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...public expense, they do not apply for a vacant cell in the county jail, as in the U. S., but go to the local poorhouse where they are lodged in what is known as the Casual Ward. Here each one is given a meal, a bath, a bed, a nightshirt. The Ministry of Health after an exhaustive investigation of Casual Wards recommended the following improvements...
Ecuador. Panama and Peru from Spanish rule, founded and gave his name to Bolivia. He died penniless and in a borrowed nightshirt at San Pedro Alejandrino, Colombia, of tuberculosis, Dec. 17, 1830. Said he: "All we have gained is independence, and we have gained it at the cost of everything else. . . . Those who have toiled for liberty in South America have plowed in the sea." Phrasemakers delight in the comparison between Simon Bolivar and George Washington. Pedantic historians deplore it, point out that Bolivar was violently emotional, often extremely cruel; that while Washington constantly urged the U. S. to avoid...
...about it? . . . The Telegraph is of the opinion that the more quickly a bad matter is brought to the light . . . the sooner it will be dissipated. . . . If the kluxing effort had been shown up to start with, thousands of good Georgians would never put on a mask or a nightshirt at $10 for a 35? garment and the order would have died aborning...
...Allen strode to the door of Capt. Delaplace, British commandant, rapped thrice with his sword hilt. When Capt. Delaplace, surprised in his nightshirt, opened the door, Col. Allen exclaimed loudly: "I order you instantly to surrender...
Three weeks ago, M. Paul Desotrat, having prepared for bed and put on his embroidered nightshirt, surprised his wife Leontine by placing a large, loaded revolver beneath his pillow...