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Van Wert Times

Location

Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1887

Page

3

For Your Sakes He Became Poor Sermon Thesis

Rev T DeWitt Talmage extols the poverty of Christ as a model of grace and sacrifice. He contrasts royal riches with Jesus homeless life, urging believers to value grace, charity, and missionary work, including aiding Chinese blind readers and supporting the needy.

Paul Pompuy Brindisi de. Twlmage Brooklyn Fabernacle Christ Lid Nicodemus Joseph Arimathea Angel Jesus Asia Minor Germany Royal Gallery Galilee Peror William Olivet Cleopatra Antony Evangelist Hin Lord Jesus Christ Artixerxes Thebazus Elizabeth Russia Ptolemy Agassiz Alpe Black Sea Danube Mediterranean Rhone Greece Plon Persunder Chile Thayles Pal Jesus Christ Fidton Scottish Bible Society Brooks China Wat the Heavenly Alma Ciimott Imment Lola Fe Alhambra Meeregate Jess Christ John Newton Philip Doddridge John Bunyan Sammy Booren Sole Scotland Heaven

Convict Hounds Track Prisoners at Pratt Mines in Alabama

An Alabama Pratt mines practice uses large friendly yellow trailers to pursue escaping convicts. The dogs follow scent from the feet, handle tricky trails, and are trained to bite when needed. A padded suit race simulates a chase with the dogs closing in.

Alabama Pratt Mines Mr. Simmons Birmingham Georgia Pramines

Damages for Delay in Travel and the Time-Table Promise

The article explains when a passenger may claim damages from a carrier for delays or detentions. It cites cases on nominal versus actual damages, value of lost time, and limits on punitive awards. It notes that recoverable damages depend on direct or indirect costs, reasonable certainty of lost profits, and that willful or malicious delay may raise the amount beyond nominal.

N. Y California N.Y W. Tf. Bly A. B. UC Pathfinder Guide

Sunken Vessels and Lifting Plan Detailed for Recovery

The article describes weights and plans to raise sunken ships. It notes cargo of 1400 tons, total wreck weight 1800 tons, four lifting hulks with 600 tons capacity each, two iron and two wooden hulks, complex steel wire ropes, and diver-assisted rigging. Haiten.

Local Miscellany and General Boulanger Sketch

A collage of curiosities from a small town including a hot well misattributed to steam from a saw mill, fashion notes on closures, and a long biographical sketch of General Boulanger. The piece covers origins in Rennes and early life in Britain, leading to Saint Cyr and noted stubborn resilience.

Clanton Ala Farmer Brown General Boulanger Rennes England Nantes la Bretagne Georges-Ernest- Jean-Marie Boulanger Military College of St. Cyr Georges Bowlanger Lui

Self Education as Moral for Youth to Read and Learn

The piece argues that true self education comes from internal effort, not college aid. It contrasts methods of scholars like Neander, Johnson, Webster, Blackstone, Coke, and Scott, urging readers to seek underlying principles and answer Why after What to form lasting knowledge. It highlights John Scott’s self made rise to Lord Chancellor Eldon as a model.

Clapp Horace Greeley Gibbon Neander Dr. Johnson Daniel Webster Blackstone England John Scott Coke Littleton Scott Albert Oxford Eldon

Value of White Topaz and Odd Local Bits

The article notes white topaz near Pike's Peak nearly matches diamond value and gives rough prices per carat. It includes a 828 carat topaz anecdote and a stray tale of a snake in a mold shop ending as a metal cast. Also a quip about baseball grounds and a sly police exchange.

Pike's Peak Platte River New York G. F P. Hobert St Louis Globe-Democrat Sergeant Greensboro New Haver

The Keeper of Other Vineyards Needs First of All Experience

A Chicago Advance meditation warns pastors teachers and missionaries that spiritual self care must precede service to others. It stresses inner development through prayer, study, and rest to avoid neglecting personal faith while serving in Christian work. The piece urges leaders to grow in grace before urgent duties.

Christina God Jesus Christ Christ Chicago

Gems of Thought from Various Papers

A collage of aphorisms and reflections on faith work ethics and virtue from diverse 19th century periodicals. Includes lines about prayer as ladder rungs to heaven, Paul’s influence, worldly greed versus selfless gain, carrying pearls to God, and beauty in modesty and virtue amid adversity.

Whitehale Paul Paul Faber Pomeroy Democrat Beecher

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