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...examination we found to be the identical paper shown last year, in which a subscription was asked to enable the bearer to erect a tombstone to the memory of his loved sister. This class of people have looked upon students as legitimate prey. The notices have been posted to protect us from the intolerable nuisances, and somebody should see that the warnings are heeded. The janitors might make a wholesome example by handing one of these impostors over to the police. We feel sure that if the janitors would incommode themselves to such an extent as to relieve...
...Parker, the British consular agent at Chun King, Japan, has been mobbed by the natives. A proclamation has been issued by the viceroy, ordering the people to treat foreigners with respect, and to protect them...
Congress, with the narrow bigotry which one might expect from such a body, has not yet passed an international copyright law. Perhaps it thinks that authors have no rights which other people are bound to protect. Perhaps Mr. Swansdown is the main difficulty. I don't know, because I never was sent to Congress and never expect...
...know not what impulse made me beg her not to go, as earnestly as I dared. I said it would not be safe for two only; I dared not tell her that I distrusted her father. She laughed at my objections, and asked me if I would accompany and protect them...
...latter; but I can assure you that Mr. Carlin was an extraordinary man. His personal appearance everywhere attracted attention. He was tall and well formed, a young man in physique and bearing; but his hair and beard were almost snow-white, and he was nearly blind, wearing goggles to protect what little eyesight he had left. Had it not been for these peculiarities, which in nowise corresponded with the rest of his face, he would have been a remarkably handsome man. His daughter Bertha did not at all resemble him; yet she was a very pretty girl, though hers...