press style.
Real Cowboy Dines With Club Men At Chicago Eatery
A Western trooper of cattle fame dines with a table of dirty-faced youths on State Street. The cowboy, paid in advance for supper, shares stories of mountains and stampedes as the host calmly oversees the lively scene. He recites a Western poem about the slouch hat and clinking spurs.
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State Street
Chicago
Vol’s
Gamins
Club
Fettermen
Wyo
Chicago & Northwestern
West
Wyoming
Reserved Seats and Militant Manners in Mexican Theatres
A Pittsburg Dispatch correspondent describes Mexican theatre custom. Reserved seats use a peg-in-hole system as checks. Ushers identify seats by peg length or color. After acts, men remove hats and view the house through lorgnettes, then mingle in aisles until the next act. The scene suggests lively, crowded interludes and an unusual dress code in streets versus theatres.
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Mexico
Pittsburg Dispatch
Diagrave
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Bradford Torrey
Grim Walkers
Church of St. Peter
Mancroft
Norwich
Susan Browne
John
Susan
Chatham
Bertie
Bertie Miller
Nin'se
St. Raul
Wall Street
Deadwood
Dakota
Ile
Yonkera
New York Sun
George
Albans
Philadelphia
Providence Telegram
Danville
Cowboy
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