Master Thieves and the Bhattee Perfection in Stealing
A historical piece describes the Bhattee tribe as focusing on perfecting theft through training from youth. It details deceptive mimicry and physical feats, and shares an anecdote of a cavalry sentinel thwarted by a would be thief using a tree stump ruse. It also notes Napoleon’s suppression of the 1808 Almanach de Gotha edition and highlights portraits of Murat Nelson and Pitt.
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London Telegraph
Almanach de Gotha
Napepe
Murat
Nelson
Pitt
Decatur Resists Corsair Demand On Mediterranean Voyage
Commodore Decatur, after neutralizing Barbary powers, sailed the Guerriere across the Mediterranean. He encountered a corsair fleet in a neutral port and after being hailed asked where he was going. He answered simply, Where I please, and continued unmolested.
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Decatur
Mediterranean
United States
Guerriere
Telling the Truth in a Paris Court
A Paris court hears a witness state she was twenty five last August and her son confirms he is twenty seven. The magistrate notes the unlikely ages and jokes that the mother must have married very young.
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Paris Courts of Justice
Willie Impromptu Verse at Mrs Gates Dinner
Nathaniel P Willis, famed for wit, is described at Mrs Gates dinner in Washington. A niece replies to her aunt with a sharp quip about flirta tion and the presence of Mr Campbell, reflecting lively social banter of the event.
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Willie
Nathaniel P. Willis
All in the Family and the Carriage of Money
In spring Jonathan Higgs spends his wife Maria’s saved money on a cultivator and other household improvements claiming the carpet was old. Later she buys a buggy engine, parlor equipment, a range and more, arguing the purchases save work and money. The dispute ends with Maria asserting the family control and Jonathan helping unload.
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Jonathan Higgs
Jonathan Lightng
Trees
Maria
Jonathan
Blunt Doctor Dougal and the Aberdeensian Wit
An 18th century Aber deen society figure, Dr Dougal of Keith, renowned for bluntness, gives terse replies to patients. A talkative woman asks about her tongue and he says it merely needs a rest, while another patient with eye complaints is told it is better to suffer with them than without.
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Dougal
Keith
Aberdeen Society
Train wreck story with a bizarre chase
An exchange recounts a train accident where Mr Fitznutt claims the train ran down Mrs Fitznutt after they escaped on a hill. The train left the track, followed them for miles, then smashed them. It then climbed an evergreen tree to pluck a bird nest.
City Girl Meets Farmer Over Red Parasol
A humorous Browning's Magazine exchange features a city girl remarking on a cow’s savagely observing her and a farmer’s reply about the red parasol. The wry dialogue highlights class contrast and rural wit with playful banter.
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Browning
Paternal Tip Sparks Attention Question in Boston Transcript
A terse exchange quotes a suitor asking for a father’s consent to woo his daughter. The line, “Mr Pater, I love your daughter. Do you object to my paying her attention?” reflects social norms and family approval dynamics in the era. The transcript notes the suitor’s persistence and the father’s likely reaction.
Ruse That Formed a Dudley Friendship Through Thought
A theater loving Earl of Dudley, awaiting a ride home, alone in a carriage, voices his private thought aloud. A near stranger overhears the remark and, imitating the tone, comments on the invitation to dinner. Realizing the shared habit, the two men laugh, exchange apologies, and become close friends.
Crust of the Earth and Tidal Effects Across the Irish Sea
Observations describe rigid crusts and tidal basins where water level rises cause subtle coastal shifts. The Irish and English coasts draw closer at high tide, with Liverpool and Dublin imagined as bowing across the channel. Valley widening in heat and contraction at night is noted.
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Irish Sea
Liverpool
Dublin
Visit to London Makes Old Highlander Reflect
An elderly Lowlander visits London for a fortnight and returns home to recount his trip. A pompous man then invites him to his case for amusement. The old man recalls that what impressed him most was his own insignificance and advises the other to visit, as it would do him good.
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London
Metropolis
Dundee Advertiser
Giving Him a Shock in a Stammering Proposal
A comic exchange shows Reginald Wimpleton proposing to Marietta with stammering speech. She answers firmly that the proposal is unnecessary for him, stating she will marry without subjecting him to further nervous strain.
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Oneal Dubbkins
Wimpleton
Reginald Wimpleton
Marietta
Harper’s
Diplomat Delays as Great Organizer Receives Visitor
Mr Badgerton waits in the anteroom for about three quarters of an hour while the chief clerk asks to bring him in. The great organizer wants to avoid giving the impression that the visit is worth his time.
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Badgerton
Chicago Record-Herald
Floating Islands and Their World Spread
Floating gardens and natural rafts have appeared worldwide to withstand floods. Notable examples include Kashmir, Xochimilco chiapanmas near Mexico City, and vast riverine rafts on the Mississippi Red River and Atchafalaya. A 1892 Atlantic encounter noted a moving island 400 miles from New Jersey with 30 foot trees.
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Kashmir
Xochimilco
Mexico
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Louisiana
Red River
Atlantic Ocean
New Jersey
Scientific American
Dumas Reminiscence On Spending and a Last Visit
Reminiscences of Maurice Dreyfus recounts Dumas dying at Dieppe after saying he would lay his bones in his host’s house. He jokes with his son about a 20 franc waistcoat bill, claiming he was never a spendthrift and that his memoirs prove he began Paris with little and still had the same money.
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Dieppe
Alexander
Paris
Maurice Dreyfus
Begova Mosque and Sarajevo Dervish Saints Tale
The Begova mosque in Sarajevo is noted as Europe’s largest after Constantinople and Adrianople. A stone marker linked to a pasha’s measures sits in the courtyard. Nearby, the tombs of seven beheaded dervishes are venerated as saints after their decapitation for theft 200 years ago.
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Begova
Sarajevo
Europe
Constantinople
Selim
Adrianople
Hairpin saves trousers in domestic tale from London Tit Bits
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls Blims declaring his marriage strained yet uncomplaining. A friend reports the wife’s cleverness in teaching him to fasten trousers with a hairpin, highlighting a comic domestic rift.
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London
Fair Haired People Decline in Proportion Across Ages
The article notes that fair haired people are less numerous today. It cites ancient Hebrews as once fair haired but now mostly dark, and claims a similar shift among the Irish over the past 150 years with dark hair becoming more common.
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Newberg
Oregon
E. Purdy Company
Rexall
Ferguson
First St
Ech Wit Antic Neebnerhe
Newberg Mfg. and Construction Co
North Main St
Manfactoris
Dore
Yamhill Electric CompAny
East Side Greenhouse
John Gower
Overland
F. O. B. Newberg
Cadillac
S. A. Mills
The
Newberg Auto Co
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