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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08

I advocate the bicycle as a developer
of individualism, and do not hesitate to
say that it has done more for making
French girls Independent of mothers
apron strings than any other modern
agency.
But the bicycle leads to all sorts of ac-
q%uaintances among young people. Elk
actly SO, this American fashion Is ex-
cellent. Unless she be a fool an Ameri-
can girl gets good insight into the char
acter of her future husband before the
wedding day. Before the advent of the
bicycle the average French girl cele-
brated her wedding with an utter
stranger. In a good many cases it's diff
ferent now, thanks to the bicycle.
do not agree with the old fOgies who
condemn sport costumes because our
grandmothers knew them not. The BIZ
cycle skirt is convenient, and every
well-formed woman I have seen in that
costume ha succeeded In making her
good points clear to me. The question
of dress has nothing to do with that or
sport; it belongs to the realm of the
tailor.
It all depends on the woman that's
in the skirt and blouse; the aesthetic
question enters as much into the wear
er's personality as into the cut of her
frock.
Some comedian was known among
theater-goers for the hats he used to
wear on the stage.
"Where in thunder do you buy these
asked The Emperor Napoleon OF him.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08

so quickly does the cycle travel, even
when propelled by a very moderate
rider.
A dweller in the city can soon reach
the beautiful suburban roads, ano
those who live in the suburbs find
themselves in possession of a
ing link which makes an acquaintance
with the country for fifty miles about a
pleasant possibility.
A bicycle is a great time-saver as well
as a means of recreation. Its prac-
teal benefits canno be touched upon in
one short article, nor it's advantages
summed up from any particular point OF
view. It's influence is f~ar-reaching,
much more so than casual observer
would and will extend to fu.
ture generations.
All this has been done by a judicious
use of the cycle, and is testified to by
some of our best and most brilliant men
n women of letters, to say nothing or
the thousands who would be only too
glad to add their testimony were they
called upon.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08
ALL THE SPORTS OF EARLY FALL.
experienced after {

cramped feeling experienced after a
long drive. 49,.
T do not refer to the cycler who rides
for the sole purpose Of making a record,
to make a distance between two given
points in the shortest possible time.
The racing man is all very we'll in his
place-on the track, but the man or
woman who emulate him on the pubic
road is not. Their awkward positions
and distressing appearance nave lone
much to bring into disrepute an exer-
else, which, when rightly INDUCED ln'
is the very acme of healthful and grace
full sports, for either sex.
A new world awaits the man or wo-
man who has never ridden a cycle; an
undiscovered capacity for enjoyment
lies dormant in the heart of every non.
wheeling person. There are possibll1>
ties contained in thai bit of mechanism
called a safety" that can scarce ne
credited by the uninitiated.
The brainweary business and profess
sional man finds new strength from be-.
ing brought in contact with nature at
her best, as he takes his constitutional
on the wheel, which a-foot was an un-
mitigated bore.
The wife and mother who can incor-
porate a bit of outdoors into her
daily life through this delightful me.
dunn. marvels at the strength, and not
only strength but desire, which 1mpels
her to attack duties which mad Tor b
long time before degenerated into a
hateful grind.
Tempers are sweetened, and good Inn
pulses stimulated. The good moral eff
fects derived are i~ncalculable. Very
/ few men or women are ugly and cross
+, from choice. It is wearing, distressing
toll, mental or physical, which makes
them so. Every bit of strength Is used
up-the demand at times exceeding the
supply-until nature rebels, and 1t Is
hard to tell then which are the greatest
sufferers, the nervous impatient, irrit-
able workers, or those unfortunate
enough to share home with them.
Given perfect physical and mental
conditions, the spiritual or inner life
will bear the most searching light
Ones environment can be so quickly
changed, and the change, ever though
temporary, means SO much. Five miles
ten miles, are scarcely to be considered
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08
THE NEW WOMAN Is
AN ATHLETIC WOMAN
By Emile lola.

Snobism and vanity play a part in the
sport fever, but that, Notwithstanding,
I am in favor of all bodily exercise liable
to be helpful to woman's physical de-
velopment. It's the abuse to which I
object.
Woman's physical development shows
not only in that plastic beauty
which was the Greek ideal and for
whose the Olympian games were en-
couraged-it is equally manifested by
intellectual growth.
Look at our French girl, brought up
after the Of the old school, and
then at an English or American girl of
the same age. There goes III Angelo or
Marie across the street, marshalled by
mamma, who acts like a corporal COM
manding a troop Of recruits.
"Go to the right ito the left" don't
look that way" turn your head!" Ano
this daughter is nearly grownl
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08

ing machine. The latter was taken OUT
of the shed for the first time last week
and a small field of grain was threshed
to see that the machine was in good
running order. When the job was fins
ished the machine was returned to tho
She'd, when, to the amaZement of ALL
there in the corner of the separator sat
the hen. Under her was a nest
of eggs that she vas ~endeavoring to
hatch. She had been on the nest when
the machine was taken out. She was
there when the belts and pulleys began
to whiz, when the fan began to sing, and
when the riddlers began to snake and
rattle. The wind from the fan ruffied
her feathers and almost took her breathe
but, like the boy on the burning deck1
she stayed at her post. What her
thoughts We're when the swift cylindet
began to chew up the straw can not ID
guessed.
When found, the hen was ~uninjured.
There was dust in her teeth, and a some.
what frightened look in her eyes, buy
she was on her nest. OF the ggs all
were safe a " one.-Corrallis Times
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08
DOGS AS

New York Journal: Communication
tickets for dogs o. this trolley line %
cents a year."
This notice has been posted by the
Westfield and Elizabeth Trolley Com
pany of New Jersey. Dog passengers
will be carried after September 1, when
accompanied by their owner and a COM
mutation ticket. 1t is the only trolley
railroad in the state that issues dog tick
cts.
THE new rules is to please the chaps
who come out to Union county in the fan
to shoot rabbits said IN official of the
line. .'They rarely hit any but that has
nothing to do with it."
Each dog ticket must bear the names
address and description of the dog.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08

meaning of these figures may be grasped
by a comparison. This tonnage was IS
per cent more than the entire steam tom
mage of France and but AL, ISL tone less
than that of Germany. To the end Of
March 80, 100 horses We're sent from En-
gland and Il, S96 mules shipped from va
rious ports. About 200, 900 men were sent
to South Africa from England, Canada,
Australia, Malta and India. 1t speaks
well for the efficiency of modern steam-
ships that not one life has so far been
lost at sea by reason of storms, ship
wrecks or like accidents. OF horses from
2 to 5 per cent were lost in transit, and Of
mules from / to 25 per cent.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08
CARRYING ARMIES OVER SEA.

Baltimore Sun: The experiences and
difficulty of oversee campaign is illus
trated in our experience with the Philip
pines, a great part Of our bill in that
case being the cost OF transportation
half way round the world. The tonnage
used by the British to convey troops,
horses, mules, etc., to and from South
Africa illustrates similarly the expen-
siveness of imperialism. etween July
/, 1890, and March 81, 1900. 326 steamers
Of 1,73S, 1873 gross tons We're chartered for
q voyage Of from 5000 to 1000 miles. The
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08
MR.. HAYDEN'S STRENUOUS HEM

The grittiest hen in America lives over
in Alsea. Her right to be called a brave
hen has been tested, and no one who
reads these lines will deny that she is
never likely to shrink from any duty,
public or private. She is not only Al
brave hen, but a strenuous hen.
III is the property of one of the Hay-
den brothers. They also own a thresh-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08

H~omestay-So you were sick coming
over from abroad, Ell?
Travelr-I Shout say. The only thing
I could keep on my stomach at all was
a small mustard Observation-Disclosures
Press.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08

The only two great European capitals
that never have been occupied by q
foreign foe are London and st. Peters<
burg.
Evening star., 1900-07-07

she was neither to hold nor to bind Leap
ing. plunging, buekfng. she took the rail.
Her feet few invisibly with the rhythm and
precision of some mighty machine; her low
head nodded slightly at each bound; foam
flakes gathered and aeu Efrom the bit-by
white from counter to. tail. Her,.Fiders s
heart leaped. He had feared only for her
temper. 80 long ~ she kept the lead he know
he was safe.- He dared not look back.
Shouts from the stand as he passed 1t this
third time let him know that Blue Bonnet
locked winner all over. But he caught
the unfailing rataplan of those other hoofs
behind. From the first they had not varied
by the least fraction of a second. He knew
and dreaded the stay of the desert. He must
win now, If he was to win at AL.
Into the last quarter Blue Bonnet led
gallantly, though her Iaboring breath and
glarfng eyeballs said she was almost spent
The |parson, hanging in his stirrups, leaned
far over her neck, soothing. encouraging,
with hand and voice. Now and again he
gave her the spur sharply. He knew 1t
was id e to go. to the whip. The generous
blood in her veins would do its best with
| out. Easing her. lifting her. urging her
ever forward. he brought her. stili leading,
within fifty yards of the string.
He could see the nodding blue nurse
| above, catch the simmer Of the gold fringe
and hear across the wild hubbub of the
| crowd the rapid hammering of his own ex-
| ultant heart In that minute he learned
| some deeps of his own mind which wears
! of introversion would scarce.y have made
| clear to him. He did truly desire to save a
| soul from death. but he desired it with all
| the naturdl mans lust Of triumph.
Still the heart beats rang in his ears Sud
| denly the hOof beats behind quickened. He
saw white head with fiery eyes and pink,
| faring nostrils flash past-saw a plume Ike
| tail Haunted almost in Blue Bonnet's eyes
| And as he saw it there came back to him
| Ishams whispered petition before the start
| ''Ef dat dar Roxy-Ann crowds yer, marsa
you dess cuss Bonnet one III teeny cuss.
| she-she's uster dat She know whut hit
| worl' hear hit
| 1t was out OF the question-still he felt
himself tempted. Roxana, and Lawson
saved him. With one long. steady lift Law
Evening star., 1900-07-07

son sent his mount first across the finish
line. Then, Ias the crowd went wild, he
sprang down.: before she was still. flung
his arms about her neck. and cried: Get
your breath old girl! You'll need It all,
and more. before we are through"
The sun was aiBast down. Night would
come before the run of, but no soul thought
Of leaving the course. All waited for 1t in
throbbing, feverish impatience. 1t was
dcwy dusk, when the two mares went out
to try the final issue. Both had recovered
wonderfully. Blue Bonnet. If no longer on
edge. ran true and strong. This time -Rox-
ane rated easily ut her quarter. The two
riders might have exchanged condolences,
but neither had a. thought for anything
save winning.
After the first mile the racers ran stride
for stride. They swung to the turns and
swept the stretches like a double team
Now one. now the other. drew a little
away, only to drop back in company before
| she had run fifty yards. Blue Bonnet no
longer champed q foaming bit. Roxanes
white fanks were stained with red. and
reeked a little. Both were emulously full
OF running. They held their heads low.
mouths slightly open. ears combatively laid
back. ready 70 sava0e at the least slaclxing
OF ReauA
Evening star., 1900-07-07

against the silence of the wagering. 1t
had come out for holiday and wanted to
lay modest sums with at least a thrilling
conviction that 1t was following the lead
OF some one who knew.
1t was bruited that Blue Bonnet was on
edge-ready to run for even the stake Of a
soul. Certainly she looked pattern of
fire and fettle in her preliminary. as she
went past the grand stand. with Isham on
her back, her chin drawn almost upon her
chest. prancing and curveting like mad.
yet readily obeying the rein. After her
came soberly pacing Bendigo grandson to
Pot-S-os. a good. substantial bay. with full
black points; next Mops. a washy sorrel,
though reasonably well bred, and after him
Blackjack. a spanking Highfiver chestnut.
who could go like the wind. though even
his owner admitted he could hardly stay
the route At the very end, Roxane, her
silver name tied witr blood-red ribbons
her tail streaming plume wise and glisten-
Ing in the sun. She held her head low un-
der a free. almost a loose rein. Shanky,
Lawson's black body servant, rode her. as
he did in nearly all her exercise gallops
She moved a little heavily. Commonly
she was quick as a cat. The wiseacres
shook the head and agreed instantly that
she was overtrained-shs could never via
Evening star., 1900-07-07

Roxy Ann ober ter Cookies. She de one
Bonnet is sh 'nough gut ter beat. but bet
my game rooster she kin do hit
Tut. tut. Don't talk of betting. the
parSOn said lSham had siidden down and
stood stroking Blue Bonnet's lean. glossy
head Blue Bonnet was lady OF humors.
There Were times when she permitted
Isham's endearments. This was not one of
them. She laid back both ears and niI,ped
him sharply. at the same instant lashing out
with her near hind foot at the parson. who
was STOPPING to feel her hooks. The kick
took him fair in the short ribs and doubled
him up like jumping jack. Isham turned
away his head. grinning. He had all the
small boys norma! delight in seeing the up
setting Of dignitaries
Say, parsOn, Shan't I swear a bit for
your? somebody called from the road
which ran just outside the track inclosure
Parson Gentry looked up scowling the least
bit He knew the voice-of all men In the
world he hated TO have Lawson Cooke see
his discontinue. Lawson had refined in his
horse, thrown his left leg sidewise over the
pommel and set facing him. with a set
look, new and strange. If the parson had
been worldling he would have whistled at
the sight. Being what he was. he merely
rubbed his hands and stared a trife harder.
I'm here for sonnet hing-someth hing par
tcular. Lawson began. The parson cut
him short: u thought so" he said, nodding
Evening star., 1900-07-07
FISH SKIN LEATHER.
Many Articles Made Out of n Hitherto
Unused Product.
From the New England Grocer.

From the New England Grocer.
TIE United States fish commission has
been making a collection of feathers made
from the skins of fish and other aquatic
animals. especially of those which promise
to be of practical utility. Several varieties
OF fishes have skins that make an excellent
leather for some purposes. Salmon hide.
for example. serves so well in this way
that the Esquimaus of Alaska make water.
proof shirts and boots out Of IL. They also
cut jackets out of codasn skins, which are
said TO be very scryiceable garments. In the
United States frog skins are coming into
for the mounting of books. where an
exceptionally delicate material for fine bind
ing is required. There are certain tribes
Of Savages who make breastplates out Of
garsh skins, which will turn knife q
spear. bullet will pierce this brcastplate.
but ii is said to be impossible to chop
through the material with q hatchet at one
blow. Together with such a breastplate,
these savages wear helmet Of the skin Of
the porcupine fish. which is covered with
formidable spines. Fastened upon the head,
this helmet serves not only as a proteo-
ton. but in close encounters 1t is used to
butt with.
The Gloucester Isinglass and Glue Com
pany recently manufactured some shoes Of
tho skins of the Goldfish and cusk. On the
lower Yukon. in Alaska, overalls Of tanned
fish skins are commonly worn by the ma
llNeS. w nip are maze OF Shark
skins and instrument cases are commonly
covered with the same material. Ii being
known under the name of shagrecn. Whale
skins are said to make admirable leather
for some purposes. while porpoise leather is
considered very superior material for ra-
Zor strops. Seal leather dyed in a number
Of different colors iS included in the collec-
tion of the fish commission. This leather is
obtained from the nair seal. and not from
the fur bearing species. and is used to a
considerable extent In the manufacture of
pocketbooks. The hair seals are still very
plentiful in the North Atlantic ocean. and
as it is not difficult to kill them they af-
ford a very promising source OF leather sup
ply. Walrus leather has come into the mar
ket recently, but the animals are being
eXterminated rapidly 1t will hardly amount
to much commercially. Another kind of
leather now seen on sale is that of the sea
elephant. Up to within few years q
species of sea elephant was found on the
Pacific coast. ranging far north as Lower
California, but the animals have been SO
nearly exterminatcd that they are now
rarely seen. Another species is to be found
in the Antarctic seas. chiefly on Kerguelan
Island.
Evening star., 1900-07-07
A BACKSLIDER.
WRITTFN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY MARTHA
McCULLOCH-WILLIAMS.
Copyright, 1899. by s. S. Mcclure Coz

energetically. But you'd as we'll go right
home. You can't have her. I've made UP
my mind not to part with her to anybody"
How if she makes up her mind-other-
WISE? Lawson said, low and hard. The
parson stared more than ever, then broke
into quick laugh
oh. understand! You think her mind 8
already made up; that she's too much a
handful for me- he said. 'sWell, the fact
Is, young man, / don't ever expect to make
her my riding beast-still / shall keep
her"
Il see-youre talking of Blue Bonnet"
Lawson said. The parson nodded. "Of
course. Haven't you come to try to buy
her? Stevens, your trainer, tod me you
said you meant to have her if 1t took every
dollar you got from the old mans estate
I've changed my mind" Lawson said.
shortly.
Then what do you want?" the parson
blurted out.
Peggy Lawson said laconically What
is more. i mean to have her. You have
just made up my mind for me-"
Are you drunk or crazy? You must be
one or the other. Why. my girl knows
nothing whatever about you,'' the parson
began angrily. Lawson held up his hand
''She knows me enough to love meas 1
love her. he said. Now sir, I've no
need to say anything of myself-you know
all about me much better than 1 do-as
Evening star., 1900-07-07

stouter. very dark silver roam. fully. six
teen hands at the crest. A sightlier brute
never trod four good hoofs. The most hy-
percritcal could pick no flaw in her-she
had shoulders SO perfect, quarters pow
erful. legs so fiat so firm. clean of hair
Her neck arched delicately. and she stepped
with a proud, mincing gait. as though she
disdained the earth she trod. 1t has been
said she was creature OF moods. Occa-
sionaily, but only occasionally, they were
angelic.
She was in one of her worst tempers when
she came out to run for the stake. Perhaps
the excitement of the course conta-
gious. Certainly no assemblage there had
ever before been wrought to such edged in
terest as this present throng. Everybody
knew the side wager and gasped or gaped
over its conditions. A few choice spirits
chuckled in sardonic appreciation of the sit
uation The most part charitably set it
down that both Lawson Cooke and Parson
Gentry were madder than March hares.
They We're somewhat equally matched in
spite of the years between The parson
was just rising forty; he had married early,
ard Peggy was not yet eighteen. He was
spare ana wiry. too. riding at $50 in boots and
breeches and his own well-known red shirt
Lawson was five pounds the heavier but
had waived consideration of the overweight.
Both were horsemen born. with a deal of
making added, and well able to get out of a
mount everything that was in 1t.
Peggy had stayed at home. She had no
mind to be the focus of staring eyes that
| day. But Just before Isham left for the
race course MS young mistress conferred
| with him mysteriously apart. Her last
word was Remember" to which Isham
answered by grinnng all over his face.
| pulling his woolly foretop and saying: La
-awdy! Miss Peggy. 1 couldn't fergit dat
| eff L tried
The race ought to have been a big bet
| ting event, but out of respect for the par
sons scruples such wagers were made
were kept strictly under cover. The purse
| itself a gold-fringed. gold-bedizened blue
! silk pouch holding 81 900 in gold coin. swung
| high and fair in the sunlight above the
| finish line. Opinion divided very equally
| as to where it would fetch up-in the build
| Ing of a church or the riot of a tavern
| The wiseacres. of course. backed their
| judgment in whispers. 1t was the great
| undiscrimnating mass which murmured
Evening star., 1900-07-07

only that may get Peggy"
DO you mean-would you mako the con-
ditions public?" the parson cried. Lawson
nodded.
''They would have to be-" he said.
Neither Of US can afford to play except
with cards above the table. Excuse the
"Yes! understand" the parson said.
smiling, then with keen look: "You
must love my girl, Lawson can
not let you say you love her better than
love my God. You shall ride for a sweet
heart, l for soul. l may be misjudged by
my fellows-the searcher of all hearts will
know that seek only his glory"
The Fourth of July was stake for
four-ye year-olds and upward, four miles and
repeat. The repeat generally eliminated
time, when horses were bred not merely to
run, but to stay. The grass country was
full Of blue blood. Sons and grandsons of
Sir Archy of Diomed, of the great Eclipse,
thriven on lush blue grass and running
limestone water, and had left behind a
lusty progeny. On top Of that, there had
been direct English importations OF more
than one prepotent Derby-winning strain.
Then good few of the pioneers who had
the luck to be friends with Mr.. Jefferson
and Mr.. Madison, through the good offices
of those gentlemen, when they came to be
Presidents, had brought in a sprinkle of
pure-bred Barb and Arab mares.
The elder Cooke, LawSonS father, had
been among the bringers-in. lawson s
pride, Roxane. was great granddaughter to
one of the Arab mares, and, like her an
cestress, of pure cream white, with silver
white name and tail, and ivory hoofs. She
stood barely an inch over fifteen hands at
the withers. had deep. roomy chest. tre-
mendous barrel and short. close-sinewed
back, dropping into comparatively light
quarters. They were but masses of muscle,
clean and firm, enwrapping small bones as
hard and compact as flint. The ivory hoofs
were alive-looking. and of a faint spread
from coronet to toe.
All her claim to beauty lay in head and
neck. The neck neither long nor short,
carried the line Of the wthers in the finest
imaginable taper out to a head that in spite
of its broad basin face had a muzzle slen-
der enough to drink from quart pot. Nos
trils, pink as a dawn cloud, and very fully
opened, gave promise of breath and stay to
match the fire of the eyes. They were
somewhat deeply sunken, yet held in their
dark depths all the deserts mystery and
savage strength.
Blue Bonnet was taller and something