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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19
A New Version of AN Old story.

Every one has heard that old and POM
larly accepted story az Marie Antoinette
and the starving peasants, and it is always
told as an illustration of the heartlessness
and carelessness of royalty concerning the
common people.
1t has served its purpose well, but unfor-
tunately it is not quite true. Mr.. Mattieu
Williams gives the correct version. He says
1--WE are told that when Marie Antoinette
was informed of afamine in the neigh Dor
hood of the Tyrol and of the starving Of
some OF the peasants there she replied, Il
would rather eat pie crust than starve.'
Some of the story tellers, by the way, have
it pastry, Others cake. Thereupon the court
iers giggled at the ignorance of the PAM
pered princess, who could suppose that
starving peasants had such an alternative
food as pie crust.
THE ignorance, however, was all on the
side of the courtiers and those who repeat
the story in its ordinary form. The prin-
cess was the only person in the court who
really understood the habits Of the peasants
of the particular districts in question. They
cook their meat, chiefly young veal, by roll
ing it in a kind of dough made Of sawdust,
mixed with coarse -four to hold it together,
then placing this in an oven or wood en-
bers until the dough is hardened TO a tough
crust and the meat is roasted throughout
to the proper point of cooking. Marie An
toinette said she would rattle, eat pie crust
than starve, knowing that those meat pie
crusts are given to the pigs, and they are
nourished by them and digest them in spite
of the wood sawdust.n
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19
An Old Custom.

The custom of fastening rags, shreds and
such worthless Votive offerings to bushes
whish grew near holy wells and springs
which were noted for health giving proper
ties, though now obsolete, once ilourished in
England and Scotland Near TO Newcastle,
in the suburb Of Benwell, "A well which was
once famous for such gifts still exists The
practice is not unknown TO Ireland In
deed it survives in all counties where Ro-
man Catholicism flourishes, which is not
surprising when it is borne in mind that
the Romish church had a special prayer for
blessing clouts used for the care of diseases.
AT Wierre Eiiruy in France, where the
water of st. Godeleines well is esteemed
efiicacious for ague, rheumatism, CONT and
all affections OF the limbs, a heterogeneous
collection Of crutches, bandages, rolls Of
rag and other rejected adjuncts of medical
treatment is to be seen hanging upon the
surrounding shrubs. These are intended
as thank offerings and testimonies of res
toration.
Other springs famous for curing ophthal-
mia, abound in the same district, and here,
too, bandages, shades, guards and rags in
Vulnerable are exhibited. Whatever may
be the cause for keeping up the practice, its
origin was unquestionably veneration for
the dead, or a desire to render homage to
some supernatural power.-Antiquary.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19
The Mini.ter Was Deaf.

A deaf minister clerk had handed to him
a written slip on which were the following
announcements which he was requested to
make: The new psalmbooks will be used
next Sunday. There viii be a baptism Of
infants next Sunday. BY some mischance,
however this clerk took it into his head TO
reverse the order of the intimations. Ac-
cordingly he began, There will be a bap-
tism of infants next Sunday" He had got
no further when the weak, piping voice Of
the deaf divine was heard from the pulpit,
And those who have not got any may have
them for sixpence each, at the manse; strong
backs, Is pence "-Cornhill Magazine.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19
Habits of a Millionaire.

Phillip ID. Armour, the millionaire packer
and philanthropst of Chicago, realms
many of the simple habits Of his boyhood,
which he passed ON a farm in New Eng
land. He rises at 5, breakfasts at 0, and by
z is at his desk, where he remains until 9
in the evening His Office methods are
most democratic. The entire staff of clerks
occupy one large room, with no ratings or
glass doors to hedge oil those in authority,
and Mr.. Armour himself sits among them,
at plain, fat top desk, distinguished from
the others only by the presence there Of a
small bunch Of roses.-San Francisco Ar
ROnaut.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19

Let us observe a law common to all trees.
First, neither the stems nor boughs of the
maple, elm or oak taper except at the point
where they fork. Whenever a stem sends
forth branch and a branch sends off a
smaller bough, bud OF stem, they remain
the same in diameter, and the original stem
will increase rather than diminish until its
next branch starts. No Dough, branch or
stem ever narrows near its extremity ex
cept where it parts with a portion Of It's
substance by sending off another branch or
stem.
All trees are alike in this respect, and IL
all the boughs, branches, stems, buds and
blossoms were combined and united with
out loss of space, they would form round
log the same in size and diameter as the
trunk from which they spring. This is one
of natures imperative laws and never fails
to prove true.-Boston Transcript
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19

Did you ever want 10 take notes and have
no pencilS Or try to write somewhere
where the only available ink was thick
mudI Did you ever finish writing an ar
ticle and discover that certain pages were
missing that you couldn't reproduce as
they were to save your LIEF Perhaps you
have ground out substitute and then
found tnat you had carelessly written on
the reverse side OF the sheets that were mo-
where. Boston Commonwealth.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19
A Great Controversy.

A great controversy has been agitating
the Milan Pathological society concerning
the admission of women. One great and
famous doctor, II leaderof the opposition to
women, conteuded that women members in
the society would be scarecrows to all ma
ture and studious men who seek to be far
from the world and its distractions, while
tor young men their presence would be per
ilously MISUNDERSTANDING
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19

First Preacher-How anybody can insist
that the Bible is inerrant passes my under
standing. Why, it speaks Of the watch on
the housetop.
Second Preacher-well. what's wrong
about thatS
First Preacher-What isn't wrong, The
Jewellery Weekly.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19
A Genuine Antique.

Mrs. de Fad-That old clock is very hand
some, and I'd like to have IL, but Pm afraid
it is not such genuine antique as Mrs. de
Rich's.
. Store Boy-Does hers go'
Mrs. de Fad--Oh, yes.
Store Boy (triumphantlyl--Th one
doesn't. GOOD News
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-19

1t is mean wretch who win slyly drop
hairpin In horse car loaded with women
and then smile as he eees every woman
make grab for the back Of her head when
she notices it.-Exchange.
. ,e1zyzNN arrN piNt -s--..N yxss9
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
THE SANTA FE.
Receivers Appointed for the Great Rail-
road System - The Bonded Indebted
ness.

heceiVers appointed for the Great Rail.
road System - Tho Bonded Indebted
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec. 26.-The ex-
pected in the railroad world happened
Saturday. The Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe and St Louis & San Francisco
railroads and branches, comprising the
Santa Fe system proper, have been
placed in the hands of three receivers,
the order being made by United States
Circuit Judge II. C. Caldwell in cham
bers, this city.
The application was made by the
Union Trust Co., of New York, trustees
for the bondholders of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, and the Mercantile
Trust Co., of New York, trustees for
the bondholders of the st. Louis & San
Francisco.
The first intimation of decisive action
was received at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon when a special arrived over
the Iron Mountain with prominent
railroad attorneys and officials on
board, who FASTENED to the federal
court house and were soon closeted
with United States Circuit Judge II. C.
Caldwell, who had arrived from st.
Louis the night before.
The distinguished party included
George F. Sharett, clerk of the United
States circuit court of Kansas, of To-
peka; George R. Peck, general solicitor
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, of
Chicago; Z. d. Kenna, general solicitor
of the St Louis & San Francisco, of st.
Louis; II. L. Morrill,, general manager
a N of H. -.
co, of st. Louis; Charles Il. Alexander
and w. w. Green, of the firm of Alex
ander & Green, New York, counsel for
the Mercantile Trust Co., of New York,
and A. A. Rossington, of Topeka, coun-
sci for the Union Trust Co., of New
York.
They remained closeted with Judge
Caldwell until 500, when an order
was agreed upon appointing three re-
ceivers for the Santa Fe system, J. w.
Reinhart, president of the Santa Fe
system; j. j. -McCook, general counsel
of the Santa Fe system, and Joseph C.
Wilson, clerk of the United States
district court at Topeka, Kan, the lat
ter being compromise receiver, the
railroads having recommended Rein
son, the latter director for the sys-
tenn, but who was objected to by the
complainants The receivers met with
no resistance on the part of the rail-
road companies, and an agreement was
easily reached.
The bonded Indebtedness aggregates
1922, 600, 900, as follows: $50, 600, 900
first mortgage bonds; $4,000, 900 class
"a" second mortgage bonds; S., 900, 600
class ''B" mortgage bonds. The inter-
est due January will aggregate nearly
IS, 100000. and the floating debt is about
100000, making a total liability of
s24O, ,OOO,OOO
]. w. Reinhart and J. J. McCook,
two of the receivers, are well known in
railroad circles throughout the coun-
try; the other receiver, Joseph c. Will
son. has been twice mayor of Topeka,
and is considered a very level headed
man.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
THE COUGHlIN TRIAL.
Mrs. Foy Passes Through Her Cross ExaI
inatiOn Fairly Well.

Mrs. tOy RaSaeS Through Her Cross Exam
inatlOn Fairly Well.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Yesterday was
day of sensational developments
in the trial OF Daniel Coughlin. The
prisoner was seif-possessed and APP
':parently Indifferent to it all, but the
lawyers on both sides and Mrs. Andrew
Foy, the persons who participated, be-
came nervously excited. Outbreaks
among the lawyers were numerous and
recriminations were indulged in and
bitterly resented. The defense sue.
cceeded i'm a sensational climax to the
cross-eXamination of Mrs. Foy in pre-
ssHting her to the jury in a far less
favorable light than she appeared when
she left the stand last week
Her sufferings were not dwelt upon
much when she was examined by the
prosecution, Still the woman's nerve
and self-possession never deserted her.
After recovering from the shock and
surprise incident to the quick plays
made by the defense with their trump
cards, she turned upon Attorney Wing
and practically crouched behind him.
The lawyer did not expect to be placed
in such position, but the witness at
that time was in the hands of the
prosecution again.
The best point she made for the state
was to- bring out the fact, undenied by
Attorney Wing, that he and Forrest
told the woman to go home. and give
herhusband further trial or sproba-
tion of six months, which she did. The
attorneys for the prosecution say they
are satisfied with the ending of Mrs.
Foy's cross-examination, and the de-
PENDANTS lawyers said the womans
story would be rendered worthless
when, all their. impeaching ties timony
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
SUPERSTITION,
Mojave Indians Revive a Horrible
Custom.
BEAUTIFUL SQUAW CREMATED ALIVE.
She Gave Birth to Twins and Consequently
Had to Die with Her Children by
ss- Order of the Wise
Men,

Los Angeles, Cn; Dec. 27.-A horri-
BILE story of the wild law and supersti-
tion of the Mojave Indians is told by ].
+. Saunders, who arrived last evening
from The Needles, a town on the Colo
RADIO river, on the Atlantic & Pacific
railway. He had heard the details Just
before he took the train, and they seem
tofbe corr6borated .by an account in a
local paper, The Eye, which he brought
with him. The Mojaee- Indian reser-
vation is about half mile from The
Needles, and the aborigines are virtu-
ally their own masters, having their
own laws and superstitions. From
Saunders account on Tuesday last
triple murder was committed under
the plea of a tradition by the Indians
One of the prettiest squaws of the
. tribe, known as ''Loneta." was married,
according to The savage rites, about
year ago. She was a comely girl, only
Is years old, and had picked ip some
education. Her husband was one of
the brayest, and apparently very fond
of her. Sunday last she gave birth to
twins, and as a result a grand pow-wow
was called, for, according to the Mo-
jave tradition, the squaw who has
twins is a witch and a consort of evil
spirits The penalty has always been
death Tor the ba bies and mother
Loneta's husband was so fond of her,
however, that he made strong plea
for her and the babies, but it was of no
avail. The medicine men held that
the old custom must be observed, and
the two little ones were brought for
ward and Drained with club. Loneta
was kept for more trying ordeal, which
she suffered without complaint. Every
one of her personal belongings were
gathered and put into her shack and
she was ordered inside. She bid her
husband farewell and went in. The
entrance was closed by straw and
brush were piled about the frail struct-
ure and fired, and in two hours moth
ing sast'r few emheys remained to tell
the tragic story.
Officers at The Needles learned the
facts too late to interfere and the poor
squaw with this horrible torture passed
70 the happy hunting grounds. where
: her ill-starred offspring had preceded
her.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
HELD UP.
Train Robbers Go Through Missouri Pa
cific Train Near the Kansas State Line In
the Indian Territory.

~
cific Train Near the Kansas State Line In
the Indian Territory.
COFFEYvILLE. Kan, Dec. 25.-South-
bound train No. 80 on the Iron Mount
ain division of the Missouri Pacific,
which left this station at $50 o'clock
last evening, was held up and thor
oughly robbed by five masked men at
Seminole station in the Indian terri
tory, five miles south of Coffcyville
The lock was broken, and the train
run on the siding on which a box car
was standing, ON which was red Ian
tern. The point of robbery is a small
station on the open prairie.
The engineer, James Harris, was
carefully guarded by one of the men
with Winchester, while the rest pro-
ceeded to rob the mail, express car and
every passenger on the train, from the
smoker to the sleeper.
The leader was a tall man, who went
through the cars and relieved the
frightened passengers of their money
and valuables, while the party kept up
fusilade with their -Winchesters and
revolvers. They evidently secured a
large amount of booty.
y
vile, who were out driving, sat in their
conveyance close to the scene and wit
messed the affair and were the first to
bring the news of the robbery to town.
Several gentlemen of this city, who do
business in the territory, were on the
train and were victims of the brigands.
Fortunately no one was injured by the
shooting, which was all done by the
robbers.
+. Ono. young man who was in the
smoker got up as the robbers came in
and walked ahead of them through the
different cars in hope of evading them.
When they got to the rear of the last
car they caught him. took his watch
and SIT and made him jump off.
The robbers held the train about an
hour and a half and the rear lights on
the car could be seen from the Missouri
Pacific yards here while the train was
being robbed.
Conductor Brownell, the engineer,
fireman and porters were relieved of
everything they had, even to their
pocket knives The train continued on
Fort Smith after being relieved,
and the 'desperadoes mounted their
horses and left in a westerly direction.
They were dressed in cowboy outfits,
and were all young men They are a
remnan. of the Starr gang, and from
the description given by Conductor
Brownell<th leader is Jim Wooten, the
fellow who led the raid on the Mound
Valley bank: -:
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
Goa. Barres sunk in the Ohio.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 26.-Between
700. 600 and 500, 900 bushels of coal are
now along the wharf awaiting for more
water to get away on. The Coal City
sunk four barges at Irville, Ky. The
Danville sunk four boats at a point
down the river between Cairo and Mem
phis Eight other barges of the same
feet, which was towed by the Diamond,
were stranded at this point The
HEAVIER lost three boats at the same
place. The Jim Wood struck a pier at
the Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge
last night and sunk barge. The total
losa en oil Will he about esa 600.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
TENNESSEE RIVER BOILER.
It's Christmas Vacation Attended by a So,
Loss Of Life..

It's Christmas Vacation Attended by ssd
Loss Of Life.'. -.
I. BIRMINsHAM, Ala, Dec 26.-News
rssached here yestefdaSr: q "a terrible
boiler expf6sioA- that osrtnrsd at
Whitesburg on the Tennessee river.
The immense boiler of w. c.
Nichols big saw mill exploded,
instantly killing Engineer Benja-
min Thomas and Fireman Amos
Banks, and it is said perhaps fatally
wonndng three laborers whose names
have not been asctk3Sned-: Hanks was
standing at the boiler: head and. his
body was blown into the branches of a
tree. where it was impaled on broken
limb so feet above the ground,
A flying missile cut of Engineer
Thomas head The others were
scalded by escaping steam. The cause
'of'the explosion was because the steam
was allowed to exceed the capacity of
the boiler.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
The Crank Captured.

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 26.-Joseph Dom
jon, the man who has been writing
threatening letters to a number of
prominent public men during the last
two weeks, is in Jail He walked into
the detective office of James A. Nc
Davitt yesterday afternoon asking for
food. The detective took him to a
coffee house and had something pre-
pared for him to eat Meantime he
questioned him and learned enough to
fix his identity. He started toward the
station house with his man and on the
way met Detective Ned Wheedon and
George Boyd, in whose hands he placed
him
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
Unhappy ChInamen.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 26.-Chief
United States Deputy Marshal John
Walter has left for San Francisco.
having in charge sixty-five Cinnamon
sentenced to deportation for having
violated the exclusion act He was
accompanied by twenty guards All
these offenders have been arrested
within the past three months. Twelve
of them were in Jail at San Antonio,
nineteen at Del Rio and the remain-
ing number at Eagle-Pass and Ell Paso.
The Sou.hesh- Paeiao railroad receives
sss per bead 1ss.srapsportiHs the China,
uen 70 Sau VNne.se1
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
A MOTHER SUSPECTED.


Tue "Vtthering AWay" OF Her Children
to He Looked Iats.>
PROVIDENCE, E. L. Dec. 25-At the
instance of the John Hancock and
Metropolitan insurance companies an
Investigation into the death of James
Farrell. the fifth in.the family of Mary
Farrell te-diA. Heently, will be made
by the coroner. Ali the dead were in
sured in favor Of the mother James
died last summer after -.swithering
away" as the Ieighbors described his
taking of. and. It is said, the Others
'diod In asimsiar n6nner e 9La body Of
James wss sxhvped ysseatly.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
Query.

have no faith in the dogma that tho
rich are growing richer and the poor
are growing poorer. The contrary is
true. There has 9ever. been an hour
since the anga Stood with flaming
sword before the: gats of the garden,
when the dollare 81 the rich man
brought so small a return for his in
and there has never been a
time since man began to toll when the
dollar of the poor man bought SO much
of the necessities of life. But it is
harder than ever before to acquire .
competency. cy.-John ]. Ingalls,
Query: Are we to understand that
there are two kinds of dollars-the rich
mans dollar, with a small purchasing
power, and the poor mans dollar, with
q large purchasing power? Does not
Mr. Ingalls, know that four per cent
now will buy half as much more as six
per cent. would twenty years ago?
Now Is a:good time to study up the
oo.operatiss commonwealth.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
DOUBLE SHOOTING.
A Young Man Shot for Wearing a Star-H
Friend Also Shot,

Friend Also Shot.
NEVADA, Mo, Dec 27.-News has
just reached here of the probable fatal
shooting of two men at Rockville, a
small hamlet twenty-five miles north
of here. Ayoung man named Maclxlin.
persisted in wearing an officers Star;
claiming he had right to. do so He
was arrested by City Marshal Pryor.
who placed him in charge of his son
who is deputy. Macklin wrenched
young Pryor's cane from him,and start
ed to run, whereupon Pryor shot him
in, the back, infiicting.what is thought
to be a mortal wouAl. Macklin is
about 30 years of age His friend, s
P Medkiff. interfered and young Pryor
shot him also. The ball entered the
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
Carpet MIN Re.emes Work.

RHILADELpHIA, Dec. eI.EThe large
ingram carpet mill of Douan & Bro.
in Kensington.. has resumed operations
in full. The employees of every depart
ment have consented to accept a 10 per
cent reduction in wages The mill
has been closed since November ID The
firm says the shutdown was the result
of the bad financial situation.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29

: Ex-Mator Hugh j. Grant has been
appointed rsceiysr OF the. ST. Nicholaa
bank Of New York,
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-12-29
PANIC IN A CATHEDRAL.
.oss of Life Avcrted by the Presence O

Mind Of Priest.
WICHITA, Kan, Dec. 26-The altar
of the cathedral caught fire during
high mass yesterday, and what might
have been a very fatal stampede was
averted by the presence of mind of the
celebrant, Rev. Henry Then. The
wreaths caught fire from the candles
and the drapery followed. When the
immense congregation saw the altar
enveloped in sheet of fire, everyone
jumped from the seats and ran for
the door screaming, but above the
shrieks of women the priests COM
manding voice was heard. ''Stand
still" was his command, and every
limb seemed to be turned to lead. Re
turn to your seats" he said, and every
soul returned. The organist and choir
had come to standstill, but the priest
said: LET the choir continue to sing
the glory of God," and the organ
rolled forth its notes
Two firemen who were attending
mass rushed to the altar when they
saw the fire. and while they were tear
ing down the burning decorations and
stamping the blaze out with their feet,
the priest continued to read the mass
as calmly as if nothing had happened.
One of the firemen, J. Nolan, got his
hands terribly burned The scene
throughout was a very thrilling one,
but the fireman only was injured.