The Great Chestnut of Mount Etna and Its Many Stems
A lengthy note on the chestnut tree of Mount Etna, known as the chestagno de centa ravalii, described as five large trunks forming a single ancient tree. Traditions claim Queen Jane of Arragon sheltered within its hollow trunk. the tree may be thousands of years old, though decay conceals exact age. Canonico Keenpero later investigated and found the stems unite below ground, supporting the view that one enormous tree remains.
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California
Mount Etna
Jane
Arragon
Spain
Naples
Sicily
Adanson
Senegal
de Candolle
Chapultepec
Mexico
Brydone
Canonico Keenpero
Decento Cavalli
Camphor Its Source Trade and Varieties Across Asia
Camphor is a concrete gum from Laurus Camphora, a large tree native to Asia. Describes the tree, varieties Baros Malay camphor versus Japanese gum, harvesting methods, quality and price in trade, and global distribution to Canton, Batavia, Paris, and London. Notes on production decline, conservation efforts, and the 3000 picul annual East to Europe and America export.
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China
Japan
Borneo
Sumatra
Canton
United States
Paris
London
Batavia
Europe
America
Love in Snowdrift Ends in Snowbound Heartbreak
Miss Alameda Cosgrove of San Diego answered a Waverly Magazine ad for romance and possible marriage. A Kansas City merchant Julius Emmett aided her after the Denver Pacific train halted near Crow Creek Colorado. She later learned her Wathena correspondent posed as a suitor and married Emmett, the deception leading to a swift remarriage and a curious, snowbound tale.
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Kansas City
Alameda Cosgrove
San Diego
Waverly
Wathena Kansas
Jerome Markham
Miss Cosgrove
Julius Emmett
Cosgrove
Emmett
Wathena
Emamett
Denver Pacific
Connecticut clergyman reads Bible aloud in record time
A Connecticut clergyman, prompted by a parishioner claiming to have read the Bible in 60 hours, read the entire scripture aloud to his wife in hours and a bit over 30 minutes. He read in varying daily spans, sometimes an hour, other times two, to test the claim.
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Connecticut
The Carpenter's Dream Moral Tale
A poor carpenter dreams of wealth and almsgiving but cannot break a perfect pyramid of silver dollars, learning that generosity comes with insight rather than riches. A final note says an eight hundred twenty four dollar Hong Kong check completes Chicago's world charity circuit.
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Hong Kong
Chicago
A Lesson from the Gallows in Camden
A sermon text on John Ware, recently hanged for murdering his father, warns that early neglect and a troubled upbringing bred his fate. Despite clergy and Young Men's Christian Association outreach, Ware remained unrepentant, illustrating the power of influence for good or evil and the responsibility of those who fail to intervene.
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John Ware
Camden
Tecan
Young Men’s Christian Association
Ware
A new Prussian war game impresses London officers
Major Raerdansz describes a new tactic study called the War Game. A map and leaden blocks represent troops on an eight inch to mile scale, with umpires and a chief judge directing two opposing forces. Special ideas guide strategy, feints, sieges and maneuvers as two minutes per move train quick decisions. The system aims to teach maps, troop dispositions, and timing in military operations.
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Raerdansz
London
Germany
Silesia
Bohemia
Vienna
Pardubitz
Olnuta
Ledger
The Quirinal Palace in Rome Revealed as Vic tor Emanuel’s Future Home
The Quirinal Palace, begun in 1574 and expanded by popes through Clement X, stands as Rome’s most commodious residence. It houses grand halls, private papal apartments, galleries with Thorvaldsen reliefs, Guido Annunciation, Alba µs frescoes, and formal gardens with statues and water-powered organ.
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Victor Emanuel
Rome
Gregory XIII
Sixtus Y
Clement VIII
Paul V
Innocent X
Clement
Urban
Pius VIII
Xvi
Pius IX
Christendom
Gobelins
Pius VI
Austria
Sevreschina
Napoleon
Pius VII
Thorvaldsen
Fine i
Guido
Albani
Consistory
Carlo Maratta
Quirinal
Insect Tactics and Deceptive Defenses in Nature
The piece surveys insect warcraft noting death imitation by many species to fool collectors and birds, camouflage by color and shape, and feigned motion. It highlights dung beetles, cockchafers, earwigs, and especially the Bombardier beetle whose defense mimics a gunboat with smoke and popping sounds.
Too Much for the Devil Ends as Bonnet Trick Escape
Edward Hale recounts a tale where a man vows to face Satan unless he can pose a question the devil cannot answer. After two theological queries fall easily, a wife reveals a bonnet riddle that stumps the devil, who gives up and leaves, freeing the man.
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Edward Hale
The Gnomes Present A Tailor And A Smith Tale
A tailor and a hunchbacked smith join a magical circle of tiny dancers under moonlight. A gray bearded elder shaves them, fills their pockets with coal, and grants riches in gold ingots that turn to coal when the avaricious smith returns. The smith gains a two-hump burden and bald head as punishment. the patient tailor keeps a modest fortune and friendship.
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Croesus
O Mel
How to improve legibility in handwriting guidance
Victoria Magazine offers practical handwriting tips to aspiring amanuensis. It urges clear letter forms, dotting i’s and crossing t’s promptly, and avoiding angular, flourished writing while advocating compact, upright, speedable script tailored to personal style.
Advice from Yale President Porter to students
Good Advice from Yale College President Porter urges self-reliance, discipline, and integrity. He counsels steering one’s own course, avoiding excess humanity, and balancing industry with moral aims. He stresses energy, honesty, temperance, civic loyalty, and the duty to work and prosper righteously.
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Porter
Yale College
Malay divers enthrall Singapore travelers in vivid letter
Hon James Brooks reports from the ship near Singapore describing Malay divers in small boats racing to retrieve coins tossed overboard. He marvels at their swimming skill and urgency, noting crowds of divers and their earnest cries as passengers drop pennies into the water.
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James Brooks
New York Express
Singapore
Alcohol in Medicine Memorandum by 265 English Physicians
Two hundred sixty five prominent English physicians and surgeons sign a memorandum urging alcohol be prescribed with care like a powerful drug. They condemn widespread drinking in Britain as harming the health and welfare of workers and call for wise legislation to limit use and promote temperance. Names include army surgeons, hospital inspectors general, and medical college professors in London and provinces.
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Great Britain
London
Marseilles Doctor Honors Dumas with Album Gift
A Marseille physician after hosting a dinner for Dumas père presented his autograph album. The writer notes the town’s praise as the hospital is torn down and the site sells for graveyard lots. Dumas adds a wry line about the hospital’s demolition and land sale.
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Marseilles
Dumas
Pere
Waro s Eye Is It an Awusive Game
Paste or pin several newspapers together cut holes in them about eighteen inches apart each slightly larger than a human eye fasten the paper around three sides of a clothes-horse some players look through the holes from inside others outside and guess who owns each eye beaming upon them the game proves challenging and amusing despite familiarity of players.
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Waro
Rtg
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