Oregon railways use postage stamps for change
The Register notes postant stamps are used on Oregon railways due to a penny and 2-cent shortage. Charles Francis Adams is described as an imbecile from brain softening and will be 77 next August, with his father John Quincy Adams dying at 81. A method to silence noise is described using spermaceti ointment wrapped in cloth. California forests face destruction from livestock grazing, threatening permanence. An illicit liquor traffic in Pennsylvania counties uses stumps to hide money and bottles of whisky. St. John urged temperance action in Pennsylvania to prevent further issues.
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Oregon
Charles Francis Adams
John Quincy Adams
Pennsylvania
Gnapstoxr
John McGovern
Edenburgh
Burnaby
Grahan
Stewart
Gordon
Great Britain
Commons
Gladstone
Gambetta
Russia
Europe
England
Notable Autographs and Antique Furnishings At White House
The President handles a flood of autograph requests, often spending an hour daily signing for visitors. A book sent from Washington contains autographs of every administration since Buchanan, plus many Congress members, politicians, scholars, and actors, valued at £3000 and shipped to Europe for more signatures. Also noted are Horatio Seymour's Deerfield residence charm and Mark Pattison's passion for books, with anecdotes of "rotten apples" scent and treasured editions, plus longevity notes from several centenarians and a sequence on nine golden weddings.
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White House
Buchanan
Congress
Europe
Turlate Mark Pattison
Lincoln
Hio Schiller
Notable elderly wardens and Victor Hugo writing method
The piece notes aging wardens at St. Paul's parish in Woodbury and Castleton’s golden weddings, recalling Phineas Bradley at 90 and predecessors who lived into their 80s or 90s. It then discusses Victor Hugo’s writing process, describing his mustering of ideas, standing while he wrote, and the laborious editing that produced a battlefield of words on manuscript.
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Castleton
Vermont
Phineas Bradley
St. Paul's Parish
Woodbury
Connecticut
James Moody
Gideon B. Botsford
Benjamin Curtis Peck
Victor Hugo
Hugo
White tailed badger sighting near David City hunters warned
A covertr of tender feet from the East in David City legends a rare white tailed badger seen entering a hollow log during a woods wander. A local man advised caution and the outcome of the capture attempt remains uncertain amid a playful digression on British politics and aging leaders.
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David City
Nebraska
A Sensible Woman
Col Holman Watts of Austin is a despondent character prone to threats of suicide. After a sneeze he contemplates ending his life by the cistern, but his wife orders him to remove his boots to prevent future discomfort. He slams the trap door, startling neighbors with the crash and the bleak mood for a local column.
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Col. Holman Watts
Austin
Red Sea name debated by explorers and scholars
A reflective essay traces theories behind the Red Sea’s name from ancient texts and natural observations. It cites Ehrenburg, Maquin Tandon, and De Candolle on red tides, microscopic algae, and weed-like organisms that tint waters. The piece also notes biblical Hebrew Suph meaning weeds and recalls historic references to seaweed, dye, and a legendary verdict by an esteemed authority.
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Suez
Great Canal
Egypt
New River
Suez Canal
Gulf
Maquin Tandon
Red Sea
Ehrenburg
Tor
Mount Sinai
Ogilive Grant
Africa
Sierra Ticone
M. de Candolle
de Condolle
Furst
New Sea
Hieronymous
Strabo
Diodorous
Arabian Gulf
Frentleman
The Hand That Gives Is The Most Beautiful
A trio of women argue over whose hand is fairest by streamside. One washes, one reddens with berries, one gathers violets. an old beggar asks for aid and is refused by all but a nearby unadorned woman. The final giver reveals true beauty lies in charity.
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Qane
The Ocean Speaks To The Dweller On Its Shores
An archaic prose meditation by U. T. Holmes sets a grand dialogue between the sea and humanity. The ocean declares indifference to human affairs, asserts ancient lineage, and invites readers to confront eternity and vast time.
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Adam
U. T. Holmes
Origin of Life Debate On Meteorite Fragments
Proctor argues against life being carried to Earth by a meteor fragment from a destroyed world. He dismisses astronomical chances and internal planetary upheaval as explanations, noting interstellar travel and survival of life seeds are implausible. He says such notions do not advance understanding of life's origin.
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Men of Science
Proctor Awent
New Indian Fiber Machine Opens Textile Field
The Indian Rhea plant yields a strong fiber long sought for textiles. An Indian Government prize prompted invention of a machine with an iron drum and heated jets of water to loosen and separate fibers. The unit is inexpensive and steam or bullock powered, promising a new regional textile source where Rhea grows wild.
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India
Cobra pets and a terrier's fatal lesson in Poona
In Poona a man called Quain kept two cobras as pets in his bungalow chamber alongside his Scotch terrier Zip. The snakes fed on milk, moved with his voice, and impressed visitors, until Zip attacked one cobra and was killed. Quain learned the snakes could renew fangs in three months, having kept dangerous, noxious reptiles with apparent ease. The report ends noting misidentification of the southern states kites as hawks, the hen hawk, marsh hawk, and harrier.
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Poona
Quain
Bungalow
Guupati
Juain
Cantonments
Q@usin
Uain
Zip
Terrier
Mexico
Hudson's Bay
United States
Inter Ocean
Hawks of the hawk family in North America summary
A historical overview lists six common hawk species in the United States including sparrow hawk American goshawk pigeon hawk sharp shinned hawk and Cooper’s hawk. It notes distribution prey habits and behavior with a final claim that hawks benefit farmers by reducing pest animals and birds.
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Northwest
America
Canada
Brazil
Mexico
Arctic
Vulnerable British Port Threatens Pacific Naval Station
The New York Sun warns that Victoria BC and Esquimault harbor defenses are neglected by Britain and Canada. With the Asiatic coast within twelve days steam and the Straits of Fuca within gun range, the harbor could be attacked by a single armed steamer. Esquimault, a major naval site, remains unfortified and devoid of constant guard, inviting risk to the Pacific fleet.
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Straits of Fuca
Victoria
British Columbia
Victoria Harbor
Asquimault
Pacific Coast
America
Esquimault
Fuca Straits
Wiquimault
San Francisco
West Harbor
North America
North Pacific
Admiralty
South
Central America
New York Sun
Gum gives way to licorice says Chicago druggist
A Chicago druggist notes a shift in consumer taste from chewing gum to licorice root. He says women keep their jaws moving and recalls the gum craze that once drove large sales. grocers also joined the trade, making the city’s gum market vast.
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Chicago
Moscow
Joliet
Almost an Accident. Dallas merchant startled by mule wagon fatality
A pallid messenger burst into a Dallas shop reporting a mule wagon ran away. The owner feared disaster but learned only the driver was killed leaving a widow and nine children. The tale underscores capital arrogance amid the reported incident.
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Dallas
Moses
Teras Siylings
The Barcelona Cop and Skelton Key Patrol
A New York Telegram correspondence notes Barcelona police carry revolvers and a spear with skelton keys to access any house. Officers wander streets singing hourly to announce time and weather, a relic of bygone clock and barometer customs. Also cited: 25,000,000 people in U.S. agriculture and families, up 3,000,000 since the last census.
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Barcelona
N.Y
United States
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Mr. Seymour
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New York
Nancy Grace
Cooperstown
Beda Button
Montonese
Mary Ann Dipper
Springfield
Ohio
Phebe Jenkins
Beaufort County
South Carolina
Sergent Lewis Heilman
United States Army
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Elizabeth Granger
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
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