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The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
NURSERY TREE PROTECTION.


Nurserymen should find it to their
interest to protect their buyers of
trees from introducing inferior stock
of infected stock on their farms, and
| have found that the honest nursery.
men who try to do this invariably get
the best trade. Farmers and fruit
growers should cooperate in trying to
drive out of business by neglecting
them, those who deal in diseased stock
or inferior grades. n good many OF
the State legislators are passing laws
now making it necessary for all nur-
serymen to register, and then to have
their stock examined. In this way
1t Is hoped to prevent the spread of
noxious insects, blights and other tree
and vine diseases
Some states are lax in this respect,
and the trees sold in those States
should be examined critically by buy
ers. The fact is, more harm has been
done to the fruit business by irrespon.
sible nurserymen than most OF us i'm
aglne. II was a common practice a
few years ago for such men to offer
nursery stock that were not according
to the variety advertised, but the pur-
chaser could not tell this until sew
eral years had elapsed after planting.
When fruit grower buys a certain
variety of apple, peach, pear or plum
tree it is exasperating to find that he
has totally different variety several
years later. Not every purchaser is
supposed TO be able to distinguish
one variety from another just by ex-
amining the stock. Therefore he
must depend upon the honesty of the
nurseryman. 1t is not sufficient to be
told that the trees will be replaced at
half price or at no cost. 1t is the time
lost in raising the trees than can be
made up. We should simply drop
from our business list all such nur-
serymen.-S. W. Chambers, in Ameri-
can Cultivator.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
CATS AND WHITE RABpIrs.

Cats, for some reason, do not seem
to be very fond of white rabbits" said
man who just made a trip over to
Bay st. Louis, and came upon a
very striking example of 1t during my
visit over the bay. One of the promi-
nent families of the popular resort has
a pet white rabbit. He is the idol of
the family, and really receives more
consideration than he would If he were
human being. Some one is always
doing something for him to make life
more pleasant, but he is not spoiled at
that, and is wonderfully well.pe-
haved fellow.
THE other day the family decided
to add a rather pretty and promising
kitten to the household. The feline
member was several weeks old, being
| able to get around with considerable
| agility. He was very playful, and the
members of the family naturally con
cluded that the kitten would make a
good companion for the white rabbit.
In short while rabbit and kitten were
thrown together, The rabbit binked
his pink eyes curiously for few sec
onds, and then bracing himself in a
dignified, but not unfriendly, attitude,
hobbled over toward the kitten, as IL
bent on assuring the feline that she
was welcome. The which she resent
ed by drawing herself up into bow,
after cat fashion, and making grim
aces Of threatening kind, and spit
ting with no small show of violence.
The rabbit did not understand this
maneuvering, and after a meditative
survey of the situation hoped toward
the kitten again in more friendly
and more playful mood.
"The kitten broke out into a fearful
rage, and 1t was perfectly evident that
| the rabbit was somewhat alarmed. He
made no effort to retreat, however, but
held his ground. The kitten finally
scampered back into the house and dis
appeared. The same performance
went on for several days, but the rab-
bit was persistent, and when left the
bay kitten and rabbit were eating eat
Of the same plate and were on the best
of terms"
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
THE BEST IMPLEMENTS.

DO not make a mistake, as some do,
of becoming welded to a tool to such
an extent that you can't see the good
points In any other, no matter how
meritorlous 1t may be, or can't appre
ciate a better thing when you see It.
This Is an age of constant improve
ment, so try some of the new things
you see and hold on to that which is
best. Don't start in to work with
a poor working plow. The best plows
for general use are those with rather
short moldboard that will break the
soil up and pulverlzo 1t to a consider.
able extent as the ground is turned,
and that leaves the soil turned in not
too fiat condition.
The harrow can then do its work of
pulveri2ing much better than IL the
ground is turned completely upside
down. We need then o good. sharp
smoothing harrow, and drag to put
most soils in first.class condition for
spring planting. Oats should be sown
early and 1t doesn't ordinarily pay to
wait to break up the land. Here we
need a good disk harrow. Two disk
ings. one at right angles to the other
VIII put the oats, sown broadcast, in
the ground in good shape. Many far.
mers think that when oat ground Is
broken with the turning plow, It Is
easier to turn the oat stubble for
wheat, but | doubt this very much, II
tho land Is thoroughly disked.
After the early spring rains the soil
usually gets packed down hard, con-
sequently the first cultivation of the
corn crop should be deep to pulverlze
the soil again. For this purpose we
need a good bull-tongue cultivator that
can be spread out to cover the whole
space between two rows at one time
can be used. | prefer a sprlng-tooth
cultiyator for this after cultivation,
FOR laying by the crop. On clay lands
weeders don't pulverize the ground
deep enough to suit me. They will do
III dry weather, or after the ground
has been stirred with a deeper run.
ming tool Corn will probably be the
best paying crop for farmers of the
Ohlo valley to grow the coming season.
SO he prepared to do your work well
by getting the very best implements
to begin with.-W. w. Stevens, in
American Agriculturist.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
SPEED OF DOGS.

Greyhounds are the swiftest dogs
known. and scientists say that they
are the swiftest Of all four-footed ami
mails. Trained hounds can travel at
the rate Of eighteen to twenty-three
yards second, which is about the
speed attained by a carrier pigeon.
These dogs are bred for speed alone.
Every other consideration is lost sight
of, and only the machinery that makes
for motion and endurance is cultivated.
Foxhounds are also very fast trav-
elers, going at the rate of nearly eigh-
teen yards second NJ Dusolier, the
noted French scientist, has pointed out
in his statistics on the speed of ami
mails that little fox terriers trotting
along with their masters who are driv-
ing or riding bicycle cover mile after
mile without touch of fatigue or dis
tress.
Many animals akin to dogs show
even greater endurance. A wolf can
travel fifty or sixty miles in night,
and be ready for a similar journey the
following night.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
A MEANINGLESS THING

Critics allege that the modern Eng
lish woman's smile is fast becoming a
meaningless thing from over and in
discriminate use, says the London
Graphic. There is some truth in the
statement, for, when one comes to
think Of It, almost any remark one
makes to the merest acquaintance,
even on first introduction. is met
by smile. There Is no miTth in it
1t Is only muscular movement made
seemingly, to show polite interest. 1t
reminds one of the Japanese woman
who must always smile, even in deep.
est sorrow or distress of mind. and
who must never on any account show
a depressed countenance in public, or
even in the family circle, should she
be addressed by relative to whom she
owes respect
The effort to initiate the vivacity of
our American sisters is supposed to
be at the root of the continual smile
to be seen on the countenances OF mod
ern women, but a smile alone will
never make countenance pleasing,
unless 1t expresses some lively inter
est or feeling. Too many sweets cloy
the appetite, and smiles always In evi.
dence become valueless and unmean.
ing. Repose is needed nowadays In
nearly every direction, and nowhere
more than on the faces of women.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
DEEP PLOWING

We used to believe in what we read
when young about the value of plow-
ing deep to bring up the fertility that
had leached down through the surface
soil into the subsoil Our opinion was
changed when we tested the deep plow-
ing upon q field with a clay subsoil
that we planted with corn. Later ex-
periments have more thoroughly con-
vinced us that deep plowing, by which
we mean depth of more than four
to six inches, is seldom beneficial in
this climate, whatever it may be in
other sections of the country. The
crops like corn. that like to spread
their roots near the surface where the
soil Is warmed by the sun, certainly
do not need to have the earth stirred
very deeply for them, while those that
send their roots down into the subsoil,
as onions, clover beets, etc, can do so
almost through the hardest subsoil
or anything excepting a gravel in
which there is no moisture. The
Cultivator.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
Renting Their Homes.


This is queer world. Milllonaires
lease their yachts, lease their game
preserves, lease their country palaces
and lease their private cars. II you
are anxious to hire q furnished
house In New York you will be sur.
prised to know that many of the rich
folk let their private residences for
song and board at some hotel or
restaurant | have in mind one gen.
tleman who has a splendidly furnished
residence on the upper West Side
which he lets by the year for $4,000.
why do you do it?' I asked. He
replies: MY wife cannot get servants
that will remain with us. We are SO
constantly worried with cooks. maids.
buffers and so forth that we have de.
cided never again to keep house"
Acting on this statement, went to
one of the leading real estate agents
of the city and inquired IL It was pos.
sible to rent a house in such-and-such
neighborhood furnished, etc. He
was obsequious. Imagine It! The
real estate agent acknowledged but
one god-40 per cent. He told me
that he had no less than las reslden-
ces. all handsomely furnished, which
were to be let at sacrificing prices,
their owners being unable to obtain
servants. A commentary! His idea
was that at least they might be rent
ed for enough to balance the board of
the family at hotel or restaurant, but
on inquiry | learned that such was
not the case. A man who owned a
house in Eighty-eighth street. cost
ing him $4,000, was renting 1t for 81.
700 year, and his furniture cost him
$4,000. One years use of that furni-
ture means its dissolution.
Smith in the New York Press.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
RTh.!El.! h.!l
N0UNG
. ~
APPLE PIES.

Here are apple pies and tarts,
Made while mothers out of town;
Won't she be surprised to see
Such row so sweet and brown?
When she left heard her say.
How wish I'd baked some pies,
But | hadn't time to-day"
Won't she open wide her eyes?
Baldwin apples from the tree
Just behind the spring house door,
Pared and sliced; I'm sure left
Not single mite of core.
Then / stewed them, beat them througl
The colander; didn't waste
A grain Of sugar, and stirred in
Grated lemon peel to taste.
Did you ever roll the dough?
l have often, rolled one way;
Mother says 'tis nicer SO;
It's always best as mothers say.
And the oven was so hot:
Our stove has been-revised-
No, I'm sure that's not the word
Won't she be surprised?
Washington Star.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

and acre ranch few miles from that
city, which they propose to cultivate
They intend TO make a speciality OF
celery, the cultivation OF which Is a
growing Nebraska industry. One
young woman. who had been taking
a course in landscape gardening. left
before commencement day to help lay
out grounds on Staten Island. Two
others are going to have greenhouses.
One young woman is going to put
$4,000 into fruit farm somewhere
near Philadelphia.
Il want something" she said, that
Will not keep me tied down all the
year, as dairying, stock or poultry
would. ! don't expect nor care to
make q great deal Of money. I Just
want my place to be self-supporting
and bring me In enough money for
current expenses. II is necessary for
me to be near Philadelphia, which
limits me in my choice Of fruit, as
must plant the varieties adapted to
the soil. | shall plant dwarf trees. as
they produce equally and are much
easier to care for Then | shall raise
small fruits, selling through commits.
sion houses. II I can get just the
right kind of help | may cater for
special customers direct. The work?
Oh! don't expect to do any manual
labor myself unless / feel like It. I
shall know how 1t all ought to be done
when leave this school, and then I
shall pay a man to do II. SO long as
we know how to manage the cultiva.
tion we don't have to operate 1t here
unless we wish. Some of the boys
here have not done as much actual
farm work as the girls. They demon
strated their ability to do 1t, and that
was enough.
Yes" she continued, reflectively, II
think women are going to take the
new agriculture, especially women of
some means, who can own their own
homes and want an object in life, and
find 1t necessary or agreeable to add
to their incomes. OF course
Individual adaptation to the work Is of
no account in the new agriculture
without the technical training re.
quired to farm successfully to-day.
But given this training, and farming
is in its nature only an extension of
The farmers wife al
ways ran the dairy, the poultry yard
and the vegetable garden as naturally
and unquestioningly, according to the
old methods, as she did her kitchen
and dining-room. She knew about
strawberries and blackcaps just as she
did about dahlias and grass pinks.
Frequently the only ready money that
came into her hands was from the
butter and eggs. There is no marked
line of difference between housework
and farm work, and it will be great
deal easier for the average woman to
be successful with the new agriculture
than with half the things which she is
doing or trying to do to-day, which are
foreign to the instincts and inbred
traditions of the New York
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15

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o. smiled at the simplicity o my task Who o,
riddle without thnkingl But there rub began n
lost in the of the question. I" nhnk aN
The virtue that a in the eyes Of -
Goodness? 1t is hollow word And generally fits rIt -
hypocre who wear # than some M
merry brand of wkodn many
Temperance? chaity Faithfulness? They are virtues b
can make character 70 sanu alone And there remains
quality which glorhes all others and makes the humbest
reverence adored and that quality The g @
lordlest thing in human Ax
10 call the makes
fight call the stubborn pride not Weld ~ a
wrong splendid that runs %
dangers ready hurt without Courage is po
than that 1 fogetfulness of self
his life for ne ~
because thing make ro
him and life who fights and
lfebut will with it II without t ~
who win love he fights and dare all peris dys @
popular the brave even y
meistersngers to praise him.
folks peace But never bou
done and its bor
even as
has by deed ~
Philippines and that Tho a
forget ou ~
feminine trebe sHurrah for Baldwin
war as their ,
Every fireman who
himself into burning building bves soldier The
tive engineer stokers literally ships and M
the heat whir ~
themselves for the saoy Of those unknown and unknowng ones
until the H
honestly believe that courage carries train Of other virtues vim
simple
coward fighter embodies oyable characteristics
be a whole arbitration committee
But their hearts they AZ
equally to their
Spartan their little ae
battle the same
soldiery willingness
hides his curly head under the quilts
whimper
mothers
child walked lonely southern mountain They
blocked
razoacked black gaunt and probably harmless But
hear woud not three
dandelon his protectors fed he a
reassuringy:
he catching twig Of a
advanced little thing The dhe
mother sank her knees and
with her hero in ner breast thanked God that
had given her down the mountain as though h
beenh of glory.
Silly? Well, maybe
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
A TRUE GENTLEwoMAN

Should never treat those whose posi-
tion is beneath hers scornfully;
nothing shows good breeding more
than unvarylng courtesy to interiors.
Should never mistake rudeness for
wit, nor make nukind jests about
faults and failings in others.
Should never omit to pay proper re-
spect to those older than herself,
whose age demands consideration
from ALL
Should never dress in such fashion
as to attract remark; quiet, tasteful
dress is sure sign of ladylike
mind.
Should never laugh or talk loudly
when In public places, which behavior
draws attention and comment, such
as true lady would be the last to
desire.-New York Times.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
Radical HydrophobIa Cure.

Railroad Commissioner Ashley w.
Cole was in reminiscent mood as he
sat in the Amen Corner" at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel.
Just little worried today" he re.
marked to New York Times reporter.
"A little girl, a relative of mine was
bitten on the arm by dog In Flat
bush on Saturday. The wound has
been cauterized, and expect no iii
effects. But the incident reminds me
OF something that befell my aunt, Car
oline Houghton, more than fifty years
ago.
She was the belle OF the country
side where she lived, and when sev-
enteen years old was bitten by dog
50 severely that her cheek was torn
open and she could pass her tongue
through the wound
Doctors were called, and In time
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
THE KISSING BRACELET.

BY the way, talking of bracelets
have you heard of the kissing bracelet
which has been very popular indeed
with the women on the statge, and is
growing in popularity with the women
in private life? The kissing of the
hand of women has increased a good
deal on the stage of late, owing no
doubt, to the enormous increase in
Costume pieces" in what that term
OF salutation is necessity. Many
people kiss the bracelet, which has
thus got its name. Tho kissing brace
let really is a narrow thin gold chain
from WHICH a medallion of some sort
Is suspended, and II is by no means
impossible that the medallion may be
regarded as sort of memento of the
salutatlon with the lips.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
G, sFoRT THE
NYL-AADiES
THE sUNBURNED FACE

The great temptation after exposure
to the heat and the probabilities of
sunburn is to wash the face. Water
acts like mordant to set the dye Of
the sunburn. The complexion that
possibly might have escaped with
faint redness becomes scarlet and even
blistered after washing. Wipe the
face gently with cold cream or with
ordinary sweet cream, and the effects
Of the sunburn will soon pass away.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
Bee Stlnna Enr Rhnnnati.u.

The cure of rheumatism by bee
stlngs, an old and, as 1t was supposed,
exploded remedy. is being exploited
again in some parts of the east II
should be used with great care and
discrimination. The Philadelphia
Ledger relates that one William
Snively an old farmer of Shady
Grove, Fo., who has lost the use of
his arms by rheumatism, was stuna by
bees and ran from them SO fast that he
discovered he had left rheumatism be.
hlnd. Thereupon he made much
boast of the bee cure, hearing which
one Carl Aprogle, also rheumatic
victim, decided to try it. So convin-
ced was he of its efficacy that he in.
Vitcd his neighbors to witness the
cure. He made the experiment clad
only in long thin robe, hobbled up
to the hives on his crutches and up-
set two of them. Instantly the bees
began to apply the remedy with all The
industry characteristic of the insect,
and probably would have improved n
whole shining hour had it not been
that Aprogle yelled most Justify for
help. AS he was unable to run away
some of his neigRbors came to his re-
lief by lasoolng him and dragging him
away from the infuriated bees. The
unfortunate man has such a beautiful
case of bee stings that it may be some
time before he knows whether he has
bcen cured of rheumatism. 1t may
turn cut that what is one mans cure
is another mans poison.--Chicago
Tribune.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
eIsmarok's Boys Were spanked,

Moritz Busch relates in recent
publication that he once saw Bismarck
spank his sons Herbert and Bill be.
cause they had stolen hazeinuts and
run away from the forester. ut was
not 80 much on account Of the nuts
that punished them," he afterwards
explained, but because they compel.
led the old man to follow them
through the dense brush; he seemed
to be much astonished to see me
whipping them Busch thereupon
asked If governesses or other educat-
ors Of European princes were usual.
ly allowed to punish them. and Bis.
marck said they were. instancing a
case where the present Emperor was
spanked.
The sea coast echo., 1902-11-15
PREFERS CONVERSATION.

Queen Alexandra differs in one in
teresting respect from the tate mun-
arch in that she takes little pleasure
In having books and newspapers read
aloud in her hearing. Queen Victoria
was herself u practiced eloeutionist.
and she often gave kindly hints to her
young maids. Her late Majesty in
sisted, first of all. upon the clear pro
nunciation of every consonant, and
the clipping of the final letters of
words was repugnant to her keen
sense Of hearing.
Sometimes reader would fancy
that her royal hearer was dropping off
to sleep, but woe betlde her If she
took advantage Of this supposition to
relax In her task. The Queen used Ia
sit for an hour with the eyeIids closed
for the purpose of resting the eyes.
But now and again she would inter.
polate a word of appreciation, and II
often happened that the reading was
broken off for an interesting chat upon
the sentiments of the book. 1t was
usual for chapter to be finished at
every reading. and before the next
chapter was begun on the following
day II might become necessary for the
reader to give her mistress sum
mary Of tho preceding chapters, in
order to refresh her memory.
Since the elevation of Queen Alex.
andra to this supreme place this epi.
sode in the daily life of the Court has
vanished utterly. Queen Alexandra
delights more in conversation than
being read to, and she engages in a
chat with charming eagerness to
learn the opinions of her intimatss,
so that to be included among her
guests after dinner, when she desires
tho privacy of her own apartments,
is very real pleasure to the fortun.
ate girls who receive invitations to
accompany her.