26 Sep 1891
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1891
Page
1
A mixed vintage of curiosities and natural oddities. Cannibal behavior among young lobsters observed in an aquarium with nocturnal raids and shell fragments marking their deadly fights. An Indian tale recalls a man dreaming of sleeping on a cobra before finding the snake.
A Georgia editor and justice of the peace grants an absolute divorce and orders the bailiff to collect three dollars from the couple or face incense taxes. The bailiff laments they have no money as the editor urges the ordinary to issue incense and to marry the woman to the first man with three dollars, insisting the court cannot live on air.
A dialogue reveals a clash between the self made man arguing against wasting time on dead languages and a college student supporting Latin. Wilkins, competing for the Latin prize, has drawn sharp critique as the boat crew comment suggests mixed fortunes in the college setting.
A composite notice collects humorous ostrich anecdotes from Africa and perilous misadventures with careless keepers. It also includes brief notes on Abrus precatorius seeds and their uses, tungsten’s rise in weaponry, and assorted curious items from Otago to Birmingham News.
An Insurance actuary would not call a poet sane yet history shows great poets aging well. Byron Heine Musset Poe died young from passions unchecked, while Goethe and Victor Hugo aged peacefully. Brown ing stayed social at seventy, a sign that creativity and health can coexist. Ice on rivers proves channel ice can be thicker. nine inches on lakes yields eighteen on the Mississippi channel.
A New York Recorder note explains that while bright shooting stars barely affect Earth’s weight, countless faint meteors continually strike the globe as fine dust, adding about 90 000 tons per year. The piece cites the phenomenon as occurring year in year out, largely unnoticed by observers.
The Christian Advocate urges that vocational choice must begin with harmony with God. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, valuing spiritual aims over worldly success. God trains us through trials for a broader, divine service beyond this life and prepares us for endless ages of readiness.
Dr. Talmage urges ministers and laypeople to drop formal essays and invite crowds to church. He says sermons are judged by souls saved, not length or artful structure, and compares churchgoers to spectators of art. He calls for a warm exhortation next Sunday to bring in the multitudes.
The article reflects on honesty as a core moral quality essential to Christian character and notes a rising demand for truthfulness while criticizing harsh penalties. It contrasts two life approaches, praising absolute frankness as the better path despite fears of appearing hard, and cites Christian Union ideas attributed to Charles Thwyng.
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