Word: cottoned
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...whom were from Cambridge, and of whom at least a score were from Emmanuel? There was Simon Bradstreet, destined to span the two charter-periods of New England, and to be the veteran around whom the old-charter men rallied after the deposition of Andros. There was John Cotton, another son of Emmanuel, and what would early Boston have been without him and John Wilson, the leaders of its first church, - Cotton of Lincolnshire, bringing here the saintly memories of Botolph's town, and Wilson, the earliest of the Boston ministers? How much would our own college history have lost...
...snake - a southern variety - which he kept in a jar, and which is singularly unlike these others in character. It is a pretty creature and such as society belles wear as ornaments in parts of Brazil - and is very tame and affectionate. Its bed is a small ball of cotton into which it curls itself, and its chief and favorite diet is the common house-fly. Professor Garman also has some salamanders and lizards in captivity which betray some intelligence, though the former is very muscular and a trifle ill-tempered, and resists vigorously an attempt to lift him from...
...open air much, requiring less than an individual of sedentary habits. The tendency is to wear too much clothing. We are much better off than our grandfathers in the matter of fabrics adapted to changes in weather. Gauzes and light-woolens take the place of stiff linen and cotton clothing of half a century ago. The neck should be exposed to the air, otherwise sore throat and catarrh will ensue. Overcoats should be light as possible. Head coverings should be looked to far more than they are at present. Ought to be light and cool, even in severe weather...
...head of each corps meet and arrange the duels, and the members fight as they decide. This fighting takes place every Tuesday and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and, as a result, the students who have been fighting soon appear with their faces done up in cotton and carbolic acid. In these duels it is impossible for anyone to be killed, for the combatants wear about the neck and body thick leather pads, and thick glasses before the eyes, so that the only place where they are cut is on the face. The students are very proud...
...cannot be charged with this common evil. If we remove this protection to our industries, we make America the dumping ground for Europe's surplus manufactures. Protection is antagonistic to commerce, we are told. Yet, our imports have increased five fold under the present tariff, and we are sending cotton goods to the English, who are really in need of an honest article. The reason that we do not increase our exports even faster, is because we do not protect our shipping. Every exporting nation should have its own carrying trade. We have no merchant marine, because we have afforded...