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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1886
Page
7
A devotional verse fragment asks for daily forgiveness while admitting lapse and wavering resolve. The speaker pleads to the Lord to forgive debts as they forgive others, echoing contrition and renewed faith in nightly prayers. Mrs. F. £. Kline signs as Christian at Work.
The essay urges readers to stop debating life’s value and answer by improving personal conduct. It contrasts worthless living caused by deceit, cowardice, and sloth with a life of duty, sacrifice, and faith in divine governance. It cites Paul’s persevering example and calls for moral and spiritual growth through service.
The passage argues for focusing on living worthily and divinely rather than debating life’s worth. It links earthly education to living well and urges transforming our lives toward increasing worth year after year under guidance toward a harvest of fulfillment. It emphasizes aligning sight with Christ and spiritual progress.
A cryptic youth narrates fear of an ugly Man in the Moon tied to a tale of mischief and remorse. The child confesses petty faults, dreamlike misdeeds, and a wish for a brighter, comical moon figure to ease guilt.
A cormorant narrator named Tora explains life in a nest by the Danube, detailing fishing through human-assisted methods on Chinese rafts, training, rings on necks to control prey, and rivalry among birds. The piece notes cormorants’ ocean habitats, distant rookeries, and clashes with humans and other birds across rivers and inland towns.
An English missionary woman recalls a scene with young Chinese students learning English. The youngest keeps his seat with tenacity as a higher bid is refused. When urged, he says he cannot go for Ah Fon's heart, a display of self denial. The onlookers remark the boy is as kind as Jesus.
The text warns against chasing unnatural spiritual sensations and a rush to imitate extraordinary experiences. It argues true Christian experience is simple, natural, and rooted in sincere devotion to God and Christ, guiding right living from obligation and love rather than sensational displays.
A compendium of quoted maxims on virtue, happiness, duty, and courage attributed to Emerson, de Slael, Gilpin, and others. It includes notes on living wisely, enduring life, and the value of patient training, with a final line about making children happy despite worldly woes.
A ragged but polite beggar lifts his greasy cap to a man on Broadway and asks for a five cent gratuity to dine. The gentleman, late for his own dinner, offers to raise it to ten cents and suggests they dine together.
An experienced traveler observes that the upper berth stays cooler in summer due to more air movement and warmer in winter as warm air rises. He suggests preferring the lower berth to avoid drafts, noting the top seems cooler and the bottom more comfortable.
The text describes extensive birds nesting with at least seven thousand pairs in the district and fifty nests in a single tree. It notes the air filled by constant flight near the sea, the natives’ burden to rid themselves of pests, and their claims of becoming strong swimmers and gifted divers through future opportunities.
A whimsical piece describes a fire fish with a sharp spine. It notes the fish lives in warm tropical seas off lands such as Itin Africa and Arsteria, though the tale exaggerates the creature’s daring. Ceylon natives fear its spines yet deem it not wicked, while a narrator imagines mermaid reactions.
A Japanese professor from the University of Tokyo discusses two decades of change in Japan. He notes Western influence, the rise of Christianity among the educated, and proposals for reforms including Roman alphabet adoption to speed modernization. The article cites government plans, school curricula, laboratories, and a trend toward integrating Western science while preserving native traditions. It also mentions a California Indian custom of annual grave burning.
Medical columnist describes wart removal methods using arsenic solutions and caustics like glacial acetic acid, lunar caustic, and chromic acid. Advises careful application to avoid surrounding skin damage, recommends moistening with dilute nitre solution, and notes healing timelines of four to eight days with possible variations.
A Wilmington North Carolina report describes a cemetery for colored people with fantastical grave decorations. One grave shows a large doll’s head, broken dishes, and a lit lamp among bones and shells. other graves feature knives, forks, cups, bowls, tinfoil, and lanterns. The piece contrasts eerie tokens with a separate note about a billiards accident and a snake origin tale from Florida.
A translated Public Opinion piece exposes professional beggars in Paris who crowd the boulevards near the exchange and opera. It notes a vested right to stands, paid rents, and a lucrative system run by a union of mendicants, with women pawing at strangers and children used as props.
A fragment from a Washington tale describes Gilbert Stuart painting the president’s portrait and testing his self-control. An incident with a door, broom, and sudden anger exposed Washington’s fiery temper, which he famously restrained, leaving the artist to capture the moment with a strategic ruse and a guarded smile.
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