The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-13
An Essay on Keller skates.

The roller skate is a wayvard little
quadruped. 1t is as frolicsome and more
innocent looking than a lamb, but for
interfering with ones upright attitude IN
the community, it is perhaps the best
machine that has appeared in the city.
Ones first feelings on standing up on
a pair of roller skates, is an unaccount-
able tendency to come from together.
One foot may start out toward Idaho,
while the other as promptly strikes out
for Arizona. The legs do not stand by
each other as legs related by blood should
do, but each show a disposition to Get up
in business alone, and leave you to take
care of yourself as best you may. The
awkwartlness of this arrangement is ap-
parent. While they are setting up in
dependently, there is nothing for you to
do, but sit down and await further deve-
lopments. And you have TO sit down,
too, without having made any previous
preparations for it and without having
devoted as much thought to it as yon
might have done had you been consulted
in the matter.
One of the most noticeable things at
skating rink is the strong attraction be-
tween the human body and the floor Of
the rink. If the human body had been
coming through space iordays and days,
at the rate of million miles a second ;
and without stopping at eating stations,
and excepting Sundays when it strikes
the floor we could understand why 1t
struck with 80 much whence. As it is,
however, the thing is unexplicable. .iit
There are different kinds of falls in
vogue at the rink. There are the rear
falls and the front falls, the Cardinal
Wolsey fall. the fall one across the other,
three in a pile, and so OH. There are
some ofthe falls that would like to be
excused from describing. The rear fall
is the favorite. 1t is more frequently
utilized than any other. There are two
positions in skating, the perpendicular
and horizontal. Advanced skaters pre-
fer the perpendicular, while others affect
the horizontal.
Skates are no respectors ofpersons.
They will lay out minister OF the gos-
pei or mayor of the city as readily as they
will a short-coated, one suspendereq boy
or siddy girl. When one of a mans feet
starts for Nevada and the other for Colo
RADIO, that does not separate him from
the floor or break up his fun. Other
portions of his body will take the place
his feet have just left with a promptness
that is SURPRISING; and he will find that
the fun has Just begun-fOr the people
looking oil.
The equipments for the rink are pair
| OF skates, a cushion, and bottle OF mn
ment.-BW Nye.
Washington Herald: Mrs. Langtry was
told when she first met Mr.. Gebhardt
that the latter had social standing in
New York of sufficient importance to in
troduce her into society. She believed
this. and for that reason she was willing
TO permit his attentions to a certain ex-
tent. Time went on, and Mrs. l4angtry
was not called on or invited by any prom
inent society people. Mrs. Nelson, MIR.
| Gebhardts sister, even did not show any
desire to make her acquaintance. Mrs.
Langtry felt this neglect very keenly,
and lust before she sailed for Europe she
requested Mr.. Gebhardt to discontinue
his very marked attentions, as they were
compromising her in most unjust man
ner. He did not take the warning very
kindly. but she was inexorable in her
determination, and the good-byes be-
tween them were said very coldly on
board the steamer the morning she sailed.
When she returned her mother Mrs.
IeBreton, accompanied her, at Mrs.
14angtry's urgent request, and has Deeh
with her constantly ever since. The
stories of Mrs. Langtry's having received
handsome presents from Mr.. Gebhardt
are entirely untrue. The only attentions
of that sort ever rendered were flowers
and for time she accepted the use OF
one of his carriages in driving about New
York. These are the facts, and it is mol
believed that Mr.. Gebbardt ever said
anything that would convey contrary
impression.
st. Louis Post Dispatch: A tall, portiy
gentleman, with soldierly bearing aYt'
handsome face, adorned by mustacile
and small bunch of whiskers in the cen
ter of his lower lip, entered the Southern
about 10 O'Clock this morning and start
ed up the grand staircase. It was easy
to recognize in the. face and figure the
last Democratic candidate for the presid-
ency. and the handsomest man in the
army, Mai. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
Gen. Hancock, although portly in figure
is not by any means the fieshy man some
of his campaign portraits would indicate
him to be, and the reporter referred to
. the face. The general replied: 'oh
} YES. that is easily explained. The Re
. publican portraits Of me, such ~ appear
ed in many Of the illustrated papers
: made me out a monster. but the Demo
cratic portraits were better: It happened
this way: had had no pictures taken
for long time except in groups, and be-
fore was nominated was asked to have
{ a picture taken, but neglected to do SO
/, After the nominationrI did not like te
. rush iigh off to photographer, and thu
8 demand .ior picture was 30 great thai
. the papers seized On the first one they
could find. So two Of them went ont
one representing me as great dea
!, fleshier than really am"
From aseries Of inter views with partie
: from the east and from the northwest AM
in position to know whereof they spea'
and from railway sources the Minneapoli
z Journal has shown good prospects for
: large and healthy emigration to tn
4 northwest this year. Thousands Of pee
j, pie are coming from crowded and =,
: ridden Europe and thousands more from
n the contracted and well worn fieltlsof tn