Waterloo Battle Wealth Picture in Rothschild Fortune
Nathan Rothschild rode to Belgium as news of Waterloo spread and used the delay in telegraphs to his advantage. He deployed brokers to buy securities at low prices before the victory was publicly announced, realizing about 6 million dollars as prices surged after the news. Rothschild, one of Mayer Anselm Rothschild’s five sons, built a vast family fortune from this moment.
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England
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Frankfurt
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J. S. Tyson
Scottish tourist and gullible gooseberries tale in Paris
A Scotsman wandering Paris misreads street cues and bargains for gooseberries shouting in a strange dialect. A fellow Scot guides him home as he realizes he is lost in a foreign city and language. The piece shifts to a note on Mediterranean tides and Mohave beliefs about death and owls.
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Glasca
Poetical and Pedantic Young Lady in the Wood
A walking scene features a young lady addressing a learned professor about an oak tree. She imagines trees can hear compliments and playfully pretends to interpret the oak’s likely reaction. The exchange echoes humorous university dialogue and playful wit.
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Bookworm
The Japanese Woman and Home Life Roles
The piece argues Japanese women are not mere servants but central figures in the home. It portrays the okuSuma as a respected, autocratic tutor who controls domestic affairs, educates children, and shapes a pure, pleasant home. It contrasts Japanese interiors with Western tastes and cites home life as a woman’s world.
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Chicago
Ondo Watanna
Absentminded Minister Predicts Cabbage Chaos
A village minister famed for forgetfulness pauses his sermon and mutters about Mrs. Rogers pulling a cabbage. From the pulpit he believes the cabbage will come up, and it does, sending him into a comic misread of prophecy and a humorous end as he falls over.
The Forgotten Overcoat and the Generous Lamartine
A penniless writer visits Lamartine who lends him money and coats him with his own overcoat when he notices the visitor is poorly dressed. The tale shows Lamartine’s generosity and the visitor’s later rise in French public life. In a later theater anecdote a tramp’s attempt for free admission is refused, then earns work and becomes a regular stunt performer.
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Airy Flight and Hedgehog Eye Reflections in London Banquet
General Thorace Porter amused London crowd with a whimsical ocean lane remark about flower picking and birdsong during a public banquet. The exchange drew commentary from a solemn Londoner calling Americans liars. The column then jokes about Shakespeare and hedgehog eyes as mind’s index. A light comic bit follows about a Newwed couple and a failed dress purchase.
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