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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-07

some physical and mental effects Of bicycle

solne PHYSICAL and mentaI enects OF bicycle
riding.
There may be a future for the bicycle.
The former manufacturers now nave time
to phiiosophize, and they maintain that
the machine Is too useful to be perma-
nently discarded. Perhaps some future
generation may find moderate wheeling
profitable both as a matter of pleasure and
of business but 1t is safe to say that the
great body Of those who have had their day
with 1t can never be induced to renew
their interest. Persons who were enthu-
siastic wheelmen are unable to give any
reason why they quit and stored their
costly machines with the roller skates.
health lift machines. blue-giass windows
and other relics of abandoned manias; they
can only say that while wheeling still APP
pears to them as a rational form OF ex-
ercise and pleasure, nothing could induce
them to take hold OF the handle bars again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-07
Comforts Of Religion.
From the London GentIewoman

Swift is the development of the churches
The nonconformists, It seems to me, are de-
veloping the social side OF religious life
most quickly. Thus at the kings Weigh
House Chapel In London, where the able
DR.. Hunter ministers, there is, underneath
the chapel. very comfortable and attract
i've drawing room, well warmed, lighted and
furnished. A plano is provided. cozy loung-
ing chairs abound. and a general air OF
calm prevails. This. am told. is intended
for the use of young men, who after event
ing service Is over, can remain, If they
please, to enjoy books, music and quiet
hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-07
Gathering the Spells.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune
Brooks-'What side are you taking in
this tobacco WARP
Rivers-"Neither, lust yet I'm buying
my cigars"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-07
A Man of Family.

From the Detroit Free Press.
"Are you a man OF family. sir?''
Heavens. yes. My third son-in-iaw
moves In today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-07

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-09

cluslvely' that>.to adopt the plan sug-
gested would DE to seriously injure
sxhe cattle and sheepmen Of Montana
and elsewhere and ruin an industry
in which many good citizens are en-
gagged and which affords the means
of livelihood to many more.
For once the Miner was .on the
right track and showed astonishing
signs of lucidity and clear powers Of
conception. It is to be regretted that
it does not oftener manifest the same
symptoms. What it had to say in de-
tense of protection to the cattle in
dustry of the country Ii tc, large
extent applicable to every other
branch of industry that goes to con
tribute it's share toward the greatness
and prosperity of the nation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-09
THE FIRE IN THE REAR.

Chicago Tribune: There never was
a war in which there was not a certain
small section Of the people particular
ly engaged in waging it who consider
ed it to be a timely and congenial en-
ployment to keep up a fire in the
rear" on their own troops. The av-
ocation of peppering with bird shot
the soldiers who are sent out to rep
resent a nation, to carry its flag to
the front, to endure all the hardships
of the campaign, and to offer even
their lives in the service of their
country, is not one that naturally ap-
peals to the average man as an at
tractive one. But there are a good
many queer men in the world, a good
many cranks, a good many men who
like self-advertisement. A good many
men whose consciences are as "over-
heated" as Senator Hoar's, and many
who like black men or yellow men
apparently better than white men.
There are many who are citizens of
the world to such an extent that they
are citizens in good faith of no par
ticular country. @
How any true American can recon-
Gle it to his conscience to keep up
an everlasting fight on IL W sold
iers we do not understand. 1t is we'll
enough to reprove cruelties that may
be practiced in the Philippines and to
"hold down" the men who are sorely
tempted to perpetrate them, but it
is not we'll to forget the strong provo
cation they constantly suffer from.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-09

First Publication May 9, 19O2.-6f
Desert Land, Final Proof.-Notice for
Publication.
United States Land Office, Bozeman.
Mont, May Z, 1902.
Notice is hereby given that Alfred
Shauger of Billings, Yellowstone
county, Monta, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof on his desert
land claim No. 976, for the SWtA,
Sec. II, TIP. 1 S., r.. "a E., NJ. P. M.
before T. A. Williams, Clerk of Court,
at Billings, Montana, on Saturday,
the 21st day of June, 1902.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land: Charlie
O'Donnell of Billings, Montana;
Thomas Roman Of Billings, Montana;
Ignatius D. O'Donnell of Billings,
Montana; John A. Ray of Billings.
Montana.
A. l.. LOVE,
. Register.
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A LUCID INTERVAL,

Consistency is not one Of the jewels
on which the Butte Miner is obliged
to pay taxes or even list as one of
its possessions. While daily raising
it's voice against the republican marty
for fostering and encouraging trusts
by continuing it's policy of protection,
the Miner a few days ago took to task
an eastern newspaper because it adj
vocated removal of the duty on i'm
ported cattle, the eastern publication
arguing that by the abolition of the
protective tariff on cattle a solar
plexxus blow would be delivered the
beef trust. In its reply to the paper
referred to the Miner made one of the
best protectionist arguments that it
has ever been the pleasure of this
newspaper to read. 1t showed con.
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WILL THEY?

An interested people would consid
er it a great favor were the Butte
Miner and Helena Independent to let
up long enough on President Roose-
welt to give their honest and unquali-
fed opinion of Governor Toole since
that memorable Chicago interview. If
neither of those papers has seen the
interview they will find it in their
files of May 8. An expression from
either or both just now would be in,
teresting and highly appreciated.
While at it they might also say
a few words as to what they think
of the republican governors of Wash
ington and Minnesota, who. like Gov
ernor Toole, enlisted for the war
against the merger, but unlike him
have not merely contented themselves
with a blowing of horns and then tell
ing some one else to sick EN-"
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TWO VIEWS OF ROOSEVELT.

The love of contention is so thor
oughly ingrained in the nature of the
average democratic editor that he can
never agree with anybody on n
subject, even if this invoices him in a
dispute with one of his own party and
presumably of his own mind as re-
CARDS matters of public policy, es-
pecially if that policy happens to be
opposed to that of the political party
in their opposition to- which they are
supposed to be standing on common
ground. An instance Illustrative of
This is afforded by a couple of the
leading democratic newspapers of the
state. One Of them is insistent in
It's assertions that President Roose-
welt loves the trusts with the ardor
and affection of a youthful lover and
IS SO bound up and swayed by them
that he he is willing to go to almost
any length, only so that he NAV he
OF service to them. It. characterizes
as mere buncombe his instructions
to the attorney general to proceed
against the meat trust and as a little
play his orders to the
same department to see IL the railroad
merger il not in violation Of the
Sherman antitrust law. It declares
hat nobody seriously expects him to
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SAMPSON.

By the death of Admiral Sampson
passes away one of the principals
to one of the most memorable and
bitter controversies that has ever en-
gagged the attention of the American
people and caused them to array
themselves as partisans of any man.
Although he is dead the unfortunate
controversy is not settled and will
not be in the lifetime of any of those
who are now living. A court of in
quiry decided in favor of Sampson,
but the decision failed to receive the
endorsement. of the majority of the
people and so far as settling the dis
pute it might as we'll have never
been rendered. The adherents of
Schley r. as firm as ever in their be-
lief and conviction that he was de-
prived of what was justly his and
that the verdict rendered against him
was that of a biased and prejudiced
court.
OF SIMPSONS ability as a sailor and
master of all the technics of the pro-
fession no one has ever raised a
doubt. He was also a fighting man
as well as land sailor and constructor.
but it was while acting in the latter
capacity that he gained his greatest
reputation and upon which his future
name must depend. Previous to the
war with Spain he was but compare
lively little known outside of the
navy. When that wal was declared
he was still only a captain, but was
given command of a feet and sub
sequently passed over the heads of
ten officers who before that had been
his seniors and superiors, they then
being commodores, a rank in the navy
now abolished. This promition to
an acting rear admiral was one of
the first causes that led up to the un-
fortunate controversy which arose
later to dim the lustre of one of the
most notable victories won by the
American navy. The climax was
reached when the battle of Santiago
narbor was fought. By refusing to
permit others to share in the glory
OF that victory he at once caused the
people of the nation to regard him in
n light OF a selfish, cold-blooded
Va1nglorious man. who for his own
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT was willing to rob
others of a rightful claim to a share
In an achievement great and glorious
enough to give all concerned fame
and reputation.
Even his bitterest enemies were
willing to acknowledge that it was
his mind that conceived the plans
which resulted SO successfully but
while admitting this they contended !
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AUTHORIZATION OF CUBA,

St; Paul Dispatch: Charles M. Pep
per, the noted correspondent, sends
to the Boston Transcript a very inter
esting letter on the signs which he
finds in Cuba of the process of adaptal
tbon to American. ideas. He writes
from Santiago, which he says is the
most American city in the island.
While he finds both the Spanish and
the Cuban element antagnostic, he
finds them also incapable of resisting
the impact Of the environment estab-
lished by General Wood when gov
ernor of that province. There is a
general desire to acquire the Eng
llsh language. The cab drivers are
learning it; the bootblacks talk to
you in English of the best kind in
Santiago, and clerks in hotels and
stores resent the effort to talk to- them
in Spanish, because they want to prac-
tice the English. While Spanish is
taught in the schools, English is also
taught there because of the strong
demand to know the language of the
North Americans. He finds intelli-
gence of the conduct of American pol
itics very much more familiar there
than in any other city, while their
tactics in local politics have been
formed upon American methods. In
their local contests they have indulg-
ed in riots and their sharp contests
in the nominating conventions and
tricks at the ballot, all indicate that
the Americanization of the people has
going on. The senator elected
from that district, while he now talks
radical politics of Cuban freedom, is
expected within five years to be talk
ing annexation.
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M'LAURIN,s WITHDRAWAL.

Minneapolis Journal: In withdraw
ing from the contest for reelection
to the senate Senator 'McLaurin o /
South Carolina has given the people
of that state some good advice. The
south is, in many respects, fifty years
behind the rest of the country, and
this b~ackwardness is proved by moth
| ing better than by the continued hab
it of voting as the fathers voted and
without regard for the the live is.
sues of the day.
Senator McLaurin is one of the
leaders of a revolution in politics,
which will some day bring the south
abreast the rest Of the country. AT
present he is in a hopeless minority
in his own state, but his sacrifice and
his plain speaking will not be with
out their ultimate effects. The negro
is out of politics in South Carolina,
but the whites continue, in large
measure, to act as if he were still the
only political issue worth considering,
and to vote as they did when their
primary political purpose was to keep
him out of Office.
Mr.. McLaurin speaks frankly and
fearlessly. He explains that he has
regarded his democracy as only that
of the state. Since national political
problems were not presented to the
people of South Carolina to be settled
on their merits, and as there were no
political contests between we'll or
ganized parties, on national issues,
he has always considered himself free
to take his stand on questions in con
gress, not from the viewpoint of a
party, but that Of his own best judg-
ment and the interests of his people.
That is good and high ground. There
is no logical connection between the
democracy of South Carolina, still
voting i%gnorantly and automatically,
and the democracy Of the nation,
which is supposed to represent GER
tain views of national questions.
How long wiz the old state, so pro-
gressive in the days of the founding
of the republic, SO prolific in great
men, continue to submit to the boss
ism of a Tillman and remain political
ly hide-bound and inconsequential?
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THE BILLINGS AzETTE

that the man who executed themswas
no less entitled toecreditss For rsfas-
ing to permit this credit to be be.
slowed he fell in the esteem of those
twho before that we're anxious to ac-
cord him every easur of praise
and his last days were those Of a
man, who, while he had rendered his
country magnificent service, yet did
not possess its love or respect and
he died without causing that sorrow
of the masses that would now be felt
had he been endowed with a different
nature than unfortunately was his.
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LAST HAREs.

Detroit Journal: At a time when the
brightest diamond looks pallid along-
side the sirloin steak, and rubies are
as nothing compared to a rib roast
value, what has become of the Bel
gain hare that was to feed the ma
ton on a meat more nourishing than
beans or peas and more delicate than
chicken? The original recipe asked
for nothing except half a dozen dry
goods boxes in your back yard, a
half dozen Belgian hares, and the
natural increase would supply every
body in the block with fresh meat at
a nominal cost. Has the race been
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-09
BRYAN IN WAR PAINT.

Minneapolis Journal: Colonel
Bryan's outburst in this weeks Com
none reveals a persistent and vehe-
ment determination to fight the demo
cratic element who are trying to get
rid of him. The colonel shows his
temper. He is sorely nettled because
he is losing his grip, even in his val
ued western preserve, and has been
hit between the eyes in his own state.
He declares that no democrat who
does not accept the Kansas City plat
form verbatim has any business seek
ing any position representative of
democratic principles, and cannot be
trusted to defend the interests Of the
people.
In other words, Bryan is fatty and
relentlessly against the democrats
who are talking of recognizing the
democratic party. Especially is he
trying to get his prehensile fingers
in New York politics, where David B.
Hill is trying to whoop up a select
remnant of the faithful to secure the
gubernatorial nomination and cleo
ton, as a stepping stone to the demo-
cratic presidential nomination in 1904.
Bryan would like that nomination
himself, and Notwithstanding his re-
marks about being out of the presi-
dental race, he has said that
he would not accept the nomination
if rendered. He stands, by his own
profession, for the single silver stand
ard and believes in making free sill
yer a conspicuous issue in the con-
gr~essional elections this year.
That Bryan yet has influence owe
a certain western element and re-
tains the fealty of a diminishing eastern
democratic element, only has the sig
nifcance that the democratic party
is far from homogeneous on every
subject which can be twisted into an
Issue. Bryan is m leader, but there
are half q dozen others who are pos
ing as leaders, each claiming to rep
resent %"Jeffersonian principles" pure
and unauthorized, although n seek
ing information on the subject would
End that each leader has a different
do oition of "Jeffersonian principles
This party has made a bad showing
of leade, ship in the house in this con
gress and has failed to take any 'ad'
vantage of =. publican deficiencies and
errors The ,.'emocrats in congress
have held severaA caucuses anu' ai
much turbulence, Nereeu upon su
q. .rh,+r.t,o n Of the South
African war and with -
the Philippines. That II.
they can do In the way o. ~
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-09
First Publication May 9, 19o2.-ef
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, Land
at Bozeman, Mont, May Z, 1902
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
named settler has filed. notice
of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before T. A. Will
liams, Clerk of Court at Billings, Mon
tana, on June 21, 1902, viz:
ALFRED SHAUGER,
Homestead Entry No. 2432 for the
Sc, N sWANEA, NEAsWA.
NWA SEA, Sec. s, TIP. 1 N, r. % E.
M. P. NJ.
He names the following witness to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
Frank j. O'Donnell, of Billings, Mon
tana; Willard F. Snyder, of Billings,
Montana; Timothy M. Riordan, of
Billings, Montana; Edward Lynch, Of
Billings, Montana.
A. L. LOVE,
" Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-09

not to the hare, but to the slow-mov-
ing tortoise Of a beef trust? Has the
great family industry been killed by
a. monopoly for its own selfish pur-
poses? Has the ! Belgian hare trust
been made joint heir with the poultry
trust, the fish trust and the beef and
mutton trust and hog trust in the
riches of this earth? Is the Belgian
hare with the sinister cleft lip only
another South Sea bubble?
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Entered at the Billings Postof1ice as Second
Glass Matter.
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1902.
NATURE WAS HIS MODEL.

Bret Harte is dead, but his name
will endure as long as American lit
erature has an existence. He was one
OF the first, if not the very first t.
explore with his pen a field that had
hitherto remained untouched. BY
his genius he gave the world a new
type of man and woman in romance
and poetry. Because that new type
was unconventional and was not al
ways representative of the accepted
standards of morality and virtue did
not lessen it's worth nor make it less
pleasing to those to whom it was pre-
scented. Idealistic though he may
have been in his writings, yet he
portrayed human nature as it was de-
veloped amidst the surroundings from
which he selected his material and
under each rough, often wicked ex-
terror that he brought into play there
existed the nugget of purest gold and
a mind responsive to sentiments as
noble and exalted as any that ever
animated any human being. Harte
above all things was natural and de-
pended upon human nature in it's
better parts to accept and appreciate
what he had to say, whether it was
in song or story. He held up the bet
ter sides of those of whom he wrote
and always took occasion to bring out
traits which the conventionally inclin-
ed believed impossible of Judgement
in such characters as he dealt with
While he was a writer for all the
~World, his greatest admirers will al
ways be among those familiar with
the scenes and types he wove into his
works. To him who has heard the
signing of the wind as it chases idly
through the yielding tops and
branches Of the pine in the western
mountains and who has heard the
ripple and murmur of the mountain
stream an hour with Bret Harte re-
wives memories of that happy long
ago. To him who has been so for
tunate as to have been an argonaut |
and sailed his craft into one of the
many Ravens that in the past have
promised wealths of gold, pure and
indebted az yielded by lavish mother
nature from her generous bosom
Harte will ever stand as a connect
ing link and keep forever fresh the
memory of the men and women whom
he met in those wild, rough and bois-
ferrous mining camps of old. Who
in one of those places has not met
men and women that seemed to have
stepped from n of his pages, rein
carnated and endowed with the very
traits and characteristics given them
in the Luck of Roaring Camp" or
SThe O%utcasts of Poker Flat" And
who has not seen the counterparts of
the heroes of Harte's poems that deal
with the mining camps of the Sier-
a and the dusty, alkali covered stage
roads of the far west. Though exag-
generated and idealized by the wizard
touch of the poet and romancer, such
persons have had their existence and
have been familiar to many who have
tramped the mountains of the west
in quest of gold and like MANY of
the men of Harte's creation never
succeeded in that quest.
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