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The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
Wives in Persia.

Persian weddings are grand affairs,
the bridegrooms often going deeply in
debt and squandering two or three
years income in feasting and enter
tanning their friends. Nevertheless,
the status of married women in these
parts appears to be even below the
Oriental standard.
When the couple settle down to
humdrum married existence the Per-
sian theory is that man has linked
himself to being inferior to him in
every way, who must submit to his
sovereign will in all things. From
lis extreme youth he has been taught
by the priests to pay no attention to
the counsels of his wife, and they have
strongly impressed upon him that ii
q woman advises him to any course of
action he had better do the exact con-
trary.
remember on one occasion calling
on lady when her husband was pres
ent, and the latter at once asked me-
whether thought his wife pretty in
much the same way as il she were a
horse OF a dog, says London Stand
ard writer. He also babe me remark
how Ill at ease she was in his pres
ence, adding with pride that if they
were at table together she would have
trembled in every limb from fear of
her lord and master. 1t was impos-
sible to make him understand my in
di9nation at this state of things; but
yet, as human nature is the same all
the world over. there are occasionally
henpecked husbands even in Persia.
For instance, the wife of one gov
ernor of my acquaintance was lady
of great force of character, and all
who considered themselves to be ag-
grieved at any decision OF her hus-
band, would lay their cases before her
by means of the servants of her IAN"
deroon," and it frequently happened
that if she thought fit she would in
sist on her lord and master reversing
his DEGREES.
1t is now the fashion in Persia, de-
spite the example set by the Shah, to
have only one wife. This is, IN a
great measure, due to the fact that the
Persians of today are usually very
poor. and naturally the keeping up of
two or three entirely different estab-
lishments is very great tax on q
mans resources, to say nothing of the
trouble involved of experimenting the
servants and in examining the ac-
counts of each household.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
Movable Henhouse.

The great evils of vermin and dis
ease among poultry are best combated
by keeping small fiocks of hens and
housing them in number of hen
houses made small enough to be easily
moved from one place to another.
Such houses need not be expensive.
and if stone boat is fitted with a
broad platform the henhouse may be
placed on it and drawn anywhere on
the farm Wherever insect enemies
are depredating it is well to place sew
eral of these henhouses near by, and
let them help clear away the vermin,
and also be getting the larger part of
their living. 1t may require that a
yard be built up SO as to keep the
fowls from straying too far. But hens
with chickens are the best scavengers,
and they will remain near their tenn
porary home and return to it at night.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
Protection of Young Fruit Trees.

Many states have passed laws pro-
yiding for official inspection of nur-
series and nursery stock, and the re-
suits of work along this line i'll 1897
by the New York agricultural expert
ment station indicate that such in
spection is more than desirable III
New York. Only few nurseries were
examined, and none of them were
seriously infested; yet ten species OF
injurious insects were found whose
chief method of gaining wide distribu-
ton is by shipment of nursery stock
carrying either the insects or their
eggs. Bulletin No. 1876 of the station
describes the methods of inspection
used by the station entomologist, out
lines the benefits to both nurseryman
and orchardist of sytematic inspection
of nurseries, summarizes briefly the
work of the station in 1897 and gives
descriptions of the insects found, IL
lustrations of them and their work,
and methods for their destruction in
both nursery and orchard.
The insects found may be classed in
four general groups: Scale insects, in
Guiding oystershell barklouse, scurfy
barklouse, New York plum Lecanium,
oak scale and San Jose scale; plant
lice, including woolly louise of the ap-
pie; case bearers, pistol-case bearer
and cigar-case bearer and bud moth;
borers, including peachtree borer.
The remedies to be used against the
first two classes of insects consist of
caustic washes, such as whale-oil soap
solution, kerosene emTis;on or kero-
sene-water mixture in tho orchard, ap-
piled in strong solutions in fall or
winter after loosening the scales by.
brushing or gentle scraping, or weaker
solutions in the spring when the young
lice and scale are somewhat unpro-
tected. In the nursery similar meth
DDS are to be used on growing stock,
but it is thought that fr1migation in
the packing houses or storage cellars
with hydrocyanic acid gas will be
practical means of getting rid of these
and all alternating insects.
The bearers and bud moth must
be met in the orchards by spraying in
very early spring, just as the buds
are breaking and leaves unfolding,
with Paris green, London purple or
green arsenite. The borers should be
kept out of the trees by mounding
with earth, surrounding the base of
the trunks with shields or smearing
with some offensive mixture to pre-
vent the mother moth from depositing
her eggs in the favorite location.
Once established. the only way to get
rid OF the borers themselves is to cut
them out with knife or pierce them
in their tunnels with sharp wire.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
The Turquoise Craze.

A remarkable furore has lately pos
sessed the women Of this city for tur-
quoises. Turquoise hearts are con-
sidered by far the most dainty and de-
sirable of all the big jewelea hearts
worn quite as much by men as by
women, and turquoise beads are now
being introduced instead of pearls to
stud the fine gold chains to which
eyeglasses and fans are suspended.
Another novelty in love tokens, and
one of the most eccentric ideas eman-
ating from the brain of Nine la Mode,
is 1.-The beloved eye" 5tqnTfs 5ttnfs, of course,
is not -tlIss -gsnTrrrr~-article, but
miniature painting of the human eye,
done most exquisitely on ivory, and
set about with precious stones. and
is either worn by the enamored swain
as watch charm or, clasped by
long, slender chain, nestles beneath
the lace on his lady's bosom. The
painting of the eye alone is by no
means a trivial task, and the one who
wishes to offer presentment of his
or her optic to the beloved one must
give many sittings to the miniature
painter in order to enable him to pro-
duce the exact color and expression,
so the fad for fsbeloved eyes is too
eccentric and too costly to be lasting.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
Cow Pea Culture in the North.

Owing to the fact that clover is fire.
quently damaged by freezing in win
ter and by drouth in summer, there is
some inquiry for another leguminous
crop which is not open to these OBJ
jections. With our present knowl-
edge, no substitute for Indiana can be
offered that is equal to the common
red or large English cloyers, both of
which are thoroughly acclimated and
flourish throughout the state.
Notwithstanding this fact the COW
pea has some points Of advantage,
among which are, (n greater capacity
to endure drouth, (2) ability to grow
on soils too thin to nourish clover, (3)
ability to produce large amount of
forage or green manure in few
months of warm weather, and thus
avoid the frosts of winter and early
spring.
Cow peas are highly esteemed for
forage in many parts OF the south.
They are pastared, cut green and fed
as soiling crop aud also cured as
hay. Where they seed well they fur
nish an excellent pasture for pigs, in
which case the land is left in fine con-
dition for subsequent crops. In this
state only the earliest sorts would pro-
duce much seed. In the richer soils
the tendency would be to run to vines
Cow peas produce a very wattery
growth and are therefore not easy to
cure for hay.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06

s.Who Struck Billy Pattefson7~
About forty years ago William Pat
terson entered a medical college In this
country. At that time hazing In col
leges was accepted as inevitable. and
often went beyond the borders of good
sense or humanity.
At this institution the favorite meth
cd was to capture new student, bind
him hand and foot and carry him be-
fore mock court, where he was tried
on some charge.
The time came when William Patter-
son was obliged to submit to the ordeal.
He was accordingly blindfolded and
led to the block and bis neck placed In
proper position.
The executioner swung his ak s11
buried 1t deeply In the wood, OF course
taking care that 1t did not go near Pat
terson's head.
But at the same moment the Ak met
the block another student struck across
the victims neck with cord which
had been wet with ice water.
The students laughed and shouted as
the joke ended. but Paterson did not
move. He was dead.
The doctors said that he had died
from shock, but the affair caused an
immense amount OF excitement. All
the students concerned were arrested
and the question was everywhere ask
ed, .eWho struck Billy Patterson?"
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
PUZZLES IN STONES.
Legends Which Surround the Floating
Rock of Korea.


Rock of Korea.
The floating stone of Korea is a
natural wonder. 1t is of great bulk
and shaped like an irregular cube. To
all appearance it is resting upon the
ground and totally free from support
on any side. If two men standing at
opposite ends hold each the opposite
end of thread they will be able to
pass the thread under the stone with
out encounter1ng any obstacle. The
natives consider this stone as one of
their greatest national possessions,
and at one time it was an object of
alteration and was consulted as an
oracle, and even now it has temple
erected in its honor, known as the
temple of Fon Shih Mao, or "The
Temple of the God of Mystery.
On account of their great size the
ssStones of Baalbec'' are world re-
nowned, and it is asserted that the
largest quarried stones in the world
are set in place in the city walls of
Baalbec. Several of them are SO feet
long, with 12x12 feet section, and that
one now in quarry near the city,
hewn on three sides, measures SO feet
in length and II feet 10 inches by 13
feet 3 inches in section. These di-
mensions. are wonderful, and the
moving of these stones to place them
in the walls must have taxed the in
genuity of the old builders to the ut
most.
While this is all very wonderful, yet
there exists in the town of st. Emillon
near Bordeaux, France, q whole church
carved out of single rock, of an early
Romanesque character. TWAS carved
some time during the eleventh cen
tury, but the exact date is unknown.
1t is 115 feet long by so feet wide,
and consists of three parallel aisles,
or, rather, nave and two aisles, with
plain barrel-shaped vaults and with
transverse vaults or openings and
round arches on massive square piers.
Whether this was intended fof chap
ter house OF a sepulchral chapel is un-
decided.
"The Stone of Destiny" that has
had such a checkered career, is an
other of the notable stones. Some
writer's trace this stone all the way
back to jacob, and aver that it is the
identical stone which he set up in
Bethel after his dream of the ladder
and the angels.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06

The war on department stores IN CHI
cago has entered on q curious phase.
An appeal was first made to the Legis-
lature for the passage of State law to
break up the big establishments, but
nothing was done at Springfield. Then
the City Council was attacked, and an
ordinance was passed by that body
from which much was hoped. But the
result has been disappointing, and the
promoters of the movement have con-
cluded that relief cannot be secured In
this way. The next step In the cam
paign is very curious. The complaint
against the big stores has always been
that they undensell the small stores.
number of small dealers have now
agreed to pool their Issues" and try to
undersell the undersellers, They pro.
pose to open large store in the heart
of the city, which will be supplied with
goods by the cooperating merchants.
each of whom Is to get percentage OF
profits from all sales to customers liv-
ing In his district. The district no.
ton is an odd one, but the fundamental
idea underlying the enterprise Is SOUND
that the only effective way. to light
cheap stores is with cheaper.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
THEY WANT TO TELL
Those Grateful Womon Who Have
Been Helped by Mrs. PinkhaIn.

Women who have suffered severely
and been relieved of their ills by Mrs.
Pinl1ham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication of their
statements for the benefit of other wo-
men. Here are two such letters:
Mrs. LIZZIE BEVERLY, 256 MerrimGc
St, Lowell, Mass, writC-5:
at affords me great pleasure to tell
llsuifering women of the benefit have
received from taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. lean hard
lyfnd words toexpress my gratitude for
what she has done for me. My trouble
was liberation of the womb. Twas I'M
der the doctors care. Upon examina-
ton he found fifteen very large ulcers,
but he failed to don good. 1took sew
eral bottlesof Lydia E. Pinlxham's Vege-
table Compound, also used the Sanative
Wash and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham,s s
medicine saved my life, and L would
recommend it to all suffering women"
Mrs. AMOS TRoMBLEAY, Ellenburgh
Ctr, n. Y. writes:
I took cold at the time my baby
WAS born, causing me to have milk
#legs, and was sick in bed for eight
sNyeeks. Doctors did me no good. l
surely thought would die. l was al
sso troubled with falling of the womb.
ID could not eat, had faint spells as
often as ten times day. One day
s lady came to see me and told me of the
Benefit she had derived from taking
% ydia E. Pinlxhams medicine, and ad-
syised me to try it. I did SO, and had
takeI only half a bottle before was
able to sit in a chair. After taking
three bottles could do my own work.
81 am now in perfect health, -.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
Mob Caps.

A smart contingent of little girls
ranging from eight years old to 10,
are wearing the last cry in Juvenile
chie-enormous mob caps, which are
the means of scattering here and there
the most fascinating pictures of child
beauty ever encountered on New
York's streets. The fashion of wear
ing loose curls hanging about the
shoulders, and soft baby hair in soft
rings encircIing the brow, is all IN de-
licious accord.
The youngest of these are wearing
their mobs built up of soft French
taffeta or mousseline de sole, crown
and frills plisse. matching, and with
very many of the latter. Older girls
wear theirs built of soft straw braids,
artifcially modelled into big crown,
which fits gracefully into wide fiat
brims. The brim is hidden inside and
out with gauze frills pissed very
finely, and in front the finish consists
of big looped bow of wide. soft, taf-
feta ribbon, which puts the final seal
of smartness on this bewitching head
gear. It must be confessed that SO
picturesque hat has never been worn
before, nor could any have been crs-
ated to set off SO entraneingIy the
beauty Of child faces. May the mode
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06

When will women discover how to
dress their hair without the use of
hairpins? Hairpins, one understands
from a woman who has recently writ
ten a book about women, are the chief
obstacles to feminine independence.
''How truly fiendish a hairpin eau be
no mere man can ever know. When
it presses against the skull and pro
duces local nerve torture of an in
describably vicious nature, a man
might Imagine that the easy thing
would be to pull it out. A woman
feels so tremendously at disadvan-
tage If her hair is untidy-she cannot
even argue till it is neat again. The
Ledger.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
DO Won Wear Eyeglasses?

To be really chic, says an English
observer, there are several things a
woman must attend to. The most
notable at present is the eyeglass
chain. Gold is too easily initiated,
and pearl chains, although adorable,
are expensive. a pretty idea is to
have twist of tiny silk cord to match
ones dress clasped here and there
with iewels-diamonds if you can al
ford them, pearls or amethysts If
they suit your dress; but steel, if these
are beyond you, has certain cachet,
for its sober charms appeal not to the
vulgar, and really good steel IS not
quite the cheapest thing in the mar
ket. New York World.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
A. to Horseback Riding.

The Kentuckian was talking freely
about horses. Although it was sale
stable, he was speaking his mind. He
had made the proper speeches about
the gait of the beautiful creatures.the
darky trainer trotted up and down; he
had not lost his look of grave acquies-
cenee when he heard things about the
horse who trots. But chance word
touched his true thought, and he spoke
the faith of Kentuckians and wes-
terpers. Texans and Cafifornians IN
something of this wise: .'That's right:
It amt really riding to jolt up and
down and look stylish on trottlng
horse. You can't say much about It
IN Boston, or anywhere in cities where
,eople don't care about the easy steps.
They don't know what you're talking
abont It's a queer notion and one
nv folks in Kentucky can't get used
to-that trotting horse can be
saddle horse. Women want to be
stylish. though. everywhere, and they
would learn how to rise up Ike the
Roston woman. But they didn't keep
4 up. a steal-awav and the galiop,s
the Thing for country American rid
ing. Boston Transcript.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
Money From Herbs

A great deal OF money can be made
from common garden herbs. Sage,
thyme. marjoram and even catnip all
have their devotees. Most city cats
very rarely see catnip except as a
package. II it is purchased done up
in a closed and sewed bag, and given
them to play with the antics they will
perform with this plaything are ex-
tremely amusing. In the country cats
find enough catnip growing around
houses If farmers boys would gather
some of the leaves and sew them up In
balls they could make some money
out of the business. There is nearly
always good demand for herbs used
in making the dressing for fowls and
other baked meats.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06

Airy feather aigrettes and paradise
pIumage are still used on large, round
hats.
Some of the new sailor hats are fin
ished with a roll of straw all around
the edge of the brim.
For women with high foreheads the
correct way to dress the hair is to have
a few curls over the temples.
Popular materials for walking
dresses in England are the new black
alpacas with the fine white hair stripe
in them.
A gown of green cheviot with pas
sementerie arranged so as to form
clover leaves is among the attractive
costumes.
A dainty and beautiful effect in sum-
mer costumes is produced by combin-
ing white lawn with many insertions
of black lace.
A pretty way to trim a blue and
white checked gown is with two
widths of Vandyke Hercules braid
stitched zigzag.
Crepons in dots and stripes, some
in raised swiyeled dots and some plain,
will be used in the making of cool
summer costumes.
Checked cloth in basket weave of
wool and cotton Will be used by mo-
distes for making dresses that COM
bine cheapness and beauty.
Silk and wool jacquard pop!in is
one of the novelties for light outdoor
dresses. Another is wool poplin with
satin dots and sprays at intervals.
The Russian blouses that will be
worn again will be made of the WOODEN
material and the velvet will be used
largely for collars, rosettes and other
skirt trimmings.
Glittering effects will be worn in
wooleu goods, mohairs and white. on
heliotrope ground, striped and
checked effects being among those
shown in the stores.
A neat f-s<aIking gown is of turquoise
rray face cloth. With diagonal trim
ming of black cadet 67ssld4- The waist
has a slight blouse effect, With white
moire reyers and a collar and tie of
lace.
This promises to be "a white sum
mer' in dressy gowning, just as black,
touched up with becoming color,
proved very favorite style of dress
during the winter and early spring
seasons.
Paquin serge will figure this year
among the dress goods novelties. It
is woven in long diagonal furrows. In
the brown there is heavy thread of
turquoise blue that runs between the
burrows.
Piaue promises to hold sway in
the summer season. White pique will
be more in demand than the colored.
OF the latter, fax, blue and several
shades of soft, pale yellow viii be
seen. The piques should be made
into tailor gowns.
Among the colors popular are cas-
tors, browns, grays, gobelln and deep
blues-t the grays and blues In change
able effects. The great popularity of
green is on the wane, such large
quantity of cheap goods in these
shades having been put on the mar
ket.
A zouave jacket of gold-embroidered
white cloth has frili all around it of
brown chiffon, and this is made to fall
in full iabots, which are extended to
the belt Such jacket may be worn
with different skirts, and looks espe-
cialIy well with pale tan-colored
cloth.
Rain coats will be made in light
material and will have long capes and
no sleeves, the back being made Wat
teau style, and either stitched to the
waist or entirely loose. This will give
a skirt shaped effect to the lower
part Of the coat The garments will
be fastened with tabs, which will hold
it together over the bust.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
The ..I.irst Lady,, of AIasIza.

It is not generally known that Mrs.
Brady, the wife of the governor of
Alaska, was n missionary in that
country when she met her husband,
over 20 years ago She is a devoted
mother, and during her trip to Wash
ington recently visited the National
Congress of Mothers, attending nearly
every session. A visitor at the con
gress says that she is a charming and
unaffected woman, whose heart is
evidently divided between the two
children who accompany her and the
three who remained behind in Sltka,
aad who will not see their mother un-
til next fall Mrs. Brady has decided
literary tendencies, and is arranging
to take course in stenography, with
the ultimate idea of putting into pub
lication form the interesting material
gathered by Governor Brady during
his life in the land of gold and seals.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06

In all times o. political or diplomatic
unrest the old injunction, Don't pro-
irhesy unless you know is good one
No keep In mind. 1t Is eighty years
since Napoleon Bonaparte declared that
within fifty years all Europe might be-
come either Republican or Cossack.
Afen now living remember when Theirs
said. Railroads will never be of SER
vice for the transportation of goods"
History bristles with similar bad shots
of the future, and most of the prophets
of the present day are adding to the..-
number.
The sea coast echo., 1898-08-06
y French Nurse Decorated.

Mile. Botard, the young woman
whose name has been recently placed
upon the list of the Legion of Honor
of the French academy, has been con-
nected with the Salpetriere hospital,
Paris, since she was girl. Nervous
and demeated patients in the women's
wards were her care, and her success
with them was the result of gentle
treatment aud as much humoring as
was possible.