How Old Art Thou How We Measure a Life in Faith
A preacher contrasts earthly aging with spiritual aging, urging measure of life by deeds done for God. He recalls biblical scenes from Egypt to Joseph, urging readers to evaluate their days by faithfulness, sacrifice, and readiness for eternity rather than worldly years.
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Syria
Greece
Cap Wal Fer
Miles
Pharaoh
Joseph
Jacob
Mary
John Bradford
Luther
Richard
Baxter
Philip
Doddridge
Paul
Wilberforce
Ile
Ife
Ima
Quilty
Godfrey. Knelier
Earth
Edward “Payson
Paul the Apostle
Heaven
Hudson River
Great Spanish Actress Shapes Madrid Theater History
The article surveys Madrid theater's evolution through iconic figures Rafael Calvo and Maria Guerrero. It notes Guerrero’s rise after Calvo’s death, the six month Madrid season, and tours abroad with a European tour planned this year including Paris. The Figaro praises Guerrero's company of hidalgos led by Guerrero, Fernando Diaz, and the Marquis of Fontanar.
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Madrid
Rafael Calvo
Maria’ Guerrero
Spanis
America
Europe
Paris
the Figaro
Mie
Guerrero
Fernando Diaz
Mendoza
Fontanar
Spanish Theater
Comedia
Spain
Germany to pave streets with eucalyptus wood in major cities
Germany plans radical street paving using eucalyptus timber after tests show durability and better performance than stone. Sydney and Leipsic have trialed the material, noting high density and elasticity, non slipperiness, and hygienic, economical benefits. Several cities including Dresden are conducting similar experiments.
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Germany
Sydney
N. S
Leipsic
Dresdem
Evils of Intemperance Told in a Local Anecdote
A Russian peasant returns from town with new boots and spirits, sleeps by the roadside, and wakes to find his boots gone after a tramp strips him. A passing wagoner yells to wake his legs, the sleeper protests that the legs and boots were his. The piece ends with a quip on spectacles and seasickness.
Invention to Protect Busy Water Users Warned
The Maryland State Board of Health reports domestic water filters may lose effectiveness over time. Large filters reduced bacteria passing through, but small domestic filters released more bacteria. The Sanitarium cites a Baltimore case where city water showed 510 bacteria per cubic centimeter and varied after filtration.
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State Board of Sealth
Maryland
Baltimore
Baltimore Health’ Department
Floating buoy aids cable protection from currents and storms
The Scientific American describes a submerged buoy system to lift and hold ocean cable sections, reducing drag and easing recovery. A buoy attached to an anchor chain acts as a floating set anchor, while a submerged buoy keeps the cable off the seabed, allowing grappling and safer recovery during gales.
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Charles Hute
Nova
Scotia
Tom
Economy of the Chinese in Frugal Living and Food Habits
The piece extols Chinese thrift from daily life to dining. It notes reuse of scraps, sharpening waste into lanterns or windows, a cook saving two cents, and chopsticks guiding meals with grains saved. It portrays children taught frugality and scraps preserved for future meals.
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Burdeck
Fachour
New Boiler Firing Method for Coal Dust
Coal dust or flour dust mixed with air forms an explosive agent and has caused many mine and flour mill disasters. A new boiler firing process feeds finely ground fuel into the furnace where a constant flame precludes smoke and improves fuel economy by rapidly burning the dust upon entry. It could enable use of vast coal slack deposits in mining districts.
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Maine
Inventor of cigar top airship claims navigable craft
Hirshign Arcidus Farmer of Evansville Indiana seeks recognition as the inventor of an airship that would actually navigate the air. The design features a cigar shaped top, a silty balloon filled with gas for buoyancy, and machinery weighing under 700 pounds. Propulsion relies on two small gasoline engines of ten horsepower each built on a new principle, expected to run at 750 revolutions per minute.
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Arcidus
Eivansville
Ind
Untitled depiction of animal handling and fishing methods
A damaged text fragment describes shipboard live stock handling in the Orkney Islands, animal protest to cattle transport, and a South American fishing method using a narcotic tree resin to stun fish for easy capture. The excerpt reflects antiquated views on animals and life at sea.
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Bosra
Orkney Islands
Science and Its Penalty in a Curious Page
A fragmented humorous column mixes medical misreadings with social quips and a stray sports note. It mentions conjunctivitis, presbyopia and astigmatism, asks about cures, notes Major Stiff's changed appearance, and recalls a foreigner’s take on Americans. The piece also references a Great Western contract for 760 box cars and a crowded dining room anecdote about a waiter and a guest named Fritz Williams.
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Lmage
Genesix
Sinai
Pisgah
Promised Land
Calvary
Bethlehem
Wbrycla
Ghent
Bedven
Celestial Realm
Ofia “Rich
Jdua
Brock Ja
Hirshign
Shalom Ges
Hood
Askins
Major Stiff
Grimshaw
Aquervicans
Xas
Ryde
Parke
Great Western
Williams
Ana
Fritz
Western
Canada
Department Interior
Ottawa
Bartholomew
Des Aloines
Iowa
Gegtenond Jensen
la Lastre
Pearl St
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