Word: telegraphed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...violation of the constitution in the following cases: (1) The "libel law" of 1798 lacked the warrant of the Constitution (N. A. R. 132 p. 410). (2) Under color of levying customs it has taken charge of nearly every industry in the country. (3) It has given to telegraph companies, created by one state, license to place their lines through other states. (4) Congress has appointed supervisors and deputy marshals to oversee elections (N. A. R. 132, p. 411). (5) State officers have been punished in Federal courts for violating state laws. (6) Congress created the National Bank...
...other very interesting plants are the sensitive plant and the telegraph plant. The former has very fine leaves which if touched by the hand will immediately fold themselves up and draw away from the disturber. The latter has very fine leaves which in very warm weather keep up a continual motion which seems like the motion of a telegraph sounder...
Professor Taussig spoke of the enlargement of the functions of government as bringing about permanency in office. Such departments as the post office and telegraph must have trained men in their service, and the efficiency of these men would be impaired by changing them every four years. Consequently, when more such departments are embraced in the public service, the scope of civil service reform is enlarged...
...Government ownership of quasipublic works has failed in practice.- (a) State ownership has proved unwise.- (1) Railways in Europe: Hadley, pp. 217, 228. 235.- (2) Telegraph system in Eng and: Pol. Sci. Quar., Dec. '88, p. 590 ff.- (b) Municipal ownership has proved undesirable.- (1) Gas-lighting.- (x) English Cities: Board of Trade Reports to Parl., 189.- (y) Philadelphia: Bryce, Am. Com., 367 ff.; Speech of P. A. Collins before Mass. Leg., p. 12.- (2) Electric Lighting and Power: M. J. Francisco, in Engin. Mag., v. 725.- (3) Waterworks: Boston, Albany, Philadelphia: Conkling, pp. 21, 100; Burrage...
...Pennsylvania's playing, most everybody agreeing that there was a decided fall-off in the work of the men as compared with previous games. Much of this criticism has been too severe, though the team's work is undoubtedly not altogether satisfactory. The following from the Evening Telegraph is, we think, a fair and just criticism of the work of the men as shown by the Brown game...