davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
FOOL LAWS.
Ohio to the Front With a Marriage
Law that is Without ForetFlougF1t.

T.
Notwithstanding numerous and
repeated failures, people are not
vet convinced of the total made
auacy of law TO correct evils.
Every year our legislative maeli-
nery grinds our number 1T fool
laws. which are duly Inscribed
upon the statute book, and then
forgotten; or else become a charge
upon people already oyertaxked
BY the creation of unnecessary
office-hofders.
Representative Parker of Ohio,
is the last to try his hand reforms
ing the universe. This gentleman
has introduced a bin into the Ohio
Legislature to regulate marriage.
The bill provides that each
Probate Judge shall appoint
three physicians of different
schools. one Of whom shall be a
lady, to inquire into the physie.lls
mental, and moral condition OF
each matrimonial candidate, and
that only those may marry who
can obtain certificates showing
that they are free from insanity,
dipsonania, tuberculosis, cancer,
venereal and other hereditary
diseases. and are not. criminals.
Theoretically, this law may
seem a very good thing. Pratt
caIIy, it is still-born and absurd.
If carried out it would do great
harm by increasing prostitution
and ilIegitimacY.
1t would lead TO all sorts of
quibbling and evasion to comply
with the letter of the law while
breaking It's spirit. It's influence
would be distinctly immoral.
Marriage is the fundamental in
stitution of society. 1t has taken
centuries to educate man up to
the idea of homogeneous marriage
and the responsibilities which it
involves To prohibit men and
women from entering the married
state is to trife with individual
rights and responsibilities.
The back adapts itself to its
burden.
Nature has her own checks upon
the reproduction of unfit persons.
The great natural principle of
compensation is always at work.
For everything we loose we gain
something, and vice versa.
Animate beings instinctiyely
strive to correct DEFICIENCIES when
mating. The tall thin man is att
tracted by the short, stout woman;
the bilious temperament is cheer
ed by contact with the sanguine,
weakness and delicacy admire
strength. The natural tendency
is always towards a physical de-
mocracy.
IF we really wish to improve the
race we must 60 about it practl-
eally. We must raise the stand
ard of marriage by educating
people up to its vast possibilities.
Marriage is more than the mere
association of male and female for
reproductive purposes; marriage
is great school for mutual pro-
gress and improvement. 1t has
its practical, its moral, and spiri-
tual aspects. If people are taught
to appreciate parental responsible
lity, to understand that children
are little bundles of propensities
and habits, which, by good envol-
ronment, practical hygiene, and
iudicious training, may be mould
ed into almost any shape, we shall
do all that can be done to remedy
defective heredity. Education,
not law, is the true reformer here
as well as elsewhere.-St. Louis
Medical Brief
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

There was man once on atime
who thought him wondrous wise.
He swore BY all the fabled gods.
he'd never advertise. But his
goods were advertised ere long,
and thereby hangs d tale: the ad
was set in nonpareil and headed
.sSheriff' Sale. Printers Ink.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

"Two thousand less SEALS" says
the Times-Democrat, "were caught
this year than last but that need
not deprive chubby of the plea
sure Of surprising his wife with a
sealskin coat
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Every community should quar-
antine against the town loafer
and the chronic kicker. We have
such faith in the remedy as to
suggest the experiment to be first
made on our own town.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
1t Wasn't Run Right.

Stranger-So you have no paper
in this town?
Native-No, sir. We did have
one once, but it WASH run right,
and we we're glad to get gid Of it.
"What was the matter
"Wall, the editor didn t alters
treat the folks right. The feller
commenced stopping the paper on
them what didn't pay their sub
scriptions. Then we rose in our
might and druv him out of town. =
Hyde Park (Mass.) Gazette.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Since his inauguration as gov
ernor, Governor McLaurin has
appointed over 1890 persons to
offiee.-Brookhaven Leader.
Enough relatives to burn.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Says the Yazoo City Sentinel !:
The merchant who withhoIds
support from his local paper pur-
sues short-sighted policy. Aside
from considerations Of public
pride, as a matter of business pol
icy alone he will find no better IN
vestment than the amount spent
for advertising in his local paper.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

The Lake Charles Press makes
this admirable suggestion: "After
the investigation into the treat
ment of the soldiers is finished, let
US have another to find out why
the government paid 100000 for
the rotten Merrimac which was
sunk in Santiago harbor, and
which would have been dear at
$50, 900; why Ogden Goelet, a New
FORK millionaire, was paid $780,
900 for converted yacht that was
on the market two weeks before
for 5000; andWhy FL. II. Ham
ma, brother of Mark, got $1o0, 900
fer q boat that cost $4,000 to
bald twenty years age? Let The
thieves that robbed the govern
ment in the name of patriotism be
exposed to the public gaze.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

The remains of Columbus were
recently taken from Havana, to be
sent to Spain; the remains of CO.
lumbus are at Genoa, Italy, with
er they were taken from Havana
about eleven years ago; the re-
mains of Columbus are on the
island of San Domingo. Each of
the above statements are being
positively made: Which, if either,
of them is correct, we haven t
the slightest idea.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
Quarantine Idiocy /.

| The following, from the Mem
phis Ledger, is q sample OF the
quarantine idiocy.
There is a certain farmer out q
little distance from Memphis who
can say more bad things about the
quarantine in five minutes than
the average man can think of IN
an hour. The said man has his
house jusesinside the line made By
the quarantine. just across the
line are that mans fields and his
well and outhouses. The other
|morning the mans wife started
down to the we'll. She filed her
buckets, but IS she started back
TIE guard stopped her. Finally
she. was permitted TO pass In.
when the man. however, went
down to his field he was told that
he could not come back any fur
ther than the house and could not
go into the field on the town side
Of she dwelling. On this side the
hay was stored in stacks and the
man had to get his iandfady to
come into town and get him two
passes before be could carry on
the necessary harvest and other
farm operations.
When the announcement was
given space in the columns of the
daily press that Miss Lucy Lee
Hill, daughter of the late Con
federate General Hill, had been
accordedthe title Of the "Daugh-
ter Of the Confederacy, worn
with such beeomingness by the
late Miss Winnie Davis, we took
no notice of it only when opposi-
ton flew thick and fast, and only
then, recognizing the assumption
as fact, we considered such pro-
position preposterous. Miss Hill
should have known better, but
very probably was led by the SYM
pathles of ill-advised friends. Miss
Hill might be as beautiful, as no.
BILE as true Southerner as was Miss
Davis, but the Daughter of the
Confederacy" can have no success
sor, it was an individual distinc-
tion,-a title, not an office.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Killing person is a new way to
prevent their greiving. A would
be girl suicide, Of Pittsburgh, says
she killed her mother before at
tempting to take her own life, to
keep the old lady from worrying
over her suicide.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

The Mississippi town that is not
el.eascsll q. ee;ascly owner orr not consider
ing the advisabilily Of electric
lights and waterWokks appears to
have been rolegateN to the rear
these days, according TO our ex-
changes.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

h,ca is no disease more uncertain IN its
5.ta than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
-za n. aZ1s Of 10 two cases agree. 1t is
,fel5re asst difficult to make Il correct
dl9EH BIS. 10 matter how severe or under
s-i5gF 1l#GHs5cdy dyspepsia attacks you, Browns
iI..l ElttcTs viii cure it. Invaluable IN all
Diseases Of the stomach, blood anil nerves.
LE0Wus- lrau Bittera Is sold By u desiars.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

As California's wine production
this year, will be less than half
what it was last year, a decided
increase in the price of imported
wines may be confidently expected.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Mr.. Jorkins announced that he
had found "a good bargain in
mems Shoes and his wife sati-
rically responded that his luck was
better than hers had ever been.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Col. Roosevelt will be among e
the first to test the value of a
Spanish war record as a vote-get-
ter. The sporting element are
backing him to win,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

The beardless editor at Ocean
Springs is either a brave fellow or
a desperate somebody. In the
face of quarantine and yellow
fever rumors he is advocating the
establishment of industries. lie
wants less simmer boarding hons-
es and more industries. Right.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

The Biloxi Weekly Herald last
Saturday reached its sixteenth
year. Than this mere fact we know
nothing more commendatory to
say on the occasion.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

The managers of the Omaha
Exposition expect President Nc
Kiniey and his cabinet to outdraW
any of their other exhibits, and
the expectation is likely to be
raa lied
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Hancock county IS one of the
twenty-nine out of the States
seventv-6ve counties that report
ed At the the auditors Office at
Jackson for pension claim under
the new form. a decrease Of
thirty per cent. is reported.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

To Judge from the Paris cable
news ourPeace Commissioners are
in danger of acquiring the cham
pagne habit before they get back
home.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

A good democratic daily news
paper of national Importance is q
requisite in every Southern home
of intelligence. The Chicago
Chronicle is that paper. As a
newspaper It's excellence is pre-
eminent and its editorials indica-
tive Of strength.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

An exchange says Miss Hill,
with propriety, can claim to be
the daughter of old man Hill.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

The President is finding out
that there are great many Ame-
rican patriots willing to go to our
new colonies as office-holders.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

We have yet to learn of any ho-
tel keeper Or summer boarding
house land lady on the gulf coast
who grew rich in the pursuit.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

No catalogue of the horrors of
war is complete that leaves out
the makers of what is alleged to
be war poetry.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Wonder if any one has given
the subject thought that lime
kiln in Bay st. Louis would be q
paving investment? With the
material at home and market in
such proximity as New Orleans
are alone tempting inducements.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

New York Democrats have nom-
mated brother of Mayer Van
WYck's.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

pEAEI -r4r0E. Hancock County, Miss,
Friday, oct. Z, 1893.
Tla steamer Islevnrta at Ship island
w}jl complete her cargo from here this
There is little 1.u in the household
r. Sir. GeSTv Wai5laTd whose arrival
sia.-s .reW Tuesday.
Uume Eavre continues very low. His
.eru.h.r. George Fayra; and his aunt, Miss
.'Jl, Eoamo~, were called 10 MS bedside
s-y.. lie has typhoid foyer.
Hr J. %. Fountain and Mr.. Alex Orr
.I.,HrDgttrNl taa.g trip to California this
&rrh. Both look very we'll and seem 10
ssvs been lgLsAttca materially by their
.ssrs Nee Baker aud Toungblood, OF
srr customs port Of New Orleans, will be
Il l--s-----4A-- inspect theshuils aud
rs cf The Fo5fs aed Eayre Lum-
Com paag's ao"ero ,.sane's' .-
.5513l;na is not SO dT ~
IS u was last. People 80 e. III
- felt. 1
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

. The Biloxi Herald says it is very
evident Bay St. LOUIS has had
"quite q suficiency" OF that sweet
morsel, the fruit of daylight
communication. Pray, where did
the Herald garner its infornla-
ton? Surely, not from those who
sought the communication IN
question. They are not complain
ing, neither have they cause to
complain.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Miss Mary E. Wilkins new Sc
rial is the humorous story of an
up-to-date city woman who at
tempts to reform a quiet village
and educate the people up to the
latest fads of the town. 1t is call
ed "The Jamesons in the Coun-
try" and its serial publication
will be commenced in the next IS
sue of the Ladies Home journal
1t will have Mrs. Alice Barber
Stephens as its illustrator.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

The rains Of last week were in
excess of any known for long
while. Yet the old ruins at Jack
son designated as the capitol,
strange to say, did not leak-if
siii4piy- poured through the roof.
Callers were obliged to keep their
umbrellas open.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Congressman Love is critically
III at his home at Gloster.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Only killing frost will now
kill this killing quarantine.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
LOGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.


O o
be
a b K
o o
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
THE PEARLINGTON
LIVERY STABLE.
GE.aER y RAY, PRoPRIETORs.

Geo. VI. Geiger, Manager. First-elass
beams at reasonable prices Special at
.eatfon given 80 travelling men. Haul
in. lumber wood, etc.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Send McLaurin to tR Senate
md he'll be~aGaaspiea - 2 Q
his duties csSs. ing
the country IN his interes
the Presidency. No, Anse;
best stay at home-as you
learn later.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
THE SEA COAST ECHO.

Entered at theBay ST. Louis Post ONCE as Sec
ond class mall matter.
CHAs. @. MoREAU, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CHICAGO: Represented by Lord & Thomas, No.
70 Randolph street.
NEW YORK: Represented by Rowal & CO., No
10 Spruce street.
PHILADELPHIA: Represented by n. Vt. aver
G Son, Times Building.
Published every Saturday. Subscription, s1.0o
per annum, strictly In advance. No pay, no paper.
Local and social news items, correspondence
from ali parts Of the county, and communications
tons solicited.
All advertisements to be paid on presentation OF
bill unless otherwise agreed Political advertise
ments 70 be positively paid for in advance. NO
deviation from this rule. Announcement for city
oface So, county SO, congressional SIS.
All notices for public entertainments where an
admission fee Is collected viii be charged for at
regular rates. Where the object is purely ehari-
table this rule viii not apply.
The editor win take no notice Of anonymous
communications. In all cases the writer's name
and address will be required, not necessarily Tor
publication, bnt as guarantee OF good faith. the
Echo Will not be responsible for views and opIn-
ions expressed by correspondents
Remit by express, money order, draft or regis
tered letter at our risk Address all letters, tele-
grams, and make all paper PAYABLE to he Sea
Coast Echo, Bay st. Louis, Miss.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
DARLINGTON BCHO.
FDITgD BY s. J. GRAY.
5EI..-ARLTNGroN DIRECTORY.


,.ha4izt Episcopal Church, 59pt-
lst ana 5rd Sundays, At II 3 M ana 2, "a
5ra ana ltb Sundays at 2, N q. sJ - IsoT
s7e-s f6r Sqnfay Soho3I every sunday az
g. ~. Alex orr, supt. Everybody ooF@1'aiiy
gg!tea - attend. =
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
CRAYON PORTRAITS.

Small pictures enlarged to ANY SIZE in
rravon al a small cost. Send for prices
n our photo on tICtYpe returned uninJur
ed Orders by mail given prompt atten
lion. w. 4. BROWN,
Pennington, Miss.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

.,-,o,,d T .odga. No. 3ss. A. ?. and \, M. =
vs.: ii. Z. bieGuira, SWi II. >. He5og-' z,l
= .,e ti,1 rssy,. secretary: NJ. GeigeEs trsasG-
& r. Asa S. Weston, 3D. ". W.
I'D. Ieets zD6 Saturday eaaa m'Hth'
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
FRarEaEAL ORDERS.

,--,zt chgrea-preaahirg second Sunday OF
- !. 1.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
An interesting Letter From Mr.. J. j.
TonaasicEi.
September L, 1898. !

Special Correspondence to TIE Chronicle
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

a7ia Church-Preachl0g6 - aPE'''li m 2 W.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

4, .--a F7or,a Eoaee- no. 5275, Knights Of honor
II - Wallace. Dictator; mo Eyer. wee e.c.-- .,..
. ., - Baxter report r; NJ FaIEs T, ltiis1s5i ;.,
r r. Geo. " Summers, tLsa.1 ,3T,sflIa 80,
...-,..z. = + cook, guardian Meetings Lst -iuA
n K. .t...-.g.--- IF #ael month.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

pEAGI -E4T0E. Hancock County, Miss,
Friday Oct. Z, 1903,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08
Democratic Nominee For Congress


OF ANTE COUNTY, SIXTH DISTRICT
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

from everywhere they wish. Freights
are received with the same regularity aud
shipments are as brisk as eyer.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

: 10 .t5aWlr IsI-NnTtu at Snip IsIaud
wJl complete her eargo from here this
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

Entered at theBay St. Louis Post ONCE as sec
ond class mall matter.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

NEW YORK: Represented by Rowan c Co.,
10 Spruce street.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

CHICAGO: Represented by Lord & Thomas, NJ
45 Randolph street
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-10-08

There is a }it1c Gssl I'm the houst
-7 Sir. Henry Wai5laTd whose =
/. - ----- ---.---L-.-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28
Orleans County.

Ar the annual meeting of the Orleans
County Fair Ground Co., the following
officers we're chosen: Fl. Fl. Somers'
nres;dent. Amory Dawson and +: II.
Churchill, vice presidents; c. A. Bar.
rows secretary; 0. D. Owen, treasurer
n TSraver, superintendent; {. J. Ufford.
assistant superintendent. The directors
Are II. Fl. Somers. A. DAWSON r. H.
Churchill, John Gallagher and ii. ".
Buchanan; auditors, W. W. Miles and Z;
l. Ufford. The last year was successful
one in regard to receipts, but the COM
many expended $1,000 in improvements
making dividends unpleasantly smaii.
The company is we'll officered and Is
made M of representative citizens who
are irving to make the iair worthy on
the county. 1t was decided to ho,a inc
fair the coming autumn on sept o. 30.
The friends of Miss Clara Collier. VINO
left Craitsbury last spring for mission
in China. received letter some time since
stating that she reached there after
tedious voyage of over four months
almost losing her lite as she thought IN
voyage up one of the rivers to her m
land destination. She wrote that sn'
expected to leave the place where s 81!
was stationed for a point 600 mics uis
tant where there were but three Engls.i
speaking people. The missionary lie Il
one of great hardship and sacrlhce.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28
Served Him Right.

"The Kansas City Journal tells about
an old farmer, who, with his wife, went
to circus the other day. He had l about b. t
SIS in change in his pocket, and as
matter of precaution he took along
revolver. knowing that he would no! get
home until late at night. After the circus IS
was over the old farmer spied "sheil
e wnr ga and tried to beat it. In about
tenn ten minutes he had lost SIS. His wife She
was present at the performance. ene
concluded that the old man had got, up
against Irregular swindl,ng game" as
she termed It, and decided to help him
out. She took the revolver out OF his
noel Docket and poked it under the. nose OF
the operator of the shell game and s c &C
told him to give back the old man nan. $
money. The gambler handed it over,
and. turning to the old farmer, she said
"Now, pa, we'll go home, and you cant
never 90 to another circus as long asyou
live"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28
PEACHAM.
Death Of Mrs. Watts.
New York

News has recently been received OF the
death in Mortified, Mimi, OF Mrs. Mar
tina Martin Watts. 1t is fitting that
more than passing notice be made of the
death OF this good woman. The daug h
ter of Eliphaet and Martha Martin, she
was born in Peacham March 20, 1917,
and married to Lambert Watts March
20, 1912. Being one of large family OF
children, she early learned habits OF in
dustry and thrift aud in a large degree
possessed the faculty OF making the most
and the best of everything In 1858 Mr..
and Mrs. Watts removed to Minnesota.
and there in new country, surrounded
by privations which we here and now
can hardly realize. she was worthy
helpmeet of her husband, the loved and
honored mother of her children and a
kind friend in need to neighbors far and
near. To the minds OF many who hear
of her death will come these words
"Give her OF he fruit OF her hands and lei
her own words praise her in the gates