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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
Bourbon Crops.

The weather for threshing wheat,
cutting and stacking hay has been very
unsatisfactory to our farmers.
A weeks weather unaccompanied by
showers would practically wind up
threshing and stacking of hay in the
county and enable farmers to turn
their attention along other lines.
Wheat fields are becoming very weedy,
while shocks of wheat wherever down
are sprouting.
and is being rejected by buyers with
the result that farmers will be COM
PEELED to redry.
Early corn is fast maturing a splen-
did crop, while late fields under favor
able conditions are showing rapid
growth.
Earl Ferguson, a prominent farmer
residing on the Hume & Bedford pike,
said that he had 800 acres of corn and
with the rains of the last week would
make the best yield of any crop he had
raised in recent years.
Hemp cutting is on in earnest, and
taken as a whole is up to the average.
Some new fields subjected to the rava-
ges of broom rape have already been
cut in order to save the crop.
Tobacco is in fair condition and so
far had not been affected to any ex-
tent by the ravages of worms though
growers say the pests are showing up
in large numbers. Late tobacco which
comprises a considerable portion of the
total acreage is presenting a very dis
couraging outlook and at fine best will
not make better than a half crop.
Wheat is steady at IS cents per
bushel. while quotations on hew hay
are lower, several sales being made Of
bailed hay at $3.50 per ton, and as
low as $40 being offered and refused.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
Paris Man Shot In Hip.

The following special was sent to
the dailies Saturday from Cynthiana !:
George May5rier, of Paris, was
shot in Leeslick one day this week.
The shooting is clouded in mystery
and the particulars are hard to get.
May accompanied by Clarence
and Madge Gray, also of Paris, went
to Lees Lick to gather blackberries
where they engaged in a free or-all
fight, Maybrier claiming that the Grays
gave him a whipping and shot at him
five times, one of the shots striking
him in the hip. The Garys then drove
to Paris, but Maybrier was taken to
Lair where he was placed on train
and taken to Paris"
The parties Give in Paris but we
are unable to learn anything in regard
to the above.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
QuantreII. The Guerilla Chief,
Lives.

Bill Quantrell, leader of Quantrell's
guerrillas in the Civil War, according
to history, died of wounds at a Ken
lucky hospital after his raiders were
cut up, is alive and resides at Quatsino.
on the northeast coast of Vancouver
Island, under the name of John Sharp,
according to a number of people who,
have conversed with him, says a dis
patch from Vancouver, B. c..
j. E.. Duffy, prominent timberman.
who recently became interested in the
timber land at Quatsino, recognized
John Sharp, who is over 20. wiry and
gray, as Quantreil, Duffy having been
a member of the Michigan cavalry
which cut up Quntrell's force. He
stated to Duffy that he was correct in
his recognition.
Sharp said he had been left as dead,
and instead of dying Of his wounds at
Louisville, as history recorded. had
taken horse, ridden many miles and
disappeared. He made his way to
South America, living a number of
years in Chile, whence he went to
Texas, where he engaged in the cattle
business, making considerable money,
which he exhausted. Then he went to
OAOSOAA, WDClG AG DuuCuGU COWS anu
drove cattle over the mountains.
From Oregon he went to British
Columbia nearly two decades ago and
engaged IN logging at different camps
of the Northeast coast oe Vancouver
lsalnd until 10 years ago, when he be-
came trapper OF the Northern coast.
SIX or seven years ago he went to
Quatslno, here he waslnade car carer at
the West Vancouver mines.
When j. z. Duffy landed at Quatisno
from the steamer Tees he met John
Sharp on the beach at Coal harDors.
Duffy looked Tire old man over and
said: Is that you, Quantrell, you
old rascal?"
Come into the house," said Sharp.
and for some hours the two men talk
ed, Sharp stating he was in reality
/ Quantreli, and he talked at length of
the raids in Kansas and elsewhere and
eargerly listened to Duffy's tales from
the point of view of the cavalry in the
Union army.
Sharp was most keenly interested in
the story OF the cutting up of his band,
and when his narrator told of how 40
men had been killed tears rolled down
the old mans chekes. KID
] X. +. Montgomery, who is engaged
in business at Quatsino and who knew
Sharp, or Quantrell, at FIT. Worth, and
N. l. Berg, Postmaster at Quatsino,
are two others to whom Sharp has
stated his indemnity as Quantrell.
i might as well admit il" Sharp
told both, 1t seems that l cannot hide
the fact"
The story the old man told to the
informant of the Associated Press was
that when his band had been cut up he
had been bayoneted in the chest and
had a bullet wound through the
shoulder. The surgeon VINO looked him
over diagnosed that he could not live
more than couple of hours and he had
been left SO that others with more
chance OF recovery could be attended
to by the Overworked surgeons.
While they tended the others he got
up, despite his wounds and disappear
ed. That night, he says, he rode 70
miles. He then took flight to South
America.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
Children Quarrel While Mother
Dies.

Testimony introduced before Judge
Lincoln in the Jefferson County Court
at Louisville in the contest over the
will of Mrs. S. T. E. Ross, tended to
show that the differences existing be-
tween the children had reached a crises
even before her death.
Mrs. Sophia Riddle, one of the
daughters, accused Miss Edith Ross,
the principal beneficiary, of having
assaulted Mrs. Matte Gault, another
sister, breaking two ribs. Mrs. Riddle
also charged that her sister, Mrs.
Ross, went to the bedside of her dying
mother and with a pistol threatened
suicide unless she left the bulk Of the
estate to her. The estate at issue is
valued at $4,000 The case was taken
under Amusement by Judge Lincoln.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
Rapidly Maturing Plans.

The State Board of Agriculture.
which recently purchased the Douglas
Park Jockey Club at Louisville for per-
manent grounds and buildings for the
Kentucky State Fair, has not been
able to close negotiations because the
little Company employed to clear the
title and guarantee 1t has found that a
part of the land bought has been dedi-
Gated to public uses, and, therefore,
there may be some trouble in closing
the road ways; at least there will be a
delay OF few months. In the mean
time, the Board has asked the owners
or Douglas Park to lease them the
grounds for holding this years fair
with the understanding that as soon as
the title is cleared, the property will
be taken over by the State Board.
This, Mr.. Celia, has declined to do,
it is understood, although, there is q
probability of the matter being adjust
ed within the next day or two. The
State Board is determined that it will
not take over the property until the
title is perfect. This may mean that
the Fair this year will be held at
Churchill Downs where it was held last
year instead of on the home grounds Of
the State Fair as was hoped.
Under any circumstances. the Fair
is certain to be held at Louisville on
the dates mentioned, and we are asked
by the State Fair management to say
to our re2ders that the plans made for
the State Fair are maturing rapidly
and satisfactorily. and that they can
assure every Kentuckian that the Fair
will be the biggest one ever held III
the South in the way of exhibits, de-
partments, in the way of big amuse-
ment features, in Inc way of music
and In the way of attendance.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
Live Stock Market.

The shipment of live stock to the
Eastern markets continues, cattle,
hogs and lambs being in excellent con-
dition, with steady prices prevailing.
Thos. McClintock & Sons shipped last
week 1900 lambs to Chicago and Jer-
sey City. while several punches of ex-
port cattle averaging 1,400 to 1,50O
pounds have found their way to mar
ket.
T. J. Redmon bought of Jonas We'll
forty-five head of 915-pound feeding
cattle at Al cents per pound and a pre-
MUM of 81 per head.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
To Prevent Rust.

To keep iron and steel goods from
rust, states the Mechanical World, dis
sClve half an ounce Of camphor in one
pound of hogs lard take off the scum.
mix as much black lead as will give
the mixture an iron color. Iron and
steel goods rubbed over with this mix
ture and left with it on "a hours, and
then dried with linen cloth will keep
clean for months.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
"ParSifal."

Managers Martin and Embry will
make another extensive tour with
"ParsifaP' this year. Important ad-
ditions have been made to the cast and
a brilliant scenic investiture will be
seen. John Lane Connors and Virginia
Heating. who scored so decisiveIy in
the parts of Parsifal and Kundry, have
been re-engaged.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-13
Special Train.

The L. & N. will run a special train
from Falmouth to Lexington, August
18th to 18th, inclusive, account Blue
Grass Fair. Train leave Paris 9 40 a.
M, returning leave Lexington p. m.
W. H. HARRIS, Agent.
DAN JORDAN, d. T. A.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
HIS COCKTAILS

The latest of Alr. Fairbanks troubles Is not that be was suuobed at Portland yestsrday. luis more serious because the storm center for 1t is right in his home at Indianapolis. Ig dates from the luncheon the vice-president served, st his home, at the time President Roose- vslt participated in the LawtOn statue unyelIing.
 The story is that just before lunch was served, forty cocktails were ordered from 8 nearby club and served for the refreshing otthe Fairbanks guests. Mr. gslrbana, is trying ,o be a delegate to the general conference of the Mstho- lis. church. Ina, meeting is held once every four years. Itjs to be held next year in Baltimore. Mr. Fairbanks eyi. lengly fsucles that if be csn manage Io shine lhsre, in May, he will be able 10 shine all the brighter ln June, in the republican parcy's national convention.
 But MeJhodjsm ta Indianapolis has .ls togal-aostineuce element. That has been heard from Q a sharp criticism of  che cocktail incident, and the assertion is that Mir. Fairbanks shsll not go 10 Baltimore as a delegate, if bis church critics can prevent it.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
Mitobarsft To tbs Nineteenth century

Witoheraft In the Nineteenth Century.
 Most people believe that wItchcralt among civilized people ended when the Salem witch mauIu" ran Its course and died out In the year IG92. It did as far as America is concerned, except among savages. but in other countries the belief in the superstition did not tlr until much later date, even tf .t can be truly said to be dead now. In France an old bpggur was tortured to death us late as 1897 on the charge of being ouc who "commuued with evil spirits" and In Spain witch was burned in 1S0S. In 1850 in France a nan aud his wife tortured d suspected witch to death. and nothing at al WAS done with them by the criminal courts on account ot the lingering belief iu sorccry Four years later a witch was drowned in England. and in 1860 one was burned in Mexico. In 1874, 1872, 1880 and again In 1889 witches were publicly burned In Russia, and even as late as 1890 regular judicial trials of witches were had in Prussia, Po- land and AustrIa-Hungary.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
Tho YanIahIna Trick.

Into the grocers shop walked an an- clent lady with slow and hUltng tread and carrying on her arm a bas- kct containing a large carthenware pot with lid. Placing the basket on the counter, she made various purchases, which she put carefully in the pot, and had her bill made out
 By the way" she said before paying this, do you mind keeping this pot with the purchases in It until come back and pay for then as l have to uuy other things some distance of, and 1t will be more convenient for me to leave the things here till later?"
 This request was willingly acCeded to. and, lifting the pot carefully out of the basket, the old dame placed it with an effort, in a corner; then, plac- Ing her basket on her arm. left the shop. Hours went by, day ripened Into evening, and evening gave way to night. but the old woman d.d not return. At last the proprietor thought of examining the earthenware pot to see If by any chance 1t had It's owners address upon 1t. and great was hls as- toulshmeut, not uutlnged with dis may. to ind that 1t possessed no bot tom. London Answers.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
Hoped He WouIdnIt erow.

A well known member of parliament was addressing an agricultural meet ing ln the south oj England and in the course of his remarks expressed the opinion that farmers do not sufficiently vary their crops and make mistake In always sowing wheat
 One of the audience opposed to hIu ln politics asked him what crops he would recommend.
 "Eyerythlng in turn" he replied.
 Well" said hIs interlocutor, eff swedes don't come up what then#
 Sow mustard" said the NJ. P.
 And If mustard doesn't come up what them?
 And so he went on through whole list of crops until. the NJ. P''s patience heinz exhausted. be put an end to his questioning amid roars of laughter by saying.
 "Oh. SOW yourself and 1 hope you won't come up."
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

An English paper watching the Hay wood trial has the following more or less truthful view of what American jury trials are becoming: "The Hay wood trial has been in progress for a goodly number oI weeks, and the end of it is not yet in sight The procedure ln the United States c1urts is beginning to assume all the characteristics of a Chinese play, which runs in some clses until the principal actors die oio.d age. 1T the ratio of development continues 8 line of professional jurors must be one of the results. One of these days 8 case will arise in which the jurors will be so long engaged that they will lose their connection with the trend of human ai- fairs, such as business and politics. The on:y method we can see of meeting such a contingency is to furnish jurors with permanent employment,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

Milwaukee's most recent improve ment is the placing ottwenty.dve drink ing fountains for humaukind in all parts Of the city. Is may be assumed that oaly the reform spirit prevalent the country over could lead the people o! tha, city thus to cast any discrediJ on a certain potable article that made Mil waukee famous.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
cirounstantiaL Evidence.

Chick Bruce was a famous Adiron dack guide. who accompanied Grover Cleveland on one or two of his hunting trIps lu those mountains. Chick left MT. Cleveland sitting on a log one morning while he went out to drive down deer should he chance to find one. When he came back he saw his distinguished employer still sitting on the log. but with the muZzle of his gun pointing directly at the presidential chest
 Here" shouted Chick, "quit that dod cast yc, Suppose that gun had .unp off aud you had killed yourself. what would have happened Co mei bern ye. everybody knows I'm Re. mbIicaur- Saturday Evening Post.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

A young man 20 years old and a young. ar sister are in jail at Heppner on 8 complaint sworn to by their father. The crime with which they are charged is larceny from 8 dwelling, the article stolen being a watch. A Heppner d.s- patch says that the people of that city are ''more orless in sympathy with the girl" And well they might be When the natural protector of a young girl so far torgets his duty to his own flesh and blood as to aid in having her placed ID jail she is certainly in need oisympathy. The girl and the boy may both be hard cases, but the act of this unnatural ta,her is ample evidence as 10 where a large portion of the responsibility for their shortcomings should rest. An apple does not fall very far from 8 tree,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
A Large Order.

The proprietor of a certain Testau- rant "Ieusrd" the reverse side of h.s bill of fare Co d carriage manufacturer, who prints advertisements thereon, The other day d customer, In a great hurry. ran into the restaurant, sat at a table and was handed a bIlI wrong side up by the Hurried waiter. The customer put on bis pmce-neZ, curled l.s mu-ta.a. vl.u la5 left hand and shouted In a voice of thunder: Bring a.. d fly. a Iuuluu. two vlctorias and a d,g.arr Got any funeral cars" The walter aeG.-Loudon Graphic.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

and perhaps six thousand people.
 The atmosphere is teverish. Wide open doors that lead to primitive streets show gamblers at the tables night and day. One recent month a miner who cleaned up thIrty-six JhJus- and dollars, went into Fairbanks and lost it in one night"
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
SENATOR PATTERSON'S TRIB
 UTE re ALASKA

Tu recent writing the following tribute is paid Alaska by Senator Thomas AL Patterson, Of Colorado:
 History records many a sale and exchange Of olds and ends of empire, bu, none more remarkable than our acquisition from Russia of magnificent Alaska for seven million two hundred thousand dollars. A land of gold aud furs aud fish tuexhausJible; of timber and coal and irou-true sinews Of war of tin and cooper and gypsum and oil.
 " Natures scrap heap, they called ii-a scrap heap which has yielded one hundred and dtJy millions of dollars worth of gold already and is laying bare it's precious veiLs every usys 60 eager seekers from the South.
 "A land with a tortuous coast line of yweuty-sfx thousand miles, the nome Of the fur seal all the way Virgin seas yielding forty tGousaud superb salmon st one haul-a worlds record indeed Ina, scrap heap wl.l yet amaze the world with it's wealth, and upon it will be built 8 nation second only co America. From it's five hun dred and thirtv-oae thousand square miles you might carve fourteen great states as large as Iadiana, then trlm of three New Jerseys, and still have one huadred thousand square miles to spare. Governor Brady estimates the white army Of invasion at thirty thousand picked p.oreers-'all of them here for gold No wonder you will pay i've dollars a night for room in 8 shack. and a dollar for B couple of eggs
 "To many people Alaska Is mere ysgue name. JJ Iiss somewhere in the far Northwes. peopled by Eskimo, Indian and polar bear. frozen tigh: the year around and producing little be- sides glsr.ers and volcanoes in startling iuxtaposiuon. Certainly it is 8 long way oH. From SesJ.ls to Nome, by Skagway, the White Pass, Yukon, snd Norton sound is 2, 200 miles And what 8 journey of panoramic splendor inJuly, when the snow mel.s and the blue waters cascade down the giant mouu- talns, and colossal glaciers like the Taku, which presents a wall Of ice nearly three miles long and eleven hundred fee. high
 "Try 10 realize the vastness and richness of our new domain. Through the valleys Of the Yukon and its trib- utaries flows one Of the worlds might jest river systems. From Whitehorse, 8 little town of 5OO souls iu cabin, shan,y and tent, to St. Michael is 2:lOO There is gold beyond the dream of avar.cs, but the ice king guards it with sdamsntiue clutch. A shalt 25O feet deep will go all the way through solidly frozen earth. and in digging out gold the miners often dig trenches three feet deep, i'll them with wood, and set it on ire to melt the adj,cent ice.
 "Out in these wiIds every man has a chance with pick and shovel and pan. He may and does work all nlghtas well as all day, for ag midsummer the sun is only below the horizon thirty minutes out ot the ,wenJy-iour hours. But at midwinjer there is DO day for six weeks. Towns are born in @ night, as iu the good old days Of the West. Take Fairbanks, up the Tanans river, named in honor of the Vice-President. Only 8 year or two ago the big bear and Arctic fox roamed here in sn un- disturbed wilderness. Now there are fifty square miles of placer gold mines,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
Judamsnt Reversed.

Scho0ltcacuer- ann sorry to com plain. but Johnnie Jones has been very tmper,iueut. Prlucipal-YOu must be more patient Miss Howard. Teach the children to respect you as they do me, and we shall have fewer complaints. What did he say: Schoolteacher-He said you were the skiuu.est old maid Brooklyn Life.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
The pissdyantaaes of sshooIs.

"Why have you taken your son out Of school without asking permissIOnE'
 Father "a grocerl - But they were rulning him. I wish to bring him up to carry on my business, and they were teaching him that there are sixteen ounces in a pound.-Motto Pu Ridere.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

"yaU them" says Bryan, meaning John D. Rockefeller and those like him, My father is persscuted, " says R0cke. isl.er's daughter. Difference of opinion is what makes horse races, but as Mr, Bryan has been wrong on 50 many dif- isrent stands be has taken he may have had a char ge of luck and be right this time.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

Mrs John A. Logan daughter, who has filed sll kinds of shocking charges against her husband and demands a large sum of money for her lacerated iseliGgs, evidintly is well grounded iu the believe that "Ths jingling Of the guinea heals the hurt that honor teels".
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
A Me, pr.c.nt-

It Is said of a champion mean man that the only present he ever made to his wife was on the twenty-hfth annt- versary of their wedding, when he gave her four yards Of cotton cloth with which tomake him shirt
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

Over in Msnills 8 jumping COW Is re ported to have eaten a hll of giant pow der and exploded on July l. Likely she vas preparing to celebrate the Fourth, but as often happens, the explosion was DremAture.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

The decoration of Enrico CarusO with the Victorian order by King Edward may, in the mInd of the matchIess ten. or, offset the decoration Of the double cross conferred by 8 New York julge.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
LouicaI Result

Teacher-W-hat happens when a per sons temperature goes down as far as 1t can go? Tommy-Then he has cold feet.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
Call Up The AIasksn

The Alaskan will be pleased to pub fish any local or social news of the city which is telephoned to the office. Call up phone I9 and send it iU.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
At The Mascot

Mt. Vernon Rye, Old Taylor and Bel mont Whistles ldOuble stamped goods, 10 years Old), and Rainier and Pacific Bottled Beer, at the Mascot,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

FOUND-A diamond. The owner cau have, by proving property and pay ing for this ad,-The American Tail Ors. tt
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18
Phone City TransFer

or your losl, wood and general haul
 ing. Phone 90, BOughtOn's cigar store, l0-4-lmO
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

The world knows nothing of Its greatest men.-Van Artevelde.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

The Fifth Avenue hotel has unlimited Steam heat and 0very- thing modern.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

"Richard CrOKer has the freedom of Dublin" says an exchange. Dublin should remember that Croker once had the freedom Of New York
The daily Alaskan., 1907-07-18

Better get a typewriter, Telephone E. C. Niles, Fifth Avenue hotel. If
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12
eIFr MOI ALL A GIFT.
Generosity That Was Purely the Re-
suit Of Accident.

A missionary bishop told this story
about f. Marion Crawford, the famous
novelist:
"Mr Crawford went to school," he
said, Tin Concord and one day he was
taken to call at Concord clergy
mans.
THE clergyman had missionary
box on his drawing room table, and,
time hanging heavily on the boys
hands, he amused himself with try
ing whether a silver dollar-it was
all the money he had in the world.
and he had converted 1t into that 81
gantic coin for safety-would go into
the slit in the box's top.
'It was a close At, but unfortunate
ly 1t did go, and the coin slipped out
of the embryo authors fingers. There
was terrible crash of silver falling
among the coppers-and then the boy,
as the novelists say, knew no more.
when he came to himself he found
the clergyman and his family in rap
lures over his generosity"