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The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
rbe Great strength of Bears.

'sYes, the strength of grizzly bears
is almost beyond belief" says noted
hunter. 81 have read about the
powerful muscles in the arms of AT.
rican gorillas, but none compare with
those in the arms and shoulders OF
big grizzly bears. [ have seen a
grizzly bear with one paw shot into
uselessness pull its own 100 pounds
of meat and bone up precipices and
perform feats of muscle that trained
athletes could not do. / have seen
grizzly bears carrying the carcasses OF
pigs that must have weighed seventy
pounds several miles across noun
tain side to their liar, and have heard
hunters tell of having seen cows
knocked down as if by thunderbolt
with one blow from the forepaw of a
bear.
ssThree summers ago I spent the
season in the coast mountains up IN
Monterey county, and one moonlight
night saw a big grizzly bear in the
act of CARRYING a dead COW home to
her cub. had position on the
mountain side where I could see every
movement of the bear in the sparsely
timbered valley below me. The crit
ter carried the dead cow in her fore
paws for of least three miles, across
Jagged, sharp rocks ten feet high,
over fallen logs, around the rocky
mountain sides, where even jackass
could not get foothold, to narr' "
trail mp the steep mountain. She
never stopped to rest a moment, but
went right along. / followed, and
inst about half mile from the beasts
lair / laid her low. The heifer weighed
at least 200 pounds and the bear about
45O pounds. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
Iood's pills cure all liver ills. Is cent
Stock Raising and Beets,

s. In all countries where the sugar beet
u made a specially much considera7
*ion is given the value Of the beets as
Go tile food; that Is, the residuUm, af4
fer the sugar is extracted. BY feeding
stock IL connection with the growing
of the beets for sale TO the factory, car!
..rying home the pulp for stock food, the
Farmers opportunities from the grow
ing Of beets are Increased. Expert
ments In Pennsylvania show that the
Yields Of beets range from ten to 6f.
teen tons per acre, and the average
amount Of sugar to exceed II per cent.
The farmer Will have to contend with
swet and dry seasons, and his prof 90
will be more some years than during
Others, but 1t Is believed that farmers
have neglected the beet as on import
ant food for cattle, Independently OF
.ltJ use as n source for procuring sugar,
not that the beet Is as valuable as
grain, but because farmers will find a
larger increase il production from
cattle by reason Of the feeding Of sue
cuient food, and although there Is
some preparation required for eli
kinds Of roota before feeding them to
stock, such labor Is unnecessary when
the beet pulp from the factories is
used. the combination of the pulp with
grain siving letter results lban when
been OF grail are fed sepsfately.-
Philadelphia Record.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
How to Tie the Bow.

Made-up neck bows have veered
around before the wind of fancy, and
ribbon stocks do not twist their CO.
quettish knots either in front or be-
hind. Tie your bow under your left
ear and let the loops and ends stick
out just as far as you please. In the
lists of new neckties are noticed mar
rowest folds of gros-grain silk. This
is esteemed as far more modish than
the long g-tried and more wanting satin.
The grain ties knot in the most
miniature bows in front, for all neck
decoration with shirt waists runs
now to one or two extremes. Novel
shirt waist collars are of two species,
either very, very high-regnlar ear
clippers-else bands of white linen
that have very narrow turnovers of
family tinted or speckled percale.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
Ants In Warfare.

In tropical countries ants are ex-
tremely numerous and wars are con-
stantly in progress. These military
insects have kingdoms which can boast
populations as numerous as any OF
the nations of men. In the Alleghan-
les one naturalist found 1000 huge
nests of forest ants together, constit-
uting single empire. Such king
dom probably has from 200, 900, 900 to
400. 900, 900 inhabitants, all forming
one community and living together in
active and friendly intercourse, while
they are on hostile terms with all
other nations of ants, even those of
the same species. It is known that
there are at least two thousand species
of ants in the world. The ferocity
exhibited by ants in fighting is ex-
treme, the ground after battle being
strewn with hdecapitated bodies, heads
and mangled limbs of the slain. The
insects fight two-and-two, in the fash
ion of the duello. All the evidences
are apparent of the action of malig-
nant passions hate, anger, cruelty
and destructiveness. New York Tri-
buna
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
FASHIONS Fancies.

White satin, embroidered with gold
for yokes and full fronts, is stylish.
Modified shirtwaists with big sailor
collars, for wee girls, are being worn.
The tucks on lingerie are now placed
from one-eighth to half an inch apart.
Albatross will still be worn this sea-
son, although not SO much as form
erly.
Pique will be as much used as ever
this season for seaside and mountain
wear.
White mousseline de sole is still a
favorite and will be for some time to
come.
Tiny turtle shapes are used for
stick pins, brooches, buttons and
buckles.
Golfers sunshades, with handles
that are exact replicas of the clubs, are
popular.
Persian lawn will be popular this
year, and will be trimmed with lace
edgings.
Black net gowns over white, with
burnt orange collars and belts, make
pretty appearance.
Young women wishing little
heavier material than gauze will find
white batiste satisfactory.
An old favorite that is being re-
vived is the white grenadine, with
fancy dots of white chenille.
Ruff1es of silk or net, finished with
black velvet ribbon, are seen on a
great many of the new skirts.
The butterfly fan is one of the nov
elites of the season. It is gayly
adorned with tinsel and spangles.
A new fabric is the Radiant" drap
de sole. This is heavy silky gauze
material, well adapted to the present
clinging style.
Dotted Swisses are most fashion
able at the present time. They are
made with many ce-edged raffies and
bows of ribbon.
Black lace gowns over white silk
foundations meet with general ap-
proval. In this way it is possible to
use silk that is somewhat soiled with
out it being noticeable.
In cloaks, coachman gray continues
much in favor, but has formidable
rival in light shade of Havana
which promises to be extremely FASH
ionable. White is generally used il
the combination.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
The Curly Ban~in style.

The curly bang, after a season or
two of suppression, is beginning to
fringe out rather luxuriantly again. 1t
runs in row of coquettish little curls
from ear to ear over the forehead,
while those women who suffer from
too extensive spread of brow are
adopting a very clever modification of
the old style water wave. Instead of
plastering wisps of soapy hair fiat to
the forehead, a broad bandeau is
drawn down, within half an inch of
the eyebrows, and then deeply fiuted
by the irons. This is one of the soft
est frames face can be set in, and
when the waves are properly made
and adjusted they give the face a
peculiarly tender and plaintive ex-
preston. Women whose locks are
undeniably turning and who are too
courageous to yield to the blandish-
ments of the hairdresser, adopt for
the evening pretty fantaisie coiffure
called the Princess de Lamballe. For
this the hair is lightly faxed with
powder in front, rolled softly back,
waved little, then gathered into a
cluster of coils, held in place by tor
toise shell, or pale green shell comb.
A delicate fringe is permitted to crop
out about the brow and the head is
crowned by half garland of tiny pink
and white noisette roses.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
A Woman Gold Miner,

A new field of work for enterprising
women is the gold field. Witness the
experience * piucky Jennie Hilton, a
30-year-old gold miner, who recently
set out for the Klondike. All her life
Miss Hilton has been an enthusiast III
mineralogy. Forced to make her own
way in the world, she became school
teacher; but preliminary trial of the
prospector's life so delighted her that
at once she resigned her position and
took up the life of a practical miner,
drawing her uncle and her brother
into her enthusiastic plans. Since that
time she has trampe1 over hundreds
of miles of difficult mountains and bar
rem plains, working for months where
the thermometer stood at 115 degrees
in the shade, daring the neighborhood
of the most lawless men and the wild
est camps, and always meeting with
courteous treatment. With remark
able skill, courage and determination,
she found and opened gold mine in
one of Arizona's hottest deserts, and
travelled among investors until she
sold it. That was her first success.
It has been followed by others, and
she is now worth $45, 900. The Path
finder.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22

The woman who desires fashionable
footwear can surely find something in
these days to suit her taste. In Lon
don dainty oxfords may be secured in
either tan or green glace kid. For
more dressy wear there are what are
known as Cromwell Shoes" which
have pronounced buckles in jet or
silver. The athletic girl has many
styles from which to choose. A white
buckskin is worn in London for boat
ing. Cycling shoes with rubber soles,
which prevent the foot from slipping
from the pedal, are in demand by de-
votees of the wheel. For house and
evening wear there are shoes made of
bronze and fine kid, decorated with
jewels, having single, double or
triple straps across the instep. Some
women send cuttings of the silk or
satin of which their dresses are made
to their shoemakers and have dainty
slippers made of the same material.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22

not the hosts OF social, literary, edu-
cational and musical or patriotic soci.
eties, which from time to time are abb
sorbed into the federation, that is
steadily increasing. This club move
ment began In 1852, with one or two
small societies. It has extended
throughout the United States and has
branches in Africa, South America,
India, England and Australia. Wom-
ems clubs may be divided into three
great classes: Those organized for
self-improvement of their own mem
bers, those whose object is practical
effort In the furtherance of some cause
believed to be good, and those who
work for mutual improvement and
the advancement of social conditions
in the home and in the community.
The great department clubs, like the
Sorosis and Chicago Woman's club,
are, perhaps, the most typical. In
addition to the study of art, litera-
ture, music and drama, they are en-
gagged in practical work ON the lines
of philanthropy, social economics,
finance and parliamentary law. Maine
was the first state to take up the spe-
cial work of education. Minnesota,
Iowa, Utah and Colorado have been
very active in the cause of education
and village and town Improvement,
ana some of the southern states, nota-
bly, Georgia and Tennessee, are doing
much in the way of educating the
mountaineers by means of reading cir
cles and travelling libraries. The
Woman's club of New Orleans has es-
tablished night schools, and the edu-
cation committee of the New York
Federation, which consists of 181
clubs and nearly 25, 900 women, has
the most complete plans for carrying
on its educational work. Chicago
Times III erald.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
CHLOREh's COLUMN.
Biddinr for a smile.

Bidding for q Smile.
'sWho'll bid for sneer?'
Said the auetioneer.
"It gives to the lips fanciful curl,
Is equally suited to boy or girl.
How much2 Twenty-Five?
Twenty-Five, do / hear?
Good folks, be alive!
lis genuine sneer.
But 1t brought only five.
"Here's a frown of high grade,s
Said the auctioneer now;
1.-The best thing ever made
For contracting the brow;
1t darkens face as bright as rose,
And wrinkles the forehead above the nose.
Nineteen2 Nothing more?
Do hear twenty-four?
Going, gone-at score.
A sweet little smile
Like sunshine In May,
Started after awhile
At ten. then away
Into hundreds 1t mounted; nine hundred
and two;
Then into the thousands the swift bidding
flew.
"Do hear2 Do hear?"
Bawled the hoarse auetioneer,
"Goiue, gomez and it went to dear little
Annette,
And it proved so becoming she's wearing it
yet.
st. Nicholas.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22

meaning Of the trick, he rose in the
air, flew swiftly back, caught ths
young hare Ia It's beak and bore It
away.
A similar plan was adopted by some
ravens that wished to steal food from a
dog. They teased him till he grew SO
angry that he chased them from the
spot, but the artful birds turned
sharply round, easily reached the dish
before him and carried off the choicer
bits in triumph.
As to the ravens power of speech
the following story, which is given on
the authority of Captain Brown, who
vouches for its truth, will show how
aptly it can talk. A gentleman, while
travelling through wood in the south
of England, was startled by hearing q
shout of Fair. play, gentlemen, fair
playp uttered In loud tones. The cry
being presently repeated, the traveller
thought it must proceed from some
one in distress, and at once began to
search for him. He soon discovered
two ravens fiercely attacking third.
He was so struck with the appeal OF
the oppressed bird that he promptly
rescued him.
1t turned out that the victim was a
tame raven belonging to house IN
the neighborhood, aud the cry that it
had used so opportunely was one of
many that it had been taught to utter.
New York World.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
Done with a Rife.

Adolph Toepperwein, San Antonio's
marvellous young rifle shot, has just
reformed another of his astonishing
feats. With 22-calibre rife he stood
at distance of twenty feet from a
double thickness of heavy paper. about
three feet long by two feet wide, and
shot on it the outlines of an Indians
head. 1t took exactly 152 shots to dc
the trick. 1T was free-hand drawing,
as the figure was not traced on the
paper beforehand. This made the
feat especially difficult, as ssTep" had
to place every shot with reference to
where its predecessor had gone, and
where all the following shots were to
90. In other words, he had to have
every detail of the drawing planned
out and constantly in his minds eye
while he was shooting. One shot fired
a fraction of an inch wild would have
spoiled the whole picture. -Philadel-
phia Record.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
How to Travel Without a Pass.

''Passl" said the elderly but still
athletic navy, gazing contemptuously
at some brother workmen as the train
was nearing the ticket collecting sta
ton. 81 don't carry no pass. / can
travel all over England without .
pass" s'How do you manage it,
then?" asked the little holman TIM
idly. 81 looks 'em straight in the face
with twitch of the hi, like this.
you know me, guv'nor, I says.
"Not on this line," cried the other.
''You don't get through like that. It's
show your pass or they hauls you off
in two sticks "Ha" snorted the
NAVY, "haul me outl Not twenty of
'em couldn'tl" "Woll, you'll see.
The train drew up, the ticket collector
appeared. Everybody in the carriage
looked forward to row, and people
in the adjoining compartments craned
over the partitions to watch the events.
''Tickets!" growled the collector hast
ily scrutinizing the ''passes" that
were thrust into his hand, ''That
maa in the corner amt got a pass, J"
squeaked thin voice. The NAVY
affected to be rumaging in his capa-
cious pockets; the wink, the straight
look had failed; everybody was eager
ly awaiting the hauling out" when.
to the disappointment of the crowd the
man produced perfectly legitimate
ticket from the corner of blue pocket
handkerchief. Household Words.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
Grandmofher,ss Story.


''Tell me a story grandma, said
little Bess, as she climbed upon her
grandmother lap.
"Well, what shall it be about?"
said the old lady smiling, rs she laid
her work on the table and looked at
her little granddaughter.
"About when you were little girl, y
was the answer.
"Let me think. Oh, yes, I re-
member" she said as she stroked
Bessie's golden hair and kissed her
on the forehead. When was about
twelve years old went to spend the
summer with some friends. There
were two children, both a little
younger than myself The older one
was Maud and the younger one Mary.
ST had not been there long before
we planned to have a spread some
night after we had gone to bed. We
set the night, and began to collect all
the candy and good things We could
and and put them in basket, which
we kept under the bed.
s'That night we went to our room
and undressed, then we waited for
their mother to say good night. We
waited, but she did not come, and SO
we turned out the light and pretended
to go to sleep. In few minutes we
were up and had the basket. The
feast consisted of three crackers
apiece, about half dozen candies, a
few peanuts and some cookies. We
all sat down ON one bed and began to
talk softly. Suddenly / heard a foot
step on the stairs, and knew what it
was. I pushed Maud back into her
place in the bed and jumped in my
self. 'Shr-r-r-r! She is coming,
said. But Mary just sat there and
looked at us. Suddenly she looked
at us and realized what was the mat
ter, then made rush for her bed.
''She had just reached it when ]
saw figure in the doorway. Their
mother entered and kissed US, then
went out again. We were about to
get up again when we heard her say,
Don't talk They were the words we
had dreaded, and what was anything
without talking? I lay down again
and began to groan, when 1 saw Mary
beside me. Mamma didn't say we
must not whisper, she said under her
breath. In few minutes we were
out of bed and eating. Then what a
good time we had, and we talked un-
til we had eaten everything, and it
was long after time for US to be
asleep.
''After that we had a great many
moxe feasts, but none of them was as
much fun as the first was. "-Ameri.
can Agriculturist.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
limitation Jewels In Favor.

Imitation jewels are gaining favor
every day, in spite of the superstitious
prejudice that makes some women
look askaffce even at rhinestone
buckle Barrel-shaped buttons in
diamonds, pearls, turquoises or opals
are new and effective. They are placed
at intervals on the narrow waist band.
Most of the paste jewels are set in oxi-
died silver or steel, but probably the
prettiest imitation ornaments for even
ing gowns are in paste made up into
some of the most beautiful shapes
after the designs of the Louis XIV
and Louis XIV periods.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
sTuRY ABOUT schLEY.
How That Eminent Naval Ofacsr Got
His First Command.

How That Eminent Naval Of7csr Got
His First Command.
How Commodore Echley got his frst
command Is an amusing episode In his
early career. After leaving the Mag
ara he was promptly promoted to .
lieutenancy and assigned as executive
officer OF one OF the ninety-day gun
boats, the Owasco Of the Gulf squad
ron. Her commanding oficer-his
name Is OF no consequence, and he Is
dead now-was a devotee Of John Bar
leycorn, and periodically had to retire
TO his cabin, where he usually
stayed q week. The Owasco was sta
toned or Mobile, and was one OF a
small squadron OF which Captain
James Allen of the Richmond was Sc
nior officer.
One day quartermaster OF the Rich
mond reported to Captain Allen that
the captains gig of the Owasco was
approaching. the captains pennant n.y.
Ing. Supposing his visitor to be the
captain Of the Owasco, Allen put on
his uniform coat, the side boys were or
dered, and the boatswain's matesmade
ready for the three pipes at the gang
way. When the Owasco's gig came
alongside the man who sprang up the
ladder was Lieutenant Schley.
II expected TO see Captain - OF
the Owasco." said Allen, with sltght
sarcasm.
'I am commander of the Owasco.
sir" said Schley.
'Since whenf' asked Allen,
"An hour ago, SIR" said Schleys
Where is Captain -P'
Locked up In his cabin. sir, drunk"
'Who locked him =" asked Allen.
'T did. l first put him under arrest,
and then shut him up in his cabin.
Then took command of the ship, and
here / am to report for orders"
Allen was fond of Joke, and he was
at first disposed to laugh at the young
mans summary action, but he said:
'sWell, the first order I'll give you Is
for you to lower that pennant In the
gig, go back to your ship, sir, unlock
that cabin door, and restore Captain
to duty. Then report to me In
writing IL the captains fitness still In
capacitates him, and l will know what
TO do. Don't be in too great hurry
to get command of a ship, Mr.. Schleyr'
New York Ledger.
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
STORIES Of RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham.

Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown,
II. j., writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I cannot be-
gin to tell you how L suffered before
taking your remedies. l was so weak
that could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. had womb trouble
and such bcariug-down feeling also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
in womb, Inflammation of the bladder,
piles and indigestion. Before L had
taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound l felt a great deal
better, and after taking two and one
half bottles and half box of your
Liver Pills l was cured. If more would
take your medicine they would not
have to suffer SO much"
Mrs. JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East ST.,
Warren, Pa, writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I have suf-
fered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. / had Inflammation, enlarge
ment and displacement of the womb.
had the backache constantly, also
headache. and was so dizzy. | had
heart trouble, it seemed as though my
heart was in my throat at times chok-
Ing me. could not walk around and
could not lie down, for then my heart
would beat so fast / would feel as
though was smothering. l had to
sit up in bed nights in order to breathe.
/ was SO weak / conld not do any.
thing.
Il have now taken several bot
ties of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta BILE
Compound. and used three pack
ages of Sanative Wash, and can say
I am perfectly cured. do not think
could have lived long If Mrs. Pink
hams medicine had not helped me" !"
The sea coast echo., 1898-10-22
The oueen,s Four-Leayed Glover

An amusing story of Queen Hor-
tense, daughter of the Empress jose
phine and wife of Louis Bonaparte,
king of Holland, has lately been told.
After her exile from Holland, the ex-
queen soiourned for time in modest
habitation near Constance, i'll Switzer-
land.
As her health was broken down by
her troubles her physicians pre-
scribed visit to the mountains of
Appenzell, and the ex-queen, accom-
panied only by reader or female
companion and two or three servants,
went to rustic neighborhood in the
hills. There she and her companion
found nothing better to do than hunt
for four-leaved clover, and became
quite excited in the search.
''To lend the matter interest" the
queen wrote in letter which has
been brought to light, 1--WE would
assume that each discovery of four
ieaved clover had some prophetic sig
nificance. The next one, if found so
and so, meant that we should return
to France; 5another meant that / was
to receive q letter the next day from
my son Louis, and SO on. In this in
nocent paAtime we found positively
the only excitement that was open to
us in the Place.
..But SOON it was noised abroad
among theehildren of the neighbor-
hood that we were continually hunt
ing four-leaved clover, and conse-
quently, these children argued, we
must want it Very much. Then all
the children anls some of the grown
people were out hunting four-leaved
clover. and on!great lunches OF il
were brought to ks, for which we had
to show ourselves very grateful.
I'm another dayApur only resource
for amusement was gone. for these
kind but superservicesble people had
stripped the neighbor1ood for a mile
around of all its four-leayed clover.
Youths Companion.