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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
Always f •
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Thirty Years
CASTORIA
Exact Copy of Wrapper. the cehtaub compamy. new yobk city.
Wc are makers of the doth only.y
1 L STIFEL & SONS. Indigo Dyers and Printers
Church Street ’ New Y ° rk
The plumber is the only man that is
by hitting the pipe.
Freshen a Heavy Skin
With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti
cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented convenient, economical face,
skin, baby and dusting powder and
perfume. Renders other perfumes su
perfluous. One of the Cuticura Toilet
'Trio (Soap. Ointment. Talcum). —Adv,
Thought It Was a “Chaser.”
“This railway claims to have the
smoothest roadbed in the country.”
“What's that to me?” asked the
grouchy traveler.
“Stand a glass of water on the win
dow sill and not a drop will spill out.”
“Umph I 1 tried that and an inquisi
tive stranger watched me for half an
hour to see if L was going to violate
the prohibition law.”—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Most Saving Man is Found.
Hats off to the world’s most econom
ical man, discovered on Broadway, op
posite Wanamaker's! A friend had
just given him a cigar and was about
to light a match when he halted the
•sinful waste of good lumber. Drawing
a magnifying glass from his pocket he
■concentrated the rays of the sun on
the tip of his cigar, toon t wisp of
asmoke curled up.—New York Sun.
A certain amount of ignorance is
necessary to our enjoyment of our ex
istence.
I Coffee Drinkers I
I are often annoyed by I
I headaches, nervousness I
I or other ills traceable to I
I coffee drinking. I
I "When coffee disagrees, the I
I thing to do is to quit coffee I
I and drink ' I
I Instant I
POSTUM
I Ten days will tell whether I
1 the change is beneficial. I
I "There's a Reason’ I
L® Made by Postum Cereal Cojnc* I
Battle Creek. Mich. |
DISCOVERY CAME TOO LATE
Detective Forced to Admit He Was
Slow in Ferreting Out Gross
Case of Fraud.
While they waited for the train two
passengers got into conversation.
Presently one disclosed the fact that
he was a detective, and the other was
naturally greatly interested.
“I suppose you have an exciting
time!” he exclaimed.
“Yes, I must say I have had my
share of it,” owned the sleuth.
“Discovered a great many gigantic
frauds, I suppose?” invited the other,
hoping for strange yarns to while away
the time.
“I should say so.” the detective re
plied. Between you and me, the most
complete case of fraud I ever saw was
a woman, young and pretty. I would
have been ready to swear she was
an angel. But she has a temper like
a whirlwind, and is as cunning as a
serpent.”
“How did you discover her true
character?”
“I married her.”
Must Have.
“The joy of life consists in loving
your work.”
“The bottler, for instance, has a
corking lime.” Louisville Courier-
Journal.
Why isn’t the difference of opinion
the greatest common divisor?
*4 Mciwq'Tdles
JpjMS Bq a Lieutenant in the
United Slates Uavij ’
" C ** MU— Admm
GAS CHECK
HOW simple each is!
That incandescent globe over
your head —yet man had mastered
electricity for years before he knew a
charged wire in vacuum would give
such brilliancy. That differential on
your rear auto axle —yet rear axles
were abominations before genius
equalized turning speeds by a triplet
gear of utter simplicity.
Life is full of mechanical miracles.
We take them for granted.
Gas-checks belong to the class. After
four years of war every one knows
what a gas-check Is. Fits in the gun,
you know, to prevent flare-back or
leakage of powder gas on firing.
Breech-plug Is Just a round chunk
of steel threaded to screw into the
gun’s back end after loading. It Is
pierced by a small hole in its center.
Mushroom stem fits into this hole.
It really looks like a mushroom Just
big enough to enter the gun. When
explosion rocks the earth and sours
Mrs. Jones milk ten miles away the
projectile gets an awful boot in its
rear. The mushroom’s face filling the
breech gets an equal and opposite boot.
Gases do the booting. Fiery, furious
masses of gases, rending heaven and
earth asunder to escape. It’s the heat
of their passionate desire that gives
the shell its kick. Were there any
other avenue of escape never would
they bother with a half-ton shell.
So breech must be sealed tight. Be
tween mushroom and plug is put a pad
of Go per cent asbestos and 35 per
cent tallow worked up into a solid cir
cular form. Volcanic pressure upon
mushroom face squeezes the pad
against the plug. In helpless agony
its edges protrude. They squash
against the gun tube and check effectu
ally escape of gas. Hence, gas-check
pad.
But that is common knowledge. The
interesting point is historical. Naval
guns stuck over the side. To load
them muzzle-ways running-in was once
necessary. But running-in took time.
So our worthy forbears built breech
loaders. Whiskers were then in vogue.
Alas, the cruelty of war! Breech load
ers worked to beat the band. But the
very first broadside scorched side
burns, goatees, raoustachios, and “chln
ners,” from their proud owners’ chins
and cheeks.
Gases did It. Gases that leaked
through the unsealed breeches.
In consequence breech-loaders were
pronounced failures. So powerful is
fashion. And for years and years our
whiskered man-o’-warsman feared
them.
Until the simple expedient of gas
check came. But isn’t it the irony of
fate that one sees smooth-faced sail
ors now? The great discovery came
too late.
Too late for whiskers, yes.
JACOB JONES
JOHN PAUL, don’t they mean?” said
everyone when the U. S. S. Jacob
Jones was sunk.
No, there was no mistake. This
destroyer was named after another
naval hero nearly a generation young
er than the illustrious founder of our
navy.
“Jlggy.” as our friends are said to
have called him, had an extraordinary
career. His education was unique in
that he began as a doctor, shifted to
law. and finally showed his good sense
by joining the navy.
He was first heard of near Smyrna,
Delaware, in 17G8 where his feverish
father was prancing up and down the
front porch taking two to one money
on Jake’s being twins or a girl.
After 31 years of the hardships of
civil life he entered naval life as a
midshipman. His first ship was the
frigate United States on which he
served in the French war and learned
how to dodge cannon balls and scurvy.
In 1803 he transferred to the Phil
adelphia in time to get in the Barbary
pirates’ row. Ignominously the vessel
grounded in the harbor of Tripoli and
Jlggy became a prisoner of war.
After 20 mouths in the Jug he was
released. On bis return and after he
had blown In all the money he had on
the books, he put in a placid cruise
In southern waters on the “Adams”
and on the “Argus.”
In 1810 be became skipper of the
“Wasp.” First crack out of the box
he captured the brig “Dolphin” and
not long afterward the British war
ship “Frolic.” The latter engagement
was pretty much of a brawl and Jig
gy’s ship got all cut up. But as luck
would have it the enemy’s 74-gun
“Polctiers” butted in at this moment
and captured our hero and his cap
tives as well.
He was paroled in Bermuda where
he put on a great deal of flesh while
waiting for a chance to make some
more history.
For some years afterward he fooled
about with several big ships without
having any great opportunity to dis
tinguish himself. Finally he took the
“Macedonian” to the Mediterranean
but was captured by an Algerine brig
and for the fourth time cast into a
dungeon.
After peace was declared he com
manded the Mediterranean squadron,
ran a navy yard, and had other mis
BATCH OF SMILES
, Yeast
Knicker —Ton can't eat your cake
|nd have It, too.
Booker —Well, yon can drink it
Lack of Harmony.
**A red face and a scarlet nose were
considered signs of Intoxicating hab
its.”
“That was add, considering the fact
temptation is a cardinal virtue.”
THE SEA COAST ECHO. BAY ST. LOITIS, MISSISSIPPI
cellaneous jobs. He topped off by be
ing commandant of the naval asyluit
in Philadelphia, which was the mos 1
miscellaneous job of all.
He died in 1852 at the age of 81
and was buried with appropriate hon
ors in the Brandywine cemetery, Wil
mington.
SMOKERS
FOR genuine resourcefulness and
Initiative the American bluejackel
has no equal the world over. Give hire
half a chance, the skinniest hint of an
idea, and you’ll get more action than a
two-tailed comet.
Smokers prove it. The fleet has
them Saturday nights now and then.
They’re like stag parties ashore In a
way. But think of a thousand stags
and half a thousand guests! Picture
them young and vigorous, and curbing
the ardor of their spirits by the same
strength of restraint that gives them
to fight like men.
The band plays and the movies
move, and the Irish bosun warbles his
seagoing best. Up goes a tremenjus
roar. “The heavy-weight champeen of
the North Atlantic fleet!” bellows an
official announcer. Follow six vicious
rounds In a tarred rope circle, decks
sanded for blood as of old.
But it’s most fun to trade with an
other nation. In Cherbourg some years
ago ten tarry Poilus visited the flagship
as a committee to Invite the crews of
American men-of-war to a Christmas
celebration ashore.
There was no volunteering. All
hands knew the fun to come. Lots had
to be drawn. On the gala night two
hundred husky descendants of La
fayette’s “chores amis” lined the Cher
bourg quay and lockstepped up to the
town hall.
For tlie evening ropes were down.
Light wines and beer flowed freely.
Great heaps of cakes, pastry such as
only French maids can make, disap
peared as if by the wand of a fairy.
To say ’twas merry is like calling
molten metal “warm.”
A giant Christmas tree stood at one
end. Constellations of colored candles
sparkled through its branches from
top to bottom. Under each candle
hung a package, one gift for each
guest.
“S-h-h-h.” A French host held up
his hand. “Dear friends, it is beauti
ful this night that you should be joy
ful with us. Now,” pointing gracefully
toward the tree, “shall we have the
presents?”
The brief speech was well said. But
unfortunately it was In French, a
language not commonly spoken In our
great navy. And unfortunately one of
them started forward.
Instant action resulted. The Yankees
charged. They swept the tree from Its
moorings. They swept It through the
great hall's after window, in a roar
ing rollicking mob they swept It down
the street and into their waiting boats.
Call it rude and rowdy. Sniff and
turn away. You’re wrong. That was
the grandest example of resource and
initiative some of us will ever know.
OLD INVENTIONS
WE LIVE too much In the present.
We call ours a spectacular age.
We call it our age. We are wrong,
egolstically In error. And our egoism
blinds us to what has gone before.
Men marvel at the precision of
modern artillery fire. The miracle —so
they say—which makes this possible Is
the aircraft spotting. Men rise high
above the target trenches and observe
directly the flight and fall of projec
tiles. By wireless to the guns ranges
are corrected to put the next salvo
crashing over the enemy.
“My!” we ejaculate with fatuous
confoundment. “how marvelous It is!”
And yet if we took the trouble to pry
a musty volume from our shelf we
could read the identical story already
half a century old. When Commodore
Foote bombarded Island No. 10 In the
Mississippi river he sent up a naval
officer In his kite balloon, the Eagle.
From an altitude of some 2,000 feet
the birdman (old papers used the
term) discovered that his guns were
shooting high. He signalled changes
of range until they “bulled.”
We shivered and shook, or some of
us did. over the sudden submarine on
slaught which struck the World we
frightful ness. Yet our own strategists
planned and in part executed just such
a blockade along the coast of our
southern states. The U-boats used by
the Germans embodied the substance
of American inventions.
With goose-flesh and gloom we
studied lurid portrayals of the night
attacks abroad. Yet our very own War
department equipped Its signal forces
In 1863 with powerful oxy-hydrogen or
calcium lights “by means of which a
force of 2,000 men could work at night
as well as by daylight.” A good imi
tation of the modern star-shell could
he dropped from the aerostats. And
both white and colored signal torches
were sent up by small balloons. Final
ly the observer could telegraph direct
from his basket to the commanding
colonel five miles away.
All this taught the Confederates to
use (camouflage. They used dummy
guns and put up green branches to
conceal the real ones. In one part of
the lines 300 men were engaged in this
work.
Learning the Ropes.
Belie —What Is a blanket ballot?
Nell —I suppose it is what they
spread over the returns with.
Exactly.
She —They have a course at our col
lege on how to select and keep help.
He —The hire education, eh?
Ought to Be Good.
“The young baker yon knew went
on the stage in diameter parts."
“How did his roles (MM) out r
‘ROAD *
BUILDING
FUNDS FOR PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Sum of $97,000,000 Will Be Divided
Among States in Proportion
to Population.
“The last apportionment of federal
funds to the state in road construc
tion under the existing federal-aid act
became available July 1,” said Mr.
McDonald, chief of the bureau of pub
lic roads.
“This is the largest apportionment
yet certified under the Federal aid act,
amounting to $100,000,000, three-quar
ters of which is derived from the ap
propriation of 1919 and $25,000,000
from the original appropriation of
1916. A deduction of $3,000,000. or 3
per cent of the funds, will be made
to provide for the expense of admin
istering the federal aid act by the
Department of Agriculture. The bal
ance of $97,000,000 will be divided
among the states in proportion to their
population, area, and mileage of post
roads.
“Under the law the states are re
quired to enter into formal agreements
with the secretary of agriculture for
the construction upon which this mon
ey is to be used before July 1, 1922.
Any money which is not taken up be
fore that time will be reapportioned
among all the states in the same man
ner in which the original apportion
ments are made. All previous appor
tionments have been taken up In the
time allotted, and it is not likely that
the states will fail to absorb this last
apportionment. To do so, however,
will mean that the states must sur
vey, plan, and let contracts for at
least $200,000,000 worth of federal aid
road construction m the next two
years,
“If the states continue to pay more
than 50 per cent of the cost, as they
have in the past, the cost of the roads
constructed with this last anportion-
JS
Good Roads Mean Greater Rural Com
fort and Prosperity.
ment may reach $250,000,000. In other
words, it will be necessarj' to plan
for construction at the rate of at least
$100,000,000 and probably more per
year. Some appreciation of what that
means may be gleaned from the fact
that In 1915 the expenditure for all
roads in the United States, construct
ed under state supervision, was only
$80,000,000.
“Since 1915, however, state highway
departments have been greatly expand
ed, and elhcieat machinery has been
developed which will undoubtedly be
able to handle the greater volume of
work.
“The states have had four years in
which to prepare for the expenditure
of the large funds which now become
available. They expect to be able to
handle them. What Is of greater con
cern to them at this time is the con
dition which may result if federal ap
propriations are permitted to lapse.
The highway departments should know
at least a year in advance what funds
j are to be available in order that plans
' may be made for future construction.
Unless, therefore, further federal ac
tion is taken in the coming year, the
■ states will be left in doubt as to the
I future policy of the government, and
I the amount of money they must be
prepared to expend. Such a contingen
cy would involve a serious setback to
j the progress of road construction, and
i should be avoided by early congres
| sional action.”
POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE
Farmers Cannot Haul Produce to
Market When Prices Are High
on Account of Highways.
It is a well-established fact that
market prices /or even staple crops
vary considerably throughout the year.
! Where bad roads prevail, farmers are
i frequently unable to avail themselves
jof favorable prices. It is common for
farmers to find that they cannot haul
their produce to market when prices
are highest, because the roads are im
passable.
Federal Aid Helps Poor States.
Do you know what federal aid in
road building and other things does?
It makes the rich and prosperous
states contribute to the poor and back
ward states. .
Texas Leads In Building.
Texas leads the country in the
amount authorized for good roads, with
bond Issues totaling $44,708,000.
Provide Free Range.
When possible free range should Ik
provided for the breeding stock.
Pullets for Winter Eggs.
If given proper care the early
hatched pullets are the ones that can
be depended upon to produce early
winter eggs.
Location for Hen House.
Locate the poultry house near the
other buildings on the farm, so the
fowls may be conveniently visited.
Deliver by Parcel Post.
Poultry products could also be de
livered by parcel post if one need*
to extend his worklne territory.
FOB GOBI rt'lUl'lvl TUBS AGO
_., ...
■PH Keeps the Medicine with Her for Safety
Mrs, Carl Linder, R. E, D. No. 2, Box 44,
Dassel, Minnesota, writes: “I want to thank
you for your kindness and the good your
BPI remedy did mo years ago. lam perfectly
well and visiting in Spokane, Wash. Were it
not for Pe-ru-na I would not have been able
.T;‘'v2\' J&Pj to make this trip. I always take your tnedi
cine with me for safety should I take cold.
Praise to Pe-ru-na.”
■M. UL una As an emergency remedy for everyday ills,
I. P. a. Ms. t. ta 44. Pe-ru-na has been in use hfty years.
TABLETS 01IM0ID SOU EYUTWHEIE
JA ■■
Early rising has nothing to do with
accumulating a fortune.
MOTHER!
"California Syrup of Figs*
Child’s Best Laxative
Accept “California” Syrup of Figs
•nly —look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less physic for the little stomach, liver
and bowels. Children love Its fruity
taste. Full directions on each bottle.
Y’ou must say “California.” —Adv.
The peanut politician should not
complain if he gels roasted.
|( You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best
Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain—the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal N preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says “Take for
example Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, a
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re
sults, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so large a
•ale.”
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of Dr,
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
•o many people claim, that it fulfills al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri
nary' troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
Dr. Kilmer & Cos., Binghamton, N. Y.,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottle*
tor sale at all drug stores.—Adv.
Spain has fewer daily papers than
any other European country.
ASPIRIN
Name “Bayer” on Genuine
Beware! Unless you see the name
“Bayer” on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds, Headache, Neural
gia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
Lump go, and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of As
pirin cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of
Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
—Adv.
WeTl say that, in poetry, if some
thing isn’t opalescent it’s mauve.
DYE RIGHT
Buy only “Diamond Dyes”
Each package of “Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple that any
woman can diamond-dye worn, shabby
skirts, waists, dresses, coats, gloves,
stockings sweaters, draperies every
thing. whether wool, silk, linen, cotton
or mixed goods, new, rich fadeless col
ors. Have druggist show you “Dia
mond Dyes Color Card.” —Adv.
The cat may have nine lives, but for
tunately It has few biographers.
Constipation generally Indicate* disordered
stomach, liver and bowela Wright** ladlaa
Vegetable PUto restore regularity without
griping-—Adv.
If caught with a cramp while swim
ming. He on the back and float.
W^^Jfnot^X
<gjve -them I
I Bee Dee I
I S,c se&SSS Ury I
I The old reliable I
I BLACK-DRAUGHT E
I lor Stock and poultry tf
| Ask your merchant!
I pltrchantS: ask your Jcbßeris I
p sSßmam about BCC JOCCI B
Bjj jjft { I k T |l I
:|| Bp j T I1 M i gf* |y I yg
I When Stomachs do their work,— I
I and Bowels move naturally.
: c DR. TUTFS LIVER PILLS
I make the stomach digest fond I
I and Bowels move as they shonld. |
HOW DOCTORS
TREAT COLDS
AND THE FLU
First Step in Treatment Is a Brisk
Purgative With Calotabs, tha
Purified and Refined Calomel
Tablets that are Nausea
less, Safe and Sure.
Doctors have found by experieaee
that no medicine for colds and influ
enza can be depended upon for full ef
fectiveness until the liver is made thor
oughly active. That is why the first
step in. the treartment is the new, nausea
less colomel tablets called Calotabs
whieh are free from the sickening ana
weakening effects of the old style calo
mel. Doctors also point out the fact
that an active liver may go a long way
towards preventing influenza and i* on*
of the most important factors in en
abling the patient to successfully with
stand an attack and ward off pneu
monia.
One Calotab on the tongue at bed
time with a swallow of water —that’s
all. No salts, no nausea nor the slight
est interference with your eating, pleas
ure or work. Next morning your cold
has vanished, your liver is active, your
system is purified, and you are feeling
fine, with a hearty appetite for break-
Druggists sell Calotabs only in
original sealed packages, price thirty
five cents. Your money will be cheer
fully refunded if you do not find them
deli ghtf ul. —(Adv.)
■"“I :1. —“*
WlU* lju
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Vaseline
Reg. U S. Pat, Off
CARBOLATED
PETROLEUM JELLY
Acleancounter
irritant for
scratches.cuts,
etc. Healing
and antiseptic
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES
CHESEBEOUGH MFC CQ
(CONSOLIDATED)
State Street Ncw^fcrk
LUNG-A-TONE
Alcohol Not Over 16 Per Cent
For stubborn and persistent coughs,
colds, bronchitis, sore throat, hoarseness
and coughs of long standing. Highly
recommended for after-effect of influenza
or “flu.”
Dose: One to two teaspoons
ful every three or four hours.
Asa tonic, three times a dap.
PREPARED BY
MALADINE LABORATORIES
ATLANTA. GEORGIA
■mi Wo guarantee to teach yon the Brt> Tada;
BjUt Kbolwi complete In 4 weeks; Income *Mi4
learning; we own abope; paring position* gmmrmjt
teed. Jacksonville Berber College, Jaok*onvul*l'la.
FEABLg BOIfUHT —20 years In business t
this city. I pay cash for them. Use regis
tered mall. FRANK P. Was 4* Libert*
Street, New To rk City.
AGENTS—Quit canvassing and go Into the
M. O. business. Plana and sample beat-sell*
iagr nrtlcle o. M. U. Pratt. Manatee. Fla>
W.N.U., BIRMINGHAM, NO. SO-IM

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