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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-09-03
WHY HE MOURNS.
A Young Man Who Has Lost Faith In Hu-
manity.

Among the many acquaintance Of
the Growler residing up on the Soutk
Side is a young man who is entitled to
light trousers, figured white vest, a
dress shirt, white lawn tie and pair
of cuffs His loss came about in this
wise: Not long ago he gave whist
party at which refreshments were to be
served. In casting about for some one
to serve them he thought of the colored
youth who did odd jobs about the
house, and he proceeded to question
him. Did he know any thing about
waiting on table? He did, as he had
once hustled dishes in some of the lead
ing hotels. Would he hustle dishes sim
gle-handed 'at the whist party? He
would-for the usual consideration.
And so he was engaged. The eventful
evening arrived and the colored youth
turned up. He spent the afternoon in
a desperate wrestle with few tons of
coal and barrel and he hardly looked
in trim to serve the ice-cream and cake
to genteel whist party. The young
host took him in hand and effected
great transformation. When the color
ed servitor descended to the kitchen he
wore grin that resembled two shelves
in crockery store. His lavender trou-
sers were a trife brief in the legs and
an inch or two in the waist, but the fig
ured white vest made amends for these
discrepancies and the expansc of shirt
front, topped by the lawn tie and sup
plemented by the cuffs, had produced a
very satisfactory waiter. He acquitted
himself admirabl though inclined to
be little gallus with his tray, to the
imminent danger of fine china. After
the festivities he was given place to
sleep and he departed at an early hour
the next morning. The young host
consulted the hired girl as to his where
abouts when he came down stairs.
"Shure he's gone, already, SIR" was
the reply to his query.
did he leave any clothes?"
mo, he did not, sir; he wore them
away"
what did he say?"
'He grinned and said: The boys will
laugh when they see me in these"
And the colored servitor has not visit
ed the neighborhood since. If this
catches his eye and he will return the
buttons on the vest he may keep the
rest of the outfit. The next darky the
young host dresses up will be padlocked
to his clothes with a bicycle chain.-
Chicago Post
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A LEGEND OF HEROIsM.
Tne yengeur Went Down But Would Not
Surrender.

inc Sengeur Went Down But Would Not
Surrender.
Legends based upon alleged acts OF
heroism die hard and, although it has
been proved repeatedly that the soul
stirring story of the Vengeur is little
more than mere sailors yarn, it is still
as deeply rooted as ever in the French
mind, says Paris correspondent. As
the story goes it tells us that dur
ing the memorable victory of Lord
Howe over the French fleet off Ushant,
in 1894, the frigate Vengeur rather
than surrender to the English, went
down with the colors nailed to the mast
and the crew singing the 'Marseillaise"
and crying Viva la Liberter' Whether
we believe this legend or no. we owe its
author debt of gratitude, for that it
has inspired the well-known artist, M.
Pollpot, with the subject of the most
attractive panorama ever shown in
Paris. 1t is exhibited in the large build.
ing of the Champs Elysees, which for.
merly sheltered the panoramas of the
Siege of Paris and the Battle of Sol
ferino. The painter has chosen the
moment when, at the close of hard
days fighting, the French fleet, over.
powered by Lord Howe's squadron, is
doing its best to escape in the direction
of Brest and when the sailors of the
Vengeur are just going to their heroic
death.
The frigate has settled down so far
that only the guns on her main deck
are available, and with these the artil.
lerymen are firing a last feeble broad.
side at a stately British vessel of the
| line, from the decks of which shot and
shell are being poured into the sinking
ship. The ragged, wounded sailors OF
the Vengeur are in the act of mailing
the tri-color flag to the stump of the
mainmast, while an officer on the quar-
terdeck, raising his hat on the end OF
his sword, hurls defiance at group OF
English marines on board his maiesty's
ship Brunswick All round are the
fleets of both nations, the vessels keep.
ing up a running fight as they speed
through the choppy sea. Many of the
British men-of-war have already
launched boats to pick up the survivors
of the Vengeur, scores of whom have
been washed off her decks and are cling
ing to floating spars. M. Philpot is to
be congratulated on the admirable
picture he has given us of this stirring
scene.-N. Y. Re corder.
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HIS ONE WORD.
A Man Whose knowledge of French Was
Expensive.

Man Whose knowledge of French Was
Expensive.
"There is no use of talking" said the
white-haired man as he smoked his
cigar after dinner in an uptown restau-
rant; you can't make any one believe
for any length of time that you are bet
ter than you really are or that you
known more than you really do. You
may be able to deceive few persons
for a short time, but you are the one
who will suffer in the tend every time,
or at least ninety-nine times out Of
every hundred. Like everything else,
no one will believe this until he has had
the experience, and 1 remember quite
distinctly the time paid for mine.
ut was when l was young man and
was paying my first visit to the
French capital. Soon after 1 arrived in
Paris went to Earber shop to get
shaved. l sat down in the chair and
the barber began his work. When, as
| supposed, he had about finished the
job he said something in French. Now
at that time l thought, as most young
men of twenty do, that l knew about
all there was to be known. OF French
/ knew exactly one word-'Oui.' l was
determined that would not show my
ignorance to this French barber, how
ever, so every time he said anything to
me l answered 'Oui.'
"Well, as say, after supposed that
the job was finished the barber kept
saying something to me occasionally,
and | kept answering Out for ten or
fifteen minutes perhaps, and every time
he made a remark he opened fresh
bottle of some sort of perfume or other
and applied a portion of it to some part
of my head Finally he finished and
took away the towels and aprons. Then
he wrapped up a lot of bottles and gave
them to me with my check, which was
for sum equal in our money to five
dollars. The condition of affairs flashed
across me, and realized that I was
paying for all the fresh bottles of per-
fume which the barber had opened. But
didn't say word. took my package
and went my way after paying the bill.
But it was a lesson to me which l shall
never forget, and since that time have
never tried to make any one believe
that knew more than really did. II
may be embarrassing to acknowledge
your ignorance sometimes, but it is not
half so hard to do this dozen times as
it is to be caught once in assuming te
know more than you really do know.
IN. Y. Tribune
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BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1892.

very dear face close 70 her own, while
a deep, tremulous voice whispered:
"Mabel, can't we-can't we make it all
up? Tell me, little girl"
She told him right then and tn ere;
and, half an hour after that, they stood
in the study of the parsonage close by
Hicks Brown would have it so-for
all the world like pair of elopers, and
what had taken nearly five months to
unite was retied in five minutes.
And that was the real end of the cell
ebrated Hicks-Brow divorce case-the
part that only small minority of tho
ewspaper-reading public knows about.
R. l.. Ketchum, in San Francisco
Argonaut
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Now that the plump brown cheeks
Of the potatoes are growing soft and
wrinklcd with age, let them lie in cold
water an hour before pairing. e
Fried Trout.-Scale the fish, gut
and clean them and take out the gills.
Egg and crumb them, then fry in lard
until light brown color. Serve with
sliced lemon.-0ld Homestead.
Pop Overs.--Beat one egg, add
pint of sour milk and cream, half and
half, pinch of salt. Sift teaspoonful
of soda through the flour, stir very stiff
and bake in well buttered gem pans
brakes Magazine.
TO prevent moths from getting in
furs or woolen clothing, let the furs be
occasionally combed while in use and
the clothing brushed and shaken often.
When not wanted scatter about the
garments cuttings of Russia lea ther.
Have plenty of pieces.-N. Y. World.
Lightning Rolls.-To each quart of
flour used put two oheaping-spoonfuls of
baking-powder and pinch of salt.
Sift these all together, then wet with
milk to make dough stiff enough to
roll out Bake Immediately in quick
oven. Use no shortening of any kind.
Detroit Free Press.
I'm washing grained woodwork use
clear water or cold tea. Where there
are finger marks to be removed, such as
around the door-knob or on the win
dowsill, little fine soap can be used,
but only just enough to do the work,
for soap should be used for this work
only on very rare occasions, and am
monia never.
Batter for Chic6en-Mix together
one gill of flour, one-fourth of tea
spoonful of salt and one-fourth of tea
spoonful of sugar. Beat the whites Of
two eggs to atiff froth; then, in an
other bowl, beat the yolks well. Add
half gill of cold milk to this and pour
all over the dry flour. Beat until smooth
and light, and then add two tablespoon
fuls of melted butter, and finally the
well-beaten whites of the eggs.-Good
Housekeeping.
Rolls. pint of new milk,
| add five tablespoons of melted butter
| and cool; then add half cake of COM
pressed yeast and three pints of -four.
| Ii desired for a one o'clock luncheon,
set them at seven in the morning, or if
for a six o'clock tea, set at eleven in the
forenoon. Cut out with a small biscuit
cutter or the top of large spice box,
When sufficiently light, bake in brisk
| oven from twenty minutes to half an
hour until golden brown.-N. Y. OBJ
server.
Plain Vegetable Soup.-Boil soup
bone the day before the soup is wanted,
as the fat rises to the top when cool,
| and can be taken off. 1t is not easy to
remove the fat from warm liquid, and
no amount of nice condiments can
make up for greasy soup. This liquor,
or "stock," as it is called, can be quick
| ly heated, and to two quarts or somewhat
less, add the following vegetables all
chopped fine; two small turnips, two
carrots, two or three small nonions, a
few cabbage leaves and celery stalks, il
obtainable. Cook until the vegetables
are tender, then add half teacupful Of
cream or milk with little butter, and
salt and pepper to taste. Celery salt is
a nice substitute for celery in soups;
addinga little less salt when the celery is
used.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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The GuilIotine.

The guillotine is to have its centen.
NAL this year. the first execution on il
having taken place in May, 1899, when
brigand named Pelletter was expert
mentally executed by the new iuven-
tlon, being the first to feel that Slight
and pleasant freshness at the neck" to
which DR.. Guillotine would so often re-
fer. In creating the invention the doc
tor hoped to assuage the sufferings of
criminals by the quick action of the
knife, but when he saw the diabolical
use to which, it was put and the horrible
connection of his name to an instru.
ment OF torture, he died a broken
hearted old man in the Rue de la Sour
dlere at the age Of 76. in March, 1914
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-09-03
GIRL DANCERS.
They No Longer Need the Assistance of
the Men.

They No Longer Need the Assistancs of
the Men.
Independence is marked character
istic of the girl of the period. The inde-
pendent damsel has all at once taken it
into her head to take very big step
again in the direction of what she is
pleased to call equality. What until
quite recently was ball or a dance
without dancing men? A failure, and
thing of which hostess stood in
greater dread than of failure of the
piece de resistance at the dinner or
supper table. The dancing man knew
his value and tried to augment it by
giving himself the air of martyr when
entering ballroom. The girl suffered
him for awhile in this character, and
then-since she has grown SO very ener-
getic and endent-determined to
do without him.
Now she gives skirt dance or min
uet with a beautiful impartiality that
deserves admiration, aud the men may
admire or stay away as they please; 1T
is immaterial to the girls They dance
after a dinner party as formerly they
gave a song. You see the style of dress
that is required for these dances
is almost identical with the ordinary
dinner dress. A dress with a train
does beautifully for a minuet, and the
umbrella-shaped skirt of this season is
just the right thing for skirt dancing.
1t must be twelve yards wide, so that
it can be gracefully taken up by the
dancer, but as fashions go that is no
extraordinary width.
1t is not only the daring few who
have the heart to perform singly before
a drawing-room of spectators Skirt
dancing will be very general indeed at
this seasons dancing. Step dancing
will, indeed, be "all the rage" and the
fashion will not end with the season.
One thing which is greatly in favor
OF skirt dancing is the fact that it is SO
much more artistic and beautiful than
the ordinary round dances. But this is
not the chief reason of it's popularity.
Men are very lazy. They won't dance,
and it gets more and more difficult to
get them to learn and practice dancing.
Girls, on the other hand, are extremely
fond OF it. OF course, two girls can
dance round dance together, and I
have often seen it done, but 1t does not
look we'll. With step dancing and
skirt dancing it is quite different. 1t
looks quite charming if two girls dance
minuet or national dance, or if one
girl alone does skirt dancing. 1t makes
them entirely independent of men as
partners in dance, and that, of course,
is of the greatest advantage.-St. Louis
Republic.
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{ ! LOVE MY LOVE,

love my love because she is so gay;
Wlfh songs and smiles she greets each dawning
day.
But never meets sorrow.
Glad as bird and lovely as flower,
she takes the JOY of every passing hour;
Happy to-day in sunshine or in shower,
And trusting for tomorrow.
loVc my love because she is SO kind;
So gentle and SO modest Is her mind
" The lowliest bespeak her;
Because she has such pity for their woe,
SO many likelihoods and hopes to show,
inat nnarts the most despairing find, know,
New strength II they but meet her.
I love my love because she is so true;
10 her thc old Is better than the new;
She trusts no tickle feeling.
her faithful words spring from an honest heart;
NO falschood In her deeds has any part
Her very smiles are innocent Of art;
She knows no double-dealing
Lille E. Barr, In N. Y. Ledger.
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CHANGING THE NAMES,
A Very Sensible Effort to Secure Uni
formity.

Very Sensible Effort to Secure Uni
formity.
Everybody is aware of the rather hit
and-miss way we have of spelling the
names of cities, rivers, and even coun-
tries. To secure uniformity and brew
ity a government board was appointed
by President Harrison about three
years ago, charged with the task of find
ing out the correct pronunciation of all
geographical names, and of fixing upon
standard spelling for them. At the head
of the board is Prof. 7. c. Mendenhall,
who is superintendent of the United
States coast survey So far about two
thousand changes have been made,
most OF them in the line of brevity:
and all with the endeavor to secure a
greater fidelity of the spelling to the
correctly spoken name.
Among the most important changes
are Bering for Behripg, Chile for Chilli,
Haiti for Hayti, Colombia for Colum 5ia
(South America), Bermuda for Ber.
mudas, the use of boro for borough in
all names ending thus, the dropping of
the hin Pittsburgh, Edinburgh, and all
similar names, the omission of, the
words city and "town' as parts of
names wherever practicable, and the
contracting of many two-part names
into single words.
OF course the authority of this board
extends only to the Postal Guide and
all other official publications of the ma
tional government, but it is certain to
effect within few years, desirable
changes in the use of the names in
newspapers, in books, and all other
publications. -Harper's Young People.
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Right and Wrong.

Pea Blossom, young saddle-colored
youth, living up in Harlem, was up be-
fore Judge Duffy for stealing pair OF
shoes from Nose Schamburg's store.
Don't you know that it was not
right to take those shoes?'
Yes, sab, I knows I didn't take de
right shoes. My mudder tole me dey
was not de right ones as soon as !
bring 'em home. De high-priced ladies'
shoes on de shelf was the right ones,
but I couldn't reach 'em sab. Texas
Siftings
1t doesn't follow that the oarsman's
work is light because so mHcb of it is
teather--Elmira Gazette. ~
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-09-03

She lat an art exhibition)-Whati is
the title OF that picture of boy being
spanked by his mother? He-I would
call it Whaling in Lapland."-N. Y.
Journal,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-06-24

George Eliot once wrote that she
knew no such medicine for tired
nerves as watching the movements
of a flock of ducks. Chickens are just
as entertaining if they are observed,
and if the occupation seems trivial it
may with justice and propriety be
dignified as the study of natural his
tory. Chickens have as marked indi-
viduality as humans. Captain Jinks
was the son of his mother and she a
widow. He early developed spurs
that were a terror to the chicken yard.
His amusement was to go about kick
ing out sideward and sticking the
shins of the other chickens and partic-
ularly at feeding TIME.
For this reason the lady who thought
she controlled this chicken yard used
to stand guard and keep him off.
Once she missed her footing and fell
prone, dish in hand. Before she could
recover herself Captain Jinks ran up
in front of her PROSTATE face and
crowed in triumph When the hour
came for his mothers egg laying he
always went to nest with her, and
when the deed was accomplished
crowed Us Justify as if it had been his
oct
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-06-24
INSURANCE.
WHAT THE
WHStGrlIlSQIalCG ReViGVSayS
In its issue of February, 1892.

1--WE had thought we were pretty well ac-
quainted with the WASHINGTON LIFE IN
SURANCE COMPANY of New York. On the
contrary, we are only just now getting on in
innate terms with one of its very best and
strongest features, namely; the superior char
acter of its assets. According to our analysis,
over ninety-tw per cent. of this companys as
sets are of the best and safest classes known to
the world of finance Here is how we reach
that conclusion: The best assets life insur-
ance company can have are loans to policy
holders secured by reserves. The Washington
has S27S, 1884 in such loans. Cash i'll hand
is certainly safe. The Washington has S247,-
70S of cash money. A company that pays
losses, as this one does, by the first mail or ex-
press after satisfactory proofs are in, has need
for fair amount of ready money. Prudent
ly selected real estate, owned outright, is
safe, and, generally, is profitable asset. The
Washington has, ut cost value, SOL ,S1S.25 of
such real estate. But the bulk of the above
ninety-two per cent. consists of first-lien loans
on real estate. The Washington has So, 541,-
1892 in such loans The property securing
those loans is valued at nineteen million dol
lars.
I'VE emphatcally admire and commend the
Washington Life's financial tactics in pinning
itself right down to United States soil. There
is nothing safer and more profitable in the
long run than American earth. The policy
holder need not worry who knows that the
funds which back up his policy are loaned on
real estate worth double the amount. Though
banks may crash and great bonded corpora
tons may default the real estate stays-it can
not run away nor be stolen. AS to value,
when the population of this country perna-
nently ceases to increase, then it may be ex-
pected that Average real estate values will
cease to advance, but not until then.
In taking the course which we have men,
toned regarding real estate loans, the Wash
ington Life is on the safest side of safety 1t is
our privilege to remark incidentally that the
Washington is Il thoroughly fair and straight
forward company. III any policy holder is
under any misrepresentation concerning his
rights, it is either because he does not ask for
information or because he cannot understand
plain and candid English.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-06-24
THE ANTIQUITY OF THE ORGAN

The organ is the most magnificent
and comprehensive of all musical in
struments. While the pipes of Pan
aside from that mythical parsonage
indicate very ancient use of pipes us
a means of producing musical sounds,
the ''water organ of the ancients'' fur
nishes to the student of organ history
the first tangible clew regarding the
remote evolution of the instrument.
In the second century the magripha,
an organ of ten pipes with crude
keyboard is said to have existed, but
accounts of this instrument are involv-
ed in much obscurity. 1t is averred
that an organ-the gift of Constantine
was in the possession of King Pepin
of France in 757; but Aldhelm, a
monk, makes mention of an organ
with ''gilt pipes as far back as the
year 700.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-06-24

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Nervous Complaints, after having tested lis
wonderful curative powers in thousands OF
cases, has felt it his duty TO make it known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
send free of charge, to all who desire it, this
recipe, in German, French or English with full
directions for preparing and using. Send by
mail by addressing with with stamp, naming this
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