The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-28
Men THINGS and HORSES
Curious Fact Regarding Death Rate
Among Life Convicts and
Term Men.
y Bonnet Which Would Form j
Pleasing Feature at the M
Theatre.

Some DiScuaAi0n AZ to tho valus Of Oh
Thoroul HIRED Blood strain In tho
Trotter.
II Isl curious faot,' said an exk-priso
ofaoial last night, .thst fswsr deaths oecu
in 3prison among life time mon than anon
those who are in only for i torn or year,
Thia may sound curious, but III il easily az
counted for. In the first place there II
fswer-vsry much fawer-men sent m "a
life than Tor terms Of from say two 70 u
or more years. We'll. the life mon. al 100
az they got in, realize that ii il al up Wit
thsm, = dssettls down to make tho bert :
q bad situation. Tho man whs is sent d
fora term Of years. on the other hand, be
gins worrying the day he Is landed ii
prison. He ounts the days and tho week
and tho months, calculates how macl
good time 10 Ill being allowed, ant
occasionally gets . little impatient becaus
the days DC mo- seem TO PASS more rapid,
and begins to mediate on escape. But b,
knows that il he tries II and gets caught b,
loseE ali the allowance for good tins which
he has gained. This prssenta anoths1
source Of worry. between the chances o,
making 4 good clean skip and those 81
staying there and saving what allowance b,
has made, he is in q dilemma. The ohannei
are he will worry until be il either i mlonta
or 2 physical wreck, or both. With the Life
a II II different. He can calmly medi.
tate On the chances OF sscape, knowing thai
il caught he can: loss NO good time. or II
he has any friends on the outside hs knows
that whom he has served good many years
they will bring mp his good behavior in
prison, his failing health, ETC., and secure
his pardon. By that time all the bitterness
that may have been engendersd by hia
crime will havs died out, and nobody, the
Dhancea.a are, will take the trouble TO ppo
The application for pardon.",#
The above reflections were brought out
y the passage through Helena, on route
rom White Sulphur Spring to Deer Lodge,
7 Sheriff RAIDER, Of MsaRher county, with
big Enlandsr named Lee, who brutally
murdered : man last spring. Lee, accord
az to I'll the evidence, simply walked up 10
~ victim, isbbed ! knife ii His throat,
nd then almost sawed the mans head oil.
was az unproyoked and atrocious affair.
Iee ran away and was not caught until !
eek after. Why he escaped hanging If n
i those things past finding out. The only
!planationSofsred is that over in MsaRhsr
punty they don't like hangings. So they
Pnvicted Lee OF murder in the second de-
Ees, and h. got a life sentence. He was SO
Eeased ct having escaped with his life that
danced q fandango in his DOLL.
y u possible that very few women in
elena have heard Of the #Elvira bonnet,
elther have the men, but when they do il
likely to$ be voted,, NEXT tho woman IN
Wy, the most popular thing In theatrical
atters. It is the invention OF ! New
rasy4gsnius, and If ii gosa men will rise
and call him blessed. II locks like an
binary bonnet, with . big bow on top and
ne other trimmings. OF either sids
ngs down 9 little string. II is these little
FinRs which do the business. The wearer
apply reaches mp to her shoulders, takes
ID of the ends Of tho strings and gives I
Fls pail. Tho bow and laces immediately
appear, they fold down ON the crown Of
bonnet and the stage 10 visible.
he question Of thoroughbred blood in
trotter is n Of great interest to Mon
Z breeders, especially in view Of the re-
. fast turf performances. In fact, 1891
been a record breaking season such as
sr was before, and Robert bonner pre-
lion that the mile would be eventually
Fted in two minutes seems nearer real
lion that II did a year ago. The only
erencs in the essential requirements of
Eoroughbrea and = trotter il the gait Or
pnsr Of locomotion, says 4 writer in the
YORK Sportsman. He argues that the
lncts Ct the Thoroughbred do not teach |.
Irse with that blood in him to stick to i
pure trotting gait when he is hurried. {
natural impulse is then " run. When
FrottinR instinct il strong enough in a !
~ y ne faster gait, especially il /
Hoped. The writer argues that the /
ormation, high courage. and muscular
lopment TO stand prolonged s1ertion, !
OF which is found in the |
81 degree in the thoroughbred, can be
aed into 2 trosting pedigree without de-
ling, or. in fact, weakening the propen-
TO trot. He admits that the direct 4
\ of thoroughbred and trptting blood 6
stoo abrupt . unity Of epposites TO ex- :
~trotters In ths first generation. With
borough blood in tho second genera
however, he says very satisfactory I
ts have been reached. Then he /
! out the long list Of trottinc record I;
kers who carry a strong infusion Of e
Rnghbrsd blood. First ON Sunol,
of the turf, whose g%randdnm was ~
Pgton; then Maud s., ex-queen, With .,
rains Of thorough blood; Nancy Hanks. 4
two lines Of thoroughbred anoestors;
lon, With sevsralthoroughbred strains; n
Alto, nsarly half thoroughbred; jay
pss, Nelson, Guy, st. Julian. Delmarch
+xtell, all more or less thoroughbred. in
entions Steamboat with 4 record OF II
= bred in purely trotting limos, but
2 make any reference to Arion, The
Prful two-ysar-old, destined; II not
orked. to be the most wonderful OF r.!
". The subject furnishes food for
Ion in q state which produces some Of y!
81 horses on earth, -
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