Atrocities in Dahomey Reported by De Courville in Paris
Paris newsman M DeCourville recounts Dahomey King Beda zen's brutal rule after a peace with France. He describes cross-tying Egbas, executions of dancers, Amazons in power, women ruling households, and widows buried alive, with accounts of tribute, captives, and a marble tomb to a king's mother.
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M. DeCourville
Paris
Kotonou
Dahomey
de Courville
Aboumey
M. de Courville
Abomey
de Conrville
M. de Corville
Gelile
America
France
Badazin
de Souza
Bedazin
Whydah
New York World
Packing Eggs for Shipment Facts and Methods
A guidance note from the American Agriculturist explains how to pack eggs for shipping. Use a strong neat basket and individual pasteboard boxes for each egg, wrapped in cotton, then padded with excelsior hay or bran. Pack securely, fill the basket, and fasten the lid with wire to prevent breakage over long distances.
Flexible currycomb offers gentler grooming for horses
A new flexible currycomb with a leather back and coppered wire teeth is praised for gentle horse grooming. The rounded, flexible teeth clean effectively without excessive irritation, claiming to merge benefits of soft rubber and sharp-toothed combs in one tool. The invention aims to reduce temperamental stress in grooms and horses alike.
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Chicago Nets
Barn Lighting and Windows for Healthy Cattle
A National Dairyman article argues barns should have ample daylight through glass windows rather than sliding boards. It notes dark stables reduce animal health and care quality, urging owners to provide sufficient light for cattle and workers, benefiting both sides.
Remedies for Bee Moths in Hives
E B Havens asks how to keep moths from invading hives. Strengthen colonies to resist moths and destroy every moth larva and chrysalis on sight. Use a knife for quick killing, examine combs from stored hives, fumigate infested combs with brimstone, and fumigate hives if severe worm infestation occurs. Save brood if possible, burn or bury unfit combs.
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E. B. Havens
Urm
Jield and Stockman
Poultry Tips for Farmers and Gardeners in Winter
Practical notes urge pure-bred stock, whitewash on coops, and green winter feed. Advice covers fattening coops, dressed poultry quality, egg production, pruning fruit trees, manure value, and seasonal farm tasks with specific feeding and management details.
News and Notes for Women in the Late 19th Century
A sweeping survey of women’s fashion, education, and social life. Soudanese women go barefoot while Corea’s women read widely. Queen Victoria and Elizabeth set dress trends. lace, embroidery, and silk dominate gowns. The piece notes infant attire, accessories, and the rise of energetic female pursuits, with mentions of Vassar, Colby, and Western Washington timber claims.
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Queen Elizabeth
Ireland
Wellesley College
New York
Middlebury
Italy
Port Blakeley Lumber Mill: World’s Largest Facility
The Port Blakeley lumber mill near Seattle claims world scale with a 102 by 448 foot main building a 160 by 65 foot fireroom and a 170 by 50 foot shop. About 300 workers operate the mill while loggers haul logs and crews maintain the logging roads. In 1890 the mill shipped 111 vessels though only two thirds of the time and could raise its daily cut from 800000 to 500000 or 600000 with full operation. shipping capacity and space at wharves would be the main hurdle to expansion.
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Port Blakeley
Seattle
Washington
Spearing Eels Arongst the Ice on Passaic River
Report from the Passaic River between Avondale and Belleville bridges describes eels speared through ice during a cold winter, with anglers cutting oblong holes and using barbed pikes at night by torchlight. Eels bury themselves in slime at river bottom in winter sleep until spring.
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Passaic
Avondale
Belleville
Parisian restaurant in full swing with massive kitchen
A Parisian business house runs a gigantic kitchen with fifty frying pans, capable of cooking many cuts at once, utensils that bake large amounts of meat and potatoes, kettles holding up to 110 gallons, and an omelet demand of 780 eggs. The operation uses 220 gallons of coffee daily, staffed by sixty cooks and one hundred assistants keeping it all in motion.
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Cadagy
Poultry and Waterfowl Breeding Insights Across Europe and America
The Leghorn is praised as a top layer with strong performance across tests by American breeders. White Plymouth Rocks are robust, uniform, and good for both eggs and meat. Holland leads in geese ducks and turkeys with marketDriven egg and feather profits. A large New England duck farm nets over 4500 dollars yearly from efficient incubator brooding and high egg production.
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Plymouth
Holland
Europe
Amsterdam
New York Commission
New England States
Itx Duck
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Danomey
Barns
Nlortense Dudley
W.G. D
Corea
Vassar College
A. Lirtz
New Orleans
Jacob Benton
Lancaster
N. H
Colby University
Astern
Fordham
Vassar Students’ Aid Society
Flora J. Powers
Archduchess
Sarin
Dorothea
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