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...ransomed by the inch, one inch of Melachrino equals a Sweet Caporal for instance, and similarly for matches. The collections of this bureau could be used by the Chemistry Department in experimenting for a new cattle-food, fuel, or building material. Oh, there are numberless ways to dispose of extinct cigarettes and worn-out matches. May I hope, and I know that I'm not alone, that one of them, or a better one, will be adopted? M. M. Atwater...
...confident ford:asts of Prophets Vogel and Schermerhorn conflict. One is at a loss to rest his credence. Will the above list be intact by June? Will puzzle-publishing gradually sicken, fall off, in June be quite extinct...
...nearly extinct in Persia, but has a small, powerful constituency in the vicinity of Bombay, India. Their most highly prized virtue is purity, with which elaborate ceremonies are associated; and they look forward to a Heaven from which all filth is excluded and in which the light (Mazda) shines ever bright...
...Sodality had some trouble with other clubs, notably the competition with the Arionic Sodality, which came into being in 1813. The two clubs had the same interests, but the matter was settled through diplomacy, and the Arionic Sodality became extinct. Occasionally the records mention other clubs which still exist. In June, 1844, two members cut rehearsals as they preferred to attend a cat-fight in the Phi Beta Kappa rooms...
...Indians which were placed on exhibit in the Convention Club. They declared that they believed that these six were the only ones left in the United States. The Indian in front of Arthur's Smoke Shop, if these figures are correct, is the seventh of the almost extinct species...