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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-15
A Lesson In Vanity.

There is nothing more displeasing to
the refined man or woman than to see u
little girl vain and self conscious, and
yet this is frequently the result of open
discussion of dress in her presence until
she is quite versed in what is fashiona-
BILE and what not On the ferryboat the
other day was girl of ten, should say,
possibly older, dressed in black china
silk and yellow silk gimp. Her dress
was very short, showing to perfection
her open work black silk hose and high
heeled French shoes. She was in the
height of fashionable attire, according
to the past, seasons criterion. She ran
outside with self conscious flourish,
but returned almost Immediately to
her friends in considerable excitement.
What had she seenY What had inter
ested herr Was it passing boat, the
opposite shore or the water2 Not at all.
She had found girl of her own age
dressed more fashionably still in black
and white. checked skirt and jacket
trimmed with black velvet and a full
yellow silk blouse, there being line of
yellow in the check to Justify the color
of blouse. Her thick, crimpy hair was
worn hanging each side of her face. Her
hat was new fall felt in white, trimmed
with big yellow ribbon bow. The first
little girl felt crestfallen, as she plainly
showed by her looks, and after some
coaxing prevailed on her mother to go
out and see the suit. To one observer at
least the scene was sad one, and un-
knowingly the very grace of carriage
which later the girl would long for was
being ruined by her high heeled shoes
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-15
ADDISON.

DEAR News III you could kindly
spare us an obscure corner-if there be
such corner in the NEws-we would be
much pleased to write few lines under
the heading of Addison.
We should doubtless apologize for the
unseemly form of our first letter, hut the
fact of it being the first will probably ex-
cuse t without any help from its con-
tents.
Our little township is the scene of
much stir and hustle at present, and the
country air herebonts reeks with vague
talk about "oats" and "plant-beds" and
old plows are being searched out and
greased-so to speak.
Such being the case, one may readily
understand that our newly acquired
blacksmith, Mr.. Joshua Tate, has his
hands full and is probably getting his
pockets full, too.
Intermingled with the cherry tinkle
of the anvil may be heard the hum of
our goodly little roller Touring MILL and
Professor Daniel Dick may be seen in
contortions trying to be all over the
building and wait on several patrons at
one and the same time.
Our store, too, gracious but isn't she
a caution.
Why, outside of the enormous stock OF
goods she sheltered at the close of the
spring invoice, between eight and nine
thousand dollars worth, she has newly
arrived sixteen hundred dollar lot and
hasn't bought the spring stock quite al
yet, either.
All is peace and prosperity, and the
goose hangs hight you will allow the
use of vulgar, but expressive phrase,
Miss Dick, sister OF Messrs. Henry and
Daniel Dick is in town visiting Mrs. L.
ID. Addison.
Mr. Philip Dick, her worthy and esti-
mable father, was over on business last
week.
Mr.. Aurice Willett, of Custom, is the
guest Of his aunt, Mrs. Addison.
The children OF Mr.. VIM. Smith have
been quite sick in the past week, but are
convalescent at present.
Mr.. thomas Smith, our new cooper, is
making shavings fly and looks cheerful.
Late rumors say something about new
industries to be started at Addison, and
but the last news is that the mail train
is coming.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-15
sentiment versus Common Sense.

One of the gravest errors that a woman
can commit As that of jumping at con-
illusions. l have seen so much of this
sort of thing within the past three
months. Some dear, good natured chap
comes along with II pretty stock of gra-
cious nothings and whispers them into
the pink tinted ear of sweet little thing
who is just bubbling over with senti-
ment. A few tender glances, a pressure
Of the hand. delicately turned compli-
ment, and the girl is on the lookout for
an engagement ring. do not think
that the women would be such supreme
idiots were it not for the officiousness of
outsiders. Just let a couple show the
slightest preference for each others So
ciety, and at once family and friends be-
gin to take note of proceedings.
The girl most interested grows con-
scious, and the young man seeks safety
in fight. Girls, take nothing for grant
ed and do not indulge in hopes that will
never be fulfilled. The man who would
propose after weeks idling is not made
of the kind of material which furnishes
the model husband. Let man feel that
he can have your friendship without be.
ing obliged to round up the affair with
an offer of marriage. Attentions which
may mean much or little too frequently
die a natural death from being forced
into an unnatural growth. The short
road to loves domain is full of pitfalls.
Better take the longer way, for it is the
safer,-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-15
THE RULES.
How Applications for Office will be
Considered.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Mch 10-From direct
statements by President Cleveland, !. Post
master-General Bissel and other mem
bers Of the cabinet, made during the week
TO visiting Congressman, the following
code of rules can now be given as those
which will govern all appointments to
the public service under this Admins.
tration:
|. Incumbents will be retained in Of
fee until their commissions expire, I'M
less there is voluntary resignation. When
there is no commission fixing tenure the
efficient incumbent will be permitted to
serve for four years from time Of appoint
ment.
2. No one who held office under the
former Cleveland Administration will be
again appointed to Office, the only excep-
tons being Railway Mail Clerks and
Postofiice Inspectors.
3. No appointments will be made in
States having spring State elections until
after such elections have occurred.
1. All Postmasters must divorce them
selves from private business, excepting
instances where, in the fourth class, the
pay is so small that postmasters will not
give undivided time to the postoffice.
5. Appointments will not be made up
on magnitude of petitions or indorse-
ments alone, but the character, appear
ance and evident fitness of the applicant
for the place must also be considered.
6. As appointments are of an executive
and not of a political character,recomn en-
dations by primary election will not pre-
vail.
Z. No exception will be made to rule 2
in favor of applicants who were removed
from Office by the last Administration be-
fore they had served the full term of
four years, no matter how brief their ser.
vice may have been.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-15

ana womanly certain somebody looks
in her pretty house gown, with lace ruff
fes at throat and wrists, presiding at her
little tea table when winds howl with
out and snow lies deep on the ground?
Doesn't it make you on such occasions
actually chilly to think of that great
sweep of sandy beach where you used to
sit and look unutterable things into the
eyes of some girl in filmy gown? Sum-
mer girls are all right, but they should
not be allowed to monopolize all the nice
things said of our sex, for the winter
sister is equally attractive and far pref
tier to my way of thinking."-Philadel-
phia Letter.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-15
Patesville, KY, Mar. 8, 1893.
DR.. Hals's Household Ointment

Is the finest remedy in the world. 1t
absolutely cures catarrh. II cures Neu-
ralgia and Rheumatism. Cures Piles like
magic. Cures salt rheum in the most
soothing manner. Cures infiamed and
Granulated Eyelids. Cures Coughs and
Colds. Can be taken internally. A posi-
tive specific for Pneumonia. Cuts, Bruis-
es, Burns, Chilblains, Sores Of long stand
ing, Corns and bunions are cured quick
ly; different from all else; superior TO all
else; it has no equal. 25c. and SOC. boxes.
Large size cheapest, Sold at Short 4
Haynes drug store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-15

Adjutant General and Mrs. Gross have
taken Mr.. w. b. Haldeman's furnished
residence, s24 Fourth street, which they
will make their home during the two or
three months Gen. Gross expects to be
under medical treatment for ear and
throat trouble. TIMES.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-15
0. N. Rogers,

OF Adams, N. Y, ate nothing but dry
bread for three years on account of that
terrible disease, Dyspepsia. He states
that he was entirely cured by DIR. Hale's
Household Tea and can now eat anything
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-03-15

We guarantee &C. @. G. Ger
tain Cough Cure To cure
Coughs, Colds, LaGrippc, Group,
WhOOptng Cough, and all
Throat and Lung Diseases.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08

The poetry of shopping comes in with
those shoppers who are starved for ex-
element, variety and beauty at home.
It is not lawful; they have no right to do
it; but they have no society to satisfy a
hunger for the beautiful with Jewels
and fine dresses on others if not on
themselves. They cannot afford the
theaters; they go to the shops. They
look at the laces and long; shey
go TO the embroidery counters and
fancy; they educate themselves in the
matter of india shawls; they seek the
silkroom, brilliant with gas lights and
electric lights, and look at brocsdes fit
for the court of a princess, at silks whose
famboyant scarlets burn in the iilumi-
nation, whose tender blue is the blue Of
spring skies half robbed of rain, whose
green is the breaking wave of the sea,
whose violet is the hue of mountains far
away in autumn mists, and they picture
themselves or those they love robed and
radiant in these tissues. And if the poor
shopman is weary when they go away,
they themselves are refreshed for long
season of further denial and renuncia-
on.-Harper's Bazaar.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08
The Vyaverly Oaks.

The great oaks mt Waverly. Mass. are
survivals of an oak forest that must
have existed in that region, according to
the biologists and students of trees, as
far back as the Tenth century. They
bear every evidence of great age, and an
elm tree in the neigborhood, now almost
dismantled, with its great limbs lying
on the ground and nearly all Of its
branches decayed. is the most venerable
object in the line Of trees that can prob
ably be displayed in New England. 1t
is well worth a visit to Waverly Just to
see this venerable elm. 1t is immense in
the size of its trunk. and its dignity in
decay is very impressive. The dozen
oak trees in the ncighborhood are of the
sort that attain n very great age and
that maintain their virility unimpaired
We know Of only one other oak tree
in New England that can be compared
with them. That rs located in Ipswich,
and is larger and more venerable appar-
emily than any of the Waverly oaks,
and that and the Waverly oaks, we arc
glad to know, have been inspected by
the state park commissioners and are
likely to be preserved. It is worth ones
while to see and study these majestic
oaks. They are seen to great advantage
In the winter, when their rugged limbs
are bare and their immense strength is
revealed, and in summer, when they are
covered with foliage, they are objects Of
wonderful beauty Boston Herald.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08
whittier's Resignation.

Here is a beautiful extract of one Of
Whittier's letters to Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps:
| have just been reading Canon Far
rar's sermons on the Eternal Hope"
and agree with him in the title of one
OF them, that Life is Worth Living"
even If one can't sleep the biggest part
of it away. Thee and get more out of
1t, after all, than these sleek headed folk
who sleep o. night. Iquite sympathize
with thee in what thee say of the
causes" Against all my natural incli-
nations | have been fighting for them
half my life. Woe is me- my motherp
l can say with the old prophet, who has
borne me, man of strife and conten-
ton" have suffered dreadfully from
coarseness, self seeking, vanity and stu
pidity among associates, as well as from
the GOODNESS, open hostility, and, worst,
the ridicule of the outside world; but
now see that it was best, and that
needed it all.-Century
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08
A LITERAL MINDED MAN.
An Interested Spectator who Took a Po-
litical Story in Good Faith.


litical Story in Good Faith.
The most curious person in the audi
ence of story teller is the literal minded
man. When General Dix rGn for gov
ernor there was great discu> ion as TO
his age. 1t was one of the controversies
OF the canvass. His opponents claimed
that he was too old to fulfill the functions
of the Office. Singularly enough, the
biographical dictionaries differed about
ten years. | was making a speech at
Watertown to n very big audience.
was running at that time as a liberal
Republican for lieutenant governor upon
the same ticket with Francis Herman. It
was an immense outdoor audience In
front of me stood man who watched
me during the three hours of that speech
for the purpose of catching me on some
material point
l finally took up the question of Gen.
eral Dix's age, gave the dates of the va
rious biographical dictionaries and en-
cyclopedias. and based theory on how
old he must have been in the war of 1879,
where he was lieutenant, and finally
said that the only really authentic data
had been revealed by some recent re-
searches in the colonial records of Mas
sachusetts. 1t had been discovered that
when the pilgrim fathers landed on Ply
mouth rock they found General Dix
standing on that historic spot and shout
ing that unless they made him Justice
of the peace he would go over and join
the Indians, the point of which was that
the general had changed his politics sew
eral times, and every time he got an Office
My critical friend saw his opportunity
and grasped it at once. He sprang up
with shout that could be heard to the
Canadian border, ''Mr. Depew, that is a
her l looked at him for moment to
see whether he had swallowed the bait,
and found that he had taken it in hook
and line, bob and sinker, whole and ali.
Then stepped to the front of the plat
form and said with great emphasis and
indignation, Sir, have told that his
toric anecdote from MOntauk point to
Niagara falls to hundreds of thousands
of the intelligent and educated people Of
this great commonwealth, and you are
the only man who ever had the audacity
to deny it."
at amt true, MIR. Depew," he repeat
ed, because that happened more than
$50 years ago" | was told when in
Watertown last fall that although this
happened in 1872 that man had never
been able to come into town since
Chauncey M. Depew in New York
World.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08
NEW wHATcoM NOTES

Mrs. Eugene Garfield went to Seattle
yesterday.
II. O'Connor, agent of the Canadian
Pacific road is in Vancouver.
Carmi Dibble and bride returned
from their bridal trip yesterday.
Deputy Sheriff Conlin left for Blaine
yesterday afternoon. He will return
today.
Fred II. Fisher representing Fisher
d Mcdonald, the wholesale grOcers, is
at the b. b. x b. G. hotel.
No overland train from the east ar
rived yesterday. Heavy snow i'm the
mountains is OBTAINING it.
Edmund COsgrove and Hugh e.
bridge are back from Portland, where
they went on business of the electric
road.
A special coach, containing a party
OF Northern Pacific officials, arrived
last evening from Sumas and is now at
the b. B. q b. G. depot.
The Blue Canyon Coal company
were compelled to draw coal from their
bunkers yesterday to supply the local
demand about this city.
Thos. Coleman, who obtained goods
| from L. j. Smith upon false pretences
and later pawned them, was arrested
yesterday and will be tried today.
The lake is clear of ice from Geneva
to Blue Canyon and broken out suffi-
GENTLY to allow the steamers to pass
freely between Geneva and the coal
docks.
Rev. Walter b. Lloyd, late of the
Park Street Presbyterian church, of
New York, has been elected pastor OF
the First Presbyterian church, and will
arrive about March to enter upon his
pastorate.
County Auditor Collier yesterday is
sued marriage licenses to John A.
Camerons, of Langley, b. c., and
Mary EckfOrd, of Blaine; Frank j.
Shinn, of Everson, and Maud Nc
Daniels, of New Whatcom.
Black & Leaning yesterday filed
with the clerk of the superior court a
complaint in suit TO reinstate the
mortgages in possession of the stock of
goods of c. p. Roberts & Co., now held
by creditors on writs of attachment.
William Pitts, who wanted to be re-
moved from the Jail to the st. Joseph's
hospital, changed his mind when he
found he would have to return to the
Jail for his unexpired term. He will
serve his time in Jail rather than in the
hospital.
The county commissioners were in
session yesterday and devoted the day
to the examination of bills and claims,
and ordered warrants drawn for county
officers salaries. AT Mondays session
they selected a jury list and placed it
in the hands of the county clerk.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08
A SAFETY SIGNAL,
An Automatic Device That Is Being
Adopted on English Railways.

Adopted on English Railways.
An apparatus having an important
bearing on railway signaling has been
invented by Mr.. r. G. Marks, and has
been in use for some months past at the
Wakefield station of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire railway, in the signaling serv-
Ice of which company Mr.. Marks has
had some years experience. 1t is very
ingenious and is specially applicable in
signal cabins, where trains or engines
have to be shunted across from one main
line to the other to wait temporarily
until other trains have assed the cabin.
This appliance is placed upon a shelf
behind the levess in the signal box and
under the instrument shelf, and con-
sists, in the first place, of pivoted arm
having catch piece at its outer ex-
tremity. This catch is made to engage
with the crossover lever, which it thus
locks. When it is required to pull this
lever over the pivoted arm is pushed
aside. This action brings into play an
arrangement of automatic locking gear,
which instantly falls upon and locks the
home signal levers, so that the signal
man cannot accidentally pull these
levers over and so, by forgetfulness
show line clear which in reality has
a train standing on 1t.
The contrivance is very simple and
purely mechanical, upon both of which
grounds it appeals to signal men, who
are liable to error at times through press
Of various matters at the moment when
the closest attention is needed. The ap-
pliance will also protect trains or engines
after the signal man has signaled the en-
CINE driver to draw past the cabin up to
the crossover road points, there tempo
rarily TO wait to be shunted on to the
opposite main line. In fact whenever
the apparatus is applied it cannot fail to
act as a preventive Of any mistake being
made by the signal mans forgetfulness.
The success of the protracted and
practical test of this appliance on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire railway has
led to the company's agreeing to its gem
eral adoption on that line. The officials
of the board Of trade also have so far in
dictated their approval of Mr.. Marks in
vention as to consent specially to inspect
its working. The contrivance is I'M
doubtedly Of considerable importance to
railway men and of interest to the trav-
cling public. Times.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08
Failing Memory.

Leech was at his best as an entertainer
in his own home. Dean Hole asked him
one day, after Leech had given him q
delectable dinner at his lodgings in Scar
borough, how he made such good cham
payne cup. "The ingredients" he re-
piled, "of which this refreshing bever-
age is composed, and which is highly
recommended by the faculty for officers
going abroad and all other persons stop
ping at home, are champagne, ice and
aerated water, but in consequence of ad-
vancing years, always forget the self
ger. "-Exchange.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08

a man Of medium height, with pierre
ing dark eyes, that seem to have the
faculty Of seeing through the difficult
ties which surround the average legis-
lator. He is an earnest speaker and
commands the attention of the house
when he rises to the floor. He might
have been elected speaker had he not
withdrawn in the interest of harmony.
w. &. Jones, state attorney general,
who has come 10 be known as mo
God Jones'" is among the recent ar
rivals. He is not dark horse in the
senatorial contest yet, but he is in per-
feet readiness to become one at any
time.
Representative Hurd, of Skagit, is
one of the youngest members of the
house. He has had the advantage of
a thoroughly legal training and is one
of the keenest observers of the proceed
ings. He does not speak on every
possible occasion, but when he does
make speech il is worth healing. He
is forcible speaker and is one of the
best parliamentarians in the house.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08

In 1715 a cellar digger having been
stifed at Jena. the medical faculty Of
the university decided that the cause
was not the direct action of the devil,
but deadly gas. Thereupon Professor
Loescher, Of the University of Witch
berg, entered solemn protest, declaring
that the decision of the medical faculty
was "only a proof Of the lamentable Ii
cense which has so taken possession of
us, and which if we are not earnestly on
our guard will finally turn away from
us the blessing of God."-Dr. Andrew
d. White in Popular Science Monthly.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08
TicLIish Position of a Lion Tanner.

From Bordeaux comes the report Of a
tragic scene which occurred in a menag-
erie there. While Alexiano, the owner
of the show, was in the cage of the lion
Brutus and the ioness Marquise-both
exceedingly dangerous animals-an in
toxicated person among the spectators
began to indulge in semisavage whoops
and shouts. The brawler was silenced
by coercion for a time, but began his
noise just as the tanner had his head in
the mouth of the lioness. The animal,
which was in a very excited condition,
became more so on hearing the shouts,
and half closed its ponderous jaws on its
master.
There was cry of horror through the
menagerie, and it was fully expected
that the tanner had been MORALLY in
jured. Alexiano, however, drew his
head out all right, and it was seen that
blood was flowing from two deep wounds
in his face, one near the left eye and the
other in the right jaw. The lioness be-
gan to below. Alexiano whipped it on
the sides, and then, with amazing in
trepidity, bent down, opened the animals
mouth and again put his head inside it,
drawing it out once more amid loud
acclamations. The drunken person who
had nearly succeeded in causing the
tanners death became sober enough to
understand the seriousness of the stu
alton, and prudently retreated before the
spectators had time to chastise him.
London Telegraph.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-02-08
A Comparison of Birth Rates.

There are 3s,OOO,OOO people in France,
and during the last five years the in
crease in population has only been 1884,
600. In So departments out of total Of
SO there is actually diminution. 1t is
not due to any high average of deaths,
although infant mortality is higher than
it should be. IL is due to the small num-
Der of children born. The average birth
rate has fallen to 81 or % per / 900 in
habitants. This is a phenomenally low
rate when contrasted with 3S to 80 in
Germany. 80 or SO in Italy, 80 in Eng
land and 30 in Switzerland. The per-
centage is lower in France than in any
other country; 50 that there is a rapid
increase in rival countries and France
remains stationary. Chicago Herald