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The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
CURIOUS sepsrEAps.
Ons BEsde of Gold and Another Of Giass.
An Electric Bed.

One Made CT aold and Another OF Gisses
An Electric Bed.
Although the majority Of mankind Is
content with the conventional bedstead.
Manufactured either, from wood, iron
or brass, there exist certain individuals
whose tastes. as regards this necessary
article Of domestic furniture, are by no
means 10 simple
Such, for instance, was the Parisian
gentleman who short time ago ordered
from firm in Paris golden bedstead.
every part of which. even down to the
laths, was made Of this precious metal.
At first sight this certainly looks like a
piece of unwarrantable extravaganoe,
yet who knows but that the gentleman
looked upon it In the nature of an in
vestment, which he could at any mo-
ment realize if he felt SO inclined?
Equally uncommon was the bedstead
which an old lady, who certainly had
only tasted the Pierian spring of soien-
tifio knowledge. ordered to be construct
cd for her use. She had read somewhere
that glass insulators placed under the
casters of q bedstead were conducive to
the retention of electricity in the body,
and SO she argued that bedstead COM
posed entirely of glass would prove a
still better oontrivanoe Accordingly
she had such glass bedstead construct
ed, which on completion proved to be
by no means an inartistio piece Of fur
niture.
Apropos Of electricity, early in the
present century DR.. Grahame, a quaok,
who made and lost large fortune over
the Temple of Hygiene, was in the
habit of selling electric bedsteads at the
price of 5000 apiece. the property of
which beds. he advertised, was to re-
juvenatei the persons who slept in them
as well as to give them beauty and
health.
As a matter of fact, these bedsteads
were nothing more than ordinary brass
ones, with battery attached, while all
that could be said in their favor was
that they were perfectly harmless.
But by far the most curious kinds Of
bedsteads are to be found in what we
may term mechanical hedsteads, which
some people of eccentric habits have
from time to time ordered to be made.
A retired sea captain who, although
not actually mentally deranged, was
what one may call "on the borderland. !"
declared to his friends that he could not
sleep unless he felt the motion of the
sea- Night after night this unfortunate
gentleman kept awake, thereby causing
considerable damage to his health. At
last it occurred to his medical adviser
that something might be done. in order
to produce, by mechanical means. the
movement which his patient so much
desired. A consultation with practical
engineer resulted in the production Of
a bedstead which, by means of mschin-
cry, moved the mattress upon which the
captain was to sleep up and down, pro-
duoing in every way the effect SO much
desired. This bedstoad proved great
success. and the captain was no longer
troubled with insomnia. New York
Advertiser.
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
The New birth Of India.

No one can tell what Alexander did
for the world when he made the Greek
language ooextensive with his empire,
and which in after years became the
jewel setting for the matohless pictures
of the Son of Man, the Son of God, and
no one can fully estimate the vast and
splendid results wrought in India by
the introduction of the English lam
guage.
That there are millions of illiterates
in India cannot be denied. Education
has been confined too long to the few
and not to the many. Nor is this pecul-
lar to India. The masses have always
been allowed to burrow in ignorance,
and compulsory education is far from
an active law in this enlightened land.
During the reign of Perioles in Greece,
Augustus In Rome, the masses knew
nothing of the refining and transform
ing air of intellectual communion, and
here In the fairest of all lands, where
schools are numerous and CLEAN like
gems upon the plains, where books are
widely circulated, where the printing
presses are dropping daily millions of
leaves, the black band of illiteraoy is
seen stretching hundreds of miles, and
mixed with the wheat of high literature,
temperance and moral beauty are the
tares Of drunkenness, gambling and
lecherous writings. all permitted to
abound. And If the benighted Hindoo
once threw her child into the Ganges
we have parents committing deeds as
villainous and black. Better throw an
infant into the river, with the hope it
will be cared for by loving God, than
TO offer grown children as living sacri-
foes on the bloody altars Of Bacchus,
Moloch and Mars. The besotted deb
auohee is more frightful spectacle
than Hindoo mother fiinging her babe
to q crocodile or under the crushing
wheels of Juggernaut.
If we are looking only for vices, we
can find them as easily In America as
in India, as easily in palace decked.
church jeweled Boston" as in Lucknow
or Bombay.-Homs and Country.
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
THE POWER OF HOME.
Its Relation to Society and Its InHusnc
In the Church.

Its Relation to Society and Its Influence
In tho Church.
The unit Of society is the home. En-
rollment that assumes to be thorough Ia
not = registration by individuals, but
structure of society is cellular, we
should have to say that 1t is the family
that constitutes each separate oell. No
man, however entire, is cell No
woman, however complete, is cell.
There is no finished cell except In the
grouping Of several individuals bound
by the ties of domestioity. A bachelor is
dislooated fragment His female coun-
terpart is in the same category. 1t may
not be their fault 1t may lie in the
necessity of their case. Still, all in all.
1t is condition foreign to divine in
tention.
1t is to the family, therefore, that we
shall have to look as being the prime
point of concern in all that relates to
the veal of our times and our kind.
The strength and health of society are
to be measured by the amount of affeo-
tionate emphasis that is laid on the
home idea, and the wholesomeness Of
society is simply the sanotity of the
home writ large. Homes are each of
them the separate roots that carry their
several contributions to the organized
structure of the general life.
All of this holds whether society be
considered In its religious relations,
which we know as the church, or In its
secular ones. known as the state The
home is the first church, and the home
Is the first state. There Is nothing in
either Of the two that is not initially
present in a small way inside the home
CIRCLE. AS regards the former there ia
very important idea conserved in so ar
ranging our church auditoriums as to
combine the congregation without sacri-
ficing the identity of Its families. The
pew system of worship is the deft way
that our church architecture takes to
teach the doctrine that each home Is
little religious organism. This is one Of
those interesting cases where sense Of
fitness, even without being distinctly
conscious of it, nevertheless asserts it.
self and creates very substantial ex-i
preston of itself And there is no
preaoher--at least there is no pastor
who does not carry distinctly in his
head, and particularly in his heart, this
cellular structure of his congregation
and does not feel that the significance
of his congregation depends not on the
number Of its individuals. but on the
number of its families. Rev. @. II.
Parkhurst in Ladies' Home Journal
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13

Gas lamps were introduced in the
Paris streets in 1919. Their employ
ment caused no little yemark among the
country people, who got an idea that
there was some magic about the matter
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
BIotches
And PinpIes

indicate inactivity of the
skin. They show that the pores are
clogged and that poisonous refuse
matter has been denied an egress.
The accumulation of this matter
under the skin shows in red Jumps,
blotches and possibly in pimples.
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
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DepeM,s ChicaKo STORY.

Chaunoey M Depew has story
which he won't tell when he goes to
Chicago. Here 1t Is:
There was once prominent man in
Chicago, who, like all others out there,
had very exalted opinion of his town.
He died, and when he reached his eter-
nal home he looked about him with
much surprise and said to the attend
ant who had opened the gate for him:
Really, this does great credit to Chi
oago- expected some change in heav-
en-.
''The attendant eyed the Chioagoan
a second, and then observed. This ism 7
heaven. NEW York Telegram.
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
Science.

(which reaches you the quicker. -
asked the teacher, "sight or sound?"
Sound, replied the new boy.
"No, William, that's not the right
answer. Sight reaches us first. If you
watch band playing good way off,
you'll see the drummer hit the drum a
second or SO before you hear the sound
of 1t. F"
".Yes'm. But sometimes sight don't
reach you first. -
"Can you give me an examplep"
"Yes'm. The new postoffice. Pa said
this morning that we had been hearing
about the new postoffice for the last ten
years and wouldn't see it for the next
30. "-Washington Star.
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
LION AND THE LAMB.
You Must Decide Which Was Lyin and
which the Young Sheep.

You Must Decide Which Was Lytn and
Which the Young Sheep.
"Yes, said the lion of the evening,
II fiatter myself that we African ex-
plorers get in some queer places "
The fair young girl at his side regard
cd him dresmily.
81. too, her eyes frightened aud
she spoke quickly-"have been around
a little. Let me see''-
He smiled superoiliously.
"Around the world in 80 days; win
ter in the arctics; two weeks in a bal
loon; on horseback through Asia Minor;
six months in Patagonia; among the hill
tribes Of India; through the diamond
fields of Kimberley; in the Australian
bush; across the Great American desert;
from Sweden to Siberia; two months in
Alaska. and on foot through the Bitter
Root mountains of Idaho. Yes''-
Again that dreamy look.
1--WE young lady reporters have to
hustle roundp'
And for the space Of five minutes the
African explorer sat silent and thought
he was thinking New York World.
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
Talking shop.

Maroh-I think rllspring into being
about now.
June-summer given to that sort Of
thing.
september--I guess I'll take a fall
out of the year myself.
Deosmber-All right. Go ahead. I'LL
go winter it too o-Detroit Free Press.
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
Moses Kimbal,.

The late Moses Kimball of Boston,
who made his money as a theatrical
manager in that city, was an interesting
character. For many years his ambi-
tion was to be mayor. but the politi.
clans never took kindly to his aspira-
tion. When he was an alderman, be-
fore the war. he voted and spoke against
allowing Daniel Webster the use of
Faneuil hall to refute the abolition ar
gnments Of Wendell Phillips. y Boston
Letter,
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children she gave them Castoria.
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13

NAV. what is horrible examp1er'
asked the youngest boy, looking up from
his newspaper.
The eldest boy stop his figuring long
enough to say, wait till you get into
algebra, and you'll find any amount of
'em. ."-Indianapolis Journal
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
Throwr away the Chances.

ft When an American heiress marries
count, she has no chow of~ever being
anything higher than a countess. but if
she marries a bright young American
she may some day be the wife of the
president Of the United States. -
The Sussex Republican., 1895-04-13
One Year for Only $1.25,

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The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
The Curfew Law.

One or two Indiana towns have recent
ly made unsuccessful attempts to intro.
duce what is known as the curfew law.
The idea is borrowed from Minnesota,
where it has been applied In quite q mum
ber OF owns with alleged good resul ts,
The reason assigned for its enactment I'M
many Minnesota towns is the growing in,
corrigIbility of children and the belief
that it is promoted by the habit of .rnn
ming the streets" at night. There is rea
son to fear there may be some ground fol
the main allegation, not only as to tht
cfildren of Minnesota, but as to those of
Indiana as we'll, but the remedy is not to
be found in the curfew laws. The tru,
remedy for Juvenile incorrigibility is bet
ter home training and parental restraint
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
address,.
CHICAGO CHRONICLE
1854 and 1866 Washington st.,
CHICAGO. xx~x.~
Petition for LIQUOR License.

To the honorable Bo I'd of Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Bay ST. Lonis.
in Hancock County
/, Frank Tacon sr., male person over
the age of twenty-one years and n resi-
dent of said city, do hereby apply to your
honorable body to grant me o license in
my name to sell in quantities of one gal
lon or more vinous. alcoholic, malt, intox
icating or spirItuous liquors at nv place
of business at the corner of Main
and Front streets, and known as the
Taconi Store upon my compliance
with the law in reference thereto Res.
pectfully, FRANK TAcoNf. sn.
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
"WiIi % The Wisp" Expresses an
Opinion on Anonymous Letters.

: The Bay has many good people note
for kindness in sickness aud trouble an
for hospitality to the stranger, and III
strangers settling at the Bay as rule ar
lond In their praises for the climate an,
the citizens.
With all of its advantages and beauties
it is like every other place, and has its dis
advantages, with a class ofwell meaning
people perhaps whose bcsettIng sin is tic
constant running OF little machine call.
cd a tongue, and that used in the wrong
direction.
! read the other day an article in one OF
the daily papers stating that the people
might be happier if they not not speak
at least much pain aud trouble would be
prevented from that weaker and unru,y
member of the human body.
| Slanderng a neighbor and repeating a
slander is one and tie same before the
law, aud if few individuals were male
to pay for their communications society
and the world at large would be be ter for
it. The only way to touch a slanaerer and
a tale bearer is to strike his pocket, or in
other words, bring him before the courts
and lethim prove or pay for his reckless
speech. wonder why the back bitor, tale
bearer aud slandercr were created, as they
are the cause of more evil feeling and sin
tlan all other crimes put together Poo
pie as II rule who go digging round to
hunt mp their neighbors' faults will not
bear a search light investigation. in their
own short coming, and never knew it to
fail, when ueis hbor had scandal to tell
but what he had bigger one in some of
his own generation. tH
The Kettle is forever calling tho pot
black, and it things were changed a bit |
and the pot called white sometimes it |
would be better for all concerned. There
is IN old saying, "Keep your mouth shut
and nobody will know you are fool, %
and the same thing will apply to repeal.
ing tales and telling lies. Don't speak
against your neighbor's faults and yours
will never be- brought before the light,
There is another class of vipers, two.
logged hyenas in human form with black
hearts and white faces, who make it a
business when jealous or spiteful of SUI
perior to try and injure by writing anon
ymous letters have often wondered If
they knew that in nine cases out of ten
the letters were sent to those they were
trying to destroy and that the writer of an
anonymous letter is looked upon as low,
mean, contemplate, cowaruly and no bet
ter than murderer.
Ii is plain that woman or man gull
ty of such deyiltry would be capable OF
Inilicting deadly wound with uirk in
the dark, were it not for fear of the law
II Is only u coward that would write an
anonymous letter because he knows he
could not face or prove what he dare not
s'gn.-New Orleans Item.
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
Thompson--BaIIard.

The wedding of Miss Jessie Lee Thomp
son, eldest daughter of Mr.. Maurice
Thompson, Southern poet and novelist
and Mr.. Alexander Blair Ballard, OF
Tampa, Fla, occurred last evening ut the
home OF the bride, Sherwood place. The
glounds were beautifully Illuminated
and the spacious rooms and halls of the
mansion were decorated with smilax
roses, and golden-rod, the prevailing col.
ors being yellow and white The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Lobert Il.
Quibb, rector of st. Andrews Episcopal
Church, OF Jacksonville, Fla. MIR. and
Mrs, Ballard have left for an extensive
trip, which Will include Montreal, New
England, Atlanta and Cuba.--Times Dem
ocrat, September 20.
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
1t Would Be Nice
IF less fish stories were told.
IF Afiqs,ea;,n; bod Ioos -

IF less fish stories were told.
--If Mississippi had less laws.
IF public paik was established.
---Ifsome people would pay Their bills
IF the red light ordnance was regard
ed.
IF newspaper could please every
body.
If some men would speak less Of
women.
IF all the city ordinances were en-
forced.
disfgurcd by so msny advertising pla--
cards.
If our side walks we're put in better
condition.
IF the old cemetery were given 4 gem
cral cleaning.
If railroad bulletin boards were void
of falsehoods
If the financial question be kept out
of local politics.
If Day st. Louis was self Importing
oil the year round.
If the b, y had water works for fiie
and other purposes.
If all home people would patron
ize the home mercl ants.
If ak yards were kept 15.ner and
fences whitewashed,
If most people could appreciate the
value Of a god homepaper.
If Prof. Combel's band would re-or-
ganize or begin to practice again.
IF our residents would help the local
fire company more than they do.
If property owners would not ask of
strangers exhoroitant prices.
If the L. Il N. would make quicker
time between here and New Orleans.
If chronic Office seekers wonld keep
out of the coming municipal elections
If the trees along the front were not
If some people would not wait until
office hours were over to call for their
mail aud purchase stamps.
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
Election for County school trustees.

Special attention is called to patrons of
public schools in the county. On frs
Saturday IN September annually they are
authorized to meet at the school house
o'clock p. M, and elect trustees for the
ensuing year. In schools established ut
our last meeting, 1895, three trustees are
to be elected one for one year, one for two
years and one for three years. All schools
established prior to this time will
elect one for three years. hope all
patrons of public free schools will realize
the Importance of electing our wisest and
best men for trustees the success of our
schools lonely depend upon the choice OF
the men they select.
/ hope patrons will comply with this
section of the law and save me the trouble
and dissatisfaction of appointing them.
Oft times when an appointment is made
by the county superintendent in which
he uses his very best Judgment, they
hound upon him with tongue 1-2 ward
long and skin him out until nothing is left
but IA wrong appointment. All this
wish to avoid. A. u. STEVENSON,
Co. Snpt. Public Ed,
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21


wednesday night, in the ship chandlery
ana general grocery store of Mr., Taconi,
Bnddy Slacomb struck another colored
young man known as Ztl on the side of
MS neck with piece of scantllng, the
victim falling stiff on the floor and was
tnought dead leading to the conse-
quent surveillance of Slacomb by the le
gal authorities. Happily tor those con-
cerned, nothing serious resulted. The
occurrence was not prompted by any
malice, but created quite commot,on.
Professor r. G. Ferguson. highly cul
tured gentleman who has been spending
the summer here will, shortly leave for
New Iberia, whittier he goes to accept
position as principal of the High School.
Professor Ferguson had charge of the
Franklin High School last winter and
ranks most prominently among the chief
educators OF Louisiana He is a brother
in-law OF our esteemed DR.. Walker.
Quite an interesting race took place
last Sunday between the yachts of Messrs
Robert Pere and Richard Caldwell. A
good, steady southeast wind favored the
racers and after sharp conflict Robert
Pere's yacht proved winner by eight
minutes. 1t Is understood there will be
another race tomorrow.
Late Yesterday evening, while the tide
and wind were high, schooner ran into
the Rigolet bridge and demolished two
spans. l.. & N trains are running on
schedule time, passengers being trans
ferred by boat.
Mr., Alexander aSanderson, Choudrant,
La, says "Having used Ayers pills al
least Twenty-Five years, would say that
for all diseases of the bowels, stomach
and liver, which can be remedied by
pills, these are always effective.
Died Yesterday at l O'clock D. M,
Marie Bledermann, wife of Gottfried Mui
Ter, and aged "a years. The funeral takes
place at 4 p. M, to-day from the Metho
dist church.
Writing to a prominent educator of thls
county, Prof. s, w. Smith, who conduct
cd the recent county institute at Nichol.
son, SAID 1t was the most satisfactory 0
the season.
II afflicted with scalp diseases, hair fall
irg out, and premature badness, do no
use grease yr alcoholic preparations, bu
apply Halls Hair Renewer
Mr., Harvey. r. Bates the efficient clerl
at Joyce's drug store met with painful
accident TO bis eyes Thursday eyeniu,
through the bursting of a bottle which hi
was corking.
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
State of Mississippi,

state OF Mississippi,
Hancock county,
City OF Bay st. Louis.
hereby certify that the foreooipo i n
true OF the original as the same remains
on file IN my Office. Witness NV hand
and seal this 10th day Of
| SEAL September, A. D., 1895
X. MENDEs, Secretary.
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
Take Ayers sarsapavilIa for the CompIexiss
DENTIST.
U +. WALKER, D. D. S.,

Northrop Building, over post office, Pass
Christian, Mississippi.
Office hours--7 to s a. m IA. m. to /
p. IN 2 to p. m., except Mondays.
Bay st. Louis Offiee--M ondays, 8 a..
m. to p. M, 2 p. IN. to 6p. m.
In case of an emergency patients vii
be seen without an appointment, though
it is better to write or telegraph in ad-
vance.
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
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The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21

To the Honorable Board of Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Bay ST. Louis
in. Hancock County, State of Missis-
sippi:
The sea coast echo., 1895-09-21
Examination For Teachers.

Examination of teachers will be held
at the following times and places: Bay
st. Louis, for white, September Goth and
2lst; Bay st. Louis, for colored, Septem-
Der 9th aud 28th. Nicholson, for whites,
October 18th and 10Th; Nicholson, foI
colored, October 25th aud Goth.
A. G.. STEVENSON,
Co, Supt. of Education. Z