Methods of Barney Barnato In His Mining Ventures
Moody's Magazine recounts Barney Barnato’s approach to mining business through a famous tale. Engineer A A Blow presented a comprehensive report, yet Barnato dismissed the science and demanded only whether the venture was good business. Blow confirmed it was not, leaving Barnato unconvinced by technical detail.
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Barnato
A. A. Blow
Blow
Fife
Moody's Magazine
Supreme Court Work How Justices Prepare Decisions and Dissenting Opinions
The article outlines how Supreme Court justices receive case lists from the chief justice, prepare written opinions, and manage dissents. It describes conferences, lock books, dictation, multiple revisions, printing, and the process of delivering finalized opinions to reporters, with dissents sometimes by a single justice.
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United States Supreme Court
The Secluded Duchess at Sceaux
The Duchesse du Maine who ruled from Sceaux in the regent era is described as imperious. In a tale from A Princess of Strategy she asks why she must endure slow cures. The doctor retorts that she currently hosts forty to fifty people at the chateau, which he calls seclusion for a princess.
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Duchesse du Maine
Sceaux
Not a Chance Buttoning Tale From Chicago Tribune
A man recounts five years of buttoning his wife s dress and an ordered shirt with sixty five back buttons. He tries to button it but slips on a banana skin. She tells him to button the top one and let the rest slide to avoid showing when his coat is on.
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Chicago Tribune
Mehemet Ali’s Parliaments and English Influence
Mehemet Ali, visiting Egypt, expressed a wish to introduce parliamentary institutions. He declared, I will have a parliament and as many as the king of England. He showed two lists of names and said he had decided to elect them himself to avoid inconvenience.
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Mehemet
Disraeli
Egypt
Mr. Monypenny
Mehemet Ali
England
Clock fixer visit quoted by Lazenbee couple
In a humorous exchange Mrs Lazenbee instructs to bring the clock upstairs. Mr Lazenbee feigns absent memory, saying it was upstairs but admits he thought it had run down, captured from Catholic Standard and Times.
Presence of Mind and a Hat Inquiries
A playful exchange of remarks about appearance and style quotes a Chicago Tribune line on perception. The fragmentary dialogue features Sarah Blum-How and Sarah Bellum discussing how they look in a hat with a lighthearted tone.
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Sarah Blum
Sarah Bellum
Chicago Tribune
Roots of Passion Uprooted by Early Self Control
In a didactic tale cited by St. Louis Globe Democrat a boy pulls shrubs as the old man tests willpower. The fourth shrub proves immovable, illustrating that early passions, if allowed to root, resist uprooting. Vigilance and small acts of virtue are urged to curb strong impulses before they deeply take hold.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
Helps Trade Do You Believe in Love at First Sight
Detroit Free Press quotes a joke about a divorce court lawyer who says love at first sight boosts his business. The quip hinges on a lawyer’s profession and a playful exchange about belief and commerce.
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Detroit Free Press
Something In the Eye Eye Cinders Cleared by Simple Methods
An older health note explains quick ways to remove small particles from the eye. It recommends catching lids to sweep debris, using a loop of hair if needed, or better, flushing with an eye dropper. Carry an eye dropper in travel kits for emergency use.
Interrogatories Prompt Senator’s Unpleasant Answers
A Washington correspondent notes a heated scene as an aging Goben Golde quarrels with his young wife over money. He accuses her of marrying for wealth. she retorts that stinginess fuels every quarrel, highlighting the couple’s volatile dynamic.
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Gebwm Golde
Goben Golde
Gobsa Golde
Washington
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