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...sketch of Bokhara. It is a story of the reform of the affairs of the Persian kingdom by the Emir, who was called the "Father of the Wise." To turn the thoughts of his people from sordidness to the knowledge of higher things, the Emir hit upon the "Sand Plain of Bokhara." a City of Truth to the dwelling-place of sages from every nation. In this way was inaugurated the celebrated school of Bokhara...
...After a few words about the idealism which is connected with Venice and the dreamy sentiments which the city inspires, he began by explaining its situation. Venice is situated in a lagoon, like Pamlico sound on the Atlantic coast, which is separated from the sea by a series of sand spits, broken only by occasional ship channels. One of these spits, called the Lido, is the great watering place and pleasure resort of the city...
...fourth side will be eight inches thick and backed up with earth. Each side is three feet high. There will still remain sufficient room for dressing and observing the men while they are rowing. The floor of the tank will be built of bricks laid in cement on sand and covered with Portland cement. It will be built as long as possible, but will be less than twenty-five feet in width. The tank will then be divided into halves by a plank or brick partition eighteen inches high, and above which the boat will float. In the centre...
...horse Beausejour in swimming the channel at the entrance to the harbor. General Winslow had made a wager with three of his companions that he would give them an hour's start on their horses, and that, notwithstanding, he would reach the Gurnett, a point on the sand-spit at the entrance to the harbor, before they could do so. The three men were compelled to ride around the shore through Duxbury, while General Winslow, relying on the good qualities of Beausejour, swam the horse across the channel between the sandspits and won the wager. Mr. Winsor spent much...
...Union Hall, Main street, Cambridge-port, when Henry Cabot Lodge, '71, is to make his only speech in Cambridge during the campaign. He is a good example, to men of all parties, of the scholar in politics. Taking a Ph. D. in 1875 for his essay on Anglo-Saxon Sand-Saws, he became successively university lecturer, editor of the North American and of the International Review, representative in the legislature, overseer of the college and congressman. He was also vice-president of the Constitutional Centennial Commission last year, and is, besides, the author of a history of the colonies...