Pay of Parliaments Across Nations Compared
An international survey details parliamentary pay and perquisites from the Transvaal to Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, Japan, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, and beyond. It notes salaries, mileage, allowances, fines for absenteeism, and notable perks while highlighting disparities and curious rules.
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Transvaal
United States
Great Britain
M. P
New South Wales
Victoria
Canada
South Australia
Queensland
New Zealand
France
Vienna
Belgium
Chamber
Portugal
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
New York Sun
Horse Trades and Tricks in Uninitiated Markets
A historical column notes tricks in the horse trade, describing a class of men termed gyppers who run establishments in fashionable locales and employ methods cruel to animals, challenging cruelty laws and exposing rough practices in horse dealing.
Swallow Nest Found on Windmill Wallomer at Lowestoft
At Cor ton Lowestoft England Mr Rus sel Coleman found a swallow nest with young birds on the revolving wallomer of a windmill. The nest’s position on the outer edge of a wheel meant the birds would travel about 180 feet per minute during the 30 revolutions. The mother bird enters tail first through the laying shaft hole and must dodge the sails, making the choice of such a precarious rookery all the more remarkable.
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Corton
Lowestoft
England
Russel Coleman
Wallomer
England and Wales worship figures and historic tax quirks
The text notes 10 to 11 million worshippers in England and Wales with about 80,000 sermons weekly. It lists a church for every 500 people and a minister for every 700, discusses royal-era fines for bachelors, and mentions a German drug bottling rule, Sydney’s grand town hall organ, and a 1800 mile macadam road in India.
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England
Wales
Demand Grows for Glass Eyes Amid Cheaper Prices
A New York glass eye maker notes rising demand over the last two years with 35 000 units sold last year, driven by lower prices and better resemblance. Ophthalmia hospitals buy in bulk, while the production process uses enamel and glass to form and color iris and pupil.
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New York
Washington Star
Thief trackers and jury powers in old tales
A vivid note on Bedouin trackers who read animal tracks across deserts and a camel recovered from Sudan after theft near Ismailia. It cites R Talbot Kelly on tracking skills and recalls Rufus Choate’s courtroom influence with juries as described by F P Whipple.
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Ismailia
Sudan
R. Talbot Kelly
Rufus Choate
F. P. Whipple
Choate
Surprised at such a decision sparks courtroom toast
An Edinburgh paper recounts a young advocate challenging a Scotch lords of session decision and exclaiming he was surprised by it. The agitated lordships consider how to condemn the impertinence until a veteran counselor apologizes for the slip as experience, noting the youth’s error.
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Edinburgh
Greeley’s Plain Talk and a Breakfast of Grounded Truth
In a revealing reminiscence, the author recalls Horace Greeley’s intense overnight discourse on Lincoln’s victory and John Brown, his fiery rhetoric, and the failed breakfast invitation as the writer departs for Washington. The piece notes Greeley’s fervor, the crowded room of papers, and the moral clarity he sought to impart.
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Choate
Heus
the Clarendon
Medias Res
Lincoln
Horace Greeley
America
Mr. Greeley
Washington
John Brown
Sir William Howard Russell
LL. D
North American Review
The Old Cottage Clock and Sunday Fragments
The piece recalls an old cottage clock with a gentle chime that stirred memories of friendship and departed loved ones. It contrasts a comforting clock with a stricter warning voice at dawn and ends with snippets on copper cents mint history salt utility roses and pollination.
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Frienship
Anu
Wien
Townsend Lodge Meetings And Officers In Townsend Montana
The regular meetings of Townsend Lodge No 6 are on the first and third Saturdays at Masonic Hall Broadway Townsend. Sojourning brethren are invited to attend. Officers include G E Poor Master W H Brooxtrin Recorder M Gourvert Financer Cp K 8 meets every second Saturday in Masonic Hall visiting members invited Mrs Marrie McConance W M Miss Moune Mayeece Secretary Townsend Montana.
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North Star Lodge
P.G. Hall
G. E. Poot
N. G. C.S. Rosia
P.C. Hall
H.S. Hyatt
W. M. da
G. W. Gilliam
See’y
Townsend Lodge
No. 6
Masonic Hall
Broadway
Townsend
G. E. Poor
M. W
H. Brooxtinr
M. Gourvert
Order
Marrie
McConance
W. M
Moune Mayeece
Townsend, Montana
Broadwater Lodge
Fraternity Hall
J. L. Brucuer
B. S. Coan
Sunder School
Toston
Keep Creek
Lavinia Chapel
Crow Creek
W.T. Goulder
Paster
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Lafayette
Edith Sichel
Mme. de Montagu
Europe
New York World
Horse Trades
Sydney
India
New York Week- Iw
Sir William Russell
Frankfort
Germany
Vologue
Work
Messenaar
Mining — Scientific Press
Mareit ST
San Francisco, Cal
THE
NEW York Herald
Associated Press
Private
Northwestern
Broadwater County
Senp Messences
Montana
Townsend Messenger
Townsend Messenoen
the Townsend Messenger
Northwest
Lodge. Directory
L. T
Valley Lodge No
A. M
U. Ww
Cp. K
Woodmen of the World
T. N. Averitt
Roginson
Knights OF
Pythias
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mont
Radersturg
Beaver Creek
Winston
Y. P. Ciety
BR. Church
South
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