davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
THEY LIKE THE BATH.
Venetians Are People Who Can Thoroushly
Enjoy the Water,

Senetians Are People Who Can Thoroughly
Enjoy the Water.
There is one great popular endowment
in Venice-the bath. Everyone bathes.
There is no place IN the world, perhaps,
where there is such a general taking to
the water on every summer day; aud
not the day only either. but all night
as we'll. 1t is SO convenient to walk to
the door of ones own house and plunge
from the very threshold into the clear.
cool water.
So at almost every hour, gliding in
your gondola along the smaller canals,
you pass among merry parties of
bathers, who swim about your boat
like sea nvmphs and Tritons about old
Neptune's car. They chatter at you
gleefully, perhaps splash water at YOU,
or swim up and insist on shaking hands
with dripping fingers over the gunwale
of the boat.
These swimmers in the canals are
chiefly children, but sometimes they
include whole family party, old and
young. In the great harbor the street
boys plunge by hundreds. Such swim
mers as they are too! They turn somer.
saults as they leap from the quays, and
perform almost countless tricks in the
water, until one fancies them a school
OF dolphins at play.
These are the people with the accent
on people" The people with the &C.
cent on "the" go elsewhere to bathe
and chiefly to the Lido. There are
glorious sands and the water is perfec-
tion, despite the absence of surf.
A barrier of rope divides the women
bathers from the men. Nowhere can
one find more accomplished swimmers.
or more graceful, than on the women's
side of the rope at Lido. AS a rule.
too, their bathing-dresses are hand
some, modest, and well-designed
to give freedom to the muscles and
to offer as little resistance to
their wearers' passage through the wa
ter as possible. For head-gear, broad
brimmed straw hats are worn, though
generally half of them are left floating
on the water while their owners dive
and swim.
Italian women are not afraid of get
ting their hair wet. One sees no oiled
silk caps at the Lido, nor any women
fearing to go far into the sea lest they
should wet their hair. On the contrary.
they all get their hair soaking wet, and
when they come out they loosen it and
letit dry hanging over their shou lders.
The men are fine, strong swimmers.
too, the equals of any in the world.
Swimming. indeed, is an important
part OF an Italians life. People here
do not content themselves with quar-
ter-hour's frolic in the waves; they 90
in for good long bath of an hour. or
two, or even three.-Yankee Blade
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 49, 1892
watching for the cable to appear on

watching for the cable to appear on
the water.
AT length it was brought to the sur
race. All who were allowed to ap-
proach, crowded forward to see it. Yet
not a word was spoken; only the voices
OF the officers in command were
heard giving orders. All felt as if life and
death hung on the issue. 1t was only
when it was brought over the bow and
on the deck that men dared to brea the.
Even then they hardly believed thei,
eyes. Some crept toward it to feel of
it, to be sure it was there. Then we
carried it along to the electricians
room to see if our long-sought treasure
was alive or dead.
"A few minutes of suspense and
flash told of the lightning current
again set free. Then did the feeling
long pent up burst forth. Some turned
away their heads and wept; others
broke into cheers, and the cry ran from
man to man, and was heard down in
the engine rooms, deck below deck.
and from the boats on the water, and
the other ships, while rockets lighted
SN~O
"Then with thankful hearts we
turned our faces again to the west.
But soon the wind rose, and for thirty
SIX hours we were exposed to all the
dangers OF storm on the Atlantic.
Yet, in the very height and fury of the
gale, as sat in the electricians room,
flash of light came up from the deep,
which, having crossed to Ireland, came
back to me in mid-ocean, telling that
those SO dear to me, whom I had left on
the banks Of the Hudson, were well
and following us with their wishes and
their prayers.
This was like whisper of God from
the sea, bidding me to keep heart and
hope. The Great Eastern bore herself
proudly through the storm as if she
knew that the vital cord which was to
join the two hemispheres hung at her
stern, and so on Saturday, the 7th of
September, we brought our second
cable safely to the shore"
Afterward, in speaking of his great
est work, Mr.. Field said:
1T has been a long, hard struggle,
nearly thirteen years of anxious watch
ing and ceaseless toll. Often my heart
has been ready to sink. Many times
when wandering in the forests of New
foundland, in the pelting rains or on
the decks of ships, on dark nights
alone, far from home-I have almost ac.
cused myself of madness and folly to
sacrifice the peace of my family and
all the hopes of my life for what might
prove after all but dream.
u have seen my companions, one and
another, falling by my side, and fear
ed that l, too, might not live to see the
end. And yet one hope has led me on,
and have prayed that I might not
taste of death till this work was accom-
plished. That prayer is answered, and
now, beyond all Acknowledgements to
men is the feeling of gratitude to AL
mighty God.-N. Y. Times.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
Mr.. FIELDS OWN STORY.

How the Cable Lost at Sea Was Recovered d
in Midocean.
AT dinner given to Mr.. Field by the
New York chamber of commerce, No
vember Is, 1866, he told about the re-
covery of the cable which was lost in
the oceans bed in these words:
AFTER landing the cable safely at
Newfoundland we had another task
to return to midocean and recover that
lost in the expedition of last year. This
achievement has, perhaps, excited more
surprise than the other. 1t was the tri-
umph of the highest nautical and engi-
neering skill. We had four ships, and
on board of them some of the best sea-
men in England-men who knew the
ocean as hunter knows every trail in
the forest There was Capt. Moriarity,
who was in the Agamemnon in 1873.
HE was in the Great Eastern, last
year, and saw the cable when it broke:
and he and Capt. Anderson at once
took their observations so exact that
they could go right to the spot. After
finding it, they marked the line of the
cable by row of buoys, for fogs would
come down and shut out sun and stars,
30 that no man could take an obserya-
ton. These buoys were anchored a
few miles apart. They were numbered.
and each had a flagstaff on it, so that
it could be seen by day, and lantern
by night. Thus having taken our bear
ings, we stood off three or four miles.
SO as to come broadside on, and then,
casting over the grapnel, drifted SLOWLY
down upon it, dragging the bottom of
the ocean as we went. At first it was a
little awkward to fish in such deem
water, but our men got used to it, and
soon could cast grapnel almost as
straight as an old whaler throws a
harpoon
Our fishing line was of formidable
size. 1t was made of rope, twisted with
wires of steel, SO as to bear a strain of
thirty tons. 1t took about two hours
Tor the grapnel to reach bottom, but we
could tell when it struck. often went
to the bow and sat on the rope, and
could feel by the culver that the Crap
mel was dragging on the bottom two
miles under us. But it was very slow
business. We had storms and calms and
fogs and squalls.
Still we worked on day after day.
Once, on the 7th day of August, we got
the cable up and had it in sight for five
minutes-a long, Shiny monster, fresh
from the ooze of the oceans bed; but
our men began to cheer so wildly that
1t seemed to be frightened, and sudden.
ly broke away and went down into the
sea.
The accident kept us at work two
weeks longer, but finally, on the last day
OF August, we caught it. We had cast
the grapnel thirty times. It was a little
after midnight on Friday night that we
hooked the cable, and it was a little
after midnight on Sunday morning
when we got it on board. What was
the anxiety of those twenty-six hours!
The strain on every mans life was like
the strain on the cable itself. When
finally 1t appeared it was midnight;
the lights of the ship and in the boats
around our bows as they flashed in the
faces OF the men, showed them eagerly
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
The Naming of the Paper.

One man suggested "Bugle," another weekly
Blow"
And still another thought 'The Light" would
flash and make her go;
Another mana candidate-suggested "Weekiy
Vote;"
Another thought 1.-THE Peoples Flag" was good
enough to float;
But the man who caught the editor-though
others thought him rash
Was the man who planlsed dollar down and
simply murmured "Cash!"
Atlanta Constitution
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
---f -f-------------'-------
What He Needed.

The New York druggists make large
percentage on the money invested.
They are very exorbitant Recently a
New York invalid was told by his doc
tor:
"Your condition is much worse than
it was. You are getting weaker"
What am to do about it?"
You must change your climate"
"Tll do it, do it at once, for if have
to pay many more druggists bills the
climate will be the only thing left for
me to change. Texas Siftings.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
Tricks In AM Trades.
w Jersey Idyl.l

Customer would like you to repair
this watch. Now, don't want you to
tell me the whole mechanism is out of
order and it will take two weeks to re-
pair it, and cost half what the watch ia
worth. You can't fool mel l know q
trick or two.
Matchmaker (meekly)-H'm! You are
. matchmaker, presume?
Customer-No; a doctor. Puck.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
Sweeping Out,

Fashionable Wife-Did you notice,
dear, at the party last evening how
grandly our daughter, Clara, swept into
the room?
Husband with a grunt)- yes,
Clara can sweep into any room grandly
enough, but when it comes to sweeping
out a room she isn't there.-Texas Siftr
ings.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
His Weak Point.

Bronson-I suppose that Henry NJ.
Stanley is the greatest explorer and
discoverer of the nineteenth century.
Johnson-Undoubtedly he is.
Bronson-Then isn't it very strange
that it took him SO many years to find
a wife?-Household Monthly.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
His Eloquent Silence.

"You've eaten all that is good for
you, Willie," said his mother in low
tone. "You must not ask for anything
more. Remember now that little BOYS
should be seen, and not heard"
"Ill quit talking" replied Willie, in
a hoarse whisper distinctly heard by
the visitors, ''but my silence means that
want some more of that pie" Chico
60 Tribune.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
Don't do that. Keep the big ones
The Kind of a Client to Have.

"My client Burker is the kind of a
man ADMIRE" said Brief. 'He told
me he was willing to spend ten thou
sand dollars to recover one hundred
dollars he had been defrauded Off
What advice did you'givs him?"
II told him to go ahead-fhat I was
with him in all matters Involving a
principle of that sort. Puck.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
Missing Change.

Husband-I think there must be
hole in my trousers pocket, as | never
seem to be able to keep any loose
change in them.
Wife-No, my dear, there isn't, for !
have carefully examined them every
morning.-Detroit Free Press.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
How 1t Sometimes Happens.

"Who is that coarse looking, fat man
crossing the street?"
That's Hobson, the author of Songs
OF the Heart and Other Verses"
"And is the high-browed, pale faced
man behind him another poet?''
"Oh, no; that's Lardoyle, the packing
house prince. Chicago News.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
1t Happened to Come to Her.

Young Wife (at midnight Wake up!
Wake up!
Husband-What is it, dear? Robbersp
Young Wife-Mercy, no! You asked
me at supper what allied the cake. 1t
just happened to come to me this
minute. forgot to put any sugar in it.
Truth.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
Seaside Note.

"Did you pick up any weight by
going to the seashore, Smithy9"
II did, indeed, Browny-gained one
hundred and twenty-five pounds"
"Pshaw! impossible"
"Fact, my dear fellow. Come up tc
the house and will introduce you te
her; we were married last week.
Texas Siftings.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
Quite the Reverse,

Goggin-Do you mean to say you
got that suit of clothes for only s1S?
That's what I should call regular
pick-me-up.
Maygog-It isn't though. It's reg
ular hand-me-down.-C Chicago Tribune.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
A TougI, Boy,

Judge Duffy-Your son has been ar
rested for throwing stones at passing
railroad train. AS he is not sixteen
years old, shall send him home to be
thrashed..
Father-We at home are only too
glad if he doesn't thrash us. You don't
know that boy.-Texas Siftings.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
Didn't Like EN-.

Dreistein-Dot gentleman is pank
cashier--I yoost sold him a suit of
clothes.
Boodleheimer-H He vas in our shtore.
put dit not puy.
Dreistein-Vy not?
Boodleheimer-Dot new clerk asked
him if he efer wore stripes.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
True Courtesy.

Lambson--I missed my new tennis
oeit from my room yesterday, Mrs.
Grinder, and this morning Won had
tripe for breakfast.
Mrs. Grinder (the landlady, haueht-
ily)-.Well, sir, what of it?
Lambson-Is there anything special
that you would like me to get to-day?-
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29

-Gent-"You have come about the
place OF coachman. Can you drive
slowly and carefully?" Applicant
Certainly, doctor; l was FIVE years
coachman to an undertaken. "-SLese-
halle.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
No Wonder.

Husband-How fresh and smiling the
face of nature is to-day!
Wife (whose last season costume ran.
klcs)-Why shouldn't nature smile?
Every blessed thing she wears is new
ana this years style. could look hap.
py under such circumstances myself
Brooklyn Life.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
A Unique Example.

Superintendent of Lunatic Asylum
That, ladies, is a summer hotel clerk
recently thrown out of employment.
The Ladies-Why was he brought
here?
Superintendent-He got to thinking
he was no better than the guests of the
hotel.-Life.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29

Jack-What are you feeling so blue
about?
Toni got in the habit of kissing
Imogen whenever she got angry at me.
Jack-Yes
Tom-And now her temper is COM
pletely ruined.-N. Y. Herald.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
NO. A..
Art N0fA.

Artist-The public makes me sick.
Critic-Why, what's the matter with
the public?
Nobody will give even as much as
ten dollars for my last picture. I've
notion to throw my brushes out of the
window"
Don't do that. Keep the big ones
ut least"
"Why should keep the big ones?"
"You may need them some of these
days in painting fences. Texas Sift-
ipgs.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29
Woman.

She'll ride II only for block,
Thinks exercise is vile;
But she'll go into drygoods store
And walk at least mile.
-Jud4a
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-10-29

Mr.. Jennings-I could jes' ride on
fo'ebber wifi yo, Miss Edit.
Miss Edif-'Deed yo' couldn't. Yo'd
have dat bicycle-bazar man aftah us 70
de rent wifi a gun; sho' 'nough we
would.-Judge.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-31
EAST PROVIDENCE.

Memorial Day this year was hard one
for Bucklin Post. They gathered at head
quarters early in the morning to accom-
pany the department commander and
staff as guests of Prescott Post At 2:30
o'clock the line formed, and proceeded to
the cemetery.
At the return of the veterans to the hall
supper was served by Women's Relief
Corps. At o'clock the procession re-
formed aud marched to the town hall.
Sam. &. Waldron of New FORK is mem
Der Of Bucklin Post, and yesterday he
turned out with the post.
The East Providence High School
played game OF bali with the Bristol
High School at Bristol. with score of 5
to In favor OF East Providence
The employees of f. Fowler a. Co. and
l.. 5. Rich played game of ball on the
east side OF the Hundred Acre Cove. The
game resulted 35 to 10 in favor of T.. Fow-
Ter a. Co.
The Baptist Sunday School State con
vention will be held in the town hall to-
morrow, sessions TO commence at 10
o'clock A. NJ, 2 and p. NJ.
A man by the ma ne OF James Lynch
struck bov who was on horseback and
nearly Knocked him of, yesterday after
noon. When the chief went for
him he ran into the house of
George Gardner aud locked the door.
This morning before Judge Bliss the man
was arraigned on two charges, assault
and battery, for which he got fine of $40
and costs, aud reveling, for which he got
81 and costs. lie was sent to Cranston to
work out his bill
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-31
MORE TALK OF BLAINE.
PIatt Tells Washington Men the
Secretary Will be Nominated.
HISCOCK SAYS HARRISON.
Clarkson and Fassett or for Minneapolis
The First Necessity, Says the Chair
man. is for Complete Harmony-No
More Letters Looked For.

NEW YORK, May 31.-Gen. James S.
National committee, left the Grand Cen
trail depot at 0 p. m. yesterday on his way
to Minneapolis. He was accompanied by
ex-senator j. Sloat Fassett. The result
of Chairman Clarkson's stay in this city
has confirmed him in his view that James
G. Blaine is the first choice OF six out of
the seven millions Of Republican voters in
he country.
Gen. Clarkson insists that he must not
be placed in n position even seemingly
hostile TO President Harrison. "The Re-
publican party said he must first Of all
be harmonious"
The one important feature which the
advocates of the nomination of Mr.. Blaine
now insist upon IL that the Blaine move
ment Is not an uprising of disappointed
office-seekers.
The situation, in part. as now presented
forth as follows: In Maine the whole Re-
publican force favors Mr.. Blaine.
In Massachusetts Messrs. Crapo, Lodge,
the Ameses, Bracket and Henry s. Hyde
OF the delegation are leaders in the Blaine
movement.
for Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Fessenden of Con-
necticut, who certainly cannot be set
down as a disappointed officer seeker, is
an out and out Blaine man.
In1 Pennsylvania the only prominent
Republican leader sat down as being
against Blaine is Postmaster General
Wanamaker.
The reports from Ohio indicate that
nine-tenths of the Republicans there
favor Mr.. Blaine. Gov. Mckinley is a
Blaine man, as he always has been.
In Wisconsin the conversion of Henry
c, Paine to the Blaine movement is re-
ceived by Mr.. Blaine's friends as a sure
sign of the march of events.
Fully half Of the Illinois delegation is
for Mr.. Blaine. The four delegates at
large are assuredly for him. OF the Min
nesota delegation it Is said that there Is
only one man who is not for Blaine.
The South Dakota delegation is COM
posed wholly Of Blaine men who are not
Office holders. All but two of the North
Dakota delegation belong TO Blaine, five
of the Nebraska delegation to him aud
all of the Montana delegation. Washing
ton is also for Blaine.
Harrison in Washington.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 31.-President
Harrison and party, including General
sentatives Henderson and Blount, arrived
in this city this morning on a special
train over the Pennsylvania railroad.
Mr. Blaine passed quiet day and ap-
parently devoted little OF it, If any, to the
discussion of politics.
Mr.. Thomas G. Piatt was here yester-
day, but returned to New York last even
ing. He assured every one with whom he
conversed that Blaine was going to be
nominated. Senator Hiscock announced
cheerfully that everything was looking
Harrison's way. Major Dan Ransdell,
marshal of the District of Columbia, one
of the closest personal friends of the
President, said Blaine would write another
letter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-31
WOONSOCKET.

Memorial Day was fittingly observed In
the city yesterday under the auspices OF
Smith Post, No. Q. G.. A. r., assisted by
Charles Il. Gordon Camp, Sons of Veter-
ans, and Women's Relief Corps At s:45
A. NJ the line formed on Arnold street.
At the conclusion Of short parade the
whole company repaired to Hawes Hall
where a memorial program was rem
dered
An alarm of fire from box 10. corner of
South Main and Providence streets, called
out the department for n blaze in barn
owned by James G.. Proctor, situated in
the rear of l30 South Main street.
Sunday morning at $40 o'clock two
French lads, while playing on the banks
OF the Blackstone river near the Sayles
street end OF the New York and New
England railroad, discovered the dead
body of man with his head cut and dis
figured and partially covered with blood.
The body proved to be that OF Dennis
Highlands aged %, employed in the
Woonsocket Rubber Company.
IL is thought that the deceased was
walking on the railroad bridge aud either
fell through or was struck by passing
train
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-31
WEXFORD.

The entire program Of Memorial Day
was carried out with perfect success yes
terday. The post attended divine service
az the Methodist Church Sunday evening.
The Rev. Mr.. Brown spoke upon the
topic, Honor To Whom Honor is Due. "
The organizations participating in the
parade assembled In Odd Fellows Hall at
10 o'clock: Seated upon the platform were
Commander y. B. Lewis, Past Com
mander George Il. Cranston, the Revs.
A. K. Main, orator. and Joseph Butter
worth, chaplain of the day.
AT the conclusion of the exercises the
line was formed under the command OF
Past Commander George 4. Cranston,
marshal, with Lafayette Cornet Band,
James III. kendrick, leader. ~ pieces.
The score At the finish stood 4 TO 1 I'm
favor OF the Eagles.
An evening entertainment was given in
Odd Fellows Hall. The Providence Or.
chestra gave half hours concert, which
was followed by the presentation OF the
farce, "funnibone's Fix" by the Y. II. s.
Of Providence. Dancing followed.
At meeting of the Baptist Church
Sunday, an informal ballot upon the all.
ing Of the Rev. Mr.. Tullar To the paste.
rate, was unanimously in favor Of the
proposition.
Inc Democrats met I'm caucus Satur.
day evening and made nominations for
town offices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-31
NEWPORT,

Memorial day was recognised accord
ing to immemorial usage, Yesterday, but
just after the procession started, aud it
was an imposing one, the rain fell in tor
rents and the line Of march was abau-
doned, the sailor boys and troops from
Fort Adams returning to their several
posts.
Steamer yacht Alva. with Mr. and Mrs.
w. X. Vanderbilt family, arrived yester-
day morning at 3 A. NJ, seventeen days
from Havre. The News correspondent
was the first TO board the Alva after she
had passed the customs and found that
Mr.. Vanderbilt was not aware of the
death of his nephew, w. II. Vanderbilt,
aud consequently they were much dis
tressed when the news was broken 10
them.
Mr.. Vanderbilt and family are at Muen-
chiuger's till their own cottage is ready
and at . o'clock last night Mr. Wander
bilt sailed for New York on the Alva.
The first meet OF the Newport County
Hunt was held Yesterday and notwith-
standing the incement weather there
was "A large attendance aud some good
sport was witnessed.