Moses Pleads With Hobab to Join Promised Land
A devotional meditation uses Moses urging Hobab to travel with Israel toward God’s promised land. Hobab refuses, illustrating the danger of clinging to “my land and my kindred.” The piece stresses personal decision for Christ, the opportunity of service, and the certainty of blessing for those who join God’s people, despite barriers. It concludes with a call to come to Jesus and to strive for excellence in all endeavors.
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Moses
Hobab
Reuel
Selan
Israel
God
Promised Land
Jesus
Midian
Christ Jesus
Habab
Egypt
Mount Sinai
Christ
Heaven
John
Andrew
Peter
James
Philip
Nathaniel
Ruth
Naomi
Pillar
Cloud
Lake of Galilee
Paul
Jennie Lind
Obae
Jesus Ays
Cheap Diet For Soldiers From Four Cents A Person
Experiments by Major Bean, chief commissary of the army, show a wholesome daily meal for soldiers can cost about four cents per person. The plan uses meat bread vegetables fruit coffee and sugar, with a daily ration of roughly three and a half pounds of food. Meals for ten men cost about $1.50 for breakfast dinner and supper, prepared from subsistence stores in the Omaha government corral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Bean
Army
United States Army
Washington
Maj. Bean
United States
Corral
Omaha
Monte Carlo bank trick tale and two centuries of press growth
A long excerpt recalls Sir Henry Maxim's Monte Carlo tale of two gamblers forcing a run on black at a trente et quarante table, the bank's staged drama, and the myth of breaking the bank followed by the banker’s “advertisement”. It then shifts to a 1704 Boston News-Letter note on early American journalism and a string of brief quips and antiquarian notes on obelisks at Aksum, Ethiopian ruins, and related archaeology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Maxim
London
New York Times
Lord Rosslyn
Sam” Lewis
Louis
Black
Mr. Lewis
Sam Lewis
America
Boston
Boston Globe
Abyssinia
Aksum
Red Sea
Ethiopia
Carbolic Acid Antidote Discovery At Dublin
A Dublin veterinary surgeon Mr Allen found turpentine acts as an antidote to carbolic acid poisoning. Tests on a dog showed recovery after turpentine administration following exposure. The discovery arose from an accident when turpentine had been given to poisoned horses. A new breathing method by Prof Schafer from Edinburgh promises better aid in drowning and asphyxiation cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Dublin
Schafer
Edinburgh
Ground and electric contact naval mine design
The article explains coastal mine types from ground mines placed on the river or sea bottom to buoyant floating cylinders anchored by rope. It details the electro contact mine with a cast iron hemispherical case holding 200 to 500 pounds of explosive, resting on the bottom and linked by wires to a fuse and signal station near surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petropavlovsk
Maine
Causes of Insanity and Cigarette Crime See Reports
Dr. W C White of the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington notes that insanity is linked to population congestion and stress from competition. He cites hereditary factors, but asserts a quiet life helps some forms. excessive study, business anxiety, loss of property, domestic issues, love and political excitement trigger episodes. Alcoholism worsens risk in crowded industrial centers. North American Indians show low insanity due to outdoor easy life. urbanizing blacks in the North face higher failure when competing with whites. A New York magistrate links cigarette use to crime, stating 300 boys faced charges in six months and 98 percent admitted smoking cigarettes, suggesting broad mental and physical harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. White
Government Hospital For the Insane
Washington, D. C
United States
America
Dr. White
New York
Newspaper Clock Made by Frenchman
An inventive Frenchman built a clock entirely from newspapers. The device is not claimed to keep perfect time for long, yet it runs smoothly. The author forged rigid parts by soaking papers in water and pressing them into a hard durable mass.
Motivational Remarks on Integrity and Faith
A series of pointed maxims on character, greed, and service. The speaker argues that true blessing comes from collective virtue, not selfish gain, warning that elevating money over faith corrupts both individuals and the church. It contrasts diligent effort with luck and notes the dangers of insatiable greed in leadership.
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Preacher
J. M. Edson
Lord Brougham
England
The
Baptist Union
Empire
Europe
Gamblers OF
Monte Carlo
Seraphima
Chicago Post
University of Calcutta
Pisa
Mabel V. A. Bent
Port Arthur
Dublin Veterinary
Bank Examiner
Yurtlins
Esus
Ummark
Jerusalem
Golgotha
Calvary
Gethsemane
Pilate
Luke
Paradise
Rush Rhees
R. V
Benjamin B. Kingsbury
Lagers ‘Ows
H. W. Myers & Son
E. N. Lewie
Clinton and
Daflance
Ohio
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chattanooga
All
D. G. Edwards, P. T. M
Hocking Valley
Ey Staney Dayton
Ly Barailtoa
Dayton
Piqua
Staney
Wapakor
Lime
D.G. Edwards
Ly Defiance
Sherwood
Defance
Fontorts
Leave
Belterse
Taare
Cleveland
Buffalo
Deane
Nickel Plate Railway
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