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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

oy a few pIasIers. Inc owner, however,
seemed very sure of making a favorable
sale. even il the present customer should
withdraw. So he remained silent, with
an occasional inconsequent remark, such
as. "It matters not, "Wallah, whom am
| to argue with theet" "Wallah, my
horse is as DUST take it without money.
All these expressions are equivalent to
cold negatives, and might naturally have
exasperated the other man, who had
been wasting oceans of rhetoric in per-
suasion. Finally, he, in this turn, ex-
claimed, with heart warming show of
generosity and philanthropy;
F"WaIlah are we not brothers. where
! fore Hi.Nis noise? -s7,s-iOi money! Al
lah, why DIdl -iou want ! 600 piasters:
HeSei is the money. Take it'll" Then he
pressed the bulk of treasure into the
others hand and turned away. "Never
mind about your horse. | care not for
it. Shall we part enemies because OF
money!
At this point the other, who now had
his money secure, ran after his customer,
fell on his neck, and, kissing him on
both cheeks, assured him that the horse
would henceforth be worthless to him
that, since his brother wished for it, he
must take it as a present. And 50 the
bargain was concluded.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

The earthquake theory which seems
most probable, and the one which has
the most adherents, is the one which tells
us that the quake is caused by an ell
fort of internal heat to make its escape
through a weak part Of the surrounding
earth crust. How thick the earthscruSt
is would be a hard matter to find out for
a certainty. The German government
is now at work upon shaft Qf 1t has not
been recently Abandoned, near Schlade-
bach. with the object especially OF OBJ
tanning Trustworthy data concerning the
rate of increase in the earth's tempera-
ture as it nears the interior. The last
statement the writer read concerning
this shaft said that it was at that time
,392 meters in depth. The temperature
was about 4S dogs centigrade, equal
TO about 100 Fahrenheit. If it increases
uniformly as the depth increases, as 1t
has heretofore, the boiling point OF water
will be reached at about 5000 meters
(providing the shaft could be sunk to
that depth). which is equal to about two
miles
At this rate of increase the point at
which platinum melts would be found q
be at depth of forty-fve miles.
According 60 these figures the eartli :
crust cannot be moro than one-ninetietli
of its radius.
Professor NewcomU, connected VIII
the naval observatory at Washington
said at the time of the August earth
quake in 1884: 1.-THE only common sense
explanation of an earthquake, to my
/ mind, is that down in the bowels of the
earth, say from 80 TO 100 miles beneath
the surface, there is fluid matter, boiling
ut a white heat, which as it gradually
becomes cooled, contracts, leaving q
space between it and the solid parts, and
the heavy weight Of the earth above the
vacant place causes the earth to sink,
then you have your earthquake. st
Louis Republic.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

The most recent proposal for huge
bridge is for one across the Bosphorus, a
project for which has been made out by
a French engineering company. The
historic and picturesque channel between
the shores of Europe and Asia, which
connects the sea of Marmora with the
Euxine. is S12 yards broad, and it is pro-
posed thas the bridge to span it should
be of one arch only. In these days of
hugo bridges this should not offer seri-
Gus difficulties from an engineering point
of view, if the financial ones can be got
over. Various projects have been put
forward to the same effect during the
past twenty years, but it was not consid-
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

ut was at Brougham's lyceum, after
wards Wallack's theatre, at Broome
street and Broadway" said w. j. Flor
ence recently. 1.-THE orchestra leader,
George Loder, got it into his head that it
would be good idea to have an orches-
ira which would sing at intervals. So
he went back ON the stage and got a
numb of we young actors, put us in
dres, uits and placed us in the orches-
ira til instructions how to go through
the motions of playing the different in
struments and when to stop and sing.
It was great success, but we youngsters
objected. We held that we had not been
engaged for that purpose, and that we
were there to learn how to act. So we
determined to put an end to it. My in
strument was a clarionet. You know
what a frightful noise can be made with
it, if necessary. Well, one night, when
we were in the orchestra, at a quiet por-
ton of the music blew on the clarionet
n squeak that could have been heard a
mile off. Loder shook his fist at me and
said, wait till you get off, but the audi
ence roared with laughter for long
time, and would even occasionally burst
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20
Did Lcnnnc d,Arc burn?

The reproduction, with Sarah Bern
hardt in the leading role, of the play OF
Jeanne DARE" in Paris, has given oc-
casion for a renewal of the old contro-
versv as to whether Jeanne was ever
really burned at the stake or whether her
place was not taken by some one else
and she set free. One NJ. Lesigne has
brought together in a book all the facts
tending to show that Jeanne never was
burned, and that she actually married
country gentleman i'm Lorraine and
raised large family, of whom there
were direct descendants as late as cen
tury ago.
The stories were first put into circula-
ton in 1888 in publication called Mer-
cure Gallant. and were then based upon
discoveries made 10y a certain Father
Vignier among some old manuscripts IN
Metz The first document was record
of the visit of Jeanne, the Maid of Or
leans, to her relatives in that city, and
subsequently there was discovered mar
rage contract of Robert des Armoises
with "Jeanne of Arc, the Maid of Or
leans" the marriage having taken place
Mt Arlon. where the Duchesse Elizabeth
of Luxembourg made a splendid fete Of
the occasion.
The deed in which the "Maid" and her
husband conveyed certain land was also
found, and subsequently at Orleans in
the public archives there were discovered
various entries in the public accounts
I that went to show that moneys had been
paid to her or for her to her relatives at
various times after she was supposed TO
have been burned at the stake. These
/ documents have made it absolutely GER
tain that somebody who was known as
Jeanne dare and 1.-The Maid of Or
leans" was living and somewhat of pub
lie character for many years after the
original Jeanne had presumably been re-
duced TO ashes. The advocates of the
original Jeanne, however, insist that the
woman to whom the documents refer
must have been different one, either an
impostor or woman whom some con
nection with the army had caused the
people of her acquaintance TO designate
by the title of the dead heroine.-New
-Ss5 .gT.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20


From "An Artists Letters from
Japan" written and pictured by John
La Fargo in The Century, we quote as
follows: The doctor took us on Sunday
afternoon TO his club-whose name, l
think, means the perfume of the maple
to see and listen to some japanese
plays, which are given in the club thea
ire built for the purpose We went
there in the afternoon, passing 10y the
shiba temples, and our kurumas were
drawn up at one end Of the buildings
There everything was Japanese, though
| hear stories Of the other club and
!, L., l,,----.,,ou ..ssgs '-.en,e'~~ Nd
s5a'. ~ tie eye glasses, etc. However
that may be, on this side we were in
Japan without mistake. We sat on the
steps and had our shoes taken off, ac-
cording to the japanese fashion, so as
not TO iniure mats, and we could hear
during the operation long wailings high
notes and the Piercing sound of flutes
and stringed instruments; the curiously
sad rhythm mingled with background
ofhigh, distinct defamation, Wewalked
in, with careful attention to make no
noise, forgetting that in our stocking
feet we could have made none had we
wished. and we found the doctors place
reserved for him and us, and marked
with his name, writ large.
Other low boxes, with sides no higher
than our elbows as we sat on the mats,
divided the sloping floor down to the
stage. The stage was pretty little
building projecting into the great hall
from its long side. 1t had its own roof,
and connected with large gallery OF
bridge, along which the actors moved as
they came on or disappeared, in man.
ner new to us, but which gave certain
natural sequence and made beginning
and an end-a dramatic introduction and
conclusion-and added greatly to the
picture when the magnificent dresses oil
stiff brocade dragged slowly along to the
cadence of the music.
A quiet, sleepy appreciation hovereC
over the scene; even the devotees neal
us, many of them older people and be
longing to the old regime, showing
their approval or disapproval with re
strained criticism. could see withou
turning my head the expression of thu
face of my neighbor, former daimio
man of position; a face a Japanes'
translation Of the universal well know
aristocratic type-immovable. fatigued
with the dropping under lip Behin'
him sat former retainers, | suppose
defcrpntal. insinuating remarks am
judgments to which he assented with in
imitable brevity.
Still, thought that could distinguish
when lac showed that the youthful anna
teurs-for most of the actors were non
nrofessional-di not come<s to a prope
STANDARD. that his memory went back {
a long experience of good acting Am
50 CATCHING are the impressions of
crowd that myself after time believe
that recognized. more or less distinctly
the tyro and the master. even though
only vaguely understood what it was al
~about. For need not tell you that tn
bbretto would have been still more diff
cult for me than the pantomime befor
me. and very often it was but pantomime
the actor making gestures to the accom-
naniment of music, or the defamation Q
line chormgus, who told the poetic story
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

The oriental mind is disposed to mingle
all the dealings Of life with an amount of
asentiment" which would be scorned by
the more literal business man of the west.
A visitor at Damascus gives in Murray's
MAGAZINE the following description of
horse trade in that cityi
A long dispute took place between the
intending purchaser and the owner as the
former attempted to beat down the price
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

cred that the bridge would be useful
enough to justify the enormous expense
which it would entail. Railways have,
however, developed very much during
recent years, and it is now thought that,
if constructed, it would act as a link in
the local railway system, and eventually
nav a fair return on the money invested
In IL Toronto Globe.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

ont in outlaws during the afterpiece'
OF course pleaded to Loder that the in
strument went off Of its own accord, but
he knew bett.r. However, that was the
last of the singing orchestra in that the
atre. New York World.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

The prize medal for absent mindedness
during lectures must be awarded to
German professornamedJ Johannes Amer
who recently died in Vienna. Oneof ms
pupils had list of his remarkable say
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

The gradual failure of cast iron
bridge erected about sixty-iive years ago
mt Potsdain has been the cause of consid-
cradle scientific inquiry. The conclu-
sion arrived at is that the bridge men,
ncrs were too rigidly connected, no ade-
i,.ato sl'owancc being made for effects
81 "a t,hg temperature.
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Tunic war would have been out much
sooner had il commenced little earlier,
covered with countless wounds Caesar
fell dead linear the statue of Pompey; with
one hand lie drew his toga over his face
while 81. the other he called for help"
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20
-. rsrth and Harris Streets


.,....-.n,,,. -... - 1900 feet. By suit
able contrivances gas lights, the effects
of which are but too often pernicious,
may not only become self ventilating,
but may be also made to contribute ma
terially to the publication Of the air of
inhabited apartments. New York Tele-
gram.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

Gas Jets may be made important aux
iliaries TO ventilation Inserted in the
bottom of air shafts, they establish active
a
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

ings, among them the foil
Cesar disg,isad ass. slay
across the Tiber. "Ale2
was born in the absence
1.-THE Swiss are a moup
but in Scotland the q
begin till October" !,
vented in Asia Alinor.D
general war ON page '
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31
Forbidden Fruit.

The short story is having its day
again. There was time. within the
past ten years. when authors objected
to writing short stories. They argued
that as much plot went to the making
of a short as of long story, and that
if they took little more time to elabo-
rate il. they would have "a manuscript
worth 81 900 instead OF one worth $50
or $780, This left most of the short
story writing TO be done by second-rate
WRITER'S. and the reading public began
TO complain that the short stories dealt
out to them were, with rare exceptions
not worth reading. This aroused
the editors, so they offered prices for
short stories. which brought 10 Tia
much good work: and now quite
a crop Of good short story
writers has sprung up. Guy de Maui
PEASANT, also, has had a marked influ-
ence on the younger generation of
writers. He has taught them what can
be done with very little plot by one who
has mastery of the art of story-tell-
ing. Give him a simple incident and
he gives an exquisite story. Even in
his novels the plot is of the least imDor
lance. His knowledge of the motives of
men-not their best motives, always
and his singularly artistic touch,
place him at the head of FSench story
writers of the day. In his art he is a
model that any one might follow TO adj
vantage, but unfortunately the subject
he selects make most of his novels for
hidden ffuit-The Critic
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31
Dumas the son.

Alexander Dumas fills is the most in
teresting of cotemporary French men
Of letters, he is so brilliant paradox
in himself and in his environment. He
inherited his brains from his father,
vet he Is his fathers opposite. The
great, large-hearted giant. bourgeois
sometimes. and even Philistine. yet
never indicate or immoral, full Of
humOr, but with no wit. whose
BRAN was ever teeming with in-
yentions. with plots, incidents
and characters which he hurled
together pelI NELL with little art or
method who enjoyed life with sort
Of grandiose grossness, who was as
healthy aud hearty and unsophisticated
as child, forms queer contrast TO
Dumas fills, the literary exquisite, who
sits down TO write in his dress suit at a
table lighted by wax tapers. who has
a brilliant and cutting wit but no hu-
NOR, who breaches morality in terms
that might often make vice blush, whose
plots are put together with nice mathe-
NAUTICAL precision, whose sentences are
trimmed and polished with tireless art.
anu WHOtt INVENTIVE ttcOuitto orc "a
tremely limited.
We have repeated the old fable about
the dress suit and the wax tapers rather
as a metaphor than as fact. 1t has
indeed been asserted AZ fact. But at
present Dumas has discarded this sffec-
tation. il be ever assumed it. He APP
pears in his studio ia what looks like a
compro nise between bathing robe
aud a suit of ovetal's. He is surround
al by elegancies. for he loves the little
things that make life great, the luxu
ries that are more indispensable Than
the necessities. Philadelphia Press.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31
Conscience Money.

A little time ago / was going from
Chicago to Cleveland. Three or four OF
US men struck up an acquaintance, as
they Il don't smoke) struck up a light
in the smoking-room Each gave lit
tie biography of his recent life. Il have
been to Chicago said Mr.. A. b., Ito
collect some conscience money. A good
many years ago made an invention.
II was stolen from me by some Chicago
people. spent muchmoney in trying to
get my rights. and did not get them.
Two weeks ago l received letter from
the house in Chicago which had
been manufacturing and selling
my invention, saying that If
would come to Chicago should hear
of something to my interest.
went to the place appointed and met a
gentleman who said: You are Mr.. A.
B.?" Yes Our house has for years
been making and selling an invention
Of yours. i have recently become a
Christian. know l have done wrong.
aud want now to do all can to right
that wrong. Will you please say how
much money we shall pay you for the
wrong we have done your ! thanked
him and said wanted time to reflect.
l took the time and gave an answer.
Turning to the cashier the gentleman
said: Make out a check for so much.
a sum double tbe'amount / had named.
That check was certified and now
have it in my pocket. am glad to
tell this incident for many reasons, one
OF which 10 that it tends 10 answer the
charge that is frequently made that
being a Christian makes no difference
with ones Business habits. IA Clergy
man in the Chicago Advance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31
IinII..


The story is well known Of Sir Boyle
Roche asking in the Irish Parliament,
why we should put ourselves out of
the way to do anything for posterity.
foe what has posterity done for usy"
But the sequel is not equally we'll
known. Surprising, from the roar Of
laughter which greeted this question,
that the House had misunderstood him.
he explained that by posterity he did
not at all mean our ancestors. but those
who were to come Immediately after
them" Upon hearing this explana-
ton lit was impossible Darlington
assures us. ITO do any serioss business
for half an hour Sir Boyle was an
ardent supporter of the union, and ex-
cited one day general litter by his
ford picture of the happiness which
was to ehsue from that event.
Gent emen, nretorted Sir Boyle. who
had lisp, may titther and titther and
tilther, and may think u bad measure.
but their heads at present are hot and
will so remain till they grow cold again,
and so they can't decide right now: but
when the day of judgment comes. then
honorable gentlemen will be satisfied at
this o. excellent union. Sir there is
40 l. vi ical degrees between nations.
and on This occasion can see no sin nor
shame in marrying our own sister.
Arguing on another OCCASION ina favor
Of suspending the habeas corpus act in
Ireland. ut would be better. Dir.
Speaker said he. ITO give up not only
part, bit. if necessary, evea the whole
of our Constitution, TO preserve the re-
mainder.
Bulls" are supposed TO be indigenous
to the soil of ireland. But the most
typical "bulln makers, like Sir Boyle
Roche, do not belong to the Irish race.
We once heard a witty Irish prelate de-
clare that bulls were more COMMON
IN England than in Ireland: and he
added. that he had that very day re-
ceived an application from an English
clergyman for a subscription toward
the purchase of burial ground for his
parish. which had grown TO the dimen-
sions of a small town with 10000 in :.
habitants. 1T is deplorable to think, y
said this clergyman, 'of parish where
there are 10000 people living without
Christian burial.
No exhaustive analysis has ever been
given Of the origin and genesis Of
"buils," but we believe they very often
come from extreme quickness Of appre-
hension. the mind leaplng 10 It's con-
clusion without passing through the in
termediate stages Of the process, like
the Judge who. in passing sentence on
burglar, said: You ought 20 be-
ashamed of yourself, sir; you. strong.
sturdy fellow, instead CT which you go
aud bretk into peoples houes." Sir
Jonah Burlington himself was no mean
hand in the manufacture Of bulls.
and OF sayings which. all unconsciously
for him. had double meaning. Wish
ing to be- civil to a gentleman whom he
met for the first time, be said to him
on parting: MY dear sir, if ever you
should find yourself within ten miles
OF my house. mind you stay there. -
The Spectator.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31

val ages than the resume OF acts con.
templated by civilized and Christian
government in the latter portion OF the
nineteenth century. The laws in ques-
ton were enacted in May, 1882, at the
time when q storm Of anti.Semitic fana-
'ticism swept over the southern portion
of the Empire, devastating the
homes Of thousands Of Hebrews
whose offense was less their race
and creed than their wealth
and intelligence. No attempt had, how
ever. been made to put these laws into
force; but within the last twelve
months the Car has declared o
"jehad, or religious war, against all
who fail to conform to the Orthodox
Church. The Lutherans have not es-
capped, nor yet the Roman Catholics.
and large number of ecclesiastics OF
both Churches have been banished TO
Siberia-not by any court OF law, but
on the mere administrative order OF
the local police authorities. 1t is, how
ever. against the Jews--aiways the
scapegoat of religious fanaticism-that
the principal luminosity OF the Imperial
Government is directed. The barbar-
Gus laws of 1886 are now about to be
applied for the first time in all their
stringency, and persecution to begin
that is almost without parallel IN MS
tory.
Involving, as 1T does, the expulsion
from hearth and home. as well as the
deprivation of means of livelihood OF
several millions of Hebrews, 1t neces-
sarily follows that many hundreds OF
thousands will attempt to seek refuge
in foreign countries from Russian OPP
preston. An Eruption OF paupers on
This enormous scale is an event, how
ever. which no Western nation can
look forward 10 with equanimity; and
both the Austrian and German Govern
ments have been forced, In sheer SELF
defence. and in the interest OF their
laboring population, to stretch strong
Gordon of troops along their eastern
frontiers to prevent the incurslon o,
the unhappy but unwelcome victims OF
Russian tyranny.
What can be done to save the Russian
Israelites from the fate that hangs over
their heads, is question that Is ap-
sorbing the attention of the great jew
ish banking-houses. as well as tnat OF
the Governments of Western Europe.
II popular rumors on the subject are to
be believed, Emperor William proposes
on the occasion of his approaching visit
to st. Petersburg to constitute himself
the mouthpiece of the foreign powers
in the matter. and to make representa-.
tions to the Car, both on the score OF
policy and common humanity. HIS
representations will, however, be of
little avail. unless he is able to give the
Gar to understand that Europe is ready
TO enforce her remonstrances. Should
the Car continue obdurate. even after
such warning, Emperor William
would at length have an opportunity
of attaining the browning ambition OF
his life, namely, military glory, and
that. too, in the cause of humanity, and
as champion of despised and perse-
cuted race. which claims to be under
special Divine protection.-New Tri'
bune.