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Show STRENGTH OF MEN AND OXEN. Dulk for Bulk, the Former Are the Stronger. Few people know that n man, bulk for bulk, Is stronger than an ox, but It appears that such Is tho caso. Tho matter was tested not long stneo nt a fair In America, ono of tho attractions of which was a contest of a yoko ot oxen against an equal weight ot men. A drag was loaded with granlto blocks, weighing in tho nggrcgnto 4,059 pounds. Tho yoko of oxen thnt mndo tho trial weighed 3,220 pounds, and twenty men, allowing 1C0 pounds to tho man, wcro set ngalnst them. Tho mon took hold ot the drng flrst, nnd oaslly walked oft with It, covering n distance of 95 feet In the space of two minutes. Tho oxen nt their trial moved only clehty-nve feet In tho snmo length of time, and tho men wcro accordingly declared winners. Pearson's Weekly. |