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During the last three days of doubt and suspense, all the daily papers have harassed the feelings of their readers by conflicting reports of success and defeat in the election. It will no doubt be a great relief to the excited public to find one journal which has preserved its former equanimity, which in the midst of the storm raging throughout the land, has remained cheerful and unmoved; one journal which has published no conflicting election returns, has issued no extra editions with false bulletins intended to keep up the excitement and a steady sale of the papers, but with...
...Blaine and Logan students at Williams College have a uniform of white capes with white relief caps, "neat if not gaudy," as the Williams Argo says...
...circular issued by the faculty yesterday has been read with satisfaction by all the students. It is a relief to know the exact situation...
After the tedious delay of the last few days, the college breathed a sigh of relief to have the class race finally settled yesterday afternoon. Each class has felt confident, and the excitement attendant upon the race has been very great. We congratulate'84 on her success. The crew has worked faithfully to acquire their new stroke and have fully earned this victory which comes by right to crown the career of the senlor class...
Real and Imaginary Effects of Intemperance, by G. Thomann, 200 Worth street, New York. This pamphlet is a decided relief from most works on the subject of intemperance which generally take that vice as the root of all evil. The author takes up in a rational manner such subjects as insanity, explaining the exaggerations of those fanatics who always charge this disease to intemperance and showing that their position is largely a false one. Beer is favorhat their position is largely a false one. Beer is favorably contrasted with distilled liquors by tables of statistics collected from all parts...