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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-04-27
DIGGING FOR FISH.
Novel Way of Catching Them in Vogue in
Ceylon.

Novel Way of Catching Them in Vogue in
Ceylon.
In some parts of Ceylon the natives
are accustomed to dig in the mud dur
ing the hot season for fishes, which are
found buried in the soft clay at depth
of two feet or more. 1t is thus that the
curious animals hide themselves during
period of torpi lily.
More than one species indigenous to
the island have this remarkable habit,
which accounts for the appearance Of
full-grown fishes in ponds which have
shortly before been entirely dried mp.
This phenomenon was for long time
regarded as an inexplicable mystery.
The creatures as they find their ac-
customed element disappearing by evap-
Grafton during the dry time of the year
bury themselves in the mud. sinking TO
a depth at which they find sufficient
moisture to preserve life for months,
while the bed of the pond above them
may perhaps become "a hardened crust
dried and cracked by the heat of the
sun. As soon as the water comes again
they emerge and people take advantage
of the opportunity while they are still
floundering about in the shadows to eff
feet their capture in large numbers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-04-27
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A HORSE can travel mile without moving
more than four feet. Funny, isn'tlti
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-04-27
When Travelling

"OcH, be jabers,'' sighed Mrs. O'F1aherty,
''af Oh wor ouly man Ord be the haprIest
woman aloiye ,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
PERSONAL AND LITERARY,

-Carlyle's old home in Chelsea, Lon.
don, is occupied now by Elizabeth Ann
Cottrell, widow. The greater part of
her household consists of fifteen dogs,
seven of which recent visitor saw ly-
ing in their mistress lap as she ate her
breakfast.
Judge William Lochren, the new
pension commissioner, has q brilliant
war record He served at Gettysburg
as first lieutenant in regiment of
three hundred men. He emerged from
conflict with Pickett's division in
command of forty men.
Gov. John E. Osborne of Wyoming
is the youngest governor in the United
States. He is only thirty-four, a doctor
by profession, very good-lool1ing, of
pleasing address, and went from YER
mont to the west some fourteen years
ago, though native Of New York.
-George I. Seney, the millionaire
philanthropist of Brooklyn, who has
just died, disposed of good share of
his property while living He gave as
reasons for so doing that he was sure of
its going where he desired, and he could
enjoy the good he saw it was doing
others.
Christian Joachim Mohn, a Nor
wegian linguist, who was acquainted
with more than sixty languages, most
OF them Oriental tongues, died at
Naples not long ago, at the age of
eighty-five years. He used to be a fami-
liar figure in the British museum, and
~,
European cities.
There are now not less than 2133
literary women in Paris, of whom 1.211
write novels or books for children. e17
pedagogical works and $50 devote
themselve to poetry. The others do not
limit themselves to any department of
literary work. Of this number 1.219
belong to the Societe des gems de lettres
and 80 to the Societe des auteurs dra-
matiques
Olive Thorne Miller, who is prettily
distinguished as ''the birds best
friend" has been entertained by the
Lend-a-Hand club of Baltimore. Mrs.
Miller read one of her delightful pa.
pers, and made deep impression upon
her audience. Her strong personality
is modified by rare sweetness and
motherliness OF expression, and her
manner is winningly attractive.
The room in which NJ. Jules Ferry
died was transformed into mortuarv
and hung with draperies worked in sill
vcr. The senate voted twenty thou
sand francs to cover the expenses of the
public funeral. A part of the great
Frenchman's will reads as follows: "I
order the interment of my body in the
ST. Die cemetery, where repose my
mother and sister, with my face
turned toward the blue line of the
Vosges, whence heard the cries of the
vanquished.'
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
WHAT is ExTRAvAGANCE,
The Limit In What May be Termed Law
full Expenditures.

Outlay, commensurate with income,
can not he extravagant. If the million
aires wife pays some hundreds for a
length of silk, the money represents
food, warmth, clothing, and wages to
many. 1t is not the dressmaker who
takes 1t all. Grant that her profits are
large, these again represent, in sec
ond and subsidiary circle the employ
ment of labor and consequent well-be-
ing of workers. People of limited in
comes may object to contribute toward
the carriages and horses, the men-serv-
ants and banquets of the superior
tradesfolk; and they are in their right
to do SO. But the rich, who can
rightfully afford the extra cost for es-
ira value in cut and material, are also
in their right, and the old maxim of
"livc and let live" has it's confirmation
in these percentages. The question is
one solely and wholly as to the Gus
toner's means, and what she can afford
without damage to other obligations.
When these obligations are damaged,
then indeed is it extravaganza in it's
true sense and should be recognized
and reprehended. If you spend forty
dollars on gown, my dear impecuni-
Gus madam, and put your household on
short commons for weeks after as con-
sequence, or do not pay your necessary
bills because you have diverted the
housekeeping money to this unneces-
sary purpose, or find that you can not
pay for your dress at all, then are YOU
extravagant. criminally and reprehen-
sibly SO. But if the forty dollars come
easily out of your margin and without
prejudice to your other obligations,
i,A6h you are perfectly justified in
winding it. Between one hundred dol
lars for regal robe and seven shillings
for remnant at the sales we 90
through the whole scale of extrava.
gance or lawful expenditure, according
to the person, the status, the income
and the. obligations. Chicago Mail.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
STREET-CAR HABITS.
A Little Incident That Taught One Woman,
+ Lesson.


IF a Lesson.
The builders of street cars allow for
eleven seats on each side. This was the
allotment when the cars were first in
troduced. Since that time the average
area of the citizen has materially in
creased in person; but women and men
are larger. The chance introduction
OF young people and children still per-
mits eleven people on a side, but with
full complement of passengers Nos.
81 and 20 must stand. The increase of
girth on the part of New Workers in
limiting the accommodations of the
car obliges frequently somebody to
yield what was once considered the
right to a seat. Nine ordinary passen-
gers and one fat man or woman require
readiustment of the car, just as ten
slim women and a child will admit an.
other slim passenger
These are matters that judicial
minded person will always take into
account. The judicial mind, however,
is not always taken aboard, and odd
combinations of passengers often throw
the entire car into a state of mind in
the effort to adjust them by main
strength or strategy. The other day
there was mixed lot of persons on one
side that left space large enough to
be tempting, but not large enough to
accommodate a woman extended un-
reasonably beyond her natural pro-
portions by thick gown and long
full cloak. The woman seated was
slim, with mild face and reserved
manner. The woman standing looked
at the space and seated herself, obscur-
ing the smaller woman, who was plain.
ly supporting part of the burden.
''If You will allow me will give you
the place." the crushed woman said.
She rose when the other nodded trium-
phantlyto friend.
81 often get seat that way" enjoy.
ing her success.
The mild-faced woman gave no sign.
then said:
"Will you kindly let me see If I left
parcel on the seat.
The stout woman got up, and the little
woman quietly reseated herself. The
stout woman stood, and the passengers
laughed, IN. K Sun.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
WILLING TO MAKE ALLOWANCES.
a kind-Hearted Farmer Who Said Per-
haps the burrows We're Sun-Warped.


haps the burrows Were sun-warped.
A certain eminent clergyman, who is
greatly loved for his gentleness and
forbearance with offenders, recently
told Transcript man that an expert
ence of his own, in years long gone by,
taught him the grace of ready excus-
ing, When he was boy he was a very
poor boy, but he had already strong
theological bent, and was studying
hard during the winter and working
even harder during the summer trying
to get preparation for college, He
wanted to be preacher, and the fact
that he didn't seem to be good for any
thing else tended to convince him that
he had not mistaken his calling. One
spring he was entirely out of money,
and had to get out of school and go to
work. Not being able to find anything
to do in the small college town where
he had been studying, the youth-call
him Richard Vernon-went out among
the farmers to see if he could get
work from them. He found man who
was very busy with his springs
work and in hurry to get the burrows
plowed in a big field for potato plant
ing. The weather was favorable for
planting; the farmers boys would be
home from school the next day, which
was Saturday, to do the dropping and
covering. He told Richard that he
might mark out the field with the plow
for the planting and if he suited he
might be hired for two or three months.
Meantime the farmer saw that the bov
was very anxious to stay and that he
had evidently a very good disposition.
So the young theologian went to work
with tremendous vigor. He did not
stop to take breath until he had marked
Off large tract of ground with deep
burrows. Then came his employer from
his work in anotherrpart Of the farm
and looked at the boys work, and
Leaned up against the fence and laughed
until he shook. The potato field had
been scraped and scalloped all over
with the ridiculously irregular and
wabbly little bitches which Rich
ard had turned. There was not
clean, straight furrow in the
lot; the ground looked as if an insane
elephant had tossed up the earth; the
burrows were of all depths and at all
distances from one another, for Richard
had driven the horse most of the time
at a smart walk, and he had been too
much occupied with keeping up and
maintaining precarious grasp upon
the plow handles to be able to paw anv
attention to the regularity or evenness
of his work. Richard Vernon laughed,
too, as he stood and looked over the
field. He wiped the sweat from his
brow and looked very anxious at his
employer. There was no chance for
regular work there; that was evident.
His laughter faded away, and there was
certain faint twitch in the corners of
his mouth as the boy said:
II guess you don't want any more of
my work, sir?''
"Oh, yes-yes, do" said the farmer.
"May be 'taint your fault that the fur
rows are crooked. You see, the suns
pretty hot to-day, and 1 reckon the
heat warped 'em!'-Boston Transcript.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
HUMOROUS,

The Boston Girl.-'Do many Chi.
cago men live by the pen?" The Chi
cago Girl-"Oh, yes, out at the stock
yards; lots of them."-N. Y. Herald.
-Fox-''Supposing you had raised
your horse to jump wall and he re-
fused to take it?" Hunt-'I should go
right ahead just as though nothing had
happened. Vague
Visitor Tommy, wish to ask
yon a few questions in grammar"
Tommy-"Yes, SIR" Visitor-"If I give
you the sentence, THE pupil loves his
teacher what is that?" Tommy
Sarcasm"
-lrate Laundress-"You told me.
sir, that all had to do was to leave the
tablecloth outside during the night.
and the fruit stains would disappear.
Well, did so last night "Ah! then
the stains" mo! 1t was the table,
cloth that disappearedr'
Employer-"Willia Mrs. Sprie-
gans complains that she received only
one of all the bundles she had put up
here last night" William That's
funny, sir. wrote Mrs. .Spriggafs,'
on one bundle and put Ditto" on each
OF the others. ."-Tit-Bit
An Elegant Sufficiency.-Lady Can
vasser-"WolSd you like to purchase a
box OF face-powder to-day?" Mcclure
(just convalescing from an explosion at
the quarry -"Pfwat do OF want wild
yer powdher? Oh how about tree kags
in me face now."-Judge.
The Father (sorrowfully)-"Y
absorption in social .gayety grieves me.
At your age such fife had no fascina-
tions for me-" The Son (condescend-
ingly)-"Atmy age you proba bly, lacked
the destinations which | inherit from
my mothers side of the family'-P
burgh Bulletin. sr
Judged from His Own Experience
Jones-"Yes, sir, it is mighty hard to
collect money just now; 1 know it,"
Smith-"Have you tried to collect and
failed?" Jones-"Oh, no." Smith
"How, then, do you know that money
is hard to collect?" Jones-''Because
several people have tried to collect OF
me."-Yankee Blade.
"A red-cheeked young man with
Marlborough hat and diffident air
sat in Niagara-street car last night.
A tall girl with fur-trimmed cloak
and pair of rougish eyes sat next to
him. This state of affairs continued
until Jersey street was reached. Then
the young woman rose to leave the car.
Size stepped fNll ana fair on one of the
rea-cheeSed mans feet. 'Ouchr said
the young man. II beg your pardon .
said the young woman prettily. The
young man blushed and moved uneasi-
Ely in his seat; then he stammered,
"You are perfectly welcome And the
conductor laughed, Buffalo Expresa
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
tBAY ST. LOUIS, MISS, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1898
SCHOOL AND CHURCH,

-The Order OF Kings Daughters will
make an exhibit of the work of the or
der at the Worlds fair
Two millions of dollars were sent
last year to foreign missions by the
women of the United States.
Nine hundred and eighty millions
of dollars are invested in the 100000
churches in the United States.
Two hundred dogs are annually
doomed to death in the university of
Buffalo, for physiological experiments.
The Methodist orphanage in Phila-
delphia last year received s5O,719.15, of
which sum over $4,000 have been put
into the endowment fund.
The object of forming a federal
union among the Lutheran, Reformed,
Free churches, Methodists and Baptists
has been agitated of late in France.
There are 33,712 women and girls in
India under Christian instruction, and
outside these stand the appalling num-
Der of III 1888, ,927 not under instruction,
and unable to read or write.
Leo NH. is bent upon the recon
ciliation of the church and the republic,
and he lets no opportunity of saying so
escape him. Every French prelate to
whom he gives audience returns to his
diocese with instructions to work to
this end.
The second chancelor's medal for
classics has been withheld this year at
Cambridge, England, the examiners
finding no candidate worthy to receive
it-a circumstance that has occurred
only once before in nearly one hundred
and fifty years.
king Oscar of Sweden is YER,
simple-minded man. When he went to
see the pope he kissed the holy father
on both cheeks. Such salute was
quite irregular, long usage having es.
tablished the custom of kissing only
the pope's hand
The officers of the Salvation Army
who work among the Zulus get sixty
cents per week as salary, besides mealie
(corn) meal for breakfast and rice for
dinner, with an occasional bucket of
molasses, which can be got for twelve
cents from the sugar mill.
Rev. Walter Elliott, who resigned
the editorship of the Catholic World
few months ago, will next September
engage in missionary work among non
Catholics in the west. He begins at
Detroit, and will have the cooperation
of the bishop of that diocese'and the
priests of the city.
1t is reported that Great Britain
has 16 societies for the conversion of
Jews, in which 334 men are employed
at 81 stations. Germany has 13 socie-
ties; Switzerland, /; the Netherlands,
3; France, 2; Sweden and Norway, 4;
Denmark, 1; Russia, 4; the United
States, 8; Palestine, 2, and Australia, /.
The Gospel is now being proclaimed to
the Israelites in every nook and corner
of the globe. Francisco Monitor.
Hon. Andrew ID. White has felt
enough interest.in having the Unita-
rian church at Ithaca rebuilt to write to
this country expressing his interest in
the scheme, and to make contribu-
tion of money also. He thinks that col
lege towns in particular should have
Unitarian churches, and advocated the
establishment of one at Ann Arbor for
that reason. He deprecates proselyt-
ing, but he wishes to see the new
church established at center of re-
ligious and ethical thought.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
Threading Hair Through a walnut.I

TO pass HdIr CHTOuSn walnut Wlth-
out boring hole seems an impossi-
bility, but the feat has often been done.
The hull of the walnut, when ex-
amined with a strong glass, is seen to
have innumerable small openings, some
OF which lead entirely through the nut.
The trick consists of using very fine
hair and an infinite amount of patience.
Pass the hair into one of these minute
crevices and urge it gently along.
Sometimes it will appear on the other
side at the first trial, but if it comes
out at the hundred and first you will be
very lucky.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
Competition the Life of Trade.

Goldberg-Say, Ikey, Bloomingstein
is having big bargain sale; you just
take those fifty-cent cards, draw line
through them, mark them thirty-seven
and put them on the twenty y-five-cent
goods. We must keep abreast of the
times.-Pucls.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
An Art Fraud.

Peddler-I am selling very fine pic.
ture of the Chicago Worlds fair,
which
Biffers-Huh! That isn't the Worlds
fair. That's picture of Venice. You
can't fool me.
Peddler-Why do you think it is
Venice?
Biffers-It hasn't enough gondolas in
1t to bc Chiengo.-N. Y. Weekly.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
Woman's Judgment.

Mr.. Perte-I can't see how it is that
always lose at the races, while you win.
Mrs. Perte-You would win if YOU
followed my advice. l told you to bet
on the jockey with the pink jacket and
old-gold sleeves. Truth.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10

Friend of the Press-I don't read anv.
thing more in your paper about the
danger of railroad monopolies?
Country Editor-Well, you just buy
the next number. My application for
pass has come back rejected. Texas
Siftings.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
Her Eorhearance.

Mrs. Dorcas-As your husband is SO
cruel why don't you get divorce?
Mrs. Snarley-Because he isn't very
prosperous just now and wouldn't bs
able to paym enough alimony, Judge
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10

There are n ow carved pearl buttons
in various shades for tailor costumes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-06
The DISADVANTAGES.

So much is said and written of the
glorious progress of women. the victor
les gained, the privileges and preroga-
tives acquired. that it is forgotten some
times under what disadvantages women
still labor. In the higher institutions
of learning in this country and abroad
women by no means enjoy equal priv
ilegcs with men The facilit IS for
medical study are still far from equal
or adequate. Particularly in expert
mental study and practice in the hos
pitfalls women have few = nsaf isfac-
tory opportunities. Law schools are
rarely open to them. and in many states
women can not be admitted to the bar
Only two of the orthodox denomina-
tons allow women to preach with the
sanction of the church, and the great
body of Methodist~ refuse to the women
of their denomination a voice in their
councils. Above all i'm nearly all pro-
LESSONS and callings. women receive
smaller salaries All inspire less conf
dence in their ability than the men in
the same lines of work ". Y. sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-06

aggressivenesS and being outside of her
lines, etc. felt like calling him To ac-
count The Lord knows | agree with
Mr. Hale that home is the incest place
for her. but the Lord is in this scatter
ing ont of her home and Mr.. Hale
ought to recognize il. Woman was made
To DC a helpmeet for man. She was a
home-help till man ceased 10 make home
the center, or till homes gave way 70
flats. etc. So the Lord said. arise. take
up your bed and walk into the office,
around this land and give these men
such help a IS meet. Let them see an
other class of women than those they
are after. and tone up their manners
and civilize them-and il is ON record
that business places, invaded as they
are, are getting more civilized. and get
ting purified as the theaters have been.
To be sure some 20 astray. but not the
majority; and il looks to me as if our
Father was behind il. for contact does
educate. would like the law to limit
work TO five days-give MS the ,ixth for
our holiday, personal needs or rest, and
Sunday for worship. See the slow dis
migrating of Puritanism. Even the
skin of the Romanists is cracking and
well. I'll stop-there is so much 10 make
one thoughtful the moment one looks
out beyond ones pretty self. DO you
remember Macdonald's advice when the
people about you are going too heavy a
pace for you-stop short and alter yours
to suit your own needs, etc. | com
mend it to you.-Springfeld Repub-
lican
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-06

Someone writing upon criminality
among women says that the proportion
of women criminals Increases among
those women who have 70 take part in
the struggle for existence, that when
She is subject to the same temptations
that beset man in the battle of life,
she does not withstand them much bet
ter. 1t is further said that when wom-
en- are guilty of serious crimes like
murder of relatives. they exhibit a won
derful absence of feeling, great eX-
pertness in lying and deceit to cover
their crimes; rarely, indeed, are the
motives of men murderers so demoniac
as those of women murderersa 4 re-
cent ease in Rhode Island and another
in Georgia substantiate this statement.
Health Monthly