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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...instructed in the first principles of composition, or, to put it with painful simplicity, should have to be taught to write even fairly well. And to write what? The absurdity is enhanced by the fact that it is their own native language, which they are so sadly unable to use. If it were French or German, the wonder would be less; but unfortunately it is nothing stranger than their mother tongue, with which they are familiar through years of reading and speaking, which baffles them when writing is to be done...
...imposed upon. Marmaduke is the name of a wealthy Californian of the present day, whose palatial residence on "Nob Hill," where he keeps open house, is over-run by hangers-on, and whose boundless hospitality is shamefully abused. He is particularly beset by two so-called friends, who use his house as their own for selfish ends, the one to provide his daily food and lodgings, the other to secure a husband for his daughter. Interwoven with the main plot are the adventures of Marmaduke's god-son, Alfred Wemyss, who has got himself entangled in a love affair with...
...Fogg Art Museum is now showing signs of completion. The floors are all laid and the woodwork polished. The heating, which is the hot air system, has been in use for some time and has proved very successful, as great care was taken with the ventilation. The heating apparatus was put in by John D. Clark of New York...
...cannot see the use of such relentless severity. College is not the place for such discipline, if that is what is desired. A man is supposed to have got that before. Every man forgets at times, and that the penalty for such a little slip should be to deprive him of the most valued associations of his college life seems harsh and unjust. Of course it will be said that such valued associations should be better cared for. I can only say that a man's memory, especially when he is at all busy does not always retain facts with...
...little apparatus which will reduce the voltage of an electric wire without interfering with the current. Just what is the mechanism by which this result is accomplished can not be announced for the present. It is claimed that it will entirely supplant the motor dynamos which are used in telegraph and telephone companies. The Edison machine now in use costs $100 and Mr. Hogan says that his is so simple that it can be made to sell at $5.00. Experts have expressed themselves as satisfied that the invention will be a success, and it will probably be used throughout...