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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-23

The following announcement ap-
pears in San Francisco paper: 1.-THE
gentleman who took, by mistake, a
quantity of garden-hose from the resi-
dence in Geary street, near Cough
street. is requested by the owner to
call and get the nozzle, as the hose can
be OF no material use without it,
Once a Week.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-23
SOME DIFFICULT STREETS.
1mpassable Thoroughfares of Early San
"a Francisco.

Ampassable Thoroughfares of Early San
Francisco.
The Hooding rains of winter trans.
: eformedwhat should have beenthorouph-
1ares into treacherous quagmires set
with holes and traps fit to smother
horse and man. Loads of brushwood
and branches of trees, cut from the
hills, were thrown into these swamns.
but they served no more than tenn
porary purpose, and the inmates of
tents and houses made such bridges and
crossings asothey could with boards.
boxes and barrels. Men waded through
the slough, and thought themselves
iucky when they sank no deeper than
their waists. Lanterns were in request
ut night, and poles in the daytime. In
view OF the scarcity and great cost of
proper materials and labor, such
makeshifts were the only means at
hand. A traveller who came by sea in
lS49 describes with graphic interest
"the peculiar construction of the side
walk between the store of Simmons
Hutchinson 81 Co. and the Adams Ex.
press office" This place was bridoed
with cooking-stoves, sacks of Chill
flour, bags of coffee, and boxes of to.
bacco; and one yawning pit was stopped
with piano. Nevertheless, there were
clumsy or drunken pedestrians who
would have sunk out of sight but for
timely rescue Hittell tells of two
horses that were left in the mud of
montgomery street to die of starvation,
and OF three drunken men who were
suffocated between Washington and
jackson streets. And yet the rains
that were productive of conditions so
desperate and deadly in the CITY
brought showers Of gold to the miners
IN the diggings, and the monthly yield
OF dust and nuggets was three times
greater after November than it had
been in the supmer,-J. w. Palmer, in
Century.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-04-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Patton OF Howard university have pre-
sented to the university fine oil por-
trait OF their father.
Berlin has 191 common schools with
3, as3 classes, and 2, s6y class-rooms. The
attendance on last January was sc, 500
boys and sS,s7S girls.
The receipts of the American board
for the first four months of the fnan-
cial year are $21l, ,074.53, as against
$lsa,s743 80 for the same time last year.
In Italy the religious periodicals
number IT'S, of which 159 are Roman
catholic. In Germany the number is
36o, OF which 245 are Protestants and
115 Catholic.
There are said to be 264 religious
sects in England, which would seem to
confirm the assertion that the English
establish a new sect as soon as thew
have dozen believers.
The Baptists have over twenty-six
associations in the state of Pennsylva-
mia, with 651 Churches, containing a
membership of s4,52s, a gain of 2.431
over last year, with 5,723 baptisms.
BY the will of the late Rev. William
Reid, who recently died at an advanced
age in Brooklyn, the American Baptist
Missionary union receives $1,000, and
the American Baptist Home Missionary
society $500
DR. Dorchester, superintendent of
Indian schools, in his annual report
: states that during the past year six In.
dian training schools have been opened
in the west. He recommends increased
facilities for the industrial training OF
Indians.
The Chinese members of Bethany
church, San Francisco, of Which DR..
Pond is pastor, contributed about three
thousand dollars last year for missions,
most of it. in support of their own
brethren converted in America, who
have now returned to preach the Cos.
pei in China.
In the two Methodist conferences
'of Maine last year 70 churches with
$271, $50 worth of property and pavino
salaries aggregating S30.77o, gave ST..
bo5 to church benevolence and sl95 for
the support OF superannuated pastors,
while the %, 544 Methodists in the state
contributed for the support of veteran
ministers the sum of 81, 7O4-a fraction
over II cents each.
The United States general conven.
5tion OF uniyersalists has recently is.
sued its annual statement of the con.
dltion OF the church as follows: Num-
ber OF parishes, a47; number of minis
ters, 7S5; number of families, AZ, 0so:
church membership, 41,177; Sunday.
school membership, 5e,11o; property,
less debt, $7,96s, s45; expenses and con-
tributions, s1,19a, s54.
The tabular record of additions to
the Congregational churches during the
past year shows the gratifying progress
OF Congregationalism in the United
States. In 1890 the additions on con-
fession of faith Were 1856 in 1891,
15, $50. The total additions in 1890 were
sss.2S7; in 1891, 90 s76. During the last
i've years the denomination has in.
creased from $4,000 to IS, GOO a year.
The morning call., 1892-08-28
DESERTED BY His Wife.
Thomas w. Rollet's Sadden-
ing Experience.
HE LOOKS FOR HER IN VAIN.
An E,opement In Which Charles Conden
Makes Off With the Prize-New Comes
the Divorces.

Persons residing In the vicinity Of Fill
more and Chestnut streets will remember
when Thomas w. Rollet and wife took up
their residence in that neighborhood two
years ago.
Rollet was hardworking and sober man,
who earned his livelihood at the gas works.
His wife was a handsome woman and ap-
peared to be coutented with her lot.
They lived so happily" the neighbors
thought, and were an example, frequently
referred TO, Of what married couples ought
TO be.
The ideal OF domestic bliss has been ruth
lessly shattered within the past month.
A handsomer man than Rollet effected
this metamorphosis. He entered the house.
hold as a welcome friend, and in that guise
stole away Mrs. R0llet's affection for her
husband.
She. foolish woman. fell into the tempt
er's snare, and on July p she abandoned
her home aud violated her vows.
1t was not until he had finished day Of
toll and went to his home that Rollet found
that the companion of his life had flown.
He had expected to be received with low
ing embrace, but loi there was nothing
there but a note, huTriedly written, telling
him in a few cold words that life looked
better and brighter in the company Of
Rollet was daZed by the note. He thought
at first it was a joke perpeirated to rouse
his jealous fears.
He waited. The hours flew by, but still
his wife did not make her appearance. and
the truth with all its pangs began 10 dawn
upon the heaTtbrUken Rollet.
That night he paced the floor with his
nerves strung up to the highest tension. He
contemplated revenge. and frequently toyed
In an afectioDate manner with pistol he
took from a drawer and laid on the bureau
top.
He smiled with malicious triumph as he
thought of how deliberately he would 60
out on the morrow and hunt the betrayer Of
his home 10 certain death.
But as he thought il over, he became
more composed. His better sense came to
his rescue, and be determined upon a more
pacific course.
For several days he made a vain search
for his erring wife.
He then returned to work. and at inter-
walls renewed the search, though with no
satisfactory results.
The guilty couple have covered their trail
SO that they cannot be found.
A few days ago Rollet gave up his house
and stored his household furniture.
he had his attorney. j. J. Coffey, prepare
complaint In divorce and tomorrow that
document will be flied. The Rolets have
been married about four years. but have no
children living.
The morning call., 1892-08-28
Odd FELLOWS.
They DenOunce the Southern Pa.
cific Company.
ARefusal to Make Special Rates for the Port
land Convention Of Patriarchs Militant
Is the Cue of the Trouble

The Odd Fellows are incensed against the
Southern Pacific Company.
TIE cause O.; their wrath is the refusal Of
rates TO and from Portland. Oregon, for the
San Francisco delegation which will be in
attendance at the Sovereign Lodge meeting
on September 70.
About $50 Patriarchs Militant from this
city and the interior will 20 to Portland in
body 10 be present on the occasion men,
toned, but they will not travel by rail.
When the Southern Pacific refused to re-
duce the fare for the Odd Fellows the latter
quietly chartered a steamer and they will
have a jolly voyage by water TO the metrop-
lis of the Webfoot State.
Every railroad company in the Northwest
has granted special rates for the big Odd
Fellows meeting in Portland; but Mr..
Huntington's corporation positively refused
to recognize the affair as being Of any con-
sequence.
When a committee waited on Fourth and
tation tickets be Issued to all delegates who
are properly recognized as such, blank re-
tuSal was given.
When The Portland Odd Fellows heard
how shabbily their California brothers were
being treated by the monopoly they waxed
indignant, and it is principally on their
advice that steamer has been chartered, so
that the railroad company will not reap any
profit from the fact that a convention Is TO
be held in Portland.
The preparations for the gathering of
Odd Fellows are very elaborate, and Patri-
archs Militant from all over the country
Will be present in large numbers.
The morning call., 1892-08-28
Bracing Big Buildings.

One OF the difficult problems that archi-
tects have to consider In erecting very high
buildings is wind bracing. The variations
OF practice is wide, showing that ideas diff
fer in regard TO details and the amount and
operation Of forces to be resisted. In de-
signing metal structures engineers agree
substantially, the greatest differences being
in regard to use Of cast iron and the relative
merits OF hollow tile walls and of iron or steel
rods as vertical bracing 1t is said that
some architects depend wholly on the or.
dinary partitions for lateral stability. no
matter now much they may be weak
ened by openings. 1t IS all right to have
the exterior walls mere exterior curtain
TO shield the interior metal frame, but the
frame should be braced sufficiently. Vibra-
tions due to ears. trucks and dynamos have
to be considered also.
The morning call., 1892-08-28

feeling. He was not a man to be tr;fed
with. yet the fair and delicate girl who
stood before him showed fear. Nor was
there defiance In her manner; she
was calm. imm0vable, irresistible in
her determination. He waited impa-
tlently for her reply. bat the seal of
silence was setupon her lips and he could not
break it, They stood thus face to face for
a moment, he imperious and commanding,
she resolute and undismayed. "Will you
retract those words?" He had asked the
fateful question fer the last time. The fair
girl looked into his face fearlessly. 81 viii
not" she said firmly. .'rhen / can never
marry you," he hissed between his clinched
teeth. and turning fiercely away he plunged
into the impenetrable darkness without.
The girl smiled as she looked at herself in
the great mirror above the mantel She had
told him she would be a sister to him.
The morning call., 1892-08-28
CHAMPAGNE ON DRAUGHT.
How a Steamboat Fireman Refreshed
Himself. :. :.
Mystery Which Puzzled Shippers and Coz
signees Explaipei-An Engineers
Story.

There was a mystery attending the ship
ments of champagne on the boats which ran
| between the bay and Stockton in the early
| hlties, and for long time it remained un-
solved. Fifty cases would be sent to the
point OF stinatioD. but on arrival only 48
cases would be found intact. The requisite
number of baskets would be received, but
the tally Of the contents showed decided
shortage. The mystery involved every
steamer running on the route.
One night John Lochear. the. engineer OF
the steamer S. B. Wheeler, went down to
the boiler-room and on sudden impulse
thought he would take a drink. Selling the
water-bucket he took long drsught. and
to MS surprise and qualification found him.
self supping champagne. Lochear was no
tenderfoot, and knew that champagne did not
grow in water buckets, and he concluded TO
wait for developments.
COncealing himself in a,convenient corner
he presently saw one of the firemen taking
careful reconnaissance of pile of baskets
containing the sparkling fluid which re-
posed on the deck of the steamer. BE looked
IN every direction. and seeing no one about
departed nonchalantly for the bOier-rOom;
quickly returning. however, he took hold Of
bucket and raising the package of cham
payne dashed it with a mighty crash against
an adjacent barrel, and allowed the contents
to drain into the bucket, which he had with
great f0rethought provided. He then re-
placed the basket on the pile.
On the arrival of the Wheeler at Stockto
the baskets were duly delivered aud re-
eecelpted for. Although the shipments and
receipts exactly tailed the breakage was
soon discovered. and controversy between
the cOnsignee and the drayman followed.
The latter swore that he had delivered the
goods as he had received them, but the
crushed bottles were produced and ulti-
mately be had to pay for them. He died
OF the champagne was never explained by
him. The fireman Is said to be at present
president of local bank
The morning call., 1892-08-28

RAILWAY FRANCHIsEs-D. NJ. c., City.
Messrs. Sherwood ct al. applied TO the
Board OF Supervisors some five years ago for
franchises for the construction Of a street
railway from the ferry to the park via
Broadway, but the desired permission has
neVar DPan granted
The morning call., 1892-08-28

DICTIONARY OF DATEs-F. H., Sacra-
mento. Chronology is very extensive sub
jet. but there is probably no better single
volume book for reference concerning
dates. etc, than Haydn's Dictionary of
Dates, which you can procure at almost
anV hookstore
The morning call., 1892-08-28
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.
Many New Directions in Which the
Fluid Is Now Being Used.

St. Louis Post Dispatch.
II appears from French patent granted
August Z, 1852. to Dr. Albert Sonnenberg OF
Bremen, Germany, that the magnetic
electric machine and accessories forming
the subject matter of this patent had actu-
ally been used to produce current for kill
ing whales. According TO descriptions, the
harpoon line carried n conducting wire
connected with an electro magnet whose
one pole furnished current by this means to
the harpoou, and whose other pole was in
electrical connection with the metallic bot
tom of the boat, thus completing the circuit
through the sea water.
The account of this pioneer method OF
electric execution adds that when the
harp0on is launched into the whale the cir
cult is completed, and the electric fiuid
passes through the body Of the whole aud
the latter receives at each rotation of the
machine II heavy shocks, and as the ma
chine can make one turn per second the
whale will receive 720 shocks per minute.
or such force as to stun or render the
whale unconscious"
There are no overhead wires at the
Worlds Fair grounds. An immense con-
duit. six and one-half feet square, has been
built directly under Machinery Han, run
ming across the grounds slightly below the
surface TO the electrical building, from
which branches are carried to other sec
tions Of the exhibit. Arms are to be car
ried on both sides of this conduit Just long
enough to leave space In the center for
man to walk through conveniently when
ever IL is necessary TO inspect the wires or
make any repairs.
Elihu Thomson is of the opinion that tele-
phonic communication across the ocean will
never be possible, because in cables of such
length a retardation and obliteration Of the
delicate pulses OF current which characteriZe
electrical speech serve to prevent the recep-
tlon OF speech at the far end of the line.
Electricity Is making great progress In
Japan. Toxic has an electrical society hay-
ing over a thousand members, and Nippon
is forming an electric light association.
There are 1014 telegraph offices in the coun-
try, and telephone exchange in Toxic hav-
ing 1000 subscribers connects with long
distance line to Osaka, distance of about
$50 miles. There are 10 electric lighting
stations In the country at present and two
electric roads under consideration.
The veto put upon the trolley system OF
electric traction both in New York and
Philadelphia has turned the attention OF
inventors more than ever to the long hoped
for perfection of either the storage battery
or conduit system. A short line has been
operating IN Chicago. using the new style of
underground conduit, which, after few
breakdowns. has been running successfully
under varying conditions, and longer one
has been successfully operating under
favorable conditions in Buda-Pesth for
some time past Nevertheless. either from
the comparative eheapness OF the trolley
system or It's more pronounced success up
to the present time, 1t seems 10 monopolize
the attention OF the large manufacturing
The morning call., 1892-08-28
The FULLER ESTATE.
Final DIstrIbut of the Property by
Judge Coffey.

Final Distrib ution of the Property by
Judge Coff-y.
The estate Of the late W. P. Fuller Of the
firm of Whittier. Fuller & Co. has been
finally settled by Judge Coffey.
One-half of the real estate had already
been distributed to the widow, and one
twelfth each to the children, Mrs. Mary
Reyn olds, w. 7. Fuller Jf.. Ella and Bertha
Fuller. minors, according to the provisions
Of the will The remaining lwo-twelfths,
producing in rents since March. 1891. S5565,
are now distributed TO Frank and George
Fuller, also minors.
Considerable cash, amounting to $780,
S48 fl, remained TO be dealt with. OF this
the widow received S369,5l7 80, together
with one-haf of the real and personal
property undistributed, To John Fuller Is
given $500; 10 the other children Sol, 494
cash each and one-twefth each of the 'un-
distributed real and personal property; to
Frank and George Sci. .901 each and the same
amount Of real ana personal property.
This personal property undistributed Is
composed mainly Of the notes f)r $500, 900,
given by John Fuller in part payment for
his fathers interest in the Whittier, Fuller
G Co.'S business.
The morning call., 1892-08-28
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
1t Is Causing Great Annoyance TO British
Aristocrats.


Aristocrats.
New York Sun.
Members of Englsnd's upper teD," aaa
of that large body OF English society gen.
orally about which Thaekeray told so much
that is interesting. are agitsted Just now
over the question of what gentleman shall
do when he has the embarrassing mJsfor-
tune to meet his man servant or his wife's
maid on the public street. with the eyes OF
the whole world upon him. The question
has become such serious matter that the
Spectator. the ST. James Gazette, and other
journals have been giving much space of
late to It's discussion, and attempts at set
tling 1t are still going on. The Spectator
wonders "how many men are thers
alive in England this day who can
lay their hands upon their hearts and
swear that they are able TO meet their maid
servants out walking without the slightest
feeling or embarrassment as to how they
shall acknowledge the fact that they are
not strangers" Ii is reluctantly conceded
that the master and servant should salute
each other. but how to do it and yet have
the passing and critical throng know that
the one bends TO the other across a great
social gulf is the perplexity. In old days
the maid would have courtesied and the
master smiled, condeScendingy, Of course.
But in these days of democratic degen-
eraey maids don't courtesy and; men
eoiFohto OOu pun tH6tK koIclOcKSs
Some one made the astounding suggestion
that the master should take off his hat Just
as he would take Il of TO any other lady"
But the Spectator comments that ''unfor-
tunately this is not so easy solution of the
difficulty as it looks. Still it is thought that
if this could be d0ue in some way, as a
starter, although more rather than less
embarrassment would come from the hat
lifting" in the course of evolution ''the
maids would soon hit on bow becoming to
the relation of employer and employed:''
aud the embarrassment might wear off.
The idea of introducing new form of saln..
tati0n to be practiced ''on interiors" is not
considered feasible at this stage in the
march. .
The morning call., 1892-08-28
THANKS FROM RUSSIANS.
Their Gratitude for Our Aid
to the Famine Stricken.
BISHOP NICHOLAS RETURNS.
The Coming Ordination Of tbs First Creek
=, Priest Of American Birth-A New Ca.
:: 49,. =; thsdra in This city.

The Holy Synod Of Moscow, In a ukase 20
Bishop Nicholas of the Orthodox Eastern
church, received yesterday, expresses its
: 1eep gratitude to the American people for
their nheyality toward the starving Russians
during theirecent famine plague.
The ukase states. that knowing we'll the
-. love OF: the American people for the cause
OF education, the contributions received
from the United States were distributed
among the starving pupils and teachers in
the faEDihe-Stricken provinces.
The ukase closes in the most grateful
terms and begs the blessing of the Most
High upon the people Of the United States
for. their spontaneous generosity toward
Russia IN her hour OF sore need.
=. let me. add my gratitude also" said
Bishop Nicholas to CALL reporter, "and
=. my deep thankfulness toward one Of the
most generous nations on the earth"
> bishop Nicholas was almost carried away
by his .eIIIOlion and showed that his pro-
.lessions were sidcefe..
.DurinC: his. first. ecclesiastical visit to
A Alaska aud.:the north, from which he re-
turned about week ago, the Bishop
formed avery Ugh o pinion- Of the American
slmOSt constant contact.
ORA aska the Bishop said ii was country
OF gre9t p0ss baites. which the Americans
were not Slow about developing Being his
firstvisIt: :hedid norfeelat liberty to express
his opinion regarding its religious aud
moral condltion Furthermore than that he
would institute many; new schools for the
IDdian children.
The Russian church is growing at a graft
fyingrate in this country.
A msgEl hCent temple is TO be erected in
C1icagO aud Will be-opened some time dur
ing the Worlds Fair liz will be known as
ST. VIsdmif's:
The: Greek Catholic Union Church Of
Minneapolis, with 500 of It's mem bers, has
seeded from the Roman Catholic do
miniom and has been formally received by
the Hoy Synod into the Greek rite.
In honor Of the event lie Dtum will be
sung to-day al the cathedral. Another note
worthy event will take place at the Greek
Cnurch to-day. 1t will be the ordination of
Sebasteen DabOyitch. now deacon, TO the
full dignity of priesthood. The new pre-
late beats the distinction Of being the first
.Americau- born citizen who was ever or
dained -pTestin the world.
AS twill be the first ordination made by
Bis hop Nicholas 10 his new diocese the
ceremony viii be of the most impress
sve and elaborate kind. While Bishop
Nicholas denies the report, 1t is said by his
associates that he contemplates the erection
Of magnificent cathedral in this city, The
plans and. designs will be a copy on
smaller scale OF the famed ST Sophia, in
Moscow: He has other great improvements
IN view,. but at present be does not wish 10
give them publicity.
: The: Bishop is great sdmirer Of the
American people, ana lie states that he has
. been shown the most delicate courtesies by
them.
-: Heis ambitious to cultivate their friend
ship ald hopes that be VIII do nothing but
what VIII merit. ther kindly consideration.
The morning call., 1892-08-28
A Powerful Machine.

Another OF those superb mechanisms-a
l5-ton locomotive steam crane--has lately
been placed in one OF the great steel plants
OF England, and presents in its construc-
tion some special points Of interest The
load 10 be liited is - tons, at radius of 16
feet, and at this radius the center of the
lo pulley Is % feet from the rail level; but
the 1lb Is fitted with derrick motion. per
mltiing 1t to be lowered so as to be clear
under headway OF II feet. All the gear
Ing, also the roller path and rollers, main
crosshead. aud many other important parts.
are made of cast steel, and the cost Is steel
forging. Steam Is supplied to both sets of
engines by large steel vertical boiler.
double riyeted throughout, and arranged TO
, wotk al pressure OF 120 pounds per square