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...geological excursion to Syracuse, N. Y., for the recess having proved impracticable, Professor W. M. Davis now plans a two-day excursion to the Merrimac Valley, N. H., to study the form and development of river terraces, on Monday and Tuesday, April...
...Cuba and China. Two years before the recent Spanish War he took part in a filibustering expedition to Cuba, during which he had many exciting and humorous experiences. After describing these, he told how, during the war, he managed to send the cable about the sinking of the Merrimac, and how he succeeded in landing in Havana, where he was arrested and not released till be promised to discontinue his newspaper work in Cuba. Mr. Paine then told about his experiences during the Boxer uprising in China, and described the occupation of Pekin by the allied forces...
...Harvard cricket eleven was beaten by the Merrimac eleven at Lawrence on Saturday. Score...
Outing for April opens with a strange story of adventure, "In the Shadow of Ninevah" by William Hinkley. This is followed by some seventy pages of fiction, tales of shooting and fishing, and other sporting articles. "Canoeing on the Merrimac" by I. N. Drake is a bright and entertaining account of a two weeks canoe trip. Allen Chamberlain gives us an account of a novel expedition in "Hunting a Tapir." The story of the hunt is not exciting, but it is well written and is pleasant reading. A couple of bicycling articles are "A Wheel to San Gabriel at Easter...
...Free registry would endanger the safety of the American nation. - (a) The experience of the civil war showed the value of ship-yards. "Ninety-days gun-boats" enabled the North to control the Southern rivers and defeat the "Merrimac." - (b) The weakness of the South was due in a large measure to her lack of being able to build ships. - (c) In case of a war with England we should be helpless...