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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16
How Jay Cooke Floated Two
Billions In Bonds.
HE HAD AN ABIDING FAITH.
Never Lost Confidence in the Ultl-
mate Greatness OF This Country.
GRANTS GREAT TRIBUTE TO HIN.
TO Cooke the Soldier dave the Credit Of
Having Saved tho Life Of
the Ropubiio.


TELL him that II rs to his labors more than
those Of any other man that the people OF
this country owe tho continued life Of the
Nation"
Such was tho message sent by U, 8 Grant
to Jay Cooke on the owe of Lees surrender,
and this torso estimate Of tho patriotic SER
Ylcea Of tho great banker and nnanclor
has. after the lapse Of generation. become
tho sober verdict Of history. Jay Cooke
waa indeed. one OF tho most remarkable
men OF tho war period and his wise and
untrlnE labors M financial ageut Of tho
Government entltlo him to high place
among tho raviorl Of tho Republic. while
the trying lator days with which hin name 10
associated. and the splendid skin and audae-
Ivy by which he wrested Victory from do
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16

The stomach hna four coats
The sense Of touch ia d,lleat an ,,e bael
an 4, 80. .....
.,.uV 100 . T "aws p,nS,'a'e 'he HNln
,., II.
lhe W.. von,elns elhnl nohea' tho palm
wv '"' "us''H nave 'ou''oon'
Hair II very strong; single hair will
pear weight OK hleV greih5,
straight hairn are nearly cylindrical,
curly hatru arc cllintical or nat
Thc coils recommending th, enia,r,n,, 49,.
t.lA0nth VI an inch IN diameter,
Mon have bcen hno,,n ia io.e IA, ,er.ni,a
tion oO6 or q 0dO Grain, an h,ng
"'"''
il6 peunde. ~ Tho woman ias snN VN "'" -
-. -.
NN.nan ulSn a. Ntk'I IN proportion
su0 "N'A"' VI ''e o'oi 'h@a mat OF
lne heNnt or lu,N troWh man should
o. mts9 an" max ume4 That at hts
kW'h'
The brain OF an idiot contains much lcas
nhesphetes inan mat OF tue person OF aver
AAe m'NWl h'W'l"
perfectly formed taco 10 one.thlrd fore
head, onr-thlrd nose. one.thlrd upper and
lower liz and chin.
Under normal circumstance man
throMe on rNo neunds a,ery dsy T., asnl
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16

aud for twenty years thereafter ! was a
member Of the house OF clark, Dodge q
Company Of Now York, ~ well, during
this period. while enjoying varied oN'
perlence as banker ! also sold bonds ah9
took part In the construction Of several
railroads. The building OF the Cumberland
Valley Railroad was one " the enterprise.
in which I engaged at this time raised
several hundred thousand dollars by tho sAie
~ bonds with which TO build tho road. ana
then leased II 10 tho Cumberland valley
Company u has aver since been an I'M
portant auxiliary OF tho Pennsylvania syn
TEN.
when the war opened In 1861 Mr.. Cooke
though then 40 years NJ age and difegung
partner In wealthy and innutntial banhinB
house. was hardly known outside OF MS own
city. but during tho following hve years
bis name became a household word. ffetl-
dent Buchanan had left tho Federal TreaA-
TRY empty, and II seemed impossible TO bor'
row money save at rulnous rates. IhtguHh
Mr.. Cookies efforts a syndicate Of Northern
bankers speedily agreed 70 loan the boV-
ornment $4,000, 000 and the adroit man
nor IN which bo managed this transaouon
showed that the man for great occasion
had been found He did not share In the
belief Of tho tlnild that the resources OF me
Government had already been exhausted. but
possessed that unquostonlng faith In tho pco-
pie and the future by which miracles arc
wrought Appointed financial agent OF me
Government early In 1861. he entered with
splOndld energy and enthusiasm upon ms
now iahors. often ho uod AZ high a. W..
10000 worth OF bonds In a single day, and
he did not relax his efforts until no had
raised SET 900 to meet the needs OF
Government battling nercely for existence
MY Huocuas In thia connection" said Mr.,
Cooke. was due to the astlstnnta with which
surrounded myself, and to my fnith IN the
people which mover waverod for an Instant
Tho RreatnAt part " the money was raised
by popular processes, and ! almost always
used young men a. my outer agents, My
only hope from first TO last was In the
people. Tor | was convinced that II adj
dressed IN the proper way they would aacrl-
noe all to save tho nation and 50 I was cOn
Htantly deyising methods for reaching a now
element, and inducing II to unloOas It's purse
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16
FORTUNE FROM A ROSE.
How the Famous American Beauty Was
Discovered by n Gardener

How the Famous American Beauty Was
Discovered by u Gardener
llere is pretty and Interesting story
about the origin OF that most beautiful Of
flowers. the American beauty rose. The
late Hon. George bancroft. besides being a
historian and scholar was one OF the nrst
amateur roso.growors In America. Eyory
year he imported cuttings from the leading
flower growers OF Europe, Tho King OF
Prussia whom old Kaiser William was
King allowed tho American historian 10
have a slip Of whatever he might fancy In
tho royal consorvatorloa, MIR. nanoroft'n
gardenor used to cultivate some OF his nose,
IN an old house away out on Il, or perhans
II was a, street, above Twentv-secona
street, In the west end OF Washington n
u Mrs. Grant had norlst uamcd Fiold
To charge Of the White House eonsorya.
tory, He was roao-groNor Of rare MORT
Nnd SKIN IN his artistic work.
One day he happened into tho old bniid.
inn where Mr. hancroft's gardener no,tco
HIS plants and hudded his roses. ovcr q,
corner be observed a roao OF a ynrto,,s
utterly unknown TO him. and OF wonder.
~ sac ana perieeuon w form and color
Whore dld this como fromT' he caroicssl,,
Inquired Of his rose.growlng confrore "oR
u IL an on.ahoot from some cuttlngo ~
imported from Germany" tho man rer,,',
i was oyiaens 20 Mt Field that tho AIM.
dld not IN tho least comprehend ina vsin,
o the new plant, Aftcr soma tain 'S mr
fiold bought the cuttings Nv had 49,, ~ 80
So A year thereafter, whca he ma 49,, iuF
gated his new purchase and beepn,h sp,'-
WINGED that he had now and very vain,
able variety " rose, which no nar,aa ~.
American Beauty, h. sold his ana far "a ceo
me most wonderful result OF the inycs,
men, o. on rseeTd' To follow his lneh
caaily-eArnod $1,000 In lands near wsshts..
ton which In a little less than three vsss.
stranger than nction '''He'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16


John NJ. bullock OF baltimore. and Thomai
Palmer Hattcrahlie, N. d., Of Lexington
KY, from Robert H. Of Scotland.
Mrs. Jamoa Later of Boston. Mass, from
Edward !. Of England.
Mrl. John v. DahlGrcn. waahirGton. y
O.. from william tho Conquerori Charloi
SpAuldlng Of narien. Ga, from william thi
Conquaror; Henry Dwight Van Ronfatlaei
Of Chicago. from Henry tbs Fowler, Elm
pordr nf Germany
Robert Treat Paine and wlfo Of Massaciiu
teiis are both OF royal dencunt. ono apringinl
from Alfred Tho Crest. tho other from VIII
lam the Conquer.
Mrs Dr. Thomas Colt OF Nav London
Conn; Augusta Dudley Colt, Rpy. y. w
Colt. Dudley Haltonstall, Mrs silae Deanc
Mrs. Ioyeph Aviator Of Now Haven. Mrs
John Miller ~ Now Haven. Captain dilburi
sailonatali ana Mrn Daniel Buck Of
wcstbsraned. Conn. from Edward III. Of
England
The Goodrich family OF Connecticut claim
descent from ndwerd I, Of England.
Martha Gillette Pond OF Lyme, Conn,
from Marchnd Az Cyinnn. Prince o. Wales
William stevens nf0ckway Of Milwaukee,
from Alfred the Great: also Mrs. William
Ward Wright N tho Same place. Mrs.
Wright, from Alfred tho drpat, and her hua-
band from Edear King Of England.
Mildred Walker Carter. Fitz Hugh Carier.
Anna. wife N General Fitz Hugh Ice oi
Gloucester County, yal from hhy' Ap
Captain John Robert bay Of San Frau
cisco, late Lieutenant IN Nlnnty-nlxth British
Infantry, from Louis XII u France. also
Sarah pynohon Oliver NJ Cincinnati.
Tobias Noel Purcell, i0ughm0re Han.
baltimore County, ma, from Edward l. Of
ENGLAND
Robert lloyd and wife of Portland Maine.
claim RIVAL On Alfred the
Great through navla KING Of Scotland.
the 1thor Edward l. N England.
william bradford Humphrey Of slbloy
Ia ~ descended from Edwar1 H., as also
ere the Riandrau family " ~. Paul, MINI.
Mt and Mrs, John WhlioHpo0n Smith "
Now OrlennH claim descent from Char.
lemHrno and Alfrml the Great,
Alfred II Granger sherman " Granger
Ethel Granger and Helena Louisa Granger
Of Lancaster. o.. from Alfred the Great.
Henry Russell browne, Providence r. H.
from Yur, KING W Gwentlnnd, Wales.
William llcury Mccarihy, Robert u Ne
earthly, Grace T. Mccarthy. Mrs HtamiHh
and Mary Ann Caroline mccarthy " Mag
more Wisconsin, from Edward l. Of Eng
land
Edward slddona wholon Of PHILADELPHIA
also Mrs. Dr. puret0r Fra2nr. Charlotte
pnrhlf0r and John Frazer, James Noyina
Whclon of Philadelphia aud Torrefdal0
John Howard Whnldn and Agn0a Evans
Whnlen. Russell Ecvnn Whnlen Arnlin
TuEuo Whelru, Mrs Henry Hoffman ot
baltimore tnco Whelonl and Emily Wholen
all calm descent irotu ftdhllmdh Narhi.
mar Josh King u ireland
james logan NoWh0ld and Salllo Logan
Anne NoWbold IloboE0n Ncwbold and VIII
lam do lRnCry ot Philadelphia. from Louis
WI, " Franco.
Mira Lawrence Dyer William Ashmoad
Dyer Horny Graham Dyer aud IOhu WAYNE
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16


white and blue parasol aud whea W
al,or gave them the cue hcf isnlilii1
twirlod the parasols and VIA fsiii'.
their power 10 inhato The feii,H )
when 1t was all over Mrs Fefakt ~
TO Ohio and Is still doing mlsls'i1
partly for the party and party " ~
bands future,
As most political student, ~ !.
Chaunoey l. Fliloy has lure ~ y
publican leader In Missouri. hsap
never heard Of his wife bul y,
happened to hor. chauncey re4 I !.
a slang phrase. "be IN tbs s'nq
mite Of a woman. but hhe his ~ 7
for politics. She knows every ~
clan In the West. Fer are r. y
has made close study q polpa y
companies her husband 10 al ce!'s,,,
aud as q propaganda IN no ~
enemy she has often saved CLAUSE |, !. Z
teal bacon. No ono knows hf.n X
how 10 win country ppllrAsl "
peclous arguments. and ! neea v y. w !,
Finley can make as ratulnk wy I
AZ any ono would Wish 70 hfif
Mary Ellen Lease, thousa W
little list cuilod from iae h'.l1
clans OF the land, Is BY N W
she ia tho only woman pa,lhes,. ~ :
known 10 DO enainored q 'p' ~
tho Popullsts, There may NJ. N I
thcy Invent got their heals se.', X I.
rraaa vet Mrs. l.eaae has pe'a "
nntli, sumelpnlly long 70 b y ~
a. Tar "a hor peculiar views ~ y.
IA ia corn country Mrs laA,' x =
"sllyer Tongucd orator q WI Y. I'D
ia In ISanHas. OF course, ~ ", ~
well az a DANIEL Doughrrv " s-..,f 1
senator ingalls, IL BLAMED Y, N, y. 4, 4
ressa into pollties, ruafins n n,
snseeh aeliyercd In Ablltns ~
av, w. Ma no place in 49,
Jumped right into ne salS \, i, y
why nhn Joined The popann Z 500
"pecanae / cannot ma XIV, ~ a
l,r,,n mis- Il would feepl w =
Vas honnd to get In roiies ..'.,,. 4 I
~ 49, that d stranely efpi,...,'.. IA
.,,a ~, .onss In repose u Il h am |, ~
in is grimncss- Ino 1870 .s'.'Il..i X ~,
ISanaas was largely crnIl l y d,,,a.s,i 4
1854 tho farmers rNs' .,.r.slffi .
huah,na. M the work .. w n rrlss
IN eiaer nartles. Whal " IL
Nv ~, w .inslnr thls eampAlfa ~
phalli , saynrod ati I ~
mers Aii ls,.,ty q coyerirvu's y
nevertheless Il Woa, y ~ ~
most conspicuous ngu,s NJ, effaf |
she making ovSf ~ g,,eassIi = =;
s,rorrsst Popaiat leadei, l V e 81 .
yalns more time to peul W., q
w cane and iilAcks'on.s.l ' N, ~
10. for she made eot .'a.l .,,,era ~
v, sp'ecuiauons- She x. iiiislisi sFs
be a candidate fof w ,.llngali,t
ate whegher shs Pc. ls'';Sa M Wy
i Z snSsa V%,ssali M . y, y
senatorial family wv
monkey and pafret t ln.l''..-.-.'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16

FROM the Piliabnrr Chronicle rslsyy,,h
fhew was rrcAl deal Of ryrttrns,, :.
'he local Democratic Sonyentionn" eb.sr,',
TIN Horse Batter i''a
'auli there was one ticket upon which ~,
,he DELEGATES were agreed. added The SNAKE
MhAt ticket was thatFr
THE dinner utkptf
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16

FROM the washinrion ~ ", may r
or ,eli you" pnla <. w, IN = "
senator "a FglNn Y
National anais.. ,en sbink !, 4. Wy
what gla lla annie pielsi7 -
"rhgs' hers .H
vrlicr and uEiirF. .-,.',' ~.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

of all virtues, justice is the best;
valor without it is a common pest.
Waller
Miss Elderly-''I shall never mar
ry." Probably not; but you
made brave fight. Life.
-Judge-"What's the charge against
this prisoner" Officer-"Didn't know
he was loaded your honor. ''-Somer-
vile Journal
-Minister-"Good evening, sonny! Is
Brother Hapenny at hOme?" Brother
Hapenny's Son-"Course. Don't We see
us all outside tn house, Plaindealer
-Teacher-''Now, Robbie, you may
tell us when the days are longest. s.
Robbie-"When we have to carry coal
instead of goin' skatin. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Mamma, said Tommy. chow old
are you?' 20, I'm eighteen" said mann
ma, who had seen thirty. Say, mann
ma" said Tommy, ''ain't you sorter
shrinking?'-Harper's Bazaar.
Did you fall into the lake this
summer, Bobbie?'' 'Nope-iust the
other way. | took little tin cup out
with me, and several times part of the
lake fell into me. "-Iarper's Young
People.
Scientist lat railroad restauran t.
DO you know. sir, that rapid eating is
slow suicide?' Drummer-''It may be;
but on this road slow eating is starva-
ton. N. y. Weekly.
-Jinks-''There is one drawback to
these self-made men that they usually
overlook" Filllins-"What is it?'
Jinl1s-"They're seldom able to select
their materials. Puck.
when a man has attained the wis
dom of years asked the youth, "he
loses his foolish belief in omens, does
he not?' ''He loses" said the sage,
"his belief in the good ones. Indian
apolis journal.
"A tragedian recently playing Rich
ard III. in a small Kentucky town was
waited on after the show by an honest
farmer. who said that IF the gcnel'm
who wanted a horse was still in the
same mind he would like to make a
dicler with him. Truth.
Detected Youth-''I would like to
return this engagement ring l pur-
chased here few days ago" Jeweler
Didn't it suit the young lady?" De-
jected Youth-"Yes; but another young
man had already given her one just
like it, and l would like to exchange it
for wedding present. '-TitBits.
"A judge, in crossing the Irish chan
mel one stormy night, knocked against
a well-known witty lawyer, who was
suffering terribly from seasicl1ness.
Can l do anything for you?' said the
judge. Yes. gasped the seasick law
yer, Il wish your lordship would over
rule this motion. White Mountain
Enhn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-29
SLEEPIN' IN THE ATTIC.

remember when my pa said; Jimmie go to
bed"
Er lot o funny kind O. things went scootin'
through my head.
For 1 slept in tn attic, where skare-things
come at night,
Where COLLINS grow from rafterS, an imposes
hide from sight,
An wait to jump out on yer when we're most
asleep:
An where there's funny crawlin' things at
creep, creep, creep
Up on tn bed, an grab yer throat, an make
yer cry and groan.
All jes because yer have to sleep up attic all
alone.
An I remember pa said he thought most any
kid
'Ould like to sleep up attic, leastwise he always
did
An when yer hear the rats err runnin round at
night
An yer think perhaps theys boyle men with
long white teeth at bite;
An then the moon comes in an lays er white
streak on tn floor,
An yer go ter sleep an dream about tn boyle
men some more.
An the cobwebs on the rafters look like fairy
An yer think perhaps the moonlight is Jimmie
Nolans ghost
For Jimmie when he worked here said at
ghosts lived in tn house.
An they was big eU little like the moOnshine er
mouse.
An so I tuck my head down where the bogie
men can't see.
Right in tn bed, an that's tn way fer little
folks like me.
An once at night, I know, ] see a funny thing
an screamed,
An pa come up an laughed, an Saidhe guessed
only dreamed;
But it want er dream at all, know fer over
m wall
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-29

ing down upon grave. The wind
blew Miss Margaret's scant skirts
about her ankles. and pulled out Miss
Harriet's shawl behind, like a balloon.
Miss Margaret's face was cold and
pin ched, with the thin wisps of hair
blowing about it, and Harriet's bon
net was askew, and her nose redeemed
By the wind. Some people were pass
ing. A pretty girl in a party giggled
and said something to the others about
the 1.-TWO old maids" But the sisters
were alike unconscious of the gro
tesqueness of their appearance and the
pathos of the white stone that marked
an old mans grave with it's one word
"Bo6."
"Why, sister, Miss Harriet looked
alarmed. why, he's made a mistake!
We told him Robert"
NO faint a mistake" Margaret
answered Il told him to change it
you were so set against Robert. And
it does look more ma tural," she added.
after moment. 1--WE always called
hip that"
Nothing more was said, and present.
ly they turned away. They walked
home silently. Once Harriet spoke
There were tears on her cheeks; Mar
garet had seen them, and Harriet's
tones were apologetic.
81 always knew twas you he come
to see, sister; always knew it."
"Twan't no such thing, Harriet
Staples"
We'll Pm glad we did it. anyway.
Father thought so much of him.
n. L. Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-29

wet with tears which now she did not
try to hide. Pm sure we all thought
twas you. He always looked at you
the whole evening"
but he talked to you. And didn't
he give you that shell boX?"
But he brought you flowers"
Poor women! For the first time in
all their lives they spoke the one
thought that had meant more to them
than everything else. Even Bob Bar
tons name had never passed their lips
since that day when the news came
that it was disgraced forever by his
fathers crime. They knew, in a way,
what had come to him-that he had
felt the disgrace as only a sensitive
soul can feel; that, with hopes and
ambitions blighted he had passed the
fifteen years of his fathers imprison-
ment in bitter loneliness; and that his
life since then had been devoted to the
broken old man, who came out from
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-29
HOW TO CHOOSE A SPONGE.
Don't Buy One of the Bright Yellow Kind
and Look Out for Discolorations.

Don't Buy One of the Bright Yellow Kind,
and Look Out for Discolorations.
Although the difference between a
good and bad sponge is very marked,
but few people seem able to appreciate
ii. The first requisite of good sponge
is that it should be dark in color The
beautiful yellow sponges commonly
seen in druggists windows are d delu-
sion and a snare. The natural color is
a light to medium brown, and the vel
low sponges have been bleached by a
vitriol bath, which destroys their elias
ticity and makes them wear out much
sooner.
The feel of a sponge should be vel
vety, it should compress into a very
small bulk by squeezing, and it must
be of a uniform color. The best and
most expensive are Levant sponges.
They come from the eastern Mediter-
ranean. The Dalmatian sponge is next
in quality and price. There are very
many others, however, known to the
trade as horse sponges, Iimocca
sponges, yellow, velvet, Sleeps wool
and glove sponges. The prettiest, and
at the same time the cheapest, is the
grass sponge, which is made up of
myriads of small filaments and looks
like Il ball of yellow wool
The majority of sponges used in this
country come from Florida. Cuba also
supplies a good many. The sponge,
after being detached from the bottom,
either by drcdge net or an instrument
something like sickle, which is made
for the purpose, is allowed to lie in the
sun until the flesh decomposes.
The sponges are then trodden under
foot in running water until the flesh is
all washed away, leaving the skeleton
which is the sponge as we know it. If
the decomposition is allowed to go too
far yellow spots will appear upon the
sponge and damage it. They are then
packed up and sent to the dealer, and,
after a further washing, put on the
market. The export trade of New York
in sponges is very large and they are
exported to every country in Europe.
n. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-29

of all cases of consumption can If taken in
the earlier stages of the disease be cured
This may seem like a bold assertion to
those familiar only with the means gencr-
ally i'll use for its treatment as, nasty cod
liver oil and its filthy emulsions, extract
of malt, whiskey, different preparations of
hypophosphites and such like PalItati0es.
Although by many believed to be incura-
bic, there is the evidence of hundreds Of
living witnesses to the fact that, i'll all its
earlier stages, consumption is a durable
disease. Not every case, but q large per-
centage Of cases. and we believe, fully 9S
per cent. are cured by DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, even after the disease
has progressed so far as to induce repeated
bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering
cough with COpiOus expectoration (inClud
ing tuberCular matter) great loss of flesh
and extreme ernaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by Golden Med
ical Discovery " were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease? You need not take
our word for it. They have, in nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians,
who have no interest whatever in mis-
representing them, and who were often
strongly prejudiCed and advised against
a trial of Golden Medical Discovery"
but who have been forced to confess that
it surpasses, in curative power over this
fatal malady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions" and
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed TO bene-
fit, or had only seemed to benefit little for
q short time. Extract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypophos-
phites had also been faithfully tried in vain.
The photographs of large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies, have been
skillfully reproduced in a book of 100
pages which will be mailed to you, on re-
ceipt of address and six cents in stamps.
You can then write those cured and learn
their experience.
Address for Book, WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-29
JUMPING HURDLES.
A Dangerous Pastime that Requires Much
Practice.

A Dangerous Pastime that Requires Much
Practice.
In jumping hurdles the one thing
which is imperative is not to jump
them Hurdle racing has become en-
tirely an artificial sport. 1t was dis
covered that by taking off from one
foot and landing on the other, and by
covering the ten yards between each
hurdle in three strides, the hurdles
could be run over, instead of jumped
and it was also discovered that the
man who couldn't perform this aero
battle feat was not in the same hunt
with the man who could. A long
jumper with a turn of speed has a
much better chance of becoming a good
hurdlcr than a high jumper. 1t is a
pastime which requires much practice
You must harden your shins and keep
as near to the top bar of the hurdle as
you can. If you are clearing the hur-
dies by too much, you must practice by
leaving part of the skin of your leg on
the top bar.
A famous hurdle racer. II. X. Up
cher, of Oxford, who by assiduous prac-
tice brought the surrounding. one
could hardly call it the clearing, of
hurdles to the highest point of perfec-
ton, was in the habit of humping each
hurdle in practice to make sure he was
not going too high, and of going
through the top rail when it was nova
BILE, and sometimes when it was not, in
order to be quite certain that there was
nothing unnecessary to spare. Fort
nightly Review.