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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-01

A man who had evidently been drink
ing spontaneous combustion caused by
greasy rags and eating things which had
been lost long time in limburger fac
tory came into this office yesterday to say
something very confidential. A few days
ago the dispatches told of man who
drank embalming fluid and thus got his
breath embalmed. The man mentioned
at the outset Of this paragraph would do
well to also take some embalming fluid. II
it doesn't make his breath more balmy /;
may dessicateit and that wouldn't be the
worst thing that could happen To it.
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THE CHINESE elo-TAlL.

Originally the Cue was . badge Of
Humilistion and servitude.
The Chinese pig-tail is badge Of
servitude. A little more than three
hundred years ago the Chinese prided
themselves ON their long, black hair.
which covered the whole of their heads.
When they were conquered by the Man
chus, who rushed in upon them from the
North, their conquerors made them
shave their heads As sign Of submis-
sion. Shaved heads became the fash
ion, and now even the Manchus them.
selves wear bald scslps. The Chinaman
has become proud of his pig-tail. He
braids false hair into 1t to make 1t
longer, and pieces 1t out with black silk
thread. He oils 1t until 1t shines like
polished Jet, and he lets this greasy,
black snake hang down upon and soil the
most delicate Of yellow and sky-blue
silk gowns. He has his hair restorer
Just as has the American dude, and II
may be Of advantage to some Of ouz
bald headed men to know that fat rat
diet is supposed, in China, to be condu.
Give to hair growing. l asked my
Chineae servant, while travelling
through to Picking, as to the prices
Of shaving. He told me that in the in
terror you could get shave for cont,
and that the prices rose according to the
wealth of the customer. "Mandarins, +"
said he, ssoften have BARRIERS connected
with their yamens, and the swell China
man Is shaved in his own residence.
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The Turks and the Crescent.

The crescent was not originally an
emblem Of the Turk. 1t was first used
by the primitive Christians of Constanti-
nople and the Eastern provinces of the
old Roman Empire as an emblem of the
growing influence Of Christianity. 1t
was not until about the year 145s, after
the Turks had overrun Asia Minor and
parts of Southeastern Europe, and had
captured Constantinople, that the Turks
adopted the crescent as their national
emblem. The Koran prohibits the use
OF images and symbols in the religious
ceremonies of the strict Turk, or the in
ternal decorations of their temples and
mosques, the rule being so strict as not
to allow the martial or civic decoration
of their greatest generals or pashas, sue
cessful commanders or other distin-
guished persons. The adoption of the
crescent By the Turk as q national en-
blcm is an oddity which has. so far, re
manned unexplained.-N. Y. Star.
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MY EAST.

o love, albeit your eyes are blue,
And lily-white your slender hands,
dream, Whenever look on you,
OF golden orient lands
Mayhap 1t is the amber tinge
That suns the ripples of your hair.
Or your dropped eyelid's curved fringe
That sweetly watts me there.
Mayhap it is your brow that vies
With almond blooms that fall and float;
Mayhap it is your low replies
Clear as bulbul's note.
Or your lip-line that redly shows
Like the pomegranate's rudy heart;
Or yet your cheek so like the rose
When its pink petals part.
Ihavc no need to travel far
To seek the cloudless climes OF blue
For, love. you are my morning star
find my East In you!
Clinton Scotland, in America.
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HERolNEs OF FICTION.
A Charming Young Woman We Meet In
Eashlonable Novels.

A Charming Young Woman We Meet In
Fashionable Novels.
A very pretty girl, with soft dark hair
and graceful figure, was sitting on the
gate immediately before me, with
book In her hands. knew her at once.
I knew that her ear resembled deli
cate pink sea-shell. knew that her
eyelashes must inevitably be long. She
was the charming innocent type. The
hero finds her thus in her guileless vii
lage simplicity, reading some harmless
story, in her inexpensive white dress,
with the knot of common or garden
Reranium at the neck. He starts her as
be passes, and she drops her book and
he picks it ND. It is thus that the inti-s
macy begins. She is the daughter OF
the poor vicar, and he is the scion OF .
noble house. He has como to the VIII
lage for the sake of rest, or fishing, or
sketching. Whichever 1t is, he does 1t
rather better than anyone else- 1t Is
way these heroes have. {,
The poor, old, grey-headed vicar goes
pottering about his garden, and never
sees thata train for . three-volume novel
Is being laid under his very nose. He lie
devoted, OF course TO his only oaugnter'
and his blindness proceeds partly rom
the childlike simplicity which Is naturai
to these sylvan haunts, but also because
he must be aware by this time that the
story could not possibly get on without
it. So the hero makes love to her, be-
cause he IL not in the least in love with
her; and she does not make love to him
because she II very much in love with
him. In this sinful world the heroes
get most OF the undercut AS rule ne
kisses her on the eyes and mouth alone;
but the nose and back-hair are the only
part Of girls head which the hero
raver kisses- He leaves the village and
r..--s.. .c,,,a ora elsa. Then comes the
r ~s..os 800 -, 80 .,h,oh No ali
Dreakisss-s.o.o "on ~" -
know and hate 30 Wen. one taxes up
the newspaper with merry laugh, ana
| suddenly sees the advertisement OF the
hero's marriage. She turns deadly pale.
| grasps the table to save herself from
falling, and, murmuring that the heat
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detected By photographs.

During the last Belgian maneuvers,
General van der Smissen had ordered
some photographers to be stationed at
various points on the maneuver field.
At the end of the operations he had the
proofs brought to him, and could there
by ascertain that frequently his instrucr
tions had been neglected. Thus 1t the
passage of ford he could see that many
soldiers, instead of fastening their cart
ridge pouches to their rifles, as the in
structions prescribe, left them where
they were, whereby they get wet. He
also observed that no ropes were
stretched across the stream to mark the
ford and to enable the soldiers to hold
fast on in case the current proved too
strong. A good many other things the
General is said to have found out and 80
the photographers will probably become
la bette noire of the Belgian Thomas
Atkins.--Lo Progress Militaire.
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frontier style. Harry had intended BY
then to have h is own farm out on Cedar
Creek sufficiently improved to install
Daisy as mistress of home OF their own.
After considerable parley among them.
selves, the Sioux marched the captive
toward the fort. The Indians halted and
babe her proceed. at the same time keep
ing her covered with their rifles. This
was intense torture to Harry. and, had
he not been restrained, he would have
rushed bodily to his death In the attempt
to rescue the girl whom he loved.
The captive was allowed to come up
within twenty-five feet of the barr.cade,
then the Sioux called to her to halt. In
a voice which she strove in vain to rem.
der steady the captive told them she
had been made to come and demand
their surrender. But, in lower tones,
she warned them against doing so, say
ing they would only be butchered with
out mercy.
Harvey was alert and telling Harry to
unbarricade the door, he explained
briefly to the poor captive that her res
cue would then and there be attempted.
Poor Daisy! Her face was white'as that
of the dead, but she replied that she was
ready.
.'Then stoop low to keep the bullets
above you, and run swiftly toward the
door. Harry will meet you there" adj
viscd Harvey from loop-hole.
The Indians were growing impatient,
| and had demanded her return. There
| was no further time to waste. Harry
Grey sprang to the door to assist the cap
tive, while the others held their guns to
the loop-holes.
Daisy Murdoch did not lack courage
when the proper moment came to exer'
else 1t fully. 1t was q short run, but
veritable run for life and liberty. The
Indians fred several times after her, but
her STOPPING motion had made the shots
| rattle harmlessly over her head. She
was soon clasped safely in Harry's arms
which quickly placed b or, almost faint
ing, within the fort.
Then began siege which lasted ont
week. Many Indians were killed, bu,
small bands would each day come along
and thus keep the besiegers reinforced
As had been expected, the Sioux found
the quarry back of the milk-house, and
began an attack from that quarter. The
torpedo was exploded at the right mo
ment, killing several and severely
wounding dozen. They tried in every
way to burn them out, but with no sue
cess.
| When the number of Sioux had in
creased to one hundred, and the whites
had begun to consider their case hope
less one, troops came and drove the rex
men away.
For miles and miles the direst devas
tation had been wrought to the home
on these prairies. Not building re
maihed; only ashes and blackened ruin
marked the spots where happy home
had once been.
Daisy Murdock's home had beef
burned, her father butchered before he
own eyes, and she had been taken car
, tive.
| BY making their fight there on tn
, prairie they had, no doubt, held q larg
force of the Sioux from committin
countless other bloody depredations o
} other settlers.
In due time their homes were rebuilt
and they were again prosperous Harr
and Daisy never forget to lift gratefu
hearts to Providence for their preservs
ton during the terrible Sioux outbreal
t "A. II. Gibson. in N. Y. Ledger.
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FRIENDSHIPS IN CONGRESS.

Personal Friendliness OF Some OF the Hot
test Political Opponents.
You can look down from the gallery Of
either House on intimacies between pro-
fessed opponents like that between
Steele and Carlisle. The ingenious Mr..
Pickwick was not more astonished at
amiable relations of the opposing coun-
Gil in the great case of Bardell vs.. Pick
wick than Is the average thick-and-thin
partisan by the personal friendliness
shown by the hottest orators ON the
floor for the boldest leaders Of the oppo-
sition. Every body knows how intimate
Senator Cameron and Senator Butler OF
South Carolina are. How they talk to-
gether in the Senate, lunch together,
drive together, and hunt and fish to-
gether, in closer bonds than either u
with any party friend. Allison's friend
ship with Beck, and Reeds with Ran
dali, are perhaps not SO generally
known. Hawlcy has many friends on
the Democratic side, and so have Sher-
man, Morrill,, John p. Jones, Evarts,
Aldrich, Hale, Sawyer, Spooner and
Henderson, while Wade Hampton, Vance,
Colquitt, Payne and Mcpherson are
equally popular on the Republican side.
Even Edmunds and Hoar have their
friends among the Democrats. Hoar
still keeps his, but Edmunds seems to
grow more reserved continually. He
misses Thurman from the Democratic
side. They were great cronies. John
d. Long was the most popular Republic
can on the Democratic side Of the House.
Mckinley and Reed are botL liked
here, and SO is Butterworth. Carlisle
| is, of course, the most popular Democrat
on the Republican side, and then come
the Breckinridges and Mills-yes, Mills,
the particular target of every Republic
can speaker Washington Letter.
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puNcENr PARAGRAPHS.

-He-"You women are forever talk
ing about your Clothes" She-"And
you men are forever talking about your
selves. Boston Transcript.
--Algy (showinga photograph)-"How
do you like my bride that is to be?"
Kaustic-"She must be very rich."-
Wasp.
marriages are made in heaven"
quoth Mss Antique. "Then there is
some chaace for you yet" was the cool
reply Of her younger sister.-Harper's
Bazaar.
MIR. Cholmondeley- am
suffering from dreadful pain at the
base of my brain, doncherknow." DIR.
Solidsense-''I suppose you mean that
you've got stiff neck"
--"Who are the brilliantly-dressed
military men on the opposite side OF the
room?r she asked at the ball. Those
are some of our glittering generalities."
| replied her editorial escort.-Judge.
-Gus-"So your brother is married.
Is his wife pretty?" George NO"
"A domestic, lovable little darling, per-
haps?' "No-o; she is what is called
superior woman" "Oh! Poor wretch"
AN Undetected Substitution: Fore
man composing-room-"Some of the MS
| of Miss Gushington's novel seems to be-
| missing" Editor Well, here are
'Grays Anatomy and the 'Dressmaker's'
Manual Make it up from them in about
equal parts. Puck.
A mild rebuke: Miss Boldly (who
has angled in vain for proposaD-"E
don't think you would make good sol-
der" Mr.. Mildboy-"O beg your
pardon, but why?" lyon have such a
retiring disposition you would never
come to the point Of action. Omaha
World.
-B;ter-ssSay, this slot machine Is 2
swindle. I've dropped five nickels into
It and haven't got any thing yet. "
Owner Of the Machine-"Did you read
what It says ON top of the machine"'
Biter--ssNo!" Owner -" Well, do SO,
then" Bitter reads: drop nickel in
the slot and confirm the statement that
all the fools are not dead yet!"-Law-
ronce American.
Mrs. Ruffenreddy-"I must confess
was kind o. 'shamed O. you, zebulon,
when saw you eatin' them beans with
= knife. It's bad enough to have beans
ON the table when young Giltedge is
here dinin' with Matilda; but see he
was shocked when he saw you wade
inter them with yer knife" Old Rufien-
reddy-"Well, that young cub needn'l
be 80 smart. He's so tarnal proud o
maxim 1t pint to eat with fork be
: cause that's the only thing he evea
learned, I reckon. America.
As 8 member Of the four hundred
said recently, I'VE have our pleasant
, little set, where we all know each Other
, intimately. These new people come
t here who are all we'll enough; but why
should we admit them to our little circle
They have nothing save money TO REQ
! ommehd them. 1t Is so hard to 60 out
I side our little set--whefe we see eacl
7 other all the time, and do the samt
: things every day-don't you think so
l Miss PIP "Why, really" said MIS-
; P, laughing. 'sif you ask me for ny
: opinion, think the hard thing to 90 u
to stay in Hf"-Epoch. :,
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Three girls in East Liverpool, Pa,
agreed to let each other read the last
love letters they had received. Great
was tbs excitement whom II was dis
eovessd hat ~ Ysss written By he
1rns zoaas nal;
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Coal dust is no longer regarded as
waste, It is manufactured into blocks
for fuel, and found to burn readily, CIV
ing an intense BIZ 1t with entire absence
Of clinksr&
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OF SlOuX Steal OUT VI tuc loHcSt anu AAUC
like demons toward them.
Quickly entering their fort, they had
the door barricaded, and every gun ready
for use when the band, which at this
time numbered forty-one, rode up and
halted just beyond rifle range.
Harry Grey had counted them from a
loop-hole. Suddenly his ruddy face grew
pale, and he was observed to tremble as
if an ague had seized him.
sThe fiends!'' came from his ashen lips,
"what is it?" cried Harvey.
"Look.' and he pointed toward the
band of Sioux.
Harvey sprang to loop-hole and sur
veyed the object of Harry's emotion. He
started greatly as his eyesfe on lovely
white girl, with plump, graceful figure
long golden hair streaming wildly away
from her scared, colorless face, and with
her arms tied cruelty behind her back
She was captive in the midst Of band
Of merciless Indians!
s.Heavens!" calculated Harvey, lit il
Daisy Murdoch"
ssYes, and she is captive in the hands
Of that fiendish band. Heavens! wha
can do?" he cried, in wild excitement
Daisy Murdock was the only child of I
settler who had taken "a claim" abou
fifteen miles south of Haryey's store
The Murdocks and the Greys had beef
| old neighbors in Illinois, and had COM
to Minnesota together. Daisy and Harr,
Grey had been lovers from childhood
and the coming Christmas had been ~
| pointed IS suitable time for celebrs
ting their nups.sa - seod eld -4eshioas
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1890-09-27
About the Size of 1t.

The Frankfort:correspondent of the
Lexington Leader says he has been
paying attention to the capital re-
moval question, and finds a very gen.
eral desire on the part of the delegates
to settle the matter once for all. He
has interviewed a number of dele
gates as to their preference, and,
even with his predilec. on for Lex
ington, quotes most of tt EN- in favor
of leaving the capital W here it is.
Most of those who say thy want a
change are disposed to be f, my and
ask the honor for their own county
seats. Still the Leader manages to
reach the conclusion that the capital
is very apt to be moved. He finds
Lebanon the choice Of number of
delegates from Southwestern Ken
lucky, and throws cold water on the
Falls City by pretending to discover
that it is unpopular among the dele
gates. -Courier-Journdl.
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Pneumonia

Is the only disease which seems to
entirely battle the physicians skill.
Thousands upon thousands die
annually that might be saved if they
would use the medicine in the world
that is specific for that drea,
disease, viz: DR.. Hale's Household
Ointment, which has saved the lives
of hundreds of people after having
been given up by the physicians
when both lungs were badly involved.
There is no remedy known to man
that equals DR.. Hale's Household
Ointment for the cure of Pneumonia.
1t cures the severest cases. 1t
should be in every home in America.
Price rs and 80 cents per box. Sold
at South Side drug store.
p. HI. CARPENTER,
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Bridgeport.

Several slight cases of scarlet fever
reported in this neighborhood.
Miss Halle Russell, who has been
quite ill for some time, is better at
this writing.
A very interesting series of meet
ings are now being held at Evergreen
Church, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Williams.
Bro. Geo. Darsie is holding forth at
Graefensburg in protracted meet
ing with much interest manifested.
Miss Annie Parent, who has been
visiting relatives here for several
weeks, left for her home in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, last Thursday, accom-
panied by Mr.. j. III. Parent, who has
gone to spend a few weeks in the
southern cline.
Mrs. Salina Armstrong is visiting
relatives in Louisville this week.
All enjoyed themselves at the pic
mic given by the Evergreen Church.
Mr.. j. ID. Parent has about recov-
cred from his recent illness.
Mr.. E. w. Armstrong, the new
deputy assessor, has commenced his
work on this side Of the river.
Mrs. Ollie Scantland has been quite
i'll for several weeks, with very little
Improvement up to date.
The Sunday-school at South Benson
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Ladies

Realize perhaps more fully than
any one else the value of clear and
beautiful complexion, and they also
know how difficult it is to retain
freshness and beauty, when con-
fronted by so many diseases incident
to females that sap their strength and
undermine their health. Science
progresses. There are two remedies,
when used in connection, will cure
any case of female weakness Of
short or long standing and Ae-
store the individual to perfect health
very quickly. DR.. Hale's Household
Ointment used in connection with
DR.. Hale's Household Tea will ac-
complish the desired result quicker
and better than any other known
remedy. Large size SO cents; sold at
South Side drug store.
A p. II. CARPENTER.
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has been a very prosperous one this
summer, with seventy pupils on the
roll. The session will close to-day by
giving the children nice picnic.
Mrs. s. o. Roberts, of Frankfort,
visited her fathers family, w. F. Rus
sell, this week.
Mrs. w. H. Parent visited relatives
in Frankfort last week.
A very interesting prayer meeting
was held at Uncle John Jenkins
Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the
pastor of Evergreen Church.
Mr.. j. w. Jenkins attended the re-
union of the 9th, 10th and 18th cav
airy at Shelbyville last Friday, the
10Th.
Miss Alma Scofield, Of Frankfort,
is visiting relatives in this commu-
nifty.
The tobacco growers in these parts
have about housed all their crop,
which was much better than was at
first anticipated.
Miss Lucy Brown is attending the
Catholic school at White Sulphur
this session.
Miss Ethel Crutcher returned home
from Nicholasville on account of
sickness. She had left fer that place
two weeks previous to attend school.
''Let every man attend to his own
business and his time will be we'll
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Tioga.

Farmers are fearing frost in the
near future.
Chas. Adams, of Louisville, visited
his son, DR.. John F. Adams, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. DR.. A. M. Miles is visiting her
mother, Mrs. w. A. Duncan, near
Tioga.
Mr.. Ebb Bailey and wife visited
friends and relatives near Bagdad
last week.
Campbell White and wife, from
Kirksville, are visiting Lemuel B.
Owens and son.
Sam Clark, wife and family are Wis
iting friends in the vicinity of Hat
ton. Sam has about completed the
prison at Eddyville.
A Capt. Curtis Dodson and wife Wis
ited Esquire j. b. Tracy and family
last week.
4h Capt. Smith Cook attended church
I. at Jacksonville Sunday night.
Mr.. Allen Harrod, who enlisted in
the standing army some five years
ago, returned to this locality few
days ago. His many friends were
glad to see him and welcome him
back to his old home again.
Mrs. Lucy Allen, who met with the
misfortune to hurt her foot several
days ago, giving her SO much pain as
to render her unable to attend to her
domestic duties, we are glad to learn
is much better.
Jesse Johnson has resumed bust
ness again, making sorghum by the
wholesale and retail. Those wanting
to sop the pan must follow Jesse.
was glad to read few items from
the Observers fluent pen. Come
again. 'fess up, as l am not first
class in photography.
Ben Rodgers says that the new as
sesso. of the Jacksonville precinct
assessed one of his hogs at $3.50. She
must be thorough.
Archie Moore has in course of cree
ton new residence. VIM. F. Clark,
Esq, and j. G. Harp. contractors.
Miss Jennie Lamb, of Russiaville,
Ind, assisted by Rev. w. F. Clark, of
Jacksonville, and E. N. Jones, the
pastor in charge of the Lockport
Circuit, will hold protracted meet
ing at Jacksonville, commencing the
28th inst.
The members of the Farmers and
LabOrers' Union at Zilpah Lodge, No.
1882, are very actively engaged in en-
rolling some two or three members
to their list at each meeting. They
now number about 80, and ere long,
from all indications, will have
working lodge Of 100 members, COM
poCed chiefly of the bone and sinew
of the land. CATCHUM.
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FairView.

Mr.. Tom Riner and wife, of Indiana,
who have been visiting relatives
here, are now in Henry county.
The public school will begin again
Monday. All pupils of the proper
age are respectfully invited to attend.
G.. d. Hancock attended the Teach
ers Institute this week.
The protracted meeting at the
Christian Church at Graefensburg is
still in progress.
The sick people are all improving
at this writing.