Bee Hunters and a Narrow Mountain Ascent
In a valley the author watches Timorese bee hunters climb a tall smooth tree to collect honey from three large combs. A torch and smoke aid the ascent, bees swarm, and the hunter frees the honey while stung. The narrator is stung while lowering combs. the men endure pain as a normal part of bee hunting. Also included is an account of a man presumed dead who is revived by a doctor after an inquest.
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Borone
Wallace
Remarkable Resuscitation of a Frozen Man
Early Friday morning a stiffened man was found near Folmr Morehouse north of Seneca Falls. He was thought dead from freezing but later revived. identified as farmer John Hammell who had wandered off while returning home. Coroner Purdy notified as townsfolk watched the revival.
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Lester
Nicholas Durnir
Corgyner
Tee
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
Iba
Folmr Morehouse
Seneca Falls
Purdy
T. Ce Tkr
John Hammell
Poe
Morthl
Chinese New Year's Day in Burlington
A Burlington column recounts a humorous encounter with Sam Lung a Chinese laundryman on Fifth Street on New Year Day. The narrator muses on language barriers customs and the idea of a bilingual community with light sarcasm.
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Burlington
Saline Spring in New York Noted for Low Specific Gravity
The Liverpool well near Syracuse is described as the strongest saline spring in New York state with a specific gravity of 1.114, compared with the Dead Sea at 1.211. It yields 149.34 grains of dry solids per 1000 grains of water, far above the Dead Sea’s 41 percent when dried at 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Ir 18
New York
Liverpool
Syracuse
Dead Sea
Nineteen Merchants Mills Operative in Minneapolis
The ERE reports nineteen mills active in Minneapolis with 190 rm of stone and a daily flour capacity of 4 500 barrels.
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Minineapolis
One Sheaf A Pastor’s Song From a Field of Grain
An elderly devotional poem portrays a pastor offering a single sheaf as a symbol of a life of labor in faith. The speaker pleads for strength to rejoice in small triumphs, trusting that even one redeemed soul shines before the Lord. The hymn cites the harvest motif and calls for patient, faithful service.
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M. HH. Winslow
Churchinan
International Sunday School Lessons February 1876 schedule
A brief 1876 schedule lists Sunday lessons from February 13 to March 26. Topics include Saul and his Sons Slain, David Established King, Ark Brought to Zion, God’s Covenant with David, Abenlom’s Rebellion, Abenlom’s Death, and related Bible passages in Samuel.
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Yinet
Saul
Sam
David
Zion
Abenlom
Sermon Emphasizes Teaching New Converts Before Action
Rev. C H Saurexton urged personal sowing to reap mercy and lauded careful instruction for all converts. Citing Spurgeon, he warned against quick enlistment as teachers without learning, stressing that conversion begins the spiritual life and learning must precede service.
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C.H. Saurexton
N. Y
Spurgeon
Invitations From Biblical Passages For All Readers
A church pamphlet uses multiple scripture quotes to address different groups from heavy laden to the thirsty. It invites all to come, drink, and find a new heart, citing Isaiah, Matthew, John, Revelation, Psalms, Ezekiel, and more.
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Ezek
Athirst
The secret mysteries of a divine life in the heart
A reflection notes that divine life and spiritual truths cannot be fully captured by words or art. It likens the unseizable fragrance of the soul to a painter unable to render scent or sound, stressing the ineffable essence beyond language.
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Cudworth
Jefferson Davis and Amnest y in the Aftermath of the Civil War
A New York Democratic paper argues against restoring Jefferson Davis to political power. It condemns his role as Confederacy president, urges his exclusion from national councils, and discusses the moral and political implications of amnesty and reconciliation after the war.
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Wae
New York
Nation-sig Io
Democratic
Republican Party
Davis
Confederacy
Creeteyie
F. Tie
Alma
Poe
Jefferson Davis
Andy
House
Senate
North
Buncombe
Makind
Reform bills and party spirit cited in Washington dispatches
Washington dispatches highlight reform proposals from Ex-Confederate Postmaster-General Rea gan and Arkansas Democrat Wilshire. Proposals include paying election expenses for six rejected Congress members and reviving rebel war claims, plus pension restoration for 1812 veterans and moving adjudication of war claims to rebel judges. Norris of Virginia targets public funds with a new bill. The Inter Ocean and FY Graphic echo partisan reform zeal and critique congressional demographics.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Wilshire
Arkansas
Court of Claims
Norris
Virginia
Inter-Ocean
Chicago Inter Ocean Endorses Elmira Camp Douglad Fort Delaware Note
The Chicago Inter Ocean advocates a National Democratic platform resolution echoing Ifill by asserting Elmira Camp Douglass and Fort Delaware atrocities surpass Andersonville. It claims Confederate Government bears no responsibility for those atrocities, and other remarks follow.
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Chicago
Illinois News Items Reveal Centennial Plans and Wheat Case
Long fragment describes Illinois educators planning exhibit display for a centennial with detailed lists of school apparatus and collections. It also covers Lyon and Co versus Culbertson on a wheat futures matter, ruling contracts cannot be based on wagers without delivery.
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Githie
Nigantupeicions
Diaghims
Elegauh
UNI
College of Agriculture
School of Méchanica
School of Civil Engineering
Moneler
College of Water
School of Naturgl
College of Literatuire
Rae
Whidentys
Eise
Lyon
Culbertaony
Lyon& O CoJst
Ateacher
Cole
Culbertson
Lyon & Co
Board of, Trade
Culbertson, Blair & Co
Ertom
Tadee
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Vero Othr Geo
Aga
Tinley
Sam Lung
Fifth Street
S Am Lung
Mr. Lung
Lung
United States
Heys
Elkhorn Glee Club
Burlington Hawk- Lye
Jesus
Jer. Davis
Pathe
Arctic
Illinois
Danville
Arust
Finois
Springfield
Capitol
Winterkecal
Grama
Wiatgleee
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