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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
CONCERNING HOME.
The Instinct for It Exists In Spite
Of Changed onditiona.

The removal Of the fence from
the yard Of the private dwelling
might be regarded by the old-fash-
ioned as the first step in the decline
OF the home, says the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. "The grace Of
fence before it" means good deal to
those who value privacy. But home,
to paraphrase the saying about Heav-
en-, is rather a state Of mind than
place; and it would be only a truism
to say that the home-spirit may
dwell in any shelter, howsoever rude
or psor. II Diogenes felt at home in
his tub, 1t served him as we'll as
palace. Among the legions who have
fied to hotels and boarding houses, in
despair Of solving their own domestic
difficulties, there are yet thousands
who are striving to keep their
household goods together under q
roof Of their own. Mrs. Browning
said "home is place to come back
to;" and perhaps that might be con-
sidered the perfection Of living-to
wander from pleasant place to pleas
ant place, with the comfortable feel
ing that somewhere there was a snug
corner to which one could return at
will.
Even where there is no grand aspi-
ration to .build a house for beyond
man" the desire FOR dulce domum is
natural TO the mind Of the human be-
ing. Indeed, there is something pa
thetic in this endeayor to make
lasting habitation, in view Of the
transformers that was written across
the face Of the whole earth. We rear
. roof tree that crumbles over our
heads; moses invade the chinks;
boards rot bricks become loosened
from their places, decaying timbers
threaten the safety Of the house; and
we spend our time in mending and
repairing and keeping our dwelling
from falling to pieces. The piteous
dream Of something which remains
has no realization in this world. The
stole might reason that, with the
passing Of the home, homesickness
would also pass, and thus one pang at
least would be removed from mans
heart, which has already borne so
many others. In this day of rowing
hither and thither, one can hardly
imagine anybody dying of NAL du
pays. The feeling which impels the
bird to seek the same tree, year by
year, and build its nest there, and
makes the cat return and cry about
the vacant dwelling which was once
Its home, is an animal instinct, loye
OF locality. Tothe dog home is where
Its master is. Anyone may realize
this who sees dog that has been
lost and restored to its home--how
with frantic jumpings and winnings
1t tries to tell its owner Of its forlorn
wanderings and JOY at returning.
And perhaps, if we ever reach Heav-
en-, we, too, shall be like poor lost
dogs, and shall leap upon the angels
and try to tell them, with inarticu-
late cries, how we have suffered, how
lonely and sad, how bewildered and
homesick We were during all those
years upon the painful earth.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
REGISTRATION NoTICEl

Notice is hereby given that under the
laws on the State Of Mississippi, the un-
dersigned registrar of voters for Hancock
county will visit the several voting pre-
cincts to register voters on the following
days. to-Bit:
bistrics no. |, Pennington, Tuesday
June 3, 1908.
District No. 2, Logtown, Wednesday
Jure ID, te 4.
District No. 3, Gainesville, Thursday
June II, 1903.
District No. 4, Nicholson Tuesday
June i6, 1908.
District NO. 3, Picayune, Wednesday
June II, 1908.
District No. 8, Pine Grove Church
Thursday June IS, 1908.
1903.
!, District No. e, Caesar. Tuesday, june
%, 1908.
District NO. 3, Hariel, Wednesday
June "a, 1908.
District No. 10, Parker Thursday
June 26, 1903.
District No. III, Kergosein's Store
Tuesday, June 80, 1908.
Distriet No. II, Kiln, Wednesday
July 1. 1908.
Diatrics No. ID, Bay ST. Louis, Thurs
day, July 3, 1903.
Except on the days aforesaid the re-
gistration books will be kept at my Office
up 10 the 3rd day Of July, 1903.
II. n. no )F'F'AfANN, Registrar,
Bay 81. Louis, Miss, May Z, 1sO5
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
CHAMELEON DIAMONDS,
now Stones Are "FakedD In Hattcn
Garden and Change Their Huss.

0oW Htonns are EAkcQ' IN havt0M
Garden and Change Their Huss.
An interesting phase of the dia-
mond trade was revealed at Clerken-
well county court, when Mr.. Nathan
Maissell, Of Church street, Shore
ditch, sued Mr., Jacob Citron, a dia-
mond merchant Of Hatton Garden,
4. G., for ZEE 5s., in respect Of q
stopped check, says the London Mail.
Mr.. Maissell said he offered dia-
mond set as pin and stud which he
had bought for f19, to Mr.. Citron's
brother, who at first agreed TO buy,
but afterward "kicked," as the dia-
mond had a blush tint when in the
setting, but looked yellowish when
removed.
Subsequently Mr.. Maissell offered
the diamond to Mr.. Citron at the Dia-
mond club for ERA, warning him that
his brother had Kicked" He bought
IL for f22 5s., giving check, but on
taking the stone out OF the setting,
said: "Now | know why my brother
Kicked" and demanded the return
Of the check, declaring that the dia-
mond had been painted for sale.
Samuel Missenblatt, diamond set
ter of Hatton Garden, was called, and
said that il a diamond we're painted
1t would give it blush appearance
and increase the apparent value. Mr..
Lewis Citron brought him this stone
to set and its color was white. He
washed it in hot water and it's color
changed to a yellow tint. Two hours
afterward it came back to be reset and
its color was again white. The wit
nesss added that many diamonds
looked better in their setting, and
others had to be sold unset to get
their full value. Mr.. Citron said that
as soon as the stone was removed from
l4hs setting he saw it was "fake." "
Diamonds were sometimes "faked"
with chemicals or blue pencil, and the
deception could not be detected by a
magnifying glass, but only by wash
ing. Mr.. SaSsini, another diamond
merchant, said he had no doubt the
stone had been colored. The judge
remarked that if the evidence was to
be believed this stone changed color
every few hours. The jury found in
favor of Mr.. Maissell, and judgment
was entered for him with costs.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
AN ILLUSTRATED MAuAzINE EDI.
TION OF THE ECHO.


II affords the management OF The Echo
much pleasure to announce to sthe peo-
pie Of Bay st. Louis and Hancock coun-
ty that it mas decided and made arrange
ments whereby mammoth edition of
this paper, profusely illustrated and
bound in magazine form, will be issued
some time within the next two or three
months, to emanate from our new news
paper office building on the corner Front
and State streets. 1t was our intention
some months ago to get out this special
edition, which will be entirely separate
from our regular one, around the holiday
season, but 1t was found not only i'm
practicable but utterly impossible to un-
dertake 80 large a work in our present
all too small quarters. For this work
The Echo has been particularly fortu-
nate in securing the services OF Messrs.
Fl. l.. and e. II. Lyons, ofLaurel, Miss,
two young gentlemen who are specialists
in the work, and who come to Bay ST.
Louis at our special solicitation. They
win collect and compile the data neces-
sary which will make this edition worthy
OF life preservation and will attend to the
advertising department. 1t is safe to
say nothing Of the like has ever been at
tempted in this section. Much history
abounds in Bay ST. Louis, it's undevelop-
ed resources are wonderful and as a
summer and winter resort 1t has no
equal. These will be given special at
tention and the city will never have re-
ceived better and more representative
advertisement than this proposed edition
with circulation up in the thousands.
We propose to give Logtown and Pearl
ington as we'll as Waveland an opportu-
nifty to be represented in this edition.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

The early riser who goes around doing
nothing but boasting how early he gets
up in the morning is not of great
benefit to anybody. 1t all depends on
what you do after you get out OF bed.
Better sleep all day than to get up at tour
o'clock to find fault with the neighbors.
The fact is that the world would be a
great deal better IL some people never
got UP. Seneca Dispatch.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
INVALID AND THE Lrosa
How Sick Britishsr in Africa iuo,svss
His Health.

4 $3.50 e<toAt1a
Some people must hold life cheap
ly or an adventure like that recount
ed by a well-known traveller, says the
Scotsman, would hardly be risked.
III with fever, he was in little settle
ment Of blacks. Hearing that lions
were in the neighborhood, he insisted
upon having the carcass Of q boar
placed as bait not far from his hut,
and although his legs were too weak
to carry him dozen yards he had
himself propped against the door
Jamb, took his double-barreled rifle
across his knees and prepared to
watch. 1t was nearly one o'clock
when the lions gave notice Of their
arrival.
heard, he says, the heavy grunt-
ing sighs Of three or four of them az
they moved about in the scrub 200
yards away. Then followed a series
of rushcs, as they leaped from the
bank Of the creek and Tapped the wa
ter noisily. Next came terrified
voice from neigboring hut: "White
man, we are going" and the boys
rushed pell-mell from their shelter,
some passing in front Of me and 9TH
ers behind, making for a grove Of
trees.
Scarcely had the first Of them got
well outside the huts, when it seemed
as II the lion were right among them.
Itdsshed past my hut with deep, saw
age grunts, bounding through the
scrub in close pursuit. A yell rang
from the darkness and I was con-
vinced that one Of the blacks was be-
ing devoured; but was too weak to
stand and could not 60 to his assist-
ance.
After some further noise and con-
fusion heard lion treading over the
dead leaves near by. Then came a
prolonged and mufiied sound, half
roar, half moan. The beast walked to
the back of my hut, and, thrusting
his nose among the thatched grass,
sniffed loudly. / could see the light
stalks stirring with his breath and
hear the rustling when he endeay-
ored to insert a paw between the in
terstices of the wattles.
Each instant / expected the struc-
ture to collapse. Luckily this did not
happen. The lions had destroyed
one hut and partly ruined two more,
not to speak Of smashing the one next
mine, which contained all my stores.
could hear them making ter
rife noise, snufing, grunting and
snarling, breaking sticks and clank-
ing metal. Every now and then
one OF them would leap down the
bank into the water and then come
tearing back breathing heavily and
growing low. Yet not a whisker did
one of them show in the freight in
front Of me.
The excitement did me good
The next morning / was up and
about. Not one Of the boys had been
injured, although one had had a mar.
velous escape. The lions we're clost
upon him as he reached a tree. He
sprang at branch and in his terror
seized the limb Of another black who
had clambered up before him.
Terrified lest he should fall into
the lions NAV, the other fellow
kicked his leg clear, SO that the un,
fortunate black fell to the ground, ut.
tering the yell that Thad heard. The
boy explained that the nearest lior
only growled as he scrambled to hi
feet and climbed another tree as fast
az his legs would shin.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
In a Corner.

When q man is cornered and there
is no way out, he says: T could say
q great deal, but for the present viii
suffer in silence" e."-Atchison Globe.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the school
trustees OF the city OF Bay st. Louis will
on Nav 80, 1908, elect teachers for the
Forthcoming scholastic year.
G. 9. HART, Chairman.
Bay ST. Louis, Miss, May II, 1903.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

The Echo is authorized to announce
p. @. BoRDAGE, sR.,
q candidate for assessor of Hancock
county, subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

The morning after the last payday at
Fort Wayne there were 40 soldiers in
the guard house. Real temperance gain
ed great defeat when the canteen was
abolished.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

New York has just celebrated her 250
anniversary. Senator Depew made a
speech replete with stories Of the time
Of the city's birth and Mr.. Pulitzer illu-
mined his little building.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
Won KOow What You Taking

When you take Groves TastelessChill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle, showing that it
is simply iron and quinine in tasteless
formless form. No cure, no pay. 3d.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
The Echo is authorized to announce


candidate for representative from Ham
cock I county to the Mississippi Legisla-
t1re, subject to the action Of the Demo-
cratic party. 81.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
rvn l.EPi.ESh.is lAIIVE.
The Echo is authorized to announce


candidate for representative from Han
sock county to the Mississippi Legisla-
tsre, M subject to the action Of the Demo-
cratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

The Government has set apart fund
of $i50, 900 which is now available fol
the Philippine exhibit at the st. Loui,
Fair.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money il is
fails to cure. e. w. Groves signature
ia on each box. 2bc.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
s,be Echo is authorized to announce
n. y. INQUIRE.

. candidate for representative from Han.
coclr county to the Mississippi Legisla-
ture, subject to the aclion OF the Demo
cratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
Charity.

Don't be 50 aggressively charitable
as to make benefciaries uncomforta-
BILE. Chicago Daily News.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
Disagreeable.

The most disagreeable thing grown
people do is to "act tsmart" ina crowd
---Atchison Globe.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

Critz's chances Of election nave passed
the doubtful stage; his success is now
positive; he will be Mississippi's next
Govnrnor !,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

The Echo is authorized to announce
H. 8. WESTON,
acandidate for reelection to the office
Of Supervisor, from Beat 1, subject to
the action Of the Democratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
A Missr's Money.

Money ceases to talk after miser
gets strangle hold on it.-Chicago
Daily News.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
PUBLIC SPEAKING!

Governor A. III. Longino,
candidate for u. S. Senate,
will address the voters and
public in general of Hancock
county, on Friday. July 10,
at ii o'clock a. M, at the
Courthouse.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
FUR TREASURER.

The Echo is authorized to announce
n. NJ. GRAHAM
a candidate for treasurer OF Hancock
county, subject to the action OF the DEM
ocratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
FOR SUPERVISOR.

The Echo is authorized to announce
LOUIS 8. BOURGEOIS
q candidate for the Office OF supervisor,
Beat 5, Hancock county, subject to the
acticn Of the Democratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
FOR ASSESSOR.
The Echo is authorized to announce
Arctnr NopAN ~

a candidate for assessor of Hancock
county, subject to the action Of the Dem
ocratic primary.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
me Echo Is authorIzed 70 announce
J, Z. MEoEHEr

4 candidate for sheriff Of Hancock coun-
". subject to the action Of the Demo-
cratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
eaNDIDATEs' cOLUnN
ANNoUNCEMENTS,
FOR STATE SENATE.
HORACE BLOOMFIELD

candidate for the Office OF State Sena-
~ sss. sor Inc first senatorial district, COM
w ssssd N of the counties OF jackson, Har-
;sou and Hancock, subject TO the ac-
IN Of the Democratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
sHERIrr AND TAx-coLLECToR
The Echo is authorized to announce
JOSEPH 3. sAUcIER sc.. .......

4 candidate for sheriff OF Hancock coun-
", subject to the action Of the Demo.
cratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

i The Echo IS authorized to announce
CAPTAIN W. A. DILL
candidate for the Office Of supervisor,
Beat5, Hancock county, subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
The Echo is authorized to announce -
>. A. BREATH,
a candidate for recollection to the office
Of Justice of the Peace, Beat5, Hancock
county, subject to the action of the DEM
ocratic party.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06

Fewer g'sslsEs; wears longer. Deyos.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1903-06-06
FOR SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC
EDUCATION.
The Echo Is authorized to announce

w. W. sTocKsTILL
a candidate for recollection to the Office
OF Superintendent Of Public Education,
Hancock county, subject to the action OF
the Democratic party.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15

clamp skates and composition roller
were introduced they met immediate
approval and were adopted by every
enthusiastic skater as soon as he could
save money enough to buy them.
The latest idea of substituting two
wheels on each skate in place of the
original number. four. is being endors-
ed rapidly by boys, and 1t is now only
a matter of short time before the
one-wheeled skate of the clown win be
offered to the boy public.
If boys will exercise a little ingenu-
ity and follow the directions given in
this article they can manufacture one
wheeled skates without waiting for the
shop-keepers to get hold of the idea.
Get two wheels. each of which
should be nearly as possible the same
size, about one foot in diameter. Metal
wheels will answer better than wood
en- ones.
Cut from oak, hickory or some other
tough wood a piece such as shown in
Figure l.
The dimensions of this piece will
depend upon the size of the wheel to
which it is to be attached. 1t should
be four inches longer than one-half
the diameter of the wheel.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15

ride by at full speed and let fly their
arrows at the target. The first boy
who hits 1t has the moccasin and the
arrow for his own. but generally, un-
less he is a stingy boy, he puts it up
again for the other boys to take a
chance at IL.
A game played by both men and
boys and called 'Tabe-gasi," is played
with a large ball and curved sticks.
Two posts are set up twelve or fifteen
feet apart at either end of the play
ground and the players, divided into
teams. One team tries to bowl the
ball between the posts of the opposing
team and the players of that team,
who are stationed about half way be-
tween their goal and the bowler's sta
ton of the opposing side, try to divert
ii from its course with their sticks,
one man at time being sent to the
bat" as it were. and each player of the
opposing side having a chance TO bowl
the ball.
If the opposing team succeeds in
sending the ball between the sticks
of it's adversaries it wins that in
Ming" and IL the goal is successfully
defended then the defending team
wins, of course. In the next inning
the team which before assaulted the
wicket of its opponent now defends
its own wicket and. after an agreed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15

them. The first was also a boy. and
being three years older than 1, he had
the care of me to a great extent.
My name may strike you as queer,
and l wifi explain how / got 1t. Our
family name is Bart. and my given
name is Paul, but Twas so full OF mirtn,
even as an infant. that / made every
was laughing from morning till night,
and nothing ever put me out of temper.
One day. when I was about ten years
old. father brought comrade hons
with him, and when this man heard me
singing and laughing he said to my par
ents:
your boy is so jolly that you ought
to change his name. If l were you I'd
call him Joe Jolly Boy"
My parents smiled at the idea, but
in a little time they began to call me
Joe and Joe jolly Boy, and by the time
I was 10 years old everybody used the
name In speaking to me. The same SOL
der who gave me the name also put
queer ideas into my head. When he
came second time he sat down with
me on a bench at the door and said:
Joe jolly Boy, when you get to be
a young man you should pay visit to
the Island of jolly Land. 1t is situated
half way across the China Sea in the
direction of Borneo, and soldier who
was there once has told me some rare
tales about the people. II is Jolly Land
indeed. as everybody laughs from dawn
till dark.
MY comrade was there for four
weeks, and he did not see any one weep
or even put on serious face. The peo-
pie are not like us in color or build, and
there are very strange animals on the
island. What is rightside up to us is
upside-down to them. They live in
strange houses, eat strange food. and
are altogether unlike any people you
ever heard of before. Hasten to grow
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15

glance off. Tie wind catches the
sticks and carries them to a consider
able distance and the boy whose stick
goest the farthest wins the game.
Sometimes the boys divide into
teams and the team whose sticks go
to the greatest averaged distance
wins. The boys become very expert
at throwing the sticks and sometimes
will send them to surprisingly long
distances, especially when the game is
played in winter and the sticks are
thrown on the frozen crusts of snow
which cover the prairie
In winter they sometimes play this
game with a peculiar stick having a
thick projection at one end, and the
boy whose stick goes the shortest
distance is hit on the head by his COM
panions, though not hard enough to
hurt him.
In summer the boys are fond OF
diving in the river to see who can
swim farthest under water. Before
diving a boy puts a handful of grass
in his mouth and, as he swims along
under the water, he blows through IL,
causing bubbles to rise to the surface
by which his course can be traced.
The boy who goes the longest dis
lance is privileged to strike with
a wet cloth the boy who goes the
shortest.
The little Indians delight to play in
the mud as much as If they were white
children and making mud wigwams is
favcrite amusement with the boys.
The girls used to make dolls out OF
sticks. but of late they have taken
to making rag dolls instead, which
shows an advance in civilization.
What white children call last tag"
is much played by the little Omahas.
When the tag" each other, instead
of saying you're it," they shout
"Gatcan," which means 80 far"
Another game called "Tahacija" is
played as follows: AS left hand is
laid out fiat and the skin on the back
of it pinched by BIS left hand which in
turn is pinched by AS right hand, and
that by BIS right hand. Then they
raise and lower their hands twice say
ing, "Tahacijl" at each movement.
Having done this they suddenly re-
lease their hold and strike at each
other
In another game arrows are shot up
into a tree until they are lodged thick
among the branches. Then the play
ers shoot up and try TO dislodge them
and bring them down again. Whoever
hits an arrow and brings it to earth
may keep it.
"Hinbekide," a boys game, consists /
of shooting arrows at a moccasin |
attached to an arrow stuck in the
ground. The boys, mounted on ponies,