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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02

sides, it was considerable, of short
cut, saving me an unnecessary drivs of
at least fifteen miles. The distance
across the ice was about twelve miles.
my horse was noble and trusty
animal, and very tractable withal.
Having driven him through many dan
gerous places and thoroughly tested
his staying qualities and evenness of
temper, learned to put all confidence
in him. drove him briskly on the ice
that morning, for had no more time
than l needed in which to reach nv
objective point. 1t was an important
wedding which called me away, and
the contracting parties were particular
friends of mine. The brides IA
ther-at whose residence the GER
emony was to take place-was a
very prominent and wealthy lumber
dealer and owned extensive tracts of
pine land, also two of the largest saw
mills in that locality. He was verit-
able lumber king. Hence it was to
my advantage to be on time if possible.
"As was driving along at a good
pace, however, my horse suddenly
SeSPES~A oAu no ANouSiy 4oohGo dCTOSS bO-
ward the shore which we were skirt
ing. then saw him trelnble as if
with sudden fear. Glancing in the di-
rection of the shore, l noticed what
seemed to be some dogs scampering
about at the edge of the adjacent for
est; but l thought nothing of it, and
presumed that party of Indians were
camped near the spot. urged my
horse along over the glare ice; but l
perceived he was not disposed to travel
with his former freedom and alacrity.
In few minutes looked around and,
to my great CONSERVATION, I observed
small pack of wolves dashing up be-
hind me. l now felt confident that
they were wolves, and not dogs, which
/ saw on the shore of the lake. NV
horse was right. He doubtless had
heard their wild barking, though l
heard it not until they made chase.
''The woods from which the wolves
had emerged were uninh abited by any
human being, and l made up my mind
that my best policy was to keep mov-
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02
A TROUBLESOME QUESTION.
The Manner In Which = Woman Should
Speak of Her Husband.

The Manner In Which = Woman Should
Speak of Her Husband.
One of the questions that married
woman often finds herself uncertain
upon, says the Courier Journal, is Just
how she should speak of her husband
by name to others-when to speak of
him as Mr.. Jones, when to use his first
name and when to give him his title
Instinct will usually guide Alright any
woman of gentle breeding. Most wom-
en- may be trusted, for example, never
to use their husbands Christian name
in speaking Of him to any one, except
a near relative or very dear friend of
both. But, sometimes, women who
should know better address their hus-
bands in company or before servants
by their given names.
In speaking of her husband, a wom-
an never makes mistake if she calls
him "Mr" or my husband" 1t is
sometimes difficult to decide. when the
husband has title just what the wife
should do with it. This is the severest
rule: In speaking of her husband she
should not say Gen. A." or ''Dr. b.,
but "Mr. A." "Mr. B." No matter
what he is-iudge, governor, captain
to her he is and should be plain ''Mr.
A." Mrs Grant never, even when her
husband was president, spoke of him as
other than Mr.. Grant, though it is the
custom of the presidents wife to speak
of him as ''the president
The one exception to this rule of ig-
noring her husbands official or profess
sional titles, is when the wife presents
him to any one else. Then she says
my husband, Senator Smith," or, sim
ply, CDR Jones'" The reason for this
is evident. 1t gives the proper clue to
the stranger, who would wish, of course,
to address the new acquaintance with
the proper title.
Last of all, let any woman take heed
how she wears her husbands title and
allows herself to be spoken of as 'Mrs
Governor JONES'" or MRS. Secretary
Smith" No matter what title her hus-
band has, she has no more right to wear
it than she has to wear his shoes. Tho
WatChman.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02
ABOUT NOSES.
characteristics of Celebrate ed Mems Nasa,
AnneIl II !

characteristics of Celebrated Mons Nasa,
AppendaGes.
Bonaparte, who was a man of keen
and quick perception, never chose, if
ne could help it, man with poor
nose for place of great responsibility.
Marshal Ney had a poor nose. and
was incapable of conceiving plan of
battle.
The Chosen People have big noses,
and are not liable to colds in the head,
Massena, the most resourceful of all
Bonaparte's marshals, was a large
nosed Jew.
Bernadotte, the most clever in in.
trigue, and the least given to stupid
hero worship, was another
Gambetta had a large nose and a
small amount of brain.
The same thing may be said of that
greatest literary artist that France ever
produced-Renan.
Jules Ferry is small Drained and big
nosed.
Jules Simon has big brain and
big nose, and is, taking all in all, one
OF the ablest of living Frenchmen.
The Princess Clementine, whom I
look upon as woman of great capac.
ity, has the large, hooked nose of the
seventeenth century Bourbous aud
GondeS London Truth,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02
NO. r..
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE,

Potato Gems.-Two tea-cups of
mashed potatoes, left from dinner one
egg; place in we'll buttered gem-pan,
and put a bit of butter on each gem.
Bake until brown.-Home
I'm broiling meat over Goals never
allow them to smoke the least. After
the Goals have burnt down somewhat
throw on handful of salt to deaden
the blue flame that arises If the drip
ping from your meat takes fire, remove
from the stove to cool for a few mo-
ments. Don't try to blow it out, as
there is danger of burning the face.
breakfast Mullins. Set rising, as
for bread, over night In the morning
early, warm pint of milk and beat it
into the dough sufficient as to make it
as for ordinary muffin batter; beat we'll
for five or ten minutes, and set to rise
for breakfast. Bake in rings on very
high griddle, and turn frequently to
prevent burning.-Detroit Free Press.
Cream Sauce. two tablespoon
fuls of hot water with teacupful Of
sweet cream into saucepan; stir in
one tablespoonful of butter and little
chopped parsely; set the saucepan into
kettle of boiling water, add little
strained soup stock, let boil, take from
the fire and add tablespoonful of but.
Boston Budget
Apple Compote.-Cut some fine
apples in halves, peel them, clean out
the cores and drop them in cold water.
Having taken them out, prepare somo
sirup by taking two pounds of fine
sugar and boiling until the sirup spins
into thread. Boil your apples in the
sirup until they are soft. Place them
in china or glass dishes, and, after
straining through a fine sieve, pour in
to the holes of the apples whence the
Herald.
Dried Beans.-Soak one pint of dried
Lima beans over night in tepid water;
in the morning drain and cover
again with rather warmer water and let
them soak for three or four hours; drain
again, cover with boiling water in
which pinch of soda has been dis
solved and boil slowly for half an hour
then add a small teaspoonful of salt,
full of flour, mix through tablespoon
full of butter, a teacupful of cream of
milk and salt and pepper to taste.-N.
Y. World ~
Poor Mans Pudding--Wash thor
oughly one cupful of rice and put it in
a saucepan with one cupful of cold
water. Let this heat slowly to the
boiling point, then turn off every drop
OF water. Put the rice into pudding
dish that will hold about three quarts
Add to it one teaspoonful of salt, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, two of mo-
lasses. one of cinnamon and one of but
ter, broken into little bits Stir this
well, and add two quarts of milk Put
the pudding in slow oven and cook
for three hours Stir it well from the
bottom three times during the first
two hours, and at the last stirring add
pint of cold milk. Serve this pudding
with sugar and milk, or perfectly plain.
Good Housekeeping.
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ing forward, inasmuch as l was more
than half way across the ice. Once on
the other side would be safe, for the
lumber kings house was right on the
edge of the lake; and if there were no
bad places in the ice, felt reasonably
certain that could keep the ferocious
beasts OFT until l struck the land. A
ready revolver-which invariably
carried with me on such journeys-
proved sserviceable for time; but a
grave difficulty soon confronted me. I
noticed just ahead of my horse a crack
in the ice-the dread of all drivers in
those parts. l detected it by the mani
fest unevenness cadsed by an upheaval
OF snow and ice all along the opening,
and also by the dark, watery appear
ance of the ice Yet felt could pro.
ceed.
"My horse slackened his speed as he
drew near the opening, which was
about nine inches in width. AS he did
SO the weight began to hear the ice
down so low that the water was rapid
ly gathering or the surface. in
stantly wheeled the horse around,
drove him back a short distance,
turned again, and, bringing my whip
into requisition, drove up once more
to the opening, but the horse was ter
ribly frightened and refused to Jump
across. turned him around again to
get away from the weak ice. BY this
time the wolves had grown so bold as
to strike terror through my heart. NV
horse fairly sweat great drops during
the awful crisis, but was within only
about three miles of my destination
and was determined to force nv horse
across the opening as the only feasible
method of escape. The lumber dealers
house lay on the other side of a point
OF land which ran out into the lake,
consequently my perilous situation
was not observed by anyone.
"On coming up once more to the for.
bidding crack in the ice my horse
again began to falter, yet spoke to
him SO sharply that he became des-
perate and leaped across the opening;
but no sooner did he strike the ice on
the farther side than we all broke
through with resounding crash
which echoed and reechoed along the
dismal, far-reaching shore in the most
weird cadences imaginable. Picture
to yourself the situation. There was
the horse, almost completely covered
with water, the cutter floating behind
him, and standing up in it, fearing
every moment that the wolves would
spring upon me or the horse.
by the merest casualty, however,
the piece OF ice which had broken loose
under the horses feet when he Jumped
happened to be of good size. The re.
suit was that when l applied the whip,
my horse, with one tremendous effort.
raised his front feet above water and
planted them firmly in the solid ice, at
which juncture the broken cake OF Ice
'eFyed M excellent purpose Of helping
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02

to buoy up the horses hind parts to
such an extent that he was enabled to
completely extricate himself-cutter,
driver and all landing safely on the
solid ice beyond the opening, aud that,
too, without anything breaking either
about the harness or cutter. It was
all done in moment or two-so quick
ly in fact that the occurrence seemed
more like dream to me than stern
reality. To this day it is profound
mystery to me how horse could re-
cover himself as mine did then after
having broken through into water of
frightful depth. Yet the circumstance
is as true as it is marvellous.
ION we sped afterwards, as if moth
ing serious had transpired, the wolves
following hard after us; but in a few
minutes the bluff was reached, and
then the lumber kings house was
plainly in sight and within but trifling
distance.
II had emptied the last chamber ct
my revolver; but, while the shots I
fired had the desirable effect of beating
the wolves back for the time being, 1
do not think l succeeded in seriously
wounding any one Of them. AS we
neared the shore the hungry beasts
began to fall back one by one, of their
own accord, until all had disappeared,
for they became apprehensive and did
not at all relish the signs of civilization
which were becoming more and more
visible to them.
ITO put it mildly can assure you |
met with cordial reception at the
lumber dealers home, and was warmly
congratulated on my remarkable
escape. l was neither more nor less
than hero in the estimation of the
lumber king, whose jolly round face
actually beamed as related my tale of
adventure. My horse, too. was an OBJ
ject of enthusiastic admiration, and
on entering the stable he was thor.
oughly rubbed down and warmly
blanketed by willing hands, and
strange to say never noticed that he
was bit the worse for his cold bath.
"The wedding ceremony over, l re-
turned by another way. reaching nv
boarding place in safety.
"a few days afterwards l was more
than surprised on receiving from the
wealthy lumber dealer check for five
hundred dollars in addition to the &C
ceptable sum which had been handed
to me by the bridegroom on the event
full day of the wedding. OF course
this stroke of good fortune was duly
appreciated by a young circuit rider.
who, as may be imagined. was not
overburdened with this worlds goods"
Thomas ]. Macmurray, in Detroit
Free Press.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02
A GOOD FIGURE,
Some Suggestions For the Benefit OF the
Ladies'.

Some Suggestions For the Benefit OF the
Ladies'.
A good many girls and women ask
frequently how the figure may be i'm. i.
proved, how to grow pl ump, fill up the
hollows behind collar bones and i'm.
prove the bust. Correct breathing,
then, should be carefully practiced,
Singing is good because it expands the
lungs, and you have to lift up your
chest If very thin girl wants to
grow plump she will discard her cor
sets.
In one case which ,defied every treat
ment, cod liver oil, gynmastic exercises,
singing lessons, fattening food, the
leaving off of the corset, allowing the
body perfect freedom, was absolutely
successful. OF course there is this
against the non wear of stays-the
waist is apt to become very large To
counteract this, very short stay
might be worn, or better still, long
belt OF stout canvas slightly boned,
which will compress the waist, not too
tightly, preserve one from the uncom-
Portable feel of petticoat strings and
bands, and which will merely support
the bust, without pressing in the least
upon it.
Whatever part of our bodies we wish
to keep small, to prevent fat from
forming thereon, will be easily achieved
by COMPRISING that part SO as to cause
waste" Therefore, if the bosom is
squeezed into tight corsets and glove.
fitting bodices, it will gradually waste,
and soon the foolish girl, who will
tight-lace and wear skin-tight-bodices
finds that padding-and good deal of
its necessary. The heat then caused
by this padding still further reduces
the figure, and then dieting and every.
thing else is tried without success. Il
is disheartening to read chat tight
lacing has come in again. In London
the women are wearing nineteen and
twenty-inch corsets, when twenty five
is really the natural size of the female
waist The dress reformers are not
doing much good after all-N. Y. Mad
and Express.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02
LOvE-MAKlNG TELEGRAPH.
The Momentous Question That q Mesa re
Answered Not Long Ago.

The Momentous Question That q Mesa re
Answered Not Long Ago.
Said a Western Union telegraph
operator the other day: "You wouldn't
think that spoony lovers would resort
to such public means of correspondence
as the telegraph for transmission of
their sweet little messages of love and
devotion, would you? But they do,
just the same.
"Often certain young man of whom
l know if he does not regularly receive
letter from the future source of his
JOY and happiness rushes here with a
crestfallen countenance and files a mes.
sage like this:
"My dear, why did you not answer my last
letter. Yours devotedly,.
Perhaps you don't believe that such
a message as this was ever sent, but I
would show some of them to you if it
wasn't against the rules. We fellows
on the wire enjoyed quite an amusing
incident not long ago, in which Sophia
revealed Johns brilliant scheme of
popping the question by WIRE We sur
missed that this brace of lovers had
been conducting correspondence for
some time, which the artful John cul-
minated with the following dispatch
that was evidently intended to draw
forth an answer to an entirely differ
ent question:
Sophia: Did you receive my last letter.
JOHN"
Sophia, in her ecstatic delight, evil
IDENTIFY understood the query in a differ
ent sense from that which the ordinary
reader Of the epistle would, and pro-
ceeding to the telegraph office left the
following:
John: Yes. How about next Christmas?
SOPHIA"
Chicago Tribune.
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make the wilderness and the solitary
place glad by their skillful and indus
trious efforts. The pioneer clergyman
was, therefore, the intrepid explorer
OF our frontier regions; and it would
not be an exaggeration to aver that
volumes could be written about his
struggles, triumphs and adventures
in those primeval days which tested
to the utmost the bravery and the re-
ligious faith of men.
A lucky circumstance having thrown
me into the company of one of those
pioneer preachers, he took pains to re-
late to me the following bit of ex-
perience he had had when dashing
young circuit rider:
1T was in the winter of '76-77," said
the clergyman ''that there happened,
IN connection with my labors as a pio.
neer preacher, one of those memorable
incidents with which the life of back
woods parson is crowded. l was then
in control of what was known as the
Fayette and Manistique circuit, To-
Gated on the north shore of Lake Mich
1gan and in the upper peninsula. This
circuit was nearly forty miles in
length; and. despite this tremendous
distance, 1 managed to cover it every
Sabbath, with but few exceptions
Frequently the roads were made liter
ally impossible for horses, owing to a
heavy snowfall, or a windstorm which
hurled great trees across the way so as
TO obstruct travel, or to the rising
Hoods in the spring of the year sweep
ing away one or more of the innu,ner-
able frail bridges which spanned the
streams. This being the case it is not
to be wondered at that l was often
Obliged to walk portion of the dis
tance at least, to some of my appoint.
ments. My circuit was one of the
most difficult to work, because of these
and other reasons. Besides, being the
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02
A CRACK IN THE ICE.
The Marvellous Escape of a Young
Circuit Rider.

} ONE will deny
that there is a
particularly ro-
mantle side to
the life and Ia
bors of the early
circuit rider. AS
the forerunner
of our modern
civilization, the
pioneer preach
er went forth
with a co m
mendable faith
and fortitude to
p r e p are t h e
way for t h e
coming h o S t s
w ho should
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02
Tho Boy Escaped.

Binkle-I had great notion to lick
my boy for getting to the bottom of his
geography class to-day.
Pinkle-Why didn't you?
Binkle-Well, he put some of the
questions to me that the teacher put to
him, and as ! couldn't answer one of
'em, let him 80 and licked the teach.
er.-~Gooad Newa
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-02

Life takes its color and quality not
from tho days, but the dawas Elmer.
SOA
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-01
PERSONAL

Mr.. George L. Barrows, of the Bar
Harbor Record, was in town yesterday.
General George L. Beal of Augusta,
James A. Montgomery of Lewiston, and
Hon. S. S. Brown of Waterville were at
the Falmouth Hotel yesterday.
Parker S. Fuller, formerly steward of
the Preble, under the manage ment of
Mr.. Gibson, lately manager of the Mag
nolia Hotel, at Magnolia, Mass, becomes
steward of the Falmouth today.
Captain Archibald Reid, port captain
in this city during the winter season for
the Dominion line of steamers, has been
elected by the Montreal Board of Trade
deputy port warden for that port.
Mr.. Wilson, of Portland Theatre, has
been called to Boston to take charge of
some of DR.. Lothrop's enterprises. Mr..
Tukesbury succeeds him in the manage
ment here Mr.. Shufeldt, late head ush-
er, will assist him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-01
Glasses in Cookery.

The Woman's Exchange carries on its
quiet work at 119 Winter street, much to
the satisfaction of Portland housekeep-
ers, for 1t is no slight advantage in city
like ours to be able to secure by notice
over night or within few hours even,
the choicest of homemade articles id al
most any department of the table. The
need of scientific instruction in cooking
has been for long time felt in Portland,
and our state generally. Grounds of
health and economy demand it. If
wholesome food, delicately cooked, is to
be Americas salvation from dyspepsia
and kindred ills, it is quite time we fol
lowed the example of Massachusetts,,
New York and other parts of the coun-
try, and made proper instruction upon
this subject part of our public school
training.
A few private classes in cookery are
now being formed, under the instruction
of Mrs. Perry, of the Woman's Exchange
The number Of pupils for the present is
limited, but if any ladies would like to
join the classes, they will kindly notify
Mrs. E. G. Jordan, III Danforth street.
When the present number is completed,
arrangements can be made for later in
the season, as Mrs. Perry intends MAX
ing the work permanent one.