Show THE FREE LANCE PROPOS of the t installation of the old Peoples party men into the city council on Tuesday Tues-day evening and of the many thrilling i thril-ling pugilistic scenes tbat have t e ° 7 occurred in that µ tt somewhat famous 5 = slugging arena our sporting editor ed-itor was yesterday yester-day detailed to look up the athletic pedigrees of the new men to see in what condition they are for the contests that in all probability await them there itt Sir Oscar H Hardy is in fine trim His H-is a good allround athlete with hard fists and a flawless fighting record Burl brunette quick hitter strips at 195 pounds and has large blue muscles that stick out into space like a sore thumb Has had several sev-eral scraps with weighty men and laid them out No extra adipose tissue not easily winded and a good stayer Since < the supreme court decision he has been using us-ing war clubs und striking sand bags He will bo a hard councilman to match Being Be-ing brothprinlaw of Pembroke maybe may-be said to come of a fighting family t t t Eli A Folland is a tall blonde with a deep bass voice that mocks at Hamlets ghost and awful tough and wiry Has a mild blue eye that radiates peace and goodwill good-will to men but when roused to 110 Fahrenheit Fah-renheit Mr Folland emits inflammable vapor and stamps on adversaries stomach It is thought ho can best any corpulent Liberal alderman who may chance to differ with him Eli is studying Del Sarte to acquire grace in thumping ttt J Fewson Smith is under a trainer of great experience in Texas where he is also inhaling large southern cyclones ol pure air on draught daily He is bronzed like a beautiful meerschaum and looks tough and tawny Has chest expansion without gasping of eleven inches handles fists cleverly brooks no lip and on slightest slight-est provocation jumps down assailants throat and pauses for reply t t tWill t-Will Tuddenham is known as Goliah ol Gaul by those who know him best Hb is bashful as a girl until the time for action Then he resembles a duplex steam pump ing works with rotary motion and side plungers When he gesticulates men dodge and with quivering lips and blanched faces crouch toward mother earth If called hard names b3 an opponent Mr Tuddenbum spits plastertrshairand draws himself up to his full height t t t Richard W Young is of average weight but handles satire and laconics like a keen edged sword Ho now sees the utility of his West Point calisthenics He will not descend to pummeling but prefers the tented field thouch very handy with cirk When railed reads Riot act with calm composure com-posure If this is unavailing wipes earth with everybody within reach ttt Frank Hyde is full of reserved dignity and fireworks He does not pick quarrel but at first syllable of epithet from opponent oppon-ent jumps into middle of room and draws line with toe When agitated tuus hand swiftly through back hair and breathes heavy He is now running sprints to harden muscles and having hired man call him liar for exercise t t tOn t-On the Templeton blotter last Monday was inscribed the name of William H Paxton Omaha Many were the guesses as to what the gentleman was doing here since be is not in the habit of wasting his time in pleasure Bill Paxton as he is familiarly known all over Nebraska is one of those men who build large cities If wo could get him to interest himself in any project in Salt Lake it would be a mighty good thing for the town Bill reared oic blocks in Omaha when everybody else was still distrustful of the future of that place He was one of the originators of the stockyards and packing houses in South Omaha He started a bank and directed another He is president of theO the-O o111alla Cattle company senior partner of the wholesale grocery firm of Paxton Gallagher and of the iron founcry known as > Paxton Yierling A powerful man physically financially and politically is Bill Paxton Four or five years ago Congressman Con-gressman McSbane ran for governor of Nebraska It is uphill work such a campaign cam-paign on the Democratic ticket in that state and to help his partner Bill stood for state senator in Omaha At tbat time the rote was pretty even and be was fearful of defeatnot that he cared particularly for the office but that a successful man like be can ill brook a reverse Onftho night of the election he was found to lead the ticket People do not repudiate a man who never repudiates the people We wish Paxton would come to Salt Lake often and invest some of his wealth here He would be in good company ttt Among the curiosities on exhibition in the British Museum is a Chinese bank note issued during the reign of the Emperor Hung Wu AD 136S90 Still when we think of it the curiosity is not BO rare after all A file of the Tribune of the year A D > 1691 is still more ancient ttt As an illustration of the trouble some of the Republican campaigners experience in their efforts to organize in the rural districts tricts the following incident is very striking strik-ing It was at Mill Creek the other night and a squad of Salt Lake Republicans had come out to initiate a branch of the G O P But when they called thP meeting to order no one could be found in the audience audi-ence willing to act as chairman The gathering gath-ering was in danger of breaking up for the want of a presiding officer when a young man named Carlisle obligingly tendered his services He was eagerly accepted and filled the office with ability and dignity At the close of the meeting when the call went forth for the deluded partisans to come forward and sign their names to the Republican articles of faith the pen was naturally handed first to the accommoda ting chairman Oh no he responded hI cant sign Why not asked the amazed organizer organ-izer zerWhy I am the secretary of the Mill Creek Democratic committee was the rely pl re-ly Curtain tit The luckiaoddnumbers theory has received ceived a new impulse from the experience of the steamer Furst Bismarck which after battling with a storm for eighteen hours found peace and comfort when a baby was born in the steerage and the 1000 passengers became 1001 It was better than throwing oil upon the troubled waters ttt We have been fortunately exempt thus far this summer from sultry weather but when it is as hot and sticky as it soon must i be > when activity means a flood of throat drYIng perspiration when to sit still is still to swelter and to find Sahara ic the roof of your mouth what is the most cooling cool-ing thing to drink Your thoughts will first centre on ice crackling with that wonderfully derfully eloquent crackle of its own then you will hear delicious rustle as the crystalline talline fragments are gathered in a great I glass jug The melodious gurgle of clear I I water as it pours in and sets the ice aswim with a cool wishwish fall pleasantly upon your ear But you long for tartnesr as well as coldness so you take lemons or you take oranges and pineapples or you decant your rubyred claret nay you take of rum a little and of champagne a good eal according to your purse and your prejudice Then with a sprig of mint and a strawberry or two for luck to help the eye and delight the nostril you take the jug in both hands and Old Humidity does the eat It is worth being hot and thirsty to enjoy the moments that follow t |