Given to Hospitality The Trials and Rewards of Christian Gentility
The sermon extols hospitality as a Christian duty facing trials from troublesome guests and costly entertainments. It argues service to others is service to Christ, recounting examples from history and scripture, and envisions heavenly welcome for believers who host strangers and angels unawares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teaven
Havana
Gerrit Smith
Lisbon
Margaret
Norway
Jesus
John Howard
Cyrus
Persia
Christ
Walter Scott
Washington Irving
George Whitefield
St. Sebald
Cartwright
Bull on a Bicycle Spurs Narrow Escape in Kentucky
Dr W B Penny from Stanford Kentucky escaped a charging bull thanks to his bicycle. He pedaled along the Stanford pike at dusk, lantern lit, climbed a hill and gained distance, leaving the enraged bull about thirty feet behind. The chase lasted around two minutes but felt like miles to the rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
W. B. Penny
Arace
Courier-Journal
Oscillation of Chimneys Observed in France Shadows
A chimney 115 feet high and four feet in diameter near Marseilles showed shadow measured oscillations reaching a maximum of twenty inches during a high wind. Observation notes the sun's shadow on the ground as the measuring method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
France
New York
Wld
Perils and Pace of Persian Caravans and Tshappar Travel
A historical account details Persian travel by caravans and the Tshappar post system. It describes caravan sizes to Mecca and Meshed, guarded pilgrim routes, and dangers from heat, disease, and robbers. It also explains women’s and children’s modes of transport, Kedshaweh baskets, and the Tshappar network with rough stations and low-grade horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
W. von Schier-Brand
New York
Mecca
Mohammed
Meshed
Imam Reza
Khorassan
Xerges
Ameer Nizam
Ishappar
Shah
Abbas the Great
Removing a Ring From a Swollen Finger
An elderly woman seeks help to remove her wedding ring after 45 years. A Bay jeweler uses a rubber braid technique to ease swelling, freeing the ring without cutting. He charges one dollar, noting the value lies in know how rather than the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mail and Express
The Zither and Alpine Origins Inspire Modern Practice
The zither, a pretty flat harp now taught in cities, originated in the Alpine regions. In the mid nineteenth century Tyrolean singers used it to accompany songs and yodels. Watching a student practice evokes Alpine scenery and dreamlike Tyrol and Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrol
Switzerland
Chillano Soldier Traits and Endurance Described in Harper's
The article portrays Chillano soldiers as fearless and reckless, with exceptional endurance. It notes their preference for close combat, use of two buckskin cocoa leaf bags as tonics, and ability to abstain from food or drink for long periods. It claims they resist discipline and devastate enemy shelter, citing Peru’s brutal scenes as unmatched in modern warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Chili
Patagonia
Desert
Harper's
Hood
Washington, D.C
Sanitary Effects of Rain on air and climate
W. Mattieu Williams argues that frequent moderate rain cleanses both pond water and air by dissolving and carrying away ammonia and other exhalations from decay. He cites De Saussure on Geneva showing rain reduced carbonic acid, notes lower air carbonic acid over sea than land, and explains rain’s greater impact in dense urban areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Mattieu Williams
de Saussure
Lake Geneva
Alps
Old Wayne County Pioneer Keeps Silent About Early Vote
Detroit citizen recalls meeting elderly settlers in Wayne County who claim to have cast the first votes there. A white headed farmer finally confirms the voter’s memory, noting his party’s next ten years yielded no further votes and urging silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Wayne County
Detroit Free Press
The Chinaman's Hospitality described in blunt terms
A San Francisco letter to the Los ton Transcript recalls Chinese hospitality during festival seasons. It notes guests are pressed with confections many colorless and slimy, some tainted or wormlike, supposedly made from candied rat entrails, as per the guide’s claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Loston
Diverse Tidbits From 19th Century World News
A miscellany notes lifting of fat steers to feed New York, decorative statues in Richmond, a Georgia gander guarding its owner, and London’s coin circulation. It covers flying fish, living quarters in Mexico City, Irish surname roots, a large forfeit paid over customs fraud, and Arkansas trees’ uses including buckeye and pawpaw fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Washington
Henry Clay
Richmond
London Economist
Mexico
United States
Weld & Co
Arkansas
Turtle Camp Hunters Supply Pittsburg Turtles
A Pittsburg Gazette report details turtle camps along Little Raccoon two miles above Turtle Camp 1 where South Side crews catch and ship live turtles. Methods include lines with bait and stealthily stalking turtles sunning on rocks, with camps growing to over sixty hunters in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Ocean
Allegheny
Washington
Raccoon Creek
Turtle Camp
Raccoon
Pittsburg
Why It Could Not Be a Bill
A maid newly with a family notices a letter thought to be a bill. The mistress worries it may be a bill but the maid recalls a post office sign reading Post no bills, suggesting the letter is not a bill and averting trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrah
Tuomas J. Rusaiwa
Pine Street
St. Louis
Dr. Sage
Overdose and a Courtroom Quip from the Omaha Herald
A prisoner before a judge jokes about whisky as medicine and snake bites, claiming a medical purpose for his dose. The judge fines him $10 for prescribing medicine without a diploma, noting he should have kept to the established price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Herald
Free Florida map book offer from O M Crosby in New York
An advertisement promotes Florida maps books lands and tickets with a free copy titled Its Advantages and Drawbacks. It lists O M Crosby box 1 887 New York as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
O. M. Crosby
New York
Missionary Mary Leavitt Meets Siam King on Temperance
Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt a round the world missionary of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union recently had an audience with the King of Siam. He spoke with her in English and showed strong interest in the temperance cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Clement Leavitt
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
King of
Siam
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promoted for Consumption
An publisher proclaims Dr R V Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as the best remedy for consumption and related diseases and offers a complete treatise on consumption for 10 cents. It notes large use of gold foil in gilding and ornament work across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Chemical Laboratory
Worlh's Dispensary Medical Association
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Brooklys Divine
Christian
Dore
Holland
Francis Frescobald
Thomas Cromwell
Frescobald
England
Italy
Thomas Fuller
George Neville
Earl of Warwick
Bull Vs. Bicycle
Yurtie
B. Marchisi
Utica
B. F. Johnson & Co
Maen
Isaac Thompson
F. Freeman
Sydney
Scott
Rockdale County
Grand Jury
Querchant
Tansill
C. & Prowler, Druggist
Denver
Col
R. W. Tansill & CO
Chicago
Ily
Ely
Jon
Johnson & CO
Main St
Lebanon
Ohio
Lana
Bentyst
Cincinnati
Ts.harleston
S.C
H.S. Hanner Lock
Branford
Fla
Kidder
SRA Ari
Pio Lin
Kipde x Co
John Bt
N.Y
Deena Oe
Tor
Ibery
Pearist
Albany
DALY
Mannattan
Schoverling
Daly & Gales
Chambers
Tee
Sian Por
Pat
Washington, D.C. C
Pertit
H. Gelston &Co
Wers
Jersey City
N.J
Iionster Safety Rain Holder Co
Holly, Mich
J. M Barton
25Th Ward
FE. Ross & Co
Teledo
Peabody Medical Institute
Ballfineh St
Hoxton
Mass
WH. Parker
Genniaa
A. J. Towe
Doston
Erce’s Aleagantative Broervs
NASA
W. Harsher
Ithaca
Eli Rovers
Bunyan P. O
Columbia Co
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