The Cheap Sparrow Sermon by Rev Talmage at Hamp tons
Rev T DeWitt Talmage delivers the third in his Voices of Gardens and Fields series at The Hamptons on The Cheap Sparrow. He argues God notices every creature and each small life detail, guiding occupations homes and friendships, and even counting hairs on our heads, urging contentment with divine allotments and trust in little things. The sermon blends biblical symbols with personal anecdotes, urging readers to see God in ordinary events and comply with His plan.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Hamptons
Jesus
America
God
Crystal Palace
Cromwell
Alexander
Washington
Archangel
Pompey
Cesar
Hugh Miller
David
Saul
Alhambra
Kremlin
Christ
Heaven
Joseph
India
United States
St. Helena
Earth
White Mountains
Mount
Crazy Billiardists at Bloomingdale Asylum
ANY Special reports a billiard match between Joseph Dion and Bartley Campbell at Bloomingdale Asylum. Both patients are near death from progressive cerebral softening. Dion displays brilliant bursts when recalling positions, but loses continuity if delayed. Campbell, once skilled, plays awkwardly. Dion presumes Campbell to be a famed billiardist. he even imagines the asylum, a royal palace in Spain. Both are not expected to live beyond a year.
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Billierdist
Joseph Dion
Bloomingale Asylum
Thim
Bartley Campbell
Campbell
Dion
Kiegley
Vignanx
Daly
Spain
Lightning Strokes and the Air: Dust and Sparks Rise
A Chicago Times essay argues lightning damage has grown over fifty years not from more storms but from far dirtier air. Factories railways steamboats and urban dust greatly increase thunderstorm intensity making lightning more dangerous.
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von Petzold
Karsten
Weber
Kingdom of
Bavaria
Manchester
England
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Lavine
Andries
Pyramid of
Cheops
Desert Bay
Chicago Times
Courageous child foils tramp at doorstep in Boulb Bar
A young girl left briefly at a household in the Boulb Bar confronted a dirty tramp demanding food or money. She ordered him to remove his foot, upstairs to fetch her mother, then bolted the door with a heavy oak beam and waited safely for her return.
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Boulb
Bors
Labouchere’s Humorous Disposition Tale
A story from Labouchere at the Washington legation recounts his joking nature. A visitor asked to see the British Minister, was told he was out, and offered a seat. After an hour the guest grew restless, asking how much longer, only to learn the minister had gone to Canada and would return in about six weeks.
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Labouchere
Washington
Legation
Canada
N. Y
Frightening the Saracens in a Crusade Tale
A baron boasts an ancestor won a Crusades battle by artillery skill. His friend points out gunpowder was unknown then. The reply claims the cannons frightened Saracens into panic as they misread the situation, believing powder appeared.
Clairvoyants in Italian Election Folly and Bribery
In Italy clairvoyants dominate rural voting, selling fortunes to voters for favors. Electors believe luck comes from the seer, with some promising ministers or monarchic power in exchange for votes. Reggio Emilia and Montemarlo anecdotes illustrate varied outcomes and a clerical abstention under Leo XIII policy.
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Faro Bonaparte
Italy
Delphi
Reggio Emilia
Humbert
Montemarlo
Iseo XII
Chaippano
College of Cardinals
Leo XIII
Cor. N. Y. Mail and Express
Royal Artist Princess Royal in German Art Influence
The Crown Princess of Germany is praised as a serious artist who paints landscape portrait and still life. The Berlin Academy member demonstrates sincerity and direct nature painting en plein air, with influence from Von Angeli and Wilberg. The Magazine of Art notes her portraits express character and hopes to see her works exhibited in London.
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Germany
Berlin Academy
von Angeli
Wilberg
House of Brandenburg
Pegli
London
Magazine of Art
Railway Bathrooms A luxury on wheels praised by travelers
A Chicago Herald note praises a British American sleeping car with a bathroom. The tester highlights a spacious tub with hot and cold water and daily baths at fifty cents, arguing such amenities would boost Pullman profits and transform railway comfort.
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United States
Chicago
British America
Pullman
Chicago Herald
Japanese Prisons Compared With Our System
A summary of Japan's annual prison report notes six large penitentiaries in Tokio Miagi Muke Kobatoyezo Sorachi ezo and Kushira ezo with 66 059 prisoners including 3 000 women. Labor supports reclamation and mines while cells hold 25 to 40 prisoners. Japan allows some earnings share and emphasizes health. however punishment remains central. Across ages 20 to 35 about 705 of prisoners per thousand fall in this range with robbery dominating and murder about 63 per thousand. Prison self-sufficiency and economy surpass many U S county jails, though moral instruction is lacking.
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The
Prison Association of
New York
Taneaki Hara
Tokio
Miagi
Muke
Kobatoyezo
Sorachiyezo
Kushiraezo
Japan
United States
Europe
N. Y
Inventor Seeks Investment In Eight Hundred Men Killed Cannon
A Michigan town seen a pitch by a man who built a coffee-mill cannon able to kill eight hundred men a minute. An investor asked if it was sure fire, then quipped he’d rather get a contract for grave stones than fund the deadly gun.
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Michigan
Wall Street News
Hancock County records set in 1883 challenge
The Lancech Independent notes no saloon sale for intoxicants in Hancock County for 48 years, 1885 grand jury issued no indictments, and county jail housed no prisoners that year. It challenges any county in the state to beat its 1883 record.
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Hancock County
Lancech
West Va
Telegraph growth in Britain and America
Demorest's Monthly notes rapid rise in telegraph use after government takeover of Britain’s system. From 9 million messages in 1870 to 26 million in 1880 and 34 million in 1885, with press messages rising sharply. Authors compare U S growth, population trends, and the impact of cheaper government rates versus private lines, also noting telephone’s unexpected boost to telegraphy.
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Great Britain
Europe
Demorest
Living Within One's Income in Times-Democrat Era
The Times-Democrat notes a nationwide shift toward thrift. Observers see banks withholding profits to build reserves, reflecting broader behavioral change as citizens strive to live within their means and reduce careless spending amid poverty experience.
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Or. O. Times-Democrat
Prayer Hymn for Nation and Heritage by Hev. Robert Kerr
A religious doxology laments a nation’s covenant with liberty and describes the Pilgrims, the land’s bloodied past, and a hopeful future under God. The piece prays for grace, strength, and Christian resolve to sustain the country and its heritage through time.
The Resurrection of Lazarus and Jesus Teachings Calendar
A dated sequence of gospel topics and scripture readings from July to September including Lazarus rising Aug 1 Jesus honored Aug 2 warning to Judas and Peter and September topics on the True Vine Mission and intercession with notes on a school lesson and services.
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Jesus
Judas
Peter
John
Out of Shadow into Sunlight Amid Life's Dark Trials
A devotional meditation on suffering and poverty, mourning, and calamity. It contrasts Job’s trials with modern bereavement and public disasters, urging faith as a refuge while noting how loss reshapes life, casts shadows, and sometimes yields spiritual light.
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Job
Egypt
Judah
Holy Living and Active Work: A Historic Debate
A fragment reflecting on holy living as compatible with active daily labor and social engagement. It contrasts old beliefs that sanctity required withdrawal from society with a modern view that balance between piety and everyday work and pleasures is possible. The passage hints at a discussion of moral living and public life.
Holiness in Everyday Life Versus Ideal Monastic Models
The piece argues against a narrow monk like ideal of holiness. It praises Paul as a practical holy man who excelled in real work. True holiness appears in ordinary people across stores, shops, streets, counting rooms, farms, and trading posts, through vigorous everyday conduct. United Presbyterian.
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Paul
United Presbyterian
Brittle Memberships Warned In Morning Star Appeal
The Morning Star letter likens frail church members to glass or explosives and urges humility for healing brittleness. It cautions against noncooperation, urges Christians to embrace forbearance and love, and to seek the Great Physician for relief from fragile conduct.
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Morning Star
Speak and Do Now Before Friends Are Dead
A Congregational Magazine urging timely expressions of love and sympathy. Do not wait until friends are gone to share praise, flowers, and kindness. Offer the words and gestures now to brighten their lives and ease their burdens. Post mortem kindnesses cannot comfort the living.
Choice Selections and Aphorisms Across Authors
A collection of maxims and quotes from Swift Byron Lamb Senelon Baptist Weekly and G MacDonald notes on patience work and virtue. Includes thoughts on money happiness appearance study and progress with references to God and moral improvement. United Presbyterian source.
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Byron
Lamb
W. Joy
Baptist Weekly
Sin
United Preas Ylerian
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