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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
BEHRING SEA LATIN

The legal and diplomatic expressions
"modus vivendi," "fere naturB, Z"
"mare clausum" and "pelagic fishing"
have been used constantly in the discus
sion of the Behring sea seal fisheries dis
pute. ''Modus yivendi' means literally
"mode of living" In law it is employed
to designate temporary agreement
pending permanent settlement of mat
ter in dispute. Thus last year Great
Britain and the United States agreed
that pending the settlement of the Beh-
ring sea seal question, certain restric-
tions on the taking of seals should be
observed by both countries for one year.
The year having expired, President Har-
rison asked the renewal of the "modus
vivendi, as the matter was not yet per-
manently decided.
"Fere nature' means animals in the
state of nature-that is, in the wild
state, and therefore the prey of all man
kind, like the tigers and elephants in an
African jungle. Lord Salisbury made
last year the claim that the Behring
sea seals were fere nature, and there
fore Canadians were entitled to kill
these animals all they liked. If this
claim were allowed there would in few
years be not seal in the Pacific.
Mare" pronounced in two syllables,
is the Latin word for "sea." ''Clau-
sum" signifies closed or shut. Mare
clausum" means, therefore, a sea closed
or shut. 1t was claimed by some Amer
lean lawyers that we acquired with the
purchase of Alaska the right to consider
Behring sea as an inclosed or private
American water, like Massachusetts, bay
or Lake Michigan, and that therefore we
had the right to forbid any other nation
to fish in its waters. This right Great
Britain did not admit.
Then there is the expression "pelagic
fishing" It seems to be the proper thing
in the judgment of many writers TO fly
to foreign words the moment they get
hold Of a subject that is difficult to I'M
derstand. In the Greek language the
word "pelagos" means the sea; applied
in its modern English derivatives, to the
deep sea or ocean. "Pelagic fishing"
means, therefore, open sea fishing, or
that outside the three miles from shore
accepted by modern nations as the limit
Of their private coast line.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28

Monroe is flag station on the Bots
ford branch of the New Haven and
Derby road. When the engineer of Con
ductor Beers train saw the flag exposed
a day or two ago he stopped his train.
Only one person, an old lady, was to be
seen, and the conductor stepped from
the train to help her aboard. The old
lady did not stir, and the conductor said,
"Step on board, lady, so we can go on. -
Then her mouth opened, and she said
Claws, | don't want to get aboard. |
stopped you to send word to my folks
that l was coming up tomorrow, and l
want you to tell John to meet me at the
station to care for my baggage"
Then she stopped, for the train was
moving, the conductor having given the
signal to start without waiting to learn
where "John" and my folks" lived,
while the old lady looked as though she
thought train officials were not very
accommodating when they would not
even carry message for her.-Hartford
Courant.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
ONE COURT OF HONOR

1t is curious, the code of "honor" by
which young Mr.. Borrowe excused him
self from fighting duel with Coleman
Drayton. Mr.. Drayton challenged Mr..
Borrowe to go to France and fight duel
on Mrs. Drayton's account. Borrowe
summoned as counselor a man who had
fought several duels because of having
ruined the reputation Of married ladies
in good society. Considering that it was
an affair Of honor, this was in admirable
keeping with all the rest of the honor
able proceedings. Borrowo and the OK
perlenced gentleman laid their heads to-
gether and further consulted the Due de
Morny and Aurelien Scholl, as gentle
men at the very tip top of knowledge
and practical understanding in cases
where gentlemen ruin other mems wives.
A court of honor" made investigation.
What is the decision? This: Mr.. Draw
ton knows of no circumstances now that
he did not know Of five years ago. Be-
sides that, he is declared to have accented
a money consideration from Mrs. Dray-
tons family practically for keeping
silent and not making fuss about the
affair. Therefore Mr. Drayton is not a
gentleman; therefore a gentleman
cannot fight him. And the whole cor
respondence is given to the newspapers
by these experienced gentlemen"
In plain English, Mr.. Borrowe in ef-
feet claims and publishes to the world
that he has been Mrs. Draytons lover
for years; that Mr.. Drayton knew it long
ago, and that Drayton was therefore no
gentleman; therefore Mr.. Borrowe de-
clined to fight him according to the
code of honor" Mr. Borrowe blasts
eternally Mrs. Drayton's reputation in
order to keep from fighting What kind
of a gentleman Mr.. Borrowe is public
opinion will decide.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28

Joe Jefferson" said an old theater
goer, chad taken lady to a restaurant,
and when he put his hand in his pocket
to pay his bill he didn't feel penny.
He explained his position to the cashier,
but the cashier didn't know him. The
perspiration began to ooze when a gen.
tleman stepped up, laid a twenty dollar
bill on the desk, and said;
"'I know you, sir; allow me to settle.
Jefferson was profuse in his thanks,
and when near the door, said:
"'You must give me your name and
address, sir, in order that | may call
around tomorrow and settle
"'Never mind that said the stranger
with a smile. That bill was a counter
felt and | got seventeen dollars in
change "-St. Louis Chronicle.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
He Wanted to Get In.

Jimmy Murphy was a newspaper Of
fee boy, and Jimmy was a terror. He
did nothing in particular save smoke
cigarettes and beg for theater tickets,
and was known to all the reporters as
"Murph." One night he wanted to go
to a certain show very badly, but had
not been successful in begging or steal
ing a ticket from the dramatic editor.
He went up to the theater about 8
o'clock and stood around the gallery en-
trance in the hope that he could in some
way gain admittance. The manager of
the theater came along in little while,
and noticing him standing there, said,
"Hello, Murph" and went into the
house.
Five minutes later "Murph" walked
up to the doorkeeper at the main en-
trance and said, Say, is de manager
imp
What do you want to know for?"
asked the guardian of the portal.
"Well, l wanter see him, see?"
But what do you want to see him
for?"
Il wanter get him ter pass me in"
But he won't do it."
81 tink he will, see?"
what makes you think that?'
"Well, he came along out dere an
said, Hello, Murph, an ennybody wots
familiar enuff wild me to call me
Murph, will do a little favor like dat
fer me. Buffalo Express.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
Suggestion to MiIIionaires.

There are now colleges enough in the
country. Education has been made so
cheap that poor but deserving young
men and women can get anything in the
line Of high learning by making just the
amount Of exertion that is good for them.
We have enough libraries to go around,
too, and Bibles are so cheap that even
tramp can save his two cent pieces and
buy one in a few weeks.
But there is one thing we have not
enough Of in the United States and
never did have. That is good roads. If
any millionaire wishes to immortalize
himself and really benefit posterity, let
him select the county roads in region
of deserted farms and fix up those high
ways so that spring mud and summer
rains shall never wipe out or bulge
them from their beds. With those
smooth, hard highways he will build his
own road to everlasting fame He will
earn the gratitude of every farmer,
milkman and peddler for a hundred
years. The system of roads should be
named for him - the Brown, Jones,
Blenksopp or Lardanham road. His
name, whatever it might be, would be
remembered when that of the founders
OF our great universities had gone glim-
mering down into the night of oblivion.
Real estate in that county would go up
with a boom, and the fame of that mil
lionaire would spread over America by
the next days telegraph. Try it, mil
lionaire.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28

1t is a thankless job, this prophet bust
ness. That wild eyed man Of prophecy,
Professor G. A. l.. Totten, fixed a certain
day in March for the sudden appearance
of a star, 'the long sought for star
hiding behind the sun" As might per-
haps have been truthfully predicted, if
one had wanted to drop into prophecy.
as it were, the star did not come to time.
But that did not shake the lieutenant's
faith. He still solemnly affir1ns that we
rec ON the borderland of the threshold
era. Doubtless.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28

One of the curious mysteries of psy.
chology will always be the fact of the
great contrast between the face and the
character of Rev. Charles Spurgeon.
His portrait a stranger would naturally
take to be that of bad man, given to
all animal pleasures, and without much
intellectually. The character of the
man was that Of one who is as near be-
ing saint as is often granted to NOR
tails in our time. Socrates, too, had such
a face. The greatest teacher and phiIos-
opher of the Greeks, whose doctrines re-
mind us constantly of those inculcated
in the New Testament, was almost a
monster of ugliness in his face. His life
was exalted, too, like his teachings, but
nothing served to beautify the counte-
nance of the great teacher. 1t seems a
direct contradiction to the dictum of
Lavater-"The morally best, the most
beautiful"
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
"ShCenY.N

A gentleman, apparently Jew, writes
paragraph in the New York Sun to
explain the real origin and meaning of
this word, by attempting to define
which learned individual got himself
into very hot water recently. The
writer in The Sun tells us that when an
unhappy, green and ignorant Russian
Jew in this country Is guyed and tor
mented by street hoo5lums he turns in
his rage upon his prosecutors and utters
the exclamation, "Misso uesheeny!"
The street hoodlum catches the last part
and retorts, ''Sheeny, shes-y- ard the
word has come in time 70 bs sppbad to
Jews.
The expression MISC uestesny Is
Hebrew. The word "meshee-y" Is sim
ply an adjective meaning different. ex-
traordinary or out Of the common. The
whole expression Is a Hebrew curse,
wishing an uncommon, that is to say, a
violent, sudden death to ones enemy.
So that there is no meaning Of any kind
in the name "sheeny," reproachful or
otherwise. The writer mentioned re-
marks: IF it proves anything at all, it
proves that the Jew can swear in He
brew as the Christian does in American
English"
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28

Edward A. Freeman, the historian,
who died Of smallpox in Spain in the
prime Of his intellectual life, at sixty
nine years old, used to thank God he
had no literary style. He held that a
historian had nothing to do with style,
but that his only task was to tell the
truth and give instruction. Conse-
quently his writings are not half SO
tiresome to read as those of the histo-
rian who cultivated literary style as as
siduously as Turveydrop cultivated de-
pertinent.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
A Modern Curriculum.

VISITOR understand that the public
schools of this city are models of Nine
teenth century progress?
Little Boy-Yes'm, that's wot every
one says. go to 'em.
"What do you study"
ooh, everything-free and DRAWN,
an cookin, an bacteriology, an music,
an spectrum analysis, an SEWN on but
tons, an agricultural chemistry, an dish
washin, an everything. Good News.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
Where Shall Man Put His Feet2


An lrishman writes letter to news
paper modestly asking what is the
proper place in which for man to put
his feet. An American criticised the
Irishman for standing with his hands in
his pockets, remarking severely that an
IrishInan never knew what TO do with
his hands anyway. Then, says the
lrishman, the American sat down, lit a
cigar and lifted his feet upon the table.
where they reposed to the admiration of
their owner.
The Irishman wishes to know whether
that is in accordance with American
propriety. Why not? There are vari-
GUS favorite places in which the indie
pendent American may deposit his pedal
extremities. If he is in street car.
especially if it is a rainy day and his
boots are muddy, the proper caper is for
MIN to cross his legs and swing one foot
far out beyond him in the passageway,
so that every woman who passes that
way may wipe the mud off with her
dress and everybody may trip and STUN
BILE. A street car in which mems feet
were not wiped by ladies' gowns and
stumbled over constantly would make
one feel homesick. On the table? Ger
tainly, and every place else where they
will sprawl about in the most unsightly
manner and in peoples way. This is a
free country.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28

To tell good cod when you go to
market, examine the fish just above the
tail. In healthy cod the body is round
and plump. The lower half of the fish
will be almost cone shaped. York
journal.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28

If there is anything New York people
enjoy more than another it is a great
scandal The Drayton- Borrowe matter
amused them for weeks.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
PACIFIC DIVISION

Leave Tacoma for Portland II 100 a. m. and
leu p m; arrive at Portland 600 "A m and
6:45 D m. WV " III anu
Leave Portland for Tacoma 500 a. m. and
II 20 D. m. ~ p w. anu
Leave Tacoma for Olympia at l1.OO a m
ana ana $50 p m, Arrive Tacoma from
olympia $50 m and $40 p m
Leave Tacoma for ChehaIis sos d m. Ar
rive at Chehalis 7:15 p m. Leave Cbebalis
am. A"00iu" ''oO
Leave Tacoma for Montesano and Grav's
harDor country ll:90 m. Arrive al Monte
sano az 30 y m. Leave Montesano for Ia
COMA ll;5O m, Arrive at Tacoma 3.4O N N,
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
CASCADE DIVISION

Leave Tacoma for Seattle 200 a m. 1000 a
M l.O m, 8;45 m, 6:l5 D m and 1870 n m
,oAEflNe at Tacoma from Seattle S:45 a m.
m and l2;3U m ~ iO'''
Leave Tacoma for Anacortes 700 a. m.
arrive at Tacoma from Anacortes 10 .85 n n,
trains leave Tacoma for Carbonate 200
D. M arrive from Carbonate 500 a. m.
leave Carbonate for Tacoma 20 "A m. ar
rive at Tacoma at l0.40 a m @
+rnniull information concerning rates time of
Iidlhs, routes and other details, furnished
On appIcaulon 10 any agent, or to
II. G. GREENE, Agent.
5,i..- -r,-, G.. G., CHANDLER.
Oity Iicket Agent and General Agent, Head
1am9rlSrs Building, Cpl Pacific avenue
Oiiice hours, s a. m. to 10 D. M.
A,z,-.c A. d. CHARLTON
street, Portland. 80 MSS
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28

"The use OF 'Castoria' is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems work
OF supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTIN, D. D.,
NV York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
TWO TRAINS DAILY

points east. N "''
=, Leaves Tacoma, going east, at 400 D m and
~ ~ IN dallyi arrive at ST. Paul at $40 % ul
l2:l5 p m the third day -
connections made at st. Paul and Mime
apolis for all points east south and south
east. ~ ''A Va
Arrive at Tacoma from St Paul and Chi
CdgO at lO:35 a m and 10. Al n "a, -
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
. 0RTHERN
v PACIFIC R. r.

Is the line to take
TO ALL POINTS EAST AND SOUTH
1t is the DINING CAR ROUTE. II runs
through NESTIBULED TRAINS every daz
in the year. my
ST. PAUL AND CHICAGO
mo change Of cars, composed Of dining ca
unsurpassed, Pullman drawing room sIeen-
ers OF latest equipment, tourists sleepibg
cars best that can be constructed and in
furnished for holders of first and second
class tickets, and elegant day coaches.
Pullman sleeper reservations can be Sc
road. '7' VI 'Ho
Through tickets to and from all points I'm
America, England and Europe can be pur-
chased at any ticket Office Of tbfe no,,,,,.t,.,,
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28
for Infants and Children.

"Csstoriaisso well adapted to children that
recommend itas superior to any prescription
Known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
Iii So. oxford St., Brooklyn, NY.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-28

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, DiarThoea, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d.
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results"
EDWIN F. PARDEE. M D.,
"The Winthrop, " 125th Street and 7th Ave-,
New York City.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-19
SOME AMERICAN WOMEN.

LILLIAN RUSSELL is said to be earning
something like 5000 n week
SENATOR STANFoRD's wife never visits
Sacramento, it is related, without pay.
ing n visit to the little two-story cottage
that was once her home, and in which
her only child was born.
Miss LALA HARRISON, of Leesburg,
Loudonn county, has been selected as
the most beautiful woman in Virginia
to represent that commonwealth as one
OF the original thirteen states at the
worlds fair
TIE jewels of Mrs. Astor, widow of
the multi-millionaircw who has Just died
in Paris. are probably the finest in
America. At times she has appeared in
public wearing precious stones valued
at between $780, and 800, 900.
Mrs. NOBLE, wife of the secretary,
and her two sisters, the Misses Hal
stead, arc said to resemble each other
SO closely that casual acquaintance dis
tinguish between them with difficulty.
They make no attempt to dress in way
to decrease the resemblance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-19
COURT GOSSIP.

II is illegal for boys under sixteen
years of age to be on the streets of Sell
lersburg, Ind, after seven o'clock D. m.
CAwKER CITY, Kan, has adopted an
ordinance requiring every owner of
chickens to keep them on his premises.
FRANCE has made law imposing the
penalty of death on persons convicted
of using dynamite for the destruction
of buildings.
IN suit for damages for injuries re-
ccivcd while switching cars on de-
fectivc side track, the Michigan supreme
court has decided that side tracks must
be kept in good condition.
TIE city council of Elizabeth, n. j.,
has passed an ordinance forbidding girls
under sixteen to attend picnics, balls or
other places of amusement, unless 80
tended by" parent or guardian.
TIE government of The Tyrol haa
passed bill imposing heavy fines on
persons who may be caught while sell
ing samples of the beautiful and rare
Alpine flower called edelweiss, which
has been pulled up by the root on the
mountains to such an extent that there
is danger of the plant becoming extinct
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-19
STORIES OF The DAY.

IT is claimed that the boundary line
between Idaho and Washington is thir.
ty miles out of the way, and u resurvcy
would probably place Spokane in
Idaho, increasing the population of that
state $4,000.
SELEcTMAN S. BYRON BRowNsoS, of
Ansonia, Conn, has two remarkable
eggs. Ono measures seven inches around
the longest way and the other one and
three-fourths inches. Both were laid
by the same hen on the same day.
HENRY A. PoND, of Bristol, has been
visited by many farmers who desired to
see his twin calves. They were born OF
Jersey mother, and while one is n
very diminutivc specimen of the jersey
breed, the other is monstrously large
full-marllcd Holstcin
III. Il. MARCY, of Forsyth, Mont, has
the head of deer that has three ir.
regular horns on each side and nine ir-
regular horns in front, between the two
large ones The side horns are nine
inches in length and those in front
from one to four inches in length.
y DERBY (Conn:) woman, whose wcrd
is not to be doubted, tells the oldest
hen story of the season. She put fifteen
cggs'undcr her hen and obtain sixteen
fine chicks. In the nest, besides, were
two eggs that were not Matched, and
two moro in which dead chicks were
found.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-19

templeted for materially improving and
strengthening The TIMES In every do.
partment. 1t proposes TO be- to Roam
oke and Southwest Virginia what the
Atlanta Constitution has been for
champion, spokesman and
herald.
The staff of THE TIMES has been
strengthened from time to time and is
now composed of the following gentle.
men: Herbert j. Browne, presto ent and
general manager: Harry A. Colman.
news editor; c l.. Knight, Harry Jack,
III. Il. Harrison, Jr., reporters: James A.
Pugh, travelling correspondent; IL. &.
White, local subscription agent: e. NJ
Durant, collector: Frank A. Lovelock.
Salem correspondent; DR.. r. III. Garth
right, Ninton correspondents; w. n.
Wexford, Jr., bookkeepcr: L. A. White.
mailing clerk: j. w. Carroll, foreman:
j. ). Etgan, Il SJone>ifnr. G. +. Watts
IL. IL. Haley, jr. ) c Jones, Albert
Morsack, Harry chwiugrr, c. Il. GRAY.
I. N. Schwrar, conpOsit"rs: VIM. Riley,
pressman; Arthur Perry and H. Nycum,
press feeders.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-19

Inc above figures are fair common
tary on the progress of the three daily
papers in Roanoke. AS will be seen
The TINES has larger number Of ad-
refreshments than all the other daily
papers of Roanoke com bincd 1t, more
ever, has larger circulation than all
the others combined.
The TIMES has forged ahead rapidly
and is now growing faster than at any
time in its history.
TIE TINES has not been content to
contne itself exclusively to the local
neId. ts special editions, notably its
Real Estate, Hotel, Southside Virginia
and Anniversary Editions have a ttracted
more widespread attention than any
other similar public atoms ever issued
in Virginia.
While tho business feature OF THE
TINES shows wonderful improvement
during the past year, it is as a news
paper more than anything else which
mas outstrlpFed all competition. If THE
INES were to attempt to enumerate
the scoops" and ali the important
items of news that have appeared ex-
clusively in it's columns, largo part of
tho space OF its Decennial Editions
would be taken up with this matter
alone. For an accurate and entire ac-
count Of every important occurrence in
Roanoke and Southwest Virginia, the
people of this section have looked to
the columns of THE TINES. Not only
has THE TINES led in local and neighbor-
hood news, but its superior telegraph
Facilities have made it the medium
through which the people of this Sec
tion have learned the news of tho world
1t claims to be the leading newspaper of
Southwest Virginia, and it produces
some facts besides the general verdict
of the public to substantiate its claim.
The news of the organization of tho
Roanoke Development Company. that
has already done SO much and promises
to do so much moro for tho upbuilding
OF Roanoke, was first made known
through the columns of THE TIMES.
When the popular secretary of the Com
mercial Club was no longer seen on tho
streets of Roanoke, the true cause OF his
departure was first told in THE TIMES.
When the blacksmith shop of the Roa.
noke Machine Works was crushed be.
meath the weight of snow, the full de.
tails of the disaster were first read by
the people Of Roanoke in The TIMES
On mat occasion, AZ on ali others, THE
TIMES showed itself to be tho leading
paper of Roanoke. The manner in which
1t handled the news of the greatest snow
storm that has ever visited this section
OF Virginia was a matter of favorable
comment by the State press.
One OF tho greatest achievements of
TIE ZINES, in which it outstripped
every shadow of competition, was is
reports of the real estate convention in
January. On the morning Of January
~ after the first days meeting of tho
State Exchange in this city The TINES
appeared az sixteen page paper, with
a hve'column account of the proceod.
ings OF the day before. The issue also
contained cuts OF more than twenty OF