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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-02

= Would NOT HAVE KILLED RLY.'
appear suicide. but the letter he was
supposed to have left upon the table
was found by the coroner to be a
forgery"
"Have they any clewT he asked, his
professional interest aroused.
"They say that Paul did It." she said,
crying softly. "He was convicted yes
terday,"
Convicted" he gasped. "Why, Paul
would not have killed a fly"
"1'here was a handwriting expert
who testified that some Of Paurs char
acterIstics were found In the letter.
They had a darkened courtroom and
lantern slide engagements. Paul was
uncles sole heir, and he was known to
be In debt"
"Have they taken an appealT he
asked. Surely the case will not be un-
contested"
"There Is an appeal" she answered,
'but Vincent, tho lawyer, says he has
no hope; that he cannot hope to contro'
vert the experts evidence. Can you
help me?" She rose from her chair and
held her hands toward him.
II can and will" he answered heart
lily. Believe me, Erica, before the
next trial comes we shall have the
proofs ready and Paul will go Free"
For moment she looked Into hlt
eyes, Then she dropped her veil and
turned away. Il must "a now" she an
nounced. "Will you come to me tomor
r0w?'
~ was there this evening"" he sait
simply. "They toN me you had gont
out, but ] heard nothing Of the trial,
will come at H."
He learned little that was new In thu
morning. Paul Westcott was james
Westcott's sole heir. He had beer
caught in hole In Wall street, and |
was believed that he had COMMITTEES
the murder In the hope that he nigh
realize upon this fact to borrow th'
money to save his margins. A lette
announcing the action as a suicide wa
clearly shown to be forgery, though |
clever one, and the case Indeed looked
black
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-02

II you knew the value Of Chamber
lain's salve you would never wish to be
without it. Here are some Of the dis
eases for which IL is especially valuable;
some nipples, Chapped hands, burns
frost bites, Chilblains, chronic sore
eyes, itching piles, letter, salt rheum
and eczema. Price 25 cents per box
For sale by Frank Hart and leading
druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-02
LIABILITIES.

State oil Oregon, County Of Clatsop,ss'
l, s. s. Gordon cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best OF
my knowledge and belief.
s. s. GORDON,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2lst day of June, 1905.
v. B0ELLING,
Notary Public.
Correct--Attest:
4. G. FLAVEL,
W. F. McGREG0R,
JACOB KANIM,
Directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

humanity capable of stopping the fun each time
short of tragedy either to himself anyone else.
Jolly Eph inveterate thief taking the
palm, as a camp robber, from the chipmunks,
squirrels little black bears, foxes, and from
malamute dogs, those passed mastersrin the
art of thievery. There not a cache in camp
that the old villain could not climb over and sew
era times he did the other, dividing his
loot with the rest of his four-footed fellows
1t seemed that association with civilization had
changed old Eph's nature somewhat, for from the
beginning of his friendship with the miners he gave
his long winter sleeps in the glacier, and with
the advent of that each year his familiarity
with the camp closely approached state of
contempt.
One of Jolly Eph's most fragrant pranks
perpetrated a bitterly cold night, the
Christmas holidays that the miners declared he
Christian bear and celebrating the occa-
SION Notwithstanding the intense cold of the
weather some few of the miners lived in tents,
doubled in thickness, foored with hewed logs, and
banked up to the caves with snow.
On this particular night, while the miners
congregated in the big log house of one of their
number, Eph into the camp, walking right
through of these tents and carrying away with
him the whole canvas. He must have got tangled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

what the inference is to Indians use of
language. 1t is certain that the combined
vocabulary of the three divisions of Sioux who speak
Santee and Yankton-covers in excess of thirty
thousand words and that division less
than eighteen thousand words
And how these words preserved? By oral
use, and in other way, for the Indians have
recorded speech of any sort. The fact that such
volume of words has been preserved must furnish
absolute proof that it has been in common crcula-
ton in the tribe, and if in circulation then
in the possession of individuals of the tribe,
else they could not make themselves understood in
their own language.
Another writer the same subject, in journal
of equal crediblty has said that the plains Indians
piece out their limited vocabularies by of
the sign language" to which he credits twice the
number of ideas developed by any Indian tongue.
Here again a well-known writer is dependent
for his information solely upon common report.
AS matter of fact there is little of the sign
language between members of the tribe.
These have simply abundance of gestures by
which the spoken language is emphasized and
which has been mistaken by the uninitiated for
sign talk. The real sign language is in common
a means of ntertribal communication only.
1t was built up between the tribes and grew by
the sole of enabling those of differing
tongues to understand each other.
There is however, certain poverty in all Indian
tongues which arises from the lack of grammar
and logic in formation. But this very poverty has
resulted in rich multiplication of words until as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

of any civilized There is, of course, diff
ference in ability among individual Indians in the
of language, there is among persons who
speak the written tongues. Nevertheless it is safe
say that the most ignorant among Indians, if he
is of sound mind and able to converse at ALL
will have larger vocabulary than the average
man of English-speaking peoples.
Notwithstanding its lack of grammar and logic
| know of no language absolutely accurate in its
powers of description the Dakota. The Sioux
has word for every act, physical and mental
which comes within the range of his experience,
word which by possibility be mistaken in
its meaning. Thus in the rendering of the verbs
to break and to cut the words used describe the
exact nature of the act For instance, in the use
of the verb ksa, which means to break off or sep
arate, 1nkSd signifies to break off in any manner
ydksd to bite off. bdksd to break off by pushing
ndksa to break off with the foot, kdksd to cut off
with or Ratchet, bokSd to shoot off punch
off, bdkSd to cut off with a knife bone
In the conjugation of this verb ksa, four hundred
and twenty separate words required, and it is
safe to say that there is not intelligent Dakota
child of ten years but each in its right
place. There several other verbs in common
which about equally voluminous in their
infected forms The reader will be easily able to
immense vocabulary, and that the average
Dakota, far from being pitied for his poverty of
words is rather to be enved for the power OF mem
DRY which enables him to master his own volumi-
nous tongue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18
? Franklin Welles Calkims
Author of Indian Tales Frontier Sketches"
Hunting Stories

feeling of despair sometimes as he
questions whether this continually belitted race
will ever be properly understood H must wonder
indeed whether the image of savage brutality and
ignorance conjured through long series of frontier
wars and which had its basis in the bgotry of re-
ligious intolerance, must ever loom large in the
consciousness of the most enlightened. credit
able writer in a creditabe journal has recently had
this to say of the Indians command of language:
The number of words in an Indian language are
few Thus brave like Black Chicken who wears
a war bonnet of feathers that resembles the shape
of the hat of Napoleon |. cannot command over
four hundred words, if he wishes to speak, whether
he be of the Cheyennes Sioux or Nez Perces"
This, to one who has spent years in trying to
master the intricacies of the Dakota language, is
astonishing assertion. Unquestionably the writ
believed that he was telling the truth, and his
knowledge of Indian tongues limited by tradi-
ton Dakota English dictionary published
by the Bureau of Ethnology in 1890. This was COM
piled by the missionary Stephen Return Riggs and
was edited by James Owen Dorsey. In 1902 an
Engish-Dakot edition was published by the
American Tract Society and edited by the Rev
John 7. Williamson. who is unquestionably the
foremost authority this Indian tongue. The
least comprehensive of these dictionaries contains
fourteen thousand words and makes no pretense of
being exhaustive. The infections of single verb
would nearly the total vocabulary which the
writer in question has accorded to individual
member of the tribe.
AS the facts stated are proved merely by refer
ence to the works in question-setting aside any
mans personal knowledge of the subject-let US
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and one of his men appeared on the beach. They
panic-strcken, and finding their boat gone
began yelling to the camp for some to come
over to their rescue. The noise attracted Eph
for he came out of the bushes at a tremendous
pace, and made directly for the
The mighty hunter fired one shot, which kicked
up a shower of sand the beach, then dropped
the weapon and dived headlong into the water, for
all the world like huge frog and began swimming
for the boat. The other had gone for good
into the woods For than hour old Eph
lay at full length the sandy beach, drying his
shaggy hide, while alternately he picked at the
flour paste that covered his body and watched the
mighty hunter in his frantic efforts to attract the
attention of the camp. Two three times the
bear walked few feet into the water though he
contemplated joining his friend for boat ride but
each time changed his mind and went back.
Even if the miners had been in haste to fly to
the rescue, it would have been simply impossible
all this time, for the whole thing was SO uproar-
iously funny that they helpless from laughter,
especially when the bear made his feints to board
the boat while the valorous hunter in it alone
and without arms oars. At each sally of the
bear the hunter, who had been anxious to come
up with real grizzly" grew fairly frantic, and
twice he seemed on the point of jumping into the
water to try and swim the lake.
1t late in the evening when several of
the men rowed over to save what was left of
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rearing up at the window of the one room for
cling two big paws through it. Glass, frame and
all came down with great crash. There was
a from the window, and in the same instant
the candles blew out from the violence of the wind
coming in at the open space where the window
had been, and the company left in the dark,
not only literally, but from the viewpoint of what
to happen next. The miners had had only the
briefest look at the white-robed black faced ap-
partition, and before the candles could be lighted
again he had disappeared in his white vestments
into the snow-covered landscape. The dogs saw
the specter and began to yelp and whine with fear
adding still to the panic, and while pandemonium
loose, shouting and swearing, dogs howl
ing and yelping, the white-robed figure came once
more into view in the long ray of light from the
window and every different thing
though all agreed afterward that there was a long
white garment, black hood, and low deep growl
To make matters COMPOUNDED, the Chinese
cook, who had been sleeping in another of the
tents, came with bound through the broken
window, landed in heap the floor, actually
white with fear, and set up series of yells that
were uncanny beyond description. In jargon
such no human ear had ever listened to before
he began telling how, while he was asleep, his tent
had been torn from above him by some monster
with long white body, black head long red
tongue that had swept his face, and steam
pouring out of it's mouth.
I'D Ill
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everyone in camp had been a victim first or last
of the intensely practical joking of that villanous
old bear, and it is highly probable that he would
not have been longer tolerated but for the fact
that in all his escapades one had received
even a scratch at his hands, and he seemed to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

IIlC SdLdhC Pdl Wy 1iO NUM-
er in the boat was nearly
frozen with his wetting and
the fright, and it took much
coaxing to prevail upon the
other men to come down
from their perches in the top
most branches of the tallest
hemlocks in the neighborhood.
1t was a much chastened
hunting party that left the
camp the next day for home,
and a much reduced one in
point of baggage. There was
little badgering of the I'M
fortunateS, however, because
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a matter of fact, the vocabulary of
the average Indian, among such high
ly organized tribes as the Sioux,
Cheyennes and Nez Perces, is far in
excess of that of the average man
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ceased to be live joke after that nights doings,
if he had not been discreet he was jolly.
He disappeared completely for several weeks, and
when he showed up again everybody had got over
the affair and all glad to him, his fame
meanwhile having grown to marvellous proportions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

EVluellCly OH Epl was
somewhat wrought up him
self, for the next morning his
tracks were found all over the
camp in a fashion that told
of his galloping at a great
rate, dragging his train be-
hind him when he was not
falling over it. Nothing of a
movable nature was missed
in his wild career-tents,
caches, Lighthouses, and a mis-
cellaneous assortment of camp
equipment being mixed up in
hopelessly tangled mass.
IOlly Eph would have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

ME who knows the American
Indian from intimate associa-
ton, and who speaks the
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
CHANGES IN BUSINESS.

/. McPheeters the popular sales
man at Parker & James, has purchased
the furniture, stoves and carpet stock
of Mr.. G. S. Seal, on corner of Main
and Second streets, and will take pos
session on March 1st.
Mr.. McPheeters is not an apprentice
in this line of business having had
years of experience. He is polite
and agreeable gentleman to deal with
and we wish him success in his new
business. Robt. Shea, of Mt. Sterling,
will take his place at Parker & James.
Mr.. Shea is an experienced sales
man in the clothing business and has
many friends in this his former home.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
FOR GOOD ROADS.

representative Richardson, of the
Third district this State, proposes that
the bluegrass State shall have better
roads. Monday he introduced a good
roads bill IN Congress providing tor
governmental aid in construction of
roads in the various States in proper
ton to population. Under the terms of
the bill Kentucky would get $500, 900.
The State, however, would be Obliged
to raise dollar for every dollar con-
tributed by the government. First,
the State would raise 100000. The
general government would then be APP
pealed to, and agents would be sent to
Kentucky as to the regularity of the
proceedings.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
SPLENDID SHOWING.

The Lexington Banking & Trust Com
pany, Short and Market streets, Lex
ington, KY, which began business Feb
ruary l, had at the close of business
February Is deposits aggregating
$605, 900, a gain of more than five per
cent with 2,290 depositors. This insti-
tuition in addition to transacting a gen
eral banking business, settles estates,
acts as administrator, executor, guar
dian, trustee and receiver and loans
money on real estate, personal or pri-
vate security, having the largest
stock of any combined Bank &
Trust Company in the State, and solic-
its accounts of banks, individuals and
corporations.
The board of directors is composed
of the leading business men in Lexing-
ton and Fayette, Bourbon, Scott, Wood
ford, Jessamine and Clark counties.
The resources of this strong financial
institution, aggregating 81, 257, 900,
managed by officers and directors who
are experienced, conservative and far
seeing, insures to its patrons that con-
fidence that rightly belongs to one Of
the strongest financial institutions in
the country. See advertisement in an
other column.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
STOCK AND CROP.

Charley Simon, of Carlisle, sold
last week TO S. A Caywood a 5-year-
old horse for 5000.
Mike O'Connell sold his farm of
1872 acres, near Carlisle, to Elsa Haw-
kins for $50 per acre.
Nichols & Pendleton bought eighty
thousand pounds of tobacco last week
at an average price of y cents.
AT MillersburgPeale, Collier & Co.
sold 5000 bushels of wheat to Louis
vile parties at IS cents per bushel.
Strictly fresh eggs were retailing
last week In the Louisville market at
ten cents and in the Cincinnati mar
ket at twelve to fourteen cents.
The Hereford combination sale at
Chicago resulted in the disposal of SO
head of cattle for 81, $50, making an
average of 1888.
Dogs got into Mr.. j. B. Kennedy's
flock of sheep Saturday night, and
killed three. Mr.. Thompson Tarr killed
two of the dogs Sunday morning.
Sanford Carpent er, of Millersburg
bought several good horses in Carlisle:
one of M. D. Judy at 1872. so, one of H.
c.. Kerns, of SprOut, KY, at $160.
-Auctioneer A. T. Forsyth sold YES
terday at Mt. Sterling, for B. +. Che
nault, 1878 acres of land to E. R. Little,
at $685. per acre, and 45 1-3 acres to
Henry Hall at $l06 per acre.
-Auctioneer M. F. Kenney reports a
good crowd at Geo. w. Bowen's sale at
Shawhan Saturday. Two mich COWS
sold for $40 and $50. 90; corn in crib for
$2.15 per barrel, and household goods
brought good prices.
Mr.. Robt. Hughes, representing
the American Tobacco Co., bought and
received last week 10000 pounos of
tobacco at prices from $I1 to Sc. It was
received at their mammoth warehouse
near l.. & N. crossing on Clintonville
pike
Mr.. John E. Madden, of Hamburg
Place, has bought from Mr.. R. l..
Baker, acting for the firm of Baker &
Gentry, the noted thoroughbred stallion
imp. ST.. George. Though now twenty
three years of age, this good son of the
Derby winner Cremore and Strategy.
by Adventurer, is so we'll preserved as
to have apparently several years of
usefulness as stock horse yet before
him.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
PARIS KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 1906
WHO WILL GET THE DOLL?

BY far the prettiest, sweetest, hand
soonest and most expensive doll ever
seen in Paris is now on exhibition in
the show window of A. j. Winters &
Co., and has caused every child that
has seen it to go into raptures over it.
Garth Lodge, A. o. U. W., of this city,
will give a bazaar at Odd Fellows
Hall on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, March 5, 6, Z, and this handsome
doll will be given to the child receiv-
ing the most votes. Votes will be sold
at ten cents each, and and every ten
cents spent at the bazaar will entitle
the buyer to one vote.
This is a prize we'll worth striving
for. and every little girl in town should
strive to the utmost to become the pos
SCISSOR of the little beauty. The contest
will begin in few days, and the Bour-
bon News will announce in it's next
issue where the ballots may be secured
and where they can be deposited.
The bazaar itself will be hummer,
and decidedly different from anything
of the kind ever given in Paris. AL
though it is given under the auspices of
Garth Lodge, the ladies of Paris, who
have undertaken to build a hospital
here, are back of it, and when the
ladies of Paris undertake anything they
always carry it through susuccessfully.
The soliciting committee started out
yesterday morning soliciting articles to
be sold at the Country Store" and
their success was phenomenal. Not
Single person approached failed to con-
tribute, and the consequence will be
some wonderful bargains may be had
at the bazaar. A full list of the con-
tributors and their contributions will
be published in later edition. Re-
member the dates March 5, and Z.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
DRIVING ROD BROKE.

AS the north bound l.. & N. Freight
was nearing Keller's bridge near Gym
thiana Saturday afternoon, the driving
rod broke on the engine and smashed
in one side of it. Fireman P. E. Vel
ton, who was skoveling coal into the
fire box at the time, hearing the noise,
jumped and rolled down forty foot
embankment, skinning his face and
bruising his body. The engineer
stayed at his post and succeeded in stop
ping the train after passing over the
bridge. A number of ties on the
bridge were crushed to pieces.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
COUNTY UNIT BILL.

A long conference of the County Unit
Bill advocates was held yesterday at
Frankfort, but no definite decision was
reached regarding the stand to be taken
on the proposed compromise of Senator
Wheeler Campbell excluding first and
second class cities from the operation
of of the bill and in counties having
cities of the third and fourth class to
make the county and the city sepa-
rate unit.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
The Paris Business College

Is now being organized by Prof Lip
pard, of Cincinnati, and will open the
first of January. Prof. Lippard
has had large experience in
training young men and women for
good positions and placing them in
same, and every young person pos
sible should enter at the opening.
Nothing pays better than business
education. Positions secured for all
graduates, and Prof. Lippard has
calls for more graduates than he can
furnish.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
PROBABLE FATAL CUTTING.

AS a result of a boyish quarrel,
James Byrnes, the fourteen-year-old
son of ]. j. Byrnes, the Lexington
printer. lies in a critical condition at
St. Joseph's hospital from two knife
stabs in the side. He became involved
in a quarrel in the Pennsylvania ccm-
posing rooms at Lexington with Sam
Geiger, aged II years, where both are
employed, and after quitting work
Saturday evening the quarrel was re-
newed pr the door of the building and
young Geiger stabbed Byrnes twice.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
HAVE YOU A FARM TO SELL?

Do you know that capitalists are
buying land in the mountains more
than ever? What becomes of those
who sell? They invariably buy blue
grass farm if they can. If you have a
farm to sell let it be known in the
Jackson Hustler and secure purchaser
who will pay you good price. Act
while the rush is on. Write for adver-
Using rates. They are moderate.
T. M. MORROW, Publisher.
Jackson, KY.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
NOTICE.

All graduates of the Kentucky
Female Orphan School are requested to
send name and address to Principal K.
F. o. S., Midway, KY, that each may
receive an invitation to a house party
to be given the alumnae in May, Send
name whether or not circumstances
favor attendance.
Ella K Johnson,
Prin. K. F. O. S.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
A SPRING TONIC.

Order a case of Lion Beer of 7. F.
Brannon for Spring tonic. 1t is highly
recommended by physcans. 3f-1mO
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
FOR SALE

Handsome carriage, standard make,
and set of double harness; all as good
as new. viii sell at bargain Apply
at this office.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1906-02-20
Farm For Rent.

1876 acres near Austerlitz, on pike, 90
acres for cultivation, 40 acres in tim
Othy. and clover Money rent. Home
phone Z54.
r. M. HARRIS, Paris, KY.