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from. An athlete in this position when he
hears the pistol brings his left arm back and
HIS right arm forward until both are about
parallel with the body, when the motion hs
has made with his feet In the meantime viii
pscessitate his extending them again In about
~ same positions, only to bring them back
n exactly the reverse position which Is the
commencement ~ the arm swing used by all
printsrs
There are two ways Of using the fest In
Iris style Of starting; one 10 10 step out With
~ back foot when the ARMS are drawn hak
iwuy back. and the othsr d 10 leave the beck
bous where IL Ia and take . short stride With
- front foot, the ARM In this case gong
bAlrougb the very sams motion - when ths
~ movement Of The fsst y made with ~
kaok QUE. The lsngth Of strids when ~
knck foot Ia used nrst would bring the IRA
- aoout Tires feet In front Of the scratch
nark which is who're the front foot IL resting.
4 ths front foot Il put forward nrst, 10 w1n
erfks the ground anywhere from nina 10 q.
IN inches 10 front Of ths scratch Linz, end
- movement d followed By 0 regular sert6s
ms1s By The back fooA Ths two Hyiss .
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A GREEN OLD Age.
Actresses Who Have Been
Playing Over Fifty Years.
THEY TAKE OLD WOMEN PARTS.
Two Generations Ago They We're Charm
Ing Juliets, vIrginias and R~o>aiinds-By
No Means Do They Lag Su%periiuous on
the Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Drew and
Mrs, Gilbert,

Therefore take with thee my mos, ~gric,ous curse
Bloody thon art, bloody will he thy end;
Shame serves thy life, and doth thy death attend
After delivering this terrible curse upon her
son the Duchess of York leaves the stage and
is seen no more in the evenings representa-.
ton of Richard i'll"
The bill Of the play in Mr.. Thomas Keene's
production Of the tragedy contains this line;
duchess Of York, Mrs. Baker" The audi.
ence sees a majestic and effective woman in
the part, IL is thrilled by the intensity and
force with which the lines quoted above are
delivered, and leaves, when the curtain drops
on the death Ut the terrible and relentless
hunchbacs, without knowing that it has
witnessed something worth remembering
wholly apart from the impressions Of the per-
formance as a whole. How much added
pleasure would have come had those present
been aware Of the fact that the lady playing
the Duchess Of York SO well, in point Of con-
tinuous service, IL not In actual years, is the
oldest actress on the American stage, one
whose career behind the footlights extends
over a period Of nearly three decades
What associations must cluster about q
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can be maintained, ther. can I've no specific
distance mentioned as ,eing the limit Of q
sprint The large majo rity consider the ex-
treme point to be anyv here from $50 to $50
yards In ruIping dist lnces Of 400 yards and
over an athlete will Iold himself in during
the first part Of the race. and the longer the
race is the more Importance this holding in
gains.
In all races where full speed Is maintained
from start TO finish one essential point Is TO
be able to start and get into one's stride with
- little loss Of time as possible. The shorter
the race, the more important this point Is.
and many contests have been won by gain
ing an advantage Of two or three feet in the
f1nt five yards and holding, without being
able to increase the advantage to the end.
An athlete winning a race Of that kind shows,
not that he is more speedy than his oppo
nsnt, but that be is able to get into his stride
o and thereby get going quicker.
When foot racing was young and the diff
fereut contests were not governed as well %
they are now, the habit Of ''beating the pis-
tol" used TO be 30 prevalent that an athlete
was considered quite a novice If he could not
steal q yard or two on the pistol frer. Beat
ing the pistol means that after Q runner has
been told to get ready, be starts on his jour
ney before the pistol has been fired, but after
tie starter has begun TO pull the trigger. In
this way an advantage unfair, Of courss) Of
. nth TO two-f fths Of q second can some
times be gained over competitors who wait,
honestly, for the signal. Il can readily b
imagined what a peculiar sight IL was when
-four or five sprinters in q race anticipated
tie firing Of a pistol and ran Oh. Six or
eight years Z such a scene at amateur
sports was quite common. but now it would
Be considered a curiosity, 50 much has the
management in this line improved during
the last half dozen years. Even now in To-
calities where athletics are not well estabr
lished. beating the pistol IN the sprint races
Is practiced, but the important games nearly
always "a q pistol iirer Of known ability
who is paid for bis services, and as his repu-
tation depends upon his getting the men Of
evenly in a race, there is a natural incentive
on his part to do the work properly.
The method employed by several pistol
frers Of known reputation at the present
time TO dispatch contestants in a sprint race
h, after the clerk Of the course has put them
IN their marks, TO tell them 10 set" Most
Of them will then assume a position similar
to that shown in the illustration Position
for Setting, I" and they will wait there for
some seconds, or until the pistol firer is con.
WINGED that all are steady, when he will pull
the trigger. The advantage Of holding one's
elf In the attitude shown by this illustration
10 that with the arms extended and the posi-.
ton which the feet are in one can get under
way very quickly. IL will be noticed that
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-23

The two men who compose the team, as
shown in the accompanying cut, are C.. s.
Busse and c. l.. Jacquelin. They made their
debut as a three legged team on Aug. 81 Of
last year at the games of the New Jersey
Athletic club at Bergen Point. They won
this event, lowering the then existing record
by 2 rs seconds, the distance being $50 yards.
In appearance the members Of the team are
evenly matched, and although Jacquelin is
the heavier of the two, a good distribution of
strength and weight is effected by having
him take the outside position, in which place
the greater weight Of the team is borne by
him
At the games Of the Hampstead Amateur
Athletic association, held at Hampstead, l.
l., on Sept. Is, 1889, the champions lowered
the 100 yards three legged record, covering
the distance in thirteen seconds, within one
fifth Of a second Of the worlds record. which
was made on a cinder track, while the new
record was made on a poor grass track, after
q poor start.
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those characters in support Of Forrest Inc
Junius Brutus Booth, while her first &c
quaintance with Orchard iii" was as the
little Duke If York. Now she is the Duchess.
To he explicit, Mrs. Sarah A. Baker is now
% years Of age, and has been an actress for
considerably more than half a century.
Long ago her father. Charles =. Porter,
was the manager Of the Pittsburg theatre,
and her associations from childhood have
been those Of the stage. As leading lady Of
Philadelphia and New York stock companies
she has in days that are gone supported such
famous stars as Edwin Forrest, the elder
Booth, Edwin Adams, z. l. Davenport,
Lawrence Barrett, Edwin Booth, Joseph JEFF
ferson, W. J. Florence, the elder Sothern
and Stuart Robson, playing an infinite va.
riety Of character and making her mark a.
an exponent OF legitimate drama. When "a
years old she married, but her husbands
c~reditable career a. Al actor was cut short
by death, Mr.. Baker being killed at Atlanta.
Ga, while serving As an oficer In Sherman's
army.
In 1887 Mrs. Baker completed her Hftieth
year as an actress, and the event was made
the occasion OF o notable commemoratiou. u
was at the Masonic Temple theatre in Louis
vile, Ky. Richard Ill had just died, but the
curtain did not 20 down. Instead the audi
ence was requested 10 remain. MrA Baker,
still dressed as the Duchess, was led to the
center Of the stage and given q, SAT- Then,
with a diamond ring and various floral trib-
utes. the following address was handed her
by Mr.. Keene:
To our Dear Professional Mother, Mrs. Sarah A.
Baker, On the semi Centennial of Her Debut on
the Stage:
We. the members OF Mr.. Keene's company,
deem IL to be our happy privilege and respectful
duty to charge this day with a token Of dear n.
membranc- Of you. not less as an actress than as
. cherishrJ friend, as a mother whose ministerilg
hand has ever brsn l.nderly rendered whenever
occasion demanded as care
The ,alIe 81 the Offering * rs nothing, the love
which accompanies Il is ALI aud we ask you 10 take
this 10 your heart, that this love will 20 with you
wherever you may H.. unbroken. like The golden
circle thai is honOred hy The hand that wears II.
Not only We, but all those who know you In
your private and professional lfs-anl where In
our country are You ui. rDwn prof,ssionallyf-all
delight In doing reverence u the purity OF your
life and the genilensss 81 your nature.
The fifty years Of your professional career al
most marks the developed history Of the Ameri.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-23

three are over fifty years Of age.
June IL, 1850, they founded the New York
Athletic club, the pioneer organization Of its
sort in America. Their aim and the clubs
aim has been the development and progress
Of amateur sport, and they have met with
great success. Clubs without number have
accepted the constitution, bylaws and general
rules of the New York Athletic club as the
perfection of athletic machinery. Mr.. Bah
cock earned fame as an oarsman in his youth,
Mr.. Curtis has made records which entitle
him to the appellation Of an ''all round" ath-
lete, and Mr.. Buermeyer's strong point IL
boxing. Mr.. Babcock. by the way, origi.
mated the sliding seat.
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THREE LEGGED RACING.
II Has Recently Become y Feature Of
American Athletic Games.

Tripod or three legged racing has become
Of late quite a feature Of athletic games In
America. In England the pastime has been
practiced for years. The two men who CON-
pose the team are fastened together by a
broad strap just above the knees, the buckle
being placed in front, 20 that it will impede
the progress OF the muscles. At the ankle a
double strap is placed. The left arm of the
one is then placed around the others waist,
while the ~lattor's right arm encompasses the
former, and then, when they have toed the
mark, they set" as shown in the picture,
A peculiar half hop, half jump, starts them
going, and in n few strides they strike their
gait and run as one man.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-23

can stage. With the
greatest of our stage
heroes aud heroines
you have associated.
Stage memories are
naturally cherished
by you, and among
them the last but not
the least worthy Of
remembrance. let us
hope, we ask you to
keep green the mem.
DRY Of this night. In
the after time, a.
yuiir eye rest on this
Title gem on your
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Better Than Q Diary.

For fifteen cents you can buy q neat and
convenient pocket scrap book, large enough
10 contain the published accounts Of 100 rail-
road accidents. II you got a Jan. !, 1870,
you have already pasted up sxty-thres scca-
dnts and got q nice start. You can al
Shrss such books In the year, and thsy ere
uiss things to pondsr over and wopdsr Why
10 one has bsen held 10 blams. -Dstroit Pre-
kfsn.
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one foot is
twenty inches back Of
the other. The front
foot, which in this
case is the left one. Is
supposed to he ON the
line with the toe II
the hind foot resting
In a little hole dug in
the track 10 get a push
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Pioneer, Of Amateur Athletics

The value Of amateur athletic sport is now
recognized everywhere. Well directed exer.
else and trained muscles do more than the
doctor to keep the eyes bright, the skin clean,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-23

Great interest attaches 10 the coming race
between the picked crews of Oxford and
Cambridge universities. Tue former are
said to be in great trim and confident Of VIC
tory. The illustration shows them starting
from the university barge 10 paddle over tho
short courss ~ Ifiey. The order Of rowing
Is; W. f. e. Holland, Brasenose bow; 2, II.
Z. L. Puxley, Corpus; 8, r. p. Rowe, Mag
dalen: 4, C. II vt. j. Horuhy. New; 5, Lord
Ampthill, New; o, c. +. Drake, New, 2, O.
Nickalls, Magdalen; W. A. J.. Fletcher,
Christ Church strokel; ]. p. Lonsiale, New
tcox.l.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-23
RAPID SPRINTING.
Malcolm w. Ford Writes OF
Short Distance Running.
the IMPORTANCE OF THE START.


Sprinting or short distance running Is prob
ably the first game tried by the average mar
who visits an athletic field to see what he is
good for. The idea Of running fast attracts
most men, and as the only way to determine
how speedy one may be is to try and see, it is
quite natural that this game should be much
more than usually popular. Sprint races in
olude distances from 800 TO 40 yards. The
first distance is generally considered the
limit, although some claim that a Ii0 yard
run is a sprint quite as much as n 10 yard
u is. A distance which is a sprint for one
man may not he 50 for another, for the term
defines a distance where full speed is sought
for from the beginning TO the end Of a race.
As men vary at distances in which full speed
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-23

1Aon VII - ihhlAi nHkAir AH " rIafhif1
brilliant IN tir s'inlf ut. know that or respect
and love for goa SH.gr no dimDcs In the es-
arrangement u distance or lime.
With the prpfoundest respect and most loving
duty 10 command, ]u9.lne aud mother. we are
most affection atcy ypIrs.
Then follow the signatures of all the MEM
bers Of the company.
When asked recently by tile writer IL there
were ans pr rs,nr incidents Of her profess
sional career v,lch .ln recalled, Mrs. Baker
replied; "Oulg tac ! have never been III a
day In my life, aud ! have never attempted
10 starr
Two other names naturally occur TO the
reader a. DESERVE smoniion in the same cate
CORY with Mrs. l1ar'>, 10y reason Of long
and honorable sPr .p 1u The stage. They are
those OF Mrs. . q D.rN aud slrs Gilbert.
Mrs. John Drew is English by birth, and
was ~ years OF age the 10th Of last January.
Her maiden name was Lane. She made her
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-23
CHESS AND CHECKERS.

Chess problem No. 53-By William Richter
Black.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-23

American hut ~
1897 at the WHlnut
Street theatre ~
Philadelphia rs the
Duke Of York In
Richard ILL.,"
with tie elder
Booth. Her first
New York appear
sncs was at the
Bowery IN rs
Singing wr,one Y
her graz g o
p~lishments, ~ li,m
entire d ~
youthful lheroines
Waa hsrs during n
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psrtod Of popularity spent IN employmsat,
mainly between New York, Philadelphia end
Baltimore. Mrs. Drew has long bssu 90
copied as q moi versatile and flashed ~
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u0im Is htS
acclaim to hon
or, and conse-
quently wher-
ever amateur
athletics have
o foothold the
names of Viii
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v.cRABcocx h el d In
high repute. The first
Isl native Of Vermont,
the second Of Rhode
Island, and the third Of
New York city. All
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q. q DUn
nEvER
liam B..
Curtis,
J G.
B abcock
and Hen.
ryE.Buer
meyer are
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-09-17
Men, Youths, Boys and
Children

Ever seen by the citizens of Alexandria.
We would like to impress upon you the
fact that our suits and single garments
are in every respect equal to the best
merchant tailor work in fit, makeup,
trimmings and style, and we guarantee
Gou an actual saving of from 81 to 81 per
cent. Is not this worth considering =
We quote few styles: To start with the
SACK SUIT will probably lead as a ia
vorite style among gents and young men
as the proper garment for business
and general wear, the straight front, 4
and 5-buttoner, with lower corners cut
slightly away; also with square corners,
will take with the majority of mankind
as being neat, dressy and comfortable.
The 1-bntton sack will please a great
many, and, as the mercury begins to
drop, double-breastad sack suits viii be
very much worn. We have GRAND
LINE of these styles, all put up in the
most durable and wear-resisting manner.
They come in fancy suitings-plaidss,
small checks and invisible stripes, dark
and medium mixtures-out OF the best
all-wool fabrics, our prices ranging from
81 so to $35, which gives yon everything
from good, honest, everyday working
suit te the nattiest business and walking
suit manufactured.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-09-17

AT an impromptu meeting of our
citizens held here on Saturday last, at
which Capt. Jas. G. White presided,
and R. w. Bringhurst acted as Score
tary, steps were taken for the early es-
tablishment, near Alexandra, of a
Methodist College. Rumor says that
wealthy lady in another portion of
the State has signifed her willingness
to donate one million dollars to such
an institution. This, in connection
with what is already being done, viz:
to move similar institution here,
would mean a great deal, to say the
least. A committee of thirty citizens
was appointed to solicit subscriptions
throughout the Tarish and central
Louisiana in aid of this enterprise
Twenty acres OF land, to be used as a
cite for the said College, has already
been given by one of our most liberal
citizens, Mr.. j. NJ. Armstrong. The
move is in tqe right direction, and re.
ceives our wishes for success.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-09-17
Alexandria Again.

We really believe the eyes OF the
entire world are upon US. We cant
make a move but what some one sees
tive can't go into an enterprise but
what it is heralded from one quarter
of the globe to the other. And so it
is-but we can't help it-that's all.
Praiseworthy songs are heard about
US every now and then, and their
echos 90 forth in stentorian tones from
the gulf to the sea. AS sample we
have only to publish the following
com plimentary netice of our town tax
en- from the New Orleans States
The people of the flourishing little town
of Alexandria are determined to make 1T
the second largest city in the State, and
with that end in view they are now nego-
tiating with the agent of the Thomson /
Houston Electric Light Company for the
establishment of a plaut to furnish ilgnts
for streets and stores. A number OF clti-
zens already signited their willingness to
patronize the new company, and there is
good reason to believe that if the city
Council of Alexandria will grant the fran
cbise the plant will be in operation in the
next sixty days. A company has also
been organized to erect water works; the
street car line is now being constructed,
and in the course of the next two years,
when the five railroads now building are
completed, Alexandria will be one OF the
most attractive little cities in the South
and the distributing point for the trade
of middle Louisiana. The town by. tht
construction of railways has been infuse!
with new life, and it's citizens are jnbl
liant over the prosperity they are soon Il
eniOy
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-09-17

themselves as members: John E. Bor-
land, W. j. Orr, E, Orr j. G. Price,
d. B. Robert, NJ. P. Erwin, John P.
McGee, John w. Britt, S. b. Charles,
Misses Cora Long, Rosa Murphy, Liz
zie Sorelle, Adelia Armstrong, Elise
Baynerd, Birdie Grayson, Bessie Err
win, Pinkey j. Britt, Anna S. Erwin,
X. L. Owen, A. E. Waters, B. Wood,
Eloise Daigre, Marie Lou Allen, Mrs.
M. G. Alexander, Mrs. A. Armstrong,
Mrs. A. f. Grayson.
Resolved, That the Secretary fur
NTH proceedings of this meeting to the
IoWn Ialk and LOUISIANA DEMO
GRAFT. j. w. BRITT,
JOHN P. MCGEE, President.
Secretary.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-09-17
BAUER & WE'LL,
Front Street.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Rapides-12th Judicial Dis
trict Court.
N'lllAA vs.: ;. oNl No. 1904.

VS.. No. 29O4.
ARTHUR EVERETT.
TOY VIRTUE OF AND TO SATISFY
= an alias writ of fieri facias issned
and to me directed in the above entitled
and numbered suit, have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction, at the
front door of the Court House of the Par
ish of Rapides, La, between the hours
prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Goth, 1890,
the following described property, to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land situa-
ted, lying and being in the Parish of Ra-
hides. State of Louisiana, on the north
side of Red river, and described as fol-
lows. to-wit: To start at point on the
lower line of the Treadway tract, now
owned by this purchaser, ninety feet from
the rear line of said tract, thence run at
right angles with said line five acres,
thence run parallel with the dividing
limo of the said Treadway and Daigre
| tracts ten acres, thence run at right am
gies FIVE to Daaid's line, so as to contain
fhe anautity of fifty acres of pinewoods
land-the aforesaid fifty acres Of land be
ING part and parcel of the 320 acres o
the Hoffman tract, and is bounded on I'd,
one side by lands Of David and Of thi
pnrchaser, and on all other sides b.
/ lands of this vendor III. L. Daigre.
Terms Of Sale-Cash, subject to ap
lpraisement. y. i. SiAfFORD:
| Aug. 2o-t,iA sher- #.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-09-17
Rapides Teachers Association.

On the 18th inst. the Public School
teachers of Rapides met at the Town
Hrll, for the purpose of forming an
association, thinking thereby to ad-
vance the cause of education, to excite
a livelier interest in educational mat
ters emong parents and others, and to
promote among themselves an increase
in the methods and knowledge OF prac-
teal and scientific teaching.
There were present among interest
ed visitors and school patrons Super
intendent B. F. Long, Prof. w. b.
Harman, of Soule Commercial Col
lege, Mr.. O. N. o. Watts, ex-teacher,
and Mr.. B. Alexander and others:
Organization having been effected
bv the election of John w. Britt as
President, Mr.. P. Erwin as Vice-Pres-
ident, John P. MeGee as Secretary of
the body, it was resolved that the
meeting proceed to business
The Rapides' Teachers Association
was unanimously chosen as the name
bv which the organization was to be
known. A committee on bylaws was
appointed, and after having been ad
dressed at considerable length by
Capt. Long and President Britt the
meeting adjourned until $3.50 in the
afternoon.
Prof. Harman and 0. N. 0. Watts
made practical addresses to the teach
ers upon school work and methods
and discussion cnsued, and good deal
of experience was thereby interchang
cd, much to the benefit of all.
! 1t was resolved that the Association
meet twice yearly, and Alerandris
was chosen as the next meeting place
, in January.
The work to be performed by th'
! teachers will be allotted to districts
5 one member in each district to Civ
out the necessary instructions as order
+, ed by the President.
! The committees bylaws were unan
l imously approved.
Anybody interested in edncationa
: work may become an honorary men
:. her of the Association.
The following teachers enFolle
The Louisiana Democrat., 1890-09-17
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OUR MISSION.


"Clothes do not make n man, Perhaps;
But if he's poor in dress,
The world is bound to notice it,
And, somehow, love him less"
IT'S sad, but true, q good sutton a
mans back, of course-otten goes further
on the road to worldly success than car
load of intellect with college diploma to
back it up. 1t ought not to be, but fate
will have it so, and we must float with
the tide or '.loose our venture" Now, it
is the particular mission of Bauer & We'll
to whom the majority of Alexandra gen
tlemen look for their garments and fur
nishings, to drers mankind in fauitless
and becoming, attire. upon TINS 81 issue IS .e
reach the goal Of your ambitious desires
after we get through fixing You up, dear
inconsistent man, blame us not. Yet We
are prepared to treat you right royalty in
the wuy Of