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...Tuesday, the 13th. The play ran even more smoothly than on the previous evening, and almost every feature received an encore. On Wednesday the party left for Boston, via the Fall River Line. During the evening the club entertained the passengers on the steamer by singing on the after deck. The trip was a financial success, and was a most enjoyable affair for all concerned...
...again. The ship serves more or less as a school ship. The men on board are kept in practice all the time, and young fellows like me are sent here and learn the tricks of the trade and how to be generally useful. This is the main deck." - It was broad and very smooth and clean and sunny - "These old guns are not much use now; they're muzzle loading smooth bores and would stand no chance against a modern iron-clad; those two on the other side are breech loading steel guns, and are used for salutes." Tables were...
...rock on which he was standing and Gooseberry neck. She was at the nearest point, from a quarter to half a mile away from him. Rupert made all the signals of distress that he could in his exhausted condition and Captain Snow saw them. But the Ridgeway had a deck load of empty barrels which the captain says would have been jeopardized if he attempted to lay to and lower a boat. And he passed on without any attempt to render assistance. Within a mile and a half of the rock upon which Rupert stood is a light ship attached...
...Villians on Deck - The plot thickens...
...Moore of Harvard, and is well printed on excellent paper, of convenient shape and size. Among the longer articles we notice contributions by Prof. Asa Gray, Mr. E. H. Hall and Samuel Kneeland. A very interesting letter on a "Singular Meteoric Phenomenon," witnessed from the deck of the Alaska, is illustrated by excellent diagrams. One of the most valuable features of the journal is the "Weekly Summary of the Progress of Science," under which heading are grouped concise notes on scientific matters of the day, arranged by competent authorities in each department. Among the names we notice many Harvard...