The Morning herald., 1877-09-21
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, ,,,;t.r in tho London 2sn'es describes
a .9sot @ Of excessive intermrriage on the
ls s,h;.nts ,i Of Brotes, little town in the
nDs1 D';".s Of sant.pder, Spain. Untl fhr; eigh-
'"'In n" =, nineteen years ago tho village was
hid, shut of from the rest Of tne worla.
a';, ;.h.hitauts, 1, from their ever recurring
'..n.rr;spes, u,,,, had become quite race Of
rsrm. On market days the priests might
's.n, sssn. with long black cloaks I and NC high
E,st hats, riding in to purchase the simple
.a';siop ssi for the weeks consumption, men men
.rH,s intelligence and no learning, sprung
~ I' tha lowest ranks. i About eighteen
s,.s 'v,s 900 tho aalcisn laborefs, or Gale
10. ~ from RI tho mines Of Galicis, swarmed
.ta ar'' the town for lodging, ,4c., and
;nos their colonization 81 the population a !
as increased iastssngth, stature, education,
a..nact and morality. Their intallects also,
however, proved inssllscts which th have been .
Hunted, dwarf.d and ruined by their fre-
lusnt intermarriages. :, iapa d ,3'gqp'l III
|c.,,roRN71's WOMAN WALKER.
A petite figure, built for endurance, five
,..t two inches in height; shoulders higher
,nd suuarer than those generally seen on a
vomau well formed bust, hips not so
h,oad as usual, q head largo and well form
cd with clear, colorless complexion, eyes
blush gray, sndhair dark brown. Such are
tbo chief outlines of t person of Kate Law
renee, the new candidate for pedestrian
fame. She is thirty years Of age, and has
lived here for the last eight years, working
At dressmaking. She tired some fifteen
months since Of working At her needle
with no prospects for the future. Sick, too,
she got the idea that walking would help he1
health, and after q consultation with well
known professor ofathletics, she determined
to make the effort to beat Miss Won Hillern.
Her first walk in the way Of self-trainine
was to the Ocean House and back, twenty
two miles. This stint she keptup for several
weeks, and then she started on the road ia
San Mateo, thirty miles distant. Her next
walk was on the railroad to Santa Clara, 4e
miles. These walks were commenced at
A. NJ. In few days she started for sar
Jose, 80 miles, q walk she accomplished
easily in an ordinary day. Shortly after
ward Horticultural Hall was engaged ana
she walked against time Is miles in "a hours
The walk was actually accomplished in Is
hours IS minutes, 43 miles being walked II
her stockings, the shoes having hurt hel
feet Having accomplished this, Kate Law
renee determined to try again. She started
to walk 80 miles in 10 hours, and actual.
accomplished it In IA hours 10 minutes
During this walk she made two diferen
miles in 10 minutes for each. Since thes'
walks in horticultural Hall, Mrs. Lawrence
has walked daily to and from the city to tn
Cliff House, doing this l6 miles in thre'
hours for months past before breakfast, ant
then doing her regular days work in ad
diton. She has improved in health unde
the steady exercise and the regimen neces
sary until her health is perfect. She propose
to walk in Pacific Hall, against time-1o'
miles in 2S hours-commencing on the 2ls
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