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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19
steamers without Masts.

"The next evolution in the steamer
way" said wise old man of the sea,
twill probably be steamers without masts.
The sticks that they put into the twin
screw flyers now are useless ornaments
and might as well be dispensed with, as
they are in the way. II the ship was to
break down in both engines they would
not be Of any use except to hang flag OF
distress on, and you might just as wali
carry a spar for that purpose in the ho'ds
of steamers and save the trouble"
but would not such a steamer look bob
tailed. so to speski" / asked.
"Oh, no. We would soon get used to it.
Ii is merely question of what we are ae-
customed to see. The fact is these are not
steamships, but merely steamboats,, and
they might as well travel as such. You
do not lind anything strange or bobtailed
about the propeller Monmouth, for in
stance, when you see her tipping down &c
Sandy Hook. Why should you incumtei
a boat with useless sticks just because SAT
runs a few thousand miles outside o.
Sandy Hook You will find that the MAST
are going TO go, take my word for it"
New York Herald.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19
Proportions of the Body.

The proportions of the human body as
given by the best authorities are as folio $,
the length of the head being the stand I'd
of measurement: From the bottom of C in
to breast bone, one-half length Of head;
from top to bottom Of breast bone or
sternum, one-half length Of head; from
bottom of sternum to beginning Of
lower limbs, two lengths; from thigh
to bottom of knee, two lengths; from
the bottom of the knee to the ankle,
one and a half lengths; from the ankle
to the ground. onehalf length. Add
ing to these measurements one length for
the head itself gives eight lengths for the
proper height of the body of men.
Women are slightly shorter, the proper
ton of their head to the height being about
as one TO seven or seven AMI one-half. 1ne
arm from the armpit TO tine elbow joint is
one and one-quarter times the length OF
the head, from thence to the wrist one and
one-quarter, and from the wrist to the end
of the middle finger three-quarters Of the
length of the head. The distance between
the right middle finger and the same finger
of the left hand is, when the arms art
spread horizontally from the body, equal
10 the height of the figure. 1t follows
therefore, that the breadth Of the b iy
from armpit to armpit is one and one al
lengths Of the head.-St. Louis Post-Dis
match
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19

The large and continually increasing de-
mand for paper which cannot be duph-
Gated for fraudulent purposes as In the
case of printed certificates of stock, bonds,
drafts. notes, commercial paper, ETC., has
led 10 the production of paper OF special
and peculiar designs of more or less adapta-
ton to such purpose.
One of the most recent and practicable
processes, as described, for securing tails
result consists in applying ink to htho-
graphic plate, of stone or other mater al,
placing another plate, which may also be
photographic, face TO face with the nrst
named, rubbing the faces Of the two plates
together for a time and then taking them
apart.
The ink will be distributed in such
manner by this rubbing action that a va
riegated design is impaired to the plate.
Or in case the design thus produced is not
of a satisfactory character, the plates are
simply placed in contact again and the rub
bling carried on until the desired character
of design is brought about. This being &C
complished the ink is allowed to become
dry. the photographic plate is subjected &c
the usual treatment for photographic pur
poses, and tie design is transferred u
the paper in the usual manner Of printing
from photographic plates.
According TO the accounts given OF thu
process il is said to produce designs
such multiUudinous variety in confgura
ton and shade that reproduction, excep
from the original plate, is practically i'm
possible. The impression can also be mad
in any desired color.-Paper Mill.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19
Cost of shaving in New York.

Lots Of men get shaved in New York in
the five and ten cent barber shops who
would not care to have the fact generally
known. Their reasons are good ones. The
cheap shops uptown are mainly in the
hands Of Italians, who are swift and good
shavers, and they are open from in the
morning till 10 or II at night. The shops
are located on Third, Second, Eighth and
Ninth avenues, and if a mans beard is
strong and his face not particularly tender
he can get shaved rapidly and comfortably
for Ave or ten cents. No tip is expected.
At the hotel barber shops in the upper part
of the city the process of getting shaved is
rather an involved one. The shave costs
twenty cents, the barber always expects to
be tipped a dime. and the brush boy, who
is usually assiduous and persistent, strug
giles for anything in the way of change thai
happens to be lying around loose. To mer
who shave every day this expense is OF i'm
portance.-New York World.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19

An English tourist was stopping at one
Of the Kansas City hotels, and in chance
with reporter spoke OF the
seeming inherent politeness of the Ameri-
can gentlemen. As "A class, he said they
were the most polite men he had met
with in any quarter Of the globe. Wher-
ever his travels took him he could always
tell an American by his affable manner, II
seemed, he said, as though every one was
born courtier, and nowhere was it more
noticeable than in the cities of the old
world. In London the Americans could
be selected in any public hall or gallery,
for they always took their hats off no mat
ter what room they entered, or If 1t
was too uncomfortable to remove head
gear it needed but the presence of a
lady 10 cause the hats 20 be Immediately
lifted. 1t was quite the contrary with the
Britishers; they never uncovered their
heads except under extraordinary circum'
stances.
II was going down the street in this city
but the other day." continued the
stranger, when i saw lady drop her
purse. 1t had hardly reached the sidewalk
before little street arab grabbed IT,
touched the losers arm and, with hat in
hand. said: Lady, here's your pocket
book 1t is not only to the opposite sex
that this politeness extends but IL is re
freshing to observe the courtesy with
which men treat each other. The Ameri
cans are the greatest handshakers in the
world. Then / notice they touch then
hats to each other when passing on the
street. This certainly is courteous, hos
pitable nation. kansas City Times,
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19

Absalom Green, a negro deacon OF
Charleston, S. c., ate forty pies in one hour.
The contest was for wager. The pies
were mince, peach, apple and pumpkin.
Deacon Green had a big contract on his
hands when he undertook to eat the forty
pies, but he was equal to the eniergene-.
As pie after pie disappeared he rose to the
full height of the occasion and did not
stop till he had polished of the fortieth
pie. Then he asked for an oyster pie for
nightcap.
OF course the pies were not old fashioned
farm pies, two feet across and from two to
three inches thick, but each was a fair
sized city pie. Deacon Green experienced
no discomfort from his meal and had a
coed appetite for breakfast next morning
Cor. New York Journal.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19

Bret Harte is now living in quiet cot
CAGE in Grove End road, near St Johns
wood. He is getting old and his hair is
white; but the novelist still retains all his
old fire. His books sell immensely in Eng
land-more than those of any other Ameri-
can writer. Mr.. Harte's family is not with
him, and the general impression in Lon
don is that he is widower. Mr.. Joseph
Hatton, a warm friend and neighbor of
Mr.. Harte. informs me that he is now in
the consular service. No American is in
vited into the best English society more
than Bret Harte His American stories
warm the English heart. They never tire
of the novelist's story about the first jury
trial in California, apd this is the way he
told il the other night.
at was over in the Mariposa Gulch In
80. They had never had jury trial there.
Naman stole a horse they lynched him,
and that settled il. But the people, many
of whom came from Massachusetts,, began
TO tire of lynch law and sigh for the good
old Jury trial of the east. So one day
when Bill Stevens had JUMP I'D a pool
mans claim, the Massachusetts, fellows re
solved TO give him a good, old fashioned
Jury trial. They took him into the baci
end Of the board postoffice, selected jury
and the trial commenced. Dozens of wit
nesses were called, and finally the jury re
tired TO agree on a verdict. When the.
had about concluded that Jim was limo
cent the boys outside came banging at tn
door.
what do you fellows want" asked tn
foreman through the keyhole.
1--WE want to know if you hain't ab9u
agreed ON the verdict II YOU hain't yo l
have to get out. We want this room {
lay out the corpse inr'-Eh Perkins in CHI
cago Inter Ocean.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19
TO a FOREST VIOLET.

All mel all me how slenderY
And frailly thou art made;
It's fair 60 see how tendery
Thou smilest in the shade.
The mining birds hop heedlessly
Across thy lonely spot,
But warning words come needlessiy
To those who worship not,
The lowly state assigned to thee
Beseems thy pensive mood,
And every fate is kind 20 thee
In thy rich solitude.
Leaves with delight thy covers ara
From noon days scorching glare'
The dews Of night thy lovers are
And cherish thee with care.
What son Of man can look within
Thy dark hued simple face
And fail TO scan the book within
Thy pure and perfect gracef
Our world bound hearts are dutiful
To Weld their homage now,
Where, free from arts and beautiful
Sweet natures child art thou.
O not with scorn but lowliness
We learn the thought in thee
What thou vast born in holiness
We in iniquity.
Friend Of our strolls we come with thee
WHERE reverent feet have trod,
And our sin swept souls are dumb with thee
Before our father-God.
Toronto Week.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19

A general supply of everything found in first
class stores, and at prices in accordance
with the times. A good wharf, where
freight is loaded and unloaded in connecI
ton with the store.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19

When Napoleon III made triumphal
entry into Bordeaux soon after the coup
d'etat il was arranged that from an
arch of flowers under which he was to
pass an imperial crown should hang, sur
mounted by "IIe well deserves it. But
the wind blew away the crown, and when
the usurper passed under the arch, TO the
great JOY of the Republicans, only rope
with a moose at the end Of it dangled there,
with "He we'll deserves it, standing out in
bold relief above it.-San Francisco Argo-
rrrt
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19

Chauncey NJ. Depew has letter signed
Albert Edward which is the name Of the
Prince of Wales written throughout ia
the princes handwriting, thanking hifc
Tor a copy 81 Mr. Depew's 0rat.ons.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-19

Johnson-HOw are things up at the
boarding h0uss'
Grizzly-Like one Of Mr.. Sankey's songs
Nothing but leaves. West Shore.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15

hundred years ago or more it was Gus
tomary in some parts of New England for
men and boys to wear trousers made OF
leather. The historian of the town of Wells
Me-, remarks that such garments were not
altogether satisfactory, for the rather curl,
GUS reason that they lasted too long
We remembered hearing matron of the
olden time telling story of the two boys OF
one of her neighbors. They had begged OF
their mother that they might lay aside THEN
leather trousers, and have a pair made OF
domestic cloth; but all their entreaties were
in vain. She would give them no other en-.
enlargement than to promise that when the
leather was worn out they should have q
pair Of homespun.
They endured for a long time the vexation
of the unyielding garments, which promised
to be as lasting as the raiment of the Israel
ties in the wilderness
Finally, all hope failed the boys, and their
wits came to their aid. They took to the
grindstone. One sat upon it while the other
turned the crank. In imagination they saw
themselves already clothed in the long desired
homespun.
But alas their hopes were suddenly blasted.
All at once their father came round the corner
of the barn. and discovered them thus en-
ployed. They had still to wear the leather
for how much longer the historian is unable
to say.-Youth's Companion.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15

A pamphlet is a little thing, but it will go
hard with it if it can't get lost and give its
slave long forenoon's work trying to find
it. Inanimate objects, having no souls to
save, have no incentive to do right they pre-
fer to make all the trouble they can. A piece
of silver on table previously unacquainted
with silver will boldly assert its claim to have
everything, not only on the table but i'll the
room, Of u nature that will harmonic with
it; richly upholstered chair in the parlor
may incontinently Danish all the other chairs
from that apartment to the attic; delicate
pair OF gloves will necessitate new and ex-
pensive costume; an ornamental bell handle
will call for new front door, which will de-
mand new house, which will insist upon a
velvet lawn with flowers and shrubbery.
Having earned our bread and butter by the
sweat of the brow, let us beware of bringing
the entire body into state of active perspir-
alton merely for the sake of getting sugar TO
spread upon the butter.-Toronto Globe.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15
One Way of Doing Good.

Mrs. William D. Sutphin, of lis Hal
street, Brooklyn, has organized all the little
boys and girls in her neighborhood into soci
ETY. called The Little Gems Of BROOKLYN .
Every Sunday afternoon she has apples and
seed cakes on her parlor table and the Gems
collect about her with written reports of the
needy cases that have been relieved or found
during the week. Frequently the mites of
charity are accompanied by waits who are
introduced to the society and, satisfied that
the case is a deserving one, the Gems scatter.
and reappear in less than no time as a visi,
tor once observed, with something worthy of
acceptance Shoes, clothing, books, medi-
cine, bandage and court plaster, soap and
food are among the gifts so sweetly offered
by children to children. Parlor concerts.
games and entertainments are given, to
which the parents and friends are admitted
for small fee and the proceeds devoted to
some worthy cause of public interest At
the time of the Johnstown disaster these
good little midgets sent 1928, the earnings of
many days of labor. They have bought
hundreds Of loaves Of bread, given away as
many pairs of shoes and stockings, and at
Christmas time they bought ever so many
nice dinners with the contents of their saw
ings banks New York World
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15

The orchestra of the Metropolitan opera
house consists Of about fifty players who re-
ceive from $50 to $50 a week for playing
four nights "a week Theirs is a profession of
itself and differs as much from ordinary
orchestral playing as etching does from
whitewashing.
The members of Thomas orchestra and
Gilmore's band get from 81 TO $50 perform.
ance, depending on their skill, and S. so to
S1for a rehearsal OF course the higher prices
are paid out To the great soloists. These
ere the best paid orchestra players in America,
and the chief beauty or their work is, that
while these two organizations pay them a
fair living, they have so much time at their
disposal that they can double their salaries by
playing at concerts and other like entertain
ments New York News
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15
Dickie Himself.

Thinkers who discuss identity" and "the
ego" may nevertheless have no more real con
ception of the true self than certain little
girl whose dog was her chief delight One
day, however, Dickie died, and then his mis-
tress grieved and would not be comforted.
A few days after his burial in the garden
she sat with her mother near the syringa
bush which shaded his grave
Mamma" she said, thoughtfully, "where
is Dickiel"
"Why, down there under the syringa." said
her mother; don't you remember we put
him there, and covered him with earth?"
Eyes but Dickie himselfp
eve put him in the ground there, dear.
No one has disturbed him.
"Oh, know his head and his ears and his
paws and tail and the rest of him are there,
but what ! want is to know what has become
Of the real DckieP
1t was the self which shone out through
Diclie's loving brown eyes which she so sadly
missed. " outh's Companion.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15

One of the most striking features of the
century now drawing to close to those who
can remember clearly the last thirty years is
the changed attitude of the fairer sex toward
the world and its affairs Then the ambition
Of every young woman was to be married,
Marriage was success in life, spinsterhood
was failure. Nothing but some pronounced
and approved mission in life could excuse
single blessedness in women. Today our
young girls are more likely to show a desire
to be self supporting and Independent. The
term "old maido is no longer obnoxious to
them They pant for practical education
The girls of the family are often more earnest
students than the boys They think more of
making their own living than they do Of
making an advantageous match. They envy
those Of their own sex who make good in
comes by the work of brains and hands, in
stead of disparaging such work.-Detrot
Free Press
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15
Government Property in New York.

The United States government has been
very fortunate in its New York purchases.
1t sold the old postofllce at auction for $780,
600, which yielded a profit of 100000. 1t
paid for the site of the sub-treasury 1925, 700,
and could readily sell it fer six times that
sum, and then the assay office, Its most re-
cent purchase, which cost half million,
would now be cheap at double that price.
Turning from New York to Brooklyn, the
navy yard, which contains forty acres, and
cost 81 600 an acre, is now valued at q mil
lion. Governors Island, which cost about
the same amount, is now worth two millions.
New York, indeed, has always being lucky
spot for the nation, for the government was
founded here, and all national movements
in this city have been in the highest degree
protitable.-New York Letter in Rochester
Democrat
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15
The Kind of Women We Want.

| tell you this is the sort of women we want.
We want women who are going to make the
home better, the husband better, and whose
name Will not be written ia brass, but in the
great life book by him who knows the heart,
and who judges, not severely, but justly
You think there are no women like thisl
Plenty Of them, my friend But they hang
out no sign to tell you of their virtues and
their learning unless you can call "a sign a
sweet manner, a womanly presence, and a
sympathetic word, They are to be found
everywhere. In the shops, among the work
ers. and even, strange as it may seem, among
the off quoted four hundred for to be born
fashionable does not always mean to be born
bad. Cor. Louisville Courier Journal.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15

The latest Yankee notion has been devised
10y number of young women in Boston and
other large cities in Massachusetts, who have
formed an organization for the purpose Of
supplying small towns with libraries Their
plan of operation is to visit towns desti-
tute of libraries, talk the matter over with
tho leading people, get them interested in it,
and induce them to contribute according to
their means-some of them the ground, some
the books, and those who cannot raise money
to help the good work by day labor. In this
way several little libraries have been started
in these towns, which may become the nuclei
OF larger ones. The girls are going still further,
and have asked the legislature to contribute
800 as "a starter TO any town which shows a
disposition to begin the equipment Of library'
The notion is an excellent one and well
might be initiated in our small western
towns where a library would be a blessing
in relieving the tedium and intellectual dis
advantages of small places far remote from
the advantages of cities. Chicago Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15

When the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. courtship
began it was by the design and deliberate
management of other people. Mr.. Chamber
lain and Miss Endieott met at the Chinese
minister's ball and took turn or two, arm in
arm, about the ball room. 1t was enough.
Their friends at once began the dinners and
little maneuvers, at which Mr. Chamberlain
and Miss Endicott were invariably guests.
They were thrown together daily in this way
by the people VINO gloried in making such a
good match.n
One hostess gave luncheon to young wo-
men and asked Mr.. Chamberlain. He was
the only man present among twenty or more
ladies Even the husband Of the hostess was
not asked. need hardly say that Mr., Cham
berlain's seat at table was next to Miss Endi-
colts. A thousand and one well planned So
cial affairs favored and urged along the ac-
quaintance to friendship and friendship to
courtship. Washington Cor. Springfield Re-
publican
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-15
A Breathing Cave.

In the range of mountains in western
North Carolina known as the Cork Range
most singular phenomenon exists, 1t is the
breathing Cave" In the summer months
a current of air comes from it so strongly
that a person cannot walk against it, while
in the winter the rush of air inward is just
as great.
The cool air from the cave in summer is
felt sometimes for miles in direct line from
the mouth of the cave. At times most I'M
pleasant odor is emitted from the current
from dead animals sucked in and killed by com
ing in violent contact with the walls The loss
of cattle and other stock IN that section dur
ing the winter months is always great, and is
accounted for in this way They range too
near the mouth of the cave, and the current
carries them in.
At times when the change from Inhalation
to exhalation begins, the air is filed with
hairs of the various animals; not infrequent-
ly small dry bones have been carried for over
a mile from the mouth OF the cave as though
shot from an air gun. The air has been known
to change quite suddenly during exhalatiop
from cold to quite hot, accom- anied by ter
rible roaring and gurgling sound.
Many scientific men have visited the place,
but the phenomenon still remains unex-
planned; the residents of that section fear a
volcanic eruption. Something is wrong, sure.
Nashville American.