The morning call., 1895-03-03

TRA1NING.-Amateur, Oakland, Cal. Train
ing for one who wants TO sprint for 100 or 200
yards, and for one who wishes to run any dis
tance up to mile, depends very much on the
individual. What might be good fer one would
not answer for another. The matter OF training
can be determined only by professional, who
will be the judge of what course he should
adopt for the one who wants to be trained. A
special training is required for sprinting, for a
sprint race is a steady squirt from line TO tape.
In some cases the training may have to be
light, in others severe. As a general rule, 1t is
necessary to divest the muscles OF every parti-
Gle of fatty tissue which can possibly be spared
without direct injury to the health. 1t often
happens that many pounds of flesh must be
lost and severe and continued exertion is
necessary, the body being wrapped in thick
suits of flannel denominated Sweaters" Rigid
abstinence is requisite in certain cases; for in
stance no matter how thirsty the person in
training is, after ten-mile rapid walk in triple
sweaters, he is allowed TO drink but Sparlngly,
for though he may have taken off pounds of
flesh by profuse perspiration, one glass OF ale,
wine or spirits might undo the whole effect.
Great attention to diet is also necessary. The
secret of training for athletic events is temper
ance, sobriety and chastity.
EoLIAN HARP-B. NJ. s., Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Cal. An aolian harp is very simple
musical instrument, which produces harmonic
sounds when placed in a current of wind. To
construct one intended to be placed in q win
dow, make a box of very thin cedar, pine or
other soft wood. Make it about five or six
inches deep, seven or eight inches wide and of
q length lust equal to the width of the window
in which it is to be placed. Across the top, near
each end, glue strip OF wood half an inch high
and a quarter of an inch thick for bridges. Into
the ends of the box insert wooden pins like
those of a violin, to wind the strings around /;
two pins in each end. Make q sound-hole in
the middle of the top and string the box with
small catgut or violin blue strings. Fasten one
at1d nf string q wooden
of the box, and, carrying it over the bridges,
wind it around the turning pin in the opposite
end of the box. The ends of the box should be
increased in thickness where the wooden pins
enter by piece of wood glued upon the inside.
Tune the strings in unison and place the box in
the window 1t is better to have four strings,
as described, but harp with even single
string produces an exceedingly sweet melody
of notes, which vary with the force of the cur
rent of air that Vibrates them.
DECISIVE BATTLES A. A. Greasy in his
Battles of the World" gives list of fifteen
that affected the destiny of mankind. He
says: "There are some battles which claim our
attention independent of the moral worth of
the combatants, on account of their enduring
Importance and by reason of their practical in
fluence on our own social and political condi-
ton. They have for US an actual and adding
interest, both while we investigate the chain
of causes and effects by which they have helped
to make us what we are, and also while we
speculate on what we probably should have
been if any one of these battles had come to
a different termination" The list of battles he
furnishes is the following: B. c. 490, battle of
Marathon; Alb defeat of the Athenians at Sy-
racuse; 331, battle of Arbela 207, battle of
the Metaurus; A. d. g. defeat of the Romans
battle of Tours; 1866, battle of Hastings; 1892,
Joan OF Ares victory at Orleans; 1888, defeat
of the Spanish Armada 1904, battle of Blen-
helm; 1903, battle OF Pultowa; 1777, defeat OF