The herald., 1898-11-02
STORIES or THE DAY
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M. Faure has favorite dog which is always
taken away with him when the president
leaves Paris for few
M. Faure'S DAYS shooting, and
Clever Dog which, indeed hardy My
answers to the name of Fort Sac: HIS
father was 'Fortuny," superb English set
ter, and his mother "Sachette e'-hence the
etymology of his name. He is spoiled dog
gle, and he was taken the other day to
Chartres, when the president and his daugh-
ter paid flying visit there. VI course,
when they went into the famous cathedral
rendered still more famous by Huysman
novel-Fort-Sac was compelled to remain
at the porch, sorely against his VIII, under
the care of the man servant who attends
the president on these little informal trips;
However, he managed to slip his collar, and
then there was lively scene in the nave;
Fort-Sac bounded in, upsetting chairs and
priedieux right and left in his wild career
to the great confusion of the learned Abbe
Clerval, who was putting his vast eriidition
at the presidents disposal. In vain did the
beadles puffingly pursue the nimble Fort
Sac in and out the aisles and round the
compelled to whistle him to heel himself,
aud the Commandant de Lagarenne was
then entrusted by the First Citizen OF the
Republic with the important mission OF
taking Fort Sac out OF the consecrated pre-
cincts to the street, where he was petted and
generally made much of by the curious
crowd who had assembled. No documents
are insignificant i'll the eyes OF history; per
haps this faithful narrative of Felix Faure' $
naughty little dog will one day, centuries
to come, be read in footnote of some pom
derous history of France, while the chap
tiers about Fashoda and the Dreyfus case
will be skipped.
There is one little fact in connection with
the visit of the Emperor William to Jerusa-
lem which has been
Imperial overlooked: Every
p;Igr;mara body knows that the
German Protestant
church just completed in the Holy City is
to be formally opened by the kaiser, but few
people are aware that the plan OF the sacred
edihce was designed by the emperor himself,
The whole scheme was a pet idea OF the
kaiser, and before it was suggested, the plan
was executed and presented to the authori-
ties concerned, when the emperor made
known his desire for a German church at
Jerusalem. Naturally, the plans had to be
submitted to experts, and, with the excep-
tion of one or two slight alterations, the
emperor's plans were adopted. Thus the
emperor will otiiciate at the conservation of
his own church.
The German emperor is very fond of be-
ing photographed, and is said to astonish
his photographers by the rapidity with
which he changes his dress The other day
he had no fewer than forty separate portraits
taken OF himself in the pilgrims dress he in
tends to don on his visit to the Holy Land.
As il this were not enough, he had a couple
OF cameras simultaneously leveled at him.
the empress, who is an expert photographer
seizing the opportunity while her husband
was IN the VEN, to secure some portraits on
her own account The imperial pilgrim, if
tradition goes for anything, will be well ad-
vised to enjoy himself in his own peculiar
way, while yet he can. 1t is an old tradition
OF the house OF Hohenzolern that three en-
perors of that house will reign in Germany
in one year, and that the third will have
seven sons and will bring ruin to the nation,
as well as an end to his empire. The first
portion of the prediction was fulfilled when
the present emperor came to the throne,
his father, the Emperor Frederick, and his
grandfather, the old Emperor William, hav-
ing both died within the year prior to his
accession.
Here is an amusing "jeu d'esprit which is
going the rounds of the papers-an imagin-
ary interview be-
A Fable of tween N1archand and
Fashoda Sir Herbert Kitchen
Marchand-Who goes there?
Kitchener-Pardon me; are you address
ing the English general or the Egyptian sir
dar?
M am talking to both.
K.-Quite so, but to which one first?
Mo the sirdar-that seems more in or
der.
K.-Wait a moment, then, please. (He
takes off bis cooked hat and puts on his fez.)
M.-What is that ceremony for?
K.-Speak UP, please.
M.--What do you propose doing here?
k.-l have come to request you, on the
part OF his highness the khedive to quit Fa-
shoda.
M.--And why does his khedivial llighness
wish me to quit Fashoda?
k.In order that | may occupy it with
my troops.
M.-Quite so. But once in Fashoda with
the khedive's S troops, what do you reckon on
doing there?
K.--Wait, that remark is addressed to the
English general. (He takes off his fez and
puts on his cooked hat
Nj ask what You count unon doing.
once you are in Fashoda with the khedive's
troops!
k.-I am going to join up the town by
railway with the English possessions in
South Africa
M.-Please note that this discussion has
been hitherto conducted with the greatest
calm. Now, pray tell me, supposing, "argu-
lnenti causa, that We're to kick YOU some
where, who would undergo the physical in
of such proceeding, the gen
eral or the sirdar?
h.-Wait, | must put on my fez"
M. A. P.