Complex London tale of Vigo Square and a rich miner
In London Mr. Pullen and wife host a mixed circle while their butler Bellamy exerts quiet control. The narrator recalls a funeral at Vigo Square and a meeting with Frank Baxter a would be actor who spins a counterfeit romance with Miss Polly Pullen, an American heiress. Baxter confesses he posed as Count D Arcy to win her, while the Pullens’ mystery deepens as Bellamy’s influence looms.
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Mr. Pullen
California
London
Mrs. Pullen
Messrs. Bullion & Ingot’s
Pullens
King Street
St. James
Pullen
Vigo Square
Bellamy
David Copperfield
Old Burton
The
Old Pullen’s
Frank
America
England
Miss Pullen
Count D'Arcy
Miss Martin
Frank Baxter
Count D'Arcey
Polly
Agnes
Iden
Cardinal Gibbons
Italy’s gloom seen by Paris correspondent Mrs Crawford
Paris correspondent Mrs Crawford portrays Italy in dark terms. Sicily shows a Greek Arab mix and loyalty to the king while local administration and octroi duties provoke revolts. Across Italy currency shortages force barter. taxes crush cities as civil service draws wasteful pay. Rome is supported by north Italy and Tuscany while Naples consumes vast public funds. Federation is favored over centralized monarchy to curb foreign influence.
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Italy
Crawford
Paris
Sicily
Naples
Vision and virtue in faith and home life
A sermon collection urges believers to seek heavenly vision through scripture conscience providence and the Holy Spirit. It cautions against self praise and advocates humility duty sanctified speech and charitable homes with chastity reverence to Agnes and a call for Christian moral reform.
The Earl of Shaftesbury and the Sabbath
The Earl of Shaftesbury long fought for Sabbath sanctity in Parliament and public life. He urged reforms to defend religious observance, opposing encroachments on the day and supporting measures to guard it. His work spanned decades and earned him lasting respect for charitable conduct.
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Workingmen’s Lord’s Day Association
Earl of
Shaftesbury
Convincing Sermon From a Christian Wife
A farmer neglects family prayer for business. His wife rebukes him by knitting while no breakfast is served and no horn sounds. She argues they cannot live without eating nor without praying. The husband agrees and vows daily prayers each morning.
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Ashe
The Right Man and Place
A quotation by Sean Stanley on the need for the right person to act rightly at the right time in the right place. It warns that good acts or words lose value when misapplied or misdelivered.
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Sean Stanley
Adversity the Great Test
The severest test of manhood is in hard times not good times. It praises the man who keeps courage and strains on while others waver or fall, calling him the hero in the sight of God and men. It notes ease in favorable winds but values character to push against opposing forces.
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Calvary
Wilber/orce
Moral exhortation on living a Christian life and self-control
The text urges humble leadership, inner virtue, and consistent holy conduct. It argues that true life speaks through actions, emphasizes God’s love, and warns that every act carries reward or punishment. It notes we must choose between good and evil and that illness can reveal deep loyalties.
Brass and Copper Weddings Across Belgium
A Belgian custom described by a New York Journal reader notes that after six and a half years couples hold a brass wedding with brass gifts, after twelve and a half years a copper wedding with copper gifts, followed by silver and gold weddings. Even humble couples may receive town plated gifts upon a golden anniversary, while one woman celebrated by handmaking 260 small brass gifts for guests.
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Belgium
New York Journal
Doctor settles damages with sidewalk tramp for a nickel
A Grand Rapids woman refused alms and paid a tramp 40 cents to clear snow from a long sidewalk. Two weeks later the same man demanded damages for his strain and the doctor offered 15 cents, which the tramp accepted. The incident was reported by the Washington Post.
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Grand Rapids Democrat
tWell
What Faith Is And Is Not
The excerpt discusses a mother’s definition of faith as belief in something told by a trusted person. A boy questions the idea of faith and whether belief requires certainty of truth. The piece ponders how many mistake faith for knowingly false belief and cites a Chest Chamber essay in an Indian context.
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Chamber
How Did She Know A Providential Escape After a Runaway Horse
In a Texas Sitting scene a parson recalls Young Jordan and Miss Popinjay riding when the horse bolt ed and threw them from the buggy. The minister questions how control was lost while Edith remarks on appearances. The tale closes with a moral about prayers and yardsticks.
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Jordan
Edith
Texas
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