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The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27
Considerable eeoonia.

Mrs. Frank Ireland of Wilton. Me-,
has begonia which she thinks can
not be beaten for size in the state.
The plant is seven feet and one inch
tall and the stalk is two inches in
diameter at the base. 1t began TO
blossom in last month and has BIOS
somed continuously since. There are
now 20 pink and white cluster bios
SONS on the plant.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27
4 safe Rule.

Tea and coffee should not be given
to a child under seven, and the longer
the delay the better. A good cocoa is
often enjoyed. milk and water and di.
luted condensed milk may also be Civ
en-, and, very cautiously. plain soda
water. It should never be forgotten
that milk is food and not drink,
and that plenty Of water f1ushes the
kidneys. There Is no reason why q
healthy child should not drink wher
1t feels thirsty.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27
BEEF TOO HIGH FOR TWO CATS
Uncle Sam Refuses to Maintain Rat
Catchers at the Subtreasury
Owing to Expense.

Washington.-Th propriety Of feed
ing two cats at the public crib is de-
MED by A. Piatt Andrew, assistant
secretary of the treasury.
The urgent appeal for the cats came
from the subtreasury in New York,
which is infested with rats and mice.
Kfnd-hearted clerks have been con-
tributing to the support of the two
cats installed, while awaiting official
approval of the use of the contingent
fund
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

An eminent alienist declares that
for man to liken his wife to an an
gel Is not an indication OF insanity.
Once in a while, one of those alienists
does show some signs of human in,
telligence.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

A New York court includes baseball
bats in the category Of deadly
weapons and a Chicago jurist adds
automobiles Justice, however leaden-
footed, occasionally overtakes the pro
session.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

IAN unknown gentleman created
considerable excitement In London by
appearing at-the opera In black
dress shirt" Probably he came from
pittsburgh.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

The statistician who asserts that the
population of New York is too dense
probably has no money to be separat.
ed from. or else he has never been
there.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

A Louisville doctor says that man
can stand more suffering and endure
It longer than woman. That doctor
oughs to wear woman's toggery for =
while.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27
Kills Girls PIayinq Indian.

Watersburg g.-Playing Indian, Harry
Black, aged seven years, found his
fathers shotgun, and chased Mary
Goodish, aged five, into corner. Put
ting the muzzle to her head, he pulled
the trigger, instantly killing her
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

Now that pleasant weather has ar.
rived, guess how long 1t will be before
the water companies get out their an.
nual warning against water famine.
with all sorts of threats against the
man who uses the hose too freely?
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

There are other good reasons for
disliking the proposed h-cent piece
besides the obvious opening 1t would
give the mean man when the contrf
button plate Is passed.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

More than 1000 metal articles were
removed from the stomach Of Cali
fornia woman by surgeon the other
day. Probably a souvenir huntress.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27
Tekk<.- ZH~7ee.eN-.
Not unexpected.

81 see in your hand" muttered the
seeress, as she looked into the out
stretched palm, that you will meet
with some dark obstacles"
Those confounded coal-cart hold
ups again. he exclaimed.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27
DirIaibIe Breaks Record.

Paris.-The French dirigible bal
loon, Clement-Bayard III, beat the
worlds dirigible balloon record for al
titude. Carrying six passengers the
craft ascended to height of 9,514
feet
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

An English gypsy queen has just
died at the age Of 101. She was an
inveterate pipe smoker, which, no
doubt, accounts for her early taking
off.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27
Natural Inference.

Were the tribes you speak Of glad
to welcome the missionaries
"Glad? They fairly ate them up"
why, didn't know they were can
nibal tribes!"
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

Americas hens last year laid PIT
eggs for each inhabitant. And yet
we look upon the eagle as the nation
al bird.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

A man with but one leg is trying to
walk around the world. He might be
pardoned for calling it a stumping
tour.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

"Knee-deep in strawberries" ejacu-
1ates a Baltimore paper. Yet one can
think Of several pleasanter things than
that kind of wading.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

In Duluth the author of a popular
song Is running an elevator. The pun
Ishment hardly seems adequate.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

Massachusetts has forbidden by law
the explosive Joke" cigar, showing
clearly that the Bay state knows when
a joke is a misdemeanor.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

America now has three women aero
plane pilots. May there be no subtrac-
ton by accident from that mystic
number
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

An actress is writing a series of ar
ticIes on chow to stay married" We
can do it in four words: Don't sue for
divorce
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

Another infallible sign of the ap-
proach of summer is the mad dog
scare.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

The Chicago girls are right, the
old-fashioned kiss is the sweetest and
best,
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

A New York policeman, while of
duty, arrested two burglars. It might
pay New York to give few more cop
pers a vacation.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

An Ohio man started to dig a gar
den and turned up chestful Of treas
ure, but few gardens are quite SO
profitable.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

A German company has just launch
ed the biggest steamship in the world.
ITS England's move.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

Most of the recent aeroplane re
ords have been death records.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

Smallpox turks in false hair, says
an exchange Get the back OF her
dressing chair vaccinated.
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LII lhI'ik 4 L. s g r11.- r-.1 dliETA
IVEJlN EIh1fiI rRwra0R3GIgSg w Ws3

"a 7 AMT no use to grumble or
&&A complain
If God sorts out the weather and sends
rain
Why, rains my choice.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

The strike of German aviators leads
one to suspect that the wages Of the
birdman are not breaking any altitude
records.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

The inventor Of the black dress
shirt was no doubt behind on MS
laundry bill.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

The new one-half cent piece approx
imates the feelings Of the man who
appears in public with the first straw
hat.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

The English sparrow may be saw
DRY dish, but 1t would cost too mucn
TO put salt on It's tail.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

Some optimist has discovered that
a cold spring is good for the black
berry crop. Now let us all cheer up.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

One way to drive away every sign
of rain is to buy new umbrella or
raincoat.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

A counterfeit $40 bill is reported
In circulation. this being one or the
perils Of the rich.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

The passing of the horse is ca
Iamity-when you've got money up on
him.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

] The eastern farmer who has spent
$1,000 In suit over a $40 COW has rea,
son to kick about the price Of beef.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

Now a lot of people are hearing the
f1rst call to the old swimming hole.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27
ne CHEN
||.2g1ABINET

HE thing that goes the farthest
toward making life worth
while,
That costs the least and does the most, ~
Just pleasant smile,
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

About the hest way for a widow to
ne happy is to reflect on her previous
-'''-~ - saryitude.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

A mules kick has restored speech
TO an Altoona man. Still many persons
might prefer to remain speechless.
The sea coast echo., 1912-07-27

The stepless car is highly popular
In these days of hobble skirts.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
MAKING A CITY BEAUTIFUL
Plenty Of Trees Not the Only Essen.
tial 70 Good Effeets-str6ipht
streets Wrong.

When art will make our streets az
beautiful al the woods and as elevat-
ing as the mountainsides, then It will
be q pleasure and a rest, and not a
weight upon the spirit to come from
the open country into the city" SO
sang q great writer and q great OBJ
server. Though this means, primarily,
the carrying out Of the writer's ho6by
fully planted stresta-there 10 much
Q e be done before We have beau
tiful streets, wv
Straight streets in residence dis
tricts. especially among fhe hills. are
largely wrong. though II many were
contour lines we might easily endure
q few straight nes In following q
straight street we are impressed with
it, monotony except It be we'll planted
and fanked with nne gardens. On
streets Of series Of graceful curves
the scene IL. ever-changing. and We
view both street and garden scenery
from every possible angle. thereby get
ting all variations o~btainable. It al
most constitutes q crime to cut can.
yons through hills. for it will ever be
. source Of regret to those Of good
taste. clear down to the end Of time.
Nevertheless. we are progressing in
this respect, for many large subdi-
visions Of late have been laid out in
conformity to the contour Of the hills.
This means, usually, that landscape
engineers. rather than civil engineers
only, are planning this new work.
Wider pathways are also prevailing,
still another assurance that the land.
scape gardener and horticulturist 10
not without influence, sven in cold
blooded business DEALS
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
~eoobyw Eaas q pencaey.

Trade in BOBBY eggs Is n Of the
sights Of Kingston, Jamaica. Long
ago the British seamen gave the name
"booby" to several species Of gannets,
because these fowls are regarded as
stupid. The eggs are gathered in vast
quantities on the islets at certain
seasons Of the year and taken to Port
Antonio by the boatload. Tho arrival
OF a boat with BOBBY eggs ia the oc-
casion Of no little excitement among
the negro women, who buy them by
the box and then sell them by retail
chiefly in Kingston, though they are
also sold in Spanish Town, Port Anto-
nio, Montego Bay, and in other towns
on the island. Though sold mostly by
thu dozen to housekeepers. BOBBY eggs
are also peddled. hard-boiled. on the
streets Of Kingston. salt and pepper
being provided that the purchasers
may eat the eggs at once. These eggs
are about two-thirds the size Of an
ordinary hens egg. and are quite pal
atable.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
Wonderful Mecca,

Mecca each year has visitors in
such numbers that It must be ranked
In this particular with London and
New York. Even the worlds metropo-
lis on the Thames can boast no such
cosmopolitan character as is impaired
to this mysterious city Of Arabia by
the myriads Of Moslem pilgrims, who
annually crowd into its confines. Yet
Of all the millions who have visited
1t not a col of Christians are known
to have come out alive. No flag Of
citizenship would saw q mans life
were he known to be a Christian
within the sacred precincts Of the city,
where the Prophet himself decreed
that no unbeliever would set foot.
Mecca" says DR.. Samuel M. Zwemer
Of Arabia, has become the center Of
universal pilgrimage for oneseventh
Of the human race"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
Died From Mouse'e 6lte.

For the first time probably in the
history Of science a doctor has died
from the bite Of q mouse which he
had ~inoculated in the course of his In
vestigations into q contagious disease.
There have been many martyrs OF SCI
ence. some OF them only recently hav-
Ing fallen victims to Rontgen rays,
while others have been bitten by dogs
and other animals; but DR.. Simon,
son-in-law Of the German Socialist
leader, Herr Bebel, is the first to have
met his death from the bite OF q
mouse.
DR.. Simon had been conducting bac-
THEOLOGICAL researches at Zurich for
several years past. A few days ago a
mouse which he had inoculated bit his
hand. Blood poisoning set in, and he
died.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
Hometown
STRONG PLEA FOR PARKWAY
Los Angeles Newspaper Condemns =
Proposed Plan 10 Not In Inter.
este Of Economy.

W. H. Humphreys Of the Los An
geles board Of public works has gone
on record as favoring narrower drive
ways in strictly residential districts,
and would lessen the street width and
widen the parkways Of many now ex-
lstent This from q purely economic
view Of the matter. rays the Examiner
Of that city. Marrow streets cost less
70 build and less to maintain than
wide nes and when there are to be. or
are paved such initial cost and up
keep II no small expense.
But there u another side to the
question, the esthetic view Of the
matter. How may we have beautiful
streets with but . narrow green rib
bon along each side from Is to 36
inches wide? Such q paucity Of park
way does not in the least influence the
appearance Of the street. All that may
be said for It ID that street trees may
b planted therein. though they can
not remain in vigorous health and
beauty except for their youthful years.
It may be possible for . tree to sur
uve for many years under such hard
conditions. but what about them in
30 or ~ years, at the time when they
should be most impressive. The
trunks will then have filled; any or
binary parkway from curb to walk.
Shall We then cut them out or shall
We cut . large half-circle out OF the
cement sidewalk and also narrow the
driveway three or more feet on each
side by moving each curb toward the
middle Of the street? Would It not be
better to start right and have fne Wig
orous. healthy trees for all time and
rest assured Of their enduring cen
turtles. to the continued Identification
Of u city? When shall we correct
admittedly wrong conditioner Do It
now. h, 80.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
Where Only One Norman 10
Ten thousand Succeeds,

There is in the March Wofnan's Home
Companion an extraordinary account
of an American girl who spent thous-
ands of dollars studying in Europe for
opera. She never succeeded, but she
has made a fair success as a concert
singer. Following is q most interesting
extract from her story:
"Still in my ~forties, and at the zenith
of my vocal powers, l am well content
with my income and my position in the
musical world. l have no ~yearnings
for an operate are l realize what
so few ambitious singers can accept
with resignation, that only one singer
in ten thousand is meant for grand
opera. l am not the ten ~thousandth
one.
"Yet l know in my heart that l am
not a failure. With the voice given me
by my Creator, l have done all things
possible. The mistake was made in
overestimating the possibilities OF that
voice. Less expensive training under
more practical teachers in America
would have fitted me in shorter time
for the work into which / have drifted,
and for which l am eminently suited.
"And therein lies the lesson Of my
experiences. The investment Of money
in q musical education is nothing short
of a gamble. Voices are ruined by un-
scrupulous teachers Temperaments
fall short Of the demands made upon
them. Europe is strewn with wrecks
of fine American hopes, with women
and girls who do not dare to come home
and admit failure, or face those who
advanced the money required for train
ing abroad. My cas- is unusual only
in that l eventually found my niche,
and that a profitable, comfortable mi
A pathetically large number of disap-
pointed girls never arrive at all. If
mothers who ask me to encourage their
daughters in a musical career could
study the inside of student life abroad,
not its moral, but its professional and
economic, aspect, they would deliber-
ately stifle their daughters ambi-
tions."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
Women Travellers Expect Much.

Women Travellers Expect Much.
But for an interesting, discriminat.
ing and ~all-round exacting proposition
the lady patron is doubtless the win.
ner. She must always have a par)ox
hoor room. with bath, fronting the
street; plenty Of closet room. The
room must be large enough to accom-
modate a couple Of box-cars she calls
trunks. She will use three times ~
many towels as a man; keep the bAIl.
hops IN perpetual motion to answer her
calls. and make o complaints
about the temperature Of her room in
day than a man would in a month.
Hotel World.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
Mexican Plague Of Field Mica.

Manzanillo reports that a plague Of
ice has visited the fields in that SEQ
ton OF Colima and almost destroyed
the corr and rice crops. The rodents
have gnawed away at a rate that
alarmed the farmers and they have
appealed to the authorities for soma
means to e~xterminate them. whole
Fields Of corn have been moved down
and d farmers are at q loss how to
check the advance Of the mice to pre-
vent further loss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
BucephaIus,
The ~1endorfoot.
Ben hur

The arid, sun-scorched Landscape Of
Castor Flat was fading into the dis
lance when a large, lean man. smok'
ing a black cigar, dropped into the car
beside me.
Looks lonesome, don't it," he
asked, pointing an in~terrogative thumb
at the desolate waste of sage brush.
cactus and drifting sand visible from
the car window.
Lonesome. worthless and uninter-
esting-just a dried up sand heap with
q few spears Of cactus and sage brush
stuck around the edges. And yet, do
you know, l love It,"
He took the cigar from his mouth
and eyed it thoughtfully.
See those low hills way over yon.
der on the edge of the desert? l owned
a ranch over there once. There's wa
ter over there, and green grass and
trees, and the whole Great American
Desert for q dooryard.
well! Once a tenderfoot came out
here to grow a lung. He had four
trunks and a dog and I took him to
OCdiu. II uO6 . Aouo was Dcu x1uAs
He said it was a Boston terrier, but 1t
looked to me like a brindled bulldog
stunted in its growth. He also said 1t
was worth 5000. I don't know-he
might have been lying. Anyway, he
was a friendly little cuss, and inside Of
three days he and B~ucephalIs were
bosom friends.
"Bucephalus was my pet pig that
had the run Of the whole ranch, in
GLIDING the house. Used to follow me
around like a dog and curl up under
my chair and go to sleep when l set
on the porch after supper smoking my
pipe. He was long Of body and lean
of flank, with a t~ight-curled tail and q
voice that rivaled the dulcet tones Of
a steam siren in distress.
"One of the most sociable and in
teldgent pets l ever had-and spunky!
Only thing I ever knew him to be
afraid Of was thunder storms. When
a thunder storm came along, he'd
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
Of the procession. yelping like he had {
can tied to his tail.

Of the procession. yelping like he had Z
can tied to his tail.
II don't know how the RATHER came
to get mixed into the combination, but
he sure vas a good slayer. The ten.
derfoot was too scared to do anything
but run, and he'd got so in the habit
OF going eight times round the oval
that l reckon he didn't have sense
enough to switch on for the house.
Ducephalus was death on snakes
rattlers in particular-and was doing
his best to catch up, but the pace the
tenderfoot cut out was too swift, and
Ben Hur stayed IN the game, l guess,
because he vas too good q sport to
throw up his hands.
II watched 'em twice around the
oval and then l yelled at the tender
foot. Break fos the house, you IDIOT
He heard me, I guess, for he threw me
n agonized look as he Went by the
third time, but instead of heading for
the house he started plumb for the
middle Of the desert, SIX feet at q
Jump, and yelling every time his feet
touched the ground. And so l watched
them fading gently away toward the
purple sunset-the tenderfoot In ad-
vance. his pipe-stem legs working like
engine pistons. and his gaze fixed on
some illimitable distance yet to be at
tanned. Behind him toiled the rattler.
spurred by fear. Bucephalus, head
down and tight-coiled tail bobbing like
the white flag Of an antelope in fight,
pursued. Ben Hur, with his tongue
lolling In distress, galloped on behind,
protesting with spasmodic yelps at
every bound.
1T was a poem. symphony in mo-
ton. pastoral and yet tragic in its
theme. For hours I watched for their
return in vain. Days passed and they
did not come. The weeks glided into
months and the months into years.
and still l saw them not again. Wear.
lily I have watched in vain. Perhaps
some still moonlight night, wan
dering In the desert, I shall see them
pass. pale wraiths pursued by fear,
flashing meteorlike across my path
to disappear In the vast immensely OF
the night"
The stranger relapsed into medita-
tive silence. Anon he sighed. At the
next station I left him. still brooding
on the past.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08

sneak into the house and hide under
my bed, whimpering like a frightened
puppy.
We'll! The dry air and the good
grub seemed to agree with the tender
foot. and after he'd got his lung
sprouted he began to take exercise.
Laid out an oval running path back OF
the corral, like the ace tracks they
have back east. Eight laps to the
mile 1t was, and when he got 30 he
could Jog around 1t eight times in IL
minutes fiat without losing his breath
he was mighty tickled. Wore a red
sweater and a dinky little pair of knee
pants and shoes with nails an Inch
long in the soles. His legs was about
as big round as my thumb, and 1t got
to be a common sight to see a half
dozen cowboys sitting around on their
ponies watching him exercise his lung.
"~Bucephalus and Ben Hur took to
the game as natural as ducks take to
water. First you'd see the tenderfoot
come Looping along down the home
stretch with his head on the back Of
his neck and his elbows out, and back
Of him Bucephalus paving the sand
with his tail up. grunting at every
jump, and then Ben Hur with his
tongue hanging out and his little short
legs working overtime to keep up with
the procession. And all three of EN-
as serious as a funeral. Funniest sight
1 ever saw wake up nights even
now, laughing at 1t In my sleep.
"Only one thing disturbed the ten
derfoot's enjoyment. Snakes was the
particular fly in his ointment. Reckon
some n of his ancestors, way back,
must have been a monkey-he was
that afraid of them. And snakes are
about as scarce around the edge OF
the desert as flies around a molasses
jug. I've seen him Jump four feet in
the air when he heard a grasshopper
whirring, thinking 1t was a rattle
snake.
We'll! One day I was sitting on the
porch, smoking, peaceful and content
ed, when I heard the most awful
racket down by the running path.
Sounded like q fire and q riot and q
camp-meeting rolled into one. Reck
on l never made quite, such quick time
ii my life as I did getting to the place
of trouble. There was the tenderfoot,
piking around the oval at q 2:40 clip.
s~creeching like a boot owl, and about
ten feet behind him a rattlesnake half
as long as a telegraph pole, and be-
hind him Bucephalus, squealing like
he was stuck, and Ben HUI In the tail
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-03-08
European Model Villages.

The plan OF garden cities" has besn
taken up with great enthusiasm in
France and in many industrial centers
efforts have been made to follow the
English example Of establishing model
villages for work people. A big coal
mining company lear Douai has laid
out a splendid garden village and now
10 rendering more beautiful the ap-
proaches to the mines, masking the
unsightly shafts and engine houses
with rose gardens. u