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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04
nUsT STOP.
Missing Words, Etc. Contests De-
clared Lottery by the u. S.
Postal Authorities.

Washington, Dec. 2,--The post
Office department is taking firm
stand against the so-called "miss-
ing letter" and "missing word"
contests, which are being conduct
ed by number of publishers to
increase the subscriptions to their
papers.
The lottery law directs that the
postmaster-general upon evidence
satisfactory to himself that con-
Germ or person is operating
through the mails lottery scheme
offering prizes dependent upon
lottery or chance, shall prohibit
the delivery of all mail matter to
it. All newspapers and period
Gals containing advertisements of
this character are forbidden trans
mission In the mails. This law, it
is now announced at the postoffice
department, will be applied to all
schemes which are in violation of
it if they are continued in opera
tion or advertisements of them
are published.
Missing letters contests are held
to be such violations because many
correct answers can be given, but
only one list is deemed the "cor-
rect list" by the promoter of the
scheme. The chance consists in
guessing what words compose the
so-called correct list" Such
schemes are held to be especially
obnoxious owing to the skilful
wording of the advertisements
which makes the chances for OBJ
taing the prize more remote than
in the defunct Louisiana lottery.
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BRUCE nADE REGISTRAR
Of the Treasury by President Mckin.
ley, Thursday.

Washington, Dec. 2.--The ar
pointment of ex-senator Branc
X. Bruce, of Mississippi, to be re
glstrar of the treasury department
has been indicated for a month O
more. The term of the incum
bent, j. F. Tillman, of Tennessee
had expired and there was no OBJ
stacle IN the way, except the com
petition for the place of severa
other negroes, w. A. Gaines, Of
Covington, KY; Napier, of Nash
vile, a son-in-law of the late Prof
Langton, and a man from Geor-
gla. 1t was conceded that the
place would go to negro, and
the president picked Bruce out us
the best representative of his race,
which probably he is in the politi-
cal element, both as to mental and
social status. Bruce participated
in the recent Ohio election, max
ing speeches for the republican
ticket. He was born a slave in
Virginia, educated in Ohio after
the war, settled in Mississippi,
where held several offices, and was
finally sent to the United States in
1875 by the republican legislature.
For his services to the republican
party he has been rewarded more
literally than any man of his race,
having been in Office during re-
publican administrations almost
continuously since 1871. He drew
$4,000 during his six years as SEN
ator, $4,000 year as registrar of
the treasury under Garfield and
Arthur, and any amount from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year for four
years as recorder of deeds for the
district of Columbia under Harri-
son. With another four years as
registrar under Mckinley, his re
ceIpts from the national treasury
will amount to a good deal over
100000. He lives almost entire
ly in Washington, where he has
large property interests, and is
we'll thought of, as he does not
belong to the class of negro poll
ticians who make themselves OBJ
noxious by their self-assertion.
The appointment will not give
general satisfaction TO southern
republicans, who think it is too
much favoritism to make one man
the recipient of the choicest of
fees. A Mississippi republicn said
today he thought there were other
negroes in the south he thought
should be given a chance besides
ex-senator Bruce, and that he
ought not to be charged to Misis-
sippi, as he resides most of the
time in Washington. 1t is said,
however that he owns considerable
land in Mississippi, and claims
that as his state.-Picayune.
The Hill faction in this state
must not relish the appointment
of Bruce.
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-----------------------------
French Bicycle Tax.

AS cycles are taxed in France, oul
neighbors have means inaccessible to
us Of estimating pretty accurately
the growth of the popularityIof wheel
ing in their country. The returns
just issued deal with the year 1896.
1t is shown that during that period
329,8l6 cycles were taxed In France.
In 1895 the number was 256, ,084, and
in 1894 it was 203,026. The sum
raised as revenue for the past year
from this tax was 3,272, 1889 francs,
and 1T is anticipated that, as the cycle
trade has been advancing by great
strides, the returns for the present
year will exhibit an even more start
ling development.
Paris plays a great part as wheel.
ing community, and its contribution
to tax has been 626, 1916 francs. The
districts under French government
where cycling is least in vogue arc
Corsica, with nlnety.eIght machine
Lozere, the Haute- AIpes, Haute-
Loire, Basses- .Alpes, CautaI and
Ariege--all Of them being mountai-
nous regions, lily adapted for the
pastime. London Telegraph.
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man can advance his scheme o.
eieVating the race to the perfect
level as social equality and theo.
rlze upon the negroes political DO.
sition, during campaign season,
with telling effect; but practical
application of these apparently
reasonable theories always serve
to prove their absolute fallacv
Experience has taught that our
northern friends can handle the
race problem only at long range
and on paper. In every section
IN the north when the social bars
have been let down, the negro has
lost all respect for his white asso-
ciates and fatal trouble has fol-
lowed close upon the heels of the
e1fort to strike common level be-
tween the two races so distinctive
~ different in every particular.
The recent efforts to introduce
negro labor in the mining districts
OF Illinois, Indiana and Pennsyl-
vanla have been bespattered with
human gore, while Kentucky and
Virginia utilized negro labor
IN a way most satisfactory to all |
concerned. The north has never
caught even a glimpse of a single
true phase of the race problem,
yet they essay to grind out their
theoretical solutions with an eu-
'eka air that amuses those they do
1ot disgust. The south is the ne.
sroes home, and the southern man
$ his protector-only the south
'rn people understand his peculia-
lies and appreciate his part in the
worlds great drama.
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Il
countries, and his eloquence an
rare intellectual attaiments readil
won for hlm warm friends among th
most influential men of his day
| Among the many stanch friend
OF the then pastor was Cardi
nal Gibbons, who ON numerous occa.
sions attestei his deep friendship TO
the brainy pastor. Another of thu
higher dignitaries of the Catholic
Church to esteem Father Chapel,
was Cardinal Satolli, Papal ablegat,
to America. These prelates knew
and appreciated Father Chapelle's
sterling qualities and knew him fol
the hish-minded man, deco thinker
and eloquent orator that he is.
In addition to his duties as pastor
OF st. Matthews church at Washing
ton Father Chapelle gave no little
attention to the Catholic University
at Washington, and he IL credited
with considerable Of the good advice
which won for that educational in
stitution Its present high standing In
the list of seats of learning of the
country.
In 1888, when Cardinal Gibbons
made a tour Of the United States to
examine into the conditions existent
in the various archepiscopal doceses,
from all the talented men in the
Catholic church, he selected Father
Chapelle to frame the report to Rome,
and accompanied by him Cardinal
Gibbons toured the country, and
among other places visited was tkis
city.
The merit Of Father Chapelle was
not long unappreciated. His fame
had gone abroad and had reached the
ear Of the sovereign pontiff. It was
in 1891 when Pope Leo determined
to show Father Chapelle that the
church had watched his career with
marked satisfaction, and in Novem-
ber Of that year bull was promul-
gated paming Father Capelle coadju-
tor bishop, with right of succession
to Most Rev. j. B. Salpoiute, second
archbishop Of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Right Rev. Bishop Chapelle was
consecrated on Nov. 1, 1891, as
bishop SaIpointe was in falling health
being far advanced In years, aud the
task of conducting the affairs of the
diocese gradually was taken charge
of by Bishop Chapelle. Finally, in
1894, Archbishop Salpointe became
SO Ill that he was forced to resign his
office, and on Jan. z, of that year
Bishop Chapelle was elevated to the
office Of archbishop, snd since that
time has been in full charge of the
diocese.
LATER: The report Of the appoint
ment has been confirmed.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

Are the republicans crazy? The
New York World says: what is
there snort of political lunacy
that could have led the republi-
can leaders to the suicidal course
which they have followed since
McKinley's election? They have
thrown away in one year the EN-
pire state and the imperial city OF
New York. Last years tidal wave
plurality Of 968,000 in the state
has not only disappeared, but has
been succeeded by a submerging
democratic majority of over 3d.
900. Wallace has been defeated,
as the World predicted he would
be. The republican majority oi
7S in the Assembly is almost
wiped out, as the World warned
Platt it would be. The plurality
for Mckinley in this city of over
$1,000 gives way to democratic
walk-over plurality of 100000, as
the World predicted. The repub-
licans have made Greater New
York ten times more invincibly
democratic than ever by giving
Croker $4,000 office holders and
$50, ,000,0 900 a year to handle. They
have assured the democrats, not
the 10000 plurality of Cleveland
in 1892, but over 100000, as the
figures already indicate in the next
presidential election.
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Prosperity--For Pensioners.

New York World.
Secretary Bliss s report confirms
the worst fears excited by Mr..
McKinley's call for. more liberal
pensions. The best guide to what
is comingi, to be found in what
we have had in the past.
The last year of Cleveland's
LIST term the pension apprc-
priation's was...........S $4,000, 900
Harrlson's first year. ....... log, 5000, 900
Harrison's second year.. /. 11S, SOC, 900
Harrison's third year. ....... 14I, 200, 900
Harrison's fourth year,. 1853, 200, 900
Increase under last republi-
can administration, ... 10000, 900
The net decrease in Cleveland's g
second term was $18,250, 900.
There was slight increase in the
last fiscal year, all of it in the
fourth months after Mckinley 8
inauguration.
The number now on the pen
sion rolls is $3.50 and even Mr..
Bliss owns up to a certain increase
of about 1000. He takes the
rosy view that this addition will
add only $7,000,00 to the animal
appropriation. But a conserva-
tive calculation shows that the in
crease will he nearer 500, 900 900.
Unless there is an entire change
of policy the pension appropria-
tion for Mr.. McKinley's last year
will be about 100000, 900.
In 1866 the pension appropria-
tion was 100000; in 1876.
$685. 900; in 1886, s64, 500, 900 /;
in 1896, $l3S,25O, 900. That is. il
has more than doubled in each
decade since the close of the war.
A-million pensioners - one in
every seventy of our population I!
And all the people taxed at least
SIS by the protected trusts and
monopolies in order to raise the
money by tariffs to pay these pen
sionersl
And we dream of prosperity
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Archbishop ChapelIe.

N o. Times Democrat.
The future archbishop of the New
Orleans diocese will be Rev. p. L.
Chapelle, archbishop Of Santa Fe.
Such was the news which was flashed
over the wires yesterday from Rome.
The announcement was brief and
simply told Of the appointment Of the
new prelate, hut beyond tha. an
nouncement there was nothing added.
For months and months the Catho-
lies Of the country, and particularly
of the South, have been on the qui
we to learn who would succeed the
late lamented Archbishop Janssens.
Report had It that this, that or the
other possibly had beenl selected by
the Propaganda at Rome, and that
the name OF the man selected had
been submitted by that body to the
Pope for approval. 1t was small
wonder, therefore, that out of the
leading prelates of the country this
method of declaring one after the
other the appointee, should have the
effect of bringing them one and all to
the fore as the ultimate choice.
AS yet no official announcement oi
the fact of Archbishop Chapelle's
appointment has been received by
the clergymen in the city, but the
leading clergymen ofthe city incline to
believe the news which the Associat ed
Press cabled yesterday afternoon to
this country from Rome.
In the selection Of Archbishop
Chapelle Pope Leo has made choice
of the one of the most learned and
popular divines in America. That
he is not we'll known in this section
will not detract from his usefulness,
for he will enter on his new duties
filed with experience from his other
diocese and with more than passing
knowledge II the needs of this Sec
ton of the Catholic world.
Archbishop Chapelle is at present
archbishop Of Santa Fe, to which
Office he was elevated on Nov. /,
1891. He is native Of FIR rance, but
is generally counted as an American,
having come to this country at an
early age. Here he has spent nearly,
if not quite, his entire life, and here
he has attained that degree of promi-
nence in matters clerical which has
brought him to the fore in the church.
Educated IN Baltimore, Archbishop
Chapelle first became noted for his
eloquence as an orator and his pro-
found learning in theology, canonlcaI
law and matters affecting the very
existence of the church itself. Be-
cause of his suavity, his eIoquenoe
and his ability as lingulst, Arch
bishop Chapelle, was PLACED in
charge of ST. Matthews Church al
W asbington.
This church, to America, is on Q
parity with st. Peters at Rome, and
is counted as among the most impor-
tant of Catholic churches in Am erica.
1t is situated right in the heart of the
national capital and, in addition to the
large native congregation which il
holds, its visiting faithful are gather.
ed from the most exclusive sets Of
foreign diplomats, Ambassadors,
ministers, attaches and all the off
cials of the foreign nations who make
Washington their home, and who are
members Of the Catholic Church, at.
tend st. Matthew's Church. In it:
pulpit for nearly quarter of CEN
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

1t is only by keeping money in
circulation that any country or
community can prosper. If every
inhabltant of the United States
should even for a single month
stop spending money for anything
but necessities, we would have
the most disastrous panic ever
known.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

That the devil is seldom as
black as he is painted was proved
by George Gould's voluntary in
crease of 10 per cent in the wages
of the employees Of the Missouri
Pacific railroad-an increase that
will add 100000 annual expenses
Of the road.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

| Secretary of Agriculture James
M. Wilson, of Iowa, Monday ad-
dressed the Georgia legislature in
! joint session on agriculture. Mr..
Wilson was introduced by Speak
er jenkins. He spoke strongly in
favor of manufacturing cotton at
home, and Of utilizing the cotton
seed for more extensive cattle
raising and in place of CONNER
cial fertilizers. He had been in
structed by President Mckinley,
he said, to come south and study
the agricultural resources. Just
as growing grain had become the
leading industry ofthe great west,
so had growing cotton become the
leading industry of the south.
The south was working out her
own destiny. If she desired the
northern and eastern capital let her
point to the work she was doing
herself without outside aid. The
state of Georgia produces 39, 1000,
900 bushels of cotton seed. New
England feeders had found cotton
seed meal valuable. The state
should have a half million dairy
cattle. The cotton seed meal could
be fed to them. Georgia can pro-
duce every pound of sugar she
uses said Mr.. Wilson. He said
that beet sugar growing was be-
coming one of the greatest of this
country's industries. He wanted
to urge upon Georgla's represen-
tatives the necessity of educating
farmers sons. Some of the BRAIN
est men in the nations congress,
he said, had been brought up on
Georgia's farms.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

Emperor Francis Joseph, of
Austria, came very near to having
a revolution on his hands the 9TH
er day. The resignation of the
cabinet averted it for a time.
We're mighty glad we don't live
in Europe.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

The Alabama populists have de-
cided not to fuse in the state cam
paign about to open, but to put
out full ticket of their own.
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Archhlsnop r y. ChnneIIe

to the archbishopric of New Orleans.
The Rev. Arthur Fitzmau rice, rec
tor Of the Church of the Annunciation
of Williamsport, Pa, has been ap-
pointed coadjutor bishop of Erie, Pa.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

One of the last steamers that
reached Dawson City, the Klon-
dyke capital, according to news
lately received, carried nothing
but whiskey and billiard balls. A
nice sort of cargo to carry to a
town short of provisions.
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Bells and Clocks, Oyster Tongues,
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1917 Julia St., New Orleans. In.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

Mr.. Bryan has taken to playing
football. His bid for the football
vote is the latest in politics.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

by AssOcIated Press.
Rome, Noy. 27.-The Pope today
appointed the Most Rev. P. L. Cha
peile, archbishop OF Santa Fe, N, NJ,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

The Mississippi state board of
health has declared all quarantine
restrictions off.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

The December number of the
Ladies Home Journal is at hand,
containing many excellent ar
ticles and special features. Sir
Arthur Sullivan, (music) Mary
u. Wilkins, Alice Wellington Rol-
Inns, Hamlin Garland, Ruth Nc
Emery Stuart, Mrs. A. D. Whit
ney, Lillian Bel, Mrs. Lyman Abb
bott are among the contributors.
The illustration are numerous and
!, Of superior workmanship and ar
SIC skill, fully in keeping with
$o4l's magnificent make up.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04
The Negro.

Aberdeen Ledger.
The negro is a creature peculiar
ly adapted to the tropical zone
and no system or plan of social
regeneration yet preposel by the
philosophical and calcuIative
north has prepared that race to
meet and face the trying exingen-
cies of that section. The northern
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04
THE NEW ARCHBISHOP.

Host Rev. p. L. ChapelIe. Archbishop
OF Sante Fe, N. NJ, Appointed to
the Archbishopric of New Or
leans, Succeeding the Late
Mgr. Janssens.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

The New Orleans board of
health has been charged as being
incompetent and the public has
lost all confidence in its sincerely.
DR.. 0Iliphant, president of the
board, has been openly charged
BY the grand jury guilty of appro-
priating the unpatented fumigat-
ing apparatus of another's make
as his own and trying to dispose
of the same to the state. He is al
lent Of the subject and unap-
proachable by newspaper inter-
viewers.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

A former Dakotan, who has just
returned from several years So
journ in the Klondyke, reports
that the climate up there is nc
more severe than it is in the Da-
kotas. But whether he intends
this as recommendation of his
new home or a drive at the old is
not apparent. Minneapolis Times.
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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-12-04

The weekly edition of the daily
Democrat, Greenville, came last
Thursday as a trade edition with
sixteen pages, filed with choice
reading matter for the oc-
casion and in all was a credita-
BILE get up The advertising coll
umns were brimful, a good sign
for Greenville and well meaning
for the business sagacity of her
merchants.
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