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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01
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BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS.
SPRINGTIME.

Ah, Spring. What art thou?
A thing of beauty and joy,
A pleasure to the mortal eye.
That nothing can alloy.
The birds, oh, how they carol,
Singing their sweetest songs!
Their hearts aglow with praise,
Cooling of Gods great love.
The trees, they shake with gladness,
As out their leaves they shoot.
And they whisper of Gods great
goodness,
From their branches to their root,
The flowers. All, how they revel,
Mad with their joyous delight;
And as they run over with blossoms
They whisper: God gave US life,
God takes care of his children
Burdened with any care!
And when we look out at the spring
time
We must wLi.uer: God is there.
All, spring.. When we Esok at thy
beauty,
We must lift our eyes above,
Worship. believing, adoring
We must whisper: God is love'
MRS. L. KOCH.
Bay st. Louis, May /, 1909.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01
BALL PLAYING ON SUNDAY.

There is much common sense in
what the Rev. Z. A. Meury, pastor OF
the Second Reformed Church of Jer-
sey City, said recently of rational
amusements on Sunday, he classing
| the playing of ball as one of such
| amusements. We quote a portion of
his remarks as to baseball playing:
The game is essentially the sport
and enjoyment of the plain people
1t is healthy, clean and honest
amusement. Religion is not a sys-
tenn of dreary ethics calculated to
save the faithful from punishment
hereafter, but should rather be
regarded as code of inspired NOR
ais for the purpose of making better
and happier both men and women in
this life. Six days the average man
works long hours to sustain life in
himself and in those he loves. and
on the seventh his duty is to wor-
ship God and take the healthy rec
reation which his tired body and
weary soul need. The sunshine is
for us all and the brightness of life
should cast its rays into every soul,
and when the workingman seeks his
recreation all the church should ask
is that it be honest and clean amuse-
ment which Injuries in no way the
purity Of Christian life.
The commandment to Remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy"
can, when strictly interpreted. mean
only that God should be worshipped |
on that day and His works studied, |
and it does not mean that the day J
should be spent exclusively in re-
ligious work. Healthy recreation and ,
amusement should be construed just |
as proper an observance of the day |
during hours when there is no
church services as any form of re-
Iigious obseryances
The law prohibiting Sunday base
ball has, to my mind, long ago taken
It's place among the so-called blue
laws which are fast becoming dead
and unenforceable
In response to the above the Mo-
bile Register says:
1t is not dead and unenforceable
II this state. AS long as it is the
"a" II ohouiu Dc elllOl ecu we nope, !
however, to see some day such a !
change in public sentiment as we'll
encourage decent forms of amuse-
nent on all days, including Sundays,
'e3o8nizing the fact that man is
3reaure that will seek amusement
If some sort where he has leisure
o do so; and that we commit wrong
when we place bar upon such a.
nusements as are in themselves in
lOaeDt
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01

very intricate minds. and they under.
stand the tariff debate. They are
unerring in love. and generally mar
ry their affinities at the outset.
There IS a natural attraction be-
tween persons born under opposite
signs OF the zodiac. and = Taurus
man usually marries q ScorpIo von-
an. or that Is. being born In Nay,
he lnarries a woman bornin October.
This Is said to be a natural match.
or one in which the chance of d.
vorce is reduced to the minimum.
Nhe password for May will be
Lions. and the storm center for the
month will be in Uganda. The first
shipment Of skins will arrive about
the 2Sth and anybody wishing one
can have it by subscribing to Scrib-
ner's Magazine and The Outlook.
Aud then the month OF June will
come
With all its hewlyweds,
And every estbound ship will bring
A lot OF skins and heads.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01
HE FORGOT THE PRINTER.

They counted him an honest man!
Through Summer, Fall and Winter.
But he clean forgot the printer,
He settled with the bank each
month;
The balance made him caper,
But he owed at least two years or
more
For the little village paper.
He went to church and Sunday
School,
To Thursday night prayer meeting,
For each reform" that came his
way
He had hearty greeting.
For every high and holy cause
You'd always find him praying.
And he took the paper TO help II
along"
But he never thought of paying.
He had a pull in politics,
The candidates sought him,
But when he did ne'er balance up
With the revenue it brought him.
And so, from year to year,
This sepulcher all whited
Went on his way dispensing grace
To sinful man benighted.
And when at last Times ruthless
scythe
Cut down the withered weed,
His heirs prepared fairy tale
For witless man to read.
His soul released froE. earthly bonds
Now rests where there's no winter
And they know above-or down be
low
That he never paid the printer.
-E. R, Barager. In Prentice News
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01
DON'T RIDICULE YOUR COY.

Many a boy has gone to bed in
tears because his father criticised or
denounced his effort at playing the
violin; made fun of a simple little
composition or story which he wrote;
discouraged an attempt to make
some little mechanical device, or
threw a wet blanket on his dreams
laughing at his prediction at what
he would do in the future
A man who has recently come in
to great prominence in his profession
says, that when, tremblingly, he told
his father what he wanted to be
he was told that a padded cell was
the only place for a boy with such
crazy ideas and that he was forced
for years to do that which God had
forbidden in every fiber of his being,
and against which every drop of
blood in him protested
The father who has made up his
mind that his son must continue
his business and keep his estate in
tact is not in a position to decide on
the boys bent-his special attitude.
He is prejudiced at the very outset.
The reason why there are so many
mediocre men and women in the
world, and so many failures is be-
cause they never found their places.
Everywhere we see men and wom-
en-, capable of much better things,
who were discouraged and diverted
from their natural bent when young.
Their own families did not take
stock in them; they laughed at their
young ambitions, and strangled their
aspirations, either by harsh treat
ment. or. what is even worse, ridi-
cule, and their teachers did not un-
derStand them.
You can not read the sealed mes
sage which God has wrapped up in
your boy or girl, and you should re-
spect the dreams of future greatness
of your son, because the Creator may
have intended him for a grand and
far-reac ching mission. You can not
tell what is going on in his mind; ;
you cannot tell what possibilities are
locked in his brain. He may be per-
fectly conscious at this moment that
he was intended for a much higher
place in the world than you are oc-
cupying yourself, and to denounce
him, to scoff at his dreams, to laugh
be a source of great humiliation to
you some day. 1t may also work in
calculable injury to your boy. A
thousand times better strike him with
your hand than blast his hopes by
ridicule or by a cruel, chilling, cut
ting word.-Success.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01
CAIN AND ABEL.
BY Mr.. Geo. r. Rea.

BY Mr.. Geo. r. Rea.
A paper read at the Christ Church
Bible Class on Friday. April %. ON
the characters Of Cain and Abel:
We have very little given OF the
history OF Cain and Abel. but their
lives and characters were as diver.
gent as two brothers could be. Evo
was expecting much OF her first born,
for he was gotten from the Lord and
through him her race was to be con.
tinued on earth. Some commenta-
tors think that Cain and Abel were
twins, from the facts stated, but this
may be conjecture. These brothers
took as vocations the natural pur.
suits OF those primitive times: Cain
a tiller and Abel herdsman. At
the appointed tima the two brought
offerings to the Lord. Cain brought
the fruits OF the ground and Abel the
firstlings and best Of his flock.
Abel offered more excellent sac
rifice than Cain by which he OBJ
tanned witness that he was righte-
Gus. Abel acknowledged the neces-
sity of vicarious sacrifice, and felt
the need of an atonement. The one
offered thank offering, while the
other offered a sin offering. We do
not know in what way God did not
show respect to Gains offering, but
it may have been as In the case of
Elijah, by sending down fire from
heaven and consuming the sacri-
flee. That displeasure which should
have turned against his own un-
humbled heart, was turned against
his innocent brother, who, though not
more highly privileged than he. mado
which he shared in common with
his ungodly and unnatural brother.
God reasoned with Cain. telling
him that he had no cause to be
wroth, that the means were In his
power to right his wrong and even
his brother Abel should be submis-
sive to him. as he, Cain wzs entitled
to primogenitive rights.
, Here Is the account Of the first
murder. Gains anger would not be
until he had shed his
brothers blood. Anger Is most often
the cause of desperate deeds. Solo
mon says. 'let not the sun 60 down
on our wrath" which Is the proper
way to learn to control II. Tho
Epistle of John says "whosoever
hateth his brother Is murderer"
If we let our passions get the best
of us we must come to grief sooner
or later.
From the murder Of Cain to this
day, murders are quite frequent.
mostly caused by liquor or anger. It
is almost impossible to pick up a
paper without reading the account
Of one. God hath said, who she'd
deth mans blood, by man shall his
blood be shed"
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01
70 BORE FOR OIL.
Machinery Arrives and Work 70
Commence Boring For OIL at
Gulfport

Machinery Arrives and Work "a
Commence Boring For OIL at
Gulfport.
All the boring machinery that will
be used by Captain Harper McCaughn
in the sinking of his we'll has been re
ceived and Is now on board cars in
the yards of the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad. This shipment COM
prises everything necessary for the
work and is the strongest made by
one of the best known manufacturers
The drills, particularly, were made
with especial reference to strength.
Mr.. McCaughn will put this machine
upon the grounds today and boring
force. organized some weeks ago.
will be put to work at once. In
cluded in this shipment is 40
horse power engine and boiler that
will be put in commission within the
next few days.
Mr.. McCaughn has undertaken the
boring OF thi. we'll alone, believing
that his explorations will prove
abundantly uccessful-experts from
different oil sections having said that
oil and gas are both here beyond a
doubt.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01
Taking On Unusual Ac'
tivity.

Of oil the competitors that the
country OF even city job offices have
to contend with, the United States
government displays the most un-
a,l,lterated nerve. This great gov
ernnent is actually urging the pur-
chaser of envelopes throughout the
land to buy of it. extolling the ad-
vantages of its production, and ad-
ding a lagniappe, an offer to print
the purchasers name and address in
the corner on lots of five hundred
o. more. Oh, government, what stu
pendous frauds are perpetrated In
thy name!-Clarksdal Challenge.
This is a sample of the remarks
aimed at Uncle Sam by the newspap-
ers of Mississippi. 1t seems that the
postmasters In small cities and towns
are taking on an unusual activity In
behalf of the product of the govern
ment printing office.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01

Give us legalized base ball on Sun
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01
JAcouE PisTAcHE's LETTER.

Archibald Initiates Lazern and Dis
covers He is a Greater Magician
Jacque Pistache Witnesses the
Ball Game Between the Dudes and
Hoboes and Comments Theron-He
Receives Challenge From a.
: Knight of Columbus and Accepts
Jacque Pistache's Line-Up.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01

Are our speciality, and We can
supply anything you want.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01
vardaman Says He viii Run for tne
Senate in 1911.

MOBILE. Ala, April 27.-Ex-
Governor Vardaman of MISSISSIPPI
in an interview here today SAID ne
would again be a candidate for Unit.
ed States Senate from MISSISSIPPI
in the primaries of 1911.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-05-01

We'll! we'll! What in the 'Dickens'
w has one. hundred and seventy
seven and fifty-six one l1undreth
dollars got to do with Cow Peas !?
And, furthermore, what i'm the "blue
blazes' has Cow Peas got to do with
Que hundred and seventy=seven and
fifty-six one=E1undretIl dollars? This
is the biggest fool thing | ever saw
i'm q newspaper, and when that is
said, nothing is left out.
DEAD EASY!===If you only knew as
n1uch about it as we do, it wouldn't
seem SO foolish. Take the money
matters first, that represents the
amount OF freight paid by us 2Est on
car G. B. & Q. oz0S0. This is about
forty dollars more freight than was
ever paid on car before in the his
tory of Bay St. Louis. This car con-
tains 300 sacks of pure Wheat Bran
and 200 sacks Gold rledal' Flour
weighing 10000 pounds, and the
market value to-day is between
eleven and twelve hundred dollars.
This all goes to show we are still
doing business. Wherever a fellow
gets up before day and stays up mn
til eleven at night and doesn't sit
down, it usually takes a strong con1=
oination to keep up with him.
cow PEAS.
Oh, yes. that's so Cow Peas Old Cows
and young Cows Cows Of all ages. The town
is full of Cows; likewise Peas. But what
about the price? We have them: Clay Cow
Peas--Whippoorwill Cow Peas-Mixed Cow
Peas.
w. A. rlCDONALD.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-25
HARMON VISITS PENITENTIARY
Expresses His Opinion on Different
Plans Advocated for 6etterment
Of the Institution.

Columbus, o.. Mar. 25.-Gov Har-
mon yesterday in visiting the peniten-
tiary with Representative Ritter and
other members Of the legislative COM
mittee named to assist the peniten-
tiary board in the proposed remodel
ing of the penitentiary, let it be known
that he did not think much of the plan
to use part OF the. state farm at Nor
gans for penitentiary prisoners. He
thinks the farm too far away. II is 19
miles, and that 1t is too small.
However, the governor is said to be
In favor of the plan to have the levee
of Darby creek, running along the
farm, repaired by prisoners. He does
not think it advisable to put them at
farm work. The governor while at
the penitentiary expressed the ap-
proval Of the plan to have the con-
victs do as much as possible of the
proposed reconstruction work without
within the walls.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-25
EMBEzzLER ENDS HIS LIFE
once Influential Man Of Elmlra, N. v.
a Fugitive from Justice,
Run Down.

Harrisburg, Pa. Mar. 25.-Trapped
In his room in the Hotel Lynch. from
which there was no escape, #. H.
Richardson of Elmira, N. Y. wanted
for the embezslement of 100000
slammed the door in the face OF the
chief of police yesterday and minuta
later killed himself with bullet
through his head. The suicide marked
the closing of the career of one of the
most influential men in Elmira.
Mr.. Richardson was president OF
the Richardson Shoe Co., which in
1907 was declared insolvent At that
time it was discovered that beside
money in this concern the president
had credit of $25O.OOO on false state.
ments in Pennsylvania banks. Eight
warrants were sworn out for his ar.
rest. Richardson fed to Chicago and
then to Pittsburg. From there he
was traced to Harrisburg.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-25
His Belief.

A drunken carter came into a car
riage of the Greenock train and sat
opposite a Clergyman who was read
Ing his paper. Recognizing the pro-
fesslon of his vls-a-vis, the carter I'm
a little while leaned forward and In a
muudlln way remarked, "I don't be-
lleve there's ony heaven"
The clergyman paid no heed
ADO ye hear me?" persisted the
carter. II don't believe there's ony
heaven"
Still the clergyman remained silent
behind his newspaper.
The carter. shouting his confession
this time loudly, said. II tell ye to
your face. and you're minister. that
[ don't believe there's ony heaven"
"Very we'll" said the clergyman. "if
YOU do not believe there Is Il heaven
20 elsewhere, but please so quietly
London Graphic.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-25
FuRNAcEMENS WAGES CUT
Companies Operating Iron Furnaces In
Lehish Valley Decide on 10 Per
Cent Reduction to Men.

Bethlehem, Pa, Mar. 25.--The com
panies operating the iron furnaces In
the Lehigh Valley have decided to re.
duce wages of furnace men 10 per
cent. This reduction will apply to g..
900 or 1000 workers. The date of the
reduction will probably vary with the
different companies.
Tho Thomas Iron Co. decided to
lead off with the announcement which
will be made formally in few days
that the 10 per cent cut will date
from April I. The Thomas company
owns the furnaces at Hopkendauqua
Alburtis, Hellertown and Glendon.
The Empire Steel e. Iron Co. will very
likely also announce its reduction for
the same day. The Empire owns the
Crane Iron Works at Catasaqua, the
furnaces at Maeungie and Topton. and
the Henry Clay furnaces at Reading.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-25
Accommodation.

"Some years ago." says Boston
lawyer, "a man in Nantucket was
tried for a petty offense and sentenced
to four months in jail. A few days
after the trial the judge who had i'm
posed sentence, in company with the
sheriff, was on his way to the Boston
boat, when they passed man busily
engaged In saving wood
"The man stopped his work, touched
his hat politely and said, Good morn
ing, your honor
''rhe judge, after careful survey
of the mans face, asked:
Isn't that the man sentenced to
jail few days agor
eyes replied the sheriff, with some
hesitation, that's the man. ,nhe fact
is, judge, we--er-we don't happen to
have anybody else in Jail just now. so
we thought it would be sort of use
less expense to hire some one to keep
the Jail four months just for this one
man. So gave him the jail key and
told him It would be all right II he'd
sleep there O. nights. - Harper's
Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-25
A WoMAN'S TERRIBLE DEED
browns Herself and Two Children In
the Farmlnston River at Sims
bury, Conn.

J Simsbury, Conn, Mar. 25.-The
bodies of Mrs. Amos Miller and her
two children were found in the
Pennington river yesterday morning.
The children had been tied together
before drowning ensued and through
a note left by Mrs Miller the proba'
bilities are strong that she took their
lives and her own while mentally de-
pressed.
The woman left word OF her intent
10 do away with herself. although It
was not known that she was i'll. Tues,
day afternoon she left home with the
children. Mr.. Miller returned to the
house about O'Clock and for a time
did not worry. About dusk he began
20 look about for some explanation OF
his wifes disappearance and found a
note in his desk to the effect that she
intended 10 kill herself. The family
were In comfortable circumstances.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-25
JEALOUSY LEADS 70 CRIME
carbollc Acid Forced Down Woman't
Throat and Her Jaw Afterwards
Securely Bound.

Vincennes. Ind, Mar. 25.--Mrs Jes.
sic oyerton Culbertson is dying. It is
said, as the result of having carboic
acid forced down her throat and her
jaw afterwards securely bound. She
was found yesterday in shed back
of her home. Revived for few sec.
onds, she said "a man and woman
dragged me into the woodshed and
poured something down my throat"
The police attribute the crime to
jealousy. They have held a letter
Durporting to be from a jealous
woman since Monday. The letter was
found under Mrs. Culbertson's door
step
Russell Culbertson, the woman's
husband, arrived last night from Law
renseburg. III. When shown the
threatening letters he said he rec.
ognized the writing as that of a
woman he once knew but who had not
been in Vincennes for many years.
Mrs. Culbertson, who is 25 years old,
came here a few years ago as a
trained nurse. While caring for
Joshua Brazelton, Republican county
chairman, she fell in love with her
patients stepson, Culbertson. The
two eloped to Lawrenceburg, Ill.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-25
Her Lockout.

"I must tell you the joke on me-
said a business woman who keeps
bach" In a cunning little apartment
Last week l invited two friends for
luncheon. AS / have just an hour at
noon got everything ready before
left In the morning that could be pre-
pared and set on the ice made a
lovely salad, a dessert, prepared for
toasted mullins and tea and set my ta-
BILE in all its glory, even buying some
flowers for a centerplece. My guests
met me at the Office and we went to
the apartment. What do you think |
had done? Left my keys inside and
locked the doorl
"There was absolutely no way for us
to get in. The janitor had pass key,
but he was away. All the windows on
the fire escapes were locked. and no
other key in the building fitted. There
was nothing to do but take my guests
to restaurant. Then l found that
had not even brought my purse from
the Office, never dreaming that should
need It. had to ask my guests for
money to pay for the luncheon, and,
rs 1t happened, they only had n quar-
ter each above their carfare. We went
to the cheapest place we could find
and had sandwiches and coffee.
Wasn't that funnyY - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-25
GAVE THEMSELVES UP
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO
DEFRAuD BOSTON.
EIGHT MEN WERE INDICTED
They Are Connected with Concerns In.
terested in Structural Steel Trade
In Massachusetts,.

Boston, Mar. 25.-Eight men con.
nected with concerns interested in the
structural steel trade In Massachusetts
yesterday surrendered to the police OF
this city, in connection with indict
ments recently returned by the grand
jury charging conspiracy to defraud
the city of Boston.
The men are: Albert S. Miller, jr
Worcester; Elmer f. Smith, Marion
Mass. Charles NJ Penycuick, Dorches'
ter; Frank e. White, Maiden; John
G. Witham, Somerville; Henry C. Col.
lin, Boston; Henry X. Ripley. North
Chelmsford, and John Wilson, Somer.
Vile.
The men were given hearing be-
fore Chief Justice Aiken OF the SUI
perior court. Miller, Collins, Witham
and Ripley entered pleas of not guilty.
Penycuick, White. Wilson and Smith
declined to plead. All were held in
bail Of $4,000 for trial and each fur
nished bonds.