The Masked Adventure at Mouquin's Cellar
A narrator in New York recalls a chance dine at Mouquin's where he meets a mysterious beauty. He improvises a fortune telling act with a dealer of cards linked to a secret society joke. The encounter sparks flirtation with an alluring stranger amid a Bohemian crowd. To be continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle of
Advanture
Monquin
Eay
New Jersey
New York
Billard
Miss High-Culture
Duke of Impecune
Blankshire
Hunt Club
Jove
Blankshire Hunt Club
Pfresti Digitator
Meanings of Word Caliber In guns and arms usage explained
The article explains caliber as the bore diameter of a gun, notes the use of caliber as length in inches or fractions for artillery, and gives examples such as a 60 caliber gun being about 25 feet long. It also mentions a pistol described by hundredths of an inch and includes a satirical aside about unrelated quotes.
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Artillerista
Hayy
Amal Arms
Scientific American
Deprivation of Light and Deafness Rates in 1900 Census
A special census report notes foreign born whites show higher blindness ages and that cataracts, accidents, and nervous illnesses are key causes. It records 15,3456 totally blind and 29,118 partially blind in 1900, with regional and age variations, school attendance, and employment data. It also details deafness, with 37,426 totally deaf and 51,861 who can hear loudly, noting age of onset, gender distribution, and diseases like scarlet fever and measles as main causes.
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N. D. North
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce and Labor
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
The Wonderful Chinese and the Niagara Mare
The passage tells of Big Osh, emperor of China and Bing dynasty founder, who admired civilization. In a moment of thought he commanded his equerry to utter Harnesa Niagara and it was done. The twist reveals Niagara was the emperor's old gray mare named Puck, a playful irony on progress and names.
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Monsieur Moliquin
Sherlock Holmes
Monsieur Mouguin
Big Osh
China
Bing Dynasty
Nifigara
Puck
Unfortunate Millionaire James Bloodgood’s Dyspepsia Tale
Pittsburg steel magnate James Bloodgood suffers years of dyspepsia from rushed meals and wealth. He now walks ten hours daily to keep symptoms in check, subsisting on dry toast and weak tea. Last week he walked forty miles before dining, saying workers rest eight hours while he cannot stop to eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bloodgood
Pittsburg
Calling Him Down in the Opera Box
Gotham recalls a Boston cousin at the opera as Mrs Saggs sits in the box. The New Yorker quips about speech, noting she mistakes operas for plays and teases the crowd's casual manners.
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Mod Macgostn
Morrison Fisher
With Drawin
Teddy Hamilton
Paris-Berlin
Durance Vile
Jai
Shay
Central Park
Teddy
Mouquin
Earth
Baier Poviaes
Gotherly
Ad Rassed
Siberian
Tommy-rat
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Morris
Tasker Street
Tasker
Morris Street
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