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...short stop. Howland's good fly was caught by left and Harvared was again in the field. Dana fled to Evans, Downer assisted Willard to put out Young, Knickerbocker got first on balls but Linn caught Brokaw's hit and Knickerbocker was left. Willard bit long but centre field ran well and caught it. Henshaw struck out and was in same manner followed by Hawley. King led off with a three base hit away out beyond Linn's reach; a wild pitch brought him home. Howland assisted Willard to put out Watts, Durell reached second, Henshaw did some good throwing...
...Warren's story, "A Bit of Official Tragedy," is unlike most of the articles contributed to the Monthly, but it is worthy of space in the magazine. It is a serious story of human life. The writer depicts with great sincerity the awful influence disappointments and Jesertion may exert upon human passion. The tale is told in a simple manner and the artistic effect is increased by a careful avoidance of all vulgarity...
...Marsh in translating a portion of the "Wasps" of Aristophanes is very courageous in his attempts to turn Greek slang of the fifth century B. C. into the modern language of the street. The translator gives us a spicy bit of reading, but it is a question whether he has not gone too far in his desire to be true to his author. We are inclined to think that there is a hint of an anachronism here, but, however that may be, we have no difficulty in understanding Aristophanes through the medium of such a translation...
...Harrison of the Veterinary School has completed some interesting experiments of a new device for controlling refractory horses. The trials were made upon a vicious animal which had the habit of taking the bit in his teeth and bolting. The experimenter contrived to connect the bit by two small wires along the reins with a small electric battery which he carried in the buggy. The apparatus was so arranged that the driver could give the horse a shock of greater or less intnsity without injury. The trial was an entire success. The horse after two or three shocks became docile...
...watch the ball, and with scarcely an exception, they jump at a man's head in tackling, instead of taking him low. The backs, when they look for a hole in the line-which is not often,-can seldom find one. The men play without a bit of snap or earnestness. They seem to think they can play hard when they choose, and at other times are at liberty to gaze around the field or do whatever else suits them best. This sort of work has lasted quite long enough and the sooner the captain and his men wake...