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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-08

There never was a season when there
We're SO many yachts in course of con-
struction as there are at the present
time and the Oldest of yachtsmen, even
those few who can remember the year
1874, when Commodore Stevens gathered
the many strings into one definite plan
of organization, cannot recall a summer
in which the interest in this. the great
est Of all aquatic sports, has been so gen
eral.
OF course there are reasons for all
this and the first and most important is
to be found in the general feeling that
the country has at last entered upon an
era of prosperity. Whatever the popu-
lar o piniOn may be upon this subject the
men who are able to own sailing craft
are making money and when things are
financially prosperous the well-to-do
American, whether he be young or old,
promptly obtains possession of a yacht
and proceeds to enjoy life on the water.
This is the first principal reason.
Another is due to the fact that this
promises to be one of the greatest racing
years of the century. Not only is the
great International Cup Race to occur
but there are to be many smaller con-
tests, enough in fact to give every man
who own a yacht an opportunity to
show what his boat is worth and such
conditions alone will always cause a re-
vival in yacht building. The chief rea-
son why SO many large boats are being
built, however, is that during the past
year the steam pleasure fleet Of. the our
try has practically gone out of exist
ance, the United States government hav-
ing called upon it in it's hour of need.
Now hat his crisis is over and the
man of wealth feels that times are suffi
GENTLY prosperous to permit of the ex-
penditure he naturally desires to replace
the craft that was taken by Uncle Sam
and this fact alone is sufficient to ex-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-08

able way. but I haven't any doubt, my
self, that the Glover Lea Gang is per-
fectly we'll known to the Paris police.
Suppose you open up the loot now II
see how much of a haul you've made
That's why 1 brought it here" said
Smith.
ooh, thanks said Pollard. lawfully
decent Of you to come n divide with
u.s."
Say, quit that rot, Pollard" Smith
groWled. II wanted to be able to swear
I hadn't looked inside the thing until
got here. Then l shall have you two for
witnesses"
"Oh, We'll swear anything you like"
I said. You couldn't find anybody who
had lost an inside pocket, could you?"
Il wasn't going to make a fool of my
self, running around asking people if
their pockets had been picked. Now let's
all examine it together. eh?"
Very well. We all agreed to examine
it as one man.
Smith UNFINISHED the frayed edge of the
| silk, which had evidently been very deX-
terously shipped with a pair of sharp
scissors. Inside was a neat red leather
pocket book, with an elastic band, also a
letter with a German stamp-unopened.
"Hurrah!" Smith shouted. Don't open
the pocket book, fellows. Here's the old
mans address, Anthony J.. Gaythorne.
| IenS!OH LiDfc, Itue CaStlSllOne.'
That's important to remember" said
Pollard. w shall have to be careful to
give the Pension Libre a wide berth, or
we may run into G%aythorne.
Pollard pretended to be going to open
the pocket book, but Smith, who was
thoroughly taken in by his pretense,
grabbed him violently, and it looked for
a minute or two as if there was going to
be a free fight in our studio. However, /
succeeded in restoring order inc quiet.
"Pollard,' I said. "since my country
man insists on doing the honest act, l
suppose we must let him have his way,
just this once. But mind. Smith, if you
are going to get into this push, you'll
have to take up with our ways, and divvy
up fair and honest whenever you make a
haul" "a ..
I firmly believe ever yet, although
Smith still denies 1t, that we had sue
ceeded in making him believe that the
English and American students of the
quarter were quite in the habit of pick
ing up such unconsidered trifles as pocket
} books and sharing the plumber in their
studios. Smith has always said that he
knew We We're guying him all the time; ]
only know that he escaped from our stu
diO in a very p%recipitate fashion; Pollard
and I fell over the studio. laughing as
we heard the clatter of those laced-ur
shoes of his on the two flights of stairs.
Moreover, as 1 have often pointed out
to Smith, if he had not made up his
mind that Pollard and I were persons OF
criminal habits. why did he not introduce
us to his friend G~aythorne?
He ound Gaythorne that very night
and it turned out, very much to Smiths
satisfaction, that Gaythorne was ar
Americana New Yorker. But from al
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nothing unmistakable about it.. Anybody
who was pretty nervous might have writ.
ten the same way. I shook my head.
at won do. Mancher,' 1 told him.
You'll have to get somebody to identify
you. If you're hard up for a meal Til
stake you to a dollar to pass you along
Then what did you var me to write
my name for?' he cried. That's the name
the money was sent to, if it's for me. 1t
must be for me. Didn't they write o
some description of me so 1 could get it?-
Come on. AL said his companion
out on you. He won't give it up
That's enough from you,' l said. AS
for you who call yourself Mancher, I1l
give you one chance. My dvices are that
the Mancher to whom this money is con-
signed is to prove his identity unmistak-
ably by writing his name
1.-The old game, AL the man with the
rag around his head cried out.
I'm a minute the gorilla was down on
the floor Juggling at his right shoe until he
had 1t Off and what was left of the sock
under it. Now I'll show your he said.
standing on his left foot. he lifted his
right. caught the ankle in his hand, 4
swung 1t over his left shoulder, stopped
and picked up the pen in his toes. Then
he shifted it over his head. dipped it.
drew the pad to him and dashed off his
name with the pen held firmly in his toes.
\ Nc Stcu stage SHOWS III pl2nly since Out
v never seen a contortionist that had
such limberness. He made me fairly diz-
", but my doubts were gone.
"'Will that do?' he asked anxiously.
Yes; If it was a million dollars?' I
said and I handed him the packet. for the
money came in a little box and not on an
order.
HE ripped it open. and when he count
ed out 5000 I thought he was going to
break down n leave tear tains al
over the floor. That signature I pasted in
the book, and then l got him to write me
his autograph on another piece of paper.
Last I saw of Mancher he was leaving on
the train with his friend Jim. He was on
the back platform. and when I shook my
hat at him he chucked his cap onto the
top of his shoe and swung it around his
head. That's the autograph there, gen.
tlemen," concluded the lawyer. land, as
l told you no expert has ever been able
to analyze it yet. So far as l know, it's
the only case where a signature for iden-
tificatlon was not made in handwriting."
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only meant for deep-sea cruising and in
her it will be perfectly safe for her owner
to- carry out his intentions of enjoying
a cruise around Cape Horn. Another
large boat that will be seen for the first
time this summer is the Aloha which is
now beng completed. Her wners,
Messrs. D.. w. and A. c. James. are both
caDital seamen and in this new boat
they nave a Yacht in which they may
safely sail around the world. j. Harvey
Ladew is also building a yacht Of noble
! proportions which will be ready for deep
! water yachting next fall.
j. Roger Maxwell has lorg been one
OF the most enthusiastic of yachtsmen
and two boats are now being constructed
for him. One is a handsome steam
yacht which will be called the Kismet
! and the other IS a 30-foot knockabout
which he intends to present to his eldest
son. Those who know Mr.. Maxwell,
| however. are of thu, opinion that he will
find it difficult to outgrow his fascination
for the sails and that he will frequently
forsake the more Drctent!ous vessel to
! cruise about in the smaller boat.
Among t he other craft that are build
ing or are ready for cruising are Louis
| BOssart's twin screw steam yacht May
tia; Richard Stevens Atleen. a steam
yacht that is being built upon plans fur
nished by the best Ia val architects; Eu-
gene Tompkins' Idalia, which is to take
/, the place Of the Illawarra. ~ of the
yachts purchased by the government last
year: John p. Duncan's kanaWha, which
will replace his yacht of the same name
which was also purchased for war pur-
poses by the government; ?. A. Widen
! er's new Josephine, QUILT TO replace the
\ vessel now known as the Vixen, and u
NJ. Aliens S0-foot twin-screW naphtha
yacht which has not yet been named, bu'
which when finished, VIII be the larges
naptha craft in existence.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-08
DELIGHTFUL SENSATION OF A
BLOW ON THE NECK.

New York Sun: "If I ever get to own a
newspaper there's one thing I'm going to
try to bring about said the st. Louis
drummer as his hand went up to the back
or his neck. i've got a substitute for
both hanging and electrOcuting and I'll
work to get it adopted in every state
where murderers are done to death. You'd
never guess what it Is and so I'll tell you
at once that it's the sandbag. The idea
of using a sandbag as a deadly weapon
was conceived by a crook, of course, but
don't you make any mistake about it's
being brutal. It's the incest. neatest thing
to put a man out Of the world with any,
body ever heard of.
You see, I've been right there and
know what I am talking about. 1t hap
pened in Cincinnati two years ago. I'd
been over the Rhine with some of the
boys. and we got into a little row and
became separated. l was making my
way back to the hotel alone at midnight
when a man stepped out of a doorway and
struck me. l saw his arm rise and fail,
and then l had the sweetest dream of my
life. l dreamed that I had wings and was
flying about, and there were green trees
and babbling brooks and smiling mead
ows galore. By and by the dream faded
and 1 opened my eyes. l was in a hos
pital. and had been unconscious for two
hours. l smiled and felt at ease with all
nkin / was ready to give my last
cent to the heather of Africa. The hos
pltal ward seemed to be a room in a pail
ace. and l wanted to hug the doctors and
nurses n tell them how much I loved
them. l was able to go out after half a
day, and there were weeks and weeks i'm
which 1 carried a grin on my face and
wanted to be doing good to humanity.
II had been struck on the neck with a
sandbag. Just another ounce of weight
in the blow and I'd have been flying about
yet. After being struck l was robbed.
but I have never held it up against the
fellow. Fact is, I'd hand him over $25 if I
could identify him today. He solved the
problem for me. l wan to die that way
and no other. If judges and juries could
only be made to realize how gayly l flew
from tree to tree, and how the brooks
gurgled and the meadows blossOmeC,
they'd sentence murderers to be hit i'm
the neck with a sandbag and then envy
them their good luck. Since 1 got the
blow I've gone around almost cOaxing
midnight providers to repeat it and bear
on a little harder, but they've turned
away from me to favor some better man.
Right on the neck, you know-no pain,
no blood, no yelling for the police. Down
you go to become a cherub with golden
wings, and the victim who isn't satisfied
must be a hard man to please"
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I could hear, Smiths satisfaction was as
, nothing to Gaythorne's when Smith pre-
scented him with his inside pocket and the
, letter. Gaythorne showed Smith the I'm
ing of his ove1coat, which had evidently
been treated with hasty surgery Smith
told Gaythorne the whole story of his
! Longchamps adventure. Then Gay
| horne a lively fellow of middle age
slapped Smith on the back. and called
him a credit to the Flag, and insisted on
! making a big fuss over him. From which
we inferred that the contents of that
! pocket book must have been valuable.
I But there was more behind, which we
| did not infer, but got direct from Gay
| thorne himself, when We ran into Smith
and him having a glorious time at an
| open-air cafe a few days later. We sim
| ply made Smith introduce us to his
friend.
Now said Gaythorne, 81 want you
/ boys to be good to me- This was in the
expansive humor that grew out of cham
payne. You've been uncommon good TO
me already. Don't know where I've been
if it hadn't been for Smith, here, and his
little clover leaf. I'm going to have you
meet my wife when she gets back from
Germany. But you've all got to keep this
Who business dead quiet, see? My WIfe's
| got two terrible bad ~prejudices. She's
the best woman in the world, but, you
know, women get the most unaccountable
preJuClceS. Sne mates morse races. ana
she hates liquor. Now if she knew I'd
stayed back in Paris to go to those races.
See? Eh?"
After that--months ~later-when the
Gaythornes and Mrs. Gaythorne's sister,
Mrs. Muller, got back to Paris they
looked up Smith, and ever since then
they nave stood by him, and Gaythorne
himself has been as good as two bust
ness agents for Smith. Which is the
real reason why Smith has only to
go into that part Of the state to sell any
old daub he vents to at a high figure.
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to be. To accomplish this result has
been the chief aim of the builders and
they believe that they have succeeded
in devising plans that will enable hem to
build a boat that will surpass in speed
anything that has yet been constructed.
The nod of the Virginia Fairy fol-
lows to a certain extent the lines of 9TH
err fast boat that have been built during
the past few years. In many points, how
ever, alterations from the old lines have
been made and it is upon the great
speed that is required. In length she
will be about eighty feet, with a beam a
few inches over eight feet. with a beam
of three feet six inches. Much of the
material used in her construction will be
steel, while the many air tanks in the
Water-tlght compartments will keep her
atloat in case OF accident. The boiler
to which the speed of Inc yacht will of
course be due will be constructed with
especial regard to the requirements Of
the craft inc while the space hat is to
be devoted to the machinery is very small
the plans OF the builders call foria boil
err that shall give the highest of pres
sure possible and be light and caInpact.
1t is scarcely probable that this yacht
will be launched this summer but there
will many boats afloat this season that
will attract the attention of every lover
of yachting. Among the most E.pyoui-
nent will be j. P.elDOnt MorgAn,s pbw
C%orsair, a boat that has just gnnes irtO
commission. Among all the boAtsslllAt
have been built this year she is the, nVst
beautiful and more than one env1ous eye
will be cast upon her during tM rfhcisg
season.
A boat that is at the same time mas
sive and attractive is Colonel Oliver Fl.
Payne's Aphrodite. One glance at her is
enough to show that she was not built
for show or for idlng along over .quiel
summer seas. Her massive lines were
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-08

plain why the ship yards are more busy
today than they have been in many
years.
There is no more enthusiastic lover Of
yachting than William K. Vanderbilt.
jr., n the forty-fve foot yacht Carml-
ia, of which he is skipper, first mate and
part of the crew, has been almost his only
home since his wedding day. In this trim
little craft the young millionaire and his
bride have spent many days and the boat
Is one of the familiar objects in the New
port waters. In it the youn couple
have visited every spot that is worth Wis
iting and it IS a notable fact that they
seldom burden the boat with many pas
sengers. They seem to be perfectly con-
tented when they are alone on their little
cutter, sailing over the smooth surface Of
Narragansett bay or riding the waves in
the rougher waters Of the ocean.
1t was more than three years ago that
the Carm.ta was purchased and since
that time the boat has lone good service.
OF late, however, MI. Vanderbilt has
been arranging to build another boat and
the contract for it's construction has al
ready been placed with one of the prom
inent yacht builders. This, however,
does not mean that he is contemplating
the disposal Of the Carmita. The new
boat is to a very different kind of craft
and while he expects to find a great deal
of enjoyment from his new yacht he will
still retain the cutter on which 50 much
of his honeymoon has been spent.
! According to the plans that have been
prepared the new boat, which, by the
way, is to be named, the Virginia Fairy,
in honor of his wife, will be the fastest
yacht a1oat. We have had many speedy
boats in the past and there are several
rapid sailors af1oat today, but it is Mr..
Vanderbilt's intention to have a yacht
that can afford to give distance to any
craft in any waters where it may chance
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-08
HELD PEN WITH HIS TOES.

New York Sun: With reference to the
testimony of handwriting experts in the
Molineaux case the group of lawyers who
were waiting for a jury to come in fell
to talking of Typographical peculiari-
ties, and one of them maintained in an
laborate argument that not even a
mans signature could be beyond doubt,
since no man could, with certainty. swear
to his own signature at a period of sever
al years after it was written. To this
some of the others took exception aver
ring hat a man could always tell his
own signature by a sort of instinct,
though he might be unable to offer a rea-
sonable explanation of how he knew it to
be his own and not a forgery. From this
the discussion veered to the manner of
holding and using a pen and it's effect
upon the character of the writing as
shown by experts. One of the group, a
middle-aged lawyer. who had taken no
active part in the discussion until it took
this form, now produced a pocketbook,
and, taking from it a soiled and time
worn bit of paper, unfolded it and tossed
it out upon the table.
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NOT SO SLOW.

New York Evening SUM-: On the Eighth
avenue trolley the other day there was an
old man who was much interested in the
sights Of the town-so much interested
hat he dropped his umbrella. This he
evidently considered the time to try if he
too, could step from the car as his en-
vious eyes had seen others do. He wasn't
entirely successful in his attempt. The
car was stopped and a number of men
hurried back to his assistance. What
are you making such a fuss about?" he
said. "Why don't some O. o pick up
that umbrella ?"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-08
THE QUEENS MAID.

When a maid of honor to Queen Vic
toria has survived her youthful charms
and at middle age is still unmarried. h
is relieved of duty inc has her salary in
creased from $4,000 a year to $4,000.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

We were Immediately assisted by large
corps of honorary members and donors, in
Guiding the Countess of STAFFORD, our pres
ident; Lady Muriel Boyle, Lady Buckley,
Hon. Charles Byng, Lady Elizabeth Byng
and two hundred other charitable ladies of
London including the Dewager Viscountess
Montmorres.
We have carried on the work two sea-
sons; and the amount of work that the
Flannel Shirt club" which aims to pro-
its formation has enabled the committee
to place a most satisfactory report before
the members and other friends who have
combined to make the undertaking sue
cess.
The total number of shirts contributed
up to the end of 1898 is sol, and 251 more
have been made under the honorable secre-
taries' direction from flannel purchased
with the members subscriptions and do
nations. Lengths of flannel amounting to
1862 yards have also been received, and
bale of excellent gray flannel from friend
of the president.
The following hospitals have received
grants of shirts for patients who are known
to be necesstous working men, discharged
from medical wards after severe illnesses:
ST. Thomas hospital, The London, Charing
Cross, Westminster, Great Northern Cen
trail, Middlesex, ST. Marys, st. Georges,
The Metropolitan, University College hos
pital and the Royal Free hospital. A spe-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
A FARMERS WIFE.
BY PAUL LASTRA.

trunk was nicely packed, and in due time
accompanied its fair owner TO the residence
of the Hon. Richard Gordon.
When the first warm greeting was over
Juliet looked around in mute surprise at the
luxurious surroundings of her sisters
home. Carpets, curtains, mirrors, paint
ings-and all superior to those in her fa-
theirs house. And then the library! Tiers
of the choicest books, reaching from ceiling
to floor, were relieved by portraits, maps
and statues in every niche and corner.
cit is nice, after all, Ella!' said Juliet,
"and I have been silly to worry about
you! But" and she looked up and down
the long. graveled road, you must he lone-
sonnet There is no house near you, and but
a few in sight" And the troubled look
came back into the young face.
mo, Juliet am nor lonesome, and have
all the company wish for, especially now
that you have come. But come, let me as
sist you in laying aside this travelling dress,
then you must rest while go and prepare
supper for those great, hungry men" "
"Oh, then you do have to cook for the
men, just as I expected"
Eyes, and I eat at the same table with
them, and l like it!''
"There I told you So This comes of
marrying farmer, you poor dear"
II do not need bit of sympathy; I am
Just as happy as can be- laughed Ella.
"But come now, rest for a little while be-
fore you dress Did you bring that blue
silk 1 like so well? oh, yes; here 1t is! I
shall send Nora up to help YOU"
Nora soon came, and her nimble fingers
convinced Juliet that 1t was no new en-
ployment for her When Juliet entered the
parlor she found her brother-in-law walt
ing to receive and welcome her; and then
turning he introduced brother to her who
was standing by his side. He was a fine
looking man of perhaps twenty-five, and
lust the one to make an impression on
loving heart like Juliet's. The tea bell
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
A FLANNEL SHIRT CLUB
The American Countess of Stafford is Presi-
dent and Its Object is to Give FIan-
mel Shirts to Sick Men.

which are, of course, in excess of the pres
ent supplies of shirts.
All contributions are received and ac-
knowedged by the honorable secretaries
who are Miss Gatham and myself.
Our objects, set forth to our friends,
were those of securing suitable clothing
for poor men discharged from hospitals,
and this led primarily to the formation OF
the Flannel Shirt club.
We knew that patients nursed in hos
pital wards have every comfort during
their illness, but when convalescent they
often have to resort to poor homes where
they cannot secure even the necessities of
life. 1t can readily be understood that
man, a bread winner, who has had a ser-
Gus illness, even though apparently well,
requires special care for some time after
his recovery, and that warm clothing, es-
pecially in winter, is most essential for
him.
We, the ladies of London, hope that 10y
a supply of good flannel shirts, these men
can be materially assisted to health and
enabled to face Indictment weather and per-
sonal hardships without injury.
We therefore resolved to organize THE
Flannel Shrist club which aims TO pro-
vide and distribute Systematically mems
flannel shirts to patients who are leaving
hospitals and infirmaries in London.