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Pale man said, "Pull the bell." I passed into a gloomy passage and pulled a bell; a distant tinkle sounded at the end of the passage, a door opened, and a solemn man in a girdle received me. In the distance I caught sight of a room like a hospital ward, - narrow beds, exhausted sufferers. Something was the matter with my guide; instead of speaking he pointed. I longed to get out into the open air. He directed me by signs to a little room and a girdle. After girdling I followed him to a door; it opened...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TURKISH BATH. | 12/10/1875 | See Source »

...open...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY IDOL. | 11/26/1875 | See Source »

...lips are open for speaking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY IDOL. | 11/26/1875 | See Source »

...action of the Senior societies in regard to the Class Elections promises a fair and satisfactory choice of officers through the medium of a so called open election. If the non-society men sustain the action of the societies, we may look for the best results of a free-choice of the whole class. But evidently it will not be found enough, in order to secure these desirable results, to merely vote for an open election; for unless each member of the class votes in the spirit of such an election, with an eye single to class interests, nothing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/26/1875 | See Source »

...speaking of the recent base-ball match at Providence, has adopted an insulting tone which is almost unprecedented. Not satisfied with us attacks upon our Nine as a body, it has devoted nearly a column to direct personal insults to one of our principal players. The insult is so open, so needless, and so flagrant, that we should advise the members of the various sporting organizations of the college to decline to have any further dealings with Brown until a full apology has been offered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 11/26/1875 | See Source »