Poems and Sagas From a Sailor's Note Book Fragment
A cracked diary fragment blends a mournful lyric about love surviving death with a vivid sea voyage memory. It recounts a schooner encounter near Cape Henlopen, fogbound serenades, crew banter, and fogborne camaraderie, then shifts to a calm Delaware Bay voyage with sea trout, letters home, and a late night look at lighthouses and lights across the fleet.
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agoun
Delaware Bay
Fenwicks Island
Cape Senl
Cape May
Ward
Cape
Chesapeake
elyscium
Stanley
Livingston
Crown Discovery Brings Atonement Over Unexpected Fortune
A distressed youth in a tale finds a crown and a second, tears flowing as he contemplates theft. The scene shifts to a professor pressing a moral turn, culminating in the lesson that giving is greater than receiving and a sick wife and children are spared by a higher kindness.
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trhiel
JHUldren
An Excellent Sermon to Arm Audience
A preacher Lyman Beecher story shows how one insignificant sermon to a single listener can spark lasting impact. The tale recalls a stormy mid winter church visit and a man later becoming a minister, proving distant acts can have wide effects.
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Aatory
Lyman Beecher
Ohio
Tam
shoes hidden mockery ends with helpful gift
A university student and a professor, known as the student’s friend, plan a prank on a poor laborer by hiding his shoes and leaving coins in them. The man finishes work, returns to the path, and slips into his shoe, sensing a surprise as the story halts at a moment of expected reaction.
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Jd&Juaita
Sheitt
Neptune
Gus
watch
darkey
hhim
Aylward
bashiman
Kieff
St Petersburg Journal
Klef
adda
Charkoft
ethderit Ina university
Enduring Works Outlast City Monuments in Time
The author reflects that famed temples and palaces decay while enduring works are those serving public utility or benevolence. Temples of Jerusalem, Nero’s palace, and London crumble, yet reservoirs and heroic deeds that aid mankind endure. True glory lies in lasting social good rather than grand architectural fame.
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Moses
Jacob
Jerusalem
Solomon
Holy City
Bethtsdda
Nero
Rome
Tatmore
London
Babylon
Thames
Preserve Health and Gentle Habits: Cautions and Quips
A collection of aphorisms and anecdotes on vitality and self discipline. Advice covers rest, diet, mood control, and hygiene, with humorous asides about trade and social habits. Notable points urge eight hours of sleep, moderate eating, calm demeanor, and careful exposure to cold and wind.
Coming Saviour in Isaiah 42 and 49 Lesson Overview
Long biblical excerpt outlines the Isaiah prophecies of deliverance and the Messiah. It emphasizes Christ as the servant of the Lord, the tender compassionate Saviour, and the Spirit-filled work enabling the gospel to reach Jews and Gentiles. The lesson spans Hezekiah’s era and the forthcoming messianic redemption, highlighting Jesus as the fulfillment and the source of praise and thanksgiving.
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Jaulah
Dante
Jdden
Hezekiah
Jaalai
Uzzish
Manasteh
Israel
Hesekiah
Manasec
Babylon
Christ
Jerael
God
Cyrus
hithkeelf
Matthew
Jesus
ava
Satan
Capernaun
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Henton Journal
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MARTIN
Easton, Mo
Tabor
Caroline
Queensone
morsy
Darton, Mo
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J, BH
Vangese
Court Honan
Tsibo
Queen Anne's counties
Azole
Ws. RIDGELY
Carolina
Talbot
Queen Annel counties
asaly
Gre T. MELVEN
DENTON, Mo
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Gre
H. GIBBON
Orrick
M. P. ouuns
Official Directory
STATE DEPARTMENT
JOHN LEE CARROLL
SEC
HOLLYDAY
CHAS
J. M. GWINN
Treasury Department
BARNES COMPTON
THOS. J. KEATING
FRANK A. BOND
J. H. T. MAGRUDER
Commissioner of Land Office
W.R. HAYWARD
Judicary Department
Court of Appeals
JAMES L. BARTOL
Oliver Miller
Ins
A. Stewart
Jno
M. Robinson
Richard H. Alvey
Richard J. Bowie
George Brent
Richard Grason
Court of Apeals
JAMES S&S FRANKLIN
J. SHAAFF STOCKETT
Circuit Court
MO. M. ROBINSON
JOS. A. WICKES
FREDERICK STUMP
JOHN W. TEMPLE
GEO. M. RUSSUM
L. H. GADD
CLINTON COOK
JONATHAN EVITTS
Wm. H. Casho
Prest. Baulsbury Hobbs
Jas. H. Holmes
Wmn
Stevens
Robt
J. Jump
Counsel
Henderson
Denton
Bethlehem
Concord
Jas. E. Douglass
Preston
Henry Wilson
H.C. Comegys
Greensborough
Geo. F. Beaven
Treas
Hillsboro
ORPNANS’ COURT
Wm. A. Ford
Robert Jarrell
J. F. Willis
Register of Wills
JAS. B. STEELE
SAMUEL H. MELLON
Reese Wyatt
Wo. H. Downes
Jas. W. Saulsbury
Bennett Todd
Jona. Longfellow
Elijah Todd
Wm. H. Whiteley
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Jas. N. Smith
J.P. Fierce
Greensborough, Md
Thos. A. Smith
Thos. Selvin
Geo. H. Beaven
Hillsborough
MM. P. Hutchinson
Fowling Creek
W.W Williamson
Thos. H. Bullock
Smithville
Wm. W. Watkins
Federalaburg
WM. FE, STEWART
Dover
Hannon Staxkts
Easton
Talbot, Cercline
countiels
juladly
H. HandledTon
SCOTT ROBERTS
CENTREVILLE
Osratp TILGHMAN
JAMES E. WIGNUTT
Duxton, Aly
KEATING
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
CENTREVILLE, MD
yAs
DAWSON
W. EMMERICH
Ooms
BHANNABAN
Talbot, Cafotne
clalitia
Sala
Real Cette
Paiair W. Dolwres
S. Murener
P.Y. THoowas
Birsxton
Thomas & Bateman
Orviog
H. MELLON
CanoLixx Co
CotierEs
T. J. SMITHERS
J W. LOCKERMAN
Cenoonp
CanoSutxg Co
tore
Tillinger
the
Journal
Cape Henlopen
clessy sea
Gilmore
Boston
steve
Bill
Cape Nfenlope
Mr. Tilden
John M. Camplin
Tilden
Roger Chillingworth
Arthur Dimmestate
Hawthorne
Thiden
Tre LOWE
Drstos, Mo
easles
Caroline curity
MOWDEAY, BRICKLAYER & PLASTERER
FowLina CREE, Mo
Ray Francisco Hicketer
Iran
Sarah
Jackeonville
Savannah
Clarissa
TSAIAK
Matt
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