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The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Go out to church.
W. e. Mccartney left yesterday
for Hot Springs.
The dust is still with us and so is
the hot weather.
Mrs. Henry Koener, of out city,
is quite sick, we learn.
Mrs, S. H. Smelser is quite sick,
at her home on Olive Street.
d. A. Rimes, the Winthrop hard
ware man, came in last night.
Rev. W, A. Forbes, of Gum
Springs, was in the city yesterday,
COL j. W. Moody, of Kentucky,
is in the city, visiting Dr. R. L.
Grant.
G. e. Lewis, live stock agent of
the'Cotton Belt, is at the Cosmo-
politan Hotel
Mr.. 7. G. Hicks and Miss Elyda
larry, of Era, procured license to
wed yesterday.
Today the autumnal equinox
takes place, and we may expect
stormy weather
Cannons disinfectant should be
used in the sewers that run into
DeutChman's canal.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22

D. A, Rimes, the Winthrop hard
ware man, came in last night.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22

Today the autumnal equinox
takes place, and we may expect
stormy weather,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22
Castoria.

The Contaur Company II Murray Street. Now York City
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22

Mrs. S, H. Smelser is quite sick,
at her home on Olive Street.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22

Rev W, A. Forbes, of Gum
Springs, was in the city yesterday.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22

Mr.. 7. G. Hicks and Miss Elyda
larry, of Era, procured license to
wed yesterday.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22
Castoria.

.,4, Il an excellent mcdicinr for chIl'
No wa,bc-s have repeatedly tod mo of itG
4, eGoct upon their children"
'D d.. G. G OyGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22

Col. j, W. Moody, of Kentucky,
is in the city, visiting DR.. R. L,
Grant.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22

Mrs Henry Koener, of out city,
is quite sick, we learn.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22

G. e. Lewis, live stock agent of
the'Cotton Belt, is at the Cosmo-
politan Hotel.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-22

The dust is still with us and so is
the hot weather.
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IN OTHER LANDS

King Bomba's executioner has Just
died. He was Sicilian named Gaetano
ImpallIzieri who was condemned to
death OF a murder, bat pardoned on
agreeing to become executioner.
Lord Dunraven was first in the house
of lords TO raise the question Of "sweat
shops He had an investigating COM
ed IN the factory acts by Mr.. Asquith
and Mr.. Matthews.
The president of France, Felix Faure, 10
said to be an enthusiastic first nighter at
the theaters of Paris. He is reputed to
be a dramatic critic of no mean ability
ana possesses a valuable library of the
classic dramatists.
One Guyot. called in for twentv-eigh hit
days military service at Lyons, France,
begged for rsprleve on account of his
wife's serious illness and because she
needed his care. The petition was refus-
ed, and thereupon man and wife com
mitted suicide by taxing strych nine.
Garibsldi's colossal equestrian statue
erected on Mount Janiculum, at Rome,
Septem Der 20, was cast by new method,
by which the whole process was finished
in four months, instead OF the twenty re-
quired by the old system of casting.
twenty five tons of bronze were used for
the statue.
Louis Vain, the English artist whose
pictures of cats and animal life are so
delightfully."- fresh and irresistibly droli,
is an assiuuous taker of notes. He has a
great trunk full OF little slips uf paper on
which he has jotted down Ideas" as
they crossed his mind. 1t is, perhaps
supertluous to say that lie is a lover OF
cats of every kind, size and color.
The car still lives in fear of dynamit-
ers, especially when he is making rail
road Journey. Besides all the usual pre-
cautions of guards along the line of pro-
posed journey, numerous track walkers,
etc., some official has devised trap for
anarchist dynamite, in the shape of q
railway bicycle, which precedes the royal
train and is expected to explode any mine
that has been laid.
The late queen of Corea was a rather
pretty little woman, very fond OF luxury
and possessed of much greater ability
than her husband She was fond of in.
trigue and excitement, and her life for
several wears before her death was full Of
both. She was especially fond of the
Russians IN Corea, and had made an IN.
innate friend of the Russian consul gen
erals wife ut Seoul.
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costume would knock several seconds off
the best Nassar record in each of the
games goes undsputsd, but for the time
being there will be no change in the cos
tune as worn today.
Each game OF course has its champion.
AS pr ,iously stated, Miss Vassar is the
best sprlnter in the school. On dry
track she can run one hundred yards
close to II seconds. which is muah better
than many young men can do.
Some of her friends assert that when
ths spring comes around she will be
able to 90 the distance in less than IL
seconds.
There are large number OF the girls
who claim to be the cham pion broad
jumper of the college. Miss 4. Lister
Baker is probably the best Of the lot. In
practice she has jumped II feet, which
mem bered that the running broad jump
is very severe work, even for the most
hardened athlete. A few OF the girls
who hao decided to make a specially OF
this work studdenly abandoned it when
the rumor was circulated that it had II
tendency to enlarge the feet to enormous
proportions. But matters OF this KIND
do not bother the majority of the ath-
letes.
The running high jump is another
class of snort which has MANY followers.
Miss Laura j. Brownell has cleared i've
feet IN this class OF WORK ana Is lar
ahead of all of her competitors. She
works as consuientiously as u professional
and scarcely oay passes that she does
not put in half hours practice. High
jumping is severe work, and alter tour
or five leaps have been made it is general
ly time to stop.
Distance running has not been taken
up as yet as none of the girls have dis
played great staying powers. Besides.
the principal, Mrs. Kendrick, DR.. Thai
berg, the physical director, and Miss
Ballentine the gymnasium director, are
opposed to anything which may prove
too great STRAIN. Many girls have been
declared from participation in the sports
because of some organic weakness. All
applicants for athletic honors must pass
severe examination, and any draw
, backs are reported.
The go yard run or an eighth OF mile,
is the longest distance yet attempted,
but the girls who made speciality OF II
run from start to finish ct top speed.
Miss Helen Ives Haight Is the cleverest
at this distance, having frequently GOV
cred it when the track was fast III 33%
seconds. That is about four-minute
gait for the mile, and the average man
would feel like sitting down before the
finish was reached il he attempted it.
Nearly every :girl in Vassar is Nyclist
as are also manv of the professors.
GRACE H. HAMMOND.
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. dead man in the alley-a knife thrust
In the back. But now, crime and vio-
lence no longer riot there. The only noise
1T night is that of the hot ta.nale vender
and by day the numerous families make
things lively by exchanging gossip from
opposite windows while their family
washing on community lines stretches
across the alley.
The old county Jail, gray in exterior
and gloomy within, hanked by these
crooked alleys, is made more picturesque
by It's surroundings.
The vigilance committee of nearly two
generations ago stormed the Jail, took
Two assassins from their cells and hanged
them. The storm party" was backed
by about five thousand citizens who filed
the streets and covered Telegraph Hill.
Later on condemned murdsrers were eX-
ecuted in the corridor OF the Jail.
Another Spanisn 'landmark'' is San
Antonio alley. which extends north from
Vallejo street, and is between Kearney
and Montgomery streets. The houses
front on this alleyway as If they had
turned their back upon tho streets proper.
Another. bind alley that is perhaps too
Ipoor to have name, zig-zags up to near
the summit OF Telegraph Hill where it is
lost. 1t leads by what was known as the
pirates cottage, where any number of
leather sacks of Spanish doubloons are
supposed to be buried. A few years ago,
man acting under the control OF q
spiritualist, who could only locate treas
ure for Others, began digging for this
supposed hidden wealth. His burrowing
caused the pavement 10 sInk, when the
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annual intercollegiate games, which, oil
course, will decide all the champion
ships. Some OF the optimists are even
talking of the time when Yale. Harvard
and the other great universities will bow
down to the athletic skill OF Vassar.
Even the optimists, however, allow that
this condition of affairs is a very long
distance off in the future, but they posi-
lively assert that it is sure to come.
Perhaps it will be the daughters or the
cranddaughters of the students OF today
who will compete with Yale and Har-
ward, but compete they will sooner or
later.
The field where the girls train 10 oval
shaped and hidden from the public gaze
by an evergreen hedge. ten feet high.
There is no regular costume worn. Most
of the girls use their gymnasium suits OF
divided skirts or full kniokerboclers COW
cred by skirts, which reach to the knee.
In the outdoor WORK they invariably wear
heavy white sweaters, embroidered with
the figures of their class number.
None OF the costumes yes produced
have afforded satisfaction 10 the fair
runners and jumpers because of the
skirts, but there is a general timidity
about appearing on the oval without
them. Some of the girls have threatened
to wear close. fitting knickerbockers, but
the college authorities discourage such
an innovation. as it would doubtless
create lot of talk and discussion.
The claim of the girls that the proposed
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as handsome as some OF the drove Leaders
to be met with in the days or the wild
horse, but he was yet king among
horses. OF the remainder of tina heru
about thirty were fine animals. The 9TH
ers would hardlv be worth the catching
Three or four were recognized as cavalry
horses abandoned on the march. and
twice that number had collar marks TO
prove that they had stampeded from
some immigrant train.
When clear of the pass they formed in
line and advanced upon US to within a
quarter OF mile. We had seventy five
horses at the lariat pins, and for half an
hour we had all we could do TO prevent
a stampede. The will horses were finally
driven down the valley by two mounted
men, but they did not seem to have much
lear OF us. On the contrary, the leader OF
the drove exhibited such temper that the
men feared they would have to shoot
him. 1t was an hour before our cavalry
horses Gained down in the slightest.
Every animal seemed enraged at the
signt of the free herd, and the captain 8
Kentucky stallion acted as If possessed
by fiend. He had been doubly fastened
at the beginning of the excitement. and
later on this proved fortunate thing.
lie made the most tremendous efforts to
get free, and, when at length he realized
the futility of further efforts in that di-
rection, he uttered shIill screams of rage
and lashed out with his heels till no one
dsxsd approach hia. AL night long he
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-01
Recreations of English Monks

The recreations OF the monks were few
and monotonous. The chief of them
was, perhaps, the pacing up and down
the little walks OF the narrow limits of
the oloister and garden, or cemetery, dur
ing certain hours of the day. where even
such cosby talk as Jocelyn de Brake.
fonda tells us of in his quaint Memoirs OF
the House of S. Edumud at Bury, IN the
days OF King John, was stefnlv check ed
by that obedientary, the Circa, as he
moved about among the brethren at re-
creation. There was bowling green for
the novices, which the professed monks
seemed to have used at times. These no.
vices and the other schoolboy pupils i'll
the house have left the traces OF their
games. On the stone benches OF the
Gloucester cloisters, whsre We know these
boys we're taught, and where they spent
portion of their lines, arc playboards not
obscurely marked IN the stones. These
game boards for ''iox and geese, mine
men Norris" in and out, aud other
games are found in the other conven-
tional buildings at Westminster, Nor
wich. Salisbury, Durham, etc.
Other vestiges OF unlawful recreation OF
tho more youthful dwellers in a monas-
terry, such as cutting and carvink the
stones with letters and other devices are
occasionally found; for instance, half
way up the winding stair OF the great
tower at Gloucester there is a rough little
figure in the perfect dress of burgher
OF the time of the wars of the roses. evil
IDENTIFY the secret work OF a youthful anna
teur carver in stone.
In some monasteries the monk was al!
lowed to possess and to amuse himself
with strange pet animals, such as apes,
peacocks, falcons, and even tame bears
and st. Swithin S Consuetudinary tells us
that the cellarer had the special care OF
these animalia a diversis fratribus per
multa tempora acquisita. "-Quarterly Re-
YieW.
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a small track, dotted here and there al
regular intervals with low hurdles. The
prospect OF jumping the obstacles did not
appear TO Tighten any OF them.
At the get ready" signal from the
first speaker, twenty-four little nands
became clinched, the bodies bent forward
and the faces took on a strained look.
Two of che girls stopped down until their
hands touched the earth. Tho few spec
tators, all girls. observed these Two with
wondering admiration. The other ten
placed one foot forward and poised the
other as if to make a terrible leap.
Are you ready"
No one spoke, but each of tho twelve
pulled herself together as il some dire
tragedy were at hand.
Go" almost screamed the speaker,
and twelve shafts of black and white shoi
down the narrow track, while the on
lockers jumped up AID down in an
ecstacy of excitement each one shouting
words of encourage ment to her favorite
1t Was only the hurdles of Vassar col.
lege taking trial spin over the jun Pc,
under the tutorship OF Miss Ida Thallon,
49,, Brooklyn girl, who knows as much
about outdoor athletics as some OF the
skilled experts at Yale, Harvard oil
Princeton.
If anyone wants to see the athletic cir
OF the period in all her perfection oil
glorious health. Vassar is the place &c
visit. But if the Gale be man he might
just as well have remained at home, be-
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THE BATTLE OF THE HORSES

Just at shutdown, and while we were at
supper, a drove of wild horses mum boring
lightweight suddenly emerged from
Thatcher's pass and deployed on the level
ground of the valley. They had made use
of the pass to cross from Climax valley,
where grass and water might have failed
them for horse hunters had appeared to
give them fright. They emerged from
the pass in single file, led by spotted
stallion, whose name reached almost TO
his knees, and whose tail touched tn e
ground when he was at rest He WASH t
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THE HURDLER

cause the athletic grounds are strictly
barred to toe masculine gender.
But II YOU are woman with an influ-
entail friend connected with the college
you can see some extraordinary sights.
Or better yet, ii you are u student at
Nassar there is no limit 10 the exciting
things to be seen at all hours of the day,
for the athletic set" as it is called, in
cludes fully one-third OF the college and
is rapidly increasing.
Recently the best of the girl ath letes
had field day, but nasty rainstorm
interfered lsrely with the sport, and the
officers of the Vassar College Athletic as
sociation felt rather blue. Some of the
girls had previously talked of their abili-
ty to cover hundred wards in fraction
over eleven seconds, but the best time
was l5I seconds, made by Miss Elizabeth
Forbes Vassar.
But the most progressive OF the athletes
are looking forward to the time when the
athletes Of sister colleges will all meet in
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EIGHT.WORD POEMS

'el competition was recently go
by a London journal called An
l which prizes were offered for tn
ht- word poems. The editor de
10 and received 5000. Here al
the best:
In a Nutshell
Great snake,
Boy quake.
Horror froZo
Garden hose.
His Remedy
Noble earl.
Lost bets;
'Murrican girl
Title ge:s.
We've Spared II
Little poem,
Lacks fire;
Sent back
Kitchen fire.
A Good Suggestion
New woman;
Old man;
Maids one;
Best plan!
Tilted
Brain wbirl;
Madly jealous
My girl
Other fellows.
Sad Fate
Escape gas;
Canule-ass -
Found escaHe!
Yards Grape.
The Sequel
Man, bike;
Girl, strike.
Both caught;
Tandem bought.
The Color Was Not Fast
Lady bold;
Hair gold;
Rdin-slackl
Hair black
How 1t Was Done
Ang Ter firm,
Little worm;
Silly fish,
Dainty dish.
Ills Destination
Hunter, bear.
Struggling pair.
Man inferior:
Gone interior.
Very Natural Too
Boating excursion,
Sudden i'm nj ersion
Rescue effected;
Wedding expected!
Inevitable
Betting Iuan,
Systems plan.
Races ran;
Sandwich man.
The Old, Old Story
Sweet Maria;
Lone house;
Murder! Fire !"
Poor mouse.
Lnconic
What's life
Withou: wife?
Don't know!
Better so.
Inverted
Girl, bicycle;
Road, icicie.
Slip. whirl;
Bicycleg-girl2
Happy Thought
Stony broke.
Meager fare;
Patent soap,
Millionaire!
Sad Fate
Forest glen,
Lions den.
Savage tones,
Rags, bones.
Foisei
Lovely girl,
Golden hair.
Windy whirl:
Tresses-w where?
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Nine. Recamier is said to have bathed
her face, neck and arms in fresh butter
milk once day.
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SONG OP A SAILOR

Upsail. The bresze is fair;
We'll leave the land a-lee;
There's never a mesh OF care
On the broad, bright, open sea,
What though the west wind veer
And the sky grow dim as hate,
Well whistle away all fear.
Aud laugh in the face OF late.
o, free song
For sea song,
With a tang OF the smashing brine
Tint shall make the light
In the eye leap bright
Like the taste OF wlne
Once we have won the waste
Where never was mans foot set,
Adieu to tho stress of haste
And the worn worlds dream OF fret,
Now for the clearing eye,
And the heart a-burst with glee!
Over, the great blue sky;
Under, the great blue sea.
q, free song
For q sea song,
With dash of the singing brine,
And every word
Awning like bird
In the am Der morning shine!
Frank Leslio's Weekly.
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Acme of POliteness

HIS serene highness, while on tour
of inspection was shown over a prison.
On entering the cell OF a notorious crimi-
nal, the latter jumped up from his plank
bed and said: MAY l offer you my
pla ella burger Nachrichten.
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HOW A VASSAR
GIRL TRAINS
College Girl Athletes Who
Can Run and
Jump
MERRY SCENES ON THE OVAL
Each Game Has Its Champion and Each
Champion Many Rivals :. The
Best Records to Date.
Their Costumes
MERRY SCENES ON THE OVAL

POUGHKEEPSlE, N. Y, Nov. 25th.
''Now girls, we'll try the hurdles.
Twelve young women with serious
faces ano determined looks lined up on
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

Professor Wiley, the chemist Of the
Agricultural Department, has initiated
a series of experiments to determine
the relative fertility Of typical soils Of
the United States. The ultimate OBJ
ject of the investigation appears to be
to determine the nature of the fertili-
GERS necessary to restore the fertility
of any particular soil, and thus to save
the farmers thousands of dollars an
nually spent for fertilizers which do
not meet the necessities of the soil to
which they are applied.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

Lady Churchills achievements In
English politics first showed the ener-
gy of American women abroad. Now
Miss Mary Letter and Miss Jane Cham
berlain, who were, are going to give
an exhibition of their political finesse.
Politics in Great Britain and the Unit
ed States are entirely different. It
is likely that the young wives could not
be tempted to electioneer on the Amer
lean plan, and at the same time the
sort of feminine stumping done in the
United States would not capture vote
in England.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt, the divorced
wife OF Willie K, for years has not
addressed mental directly. but has
employed certain persons to take from
her the royal commands. To talk to a
tradesman or to order anything out OF
shop Is too much for her nerves. On
one occasion, two summers ago, she had
list written and given to the lodge
keeper at Newport of the people VINO
were to be admitted and those VINO
were not.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

Two tons of pig-iron have been pur-
chased by the Lancashire, Pa, author
tiles for the physical culture Of tramps.
Each convicted tourist will be COM
PEELED to take five hours active exer-
else by carrying this iron from one
end of the prison yard to the other un-
der penaly of stoppage Of rations. The
method has nothing to commend it but
Its utter uselessness as a productive
factor and its aggravation to the
tramp. The infection Of misery with
out some compromising benefit is the
most diabolical Of reform measures.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

The Spanish authorities in Cuba con-
tinue to affirm that the insurrection Is
practically crushed. and at the same
time to send vehement appeals to Mad
rid for more men and money. 1t Is
hopeless to expect anything like ac-
curate details of military movements
in Cuba, as neither party is scrupulous
about telling the exact truth; but
measured solely by the efforts which
are made to suppress it, the insurrec-
ton clearly is a formidable affair.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

The new portable Maxim gun,
small innocent-looking affair weighing
but forty-five pounds, bids fair to revo-
lutionize modern methods Of war. Its
muzzle can be moved out by the bearer
in all directions, and 1t will fire 600
bullets minute, sending them through
forty inches of oak. 1t is estimated
that an army of 10000 men equipped
with this death-dealing terror would
be equal to an army of 100000 men
with the present weapons.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18
Tobacco Chewing Dog.

supt. McAvey has a little English mas
till pup, eight months old and weighing
l35 pounds that has developed an abnor-
NAL appetite for tobacco. He acquired his
taste for it by Watching Amos chew, no
doubt, and is never happier than when
he is giyer chaw." He chews and spits
like any other man and has never yet been
sick. His tobacco haoit is a very expen-
sive one and he vii. be given Treatment
of No-ToB BAG in the hope of curing him.
Charlottesville Argus News.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

The new law in Michigan forbiddina
the organization Of military companies
composed entirely Of members Of ono
religious creed is a sensible one. Re-
ligion and arms should always be
separate. though it would be pleasanter
II laws were not needed to lasp them
apart
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

We are threatened with hotel build
ing age. Architects and engineers say
that never to their knowledge was there
as much projected hotel and apartment
house construction as now. What Is
the reason? 1t Is this. that electric
buttons. electric cookery. electric
travel, and electric action of all kinds,
concentrates advantages, and helps to
multiply opportunities for association.
The social side Of life is being devel-
oped. People want to be more together
instead of divided. Theaters, churches.
clubs, associations. tours, travels, lee
lures, reading of papers. books, maya
ZINES. cable. telephones. and what not,
are springing up right and left.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

Personal investigation has assured
the agricultural editor of one of our
New York city dailies that the story
that watermelons grow on water lily
stems is a canard.
The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18

1t may not be invariably true that
me feathers make fine birds, but IN
the case of the parrot they certainly
DO make brilliant conversationalist.