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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-09-09
MIDWAY PLAISANCE,"

Tho Correct Pronunciation of This Title
as Adopted by General Usage.
Since the opening of the fair it has
been matter to observe with regret
that the name of that strange thorough
fare wherein many nations are repre-
sented has been regularly and auda-
ciously mispronounced by a large pro.
portion OF the general public.
1t has been charged that in selecting
the title, Midway Plaisance," the park
commissioners made an unwarranted
incursion upon foreign tongue, but
when one considers the inadequacy of
the word street." the effem;nacy Of
avenue" and the total impossibi]ity
of boulevard" it is not hard to see
| what led them to the choice. The real,
ly woeful consequence of their selec-
ton is to be found in the weirdly varied
| pronunciation which some people give
| it. "Plezzunts" is common, so is "play-
zance" "Playzahants," with the accent
ON the ultimate, is favorite. Ere.
quently speaker, doubtful of his ac-
curacy, makes sweeping contraction
ano elision of the word, with the evil
dent hope of escaping observation, and
says: Midway Plezns'."
The more popular photographers of
fer little help, and it remains with the
speaker to choose whether he shall
consider the word as English-it is an
obsolete form of the archaic English
word 'pleasaunce"-or as modern
French. The spelling of the older Eng
lish and the present Gallo form is iden-
tical. If it is old English it is ''play.
zance," with the accent weightiest on
the first syllable. If it is French it is
"playzongs las nearly as may be indi-
Gated in English letters) with no ac-
cent at all, or with very little accent on
the final syllable.
Judging from the general usage here,
it would seem that the latter prouun.
citation is the enc destined to rule.-
Chicago Record.
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Failte," which, translated, bids the vis-
itor hundred thousand welcomes.
Once within the mimic city, the
stranger finds much to instruct and
amuse. Here the process of dairying,
making and other Irish industries
are faithfully represented, and the time
may be pleasantly passed in listening
to genuine Irish songs, dances, etc.
The funds to sustain this enterprise
were subscribed by people of every po-
litical and religious faith in Ireland
and by public-spirited citizens of this
country. There is another Irish village
in the Plaisance, on the right-hand side
further west, which offers many fea-
lures of interest, but the one that has
the Blarney stone must, and very natu-
rally, attract the most attention.
A little further along the Plaisance,
on the right-hand side going west, there
Is the Javanese village, of which SO
much has been said and written. With
out going into detailed account of its
many queer features, we can but say
that it is well worth the price asked to
pass through this strange community
Jhe people themselves are the greatest
curiosities of this remarkable exhibit.
Their houses, mode of living and many
curios from the land of the Malay offer
ample interest for an hours visit, but
when the visitor leaves their gates he
does SO with an impression that there
is race that cannot we'll lay claim to
being anything like clean in their
habits.
A little further along are the Ger
man villages, "Old Vienna on the left
and the German village proper on the
right, in either of which there is much
to be seen and heard that will afford the
visitor profitable hours pause Aside
from the beer and music, which are in
dispensabla adjuncts to most all Ger
man entertainments there is much to
please and instruct in the various pro-
ductions of art and industrial skill
The concerts in themselves are always
great attraction for lovers of martial
music, and great crowds of Germans are
constantly drawn to the daily concerts
in these villages.
In the immediate neighborhood OF
the German villages are the Turkish
mosques and bazars in which are
faithfully portrayed the different
phases of life in the oriental cities.
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trollable and that she had got to marry
him; otherwise he could never conquer
it. She said she would marry him when
he kept sober six months regardless OF
what his father and mother might say.
1t seems she had will of her own, only
she had to cry a good deal to get it in
working order.
"You can imagine how anxiously we
all watched George, and what relief
it was to every one, when he began to
show that he had conquered his appe-
tite for too much whisky.
HE finished out his period of proba-
tion soberly, and the wedding came off.
The day before, he said to me: We'll,
uncle, it's pretty tough when a man
has to make a reprobate of himself be-
fore he can marry the woman he loves;
but ! think I did tolerably WE'LL
81 think you did, my boy said,
considering your lack of natural quail
ifications; but don't see that YOU were
forced into it,
"'Yes; but I was,' he said. Lee
drank hard, and every one, even my
own people, said what bright fellow he
could be if he would only let liquor alone;
then they gave him the girl / loved,
because didn't happen to be a drunk
ard. l just thought I'd see If whisky
straight, as you called it, wouldn't
bring my merits out into little strong
er relief
"Then you didn't have strong appe-
tite for liquor, asked him.
"'Not a bit of it, he said. Il found
hard drinking to be hard work; and, to
tell the truth about it, that last month
of my brief career as dipsomaniac was
fake. just kept out late and lit
tered my room up with empty bottles.
But he swore me to secrecy. And to
this day they all think Julie plucked
I'm from the burning
nd what became of Lee after his
.'s marriagc?" asked.
ell, now, do you know that's the
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dinned her so much about her duty
and what a man she could make of
Lee that she didn't have nerve enough
to come out fiat-footed and say no.
Zone evening George came to me,
down-hearted-looking as could be, and
wanted should take dinner with him
down town. l knew how he was feel
ing and thought might chirk him up
bit, possibly, SO we had dinner to-
gether Long before we'd finished
could see he'd some new purpose in his
head, and finally out he came with it.
He says:
"'Uncle, how drunk may a gentle
man get?'
'Well, I told him a gentleman was
all right so long as he could apologize
for his condition.
"Then he wanted to know if cham
pagne was a good way of reaching the
limit. hadn't quite got him yet; but
l warned him against champagne, of
course-told him it was too liable to
carry him past the station-and that
straight whisky was the only trust
worthy beverage where man started
soberly out to get drunk.
''He laughed little and said he be-
lieved he'd been missing some fun.
II met-George again that night about
one o'clock it was, and he was drunk
Well, you can imagine how the thing
shocked me, because when fellow of
his quiet nature takes too much, you
know it means, something. saw then
why he had questioned me as he
did. The strain upon him, his, .disap-
pointment at losing the sgirl, had made
him reckless, andahe'd taken this way
to throw it off. 1 tried to get him home
with me, but he wouldn't have it. He
said there was something wrong about
the limit of inebriety had set, because,
while he was still able to apologize for
his condition, he had lost all desire to
do SO. l wasn't really much alarmed
because l thought one night of it would
settle him. 1t didn't, though. He was
at it again next day, and the next.
There was pretty row on when his
father and mother heard of it. But that
didn't worry him any. He kept it up
like an old rounder. I've known him
-"
to get two policemen drunk in one night
miserable judge of whisky he was,
too.
''It soon seemed inevitable that the
family was to produce two highly sue
cessful drunkards, and then it became
aquestion of which one the girl stood
the best chance of saving.
'While Ed and his wife were debat-
ing over it, it came to jules mind one
day that, for one of the interested par
ties, she wasn't having much voice in
the matter One morning, without say
ing anything to anyone, she locked
George in his room and fed him on milk
toast and Apollinaris water all day.
Toward night she let him out He gave
her to understand that his craving for
strong drink was next thing to uncon-
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BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1s93

funny part of it. AS soon as George
started in, Lee became alarmed about
him, and in his efforts to keep George
straight he got to keeping sober him
self Georges misdeeds seemed to open
his eyes and give him a disgust for that
sort of thing. He Strengthened up and
married an old flame of his who'd Tilted
him when he first began to get wild.
They're both heads of families now."-
H. L. Wilson, in Puck.
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WHEN MOTHER GETS HOME.

When mother gets home, OH listen to the
laughter
OF the lispng little ones that gather all about
With chubby feet and dimpled arms kept busy
climbing after
The blessings and caressings that mothers s
love deals out.
Cooing-
This is
Wooing
Kisses
From the endless treasure
OF those velvet lips Of hers sweet as honey
3 comb.
Baby
Lingers,
May be
Fingers
All tho matchless measure
OF her wealth of tresses, when mother gets
home.
When mother gets home all the house is
strangely quiet,
In the shadow of the silence sits the dear old
vacant chair.
Aloveii on the parlor wall, picture hangs,
while nigh it
Are poor dumb lips, that falter at the thrcsh.
old Of prayer.
Children
Faces,
Drilled in
Graces,
Look so worn and weary
Look so wan and weird-like in the awful
gloom.
Rather
Lonely.
Father
Only
Says: "While our hearts are dreary
The angels will be happier when mother gets
home"
Alfred Ellison. In Chicago News.
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scraps of conversation relating to the
wonders of its many attractions. The
"Playzaunce" is upon every tongue
and deplorable indeed is the condition
of the person who has not paid it a
visit and become acquainted with it's
mosques, theaters, panoramas, villages,
etc. Even the gamin on the down
town Street corner can direct you to
the several abodes of the Turks Jaw
anese, Dahomeyans or any of the
strange races, and he regards with a
commiserating air the poor unfor-
tunate frater who has not done the
whole blooming show" from one end
to the other.
The exposition proper must needs
first claim the attention of the visitor,
and until he has viewed the wonders
DER contained in the great white build
ings, and made himself familiar with
the multitudinous wonders of the arts,
manufactures and other departments,
he cannot conscientiously say he has
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-09-09

In composition upon Education"
boy once wrote: Education is going
to school, which is being marked every
day and examined on paper and then
promoted and if you are a girl you
graduate and have flowers, but if you
are boy you don't have flowers; you
only 60 to college" A somewhat
unique, deplorable, but comprehensive
defnition!-Journal of Education.
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short. just such man as you would
address, instinctively, as Major
We pulled tentatively at the cigars
until satisfied of their excellence.
hen asked the major what had be-
come of his two nephews, of whom he
used to tell me so much. He indulged
in some reminiscent chuckles, and said:
"Weh, well! So never told you
how they settled down? Quite fam
lily affair it was Let me see-um-
when you last heard of the boys, Lee,
the elder, was drinking very hard.
Where the fellow ever got his an.
petite for liquor no one knows, but he
had it, and it was appalling, and there
did not seem to be any way of spelling
it for him. He was one of the bright
est boys l ever knew, one of these
plausible, ingratiating scamps that
you can't help but like, and wish YOU
could George was just the opposite, a
quiet, studious sort of chap, who kept
to himself, mostly. Somehow, he never
seemed to get along with people the
way Lee did-he didn't have that
bright sort of tact that makes young
men agreeable and taking. He didn't
care any more for society than society
cared for him; the two weren't suited to
each other; all he wanted was to be let
alone. The boy was all right at bot
tom. as he's shown since; but the per-
son to draw him out hadn't conle along
yet.
Z "Well, four years ago this fall, there
came to the house one day hundred
and twenty pounds of as pretty, blue
eyed meekness as you ever saw 1t was
the daughter of a sort of second cousin
OF brother Eds and mine. Her parents
were dead, and Ed was her guardian,
SO she came here to live. She was one
OF this little, canary bird sort of girls.
"At the time she arrived, Lee was
just little this side of delirum tre-
mems, and | really believe she STAYED
'em off. Julie was her name. She
hadn't been in the house two weeks
before everybody was in love with her,
including both of the boys. It was the
most astonishing thing in the world,
the wav she drew that fellow George
out. From being moody and self-con-
tanned, he just expanded into as jovial
and agreeable young man as you'd
wish to meet. Julie and he seemed to
take to each other from the start I
can tell you, old boy, to see them to-
gether, with SO much confidence and
good will between 'em, and SO much of
something else that seemed too big to
express-well sometimes it made me
feel that possibly I'd missed something
in life hy knocking around single.
But, however, well, Lee didn't get
along So well with Julie. When he
was sober, and devoted himself to her,
ne seemed to sort of awe her, don't you
know--she wasn't free and happy as
she was with George, but always re-
strained, and half afraid of him. But
they were both dead in love with her,
and each was determined to have her.
Now, you would have thought that
Ed and his wife would have put their
influence on Georges side, wouldn't
you? Not bit of it. They wanted
her to. marry Lee, and why? Because
told her she was the one person
him from
u and
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-09-09
WORLDS FAIR SIDE-SHOWS.
The Wonderful Villages of the Mid
way Plaisanoe.
Miniature Cities of Strange Races-A Fea.
ture That Affords Much Pleasure
to Visitors-Odd Sights
and Sounds.
Especta, Chicago Correspondence

OTH1NG seems
to afford the
average sight
seer at the fair
more genuine
pleasure than a
t r / p through
that widely fa-
nous thorough
fare, the Mid
way Plaisance.
One can hardly
stir abroad in
these pi pi n &
times of pleas
u re in ou r
w o r l d. S fair
city, be it afoot
or by convey.
ance, without
h c a + i n e on
e v ery hand
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'Pay as you go" and save enough
to come back on.-Galveston News.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-12
PERSONAL.


J. r. Atherton. of Sc Paul, is . guest at the
Occidental
H. r. Crockett, of Port Angeles. is q guest at
the Arlington.
W. C Bartlett, of Olympia. registered yester-
day At the Dlller
Z. H. shannon, a Philadelphia tourist, is
registered at the Northern.
W. r. Bsitersby and F. NJ Gibson, OF New
whatcom, are guests at the Diller.
Warren h. English, OF Oakland, Cal, was at
the Northern yesterday on his way East.
Rev. J. ". Dorrancc came down from Snoho-
pish yesterday. and Is stopping at the Grand.
Mrs. ". " Constance and Mrs W. GIvens, OF
Mount Vernon, were shopping in this city yes
teriay.
Mrs. r. christauer returned Sunday evening
from visit TO relatives Ia Kansas City and the
worIG's fair.
Mr. and Mrs J. Hstch and A. r. Rogers came
over iton Olympia yesterday and are stopping
at the Occidental
superintea dent of Public Instruction c. w
Rean came over from Olympia yesterday, and ts
stopping at the Grand.
J, II. Cob!entE, ex.chinese inspector. popu.
larry known a. the mayer of South Prairie, =
was In the city yesterday. "a Jolly and as fat as
ever.
". ". Sweeney returned sunday after several
weeks absence in the East during which he
spent one day at the fair al got smoagst such
q crowd of people that became Disguised, g
said he
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pleasant one. Their intention is 10 take
him over to Lake Washington for , little
trip ON the lake and TO show him she
Queen City and surroundings as far IS
time and weather will permit The lee
ture in the evening will be followed by
public reception. Mr.. UlImann viii prob
ably leave Friiay for Stanwood and give .
lecture among his many Norwegian
friends in the Stillagusmish valley. and
the same evening he takes the Northern
Pacific esst-bound train for the large set
Elements in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
where he is already engaged to lecture on
political subjects rs well as literature.
TACOMA. Sept ii--ISpecial l-Speaker
Viggo Ullnann. of the Norwegian house
Of commons, has telegraphed Dirk
Blaauw, of the Tacoma Tidessde. that he
will arrive az Tacoma tomorrow afternoon,
and viii speak Wednesday evening at Nc
Cauley's hall on Norwegian politics
Thursday he will 90 to Seattle.
The Norwegians of this city organized
the Norwegian National Club some time
ago. Now the Swedes and Danes are
about to do the same, the object of the
clubs being TO assist each other in obtain
ing work regardless OF political views.
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of us TO take care Of the
business in the Office. especially with the
1000 Fort Angeles settlers claims 70 in
vestgate.n said Capt. 0'Tooie yesterday.
II he succeeds in getting additional clerks
allowed, he viii probably send abroad for
more personal friends. When asked about
the Port Angeles matter last night. the
new register said;
Yes, the Port Angeles matter came mp
at the general land Office before | left
Washington CITY. and oil proceedings were
suspended until could get here aud take
charge of the Office. Iexpect the instruc-
tons will be received tomorrow morning
telling me to 90 ahead with the proving mp
of settlers claims on the reservation. /
understand that the publication of about
fifty notices had already begun before the
order coun;ermanding them had been sent
out, and. If possible, shall let them be
continued as from the date when first sent
out II The instructions will not allow
this, their publication viii hare to begin
over again."
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.f,1hit,

Al sronaen who are overworked. "run-
down" or debilitated. need just one medicine
and that is DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton It's broad statement, but facts bear
1t out. These are the facts
If you're weak and delicate woman, then
the Favorite Prescription builds you up;
ii you suffer from any of the painful dis
orders and arrangements peculiar to your
sex, it relieves and cures 1t invigorates
the system, improves digestion, enriches
the blood, dispeis aches and pains, brings
refreshing sleep, ard restores health and
strength All the chronic weaknesses, ir-
Irregularities, and disturbances known as
female complaints are completely and
permanently cured by it,
These are facts, and they're strong enough
to warrant the makers in guaranteeing their
remedy. IL it fails to benefit or cure, you
have your money back. No other medicine for
women is sold on such terms. That proves
that nothing else can be just as goods
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-12
STATE BANKING.

IL 10 announced that a majority Of the
house committee on banking aud cur.
reney Is against sas repeAl of the "a, on
stats banks. Even in the South. whieh
has not forgotten the villa cat banking Of
Alabama. Mississippi and Kentucky. some
II the ahiest Democratic Newspapers In
that section are waging an earnest warfare
against II. The Richmond Eva } nispaseA
recalls the fact that ia his message 10
songres. after the panic ~ 1867. President
Buchanan said that IL was tia dasy Of the
government 10 ENSURE the peop.e a sound
currency" kai unfortunately this import.
ant and delicate duty has besn transferred
70 mere thaa /. 80 state hanks. aellaw indie
peadently u each other and regulating
thssT paper issues alnsast exclusively by >
Ngard to the present interests OF their
neekholdess. TIE pisFs.cA says that, If
he state hank SYSTEM we're now In foFcs.
here would hs sbeus Aaeo such eAnks.
and says; 'sThlak Of 500 aiHsren; Kinds
II Circulating notes and 20. enc % theta
tnown 30 ~ good go rallies from acme
II Is no, credible iaat stats hank notes
slll ever he revived, sase under SAGA re-
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A NEW REGISTER TO-DAY.
The Imported Enemy OF Seattle Take
Hfa Place.


Capt. 0'Toole, the new register of the
Seattle land office, will succeed Col. T. NJ
Reed today. When he called at the land
Office on Saturday he asked what creden-
tiais he would be required to present be-
fore the Office would be turned over to
him. He told Col Reed he had a dispatch
from the secretary Of the interior telling
him that his commission was on the way.
Col Reed was in doubt if that would be
sufficient to authorize him 10 turn the
Office over. so he joined Capt. 0'Toole in a
telegram to the secretary asking for in
structions. A reply was received yester-
day that the office should be turned over
to the new register at once. This viii be
done this morning, and Col. Reed will be
glad when he gets receipt from his sue
cessor and is relieved from duties which
have been forced upon him for several
months
Local Democrats are not at all placated
now that Capt. 0'Toole is on the scene.
They inveigh against him as a bitter
enemy of Seattle and insist that his ap-
pointment will do the local Democracy g
great deal of harm. His Democracy is
questioned, bat his hostility to Seattle is
not. He will probably be kept busy dodg-
ing the daggers of the Democrats who
have suffered for their loyalty to Seattle.
Capt. 0'Toole has made one appointment
already and has reached as far as What
com to do it. Percy Smith, of the BeIling-
ham bay town, is the man selected. He
has no more appointments TO make at
present, as the Office is not allowed
any more clerical assistance. 81 told
Mr.. Iamoreaux that IL would be
physically impossible for only two
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stricsions 90 20 establish their uniformity
in value and face security. Tor 70 do other
wise woald be 20 wask back warda. There
IL no necessity. howsves. to bald up new
hank system, for Democratic Congressman
Harssr. Of Ohio. proposes 70 permit the
banks IN the system already established TO
issue circulating notes up 20 IS per cent
Of paid in capital aad make these notes .
first lien on ali assets. with redemption
fund provided fzssn all the banks
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NORTHWEST NEWS.

Anthony Syhart, injured in y header accident
Friday, died at Cotfax sunday.
Mrs Mary Agnes Gniehard. wife o, ex-County
Treasurer 0uichsEd, died at Walls waila Mon
day evening, aged As years.
W II. Nichol. cashier OF the First National
nanx. Of PuyaliGn. died last week. He had
lived ia PuyAllup four years
Paul =. Mehr. Of Taeoma, has given bin Of
sale OF all bis household goods 20 9ieorgina
HrsSey wilson. the consideration being .ii. GA
A carrier pigeon marked v. $40 is held q
csrtive by Frank Morris, OF kelso IL came
into the Washington hotel about . week ago
oas!ng heavy feg.
John ;. MarAssc has been held at Collar 10
answer charge Of receiving stolen stock He
Was extEsdtted iron Idaho for tae alleged crime
Of eayiug from rasiiers cattle which he knew
had been stolen from Frederick Moss, Of
Esrmlugton