The Soft Tongue That Breaketh the Bone
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage extols kindness as defense and usefulness in life, arguing a soft tongue defeats hostility better than retaliation. He cites personal quarrels and a Be kind approach to skeptics, drunks, and critics, urging practical mercy and calm perseverance to win souls and mend communities.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Cincinnati
Solomon
Christ
New School Presbyterian Church
Old Presbyterian Church
Chagleston
Hedimas
Sterne
Dean Swift
United States
Jesus Christ
Kingdom of God
Antwerp
Belgium
Rubens
Expressive Sayings From A Veteran Preacher’s Notes
A Lounger in Critic notes Rev Dr Cyrus A Bartel collecting memorable expressions. It quotes Washington on gods hand, Adams about the last of earth, Websters I still live, Grant let us have peace, and Lincoln with malice toward none. It links civic and religious themes with humor and sharp wits across regions.
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Cyrus A. Bartel
Washington
Mr. Curtis
John Quincy Adams
House of Representatives
Webster
Grant
President Anderson
Dr. Wayland
California
New England
Copperhead
Lincoln
Do Women Ruin Men A Preposterous Charge
A feminine writer argues the idea that women ruin fathers and husbands financially or through extravagance is preposterous. She notes men often ruin themselves and misplace blame on women, portraying such charges as romantic and self-serving while insisting women act from understanding money use rather than malice.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Jesus and the Publican sermon on Zaccheus in Jericho
In Jericho Jesus seeks and saves a chief tax collector, Zaccheus, who climbs a sycamore tree to glimpse him. The lesson emphasizes repentance, restitution, and divine initiative as Jesus declares salvation comes to Zaccheus’ house. The discourse links curiosity, sin, and faith to a transformative encounter with Christ.
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Jesus
Plack
Jericho
Jerusalem
Salome
James
John
New Kingdom
Bartimeus
Jordan Valley
Zaccheus
Christ
Zacchens
Rev
A. F. Schauffler
The Napoleonic Methods of Hetty Green
A Morning Journal portrait of Hetty Green the wealthiest married woman in America. Her father left 3 million and she has grown it to 15 million with real estate and railroad holdings. She manages her finances without advice from others and runs a vast empire from Chicago and other properties.
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New York
Hetty Green
Green
Mrs. Green
America
Mr. Green
N. Y
French substitute for ivory made from animal bones and skins
Manufacturers seek artificial ivory as ivory supply tightens. In France a substitute from sheep bones deer waste and kid skins is produced by macerating bleaching with lime, steaming with skin to create a liquid mass, adding alum, filtering drying and hardening to form white tough plates, easier to work than natural ivory.
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France
N. Y. Ledger
Scarlet boxes glow in Mrs Childs Long Branch cottage
Bright scarlet boxes fill every window of Mrs. George W. Childs cottage in Long Branch, thick with paths ferns hanging vines and flowering plants forming a striking green red display. Rich widow Mrs Garner has $5,000 annual income and her daughter Mrs Stanley Brown buys a Washington suburb lot likely to host Mrs Garfield. Miss Blount receives a rare Japanese cabinet with mummy cloth scarab Nelson pocket pass and antique coins. Mrs Porter wears a historic opal once crown jewel of Poland given by a Polish exile patient. Mrs Enizaurra Struart Purenos Wakp relinquishes her Gloucester Eastern Point lot where Gates Ajar author planned a permanent home delayed by Eastern point buoy isolation.
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George W. Childs
Long Branch
Ganrievp
Stanley Brown
Washington
Garfield
Miss Blount
Henry P. Blount
Savant
Admiral Nelson
Porter
William Porter
St. Louis
United States
Poland
Enizaurra Struart Purenos
Blaine Advocates Trade Expansion and Reciprocity Policy
Waterville Me Aug 30 Governor Burleigh spoke as President Small introduced James G Blaine a Republican leader and tariff advocate. Blaine urged expanding foreign trade with a focus on reciprocity not annexation, arguing protection built U S wealth while noting trade imbalances with Latin America and the need to rethink duties and free lists to gain favorable exchanges.
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Waterville
Burleigh
A. W. Small
Colby University
Republican Party
James G. Blaine
Blaine
United States
Pitt
New Jersey
Union
Issy
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Canada
Hawaii
Cuba
Republic of Brazil
Brazil
Mexico
Wall Street
Venomous Spiders and Their Poison Apparatus
An article explains how spider venom operates in insects, noting the poison is secreted from the mandible glands and delivered through the falces. It describes the web building process, spider behavior after disruption, and how older spiders usurp webs from younger ones, often leading to starvation.
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A. J. Field
Mice in Hair Berlin Belle Swept by Night Cap Tale
Fraulein Elizabeth Meyer, famed Berlin beauty, awakens to seven mice in her hair after a nocturnal rodent intruder sought shelter among her tresses. The scene spurred panic among women, prompting fashion shifts to oil silk night caps and a flurry of humorous newspaper commentary.
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Fraulein Elizabeth Meyer
Berlin
Fraulein Elizabeth
Ieve
Mrs. Mouse
Pater
Germany
Chicago News
Bell's Invention The Telephone Grows From A Mother's Need
In Dundee Scotland A T Bennett spoke at the inauguration of local telephone lines sharing Bell's boyhood wish to aid his deaf mother. A Bell cousin added details noting Bell later improved sound transmission to help his partially deaf wife. Bell faced limited success in Edinburgh and found more support in London. Bennett suggested prophetic telephonic visions in scripture.
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A. Ti. Bennett
Dundee
Scotland
Graham Bell
Bell
Boston
Edinburgh
London
Bennett
Chicago Post
Partings by the River Bridge by Chas. S. Newhall
A contemplative verse scene contrasts a rough riverside path with gilded city spires and bells. Two children walk with quiet talk as the narrator recalls partings, smiling at their farewell and reflecting on earthly journeys toward an eternal day.
Welcome to the Church of Jerusalem A Call for Warm Hospitality
A visitor is gently welcomed in a church setting where members repeatedly greet, share hymnals, Bible, and affirm belonging. The piece contrasts sincere Samaritans style hospitality with awkward, rare attendance that leaves guests feeling uncomfortable. It urges regular participation, open fellowship, and acts of welcome both midweek and on Sundays, echoing Peter's call to be compassionate and courteous to strangers.
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God's House
Sunday School Times
Robert J. Burdette
New Chicorkadelphia
Sexton
Church of the Samaritans
Church of Jerusalem
Samaritans
Jericho
Palace
Peter
Jesus Christ
Pontus
Galatia
Cappadocia
Asia
Bithynia
Philosophy of Fire and the Test of Character
The article argues that fiery trials form a sound philosophy behind moral and spiritual testing. It compares trials to blacksmithing and bell making, noting that strength and usefulness come only through tempering fire and hammer. It cites Mrs. Jameson and urges Christians to endure discipline to grow mental fiber and spiritual capacity.
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Paul
Looking at the unseen purifies the heart in Christian life
A reflection from the Christian Advocate on how contemplating the unseen realm elevates the heart toward God. It describes how such thoughts inspire reverence for divine majesty, holiness, and grace, while revealing sin and worldly vanity as hideous. The text asserts this view transforms a believer toward greater likeness to Christ.
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N. W. Christian Advocate
Wise Sayings From Faith and Life Echoes
A collection of short moral maxims and religious reflections from various authors. It includes thoughts on honesty, humility, prayer, duty, science, and the personal relation to God, urging a conscious sense of providence and divine care. Notable names appear as sources for the timeless maxims.
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Nicholas
N. Y
H. More
E. Thompson
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Lavater
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