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Pines lnterminabie anecdotes, and Mrs..
Vickers FASTENED to change the subject.
Are you not heartily tired Of this
dreadful life, Mr. Frere7"
We'll. IL Is not exactly the life
had hoped to lead" said Frere, rub
bling freckled hand over his stubborn
red hair; "but ! must make the best
Of It,"
Yes, indeed" said the lady. in that
subdued manner with which one com
ments upon well-known incident 1T
must have been a great shock to you TO
be so suddenly deprived of 40 large
fortune"
Not only that, but to find that the
black sheep who got II all sailed for
India within a week Of my uncle's DEATH
Lady Devine got a letter from him on
the day cf the funeral to say that he
had taksI his passage in the Hydaspes
for Calcutta, and never meant to come
back again"
"Sir Richard Dsvine left no other
childrenY
mo; only this. mysterious Dick, whom
l never saw, but who must have hated
me-"
Dear, dearl These family quarrels
are dreadful things Poor Lady Devine.
to lose In one day a husband and a
sonl"
And the next morning TO hear Of the
murder Of her cousinl You know that
we are connected with the Bellasis fam
lily. My aunt's father married a sister
Of the second Lord Bellasis."
Indeed. That was a horrible muir
der. So you think that the dreadful man
you pointed out the other day did III"
The jury seemed to think not" said
Mr.. Frere, with laugh; "but | don't
know anybody else who could have a
motive for it, However. I'll go on deck
and have a smoke"
Il wonder what induced that old
hunks OF a shipbuilder to try and cut
of his only son in favor of n cub Of
that Sort" said Surgeon Pine to Can
tain Vickers, as the broad back of Mr..
Maurice Frere disappeared up the COM
panion.
Some boyish follies abroad. l believe:
self-made men are always impatient OF
extravaganza. But II is hard upon
trere. He is not a bad sort of fellow,
Tor all his roughness; and when a young
man finds that an accident deprives him
OF quarter Of million Of money and
leaves him without a sixpence beyond
his commission in a marching regiment
under orders for a convict settlement,
he has some reason to rail against fate"
How was it that the son came in
for the money, after all. then?"
why, it seems that when old Devine
returned from sending for his lawyer to
alter his will, he got a fit of apoplexy
the result Of his rage, | snppose-and
when they opened his room door in the
morning they found him dead"
And the sons away on the sea some
where" said Mr.. Vickers. and knows
nothing of his good fortune. 1t is quite
romance"
81 am glad that Frere did not get
the money" said Pine, grimly sticking
to his prejudice; 81 have seldom seen
face | liked less even among my yell
low jackets yonder."
"Oh, dear Doctor Pinel How can
your interrupted Mrs. Vickers. John,
| will go on deck"
At the signal, the party rose.
Go 70 continued.l
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PENSIONS FOR THE AGED.


Ex-Sccretnry vanderiip Urges Cor
porafions 10 Make Proviefon.
Frank A. yanderlip. formerly AS.
sIstant Secretary of the Treasury. ad-
vocated in a recent address the estab-
lishment by large corporations of pen
sion funds for old employees. In dis
cussing the matter Mr.. Yanderlip re-
ferred to the great changes which have
been going on in industrial life during
the past % years There have been
tendencies" he said. toward speciali-
zation and concentration. There has
been a wonderful application OF me-
chanical aids. We have been work
ing toward production on a vast scale
This has created an Industrial army,
the rank and file of which tend more
and more toward becoming automatic
wheels in the great industrial organi-
cation. The new Industrial order has
made a new social order. There is to-
day no such things as industrial indie
pendence possible for a workingman.
He must work with others. He must
become subject TO regulations in con-
nectlon with his fellows.
80 long as the individual can act
lively fill his place in this new order OF
affairs this condition shows great i'm
proyement In many respects. The mo-
ment he gets out OF harmony with the
whirl Of the Industrial machine, how
ever; the moment that sickness over
fakes him and accident fnfnrpe him or
old age reduces his power to keep in
step with the industrial march, his
condition is likely to become incompar-
ably more unfortunate than would
have been the case under similar cir
cumstances In earlier times.
with the exception of the United
States, all the great powers of the civ
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16
NINNYHAMM5R.
A Plea for the Restoration of an Early
EnGlish Word.

A Plea for the Restoration of an Early
English Word.
That entertaining student of Ian
guage and other things is trying to
restore "Ninnyhammer" to the vocab-
ulary AS Mr. Wilstach is i'm the the
atrical business, he feels the need OF
the word, and this is his ingenious
plea
1T is rather odd that one Of the
most beautiful and best Elzabethan
words-one that all the shining lights
of the most brilliant age of letters de-
lighted in using-should now be obso-
lete. Is there a more dramatically de-
scriptive word than ninny or
one half so connotative, pathognomic
or emblematic of sense-or, rather,
the lack Of it,. Should one say. for
example, A ninnyhammer loved an
actress who wore pink tights could
any simp or nimskl, as they say in
Indiana, be in doubt as to the mean
ing?
yet this lovely onomatopoela Is
never used nowadays. 1t receives
scant consideration in the Standard
Dictionary. where, instead of giving
definition, the editor wrote after IL
slang while ninnyhammerlng' is
said to be foolish behavior Webster
says It means A simpleton; silly
person. and then attributes the word
to Joseph Addisonl Why. the word
was in use 200 years before Joseph
Addison had his first spelling lesson.
Horn Book, and almost every tome
and play Of the sixteenth century. II
is evident that ainnyhammers had a
hand in the making Of our dictiona-
ries.
IF old Webster had said that Add
son invented 'ninnyhammer' what
would the Century Dictionary and I'm
ion square literateurs have to say? II
Webster had said simply that the
word was In common use during Adj
dison's time. he would have been
quite right. and could have given as
his authority Bailey's Universal ETY.
biological English Dictionary: And
an Interpreter of hard words, of 1926.
Bailey says: 'Ninnyhammer, apt to
be made fool of; silly. soft And
then to accuse Joseph Addison of US
ing slang. Horrorsl
"Our old friend Roget. who built
the Thesaurus. was not 'nlnnyham-
mer.' When you catch father Roget
slipping up on word. the day is
dreadfully cold and particularly icy.
He lived in salubrious cline. where
there wasn't any slipping. overlooking
or forgetting. Old Roget drag-netted
the English language. and not even a
'ninnyhammer' escaped
what, in comparison, are such a
common brood OF words, and phrases
as nizy. noodle, drlveler. boggler milk
sop or Boeotianl This last sounds
good. even though suggesting an aqua
tic rather than foolish person. Rocco
tia. was. as you know. a division Of
Central Greece. noted for the rustlcity
of its people; hence. Boeotlan. a dull,
clownish person. Pretty good.
"But all OF these are ms moonshine
compared to the neglected one. II. for
example, a friend should ask you IL
Clyde Fitch's play written for Viola
Allen. "The Toast Of the iowa" was
the dramatization OF a bakery. You
may be assured that you are confront
ed by a ninnyhammerr'
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People have different Ideas as to
what constitutes n holiday-or vaca-
don. Mrs. Pettis had her own firmly
dxed opinions on the subject.
II don't count Thanksgiving or
Christmas or Washlngton's Birthday
or any OF those, holidays" she said.
frankly, to an old friend one day.
what count a holiday is when Ezra
and Jim and Bob and 'Liphlet 20 OH
up to the wood-lot with their dinner,
and | know they won't be back TIL
night.
I'm not one to deny that men folks
have their good points. but how any
woman can call It holiday when
they're in the house, calling for food
by looks when they aren't by words ls
beyond meI'
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

HohenIfnden.
On Linden, when the sun was low.
All bloodless lay the untrodden snow.
And dark as winter was the flow
OF Iser, rolling rapidly.
But Linden saw another sight
When the drum beat, at the dead Of night,
Commanding fires Of death to light
The darkness Of her scenery.
By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
Each horseman drew his battle-blade,
And furious every charger neighed,
To join the dreadful revelry.
Then shook the hills with thunder riven,
Then rushed the steed to battle driven,
And louder than the bolts of heaven,
Far flashed the red artillery.
But redder yet that light shall glow
On Linden's hills of stained snow,
And bloodier yet the torrent flow
OF lser, rolling rapidly.
It's morn, but scarce yon level sun
Can pierce the war clouds, rolling dun,
Where furious Frank and fiery Hun,
Shout In their sulphurous canopy.
The combat deepens. On, ye bravei
Who rush to glory or the grave
Wave, Munich all thy banners wave,
And charge with all thy chivalryl
Few, few shall part where many meet
The snow shall be their winding sheet,
And every turf beneath their feet
Shall be soldiers sepulcher.
Thomas Compbell.'
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CHAPTER III.

Convictism having been safely got I'M
der matches, and put to bed In its gov
eminent allowance AZ sixteen inches of
space per man, cut little short by egi-
gencies Of shipboard. the cuddy was
wont to pass some not unpleasant even
ings. Mrs. Vickers, who was poetical
and owned a guitar. was also musical.
and sung to il. Captain Blunt was a
jovial. coarse fellow; Surgeon Pine had
mania for story telling, while II Wick
ers was sometimes dull. Frere was al
ways hearty. Moreover, the table was
well served. and the sultry evenings
passed away with a rapidity Of which
the wild beasts tween decks had no
conception. On this particular even
ing. however, the cuddy was dull. Din
ner fell Eat, and conversation languish-
ed.
mo signs Of breeze, Mr.. Best p
asked Blunt. as the first officer came In
and took his seat.
''None, sir"
"These-he he,-awful calms." says
Mrs. Vickers. "A week. is il not. Cap
tain Bluntr'
Thirteen days. num-" growled Blunt
1t is Infamous the way they crowd
these ships. Here we have over two
hundred souls on board. and not boat
room for half Of EN-"
Two hundred soulsl Surely not"
says Vickers. by the regulations -"
"One hundred and eighty convicts.
fifty soldiers. thirty in ships crew, all
told, and-how many ?-one. two. three
seven In the cuddy. How many do
you make that?"
We are just little crowded this
time" says Best.
1T is very wrong" says Yickers,
pompously. very wrong. BY the regu-
latiOns-"
But the subject Of the regulations was
even more distasteful TO tia cuidy than
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

One or his first acts MATHEW KELLY.
was to make Kiely captain and to place
him in charge OF the big central dis
trict- While Governor Folk was prose
cutting attorney friction arose between
him and Kelly, the reason. as alleged,
being that Kiely had refused to place
the police department under the or
ders Of Mr.. Folk.
-
Frederick Will, the new king OF
Denmark, is well liked by the people.
On the Sd OF June next he Will be
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

KEW q. H. SIMMONS. see and Indiana be-
fore coming to Peoria. He was born
In 1854 at Shepherdyille, KY, and lived
on farm until he had reached the age
Of 10. Then he went to Louisville, and
with the aid OF friends received prl-
mary instruction in the public schools.
Prior to the disclosures that led to his
death he had borne an excellent repu-
tation.
-
Chief Mathew Kiely, who has been
suspended on charges Of graft" had
been at the head Of the St Louis Police
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years old. He is
the father Of eight
children, one Of
whom, his second
son, is King Haa
kon OF Norway.
Frederlclx's broth
er is King of
Greece. One of his
sisters is Queen Of
England; another
is the mother OF
the Gar of Rus
sla. He also is
wn1.NA1 49, s,naa
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

Railroad systems,
has been with the
took Island road
for twenty 81 Z
ears. He has been
passenger ira I'll c
manager of the
Rock Island since
January, 1903, and
lis two new ap-
continents place
aim In charge OF
the passenger bus
mess Of more miles
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

OF railroad than any other man.
The systems over which he is
now In charge comprise an ag-
gregate mileage Of more than 10000
miles OF railroad. Mr.. Sebastian has
been In the railway service since 1863
His birthplace is Newport. Ky, where
he was born Jan. %, 1910, and his
home is In Chicago.
Every line Of Mrs. and Mr.. William
sons novel. MY Friend the Chauffeur"
was written out Of doors at their do
llghtful home in the south of France.
-
Emil Zerkowitz has written a book
dealing with American commerce from
the Hungarian point of view. He trav-
eled 10000 miles collecting data.
-
The late Thomas J. Emery, the Gin
cInnatl multimillionaire, who died recent
ly In Cairo. Egypt, was on his tenth trip
to Africa and his fiftieth trip to Europe.
-
Lord Hawke made one Of four centuries
at cricket obtained In a match In 1890
in Yorkshire against Warwickshire, the
score being Ss7. He was one of the scor-
ing quartet which included Peel, Vain
wright and Jackson.
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Department for six
years, but has been
connected with the
force over twenty
airs. Anthony
Huebler then was
placed at the head
Of the force, retain
ing the position
eight years, when
Harrigan again as
S u m G d command.
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dalous nature, had
been pastor Of the
First B aptist
Church and also
was at the head Of
two banking insti-
buttons. Mr.. Sim
mons studied In
Georgetown Univer-
sity, and had held
pastoral charges In
Kentucky, Tennes-
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ment of the Lakes,
U. S. A., is a vet
eran Of the regular
army and a noted
writer on military
topics. For more
than two years he
has been stationed
in the Philippines.
lie has just come
from Japan, where
he spent the great
or mart of a six
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legged stool supports the table on
which the machine is carried. The
treadle actS upon a crank axle, carry
ing a wooden fly wheel. Tho machine
Ia exceedingly simple In construction.
and the results obtained could not
have been especially cheering. Still
the contrivance will make a lock
stitch, and there is even an attempt
at q tension Arrangement
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

81 have recently taken up with the
literary business, says a Georgia broth
er, but have decided that It will be
wise to keep the old farm going Just
the same."-Atlanta Constitution.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

An optimlst is one who so greatly
exaggerates the size of lie blue patches
In his sky that be is constantly getting
caught In the ra'n without an UNI
breila-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

Though more populous than this
country, the Russian empire has only
500 newspapers. The number In this
country is 22,000.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

A commercial agent of the japanese
government is in California to makc
an experiment In shipping Californll
oranges to japan
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16
FIRST SEWING MACHINE


The cut is from photograph OF the
first sewing machine ever invented,
now In the loan collection at the Vic
toria and Albert museum at South
Kensington. London. 1t is reputed to
have been made by Charles Kyle in
1912, at Eversham. England. A four
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

dog has attained the highest emil
hence ever reached by n philosopher
when he can forget his heas.-Soner-
vile Journal
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Rev. George II. Simmons, who COM
mitted suicide in his home, at Peoria,
ILL.,. as the result of charges Of a scan
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weeks leave Of absence gathering data
on the japanese cavalry for new edi-
ton IF his book, Horses, Saddles and
Brides" which is a text for the horse
arm of the service. General Carter Is
"a years old.
-
John Sebastian, who has been made
passenger traffic manager of the Frisco
and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16
Philosophy.

Miss Emerson-Have you read
Kant?
Miss Achison-No. but I've read
"Don't."-Cleyeland Leader.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

when a man IL chaperonsd. be =
really being shadowed
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

Brigadler General William Harding
Carter, who has assumed his new
duties as commander of the Depart
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

BY the will of the late William B.
Skidmorc Morristown, N. j., is presented
with a $4,000 library.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-06-16

rlage with the German, Swedish and
other royal houses of Europe. King
Frederick is head Of the Free Masons
Of Denmark, and Is chancellor of the
University Of Copenhagen. He is noted
for his culture
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-07

sarily the case, and that the utmost
care must be taken If the Democrats
are to preserve the advantage which
they hold at the present. time.
After making the declaration the
other day that "the press may be
bought, (" President Murray stated to
the newspaper representatives of the
press in the convention that he did
not refer to them, but to the little
country weeklies.
When c. N. Haskell made his mo-
tion to limit debate on the question
of sthe conventions Jurisdiction to
hear contests, Kornegay, Of Vinita,
who had the floor, suggested that as
the convention had taken up two
weeks discussing matters which had
appeared in the newspapers, it
might not be out of place to give two
or three hours to a question Of asgrei !
Importance as the one before the cep-
vention.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-07

Ithaca, N. Y. Dec. THE Chi Pi
house at Cornell university,
the finest and most elaborate chap
ter house in the United States, was
burned to the ground this morning,
Two students, w. II, Nichols Of Chi
cago and w. w. Goetz Of Milwaukee,
are missing, and it is feared that they
were buried beneath the falling walls.
Attorney A. S. Robinson, John Runs
sey the son of wealthy business
man, and Esty Landon, all volunteer
tiremen, were killed by falling walls.
Robinson, Landon and Rumsey lost
their lives while manipulating the
hose. The wall collapsed bury them,
and they were roasted to death.
0. L. Schmuck Of Hanover Pa.
jumped from third story window
and died Of his injuries ]. NJ. Nc
Cutchen Of Pittsburg, a substitute
fullback on the football team, has
been taken from the ruins Both
these menare in a pitifal condition,
bleeding from cuts, blackened by
smoke and badly burned. Several
others were burned more or less Sc
Many of the students at first repor-
ted missing have since been found
Goetz, at first reported dead, was on
ly slightly hurt. Among those still
missing are G. j. Pope and +. w
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-07
TO LOCATE BAD GANG
OF Horse Thieves Is
About to Be Ex-
terminated

The marshals think they are about
to put an end to the gang Of horse
thieves who have been operating for
years between Oklahoma and this
territory. The entering wedge came
with the capture and conviction last
fall Of Tom CondreY. There was
plenty of circumstantial evidence
against number of those who had
been intimate with Condrey, but
nothing definite could be secured.
Condrey refused to 'squeal
Since his conviction, however, there
has been falling out between Tom S
father and the Maggard brothers, all
Of whom are suspected of being inn
plicat in the horse-stealing indus
try, Young CJndrey had bought a
horse from Lon Maggard, which he
had not paid Tor at the time of his
arrest. After his conviction Maggard
demanded the horse back, but old
man Condrey refused to give it up.
Maggard thereupon broke into Con-
drey's barn and took the horse. Con-
drey Immediately came to Vinita and
swore out warrant for Maggard's ar
rest on charge Of horsestealing.
The Aoair A. H. 4. A. and the
deputy marshals, who are working in
unison, are confident that out Of the
muddle will come q full explanation
of the methods Of the horse-uhief gang
that has SO long eluded the marshals.
Ellis, or ''Mack, " Maggard was
brought to Jail here yesterday by
Deputy Chamberlain, and, it is said,
evidences disposition to tell all he
knows. Other arrests are expected,
and the gang will probably be broken
up.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-12-07
Engineer Going Over
Line of Proposed
New Road

Locating Engineer Titus of the Ar
kansas g Oklahoma Northeastern
railroad was in Vinita this morning.
Mr.. Titus is not especially loquacious.
He came in on horseback from Nova
ia and Caney, and left this afternoon
for Spavinaw. His present trip is,
of course, hastily made, and merely
for the purpose of getting a
general idea of the topography
of the country. He will
90 thru to Fayetteville, and will then
return, going from Spavinaw, on his
return, thru Adair and Chelsea in
stead OF thru Vinita, in order. to OBJ
serve the advantages, II any, possessed
by that route over the one thru
Vinita.
The directors back of the A, & @.
N. e. are as will be energetic.
They stated when here that the horse
back survey by Mr.. Titus will be fol
lowed Immediately by prelimina ry
survey. Already arrangements have
been made for financing the road, and
they say it will certainly be built.
Several Of the 1directors, those from
Fayetteville, have had experience in
yailroad building, as they were con-
nected with the building Of the
Ozark & Cherokee Central thru Tab
lequah to Muskogee, now part Of the
Frisco.
The Vinita railroad committee is
keeping in close touch with the road.
and doesn't t propose to let it get away
from Vinita if it is possible to secure
it.