Tender tribute to a boy's death at Cleveland home
A letter from Mr. R. Waterton, superintendent of the Children's Industrial Home in Cleveland, recalls a lad's last illness and death. The boy, asked about his condition, uttered before dying that he was "Safe in the arms of Jesus" and then "Safe, safe, safe." The piece notes the touching scene and hints at deeper meaning behind the final words.
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R. Waterton
Children’s Industrial
Cleveland
Herald
Jesus
J. W. Cleveland
Last of the Family Sails to a Devon Estate Sale
A village sale at Mardale in Devon draws crowds to view a decayed estate. A stranger offers to buy the property and learns the squire Tresilian seeks a buyer who will honor old loyalties. The visitor reveals his identity as Hugh Tresilian returning with Emma and a son, restoring the family.
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Mardale
Devon
Barbara Thows
Barbara Thoms
Axminster
Barbara
Nelly
Susan
Mr. Tresilian
Mrs. Thoms
Pennyworth
Jack Nokes
Tom Styles
India
Hugh
Emma Léeson
Hugh Tresilian
Emma
Chaos Described as Great Pile of Nothing
In a child's question about chaos, the elder sister cites her papa's reading: chaos is a great pile of nothing with no place to pat it. The remark frames disorder as emptiness without a resting spot.
Tipsy Man Claims Drinking Improves Sight
Mr. Tipsytop insists that drinking is good for sight and that he can see twice as much when in a state of considerable fluidity.
Undertaker Impersonation Prompts Inquiry in Minnesota
In Minnesota an undertaker seeking to sell out spreads a tale that a young inexperienced doctor has just settled in the town prompting curiosity and caution among locals.
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Minnesota
DISSIPATION WARNED AS DESTROYER OF YOUTH
An editorial notice cautions young men about dissipation as a sure destroyer, calling it an early flower exposed to untimely frost and urging restraint.
Bright Thought in Simple Language Sparks Clarity
The note urges expressing bright thoughts in the simplest language and compares a diamond to a plain setting, emphasizing clarity and straightforward expression in communication.
Gratitude Preaching Seen as Duty to God and Society
Quote from Seneca on gratitude as essential to sociable life and religious practice, arguing that thankfulness supports both communal harmony and devotion.
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Seneca
Debt of the account sets me bankrupt in hope
A quotation reflects on debt and reckoning, noting that the burden before me makes me poor and bankrupt even in hope. It cites Congreve as the source of the line.
Sacred rules of right above majority power
An assertion that true justice rests in divine or immutable standards, not in the sway of crowds or democratic majorities, implying enduring moral order beyond human consensus.
Practical Christianity Elevates Daily Life to Noble Duties
A historical editorial extols Christianity guiding everyday actions through lofty motives, urging believers to elevate common duties by aligning them with noble spiritual purposes.
John Adams On Maintaining Mental Vigor
At ninety John Adams explained that steady use kept his faculties sharp. He compared the mind to an old horse, saying continuous work yokes its best effort and yields lasting vigor.
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John Adams
Honest counsel on personal integrity quoted in classical prose
A compact reflection asserts that every man owes honesty to himself, facing temptations yet finding truthfulness the safest, most profitable, and noblest path amid life’s trials.
Seeing Under Water by Ice Blankets Indians Use
A Scientific American correspondent describes how North American Indians and others can see under water by cutting a hole in the ice and darkening the hole with a blanket. The observer tested a mill pond bottom with a plank float and a central blanket hole and could clearly spot objects on the bottom.
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Scientific American
North America
Saving and Diligence Keep Fortunes Within Reach
A moral exhortation argues that wealth comes from saving and disciplined effort. It asserts that contentment with poverty is false, and that hard work, frugality, and honesty build independence. Early-morning work and substantial savings prove diligence and frugality, while fortune favors those who prepare.
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Savings Bank
Sleep and Habit Modify Perception of Noise
A discussion, attributed to H Macnish, on how habitual exposure dulls responses to noise. Examples include artillerymen, engineers, millers, carriage riders, and sailors who sleep amid thunder, hammering, or bells, while silence or cessation of sound can awaken or disrupt sleep.
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the Nile
A Boy Worth Havinc Tad Becomes Successful Merchant
A country boy arrives in New York with little money and lands a trial by asking for a job. He is sent to borrow 3000 dollars from a rival firm, proves his nerve, and is hired by W Co. He rises from clerk to partner and eventually leads the firm to wealth and honors.
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C. G
New York
Wall Street
Messrs. 8. C. & C
Mr. S
Mr. W
Nast Declines Invitation With Humorous Caricature
Thomas Nast sent a unique apology to the Female High School in Louisville after they invited him to call and caricature for their benefit. His reply showed a sketch of an eleven story building addressed to the students and a scene of Nast trying to reach the school while a conductor shouts all aboard for Franklin Indiana.
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Nast
Louisville
Thomas
Franklin
Ind
Thomas Nast
Darwin's Missing Link on Borneo Revealed
A Siam Weekly Advertiser report describes a wild Borneo race resembling a stunted human gorilla. They walk upright about four feet tall, live in caves, feed on snakes and vermin, and cannot be tamed. Captured individuals utter jabbering sounds that resemble language, with females displaying modesty.
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Darwin
Borneo
Philippine Islands
Terra del Fuego
South America
Siam Weekly Advertiser
Temperance politicians attack on Greeley support
The Utican Observer denounces temperance politicians as captious and says many opposed Horace Greeley the total abstinence candidate backed by a major party. It condemns those who profit from temperance while backing drunkards for office and claims broad citizen agreement in that view.
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Utican N. Y. Observer
Horace Greeley
A Bit of Expert Testimony At a Poison Trial
The French chemist Orfila testified in a poisoning case when asked for the arsenic amount to kill a fly. He replied he could answer but needed the fly's age sex temperament and habits including marital status.
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Orfila
M. le President
Miller Seeks Refuge from Americans in Geneva
The California poet Joaquín Miller toured Geneva with many countrymen and asked to be moved to a venue without Americans. The boatman hesitated and pondered the Lake Geneva scene before suggesting a higher inspiration.
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Joaquin Miller
California
Geneva
Towar Mont Blanc
Heaven
Rally for the sling bearer echoes from Floripan audience
A Floripian, excited by the David and Goliath tale, swung his hat and shouted to rally for the shepherd boy with the sling. His impassioned reaction captures the crowd’s spirited response to the biblical story.
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David
Goliah
Prejudice Against Large Ears Reflects Human Taste
A commentator notes bias in humanity toward ear size, citing a poet who observes people prefer a small ear and disdain a larger one. The remark frames ear size as a proxy for social judgment and vanity.
Giant Abner MeIlrath described in Cleveland anecdotes
A Cleveland paper touts Abner MeIlrath as a giant at sixty one, six feet seven and a half inches tall, with extraordinary strength. He is said to have lifted 1700 pounds of iron and once flipped a buggy onto a fence to humiliate a snobbish rival before riding away whistling.
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Cleveland
Abner MeIlrath
McIlrath
Abe
Nickel mining in Lancaster County featured in nickel uses
A single Lancaster County Pennsylvania mine has operated seventeen years and yields two hundred to six hundred tons monthly with 175 workers. Nickel is rising as a cheaper silver substitute for plating metals and entering broad commercial demand. Other historic mines in Missouri produced croppings worth about $100,000. refined nickel now trades around three dollars per pound.
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Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Minela-Matte
Missouri
Madison
Iron
Wayne Counties
Soap Man Sparks Stir in Freeport Store
A traveling salesman for a Chicago soap maker enters S. W. Stone’s Freeport shop and pitches Eva sive defensive soap with dramatic claims. Stone, irritated by multiple solicitors, intervenes as the merchant recalls a merchant’s warning and a clerk’s call, and Stone ends up placing an order for soap.
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S. W. Stone
Freeport
Joe
Stone
Curious Experiments and Distance Conversations Reported
A tallow candle in a gun shoots through doors without damage, a musket ball in water rebounds and flattens, and glass can be shot through without cracking if hung by a thread. In Arctic cold, people converse over miles. Dr Jamieson heard a sermon two miles away. A mother’s voice was heard across a mile wide pond.
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Arctic
Jamieson
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