This year is the 400th anniversary of the numbering of houses. "It was in 1512 that the idea struck an architect to have numbers painted on the houses ina certain quarter of Paris, and he had seventy houses numbered." But the idea took a long time to become popular, for it was not till 1780 that the system became general in Paris. She-. You puckered up your lips so that I thought you were going fo kiss me. He: No; I got some grit in my mouth. She: Well, for goodness sake, swallow it. You need it in your system. lawyer: How is it that you have waited three years before suing this man Jones for calling yon a, rhinoceros? Client'. Because i never saw one of the beasts till yesterday at the Zoo.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8367, 1 March 1913, Page 9
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