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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30
AIN ARMY'S BAGGAGE.

Casselrs Magazine: There is greater
army service wagons. as they are now
employed taking stores to thef front with
a colonial oy wagon. They both break
down sometimes or get rutted, and in
that case the heavier wheels Of the
Dutch wagons " the advantage. We
ave gained a great deadly the use of
engines, which lave. proved
themselves of great value, though at
the militar authorities. Mention
be made of the excellent use to
which our field bakeries nave been put.
They are erected with great care, and
provide a constant supply OF good bread.
Now, a man on the march will not do SO
badly If he even gets passable bread;
1t was all that Napoleon dreamed of
furnishing for his men, and rhey had to
forage further for themselves. Troops
nowadays are fed and looked after in a
way which would surprise the Little
Corprl. In India elephants are mainly
gence making them Of the ut1nos. value.
especially as they can carry heavy
loads (seven to nine hundredweight).
march at a regular pace over almost any
country, doing n averge of eight hours
day, and requiring little rest. The only
require the right, food, and that regu-
Ilarly: and. as may be imagined. their
commissariat is considerable. Wheten
cakes. rice and green food re their sus-
Itenance. and it naturally varies accord
ing to size, 12-foot tusker needing daily
|about five and one-half hundredweight.
of which only two stone is rice. A friend
of the writer said he always appreciated
1.-THE "hathi,'' or elephant, after Ills first
day on parade With q heavy battery in
India. A friend told him if he ever
heard an elephant trumpet to go o.
without waiting to know why; and the
advice proved good, for a gun elephant
got loose, and the first he knew of IT
was hearing it trumpet behind him. He
went, with the tusker after him-nelther
was seen back on parade that day; and
| although he Fortunately escped, it was a
very good warming to him.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30
THE ART OF
DEEP SEA DIVING.
How This Delightful sensation May
Best Be Realized by Novices In
the Science Of Swimming.

One of the most delightful sensations
an. can have in the water comes from
a;v;np and the knowledge of this fact
makes the dive the one ambition OF the
novice in swimming. The art OF DIVING
rno,eover is not a difficult n and only
requires a sense of balance. pluck
perseverance on the part of the student.
while it can be learned in any reaSohapiy
deem BODY of water those who make theif
first experiments in the swimming oath
will have shown an eNtraofolhdi
amount of wisdom, as in such a place the
depth of the water as we'll as the SPRING
boards will be we'll adapted 10 the pui-
pose of the beginner. =,
In learning to dive the head should
be drawn slightly down toward the chest,
the arms stretched forward on a leVel
with the breast, not raised ABOVE .ne
head. The knees should be bent a trlne
and an oblique plunge should be mace
taking care not to keep the body TO
stiff. =,
~The diver must avoid striking on the
breast, the general consequence of fear;
or turning over so as to come down on
the back or side, the OF
jumping or pushing too hard with the
feet.
After entering the water, the head
should be thrown back, the face toWard
the surface, and the back followed,
which will make one rise to the surface
quickly. If one has gone a considerably
depth and does not rise fast enough, he
can make himself ascend Immediately
by striking out with the hands, pressing
downward.
In jumping or leaping from great
heights the legs, arms and head are to
be kept perfectly rigid and one must not
permit the feeling of fear, or the strange
sensation felt in the W in leaping
from such heights to induce him to
spread the arms or legs or to bend the
body.
There is another word of caution which
which frequent accidents in diving rem
der necessary. Never take off, until
you have made sure that there issufi-
cient depth of water to permit one of do
ing so safely. OF course the expert can
dive in shallow water, but everyone is not
an expert and long practice is necessary
before one can acquire the judgment req
uisite to successfully perform such featS
There is considerable difference in the
act of diving into deep and shallow wa
ter. When diving into shallow water the
chief aim is to keep as close under the
surface as may be, and gain as much
way" as possible from the send-off. In
diving into deep water the body is light
ly more bent and it should be remem-
bered that the further the palms of the
hands are turned back the sharper will
be the curve before coming to the sur
face.
In learning to dive 1T is best to make
the first attempts from a height of mere
ly a foot or two from the surface of the
water, increasing the height gradually
as skill and confidence are acquired. In
diving in a a one should stand as near
the edge, or as near the end of the
s~pring-board as possible, as the toes can
then grip and give one a good send-off,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30
MRS. LESLIE CARRIERS ARTISTIC
PROFILE.

windows that look all ways, not a house
in a terrace; and I want a garden, too.
I to be able to command every point
of view. To a woman of my tempera-
ment, therefore, it would be q positive
hurt if if l were inappropriately dressed
for any stage part I a to play.
Then. again, I am ure thrat dress
helps the audience to guage an actress
meaning; it elucidates her reading Of the
part she is i~mpersonating. Even men
who. If they are to be believed, never re-
ceive a detailed picture of the gowns they
see worn by women absorb an impression
from them. an
1t, for example would astonish and
shoe the most unobservant husband IL
his gentle, refined wife were suddenly 10
deckherself out in a costume resnarkable
for it's fiambuoyancy. 81
Yes; most decidedly, dress does reveal
character, n is, therefore. remarkably
potent item in the proper formation of q
theatrical part.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30

his wife were screened by the closed end
Of the veranad, but a younger relative
extremely annoyed. He was q fine,
tall young fellow in shirt, sleeves and the
inevitable SLOUGH hat. As he. caught
sight of the officers he gesticulated vio-
Aently, flung his arms about and NUT
tered In Dutch. Then he hurriedly en-
Etered the house hut only to emerge a
minute ls6ter, il anything more restless
than ever. Cronie, however. and. his
wife haN acquired the art of sitting
still. His attachment to her is very
great. Talk to him on any subject and
e wilt immediately make reference to
her views and acts. Gronje the devoted
husband and Cronje of Potchefstroom.
of Mafeking and of Kimberly! You come
AWAY feeling that the conjunction is in
tcOngruOuS.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30
THE HOME OF THE PLAGUE.

London Leader: One who has seen any
of the towns and cities in China wonders
lent. A correspondent lately In China
writes that he recently went to Foo Chow,
a town near the east coast, which IS apee
preached by way Of the river Myn, one of
the most picturesque waterways in the
whole of the Celectial empire.
Ships have to anchor at the customs pa
CODA, from which persons are conveyed to
Foo Chow by sampan or steam launch, the
distance being about ten miles.
Foo Chow is considered one OF the cs most
and a person landing there cannot fail to
notice the fact Immediately he sets foot
on shore; Eyeryw vi sged there nnd are are teeming
looking Celestials. The streets (alleyways
would be a better form) are only about
with irregular Jumps of stone and rock.
On each side there are stagnant gutter
ways, which emit most obnoxious per-
to his nostrils the whole time he has to
traverse the roads.
In the terribly hot weather the Chinaman
onto the street, across the gutter, and takes
his nights sleep, perhaps without a cover
ing, perhaps in the clothes ha has not had
Nearly every building is a shop, and out
side every three or four are placed buckets
of garbage-in some places holes full of it
which add to the sickening stencil of the
cutters. Every now and again one hears
loud shouting in front or. behind him,
which is an indication that all on foot must
clear the way for some chair carriers, who
are carrying upon their shoulders some i'm
portant parsonage.
The sight on the main bridge spanning
the river cannot be accurately described.
Each side was crowded with stalls with
goods of every de~scription-dirty looking,
tumble down affairs. Cripples and beggars
We're numerous, and there were also lepers:
there. We're men with terrible sores, and
two Cinnamon lay half naked on the road
way, dying. There is a law in vogue in
Zoo Chow that thp first HprSOn who shall
touch a man who has died in such a man
ner shall bury him. Very few. however, re-
person who is unfort,rafe enough to touch
the dead one waits until dark, and then.
as the Americans say, dumps the depart
every day floating among the shipping, or
faf buried in the mud when the water is
low.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30
A NOTE ON TENNYsON.

The new edition Of Tennyson's early
poems calls forth from a writer Of the
drew Lang-some paragraphs which may
be commended to young versifiers. De-
claring that Tennyson's judgment was al
most perfect. the critic adds:
There never was a poet who altered his
verses more than Tennyson, and he usually
altered them for the better. He was not
music musical or IN ev ehe d~ Ssnss ST gna tsnes' Baf
he had a perfect ear for rhythm, and he
was acutely sensitive to dlssonance or
5iing11e s "A, AS an ar art artist res IN words hih m he has 1 few
Virgil. 80. No one ever criticised
him. from the revilers of his youth to the
id;ssa r;m Of his age half SO well as he crit
AS for Tennyson's culture, this writer be-
lieves that except Milton, and perhaps
Gray. he was the most learned of English
poets.
HE was not indeed a better scholar in
the technical sense than Matthew Arnold
was or than Mr.. swinburne is; He Ger
giacs like Mr.. Swinburne's. But he had a
finer instinct than either of them for the
e tsas spirit IS of not the nsai a,as a1ssk. ' :sohras ah IN
Rustum' is not really Homeric. But Ten
nysons Virgil and 'Lucretius' are far
more n Re : Luc c e M Xlrgilian thar any
Augustan poet. One secret of T~ennyson's
greatness is that he combined two charac-
t~eristics seldom found in the same mar of
genius. He was both a poet of nature, like
Wordsworth, and a poet of literature, like
Keats. He was at once, imbued with a
knowledge of the best books. and delicately
form. His acquaintance with the country
was so intimate that he scarcely ever made
a mistake which a gardener or ~gamekeeper
spiritual insight. A primrose on the rivers
brim a yellow primrose was to him, as it
the study and of the fresh air he was in
feriOr to Milton alone"
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no W0RESS HELPS
TO MAKE A PLAY.
Nothing Has a Greater ntfect Upon
an Audience Than Color
and style. e
BY Mrs. Leslie Carter.

Dol consider that dress is an import
ant factor in. the making Of a play?' MY
ton be put in this way: Would a woman
dressed badly-that is, inappropriately-
be likely to create a part as c~opvtncingly
thus CARRIED as she would If tihe. money
and thought a not been laid out upon
her toilets, l should reply she would not.
To the artistic. environment means so
much. 1 myself for example. arlOve
brightness color, light and ALI things
beautiful. I delight in flowers; find my
keenest pleasure in outdoor sports and
especially in the freedom and absolute
independence of c~ross-country riding. ]
cannot bear to live cabined. cribbed, con-
fined. My favorite house is sone with
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30
WONDERFUL LITTLE
BOY WHEELMAN.

Although the United States will send
representatives to contest in THE
bicycle races at the Paris exposition, it
is safe to say that no one of the cyclists
will excite more enthusiasm than little
Elmer Thompson, who now holds the
ords.
The boy, who is already known
throughout the middle west, has sue
ceeded in piling up enough reputation to
make an ordinary boy rider envious INK
he is now anxious to show the European
wheelmen just what the present genera
ton of young America cam do.
He goes to Paris, therefore, with the
announced intention of meeting amy and
all corners of his age up to the three
quarters of a. mile, which is one quarter
more than he has yet attempted in a
that Master Thompson fully believes
that his next medal will be contributed
to his collection by the Parisians.
Elmer Thompson, who is undoubtedly
the most wonderful juvenile cyclist In
the world, lives in Ohio, and he has been
riding there since he was 4 years old.
He is now s years of age, is As inches tad
and weighs just 81 pounds. Up to the
present time he has never been defeated
in a contest and the result is that he has
developed a degree of self confidence
that will stand him in good stead dur
ing his work in France this summer.
Master Thompson's first record was
made at the age of 5 years, when hi
made a quarter of a mile in 0.59h. Wher
he was 6 years old he succeeded in max
ing three records, the first, a quarter
mile in 0:46; the second, a quarter III
O:45, and the third. the same distance, al
O:44A: a feat that lowered the worlds
record for cyclists Of that age by ID Sec
onds. Last year, at Erie, Pa, he made
his half mile at Ills 1-5. At that time
he had just passed his 7th birthday.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30
Railway Time Tables
Butte, Anaconda 4 Pacific
TIME TABLE,


LOCAL TIME TABLE.
Trains leave B., a. 4 p. depot, Butte.
g follows: s:2G .. M, 1l:26 .. "a. 400 q
m, 1000 p. m. ~ ~
Trains leave Union passenger station.
Anaconda. as follows: $40 q. m. 12:X
p. m, 300 p. M, 7:4O q. m.
GREAT NORTHERN train caves Ana
c0nda:
$40 q. m. Great Falls and Helena local.
via Butte.
7:4O p. m. Through train for all points
east AMI west.
NORTHERN PACIFIC Vain lsavsA
Anaconda:
1915 p. m. Pacific Express for Portlant
and ala points west.
300 p. m. Through train for all points
east and west.
OREGON; SHORT LINE train leaves
Anaconda:
200 p. M. for an polntA EAST. west and
south.
Tickets Tor sale for an points. local and
through. on tho Great Northern railway
Oregon short Line railroad and North
era Pacific railway, and their connee>
tios.E.
Steasnship tickets for sale to all polnta
n Europe via the above lines.
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DECIDEDLY o

You m happen to have change for
a quarter. do We asked Eaton Shah
belong, who had had an unexpected
stroke of luck.
Change fur a quarter" echoed Turf
old Knott, with infinite disgust. eff I
had do We reckon I'd be carryin' the
thirst Iv got with me this minute?"-
Chicago Tribune.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30

The dive from stages, RATS or boats.
or the dive in the open sea are controlled
by conditions that are almost exactly
similar, providing the water is smooth.
If the water is really rough, however. SO
much more Judgment and skill are re-
quired that novices should avoid making
the experiment except under the most
favorable circumstances.
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In~|o1 Chroricle: The prinate is
known to be very ~scruDuious in money
~ att~oe. Orr nieht. wren he was siiH
the hishn" ~ London be drove from the
ltcu 2 ef latas to Frlhcln raiace in a
hanson. At TIE jourrey's end he hand
ed tho S~'.sr his ireal fare. IF it'd
ieen st, Psut. my lsrl." said TN cab
I,f"ng Il st>r "a q eiE-a 4 bit more"
E Vow - s-er. ~ fr.end." rerlied
n , ii i,r>. "rf ST. paul wee~n a--c-r us
r ~-~y., = s~".rrr, - r9'>ury,
cG5 re 10 --ac.EcI.. IS q s~a..liaS."
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HIS GUESS AT IT.

"What does 1t mean, Tommy" the
Sunday school teacher asked, where it
says they rent their clOthes?"
Il suppose they couldn't afford to buy
Press.
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AGAINST HARD CHEEKS,

Conventions have their disadvant-
ages" remarked the barber.
"Why?"
Gam of my raZors are nicked up from
shaving politicians" Philadelphia
North American.
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Butte Schedule
EAST

No. Is Pacific Express from St
Paul and Missouri river points
arrives da
No. l. North Coast Limited"
from St. Paul arrives daily. $50.
No. IA. Twin City Express to St.
Paul and Missouri liver points,
leaves daily 1885,.
No.. I. North Coat Limited" to
st. Paul daily, leaves. ...........
No. "a. Mixed, to Whitehall daily
except Sunday; Twin Bridges.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days; Pony and Norris, Mondays
and Fridays, leaves from N. r.
local freight dep6t.
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FOR THE DEMOCRATS.

For the national democratic con
vention at Kansas City, July 4th. the
Northern Pacific will sell excursion
tickets at the following rates:
Butte to Kansas City n return, going
and returning via Billings ........ $4,000
Going and returning via st. Paul g.. 45.75
Going via st. Paul and returning via
Billings and vice versa .......... 1878
Going via st. Paul and returning via O..
5. L.. . -. . -. :. ........ 1910
Butte to st. Paul and return...... 1000
Tickets will be sold June Goth, and July
list, final limit July 18th. On payment
OF fifty cents to joint agent at Kansas
City and st. Paul the limit on these tic.
cts will be extended to Sept. 30th. 1900.
For full particulars call on or address
w. H. MERRIMAN.
Gen'l Agt., u. P. Ry. Butte. Mont.
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Park Streets, Butte.
w. H. MERlSlMAN. g. A.
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w

No. Is. Copper City Limited to
Hamilton and all Coast points,
leaves b. A. 4 p. depot daily.
No. /. North Coast Limited" x
Portland, leaves daily. ..........
No. 10. Copper City Limited from
Hamilton epd Portland, arrives
daily, B. A. b p. depot...........
No. Z. North Coast Limited
from Portland.
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"NOrth
Coast
Limited

100 p. \
8:4s p y.
l:l0 P. n
ii:4o P. n.
"
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Wounded -onmy invaded home)-
Yes, / tell you, it amt exactly a bed of
roses sleeping on the hard Yeldt every
night.
The Other Fellow guess not. l sup
pose yoa never felt a veldt that felt like
that y It fst?-IUdy.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-19
Famous Men of Humble Origin.

In Bristol's Almanac for 1900 appears
the following:
History affords so many instances
of men of ignoble birth who have at
tanned by their unaided powers of mind
and strength of will to high rank in
the arts and sciences and occasionally
to such lofty eminences as has enabled
them to shape the destiny of nations,
that one might be pardoned for think
ing that all the world S great men, or
at least the larger part of them, be-
longed to what are termed the lower
classes. We name few of the most
notable:
"Homer, the greatest of poets, was
the son of farmer.
'DemOsthenes, the prince of ora
tors, was the son of blacksmith. In
his first attempt at public speaking he
displayed such weakness of voice that
he withdrew from the speakers plat
form amidst the hooting and laughter
of his hearers.
''Virgil's father was porter, and
Horace, the son of a shopkeeper, was
the foremost lyric poet and satirist of
the Augustan age.
christopher Columbus was the son
of a weaver.
''Cervantes, the renowned historian
of the exploits of the chivalrous Don
Quixote, was private soldier.
Cromwell, the great Protector
and the only commoner who reached
what was practically the throne of
England, was the son of a brewer.
"Shakespeare's father was wool
dealer.
'Burns was the son of small farmer.
''Nor are the fair sex without rep
resentative among those who have
achieved greatness from small begin
nings, as witness the famous Catherine,
Empress of Russia, originally Livon-
ian peasant and camp follower.
''Who, with such examples before
him, can believe that low birth offers
an insuperable barrier to fame or for
tune, especially in this country, where
no such class distinctions exist as the
above mentioned celebrities had to
contend with.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-19
WATER STORAGE.
An Opportunity for Display of American
Statesmanship-R Reclaim the Desert.

otatesmansMp-Recla the Desert.
"Water Storage for the Reclamation
of Arid Lands was a subject recently
discussed in lecture by Hon. Freder-
lex H. Newell, the irrigation expert of
the Geological Survey. Mr.. Newell
has probably made as close a study of
the subject of irrigation as any man in
the country and he views the question
from very broad standpoint, having
reached his conclusions after traversing
nearly every foot of the great West and
observing the operation of different ir-
rigation systems and the effect of var
ious State and local laws and regula-
tions.
Expansion of territory, externally.
he says, is distracting attention from
problems equally as great, if not more
important, namely those of the extern
sion of agricultural areas and the utili-
zation of mineral resources well within
the present limits of the United States.
There is an ample field for statesman
ship in directing the utilization of un-
touched opportunities, since we still
have one-third of our entire country
existing as vacant public land, rich in
possibilities. As an instance, fully nine
tenths of the vast extent of Arizona,
Nevada and adjacent areas remain in
the hands of the General Government.
Much of the soil is highly productive
under irrigation, while the more rug
ged parts contain great mineral wealth,
which can profitably be developed
when labor and easy transportation
can be had
The West is full of great mining pos
sibilities. What are needed for their
development are good transportation
and good labor. Both of these items
are today in many sections beyond all
reasonable expense. Why? Because
the situations are arid, the country
supports no population of its own, and,
as everything must be transported at
tremendous cost, labor brought in de-
mands immense wages. Give such sec
tions water for irrigation, and the val
leys would be settled by farmers, living
for the miners would be cheap, natur-
ally the railroads would follow staple
agricultural community, and transport
tation would be reduced. The key
stone of western progress is water and
the construction of storage basins to
save that water.
Amador ledger., 1900-01-19
Dentistry Thirty Centuries Ago.

1t is generally believed that dentistry
is the most modern of the sciences and
American dentists are prone to claim
for their country the many discoveries
which have marked the progress of
their profession in late years. 1t is,
not little curious too many note that
kncwn and practiced as far back as the
times of the Pharaohs, as has been
proved by an examination of the
mouths of several Egyptian mummies,
which, in gold-filled molars and false
teeth made from ivory or the fangs of
beasts, exhibit unmistakable traces of
the work of the dental surgeon thirty
centuries ago
Amador ledger., 1900-01-19
The Number Seven"

On the seventh day God ended his
work.
In the seventh month Noah's ark
touched the ground.
In seven days dove was sent out.
Jacob mourned seven days for Jo-
seph.
Jacob served seven years for Rachel;
and yet another seven years.
A plenty of seven years and famine
of seven years were foretold in Phar-
oah's dream of seven fat beasts and
seven lean, and seven ears of full and
seven of blasted corn.
On and after the seventh day of the
seventh month the Children of Israel
tasted seven days and remained in their
tents.
Every seventh year the land rested.
Every seventh year the law was read
to the people.
In the destruction of Jericho seven
persons bore triumph seven days: on
the seventh day they surrounded the
walls seven times and at the end of the
seventh round the walls fell
Solomon was seven years building
the Temple and tasted seven days at
its dedication.