The Mysteries of Creation and Sacred Music
A devotional meditation contrasts earthly desires with spiritual aims, urging humility, piety, and inner will guided by God. It honors the soul’s future certainty, cites the Apostle’s teachings, and ends with a preacher’s farewell sermon. The piece shifts to a scientific note on solar heat, surveying estimates from Newton, Pouillet, Ericsson, and Langley, and comparing solar output to incandescent steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Newton
Pouillet
Ericsson
Prof
Langley
Life's Persistence Across Forms in Nature and Poetry
The piece discusses vitality in vegetables and animals, citing the rotifer’s ability to revive after dryness and the transformation of elemental compounds in plants. It critiques modern poetry and authors, listing Howells, Tennyson, Holmes, Miller, Bret Harte, and Henry James as decayed or "living-dead" writers in a St. Louis Magazine voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dean Howells
Alfred Tennyson
Tennyson
England
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Joaquin Miller
Bret Harte
Sierras
Henry James
Grand Army of
St. Louis Magazine
Man's dye eggs lead to green hens and green eggs
A Roxport man recalls buying green dye to color eggs for Easter. He left the dye on a bench, hens ate it, and over four days eggs in nests turned from bright green to pale and back to normal, revealing the dye's influence faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxport
Farmer Discovers Decomposed Body After Horses Unnerve Plowing
A farmer near Palmyra New York saw his horses bolt while plowing and, after stopping them, found a severely gashed decomposed man wedged between two trees. Authorities believe the man was murdered and left at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
New York
Nihilism Threaten Russia Says ILra Hartman
ILra Hartman in the New York Star warns that nihilism in Russia is not dormant and could trigger a more tremendous, far reaching outbreak against absolutism. He states the blood of martyrs will be avenged, though he will not explain his reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilra Hartman
The
New York Star
Russia
Stones Drag Up Nob Hill Mansion Steps By Twenty Horses
Tur hauling of heavy stone slabs for the mansion steps of a San Francisco millionaire Flood required twenty horses to drag the load up Nob Hill. The heavy wheels left deep ruts in the ground crushing stone pavements, as onlookers watched the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
Millionaire Flood
San Francisco
Nob Hill
Man and Mull and the Island of Man in Harper’s Young People
A compilation of tales and moral lessons from Harper’s Young People recounts a playful ballad about a maiden named Ann who seeks marriage on the Island of Man, and a tale of sacrifice told by Col Bates and his son. The narrative contrasts desire, piety, and generosity through characters like the Man in the Moon and a boy’s gift to an Indian Mission.
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Ann
Island of
Man
Aunt Ann
Island of Man
Harper
Monroe
Jeff Davis
Carp
Cleveland
Capt. Titlow
Davis
Capt
Titlow
Miles
Washington
Carroll Hall
Horace Greeley
The Missionary Turn The Danvers Boy
Harry Danvers refuses a rich offer for his dog Jack and attends a missionary meeting with his sister. Prompted by the event he questions his role in giving to missions, grows to feel a personal duty to support spread of the gospel, and resolves to sacrifice. The piece follows his moral awakening and family reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Col. Bates
Harry
Jack
Harry Danvers
Danvers
Alice
Mr. Danvers
Church of Christ
Syria
A Sale of a Gentle Horse Turns into a Family Tale
A Dakota traveler bargains for a gentle horse from a wheezy, wary owner. The haggling rapes the price at 175 dollars as the owner admits rheumatism and a torn barn, while a boy jokes about the misfortune of the kickings and the legend of the buggy horse lingers, ending with a moral about truth in selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Bill
Jong
Circumventing Moths With A Moth Barrel
A Somerville Journal tip explains using a moth barrel and camphor to trap moths. The method involves placing moths inside, sealing the barrel, and wrapping it in carbolized paper to protect furs and worsted goods during summer with no harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville Journal
Amanda Reginald report hints at engagement in town
In Tid Bits a dialogue shows Amanda and Reginald discussing their engagement. Amanda worries that remarks could hinder her chance to marry well. The exchange implies social pressures around marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda
Reginald
The Law of Racial Mixing Among Creoles
The article argues that mixed-race offspring tend toward darker skin over generations, with lighter Caucasian alliances delaying this trend. It cites cases of mulatto and quadroon lineages across generations producing very light but non-African looking descendants, then returning to darker complexions through subsequent marriages. Creoles prefer endogamy to preserve white ancestry.
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Islands
Landed England Property Holds Vast Expanse and Rent
Analysis notes that 72 million acres of English land yield 10 billion dollars in value and 330 million pounds annual rent independent of mines. One fourth is owned by 1,200 proprietors and another fourth by 6,200 more, totaling half by 7,400 individuals. Population 35 million. Peers, about 600, own one fifth, with 14 million acres valued at 2 billion dollars and 66 million dollars annual rent. Gen. Adam Badeau.
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England
Adam Badeau
Enforce a bad law and it will become odious and be repealed
The Washington Gazette notes that enforcing a bad law breeds odium and leads to repeal. It argues strong law enforcement without justice risks public backlash and reform, urging prudent application of statutes to preserve order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Gazette
Negro tenant found not guilty of theft by local justice
A Beaufort district farmer faced a theft case against a black tenant. A new black justice of the peace presided, a color-mated jury found the defendant guilty, then corrected to not guilty but guilty of accusing, after the judge’s prompt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort
Atlanta Constitution
No Doubt of His Capacity
A Chicago News quip reports a banker judging a suitor who plans to open a savings bank in Detroit, arguing it is more neighborly to Canada. The daughter is urged to marry, and the suitor seeks approval from the father in a light exchange on business prudence and future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Canada
Newa
Chicago Ledger
GosPort
Ind
P. F.C
Landlord Praises Tenant Then Quips About Dying in House
An Austin landlord chats with his new tenant Professor Snore. The exchange turns humorous as the landlord seeks approval while the professor wishes to die in the house. The banter reflects lighthearted local humor in Teras Siftings style.
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Austin
Prof
Snore
Professor
Teras Siftings
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Boston Beacon
Boston Courier
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Iowa
WM Hall
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Ayer
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Caswell, Hazard & Co
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Scientific American
Life Insurance Gazette
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Turkey
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Hungaria
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Law
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United States
Universal History of All Nations
C. R Parsons
Rural Home Co. Ltd
Life Preserver
Simmons Liver
Carus
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Ame A
Ot —. B. Goma
Pi Pierce
Anorter
Cee
P.M
J.h.zeilin & CO
Ottawa
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Brown Chemical CO
Baltimore, MA
Brewster
Holly
James Hasley
Madison
Ark
Lord & Thomas
U.S Beacon
HOUSE
N.Y
Soldiers Records
Vey
TongaNexis
Leavenworth County
Kan
Cate
Post
St. Johna
CHICA
Oaks
T. Felix Oclear
Lloyd’s Gr Bates
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Romana
Apo
Seem
Department of Michigan
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