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The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
THE VANITY OF CHICKENS.


Speaking Of chickens, do you know
am inclined to think the chicken
is about the vainest thing there Is
in the fowl line" said a man who lives
in Carrollton and who has made a
rather close study Of the feathery
tribe, "and ! think have good rea-
sons for the faith that Is In me, We
are In the habit of using the express
sion as vain as q peafowl.' The pea
fowl Is, of course, very vain. They
seem to appreciate the beauty and
magnificence of their plumage. They
strut around with an infinite sort of
pride, and leave no sort of doubt in a
persons mind as to the existence of an
tually go crazy If you rob them of their
inordinate vanity. Peafowls will ac-
tail feathers, and | have observed not
a few instances which substantiate
this fact.
But, recurring to chickens, | have
found them as rule vainer than any
other kind of fowl. l have a rather
interesting brood at my place now, and
] have been making little study of
the members Of the group They are
now only few days old. They are
not arrived at the piping stage before
they began to display what may call
pride in the matter of their personal
appearance. They began to peck at
their wings before they had thorough.
ly dried and within few hours after
they had left the shell. They began
to shake themselves somewhat after
the fashion of the older chickens when
they wallow for a while In the dust.
Chickens, you know, take dust
bath, and then flutter their feathers
and shake themselves in order to ger
rid OF the dust. Well, these youngsters,
before they had been out of the egg
three hours, began to go through these
motions. They began to fix themselves
up, may say. They seem to know in
stinctively that chicken ought to ar.
range Its toilet, JUST as other things in
the broad kingdom of life, and so they
went about the task. The expression
AS mad as wet hen is, no doubt,
due to the hens displeasure at having
her feathers solled and disarranged by
water What more melancholy spec.
tacle can one find than the proud
rooster whose plumage has been damp.
ened by sudden shower?
Yes. chickens are very vain, and
they begin to show signs of their van.
ity early in life. / know of no other
fowl that begins primping so early in
life as the chicken, and suppose my
experience Is about the experience Of
every other man who has had occasion
to observe the conduct of these useful
members"
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
THE STRAWBERRY PATCH.

AS soon as the last strawberries of
the first crop are gone, 20 through
the patch and cut both tops and run
ners from the central rows. that Is
from the plants occupying the rows
as they were first marked out; cut
to within three inches of the crowns
"A few days later remove the straw and
cultivate as deep as possible, cutting
away all plants outside the row. The
Hhaping of the row can be done to good
advantage by using a lever pIow drawn,
bg eaa horse. Turn a furrow about
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

Girls always spoil thing by laugh
ing" said Hugh, In mock disgust. That
gave Nora an idea,
Here, Hugh; I'll show you q game
with the ping pong balls that viii bar
out laughing entirely
bet you can't" said Hugh. But
Nora was always making him regret
his bet and his ill-lfumor. She took a
pair of salt and pepper shakers from
the sideboard; they were silver ones.
and, therefore, quite heavy; she placed
them about foot apart at the end of
the long table. and put two more foot
apart at the other end
Now said Nora, you sit down. in
a chair at that end and will sit here
at this end. Sit so that your chin will
be about opposite the centre, between
the salt and pepper Dishes" Hugh put
his chin on the table and rolled his
eyes both ways. Nov, stop fooling," !"
said Nora, "and blow the ping pong
ball through my salt and pepper dishes
at my END of the table. II l blow 1t
back through your salt and pepper
dishes before 1t rolls off my end Of the
table that counts me two points. Oh.
forgot; il you blow 1t through this
goal first time that counts you one; IL
/ blow it back without touching 1t that
counts me two; If you blow it back to
me without having to pick 1t UP and 1t
goes through my goal again, that
counts three. and SO on. II you don't
get it through my goal I'll pick 1t up
and blow 1t through yours, If can"
Hugh got pencil and paper to keep
tally, and soon they were putting out
their checks and the light little bah
was spinning back and forth between
goals. New York Tribune
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

Dealers throughout the State have
hit upon an ingenious way of evading
the new pistol law which went into ef-
feet on July l, BY recent act Of
the Legislature 1t is against the law
to sell or offer for sale pistol less
than twenty inches In length or OF
weight less than three pounds, which
meant in the original purpose the non.
sale of the flrearm. But dealers
have taken advantage of the fact
that the statute says nothing con.
corning the leasing of pistol to any
one who may be desirous OF posses.
sing the weapon. The following ad.
vertisement appears in one of the
papers of Spartanburg:
THE new pistol law prohibits the
sale of pistols. Call at my store
and will rent you one for any length
of time"
The time for which a weapon Is
leased or rented is ten years, which
amounts to practically a sale. A
pistol worth $S is transferred to the
lessee for eight years. There
seems to be consciousness on the
part of the buyer that the pistol is
not to be retransierred even at the
expiration of the lease and that the
transaction settles the matter.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

the injury appeared to have Memo. Memo.
But about two years later nyuIopns pos
bia developed and she went in'0 ~
vulsions. had
Near by was lake. sne M M
three brothers William, Giles Il,
Henry. They seized her casI'sa 's her q,
to the water. and forcibly hela '.,nsa I'd
under the surface and nearly "lSs'
her several times. 80
Their action saved her hls' have
married and raised family, .. ssesa
often thought of presenting ~ !. M sas
in her case to scientists y y as.srs. s
1t seems to me- worthy q Oo's'
tion.9
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
A VARIATION OF Ping PONG,

Hugh and Nora had been playing
ping pong all that rainy afternoon,
and for the last hour each had been
winning every other set.
mo fun when we're SO even," grum-
bled Hugh, laying down his racquet.
That's because it's my sci, = laugh
ed Nora, tossing the ball over the net
with her hand Hugh hit it on the
bound with thziAnlp Of his hand and
sent II back o4A net to Nora, who
sent It back 20 n, and SO they kept
1t going till Nora laughed SO she miss
ed her ball.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
THE NEW AGRIcuLTURE.

Women visitors at the commence.
ment exercises Of the Briarcliff Agri.
cultural School were specially inter.
ested in the plans Of the feminine con
tingent among the pupils. The 'one
woman in the graduating class, Miss
Barkes, plans to start a greenhouse
at her home In Auburn, N. Y. Two
EiEls from Omaha have a two-thous-
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
Number Of Draught Animals In tho
worid

A French authority estimates the
number OF horses In the world at a.
GOO ,000, and the number of mules
and asses at 12,1O0,000. Despite the
inroads of the automobile, there is an
unusual demand for draught animals
and the prices are high.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

The highest temperature yet reach
ed by man is found in the burning Of
powdered aluminium with some sub
stance rich in oxygen.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

Thirty years aeo II Japan ss'e ~ sas;ss n
lures were printed secretly ana egr,se thsye
sent out after dark. Last ssas 5aey
were circulated tn japan osSs
900 copies,
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

6 The Detroit river is the outlet Of the
greatest bodies Of water in the world
aggregating eighty-two thousand
square miles Of lake.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

II was seventy-three years ago when
the first omnibus was run in London
the route being from Paddington to
the Bank.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
WHO PEOPLED AMERICA !?
BY Charles HalIock.

ca HE prlmcyal peoples America ognA
from civilization high which occupied 'ns
u equatorial belt 10000 while the gEcal s
still Population spread norhwad as the - 81 +.
ceded Routes the central pohs
plainly The supsequ
Elements in Mexico, Arizona New Mexico Colorado. Utah. and
cate the successive stages persistent usB
maintain
ture The varying architecture the valleys u On
be exigencies which
distribution of population was p
mented by aceon from Europe centuries Da
coming OF Columbus Wars natural and
suits Of mixed degenerang dects
mounds which the mdconnena and In groups ~
story thereof The Korean immigration bf4 h'socay
which led to the founding the p ~
dental contribution to the growing North America
of
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
BY Grace outfIe soyIan.

ONE one not knowing me- has appealed to my ,udsm...
l What" he asks "is the greatest virtue 49,.
woman's eyes?. an cal
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

three housahu
in inhaled dust ana ouse III
favorable to growth tey "ps
tuberculosis very great
only certain times conditions that large pOp0
susceptible. ,uJ
prevenabe and It's peventaoly |
conduct 1t is question soey So
expeoaon and disiniecuon "a
housed the disease.
1t only preventable, curable 1t the most insdu =
Indications OF 1t whatever
weeks manifest When there Is any
continues for more
eight majority is back OF
about chronic M
majority cases
establish this fact for then "
durable; later
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
TUBERCULOSIS
is DURABLE.
silly? Well, maybe!
BY Or. n. M. sIsss New yorks Health officer

infectious communicable but upercuOsS
viz for days or years. WI"
healthy person latter, precautions
are taken bacl thrown out from ue
The Washington times., 1902-06-01

you need not let the fact Of your pro-
found ignorance worry you. boys" said
the operator. for | doubt whether one
person in ten right through the city.
from end to end. could do any better.
The fact is, have sprung this joke on
so many people / know that very few
persons of what NAV be called intelli-
gent men and women of good observa-
tion can tell which way to go most di-
rectly TO the nearest fire alarm box, and.
worse yet. they would not know what
TO do when they got there without read
ing the instructions.
Visitors come to fire alarm head
quarters almost every day and are
shown around. They Invariably express
the profoundest wonder at the way the
alarms are turned in and transferred to
every engine house within ten or fifteen
seconds, SO that the companies which are
to 20 to tine fire turn out from their
several houses simultaneously. But
when the visitor goes away 1t is usually
with very dim idea of how it is done
In fact about all the average resident
oil Washington knows OF the workings of
The Washington times., 1902-06-01
RUTH PARKER.
Youngters Prove Themselves More Apt Pupils on Horse
back Than Do Their E1ders-Are Fearless and Grace
fL From the Very Beginning - 70 @
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the only outward evidence that some
where close thereabouts "equestrianism'
is taught.
Until this particular apartment is
caught sight of. the rather dilapidated
looking scene and the cramped quarters
in which it is set are apt to fill a
searcher after the riding academy with
discouragement over his quest; but after
1t is seen, and hope renewed by the sight
of it. little further questioning and q
little more exploration will discover a
small door set in the back wall Of the
stable and entrance through the door
way will discover the riding school.
A rather extensive parallelogram this
is, this riding ring, 200 feet long and
$50 wide. at a rough guess. and inclosed
on all sides by high wall
In its center is low hurdle. and run
ellipsis, beaten by horses hoofs. and
suggestive of circus ring of unusual
size and slightly fattened.
Two riding masters. or. more properly
speaking, a riding master and a riding
mistress, preside over the school-and
the stable attached thereto. Man and
wife they are, he wearing tanned com
plexion, a voluminous blond mustache.
and q riding suit brown in color and
ultra in cut, and complete according to
the mode in all details-cap. boots. and
spurs; and she is rather slender. ac-
tive. and vigorous woman, keen of eye,
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Little Golden Haired Girl Quite the Queen Of the Ring at
the Dupont Circle Riding Acadsmy-An Of Them En-
Joy Their Practice Galops ~ - -
NJ SSS;ss;
WIT

and promised the sure If not graceful
equestrian.
Then there was a still older lad
apple checked. also. and light haired
sho probably came next. He lacked the
lpparent natural aptitude OF the first
.wo. but he had an unlimited amount of
pluck and a very limited amount of
repidation, and in a gallop preserved
his self-conidence unruffled in spite of
seemingly imminent danger of bouncins
off.
Besides these there was number OF
older pupils-all girls, and all in that
peculiar state of ungracefulness which
marks graceful woman when she first
leaves mother earth and seats herself
atop OF the back of horse.
One of these was rapidly catching "the
hang of It," and the others were per-
forming with a merit which was in di-
rect ratio with the length and frequency
of their practice.
The riding master and riding mistress
were teaching and the pupils learning
that phase of riding which might be
termed polite equestrianism. The man.
ner of holding the bridle. and other de-
tails important as a fashionable consid-
Grafton. were stressed with vigor. and
the English seat favored
In a ring. after the fashion of CO.
manches circling. they were sweeping
around the periphrrv of the ellipsis on
the day last week aforementioned, and
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made sight which was attractive II
not yet thrilling.
The riding master and the lad. riding
side by side. led the chase at gallop.
and not far behind them came the rid
ing mistress and the little girl of the
streaming golden hair. Then, slightly
inside the circumference they described.
moved the others. humping and thump-
ing along. and radiant with the fresh
air. the bright sunshine. and the mild
excitement OF the recreation.
From $50 till II o'clock the lesson
continued and when II was over the
pupils descended with patent reluctance,
and sighed when the grooms came from
the stables and led the horses through
the little doorway and into the stalls
Among the children who are now
learning TO ride at this riding school is
the picturesque trio of Assistant Secre-
tary of War Sanger. The Oldest is
Master Willie. aged eight and hal:.
and the next oldest Master Henry. aged
seven. and the youngest, fve-year-old
Miss Mary.
A particularly fetching little eques-
trienne is there II the person of little
Polly McLaren. a seveu-year- old miss
who rides astride, and so also is little
Katherine Brown the nine-vear old
niece of Senator Elkins.
Occasionally. one or another of the
Roosevelt children. Ethel. Archibald. or
Kermit, appear in the ring.
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~ Ut in that section of the city
which clusters around Dupon
~ Circle is place where youni
Washington foregathers TO learr
the art of riding horseback. and an in
teresting feature of the National Capital
II is.
One searching for this institution viii
come upon in time. If persistent, {
crooked little alley which promises tc
lead an indefinite distance into thc heart
Of brick block: and, by following down
that alley. arrive finally a the gates OF
the academy.
Pursuing the narrow and roughly
paved way beyond the point where an
angle in it seems, viewed from the
street, to bring it to an abrupt termina
tiou, is a stable suggestive architectur-
ally of an engine roundhouse. In most
of the stalls, which front upon the little
paved court which the buildings three
quarter circle presents. is a horse-us-
ing the term generically-and in the
court are various traps, and about he
place various men-black and white, and
hostlers all.
over the stalls is another story, de-
voted chiefly to the odds and enis OF the
stable business-the storing of harness
and saddles, and blankets and such
things. One portion of IL, however. is
fitted up as a dressing room for tic pu-
pills OF the riding master and coustit tics
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KATHERINE BROWN.

and displaying usually a head Of hair
more or less tossed and windblown.
One visiting the place nearly any
bright morning will find some eight or
nine pupils. representing various stages
of advancement. cantering about the ring
and accompanied by the man in the
brown tweeds and the riding mis-
tress in her business-like costume of
Panama hat and white duck.
The pupils. it win be seen. range from
small children TO grown-up young ladies'.
and, also, it will doubtless be observed
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ELEANOR REYBURN.

by the most unobserving that the pro-
ficiency OF the neophytes is in adverse
ratio. apparently, to their ages.
The prettiest and surest Of the learn
ers who were there on certain day last
girl. Her mount was pony rather
small. but still not notably understood.
and with considerable vigor in him. and
this animal she sat with all the serene
self-conidence of cowgirl. and raced
and cantered around in a fashion charm
ingly fearless and captivatingly skill
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ful, her long golden hair streaming out
behind her. and her young eyes sparkling
with the pleasure of the sport.
The pupil next TO her in point OF pro-
ficiency who was there on the day in
question was an apple-cheeked young
ster. somewhat larger than the little
golden haired fairy. and of a sturdiness
which contrasted strikingly with the lit
tie lassie's sylph-lille personality. He
rode his horse with force and with an
air akin to abandon. and his perform
ance would have done credit to a man
The Washington times., 1902-06-01
Second 0peration-Pulling Down the Hook

of the Fire Department is that at inter
walls the horses 90 tearing through the
streets with changing bells and great
rumbling of heavy wheels in response to
alarms that are sounded-they do not
know how.
There are in Washington" continued
the operator, about $50 fire alarm
boxes. Last year there were some
thing over 700 alarms. The boxes
are scattered over the District from
Benning TO Georgetown and from Ana
costa to Tcnleytown. They are such
a common sight that they do not attract
any attention. and that is the reason
that residents forget where they are. and
why so few know what happens when an
alarm is turned in
The Washington times., 1902-06-01

the horses, hooking up and leaving the
house may take from thirty seconds to
two minutes. according to circumstances
The fire limits of the District OF Co
so far as the receiving and sending out
Of alarms is concerned. When fire
alarm box is opened by the person run
ming to 1t in haste to turn in an alarm.
the first thing that meets the eye is q
small hook and the printed instructions,
Pull down hook once and let go" In
opening the box one sees a little glass
box with Il key inside. The glass is to
be broken with small stone or PEN
knife and the key serves to unlock the
box. This can be done in two seconds
by one acquainted with the operation
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First Operation-Breaking the Glass.

why. how is that" asked one Of the
party.
Il will wager" said the operator
that not more than two of you five men
can tell where the fire alarm apparatus
is located. and viii bet two to one that
not more than two OF you can tell where
the fire alarm box nearest to your homes
is located. You are all of you intelligent
men, and yet here are sume very simple
things you do not know"
The matter was put TO the test. Two
Of the FIVE men told whore the instru-
ments and apparatus OF the central sta
tion OF the fire alarm service arc To-
Gated. namely, in the top story of the
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Fire alarm headquarters. in the top
floor OF engine house No. H. is in reality
a central telephone exchange. and. so
TO speak, an electric clearing house,
fed in an incredibly short period of time.
and sent to every corner OF the Dis
trict. Fire alarm Instruments have been
SO thoroughly perfected within the past
few years that it is possible here in
Washington to call out the companies
which are to respond to a given alarm
within fifteen seconds from the time the
alarm box is pulled That is to say. the
alarm will have been received at head
quarters and automatically struck on the
bells in the engine houses within that
time. The actual time of getting out
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few days ago several men were
standing at the corner OF Twelfth Street
and the Avenue when the fire engines
and truck companies went dashing by
10 respond TO fire alarm. One OF the
party was an operator at fire alarm
headquarters. and another remarked
that the system by which alarms were
sent in and Immediately transmitted to
every engine house in the District was
TO him one of the most marvellous OF the
modern inventions.
1T is not so marvellous 10 me-" said
.he operator, ''as the dense ignorance Of
the public generally as 10 It's workings
and usefulness"
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house Of Engine Company No. II, on
Eighth Street northwest, near Tenth. but
only one Of the five had ever visited the
place and knew anything about the
working OF the instruments.
AS to the location OF the fire boxes,
1t turned out that not one OF the FIVE
could have gotten up in the night and
have gone to the nearest FIRE alarm box
to turn in an alarm if his house had
been on fire. This was a confession
which had TO be made. though in every
case with reluctance Ore of the men
located the nearest box two squares
cut OF The way, though when the op-
orator told him where il was located he
remembered that he was wrong.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-21
La hue|ga en- Anda|ucfa
La protesta obrera es generel en-
CadiZ
lSE EXTENDERA A TODA
ESPAlNA?
Una orden del Rey

Servicio cablegraco especial del Boletin Mercanti
Nueva York. sabado-Despachcs de
Madrid, dicen que en- toda la regior
Andaluza ha estallado una huelga for
midab1e.
En- las provincias de Sevil1a, Huelva
y Malaga, la huelga ha tornado serias
proporciones, pero donde alcanza ur
Unite pavoroso es en- Cadiz, donde Ia
huelga Sc ha hecho general.
Las autoridades andaluzas han tele
grafado Madrid, tratando de dismi-
muir la importancia de los sucesos, pero
han dictado disposiciones suspendiendo
las garantfas constituencies
El ministerio de la guerra ha orde.
nado Ell env1o a las provincias del Sur
de grandes refuerzos militares, para SOS.
tener el orden en- el case probable de
que ocurran grandes disturbios.
Hasta la fecha no ha habidc que la
mentar desgracias personales
Por Ell Ministerio de Marina Sc ha
mandado que vayan Cadiz, Malaga y
Huelva. los buques disponibles de la
escuadra y a Sevilla los restantes de
POGO tonelaje.
Ell fin que persiguen los huelguistas
Sc ignora at1n.
Esta reserve que implica gran con-
6anza hace temer que la h1elga obrera
Sc extienda a toda Espafia.
Ha sido mandada recojer toda la
edicion del "fIeraldo de Madrid" que
dirije ell sefior Canalejas por publican
I'm articulo de fuerte oposicion al 60
bierno.
Los huelguistas han dado gtitos con-
ira las as>ordenes religiosas, Ell impuesto
de consumes y el gobierno
Alfonso XIII, ha recomendado efcaz
mente que no Sc haga fuego contra el
pueblo bajo ningdn concepto yque Sc
atiendan sus reclamaciones 81 son justas
Sc asegura que Ell gobierno presenta'
"a la dimisi6n,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-06-21
CONFIRMATION ELOCUENTE

No deja de ser curioso el que en- teo-
ria estan unanimemente de acuerdo los
grandes maestros de la medicina, desde
Ia mas remota antiguedad hasta nues
tros dias, respecto a que las personas
afectadas de aneinia 8 de clorosis, y 10
mismo los nifios raqufticos, las jovenes
solteras 6 casadas, los ancianos debilita-
dos, todos estos enfermos, no sufren de
otro NAL que de la falta de hero en-
la sangre. De hal el que tanto y tan
to sabio como registra la humanidad
haya venido devanandose los sesos has
ia dar con la formula de administrar
ese hierro y que no es otra que ell ver-
dadero Hero Bravais en- gotas concen-
tradas, al cual corresponds el honor de
haber puesto de acuerdo la teorfa y la
practica.