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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
MONARCH OF ALL,

A Philosophers Reflections on the Van
So tiles of Men.
Jchan Herring, who was a close OBJ
server of ants and their doings, once
gave an account of battle royal which
est of the species. 1t took place on the
stem of leaf; the cause was scrap of
food. The contestants fought until one
killed the other.
''The VICTOR" said Herring, 'then
strutted to and fro in view of the other
ants. Napoleon could not have been
more sure of his own mighty place in Gre
alton. For me- he seemed to say, was
the world made. The mite was actual
ly inflated with vanity"
An observer watching the throng of
human beings passing along Broadway,
or any of the worlds great thorough
fares, would often be reminded of Her
ing's ant So many are the men and
women who express in their walk, their
manner, their voice, sense OF their
own Importance.
Here is middle-agcd tradesman who
has just driven a sharp bargain; there
is schoolboy who ran winning race
last week; yonder is young man who
is pushing his way successfully into
business or into fashionable society,
and here comes a young girl whose only
claim to distinction is new hat. These
are not strong proofs of superiority to
the swarming millions of people on the
earth. Yet these men and women bear
themselves as if, like the ant, each Of
them thought: This world was made
for me!'
Theodore Hook, viewing vain men,
Der of his college strutting along in cap
ard gown, approached presently, and
timidly demanded: ''If you please, sir,
are you anybody in particular?"
How many of us, when most secure
in our vanity, could stand that probing
question?
A silly girl who was presented to
Prince Bismarck at levee was asked
how he impressed her.
CAS- a very dull person." she prompt.
ly replied. she ignored me altogether" /"
The men and women who have real
work in life as a rule forget them.
selves, and acquire that total lack of
self-consciousness which is the basis OF
the finest Manners Compan-
inn
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
Bad Books.

Never under any circumstances read
bad book; and never spend serious
hour in reading second-rate book. No
words can overstate the mischief of bad
reading. A bad book will often haunt
a ran his whole life long. 1t is often
remembered when much that is better is
forgotten; it intrudes itself at the most
solemn moments, and contaminates the
best feeling and emotions. Reading
trashy, second-rate books is grievous
waste of time also. In the first place
there are a great many more first-class
books than you can master; and in the
second place you can not read an in
ferior book without giving up an oppor-
tunity of reading first-rate book.
Books, remember, are friends, books
affect character; and you can as little
neglect your duty, in respect to this as
you can safely neglect any other moral
duty that is cast upon them.
Homestead.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
THE BETTER WAY.
Lead and Encourage the Boy, but Do Not
CoerCe.

Lead and Encourage the Boy, but Do Not
Coerce.
Letyour boy feel that you are always
'eady for him, always interested in his
plans, however wild they may be. You
can no longer command him. If that
has been your only hold then may God
have mercy on you and on him. His
judgment is beginning to grow, per-
haps. Encourage it, Take him into
your councils. 1t will not hurt you to
ask his advice about family matters.
See how kindly he will take to being
looked up to. Do you not like to have
your friends put confidence in you? He
is only another you. If his self-respect
be small, you are cherishing its growth.
How do you treat the tender plants in
your garden? Do You keep sunshine
away from them, and step on each ten
der little shoot as it lifts itself up to the
unknown light of a great and strange
world? And as the plants gain strength
and courage to stand alone, do you nip
off their leaves savagely, and water
them with food that they have hard
work to stand against? Do you leave
them to droop for bit of encourage
ment, to grow awry for want of little
support to guide them till strong enough
to stand alone? Or do you furnish
props on every side, and leave the full
grown stem derision to beholders?
Never let your boy feel that the
household is complete without him. He
may prefer anything and everything to
his home, but when his treason grows"
he can not help coming back to it, if
you are faithful to your trust. Never
indulge in despair, however hopeless
the case may seem, but keep beauti-
full trust in Him that will shine in your
welcome. He may not be worthy, but
he will grow to it'll. L. Hastings, in
The Christian.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
Hair and Bonnets.

Women have been ridiculed by men
on account of the absurd little bonnets
they wear, and the gentle creatures
have patiently endured the criticism
because they knew the bonnets were be-
coming. But now it appears that the
wealth of lovely hair which the crown
less bonnet reveals is really the renult,
in many cases, of the very lightness and
inefficiency of protection the tiny cover.
ing provides. Air and sunshine are
really the best promoters of growth and
beauty of coloring in the hair, and il
men would wear crownless or per,
forated hat instead of shutting up the
hair in an unventilated tunnel every
time they go into the air, there would
be fewer bald pates in the front row S.
Revenge is sweet. Artists tell us that
woman's hair is growing more beauti-
full in texture and color, while every
one knows man past forty without a
bald spot is rara-N. Y. Sun.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
QUEEN BESS' MEAD.
A Fragrant Mixture Once High in Roya,
Favor.

Fragrant Mixture Once High in Royal
u Favor.
L Comparatively few people nowadays
know from personal experience what
mead is. A sweet, sickly, honey drink,
which the concocter called mead, was
once proffered to me in coentry place
as sovereign remedy for cold, but OF
the two the cold seemed the lesser evil.
The Russians still make mead secun-
dunn artem, but only in remote parts of
England is there any of the drink of
the Morse divinities yet to be had. The
writer of an article in the Man
chester Quarterly some time ago
mentioned with enthusiastic ap-
proval some very old bottled mead
which he met with in the course
of some rural wanderings, and it is con-
ceivable that sweet and luscious bev-
erage like mead would gain immeasur-
ably by age. Queen Elizabeth was a
mead drinker, and her grace's recipe
for the beverage has been carefully pre-
served. 1t seems fragrant mixture:
Take of sweet brier leaves and thyme
each one bushel, rosemary half bush
ell, bay leaves one peck. Seethe these
ingredients in furnace. full of water
containing not less than one hundred
and twenty gallons); boil for half an
hour; pour the whole into vat, and.
when cooledto proper temperature of
about seventy-fve degrees Fahrenheit,
strain the liquor. Add to every six gal
Ions of the strained liquor one gallon of
fine honey and work the mixture to-
gether for half an hour. Repeat the
stirring occasionally for two days; then
boil the liquor afresh, skim it until it
becomes clear, and return it to the vat
to cool; when reduced to proper tenn
perature, pour it into vessel from
which fresh ale or beer has Just been
emptied, work it for three days and
turn. When fit to be stopped down, tie
up bag of beaten cloves and mace
about half an ounce of each-and sus-
pend 1t in the liquor from the bunghole.
When 1t has stood for six months it is
tit for use.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
CLEARING AN ELEVATOR.
How Two Passengers Gained Plenty ot
Room.


The crowd in the elevator was enough
to suffocate one. There was no excuse
for it either, because the building was
well known one down town with sew
eral elevators in constant motion. Such
was my mental comment one rainy af-
ternOon last week.
had right to comment on the situa-
tion, because was one of the crowd in
this particular elevator who were wait
ing for it to start on its upward journey,
while the man in charge was exasper-
ating enough to keep waiting for the
inevitable one more. Meantime, fat
man was standing on my most expen-
sive corn and blonde typewriter had
the wet end of her umbrella poked up
my coat sleeve.
Desperation and an idea came to me
at the same moment. Turning to a
friend who was with me winked my
right eye and said in solemn tone:
There was an awful state of affairs at
North Brother Island this morning.
You were in the typhus ward, were
you not?" interrogatcd my friend, quick
as thought.
AS said YES" the elevator started
up with a jerk; then came in chorus,
which sounded almost like a cry for
mercy; "Let me off at the first floor,
please" When the guard opened the
door the way those people scrambled
out of that car was caution, and was
glad to note that the blonde with the
umbrella prodded the fat man in his ear
in her excitement.
As we rode up to the seventh story in
comfort we cheered up the guard by
putting him on" and the last comment
we heard from him when he let us out
was: "Youse gents is dead slick, youse
Use. I'll try that myself some day."-N.
Y. Herald
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
MODERN WHALING.
1t Is Conducted on Different Principles
Than Formerly.

1t Is Conducted on Different Principles
Than Formerly.
Although the general belief is to the
contrary, whaling is still carried on ex-
tensively in all parts of the ocean, but
the methods have changed greatly since
the early days of the stirring warfare.
The hand harpoon was first succeeded
by the shoulder gun, which, fred a
bomb, and that in turn has been super
seded by darting bomb lance
This darting gun, which is used almost
exclusively by the Arctic fleet, is adevice
used close by the side of the whale,
which can be hurled successfully for
only nine or ten feet. 1t carries lance
harpoon, having double toggle, which
spreads at right angles with the shaft
distance of six inches, and which,
once firmly imbedded in the blubber,
can not be pulled out.
A bomb lance is also set in a brass
barrel attached to the same shaft as the
harpoon. The iron strikes first, and
after penetrating distance of about
seventeen inches, or through the blub-
Der, projecting wire cut to the proper
length explodes winchester cartridge,
which shoots a bomb, loaded with to-
mite, into the vitals of the whale.
Within the bomb is a fuse cut to burn
i've or six seconds. The tonite is form
of dynamite which can safely be burned
in the palm of the hand, but when con-
fined, has an explosive force ten times
as great as tat of ordinary gunpowder.
The bonn are very deadly, some-
times killing the whale outright Frag-
ments of the shells have been taken
from all parts of the whale, from the
point just behind the head, where it is
usually fired, to the tail.-Golden DAYS.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
WOMAN'S UNDERWEAR,
How Woman of Fashion Now Attir,
Herself.

How Woman of Fashion Now Attires
Herself.
The old-fashioned chemise has had it's
day. In its place we have now the little
petticoat and corset-cover. The long
petticoat is generally of silk, as this
garment has obtained firm hold upon
the affections of women. The combina-
ton suits of underwear, whether of
silk, Isle thread or wool, are coming
more and more into favor. Probably
one reason of this is that the present
style of dress demands tapering, slen-
der figure, which has made all women
more particular about the fit of their
underclothes. The fashionable woman
OF to-day, who has plenty of money to
spend, wears first, silk combination
garment, over this black satin corset
and little white petticoat, then one of
flannel, prettily embroidered; a corset
cover, which seems to be mass of lace
or embroidery, and over this a glcce
taffeta petticoat. All petticoats are
made with yoke, and by the time her
dress-skirt is slipped on, everything fits
like second skin. Even her stockings
may easily do without supporters, and
button on to the corset French per.
Gale has not taken we'll here for sum-
mer underwear. Its expense is per-
haps the reason, for it certainly is a.
delightful material to wear. Persons
in. ordinary circumstances invest large
ly I'M cambria for drawers. under-petti.
coats and corset-covers, trimmed with
embroidery, torchon, or Medici Lace
Arthur's Home Magazine.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
THE CRACKERS coURTsHIP.

- - - 81
You ak me how done my courtin'. It's rather
An couldn't tell you how 1 lovedsn why !
/ loved herso
It was durin' NV our 1plcwin' time; an one day
in the spring.
When ist ez wuz thinlin Nv her, hearn my
sweetheart sing;
wuz in the orchid workin', an smellin' sich
perfume rf
Ez feller's allus gittin' thar when the cherry
is in bloom.
Iwuz kinder tired like, an thought I'd rest
awhile; s, ~
30 i left the plow an hosses, an sot down on
the stile,
Where the cherry tree was stan in like snow
ball in its white,
While the cows o strollin homcar toll the
comm Nv the night;
An she was follerin' after; so I thought I'd
Fur wanted her to ans 'er when the cherry wuz
In bloom.
re'ched up in the branches clos't an pulled
some blossoms fust
An made little posey fur to help me per the
wuSt;
Sez then: "Miss Polly, here's nice thing; an
won't you take 1t, too?"
"Why, yes," she sez, 'Il hev it, an Ill keep IL
jist fur your
to hurry home;
Fur the milkin' time S a comm ''--an' the cherry
wuZ IN bloom.
Then ev'ry day that would meet her we'd stop
an talk spell; t-
But then to save my hide from Ginny my fix
couldn't tell
talked heap of craps an sich like an, NV m y
feelin's some;
But somehow In the talkin' spells the right word
wouldn't come
An dreampt in nights about her, an about the
sweet perfume
OF the blossoms in the orchid when the cherry
sa wuz in bloom.
Laxed her one day which she liked best, blue
M plpms or cherries, which? &Ss
An she lowed that folks who would be fool
should allus ketch the switchl
I An then she said eff she wuz some folks she'd
Say thing or two,
Ezsjist what folks in circumstance had allus
ioft to dol
II An then. kinder took the hint lke-ra' al
y courtin' I'd resume
An, GIT back to the PINT I'd left when the cherry
s wuz In bloom.
Done day at nabor's shuckin' we sorter stole
away;
ssAn' vowed I'd bust right then and thar. or
lE mako her say her sayl
: Sez l, them "Polly, whar's them blossoms YOU
S4sssssga& said you'd keep fur me-?
4 Egive 'em at the orchid stile and thar at the
ssas cherry tree"
3 She sez: why, have got 'em yet; an keep EN-
In my room;
They allus make me think Nv you when the
cherry wuz in bloom
That sounded sorter hopeful like, an I scz to
Polly then:
81 kinder want to marry, an - m'-she blushed
an axed me "when?''
I'd you reckin you would hev me, Polly;"-an'
then she leant up near:
An when kissed her squarely-twict, too-she
didn't seem to keer!
An here Is what she tol' me- sly like: ~ ought
en- ter perzuH.
But wei marry, ef you say so-when the cher.
ries ore in bloom"
M V. Moore, in Detroit Free Press
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23

N RS. wilkins tea tabl. friends still
meet at a mutual admiration society,
and to this day continue to congratu-
cution of Mrs. Dolly's scheme.
While II remain lonely, weak
willed bachelor, feeling myself traitor
to poor Wilkins as l offer incense in
hourly devotion to my triple deity,
Durham, Cavendish and Perique.
w. ERNST.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
An attache Of tb. british ,er.+;

IN attache OF the British legation,
In addressing Washington girl whose
name, unfortunately, does not go with
the story, said: II am sorry that the
Behring sea trouble is looking so seri.
GUS, because, with her splendid naval
equipment, Great Britain woul1 wipe
You off the face of the earth" Tha
young lady retorted "What, again?"
Aad then came = Cash os silence,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
A woman's Letter.

" NJ ary," called the husband upstairs,
why don't you come down? Haven.
you finished your letter YETI"
II finished the letter long ago."
What keeps you, then?"
Il am writing the postscript"
Gracious me! Have / got to mind
this baby two hours longer?"-N. Y.
Press.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23

when the first
"difference of opinion" occurred be-
Y tween his beloved spouse and himself.
i. First let me say that though the present
I Mrs. Wilkins was the first TO bear his
: name (he was thirty when he married
herr Mr.. w. for ten years previous to
this marriage had been welded to the
amber end OF large and richly colored
meerschaum, which continued after his
new alliance to share with Mrs. w. his
affections. This rival the madam h ad
tolerated for twelve whole months, but
patience had at last ceased to be a vir-
tue and this morning she declared war:
Now, George" she began, ''you
know you are man of remarkable
will power, and whatever you set out to
do you invariably accomplish"
"Yes, wife; do you want me to over
come your protest and insist upon your
buying that charming, that perfect
love of a bonnet you described to me
last evening""
years familiarity, you see, had
bred sufficient amount Of the proyer-
bial contempt to bring him to tho use
u SdrcdSm.
mo, George, it isn't that" she con-
tinued, utterly sunmindful of his i'm
piled refusal to her request, whatever
it might be; "but dear hubby" and
here she kissed him, s'I'd love you so
much more if it wasn't for that horrid
Old pipe Of yours. How can I kiss
you, dearest, and be nearly choked and
poisoned every time?"
twas pleading, doleful face that
looked up into his,vand as he kissed it
he said he would think the matter
over" whereupon his kiss was returned
with compound interest
have related the circumstances of
this little domestic difference about
as George told them 10 me after he
came to the Office that day, and at the
conclusion OF which he had spoken Of
Swearing off on smoke" laughed at
him and thought Of II only OF ore OF his
Gnddeu fauc!es
seen after this ! v!sitCd the dove.cot
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
Some Compensat tion,

Miss Pinkie Rosebud-I don't believe
it's going to be nice angel cake at all.
The longer you work at that dough the
worse it looks.
Younger Sister-Yes, but see how
white and clean it's making my hands,
-chIeaGo Tribpae
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
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Utilizing Old Furniture.

If you have in the house an old.
fashioned, half-circular sofa, you may
arrange corner with it by placing an
adjustable pole at right angles; over
this throw Bagdad curtain or Mojave
blanket; cover the sofa with repose in
viting pillows, and at just the right
distance above place shelf to hold a
lamp. A little taste and ingenuity
will suggest various ways of utilizing
old pieces of this kind.--Chicago Jour-
nal.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23
I LISTENED TO THIS SHOWER OF ABUSE

Il.
time, but that she knew perfectly we'll
that men as rule were very weak
creatures indeed The curious part of
it was that all the others seemed to
agree with her, and such raking over
as our sex did get was caution to
Benedicts.
AS listened to this shower of abuse
directed against us lords Of creation I
swore (without mental reservation)
that madam's statements should be
given the lie circumstantial, or even
the slie direct; and on my honor, old
man, haven't burnt even cigarette
since. 1t is the easiest thing in the
world to stop too, find," he said, with
n asuperior air, which set me to laugh
ing outright as thought of the success.
wi outcome Of polly's and my con.
ssssaey.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23

"A drowning man will grasp at .
STRAW. So will q thirsty one, Wash,
MEtop Star, :"
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-23

--Tommy-Say, paw! Mr.. Figg--
Well? docs fountainshead have
water on the braiaT' rYeu 40 TO bed,a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-30
UMBRIA PROBABLY SAFE
The Long Overdue Steamship Has
Been Sighted in Mid-Ocean.
REPORTS THAT ALL ARE WELL.
The Big Cunarder Anchored and En-
gagged In Repairing a Broken Shaft,
Hut Will Probably Get to Her New
York Dock To-day or Tomorrow.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3O.-The Umbria Is
unq estionably all right.
The captain of the steamer Manhansett t
which arrived off quarantine from Bris-
tol this morning reported:
"On Dec. 20, at l:3o p. NJ, in latitude
AZ degrees 5s minutes, longitude 81 de-
grees 45 minutes, spoke the Cunarder
Umbria laying to with three sea anchors
out.
She signallei, "We are repairing the
shaft. Expect to finish tomorrow. Re-
port us all we'll"
Capt. Buck said that the Jmbria sig
nailed that she expected to reach New
York by Tuesday morning.
The Cunarder was riding the waves
easily, although there was a strong
northwest gale blowing at the time.
Cap. Buck says he was thoroughly
convinced that there was not the slight.
est danger and that the officers of the
Umbria were confident that they would
be able to repair the damage to the shaft
and proceed TO New York in safety.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-30
THEY DO NOT LIKE IT.
Democrats Fear That Cleveland Will
Wreck the Party.
Mr.. BLAINE CANNOT RECOVER.
senor Guzman Says He Anticipates No
Trouble Between Costa Rica and
Nicaragua-This Congress VIII At
tempt No Fin anciai Legislation.

WASHINGTON, ID c. 3o-Cleveland's in.
reference in the Senatorial election il
New York excites the greatest apprehen.
sions on the part of the Democratic lead
ers here. Naturally they are not willing
to talk about the subject for publication,
but privately all agree that on Novem ber
the Democratic party elected a master
and not representative. There are very
few Democrats who have the courage 10
say what nearly all of them think. as
Governor Pennoyer has said, that Cleye-
land has become the boss of the party.
Conservative Democrats express the
greatest misgivings as to the situation.
They fear that from March 4 next to the
end OF Mr.. Cleveland's term there is to be
continual contest between the Presi-
sident and party, with the result that
when Mr.. Cleveland shall leave the
White Hodse the democratic party will
be hopelessly divided into factions.
The general opinion is. notaithstand-
Ing the pronounciamento of Cleveland.
that Mr.. Murphy will be elected senator.
New Workers who are familiar with the
politics of their state EXPIRE - the opinion
that IL is the purpose OF Mr.. Cleveland TO
defy the existing Hill and Tammany
machine and to break it If he can, and
TO build up in its place "a new machine
or his own by the use Of the federal pat
ronage and OF the fourth class post offices
In the state. The report that Maxwell, "a
traditional 'nemy of Senator Hill, has
already been selected by Cleveland to be
nrst assistant postmaster general to dis
tribute the fourth class post offices ex-
cites attention in this connection.