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Kidd died hard, for the rope with which he was first tied up broke with his weight, and he tumbled to the ground. He was tied up a second time, and more effectually. From, hence came doubtless the story of Kidd's having a charmed life, and that he had to be twice hanged...
...still a bare possibility that Russell may be given another opportunity. Gehrke was used for a number of innings against the difficult Tufts combination, but in spite of this fact he is the logical man, as Russell has had poor success in his last two games. Chittenden will doubtless be the Yale moundsman although he fell down in the Holy Cross contest, he has on the whole been a reliable man. Wight, who held Princeton to five hits last Saturday, has not had much experience, but his exhibition in that contest will result in pitching against the Crimson on Wednesday...
...Doubtless some ambitions candidate for the Ph.D. degree will in due time find amusement and profit in a thorough investigation of the early life of other Infant Industries: until then it is use less to speculate further. But the case of the Merchant Marine remains clear cut. Rocked in the cradle of the deep and nourished with the vintage of better years, this lucky foundling may be expected to pass rapidly from infancy to justy childhood. And who knows but that in a few years' time it may assume the same proportions as did our merchant fleet in the days...
...devoid of common sense, and to whom the book of general information remains for ever sealed. Many of Mr. Edison's questions are distinctly along the line of the "wisdom of the humble". This one for example: "What three American coins make a dollar?" the answer to which is doubtless "a half-dollar and two quarters". His questions derived from the game of poker possibly indicate the presence in the mind of our great American game as a means of sharpening the wits and developing the resources of the brain. In the submission of such tests as the following...
...what he says of work, we may take as his genuine feeling. It is like the famous strawberry of Dr. Johnson: "Doubtless the Almighty could have provided us with better fun than hard work, but I don't know what...