I Love Those Who Serve and Share True Brotherhood
A devotional verse by B. Hartman D D extols duty and virtue in daily life. It contrasts loving acts of service with steadfast faith and the call to forgive, share, and seek justice. The speaker values friends formed by divine love, not self interest, and ends with the hope of God as father of all.
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Palm Sunday and the Web-Foot Cavalry Raid tale
Palm Sunday unfolds at a coastal Catholic church where Acadians gather. A tense Yank observer disrupts the service with jeers and mistimed water sprinkling as a boy procession enters. The party later returns to camp and discusses Virginia events after Apomattox.
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United States
Virginia
Appomattox
Bayou Beef
Beyond the Veil and Moral Fate in The Afterlife
The article argues the veil of mystery around life after death serves a purpose. It stresses action over speculation and asserts that moral character formed here shapes the next world. Vice and virtue pattern one’s fate, with justice and mercy guiding penalties and rewards.
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God
Missionary Converts Yield Higher Per Capita Giving and Growth
The St. Louis Christian Advocate notes converts in Christian lands cost far more but show stronger growth and giving. It cites 19.71 percent increase in communicants overseas versus 0.57 home growth, with average per convert giving about $1.25 yearly. It contrasts laborers sent abroad and large jubilee funds raised by missions in Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast.
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R. G. Wilder
South Seas
London Missionary Society
Sierra Leone
Gold Coast
St. Louis Christian Advocate
Horace Greely myth and cider passion spread by kin
Col Nicholas Smith of New York recounts Horace Greely as temperate and fond of cider, denying common accusations of profanity. He recalls a Cornell anecdote where Greely contrasts Latin and Greek learning with practical water use, humorously punning on Croton aqueduct and lead pipe.
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Horace Greely
Col
Nicholas Smith
New York
Greely
Dr. White
Cornell University
White
Mr. Greely
Croton
St. Louis Republican
Statistics of Christian Mission Reach in 1886
The article tallies global religious demographics at the start of 1886, noting about 1.5 billion people, with roughly 365 million Romish Greek and Oriental, 135 million Reformed, and 10 million Jews among the remainder. It cites Christian communities in China, India, Japan, Siam, Turkey, Persia, Africa, and mission-led converts totaling around 2.6 million, alongside mission structures and personnel.
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India
Japan
Siam
Turkey
Persia
Africa
Isles of the Sea
Ise
Cost of wit in politics Bernal Osborne and foes
Bernal Osborne famed humorist of the House of Commons faced taunts from a blunt friend named Stanley who warned him the Almighty had shared gifts fairly. Osborne’s jests cost him re-election as English voters doubted his legislative steadiness. In court, Rolfe then Lord Chancellor Cramworth lamented not being as clever as a roared audience.
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House of Commons
Mr. Stanley
Osborne
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Rolfe
Cramworth
Mr. Rolfe
Origin of the Doric Shaft
The Doric shaft developed in Egypt over a thousand years before Greece, shown by Beni Hassan monuments. Trade between Egypt and Greece existed, suggesting Greeks may have seen Egyptian architecture and inspired similar forms rather than inventing them independently.
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Greece
Beni- Hassan
Bos
Boys Make Men Moral Tale Of Weathercock Fable
A moral tale from Lyndey Dayne presents a boyish Weathercock who resists a rule until a final snap shows the folly of stubbornness. The story, illustrated by a weather vane and lightning rod, emphasizes gentle guidance to nurture kindness in boys and future men.
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Lyndey Dayne
Christian Union
Weathercock and Wind Clash in a Quiet Farm Tale
A weathercock atop a stable top quarrels with the wind and longs for independence. He ignores shifting breeze, then faces a sunlit morning that reveals the weather’s effects on people. Also included is a section on Holland kids, dikes, windmills, canals, and daily life aboard boats.
Deliver us from evil and the revisers
A critic argues the Lord's Prayer should retain the phrase Deliver us from evil rather than Deliver us from the evil one. He cites Greek and Latin translations, noting historic Christian usage across Catholic and Protestant churches and noting that modern revisions minimize humility and magnify self reliance.
A Notable Tilt Between Ingersoll Beecher in St Louis
In a St Louis gathering Col Ingersoll sparred with peers over religion as Henry Ward Beecher listened abstractedly. Beecher delivered a pointed parable about a lame man helped by Christian religion, contrasting Ingersoll’s view and leaving the room in thoughtful silence.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Bob
Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Col Ingersoll
Despond
St. Louis
Fangle Hires Tutor Amid Tooting Neighborhood Buzz
In a Pittsburgh Chronicle item residents discuss Mr Fangle hiring a tutor for Jimmy. The chatter centers on Jimmy learning to toot on a corner and unsettling the neighborhood with the sound.
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Fangie’s
Mrs. McSwilligen
Mrs. Podsnap
Coleridge Quotation on Beauty and Madness
A quoted reflection notes beauty as skin deep and linked to frivolity while common sense is pressed aside in crowded spaces. It asserts that when thoughts are mistaken for people or things, a person becomes mad, a condition described as a properly undesired state.
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Coleridge
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St. Vitus
Gulf of Mexico
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Story of Judge Davis Reflects Frugal Virtues and Wit
The article profiles Judge David Davis noting his wealth yet frugal habits as a Supreme Court justice and senator. It recalls his daily lunch of two apples a ginger cookie and milk and a bank confidence scam anecdote ending with a charitable donation. It shifts to Mecca pilgrims describing ribats for the poor housing and hardships faced by pilgrims and the lack of care for the sick and homeless.
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David Davis
Supreme Court
Bost
Davis
Mr. Davis
Sail Nomenclature and Heel of a Sloop Yacht Rigs
The article defines sailing gear including booms gaffs stays and sprits. It explains main spinnaker booms bow sprit top sails and gaff top sails. It also clarifies working to windward and sailing close to the wind terms in plain sailing language.
Beau Brewster the well dressed Attorney General
The text profiles Benjamin Harris Brewster appointed as Attorney General. It notes his burn scar from a rescue, earning him the nickname Beau Brewster. Descriptions cover light coats, velvet vests, cambric shirts, pale trousers, white gaiters, London-made attire, and his learned, lavish temperament. It also quotes a mix of contemporaneous remarks and a brief ad for Ayers Pills.
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Beau Brewster
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