Charred Dreams at Hacienda de Carmen Rio Grande Camp
In the Sierra Mares conflict zone a camp at Hacienda de Carmen becomes a social tinderbox as Mariquita, a 16 year old girl, risks being raffled for marriage. Miners borrow money to bid, the drawing ends in murder when Romulo, an Indian, kills the man who wins and dies beside Mariquita after a final shot. They are buried together under a white cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Maire
Mexico
Hacienda de Carmen
Buenos Noche
Senor
Miguel Soza
Nile
Miguel
Garamba
Senora Irenandez
Colnet
Mariquita
India
Baborgame
Carlos Mendoza
Mendoza
Romulo
Caro Mio
Hsposa Mio
The Canals of Mars may Hold Water in Midline Ravines
A scientist debates Martian canals, inclined to view the central canal as water. He notes the broad dark bands likely reflect vegetation fringe. He even speculates a single ravine could carry two rivers flowing opposite directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Christianity in Japan limitations on church establishment
A discussion notes that Christian churches in parts of Japan cannot be built without neighbor property owner consent. It compares a church to a saloon, suggesting similar social status in a morally charged American village context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ofapan
The Waters of the Ocean Became Salt Thesis
Professor Baward Hill after a Victoria Institute talk argued primeval ocean salinity arose from salt deposition in closed basins. He cited Dead Sea and Lake Utah analogies, noting acid vapors earlier, with salinification advancing as rivers delivered sediments and salts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baward Hill
Victoria Institute
London
Steers
Gimme Capee
Panety
Dead Sea
Lake Oroomiah
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Dy Sterry
Geus
Wplandy
Evan
Arch van
Azore
Beef Tallow Feeding Increases Butter Yield On Cows
A Crops era report in Hoard s Dairyman details Measrs Van Dresser Cobleskill New York testing beef tallow as a milk fat enhancer. Four Wolstein Prussian cows receive ensilage grain hay and beef tallow up to two pounds daily, boosting butter output from seven days to 14 17 16 and 13 1 ounces respectively, with costs and profits outlined. The article questions repeatability and notes future tests set for June 1892 and remarks on the care feeding and breed selection for dairy efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Jennings
Hoard
Dairyman
van Dresser
Cobleskill
N. Y
Messrs
Welr
Thomas
A. X. Hyatt
Sicilian Fowls Offer Practical Egg Power for Farms
A Rural Canadian feature extols the Sicilian fowl as a productive and hardy breed. It notes high egg yields with proper care, non-setting hens, early maturity, and good winter laying, while warning about management needs and historical decline. The piece compares them with Leghorns and other breeds and urges revival for practical poultry keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Jarvis
Ontario Poultry Association
Plymouth Rock
England
Annie C. Webster
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Dronze
Caramba
Romula
Fanny Kemble
Germantown
Philadelphia
Pierce Butler
Juliet
Death Valley
Sparta
Norah
Alfred
Minnie
Rome
Hlow Successful Farmrera
Tropics
Iowa
Leria
Pittsburg
Nebraska
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