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...London affair was certainly a most unfortunate conglomeration. The death of Mr. Benjamin was a blow which struck deep into the hearts of all Columbia students, for Benjamin was loved by all, and was a living example of that old saying, that the richest jewels are found in the smallest packages...
...examination has been going on at Barsenose College, Oxford, which marks the abolition of one of the richest abuses in the university. In 1691 a Mr. Hulme founded four exhibitions, which were to be confined to members of Brasenose. The property, being situated in Manchester, has enormously increased in value, and latterly there have been seventeen exhibitions, each of the annual value of pound135 in cash and pound20 in books. They were held for four years, and any member of the college who had resided three years was eligible. There was no pretence of any examination, and the authorities...
...richest blessings ever shed
Probably the richest coloring in the exhibition is to be seen in the two examples of Piot. One is a large figure picture representing two richly dressed Italian peasant women offering an orange to a pretty child, upon whom the attention is centred. The drawing is superb, and the flesh tints, though delicate and soft, do not possess the naturalness of a Bouguereau. Yet many prefer Piot to the latter...
...floods on the lower Mississippi are becoming more extended and disastrous. Louisiana's richest sugar district is overflowed and great losses and terrible suffering are inevitable. Many families are destitute, and rations have been issued to them...