Defend Christianity. break the dumb spirit of silence
Rev. Talmage urges Christians to oppose attacks on Christianity and to answer scoffers with questions about Jesus, the Bible, and the faith. He warns that silence betrays the Christ and cites examples of deaf and speechless figures overcome by Christian aid and song.
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Christ
T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Mark
Geneva
Lorraine
France
Matthew Hale
Edward Coke
Cotton Mather
Benjamin Franklin
Richard Baxter
Archbishop Cranmer
Martin Smather
Lord Bacon
Sweden
Germany
England
Spain
New England
Asylums
God
Laura Bridgman
New Hampshire
Pedro Ponce
Juan Pablo Tonet
John Braidwood
Mitchell and
Ackerly
Peet
Gallaudet
Far West
Stand Up for Jesus The Dumb Devil in Our Churches
A reflective piece on hymns with storied origins and the need to banish the “dumb devil” from church texts. It urges bold gospel outreach, recounts historic revival anecdotes, and warns prayer meetings that stall without action, urging readers to invite others to join the path to heaven.
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Jesus
Dudley Tyng
Brooklyn Prospect Park
Tom
Charles Wesley
Peter Bohler
Wesley
Christ
Angel of Hymnology
Jeans
Marshal Luther
Yarmouth
Dundee
Ariel
Brattle Street
Uxbridge
Pleyel
Harwell
Antioch
Mount Piscah
Asia
Africa
America
Kingdom of God
Pacific Ocean
Heaven
God
East River
Israel
Haldance
Haldane
Robert
Felix Neff
Merle D'Aubigne
Sheep Sheepers Use Health and Tagging for Better Flocks
The article notes healthy thrifty sheep resist ticks and short legged, compact sheep may outyield larger ones. It urges good understanding among growers, tagging especially ewes with lambs, shelled corn and bran plus oil meat as a top fattening ration, and separating fattening sheep from stock for efficient feeding.
How To Teach A Horse To Whoa By Bridling Method
Instruction from J. W. Smith in Troy Times explains a step by step horse training routine. Start with a small cord bridle over the head and neck pull gently until the animal yields. Repeat daily sessions a few minutes to gradually obtain obedience with a light touch and firm commands.
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J. W. Smith
Troy Times
Reseeding Old Meadows and Costs
The article notes permanent meadows fail in our climate due to low moisture and droughts. British conditions stay green longer, while heavy manuring only delays decline. Reseeding proves more profitable than prolonging grass, with seed costs seldom exceeding 150 dollars per acre.
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British Islands
Colman
Poor Road Systems in Need of Reform
Harper's Weekly argues that country highways suffer from poor location and mismanaged maintenance. It criticizes road labor practices, improper ditching, and misguided macadamizing, urging neighbors to improvise practical repairs within existing budgets to improve travel year round.
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United States
Harper’s Weekly
Cistern for Barn Above Ground Preferred
A graphic from L D Snook shows locating a barn cistern above ground rather than underground. The design calls for a hundred barrel capacity with thick outer walls and lighter inner walls, bottom filled with stones or packed earth, cement mortar plaster, inlet and outlet pipes with a stopcock, an overflow sized larger than the inlet, and optional top cover.
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Crocudl
L. D. Snook
American Agriculturist
Incendiary Lanterns Warn of Barn Fire Dangers
A neighbor recalls a costly barn fire caused by a kerosene lantern toppled in minutes, destroying the roof and animals. The piece urges safe lantern placement, avoidance of long handles, and keeping light well away from wood and dust to prevent similar disasters. It notes candles can be safer but may lack brightness and cites a farmer who kept lights outside, sliding them in through a window.
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Ell
Bridget
Galen Wilson
N.y.t'rilane
Nantucket
Octagon
Nannie
Octafon
Lilla Barnard
Gentle boys and girls clash in old reader verse
A poem styled column notes Grandma’s line by line challenge to gender roles in a juvenile piece. Annie A. Preston reprints in the New York Observer with lines praising gentleness for boys and girls and urging old fashioned manners.
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Grandma
Jolly Bent
Annie A. Preston
N. Y
The three T's Patience Perseverance and Pluck
The article argues patience perseverance and pluck overcome barriers and guide success. It cites Beethoven Grant Napoleon Milton Demosthenes Bunyan Newton Burritt Wellington Alexander the Great and others to illustrate enduring effort shaping achievement. It urges readers not to wait for favorable circumstances but to change or break through barriers.
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Beethoven
Gen. Grant
Napoleon
Milton
Prescott
Demosthenes
Greece
John Bunyan
Sir Isaac Newton
Elihu Burritt
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Alexander the Great
Karper
Animals and Birds That Receive the Affections of Uncle Sam's Sailors
Sailors favor pets aboard ships with monkeys parrots and goats among the cherished companions. The Kearsarge keeps Jim the cat learned tricks while Yorktown houses a prankish monkey and Galena once had Billy the goat before he was moved. White rats also roam Monongahela for nearly a year with races on the main deck.
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Uncle Sam
Kearsargue
Jim
South America
Yorktown
Billy
Galena
Baltimore
Pets aboard ships in Charleston and Chicago noted in saluted humor
A game-code bred pet on the Charleston crews and a formidable black cat aboard the Enterprise are praised by trainers as sharp fighters. The Chicago host parrot mimics sailor slang, shouts go blow in storms, and recalls snippets from Pinafore and Cumberland's Crew.
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Charleston
Enterprise
Chicago
The Mother's Boy and its Enduring Ideal
A personal essay extols the certificate of a mother’s boy, describing a twelve year old example who is studious, kind, well mannered, helpful, and self disciplined. The piece cites Garfield’s inauguration as an emblem of maternal pride and references other vignettes about animals and a nursing note, reflecting on virtue and gentleness.
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Ile
Ife
Ind
Garfield
United States
Stontier
Foster Coates
Ladies’ Home Journal
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