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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21

party Of scientists recently found fossil
remains of the ape-like man, the missing
link SO long known to students at Pithe-
canthropus erectus.
Great as this discovery was its full i'm
portance was not recognized by the scien-
tiic world until the last meeting of the
cambridge Congress of Zoology, when
Professor Haeckel of Jena, one of the
foremost biologists of the world. made
the assertion. in the most uncompromls-
ing manner. that there Was no longer a
''missing link" He said:
The monophyletic origin of all man.
malia-that is to say, their origin from
one common parent form, from monotre-
mata upward to man-is no longer a va
que hypothesis, but an established fact.
Let US look at the remains of this ape
like man. The teeth are like those of
man: the femur upper thigh bone is very
human. but shows some resemblance to
that Of the Gibbons. It's size. however, in
dictates an animal which stood when
erect, not less than five feet six inches.
The skull-cap is also very human but
with prominent eyebrow, ridges, like
those Of the apes.
Now, speaking generally, we may say
tina man alone combines the four follow
ing features: % erect walk; (2) eXtremi-
ties differentiated accordingly: 60 arti-
culate speech, and 90 higher reasoning
power. And of these the erect walk is
not an absolutely distinguishing charac-
t~eristic, for the large apes likewise walk
on their feet only. supporting their
bodies by touching the ground with the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
MILLIONAIRE REPORTER.

Colonel Sheffield Phelps, owner of the
Jersey City Journal. was the richest
newspaper reporter in America several
years ago, says the Philadelphia Evening
Post. From his father, the late William
Walter Phelps, he inherited a fortune OF
several millions, and unde his active and
practical management he has made his
newspaper the foremost jouln ia OF the
state. At the end of his first year he was
bitterly attacked by his political enemies.
who brought libel suits for many hun
dreds of thousands of dollars against him
but he won easily in the courts. Since
then he has been a powerful factor in
Hudson county. and his course has been
signally Endorsed by Governor voorhees,.
The colonel whose title m from ap
pointment on the staff of Colonel Griggs.
lives in one of the show places OF the
state. directly opposite New York city,
on the crest of the Palisades. The fam
ily estate comprises more han 5000 acres.
II is proba bly, the costliest farm in Amer
ica.- The land is worth in the neishbor-
| hood of So, coo, 900 for building purposes.
Once while on the World staff he was
| sent to report the wedding of the daugh-
| ter of a Wall-street man recently from
the west. The reporters were met at the
| front door by a trained servant, who
| quickly separated them from the guests
! and led them to the hosts private room,
where the banker met them in person and
| gave them typewriter slips containing
the information they were sent for. Then
| champagne was opened and the banker
| took some cigars from a drawer in his
; desk.
"Haye one" he said to Phelps. They're
! genuine conchas. I import them my
| self"
"Thanks.' said Phelps pleasantly. as
he took the cigar. Have one OF NINE
They're real ascura maduras."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21

Only a little less than fifty years have
"Origin of Species" and yet. unless we
are to doubt the word of some of the
leading scientists of the world, the last
chasm has been bridged, the last type
has been found, and there is no longer a
missing link to provide an excuse for
those who do not wish to accept this the
DRY of mans descent from lower animals.
Darwin was unquestionably one of the
greatest scientists of the world but his
theory as he represented it was incom-
plete. There We're man things he did
not know and these facts which he was
pleased to designate as his missing linz"
provided a target at which the world hurl-
ed its shafts of ridicule. That scientists
accepted his theory mattered little and
so for nearly half a century science has
been hard at work exploring and inves-
tigating. to prove, if possible. that the
proposition advanced by the first great
apostle of the Darwinian chain was bas-
ed upon u~ncontrovertible fact. That this
object has at last been successful is GER
tainly one of the browning triumphs of
the nineteenth century.
Dring the last fifty years students OF
zoology have made many discoveries that
have tended to shoy that Darwin was
correct in his theories out it was not un-
til a few months ago that the last link
was discovered and the long chain that
Joined man with the monkey ancestor
chattering in the tree-tops was at last
made perfect at every step. This last dis
covery. which puts the finishing touch to
Darwin's great scientific structure. was
made in the Island Of Java. where a
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
Two Dogs Of High Degree.
ONE is THE BIGGEST DOG IN THE WORLD. THE OTHER Is THE
SMALLEST, AND BOTH BELONG TO THE KENNELS OF j. PIER
POINT NJ ORGAN

J. Pierpont Morgan. besides dallying
in stocks and influencing railroad deals.
takes a prominent part in the raising of
full blooded dogs. and at his kennels on
the Hudson river he has the finest assort-
ment of high bred dogs in the United
States. probably in the world. Last
spring there was an epidemic of poison
ing. hundreds of valuable dogs disap-
pearing or were found dead along the
Hudson where it is lined with fine es-
tastes. One morning ten of the finest Of
the Morgan dogs were stretched stiff and
stark within their enclosure. That night
a burglar alarm system extended over
the entire estate. A little later Mr.. Nor
gan's most valuable pug engaged in a
single combat with a neighbours prize
cat. The dog was so seriously injured
that he died.
But there are other stories to be told
of the Morgan kennels. One is of the
possession of a very fine breed of Great
Danes of enormous size. Contrary to
most high bred dogs the Morgan Danes
are strong and gentle. They are a pecu-
lar grey and are enormously valuable.
The opposite extreme is the English
terrier, one of which, full bloodcd and
stunted. weighs only nine ounces; it is a
pet of Miss Morgan.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21

tablished one. it can never be entitled to
rank with the black.
BloOdhounds, from whom all hounds
have sprung, are now confined to a very
few kennels. AS a rule they are highly
nervous and sensitive. and are so exclt-
able that they prove too much for the
patience of an ordinary man.
DeerhOunds, from their activity. COM
bined with great strength; from their
hard, rugged, picturesque appearance;
from their courage and fearlessness. are
entitled to take the place Of many more
popular breeds. A breed Of great an
tiquity, a breed which graces a boudoir,
and yet is capable of pulling down a stag
is surely to be regarded with greater
pride than a huge mass of flesh, whose
only interest in life is to eat, sleep and
knock over furniture.
The Great Dane, thepride Of Germany,
is immortaliZed by Prince Bismarck's
preference. Built on much heavier lines
than the deerhound, he, too, combines
power with activity. In fact he more
nearly approaches the ideal of the COM
bination Than the Scotch dog. With a
long. cleanly-chisled head, powerful
enough to hold a mad bull, an arched loin
and general outline b~etokening both
speed and strength, the Great Dane is
certainly a magnificent specimen of a
dog. Yet he is very self-opinionated. re-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21

The raising of high bred dogs in this
country is fast becoming a business. The
Gould kennels have yielded a very nice
income for their owner and the Morgan
dogs. from being merely pets OF the own
er have gone all oven the world. Few
are sold, but many are given away, the
kennels of the cZar have received three.
and many nave gone to the Prince of
Wales kennels. .
Nine men out of every ten are fond OF
dogs. Only one a IN a thousand
! knows anything about them. Mastiffs,
Newfoundlands poodles. pugs' hins
Charles and B!enheim spaniels. collies,
fox terriers and st. Bernards, have all IN
turn enjoyed an era of public adoratlon,
and only a few years since everybody
who could afford it was sending to Rus
STA for Russian olf-hounds, while more
recently. the Mikado's kingdom was be-
ing secured for Japanese spaniels.
Mastiffs, b~loodhounds, bulldogs. coilles,
terriers and greynounds have been mans
companions for many, many years., but
/ until thirty years ago there was no hxed
standard. and as a result, there was no
fixed type. Mastiffs were used Tor pro-
| lection in the fifteenth century, but it is
probable that in those days every Dig
| dog was a mastiff. Massive of skull,
powerful of Frame. with enormous glrth
| of chest. and eyes with a general bearing
that denoted a generous disposition, com
bined with unfinching courage-such is
the mastiff.
St. Bernards have now completely
| eclipsed the mastiff in popular favor. 10
| Switzerland, of course. belongs the as
~tinction of first having reared the breed,
but to England belongs the right of hav-
| ing made it what it is. Strange to say,
of all the specimens claiming Switzerland
! as the land of their birth. only one OF the
rough-coated variety has been worthy OF
consideration compared with those bred
in England. Switzerland, however. has
given to the world the most beautiful
smooth-coated specimens. Originally
| the breed was a cross from the mastln
| and probably The Pyreneean sheep dog
with a dash of hound thrown in. Its
present size and beauty of and
shadings and grandeur of expression
have ali been obtained by selection. MOI
satisfied. however, with letting nature
take it's course, breeders have OVertaXec
matters in their desire for size ana boht
by feeding puppies, among other tnings
with p~hosphates. cod liver oil, tones ant
all sorts of drugs. AS a consequence, tnt
latter generation of st. Demands have
as much constitution as an exotic ant
not as much vitality.
The original breed IF Newfoundland:
was entirely black with a shade of 'bronz'
running trough it.. A genuine SSev
foundland is hardly ever seen. A cfaz'
at one time burst forth for black ant
white New foundlands. These wer,
merely a cross with a ST. Bernard. and
although the variety has become an CD
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
MISSING LINK AT LAST
HIS SKELETON HAS BEEN FOUND IN JAVA AND THOUGH HE WAS NOT
HANDSOME GENTLEMAN, WE ARE GLAD TO KNOW HIM.

back of their hands-in fact with their
knuckles-and this is a mode of progress
sion very different from that of the mon
keys. which walk upon the palms of their
hands
The presented by this emin-
ent biologist finds its strongest evidence
in the fossil remains which science has at
last determined to be the missing link.
This last ink" or ape-like man is GER
tainly a nearer approach to the human
species than any type of animal that mas
vet been discovered. Like man he walk
ed upon his feet. which are f1at-soled and
board, and in walking he could be entire
IN independent of his hands. In the so
called mental faculties just as marked
difference may be noted. The skull is not
that of the apes and the brain is fully
as large as that OF a low-type human
being, for its essential cranlal capacity
is about 1000 cubic centimetres. when
is about equal to that of the Ceylonese
eddah women, the smallest sized and
lowest type of human beings of the pres
ent day. The higher type of his ape
like man as compared to the ape. now
ever. may be seen from the fact that the
cranial capacity of the gorilla is seldom
more than 600 cub centimetres.
1t is an open secret that the world al
large has never been more than half per-
suaGed Of the truth of the Darwinian the
DRY. Science. however. carrying back al
living things to the primal cell Of pro-
toplasm. the first dull. living thing in d
dead world. has insisted that all living
things whatsoever are of p%rovable rela-
tionship. Step by step those who uphelo
this theory have fortified their position
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21

trees, which the greater beasts could not
Climb: but as his brain developed he be-
came more cunning. He walked more
erect and by exercising his intelligence
defended himself from his foes.
At last the time came when the bigger
and wiser ape crossed the last chasm. He
selected a cave and there made for him.
self a home. He devised a weapon-a
club. He selected a mate and protected
her as he protected himself. Rudiment-
airy speech was on his tongue. 1t is
true that he was still little more than
beast. He dragged raw meat to his lair
and growled over it as he gnawed it in
his corner but the bony structures that
have been found prove that at this step
he had passed beyond the animal stage
and had entered upon that glorious cam
paign that should at last make him mas
ter of the earth.
The remainder of the history is an old
story. What has been wanting to COM
plete 1t. to mak it perfect was the type.
half man. half beast. that should mark
the spot where the transition had occur
red. Darwin could not find it. The
scores of scientists who have spent their
lives in their attempt to complete OAR
wins work met an obstacle here that
they were unable to surmount. They
could find the last beast and they could
find the first man, but the thing. that
should be neither man nor beast contin-
ued to elude them.
At last. however, the mystery has been
solved. In the island of Java the re-
mains of the ancestor of man has been
found. In appearance he was not a gen.
tleman to be proud Of. He had a heavy
jaw. a protruding abdomen, a low and
narrow forehead. and short, powerful
limbs, covered with hair. While he
walked erect his foot could still grasp a
limb but not easily. Yet, if occasion
required, he could climb a tree nimbly
! enough. His excursions to the tree-tops,
however. We're made only upon the APP
proach of a dreaded foe. for his lif ewas
spent on the ground. His home was a
/ ave but weapon he had none. His food
| was chiefly raw meat. which he obtained
by personal encounter with the animal to
be devoured.
Just when this creature existed it is
difficult to state. Professor Haeckel ex-
presses the opinion that he became ex-
tinct about 5000 years before Christ. but
this is a point that is still very much
open to discussion In fact it is actually
| of little Importance to US as compared to
| the fact that by this discovery the chain
from man to animal has been perfected
and the missing link is a missing link
no longer. r. A. RADFORD, NJ. A.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
ioTOILETTE FOR A YOUNG MISS.

rA serviceable school dress for a young
miss is made of tan cOlored camel's hair
figured with irregular size dots of on
blood red. The bodice is tight fitting
with a vest of fancy silk from which turn
revers of oXblood red velvet. The revers
are trimmed with three rows of silk
braid, the outer row being finished with IL
fringed edge. There are also small epaul-
cites of the velvet over the caps of the
tight fitting sleeves. The bodice is made
upon a fitted lining which is fastened
with hooks and eyes though from an out
ward glance it is secured by means of two
large fancy buttons.
The skirt is tight fitting over the hips
with the fullness laid in two plaits at the
back. 1t is trimmed in yoke effect with
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21

splendid effect combined with I bl3c&
lace tunic on a recent evening gown.
The skirt was close fitting over the hips
without fullness at the back. The tunic
was edged with a narrow ban of black
satin. and there was a belt of the same
material combining the waist.
The waist was low necked and short
sleeved. The neck was filled in with
rufles of black lace which We're gathered
upon narrow ribbons.
Lace tunics are very s~erviceabie, too. in
that they can he used as a drapery over
old gowns that have become faded or
soiled in front.
HELEN-GREY PAGE.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
A HALLOWEEN EVENING GOWN.

TUNES hav become so important a
feature in skirt decoration that even bail
gowns will not be without them. Hare
they are seen developed in lace, smoothly
laid over the dress skirt looking rather
like a deep yoke than q tunic.
Satin brocades go wonderfully Well
with these lace tunics. In fact the w
materials seem naturally to enhance The
beauty of each other. A skirt of pale
madden satin broeade figured with
raised designs of shell pink produced i
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21

cealed beneath a belt of oxblood red VEL
vet.
Camel's hair is one of the most serv-
iceable materials for steady wear from
the fact that it is loath to betray the
strain imposed upon it. It's greatest re-
q~uirements is a good stout lining, not ne
cessarily silk, but a splendid substitute
which is warranted not to. stretch after
contact with disagreeable winter wealth.
er.
An all-braid trimming is often used
upon a camers hair gown and is much
more desirable than velvet or satin from
an economic point of view.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
BOY AWARDED A FORTUNE.

A fortune of s21, 900 was awarded QUO
Schwartz, eight years old. by a jury IN
.Judse Kavanaugh's court yesterday for
the loss of his limbs in a street car acct.
dent two years ago, but it did not keep
the little fellow from his playmates this
morning. In front of his home. 442 Jeher-
son street. the boy was playing marbles
in the midst of a shouting crowd OF
youngsters. His artificial limbs did not
seem to handicap him very much in his
rOmping.-ChicagO NeWS.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
NOT AT ISSUE.

First Lawyer-You are a cheat n a
sWindle.
Second L~awyer-You are a Har and a
blackguar!
let's get down TO thedisputed points OF
the case.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-20

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
VIII you please answer the following
question-one which has been much as
cussed among us-viZ.: Have the ponce
Of Richmond jurisdiction over a train AT
the depot, or the conductor, to put OH
disorderly passengers2 week ago l
boarded a train at the Richmond and
Danvlle depot. L saw very delicate
lady get on with her children. Soon a
negro woman and her grown daughter
came into the car, and as there was but
one seat vacant, and that by young
girl. the negro asked her ii she could
have il. I The lady said the seat was
taken; whereupon the negro abused her
and called her names. The negro then
walked across to where the sick lady sat
The seat Ia front of her was occupied
by a lady. who got up when the negro
crowded i'm and tried to make room for
her daughter After the lady had gone
out the negro continued TO abuse the
young lady who refused her the seat
Her daughter told her the sick woman
behind them would hear her, and at this
she turned and said: What do l care?
She is nothing but poor white Reb"
Both negroes were highly perfumed with
musk and very mad. consequently the
seat behind them was anything but agree
able TO a delicate lady. The poor thing
said: II wish we had separate coaches"
The negro. on hearing her. jumped up,
and all the abuse and curses she could
think of were poured forth The poor
lady seemed appalled,, and shrank back.
Men jumped to their feet and police
man was called in, but said he had no
authority TO act without an order from
the conductor. The conductor was then
called He asked the negro for her ticket.
She showed IL, and he told her 10 be
quiet, but she kept up the abuse, and
was glad TO get off at Moseley's.
Now. who is responsible for such con-
duct on the train? Are our ladies' al
ways to have such treatment, or shall a
stop be put TO it; and If so, by whom
Cumberland, Va. 'OLD CONFED."
The policeman was right in his action
we are informed. He had no authority TO
act without being called on by the con-
ductor See Code of Virginia 1857, page
34l. section 1870.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-20


Of. but not necessary to. high state OF
civilization.
TEACH THE SCHOOL~CHILpREN.
We will have to take the children in
the schools and year by year, grade by
grade. from and years 10 l6 and u.
teach them along with other hygienic
requirements that in order that they may
have "a sound mind in a sound body"
they must pay strict attention 10 the
dental organs. Let there be embodied in
some textbook Of each grade a suitable
article or chapter on the teeth prepared
bv some good dentist. ranging from the
simplest elementary facts for the little
ono Of & TO a full and compr iensive
knowledge necessary 10 full apprecia-
lion Of the value OF the teeth and the
formation Of sound and accurate iudg-
ment of the quality Of dental work, OF
which the public is now so very igno-
rant. Let the teacher be required to eX-
amino the children's teeth when they
enter school to see II they are properly
brushed. and periodically If neglect Is
persisted I'm. reporting to the parents, re-
curing il TO be done.
What teacher would allow q boy to
come to school habitually with unclean
hands and face? OF how much greater
importance is It that he be required to
keep his teeth clean? 1t would be but
half doing the work to teach him the
need of caring for his teeth and then NOT
renlIire him to do il. This will beget the
habit of cleanliness. which acquired so
voung will take hold and last through
life Keep the teeth ideally clean. ana
there will be no decay, If the habit anu
general health Is good. Let this be done
and the next generation will be doubiy
taught. by the parents at home. who have
already learned the importance OF me
matter. and again at school, where their
parents were instructed.
So that. the saving OF the teeth Of the
coming generation depends to a greater
extent than anything else upon the eau
cation of the people, and this can best, l
believe. can only be done by teachulg
dental prophylactics in the public schools
Of our land.
DENTISTS CAN ONLY REPAIR.
Dentists can only repair the damage
done bv decay The great need Is tnat
there shall be no decay, and to TINS emu
we must raise up our boys ana sris VI
to-day to look upon Vt as equaiiy e.s-
graceful TO have unclean teeth as uhcle9'i
hands and faces
Ts This too rosy a view? Is II Utopian?
do not lhihh 30 -""'
be done. - &c
mis- article is written by one VINO -
deeply interested in the teeth OF the peo-
ple. ana who has faith 10 believe that IL
the educators Of the land Will AWAKEN
10 the necessity Of paying more Afternoon
TO the child's physical welfare. and VIII
1eDd their assistance q believe II to De
Indispensable. much can be done TOWARD
tho amelioration of the suffering our
teeeb cause us. and the making OF US
physically better and nearer the primeval
type.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-20
A Nan-of-War In Action.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
please inform me who manoeuVres a
nan-of-war during a battle. Is il done
bv the ordinary crew OF the vessel or by
those who do the fighting? Ia Il. ii.
Aboard a man-of-war when an action
is likely. the first order is TO clear ship
for action All movable gear is stored
below and everything made ready and
fast. and nets are spread to catch splin-
ters etc. Then the order to go TO general
ouarters IS sounded. and every man goes
to his station. The captain. with the
aid Of the executive officer and navigator,
fights and cons or manoeuvres the
shin. He orders starboard or port, and
the auartermasters al the wheel obey
promptly and implicitly. There Is in
this service no ordinary crew aboard
man-of-war All have their duties and
stations assigned TO them. and each man
is supposed 10 know his duty Thoroughly.
The uuartermaster at the wheel, ths
fireman In the nre-room, and the ward
room boy who mans the whips az the
ammunition HOSTS. each does his part
OF the fighting, as well as the man VINO
pulls the latchstrng Of a gun.