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the ore: :rOm any confusion that may
have resulted from the sudden drop.
The anchor maintains sitting posture
during the entire game, unless. indeed,
the strain from the opposing team is so
strong as to bring him and his associ-
atcs off the cleats. This does not often
happen. After the first few seconds of
strain, the anchor generally gives tho
word to his men to hold hard, and for
a few seconds they actually rest on tho
cleats, for, excepting under strong
heave, the anchor himself is capable of
holding the rope against an ordinary
pull from the opposing side. When the
anchor thinks that he sees an oppor-
tunity of pulling them off their cleats,
or wishes to pull the tape over as far as
possible. he gives the word to heave.
and the men on his side straighten their
legs and tug for all they're worth, while
the anchor leans forward ready to
gather in the slack in case they get the
advantage, and if the other side hap
pens to pull the stronger and the rope
seems to be going that way, the anchor
has to loosen the slip-knot in front of
him and let it go moment, in order
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The strain in tug of war contest
really comes upon the whole body, bat
the muscles of the back are Perhaps
those which are most Immediately in
use in it. The hands have to grip the
rope very hard in order that it shall
not slip through, but there will be no
danger that it will slip through if the
muscles of the body are strong enough
to prevent the other side from pulling
harder. The muscles of the legs are
of course very important in this ex-
ercise as upon them comes great
measure of the strain in brac-
ing against the wall of dirt
The defeat or victory in this
kind of pull is reckoned by the tape
upon the rope, which originally is
placed directly over middle line be-
tween the two teams, and if it is pulled
more than an inch to one side or
the other during the time allowed for
the contest the victory is won. This
recalls another essential difference be-
tween the English style and the Amer
lean. The English rules do not men
ton any time for the endurance of
pull. The old style of Juggling on this
side the water allowed an hour; if dur.
ing that time one side or the other was
not pulled good distance actually
along the ground the contest was con-
sidered draw. The improvements of
to-day necessitate the exercise of so
much more strength and strain upon
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the pullers that 1t is usual to limit the
time of the pull to from four to ten
minutes, five being the ord narily ac-
cepted duration. In one of the best
contests on record, the team repre-
senting the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology pulled the crack Harvard
team five inches only. This was very
soon after the Harvard Eal won in
tug-of-war against team from the
Seventh Regiment of New York.
The Harvard team tugs upon the
third style which l purpose describing.
A long board, plain and yard or three
and a half feet broad, is made of suf-
ticient length to allow eight men to re-
cline on ii, with space of few feet
between the two teams. Four men
constitute team. The one at the fur
ther end is called the anchor. The
men are usually stripped to the waist,
without any head-gear, with heavy
shoes, and a leather pad is worn on the
upper arm over which the rope passes.
Trousers or knee-breeches are worn as
the players caprice suggests, though
the latter offers some little advantage,
or at least comfort. The ropes length
10 dDoit tHdI tllC
rules. Tho end of it is passed once
around the waist of the anchor. which
is protected by a strong leather belt,
and is caught i'll q slip-knot in front of
him. The anchor is not necessarily the
captain of the team, but he is the one
who directs the Juggling during the
contest, and upon whose skill much of
the success of the team depends. The
captain may occupy any one of
the four positions, but he usually
takes the one just il. front of the an
Choir, where he can advise with the an
Choir in case of necessity. The nell,
when they lie upon the plank, have
their feet braccd against cleats, and
the rope is generally passed between
the knees of each one, and the hands
clasped about it Just back of the knees.
The contest is begun with both teams
standing by their cleats; the anchor
stands in such q wav that he can sit
down ut once, and the others, with one
foot braced against the cleat and the
hands in the rope, are prepared tC fall
at full length the moment the pistol
shot is heard. The starter stands at
the center line with the pistol in hand,
his feet upon the tape around the rope,
pressing it to the floor. This insures
a fair start, but after the pistol shot
his foot is raised, and the side that gets
down quickest may therefore get an
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to prevent his men from being pulled
not let it go, such an event would be
almost sure to happen, and 1t is, there
fore, plain that great deal of re-
sponsibility rests upon the anchor, who
must be man of the coolest nerve as
well as of giant strength. One of the
things which the team in tug ofwar
contest has to practice to attain is
simultaneous action. If the four men
drop to the p ank at the pistol-shot, at
exactly the same instant, they are al
most SIRE to get an advantage over
the other team, and when the word is
given to heave by the anchor, if they
all pull at exactly the same instant, the
same result is bound to follow. 1t
best trained team will win, and weight
does not count as much as might be
expected. The limit of weight in
team is variable. In the Seventh Reg
iment it is six hundred and sixty
pounds, allowing an average weight of
one hundred and sixty-five pounds for
each man. The anchor is in almost
constant consultation with his men dur
ing the contest. He advises them by
q quiet word just previous to any order
that he proposes to give.
Concerning weight, Z remember a
contest pulled in l>Sj at Dartmouth.
There was a fat team, each one OF
whom tipped the beam at over two
The contest was pulled on
the farmers system, with holes in
the ground. and the fat team were
fairly pulled out of their holes by light
weights whose combined avoirdupois
was not more than six hundred and
fifty pounds.
"Gymnasium made muscle does not
tell so much in a tug of-war contest as
might he expected. A man whose BIZ
ceps are developed from Indian clubs
and ring work may not have the vigor
of tough natural strength. Football
players always make good tug-of-war
men, and rowing is one of the best ex-
ercises that can be INDUCED to fit ones
self by training for contest.
"The Dartmouth style of digging
holes for the foot and large enough for
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History OF the Preface.

Their most ancient form was that of
the epist.e dedicatory, i'll which, while
the author presented the result of his
labors to some gracious patron, or to
some relative or intimate friend, he
would generally give an outline of his
plan, its origin, or an explanation of
the object which he had in view. Plays,
poems, and romances had these epis-
ties, as we'll as works of serious or
critical character. They are generally
well worth reading, for often we como
upon passages in them which are of
purely personal interest, or which seem
to throw sudden and vivid 81 lc-light
upon the history of the times in which
they were written.
The preface ito the reader" was, per-
haps, first adopted because it was found
to fill want which could not be sup
piled by the epistle dedicatory alone.
The patron was not always learned
enough, or on sufficiently familiar terms
with the writer to appreciate an account
of his difficulties and his studies; he
could not DO expected to triumph with
when those difficulties were overcome,
and those studies were brought TO the
desired result. The "reader" was a
vague and unknown, but, possibly, in
tensely sympathetic person, and if, on
the other hand, he had only taken up
the book for the purposes of hostile
criticism, it was but fair to both that a
word of warning SHOULD be addressed
to him, and that in furnishing him with
the authors own weapons-a goodly
list of authorities and arguments-he
should be given to understand in vet
palmer language that his Judgment was
neither respected nor feared This
form of preface (to the general reader)
is to be found originally in conjunction
with the epistle dedicatory, which it
supplemented, and afterward entirely
superseded. The dedication was then
completely separated from the preface,
and became gradually shorter and
more natural in expression, till it final
ly took the simple form which it bears
at the present day. On the other hand,
the preface became longer and more
elaborate, till, in DIR. Johnson's time,
it had all the characteristics of n crit
ical essay. AS, for instance, his preface
to his edition of Shakespeare, to which
he added four others, of the same
scope, by Shakspeare's other editors,
Pope, Theobald, Sir Thomas Hammer,
and DIR. Warburton; while tho first
four volumes OF what are known as his
Lives of the Poets" were published
by the booksellers of London as pref
aces biographical and critical of the
most eminent of the English p cts
what Johnson himself humorously
called his Little lives and little pref
aces to little edition of the English
poets. "-Gentleman's Magazine.
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tween the English and the American
styles OF the game. They prescribe
first an equal number of competitors,
so that the sides may be evenly bal
anced; that the rope shall be long
enough to allow pull of twelve feet,
and have twelve feet slack at each end,
while four feet is allowed for each
puller. The rope must not be less
than four inches in circumference, and
shall have no knots or arythmg which
can assist one in retaining ones grip
on it.
"A tape must be fastened to the cen
ter of the rope, and at six feet on each
side of this center tape side tape
must also be fastened.
"a center line shall be marked on
the ground, and at six feet on either
side of it two lines shall be made par
allel to the center line. At the start
the rope must be taut, and the center
tape over the center line, the COMPETE
tors being outside the side lines.
"The signal to start shall be By word
of mouth. During no part of the pull
shall the foot of competitor be al
lowed to go beyond the center line.
The pull shall be won when one side
shall have pull ed the side line of their
opponents over their own side line.
"No competitor shall wear boots or
shoes with any projecting nails, springs
or prints of any kind, nor shall q com
petitor be allowed to make no e in
the ground with his feet, or any other
way. before the start. No competitor
shall willfully touch the ground with
any part of bis person but his feet. Ii
the teams have q weight limit each
member of the team must be weighed
before the contest. The tug shall be
won by two out of three pulls.
"Those who are familiar with the
method of playing this game in colleges
and regimental gymnaslums will see
that these rules are not followed closely
here. In our games We only have enc
tape upon the rope, which is fastened
exactly at the center, and the side
tapes and side-lines are not much used.
And it will be noticed, too, that ac-
cording to the English rule, the con-
testants stand during the trial, and If
they should lie down or touch the
ground with any part of their body ex-
cept their feet, the other side could
claim foul With us, on the con-
trary, in both our styles of playing, the
contestants lie down upon the ground
at the very start, and it is a signal that
they are beaten if they are pulled up
from that position.
"The two methods of pulling in this
country may be termed for convenience
the farmers pull or 'cleat' pull.
The farmers pull is practiced at Dart
mouth College very successfully.
There they do not pull upon board
or indoors, but upon tho turf. A hole
is dug in the ground FOR each Compel
tor. 1t is in the shape of right-angled
triangle. The competitor is almost
seated in this hole, his foot being
braced against its perpendicular wall.
This, of course, gives the strongest
kind OF purchase for the puller.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-18
THE TUG OF WAR,
An Exciting Game that Calls
for Great Strength and
Endurance.
Interesting Chat with an Ex- Mem.
Der of a College
Team.

Among oil the sports of summer OF
winter, indoors or outdoors, there is
none that eXcites more popular inter
est, when it can be seen, than the tug
of war, and there is hardly ore that
calls tor more strength and endurance
than this game. 1t has experienced
peculiar evolution from a crude unrec.
ognized game played by country boys,
to one of those sports which take their
places legitimatcly among organized
pastimes by reason of their rules and
systematic way of going about it. 1t
IS distinct feature to-day of college
and regimental exercises, and the great
est emulation is aroused between the
different institutions which are repre-
scented by tug-ofwar teams. Although
the sport calls particularly for
strength of peculiar kind, it is never
theless necessary, to accomplish the
best results in it, 10 utilize the brain to
considerable extent. People who
have not INDUCED in sports frequently
fail to recognize the influence of the
mind upon success in a game, and do
not think for moment that there is
any mental stimulus OF training or ex-
ercise called for in it. Nevertheless it
does exist to q great degree, and none
the less in the muscular exercise known
rs the tug of war. The team has to be
controlled and directed by a captain,
and that captain has to exercise his
mind in the keenest way, has to be on
the alert to watch his opponents, aud
has to know a great deal about the dis
tribution of force in order to do his
work we'll. How this comes about may
best be told in the words of a we'll
known member of a tug-of-war team,
Mr.. Charles Morrill,, formerly of the
Dartmouth College team.
He says of it: "In o well-contested
trg of war weight does not count as
much as is ordinarily supposed; Drawn
and muscle, good staying power, with
GOODNESS and a shrewd anchor, are
what is requ red. The exercise has
advanced a great deal during recent
years under the fostering influence of
college athletes and regimental gym
nasts. In the old days the method
was rough, irregular sport, wherein
mon caught hold of one end of q rope
and tried to pull along a similar crowd
of men who held on to the other end.
Now. there are very few places where
the tug of war is pulled, that the game
consists in dragging the other side at
all. There are several ways of playing
it, three of which may be considered
rs the most important, and in none of
those three does the element of pull
ing the other crowd enter into il. 1t is
now the aim of those who pull in the
tug of war to get the rope away from
their opponents, and not to drag them
about. Before taking up the Ameri-
can style of playing, l will describe
the method recently adopted in Great
Britain. There the Amateur Athletic
Association has lately drawn up new
code of rules to regulate contests of
this nature. They are not all of them
new, but they show the difference be-
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LENGTH OF DAYS.
Five Hundred Year. Odds Living a Loi

rive hundred Years r 4td-is Living Lost
Is life worth livingl
In the days of long ago people seemed to
think it was, II the length Of time they de
voted to becoming acquainted with its lights
and shadows is any criterion.
1t would seem as though life must have
afforded much of enjoyment in the good old
days Sophocles hung on until he was 100
years old, then persisted by an accident.
Attila was 12i when he died of the conse-
quence of a revel on the night Of his second
marriage. This is a warning to young men.
Epemenides was 157 at his regretted decease.
Crowns did not sit so heavily on the brows
OF monarchs as they seem latterly to do.
Fohi, the founder of the Chinese Empire,
reigned lis years, and SO did Apaphus of
Thebes Egyptian. Tacitus gives us years
to Tuisco, a German prince Daddon, an
lllyrian noble, lived for 800 years according
to Alexander Cornelius.
The art of living seems to be one of the
many lost arts which the dark ages covered
over, and modern civilization has not yet
been able to uncover. 1t is certain long life
was not secured by using mineral poisons as
modern practice. The ancients doubtless
drew on the laboratory of nature for their
medicines, hence the span of their lives was
naturally extended.
We know that our immediate ancestors
found their medicines in the fields and forests
adjoining their log cabin homes. These ma
tural remedies were efficacious and harmless
left no poison in the system. Physicians
were rarely called in and the people lived to
rugged and hearty old age. Is it not worth
while to return to their wholesome methods
of cure for common ailmentsi
II. ii. Warner & Co., Propretors of
Warmers Safe Cure, have introduced to the
public line of Log Cabin remedies, and
their name indicates their character. They
Include a "Sarsaparilla," Hops and Buchu
Remedy" Cough and Consumption
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pounded from actual recipes the most effica-
cious in use by our grandparents, and those
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remedies, have an opportunity to secure the
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TemDUS FUgit.

Dc Cammack -"Charmed to meet you
again, Miss Bricbrac. remember on
Mount Desert summer in 1875 very
pleasantly"
Miss Bricbrac (coldly)-"Arcn't you :,
little mistaken in The season? As re
member it was IS"
He c. getting in deeper, and in or
rupting)-"lt was 'd6, wasn't it? How
the time does fly"
Miss b. Cfrigidly)--"it was 1885, u.
De Cammack"
Dec. acknowledgement, I knew i,
ended in 70 anyway. May | see your
card ?"-TId- Bite.
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BObby's Act OF Kindness.

"Ma," said Bobby, running into the
house, you said that if did n real act
of kindness this afternoon | could have
a piece ofpie, and I've just done it."
what was the act of kindness,
Bobbyt" inquired his mother white lie
ate the PIE.
And Bobby replied between bites:
"a cat came into our back yard and
didn't stone it."-Epoch.
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the whole lower part of the body, for
sometimes they are two and half feet
deep, makes their tug of war a very
tough strain. This competition is of
not much use as an exercise: it is mere
directed to exhibiting than acquiring
strength, and is rough, hard, trying
work but it is also very manly sport,
and will doubtless continue to hold its
well established if somewhat subordi-
nate position in the realms of sport"
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[CoPYEIGHT, ISL

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