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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-09-10

LONDON. Sept. 9-The great Yorkshire
handicap plate at the Doncaster Septem-
Der meeting today was won bv Silver
spur. The champagne stakes were won
By Harksone.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-09-10

" your ship Is within one league of Guatc
malean territory. and you have aboard Gen.
barrunda. u becomes your duty, under the
laws OF nations. 10 deliver him to Guatc-
malean authorities upon their demands. AL
legations having been made 10 this legation
that said Barrundia i hostile TO and an en-
emy of their republic Guarantees have
been made 10 me by this government that his
life shall not be endangered. nor any other
cause stated in the letter Of senior Anuiyano
10 '"n>ul General iiosmer. dated YESTERDAY
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-09-10
THAT HAULING MATTER
Messrs. Heller & McGreeor Denied the
Alleged Rumor

The Whatcom Bulletin Of last evening
published the following communication
regarding the alleged refusal of the Fair
haven x Southern railroad company to
haul the piles TO be used in the construc-
ton OF the e street wharf in Whatcom:
ED. BuIIETIS:-In reply TO an article
IN the last issue OF your paper and in that
little dodger called the Express Of the 9th
inst. relative to the Fairhaven 4 South
ern railroad company refusing to haul
piles over its road for G street wharf, we
wish TO say that such is not the case.
The company Is perfectly willing to carry
over piles. but the freight rate Is so high
that we cannot stand II, or in other
words, we can haul them very much
cheaper by water than by rail. Upon
Inquiry we Informed several persons that
the company was perfectly willing to do
the hauling for us. The Express was
also informed OF that fact before he pub
lfshed the article and has no reason to
censure this or any other company with.
out just cause.
HELLER a McGREGoR.
Several STATEMENTS In the communlca-
tion sonnd rather peculiar General
Manager Wilson, Chief Engineer Dono-
van and Superintendent Borie, In their
interviews with the HERALD representa-
tive, stated that no application had been
made 10 have piles hauled. The question
naturally arises, How does Messrs, Heller
* McLregor know that the rates are too
high II they have never made any appli-
cation TO have their material hauled?
The enormous volume OF business done by
the Fairhaven q Southern is the best
evidence Of the liberal rates charged by
the company.
This who'll matter is "A specimen Of the
malicious fabrications published from
time TO time regarding Fairhaven and its
enterprises When sifted
down they always end as this one has. In
words OF empty sound and nothing more.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-09-10
Minister Mizner's Instruction.

NEW YoRk, Sept "a Panama special
says the following is Minister Miners
letter to Capt. Pitts Of the Pacific Mail
steamer Acapulco in regard To the liar.
runda case:
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a twenty-year term actually serves only
eleven years and three months, and a ten
year sentence would be shortened to six
years and three months. Thus. it will be
seen that good behavior offers a large induce
ment. A convict, though, may lose all or a
portion of his good time if he proves trouble
some to the extent Of four punishments.
If one could learn the history Of each con-
vict's private life before entering the inside
of these prison walls he would discover that
people from all stations in life are here
brought together and placed on an equality
with each other and are treated as such. If
investigation could be made one would find
here the preacher, lawyer, doctor, men Of
education and refinement, clerks, college
graduates, and in fact men from all posi-
lions in life from the influential politician
to the professional burglar or common thief.
But even to the most sCrutinizing eye, all
look alike in their habiliments Of striped
clothing and no one outside Of their keepers
could distinguish the Eed-handed murderer
from the once influential and respected
citizen whose hand is placed on his shoulder
as they march along in the lock step.
I do not wish the reader to infer that
those who we're once shining lights in sOci-
ETY. are here in large numbers. They form
but a small part Of the entire lot Of prison
eFs, but they are here nevertheless. The
professional Iaw-breaker is largely in the
majority, and as a rule gives the most
trouble. As general thing he is very ig-
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nCranGs from a literary point OF view al
though very shreWd in many other respects.
Most of the cOnvfcts in for murder are
serving their first term, while those doing
time Tor burglary or thieveFy are, as a rule,
serving the State for the second or third
time, and among these are many under
twenty-five or tWenty-three years Of age.
Most all are innocent Of one listens to their
story, and do not deserve the punishment
that is being inflicted upon them, and they
generally attribute their imprisonment TO a
prejudiced jury, perjury on the part Of wit
nesses, or to some unfortunate circumstance.
They are given four holidays a year
which are looked forward to with much
eageFness, as on these days rare treat is
generally in store for them These are the
Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day, Christ
mas and New Year. Decoration Day is
also q holiday, but ii is more like a Sunday,
and so Is not hooked forward to with much
interest.
In the forenoon Of the Fourth OF July the
prisoners are all permitted to roam around
together in the east yard for Two or three
hours 1t is then that friends are sought
out who haven't been seen since the pre-
vtous Fourth or since incarceration. A lot
Of Misunderstanding is INDUCED in, and an in
terest1ng visit is had generally which must
suffice for another year. The dinner on this
day IS a little extra, and includes apples a
couple Of cigars etc
Thanksgiving is the day that some would
Just as soon be q convict as not. The din
neE served on this day is as coed as any one
outside could ever wish 6or-turksy with
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word OF kindness, with a number Of hours
allotted for work but none for recreation
and plenty Of time to chew the Cud of re-
morse; this is indeed living death. There
is nothing inside the grim, gray walls that
eXCites any other feeling than pity for the
army OF poor devils who, for Offenses
against society, are forced TO engage in a
grind Of toll that goes on ceaselessly. The
surroundings are ChesrlesS enough, to some
almost repulsive, and to one who is accus-
toned to the fullest liberty in speech and
action they are difficult to understand.
A beginner first passes through the ordeal
Of the solitary and is instructed in the rules
and regulations; his hair is cut short, his
face shaved smooth, a bath taken and he is
also vaccinated. After fun description Of
him is noted down, his weight, height, color
Of hair and eyes, chest, head and finger
measure, ETC., he is assigned to some kind
Of work, usually a trade, if he has one,
which is not often the case, and then the
grind begins. Every day is the same, there
is no change to relieve the mOnOtOny of the
cOnvict's existence. It is the same with
one as with the other. They are called at
six in the morning by the ringing Of a bell
at which all must rise and prepare for
breakfast At seven they are marched to
their various work shops where 'fbRu Is
played until twelve; one hour is allowed
for dinner, which is eaten in the cells, and
at six o'clock they retire again for the
night, with the exception Of in the winter,
when quitting time is regulated by the
length OF the days, as 1t is necessary to have
all the CORviCts secure In their cells before
dark. At nine O'Clock all must put out
their lights and retire. No bOisterOus
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cranberry sauce, celery, mashed pOtatOtss
etc, Is also includes the usual number ot
apples and cigars.
Christmas has a treat in store for them lu
the way Of a theatrical performance which
takes place in the chapel in the forenoon.
Usually some comedy company is engaged
for their amusement on this day, and good
hearty laugh is enjoyed and to say that the
convicts appreciate this entertainment e2,-
presses it but mildly. An unusually good
dinner is also served on this day as also on
New Years, which is the extent Of theiE
merry making for the year.
Chapel services are held every Sunday at
ten O'Clock. Every convict is at liberty To
go II ne chooses, or remain ia his cell. Cath
oltc services are held once q month, A reg
ular chaplain is engaged to conduct tbs
services. and choir and orchestra OF cor
victs furnishes the music, which. IS very
good, indeed to say the least.
The prisoners are allowed any Of the
weekly papers, but no dailies. The papers,
as also all the letters received or sent, first
pass through the hands of the censor, who
clips from them anything which he thinks
ought not to be communicated to the prts-
oners. They are allowed TO write once ia
four weeks, and only one letter at a time.
Friends may be seen only once in eight
weeks.
That each convict is numbered is well
understood. When the number reaches
10, 600 the numbering commences over again
this took place about the first of January
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st the present about as low as it has been in
Several years, and only once has the capaCi-
ty of the institution been taxed, and that
was twelve or fifteen years ago, when some
/, 800 prisoners found time to put little
blank space in their memory. The number
of arrivals averages from forty to fifty a
month, and naturally the releases about the
same.
The Discipline is humane but very severe,
which OF course is quite necessary, and the
slightest disObediepce is punishable by
solitary confinement, where the convict sees
no one, is obliged to live on dry bread and
water, which is handed him but twice
day, and his bed is the stone floor, After
returning from a siege Of ten days or so in
the solitary the prisoner would make very
good substitute for a corpse. No matter
how refractory he may have been, he is al
ways sure to be very weak and submissive
when he returns. But most of the prison
ers are very Obedient and strive in many
ways to gain favor with the officers in
charge by their good conduct, which is in
truth the best method to follow, not alone
for his welfare as a prisoner, but such
course Is also necessary in order to be al
lowed the good time which shOrtens his SEN
tence nearly half. This good time COM
mences with one month OF for the first
year, two months for the second, three
months for the third, and so on until the
sixth year, when six months are taken of
OF every year thereafter.
According to this, a prisoner sentenced to
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plank road. What was my consterna-
lion q? found I was riding Just in
front of our army line. The troops
were lying in the hollow by the road
side, the sAirnnishing line was a few
rods In advance in the woods. I was
riding between them both The firing
had not opened on this part of the line !;
it might any moment. But it was fun
for the boys" that ride for life, which
1t was. Had the firing opened here,
nothing could have saved me, and I
knew it, and spurred my horse on to
greater speed.
"Go it, old boyG" greeted my ears as
1 few by the cleaning bayonets.
Go it, paymaster! !" others shouted.
Go it, Mephistopheles! Z" called out
still others.
"It's a Herald correspondent, III
bet" fell on my ears at frequent inter
walls.
I paid no heed to the shouts, but the
strange spectacle of a solitary rider,
with figure bent forward and coat-tails
flying, rushing like mad along that
plank road that day in front of the
main army line, viii be still remem-
bered by thousands who witnessed that
singular appartion. And now, for the
first time, the perplexing enigma is
explained. York Herald.
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raphy, or are too long and dlscurslve
to set down here One little fash Of
humOr is, perhaps, worth preserving
from all the war talk which we en-
joyed.
"Gen. Thomas" said he, Junior to
me in rank, but senior In service, was
81 stern disciplinarian. He had received
many complaints about the piifering
and pIundering committed by one of
his brigades, and, being resolved to
put this Offense down, he issued some
very strict orders, men acing with death
any who should tran sgress. The brig
ade in question wore for its badge an
acorn, in silver or gold, and the men
were inOrdinatelY fond Of this distinct
i've sign. Several cases of disObedience
had been reported to the General, but
the evidence was never strong enough
for decisive action, until one day, rid
ing with an orderly down 3 by-iane
outside the post, Thomas came full
upon an Irishman who, having laid
aside his rife, with which he had killed
a hog, was busily engaged in SHINING
the animal with his swOrd-bayonet, so
so as to make easy work with the bris~
ties, ETC., before cooking some pork
chops.
Az CL16u inc GENERAL you IAS-
cal at last I have caught one of you
IN the act. There is no mistake about
it this time, and / viii make an exam
pie of you, sir
Bedad! General, honeyp said the
man, Strengthening himself up and
coming to the salute, it's not shootin'
me that you ought to be at, but re-
wardin' me.
What do yOumean, sir exclaimed
Gen. Thomas.
Why, your honorP the soldier re-
piled, this bad haste here had Just been
| disicratin' the rigimentaI badge, aud
so was forced to dispatch him. It's
ATTN the acorns I found him atY Even
| Gen. Thomas was obliged to laugh at
this, and the soldier saved his life by
his wit. Sir Ed1Utq1 ATnOId'S letter
to London Telegraph.
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The Love of Flowers.

CAS- the twig is bent the tree S in
cined, -" is a trite saying, the truth of
which we sometimes forget Nearly
three thousand years ago the wisest Of
men declared, "Train up child in the
way he should go, and when he is old
he VIII not depart from it. o" Most per
sons are born with a natural love for
flowers. I never yet saw q toddler
whose eyes did not light up with pleas
ure at the sight of bright blossoms,
and whose fingers did not itch to hold
in their grasp the pity flowers, " and
small boys show fully as much liking
therefor as their sisters. It is con-
sidered the proper thing for our girls
to wear flowers, to love them and care
for them, and so encouraged and
trained, the majority of our girls grow
up into fower-loYing women. On
the contrary, in many homes, the boys
are made to feel that the love of flow
ers is "girlish, and trust our modern
boy for wanting at all times to be
"mannish!" So our boys smother
their natural liking with 8 forced in
difference, which later, alas, becomes q
second nature. Einety-nine one-hun-
dredths of the men and women who
manifest this Indifference never had
their tastes cultivated In this direction
while young. 1t is freely admitted
that there Is a refining, eIevating in
fuence about flowers; why, then,
should not parents feel it a duty to en-
courage the love of the beautiful In
bud and bloom V&cb's Mag Gsjge.
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the men whom he commanded, to steal
or forage" as they called it, on pri-
vate property.
A private named Hicks, on the march
to Gettysburg, remarked, chuckling,
to a companion:
"There is nothing stuck up about
old Stannard. He is not ashamed to
converse socially with private"
Has he been talking to you? What
did he say ?"
"TOld me if I didn't get out of them
cherry-trees he'd kill mel"
Another instance of STANDARDS keen
watchfulness is given by one of his sol
diers On the march to Frederick, the
General knew that an attack was to
be made on the regiment In a few min
utes. The men were furnishing with
thirst, and coming to a we'll, wished to
stop and fill their cantees. Stannard
set a guard over it and forbade them
to break ranks.
A certain Lieutenant Brown, who
had q wounded cOmrade, disObeyed the
order, and going to the well, at the
risk of his life, brought his friend
some water. General Stannard put
him under arrest and took his sword
from him.
When the regiment reached Gettys-
burg, Brown, foreseeing a fierce con
fict, asked the General to suffer him
to carry his sword for the day, to be
returned at night. Tt had, however,
been sent with the baggage to the
rear. Brown procured q tOmahawk
and carried it into the battle, and did
such good service that General Stan
nard at night, though badly wounded,
carry it.
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last, and vim probably not occur again

last, and viii probably not occur again for
twenty-five years.
The COnvicts are shaved once week and
are treated to q hair cut once in two months.
Neither is a very pleasant sensation. For
shave each man fathers himself, rubs it in,
hOps down in the chair, and in a minute and
a half Is a shaved man. This always takes
place in the workshop. The haircut usu-
ally looks as If it were accomplished in the
dark with pair Of sheep shears or saw.
A bath is taken once a week in summer and
once every two weeks in winter.
Most COnviCts have, before their first week
of imprisonment ends figured out to the
hour when they Will be released, and have,
perhaps, long before that time arrives,
planned more than one course they viii pur-
sue when they are free again A number
carry out good resolutions but a large num-
Der somehow find their way back again in
the course Of time.
The release is always made in the even
ing of the day before their time expires,
when the convict is given q good fair suit Of
clothes, $40 in money and a railway ticket.
to the place from whence he came. The
clothing with which he arrived has all been,
burned in the furnace of the engine house,
In fact nothing is saved of what the prison.
er brings to the prison but his watch and
jeWelry and what money he may have.'
This he may spend for papers only.
Visitors are permitted to pass through the.
penitentiary any day but holidays and SUM-
days. The hours for going through are at
$500 and 1900 d. IN. and 300 and 400 p. m.
Twenty-Five cents is charged for admit
lance. j. TT. III.
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and staff. It was on the second
day of the fight. The battle had ragged
with great ferceness from an early
hour in the morning. About noon
there was a IulI in the fiery storm of
shot and shell. I rode out to the right
of our line at the invitation Of the Her
aid correspondent in charge of the
corps at that point to Join him in a cold
collation.. The bill of fare-fOr he was
freshly arrived from Washington with
a freshly stocked commissariat-was
tempting, and to a furnishing stomach
irresistible. We started our horses on
a quick gallop up the plank road, then
some distance back Of the main army
line. 1t was a royal treat. The viands
were daintily spread out on the grass
under the cooling shadows Of an UNI
brageOus oak. How delicious was each
mOuthful; how ambrosiaI the bottled
beerl Suddenly the rattle of sharp
musketry was heard In the direction
Of my corps. Tt grew more incessant,
louder, nearer. The reverberating
roar Of cannon resOunded once more
through the dense woods. The inter
rupted battle had begun again in earn
est. 1t was q sadly disturbing element
to our repast. L quickly mounted my
horse to reiOin my corps. Plunging
spurs into his sides, he gave a bound
and darted at full speed down the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-25
Legal status OF engagement Rings.

Al III GOLlHuJ uGC4b4O4 L55 kJ6CLlI4g en-
gagement rings has been rendered in
France by the Judges of the Mines
Court. Some time ago these legal
gentlemen had before them a divorce
case, at the termination of which the
wife claimed, through her lawyer, the
jeweIry presented to her by her hus-
band before their marriage.
Among the valuable articles thus
rigidly retained was her engagement
ring. The litigation at length came to
an end, but the affair was costly, and
the Judges took a long time to make
up their minds. They have at last
given a decision in favor Of the wife,
and have appended to their Judgment
the following weighty remarks:
"The ring offered for the purpose of
recalling the engagement Of two per
sons constitutes the most personal and
the most irrevOcabIe Of all souven irs
given in view of marriage. -JetCeIers
WeekJJ.
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He lay not long in the spot where he fell,
For I bore him away
From the battles fierce ray
The hying of shot and bursting OF shell
And L laid him down, his heart still beating,
When we escaped the ire
OF the murderOus fire
OF the rebels who, 1 thought, vera SLOWLY re-
treating.
Then bent DER my love, all mangIed ana
bleeding,
Who, to my surprise,
Ope'd his beautiful eyes,
Still my prssence-his own father s-unheeding.
Striving to speak, with the greatest emotion,
The one word mother"
He spoke, and no other.
And this made my eyes swim In miniature
ocean.
at that moment a rebel, as fierce s a SepOys
Through the smoke and dust
Made a bayOnet thrust
at the heart Of my boy, my beautiful boy
Then my darling died-he was dying before.
And after killed
The assassin who filed
Ny soul with the horror care not to live DER
I left my dear boy to return to my men;
And in the thick of the fight
fought till night
Closed darkly down Ger the terrible scene.
came out safe, but my darling sleeps,
All shrOudless
And cOf1inless
An the grave they made him, while his mother
weeps.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y.
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o the narratives of
strange and inter
esting escapes o f
Union soldiers from
during the
war which have APP
peared in The CHI
CAGOLEDGER [ wish
to add the follow
ing. Gould all the
details OF the adyen-
lures of the soldier
to whom it relates,
from March, 1868,
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Nothing "stuok Up" About Him,

MONG the
officers in the
Northern ar
my of the civ
IL war no one
was gruher,
Drawer, o L
more beloved
by his men
than General
S bannard,
W no co m
m q n d e d 8
Vermont bri-
gade. He was
aIways en-
ragged by any
q TT am Mt Of
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Resented the INSULT

ANY were the
thrilling cpl
sOdes and ad-
ventures of the
e Q at wa T
(which fell in
fascinating re-
cital from the
lips of Gen.
Sherman, but
they are either
recorded in
the pages of
his autObiOg
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a PeriIous Plight

N spe akin g of
rides, / am re-
minded of a little
ride Z took at
Charlottesville.
The Fifth Corps,
to which, was at
tached, had its
headquarters in
the yard south of
the ChancelIors-
Vile House, the
latter being Occu-
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the latter generally averages from dozen
to eighteen which is rather a small per
convicts.
The number Of these s'unfortunates'' is
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Affections and transfers him to the undis-
covered country. Yet how enviable in his
position, be he rich OrlpOOr, elevated or low
", to the majority of cOnvicts one sees at
this penal servitude. To be barred from all
the world, to see no familiar face from year
to year, to receive no word of sympathy, no
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Survivors of the Rebellion Relate Anus
ing and Startling Incidents of Weary
Marches, Camp Life, FOraging Expert
ences, and Battle Scenes.
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III more pains were taken TO build up
the feebIer parts Of the nature, there
would be less need to pull down the
stronger. For virtues bear q relation
to each other which never can be dis
turbed with IMMUNITY, They cannot
flourish alone. and he who exceIs in
one has the utmost need TO cultivate
another which may seem opposed, but
which Is IN reality its counterpart.