Marshal Soult and Louis Philippe Compromise Tale
In Victor Hugo memoirs an anecdote recalls Louis Philippe and Marshal Soult at the Tuileries. The king notes Cadiz siege and a proposed interview at Cortadura amid plots to trap Soult and force him to shoot the king, leading Soult to declare he would have compromised the monarch instead.
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Marshal Soult
Louis Philippe
Victor Hugo
Tuileries
Marshal
Cadiz
Cortes
France
Cortadura
M. Marshal
Duc d’Orleans
Gallery Wit and Kevin Interrupters on Stage
Amusing choruses from the gallery and pit amuse themselves at Drury Lane and Bristol performances. Critics and players swap quips about torn from me lines and horse jokes, provoking laughs and quick retorts from Vernon Barry Sullivan and others.
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English Illustrated Magazine
Cymon
Drury Lane
Vernon
Long Acre
Sancho Panza
Dufreni
Sancho
John Reeve
Bristol
Artixommus
Reeve
Barry Sullivan
Shrewsbury
Mr. Sullivan
How Red Herrings Came and the First Exhibition
A long ago English fisherman dried surplus herrings in a smoky shed by accident. The fish altered color and the king permitted the display of these unusual creatures as curios.
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England
Egotistic Lecturer Confronts Dissatisfied Committee Member
A Lyceum scene pits a boastful speaker against a critic who refuses full payment citing a failed performance. The lecturer claims he labored harder for a tougher audience and argues that his failure was rarer than success.
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Lyceumite
Not Unlikely brace in a schoolboy essay
The remark from a London Pick-Me-Up item cites a schoolboy essay claiming England once was a foreign country with coal beds and a warning that when it is finished Britain will need brains for fuel and face scarcity. The note frames the piece as a cheeky futurist aside.
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England
London
Language Diversity and Writing System in China
The piece explains that Chinese dialects vary widely from Canton to Fukien and Shanghai to Pekin, yet written characters are universally recognized. Mandarin forms the spoken norm across much of the north and west, Wen-li is the classical written standard, and literacy remains low due to character complexity.
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Kwangtung
Canton
Fukien
Shanghai
Pekin
Europe
England
France
Germany
Italy
China
Yangtze
Lived After Hanging Tales From London Tit-Bits
A London Tit-Bits digest recounts multiple ancient cases of resuscitation after hanging. Notable mentions include Inetta de Balsham, Annie Green, Maggie Dickson, and others, with medical explanations and notes on execution methods of the era.
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Henry III
Inetta de Balsham
London
Cork
Richard Johnson
Shrewsbury
Grim Comedy and a Dandy Part for Miss Blank
A young actress in a company endures the pompous actor-manager who teases her with a fat part in farce. She retorts that she has already seen him in Macbeth, implying the clash between stage egos and performance ambitions.
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Miss Blank
The Pain of It and the Whipping Remark
A young culprit recalls a punishment as the teacher claims the act hurt him more. The boy says he was punished for telling stories and confesses the pain of a harsher penalty. The exchange highlights guilt and the perceived fairness of discipline.
Barred Out at Tea by Uninvited Guest
A short quarrel unfolds as Mr. Cumrox explains he cannot go home because his mother and sisters are hosting a tea to which he has not been invited. The Washington Star recounts the humorous social snag.
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Mr. Cumrox
Washington Star
Misery and Company Not Entertaining Each Other
A compact aphorism notes that misery dislikes company yet fails to entertain it, highlighting a paradox in emotional burden and social solace.
Halevy aided by Duc de Morny earns French post
The Duc de Morny, arts patron and librettist, helps Halevy secure a government post when the Algeria ministry is suppressed. He notes a six month chamber vacancy to allow writing for the stage and gives a note to the department head to arrange the post.
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Halevy
Duc de Morny
Offenbach
Algeria
Officiel
Westminster Gazette
Talking of our British cousins in a smoking compartment
A San Francisco Chronicle joke recalls a Briton and an American sharing a train smoking and medical mischief. The Englishman mockingly treats a wounded foot with iodoform while the American endures the smell and lights a cigar, prompting a clash over etiquette in a crowded car.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco Chronicle
As Others See Us From The Indian Alps
A young East Indian girl questions her English mistress about mourning colors. The mistress explains mourning as English custom and contemplates life, death, and heaven. The girl comments on color symbolism and divine creation, noting cultural differences.
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Memsahib
Lattoo
Alps
The Crooked Genesee River
The Livingston Democrat laments the Genesee as a crooked river. It notes the river’s winding route from Genesee to Mount Morris, the long road distance versus a short river path, and the circuitous path between Piffard points, calling the stream a crook ed stream.
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Genesee
Mount Morris
Piffard
Geneseo
Livingston Democrat
The Most Dangerous Fish of Tropical Seas
The article notes fishermen fear the devilfish green moray and swordfish more than sharks or octopuses. Devilfish inhabit warm Atlantic waters weigh up to 1.5 tons with a poison tail spike. Green moray, found off Bermuda, is described as the savagest water creature.
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Atlantic
Bermuda
Gregorian Reform Fixes the Calendar
The article explains Caesar’s calendar drift and Pope Gregory XIII’s 1582 reform removing ten days and redefining leap years to skip century years unless divisible by 400. It notes a proposal to drop an extra day in 3200 and repeat every 3200 years, reducing drift to one day in eighty thousand years.
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Julius Caesar
Gregory XIII
New York Post
Right Way Shown as Boy Repeats Chicken Theft
A magistrate in the children's court urges a father to teach his son the right path after the boy appears for the fifth time on chicken stealing charges. The father replies he has shown him the right way yet the boy still gets caught taking chickens.
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Abe
Darky
Transvaal Town Names and Their Fountains
The London Globe explains South African place names ending in fontein and laagte. Fontein means fountain, with towns named from Dutch farms beside springs. laagte means shelter for animals, as in Ellandslaagte where the deer frequented.
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Fontein
Bloemfontein
Modderfontein
Klenfontein
Ellandsfontein
Audiences Have Changed in Comic Opera Laughs
Mr. Stormington Barnes laments modern comic operas lack the jokes that once drew laughter. The manager agrees that past audiences were more easily amused, reflecting on changing tastes noted by the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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Stormington Barnes
Memphis
Not Deluded. Do you want employment quotes and proverb
A humorous fragment from the Washington Star contrasts plain speech with fancy phrasing. An Italian proverb adds that brave actions rarely seek praise. The excerpt highlights plain talk about work and virtue.
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Pete
Washington Star
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Shoop
Transvaal
Rayfield County Plat Books
George HA. Calder
H. Doenuts and
KH. Rittenhouse
Washburn, Wis
Bayfield County
Sall
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