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Show .L fcatiL Mk ft TRUTH. - General Sporting Notes. France has Introduced the Into Its postal delivery service, with great success. Andrew M. ODea, Wisconsin university coach, is at Duluth, Minn., in charge of the Duluth Boat club crews, auto-'mobi- le remaining until September It is announced that 1. B. Lb Eisley, this years challenger for the Engs lish championship, will accompany the brothers Doherty to America as a reserve man. Ard Patrick, the winner of the Derby in 1902, won the Princess of Wales stakes at the Newmarket race meeting. Royal Lancer was secpnd, and Cheers was third. Nine horses started. The next important fistic battle will be that between the heavylawn-tenni- weights, Jeffries and Corbett The mill is slated to take place on August 14, and the men are hard at it getting in condition. Kid Carter and Jack OBrien engaged in a desperate six round tilt at Phlladeliia last week, in which Jack proved the better fighter. Car ter put up his usual hard fight, but there was too much speed and science against him. In a drizzling rain and in the presence of a small crowd, Joe Gans at Butte, Mont., defeated "Buddy King of Denver in five rounds. King was never in it after the first round, when a hard right to the mouth sent him down for the count. Red McFarland, well known as an owner and trainer of running horses, was fatally injured at the Lake county track, St. Joseph, Mo., just before the races. The horse Percy Clarks, owned by McFarland, kicked him in the breast, crushing the breast bone and breaking many ribs. To Arthur F. Duffy of Roxbury, Mass., a graduate of the class of 1903, law department,' Georgetown university, .Washington, D. C., belongs the c honor of having won the for the championship of England fourth consecutiye year, ihis feat has never been performed before in the annals of racing in England. The automobile race for the James Gorden Bennett cup, over a course in Ireland, is ended, and no one was killed, and only two machines smashed, although several were damaged. The race was won by Jenatzy, a Belgian, who was one of the German team. He completed the course of 868 miles and 765 yards in 6 hours 36 minutes and 9 seconds. This time included Blowups in the towns where there were controls, so that the actual running rate cf the winner was a shade better than sixty miles an hour. Several times the miles were e seccaught by timers in onds. The finish of the race, according to the unofficial time and as nearly as it can be decided without the corrected statement, was as follows: German team in 1 JENATZY, Mercedes car, time 6 hours, 36 minutes and 9 seconds. Fnished second. 2. DE KUYFF, French team in Panhard car, finished first, but had to concede Jenatzy 14 minutes. d 3 FARM AN, French team in startcar, finished third, having ed sixth, 14 minutes behind Jenatzy. French team In 4 GARBRIEL, Mors car. 5. EDGE, English team, holder of cup, in Napier car, completed course after race wae declared ended 100-yar- fifty-thre- Pan-har- Of the twelve starters in the four teams only five given finished. From a racing point of view the contest, which lasted from 7 in the morning until 7:30 in the evening, will be always remembered for the desperate struggle between De Knyff, French, and Jenatzy, German. The daring driving of Gabriel in the x was race quite eclipsed by the speed by which the contestants passed the judges stand at Bally Shannon. Then the rivalry between Germany and France always stood out. Both Jenatzy and De Knyff waved their hands wildly in answer to the cheers of the onlookers and drove with what looked like desperation. As the final round approached and the gap between the two rivals lessened there were many who thought that a collision was inParis-Bordeau- 11 MEANING OF NAMES. BY OUR OWN Agatha is a Greek name, the Good Caesar, Latin name, means Hairy Life is short, yet most men outlive their good resolutions. Oliver is of Roman origin, an Olive Tree. Happy is the woman who can make home so clublike that her husband doesn't care to leave it. iu.an. Edith and Editha are Saxon, Happi- ness. While the fool puts off till the wise what he could do is Gaelic, signifying Dark guy postpones it indefinitely. Douglas to-morr- to-da- y, Gray. Ursula, Latin name, Bear. The trouble with most social remeans She formers is that they insist upon looking for vice with a brass band. James is of Hebrew origin, the Be-guil- er. i -- m - Do not trust your happiness to a Catherine, a Greek are sure to spoil the Pure One. practical joker; they the finest effects in life. name, means Deborah is of Hebrew descent, You must not expect the author of nifying a Bee. a cook book to try all the recipes, or a doctor to take his own medicine. So many people forget that life can oniy hold its fill and crowd it with cheap trivial lies, leaving no room for more valuable thoughts and interests. Let your family pride begin and end with yourself and try to reflect luster rather than borrow it from something as intangible as a mere name. sig- We are fast degenerating into a state of national toadyism, where a title, be it ever so small, is still vast enough to agitate, our. toady-lovin-g bosoms. Ivah Richardson in San Ffttncisco Cfdl, It was an Irish philosopher who said a man always appreciates what he has when he no longer has it. One way to make horses fast is cut off the food supply. to When a doctor loses a patient and he isnt sure of the cause he attributes it to a complication of disorders. You can always get satisfaction if you are a lawyer. going to law by The summer girl doesnt necessarily love the ocean because she swallow's a portion of it while sporting in the surf. o How to feopy Mission Fvrnlturaw A clever imitation of the popular Mission furniture designs may be obtained by a dull green stain applied d chairs carefully to old and settles. Any person who is skillful with the saw and hammer can easily produce odd little tables or book Aands, their square shaping being very easy of execution. Oxidized gilt or silver nails give the necessary finishing touch. splint-bottome- . 8how This to the President. A woman in Ussher Town, on the night of the 18th. gave birth to six living babies five boys and one girl. The next day the town wras in confusion, both Europeans and natives rushing to see them. Money and different kinds of presents were given them. This same woman had four babies in Coast (Africa) Leader. . 1895.--Go- ld A New England Sandwich. "How many children have you? I asked the friend of his boyhood. have three. The oldest and youngest are girls, and the second child is a boy. My wife calls them the sandwich. "Huh! said the boyhood friend. "Thats the first time I ever heard of a sandwich with the tongue on the outside." . Legal Technicality. .A Chelsea (England) .hospital .is mourning the' loss of a bequest of $6,000 through a legal informality. The May Change Distance. President Liginger of the Wisconsin cestator signed his will in his bedroom, and the witnesses thoughtlessly A. A. U. wants to change the run in the list of events of the rarrled it into another room before championship meet to be held this signing it, thus making the document e run. He has invalid. fall for tne asked the championship committee to make this change on the ground Jhat Eskimo Bible. e run is a tedious affair at thtr The Eskimos now have their own translations of the Bible, which has the best. taken 150 years to complete. The NorNorth Pole Fatalities. wegian pastor, Hans Egede, who went During the nineteenth century 200 to Greenland in 1721, began the work. ships, numberless lives and over and published by which is were lost in futile efforts to the Bible completed of Denmark. Society ( reach the North Pole, Dorcas is from the Greek, signifying a Wild Rose. five-mil- e two-mil- five-mil- 4 run Horseless vehicles should be with horse sense. One. evitable, but De Knyff kept his lead Daniel is Hebrew, meaning God Is of a minute or two and crossed the Judge. line ahead. The most remarkable features of Roxana is a Persian name, the Day the great race were its practical im- Dawn. munity from serious accidents and the wretched showing by the AmeriHarold, the Champion, is of Saxon can team. origin. "Dub Knocks Out Choynski. Poor old Joe Choynski ran up Matthew, a Jewish name, signifies A Gift. the against biggest surprise of his life at Dawson City last week. He third-rat- e a of name the Dagmar is German, the Joy of the fought fighter Danes. of Nick Burley. Nick put a swing home in the second round and Joe Esther is a Hebrew word, meaning went down for the count of ten. It was the most unexpected result. Secret. Joe went to Alaska on a sort of summer vacation. He took his wife along Lucy is the feminine of the Latin Lucius. come and expected to home with a good bit of money. He had a good ofHuldah, from the Hebrew, means a fer for the fight, and he took a chunk Weasel. of money along to bet on himself, believing that he had the battle already won. Keturah, a Hebrew name, means The reports from Dawson are Incense. meager. They give few details. What Meredith is Celtic, the Roaring of happened to Joe is known only in the result. It hardly seems credible that the Sea. Burley won on anything more than a Constantine is Latin, signifying the chance blow, although Joe is getting Resolute. stale from long service in the ring and is no longer able to stand a Isaac, a Hebrew name, means punch. Laughter. SUMMER GIRLS' PHILOSOPHY. Eugenia and Eugenie are French, Man has created the girl bachelor Well Born. by decades of selfishness. Naomi is a Hebrew name, the Alto not is a It always safe judge of luring One. mans income by the cost of his boutonniere. Moses, a Hebrew naipe, means Drawn Out. An artistic temperament is always Interesting, but a bank- account is Agnes is of German origin, the more practical. Chaste One. m PHILOSOPHER. $30,-000,00- 0 i |