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...exercise for circulation, as very little of the nervous energy is being expended. For a person who uses the mind excessively, however, this form of exercise is not good, as it produces nervousness. Swimming is, without exception, one of the finest of all physical exercises. It develops especially the lower portion of the chest, the legs and arms. Running, at a regular and fixed pace; boxing, to teach one to keep the temper under adverse circumstances; rowing, and canoeing, to strengthen the upper part of the thorax and chest, are useful. The benefit to be derived from regular practice...
...just, but yet the tendency of all countries is to drop them. The faults found are: The difficulty of correct judgment by custom officers; the danger of fraud in concealing the true value; the competition of different ports in order to obtain more trade by appraising he goods lower. In this country, the lecturer explained, the ad valorem duties was the system sought by free traders in preference to specific duties...
...WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24, 1883, 1 A. M. For New England, fair weather during the day, followed by increased cloudiness and snow by Sunday morning; northwest to southeast winds and lower barometer; slight fall, followed by rising temperature...
...passed through the hands of the society in its first year amounts to $14,763.87, and the treasurer estimates that the saving to the members of the society has amounted to $4,500. This then has been the gain to the members of the society alone, through the lowering of prices, but the actual saving to students through the lowering of prices, due to the society, has been very much larger. It is sometimes argued that so long as the membership of the society is large enough to keep it in existence, those who have not joined can reap...
...statement would hardly be within the scope of this report. It will be sufficient to state that the society buys as a rule at wholesale prices and in no case are the prices of the society higher than the retail market price, and in many instances they are lower in a surprising degree, as in certain cases the society has been able to make arrangements which enable it to sell at prices with which the ordinary retail dealer cannot hope to compete...