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...foot ball squad was obliged to interrupt its regular work yesterday owing to the heavy fall of snow. The men were, instead, put through some dumb-bell exercises and afterward took a short run up to Porter's Station. Men have been put to work on Norton's shovelling and carting off the snow so that the squad can resume its regular work on Monday...
...interesting article by him on that topic. The subject of the vagrant unemployed has been of great importance in Germany. In most towns there is an anti-beggar Society, the members of which pledge themselves to give nothing to beggars. Instead of alms the tramp finds work at a station at the entrance of each town, where by chopping wood he can obtain food and lodging. But as this only served for temporary relief, the "labor-colonies" were instituted, of which there are twenty-two in Germany. They are situated remote from the towns and hence are free from...
Trains will leave the Boston and Albany station at 2 and 4 p. m., arriving in Worcester at 3.10 and 5.15 p. m. respectively. The last train returning leaves at 9.57 p. m. The round trip fare will cost about two dollars. The officers of the W. A. C. have promised to arrange the games so that the Harvard contestants can get through in time to return by this late train. The entries close tomorrow and Mr. Lathrop desires the men, who expect to compete and have not yet entered, to fill out their blanks today...
...Saturday evening, Feb. 6. The events, which are all handicap, are 40 yard dash; 440 yard dash; 880 yard run; 1 mile run; 1 mile walk; pole vault; running high jump. The contests will be held in the Worcester Skating Rink, which is a short distance from the railroad station. Two prizes will be given in each event. The track is sixteen laps to the mile and short spike shoes may be worn...
...under the direction of Mr. S. I. Bailey and was very successful. Prof. William H. Pickering was in charge of the second and, with a number of assistants, he left Cambridge in December, 1890. A site about three-miles northwest of Arequipa in Peru was selected and a station established. It is over 8000 feet above the sea level and is especially fortunate in the remarkable steadiness of the air and the clearness of the sky. The Bashe telescope was mounted and during the year, 1224 photographs have been taken. The thirteen-inch equatorial - which is the largest refracting telescope...