Little People The Human Heart Naturally Charitable
A shepherd boy is praised for a kindly act that reveals the human heart’s natural charity. A brief vignette emphasizes simple virtue and communal values associated with rural life.
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1885
Page
4
playing barber and the lambs golden fleece
The verse follows a child’s tale of wishing to be a fish or cat to dodge daily grooming. A child narrator voices frustration with brushing hair and a mother who calls the child troublesome. The scene shifts to a barber image as the child imagines cutting away snarled hair, ending with a painted image of a lamb that has been shorn.
Boy Brings Broken Arrow to Mother for Repair
A boy asks his mother to mend a beautiful broken arrow and fears it cannot be fixed. She warns it may be impossible, but the boy replies that he will be happy even without it. The tale invites imitation of cheerful, brave acceptance of troubles.
Take Care of Your Gold-Dust Time
The speaker extols Tom for earning “gold-dust” from minutes and seconds, not riches. A uncle praises Tom’s habit of valuing time, saying his father taught him every particle of time is precious and worthy of saving for old age and eternity.
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Tom
California
Sheep Herd Saves Boy From Deadly Scottish Snowstorm
A Scottish boy guiding sheep is overtaken by a severe snowstorm on high hills. He sleeps amid the flock as cold and darkness close in, but the warmth and numbers of the sheep keep him alive until rescue. The tale, recounted in a Christian weekly, preserves his memory of that perilous night.
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Scotland
Willie
Titusircted
Christian Weekly
Multitude in San Francisco Attend Chinese Merchant’s Funeral
A missionary recounts hundreds gathering in a street canopy for a wealthy Chinese merchant’s burial. Offerings included three roasted pigs, oranges, rice, cakes, tea, and wine while the widow and children mourned, not allowed to ride in carriages, as other mourners weep. The piece notes the Christian duty of comforting sorrow and comments on embalming practices and Sabbath observance debates.
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San Francisco
Night under the tree shows two hungry souls
A ten year old boy toils with a heavy cart of boards and lath and rests exhausted under a shade tree. He sleeps as a passing laborer notices his plight and quietly shares a piece of meat from his own dinner.
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Rand Hunger
The Dream That Opened a Poor Man’s Heart
A Detroit Free Press passage recalls a moral awakening as a starving boy, aided by strangers who left bread, clothing, and coins. The scene shows charity unlocking the boy’s humanity, ending with sobs of relief and a realization of being valued as a person.
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Detroit Free Press
Fortune Lost at Poker on the Comstock
The San Francisco Call reports Steve J. won the largest single poker sitting on the Comstock empire with $10,000. Bill Gibson lost $15,000 over two nights, $9,400 the first and $5,600 the second, after stepping into a poker game instead of cashing a Crown Point bet, which later surged to $1,000 per share.
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Steve J
Comstock
Bill Gibson
Crown Point
Gibson
San Francisco
Ex Senator Cuarter Attests Morgan Bond Guarantee
Cuarter, father in law of one Grant son, says the Morgan estate guaranteed both principal and interest for ten years if default occurred on 200000 invested in Wabash bonds. Morgan family bonds were pledged as trustee. Executors propose to honor the guarantee as Gov Morgan would if alive. Hoyt the leather man invested 50000 in Nickle Plate bonds and aims to make that sum good.
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Cuarter
Gen. Grant
Morgan
Gev. Morgan
Gov. Morgan
Hoyt
Barretses Abandon Brazil Survey Plan
Cart James B Bars abandons Brazil trip to survey Rio Grande mouth bars. Government had paid him $10,000 with a further $15,000 due on harbor improvement plans. To avoid health risks or signaling abandonment of the Tehuantepec ship railway, Capt. Eads returns the $10,000 retainer and stays in New York.
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Cart
James B. Bars
Brazil
Rio Grande River
Eads
New York
Tur Ladies Explain Marriage Motive and NorHina Context
Tur ladies cite money as a reason for marriage stating they rarely find worthy qualities in men. NorHina is expected at a cold coll ation that demands carving or cannot be easily remedied.
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NorHina
Personal Liberty in Sabbath Observance Poem by Bulwer Lytton
A short poem by Edward Bulwer Lytton argues for faith and reliance on God during Sabbath observance. It contrasts unbelief with trust in the Most High as clouds gather and life brings woes. The verses emphasize patience, hope, and divine care.
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Edward Bulwer Lytton
Paul a Gentleman in Trials and Triumphs
The Chicago Advance describes Paul as a complete man of great strength and persistence yet delicately sensitive to life. He traveled widely in pursuit of his work, remaining a gentleman who safeguarded others' feelings while speaking truth and offering faithful rebuke.
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Paul
Chicago
Good Samaritan Feeds Attic Sparrows in Cold Day
A woman discovers two half naked children in a frigid third story attic. They share how they keep warm and rely on Granny and God for daily bread as the good woman feeds them. The tale emphasizes faith and divine care for the needy.
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Tommy
Granny
God
Awakening of a Boston Pastor's Daughter to Faith
A Boston church pastor recalls guiding his daughter Lucy through a personal spiritual awakening. She reveals she prayed to commit to Jesus after attending children’s meetings and hearing a sermon, describing a night of haunting sins and divine awakening.
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Boston
Lucy
Jesus
Convert to Faith at Dawn Shifts Life, Rev Pentecost Reports
Rev. Dr. G. F. Pentecost recounts awakening with a renewed faith after kneeling by his bed and giving his heart to Jesus. He expresses happiness and says he has waited for morning to share the experience.
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Jesus
Dr. G. F. Pentecost
The Baggage Check at English Rail Termini
A visitor recounts the London baggage process at the Liverpool landing stage and Euston, noting the mixed politeness and fees, the self reliance demanded, and the lack of a Chicago style baggage check system. He contrasts American and British travel norms, criticizes the responsibility placed on travelers, and laments the absence of centralized baggage checks.
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Liverpool
London
Northwestern
Hotel
Terminus
Euston Square
London and Northwestern Railway
Hoole
Chicago
Harper’s Magazine
Geneva Award Tribunal Members Named by Great Powers
The Geneva Tribunal included Count Edward Scropis named by Italy, Jacob Staempfli as Swiss President, Vicount d Itajuba named by Brazil, Charles Francis Adams named by the U S, and Sir Alexander E Cockburn named by Britain. They agreed Britain bore responsibility for the Alabama acts while the Florida and Shenandoah were not admitted as British. The final amount remains undetermined, likely settled by mutual concessions.
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Edward Scropis
Italy
Jacob Staempfli
Vicount d’ Itajuba
Brazil
Charles Francis Adams
United States
Alexander E. Cockburn
Great Britain
Inter-Ocean
A Hint to the Boys
A London Day anecdote recalls a boy who applied for work and could write well and handle figures yet was rejected for answering with yes SIR and no SIR. The merchant feared rude habits would persist with customers after a month. The piece condemns heedless politeness over honesty and industry.
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London
No Delusion There Herein a Northern Valley Romance
The passage presents Horatio de Guzman and Edith strolling Union Square under electric light as he quotes balmy air and violets from the South. She replies with polite skepticism while he vows to meet a gazelle and express his soul in rhap sodies. They propose an ice cream saloon as a next step in their cordial exchange.
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Horatio de Guzman
Edith
Union Square
New York Mall and Express
Consoling Thought and Warming Reflections
A widow recalls her dead husband as chilly weather brings the memory of his coldness and misery, noting it comforts her to believe he is now happy. The text asserts that tracing hands and eyes to do work well forms correct habits and citizenship, and that a good worker chooses precise words to express thoughts.
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Chicago Herald
Long friendship and a pennsylvanian engagement to be married
In Lancaster two young men James Buchanan and Dr Muhlenberg formed a close bond and both planned marriages to sisters. The brides died young and the story centers on Muhlenberg and the hymn I would live alway written in 1824 and revised later. The hymn gained fame across church books and Muhlenberg’s poems appear in Brooklyn Union.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania
James Buchanan
Doctor Muhlenberg
Buchanan
Muhlenberg
Alway
Jesus
Harpers
Brooklyn Union
Recording and Receiving Telegraph Signals and Cocaine Uses
The Atlantic cable method uses two keys to send positive and negative currents through a condenser before the submarine line, reducing earth interference. Early reception relied on a reflecting galvanometer, later replaced by the ink-spurting syphon galvanometer for faster, clearer records. Cocaine from South America has three historical uses including fatigue relief, intoxication, and religious rites, with alkaloid extraction noted in 1855 and 1857.
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Inter Ocean
South America
Garnecke
R. Percy
New York Academy of Medicine
American Journal of Medical Science
An Old English Law on Poor Men and Masters
The article recalls a historical English statute lasting sixty years that constrained the poor from changing masters or wandering. It required idle men to accept work, punished begging with corporal methods, and imposed death as a felon after repeated offenses.
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England
Rebecca Schaumburg Marriage Dilemma Revealed
An Austin tale recalls Mose Schaumburg avoiding his daughter Rebecca due to finances while Jacob Schaumburg asks why she has not wed. The column then shifts to a Texan anecdote about a 103 year old colored preacher in Eufaula Alabama who has married nine times and fathered 117 children.
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Mose Schaumburg
Rebecca
Mose
Jacob Schaumburg
San Antonio
Austin
Moses
Schacob
Euufaula
Alabama
Uric Acid Takes Over Malaria Ailments Claim
A hysterical polemic condemns Uric Acid as the cause of diverse diseases from malaria to skin boils and nerve pain. The author warns of its alleged powers and extols Warner's Safe Cure as the daily antidote to this pervasive “monster.”
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Malaria
Warner
B. K. Bruce
Ths
I Met a Dynamo at a Dime Museum
A Chicago Ledger reminiscence describes visiting a dime museum and being overwhelmed by a worker who clamped a powerful kiss and grip on the narrator. The encounter leaves the narrator shaken, injured figuratively and literally, and vowing to wear rubber gloves next time. The episode ends with a wry self‑reproach about social risk and prudence.
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Italy
Boyton
Chicago Ledger
Delayed Timur burials and lavish feasts for aristocratic funerals
The text describes how Timur line families delay burials for months or years to raise wealth for a costly funeral feast funded by all blood relatives. During this time the body is kept in matting, sometimes in a tree or hut, while savage banqueting continues. Ancestor skulls are sometimes kept as household relics.
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Chicago News
Timur
Timur Lant Islands
Chicago Herald
Americara Park A
Chester P. Dewey
Green
United Glaten Cogons
Piers
Sacy
Misidentification Mixups Highlighted by Boston Transcript
In a quick witted exchange, Mrs. Smithson boasts of her youth while pointing to her daughter. Mr. Jones misreads the scene and jokes about the relationship, only to learn the lady he observes is actually her mother.
Lady and Bachelor dispute over stopping the car
A dialogue fragment shows a sharp exchange on a moving car with a shrill complaint from a lady and a wry reply from a bachelor. The scene captures humor in miscommunication and social friction typical of brief literary sketches.
Trials and Youth in a Young Life
A fragment ponders a young life facing its trials, implying resilience and personal struggle as the speaker embraces challenges early in life.
Adam First, Eve Created Later Joke in School
A quip about creation and a boy’s reply circulates in class. The exchange frames Adam as first and Eve second with a joking twist about “living without a boss.” The item includes a brief medical ad from the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo.
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Criticism of Society and Earnestness by Kate Field
A sharp critique argues against timid reform and polite talk. The author mocks complacency in society and urges fearless effort and frankness, lampooning superficial virtue and urging hard work over polite promises.
Young man seeks job but is told to travel
A youth hurried from a business house where he sought work as a salesman. Asked if the boss hired him as a sales man the reply was ambiguous: the boss wanted him to travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maan
Texas
Drunken Fall Illustates Narrow Escape in Alps Tale
A drunken guide in Leslie Stephen’s Scrambles Among the High Alps survives a fall from a deep precipice with little injury. The author speculates intoxication tempers shock by paralyzing nerve centers, preventing the heart from stopping and circulation from arresting in a sober man.
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Alps
Leslie Stephen
Stephen
Pellets Promise Gentle Cure for Painful Ills
The advertisement extols Pierce's Pills or Pellets as mild and painless. It claims users drop to the floor in agony, then recover quickly with no lingering weakness the next day, asserting gentle medicines are best.
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Pierce
Blood Purity and Health Boost with Golden Medical Discovery
The article extols blood as the body's life source and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal blood purifier and food. It claims benefits for impoverished blood, consumption, bronchitis, weak lungs, scrofula, influenza, and related ailments.
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Pierce
Venus Herself Would Not Be Beautiful Without Complexion
An advertorial urging women to use Dr Walker's California Vinegar Bitters for impure skin. It links beauty to digestion and liver health, claiming the beverage is a safe and effective remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Special Offer From Youth Companion Publishers
The Youth Companion of Boston in its fifty eighth year with 340000 subscribers nationwide announces a forthcoming volume. The publishers offer special terms if you subscribe now and feature popular entertaining articles and eminent authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Youth Companion
Boston
The
Companion
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