Word: portion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harper's for January begins with an article on Julian Ralph on "The Old Way to Dixie," thoroughly and excellently illustrated by William T. Smedley. Mr. Ralph has a faculty of being able to spend a week in a portion of the country and coming away with an exhaustive knowledge of it. So, in the present case, he describes a trip down the Mississippi and is geographically as much at home as if he had spent his life going from Cairo to Memphis and back again...
...going to speak, and low much time you wish to devote to each topic. Very few can speak "to the line." Almost intallibly a speaker will devote too much time to the introduction. The audience will judge of you by the length of time you devote to each portion, thinking the speaker will give most time to what he considers most important; consequently impress your great central idea by giving the most time...
...existence of substantial grievances behind the Populist movement is proved by - (a) The sudden and powerful uprising among the agricultural portion of the community: Forum, X, 315-316; Arena, V, 726. - (b) Great strength developed by the party in the recent election...
...Yale infirmary is now completed. A large portion of the funds for this building was raised by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and a committee of ladies in New York and New Haven through the presentation of Sophocles' "Antigene" nearly two years ago. There are thirty-two rooms in all, including the various store rooms. Twenty-three of these are bedrooms. The building consists of four floors with the basement. On the first floor is the dining-room, the office, a large parlor and three bedrooms. The second floor consists of twelve bedrooms. The third floor is made up of servants...
...heroic and successful struggle against many odds, and of the valuable discoveries which he made in the temple of Bel at Niffer. His success in raising a large sum of money for the expedition, in overcoming diplomatic and other difficulties, and in securing for America a large portion of the clay books dug by him from a Babylonian building which has been a ruin for thousands of years, entitles him to eminent recognition. The hall in Jefferson Laboratory ought to be crowded this evening. The lecture begins at half past seven o'clock...