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...Ambassador to the U. S., concluded a speech on the Battle of Yorktown: "Thank God, all feeling of bitterness is forever past between us." In Pittsburgh, before the Carnegie Institute, Attorney General Sargent began : "The desire for peace must grow from within." Charles E. Hughes, about to return to Bermuda, was clamorously hailed by the New York Chamber of Commerce, "the greatest statesman in the world." Speaking of the U. S. abroad he said: "It would be unfortunate, indeed, if American capital stood aloof...
Spring vacation! On this day of days these are the two most beautiful words in the English language. The student yawns, stretches his legs, and reaches for a time-table. "Philadelphia and New York ho-hum--Bermuda, Hot Springs, Pinehurst--let's see." Oh why worry about trains and solid facts. The sun beams geniably, gentle zephyrs blow, the old elms are putting out new buds, and the grass in front of Sever is greener then eyer before. The brisk concourse on the walks has changed to idle groups of strollers who playfully feed the squirrels and resent the bell...
Before sailing, he conferred in Manhattan with his venerable chief, the Secretary of the Treasury, home from Bermuda...
...Arcturus has had rough voyaging all the way, from New York to Newport News, from Newport News to Bermuda (which was touched on Feb. 19) and since then at sea. Considerable breakage of crockery resulted; the heavy seas prevented deep sea trawling to bring up the little monsters from great depths. These live under such great pressure that they usually burst when brought to the surface because their high inward pressure, developed to meet the great weight of the water of the depths, cannot endure when they are lifted to the low pressure of the surface...
...iron "pulpit" lowered over the bow has proved a great success. Air. Beebe posted himself at that vantage point and, submerged to the waist at every pitch of the vessel, scooped up many specimens. Patches of Sargassum weed were encountered, even before reaching Bermuda, and specimens of weed taken with the crabs and little fishes which accompany...