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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-13

LAsETTe COUNTY DEMOCRATS.

PARSONS. Sept. l2.-The Labette county
Democratic convention met at Mound
Valley today and nominated the following
ticket: For senator, E l.. Sharp, of Os-
wego: for county attorney. NJ Smith, OF
Chetopa; clerk of district court. +. W.
Ross, of Mound Valley; probate Judge, J.
w DitherSe, OF alrvlew township; super
intendent OF public instruction. Miss
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Mills IN FAST ct OILS

EAST ST. LOUIS, Sept 12.-Hon. Roger
Q. Mills will speak here on the 25th
Preparations are being made for great
Democratic demonstration.
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Morgan Park Military Academy

The Best Boys Boarding School In the we.,
Sixteenth year begins sept l9,h send FOR ataln,pe
to Capt. ED. -. Kirk TALCOGT. stunt
Morgan Park, Cock County. III.
de mos
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The peoples medicine-Hood's sarsapa-
rilla. Its success is due to its peculiar
medicinal merit.
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MASSACHUSETTS PROHlBlTlONISTS
WORCESTER, Sept. 12.-The Massachu-
sets Prohibitionists held their state con-
vention here today. After temporary of
GERS had been elected recess was taken
until 2 D. m
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,<. 70 iNneoa Tines pays CO. nssrsy re
o'o year II salaries =, IN e,nr-,x-.o,.s.,,.,
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HARVEY COUNTY FAIR.

NEWTON, sept. l2.-IhlS Is the second
day of the Harvey county fair and an i'm
mense crowd has been in attendance
In the pacing race q. N. BIina, owned
by j. 5. Smith, won III three straight heats
with Woody, owned by johnson Money,
second, and Dauntless Bess, owned by W.
c. Campbell, third. Time 2:Att, 2:3Il5
and 2:2Si,
In the two-year old trot, half mile heats
Campbell's Electioneer won first i'll two
heats with Lehman 5 Mocking Bird second
and Smiths Attitude third. Time les
and l:2l1 =.
The races for tomorrow will be the free
for all pace, 2:40 trot. green trot and three
quarters and repeat running race.
REPUBLICAN RALLY AT STOCKTON.
STOCKTON, Sept. l2.-On the Eth instant
Hon. l.. W. Humphrey, Republican can
didate for governor, and Hon. J. \. Felt.
candidate for lieutenant governor. will
speak to mass meeting at this city That
is on the day of of the Republican county
convention, and there will be undoubtedly
great gathering of people to hear these
men. Both are well and favorably known
in this section. and all are anxious TO hear
them discuss the political situation. The
Republican ticket in this part of the
state will receive an overwhelming ma
lority.
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WEATHER BULLETINS.

SIGNAL OFFICE, WICHITA, Kan, sept.
1.-THE highest temperature was 81 ;
the lowest 62.6o, and the mean 6So.
With cooler, clearer, followed by cloudy
weather with a trace Of rainfall. Brisk
NE and E winds and nearly stationary
barometer.
The maximum velocity OF wind was
f IS miles per hour at 1910 p. m.
The reduced barometer at a. IN. was
30.i4 inches, at 2 p. m so 075 inches, at p.
N. 30.049 inches.
The mean humidity 67.5 per cent.
FRED l.. JOHNSON, Observer.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
Sept. 12-The indications for twenty-four
hours, commencing Wednesday, September
10, at Z a. H., are as follows:
For Missouri: General fair cooler in
southeastern portion, slightly warmer in
northwest portions; winds shifting to the
southeasternly.
For Kansas: Warmer, generally fair;
winds shifting to southernly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17
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 all the sports of summer or
winter, indoors OF outdoors, there is
none that eNcites 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. It has experienced
peculiar evolution from crude unrec-
ognized game played by country boys,
to one of those sports which take their
places legitimately 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-
sented by tug-of-war teams. Although
the sport calls particularly for
strength of peculiar kind, it is never
theless necessary, to accomplish the
best results in it, to 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 game, and 90
not think for moment that there is
any mental stimulus OF training or ex-
ercise called for in it. Nevertheless it
does exist to great degree, and none
the less in the muscular exercise known
as the tug of war. The team has to be
controlled and directed by captain,
and that captain has to exercise his
mind in the keenest way, has to be on
the alert to watch his opponents, and
has to know 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 tug-ot-war team,
Mr.. Charles Morrill,, formerly of the
Dartmouth College team.
He says Of it, "In well-contested
tug of war weight does not count as
much as is ordinarily supposed; Drawn
and muscle, good staying power, with
GOODNESS and shrewd anchor, are
what is required. The exercise has
advanced great deal during recent
years under the fostering influence of
college athletes and regimental gym
nasts. In the old days the method
was a rough, irregular sport, wherein
men caught hold of one end of a rope
and tried to pull along 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 al
all. There are several ways of playing
it, three of which may be considered
as the most important, and in none Of
those three does the element of pull
ing the other crowd enter into it. 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 then
about. Before taking up the Ameri
can style Of playing, 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 O
this nature. They are not all Of then
new, but they show the difference be
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

At the very start, and it is signal that
they are beaten if they are pulled up
from that position. No.
"The two methods OF pulling IN TINS
country may be termed for convenience
the farmers pull or 'cleat pull
The farmers pull is practlced at DAT
mouth College very successfully;
There they do not pull upon board
or indoors, but upon the turf. A hole
is dug in the ground for each competl,,
tor. It is in the shape of a right-angled
triangle. The competitor is almost
seated in this hole, his foot beng
braced against its perpendicular wall:
This, of course, gives the strongest
kind OF purchase for the puller.
The strain in a tug of war contest
really comes upon the whole body, but
the muscles of the back are perhaps
those which are most Immediately III
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 ez-
ercise as upon them comes a 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 a
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 a 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
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

to prevent his men from being pulled
over their cleats. If he should
not let it go, such an event would bel
almost sure to happen, and 1t is, there.
fore, plain that a great deal OF rel
sponsibility rests upon the anchor who
must be man Of the coolest nerve a,
we'll as of giant strength. One of the
things which the team in tug -of-wa,|
contest has to practice to attain ii
simultaneous action. If the four mem
drop to the plank at the pistol-shot, al
exactly the same instant they are all
most sure to get an advantage owed
the other team, and when the word n
given to heave by the anchor, if they
all pull at exactly the same instant, ths|
same result is bound to follow. ii
usually happens, therefore, that the|
best trained team will win, and weight
does not count as much as might Id
expected. The limit of weight in !
team is variable. In the Seventh Res1
iment it is six hundred and sixth
pounds, allowing an average weight q
one hundred and sixty-fve pounds fod
each man. The anchor is in almosa
constant consultation with his men durI
ing the contest. He advises them bI
a quiet word just previous to any orlea
that he proposes to give.
Concerning weight, I remember !
contest pulled in 1885 at Dartmouth
There was q fat team, each one q
whom tipped the beam at over twa
hundred. The contest was pulled Cd
the farmers system, with holes
the ground, and the fat team vert
fairly pulled out of their holes by light
weights whose combined avoirdupo,}
was not more than six hundred and
fifty pounds.
"Gymnasium-made muscle does nd
tell so much in tug-of-war contest \
might be expected. A man whose b
ceps are developed from Indian club
and ring work may not have the vigoI
of tough natural strength. Foot-bal
players always make good tug-of-va
men, and rowing is one Of the best elI
ercises that can be INDUCED to fit one [
self by training for contest.
"The Dartmouth style of digginl
holes for the foot and large enough I'D
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

the prllers that 1t is usual to limit the
time of the pull to from four to ten
minutes, five being the ordinarily &C
cepted duration. In one of the best
contests on record, the team repre-
sentingthe Massachusetts Institute of
Technology pulled the crack Harvard
team five inches only. This was very
soon after the Harvard had won in q
tug-of-war against a team from the
Seventh Regiment of New York.
1.-The Harvard team tugs upon the
third style which I purpose describing.
A long board, plain and a yard or three
and half feet broad, is made of suf-
ficient length to allow eight men to re-
cline on it, 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 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
is about that indicated in the English
rules. The end Of it is passed once
around the waist Of the anchor, which
is protected by strong leather belt,
and is caught in a slip-lsnot in front Of
him. The anchor is not necessarily the
captain of the team, but he is the one
who directs the tugging 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 i'll front of the an
Choir, where he can advise with the an
Choir in case of necessity. The men,
when they lie upon the plank, have
their feet braced 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 way that he can sit
do1n at once, and the others, with one
foot braced against the cleat and the
hands in the rope, are prepared to fall
at full length the moment the pistol
shot is heard. The starter stands al
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 ar
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

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 anything 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.
l. uc pull SlliLl1 Uo WOu WllCu one size
shall have pulled 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 COM
petitor be allowed to make hole in
the ground with his feet, or any other
way, before the start. No competitor
shall willfully touch the ground with
any part of his person but his feet. If
the teams have 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. Incur games we only have one
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 &C.
cording to the English rule, the con.
testants stand during the trial, and il
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
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

advantageous start. For the first few
minutes after the drop there is always
a tremendous strain on each side. each
team hoping to get an advantage over
the other from any confusion that may
have resulted from the sudden droD.
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-
ates Oh the cleats. This does not often
happen. After the first few seconds of
strain, the anchor generally gives the
word to his men to hold hard, and for
few seconds they actually rest on the
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
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17
A Ctspian Lily.

A still more pleasant afternoon
spent in visiting the haunts of the n
famed Nymph OF the Caspian. Nelth)
rock nor whirlpool besets the appro'|
to this coy beauty; but as the siren q
be seen only in her bath, from the II
urious heat of which she draws no1
few of her charms, one might well
led to prefer both Scylla and ChalTT1
dis to the peril of the brink to win
this fascinator lures unsuspecting tr1
elers at Chyulpan. Yet the danger
much more apparent than real. Y
Nympha Caspica has broken up /
households and precipitated no frat
cidal wars; the worst that can be y
against her is that she has plante1
deep and never-to-be-satisfied lonsa
in the heart of botanical Europe. y
of science, tender in their adml]
ton of her beauty, and wishing t1o;j
it flourish elsewhere, have carried
virtues to foreign parts in vain.
tall, ily-like flower, with its overnV|
ing bulb of tender pink, bearlns.
seeds in o punctured gourd, and pau
far up it's slender stem by contni
flow of well-nigh boiling water, ~
teriously renewed-this queen OF desi
unpopulous Chvulpan, scattering
perfume over land and sea, IS
unique product of unique condl1I
and can no more be transplantea Y
the Caspian itself.-AtlGntic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

DE MARY WALKER, who is now in
Washington seeking an increase Of
pension. is thus served up by cores
pendent: "She speaks of 'her pants
xishout any rush of blood to her dry
and sailow countenance, and occasion
zIIy fills the gaps in her rafting talk
with graceful, manly expectorations.
ffc dress is neat, but evidently not
n1sE. It now consists of little six and
q kazf HEAVIER hat. thick blue overcoat,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

RUFUs HATCH, the veteran Wall
street operator. thinks there is too
much railroad building in this coun-
try. In recent interview with a
writer for the 4Arha7asa1c Traveller, he
is reported as saying: In the past five
or six years four additional transcon-
tinental lines have been built to the
Pacific coast-the Southern Pacific,
Santa Fe, Northern Pacific and Cana
dian Pacific; while the Northwestern,
Rock Island, Burlington, and st. Paul
are pushing thousands Of miles Of ey
tensions into regions where they will
not be needed for half a generation to
come. The Northern Pacific, Mani
toba, Northwestern, and st. Paul last
year built nearly $500 miles of rail
road in a region where the foot Of man
hath rarely trod and the eye of God
hath seldom turned. The annual re-
port OF the Northern Pacific shows
that the operating expenses of its
branch lines and extensions have ex-
ceeded the receipts this year by $780,
600. The company has recently asked
for loan of So, 100000 on third
mortgage bonds, while the Manitoba
parallels it tn ough over zoe miles Of
it's best territory. The Manitoba last
year built / ,444 miles OF new road.
Mortgaged at $4,000 mile. it
will amount to S2l, 100000, and the
fixed charges at 5 per cent, will be
over 81, 0S0,000 year. Ii the same
rate Of loss on branches and extern
sions that is shown by the Northern
Pacific prevails on the Manitoba, its
annual loss on the operating of it's new
mileage will be over $2,000,O00 This
would render it necessary for it TO re-
alize 100000 year in net earnings
on it's old lines. The St. Paul, with its
increase of 4G2 miles, shows marked
decrease in its gross earnings, with
continually increasing expenses and
fixed charges. The Santa Fe, paral.
leling much of the best part of Gould's
Southwest system, has, within the last
two years, succeeded in disposing Of
nearly $6O,OO,OOO of stocks and bonds
making total of some $130,O0O, 00(
of autographs and chromos it has un
loaded on a very confiding public
But why pile up such details? The ag
gregate length of the new railroads
built in this country in 1887 would
make twelve straight lines from New
York to the Mississippi River, at I
cost of $240,O00,0O0 Nearly all thi
reckless building has been done ives
of the Mississippi River in sparsel.
settled wildernesses, where the road
will not be needed for years. The,
were built for about $4,000 or $1,000
a mile, and turned in on the stocl
markets at $40. 700 to s25, OOO."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

1t is not generally known that Wash
inrton is the most southern of the
capitals of the great nations of the
northern hemisphere. Madrid, Con-
stantinople, and Rome are even further
north, while Paris is up in the latitude
of Newfoundland, and London and
Berlin are on the line of Labrador. ST.
Petersburg is on the same parallel as
Greenland, and is 100 miles due
north of Washington.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17
holes for the foot and Il

the whole lower part OF the body, il
sometimes they are two and half te1
deep, makes their tug of war a vel
tough strain. This competition is
not much use as an exercise: it is mo-
directed to exhibiting than acqulr!7
strength, and is rough, hard, try1
work; but it is also very manly spo1
and will doubtless continue to hold
we'll established if somewhat subor1
nate position in the realms OF sport
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

SENATOR FAIR recently attended a
Catholic fair in San Francisco, and
asked the price of some rosebuds at
the flower-stand. Before the young
lady in attendance had time to reply,
an older one came forward and answer
ed: give hundred dollars, N[r. Fair. "
The Senator instantly drew his check
for the money and passed it over with
out look of surprise or annoyance.
The woman who took the check was
his divorced wife.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

4 TRAVELLER on a Georgia railroad
warsed to get off at station where
She train did not stop. 1t Was after
dasa, ami so, when the conductor would
uae agree to stop for him, the passen-
gss went to the front platform of the
zsar ear. drew the coupling pin, set the
brakes. and when the car stopped
S,I,1,t,e.{ OF.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

anchor thinks that he sees an onno,
tunity of pulling them off their clena ts
or wishes to pull the tape over as far ..
possible, he gives the word to hearsss
and the men on his side straighten tIo;,
legs and tug for all they're worth, wM Ta
the anchor leans forward ready ~
gather in the slack in case they get tb h.
advantage, and if the other side han rs
pens to pull the stronger and the ron n
seems to be going that way, the ancho,
has to loosen the slip-knot in front "
him and let it go moment, in ordss
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

E1onMic acid is the substance which
ants. wasps, etc, deposit under the
skin. and which produces the intense
Burning and itching which accompany
wssnnds inflicted by them. This acid
is powerful poison, and if mosquito
was large enough to contain much
more of il the bite Of that creature
would be very dangerous.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

yHE lew railway under the Thames
As rapidly approaching completion. 1t
WILL FAY a number Of congested thor
euehs:lres, and though only three miles
sls length, will be Of immense service
81 tine population OF London. 1t ex-
sezlfss from near the north end Of Lon
don bridge to Chaplain Common.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17

GEN. WASHINGTON SEAwELL, whose
death recently occurred at San Fran
cisco, was the second Oldest General
on the retired list. He was born in
Virginia in 1902, graduated from West