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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-07
COMIC opera Pinafora

The preparation for the public pre-
sentation of the comic opera Pinafore
are all completed and the first perform
ance will be given in the Lighthouse
hall on Tuesday evening. A large lot
of new scenery has been painted for
this amateur production, and "A scene
showing the deck Of ship in detail has
been prepared with great care. A re-
hersal was heldiast evening at which
everything moved along as smoothly
as with professional artists. A full
dress rehearsal will be held on Monday
evening which will be the last before
the public exhibition which promises
to be the finest display of local talent
ever seen on the Bay. The costumes
have all been prepared from photo
graphs Of sailors. ..on the Baltimore,
taken during the recent visit of that
cruiser to this port, and will be correct
in every detail.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-07
STANDARD OIL CO. FIRE
Narrow Escape From a Serious
Conflagration in the Large
Warehouse
Wagons Return to Fire Houses
For Hose to Reach Dis
tant Hydrants
Pinafore Ready For Presenta-
tion Tuesday Evening.
Local Notes

A disastrous confagration was mar
rowly averted at the storehouse of the
Standard Oil Company, on north Elk
street, yesterday afternoon. About 2
O'Clock ID. T.. Bartruff saw sudden puff
of smoke and flame issue from the ven
tilator and skylight in the roof, and
Immediately gave an alarm of fire. The
smoke poured out in dense volumes for
time, but before the fire department
arrived the fire seemed to die out, ap-
parently from suflocation. The build
ing was tightly closed, the manager,
Mr.. Seaton, being away at the time.
There was considerable delay in getting
"A stream upon the flames, owing to the
great distance from the nearest hy-
drant. A large quantity of gasoline
and petroleum was stored in the build
ing, and the expectation Of an explo-
sion kept the crowd at safe distance
from the building. When the door
was opened 1t was found that the fire
had burned the timbers Of the roof and
charred the wooden coal oil cases. A
can of gasoline had evidently exploded,
which burned furiously for short
time, ond had the building been ven
tilated sufficiently it is probable that
the entire storehouse would have been
destroyed. Several barrels of skid
grease were burned through and the
contents flowed out over the floor. A
stream from the hose soon quenched
the flames. The loss will probably
reach about $500.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-07
Death of Ohas. r. porr


George 3. Dorr, chief of the fire de-
partment, and his sister, Miss Minnie
Dorr, left yesterday for Dayton in re-
sponse to a telegram apprising them of
the sudden death of their eldest brother,
Chas. II. Dorr, head of the law firm of
Dorr and Miller, of Dayton, and one of
the most prominent lawyers in that
part OF the state. He was first lieuten-
ant of Company + Of the state militia,
and was elected grand vice-chancellor
of the order of Knights of Pythias at
the last meeting of the grand lodge at
Tacoma. At the meeting of the grand
lodge here last year he was one of the
judges of the competitive drill of the
divisions of the uniformed rank, and at
the same session exemplified the ritual
of the order. The news of his death
was terrible shock to his brother and
sister here who supposed him to be en-
joying his usual excellent health. Miss
Dorr came here from Dayton about
three weeks ago to visit her brother and
his family and intended remaining un-
til September.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-07
Base Ball Finances

The base ball game Of Thursday be-
tween Fairhaven and New Whatcom
business men resulted in a small profit
for charitable purposes. The total re-
ceipts were S47.60 and expenses S24.90.
leaving balance of So. 40 to be divided
between the two clubs. Fairhaven be-
ing declared the winner the Children's
Home, here, receives sixty per cent. or
Sl3.42, while the balance, $s.2S, goes to
the B. B. Library association.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-07

For ShilliDg's No. Coffee Creigh-
toms No. Grocery is headquarters.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-07
A Giant Swing

The latest device for a Worlds fair
attraction is a giant wheel, modelled
somewhat after the plan Of the revolv-
ing swing 80 popular at country fairs in
days of long ago. The inventor =
II. Wachter, OF Brinkley, Ark.
proposes 10 whirl people 20
In the swinging baskets, and
them down again. The whe,
volve between two steel-trusse
10 feet from the ground.
eight upholstered baskets, sv
two pivots, will accomm
persons each, and rolv'
made every 10 minute
the riders are TO olpe
glasses. There J
wheel for every
The motive pov
and the entire G.
Mr.. Wachter ha
management
profits. He r
lO0,O00-pound
wind stress
square inch.
greater than
and that Is
want to swir
Chairma.
the office g
wealth Of
O salary
TO about
II unders
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-07
Meeting of the Art League

The Art League will meet with Mrs.
Gillette on Monday at p. IN. All
persons who are interested in seeing an
art league established as permanent
organization In Fairhaven are asked to
be present at the meeting, as several
topics Of interest will be discussed. The
distributing Of panels for the Worlds
Fair Building will also be considered.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-07
Reduced Rate to Republican Convention

A. ID. Charlton, Of the Northern Pa
cifc, says his road will make a rate of
one and one-fifth fare for return trip
from Olympia TO all points on the line
In Washington and TO Portland for dele
gates and others attending the Repub-
lican state convention at Olympia on
August 10. To obtain this rate Il will
be necessary TO produce a voucher from
the agent at the starting point for the
amount paid In going.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-07
Lost or StrnYed

Who has lost small black kitten?
Such a one now shares the midnight
lunch Of the local editor of the HER
AID and contentedly perches on his
shoulder and sings in his ear, or goes 10
sleep in his lap or the waste basket.
She came uninvited, but met with
such a friendly reception from the
entire force that she seems disposed to
remain. She is as black as Blue Cam
yon coal, and at the hour Of her arrival
had apparently not tasted square
meal since the last full moon.
If nobody claims the wandering fe-
line and she remains content in her
new quarters she will be formally adop-
ted by the night force as the Mascot of
the office, and the devil will be duly in
structed TO respect her rights.
Go to the Oneida Market for choice
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
Tho street. Of London.

Street names in London are not usually
painted on the glass 10 the lampposts,
although this is done in some parts OF the
city. The common practice is to paint
them conspicuously on the walls Of build
ings at the street corners. The name is
almost always followed by one or two let
ters, such as "E. ""W. raw. {. ""E. c. %
IN. w." etc. These indicate sections
east, west, west center, east center, north
west and the like-and are Of especial con-
venience to the postofiice officials in assert
ing and distributing the mails.
Another curious thing In London street
addresses is the fact that In addition to the
name and number OF the street itself some
other name is attached, as that OF some
prominent thoroughfare or park or general
designation of certain region; as, for ex-
ample, Wellington street, Strand" or
Montague street, Russell square," or
Burlington gardens, Bond street." This
does not mean that Wellington street is n
part of the Strand. or that Montague street
is contiguous to Russell square, or that
Burlington gardens are in Bond street. It
merely signifies that one is near the other
in each case, the second being name pre-
sumably we'll known to everybody in Lon
don.
Sometimes there is more than one street
of the same name, SO that the special des-
ignation is absolutely necessary to prevent
confusion, and in general 1t determines the
relative location and so is great conven-
ience.-Cor. New York Tribune.
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a22a.aza.

These figures represent the number
OF Dr.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. Coughs and Colds, which
were sold In the United States from
March, '9I 10 March, i02. Two Million,
Two Hundred and Twenty-Elght.
Thousand. Six Hundred aud Seventy
Two bottles sold IN one year, and each
and every bottle was sold on positive
guarantee that money would he re-
funded II satisfactory results did not
follow Its use. The secret of Its success
is plain. Il never disappoints and can
always be depended on as the very best
remedy for Coughs, Colds, etc. Price
SOC. and Sl.00. At d. ]. Humphreys
Drugstore.
Snaiis rs an Article OF Diet.
Upward Of 100000 pounds OF snails
are eaton every day by the residents of
the gay French capital, the snail market
being the busiest industrial mart In
Paris. One "snailery" in the province
Of Dion yields its proprietor 1000 francs
per year. At this place they are care
fully reared in snail gardens and fed on
an aromatic herb which gives them q
fine flavor. Many Swiss eantons also
have large snail gardens and depend
chiefly on the people of Paris for mar
ket. Snails are also used as an article
OF food in Austria, Spain and Italy as
well as in Egypt and the other countries
on the Mediterranean's southern shore.
Hygienists claim that they are very
nutritive, containing not less than II
per cent. Of nitrogenous matter.-St.
Louis Republic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
New Letter Boxes.

No official notice has been received yet
by Postmaster Field to put up letter boxes
for the delivery as we'll as the collection Of
mail. The order was issued by Post
master General Wanamaker, and depu-
tizes the postmasters in free delivery cities,
towns and rural communities to put them
up at the request Of citizens, and it is
said it affects over 100000 residences to
which the free delivery service extends.
1t will be some time, however, before
the experiment. will be tried here. The
postofice department has already on hand
a long and thorough test to make of the
pneumatic tube as a carrier for mail mat
ter in bulk, and will shortly lay a pipe
from the main Office to the substation at
Third and Chestnut streets. Until these
tests have been made it is not likely that
the box service will 60 into effect.
In spite Of the successful tests in Wash
ington and St. Louis, the local officers are
inclined to look askance upon the boxes
and express their opinion very cautiously
regarding their efficiency. The ease with
which depredations could be committed is
one of the most serious objections to it,
The boxes must have universal key, so
that each person would have at his door a
lock that can be easily opened. The saw
ing of time in delivery they hold would be
more than Offset by the greater length Of
time that it would take to make collec-
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
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ODDS AND ENDS.

st, Louis claims to have 10000 incandes-
cent lights.
Pythagoras is said to have been the son
of soldier.
When cooking mushrooms silver spoon
should be used.
Saussure, the naturalist, was the son of
Swiss farmer.
Do not allow light to fall upon the face
of sleeping infant,
He who hunts for truth with dogs re-
turns with bag full of lies.
The father of Alexander Wilson, the
ornithologist, was day laborer.
The more ciphers attached to widows
mite the more sigh-fors she receives.
Over 100000 postal cards are necessary
to meet the daily demand in this country.
Edward Burns is locked up in the Buff.
falo Jail accused of stealing a locomotive.
Children are taught more than they ever
learn and learn more than they are ever
taught.
During the past twelve years the value
of farm land in Kansas has advanced fully
70 per cent.
A negro who was arrested at Albany,
Ca, recently for COW stealing gave six diff
ferent aliases.
There isn't much lifting power in your
religion if it doesn't make you do your best
to pay 100 cents on the dollar.
The hardest known wood is said to be
cocus wood. 1t turns the edge Of any AK.
however well tempered, SO it is claimed.
A resident of Claiborne parish, La, is
the possessor Of homespun suit that was
carded, spun, woven and made up by his
wife and daughter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03

yenr> une' cieu,' apparently. 1ne rtrnerAi
was 70 occur at an early hour next morn
ING. and she was placed IN colin that
evening. About midnight went to the
room where she lay and the watchers with
drew 10 the hall sat down and bowed
my head upon the colin. overwhelmed by
my loss. had sat there perhaps ten min
utes when heard scratching inside the
conn, then a stified sob. Ny nerves, al
ready strained to their utmost tension.
seemed to snap, aud stood up and screamed
like a hysterical woman. The watchers
thought had become insane, and tried to
take me away. L was powerless to speak,
and could only point tc the coffin.
''They did not understand me, and per-
sisted In taking me away. broke from
them and strovs to tear of the coffin lid
with my fingers. They called for help, but
all the men In Richmond could net have
held me back. l ripped that coffin lid to
splinters, dragged the young lady from It
and rushed into the open airwith her. The
people were too much horrifed to follow
me instantly. They called in the police to
con1ne me, but when they found me the
young lady bad her arms around my neck,
and we were both laughing and crying
like couple Of children. The minister
came to preach the funeral sermon, but
performed the marriage ceremony instead" ("
st. Louis Globe-Democrnt
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A ROBBERS PRIZE.

1t was no wonder loved her; the won
der would have been if l had not-iso-
lated as we We're, shut out from other
society or diversions; young and sus-
ceptible, she queenly and fascinating.
She was two years my senior. She
had been belle two seasons, and, dis
gusted in the midst of the third, ran
away to my aunt's to recruit and forget.
She was there when ! came home from
school at the summer vacation. l was
twenty, she was twenty-five, and we
spent all those lingering scented sum-
mer months in the same house. dare
say she never thought of anything so
improbable as my falling in love with
her.
Her look when confessed the state
of my heart said all that and more. The
regal head turned languidly on the Grim
son cushion against which she reclined,
and she regarded me with a most pro-
voking, steady incredulity in her beau
tiful face. The full, finely cut lips quiv-
cred with suppressed smiling.
"Does any honest love deserve to be
laughed at, Miss Ruth?' l questioned,
with a half angry tremor in my voice.
Certainly not" said Miss Ruth. 81
dare say you are honest enough, but
you're not old enough"
Ruth Bonange sank back among her
cushions, convulsed with laughter. /
stood meanwhile, every nerve tingling,
passions of anger devouring me.
miss Ruth" l said, II am waiting
for my answer"
"You ridiculous Steve, haven't you
got itg' she said, sitting up and staring at
me.
"You won't laugh the next time I tell
you ! love you, Miss Ruth, / said to my
self as she gathered her silken draperies
around her and swept into the house.
"a gentleman in the parlor to see
Miss Bonange," heard the one servant
my aunt kept say.
Miss Bonange was lounging the morn
ing away in my aunt's rooml She seemed
to hesitate two minutes, nervously pull
ing to pieces the card Peggy had brought
her, then with her proudest mien swept
from the room.
Stepping through the window care
fully gathered the fragments Of torn
pasteboard from the carpetand put them
together on the palm of my hand.
Richard Dunkirk, Esq, was what l
read.
"It is her loverr My brow throbbed
at the thought.
. The door slammed. ''She is coming, !"
] thought, and fed to the veranda again,
just in time to hear her voice in tones
Of expostulation answered by another's,
icy with sternness.
Hers said haughtily:
Il would never marry you were l.
thrice as much in your power as amr'
"Who thsn?" was the response in ac-
cents Of slow sarcasm.
No matter, so it ID man more man.
" than you"
] could hear her quick drawn breath
and the angry rustic Of her dress as she
moved away from hira. It was coward
" to stand there eaxesdronnina. I felt
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could muster;

COulu ultSU6Ts #-
"Halt for your lifer'
Mr.. Dunkirk muttered an oath. but he
stopped stock still in the path, with a
"What is it you want, fellow%
'Step there into that strip of moon
light. Be so good as to deposit the con-
tents of your pockets upon the ground" I"
He hesitated but l shifted my walk
ing stick slightly, intimated that was
in no humor Tor trihing, and he pro-
ceeded to obey me.
There were knife, "a watch case, sill
yer toothpick, few loose coins, a
shrunken pocketbook and a collapsed
purse, and there he stopped.
"That is not all" said sharply.
With groan he took out small par
eel.
"All, upon my honor, but this, which
cannot possibly be OF any value to any
one but me; they are merely letters"
"Allow me to be the judge Of that"
answered. "Put them down."
He laid them down upon the ground
with the rest.
"Pass on" was my next order, and he
marched off past my wooden gun in
safety.
/ did not wait for him to get more
than beyond view before had the con-
tents of his pockets in my hat and was
steering for home by the short cut.
waited week in some trepidition
to see what would chance. Much
chanced in that time, but no Richard
Dunkirk, Esq.
Possibly he felt unequal to meeting
Miss Bonange's clear, penetrating glance
under the circumstances, or he might
have suspected her of some connection
with the robbery, especially as every
thing excepting the letters (the cudgel
included) I had caused to be expressed
to him from distant city.
Miss Bonange evinced little wonder
ing anxiety at his disappearance, and
looked incredulous when | announced
his departure from that vicinity.
She was sitting in the old place, half
reclining among the cushions she liked,
when l came softly beside her and laid
the avails of my highway robbery in her
silken lap.
She slipped the cover that bound them;
her beautiful lips quivered, her face
whitened.
''Did he give them to you, the bastard!
But better you than her she flashed.
For answer told her all.
GArI In x1a,. 1-,.oxxx A1,o a1~Ao~AsoS
"Nor wish to-"
She began to tremble; her eyes filled
with tears.
"Please to read them, Steve" giving
them back to me.
''Do you want to. preserve them." /
asked, taking out match. "Shall de-
stroy them?'
"Not if-Ihave fallen in your good re-
spect, Steve"
my good respect is nothing to you,"
/ said coldly. "If it we're would prove
to You that you had it by telling you
over again the tale you laughed at not
SO long ago." And touched the letters
with fame.
II should not laugh now," she said
humbly and looking down, while faint
color fickered on her cheek.
What would you dor / demanded.
She shrank little, then lifted the
beautiful eyes to mine and said:
II should say If you were of the same
mind two years from now
"You would be my wifes"
eyes,
She is my wife now, and have never
regretted my one robbery. C. c. in New
York News.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
What is

Cast0ria is Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops Soothing Syrups, Castor Oil.
1t is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions of Mothers Castoria destroys Worms allays
feverishness CastOria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles constipation and fatu1ency.
Castoria assimates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
tora is the Children's Panaceathe Mothers Friend.
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Wonderful Gains.

DR.. Miles Nervine not only cures all
nervous diseases, headache. blues, nervous
prostration, sleeplessness, neuralgia, St.
Vitus dance, fits and hysteria, but also
builds up the body. ~ am pleased to say
that after years of intense suffering with
nervous disease, headache and prostration, l
tried DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine, and in
two weeks gained eight pounds in weight. l
could not lie down to sleep perfectly easy.
say enough for the Nervine-Mrs. L. B.
Millard, Dunkirk, N. w. Zone customer
used" Nervine and gained fifteen pounds in
hesh.-Brown & Maybury, Cortland, N. Y.
Trial bottles and elegant book free at lisa
Leist's.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
Seen No. Far from New York.

Interesting photographic oddities now
and then meet the eye upon the out
skirts of New York. "Fryed" chicken
is advertised in staring black letters
at ''basket" picnic ground ON the
heights above Fort Lee. A resort near
Fort George announces Genuine Rhode
Island clambakes for parties made he-e
to order" On tight closed shanty
hard BY some one has painted in letters
that betray an unskilled hand, Danger
powder dinameit. New York Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
This In sulliynn,s Own Town.

Cut me bair like Chin Corbett's!' e
That was the conversation overheard in
a barber shop, which lack of time and the
need of shave had made necessity. The
speaker was bullet headed young man,
with long hair ard face that is usually
called tough" "You see," said the bar
ber, "since Jim Corbett won the worlds
championship all the gangs want to copy
him. Jim wears his hair cut pompadour,
SO all the admirers Of him are getting
theirs cut in the same boston Rec
ord
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
An Unexpected Wedding.

'T married my wife on the day expected
to attend her funeral" said Abram Poin
dexter to the Idle Hour club that was hold
ing seance at the Southern. "That was
twenty-five years ago, in Richmond
We were to have been married on Jan. 1,
but on Christmas day the young lady was
taken Ill, and On the last day. of the old
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
ONLY ME-.

A little figure glided through the hall;
rs that you, Pet?"-the words came tenderly;
A sob-suppressed to let the answer fall
ut isn't Pet, mamma; it's only me-"
The quivering baby lips--thcy had not meant
To utter any word could plant sting;
But to that mothers heart a strange pang
went
She heard, and stood like convicted thing.
One instant, and happy little face
Thrilled meath unwonted kisses rainei
above;
And, from that moment, Only Me had place
And part with Pet in tender mother love-
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03

What is the dismay of the early pedestrian,
who leaves his cozy home on a winters
morning IN quest Of iucre or pleasure, when
he finds himself suddenly the victim Of theA
treachery of "a slippery pavement. twill be
ccmfort to know that Salvation Oil will
cure his bruised limbs.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
Killed While Drunk.

OTTAWA O., Oct. 24.-Charles Shane
o sawmill man, was struck by trair
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
at this place Friday morning about
o'clock, while drunk, and instantly
killed.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03
Castoria.

sCastoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DR. G. g. osaooD,
Lowell, Mass.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-11-03

"Castoria Is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. hope the day Is not
far distant when mothers will llconsdder thereal
interest Of their children, and use Castoria in
stead Of evariousquack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones. by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtfui
agents down their threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves." "a
On. J. y. KMcHE1cs,
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