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...captured New Madrid, the only considerable town. To pass the river and overpower the batteries which defended the one road to the island, he needed gun-boats and transports. By a wonderful feat of engineering, a canal, six miles long, but shallow, was cut across a submerged peninsular, from loop to loop of the river and the frail transports thus passed around the batteries. A gun-boat, the Carondelet, boldly ran the gauntlet of the fort at night, running so close under the banks that, before the guns could be sufficiently depressed, she was out of range...
Setting the top in motion with his hands he took a string and by throwing the top in the air, and catching it on its peg in a loop of the string be kept it continually spinning. Once the top went so high as to strike the rafters supporting the roof but it was caught nevertheless. He then walked around the hall keeping the top spinning all the time and throwing it over his head, under his legs and behind his back. The spectators were greatly pleased with the exhibition and Kishimoto received much applause...
...objection to the rule limiting the use of the wedge is the difficulty of laying down a definition which shall cover the "wedge" and "wedge plays" without leaving a loop-hole for evading the rule. The rule we should provide would combine with the present five yards and three downs rule and stipulate that in perhaps two downs or fairs, if the ball be not advanced ten yards, it must traverse a space of twenty yards across the field either in the hands of a player or not. The above rule would probably insure the more frequent interchange...
...that is more than half the game. The presence-of 'varsity men too, must not inspire undue confidence in our eleven. There is no reason why the team if rightly used should not win; but too much self-confidence, or too little conscientiousness will leave just the loop-hole for which we may be sure Yale's team will be looking...
...writes in a lively, entertaining style, which would be none the worse for a little more polish and elegance. The dated-letter or journal-method of telling a story is a device which is beginning to pall on readers of modern fiction. It is too frequently a convenient loop-hole for writers who have not the talent, or else wish to avoid the trouble of describing the closer detail of the surroundings of the actions portrayed. We fear that the writer of this story has not quite successfully covered up this loop-hole-the traces of it are here...