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This disease is hereditary. Among 83 cases of neuralgia Abernethy found that nearly all had their start in inherited nervous disease. A draught of cold air is enough to cause neuralgia in a predisposed person. Among the articles that produce degeneration of the nerve tissues, alcohol stands prominent. The hard drinker, though young in years, in regard to his tissues...
TUG-OF-WAR.The respective teams as they came on the floor were greeted with the encouraging cheers of their classmates. '86 had the north and '88 the south end of the hall. The usual delay in getting a fair start occurred. After several trials, '88 got the drop by four inches. '86 commenced heaving but soon desisted while Balch took in a fair amount of rope. The '86 anchor now had some trouble in straightening out his legs. At the end of two minutes '88 had about a foot of rope. The '88 men now took a little rest, leaning back...
...runner, has retired from active participation in track athletics. Brooks has covered 100 yards in 10 seconds, and 220 yards in 22 2-5 seconds. At the latter distance he defeated L. E. Myers. He is large heavy man, and this has always been against him in a quick start. His speed when under way, however, is tremendous. Brooks' favorite distance has been 220 yards, and no one except Baker of Harvard has ever beaten him at this dastance...
Eighty-eight had a strong crew last year as a freshman class. They were handicapped some what by getting on the water later than most freshman crews, but as they were practically thrown out of the class races before the start by the breaking of their rudder, they had no chance to show what they could or could not do. By the end of June they had got into very good form, and beat the Columbia freshmen by nearly a minute. This year there are at present four men from '88 trying for the University, crew, Butler, Bradlee, and Porter...
Bemis gets 40 seconds start from the best man at the Athletic Club games in New York to-morrow. He beat the Inter collegiate two mile record Wednesday, by 26 seconds...