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Gen. Raum viii Not Rcsign.

Commissioner Raum was asked this morning
in regard to reports that he had rendered his
resignation or contemplated resigning and
sad: Il have never been known to run when
under fire. am proud Of the record OF the
Office and am satisfied that the report, which
will be completed in a few Gays, will fully win.
dictate my administration OF it's affairs am
quite confident that the American people will
SO regard 1t and have 20 fear OF any wrong
doing being proven against me. You can say
that have not resigned and have no such act
in contamination
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BE BEaur1ruL

lOE BEAUTIFUL
Nine. A. RUPERT. world-famed CompleIio3 Spe-
calst and Lecturer has iectured this subject in
al the Iarger cities of An.s and Europe. She never
fki to I'LL the largest theaters in every city and is
Always Endorsed by the leading srapers ny World
says: Madame RUPERT, the renowned complexion
SPECIALIST lectured fashionable audience ut Fifth
Avenue IEeater last svening-hundretls turned
away" To those who have been unable to hear this
eminent authority she will send her eight-psRe cir
cular giving valuable information receipt of &c
postage. Mime. Rupert is the Originator Of Wonder
full Face Bleach which Is creating such furore among
society ladies' at present NINE A. RUPERT,
SIS Branch ONCE. $50 9Th NV. Washing ton. DC
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Killed on a Surface Crossing.

, CAMDEN, n j.. Oct 1.--Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Williams, while attempting to cross the Camden
and Atlantic railroad in their carriage last
evening. were struck by an express train. Mr..
Williams was instantly killed and Mrs. Williams
died after being taken to the hospital Mr..
and Mira. Williams were over seventy years
old, wealthy and prominent in church circles.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued by Che
clerk Of the court TO Lewis Burke OF Mont
gomery county, Nd, and Martha Lewis;
Charles A. Bretow Of St. Clair county. Mich,
and Katie p. Killian; James Wilson and Lucy
blackwell OF Knoxville, Va; Ernest L. Lewis
Of Vienna, Va. and Amelia Riley.
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Hurryins In the Peas.

WATERFOWL, NY. Oct LA special to the
Times from Cape Vincent lsays thai, ON account
OF the almost certainty of the Mckinley bill oo-
ing into effect on October 6.thc two large seed
houses at. that zplacc,-tlae Cape Vincent Seed
Company and the Cleveland Seed COMPANY. are
busily engaged in freighting from Canada ali
she peas grown there for them. The Ca az
Vincent Seed Company have four vchooners
carrying peas day and night and are now rue.
ming their ware house all night - we'll a.
during the day.
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The Electric lighting Case.

Judge Cox today signed the decree in the
case of Cammack ct al. against the Commits
sioncrs of the District and the Electric Heat
and Power Company in accordance with his
opinion given on Monday. The decree recites
that the contract for electric lighting against
whose execution the injunction was asked
expired June 80 last The court being of
the opinion that the contract was illegal; that
the Electric Heat and Power Company is not
entitled to damages by reason OF the prolimi-
nary injunction. tho Undertaking filed by COM
plainants and Z. s. Westcott and E. n. GRAY
is discharged, and the complainants have leave
to dismiss tho bill, each party to pay its own
costs. An appeal was Uttered
The heirs Of BENJAMIN Franklin are getting
up a contest Of his will TO secure from Phil
adephia the fund he left for ar.isans
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Exhausted His Influence.

Policeman Slack says there is NO truth in the
statement that he claimed he had influence
saough 70 have an ofiicer promoted He says.
that he has had to hse all the influence be
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Redskins Defeated by Caval, ymsr,

CRY OF MEXICO, Sep. 2a.-A party Of d fly
Yaqui indiana, vol armed, attacked wagon
,rain near Cumurica and captured it, after
killing enc OF the teamsters. Twenty-Five men
Of the eleventh regular cavalry went in pursui.
Of the Indians. whom they succeeded In over
taking on Monday: A fight ensued, in which
corporal and one other OF the pursuers were
KILLED and two Of .tteir number were wounded.
The wagon train booty was recovered from the
indiana. who He'd toward the United States
boundary. Their loss is unknown
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The "Zone' System OF Rates.

LONDON, Oct 1.-The zone" system OF low
aud uniform Passenger tafins. adopted some
tIpio ago by tho Aus;ro Hungarian. railroads,
has proved so remarkably profitable. rs well rs
81 satisfactory to The public, that it has been
decided To extend the system to freight rates.
Inc governments Of other countries have been
carefully studying the operation Of Tho zone
system, and it is report ted that Germany con-
templates a'speedy trial OF the principle on the
German state Railroads. .l.-- 80
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Range Of the Thermometer Today.
Tie following were the readings at the Sig
nal Office today: Am, IS; 2 pm, Ga; maxi
mum, 65; minimum, 81
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Nominations Today,

Nominations Today.
The President today sent to the Senate the
following nominations:
Lieut., Col. Daniel W. Flasler, ordnance do
partment, to be colonel.
Geo. w. Wheeler. now a captain on the re-
tired list of tho army, to be a major on that
list
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REMARKABLE cures Of Cstsrrh effected BY the use Of
Aysrs sarssparilla conclusive proofs that this
losshsoms and dangerous disease one Of the blood,
nsene only this searching and powerful attentive
fhoroushly eradicate it.
.Ihsvs suffered for years from cstarrh. which was
% that II destroyed appetite and weakened
M systen None Of the remedies took afforded me
any relief untn used Ayers ssrsaparilla Ibegan
20 take this medicine last spring and entirely
free from that disgusting disease. Ny appetite has
returned and an once more strong and healthy "
Susan L. w. Cook. 300 Albany street. Boston High
lands. Boston. Mass.
MY son-nov fifteen yean Of age-was troubled for
long with catarrh. in its worst form. through
the effects of which his blood became poisoned. About
. year ago he began using Ayers ssrsapxrlla, has
taken seven bottles Of il and Is entirely WE'LL
D. p. Kerr. Big Spring. Ohio
II was cured Of . long standing catarrh BY the
Of Ayers sarsaparilla."-JamesJ Dougher. Company
g. 18th Infantry Fort winsate, Nm.
AYERS sARsAPARILLL
Prepared by
DR. J. C AVER CO.. Lowell. Mass
Sold BY Druggists. 81. six %. Worth IS bottle
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Judge James Of the District Supreme Court
Has returned from his outing
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Gen. WoIseley to Command Ireland.
LONDON, Oct 1.-Gen. Lord Wolseley. &C.
companied by his staff. has gone to Dublin to
assume. command Of the troops in Ireland.
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LOWELL. MASS, Oct. John @. Nichols,
who shot his sister yesterday, aud who at
tempted to shoot other relatives and then shot
himself, died this morning.
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May Prosecute Roularo,sts

Paris, Oct 1.-The Raped says thar the ques-
sion Of prosecuting the F,ulanaists will be
raised IN the chamber OF deputies.
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DU0SA u NV Ut. OUeGVeTe
ENGLKwoop, NJ, Oct. l-Geo. B. Cheever,
d. d., LII. D., wei known az both clergyman
and author died at his home here this
morning.
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DISTRICT GOVERNMENT

This afternoon Commissioner Ross, accom-
panied by Secretary Tindall, made tour Of in
spection Of the several offices in the District
building and was introduced to all the clerks,
THE BOARD NOT YET REoRoANIzED.
Tho new board of Commissioners was not
vet organised this morning owing to the alb
sence Of Col Robert Commissioner Douglass
will continue as the president of the board
unt,l Col. Robert arrives, when there will be q
formal reorganization. There is no doubt that
Mr. Douglass will be reelected president
BUILDING PERMITS
were issued today as follows: E E. Atkinson,
eight brick dwellings,. 1901 to 1916 sire,
northeast, sl5.O00; X. l.. Hall, one brick
dwelling. Ais 4th street northeast, %, 1907 "A. C.
Tyler, Que brick dwelling, 1924 ! street north
west, $40,0 (this house will be built upon the
site of the house OF Secretary Tracy. which was
recently destroyed by fre); Andrew Meikle-
john. one frame dwelling at Sligo, on the Mill
road, $500; Thomas Dant one frame dwelling,
42S16th street southeast $500.
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GRASTY.

a WOMAN WHO Is wEAK.- NERVOUS AND
N s4reie.s, no has cold hands and feet,
tvet and scs like well Ierson Carer. lrOs Pills
equslizs the circulation. rct:ove Eeryou>ness and
1--we srrois. ~
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An Order in the Canal Case.

ID IAN Otuer IN tme C8nai Case.
In the case Of Brown against the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company today Judge Cox
made an order that the canal company and VIM
ship and Cushwa, receivers. show cause on Sat-
drdSy. nth instant Why tile relief prayed By
the to!dsfs Of tho sfepatr script" holders
(Cisaell ct IL should not Be granted.
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NGoTH.Rs GIVE ASeosrURA BITTERs To
Uy their children stop colo and looscness Of the
bswel-- DR. J. q. n sIEdERT SONS. sole manu-
fnesurogs. ~ al druxgistA
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE. Oct. cotton s.eady-mid-
ding, l0a. Flour farly.actvo. whoat-southern
Arm; Fultz, 90alOO; Longberry. 95alOO; No. :,
9s; steamer No. =, red. J3: vestern inactive
and firm: No. = winter red, spot BOX; October,
o64: December. 10Oh al0Oa. Corn-southern
Arm; white, 57a59: yeiiow, 56a57: western quiet:
mixed spot. lo; October, 54sSa54,s; year, 81 V
bid: May, 554 asked oGts irm--ungraded south
ana Pennsylvania, 40a43h: do. western
white, 42a43k: do. do. mixed, 4la4o; graded No.
=, white, 4}a+31s: do do. mixod, I.,a42k. Ryc
quiet. Hay steady. Provisions active. Butter
active, scarce. Eggs very firm, scarce-aOaol
Coffee quiet sugar steady. Copper Arm. Whisky
firm-ll9. Freights TO Liverpool per steamer
inactive. Receipts-lor. 5.DJI barrels; wheat
5000 bushels; corn, 81, 0G0 bushels oats 1000
bushels; rye, 1000 bushels Shipments-four.
..-.G3 barrels: wheat 1900 bushels; corn, q 600
bushels. sales-wheat l2S, 600 bushels; corn,
II. 900 bushels. ,
BALTIMORE, Oct. /. - Virginia consols ~
asked; do. threes. 6S asked: Baltimore and Ohio
stock, 103al04 Northern central stock, 6tia6Sa.;
Cincinnati Washington and Baltimore hrsts
0Jal00; consolidated gag bonds, 1l4ails do. stock
5Oha5O's.
Chicago Markets.
CHICAGO. Oct. tClosinC). whoat-October,
06A; December 93ss: May. l.04k. Corn-Octo-
ber 47sI; December, 4S: May. 5O,s. Oais-Oc:o-
ber. 3SG; December. 4oh: May. AN. Fork
October, 9.!bJ: December, $50; May, l535. Lard
October, 022k: December, GAO: May, 6g2k.
Short ribs--Oc.ober. o.25; December, $50: May,
6.l2k.
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The House Postmastership.
The Wisconsin delegation are urging Mr..
John r. Flint as Mr.. wheat's successor AZ post
master Of the House, and it was believed at
tho Capitol today that Mr. Flint will be elected.
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TRANSATLANTIC BRIEFS.
Happenings Of More Than Ordinary
Interest in the Big Cities.

LONDON, Oct 1.-The bishop of Durham,
presiding at the opening OF the church con-
gress In Hull yesterday delivered an address
in which he emphasized the duty of the church
toward a solution of the social question.
discussion of the proper relations of the church
to tho state followed. One speaker deplored
the delegation OF power by the crown to pre-
mier who might possibly not be n Christian.
company has been formed by Russian and
French capitalists, with headquarters at st.
Petersburg. to supply Russian shoep for the
French market. The concern has a capital Of
5000. 600 francs
John Morley dined with Mr.. Gladstone last
evening ut Hawarden and spent the night
there. He looks much fatigued and careworn
as the result OF his hard work and unpleasant
experiences in Ireland. 1t is understood, that
he Will at once return and complete his inyest-
cation into tho condition OF the districts
affected by potato blight. -, -. +
The Italian government intend to ask the
chamber OF deputies FOR grant 10 be used in
the reconstruction Of , 30 submarine torpedoes
OF n new pattern. winch is believed by naval
experts to be unexcelled.
The King OF Holland IL beloved to be beyond
recovery. lie can take no food and nutriment
is administered artticially. His death is looked
Tor Mt any moment.
An offer of bankers to take 10 600. 900 marks
OF the new per cent loan and s.. 0O0, 900 of the
Prussia loan at ST. 40 has been accepted by the
German government.
The statement 10 made that the Office Of i'm
perial German commissioner to East Africa
will be done away With Baron Won Soden will
assume the position of governor Of the colony.
Easton, the man who killed himself in ST.
Paurs Cathedral during the services Sunday
morning. left ~ letter III which he said he would
commit suicide IN the cathed ral in order to de-
stroy false christianity. The coroner's Jury
has returned u verdict that the man was in
sane.
Bishop ODwyer. whose opposition to the
plan OF campaign has brought him into Bit
ter controversy with his nationalist parish
toner's, has gone to visit the pope.
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BRoNcH1r1s CuREn
AFTER SPENDING TEN WINTERS SOUTH WAS
CURED BY SCOTS EMULSION.
40 CENTER STREET. NEW YORK.
June 25. 1888
The winter after the great fire in Chicago con-
tracted Bronchial affections and since then have been
obliged to spend nearly every winter south. Last No
vsuber was advised to try SCOTS EMULSION OF
COD LIVER OIL with HYPOPHOsPHITEs. and to
my surprise was relieved at and by continuing its
three months entirely cured gained hesh and
strength, and able stand the blizzard and
attend to business every day.
&c. CHURCHILL
Sold by all Druggists oc1
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AND COMMERCIAL.
New York Stock Market
Name,

Tho following are the oiening and closing prices OF
the New York stock Market. as reported By spccinl
wire 10 Corson and Mccartney. 1}1y street:
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Steamers Collide I'm Ncw York Rax

NEW YORK. Oct 1.-The steamer Majestic
hence for Liverpool, and the steamer DANA.
hence for Hamburg, while proceeding to sea
this morning and when near the upper middle
III the lower bay came into collision. The Ma
jestic had one port life boat smashed. The
DANA had three life boats on the starboard side
smashed and also the starboard side of the
bridge damaged. The Majestic proceeded to
sea aud the DANA came to anchor outside the
bar. but subsequently, proceeded
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Frnslrunk
CARPETS

II CRSITURK CARPETS.
MANY INEXPERIENCED HoCSEKEEPERS
IMAGINE THAT TO WARD OFF DISTRESS AND
MISERY MINE OF WEALTH IS NECESSARY
THIS Is ERRONEOUS. AS THOUSANDS IN THIS
CITY CAN TESTIFY. FEW DOLLARS JUDI
CIoCsLY EXPENDED WITH Us. AS AN EARNEST
OF YOUR GOOD FAITH, WILL PURCHASE A
HOME FULL OF COMFORTS AND CoNvEy,
FENCES. OUR EQUITABLE CREDIT SYSTEM
GRANTING YOU FULL POSSESSION OF THESE
COMFORTS WHILE YOU CANCEL THE IN
DEBTEDNEss IN SMALL PARTIAL PAYMENTS
BY THE
WEEK OR MONTH
UNTIL NOTHING But a PLEASANT REcoL-
LECTION REMAIN.
oUE FIVE COLOSSAL STORES. FILLED TO RE
pLETIoN. ARE EVER OPEN TO TIE INsPEc-
IIoN OF RELIABLE HoUsEKEEPERs, WE KNOW
ING FULL WELL THAT OUR SYSTEM. WHEN
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. WILL PROVE THE
PaNA CEA FOE IuE MANY EXISTING DIsCoM.
FORTS AND HEART SORES OF YOUNG HOUSE
KEEPERS.
*.
HOUSE L HERnMANS.s
CASH AND CREDIT HOUSES
si7. OIL AND eas 7TH ST AND CAT AND sse
su3e-$m MASS. AVE NV.
FTER DINNER TAKE ONE OF CARRIERS
III s.f1 . se sSa M r FRI ,'s men .0 and Be
cYauneed
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A FTER DINNER TAKE ONE OF CARRIERS
~ Litt.s Liver Pills and you viii be free iIon.
rstEg or s-o sre~~ 60 sseo..Sh Try thera aud be
CONVINCED
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-16

The eye Of the teacher has an in1u-
ence that he cannot over-estimate 1t
t,,aip ' 6is" ';'o l,l ~, iG H., ~ 'i''o ne
T.; - t w. ~ ,i1 5Olo2' p ''ll ely
If tbe scbo6l That y.bona,o-. 80 LIN NV
Ioolys M, h., NAV, nav, ,,,ont ,a IN,
too"L.rP T,to ,la - s1 ,,.' ~ 'uo
almost i,,.ari,iI, ~ ~ '''s a.. lI'C .;.
H. faco - tGa - ~ -, ''i' 0ssA y ~
Tbars ~ ' ANN 49, 90 =, q sa, me- ne.
teaobor I, havs III E.ol- 49, ~ 80 1uG
- tbo ,e,-, NJ rs, -, -. : = 10y Pup'ii
,-o,. II, 4. ,a,,,.,-aj ''. &c l'o'ii ). =
honl. ~ NJ. s.rarl y NJ, 7'.'.',l "i'n M
for r5i. a ,,. nt Du1 .''0 ;
Tbo ,L;cct ~ s ,,,..,.. ,I u.s. -,t.,,..
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-16

language Of his own that they all n1ipht
be able to understand. So he took a
little Blackfoot mixed it with trifie OF
Crow, seasoned it with bad French,
worked in a Dundee accent, and called
it Chinook. He provided that the male
Indian should be known as e Siwash
and the female Indian as a Klootch-
man, and as the Siwashes and the
Kiootchmen worked themselves west
ward and over the country they car
rled this invented language with them
and established it throughout the north
west. There are hunters and trappers
and lumbermen who can make them
selves well understood through Chi
nook everywhere they 20. la the dis
tani uackWpods t.lcY alt Iuaw men
That IT, white men ho lave taken In
dian Wifcs-who .are reaiIY forgotten
their mother TONGUE a-d can now speak
nothing but Ch,aook Tie Indian
proper names 50 beautifully scattered
over Washington al Chinook uamr,
ana originally possessed some peculiar
significance. SnOwqualmie. for in
stance. meant crowned with snow
Skaglt was the name of the wildcat
stiilquamish signiiicd quiet water "
Nooksack meant north OF the noun
tain" Nesqually meant south Of the
mountain" These and many other
names, some of them picturesque in
their significance and beautiful in their
sound, are now preserved as the names
Of particular geographical features.
Okinagane, ''soit and deep" is the
name OF lake. Yakima, white peb-
bless Nenatchie, swiftly running,
are names OF mountain streams.
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CARE OF WATCHES.
The Manner in Which q Pocket Tlns,t...
Should BE Handled.

A watch, even of very good onal;..
can only give satisfaction If it is treot
ed according to its subtle constructs"
says the american AnaIySt. Its No..
SCISSOR must prevent it from faIlipg =.
being knocked about A jump from
street-car has more than once caused
good timepiece in the Jumpers nocJa.
to change its rate. A watch must l.,
kept in a clean place. Dust and snsIi
articles of the pocket lining cath.
continuously in the pockets. and eve1
the best-iitting case can not protect tbs
movement from dirt finding its wav ~
the wheels and piyots of the move.
ment, Watch-pockets should be turned
inside out aud cleaned at regular in
teryals. A watch ought 10 be wound
up regularly at about the same hopr
every day. The best time TO do II Is ii
the morning, for two reasons. First
because the hours of rising are mora
regular than the hours of disrobinp ana
retiring. Second, because the 1i
power OF the handspring is more likely
TO reduce TO a minimum the IRREGULAR.
ties caused by the movements of be
owner during She day. When not car.
ried in the pocket n watch should al.
ways hang by its ring in the same no.
sition that it is worn. As rnls
watches viii run with a different rate
when laid down. Only high-grads
watches are adjusted to position and
will only show a few seconds dr..
ference in twenty-four hours, while
common watches may be out Of time
several minutes ia one night.
Ladies often complain that their
watches do not run regularly This
may be on account of smaller SIZE and
more difficult regulating, but the main
reason for the faulty rate is to be found
in the fact that lies do not ALWAYS
carry their watches and consequently
often forget to wind them Never
leave hunting-caSe watch open dur.
inc a considerable length of time. A
careful observer viii bad in the morn.
ing a layer OF dus on tie -crysta. of a
watch taat has u..l open during the
night The du wu find its way into
the movement. l.e dust on the out
side of the case NIi be uaconscious'v
rubbed OH bv Inc Nearer, but when the
NuACn - NiOrtN tilt AltSl iAH4ht OF lNe
case must remain there. A watch
ought TO he cleaned every two, or at
the utmost three, years ii it is not tobe
spoiled. The oil viii change. 1t will
become thickeued By the dust that can
not be kept out of the best closing.
case. The dust will work like emerT
aud grind the surfaces OF the piyots Of
the train. The best OF movements viii
be spoiled if this requirement is neg
lected. Even after being cleaned and
put in order they will not recover their
exactness. Many times it has been OBJ
served that a watch ran well for years,
and that it was unreliable after having
been cleaned. The reason is to be
found in the fact the piyots and their
thick oil tit the jewel holes, and the
cleaned pivots and their clean oil do
not fit the same Jewels.
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Are We Left-Legged.

DR.. w. X. Sibley read q paperbefora
the British Association in which he
argued That man was naturally Left
legged SAYS the Rc8ical Record Stand
ing working with the right hand there
is q tendency to balance on the left .eZ.
Race paths are nearly always made ior
running In circles to the right and tie
majority of movements (such as dane
ing, running. etc. were more readily
performed 90 the RIGHT. Ia walking i
was natural to bear to the right
crowds as well as individuals did 20.
Troops started off with the lett FOOT
the lett foot was placed in the stiua}
or step of the bicycle in mounting tae
left foot was the one from which man
took off i'm jumping. From measure
meuts made by DR.. Carson Of the skele'
tons of Two legs in 5L5 per cent tas
left leg was the longer, and in sos ta5
right From measurements Of ~
pairs Of feet, it was found that in II
per cent the left, and in 21.5 THE riga-
was longer while in $40 they aEe
e4ull.