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* FAIR HAVEN. 430 FAIR PENITENT. in 1900, 3567. Consult Rieketson, The History of New Bedford I, New Bedford, 1858). FAIRHAVEN. A city in Whatcom County, Wash., 90 miles north of Seattle; on Bellingham Bay, an arm of Puget Sound, and on the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroads I .Map: Washington, CI). It is in a fertile agri- cultural region, and has extensive salmon-canning, and lumber, shingle, and tin-can manufacturing interests. A State normal school is situated be- tween this city and New Whatcom. Settled in 1888. Fairhaven was incorporated in 1890, and is now governed under the charter of that date, which provides for a mayor and a city council, elected on a general ticket. Population, in 1890, 4076; in 1900, 4228. FAIR HAVENS (Gk. KaXol At/x&es, Kaloi Limenes). An anchorage on the south coast of Crete, about five miles east of Cape Matala (Eitinos), mentioned in Acts xxvii. 8, in the narrative of Paul's voyage to Rome. Alter being forced by strong northwest winds to round Cape Salmone (at the eastern extremity of Crete) and run under the lee of the south coast of the island, the ship arrived at Fair Havens. Here a stop of some duration was made, after which, though contrary to Paul's advice and warning, the captain made the attempt to reach Phoenix, a more suitable winter harbor some distance to the west. The favoring south wind soon changed to the northeast hurricane Euraquilo. which drove the ship far out into the Mediterranean and finally landed it a wreck on the coast of Malta. Fair Havens is not known to be men- tioned in any ancient writing but Acts. The name survives to this day. however, in modern Creek form. There was probably no town at the place, but the town of Lasea was near by. The anchorage is small and well protected from westerly winds. FAIRHEAD, or Benmore Head. A striking promontory of columnar basaltic rock, 636 feet high, on the north coast of Antrim County, Ulster, Ireland (Map: Ireland, F 1). FAIR HELEN OF KIRKCON'NELL. A ballad of unknown origin. Helen shields her lover from the shot of a rival by throwing herself in front of him. and is killed, while the murderer i- -lain by the rescued lover. The same story ap- pears in Wordsworth's Ellen Irwin. FAIR'HOLT, Frederick William (1814-66). An English engraver and author, born in Don don. He was employed fur several years by the Antiquarian Society and the British Archaeolog- ical Association of London, to make drawings for their publications. AH his work as an illus- trator is valuable from an archaeological stand p. .int. especially Costume in England (is Mi. il„. texl of which be wrote himself. Other works which be wrote and illustrated are: To boo: Us History ami Associations (18. r >9), and, Dictionary of Terms ' Bed m Irt (1854). He supplied Hie designs fur Charles Knight's Shah i • ,,ii | Shakespean ( isis) . an. I Hall's Mansions in Engl / (1843 15). His collection of Shakespeareana was left to the Stratford, and (be drawings an. I notes ithered for lii- History ••/ Costume t" Hie Brii FAIR ISLE. An isolated island, lying ftboul the Orknej ami Shetland isl- ands, about 30 miles from either group (Map: Scotland, F lj. Area, li square miles. its coa i is practically inaccessible, except on the southeast side. The population numbers about 225 inhabitants, who are engaged in grazing and fishing. The flagship of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, the Admiral of the Spanish Armada, was wrecked at Stromceiler Creek in 1588, and 200 Spaniards escaped to the island. There are light- houses and fog-signals on the southwest and northeast extremities of the island. FAIR MAID. A fish ; a local name in Vir- ginia for the scup (q.v. ). FAIR MAID OF KENT, The. Joan, daugh- ter of Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Kent. Her third husband was Edward, the Black Prince, her second cousin, to whom she was married under Papal dispensation, and by wdiom she became the mother of Biehard II. FAIR MAID OF NORWAY. Margaret, daughter of Eric II. of Norway, and of Margaret, daughter of Alexander III. "of Scotland. Al- though a woman, and of foreign birth, she was recognized as Alexander's successor, but died in 1290, while on her way to Scotland. FAIR MAID OF PERTH, The. A novel by Sir Walter Scott (1828). The name is applied to the heroine of the story, Catharine Glover, the most beautiful young woman of the city, who marries Henry of the Wynd, the bow-legged smith of Perth, after his victory in the contest between the two rival elans, which took place before the King and his Court in Perth, on Palm Sunday. 1396. FAIR MAID OF THE EXCHANGE, The. A drama by Thomas Heywood (1607). It was edited for "the Shakespeare Society by Barron Field ( 1837). FAIR'MONT. A city and the county-seat of .Marion County. W. Va., 77 miles southeast of Wheeling: on' both sides of the Monongahela River, and on the Monongahela River and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads (Map: West Vir- ginia. D 2). The opposite sections of the city are connected by a suspension bridge. Fairmont has a State normal school and a fine court house. It is an important coalmining centre, with a large trade in coal and coke. Its manufactures include flouring-mills, planing-mills, foundries and machine-shops, glass-works, cigar-factories, etc. Population, in 1890, 1023: in 1900. 5655. FAIR'MOTJNT COLLEGE. An institution of learning, situated at Wichita. Kan. The eol- lege was first organized in 1892 as a coeduca- lional preparatory school, with the assistance of the Boston Education Society. In 1895 a col- legiate department was added, and in 1896 the name of the institution was changed to Fair- mounl College. It offers courses leading to the B.A., B.S., I'.. I... and the corresponding masters' degrees. Ii had an attendance in 1901 of 81, excluding students in the preparatory and musi- cal departments. The library numbers about 20,000 volumes, besides pamphlets. FAIRMOTJNT PARK. See Philadelphia. FAIR OAKS, Battli of. See Seven I'ims. Battli oi FAIR PENITENT, The. A tragedj by Nich- olas Rowe (1703), a .lose copj of Massinger's Fatal Dowry ' alista, on tin- .lav of her mar