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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-03

Fairhaven and Blaine
STEAMER BRICK
Lv for Blaine daily altar from Blaine al
200 a. m. 900 p. m.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-03
SOCIETIES

TTNION COUNCIL No. 152 Y. NJ. L. meets
\ every first and third Wednesday Of each
month at p. m. in DeErieS hall, on Larrabee
avenue. G. V. REED, President.
THOMAS COYLE, Rec. Sec. ll5l
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square, xre placed the corps badges Of
the New York commands engaged, as
follows: Engineer, Artillery, First, Sec
ond, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh,
Twelfth and signal corps, and cavalry.
The encircling drum is the historic
part of the structure and composition.
On the front quadrant is 1.-THE Fourth
of July" sitting female figure in a
sunburst, reposing in the folds of the
stars and stripes, and hanled on either
side by allegorical figures of History
and Justice. The second quadrant,
1.-THE First of july" portrays in a pa
thetic composition the death of Gen.
Reynolds. The third quadrant, 1.-THE
Second Of july" group showing Gen.
Sickles wounded and being borne from
the field. The fourth, ''The Third of
july" Hancock falling from his horse.
Below this bronze illustration are thir-
ty-six stars representing the indisso1u-
BILE union. The quadrants are also sep
arated by trophy-pilasters representing
the different branches of the military
art by suitable emblems.
The directing engineer of the monu-
ment is Mr.. 81. A. Zabriski, assistant to
Gen. Sickles, and the work is fast near
ing completion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
CHINESE GOD TO LEASE.

How IN Enterprisfsg Celestial Makes q
Fat Living Out of an Idol
A new Chinese god has recently made
his appearance in Mott street, New
York, and bids fair. If he lives as long
as JOSS, to knock that powerful deity
Unto a cooked hat in the estimation
of celestiais- His name is Lone Wung
Sha, and he is by far the most accom-
modating god who has yet turned up in
this or any other country. One of his
most remarkable characteristics is that
he allows himself to be hired out and
set up at auction and graciously permits
the highest bidder to carry him OF and
set him up wherever he pleases- And
wherever his new quarters may be,
whether in a little nook in the back Of
q laundry or on a shelf in an opium
joint, he goes on working miracles and
dispensing luck in exact proportion to
the gifts of his votaries and allows his
keeper to walk off with the profits. His
increasing power and importance may.
be gauged by the fact that on the last
occasion when he was auctioned of 8
few days ago he fetched price of S4,-
600. Three or four years ago he was
unknown, and quietly made his entry
into San Francisco in q basket hung ON
the arm of Yung Lung, his fortunate
diScoverer and owner. After making
Yung Lung rich he allowed him to lease
him out a year ago for s., 200. Now his
price has doubled, and at his present
rate OF increase he bids fair to become
millionaire before the present gener.
alton of Cinnamon dies out. His for
tunate possessor is Ong Hong Tong, who
expects to clear net profit of 5000 on
him during the coming year
Lone Wung Sha is an omnirorous
god and can eat anything, and the
quantity of apples, oranges and ostrich
feathers he devours would give any OF
the old-fashioned Chinese gods a bad
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

not an appearance likely to PROPOSES
stranger. He was a young man of APP
parently two-and-twenty years Of age,
with light, hay-whispy hair and sal
low, unwhOlesOme complexion. His
clothes were old and shabby, his man
ner detected, and there was a cringing
humility in his bearing which was pain
full to witness.
81 peeped through the window he
said, glancing furtively into the face Of
either lady as though doubtful of the re-
ception he was likely to meet with,
land saw the old gent go upstairs; so
thought might venture to come in
Though Grace glanced at him coldly
and refused the hand he stretched
towards her, Miss Ruth beamed upon
him her sweetest smile, for this elderly
lady loved the shabby ne'er-do-weu
with the blind affection of a woman
perhaps because she had brought him
up from childhood and showered so many
fayorS on him.
James Lawson's brief career had been
meteoric and full of trouble. Left as a
baby one night on the doorstep of a
farmers house, he had been saved from
the tender mercies of the poor-house
by the compassionate interposition of
the minister, who had given the wait
and stray home in his household and,
while never legally adopting him, had
brought him up under his care, with as
much consideration for his welfare as
though he had been blood relation;
which kindness he had returned by de-
veloping in early manhood such reck-
less instinct for vice that Mr.. Brent
wood had been driven to turn him
| adrift and refuse to have any thing to
do with him. But James Lawson had
cunningly managed to keep on the
blind side of Miss Ruth, and that good
lady had never ceased to befriend him,
surreptitiously supplying him with
means out Of her very limited resources.
1--WE come to wish you goodbye"
the young man said, lugubriously, Civ
ing his hat, which he carried in his
hand, an extra nervous twirl.
''And, why goodbye, James?" Miss
Ruth inquired care you going to
leave Meltonburg?"
eyes," he replied. ST am going to
enlist"
"Ah!''
There was keen satisfaction in the
lady's ejaculation, while she glanced at
Grace with a look, which said as plain
dS WOruS' W nat 90 you tn1nk OF that
now?''
WELL" she said, exultingly, shat is
good news, indeed"
Mr.. Lawson did not seem to appreci-
ate the manner in which his announce
ment was received. He expected femi-
nine sympa thy not congratulations.
Eyes, indeed, James," Miss Brent
wood gushed. you have now a chance
to cover yourself with glory and show
the folks what a fine young fellow you
are, after all their mean talk about
you"
.sIt isn't glory I'm AFTER" the fne
young fellow frankly acknowledged
Its the bounty and the chance of get
ting living, let alone being away
from the eternal nagging Of the folks
around here, who seem set on driving
q fellow into trouble"
Miss Ruth's face fell little at this
disclosure; but the fact remained that
he was going to the war, and she
solaced herself with this small crunb
of comfort.
no BE CONTINUED.
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SUNSET COX IN BRONZE.
The Statue Made by Louise Lawson fol
the Letter Carriers.

The Statue Made by Louise Lawson for
the Letter Carriers
The letter carriers of New York some
time ago inaugurated movement to
erect a monument in Central park to
Samuel S. Cox, the late member of con-
gress. who was a great friend of the
post office employees and had rendered
them great service They appealed to
their brethren throughout the country
and met with great success From
every state in the union subscriptions
poured in on the committee. which was
soon in position to set about the work
practically. It was decided that the
monument should be a simple statue
standing on a plain granite pedestal,
and the contract for making the model
was given to Miss Louise Lawson, the
sculptor. She has completed her model
in clay, and a few days ago gave a pri-
vate view to the reporters. The statue
will be of bronze, will be nine feet high
and will stand on a pedestal twelve feet
high. The model represents Mr.. Cox as
in the act of speaking in congress, his
eye on the speaker, his right hand raised
and his index finger extended, while his
left arm hangs by his side Those who
have seen the model differ in their opin-
ion of its artistic merits. Some claim
that it is a poor piece of work which
can never be accepted by the art ex-
perts who are to pass upon IT, while
others insist that it is all right. The
letter carriers have accepted it and
agreed to pay Miss Lawson S1o. 900 for
her work Her original design was
monument that would portray the his
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
GENERAL JOHNSTON.
The Life Of the Lately Deceased
Confederate Leader.
A Man Beloved by Friends and Enemies
His Services In the Florida War-Gen-
eral Sherman's Friendship for
His Chief Antagonist.

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born
in Prince Edward county, Va. in Feb
ruary, 1907. He was educated at the
United States military academy at West
Point, graduated in 1929 in the same
class with Gen. r. E. Lee. He served
for some years in the engineering de-
partment of the army, and was aid to
Gen. Winfield Scott in the Seminole
war. He was brevetted captain for
bravery in the war with the Florida In
dams. On one occasion while in COM
mand of a small accommodating party
he was surprised by the Indians, and
nearly all the officers were killed be-
fore the men could be rallied. Lieut..
Johnston succeeded in getting the men
together and conducted an orderly re-
treat for seven miles. A ball struck
him on the forehead and grazed along
the entire top of his head The uniform
worn by him in this fight was long pre-
served by his friends, it having no less
than thirty bullet holes in it.
He served in the Florida war of
1928, and from that time until the
Mexican war was engaged in topo-
graphical and other engineering work,
among which was the running of the
northern and southern boundaries of
the United States. He was in nearly
every important engagement in the
hostilities with Mexico, being brevetted
lieutenant colonel and colonel in April,
1S47. At both Chepultepec and Cerro
Gordo he was severely wounded. At
tho former Gen. Scott reported that
Col. Johnston was the first to plant
regimental colors upon the Mexican
fortress. He was mustered out of
service as lieutenant colonel of volun-
teers, but by a special act of congress
he was reinstated to his former rank of
captain of typographical engineers.
April %, 1851, when he resigned to
enter the confederate service, he was
quartermaster general of the United
States army. He was at once made
major general of volunteers in the
army of Virginia, and assisted Gen.
Lee in organizing the state troops at
Richmond. He took part in several
preliminary skirmishes, and arrived on
the battlefield of Manassas in time
to turn defeat into glorious vic
tory. He was wounded at the
battle of Seven Pines in May, 1862,
and was incapacitated for active
service until the following fall. Au-
gust 81 of that year he was made one OF
the five full generals by act of the con-
federate congress. In March. 1868, he
was assigned to the command of the de-
partment Of the southwest. The fol
lowing December he was transferred to
command the army of Tennessee.
He opposed Sherman vigorously in
his march to the sea, but was at last
compelled to yield to overwhelming
odds and resources. He consulted in
Greensboro, n. c., with President
Davis when on his way south. April
Is, just nine days after the capitulation
of Lee, Gen. Johnston surrendered his
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wine; and you know that those who
soil the tablecloth have to kiss the
laundress- Next you cover the glass of
water with card and put it upside
down on the glass filed with wine, so
that the two brims fit exactly on each
other. Then you move the card between
the two glasses just sufficiently to leave
small opening between the two
glasses. The water Immediately be-
gins to flow into the wine, and the wine,
which is the lighter of the two fluids,
mounts into the glass on the top.
1t takes quite long time-nearly an
hour-to complete the experiment, but
you will then see that the wine and wa
ter have exchanged places, and the wa
ter has driven the wine into the upper
house."
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trail Asia. between the Altai range to
the north. or the Tien-shan, ''the Celes-
tial mountains to the northwest. and
the Himalaya ranges to the south, with
those extending far eastward to China.
The country of Thibet, widely regarded,
comprising the whole of the region,
occupies nearly zoo, 1000 square miles,
nowhere below 1000 feet in elevation,
generally $4,000 feet above the sea level.
and many parts have scarcely been ex-
plored by European travellers. In
those rugged uplands, with their severe
climate, long journeys must always be
extremely laborious and attended with
personal hardships and fatigues; but
the physical difficulties are less than the
political, from the hostility of the
Lamas, the Buddhist ecclesiastical cor
poration ruling Thibet, and from the
unfriendly intrigues of Chinese officials,
who oppose the approach of foreign
visitors.
Few have ever been able TO see
Lhasa, the sequestered capital of
Thibet; and this is the first European
expedition that has traversed the whole
region, from the Russian provinces OF
Siberia or Turkestan to the French col
ony of Tonquin, south of the Chinese
empire. The remarkable journey OF
1,5O0 miles, from northwest to south
east, accomplished by NJ. Bonvalot and
Prince Henry of Orleans, with the Bel.
gian missionary priest, Father de
Deken, from Kuldja, on the Chinese
frontier Of Turkestan, over the Tien-
shan range, then southwark from the
Lob Nor lake to the Tengri Nor, neal
Lhasa, and eastward to Batang, thence
to Yunnan, in southern China, is a per
Torrance of great interest. They left
France in July, 1889, and returned on
November %, 1890, since which arrival
they have been entertained with many
tokens of honor and approval in Pa
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word from you might turn him from his
fearful purpose"
"And that word, my dear friend Mr..
Brentwood said, sadly, 'scan never be
spoken. If Frank were my own son,
he could not be dearer to me, but
The widow needed him not. Grace,
Notwithstanding her first repulse, had
nestled to her side, and was standing
with hands clasped on her arms, her
big eyes moist with tears. To her Mrs.
Besant turned almost fercely.
why are you silent, girl? thought
you loved my boy. Have you no word
to add to my prayers that may make
that cold old man more human and less
dutiful? Speak! Perhaps he may listen
to you"
There was painful pause The girl
bowed her head and was silent.
"What!" Mrs. Besant cried. in a
hoarse whisper, you against me, too!''
She shook Grace from her with a pas
sionate aversion.
ooh, no, no." the girl pleaded, ssI
would do any thing in the world for
you, but"
"But, what, child?" y
"But I think" she added, In low,
though decided tones, stn I were Frank,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
GETTYSBURG STATUE.


The Grand Monument to Be Erected BY
New York State.
An official invitation was given, some
time ago, to numerous American sculp-
tors of established reputation in inter
preting the salient features Of the civil
war, to submit designs for the New
York state monument, for which $50, 600
has been appropriated at Albany. The
award under this invitation was made
to the eminent military sculptor, Caspar
Buberl, under the conditions laid down
by the state board of commissioners,
and signed by the president, Gen. Daniel
E. Sickles, which offered a premium of
$500 for the best design, of $500 for the
second best, and of 5000 for the third
best.
The monument, which Leslie's Illus
trated Newspaper calls the Hottest and
most imposing that will mark the field
of Gettysburg, is Sc feet high from the
base line to the apex of the surmount-
ing figure, while the national monu-
ment only rises to a height of Is feet
The base line is 271s feet square and
the diameter of the bronze drum. orna-
mented in emblematic figures and COM
positions, is feet inches in height and
feet inches in diameter. Higher up
is polished granite shaft SO feet in the
perpendicular, and surmounted by an
ornate capital; and above all is the COM
handing female figure of Victory, with
outstretched palm and laurel.
Besides the bronze work mentioned is
bronze trophy on the main facade, 1.
e., an eagle, flags, musketry, cannon,
giving a very picturesque effect. On
the four sides Of the square pedestal are
bronze panels telling, in raised letters,
of the deeds Of the New York soldiery
on that eventful field. On the four sides
Of the frieze, in dimensions one foot
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forces to Gen. Sherman. The articles
of agreement entered into between
Johnston and Sherman were in the great
est degree honorable, and provided that
the confederates should carry their
arms to the capitals of their respective
states and deposit them in the arsenals
there. This proposition was rejected
by the federal government, and on the
Goth of the same month the two gen.
erals again signed articles, these latter
being the same terms as those agreed
upon by Lee and Grant. During his mill
itary career in several wars Gen. John
ston was in all wounded ten times.
Gen. Johnston after the war became
successfully president of railroad COM
pany in Arkansas, of an express COM
pany in Virginia, and an insurance agent
in Georgia. He was elected to congress
from the Richmond district in 1877 and
next saw public life as commissioner of
railroads, which Office he held under
President Cleveland's administration.
In person Gen. Johnston was man of
slender build, of not more than medium
height and with kindly, pleasant face.
Gen. Johnston's manner was very
quiet and self-contained. He had a
handsome, intellectual face. His fore
head was broad and full, his eyes blue,
his nose straight, and a white mustache
and short, white beard covered the
lower part of his face. He was AIDE
voted friend of Gen. Sherman, to whom
he surrendered. Gen. Sherman had for
him an almost boyish affection For
several years Gen. Johnston was at the
head of the bureau of Pacific railroad
accounts in the interior department.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
How Tau Chimney. CIRCULATE.

The extent or degree of the oscilla-
ton of tall chimneys may be ex-
actly taken by close observation of
the shadows they cast upon the ground.
An instance to the point is that Of a
chimney one hundred and fifteen feet
high and four feet in diameter external
ly at the top, near Marseilles, France,
the oscillations of which were OBJ
served by the shadow during high
wind to obtain a maximum OF over
twenty inches.
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CHAPTER II.
THE WIDOWS MITE.

THE WIDOWS MITE.
When the widow so abruptly left Mr..
Brentwood's house, he gently closed the
door after her, and with sigh retired
to his chamber, leaving the ladies free
to discuss the affair, an opportunity
which Miss Ruth availed herself of with
sincere satisfaction. She had been
awed for time by her brothers re-
fractory behavior, but the moment his
back was turned launched into chap
ter of lamentations on the ingratitude
of men and the wicked folly Of women,
not forgetting, however, to congratulate
Grace on the frmness she had exhibited
in refusing to encourage Mrs Besant's
approximations for her sons safety.
Grace heard little of the diatribe, for
her thoughts were with the widow and
her son. Yes, she confessed to herself,
she did really and truly love this young
man, who was causing SO much trouble
to the mall, and though he had never de-
clared any peculiar affection for her, she
felt assured that she was dearer to him
than the other young girls in the neigh
borhood. And it was hard-oh, SO hard
Ito lose him; but would she have had
him stay at Me1tonburg with the women
and the old men, when his country was
in danger? No, thousand times no,
even though she should never set eyes
on him again.
Her reveries and the elder lady, mono
1ogue were suddenly broken by three
stealthy taps on the window-pane.
Both started in surprise.
The taps were repeated
''Hush, Grace" Ruth Brentwood said
in an excited whisper, there is nothing
to be alarmed about. It is only James
lawson saw him hanging round the
church door tonight, when we came
home from meeting
''Oh, DEAR" Grace muttered, in dis
tress, eff my grandfather should hear
him. What shall we do?''
''Thank goodness, child, your grand
father is safe in his room for the night, -
was the confident reply. ''Open the
door softly, and let the poor boy in"
The ''poor boy" who came into the
room Sinking at the girls heels, had
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it, which is given
here requires
some skill nd
patience. Y o u
take, says the
Boston Clio b e,
two wine-glasses
of the same size;
fill one W i t b
claret or a ny
other dark wine,
and the 9th er
with water. But
don't do it on the
dinner table-at
all events not
while the table
cloth is on it
for unless you
are careful you
m ay spill the
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risian society, the more willingly, per-
haps, as they bring favorable reports
of the French settlements in Tonquin.
The party above named, with three
attendants, Bartholomew, a Chinese
Christian; Rachmed, an. Usbek Tartar,
and Abdullah, who had travelled with
the Russian Prjevalsky, leading COM
pany of men hired at Tashkend or
Kuldja, with a train of camels, horses
and asses, were seven months on the
Journey, not meeting a single Euro
pean- In the winter season, crossing
the desolate country between the lakes
Lob Nor and Tengri Nor, far from any
inhabited district, they travelled for two
months and half, making their way
over glaciers, eating the flesh of sheep
they had taken with them, and drink
ing tea made with melted ice, which
was found to be very salt
They were exposed to violent storms,
while destitute of the means of protec-
ton. Their followers lost all courage
in the midst of that dreadful solitude,
and two of them died from lethargy
brought on by a cold. More fortunate
than the Russian caravan which took a
similar route-of which nothing has
been heard since its departure, and
which is supposed to have been lost
amid the glaciers-they succeeded In
descending the slopes Of the eastern
ranges, arrived at Batang in May and
reached the Chinese town of Ta-tsin-lu
at midsummer, whence they proceeded
southwark through Yunnan to Ton
quin. An interesting book from NJ.
Bonvalot, with reports on the geo.
graphical data, Typographical observa-
tons, the notes and collections he has
brought home with him, may be ex-
pected.
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IN STRANGE LANDS.
Travels Of Prince Henry Of Orleans
and NJ. BOuvalct.
Across Littie-known Thibet - Fanatical
Opposition of the Natives to the
Passage OF EropeAns-Safe
in Paris Again.

Among the notable recent exploits Of
travel in the cause of geographical
knowledge is that conducted by N.
Gabriel Bonvalot. of the French Geo
graphical society, accompanied by
Prince Henry Of Orleans, eldest son Of
the Duke de Charities, in the mountain
Gus region and elevated plateau of CEN
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23

attack Of dyspepsia The seeds of the
fruit he eats he leaves for his owner or
lessee, who sells them at from five to
ten cents apiece to happy Cinnamon.
The possession of these sacred seeds
brings fortune to their possessors,
whether in 'swashee washee," opium
dealing. gambling or any other pursuit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
A Social Elevation

Goslin-I don't like to ride on the
elevated In the crush hours
Dolley-I should think You would, for
It affords you an excellent opportunity
to mix with men of standing.-Munsey
Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
At the Restaurant.

Gazzam Ito waiter)-I'n take mock
turtle soup.
Maddox-Ditto.
Waiter-I'm afraid we have not got
that to-day. sir.-Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-23
Sting for Sting.

Hairy Top (the poet, as his wife en-
ters)-Bless me! why do you interrupt
me now? Can't you see that I'm a.
busy as bee?
She (sweetly}-Maybe but that's no
reason you should be waspish!-Texas
Siftings.