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The herald., 1893-08-13

ing integrity which makes his sitter
known to all men as one to trust, q
man capable intellectually of appreci-
ating, If he cannot equal, the literary
attainments OF his sitter and feel in
keen sympathy with that phase
OF his character which deals leni-
emily with the irailties of his fellow
men. Abe last. but by no means the
unimportant, IL knowledge most thor
ough of the requisites of his art-draw-
ing, anatomy, color and tone, essential
in both branches OF art.-and the result
will commend itself generations hence
as the man in whom the artistic feeling
is burning. when schools which exist on
clever brilliancy have passed into obliv-
ion and the canvases left consigned to
their proper receptacles, like our dead
who vet retain all that constitute man,
except the powers recorded"
EMMA BULLETT.
The herald., 1893-08-13
Dramatic Taste In San Francisco.


A San Francisco audience will be
much moro amused by the manner in
which the professor breaks down Mrs.
Brooklyn Bridges cciiing than it will
over the splendid merriment of Sir Toby
Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and NAL
volio. 1t is like the French audience,
which is infinitely more amused by wit
than by humor.
But comedy is not held in great favor
here. The San Franciscans being the
most pleasure loving of people, prefer
tragedy. A good, old fashioned, blood
spilling tragedy, where every one is
killed in the last act, is highly approved
Of. If Edwin Forrest were alive today,
he would count his most frantic admir-
ers in the city by the Golden Gate.
Tragedy as he must have understood
it-tragedy played with all the force of
the lungs-tragedy where the murdered
victim and the despairing suicide took
half an hour to die and died acrobat
ically from the footlights to the door at
the back Of the stage-would meet with
the heartiest approval here. The ele-
ment in the theaters which loved and
worshiped Forrest and his energetic
methods is larger in San Francisco than
in most cities of its size. It is not that
the audiences here do not contain in
dividual spectators of the highest artis-
tic insight and cultivation, it is that the
majority of the audience is formed of
spectators whose taste in the drama is
very much OH the same lines as the taste
in the drama of the gods in the gallery.
The spectators of Insignificant education
and uncultivated taste are more numer-
GUS than the spectators of cultured mind
and trained powers of appreciation, and
the majority rules.-San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
The herald., 1893-08-13
Two Strange Meetings.

At table d'hote in New York hotel
two strangers met about a year since.
An interesting conversation ended by
hearty pledges of mutual friendship.
Precisely six months later to the day
and almost to the hour they again met.
without the slightest provision or prear-
rangement. at the same hotel and the
same table. During the interval each
had Travelled around the world, one east
ward. the other westward.-Exchangs.
The herald., 1893-08-13
A NEW Car Enre Register.

In new fare register the main regis
tering train is returned to zero at the
end Of each trip by pulling out knob
and turning it once around, when it
springs back into position. The number
and the direction Of the trip are changed
at the same time. The register is said
to be absolutely accurate in action, max
ing it impossible to ring without regis
tering or register without ringing. 1t
has a locking device, which prevents
fares from being rung up during the ah-
sence of passengers, and 4-tumbler
lock with special key. The register is
thoroughly tested at 1876 fares before leav'
49, 49,. s--L--, -N4u~ VII. nl-1------>
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Chokes. Not Jokes.

Don't send the horse reporter to any
more hangings," said the proprietor Of a
Texas paper to the managing editor.
Managing Editor-Why not?
Proprietor this report of the double
hanging be has 1t that the two entries
came in neck and neck. In reporting
executions levity is out Of place. Texas
Siftings.
The herald., 1893-08-13

Mr.. Gladstone is one of those eau
tious people who do not destroy letters.
The venerable statesman is said to have
a collection of 10000 letters deposited in
a strongroom at Hawarden castle.
The herald., 1893-08-13

A farmer near Spartanburg, 8. G., had
missed many eggs Of late, SO he decided
to set trap and catch the offender. The
thief. he claims, proved to be large
frog.
The herald., 1893-08-13

A copy of the first dictionary, made by
Chinese scholars in the year 1109 B. c.,
is still preserved among the archives Of
the Celestials
The herald., 1893-08-13

Educational accomplishment has al
ways been desirable, but its need is now
more plainly felt than ever before, and
it's attainment is better provided for.
The herald., 1893-08-13

In perfect state Of being. wit and
humor could not exist because both de-
pend upon imperfection or incongruity
for their matter.
The herald., 1893-08-13


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H. HANCE, AGENT III Spring St. Los Angeles Cal
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charging some of her heavy cargo in advance OF
her passengers trunks. However, the ceremony
was accomplished in time, and your trunks dis
appeared from sight. adorned with little pink Gus
toms labels, and you had still an haur and half
before the special express TO Bremen started.
This Interval you could occupy in drinking beer,
or in promenades up and down the eXpanse of coal
dust in which the sation is situated. The wait
ing-room Is q beer shop. and suppose it became
evident to the German, who has commercial in
stncts, that the longer people are locked mp IN
beer shop the more beer they are likely to drink
The consumption OF this fluid never ceased the neat
German waiter with his half dozen mugs OF beer
in each hand circulated continually around tho
throng of thirsty passengers. thirsty though they
were lust up from German dinner table on board
ship at in the afternocn-the last and very sue
cessful effort Of the company to show us an ami
able hospitality. / could name at least one Eng
lish steamship line which, in similar circumstances,
would have denied its guests sandwich
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0nest white lincn folded as TO make square
frame for the face, and standing out fully quar-
tor Of y ward on each side of the head. Fortu-
n,telr. rs a rule. the Spreewald woman is comfy.
perbans in no part of Germany are SO many pretty
faces to be seen
One of the most picturesque sights to be seen
ort ~ BRITTANY il the "Kirchgang church-gong)
!, Burr ON Fcsttas7 holiday. The women,
with their brilliant costumes and pure white and
rather imposing hcaddresses framing rosy faces
mako an enhancing foreground to the tiny Gothic
church. with its disproportonately large square
be,l tower With prascworthy thrift they tuck
nm their skirts after removing their shoes and
stockings TO wade across on their way those of
flo canals which are not bridGcd. At the church
door they stop to put them on again before IN
tcring.
The Wendish peasant brings something of a
festal character into the ceremonies for the dead.
On the day of the funeral, before tho m0urncrs
carry the coffin to its last resting place, light
luncheon is INDUCED in by the sympathetic neigh
bors at the expense of the bcreaved family and on
their return something like clrOdsal, with plenty
Of beer and schnaps, is celebrated. As soon as
the man dies the window of his room Is opened,
that his soul may have free exit. If he Ike
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in that il cnriclcs the ovcrlowcd land. upon which
large crops Of hay and vegetables are raised.
Statistics show tine amount Of vegetables, hay.
cattle, milk and eggs which each season 60, ont
from l.ubrn1u alone 10 DO very large Indeed.
Through Nctsclau. another Sprrewall town. in an
av'rag" year have gon" j,l0o cattle and $500
pigs, and this is hut small part OF the exported
material considering the enormous quantities OF
other farm products that arr rais'l ana the TACT,
too. that Just ~ much Is sent through Lhbcnau,
I.uhbcn and other towns.
One Of the first lessons in childhood which tho
boys and girls must learn Is the mandg"m"nt OF
the long boats which are forced along by one oar
nj the stern There ~ no prettlrr sight tllan 4
boat laden with hay, gliding silently through the
narrow streams. propelled by Il redcherkrd peasant
Girl in the national costume. This exercise, from
childhood up. develops "A grace and muscular per-
lection which adds very much to the charm Of
their pretty faces.
That the Sprecwad is not more painted is n
fallen under the spell Of it's strange beauty for in
variety Of SUBJECTS, in the wonderful play Of light
and shade, in the innumerable moods. whichever
way the eye may turn are motives OF rarcSt beau
IT, pcrhars nowhcrp eXcoIled AMI yet il is
parativcly little visited ny Germans. and almost
unknown to American tourists and artists. Thor"
are wonderful wood interiors equally interesting
seen through rain or sunshine, long stretches OF
fiat, marshy lands, long stretches again OF meadow.
who're the picturesque peasant women tend th"
cattle or NOW and gather in TN" hay; and lust but
not least. the quaint boat life Of the country.
truly u rural Vcnic'. The Sprerwald boat. though
somewhat broader and thinner than thu Venetian
cordoba is not unlike ii in form and movement.
Life in all its aspects seems to take on a pie
turcsdne tone under the magic skies that bend
over this Forest of the Sprr"." Never to BE- for
gotten were the pictures which nnioldcl in ever
changing succession as in the golden sunset light
we gdcd through the llmpd water on the return
Journey TO Luhcnau. Our LITTLE boat seemed float
ing on Il stream Of liquid gold the tall water
grasses and tender blue forget nots, with here
and there Il stately lily, nodded TO their own re-
Elections in the glowing stream; solitary bird
note set the evening air aquivcr with it's melody.
The long stretch of meadow was deserted save for
n single stork who. solcmny poised one slender
leg. viewed the glory of sky AMI water in mcdita-
tive silence. At length. apparently disguised by
the lack OF activity in the frog market. lr Mapped
his huge wings and took his slow flight away
church spirr, nesting among the trees, betokened
our approach to Lubcnan. and w giiel into the
practical hurry and hustle Of the present svith a
sigh leaving behind a land truly enchanted in its
flavor OF centuries long past.
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ANOTHER BIRD STORY.

From The London Spectator.
have read with pleasure the stories OF birdIfe
which appear from time To time In your paper ana.
as IL may interest OF your readers. send you
the following narrative: some years ago my father
had pair Of common white pigeons. They were
very tame and became very much attached TO him.
much that they werr almost his constant COM
paniOns. accompanying him In his walks or wnsn
out driving. They w0nld answer his whistle hke
n dog. and would aeht on his ptolered mana o,
enter his pocket II opened for them. sceptleal
friend thought they would show the same famllan,yy
To any other person. and. To give them fair ,rai.
no procured u suit Of clothes OF the same color as
that which my father wore. -.
Arraycd In his disguise. seept,cal friend. lmF
tating my fathers whistle nearly as possp,
whstled TO the pigeons Immediately they eit tnes
perch the housetop and flew down 10 the manu- in
held out TO receive them, but when they came w.nan
few Yss OF II they suddenly checked themssNs res,
fnttcred perpleNrdly for few moments nrounI OUT
friend and then few back 10 the bOusetop Ihis Wy
conclusive evidence. But sad accident happewsn.
One morning one Of the pigeons was found upon no
high road dead. Its body bearing marks OF n!urpS.
but from what we never knew. We carrea w
dead body home and buried II In a sunny anu yp,ss
spot In the garden For three days the sur or,r
pigeon. with untiring energy. searched me couS
far and near Tor its mate hnt in vain reIus ssshsS
touch food and the influence when my 49,
usually exercised over It was gone ON the hssr +
day we found II dead In the d0vecot us ,ie nsnr ,
broken with grief by the loss OF Its hfeong e tS:
panion. We buried II beside Its mate. since 'ne"
my father has never kept pets.
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A OVEER Student CTSTOu

Attention mas been called by the production
or Schillers Robbers" In Wemar. to curious privi-
lege which TIE students OF the University OF Jena
have In connection with that play. TIE drama Is
given In the old Court Theatre of which Goethe was
once director unless word Is sent to the sons Of the
MUSES." at Jena, which Is only few miles away.
When the play was presented few weeks ago the
paruuet as usual reserved for the gayy dressed
students Jena being OF the few universities whose
representatives stIll appear In the picturesque Pc
keschc." Wien the curtain was raised thousand
Young men arose to sing the National hymn a
greeting TO the Grand Duke and his family. who occu
pied their box. The play then began. But as soon
as the actors began to sing the first bars OF song
incidental to the play the president Of the students
sprang TO his feet aud. waving his hand In the air.
cried
"silcntiumi We shall sing that song"
TIE mighty chorus rang forth at once. while the
people OF the stage stood with folded arms awaiting
its conclusion. As the last note died away the
leader, again waving his arms, thundered forth:
Silontlumi Tho play may continue"
The actors repeated their stirring lines without
Interruption until the second song was reached. The
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householder the fact Of his death is immediately
announced 10 the bccs and the cattle. After the
coffin has been carried away. the animals are
again addressed ard informed that now they must
obey new master. The bench upon which the
coffin has rested is also Immediately thrown over,
for fear any one should sit on 1t, sure omen o.
death within the year.
II not until the beginning of this century
that the swamps drained and the Low meadow
lands wrest"d from the dominion Of the water,
and converted into the smiling fields through
which the water run in all directions like
threads Of silver. Even now the old tyrant re-
minds the Sprccwader Of his ancient power by
overlooking almost the entire country every fai
Then often IL the peasant a prisoner III his own
home for weeks at time, unable TO he rcachel
by his neghbors until winter comes with
chains Of ice and binds tho usurper, setting the
captive free Then man. woman and chlli don the
bright slice, runners and skate from HON" 10 home
or from town o. town. The littl" ones in default
of skates. which they not always able 10 own
bind curved bones 10 their little feet and skim like
birds over the CLASSY surface, often out,tripplns
their elders in the race
What little traffic i carried on In the winter
time il done by means Of hand slcds The youths
and maldcns must oftcntimcs skate to ana from
r'"ir mcrrymakings over miles of glittcring ice
This inundation has it, great advantage, however,
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this magic land Tho tres rise from the
waters edge in an apparently nnbrokcn vista
One more boat stroke, and glide into the milst
Of a little Wendish village. Steps lead from IN"
waters edge 10 where, a few feet back the hons"s
stand, with heavily matched and low slanting
roofs, which bear on their pointed gables two
crossed figures carved in wood These are sup
posed to represent horses heads, the unmistakable
Sign Of the Wendish race Similar figures orna
ment the old houses in the southern part Of the
island Of Rugen where other descendants OF this
people are still found. After several hours of d.
liberatc and delightful locomotion. the traveller
reaches Burg. the most interesting town in the
Sprcewald. II is the one spot into which modern
civilization has not penetrated "A is. unfortunate
w. the case with I.ubcnau and the other towns
situated near the borders OF the region. The
"Gasthof EUR Blechc" the principal inn OF Burg
before whose very doors our little boat lands us
leaves no donbt. in the travellers mind. rs t. its
antiquity judging from outward appearance.
lie is lucky, indeed who makes his visit at the
"Bleichc- when, OF a Sunday night. the peasants
from miles around meet for n ball In the large
lower room Of the inn. On n raised platform SIT
the musicians Of the nciehborhood. The girls ar
range Themselves along side Of the room. stand
ing. and so tightly packed together that their
ErOdd Dc10uTes$~ TOUCH, loIIiiili| II soili wal VI
whitcst linen out of which peep the prtty. de-
mnre little faces Here they stand by the hour
waiting TO be hidden TO the dance vcritabIr wall
flowers Ono man, OF influence in social matters
stands in the centre Of the room. Ia sec tina. all
dance In proper order and decornm. After the
dance Il finished h- pushes his way through III"
crowd, demanding Of clch Of TIE dane r. tic of
ten pfcnnigs two and half cents musicians er.
And no couple however insignificant escapes hil
eye. The Spreewad ballroom presents IN
usually afrcctionatc aspect Man and girl both clasp
each other firmly around the waist ana press their
checks closely together IL the man be tall, how
ever. she rests her forehead against his check.
With the wide, full skirts and broad hcaddrcsses
Of the women il would require large room e.
accommodate many such revolving couples. 1t is
little wonder, perhaps. that such close proximity
tempts to occasional kiss, il the cheek be round
and pink
The womcn's costume is perhaps Of the most
characteristic and striking Of the existing p"asalt
costumes. They wear short slccved waist under
a black velvet bodice and skirt of bright wool
len cloth. so voluminous that ii often measures
nlLe yards around. Owing to this amount Of
stun these skirts make their wcarers enormously
broad at the hips. To exaggerate this effect,
they are stiifened in order 10 stand ont as much
% possible. and reach but little below the knee,
showing In most cases an exceedingly substantial
leg and ankle Tho huge headdrcss consists Of the
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and gradually absorbing them into their own race.
One branch Of these Wcnds, however, sought refuge
in the Sprccwald, which then, a. its name
signifies, covered with forest ana was IN addi-
ton almost inaccessible swamp hence its value
as a shelter from hostile ncighhors. On the bits
OF higher land the refugees built their homes
isolated from the outside world, and often from
each other by miles of swamp
About two hours from Berlin by rail, tn" tray
ecr reaches the little town of Lubcnau. IN" best
starting point from which TO make visit TO the
Spreewald. Here the low. fiat boat OF the country
which serves as omnibus, coach, cab, or haywagon
the may require, with stout peasant Ia
pole il. awaits the newly arrived traveller. and lie
glidcs, with almost impcrceptlblc motion. from
one wonderful picture TO another. Of laughing
fields under brilliant skies. or OF giant trees over
hanging limpid waters Ever and anon il heard
the carol Of bird the low
phshing OF the oar in tho quiet str"in
A hush and stiffness is over all. like the silence
after the organ notes in some grr, cathedral. AM
surely no Gothic arch ever rose in moro majestic
curve than these tres as they lift their lofty
arches over the narrow path Of crystal wafer.
At length the stiffness is broken by voices. j.
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moment, however, the first note was struck the -
dent captain again with dignity commanded:
actors again sat silent. "
The same ceremony observed as each song VIVA
started by the playfolk. Apd when the curtain fell
after the last act the echoes OF tie National hymn
again resounded in the handsome old building.
For a century now the students Of Jena .tye an
joyed these privileges when the 81 Robbers is pre-.
sented. They were granted to them by Karl August
the Duke Of Saxe-Weimar. In the days Of Goethe
ruler for a short time, but revolution almost
coused in Jena by his action. lie was forced again
TO give Caesar his due"
On the days OF TIE play. the town and theatre are
crowded. people frosh all the neighbOring towns
and villages hurry TO Welmar 10 see the curious ex-
hbitiOn
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AMONG THE WENDS.
TIE VENICE OF GERMANY.

iprlln, MAY l.
Perhaps one OF the most interesting spots IN
Germany and one which, until now, has been bat
little visited by the ordinary tourist, is the tract
of country about the sources Of the River Spree
This region, about twenty-eigllt miles IN length,
and varying from one 20 five miles in breadth, is
intersec,cd by network of upward of two hum
bred little streams which form tnat river. The
larger OF these form the highways of the country
A visit to this region il interesting, not only for
its rare beauty. but also on account of the Pc
culiary interesting people who inhabit It, History
tells us that in the latter part OF the fifth cen
fury after Christ tie Wends, a race of SlavonIc
origin from the East, entered northern Germany
and settled in what later became Brandcnburg, in
Prussia For several centuries this people pur-
sued the arts Of peace, unmolcstcd by their neigh
bors, but after the introduction Of Christianity.
which formed bond between the German peoples
bordering on their territory, the heather Wcnds
were allowed little peace. The SaNon., who were
their most formidable enemies, succeeded after
centuries of intermittent warfare in conaucring
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THE OLDEST MERCHANT VESSEL.
From The Lewiston Evening Journal.
..,,,, IA. many ancient cn,Steru TIM

From The Lewiston Evening Journal.
Among the many ancient coasters that regularly
visit the port Of Bangor II small craft which has
the honor OF being the ost merchant vessel I'm actual
service in the United states There vessels which
are sail TO BE- older but ,hey arc not In service nor
THIS IL the schooner Good Intent. Captain Watson
Wardwell. Of Rockland The Good Intent Is twenty
three tons register ana was launched Mt nrnintfee
Mas; in 1873 making d ;.,, her eighty wears od She
and arr,x 81 ranvas tn. Hike the .rshnans Jack.
knife. she Is the SAME old original and her shipper
claims that there are stu In the hull two or three
siunch e9
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AY HISTORICAL RrILnING.

One OF the historical buildings OF Leipslc. which
has been visited by thousands OF Americans is about
to disappear. The famous Castle or Schloss. Pleis.
senburg IN whose rooms the debate between Luther
and DIR. Eek took place. Is to be torn down. The
castle, which has been used for barracks for one
of the infantry regiments, has been purchased by the
city and with make way for a new street to one OF
the suburbs. The schloss was built IN l2lI ny
Nargrave Dietrich after the siege OF Leipsc By Fred
erick II OF Ichensiaufen. The city paid the stale
$50 900 marks for the historic pile, which In reality
Is said TO bc worth 4,l5O,OOO marks.
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G.. WASHINGTON.
II T. Pluribus unum. 50.
Tn. fiOsciuszko.

Gosciuuko after leaving America. took the pistols
to Solothurn where In 1877 he died the result OF
n fall from his horse. In the annals OF the town.
preserved In the courthouse. record OF the
effects OF the hero and description OF the pistols
The clause OF the Generals will, also record
as follows Je egue t0is mes eifes. ma voittrc II
mon clrcval y comprs. n Madame ct Monsieur Naver
Zetner L. n0mme CT dessus. Note des etfets Tine
oarabine. deux pairs DIES plstotes, ETC." de
sccndant Of Herr 2etncr the owner OF the IN
m