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...violences of expression, the exhibition of ungentlemanly language and unnecessary virulemen on Wednesday evening, deserves the highest censure. Intense interest was manifested in the remarks of each speaker who gained the floor, and it was not until a late hour that the meeting was adjourned. The debate was the longest and most successful in the history of the Union...
HARVARD WINS A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FROM PRINCETON.An enthusiastic audience of about 1,000 people assembled on Jarvis field yesterday to see the longest and surely one of the prettiest college games ever played. The game opened soon after four o'clock with Princeton at the bat. They were put out quickly, in one, two, three order. For Harvard, Phillips took lirst base on balls, after two men were out, and scored on Edward's muff of Harlan's throw. LeMoyne reached first base on balls; Moffat tried to catch him playing off, but first baseman muffed the ball, giving...
...have hoped to see, but Baker played a fine game and Allen and Winslow did well. their batting was very heavy and would have been much more effective, had it not been for the magnificent fielding of Kimball. Phillips and LeMoyne each made home runs, the former making the longest hit which has been seen on the grounds for years. The umpiring was unsatisfactory, his calling of balls and strikes being particularly loose...
...declare that it should be green. It is the commonest color in nature and the most refreshing. It has an infinite variety of shades, and it is the softest color. It is the most permanently grateful, fatigues the eyes least, and is the color on which they will the longest and most willingly repose. Then, why should we not reform the abuse as the means lie so completely in our power? Let us have our books printed on green paper and use red or yellow ink. Such a change would be a general relief. It would take some time...
...London paper gives the following curious statement concerning the method of examination employed in the "Flowery Kingdom": It is a curious fact that of all Chinese cities, Canton, though it is within eight hours of Hong Kong, and has, of all the places in the empire, the longest known Europeans, has undergone less change than any other great centre of population in China. It remains precisely as it was hundreds of years ago, and when once the wall is passed the traveler might for all he can see, be at least a thousand miles from any Western influence. And there...