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...during the last month, a trifle too high-pitched to suggest absolute sincerity; and to be insincere about Lincoln is a crime. The American people have doubtless been much moved in recalling their great hero, but it is only the poets who have been blinded by "a veil of sudden falling tears...
...clock. He will also read "The Black Cat" and several of Poe's poems. "The Black Cat" is one of the most striking of Poe's short stories. The rapidity of the action, the deliberateness with which the most grewsome and revolting details are described, and the sudden climax unite in producing a story of tremendous power. The reading will be open to members of the Union only...
...mountains and even rise above the clouds for short periods of time. The sensation of landing, if the airship is skillfully managed, is scarcely perceptible. As the balloon touches the ground, sand-bags are thrown out to lessen the shock. Frequently the balloon is carried along by a sudden wind, dragging basket and occupants over fences and through trees. To prevent such accidents; the ripping cord is used, which tears open the bag and lets the air escape. Often a careless or unlucky balloonist comes down into a forest and has to appeal to some farmer for help in rescuing...
...cases of sudden change of rule, the people must go through a period of tutelage, for they cannot be expected to be transformed from a state of absolute subjection to entire self-government at a single step. We try to develop the individual unit, to educate and civilize the people according to western ideas of civilization, and in the end to leave them absolutely self-governing. What the Philippine Islands need, is not new laws, not financial assistance, not a change of policy, but merely the removal of all tariffs. Up to the present time all administration has been along...
...University association football team will play its first league game of the season with Columbia on South Field, New York, this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The sudden changes in the line-up on account of the rule forbidding men to participate in athletic contests in more than two seasons, materially lesson the chances of the University team. Columbia has, moreover, a stronger team than last year and has already defeated Cornell 9 to 0, and Yale...