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...sitting-room was all in flames. But an active man, it may be said, can surely escape by the window. So he may, unless it should be the case that his window is almost as strongly barred as those of a goal. Before the gratings with which the lower rooms of our colleges are fortified had been broken-down from without, the poor fellow within might be in as miserable a plight as the sinners who are represented in the 'Calvary' at Antwerp, kept in by bars and amidst the flames of Purgatory...
...That in the judgment of the directors the above arrangement will enable men who prefer the present board at five dollars to procure it for the same cost, while it will secure to those preferring lower rates and simpler fare a system which will fully meet their desires...
...WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21, 1882 - 1 A.M. For New England, cloudy weather and rain, increasing northeast to southeast winds during the day, lower barometer and slight change in temperature...
...next contest was the Standing High Jump, for which Batchelder, '83; Soren, '83; Edmands, S. S.; Morison, '83; and Denniston, '83, entered. Soren jumped so easily at the lower rounds as to excite laughter in the audience. At the third trial Denniston failed to go over the stick, it being then-at 20 inches. Batchelder then withdrew, while Morison succeeded in going over in his third attempt. At 4 feet 5 1/2 inches Morison took the stick with him after three trials, and then withdrew. Soren and Edmands were left; then Edmands failed. After raising the bar three rounds, Soren...
Crevasse disasters are increasing along the lower Mississippi River, and the overflowed lands are filled with desolation and the protected spots with distressed refugees. It is estimated that 70,000 of Louisiana's laboring population are destitute...