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Show TO FRENCH DUELOF TO-DA- Y Comparatively Harmless Affair, but as an Institution It The Correct Mode Deeply Footed in the Nat-oof Prrcedure, Which do you choose, his seconds Asked a frightened the dueling sword, or pistols t twenty paces?" The dueling sword st twenty paces," was the answer. This duel joke was new In the days f the First Empire. In the France of today it haa less point, because the dueling sword at twenty paces Is almost an accomplished fact. You can compare modern fencing to modern warfare," I heard a malt re dsrmes say at the Automobile Club's to h I To-daare all such proposals laughed down In Parliament and press. There Is no law against dueling in France; and there seems to be no need of one, in spite of the fact that duels ara more frequent thnn ever. The evolution of fencing on the field of honor Juls rendered such a law unnecessary." " - The tendency Is to treat French duels lightly, because their avowed object Is no longer death, but auch a wounding aa will put one of tbe parties In a state of practical or technical InNevertheless, at Its worst feriority, duel may mean physical danger, or oven death; while in Its leaat harmful event it meant annoyance, expense and gossip. Therefore It preserves good manners in the public as well as private Intercourse of Frenchmen admirably. A tittle man accidentally treads on your foot In tbe theater. You do not care to call him an awkward ass, because, .small aa he la, he may have lota of fencing practice. Now who cares to ,'go to an expense of, say flOQ In swords, surgeon, carriages, rent of dueling ground and lunch to one's seconds tor the pleasure of receiving a rip up the sword arm? In this line of thought, the greatest In the list of them all, the late Aura-UsScholl, often declared that, look lng back on his encounters, be regretted only one of them. It was the case of a young reporter who had, la something be had written, offended the sensldve pride of the last of the --- a n B oH-'-.'-'-V.-- has any social position to defend, for example, membership in any decest club And note, the gesture to slap Is quite ss rffw-Jve- . Frenchmen are great on these slap You will ping and punching gestures see one aim his list and hold it there. Tbe other hauls hath and holds himself hauled bat k Hath looks death and fury In the others eyes Should the first strike, the other would strike. When neither strikes. It becomes the duty of a court of honor to place the offended party formulas In this land of settled blows are seldom struck bet ween men Women pull each other's hats off, claw each other's faces, pull hair and make Men. although stabs with hatpins content engaged In the same row themselves with raising their canes until threateningly and patiently, some common friend or stranger intervenes. Why strike? The theoretical blow fell when the cane or fist was raised. "Monsieur, behold my card! "And mine, monsieur! "Monsieur, you shall hear from me!" "At your orders, monsieur! Thus ends the incipient row men of good taste and aavolr You will objert that to be falre. forced thus to involve one's self In an affaire with a perhaps objectionable unknown is a heavy penalty to pay to social order. Parlslana of savolr falre, for thia reason carry two card cases. One contains cards printed with a false name and address When the offending or offended party seems not to be worthy of one's steel one pulls this second card case. Kddit Proud of Hie Boy, llanloiTu, lather was u -. the North Dakota league. Will Inter-Pbte- I A. Smith of Knoxville, Tenn . la signing players for Wheeling and writes that he haa bagged another good man in Catcher Owen Shannon, who played with the Davenport, la., nine of the Three I league In 1901 and 1900. He has also signed William Dahl-'quie- t, pm her, who played In the Southern league Terre Haute d tutor at the ringside of the Hanlon t'orbcit riel) t and Wg iirgust-ewith the ie isum He spdt home In the hack with his boy, gad when they ai rived at the house be began to tell them all about It. Af the Hanlon house were about tweptf girls from neighboitng houses awaltcg Eddies arrival with large cream cakes and hot coffee. They all Wasted to look at "Cute" when h cae In, but the latter wanted to be alone with his blue feeling Papa HanDn hit for the parlor when he got tasile and stepped to the center of the room. "What do you think of me boy now? said the proud old man. The man thot put Tirry MeOlvern oat 1b two rounds didnt get me boy down onct in twenty. Oh. he's a lucky mon to still have the honor of bein champeen after this .foigbt. Iddle kin beat them all; that big Britt and tbe bunch of thin, but I wont let him folght again far a year. If be does ill get in an lick him meself. I hov the blst bly in tbe wurrld and afther he rlata up fer awhile hell git in and just ihaw the people that be ktn beat Corbett, and anything on twofcgs" d , You Shall Hsar From Mot last fencing evening. "In the early part of the nineteenth century deaths on the field of honor had become so frequent that' the judicial repression of the duel was almost brought about v-IbeL- Skel Roach Got His Name. Few baseball followers who have heard of "Skel" Uoaih. just chosen coach of the baseball team of the University of Michigan, know how he was given the nUknaine Skel About ten years ago Jak Keary, Just then organizing the Ogdens. In Chicago, saw the pitcher, and engaged him for How WEBER COAL CO. I n $50,000 By giving 15,000 two-ln-thre-e Do You Want Some? tbree-and-fiv- When You Are in need of POACH. bis team, made up of Irish talent. The young pitcher said his name was Rudolph Wuffenberg. This wouldnt do, so O'Rourke Jimmy suggested Roach. The lad was tall and thin, so he was dubbed "Skeleton. The combination gave the fans Skel Roach." After twirling on various prairie league teams he was signed by He George May for the Spaldings. has played with Mobile In the Southern League, Des Moines in the Western, and last year was with Butte In the Pacific, where he Intends going this season about June 1. Handicap fffr Pitchsrfcl- sure-enoug- h c than a year ago. Paris dence New York Bun. correspon- Mra. Baer and Child Labor. Mrs. George F. Baer, wife of the special agent of the Almighty, Is vastly Interested tn the problem of child labor, and, like the good woman she Is, is deeply concerned because children, mere babies some of them, pass your doors dally on their way to work, when they should be going to school Thia la unfortunate and we hope the lady will apeak to George about It and see that the pernicious practice la stopped. Possibly, however, Gewrge does not see bis particular bunch of children on their way to work, partly for the reason that he does not live at the mines, and partly because he ia not out of bed at that hour. Still tt will do no harm to call hla attention to the circumstance, for George la a good husband and would not wantonly hurt hla wifes feelings. Chicago Electricity's Utet Changing. The contractor for the New York You Dont Call Him Names. transit subway Mid that, owing ply; but yon, after having offended rapid to the rapid developments la electricould of out all the to get yon me, did cal art, a generation of electricity la meeting. Your other adversaries, M. Scholl, now only three years. If yon will reflect, all rich or , were German Own BreiUistt well to do. I, who am extremely poor, farmers and planters owa bad to count the cost of a duel. Only day before yesterday did I succeed in 1,000,000 acres of Braxlllan soil; on getting tbe necessary funds together. part of this land 20,000,000 toffee Tbe fighting boulevard ler was deep- bushes are planted. - - ' ly moved. - Lend.-Germ- an , . Valuable Collection of Stamps. A collection of stamps formed by Therefore I most klse yon on both! And did it Mr. G. Owen Wheeler of tbs London A slap on the face will always bring Philatelic Society was sold by asettoa about a duelj WbeB the. slapped one recently for $3 67$., pot remember on which cheek I struck you," be said. May Drop Portland and Seattle. Two new baseball teams have been organized to enter the Pacific Northwest league. One is at San Francisco and one at Ixs Angeles. The propositions have been financed, the grounds secured and application made to enter the league. Who the backers are is kept secret, but it js asserted the two teams wilt be admitted unless the Pacific Coast league drops Portland and Seattle. There is a bare possibility that another team or two In California may be admitted, but this la not probable. board- ing school can quarrel and save up their quarrel UU the day they corns of age, to fight It out in s' real, duet That the Faria public takes thia sort of thing with the utmost seriousness was shown by the Rolbschild-Lubersaencounter less AND GROCERIES Go to the-- CASH BARGAIN STORE - suggestion of Mr. Dreyfus, by which pitchers are prohibited from stepping back of the pitcher's plate when delivering the ball. This move on the part of the pitchers was a bone of contention all of last season between pitchers and umpires. The rule will handicap those pitchers who are in the habit of stepping back of the rubber to get a swing. We suppose this is in the nature of a slight atonement for the infliction of the foul strike Life Dont institution when young boys at DRY GOODS COALVILLE, UTAH Tbe redeeming feature of the joint rules committee meeting was an amendment of the balk rule, at the s Evening Post I do O Patronize a Home Industry. fbr T rotters purses for best hoat races, the f Empire City Trotting club of New (York Is practically offering $50,000 la purses, figured from the old plan. Statistics Monsieur, behold my card!" one show that money wpn under the old says without the slightest risk. r system Is only secured "And mine, monsieur!" replies tbs after g number of heats, that makes other. the Empire plan only half the efNow, if the second card contains fort. Another good point about the a false name and adress each party stakes for the Yonkers track Is the can tell hla friends that the other fact that horses which art being saved up for the 1 15,000 and $20,000 races can be readily startedJn the short events without leesenlng their chances In larger stakes. Tbs 2.09 class trotting Is certain to be a popular race this year, and of course the 2:12 class is the class for which the greatest amount of money Is offered on the circuit The $5,000 Empire stake was a popular event lag year, and from the number of pacers eligible to tbe 2:10 class, pacing, the Bronx stakes should receive plenty Monsieur, Behold My dardl of attention. As the Empire mating , party feared to melt him and no precedes the Brighton and fhpart-fordhave whlcb Imof both meets, barm Is done. Note, It Is highly futurities, the Idea of a 2:25 proper to foist the card of a friend or with a class trotting for ! year-dllacquaintance on the Irate stranger. - Alphonse Daudet has maintained $2,000 purse Is a good one that the duel will always hold good Jones Given a Reception. among the Latin peoples, that It beD. A. Jones, the Milwaukee bowler longs to their Idea of honor and that so civilisation can do away with It wbo won the Individual bowing chamCertainly It must be a deeply rooted pionships st Indianapolis with a total of 683 in three games, was glnn a reception by local bowlers whea bs returned home. Mayor Rose of Milwaukee baa re- - Women Ctsw Each Other; Men . t t ' rule.--Sporti- boulevardlera. himself always o willing to offetyl the pride of others. The young reporter did not wish to noticing fight and tried to avoid Scholl's provocations. At last Scholl was forced to slap him la the face. After a meeting In which the experienced duelist scratched the young reporter's forearm, he, refused to shake hands with htm. The youth called him aside and asked bint, why v "I have always fought with men of courage heretofore, wae Scholls re- - o THERES NO o o DELAY. o o o o We always load your teams promptly. o Load them with COAL, of course, for o o thats our stock in trade. o o o AT THE - Wasatch Mine o o o You will find constantly the best o COAL and as for prices, note the o o o o o LUMP $2.25 o STOVE 1.SO o oo oO oo o o o o o o o o o o o Bout Off. The proposed battle between Terry V McGovern and Ben Jordan, the Engbe lish featherw tight, arranged to ' . A. JUY&S t fought before the National Sporting reived a miniature parlor bowling out- club of Loudon Derby night, has been fit as the booby prize at the national declared off by Sam Harris He asked tournament. that the contest be postponed two weeks, but the Natioual Sporting New Grounds. New York club's officials would t.ot agree to the It has been practically settled that postponement, and tabled that McNew York American league Govern would have to fight Jordan on the grounds will be kx a ted at Jerome av- Derby night or the match 'Mffffil be enue and One Hundred and Sixty-fourt- canceled, llairls lost no (me In castreet tn the Bronx. The bling bark that the match was off. grounds are on the east bank of the Harlem river, just across from the Two Polo Teams May Come Over. polo grounds, and nearly twice tbe It looks ust now as if not one, but size of the New York polo grounds Ywo English polo teams may cross the Atlantic next summer to give Erin's Handball Champion Coming. battle to "the experts of Lakewood, Timothy Twohfg. the champion and other crack teams handball player of Ireland. wilL ar- the Myopia Newr Yoiii. Boston and Newabout is announced, by the rive here, lj n For some time the three end of the month He is coming with port. n pokdsts. Buckmaster, the intention of playing a match with have and been seriFreake, Egan of Jersey City and Oliver Drew considering the Idea of going of Brooklyn Some lime ago Phil ously over If they could get a fourth man Y'ork said h of New would Casey is learned that back Drew lo the amount of, $1,000 to join them, and it brothers and one of the for an international match against, thsTNickalla make up another team. Twohig. the match to consist of thir- Millers may ty games, fifteen to be played here and fifteen to he played In. Ireland. Young May Writs Baseball History. Mr. N. El Young, for many years Twohig is a native of Cork, and la spoken of as a powerful exponent president of the National league, conBfi the anciect pastime. templates writing a history of base ball. No man la the world Is more competent to perform that work than Cy" Swsim'a Plana . Cy" tUalm win not play leagne Mr, Young by reason of his close offball this year, but will cast hla lot icial connection with the game from in Independent circles and put in his the time It first developed aa the time at Urbana. O. Swalm wants- to dominant professional sport until this play with Wheeling In tbs Central very day, covering a ' period of more Vague and Wheeling Is Just as anx- than, three decades. By all meena ious to secure his services, hut he Is let Mr. Young write such a needed ob the reserve list of . Flandreav tn history. McGovern-Jorda- n h rVWV Good Job Work..... Is wha.t people want, and at 15he Times office is )ust the place where you can get it at prices that will suit everone. ...All Work Promptly Executed o8SSoS G&'d GRASS CREEK COAL Raw-linso- - (o o) AT (0 GRASS CREEK MINES (o ) o) (a O) (e We have the very best Coal there is on the market for domestic or O) steam purposes. T well-know- o) JS2& Well Screened Domestic, Lump and Stove Mixed $1.75 PER TON. There is no shoveling or waiting, as we have a SPECIAL CHUTE. FOR LOADING TEAMS- .- GRASS-CRE- EK COAL CO. - f !f2oS582'3v i r . |
