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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-23

TTNION COUNCIL No, 152 Y. NJ. l., meets
" every first and third Wednesday OF each
month at D. M, In the basement OF church
on Elk street. 7. @. MCHUGH, Pres.
M LENNON, Rec Sec.
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United States. as | entered. He showed me
the draft as a curiosity. When | asked him
about President Harrison's Cabinet he re-
Piled:
Il really DO not know much about the
subject. / have never heard how the
d ffe ent Cabinet Ministers were selected,
and / only know the circumstances
of MY own appointment / had never
met President Harrison until a month
after his election. ] think il was along
In February that | got a telegram from
him that he would like to see me at Indian
apOls. | went aud we discussed many
things concerning the party and the Gov
eminent. TIE papers had already spoken
Of me for a Cabinet position, but there was
but little talk about the Cabinet during my
visit to the PreSident-eiect and | left In
dianapolis without having been offered a
place in the Cabinet, nor with any definite
intimation that he had any intention of
making me such an offer. Upon considera-
tiOn am not sure but that we talked over
the different Cabinet positions and discussed
how the Government service might be i'm
proved In its different branches and II NAV
be that was little more pronounced in my
expressions as to the Improvement of the
mails and OF our general postal service. The
talk as whole was for the good of the
Government rather than for any special
part OF II and it covered wide range OF SUBJ
jecis.
AFTER came back to Philadelphia l pre-
pared to 90 to Europe, where my family
then was. had my passage engaged and
had my letter OF credit, when / received a
letter advising me not to leave the United
States unit after the inauguration. / got
another message from President Harrison
after he had gone to Washington, just be-
foro his Inauguration, asking me TO come
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over to see him. did so, and we again had
a discussion. There was no certainty about
his expression even then, and l went back
to Philadelphia without knowing whether L
was to be a Cabinet minister. or, il so. what
department would be offered NE. L knew.
of course, that nv friends had been
urging my appointment as L had been
informed by some of them that they
intended to do so. but l made no
move personally in the matter. and it was
ONLY few hours before the Inauguration
that a telegram. not from the President.
urged me to be present at the Inauguration.
In fact had no definite information as TO
it until the 4th of March. [ was in Phila-
delphia and some one told me on the streets
that the newspaper bulletins had announced
that nv name had been sent in as Post
master General. did not go TO Washing
ton until two days later and then called at
the White House, where President Harrison
received me aud handed me nv commission.
This was my official notice of my appoint
ment. These circumstances show. it seems
TO me. how careful the President was in
making his list Of official advisers and how
cautious he was in EXPRESSING his Intentions
80 p" he had definitely decided upon
them"
zen are few stories Of some of the
Cabinets of the past. In my next letter L
will give new matter from equally dis
tinguished men about the Cabinets of Presi-
dents Lincoln, G lrfield. Arthur. John Tyler
and Benjamin Harrison.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Washington, Feb l3
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ing out into the big creek. / cut the thirty
second part of an inch off the extreme edge
of that point ana then trie1 to bring her
into the wind again.
That settles IT," said Doe. you've
missed il. Let her 60, and while we were
fifty yards from the bridge yet he planted
himself in the bow with an oar.
No use. Why er how l know not. but
had "missed it," and a moment later the
seepers of the railroad bridge were rio
ping their way through the mainsail OF
the Mud Hen.
The wind blew a gale at this point and
the white caps Ieaped right into the Mud
Hen.
There was sharp work for the next five
minutes, and if the Mud Hen were capable
of being capsized by anything short of
tidal wave she would surely have turned
bottom upward then.
But she didn't. She only bobbed up and
down and kept lurehiug and Ieering her
sail into those sleepers. When she was
finally hauled off that mainsail was sight
to behold.
The crew of the Black Cat would have
laughed itself into Mysteries could i. have
seen those tatters fluttering in the breeze.
but they had gone to Sunday-school and
their minds were on graver subjects
STILL Ii might have been a pretty grave
subject for some OF the Mud Hens crew IL
there had not been a cool head on board.
1t belonged to Doe. When he had worked
her off at last and had time TO talk. he said
be guessed my strong point wasn't 10 steer
ing. / said | guessed perhaps Ii wasn't
And the wind whistled through the MAN,
sail till the m0orings were reached.
LIKE NORTH
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CABINET MAKING.
The Course Pursued by
Former Presidents.
:: "
GRANT AND HIS ADVISERS.
How Near John Sherman Came TO
Being Made Secretary of the
T.. Treasury in 1901.
GRANT. AND HIS ADVISERS.
Correspondence of THE MonSrxo CALL.

Within two weeks President Cleveland
will have completed his Cabinet. The
policy pursued by him in announcing tie
selection of his advisers in advance differs
from that pursued by his predecessors.
General Grant recognized his list again
and again before he sent 10 the llstot names
which were confirmed. james Il. Garneid
made some changes after be lett Mentor,
and there were number OF statesmen VINO
had the right to expect 10 be IN president
Ijncoln's Cabinet who found themselves
left out EPresident Harrison did not decide
as to three Of the members OF his Cabinet
until he was on his way to his inauguration
The stories OF how our Cabinets have
been made have never been published The
CORRESPONDENCE concerning them was pri-
vate and personal, and such matter seldom
ereeps into the newspapers. During the
past week | have called upon a number OF
ex-Cabuet officers and others who had to
do with Cabinet appointments and have
ehatted with them as TO how some OF the
Presidents have chosen their official faml-
lies, I first called on Senator John SheF-
man, who was. you know, Secretary OF the
Treasury under President Hayes, and who
came very near being in the first Cabinet OF
President Lincoln. This cabinet was not
made up finally until the President ar
rived in Washington. and the slate
was changed again and again during the
time which elapsed between the election
and the Inauguration. Among the men talked
Of for the Secretary of the Treasury was
John Sherman, then chairman of the WAYS
and Means Committee of the House Of Rep
resentatives, and already prominent as an
authority on financial questions. He had
Just been the candidate OF his party for
Speaker of the House, and had teld his
forces together during the longest ballDting
for Speaker that Congress had ever had,
and he was the most prominent young man
Of his party. This was thirty-two years
ago. and John Sherman has from that time
TO this been either in the Senate or the
Cabinet. making his continuous record
at Washington from the time he came here
as a member of Congress until today the
longest of any Of our great men ia the pub
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WOMEN'S WAY.
The Habit of Getting Off Cars Back
ward Hard to Overcome.

Chicago Herald.
After the woman h ad rolled over two or
three times in the dust and made volumin-
Gus display OF lingerie, she struggled to her
feet. Her face was very red. her back hair
was terribly mussed and her draperes in
most artistic disorder. She sc0rnfully re-
fused to give her name to the conductor.
who rushed to her assistance. and would
not say whether she was hurt. As she
turned to walk away the conductor whistled
Ego ahead" and smiles began to show
among the passengers.
she's like all the rest of 'en," was the
cOntemptuons comment Of the conductor, as
he jumped on the car.
II never knew of conductor who
stopped his train at the right place"
sneered fat woman who overheard the
conductors remark. It's the greatest
wonder in the world that more people are
not killed by the careeSsness Of them con-
ductors. They haven't bit of accOmmo-
datiOn in their souls"
ibid you hear that woman?" inquired an
other passenger. "She bames the con-
duetor for that woman's tumble. and Will in
all probability alight from the car backward
when she reaches her destination. 1 have
been close observer Of this perverse habit
of women who ride on the streetcars, and
believe that have solved the question.
why do they turn their faces the wrong
way? | saw theory advanced the otner
day In newspaper that left-handed women
were never seen to take tumble, because
their stronger arm aided them TO retain
their balance when aligntiDg. But 1t really
makes no difference whether woman IS
left or right handed. She gets on a car and
tells the conductor TO let her off at Twenty
third street. She has been downtown
shopping, and is in hurry TO reach home.
'AIl the time the cable is pulling her
homeward she keeps thinking Of how much
she will have TO do when her journey IS
ended. The conductor yells. Twenty first
street,
''She is aroused with start from her
study, intent only ON getting off the ear.
You have noticed, no doubt, that cable
train always passes a crossing before IL
stops. There is the whole secret of
woman's tumbes. She would be safe and
happy il the conductor would only stop the
train so she could step off at the right spot
exactly. But the car passes the crossing,
and unconsciously she turns her face in the
direction she wishes to go. Ii she would
wait until the ear stops all would be well,
but the thought that she Is being carried
past her destination makes her hurry. Be-
fore the car stops she thinks OF the few
extra steps she will have to take if sne IS
carried any further and jumps off. You
know the rest, and there is the true reason
why ninety-nine women in hundred get on
streetcar backward The huEdredth
woman is on the rear seat Of the last car
and steps off at the right place.
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ORIGIN OF PLUM DUFF.
How the Favorite Dish of Sailors Re-
ceived It's Name.
Manchester Time:

There are many traditions respecting the
origin OF the name plum Duff" the great
holiday dish of sailors. No feast on ship
board is considered perfect without it. Ac-
cordng to the story given in the history of
the British navy an English brig in the
South Pacific was caught in series of aw-
full hurricanes. All on board were anxious
to reach port In time for Christmas, but
the holiday found them still off the Nayi-
gator Islands. Worst of all, they had
shipped sea that carried away the hencoop
containing few chickens. When the cook
saw the Christmas dinner floating in the lee
scuppers and in danger of going overheard
he made gallant charge down the slippery,
sloppy deck to recover ii, but at that mo-
ment great wave broke high over the bull
waIks, broke with Iessiless fury on the
very spot where he stood and when it SUBJ
sided cook and chickens had both disap-
peared.
This unfortunate accident left the crew
not only without Christmas dinner, but
without any one to prepare an ordinary
meal. The sailors were heartily sick of
hardtack and remembered with longing the
famous plum pudding Of Merrie England
They determined that somehow they must
have Christmas pudding and drew lots as
to who should be cook. The choice fell on
the boatswain's mate, brawny son of the
Emerald Isle. In the galley he found an
old cookbook. This he solemnly pored over
in search OF something promising. but for
lack of skill or materials found nothing he
dared venture upon. at last he settled
upon recipe which began. make stiff
dough-" When he reached the word dough
he said to himself. III r-o-n-g-h spells ruff,
dough spells duff" SO he made the pud-
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The Mud Hen Gets AfOul
of Long Bridge.
A VOYAGE IN THE CREEKS.
How a Jolly Crew Came Near Being
Spilled Out Into the Briny
Deep.
written for THE MORNING CALI

The Mud Hen has big patch in her MAIN
sail. will tell you how it came there
Doe, whom the printers called doc"
when they set up the types that chronlcled
the recent duck-hunting voyage OIL the
Bonita in tule land. is captain OF the Mud
Hen.
Now the Mud Hen is the Black Cats rival
in the creeks ana marshes and oyster flats
and tide lands of Bay Farm Island. 1t Is
necessary TO know all of this in order to
gain a clear comprehension of bow that
patch came 10 ornament the Mud Hens
mansail.
The tide was high at o'clock that MORN
ing. and had all the Mud Hens crew been
on hand at the moment of high tide large.
by the calendar, this accident would never
have occurred
They were an hour late. and the tide kept
running out to sea just the same.
She sailed like duck in the very teeth
OF the wind when the crew of FIVE were
finally on board. =.
This is just the trial trip of the season."
explained Doe once or twice when white
cap of moro than ordinary vengeance
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The Jfud Hen Under Sail.

spilled itself over the starboard beam and
the Sunday clothes Of Boom and Regain.
| insisted that towels and soap were
necessary cOncOmitants to every properly
arranged bathing establishment, but Doe
/ only said, 'Oh, this is nothing" and a wave
larger than the others made my teeth chat
ter so that | could enter no more intelllgi-
| bic protests.
"We'n put a cabin on her." said Doe
''if we sail her all summer. and then she
won't ship so large a portion OF the waves
that break over her,"
BY way Of comfort and consolation Regain
told US again about how he came across
| from Hunters Point one afternoon with
two reefs in the mainsail and two men bail
ing ALL the time
All the while the wind blew merrly and
the tide b0wled out against it furiouSly.
| Tie Mud Hen kept lacking. Boom's clothes
were getting wetteT. We'll take the race
course" said Doe: that's beyond the reach
| of the big waves"
So we turned down the slough to the left
of the Bay Farm Island bridge and tried TO
| sail twenty-foot boat in twenty-five foot
channel dead against the wind with the
wind and in all sorts OF ways.
For the Bay Farm Island "raeecourse"
is SO called Chiefly because of Is extreme
narrowness, its uncertain mud banks and
the vast number of angles and sharp curves
the creek makes in the two miles from the
lower bridge to High-street bridge.
The navigator who can steer sailboat
through the winding intricacies of the trace
course" when the trades are blowing stiffly
has fair show of being able to finally
land his craft beyond the pearly gates, no
matter how narrow the path nor how strong
The head winds.
All this means that Doe may possibly go
to heaven when he dies-though it is doubt
| fnl-for he did steer the Mud Hen through
the ''racecOUrse" abreast Of a strong cur
rent and despite the many mud banks dis
covered by the recedng tide.
That we all had 10 get out and push once
in a while does''t count a bit againet the
skill Of The navigator, for he didn't put the
mud banks there. In truth he said cuss
words because they were there.
But the end of the ''raceeourse" was
reached. as all things are in times fullness.
Then Doe passed the tiller to him who
writes these lines.
You've only got TO keep her full in the
wind" he said. "and shave that point OPP
posite the bridge as closely as possible"
AYE, aye. sir"
Presently the Mud Hen began to dive her
nose into the white caps. We were round
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WOMEN AND HOME.
The Origin of the CrinoIine
Scare.
NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL.
Work for Leisure Moments-Dresse SEES
for Young GirIs-Stylish
Gowns.

There Is no reason for the prevailing
crinoiine scare, says the Paris correspon-
dent OF the Boston Globe. 1t originated in
a few inches of innocent crinoline that
Paris modistes have been inserting about
the bottoms Of haring gored skirts of late
to make them set out janntily about the
feet. and of course erybody jumped at
the conclusion on the appearance of this
that huge hoops mist needs follow such a
beginning, a certain New York paper going
so far even as to declare it in good faith as
the coming mode of the spring.
The edge Of crinolne that caused the
fright is in itself most attractive addition
to the skirt, and gives a certain charming
piquancy to a gown. together with the wide
sleeves and spreading revers that are the
mode of the day.
All skirts are made in this wise now,
with close-ftting hips and numerous cores,
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great merchant of New York, to BE- Secre-
tary of the Treasury, and Adolph e.
Borie as his Secretary OF the Navy.
every one was surprised. The appointments
created great deal OF comment, and Stew
art was unable TO serve because OF law
which prevented all men who we're inter-
ested in the importation OF merchandise
from being Secretaries of the treasury.
About a week after the inaugur alton went
up TO call on President Grant at the Whlte
House and renewed the acquaintance nao
made with him during the war. had met
him when he was in command at cairo,
when / was an agent in the Pestaflice De-
partment. sent t. confer with him about the
mails. / said to him during The talk: 1 see
that in the making of your Cabinet you nave
dec ded to break away from the old rule OF
appointing all politicians and are taxing
men from OF her ranks in lfe.'
"'Yes, it does seem SO. SAID PRESIDENT
Grant.
well, l went on, you might be able TO
do this if you were managing an army. bnt
| am sure you will find before you nave
gone through your administration that the
politicians will be the best men 10 aid you
in the management of your administration,
and that you Will ultimately rely upon
them
That may be- replied The President i
will. however. first try the other course, but
l will be honest 4 bout il, and If 1 find that
am not doing the right thing | will make
the change as soon as l can do so.
He did 6ud himself wrong in this re-
spect," continued Judge Tyner. "and when
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He Cautiously Refrains From TAX
ing a Lady's Jewels.


If Charles Schneider, burglar, had lived
contempOraneOusly with Sir Wilfred OF
Iyanhoe he would doubtless have been as
courteous knight as ever robbed way
farer under shadow of his own castle walls.
SCHNEIDER was bound over for cross-exami-
nation before the Grand Jury in $500 bonds,
after preliminary hearing in the Lake
View Police Court yesterday morning for
burglary of remarka BILE kind.
Monday afternoon Schneider entered Mrs.
E. Handrey's chamber at 1903 Wrightwood
avenue, and was bnsiIy engaged in pillag.
ing the dressng-case when the house
keeper appeared.
Who are you, sir. and what right have
you 10 be here ?" asked Mrs. Handrey. with
a good deal of composure. yet looking anx-
iOusly at the jewel-case.
The robber was nOnplused for moment,
but soon recovered his senses and seized
Mrs. Handrey's arm, saying as he did so in
a tone of great suavity:
''Why. my dear madam, | regret your in
reference. Ii you make an QUERY l shall
be compelled to choke you into silence. H.
deed. l may be Obliged to kin you. Pray,
be CAIN and make no disturbance"
"What do you want, sir !? repeated Mrs.
Handrey.
'All the jewels there are in the house,
madam. and all the money, if you have
any,"
Mrs. Handrey cast her ewes over the arti-
Giles Schneider had already laid aside for
his portion, and said
''You have found all there Is, but l
should like to make one request OF You,
please"
TO be sure, madam" replied the burg
lar, with n bow. What is your wish?"
please leave few bits Of jewelry. for
every article there but one was given to me
by my mother who is dead"
ALLOW me-" aud the burglar, with
flourish. handed TO her all the jewels he had
taken. II will respect maiam's wish in
the matter. 1 had mother myself. You
may retain your souvenirs. Good-day,
madam"
Mrs. Handrey was not to be outdone In
galantry. Hastily selecting a small scarf
pin, she said please accept this for your
kindness"
II can't do IT," said the man, whereupon
he made low bow and an exit Emerging
into the alley he walked away, as If ex-
pecting no further annoyance. But Mrs.
Handrey soon recovered and gave the alarm.
A man named sBetbke caught and held
Schneider until officers took him in custody
aud placed him in a cell at the Sheffield
avenue station,
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THE SHIpMAN'S TALE.

Listen. my masters. speak nau8ht but truth.
From dawn TO dawn they drlfted Oh ana on,
Not knowing whittier or TO what dark end
Now the north froZe them. now the hot south
scorched
Some called TO God and found great comfort so:
Some CRASHED their teeth with curses, and some
laughed
An empty laughter seeing that they lived.
SO sweet as breath between their foolish lips
Day after day the same relentless sun,
Night after night the same implying stars.
A intervals fierce ifghtnings tore the Clouds,
Showing vast hollow spaces. aud the sleet
Kissed. and the torrents OF the SKY were lOosed.
From time to time hand relaxed its grip,
And some pale wretch slid down into The lark
With stified moan. and Transient horr r seized
The rest who waited. knowing what must be.
AT every turn strange shapes reached up ana
clutched
The whrling wreck. held on awhile and then
Slipt back into the blaekness whence they came.
All. hapIess folk. TO be 80 tost and torn,
SO rackrd by hunger, fever. fire and wave.
And swept at last Into the nameless void
Frali girls, strong mel and mothers with their
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rheumatism for
fifteen wears.
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Chicago's Cold-ChilIed Notes.


a lot OF frozen fish are TO be seen on the
ice at Mackinaw. Their presence is ac-
counted for on the theory that the straits,
freezing rapidly from the bottom up, pushed
the fish to the surface.
A Lake View man who went TO bed Sun
day night without his earmuffs is now in the
hospital.
On applying his powerful binocular mi
croscope to thermometer, Mr.. j. Thursby
of Dawson, Mo-. distinctly saw the mer-
curry at the bottom of the bulb.
The Poulterers' Gazette of Noodles Cor
ners, apologies for the Quality of the verse
in its columns this week, explaining that
the feet were frozen while en- route.
Among the novel wedding presents given
to Manitoba bridal couple was a pair of
earmuffs provided with tiny gas stoves.
The smile on an Englewood young lady's
face froze stiff Sunday night and the young
lady is now unable to change her express
sion.
A man on one of the West Side cable-cars
Saturday remarked that he felt warm
There was panic for few moments until
Officer Tibbets could remove the man to an
asylum. He was put in the dangerous
ward,