Mangin turned himself into an eccentric figure, and Barnumized the business of selling pencils. He attracted attention, says Mr. Dreier, by driving about the streets in an ornamented carriage drawn by two bay horses. With the help of a servant he changed his clothes in plain sight, substituting a medieval costume for his business suit. […]

The money I have received is so invaluable a sum that I have forborne as yet to pay it in, and am heartily sorry that I cannot better advance His Majesty's service.

The anchors and ring-bolts, and other iron work, were blackened with coal-tar

In an office building leased by the Canadian government in an eastern province, poorly designed condensate drain pans produced biological contamination and health effects serious enough to warrant a workers-compensation claim.