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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-12-17

The i-erchant MAKES aoout sne
same per cent of profit that he has for
twenty years past; the mechanic gets
much the same wages; and so with
others, while the farmers It'll recently
has received less than half former
prices for most of his products and at
the same time pays as high rate of in
terest if he has to borrow money, az
ever, ana re rate OF taxation does not
A4-~i-:-
-DoSwven Tue monopoi5st who owns
. railroad and his brother who own,
millions of unit xed wealth produc ng
United States bonds the farmer or the
honest working man is like Him who
died on the cross between two thieves
The monopolist has no conscience Cor
porations are soulless-Hayseed
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-12-17

heard the outcry, arrived upon the
scene. and the bear hastily withdrew.
That night there was bear hunt at
Second Westcock. but it brought no
spoils. Bruin had made an effective dis
appearance. AS for Jake, his foot and
the lower part of his leg were so dread
fully mangled that the leg had to be cut
of just below the knee. When the lad
was entirely recovered, being a handy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-12-17
JAKE'S WOODEN LEG.
A Tale Of Adventure In the Cana
dian Backwoods.

We evening in
the early sum-
mer, about ten
years ago, Jake
Di m b all was
d r i V i n g the
COWS home from
pa 8 t ure. At
that time Jake,
q stout youth
o I seventee
had no thought
of such an APP
pendage as q
wooden leg. In
deed, he had no
place to put one
had he possess
ed such a thing;
for h S o W n
vigorous legs of
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-12-17
SUGAR PLANTATIONS.

SEVERAL largest sugar farms in Barber
Sorghum Sugar Works In operation at Medicine lodge
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-12-17

a list of Eastern pTopsry. county,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26

HThe man who used to live here had q
dog like this, large Newfoundland
puppy - said the doctor ref1ectivelv
al wonder IL he could have left him
here and the dog survived all these
years. He was a brutal feilow-the
mani Come here old fellow and let me
see your leg.
The dog lsbored across the floor. DR..
John examined the injured member.
''That was done by blow or a kick,
he said.
"Oh, how cruel!" cried Hope. "And
he left the log here to suffer and starve.
What could he have lived on?''
''Fish from the stream, perhaps.
have heard of animals changing their
nature in such cases and turning gran
nivorous He certainly would have
proved up his title to the ranch if dog
could do it, - replied the doctor. ''He
is I'm sorry condition for hunting.
might help the leg even now, poor fellow.
But it will hurt. Shall do it?'
There was something almost human IN
the dogs low whine, the appeal of his
honest eyes.
Every we'll, sir. Take hold here
Ned. Don't let him stir if you can help
it,
DR.. John took hold of the lower por-
ton of the injured leg and pulled with
great force upon it. The stiffened cords
and muscles gave way, there was dull
crunch, and the joint settled back into
place.
"Now for splints and bandages, -
said the doctor. "Brave old fellow! 1t
will never be pretty leg again. but,
with good care, you can walk more COM
fortably after this. Now have an hour
more to spare and we must look about. -
AS they passed through the front door
and stood for a moment on the edge of
the natural terrace on which the house
was built, Hope gave an exclamation of
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26

ply make the sign, wlth>no audible re-
ply. The Indians of the Pacific slope
have one comprehensive sign for ali Of
the Indians east of the Rockies, 'Dog
Eaters, - for on the Pacific side of the
backbone dog flesh does not seem to
be esteemed the luxury 1t is on the east
ern. Yet the Pan Utes, or Piutes, as
you generally hear them called, reyelled
in bugs and gr6sshoppers, and Digger
Indian would eat indigestibles at which a
billy goat would turn up his nose.
The greatest and most famous of our
Indian tribes Is the Sioux (Soo). Their
proper name is Dakota, and the Dakota
nation Is made up of dozen tribes
speaking different dialects, as the Oga-
Iallas, the Brules, Uncapapas, Mime
conjons, Sans Arcs, Yanktons, Black
feet, etc. i, etc, Allied with the Sioux
are a drawer and finer race-the Chey-
ennes; and Tin the old days at least) OPP
posed to them and always at war, were
the Absarakas or Snakes. Further south
were the Kiowas and Comanches of Texas
and the Indian Territory, few ADaches,
and the ruck of semi-civillzed Southern
bands like the Creeks, Choctaws, Cher
okees, etc. In Colorado were the Utes.
In New Mexico the Navaios-once the
terror of the Southwest, and now the
richest Indians in America; and then in
Arizona were the widest and fiercest Of
the lot when once aroused, the Apaches.
Now, you would have laughed to see
our boys playing Indian and swapping
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26

delight. The hills approached so closely
to them on either side that they appeared
to be looking through mountainous
gateway. The rich browns of the bare
rocks, and faded yellows of the dry
grasses, struck sharply against the moist
greens of the low-lYing valley. The
brook, arched with living green in the
foreground, wound like a silver ribbon
through the valley, until it became
merged IN broader sheet of silver in the
distance, which they knew to be the
BEAUTIFUL hay of san Francisco. The
purple hills of the peninsula bounded the
horizon.
.'Look off there to the left, boys, -
exclaimed the doctor.
sThey saw some rows of stunted trees
struggling above the tall weeds.
can orchard!'
IL was an orchard, but such a starved
and blighted one that it seemed mere
caricature of the thriving growths in the
valley below Most curious of all, IT
appeared TO have been planted without
any system; apple trees, peaches, plums,
pears, figs, walnuts, almonds, apricots,
cherry trees and ounces, being scattered
over the whole area. There were fire.
quent gaps in the lines, where the trees
seemed to have died in infancy, while
the leafless branches of others, showed
that they had fallen a prey TO burrowing
rodents.
"What makes the ground so hard,
DR.. John, - asked Ned, striking his foot
against the earth, which gave back
ringing, tiInty sound.
"The same cause that makes the trees
stunted and the fruit worthless; lack of
cultivation, - was the reply.
Hope, whose eyes had been sparkling,
now bore them off to behold her own dis
covery; o spring of pure, cold water,
some hundred yards above the house and
lust below 1t an orange tree laden with
fruit.
As they returned in the direction of
the house, Ned, who had been silent and
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came up herefor. The more the better.
We like work
Mark stared at Ned with suspicion,
which slowly grew into faith.
"Jiminy!'' was all he said.
He accompanied Ned to the edge of
the bluff TO point out the steep and mar
row trail that would take him home.
"I'll bring the chickens myself, he
said awkwardlY, as they parted. "1'd
like to have look at you two fellers-
that like--work.
AS Ned came In sight of the low cot
tage, nesting in the hollow of the hills,
he felt sensation he had never known
before. For the first time he understood
q sentence he had once heard from the
lips of an orator OF national repute:
The home makes the patriot. No
man ever shouldeted musket in defense
of boarding house,
Or tenement house either,' thought
Ned.
The shabby dwelling towards which he
was going was no longer mean or shabby
in his eyes. 1t was TRANSPORTED by the
glory of possession.
Hope ran out to meet him. She led
him TO the front door and laughed aloud
at his exclamation of pleasure and sur
prise. The large room had been thor
ouEhly cleaned and busted, and the red
wood boards with which it was ceiled
lent rich background for the little
knick-knacks, punches of dried grasses
and richly tinted leaves disposed about
the walls. Above the fireplace Martin
had suspended some redwood bookshelves
that they had brought with them, max
ing an effective substitute for a mantel
and one quite in harmony with the dull
red of the bricks. Upon these stood a
glass filled with pink roses, whose per-
fume filled the room.
The only carpet they had brought with
them, crimson ingram, was tackled in
the center of the floor. Hope had fes-
TONED dotted white muslin above the
windows, catching it up with cypress
boughs, while pair of Madras curtains
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signs, and it is not hard lesson to learn
at all. Lots of our army boys on the
frontier have half the language at their
fingers end. Suppose in this lesson we
take up just the signs of the tribes, so
that you could find ont without word
spoken just what band or nation an In
dian happened to belong to, or, if you
like, play the game among yourselves.
To ask who or what you are, either
make the sign of some tribe you have in
mind and then point to him with the in
dex finger right hand, or else hold the
right hand palm to front, about the
height of the shoulder, and with thumb
and fingers extended and separated turn
the hand TO and fro few times by wrist
motion, then point TO the Indian him
self. 1t means, 81 want to ask You q
question. Who are you, or what tribe
do you belong to2''
In reply, a Sioux will make the sign of
drawing the extended fingers across the
throat from left to right; meaning cut
throat or ''out- off, head, - for in old
times the Dakotas cut off the heads Of
their slain enemies. 'Cut-throat' IS
the sign, therefore, for Sioux.
A Cheyenne holds up his left hand and
makes the motion with the right FORE
finger of slashing the back and wrist two
or three times in lex succession. They
are called the "slashed wrists
An Arapahoe of the North speaks OF
himself as ''good heart and his sign
is to tap the left breast with the tips of
the thumb and fingers Of the right hand
two or three times quickly. A southern
Arapahoe simply lays his right forefnger
aside of his nose and raises 1t once or
twice.
A Pawnee makes the wolf Scar sign
with the right hand raised in front and
above the right shoulder, first two
fingers extended vertically and apart,
others with the thumbs closed, and then
tits them to the front, nearly horizon
tally.
A Shoshone or Snake-A Northern
Indian makes the sign of the snake with
the two first fingers of right hand eX-
tended in front of body at height of
waist, back of hand to right, thumb
and other fingers closed, and then pushes
it forward with the wavy, siauous wrig-
gle of the serpent.
A Comanche-also q snake, but a
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lated into simple American Tor the bene-
fit of my young readers. for whom little
people are ever q subject of special inter-
est, means: That there is probably no
nation or even any small tribe OF human
beings who have not believed IN the e1-
isteuce of men of slight stature, and VINO
have caused them to play part III their
legends.
Mr.. II. NJ. Stanley, the African traT-
eler, we are told, proposes TO make tha
dwarfs whom he encountered in very
dark forest the chief features in his
book, although the public might reason
ably have expected to be told more aOou'
the relief of Emin, which has proved u
be a mere burlesque, from the TACT 'nat
the rescued Emin has FASTENED 10 nv
himself back from the coast to his olI
home in the Nile basin, which he qult'e'
only when forced to do so by the So
called relief expedition of Mr.. Stanley,
But to return to our dwarts MI
Stanley, according to recent telegrHm''
describes the pygmies as the only lAouO
eamous race in Africa, aud more NuH
derful still to relate, he claims thai tney
are the Coolest aristocracy III 'a'
world, - counting their lineage Dsch -
EEfifty centuries "a statement so sLAi'
ling that we would advise our reaueiS,
both young and old, to accept It not OH.,
with the usual "grain of salt, Du'
prepare themselves as matter o.
serve with ton of the sa
saline substance. 1t is untorlunaI
that Mr.. Stanley did not sucC
in bringing with him the pygm'
queen, who died en- route, or, muse :,
some other specimen OF her raoe, .,i,
present some tangible evidence u ' s,-
m onogamous anu aristocratio peOPio i.sd
in doing SO he would have but lol,Vi
the action of the italian traveller, h'aa
who years ago sent to Italy from Id
very regions two pigmy children ndI aI,o
respectivelyTeibo and Chaifallan 'anu /
the specimen discovered by the W.. ,ls K
named Ticki- Ticki, an adult hssn
pygmy, which for the first time nHu IN.
submitted to the curious gaze Hu
speotion of the student of ethnolos! .,f.r
will be instructive just here tbs L
briefly to the pygmies as known =. ~ .aT
ancients, and, in the first place I'm
that the name pygmy is derived LIT LIT i
Greek word meaning one whose uS.rrrk-
measured from the elbow TO the AA
les. r,.-,dota;
A century before Aristotle Her ,o, Il F
related the story told by the pllsI.l-,u
Cyrene who had the tale from b'9s mai
king of the Ammonians, who saiu mans
certain number of young Nasaln s.,. et
having gone to explore the des . MN
Lydia, were surprised by greS. rsrs
Der of dwarf people. bs whom tnss II 90
taken prisoners and were hear .hs p5g.
more. Aristotle maintains that 'D'
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sponsibility to bear up, as the sworn head
of a family, and he pushed the half open
door wide, and boldly looked in.
81 deolare!'' he said, eff it ism t a
dog"
And so it was; great Newfoundland,
whose gaunt frame bore witness to want
of proper nourishment, ana who seemed
in the last stages of want and despair.
As he saw the faces at the door, he lifted
his head and gave one prolonged howl.
"Poor fellow!' cried Ned, STOPPING
beside him and patting his head.
"He is hurt. He drags one leg after
him - exclaimed Martin.
"He is starving" said Ned. "Let
us go and bring our lunch, Martin, and
get him some water from the brook. -
Leaving Hope with the dog, the boys
hastened back TO where they had left the
valise in which their luncheon was
packed. This reminded them of the
covered basket the doctor had handed
them on parting, and opening it, they
found that it contained large bowl of
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detected, laid his hand on the doctor s
arm.
cdr. John, may 1 speak to you for
one moment, alone?"
Certainly. Ned, - replied the doctor,
wondering what could have brought the
look of trouble and perplexity to the
young fellows face.
They moved off toward the orchard :,
where Ned took his stand with folded
arms, looking at his new friend.
"Out with it!' commanded DR..
John.
at came over me down here in the
orchard. You talked about pruning and
oultivating. l haven't the slightest
idea what either of them mean. DR..
John, I've come out here to make a
living as farmer, and don t
know the first thing about farm
ing.
Ned was a little exasperated to see
the Doctors eyes twinkle, his
mouth twitch, and finally to be-
hold him convulsed with laugh
ter.
"It may seem 3 laughing matter to
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no pride in touching it, but went to the
steps of the building With q heavy heart.
The boy had no knowledge of banking
laws. and was quite in the dark as to the
precise relation of the money to the
paper he was to get, but he knew enough
of life to feel certain that when a man
acts in secret it is because he has some
thing shameful to conceal.
He knew that the doctor must be a
criminal, and he was acting as an &C.
complete.
To BE CONTINUED
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by some Jealous chief close by the

by some jealous chief close by the sp.,
oy.
The Sans Ares or No Bows, 90 call,
because once, in a surprise, they ealIons5
away leaving their weapons behind s-I
described by long sign, first Siopr =,
course. Then "Bow. - "wiped ont ..
gone.
The Yaukton gives first the Sioux si,,
and then passes the extended index f.
ger of the right hand close under -.
nose, just as though to indicate ME
it. This last, by the way. is the .',1
of the Nez Perces or Pierce Nose Indiar.
though few of them have now their ncss'
pierced. Neithor do the Pend d 'OraiIs,
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wear earrings, as the French mama
would imply; nor have the eros Veutrs,
of the prairies any bigger stomachs than
these tribes. The Chippeways, otherwise
known MS the Ogibways, seem To hav.
no sign now. They were for ages the
bitter enemies of the Dakotas, aud droy.
them westward and ROW they live in
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26

E HAVE a pretty big
tribe OF sturdy boys
playing all about the
neighborhood in the
sunshiny afte r n 90 n 5
and they are a source
of endless entertain
ment to me. and some
times of CONSERVATION
to the neighbors. Some
of them belong to mil
itary schools and wear
their uniforms all the
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26

peace in Northern Wisconsin, the Michi-
gan peninsula, near Like Superior, and
few in Minnesota.
THE PYGMIES OF GENERAL AFRICA.
Col. Chaille Long, Formerly Chief Of stat
to Gordon, Tells of the Dwarfs Of
the Upper Nile.
The Story of Ticki- Ticki, a Pygmy Princess.
Copyrighted, 1880, by the author.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26
THE PRIZE SERIAL.
THE ABANDONED CLAIM.

HREE young hearts
leaped, three young
faces grew pale. Ned
thought of the mys-
FERROUS trail down to
the bro k. Martin
recalled ghost stories
he had read. Hope
gave a little cry of
fright.
'Oh, boys, don It
go in. II it should
be a tramp -
But Ned had q re-
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26

II j. m Ost eminent
ethnographist living,
NJ. Quatrefages, in
writing of the pygmy
peoples as known to
the ancients, said:
"Il lest proOlement
pas de nation, pas do
simple peuplGde ha-
mine qui Il al cru L
existence d hOm-
mes de taille plus on
moins eXigue c; ne
leur ait faut jour IN
role dams SEES leEen-
das - which trans
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26
INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE.

How One Tribe is Distinguished from An
other.
Captain King relates interesting facts about
Indian Life
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st may seem 3 laughing matter to
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-31

breathing well. about fifty feet deep.
turing heavy weather IL inhales and ex-
males when the atmosphere is light. The
current Of air exhaied is so strong that
newspaper thrown into the well viii at
umes be blown out The breathing well
produces roaring noise that can be heard
Tor some distance. There is no cavern
visible IN the bottom or sides OF the wen.
put the air seems TO nerculate through
the walls It's believed by some that
great cave must have connection with the
well. The air coming out is pure at all
times
There is evidence that the Frazer river
once washed the Chuckanut range OF hills.
and. emptied its waters into BelIingham
bay; that the river gradually worked north
ward to the present bed. This is borne
out By the frequent discovery of great log
jams far beneath the surface, the presence
OF shells and the general formation OF sand.
gravel, boulders and river sediment ali
through Whatcom county.
"A few days ago two men were suffocated
IN well few miles from the breathing
well. The gas which took their lives NAV
have escaped from one of these Jams or
caves.
There is a strong sentiment in whatcom
against the proposed enlargement of the
legislature.
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WATER FRONT NOTES.

The ships Commodore, Spartan and
Ivannoe are still loading coal at the bunk
ers. The commodore will clear today with
800 tons. The Ivanhoe will load 1,500
tons, and the Spartan 1850 tons.
The Lucy Lowe went to Tacoma after a
cargo of merchandise for Seely & Mundell
The Maid of Oregon is repairing at LaCon-
ner. She will take cargo of hay and grain
to Tacoma.
The Al-M arrived from San Francisco
yesterday morning. She brought TO the
Sound l35 tons for Tacoma. so tons for Sc
attic and IS tons for Port Townsend.
The Point Arena is nearly ready to sail
for San Francisco. Her cargo down will
consist OF 800 tons of coal, deck load OF
lumber and 5000 laths.
The steam collier Willamette arrived
Yesterday morning from San Francisco.
She will load 1880 tons of coal for the lat
ter place.
The steam barge Marcy arrived from
the Islands with cargo consisting OF ITO
tons of fruit and vegetables.
The steamers Holyoke, ]. C. Britain,
Wasp and Biz we're wind bound in Bur-
rows inlet Friday night.
The Walla Walla came up from Tacoma
yesterday afternoon. She sails this even
ing at O'Clock.
The San Juan met with slight mishap
which resulted in loose coupling on her
shaft yesterday.
The State o. Washington lay at Bakers
wharf yesterday afternoon. having a spark
arrester put in.
The Haytian Republic will take 100
tons of coal, and the Walla WalIa ], 900
tons OF coal.
The J. r Mcdonald has gone 10 the
Islands after a cargo of $500 barrels of
lime.
The Henry Bailey took cargo from
Schwabacher's wharf Yesterday afternoon.
A diver is examining the piles of Hat
fields wharf. He reports many bad piles.
The Renton has received a new screw
which will increase her speed.
The j. c. Britain arrived from the Is
lands with 800 tons of rock.
A crew OF men with Pile drivers are re-
pairing Smiths wharf.
The Angeles left for Port Crescent yes
terday morning.
The tug Rip Van Wrinkle arrived from
Port Orchard.
The Haytian Republic win sail at noon
tomorrow.
The Mountaineer is laid of for repairs.
The Biz has gone to ChuckanuL
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BUILDING FOR AUGUST.
Nearly -Four Hundred Thousand Doll,
Expended During the Month.

Nearly -Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
Expended During the Month.
The report of Building Inspector George
E. Abbott for the month of August is very
hattering. Permits for the erection of four
brick buildings, aggregating cost of SILL
$50, including the $4,000 building of H. L.
Yesler on Yesler avenue and Commercial
street, have been issued. Two hundred
and twenty-six frame buildings, aggregat-
ing cost of 500, $50, have gone up or are
now under course of construction, and
permits for the moving and repairing of
thirty-six more buildings have been issued.
The report shows that during the month
$353,S5o has been expended IN building i'm
provements. The fees to the city for per-
mits drawn up and issued amount to $l67.
The following permits were issued yes
terday:
p. P. Shaw, one-story frame. lots IL and
IL. block 3, Walla Walla addition; cost,
1880
DR.. J. H. Rerch. two-story frame, lot s..
block 3. Edes & Knights addition; cost,
$500.
Mrs. r. Offend, one and one-half-story
frame, lot s. block l, Seattle Home aGdi-
ton; cost, 81 ZOO
DIR. o. G. Root. two-story frame, lot IL,
block 10Y, ID. T. Denny's addition; cost,
$500.
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A BREATHING WELL.

ote outlet OF an Unknown Cave
M FORMER Bed of Frazer River.
.saices. Aug. SON the farm of w.
,.. asuans, located On the Guide meridian
between Whatcom and Lynden, is .
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Gasoline and gas stoves Loyhed q Son. cor
ner Front and Union