Contentment in Hard Times From Rev Dr Talmage Sermon
In a sermon on Hebrews xiii 5, Rev Dr Talmage argues that true happiness comes from contentment with one’s lot rather than travel or wealth. He compares worldly status to fleeting honors, urges gratitude for health, and cites Providence and Christian faith as the path to peace, ending with the promise of eternal life.
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Dr De Bausse air ship patent rejected waits future tests
The article notes Dr De Bausse has been refused a patent for a partial vacuum air ship idea. Examiners judge the plan as too large to be practical though potential advantages over inflation buoyancy are not ruled out. Edison’s recent suggestions plus railcar integration are discussed as possible avenues.
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Inscribed Block Found At Athens Anticipates Erectheion Plans
Excavations at the Acropolis yield a stone block embedded in a wall bearing an inscription of interest. It records expenditures for the Erectheion and reveals initial plans and divisions of the temple, noting eastern and western gables and clarifying relations to a more ancient Greek temple whose remains were found two years earlier and destroyed by Xerxes’ Persians.
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Robbery at Liverpool Detective Chief William’s Home
The Liverpool detective police superintendent William had his house robbed. Thieves entered through the front kitchen window while the rear was guarded by a bloodhound and stole jewelry plate and wearing apparel from the drawing room and sitting room without waking him.
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May and June Garden Varieties in Shakespearean Era
The text lists Elizabethan garden flora cited by Bacon for May and June. It includes pinks of many kinds, blush pink roses, musk excluded, honey suckles, strawberries, bagloss, columbine, the French marigold, flos Africanus, cherry tree in fruit, riches, figs in fruit, raspberries, vine flowers, lavender in bloom, sweet satyrian with white flower, herbs, muscaria, lilium corallium, and apple tree in blossom.
Quicksilver Mines Tour Through English Spanish Camps
A San Jose Herald narrative tours the Quicksilver mines near a hill, visiting English and Spanish mining camps, the American shaft, and a 500 foot tunnel. It describes deep 400 foot water, gas hazards, extensive underground networks, and the costly but modest return of quicksilver. It also notes a local artist photographer turning street life into art and selling images to studios.
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Clever Western Woman Schemes Self Support in Cleveland
A Cleveland chronicle describes a Western woman's clever plan to earn money. An enterprising young woman, an amateur photographer, uses a detective camera to capture scenes around the city including colorful street life and an elderly apple seller, turning snapshots into income.
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Miss Rives Astonishes Two Washington Youths
A witty Philadelphia News item recounts two young Washington gilded youths visiting novelist Miss Rives in Albemarle County. They arrive to be greeted by a striking guest in a long white gown with a lamp, sparking embarrassment and awkward conversation at supper.
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Small Boy Defends Penny Taken From Bank at Church
A four year old boy in church confronted a donor who dropped a coin in the collection box. The child loudly declared that the penny was his, saying the father had taken it from the boy’s bank. The moment drew a smile as deacons collected the offering.
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I Am Looking for the Rear of This Army
An anecdote from Century on fear guiding soldiers to panic and seek safety, showing a soldier who rushes to the rear and discovers only more danger as shot and shell rip up rolling ground. An officer asks what he is doing, and the man replies he is seeking the rear of the army which seems to have none.
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