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Doubtless the rays exist in common electric lights and in sunlight, but as yet scientists have proved their existence only in a vessel such as Crooke's tube. With these invisible rays photographs can be taken at any time, even in the sunlight. In connection with the cathode photographs it is interesting to note the length of exposure that has been necessary to take photographs at different periods. The table is as follows...
...defences were very strong, and the Confederates, relying on their 126 guns, and the heavy obstruction of schooners chained together, kept but a small reserve land force. Notwithstanding such odds against a wooden fleet, Farragut attacked at once. The barrier was broken by a small vessel which slipped around the end in shallow water, and burst through from above by the aid of the current. The fleet kept on and the result was the famous battle which ended in the destruction of Fort Jackson and the rebel fleet, with but slight damage to the Union forces. The heroism of Farragut...
...father, and those who set up the tablet. As the stones become more elaborate we find figures carved in relief. Some of these suggest, though roughly, figures in the frieze of the Parthenon. In the Attic monuments we find the hoplite, the sailor perched on the prow of his vessel, the child at his mother's knee, and other equally lifelike pictures. Most common are the scenes of parting, where two persons are saying goodbye. One of the most interesting represents a hunter with his dog, saying farewell to his wife...
William Bowdoin Hyler, of Thomaston, Maine, left Newport News, Virginia, on the fifteenth of last October. The vessel was bound for Barcelona, Spain, and has never been sighted or heard from since it left port. Hyler was a student in the Medical School the last two years. He was substitute pitcher on the 'varsity nine in the spring of 1893 and went on the trip that year. Before he entered the Medical School he attended Tufts College where he pitched on the nine. He was a good wrestler and a well-known member of the Boston Athletic Association...
...failure of the Secretary of the Navy to keep in Chinese waters during the past two months any other vessel than the Monocacy be justified...