Show expertness with knives pittsburg dispatch the spanish do not take to boding boxing and fist fighting as in ent but resort to the stiletto or knife in the place of prize fights with gloves or bare knuckles they have exhibitions of their ex pertness with knives these tools are made of wood with a stiff leather point this is colored with tamp lampblack black so that a home thrust shows allows plainly on the white dress of the unlucky contestant who is then considered dead and walks out of the arena amid the jeers and hisses of all the pretty girla girls in the town while the other fellow is kissed and feted and made drunk on good wine the alleged dead man receives no bodily harm barm but he lie goes straightway and gets drunk on cheap wine at his own expense |