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...Thomas?a debonair six-foot shape in blue serge, with crisp yachting cap tilted to starboard?waved his hand. Chatting with pressmen, he stroked his goatee?a preposterous tuft no bigger than a barnacle?responded wittily to their sallies, screwing up his eyes when the sun shone against his face?a very brown face, drawn taut with the whip of sea-salt. "What good is the Cup to America when you have nothing to put in it?" asked he. "I understand the only thing you have left to put in it would burn the bottom...
...okapi is remarkable; cheeks and jaws are yellowish-white; forehead and muzzle chestnut red; large, ass-like ears red fringed with black. The neck, shoulders, barrel and back vary from sepia and black to deep red; the belly is blackish; the tail bright red with a black tuft. The hind quarters and hind and fore legs are pale cream color, but marked with purple-black stripes, which give a zebra-like effect...
...explaining how these specimens may best be caught, the bulletin declares, "The audit winged biting mosquitoes, may be collected most, conveniently when they have some to rest upon the surface of a window pane or wall. Take a widemouthed bottle and place in it a tuft of cotton saturated with a small amount of "Carbona" cleaning fluid. Place the bottle quickly over the mosquito which will be soon overcome by the fumes. Then transfer it to a small pill box-between two layers of cotton." A pill box with several specimens may then be sent by mail without fear...
...aggressive Tuft's team enters the Tuft's Oval against the Connecticut Agricultural evelen, minus its star quarterback; Karl Etleman, with injuries which he sustained last Saturday in the game against Lowell Textile. George Perry of Lawrence will fill his position...
...varied landscape forms the background. The country is hilly, like that in the environs of Florence; bare rocks alternate with wooded knolls; villas, castles and hamlets nestle in the valleys, and at intervals, cedars, cypresses, palms and orange trees stand out with glossy trunks and no branches but a tuft of leaves crowning their summits. Among the crags of the central hill, topped by a stately castle, a hunting scene is depicted, while greyhounds, falcons and other beasts and winged creatures add to the interest of the composition...