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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-03
THE FRIENDSHIPS FAIR.
A Novel Watch Contest to be
the Attraction.

THE Friendship Fire Company are
going in for the best fair they have
over held. There will be several new
and attractive features in addition to
music, dancing and refreshments
Foremost among these will be con-
test for fine gold watch between five
young ladies, one from each ward.
THE TIMES has been highly compli-
mented by the Friendships in this inter.
esting matter. Knowing the strong stand
taken by this journal in favor OF free
and fair elections, the Friendships have
selected THE TINES to conduct the pri-
maries to determine who shall be the
five young ladies to contest for the
watch. Every young lady in Roanoke
is eligible.
The following ballot exp aims itself
Cut it out and fill in tho name of the
young lady whom you want to see enter
the lists, with the number of the ward
in which she lives; then send /. into
TIE TIMES office in scale. envelope.
You can vote as often as you like, as
MANY Zines as you can get ballots, ant
for as many different young ladies a
you like. Hero is the ballot:
! LADIES' GOLD WATCH CONTEST.
rn,rvn 'uIr FIRE toMrANY's FAIR.
favor Miss...,.... ''''''''''''''''''''''''''
OF thc......... ward as til, ''''''''"'' '''''
that ward
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

At the approaching city election the
question of empowering the council TO
levy a special tax for the support OF
free public library and reading room
will be submitted, and by the decision
of the electors the council will of course
abide. Not a single negative vote
should be cast. 1t is difficult to con-
ceive how any one who is not mlser
or a misanthrope can oppose PROPOSE
ton, the successful outcome Of when
would result in so much good to the
community as whole and at so little
cost. Upon the present assessed vaiua-
ton of the city, and making due allow
ance for all delinquencies, levy oil
one half a mill would be ample not
only to defray all current expenses but
also to purchase the first year several
hundred volumes Of such standard
works as should first find place in
well selected library. Upon such
levy a person who pays taxes upon an
assessment of 81 900 would be required
to contribute fifty cents to the support
of the institution. Let us hope that
there is no taxpayer in Fairhaven
misery enough TO grudge so small a
payment to provide wholesome reading
and a place of pleasant and profitable
entertainment for the large number
who cannot otherwise have the great
benefit of such advantages. By all
means give the council the authority
that is asked.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
A Model Club,

Mrs. G. G. Chickering furnishes to The
Christian Union paper containing some
admirable suggestions for winter even
ing gatherings Of both men and women.
In 1890 Mrs. Chickering originated the
Current News club, an association Of
ladies'. 1t came about in this way: She
tells us she all at once found herself left
behind in the march of current events.
If she went anywhere Of an evening
with her husband he and his gentlemen
friends would talk about the increased
speed Of Atlantic steamers or some other
interesting news Of the day.
The women knew nothing of these
things, but talked together Of children
and servants. She found that she her
self, along with the other women, knew
nothing about what a majority OF the
intelligent people Of the world were in
terested in. So, just two years ago this
October, she proposed to some of her
women friends to meet her for an hour
or more one afternoon of the week, each
lady bringing with her some news item
that was occupying public interest.
The ladies adopted the suggestion.
Ever since on each Monday afternoon
the women meet from to half past 3.
They are among the wisest women OF
their day, for they let past history alone
aud learn all they can about the history
of today. "Our aim is to keep in touch
with the history that is making" says
Mrs. Chickering.
Among other matters they have kept
up with the history that is making in
regard to the Chill trouble, the McKin-
ley bill and the Nicaragua canal. Only
two papers have been read since the be-
ginning, one a resume of the Farmers
Alliance platform, the other Mr.. Blaine's
letter on the New Orleans riot. The rule
is that all must be spoken offhand. This
is about the best feature of the club.
The women speaking extempore get a
command of language and memory that
gives them ease of manner and conf
dence in themselves. The lady congrat-
ulates herself and her fellow members
that now and hereafter when their chill
dren ask them some question of current
history these club mothers will not be
obliged to say, ASK papa"
Such a club not only learns facts, but,
what is far better, learns to think about
| them,
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
The French Conquest of Dahomey.

The French Conquest of Dahomey.
The succession of victories and the
rapid approach of the French in Da-
honey to Behanzin's capital are owing
to the military skill of Colonel Dodds,
the mulatto commander of the army Of
France in this part of Africa. Colonel
Dodds' mother was full blooded Sene-
galese negro. His ancestry on the IA
theirs side is evidently partly English.
He is familiar with the language of the
Senegalese and the mode of warfare of
the wild black tribes in west Africa.
This has given him a great advantage
in his campaigns. He is a man of I'M
daunted courage and perseverance, and
will win lasting distinction in this war
against Behsnzin. He is besides great
favorite with his brother officers. Evil
IDENTIFY there is no color prejudice in the
French army Moreover, here is one
man of negro blood who possesses COM
handing military qualities.
What the French will probably do in
Dahomey after they have closed IN on
Behanzin is thus outlined by the Pari
correspondent of the London Times;
The French strategy win probably be quite
different from what Behanzin expects. In
stead of setting on the capital and advancing
beyond, which might be dangerous, Colonel
Dodds will most likely content himself with
occupying Cana, the suburb below Abomey,
and the royal burial place II this plan is car
ried out Behanzin will lose his religious pres
tige his soldiers will desert and suicide will be
his only resource.
The French would then cut up Dahomey into
three or four principaiities or provinces, each
under a man chosen or approved by France.
and under the supervision Of aFrench resident
This mild kind of protectorate would be pre-
| ferred, as France has no desire to annex Da-
| honey or TO incur fresh embarrassments. She
! feels that the conquest of Dahomey is scarcely
worthy Of the efforts Of a civilized nation, fol
European relations with that region began
| with a traffic in slaves, and that traffic cannot
| even now be said to have entirely disappeared
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

The first thought of an American Wis
iting Westminster abbey is that it would
be the better for good housekeeping
and airing. Even some of the British
worshipers of Westminster begin to
wonder whether house in which over
5000 corpses are buried does not ct
length begin to smell bad, especially as
the burials have been going on for near
ly 1900 years. It is splendid old pile,
but to the mind of non-Briton it is
nearly time to draw the line on burials
there. Only greatness of the EXTREMIST,
biggest sort can be consideration suffi-
Gent to atone for adding to the bad air
of the place When a grave was made
for the poet Browning it was in spot
in which three other persons had been
inferred previously Room enough was
found for Tennyson beside Browning.
In the good old times which some peo-
pie regret. any one who had money
enough could be buried in Westminster,
but the English have become more par
ticular of late years.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

Only few days more remain in
which nominations for municipal Off
ces can legally be made. II is time
that the citizens who have the largest
business and property interests at stake
should be up and doing, if they do not
want to suffer from the administration
of the city's affairs by men who are
either corrupt or incompetent or both,
who have no business of their own to
attend to and little or no honest source
Of income.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
THE ELECTION OF CLEVELAND

The fates have decreed it. Bet we did not
need IL.
Although we must stand it for four weary
It's hard TO belive II, and sadly we grieve it.,
2 Our hopes and our future now languish In
fears.
with workmen in danger, as well as the
Who ever had been well contented and
The great middle classes must follow the
masses,
They too, like the others, 20 hungry TO bed
With factories running by aid Of the cum
ming
And dexterous hands OF the men there
Then lie was worth living, the men were
Who willfuiiy, lately, their labor des
troyed.
They needed Prophet, and now they mus
Like people in London and all British
How long they will stand it ere they repri
Depends on how long they will pass of 70
clowns.
With good living prices, no sign Of a crisis,
The workingmen's wages were ever KEEP
But now by Free Trading and labor de
The prices and wages together must die.
With farmers contented, starvation relentet
We ne'er felt the grasp Of his death deal
ing hand;
But now It is said, you can soon hear tn
tread
OF his treacherous feet stalking over tn
land.
-Four years OF this kina will enlighten tn
blind,
behave;
And when the time comes, with the beatin
OF drums
graves.
-Justis S. Stun, in 81. Joseph ,(MolHeralt
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
Composition Portrait of Grover and John Bull
Successful Flax Test

DIR. A. w. Thornton, of West Fern
dale, is an enthusiastic agricultural ex-
perimentalst. He has long believed
that the soil and climate of the Nook
sack valley are particularly favorable
to the raising of fax and during the
past year he has devoted considerable
attention to experiments planned with
view to determining whether his
ideas are correct. A few weeks ago he
enlisted Mr.. Larrabees interest in the
matter, and the following letter to him
seems to fully warrant the belief that
the doctors flaxen ideas are of the
right fibre. He says:
WEST FERNDALE, Nov. "a
c. y. Larrabee, Fairhaven:
Dear Sir-I have just received returns
from New York concerning the samples
of flax | forwarded and am much pleased
at the result, as the president Of the
American Flax Company informs me 1t Is
eqlidI to amy that Is produced la Europe
IN gudlitB, and the president of the Lin
seed Oil Trust SAYS our fax seed is the best
IN the United States. This Is very salts
/ factory, as IL shows we are working in
! the right direction, and the enterprise has
| a sound basis to build up great Industry
\ ours truly,
A. w. THORNTON.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

In South Dakota this year Indians vote
for the first time and enjoy the sensa-
ton of casting their ballots for the great
father A law passed by congress de-
clares that when Indians take farms in
severalty red males twenty-one and over
shall be classed as American citizens.
Considerable political log rolling has
been done among the Sissetons and Wah-
petons of the Lake Traverse region, who
took lands in severalty two years ago.
1t will be interesting to know whether
the Indian will become Democrat OF
Republican. OF whether he will listen to
the honeyed eloquence of the Peoples
party orators.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
New St. Louis.

st. Louis is already the fifth in size
among the cities of the land, and would
be the fourth if Brooklyn were rated
what she is in fact-a bedchamber OF
New York" writes Mr.. Julian Ralph in
Harper's Magazine. He tells us about
the remarkable second growth which
the fine old city has taken on within the
past ten years. The inhabitants now
claim population of 100000, and even
its rivals do not deny to st. Louis 47O, 00C
residents.
Mr. Ralph's story illustrates strikingly
what city may become when its own
citizens begin 10 hustle for it. A few
years ago progressive men of st. Louis
began to consider that their city was
getting left in the march Of progress.
They resolved it should not be. The
Merchants exchange inaugurated the
new movement with boom. They be
gan to advertise their city. They started
the Autumnal Festivities association,
which prepares a sort Of Columbus cele
bration for ST. Louis every fall, coming
just after the leading crops are har-
vested 1t has brought to the town
money, fame and business.
A new tide of migration has set to-
ward the southwest in the past decade.
This passes through st. Louis and leaves
its contribution as it goes. The city is
the heart of vast agricultural and
mining territory, whose future develop
ment cannot be fixed by the imagina-
ton at present. The town is not all
huddled together, but its business dis.
trict covers a large territory. 1t has
e 214 miles Of street railway tracks, anG
. most of them are traversed by electric
and cable cars. New York would oper
its eyes in surprise at the size of thes,
d, electric street cars. Some of them ar,
twice as large as New York street cars
But stranger from the east feels NOR
+ at home in St. Louis than in any othe
n western city, Mr. Ralph says. 81
hastens to explain, however, that thi
\, is nothing against St. Louis.
In a comparatively short time b
prophesies that the city on the Missis
sippi will have a million inhabitants
A. Her greatest manufacturing industrie
J. are beer and tobacco. The city has tn
le largest brewery ON the continent, if nc
,e in the world. and she is at the head {
the list in the trade in chewing an
lie smoking tobacco.
" st. Louis has one hearts desire at pre-
emit. 1t is that the United States go'
y eminent should so improve the Missi
ir sippi river from st. Anthony's falls
d. the gulf that it will have q channel ID
feet deep at all seasons Of the year.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

The ballot, of which the poet says
ait executes free mans will as light
ming does the will of God, !" has become
far too cheap thing in American pol
tiles, and all because of the despicable
trucking to foreign influences which
has hitherto prevented both the great
parties from enacting much needed
legislation for the practical restriction
of immigration. If the gates of Castle
Garden could swing outward for a
while and some means be devised by
which the country might be rid of the
paupers, anarchists and social outcasts
from the countries of the Old World
who constitute collectively the greatest
menace to our institutions, there would
be greater cause to hope for the ultimate
realization of the noblest dreams of the
nations founders. We have too many
towards in congress. There is de-
plorable lack of independence in our
politicians. 1t has come TO pass that
what is called success in politics is toe
largely dependent upon trickery and
corruption to afford very good basis
for hope of speedy reform. So long as
we SOW tares with our wheat in the
great field of politics so long will oul
harvests grow worse instead of better
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

Apparently it is not necessary to wait
for electricity to propel railway trains
100 miles an hour Steam is nearly
equal to it now. An express train be-
tween Buffalo and Rochester lately trav-
eled ten miles at the rate of ninety-five
miles an hour. making mile in less
than thirty seconds. The only
question to be settled is whether cleo
tricity cannot accomplish the fast travel
with less dust. noise and expense.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

The second political annexation club
has been formed in Canada, this time in
Toronto, and is made upof leading BUSH
ness men of that place. Canadians are
preparing to face manifest destiny. The
annexation club of Toronto has for its
avowed purpose the dissemination of in
formation throughout the Dominion In
favor of the annexation of Canada to the
United States.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
omcial

1t is our earnest desire to impress upon
the minds of the public the superiority OF
the service offered by the Wiconsin Cen
trial Lines TO Milwaukee, Chicago and all
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Pamphlets giving valuable information
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your nearest sicket agent, or JAS. &. POND,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chi
cago, III.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION

Notice is hereby given that the co-part-
nership heretofore existing between the un.
dersipned. under the name and style OF
Loux & Holland. doing business in Fair
haven, Whatcom county, Washington, has
this day been dissolved by mutual consent,
A. NJ. Loux continuing ana assuming az
and all accounts due the said
- J. s. HOLLAND,
A. NJ. LOUX.
Dated this 23d day of November 1892.
Date of first publication November "a, lS1.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

Farmers come fifteen miles to my
store to get Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy. Many of them, like myself, are
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cured my boy of severe attack Of
Group, and, / believe, saved his life
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The XUonr L, La Tho aduoxt iairor m cd
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

Renan was an agnostic, but even re-
hgious women will forgive him after
reading this remark of his, II often
fancy that the judgments which will be
passed upon us in the valley of Jehosha-
plat will be neither more nor less than
those of women, countersigned by the
Almighty"
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

The biggest thing at Chicago's Co
lumbus parade was the presence OF
twenty-seven governors. She beat New
York on governors.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

Do you wish to know the quickest
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In severe cases there is thin white
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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
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Trains leave Tacoma for st. Paul and CHI
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For Portland and south, ll!OO m and l1;O9
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Trains arrive at Tacoma from ST. Paul and
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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
Coating

When out coastine on Twelfth street
lust slide in and see the great line OF
goods shown at the Pacific Clothing
House, FairhaveD.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

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CARLOS MARTYR, d. D.,
Nsw York City.
Late Pastor BloomingdAle Reformed Church.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
srEAmBoArs AND RAILROADS
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Pacihc cast Steamship Co. steamers ar
rive from and depart every five days for San
Francisco.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
Steamers Portland to San Francisco
Every Days
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For rates and general information call on
u " FIR. JOHNSON. Ticket Agt,.
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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27
THE NEW EvANGEL

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end Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1880
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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-11-27

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