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Show I Few men there were In Hie class of ISM at Hartard who did not And some thing odmlrable In Maratinll Newell traits of character When Hi the senior claw election hie name was mentioned (or the Mcnnd office In the Rift of the clase, ttecond Marshall the spontaneous spontan-eous acclamation by which the data Cove expression to Iti admiration of him mint hare wonderfully pleaeed n4 i tUo.tturdy., farmer bcjy,from. Ureal Ilarrlngion, whoiad mado no ellort to sccuro the coveted honor. At uny rato Marshall Newell stood high In the estimation of tho elan or '91, ample evidence of which la clvcn In tho erection of tho memorial Rata to Soldlera I'leld, n photograph of which linn been reproduced for this article Tho gnte wa erected toon after tho tig i ale-Han aril football game Many n graduate, of Hartard undoubtedly lias been reminded of tho sterling qualities of tho youth from tho western west-ern end of tho state by observing that gate The gato Is tho gift of tho class of '91, In whoso memories recollections of Marshall Nottcll will long contlnuo tindlmmcd Newell was n living proof of tho fact that personal qualities count nt Hartard Ho tame to tho university uni-versity from n farm, though In tho Interim between farm and collcgo ho had prepared nt Kxctcr academy Hut ho was first of all a farmer a son, and when ho wont homo on tacallons ha went to a farm and worked on n farm Entering Exeter n puny little fellow he went at physical training with that force of purposo which was ono of his chief characteristic When ho came, to Harvard collcgo lie approached physical perfection In his freshman year ho hecamo a member of the Varsity football eleven and continued to wear the Ilartard 11 a a mem Iwr of that eleven throughout the en tire course leaving college he entered the em ploy of Ilia Boston and Albany railroad rail-road and nltblu a few years aftemard was killed b a locomotive In the railroad rail-road yard In this city The Newell gate at Soldiers I'leld Is erected In hi memory Til "NlntUInc tore." IntcrcsTlng experiments with the odors of herbs hnve from tlmo to tlmo been made, and It has been found that many species of microbes aro easily do stroyed b various smells Tho odor of cloves has been known to destroy microbes mi-crobes In thlrt) tlvo minutes, cinnamon cinna-mon will kill somo species In twclvo minutes, thyme In thirty-five. In for-ty-flto minutes common wild verbena Is found effective while tho odor of mint has destro)cd tarlous forms of microbes In flfty-llva minutes, nnd It Is recorded as the most elfectlvo of all odors as an antiseptic It Is now hollered ho-llered that herbs which hno been found In Egyptian mummies wcro placed on tho bodies more, for their antiseptic an-tiseptic properties than than as inero ornaments or objects of sentiment Tlckat lii Ilia Mouth. The spectacle of tho absent-minded man frantlcnlly going through his pockets In a tain search for his transfer trans-fer ticket whllo that aluabto sky-bluo document drooped gracefully beneath his muslacho was hugely enjoyed by the passenger of an uptown car tho other evening, sajs the Now York Commercial Adtcrtlser Uven tho stolid conductor caught tho Joko nnd bctracd on amount nt patience which should hnvo aroused suspicion on tho part nf the vhtlm l'lnsll) when to ' transfer threatened to be entirely demolished de-molished the conductor mildly Indicated Indi-cated Its locality to the embarrassment embarrass-ment of It owner and the delight of his fsllow-tratelera. Presently tho absent-minded man reached hi corner, cor-ner, and a ha got to the rnr he stuck! hi haail hack Into the door and fired . ! MYwLm"- 4ti35saa RfiSfWl jS- - - J ' gil g M f?f3f?iili.. wSBBfr Syw2V- " ' - -v ' i i i 'pyjl 2 ef 3Bet'rwyM j3atGSir 3b11k r s 5 a e 3 6 6 i ft t t 'Aity guSSta ((( J' IMy' ' 1 '" lWt ' in Mnsiortv or Marshall nuwixl. a parting shot at tho conductor ' To, ta, old boy. That's nil rlht.Th transfer was a weejt old and f'was Just" chewing off the date " Ilrl Irgrmmi lalal In narration. A queer case of cannibalism U reported re-ported as hating recently taken placo in tho Solomon Island Tho Jeaanetto took from Noumea n Kanaka who and acted as orderly to tho Immigration orrico thcro and was on his honeymoon with his wife, Intending to land at Aoba, whero his wlfa tribe lit ei. lie, however, mado tho inlstako of dlum-barking dlum-barking among tho wrong trlbs nd was at onco seized by tho natltcs, overpowered, over-powered, killed and oaten The widow was provided by tho trlho with second sec-ond husband London Mall luUa Ma A school teacher In the north of Kngland, having Instructed a pupil to buy n brammur, tho next day rewired a note, thus worded, from the child s mother ' I do not desire for Lula shall Ingago In grammar, as I prefer her Ingago In yusoful studies and can learn her how to snoko and write properly prop-erly myself I havo wcut through two grammars and can't say as they did mo no good I prefer her Ingace In Herman and drawing and voksl music on the piano" A Close Thing. i) J30Q pig Mabel (flushed and rumpled) It's so close In this room, Ms (.who has entered suddenly) Not so close as It was a few moments ago) |