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...their prim march from house to house excite in most members of the club, would they own the truth, but very languid interest when at the earliest they arrive at least six weeks after the time of their first bow to the world. True, the greater part of the cargoes of most of these vessels, like those of the shingle boats that children freight for journeys down a brook, may well be jettisoned; but doubtless with many a hapless cargo some things really worth saving go down. A few light, gay, shiny bits do float, and sail gaily down life...
...submitted the policy which the first speaker for the affirmative had only touched upon briefly--the system of subsidies--which he said would offset the greater cost of building and operating ships here than abroad. Moreover, by making the subsidy for each ship pro- portional to the amount of cargo which it carries, American vessels will be induced to carry as much as they can and as often as they can, and to outdo foreign rivals. A system such as this is analogous to the one which the United States employed in building up our internal carriage, when Congress gave...
Only the 300 Seniors, more or less, who survived the picnic at Nantasket Point yesterday, can realize what a golden haze the absentees missed. From the time the "King Philip" left the wharf until the last car deposited its cargo at the Square, there was one whirl of pleasure...
...several years past," he said, "more than 1000 young men have joined this university at this time, and this year is no exception. This coming of the new men is a joyful time for them, but for us there is something solemn. This old ship carries a precious cargo, and hardly any one of us can avoid feeling a sense of responsibility. But on each one of you some share of this burden falls from the time when you become a member of this association of men. This is an association of which one-half of the members have died...
...steamer Hudson from New Orleans was on fire at her dock in New York yesterday morning. The vessel, and her cargo of cotton, molasses, etc., were damaged to the amount...