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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
A Terrible Habit.

"Were you ever troubled with the
thought while you walked along some
street" said Charles Ebert, chat some
how you ought not to step on the cracks
that separate the flagstones of the pave
ment or the boards of the walk? You
have been th-well, then you know.
That is the meanest habit to form.
Cigarette smoking is bad, and cigars are
expensive and so bad also. Tobacco
chewing is abominable and drinking is
killing, but the crack lodging habit is
the worst Of all. If | could exchange
this miserable feeling that possesses me
when walk along the streets for any
one of those habits-providing didn't
possess all of them already-I would do
1t instantly.
II will start out of morning for a
pleasant stroll, just to see the beauty of
nature, and unconsciously will begin
10 step over all cracks. Then l will ac-
cidentally step on one, and all my pros
pective pleasure is gone-simply dis
PEELED and driven away by that one mis-
cradle thought of utter uselessness that
I have stepped on crack. have start
ed for home of nighttime fairly tired
and conscious of duties well done, pur-
posing to enjoy long, sound sleep.
Again fall into the desire to avoid step
ping on those miserable partition lines.
"If succeed in avoiding all of them, l
rest beautifully, but if not then go
home and have a restless, nervous sleep
in which there is no satisfaction what
ever. OF all the diabolical mental in
ventions that go to break up mans
happiness and peace of mind this one
mental status of avoiding cracks is the
most consummate that any evil genius
could afflict a man with. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
Vow NIntely pisarr.,cinr,

Beside the highway that leads from
Bridgton to Norway are two burial plots
upon opposite sides of the road. Here
are inferred the Woodsum brothers, and
of course every one who passes that way
is anxious to know why there is this divi-
sion. The stage driver can tell you. The
Woodsum brothers could never agree.
They disagreed in religion, politics and
every conceivable point that could be
brought up between them. Oh, their
disagreements in story form, as told by
the neighbors, would make a tale Of
prickly interest. OF course they couldn't
agree to repose their bones upon the same
side of the road, and hence these two
graveyards, the stones glazing across al
each other through rain, snow and sun
shine.-Lewiston Journal.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12

A youthful correspondent writes as
follows: "The reason why elephants is
so smart is because they is like women.
Elephants is afraid Of mices, and so is
women. Women is smarter than men,
and as elephants is like women, some
elephants must be smarter than some
men," Such logic cannot be overcome.
No doubt there are good many
elephants smarter than some men,
New York Tribune.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
The Date For the Millennium.

Charles 7. Russell of Allegheny, Pa,
announces that the millennium will
surely arrive in October Of 1914. We are
now in the Tapping time" between the
hay of the gospel and the grass of the
millennium era This Tapping time
began in October of 1874 and will last
40 years. During this period the king
doms of the world will be overthrown by
the anarchists, nihilists, socialists and
nationalist. At the same time the He
brews will all be gathered in PALESTINE
Chicago Herald.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
FAIRHAvEN PosroFFIcE
Corner of Larrabee Avenue and Twelfth
Street


Street
Arrival and departure of mail from Fair
haven, Wash, Postoffice, taking effect March
n, lS92:
MAIL CLOSES FOR
Port Townsend, Orcas Friday Harbor
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4;45 pm,
via boat, and Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
and sunday at 12:45 p. m. via Seattle
Sedro, Anacortes, Seattle, TacoHa and
Eastern mail at 12:45 D. m daily.
West Ferndale, Blaine and British Column
bia at l2:45 D. m. daily.
New Whatcom Electric Street Railway at
7:45 a. m. and 4:i5 ,. m. daily except Sunday.
MAIL ARRIVES FROM
Port Townsend, Orcas, Friday Harbor,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 500 a.
m, and at $500 D. IN.
Blaine, West Ferndale and British Column
bia at :35 p. m. daily.
Seattle, Tacoma and Eastern mail at las
p. IN. daily
New Whatcom via Electric Street Railway
at $500 am. and 500 I'm. daily except Sunday
Fairhaven to Beach closes closes ats a. m,
and arrives at p. m. daily except Sunday.
Fairhaven to Chuckanut closes at 2 d. m,
Monday. Wednesday and Friday, and arrives
at y. IN.
Office Hours, s a. m. TO 6 p. m. Sunday
from to p. N,
s. II. keller. p VI
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
Sandwich Islanders and Their Ills.


When a Kanaka feels bit out of sorts
he imagines that he has not been diligent
enough in his devotions to some particu-
lar god. He Immediately procures a
bunch Of ava or something in the nature
of a comforting drink, and after short
prayer to his mountain or river deity he
murmurs apologetically, Here's your
food" or Heres your drink" as the
case may be. Then he devours the SOL
ids or liquids himself. If the Kanaka's
health improves, the god is appeased. If
sickness still creeps over him, he turns
to the Kahuna. One of the guild is i'm
mediately hunted up and approached
with bunch of ava or pig. Then the
Kanaka dilates upon his infirmities, and
the Kahuna begins preparing to drive
out the sickness or the evil spirit
The patient is stripped and laid fiat,
and with a bunch of ii leaves the Ka-
huna rubs him all over, murmuring
meaningless words the while. If the
Kanaka gets well, the Kahuna's infu-
ence is increased. If the Kanaka dies, he
was doomed man anyhow, and the Ka-
huna did his best Such of the Kanakas
as patronize Kahuna nowadays do it
covertly, and the Kahunas keep under
cover.-Honolulu Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
Last year;

Last year:
Her eyes were rheumy, and weak and red
Her breath--yOu could smell il afar,
She had ringing and dizziness oft in her head
And the cause of it all was catarrh. .
This year:
Her breath is as sweet as the new meadow
hay,
Her eyes are as bright as a star,
And the cause of the change, she is ready to
say,
Was the DIR. Sage Cure for Catarrh.
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will posi-
lively cure catarrh in the head, no
matter how bad or of how long stand
ing. Fifty cents, by all druggists.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
At THE 5000 JUNCTION.
The Pathetic Lament of a Father Whose
Son Ran Away From Home.

Ihe fathetio Lament OF Father Whose
Son Ran Away From Home.
The time was cold October after.
noon.
The place was a lonely junction wait
ing room in northern Michigan.
The people of the drama were an old
lumberman in "store clothes" and a
young man whose apparel proclaimed
the city.
And then there was rough pine box,
about six feet long, on a truck outside.
Perhaps that might have been called
''the properties"
There is no more desolate place than
the Sault Ste. Marie junction, and it
was raining that afternoon. There is a
dirty little station and the train dis
patcher's house on one side of the main
track. Opposite is a deserted log cabin
There is nothing else to be seen. In
summer the commonest flowers shun the
spot. The old man with the Grape on
his hat sat looking out at the box ON the
truck. The young commercial traveller
or advance agent, or whoever he was,
stared vacantly at his companion. The
time passed slowly and drearily. Once
a freight train ratified by. The young
man got all the enjoyment he could out
Of that and ruefully viewed the caboose
fading away into the fog.
At length, as if compelled to speak,
the old man said: "Say, hate t. see tn
rain fall on that ere coffin so. They
oughter made tn eaveses t. this yere sta
ton bigger. tried to bring him in, but
that trucks too wide. Jim was a fine
boy, he was, afore he went up t. Mar
quette. That's him out there. 1t warn't
onnateral fer him t. want ter go. There
hain't nOthin to keep a bright boy t
home in town what's got nothin in it
but my ole sawmill an tn store. But, o
Lord, 1 wisht he'd staid-I wisht he'd a
staidl A country boy amt got no show
in one o them tough iron towns. /
amt a. blamin Jim fer leavin me. But
he was all had. He didn't know how
much l wanted him t stay or he'd "a
done it. He didn't have no sort O. raisin.
His mother died when he was Just lit
tie Teller.
"When he growed up, nothin nd do but
he mus go away. He goes upt Marquette
an gifts him good job on tn ore docks.
bein strong an handy. He ulster write
me tn fines letters you ever seen ev'ry
Sunday reglar. He was up there jest
four months when he quit writin. !
stood it a month, an then l went up. He
was sick in a measly boardin house. He
was considerable sick, but we fetched
him through, an took him home. He
got good an well again. He said he'd
stay with me t home. But he didn't.
He ruined off one night. didn't care
fer what he took, if he'd only COM
back. He KEEP a-writin fer money t
come home on, and KEEP a-sendin it
but / had ter go fer my boy. He was
shot through the heart in saloon at the
500. That's him out there. l amt
a-blamin him. | didn't raise him as
p
Then a whistle was heard. 1t was the
awaited train. With careful hands the
father, the train dispatcher and the
young man wheeled the coffin to the
baggage car. Gently the burden was
lifted within. The old man climbed in
to be by his dead. The door was shut,
and in a moment the train was lost
in the burned pine barrens.-Harper's
Weekly
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12

In many old families the custom has
obtained from time immemorial of put
ting an extra plate and chair for the
stranger or an unexpected guest. In
those old days there was good reason for
this. Hotels were few, and travelling
was mostly done by private conveyance.
It was the unwritten law of hospitality
that the stranger could find welcome
in almost every household. OF course
conditions have changed, and generosity
has taken new form. Baltimore Her
aid
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
Mayer Let Ten Remain In the Pot.

Tea should never be allowed to stand
upon the grounds" If it must unavoid-
ably be made some time before it is to
be used, the liquid should be poured from
the leaves. 1t may then be kept ready
for delayed member of the family for
a long time without serious deteriora-
ton, or at least without the addition Of
any harmful qualities. = Good House
keeping.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12

Those who believe that one of the 10
lost tribes of Israel settled in Ireland lay
stress on the fact that "shamralxh" is the
Arabic word for trefoil, which, under
the name Of shamrock, has been made
the national bloom Of Ireland.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
HOTEL ARRIVALS

AT THE FAIRHAvEN-G II Miller, AL
bany, NY; A f Elliott, San Francisco;
f j Calef, Chicago; w II Greeley, Ia
coma; Charles King, Tacoma: G II Sew
ening, New Whatcom; II Harms, Ship
Lita.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12

.Rhen Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she clung TO Castoria
When she had Children, st.U gave them Castoria
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12
MISCELLANEOUS
NOTICE
CASCADE LAKE HOTEL
At OLGA, Orcas Island

At OLGA, Orcas Island
VIII open to all travellers and family board
ers the first OF June. Rates. 81 so per day or
$40 per week. Children from ! 10 years
half rates. MRS. v. f. COX,
Proprietress.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-12

Arrival and departure of mail from Fair
haven, Wash, Postoffice taking effect March
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13
QUINNAT SALMON.
Great Sport to Be Had in
Monterey Bay.
OFF THE SANTA CRUZ SHORE.
AL Wilson Tells How the Fish Can
Be Caught by Trolling Among
the Sardines.

It is seldom that the people who have a
fancy for angling are afforded an oppor-
tunity for the enjoyment of royal sport Oh
this coast.
What is meant by royal sport when
angling is discussed is the hooking. play
ing and landing of the king of gamy
fishes-the salmon.
Last week reports reached this city from
Santa Cruz that professional fishermen
were catching large numbers OF salmon IN
Monterey Bay by trolling.
The news was accepted with liberal
quantity of salt. so to speak. by anglers.
until Al Wilson, noted angler. had paid
the place visit, and returned to verify
the reports that came from the City of the
Cross.
Mr.. Wilson was seen yesterday by rep
resentative Of The CALL, and in referen ce
to salmon fishing in Monterey Bay gave the
following interesting information to lovers
Of the sport:
when l arrived at Santa Cruz the first
move was to ascertain if the reports l had
CLEANED were true. l visited some of the
camps of the professional fishermen and
soon learned that salmon were on the run
and that they were enjoying great feast
on the myriads Of sardineS which were
moving in large schools close to shore.
"a majority of the professionals used
Eandlines strong enough to hold shark
and hook of about No. 8 in size. to which
was fastened a sardine.
Their style of fishing amused me very
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13
DRY GOODS.
SEVEN GREAT SPECIALS
Ladies' Blouse Waists!

lowing stylish lines of
LADIES AISTS!
80 dozen LADIES WAISTS
La DIES
viii be-
e1atS
lue T 80
back rolling collar full good
81, a - ~N0'
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13

the one which Marsh is supposed to have
sent to Matt Jones. telling him to skip"
were submitted to him. and he said he was
strongly of the opinion that they had been
written by the same man. In reply to a
question put bv the District Attorney he
said he would not swear that such was the
case. but in his opinion the same hand
wrote both letters.
A recess was then taken. and on resum-
ing Howelps wife was examined and
stated that she was in receipt of an income
of 5000 month that she and ler husband
had IA joint account in the names Of Evelyn
and NJ. d. Howell since April, the year be-
fore Howelps arrest; that she generally
had surplus of $4,000 to her credit SUBJ
ject to withdrawal. Mrs. Howell also tes-
titled that she had stores. iodgng-houses
and a cottage which she rented in Stock
ton, also some property occupied by Chi
nese. which Melted her $500 month,
paid in silver
NJ. D. Howell. the defendant. was then
called, and he went over the oft-repeated
story Of his life. He was still on the stand
when the court adjourned.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13
THE GRAFTON HALL.
One of Her Sailors Tells Sad
Story.

Thomas hartman, one OF the sailors
who reached Astoria several months ago
on the unfortunate ship Grafton Hall from
Calcutta, has reached this city, and if half
his story is to be believed the crew must
have undergone hardships such as few
sailors ever experience. and it is we'll
known fact that Jack" .life is not an
easy one by any manner of means.
1t will be remembered by readers of THE
CALL that brief dispatch announced a
couple of months since that the ship Graf
ton Hall had arrived at Astoria. and that
her crew had abandoned her as soon as
she reached port, and another crew could
Tot be obtained.
The reason given for this state of affairs
was that six OF the sailors had died from
eating decayed meat but the particulars
were not given.
hartman undertook to tell his friends
in this city the story of their hardsnips
yesterday. and as near as can be learned
the vessel sailed from Calcutta on June 8
1892, and after she was too far from port
for the crew to return, it was learned that
the canned meats were in such bad
state that not even a dog could digest the
food.
The sailors did the best they could
under the circumstances. and as they were
convinced that the ships officers were not
to blame, they decided to take the vessel
to her destination.
After they had been out several weeks
six men were taken sick and the cause was
traced to the meat Everything possible
was done to relieve the sick men, but
their lives could not be saved.
hartman states that the ship is still in
port and it is impossible to procure an
other crew. Everything possible has been
done. but as soon as the sailors learn the
history OF the ship they refuse to 90
aboard.
The British ship Dilton. now in port, is
the largest three sailing-shlp afloat.
She is $3.50 tons register. and brought from
Sydney, Australia. cargo of 1880 tons of
coal. To Sydney she took from Lond on
300 tons OF cargo. being the largest ever
taken there by a sailing vessel.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13
MRS. HOWELL'S INCOME.
She Testifies to the Amount of
Money She Receives.

The Howell case was resumed in the Dis
trict Court yesterday morning.
l.. w. Robbins told about the prisoners
paying him bill for groceries and with
drawing 81 piece which he said was
counterfeit.
Adolph c. MetZler was then called ard
testified that he had been employed by the
defense to procure sample of Marsh's
handwriting. He produced a letter adj
dressed to Mrs. Sarah Clifford. Oakland,
which he said had been written by Marsh.
Marsh was recalled and admitted that
he wrote the letter to Mrs. Clifford when
he was in jail at San jose.
The next witness was George c. Hickox.
the handwriting expert. The letter writ
ten by Marsh at CampbelPs dictation. and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13

The most perfect whispering gallery in
the world is the dome OF st. Paul's, in
London.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13
CHINESE NEGOTIATING.
They Want Treaty With Mexico
and Brazil.

A few weeks ago THE CALL published
exclusively the contents of treaty that
the Chinese Government had submitted to
the Mexican republic for acceptance. The
treaty provided for the most amicable
trade relations between the two countries,
and it was announced by the local Chinese
that if the treaty were agreed upon they
would move to Mexico.
The Mexican treaty was prepared in
this city and now the Chinese Consul is
engaged upon a similar document for the
sideration of Brazil. He refuses TO
admit that it contains the same provisions
found in the Mexican treaty
If both treaties are agreed upon it will
turn the Chinese from the United States,
and large number of the M0ngOlians
residing here will move TO Mexico.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13
DRY GOODS.

To-day present ten lines of Mems Furnishings
and Embroderes that at the clearance prices quoted
Unmatchably Choice Bargains!
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-12-28
Martial Astronomy.

Men may be good soldiers without be
ing scholars, and it is also true that
men may be amusing WIEN they are
weighed down by the gravest response
bilities. On the evening before solar
eclipse not long ago the colonel of a
regiment of German infantry sent for
all his sergeants and said to them:
"There will be an eclipse of the sun
tomorrow. The regiment will meet
on the parade ground in undress. [
will come and explain the eclipse before
the drill. If the day is cloudy the men
will meet in the drill shed as usual
The sergeantS thereupOn drew up the
following order of the day:
"TO-mOrrOw morning, by order of the
colonel, there will be an eclipse of the
sun. The regiment will assemble on
the parade ground, where the colonel
will come and superintend the eclipse
in person. If the day is cloudy the
eclipse will take place in the drill she'd"
Outh's Companion.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-12-28

tions to do wrong. or who can preserve
his equipOise in the hour of excitement
and tumult will be hero or conqueror
greater than he who captures city"
This demands constant watchfulness.
If eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty, it is also the price of triumph over
all moral and material foes. Every
man has weak points in his character
and weak hours in his history One
man is vulnerable in one way, another
in different way. A temptation which
does not affect one man seriously, may
easily prove the downfall of another.
Unless watchfulnesS is the most persis-
tent at the point of weakness, we will
fall; there the forces of character
must be massed, because it is there the
onslaught will be most severe and dan
gerOus. Some of the greatest heroes or
cOnquerOrS of the world. were helpless
vassals to their own passions. Alexan-
der conquered a world but was so base
a slave to Incorporate anger that he
slew his best friend ClytuS, in a mo-
ment of passion. Men of great military
genius, of brilliant craftsmanship, of
profound learning, and even eminent
ministers of the gospel have become
the slaves of lust passion and appetite
n. y. w.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-12-28

prOdigal in the face. is he then to be
blamed for stealing the means to sus-
tain life? Hunger" said learned
judge, knows no law and then he
gave a poor wretch three years for
stealing to satisfy that hunger. With
out work, to steal or starve is the alter
native. Do you doubt that thousands
are yearly compelled by that law of
self-preservatlon to steal in order to
sustain lille? If you do, then life to
you is valueless, since you know
not what you would do to preserve it,
OF what use is it to utter moss covered
platitudes, such as The drunkard
must not drink" 'The prodigal should
save. and others of like import; they are
so, and largely through the Instrument
ality of society the avenger: but who is
to avenge the wrong society does to the
criminal? What! you say society do
wrong? Right, forgot, society is in
fallible and must not be blamed for
the present abnormal extent of crime,
for any wrong done the criminal: they
are pariahS to be imprisoned, have their
remaining manhood destroyed, and
then-refOrmed. ''Charity begins at
home" Who will reform society?
LEONARDUS.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-12-28
Opportunities.

TO the wise and fortunate (by fOrtu-
nate | mean those whose lives are as
yet unblighted and unspoiled by them
selves or Others the world would ap-
pear very bright and cheerful place to
live in. But there are many of us that
are neither wise or fortunate, and
seem so predestined by circumstance
folly and defective natures to sin and
blunder along until we reach a point
where reason and intelligence can do
little more than reveal how foolish and
wrong we have been, or how great a
good we have missed and lost.
The past with its opportunities, has
gone: and the remnant of earthly life
left, is SO shut up in a certain lot, and
we are so shackled by the very condi-
ton of our existence, We see dismal
prospects and SO are disheartened and
it is very hard to feel anything but ut
ter defeat, so sink into the dark path
way, and we go blindly stumbling along
not knowing when the terrible abyss
is reached into which we are hurled to
sour present condition. Therefore let
us awake, arouse up and make oppOr-
tunitieS; little drops of water will in
time wear away the nightly rock, and
so, too, will the continued check, check,
check, of the calendar, wear away our
sentences; and then the suh will shine
forth in all it's splendor and glory,
nursing back to life the shattered hopes
and blighted youth, and with renewed
vigOr, we can take heart again. Who
shall say that another opportunity will
present itself; and who will not profit
by the past? Experience is the best of
teachers: its lessons are hard but let
the lessons be we'll learned. r. S. p.