Thursday, September 18, 2008

Beards, Snuff and the English Bar.

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1895 Forty years ago an Old Bailey practitioner who wore a beard was summoned to attend a meeting of the bar and charged with "violatin...
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Sir Henry Layard.

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1895 The late Sir Henry Layard was a man to whose abilities, achievements and personal qualities but scant justice was done in the obituary ...

Where Love Is Secondary.

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1895 A conspicuous difference between the English and Chinese dramas is explained by the fact that, whereas in the former love holds a leadi...

The Deep Breath Habit.

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1895 Cultivate the habit of breathing through the nose and taking deep breaths. If this habit was universal, there is little doubt that pulm...

Ownership of Farms.

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1895 The statistics show that Ohio has the largest number of farms of any state in the Union, 256,264; Illinois comes second, 252,953; then ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

TROLLOPE'S RAPID WRITING.

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1895 His Work Produced With Astonishing Speed Regardless of His Surroundings. I remember a characteristic discussion about their mode of wri...

HORSE TORTURE.

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1895 Slitting the Nostrils Still Practiced In Some Parts of the World. Slitting a horse's nostrils is still practiced in some parts of t...

A Wonder of Relationship.

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1895 In an old scrapbook which contains a number of clippings without date I find the following: "William Harman, who committed suicide...

The Still, Small Voice.

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1895 The mother and grandmother of small Susan were "talking her over," and in small Susan's presence. "Have you taught h...

Ismail and Ferry.

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1895 On one occasion, the late Ismail Pasha was advised by Jules Ferry, the prime minister, to visit London in order to enlist the support o...
Sunday, September 14, 2008

Reward for Stolen Clothing.

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New York, 1895 John Quincy Adams, of Riverhead, whose daughters, Nettie and Sadie, aged 19 and 16, respectively, had their clothes stolen wh...

Upset the Dinner Table.

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New York, 1895 James Hall, of Flushing, invited Michael Edwards, a neighbor, to his house Sunday morning to play cards. Several pints of ale...

MAY BE A MURDER.

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New York, 1895 Poles and Germans Fight and Two Get Stabbed. A stabbing affray occurred at Flushing at an early hour Monday morning in which ...

THE BODGES IN COURT.

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New York, 1895 No Refusal on the Part of the Husband to Support His Wife. Yesterday Judge Hendrickson, of Jamaica, heard testimony in the ca...