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The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
Fewer Strong Men Found

DECRUITS in the army are deterior
N ating In physical standards since
the days of the Civil war, according
to Captain Harold w Jones and 9th
er officers of the army medical corps.
During a recent investigation meas
urements of 500 recruits were examin
ed, and 1t was found that the per
centage of strong men enlisted is by
far the lowest at the present day, only
33 per cent. as against 81 per cent.
in 1876
The men considered weak at the
present time are -43 per cent. as
against 10 per cent In 1875. At
tention is called to the fact that the
percentage OF foreign-born recruits
has fallen from more than SO per cent.
to about nine per cent. 1t is suggest
ed that many Of the recruits obtained
years ago were hardy German and
Irish emigrants of stocky build,
which may account for the great diff
ference in the percentage of strong
men.
Captain Jones says that many of the
present recruits from the country
districts of Louisiana, Alabama and
Mississippi are found to be Ill fed
and under weight, and that the uni
versal custom Of waving several
pounds under the minimum gets
many an undraped scarecrow into the
service"
I'VE must take the figures cautious
IT," says that officer AS ! have said.
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
DRAWN OVER FALLS

cannot. In the months of September
of dead water fowl are found every
morning below the fall, on the shore.
that the garrison of the fort for long
time live chiefly upon them; besides
the fowl they find also several sorts
of dead fish, also deer, bears and other
animals which have tried to cross the
water above the fall; the larger ami
amls are generally found broken to
pieces. ] was told at Oswego
that In October or thereabouts such
plenty of feathers are to be found here
below the falls, that man in days
time can gather enough of them for
several beds, which feathers they said
came off the birds killed at this fall
/ asked the French if this was true.
They told me they had never seen
such a thing; but that If the feathers
were picked off the dead birds, there
might be such a quantity"
Toward the close of the eighteenth
century, Isaac Weld, Jr., made the
following observations: Having
reached the margin of the river, we
proceeded toward the great fall. along
the strand, which for a considerable
part of the way thither consists of
horizontal beds of limestone rock, COW
cred with gravel, except, indeed,
where great piles of stones have fallen
horizontal beds Of rock, in some
places extend very far into the river,
forming points which break the force
of the current, and occasion strong
eddies along particular parts of the
shore Here great numbers Of the
bodies of fishes, squirrels, foxes and
various other animals, that, unable to
stem the current of the river above
the falls, have been carried down
them and consequently killed. are
washed up. The shore is likewise
found strewed with trees, and large
pieces of timber, that have been
swept away from the sawmills above
the falls and carried down the preci-
pice. The timber Is generally terribly
shattered, and the carcasses of all
the large animals. particularly of large
fishes, are found very much bruised.
A dreadful stencil arises from the
quantity of putrid matter lying on the
shore. and numbreless birds of prey.
attracted by it, are always seen hover
ing about the places.
These wild bears" might have been
ear-marked settlers swine run wild,
fact OF which Dewitt Clinton did
not apparently take cognizance when
he penned the following remarks:
This island Goat was formerly the
place where eagles erected their
aeries. as well on account of its seclu-
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

now looking at this matter from the
point of view of beauty, or trade, or
size. or antiquity; we are simply con-
sidering the point with regard to fame
and renown, whatever be its cause, as
operating to give the street the widest
degree of popularity. And, taking that
view of it, think we must at the start
rule out Whitehall and Oxford street
from the London half dozen, while
similarly the Nevski Prospect and the
Rue de Rivoli may be left out of the
European section. This decision would
reduce our number by four. thus leav-
ing US with sixteen, from which we
have yet to choose.
Now, though O'Connell street (late
Sackvi1le street,, Dublin, is one of the
most beautiful in our islands, and has
every characteristic Of grand thor
oughfare, | do not think 1t Is nearly
so well known outside this kingdom as
are several others in our list here So
we may, however reluctantly, put it
aside, too Probably, as the Bund of
Shanghai would hays to give way to
to the Fooschow road - popularity, we
can omit that also from earther consid-
GRAFTON here, famous as \ L. all over
the extreme east. Which bsSgs down
our still existing list to fourt,sea. But
the elimination of the neas two
streets from these is matter OF tsast
difficult decision
Burke street, Melbourne, may per-
haps be left out IN preference to Col
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
She Proves to Husband

ID REPRESENTATIVE Clayton of Ala
N bama dropped in on Postmaster
General Burleson the other day and
found him sweltering over some un-
pronounceable postoffice addresses.
He came to the rescue by telling of
some of his own experiences.
"One of my good frinds and sup
porters in all my races for congress.
Judge Clayton ayerred, had the
unique name of Doremus Erasmus
Cadwalader Riddlesperger. One
night. continued the Judge, Il went
to a country dance not far from my
home and among the dancers was q
Mr.. Pinkney Commilion, who had for
his fair partner Miss MahaIy Maholy-
back.
Mr.. Burieson seemed to doubt the
veracity CT the Alabama member.
That's moi ALL continued the
,dge sanng colorec Woman. snil-
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

TN the throng OF visitors at the
j executive offices the other day
President Wilson found two friends
of his boyhood days. the Misses Eliza
beth NJ. and Ellen D. Bellamy of VIII
mington, N C. The two sisters, well
advanced in age. were ushered into
the outer offices Just as the president,
according to his usual custom, began
shaking hands with the friends of con-
gressmen.
There he Is now" said one of the
sisters; II knew l could tell him, but
how old he has gotten. We used to
call him Tommy. l am afraid I'll call
him that yet"
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
Capital Is Taking on the Attributes Of Metropolis

throw the rinds out on the front
street. I've complained to the police
man ON the beat and he's done moth
ing. / Just want to find out what
we've got to submit tol"
What viii you do about that?" the
correspondent asked Mai. Sylvester
1T must go through the courts,
"But the policeman on that beat
shouldn't he have done somethingg
We'll investigate that. There are
regulations forbidding ball playing
and disorderIy conduct on the city
thoroughfares.'
Meanwhile the irate gentleman had
followed quiet-spoken individual who
had asked him to "come with me and
| make statement"
Then there is the tragic story of the
apartment house resident-the cIin
dweller of civilization One of these,
wooing greatly desired morning nap,
is awakened In the young hours of the
morning by the milkman. The milk
man has been awake these many
hours, and has absorbed all that ex-
ulldTdllOn WHICH, SO we dTS tOAOb uhaT
be extracted from the dawn. Having
absorbed said exhilaration. the milk
man proceeds to exude 1t again for the
benefit of all whom 1t may concern
whether the benefciaries desire Ii or
not.
Joyfully he scales the fire escape
and clumps through the halls. With
emphasis he deposits full bottle and
collects an empty one from each door.
With what breeziness does he retrace
his steps, cheerfully clanking the bas-
|, ket of empty bottles, and, mayhap.
whistling a little tune! Not loud
whistle. you know-just small, ire
pressible, exuberant whistle.
Br-r-r-rr Maledictions upon him!
But, at last, he is gone.
Then comes the ice man, clatter,
clatter, into the alley. Certain horses
must be addressed in loud and man
datory tones-else they will not stand
just right A swarm of boys must de-
liver ice in all directions, and call
across intervening space for instruc-
tions. But, at last, they, too, go.
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
Great Sacrifice of Animal Life in
Niagara Cataract.
Birds Especially Are Victims, While
Geese, Ducks and Squirrels, Foxes
and Bears Also Meet Death In
the Seethine Flood.

New xork.-The Niagara pitfan or
swan trap" as appropriately dubbed
at present, deservedly claims con-
siderable attention from the local
ornitholngists of that region, and their
reports have always been read with
decided avidity in ornithological cir
cles These observers, as do others
more remote, rue the fact of this al
most yearly sacrifice, yet they feel
their helplessnesse With many birds
and animals, it has been an ever re-
curing phenomenon which has been
noted more or less irregularly In the
historical literature of this country
These dozens or more buried notes
from sources not always easily acces.
sible to all biologists may be OF
enough pertinent historicali interest
to warrant their collection in one
article, Albert Hazen Wright says in
Forest and Stream.
The first and most extended account
is from a letter by Peter Kahn, who
wrote September 2, 1850, that several
of the French gentlemen told me that
when birds come flying into this fog
or smoak of the fall, they fall down
and perish in the water; either be
cause their wings become wet, or
that the noise of the fall astonishes
them, aud they know not where to
go In the dark; but others were OF
opinion, that seldom or never any bird
perishes there in that manner; be
cause, as they all agree, among the
abundance of birds found dead below
the falls, there are no other sorts than
such as live and swim frequently In
the water; as swans. geese, ducks,
water mems, teal and the like.
And very often great focks of them
are seen going to destruction in this
manner; they swim in the river above
the fall, and so are carried down lower
and lower by the water, and as water
fowl commonly delight in being car.
ried with the stream. SO here they
indulge themselves in enjoying this
pleasure so long, till the swiftness OF
the water becomes SO great that 1t is
no ionser possible for them to rise,
but they are driven down the preci-
pice and perish They are observed
when they draw nigh the fall to en-
deavor with all their might to take
wing and leave the water. but they
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

VxY xYASHINGTON.-'T used TO think
wv that Washington was the quiet
est big city in the world. sighed a
good old times person. and loved
1t on that account But now" The
sigh and the shake of the head were
eloquent
II memory serves, 1t was Mrs.
Adams, wife of the president, who
complained of Washington as will
derness. The streets, she said, were
composed of mud that covered the
hubs of the wheels of her carriage.
Probably, with such paving there
was practically no noise of traffic
likewise no traffic.
''The city protects its citizens from
unnecessary noises" said Maj Syl-
vester, "but as Washington each year
takes on more and more the attributes
OF metropolis the number of neces-
sary noises increases. No longer are
dogs permitted to bark nor roosters
to crow-neither of these being neces-
sary concomitants OF civic develop
ment. But the ringing of bells, the
blowing of whistles, all the traffic
warnfngs-these are the necessary
noises of busy people and must go on.
Only unnecessary disturbances can be
stopped"
Just then a man clustered into the
outer Office and demanded a copy of
the police regulations.
Il want" he said, ito find out what
we've got to submit to and what we
haven't. A crowd of boys congregates
in the alley back of our house. They
yell and howl there and play bali, and
they cut up the brooms that they find
In the alley entrances and use them
for bats They eat watermelons and
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

1.-The greatest book in the Bible,
and in the world, is the gospel of
John" declared Sir William Mitchell
Ramsay, Great Britain's foremost au-
thority on sacred history, the other
hight at the Moody church in Chicago.
"The gospel of John far surpasses
the gospel of Paul. The latter only
finds the heights of greatest spiritual
inspiration at odd intervals. He is
continually dropping from his high
level and suddenly soaring again.
Besides the writings of Paul, the
only book of the Bible fit to be COM
pared with the gospel of John in
point of excellence is Johns own book
of Revelation. This, however, has a
defect because of the animus against
the Roman empire which seems to
prevade 1t.
When 1t Is considered that at the
time this was written John was under
sentence OF hard labor at the Island
of Patmos, sentence which was
equivalent to one of death, 1T can be
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
STREETS OF NOTE
Nriter Names IL Of Worlds
Greatest Thoroughfares.
Iondon's Center of Book and News
psper Publishing Has Been
Awarded the Head-New York
is Given Fourth Place.

London.-Which are the twelve
most famous streets la the world? The
question Is extremely difficult to de-
termine, for there are two or three
factors to be taken into account, fac
tors which the average man is apt to
overlook when trying to solve the
problem. For one thing, a street, to
come within this category, must be
well known to folk of every civilized
nation, and not merely to those of the
country 1t belongs to. For another,
there must be a consensus of expert
opinion at least that this street is
worthy of being reckoned among the
worlds leading thoroughfares IN any
case; and thirdly, the name OF such a.
street, wherever the road may be.
must be one which men and women
recognize as soon as they hear 1t, or
at any rate 1t must be thus recognized
by very large percentage of travel
ers, readers and educated people
Taking those characteristics as our
guide, says writer in the London
Weekly Telegraph, 1t is probable that
the following list OF twenty includes
all the best known streets In the world,
and from these the dozen most famous
streets would doubtless have to be
chosen. The twenty celebrities Of
this sort include:
Regent street, London
Oxford street, London.
Strand, London.
Fleet street, London.
Cheapside, London.
Whitehall, London.
Princes street, Edinburgh
O'Connell street, Oxford.
High street, Oxford.
Champs Elysees, Paris.
Rue de Rivoli, Paris.
Unter den Linden, Berlin
Avenida, Lisbon.
Fooehow road, Shanghai
The Bund, Shanghai.
Nevsh Prospect, ST. Petersburg.
Collins street, Melbourne.
Burke street, Melbourne.
The Broadway, New York.
Fifth avenue, New York.
These include, as will be seen, nine
British streets, two French streets,
two American streets and one each in
Russia, Portugal and Germany. 1t
may be tsken as certain that no trav-
eler or person whose opinion was
based on real knowledge would deny
the claim Of these twenty to be reck-
oned amoNg the most famous streets
of the world, however much it might
~
category Of one or two others he IA
vored.
Hence, f,om this list / think we
should be able to pick out the chief
dozen after some trouble. We are not
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
ANTHONY COMsTOCk, FOE TO VICE

Like the good fairy who appears In
the nick of time. waves her wand
and confutes the powers of evil An
thony Comstock has again issued
forth and squelched another infraction
of the code OF deeeney. It is almost
staggering how wicked New York
would have become had there been
no godfather to civic morality in the
person OF the resoureeful and untir>
ing Mr.. Comstock But there he Is
still on the job, viTnlent, active, de-
spite his seventy years, a constant
foe to vice for almost h.=if a century
Storms OF abuse. calumny. hatred and
revenge have broken over him in the
years OF his labor and left him az
the mighty oak, tower of strength
to the righteous and living warning
TO those of uncIean minds and morals
Anthony Comstock began life as q
poor Connecticut boy on the firina
line IN the great struggle between
north and south, taking the place oi
i brother who was Killed at Gettys
8 to New York to sesk his fortune, he
eas than 81 ii his pockets, searcnina
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

sion. as its propinqufty TO the car
casses below the falls. Scme years
ago a large deer was seen for two or
three weeks wading short distance
into the rapids from this island, and
retreating. He had been drifted down
from above, and not knowing the safe
passage to the shore, he no doubt was
carried over the falls. Volley says
that he found at the bottom of the
precipice the carcasses of some deer.
and wild bears which the current had
hurried down the cataract on thefS
attempting to swim across the river
above it,
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
Devotion
Her WifeIy

Ing and jolly-looking, came TO our
house one day bearing fat little In
FAINT of the female sex. The proud
mother on being asked the name ef
her offspring replied:
You know dat loves ma husband.
! sho' am awful fond OF dat man, and
so called our baby q name to show
how much my love Is TO- its father.
named 1t Truly Thine Ows. :.
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

Inns street, if we are only to include
one Australian road, as seems most
likely now And, since London street
is almost sure TO be the unlucky ''thir-
teenth" which has to go, certainly
think we must give the preference to
the Strand over Cheapside. There can
be no two opinions as to which street
is best known and most recognized by
name and fame among the millions of
our colonial cousins and foreign
friends who have never visited any
part of these islands. The immense
number of books, papers and maga-
zines emananating from Fleet street
have won it popularity abroad in a
wonderful way. In spots which never
heard of Cheapside, grand, hoary and
historic as that dear old street Is with
us in this land.
So / think our dozen most famous
streets of the world would be the fol-
lowing, probably in the order here
given:
Fleet street, London. v
Regent street, London.
Champs Elysees, Paris.
Broadway, New York.
Strand, London.
Fifth avenue, New York.
Avenida, Lisbon.
Princes street, Edinburgh
High street, Oxford.
Inter den Linden, Berlin.
Cof:9s street, Melbourne.
Fooctfozy .esa2. Shanghai
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
THAH REPAYS A KINDNESS
Him His Overcoat the Day He
Was Deported.

Montreal, Que.-A check for $50 has
been sent by Harry K. Thaw to F. Gar
ceau, an immigration officer at Coatt-
cook, for a kindness shown to the
Matteawan fugitive the day he was de-
ported. Garceau was the man who
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

His father was watching him, and
seized with fit of ungoversable pas
sion, he took an ax~and chopped of
the boys head The mother, who was
bathing an infant in the next room.
heard the noise and coming in saw
the child's head roll on the floor. She
fell unconscious, and msanwhile the
baby. left unattended ia IT'S bath. was
drowned Jvakovic was arrested
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

ran to get an overcoat for Thaw on
the cold morning when he was rushed
across the boundary into the United
States Thaw sat shivering in an au-
tomobile and Garceau hurried into the
station and got his own overcoat for
him. Thaw sent a letter of thanks ia
Garceau with the check.
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
SEWERS HIS cHlLD,s HEAD
Mother Falls Unconscious, Leaving
Small Eaby to Drown After Fa-
ther Commits Horrible Crime.

vienna. A shocking domestic trag-
edy. involving the death of two small
children. has occurred at Pakracz.
Hungard A peasant named Stevo
Jvakovic hid soma banknotes under .
cushion They were found BY his son.
child of three. vho acciS ,ntally tore
ono
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

There Is only one man In congress
who starts to speak with peroration
on his lips. The rest of them all
have to take running start, get up
speed, throw in the high gears and
with closed eyes and clinched teeth
go ripping into the peroration with
the flourish of circus rider jumping g
through a burning hoop.
But not Finley Gray of Indiana
When he speaks the house stands
still. He gets more applause than
any ten men on either side combined.
He knows all the gestures and all
the positions. Just listen to the
speech he made when Carter Glass
gave him one minute-just one little
minute Could you imagine any one
working up a peroration in one min
ute? 1t would take about eight weeks
for most people, and by that time the
audience would have been dead. But
let Mr. Gray speak. He was referring
TO the tariff bill:
"Mr. Speaker, it has always been
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

question there
torrid
the
and been gathered in the
with wang winds and naked woods
t.
pledges the people, ready
vote o. question"
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
Aaed invalid marries 4is Nurse.

Baltimore, Md-Dr Frederick ]. S.
Gorgas, an invalid from paralysis. aged
eighty. and Miss Sarah b. Schwartz
fifty-three, of Harrisburg. Pa, were
married here Miss Schwartz was the
Doctors nurse for three years.
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
Cut Funeral Bill In Half.

washington. = Comptroller OF the
Treasury George E. Downey cut a
funeral bill of s198 in half He said
hearse and a hack were enough for
a decent funeral.
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15


i n
trade MISUNDERSTANDING misrepresentation get into print
the full Of wrath threatening
Then 1t Is diplomacy intercourse between
which Is certainly the chief
Diplomacy peacemaking
But of is confined settling disputes and
making quarrels That is only of its
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

maintain attitude
OF Gods
which makes
gospel his
The gospel
well animated with
tofv victory.n Il is he greatest the world"
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
In Freshen Vegetables.

To freshen green vegetables. cul
of the ends of the stalks and all un
tidy, decayed bits and leave in cold
salt and water for shree Or fous
hours.
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15
SAYS DIPLOMATS NEED NOT LIE

Dr. Henry Van Dyke, recently ap-
pointed minister to the Netherlands,
just before his departure for Europe.
said:
There was a time when the popu-
lar idea Of diplomacy might have
beeS-llvsscE1bed as game of skill
between accomplished liars
Perhaps there was as much JUS
tification for that ancient idea as
there was for the old notion that
business was device for getting the
best of your neighbor without break
In the law.
"At all events, both of these no
lions are worn out now. A man cant
stay in business unless he delivers
MS goods up to sample A diplomat
can't hold his place unless he speaks
the truth
"But he must speak it politely.
Consequently, he must learn to
listen as well as to talk And he
must not say more than he means,
as most people are inclined to do
The sea coast echo., 1913-11-15

Al woman won't stand for anyone
else abusing her husband. THAT is her
exclusive privilege
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-26
YOUR FRfCKIES
Need Attention in February and
March or Face May Stay
Covered,

Now is the time to take special
care of the complexion if you wish
it to look well the rest of the year.
The February and March winds
have a strong tendency to bring
out freckles that may stay all
summer unless removed. Now is
the time to use othine-double
strength.
This pre-, cription for the re-
moval of freckles is the discovery
of an eminent skin specialist, and
is so uniformly successful that it
is sold by w. S. Lloyd under
guarantee to refund the money if
it fails. Get an ounce of othine-
double strength, and even few
applications should show won
derful Improvement, some of the
smaller freckles even vanishing
entirely. 34-3S &c.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-26

the plants begin to prick above the
ground the cultivator is used, cul-
tivating very shallow the first time,
in order that it will not injure the
plants. This shallow cultivation
within a few days is followed by a
deep one, the main thing in all
treatments being to keep the soil
porous
During the past three years
Jackman's potato crop has yielded
him an average of 500 per acre.
This source of income alone is
commendable, considering tn a t
there are Is good producing acres
of potatoes.