davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12

tice of athletic exercises of any kind for
profit; has never been employed in or
about boats or in manual labor for money
or wages; Is not and never has been, by
trade or employment for wages, me-
ehanic, artisan or laborer, or engaged in
any mental duty
1.-The committee shall have power to
refuse or return any entry up to the time
of starting without being bound to assign
a reason.
1.-THE captain or secretary of each club
or crew entered shall, seven clear days
before the regatta, deliver to the. secre-
tary of the regatta list containing the
names of the actual Grew appointed to
compete, to which list the names of not
more than four other members for an
eight-oar and two for a four-oar may be
added as substitutes.
mo person may be substituted for an
other who has already rowed or steered
in a heat. 1
stations shall be drawn by the COM
mittee.
IF there shall be more than two COM
petitors they shall row a trial heat or
heats, but no more than two boats shall
contend in any heat for any of the prizes.
I'm the event of a dead heat taking
place, >the same crews shall contend
again, after such interval as the COM
mittee may appoint; the crew refusing
shall be adjudged to have lost the heat. =
Each competitor, including the cox
swain, in eight and .four-oar races, shalt
attend to be weighed, in rowing cos
tune at the time and place appointed
by the committee, and his weight then
registered by the secretary shall be con-
sidered his racing weight during the re-
gatta. Any member of a crew emitting
to register his weight shall be disqual-
flied.
THE minimum weight for coxswains
shall be SO pounds. Crews averaging
lat to 154 pounds to carry a coxswain
not less than los pounds. Crews aver
aging 154 pounds or over to carry not less
than 112 pounds. Deficiencies must be
made up by the dead weight carried on
the coxswain's thwart."
The stewards have already received
numerous sworn statements from Yale
boys that they are not professional oars
men, are not mechanics, artisans, or en-
gagged In any "meniaP' work.
The best record for the grand chal-
lenge course is minutes, 81 seconds,
made by the famous Leander crew in
1891 This clubs crew won the race last
year and it has always been the mosts
formidable entry. 1t is made up of the
best oarsmen in oxford and Cambridge
and from the amateur ranks of Great
Britain. If Yale can down the Leander
crew it will probably win the race.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
preached sixty sermons, netting 11s con-

preached sixty sermons, netting 119 con-
versions.
The late well-known archaeologist, AL
bert Way, crossing Pail Mall. caromed
against an old gentleman. After mutual
apologies cards were exchanged. On each
card was printed Mr.. Albert Way"
The older gentleman. dying, left his for
tune to the other Albert Way.
Even the great Schopenhauer was not
a hero to the people Of his household. In
a little book at Leipsic recently the au-
thor quotes Schopenhauer's housskeeper
as saying to him In the course Of q dis
pute: For my part. Herr Doktor I.
don't see what the people can find in you :
I have enough Of you"
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12

regarded as fixed at No. S, Sutphin is
pushing him hard for the place. In any
event. Sutphin is quite certain to be one
of the substitutes who will. go along with
the crew. Longacre, who is regarded as
the star oarsman of the crew, is undis-
puted at No. 6. He has rowed in two
Varsity races and, moreover, pulls the
strongest oar in the boat. Treadway,
the captain, is certain for No. Z, and
stiff contest is going on between Payne
Whitney and David Rogers for the bow
oar, with the chances about even.
The New Stroke.
AS the grand challenge course is but
a mile and quarter, Bob Cook intends
to make the stroke a fast one from start
to finish, and all the practice work has
made this clear The Cornell boys pulled
as fast as forty-eight to the minute and
were laughed at, as few of the English
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12

While in transit If she is struck by the
ball she is out The catcf9ee- is always
the most accurate thrower in the team,
for 1t devolVes upon her to hit the base
runner with the ball.
Skirts Are Barred.
A clever batter or kicker is seldom
counted out on strikes The ball offers
good target, and by swinging back the
body at the right instant and giving the
ball hearty kick the sphere can be sent
flying into the far field. Players are not
allowed to wear skirts, as 1t has deem dis
covered that there is always a DISPOSE
ton among the felders to hold their
skirts for high fly, and thus make
doubly sure of catching the ball. Home
runs are a frequent occurrence, for on
very little kick a clever base runner can
make the round of the diamond. The
ball is awkward to handle and cannot be
thrown any great distance. Then, when
the ball is kicked into the outfield it has
to pass through the hands of two or three
players before it reaches the home plate
again.
The Cornell Crew.
All winter the girls of Sage college, the
female department of Cornell, have been
preparing for the rowing season. When
they first decided to have crew 100 of
them petitioned the college authorities
to allow the Cornell coach, Charles f.
Courtney, to instruct them in the work
But there they ran agaist snag. 1t
seems that Courtney is paid by the vol
untary subscriptions of the students for
the particular purpose of training the
varsity eight, and while the college au-
thorities were willing for Courtney to
take charge of the girls, the students to
whom the matter was referred objected,
on the ground that 1t would take many
hours of valuable time, which should be
devoted to perfecting the regular crew.
Thus the girls were deprived of Court
ney, but they do not regret 1t now. be-
cause later, they secured the aid of Miss
Lucille Eaton Hill, who for many years
has had charge of the outdoor work at
Wellesley, the pioneer college in womans
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12

rious view of the difficulties before them,
and they know that to win they will have
to down the best amateur oarsmen the
world over. The Henley regatta, in
aquatics, is what the derby is in the
horse world, and to win the Grand Chal-
lenge cup. the great eysnt of the regatta,
marks the victors as the premier crew
of the earth
The Candidates.
Bob Cook the veteran coach. has
charge of the Yale boys and they are
now beginning the hard work, which will
be kept up until the day of the race. The
eight men who viii have the honor of
wearing the dark blue of old Yale at
Henley have not been all selected, but
in the case of five of them, and possibly
six all doubts have been removed.
Twenty-Five men are working night and
dav for the honor and fourteen must be
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12

that he win be claimed as a fellow citi-
zen by the clam digger of Canarsie, the
fisherman of Jamaica, the Dutch farmer
of New Lots, the tough of Long Island
City. the sand digger of Flushing, the
swells of Barren island, the elephant OF
Coney Island, the yahoo of Staten Island,
the rustic of Rockaway. the truck farmer
of Gravesend. to say nothing of the In
habitants of Little Neck Bay OF Creed
moor, of the Kill von:Kull. of New Dorps
where the Vanderbilts were great people
100 years ago, and the sand flats OF ia
maica bay.
All these are now, or shortly will be.
official New Workers.. They are entitled
to a friendly feeling for the swells of
Fifth avenue, the sports Of the Tender
loin. the mugs of the Bowery, the
mtllionaires of Wall street and the poll
ticians of Madison Square. They tive In
Continued ON Twentieth Page)
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
Tries to Hit the Batter.

The pitcher uses a big rubber ball
about 6 inches in diameter and as elastic
as a tennis ball. She losses the ball with
the batter kicks at it and misses it is
also called strike. If 1t is fairly good
bali and she allows 1t to pass by, 1t is
counted a strike. No balls are counted
against the pitcher, 1t having been found
where In the vicinity of the plate. Three
strikes are out, but the batter has the
privilege Of making try for first base,
although she seldom gets there In safety,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
FOLKS OF ALL SORTS
Every Variety of the Yahoo in
Greater New York.
METROPOLITAN ODDITIES
The Big City of Forty-fve Miles in Length
Contains Many Freaks-Woes of the
Old knickerbocker

New York, April 10.-The good old
Gothamite. the conservative, old-fash-
Toned Knickerbocker. the man who hon.
estly believes that the United States Is
bounded on the south by the Battery sea
wall, on the north by Westchester coun-
ty, on the east by the East river, and on
the west by the Hudson river is sorely
puzzled these days. -afi
All of the western hemisphere outside
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12

Fish net yelling, with open rings rather
than dots of chenille, Is the latest notion
In the decorative dress item.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12

Cures all Coughs. Colds, Hoarseness
Sore Throat. Bronchitis. Hemorrhage
and all throat and lung diseases. Eie-
giant. reliable.
rs cents at druggists Prepared only
by DIR. H. Motley, Atlanta. Ga.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
LEMON ELIXIR.
A Pleasant Lem on Tonic.


For Biliousness, Constipation, Malaria,
Colds and the Grip.
For Indigestion, Sick and Nervous
Headaches.
For Sleep1essness, Nervousness and
Heart Diseases. take Lemon Elixir
Ladies', for natural and thorough or
ganic regulation. take Lemon Elixir
DR.. Mozley's Lemon Elixir is prepared
from the fresh juice of Lemons, COM
bined with other vegetable liver tonics
and cathartics. soc and 81 bottles at
druggists.
Prepared only by DIR. H. Motley. At
lanta, Ga.
Prominent Minister Writes.
After ten years of great suffering from
Indigestion, with great nervous prostra--
ton, biliousness. disordered kidneys and
constipation. I have been cured by DR..
Mozley's Lemon Elixir and am now a
well man.
REV. c. c. DAVIS.
Ed M. E. Church South.
No. 28 Tatnall St.. Atlanta, Ga.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08

"Castoria isso we'll adapted to children that
Recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. \. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Ill So Oxford ST., Brooklyn, y. Y.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08
RniIed Hull For the Poor.

In May, 1861, George Staverton left
a sum of money to purchase bull,
which bull he gave to the poor of Wo-
bingham town and parish. The animal
was to be boiled, the hide and the offal
to be sold, and the proceeds expended in
the purchase of shoes and stockings, to
be bestowed upon poor children Up to
the year 1928 bull was regularly boil
ed on the 2lst of December in the mar
ket place of Nottingham. But in that
year the corporation of the town deter
mined upon disseminating such a pro-
ceeding. which has since accordingly
been omitted. At Christmas, 1885, a
mob broke open during the night the
place where one of the animals was
kept aud boiled it, i'll spite of the mag
istrate' S endeayors to prevent them, and
similar attempts have since been made
on other occasions Boston Herald.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08
THE BEAUTIFUL STAR.

The wise men came out Of the east,
Following the beautiful star.
And the camcls they rode
We're weighed down with their load
OF spices and gold from aiar
They came to Jerusalem gate.
And message IN II rod dispatched
Saying, "Teil = the news
Of the King Of the Jews
Whose wonderful birth star We We watched
King Herod sprang up in alarm.
And the seventy summoned al morn.
And demanded Of them.
20 King. Bcthlehcm.'
They replied lis where Christ shall be born, y
So the wise men to Bethlehem came,
Still following the beautiful star,
And they laid At the feet
OF the Christ Child 50 sweet
Their spices and gold from afar.
Then they rev 'rently worshiped him there,
Though a rude manger Graded the boy,
And gave thanks to the Lord
For fulfilling his word,
And returned to their country with Joy.
And the low bending heavens rang out,
While the thrilling, seraphic refrain
Filled the earth like flood
"Glory be unto God,
And on earth peace, good will unto menu
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08
Christmas Sleighing Song.

There a loving lure IN the pine cones ember
When the white frost etches the window pane
There's lingering chasm that all remember
In the tender voice and the lifted strain:
But despite the joys of the dear December
Tho CAROL glamour, the Yule logs plow-
I'd rather be whore the night winds rally
And blow their bugles, a-ho, heigh no,
Down the valley a-sleighing with Sally
Over the crispy snowi
Eorsooth it - jolly under the holly
When the feet of the dancers trip in time,
And there's never n touch of melancholy
When the fiddle follows the cello's rhyme,
Bat for all the fun and for all the folly,
And for all tho hanging the mistletoe,
I'd rather be whore the night winds rally
And blow their bugles. a-ho, heigh no,
Down the valley a-sleighing with Sally
Over the crispy snow!
Clinton Seollard.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08
Sure Sign.

did you come out we'll on your ex-
aminations?'
"Didn |, thought All the professors
wanted me fer son-in-law right
away''-Flegende Batter.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08

soon found that she had real blood
remedy at last. She says: after tax
ing one dozen bottles of SIS. am
perfectly we'll, my skin is clear
and healthy and I would not be in
my former condition for two thousand
dollars. Instead ofdrying upthe poison
in my system, like the potash and
arsenic S.S.S. drove the disease out
through the skin, and was perma-
.art1y rid ri !,
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08
SCl'Ofqla

Is deep-seated blood disease which
all the mineral mixtures in the world
cannot cure SIS. guaranteed purely
vegetable is a real blood remedy for
blood diseases and has no equal.
Mrs Y. T. Buck, of Delaney, Ark, had
Scrofula for twenty-five years and most
of the time was under the care of the
doctors who could not relieve her. A
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08

specialist said he
could cure her, but
he filled her with
arsenic and potash
which almost ruined
her constitution. She
then took nearly
every so-called blood
medicine and drank
them by the wholesale,
but they did not reach
her trouble. Some
one advised her to try
SIS. and she very
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08
ylpers Lose Their Venom on Christmas.

In Calabria south Italy, it is believed
that vipers will not bite on Christmas
day, or that if they do their bite is
harmless the poison being neutralized
by the sanctity of the day
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08
Castoria.

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Darrhpa, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di.
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08

"For several years have recommended
'CaStoria,' and shall always continue to do
so, az it has Invariably produced beneficial.
results"
EDWIN +. PARpEE, NJ. D.,
i25th Street and 9Th Ave, New York City.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-08
A Real Blood Remedy.

SIS. never fails to cure Scrofula
Eczema Rheumatism Contagious Blood
Poison, or any disorder of the blood.
Do not rely upon a simple tonic to cure
a deep-seated blood disease, but take a
real blood remedy,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-17


nothing for pay. The Bible teaches %
to be c~ontented. st. Paul saids haer
learned il whatsoever state Iam there
with to be content." am satisfied
Paul was not advising or coursciinB
vagabonds or loafers at that time.
There is work enough for all, aud
the fact that we have so many over
worked men is but a demonstration that
We have too many under-worked e
We need to let up if we are working 100.
hard, and to get up and go at il we
are working too little. Cornelius Van
derbilt was reported by the papers
a few days ago as being d seriously il
man; and they tell US that the stock
in the railroads which he controls de-
preciated to the amount of a million
of dollars in a single day on the am
nouneement that Mr.. Vanderbilb was
an i'll man. w. X. Vanderbilt Is his.
brother and is equal owner with him
in these railroads, and yet if it had
been reported that w. II. had died IL
would not have affected the stocks IN
their roads to the amount of a dollar,
/ dare say. Cornelius Vanderbilt is q
laborious man who stands for some
thing, who does something, who IS
something; his death would be a ralam-
ity; his life is a benediction to the
world. w. K. Vanderbilt is a society
man, a yachtman, a gentleman of eE
sure. The difference of the two men
makes the odds. Take a laborious mar
out of his community and you miss him
like you would one Of the big wheels
out of the old family clock or the eves
faithful steady pulling mule of your
team when he lies down and dies. The
mar who livesto purpose and walks to-
wards definite ends will not live so long
as the vagabond or loafer, perhaps,
measured by days and months and
years; but in usefulness and conquest
he lives more in q single day than a
loafer will live in a hundred years.
If you are overworked when your
eye runs owe these lines, slow up. II
you are a loafer, get up or get out;
hustle, or evaporate until there will be
no expense connected with your fuper-
al. Be a dog rather than be a loaeer
and then beg the pardon of every dog
you meet for being a dog and bringing
reproach upon his kind.
SAM P. JONES.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-17
NO POLES FOR TRoLLEYs.
'ChemitE Houses Sustain Guy Wires
of the Lines.

TChemitx Houses Sustain the Guy Wires
of the Lines.
Chemnitz, Saxony, two years ago ban
ished horses from her street cars and
substituted the trolley. In a report to
the state department Consul j. C. Men
Afghan says one of the principal novel
ties of the adopted system is tha- no
poles are used. The method of swing
ing wires is by means of ornamental
rosettes fastened into the woodwork or
walls of houses, having projecting
hooks to which the wires are attached.
These hooks are firmly fastened and are
tested with seven times the weight they
will be called upon to bear. Owners of
houses, without exception, preferred to
allow the use of their houses free rather
than have poles on the sidewalk. The
streets through which the cars wind
their way are wider than Washington
street, Boston. or Westminster street,
Providence. The railway tracks, in
conformity to the law, are level with
the pavement, and accidents to vehicles
of any kind are rare. The gauge is
narrower than in America, but the
CoAS hCCR OhC bAuSh anu run dS AuBIOly
and as smoothly as in the United States.
In the heart of the city they run 22O
yards per minute, and in the suburbs
$50 yards per minute.
The increase of traffic since the intro
duction of electricity in Chemnitz has
been 60 per cent, The ears have no con-
ductors. The motorman is the only
person on board who represents the
company. Bydoing away with cond,lc-
tors the companys saves $4,000 marks an
nually. The fare is only 10 pfennigs, or
a trifle less than 2H cents, on a1lroutes,
including transfers. Should 10000
persons evade payment in ~ months The
loss would be only $4,000 marks. It
would take $50. 900 evasions in fare to
offsetthe company's savings by dispens-
ing with conductors salaries. Among
a people who pay for food and drink in
restaurants, saloons and gardens on
their honor alone it is unlikely the com
pany loses much. Culprits in this re.
spect, when detected, are punished by
having their names advertised in the
newspapers as a warning to others,
Fare boxes are attached to both ends OF
the car, so there is no such excuse as
difficulty in getting forward" -Scien-
tifc American.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-10-17
HIoH klTE LYING IN sosToN.
Success Of Experiments on Blue Hnl-
Features of the Sport.


Success Of Experiments on Blue Hill
Features of the Sport.
The details of the high flight of kites
at Blue Hill observatory show the ex-
pertinent to have been a success in other
respects than the altitude to which it
was possible to send the kites. This,
it has been stated, was upwards of a
mile and a quarter, the instrument
reaching a height of 1900 feet above
the level of the country surrounding the
hill. AS the meteorograph is suspended
quite a distance below the upper kites,
they, of course, reached an altitude 300
or 800 feet greater. The kites were
three in number, all of them on this &C.
casion of the Eddy pattern, two OF them
being at he end of the line and the third
some hundreds fleet below. The kites
were of large size, two of them being
six feet in their largest dimension, and
the third one a monster of nine feet,
presenting some IS square feet Of sur
face to the wind. This varied from IS
to 81 miles per hour at the surface, and
the pull of the wire which held the
kites mounted at times to upwards Of
1875 pounds, quite as much as Mr.. Clay
ton and his assistants, FERGUSON and
Sweetland, care to handle.
The instrument which was sent up
was a meteorograph of three elements,
giving continuous readings of air pres
sure, temperature and humidity, and it
was maintained at its greatest height
for upwards of a half hour. The readings
of the thermometer show a fall in tenn
perature of about IS degrees between
the surface and the upper air. A short
distance above the earth a cloud was en-
countered, through which the kites
rose, coming out into clear weather
above. In the midst of the cloud, as
might be expected, the humidity rose
to 100 per cent, this being the reading
of the hygrometer, and above the cloud
the air was quite dry, more so than at
the surface. The record of the instru-
ment, in its variations of humidity, af-
fords a tolerably accurate measure of
the thickness of the cloud, which from
the estimate made seems to have been
about $500 feet. The fight fairly taxed
again the of the observatory,
for to secure this great height it was
necessary to put out 2b miles of wire,
Moderate k~ite-fying is a portion of the
regular duties of the men at Blue Hill
for Mr.. Rotch has recognized the value
of this means of securing information
about the weather conditions of the
upper air, but these very high flights
are a little out of the regular order. An
attempt to eclipse the record will, how
ever, be made later in the week, wher
Prof. Harrington and Mr.. Archibald
a be present, and again later in the
season, when it is probable that Mr.
Eddy will be once more with the kite
Ayers on Blue HiIl.-Boston Transcript