Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02

liant Dy DAY ana positively binding by
night. Tim electric lights are inserted
in the f1~ower-hearts. n these lights,
when turned on, make the garlands ex-
quisite beyond description. The con-
struction of, the bridge is such that the
chains of flowers appear to support it, a
wonderfully pretty conception. indeed,
for a foot bridge.
Another ~foot-bridge. la Passerelle de
L'Alma will be a unique design in boats
disposed lengthwise, perpendicularly to
the current Of the river. This bridge
will be covered with a vellum.
There will be a third and very artis-
tic ~foot-bridge, and the present bridges
are to be considerably widened so that,
at no time of day will the bridges be con-
gested with traffic. The Seine itself, in
stead of separating the parts If thWexpo-
sition will be an attractiveM Waterway.
| spanned by graceful passages and lined
on either side with magnificent pavilions.
just such a waterway as willycool the air
n rest the eye. N 81
The greatest impetus the exposition has
yet received came the othersday from a
most unexpected source. It|will BE re-
membered that France received the high
est awards Of any foreign nation Vat the
Omaha exposition and that large prizes
We're awarded it's manufacturers aud in
ventors. One trunk firm alone reredved
more leather goods thai We're eyer be-
fore scattered over the whole Of France.
A few days g the minister 81 COM
nlerce and industry ANNOUNCED N9at he
was ready to distribute theSsAwar1s and
medals. They were beautiful s4ffairs
| which brought forth the admiration of
the firms and the envy of disappointed
competitors. To have a medal Award
ed at the Omaha Exposition, Nebraska.
Z. S. A. is now quite the most popular
thing! S~traightWay all firms are apply
ing for the privilege of competing for a
similar medal from Paris. The fact also
that the stockholders of the Omaha at
fair received a return of over one IN
dred per cent on their investment has
also been made public in France and with
excellent effect.
A novel proposal was received by the
directors of the musical departments, II
which they We're compelled to consider
because of it's interest. Herr Nordau, a
naturalized Frenchman. hailing from
Austria, where he, however. claimed no
relationship Will the Max Nordau fam
lily. requested permission to Exhibit his
v%iolins, which he claimed We're the equal
of any Cremona or Stradivarius that
could be produced. He accompanied his
request with a violin which he said vas
an imitation Stradavarius. The commit
tee had it tested and to their surprise
oun it to be a genuine StradivariuS. 50
pronounced Dy ten musicians ana bearers
in musical instruments. The applicant,
however. stoutly denied that it was a
S~tradivarius, insisting that it was a. vio-
lin of his own make: that by exhibit
ing a section filled With these violins he
could sell many and so directly improve
the musical quality Of the popular music
of France.
Finally. to carry his point, the man
actually proved that the violin was not a
Stradiyarius by taking it apart and show
ing the modern inside: then he told them
how he transformed a common violin
into a Stradivarius by many processes of
his own Among other things he baked
the violin three days in a moderately hot
oven to season it, then subjected it to ex-
trelne cold. The result was a squeaky
instrument that could initiate the wailing
of the human voice exactly like those
which Stradivarius made. The inventor,
strangely enough, proposed to exhibit the
entire process of making the replica
of the famous violin. The committee,
without hesitation, refused to allow him
to do SO, on the ground that it was a
species of counterfeiting Which it would