Mr. Barrow, who observed the management of the trees and silkworms in Che-keang, confirms the usual Chinese accounts by saying that the houses in which the worms are reared are placed generally in the centre of each plantation, in order that they may be removed as far as possible from every kind of noise; experience having taught them that a sudden shout, or the bark of a dog, is destructive of the young worms. A whole brood has sometimes perished by a thunder storm.

[S]he volunteers to take her sister's place at the annual Hunger Games, a bloody winner-take-all competition in which 24 teens fight to the death.

The less valuable minerals are called veinstuffs, and the more valuable are termed vein ores. The more common veinstuffs are calcite, quartz, heavy spar, and fluorspar.

The folks were quite happy about Sunday's thrilling reprieve in Philadelphia and happily confident that d' Bums'll moider dem Jints