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BjL 3\ Popularity 1L 1/ l^ I "By many Summers Ripened. I 1 By many Winters Mellowed/ 1 1 \ Served by all the leading Clubs, Hotels andßuffetsA \ ST. PAUL GEO. _- MINNEAPOLIS I ST. PAUL B&NZ MINNEAPOLIS : £, SONS. "'' r*-"•?" 1 \ DISTILLER IBS AT . i | EMINENCE, KY. AND BALTIMORE, MD. J NEW DEAL IN FRANCE CABINET CRISIS PASSED WITHOUT A RIPPUE OF EXOITEMEiXT Couiltcs Ministry, Thonjjli Formed XlcKtly <>;' Radicals, Is Construeteil With an Id:'ii of Resisting "Con Literal a Fuliilluient of Ante l"i;-.« Pntmltri PARfS, June 7.—France has passed ! / . i / j - • . "' """ '/" '■•..-. ■ JO3& - '■ '~ : ■■■■■■ ''<'■"& ■ * | - % : A vi- - • ■ i ■ .:■:..::.. :. . ..^..^? ' v ? c^«««^**w*^>>> *l!'^ ' l^<-v ■»*<■ :..:.:...■.-..:::■■,. V-::::::S::3;vSS;;A:H'?:;:::iJ::Wi^SS rhuvm'fi • ivii-r--1 -ir nii ai ',iiu BaaHa^,,,^^,!!,^ CRUSADER. O;dway Clark s Latest Flyer, Which May Be a Contestati for Seawanhaka Cup. through a cabinet crisis and the new j .Combos ministry has been formed with- ! out a ripple of excitement among the j general public/ or even in the lobbies of I the chamber of deputies. M. Rouvier I today accepted the portfolio of finance. M. Pellrlan takes the marine portfolio, i and M. Miruejouls the portfolio of pub- j lie works.. M. Berard, a member of the chamber of deputies, will become under secretary of. posts. Otherwise the list is fj already published. As was inevitable after the verdict of the country and the unequivocal vote in the chamber of deputies, in the election of M. Bourgeois as president, the new cabinet was- chosen almost entirely frofr. nrr/)n.g (lie radicals, . M. :rtau.vl?r ; beirtg the least"advanced member of it' Get the Best "rather Marquette" RYE WHISKY It costs but a trifle more than the ordinary kind. By paying the small advance you secure the best v that man, money and experience can produce. It's pure, its flavor is exquisite, Leading dealers have it Families supplied by H. C, SCHLUTER, PROPRIETOR Columbia Wine House. M. Doumergu and M. Pelletan represent the Radical Socialists, and M. Moujreot. the minister of egriculture, represent 3 the radical left. MM. Combes, Dclcasse, Trouill.it, Valle, Chaumie and Mauojouls are Republican Radicals. Small, bat Mielity. M. Oornbes, physically, is the smallest member of the cabinet, but in spite of hi sixty-seven year? he is Very active and energetic, and lives modestly near the senate house. He is president of the Democratic <group in the senate.- The positions ho has held, chairman of the comrviUec of the law of associations and reporter of the bill on secondary ed uoatior, marked him out for the premier ship. He is an eloquent orator, and while lit- I tic known himself outside of parliamenr j tary circles, he has selected his princi j pal colleagues from among ! the best j known and qualified Radical leaders. In I the lection of MM. Delcasse, Rouvier j and Ohuumie, ha counterbalanced, the cabinet with a moderate element that I will guarantee it against, the adventur- I ous fulfillment of the drastic innovations which figured largely in , the electoral promises of several of the new ministers. Would Bo Pretty Costly. These promises, if carried out, would heap a hundred millions on the annual expenditure^, whereas the policy de manded by the majority of the country and promised in tba ministerial declara tion, is one of'serious retrenchment,... in •order to retrieve the already 'embarrass ed financial situation. [,','. ""_' Th presence of M. Rouvier, who" enters the cabinet in the role of the savior of his country's finances, .Is a distinctly reassuring feature, though many politi cians Question whether,, the ■ divergent views of M. Rouvier and the aivan Radicals promises .as. Jons life for the ministry. The Journal Cos Debats, which repre sents moderate opinion, thinks a conflict is near and inevitable, and says of the policy of the ministry: , . --.\. ; "We are promised a brutal application of the law of association and the-sup pression of liberty bf teaching. We havj serious reasons to believe the ministry will not last throe years, as did its nre deees.-or." Jnst Asked for Information. Clement A. Griscom tells a story of the mayor of Portland. Or., who upon reading that Portland, Me., was in flames dispatched the following message to the mayor of the stricken city. - " ? "Portland, Or., bleeds for you. What can we do to aid you? The mayor of Portland. Me., replied: \ve need food and clothing, and money to buy both." The Oregon man immediately called a meeting of the city council; but the ..c-ouneilmen were so indignant that the mayor had dared to wire without consult ing them that they adjourned without action. » .-■' The mayor was in a quandary; but he felt that he had done his duty, and gent the following forthwith to the mayor of Portland, Me.: "Thanks for your • prompt reply I asked only for information."—Philadel phia Times. A I,O!VC-FEX,T WANT. We have the horseless carriage, The horseless sausage fine; We have the •wireless message, Also the grapeless wine. There's the coalless fire in the kitchen To make the housewife glad; But oh, for a brand-new genius To give us the boneless shad! : , . '.'. . —Judge. THfi ST. PAUL QLOB^ ; puNDXf, JU^B 9, 190^ DUCKING FOR AVIS Captain King's Boat Capsized by a Strong Pufi at White Bear HIGHLANDER A WINNER \ Absence of Ci isader Enables 3lac / Lareu's Flyer to Cross Line First - . .. —Fair Time t Made In ■ All Classes* Shortly after the boats of the White Bear Yacht club were sent off on the dif ferent courses yesterday afternoon, a strong w rind, accompanied by a copious rain, set in, p.nd threatened to do consid erable mischief, but within fifteen min utes the rain stopped and the wind moder ated, although it came up again from time to tini3. On the whole the Wind averaged about twelve miles an hour, and it was all the boats could stand with full sheets up. In fact one of the strong puffs caugh the Avis, which was heeled over at the time, and capsized her just bi/fore reaching the sixth mark. Capt. Ring had Avis in good position for most of the course, and at the time of the capsize was endeavoring 10 over taKe the nev Shepard boat and was tak ing every chance to make a gain, but, like the last straw that broke the camel's hack, she took one puff too many, and before sheets could be eased off the hrst capsize of the year occurred in the races. Goblin, Capt. Lemon, was near by, and immediately hove to and picked up Capt. Ring and his crew. Goblin then continued her couise and made a good showing, rotwiihstanding the time lost in going to the assistance of Avi=. Twelve boats were entered in the dif ferent classes. The opeu class ha^ been divided into two division* by the handi cap committee. Cavite, Aloha, Weirdlingr, Spindrift, Harriet and Keewaydm form the rirst division, and will all eail on scratch, and Siren, Brittania, Falcon and Genevra have been put in the second di vision. On tlie Fir«t Lee. The first leg was a reach to center, a fre^ run to Wildwood. Sheets were flat tened on the return to center, -which was a dead beat, and back to Dellwood sheets were flattened again on port haul. The absence of Crusader left but two beats in the A class, Highlander, Capt. MacLaren, and Undine, Capt. Clarkson. They were sent away overlapped. All the way down to center they rode side by side, then down to Wildwood it was nip and tuck. Highlander slightly cut foot ed the Herzog boat, however, and turn ed the mark about three lengths in the lead. Both boats then stood off to star- board, Highlander having windward po sition. Around on the port tack Undir.e <■<' Bad up somewhat, and when they got to the third mark they were neck and neck. Back to Dellwood trey went, with a temporary lull in the wind. Highlander reached the mark first, in eighteen sec onds, and when they jibed the buoy L'n dinc crawled slowly up to within hailing ■distance. Sheets had been eased ofL. for the middle mark, and here again th» or der of rounding was the same. It was o:i the return from Wiidwood that Hign lander increased her lead, and When the >achts crossed 'the finishing line Capt. MacLaren had Clarkson beaten one min ute and thirty-five seconds. Two Started in Open Class. There were also but two starter■■ fn the open class specials, or first division. Ca vite, Capt. Rees, and Weirdling. Capt. Dresen. The start was also a pretty one, both racers huggtec the line close when the gun soun-ded and crossing together immediately after. On the reach to can ter tiiey sailed close together. Cavito turning the buoy first, and she slightly inert ased her lead on the run to Wild wood. On the beat back, the wind hav ing moderate.;! somewhat, Weirdting chal lenged the Rees boat and it age a bold effort to pass her, but Cavite turned the ihird mile about two lengths to the good, and then ran away from Weirdling, sail ing the course in 1:33:40, winning by 7 minutes and 5 seconds. The two boats in the second division of the open class. Falcon and Siren got ttheir gun at 3.30. Falcon c: ossed ' first, but Siren was well up and overhauled Capt. Van Vleck on the reach to center, r.n-d kept the lead to Wildwood. But Van Vleck soon regained tho coveted position, and on the beat back opened up consider able water. At the fifth mile FaleorTs lead was more than ten minutes, and Capt. Agnew, of Siren, did not think it worth while to try further, and, as he was close to home, pulled out and quit the course. The boats in this class wero sent off on the six-mile course. The Avis Capsized. The. "B" class showed the banner num ber of entries for the day, six boats en tered. The new Shepard boat, which ha 3 not yet been named, was entered for the first time. She acquitted herself nicely, winning by 3 minutes and, 15 seconds over Mooswa, who was nearly 4 mdnutos ahead of Goblin. Neenemooswa was fourth. Jim Crack pulled out at the fifth mile, having broken a jib halyard, and Avis capsized, and up to a late hour laat night •was still floating on her side. Avis was strongly in the race for much of the dis tance. The Shepard boat fought it out gamely. She is a racy looking affair and as neat and trim as could be desired. It is the intention of her owners to win out in the "B" class if possible, and have the boat S!£SS^SLEH^GiSSS may have 2*a* up, but' fortunate purchases on our part f<a|G>J ~~-~~^~~p- ~.and consequent low prices leave our customers in blissful s^£~4 .v^Y^i ignorance of the raise. Witness these values: , -- > v <-"- - rSS^^4^d2£j ~Z) Golden oak or mahoe- ■ ' *•* .-. .« Combination Book- French beveled mir- lilifi. la £M . .■■' "' ahized Birch Rocker- Can* seat hrar* arm c? j t. —_. _L , case and Desk; French ror; one drawer lined K|fr J3 TM Uwn Rocker, hardwood, leather or shaped D'ne^ h^ndsomstv em IS^ oak Center Table, mirror, adjustable for silverware: worth M 9 'g rush seat, very strone; ex- seats; exactly like pic- tossed- exactlvlikl dS" /8 Inches square: good fin- shelves; strong and $21.00. Our price X fa actly like picture, only ture, only t£e?on*y ■■ oru 1 7 UICB P "'' pretty> oalj ' only .V V ' " 1&? >f/% ■ ' C*% Op ' <ft« <*rv _ o ..,_- . - Solid oak Exi«ns;on Table, six feet 91.40 g2.85 #1.39 98c V- |9.6p . $15.40 SSUfc.'SF $6.85 , "^ *» <» durable; or.iy Jf*%' #*^^ '^i^^^ito fJlixlJProhihtf- /SW\ /iK^B ii-i? niture you can have in yo"^ hems. Lit the word _4P^sl^^i S«S^T>3iL^ V4"Ui'-» j^?*^|^/^| ■ (pi? keeps your lee bUI down by savins ice- and Guaran- Floors =^^^^^^^ i E§£ Ing^ur^ood^th^lMt moreil/ PEasi2t teed tobe^^^ You can't afford to have a bare floor in $§ / \\\ \ \ /^r* %kO AT A-^ oir AA Against jJHßSSfiis^^ A. your home when you can buy a fairly good -" -" ln\^ tP3»2?O lO &£H).V{!H Accident feV^^&S^^M&l Ingrain Car for as little as 34 cents per ——— — mmm -^_^______ __ hthe '^'/3 yard. f ** lre Hn^S £r In spite of the bus and^cry about high DctfOlt VS^POr. Never in Our History,; - |^»»i*[r jl^^HoUSE^^wf SfCSS °lf9"S offered as good values in Carpets as v,e are i_J^^§^^TURH!SK!?4G C? s^^ Vapor." They are protected by numerous offering RIGHT NOW. Wpro- hq c, T 7^7^^, „ Patents. We are sole St. Paul agents , .„ -•a*-- *"" •**• -ry^y.yi^p^pn/AOT. orrflUL. for them. Every size and price. sent down to the inttrlake regatta this summer. Jim Crar-k was in the lead at the fourth mile, a half a minute ahead of Neenemooswa, and Mooswa was third. The Shepard was last at this point, and she certainly did fcomo very fine sailing for the next four miies to pass the whole fleet and win out. Her time was l:3y:09, good enough, to he sure. >ummiiiy of llacei, Class A — Boat and Skipper. 4th Mile. Bth Mile. Highlander, MacLaren ..45.15.00 1.27.'>0 Undine. Ctarkson ...45.38.00 , 1.23.35 Open Class, First Division—. Cavite. Rees 19,50.00 1.33.4) Weirdling, Dresen 1...53.07.00 1.4'J.4b Second Division— , » Falcon, Van Vleck 2...'....;i.1407 1416 Siren, Agnew .....1.19.40 Drawn Class B— ■•' '■"' - ■"• "-> •'■*:_ : Nameless, Shepard ".... 1.. 35.00 1.39.03 Mooswa," Taylor ........1..55.15.00' 142 24 Goblin, Lemon . "..V...56.05.00 IM.2Q Neenemooswa, O'Brien.. .?A.3i. J ? 1.46.50 Jim Crack. J.0rdway....54.00.00 Disabled Avis, Ring ..■.'.............'.55.55.00 Capsize*! ("ours.Class A, B and open, first di vision, 8 knots; open class.-second divi sion, 6 knots; starter, C. S. Tarbox; wmd. 12 miles, north-northwest:- -/ . " Yachting Mote*. ;f,. ;i .,_,., ,> Crusader was shipped Friday to Bridge port, where she -will arrive-in .a'couple of days. The boat was put in the finest possible condition for shipment, and her bottom was polished and repolished until it was as smooth as a bald head. • tQ&tu John Johnson will have charge of the boat until the time of the races, which begin Juno 30 and last four days. John son will also be one of the crew that sails the boat. ; Avis was the 'first "boat • this year to capsize in the races, although the wind has been strong on all the race days. There were but two capsizes last year, the Nause.tf and GUMS** •/'■■■•* '- There have been' ■ one sor '. two capsizes of other craft since the season opened. Gencvra. whom yachtsmen persist in calling Jennie, did the trick last Sunday afternoon. She was undermanned, -and was standing off for Wildwood in a fresh ening i>r:?es&e, when she was struck by a strong puff which sent her. over. Two men and a rlady were aboard-, cut tube time. One of the class B boats, sailing well to hand, picked up the drenched ones. It is a long season, however, when Gerevra don't get at least one dipping. Highlander an.l Undine sailed as pretty i a race yesterday as anyone could 'wish | for. During, most of the distance they ! were side" by side, and it was anybody's race up to the finish-. Cavi:e has won three straight in the I open class.:, But the other fellows are : confident of beading her off before the season is much older. "Weird'iing is going ' to have a bowsprit and carry more fore- ■ sail to better balance the boat, and Aloha I is looking for a moderate breeze to sail i in. and K. ewaydln, t:-a-champion of 1900. ; will be alorg soon to get her share of the pie. - Tho new Shepafd b; &i, which someday i will feay* a nara^, trimmed jjjj.the seven teen-fcoters yesterday with something to spare. «She« has -"sufficient, overhanging both in bow and stern to meet a heavy sea, and sufficient wettage when heeled to offer eonsideral>le'resistance! The boat v.-as buiU by Amundson. • -; Minnesota was: at' the dock, but did not venture out. -The'squally condition of things abcut precluded any chance for victory. In light and moderate breezes Minnesota is queen of ;-the"course. Once again no twee among the little fellows. ; How unlike' a season ago, when "■■-■■■ - *■-' '•"* 'c- .'-. . 3fe Kk? fe-jSP^j^Sgg s^^ CHOLES S. TARBOX, •tartor and Timekeeper of the White Bear Yacht Club, the fourteen-footers were on hand, rain or shine. A special race was held off Oyster Bay. N. V., a lew days ag.. for four of the yachts built to comi>ete for the honor of challenging for the Seawanhaka-Co rinthian Yacht club cup, and sailed "a f-plendid race. The event was arrange.! by tho Seawanhaka club Cor thorn and for the raceabout and kno:"kibout classes. It was a run with spinnakers to port to the f-rst mark, a jib- there and a bread reach to the next mark; thence windward work to tho finish. A frt sh asruthwester was blowing. The Massa.« >it of this quartette of racer 3 proved the PICTURESQUE BRSEBHLL SLfIHG CORRESPONDENT tele- A graphed the news of an im portant baseball game played in a Western city to a New York paper. Here ig the story of one inning taken from his ac count, which appeared next morning in print: 'In the eighth, with one out, Jones dropped Mcßnde'a fly, and then Corcor an tripled. 'McJames walked Smith and Dahlen threw low on Beckley's bounder, scoring Corcoran. Smith then stole thi~«l and scored, while Beckley was being i>ut out." These throe sentences would have made Lindley Murray cover his face and Ncah Webster gasp; b'Jt neither the gramma rian nor the lexicographer knew and loved the game of baseball. To one fa in liar with the national sport of the United States they unroll a panorama of that eighth inning, vivid and satisfying to the last detail. Although they may de fy the rules of grammar, although they seem to be carelessiy thrown together, every word was chosen with pains avid with a fixed object Inflow. Fifteen min utes of intense activity—and epitomized in twice as many words. To secure such condensation without a sacrifice of clear ness, the writer had to call to hig aid that tersest and subtlest medium of ex pression—slang. Not the ordinary, fa miliar slang of the streets, but flic pe culiar language cf the baseball field; and he has made it serve him well, sa^s the New York Times. Every line of activity has its own meda of expression Every kind of work, stu'iy or play gathers its own particular vocab ulary. The terms of science are Latin and Greek compounds, called technical. The language of everyday life, of our common tasks and pleasures, ia English; and when a new expression is born out of its restless activity, it takes a place in the wide vocabulary of slang. The words omiJlo.\ed by the electrician. tl,o mathematician and the logician*are in vented deliberately to meet tne exigen cies of new discoveries; and they are rooted deep in classical etymology. When mankind plays, he forgets his learning and remembers only his race. His ex pressions are short, sharp and vivid. Old games have a rich Saxon vocabulary which was ripe generations ago and sel -dom changes. When new sports grow in favor, we do not thumb the classical dic tionaries to .pick out new terminology for best all-around boat. She defeated the White Bear boat Tecumssh, built for a New York syndicate, by 5 minutes and 53 seconds, the Seeres 1 minute and 27 sec onds, and the Nutmeg 1 minutes and sfi seconds. What surprised the nautical sharps who watched the race, how, ver, was the fact that several of the raceabouts out sailed the Nutmeg. Starter Tarbox has secured the assist ance of Mr. C. S. Crea.-wll as timekeeper for this season, which greater simplifies his duties. Mr. Cresswell timed the boats yesterday with marked success. them. We play the game, and when terms are needed to describe Its novel situations they are not wanting. A word here and a word there—and in an In credibly short time the new spftrt is fully clothed with a crisp, vigorous language of its owa. In no tongue doep slang enjoy a wider use than in the English spoken on tins side of the Aslantic. In its effort to keep pace with the swift development of the race it serves, our language throws out running tendrils of popular speech, which sometimes live to become stout branches >f the parent stem, but more often wither and drop eff r>~ the fad which gave them birth is forgotten. Baseball is purely an -\ •>!• rican sport, and it Is not surprising that its vocabulary Is unusually rich in the racy idioms of the language. In the atmosphere of the national game Che rank plant of language buds into a hundred strange forms—words which catch the significance of a (sentence, <x :>-'es-:ioflS* unintelligible to the layman until explained in the light of their pictur esque origin. Every variety of emotion enters Into their composition; and to com prehend th">ir full significance one must lie steeped In the spirit of the "be r i ers,' as well aa the knowledge of th) diamond. The lover of baseball, the genuine en thusiast, :s described by a word which is one of the most typical of his own terse ulary. He is a "fan." "Kan" is merely a contraction for "fanatic," a terns which applies truly to the man, woman, or child who is wrapped up in the fascinations of the gums. The "fans" are the faithful sportsmen wlio know no greater joy than may be gained by spend ing: an August afternoon drinking deep draughts of delirium at the baseball grounds. To see him ptanding, coatless and hatless, and waving both garments a'oft wtWl-T the aid pulsates with bis paean of victory or defiance, la to realize that he is a "fan" In mine ways than one. The name was unknown a few years ago, but it haa taken a firm, hold, and if 1l stays until a better *>upplant(3 it, its life will be long. "Bleacht-rs" is a much older word. What better description of the bare board seats whore the "fans" sit during the long, glaring afternoons In blissful frenzy? The effect, perhaps, Is anything but bleaching, and "the tannery would be nearer the strict truth, for the city man who staya at tome and spends h<s summer afternoons at tho ball grounds me,, ts his friends returning from moun tain and shore with a face as brown as theirs. But "bleachers" they have been, and "bleachers 1" they will be in all proba bility aa long as tb« game is played. The "fan's" vocabulary is not a stiff, unwieldy one, like that of his more aris tocratic brather, the golfer. He need not always call the same thing by the same name. He has a pleasing variety, a wealth of expression from which he may choose to bis taste. Yet he Is con servative, and no word finds entrance into his store unless it be worthy. It must be a condensation of meaning, an epitome which bears to the mind delight ful and thrilling association. Take, for example, the technical expression, "took his bae« on balls." For these five words there are a number of others, mure pic turesque and full of meaning. One may Eay, Instead, that the batter "walk'-.!' contrasting the care-free manner in wiuoh he trots away to first base with the agonizing rush when the ball is hit, and it fa a question whether it or trvj player yvill first reach the basr. The monotony of "walked" may be varied by "strolled' or "sauntered," but the sig nificance is the same. Then one may as sert tbat the batter waa given a "pass?' referring to the kindness of the pitcher In letting iiim start on his way around the diamond without further exertion. Just now all terse expressions are pop ular. They may be heard on the field and read in the daily press, for the sport ing editor lets them pass his blue pencil without question, and even encourages his reporters to use them, because they make the description of th.c game more vivid where the choicest assortment of dictionary words would fail. He knows that the readers who love the game will ■understand, and that those for whom the terms bear no significance never will sea them. Sometimes picturesqueness and some tin es humor is the most striking char acteristic of such words and phiases. But most often their origrin can t>e traced to an unconscious striving for term expres sion, for a single noun which will con dense the meaning of half a dozen ad jectives or a verb which equals a string of adverbs. This has brought into use a number of convenient words. It is a palpable waste to say that a player batted a ball which enabled him to ; first base, when the ■tatetnest thut ho "singled" .means as much. The com pounds "two-bagger" and "threes-bagger"' are equally useful to jndicate the per formance with the bat which sends the batsman to second or third base. "Bag" as a term for base nreds no explanation. It is one of the veterans of baseball argot, and has enjoyed an un official use since canvas bags nlled with ll sand and strapped to an iron staple were used to mark the three points of the dia mond. Why the square piece of cement at the fourth angle is called the homo 'plate" and the "pan" la equally obvious. The fan "fan" who prides himself on his copious vocabularly will sometimes vary the monotony of "bag" by "sack," or even "cushion" or '"pillow." i oder no circumstances does he say "b.ise." With the rr.ost commoi: designations of the four angles or" the diamond ""first," "sec ond." '"third" and "home"—everyone is familiar. The adjective of position is used to ad vantage, as it is in reference to the four fields, which are referred to as "short," "left," "right" and "center." These for convenience. Not long ago some facetioua unknown named the territory outside the diamond "garden*;" and left, right ami center "garden" they now are. Obscure as the origin of the term is, there can be no mistaking its inference. It tells o; grassy stretches outside the dusty clay and the feverish activity of the "infield, ' of the peaceful meadows where the happy , fielders lounge at their ease, with only an occasional "fly" to worry their re pose. The ingenuity of the baseball enthusiast exhausts itself upon that overworked man, the pitcher. When he is in form and "holding down" the opposite team to a. few scattered hits, be is a hero. But when his curves fail to perplex, or th sinew and bone o L 'his good right arm are weary and refuse to serve liltn, no opprobrium la too strong, no sarcasm to> cutting, to convey the opinion of th • rpeclators. But the epithets applied on si eh occasions are not the distinctive coinage of th* bleachers; they are the common, peaceful ones which are used to express similar sentiments wherever the English language is spoken. W'h*n the pitohcr tiles, everyone knows what ha-T-p-ens. He -loses control of the ball and gives the batsman the "pas I al ready referred to. In. suoh cases he hurl.* the ball too high far often than too low, or too far to the left or light, which may be trie reason why the "fans" say that he has "gone up into the air." A few years aPo a popular substitute wa3 the statement that he had "ma a bal loon ascension." Now a love of brevity favors th.- slngi word "ascended.*? Brev ity Is the soul of clear, as well as witty, ■ .vprey;.lon. On the other hand, when the pitcher Is equal to the occasion he "re tires" the batsman. If he is steady ei.ough, but the batters find his curves to their liking and knock the ball all over the field, the newspapers tell tholr rend ers the next, morning with a happy rretonomy. that the pitcher was "pound ed." The dictionary is no limit to the number of words' wlurh describe what expert batsmen do ti the ball when it comes as they like It. The columns of a dally pa per enow that they "ilug," "bang," "baste," "pound." "slam." "drive." "put," "hit." "crack." "connect," "nego tiate," "lift," "hunt," "knock." "jab," "push," and so on through an almost endl«Bs variety. A search through the hack files of New York papers Shows that many of the words and phrases here mentioned are older than one would imagine, and by no means fads of expression. During the seventies and late sixties, when the game was advancing with rapid strides to na tional popularity, slang was not uncom mon In newspaper accounts.' Some of these old words would grate upon the practiced ear of the modern "fan;" but many which were born during the Infan cy of the game still retain their vitality. The pitcher "twirls the sphere" now a he did twenty years ago when he first as tonished the college professors with his curve; and players "pounded" the pitch er, "flew out," and "blanked" their oppo nents, "bunched" their hits, and "cap tured" files in games which were played during the Centennial year. But that tri umph of modern baseball terminology, the word "far.," had no equivalent. The reporter who describes baseball games for the patrons of his paper Is responsible for much of the slang which creeps into popular use. He must be a "fan" himself, and as familiar with fads of expression as with the. latest changes in the rules. To gain appreciation, his descriptions must be served up "hot from the diamond," spiced with the latest ver bal products of grand stand and bleach ers. If in addition he can leaven his story with a judicious sprinkling of the untechnical slang of the day. ho much the better. If he is a connoisseur ho picks his words with a proper regard for clear ness, brevity and humor. The dispatch quoted at the beginning of this article shows how much can be dome with forty carefully selected words. The following extract from a t newspaper fa game i I a few of the words and ph been spoken of: "Albany's solitaire was tallied in the seventh. Townsend flied out to Ashen back. Sorter trotted a gift 1 heat to firs*,, base, and Rhuland hit to Deady, who played a one-minute stand of his great act entitled 'silence and fun.' while Sor ber, who had ijt-en i.-ttii<" out copious links while the act was on the center of the stage, Cell ovnr the pan. Nugent went out—MacKey to "Whistler; HooVor walked and Clayton popped up a sort thing to Ashenback. •*» . "Th» story of th« ninth Is a touching one; Cy Townsend filed out to McCarthy, Sorber fouled out to Donovan, arid Ithu land plunked one Into i Rourke'a mitt. For Dorp, O'Rourke was out—.<hort to tirr?t. Deady got a life on .*■•':■ I ■ fum ble, and Whistler was presented with a base. Ashenback forced Deady at third. McCarthy hit to right sharply and Whist ler scored. Rafter scudded after tha ball arid Asnback started from second to ti third. Ah he did so McCarthy pulled out for second sack, and Ratter, finding the sphere, plugged It over to O'Connell. The latter held the ball an Instant, uncertain whether to throw it home, and Ashen back tallied the winning run." Hard on Audience. AX a concert given at Falcenham, the orchestra, which comprised a violin and violoncello, was not well up at reading from eight. A tenor, who had been *>ngnt:f»d for the evening, commenced a little operatic *• lection, which entirely put the orchestra out. Violin turned to 'cello and exclaim*!: 'Tom, duv- thee know where the tenoi be?" - , . "Noa." "Well, thee keep on the open string I'll munch about a bit; we'll aocn find him."—London Spare Moments