Sunrise from Hezekiah Dial A Sermon on Time and Fate
Rev T DeWitt Talmage preaches at Brooklyn Tabernacle on kings and clocks tracing humanity s quest to measure time from sun dials clepsydras and calendars to Dionysus Exiguus birth dating. He urges faith in God s control of shadows and promises a spiritual sunrise for the soul despite life s setbacks. The sermon champions youth engagement, warns against fear of illness, and elevates old age for counsel in shaping Christian work as dawn breaks.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Teniah
Ahaz
Abhaz
Alfred the Great
Pope Sylvester II
Huyghens
Rome
Dionysus Exiguus
Christ
Hales
Hezekiah
Babylon
Herod
Egypt
Ofin
God
Schiller
Robert Chambers
Peple
Arnica
Romulus
Tome
Cortez
Maxey
Witt
England
Raphael
Calvin
Melancthon
Luther
Germany
Archibald Alexander
Woods
Slawes
Milner
Mellvaine
Tyng
Candish
Chalmers
Bismarck
Gladstone
Oliver Wendell Holmes
America
Adam
Mont Blanc
Matterhorn
Lebanon
Mount Washington
Sierra Nevadas
Mid-Atlantic
Alps
Heaven
Earth
St. John
Seoville McCollum
Cheap Roamy Barn Uses Sod and Thatch With Low Cost
Agricultural hints describe a 60 by 48 foot combined frame sod and thatched barn designed for cheap construction. The 7 foot sod walls, 14 by 12 foot doorway, and thatch roofing use materials to minimize capital tied up while providing weather protection and load for hay.
Laying sod walls for barns eight years before renewal
A guide from the Orange Judd Farmer explains building sod walls at a cost of about $1 for a sixe barn, noting that after a year the fire risk is similar to shingles and insurers will cover such walls at standard rates. Use 9x28 inch sods placed crosswise then lengthwise, with ample dirt to fill gaps, and refer to the engraving showing the wall in construction.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Mints to Horsemen Develop Good Habits in Horses
Marece advises gentle catching with treats to avoid scaring horses, warns against rough handling, and stresses preventing breachiness through proper fencing, careful turnout, and patient training. The Ohio Farmer note by Frank Weslie emphasizes prevention, fence maintenance, and consistent daily care to keep horses calm and tractable.
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Marece
Nourlit
Frank Weslie
Ohio
English Farmer’s Manure Practice Compared With American Methods
The article urges cutting oil meal in cattle feed to boost flesh and soil fertility, arguing English farmers value manures built from nitrogenous feeds. It warns against neglecting stock feeding and clover, or soils will grow poor and farms resemble rented estates. It cites feeds rich in nitrogen like cotton seed meal and bran, while noting corn straw and slough hay yield poorer manures, with year start as a good time to adjust.
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George McKerrow
Wes
Proper Roost Setup: Flat Perches Improve Fowl Rest
Ohio Farmer argues roosts should be four inch slats rather than round poles, with flat perches to suit fowls. Place roosts on a level, spaced arrangement to avoid quarreling and dirt, and provide a floor of closely nailed boards beneath to catch droppings for easy cleaning.
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Ohio
Sheep Shearing and Breeding for Farm Profit
The article argues that well managed sheep raise fertility and wool growth. It emphasizes thrifty ewes, consistent breed and color, and proper feeding to prevent losses. Healthy stock require steady feeding to ensure daily wool growth and profits even at low wool prices.
Alcoholism as a form of disease and crime
A long examination links alcoholism to crime pauperism and charity within society. It traces a youth from drunken home life to theft tramp life and eventual ruin, notes ethics of aiding beggars and the necessity of institutions. It cites Krafft-Ebing and Magnan on insanity in drinkers and recounts a case of a man who finally killed himself after repeated relapses.
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Europe
Krafft-Ebing
Magnan
Arthur Macdonald
Independent
Ile
Chicago Times
The Saddest Case of Self Slaughter in a Western City
The report outlines a profoundly tragic case in a booming western city where a young, capable lawyer, holder of an important will, acted in despair. The narrative centers on Crockard, described as having misbehaved, and frames the event as one of the most sorrowful self inflicted deaths on record.
Beer and Poverty in London's Poorest District
The article compares Charles Booth's poverty data for St George's East with local rector reports on public houses. It notes 81 pubs serving 11,000 residents, about one pub per 155 people, with average 45 patrons per pub and 67 children seen entering drink shops in 35 minutes. Estimated annual spending on drink totals about £16,200 across 8 houses.
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Charles Booth
St George’s-in-the-East
St. George's East
London
St. George's
Patl Mall
Temperance tales span Scotch coal gifts and whisky cautions
A Scotland meeting features Moody railing against the alcohol trade while praising charity. Dr Shrady warns whisky cannot ward off disease, urging good food instead. A Japanese tale shows a daughter swaying a father from wine, and a grape crop drives a convert toward winemaking. Union Signal notes temperance progress in India and at the imperial court, urging abstinence as etiquette.
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Scotland
Moody
Evangelist
George F. Shrady
Grant
Sho Nemoto
Tanabe
Miss Tatsu
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Talmage
Along
SUD Rar
Temperance Notes
Crockard
Church of Christ
India
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