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...SALE. - Cutter Thelga 21 feet 6 in. w. l. New sails last summer. Out side lead ballast. A fast boat and comfortably fitted with cruising conveniences for two. Apply to R. C. Sturgis, 19 Exchange Place, Boston...
...SALE. - Cutter Thelga 21 feet 6 in. w. 1. New sails last summer. Out side lead ballast. A fast boat and comfortably fitted with cruising conveniences for two. Apply to R. C. Sturgis, 19 Exchange Place, Boston...
...Balfour's Land Bill," by Mr. Parnell, is the ballast of the number. In it the Home Ruler shows that the measure is totally insufficeint for relief, in that it will not reach one out of four Irish tenants, and that it would benefit a large number of tenants who hire but do not occupy farms, and use them only for grazing purposes. According to Mr. Parnell, the measure selects absentee owners for favored treatment, while it compels the real tenant to buy his land at an inflated price...
...writer of the article was seemingly unable to close without making a few flings at Harvard and Yale. He blandly states: "If all the bosh that has been written about the aquatic deeds and words of Harvard and Yale could be collected together, it would be enough to ballast a railroad to the moon, with sufficient left to fill in the Newark Meadows. We frankly acknowledge that the aquatically inclined students of Yale and Harvard-individually as boys, and collectively as boat clubs-have frequently, persistently, and with malice aforethought, committed the crime colloquially called "putting on airs" over...
...Mystery is rather heavily sparred for a vessel of her size. She was carrying considerable ballast. The sea was running high and the wind was freshening; she began to ship water and fill her cockpit, and before one sea could be bailed out she shipped another. The boys realizing their danger probably attempted to reach shore. At this point she shipped more water than she could carry and she settled to the bottom of the ocean, stern foremost, carrying her small boat down with her. This was S.40 a. m. Sunday, August 12th. Hasty preparation had been made for such...