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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09

Succession De Marguerite Irahaa.
TN vertu dun ordre de l'Hon.
- Cour du SINE District jude
clare de ia Louisiana, dams ct pour
Ia Paroisse Caloasieu, il sera ottert
en- Yente pubhque, au plus ofirant
ct dernier encherisseur, par le sous
signe Administration, Ga par M
Encanteur dument commissioner,
d Ia deEniera residence de "a dita
defunte, en- cette Paroisse, le
samedi, % Mai, 1858,
toutes les proprietes situes EN- cetta
Paroisse, appartanant D ID sacces-
sion de Marguerite Trahan, deee-
dee, ct maintenant en- communauta
entze SON epoux suryivant, Michel
ElandeT, ets les heIEisseegs als n alta
definite, sayoirs
AHaeli0Y0tiOIas sur
une terre publique, deGnieEe resi-
denoe de III defunte: SIS tetes a.
betes douces, So tetes dc betes
farouches. chevaux De vaehegie 5
8 paire de b0anfs; c0chons mer-
bles az maision ustensiles ca osEI-
sine, &c., 40.
TgRsfFs Er ConIEH0gs .A I'M
credit dun. deux ed tr0is. du Jour
de Ia yenta les acquaEeurs tours
nissant lenra hillets avec securite
personnel ct solidaire, payable eu
dit Michei ElendaR. kdmnlis sra-
tanr, ON 8 SON OrtsYe, pQrtant M
ferret a 5 pour cent lan 20 maturR.
e. It'll guau Placement flnak
MICHEL lIsA,
Asl1i Ei8s
Iao Charles q aEai 1858
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09

In Bridgeport, recently, a physi-
clan was called to attend Z SICK
child troubled with worms He
gave directions to give the child
grated cheese. The parents neg
1eoted to do 50 and death ensued.
IA post norton was held, and a ball
Of worms found in the passage
way to the stomach. The doctor
called fora piece Of cheese, and
the moment il was placed near the
worms they separated and scat
tered.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09

Al Blue HoBsE.The Blue
Horse. now on exhibition in Lon
don, ii fourteen and d half hands
HIGH, and has no trace Of hair or
roots Of hair,on any parts Of its
body; it's skin is smooth and
delicate, feeling to the touch like
india rubber, and very warm, and
forms ia curious wrinkles when the
animal moves. 1t is of a purpish
gray color over the greater part
Of the body (; its face is buff, and
there is q large patch of the same
color over half the back, with
numerous blotches the tail re-
sembles that Of a pig. AT a dis
lance it looks ais If formed of some
variety Of rare marble. 1T was
obtained by Mr.. Lashmar, a mer-
chant, In 1860, on The Gaboon
river, from herd of quaggas, and
sent to the Cape. 1T was brought
over to England ia 1868, broken in
at Astley's, and afterwards ridden
three parts Of a season with Lord
Stanford's hounds. lit has been
examined by Prof Spooner, Of the
Veterinary college, who pronounced
1t to be eight years old, and who al
SO delivered a lecture on it to his
1aI7ni1s TIA does we'll in harness
but being entirely naked, requires
warm clothing. Its symmetrioally
formed. When first captured it
was blue all over, with the excep-
ton Of one foot; but the blue
gradually diminished after it was
brought to England, and the owner
thinks in time it will lose it entire
ly. He washes it daily In cold
water, which, he says, is necessary
to keep it In health.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09
so-Is cneranr q lI1enfs

Soils cEkevamx et sEzHaemfs
faFonches, (plue o. aa5ins pieux Dc
iardin. et autras articles
TEaMEs 81 CoNDul0Es
A On, deux ct trois ans De CREDIT
din Jour 6e la vente; les acqu6reurs
fournissant leurs billets aveC SECURE
t6 soIvabls ct sOlidaire, a Is satisfac-
ton de PAdministrateur, ct rssidents
de celtic Par0isses payable an dit
Administrator, on son ordre, q SON
dolniciI, portant inter8t raisOn de-
8 pour cent Pan de marurit6 iusqR'a
parfait paienent; IA terre demeurant
sp6ciaIement hypoth6qu6e. ct Privi-
lege du vendeur Fatenu jusqnA plein
ct enter paieneat du principal 81 dcs
inter8ts qui pouFront s'accToitre.
ISAAC VINCENT, admir-.
Lac Charles, 8 Mai, 1868.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09

The man who couldn't stand II
any longer has taken D seat and
now feels quite comfortable.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09

We know as well as we can
know anything, that the rights Of
the State and the liberties Of the
citizens must be restored by the
doctrines and the labors Of the
Jeffersonians, and these are now
to be- found ii the Great Valley.
The selfish interests Of the Attain
tic coast are for Capitalization so
strongly that the Democracy there
will grow weaker until tits rescued
by the robust and enlightened
bravery Of the agricultural States.
1T seems not impossible that hber-
ty and the Constitution VIII cost
Us a physical struggle, but if 50,
the parties to it VIII be separated
by Longitude and not BY latitude.
Cincinnati Vest and South.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09

Jack, your wife Is not so pen-
assua ae she uaad kn he.n No she
has legs Oh that and turned ex-
So 81
t3etkSkfNs
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09
school Service at Home.
:. Ia. What IS q radieal ~

Ia, W&lab is q IdClGda
A radical is q rapacious am
NAL Of the genus homo" d ma
tive Of the New England States,
but occasionally found In the
Middle and Western States !; a
Satanic spawn Of Puritan parant-
ace conceived iii sin born il
iniuuitY nursed at the breast oi
jealousy and sell esteem rocked
~ tha cradle Of nraindice and
intolerance educated ia the school
81 low cunning and foul play, and
lives by private plumber.
Now, my son, since ] have
defined radical, let me hear you
parse it,
Radical is d compound uncon-
stitutional noun black IN person
deohning in number African
gender and desperate case; gov
erned by the negro, according Il
Puritan rule on ignoramus gov
erns smother,
oThat VIII do my son catch
yonr pony and take . ride.
ENQUIRER.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09

"A little boy at Sunday School
being asked, /" What is the chief
una ST man S'' replied, The end
what's got thA head On. An ap-
piication Of birch convinced hlm
IL ii A. &f.e akaess&
tStStt s1la neag 44sskssi4e A3 t4Ae
end bat i wasn't the one which
hAu most snaNk
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-05-09

UlIIik1tlIi EIE IElINIAhEt,
Administrator.
Lake Charles, May 8, 1868.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13
THE BARNACLEs FAMILY.

The exposed lodges of the seaside are
often found swarming with yellow barnacles
that turn white at low tide, by exposure to
the SUM- These little sentient animals,
though displaying to the eye at first no sign
oflife, closely cooked in these houses of shell,
know well enough how to make their living,
and where to paddle their own canoe, :"
In the adjoining pools Of clear water we
behold them with their mouths thrown open,
and their feelers out to catch the particles
of nourishment that float by them continu-
ally.
This tiny little insect of the seas does not
belong to the order of shellfsh, as is COM
monty supposed; the young barnicle has no
shell, but jointed or articulated body and
swims freely in all directions. Buta time
arrives in the life of every barnaele when it
secures a hold upon something or other, be-
comes cemented, head downward, to that
object, loses forever the power of locomotion
and Of sight, seeretes a hard shell around it,
and becomes, for the rest of its inglorious
life, dependent upon the drifting sustenance
brought to it by the flow of the tide.
From this little articulata to the lord o.
creation FUN the barnacle up to man,
what stride! Yet the life of this insig-
nifcant and useless little animal is SYM
bolical, and many human barnacle (per-
haps of the Tto species, or the ofice-hold-
ing variety, as in Dickens immortal novel;
can be found, without microscope, by look
ing among the fossil political formations Of
most governments.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13
WISDOM IN SMALL LOTS.

Ef you air onla a quarter of a second tn
late you won't git thare in time.
We've got lots of men with toweren in
telex and brillyent geDyes and all that, but
then you see we need just few men with
good common sense like.
There may be sum sweet sadness in chu-
ing the bitter end of adversely, but the must
Nv EN- in this section would rather hay ter
backer you know.
EFF wise men never made mistakes this
would be a hard world for fools-uf whom a
great many are which.
That man who S allus talking about his
family is got no mambly; and tbs charlie to
let him tork Some men gets proud mighty
quick. The nearer a dominiker is to a
dunghill the wus be krows. 1t required all
kinds of men to maik up the world and so
you see there had to be sum egotistikle
durn fools for dry goods clerks.
1t don t take as much sense to pick lock
or forge check as it does not to do it.
When it rains puddin, you hold up your
dish, but don spend your time waiten for q
shower
You can't do bizness without sense any
more then you ken start cooper shop on a
bung hole.
A man that don't kno emmy thing viii tell
it the fust time he gets cbance.-Josi
Billings
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13
RULES or TABLE Etiquette.


Among the rules of social etiquette, many
of which are undoubtedly trifng, a good
number will be found to be based on a sound
common sense. Consider, for example,
that rule Of the dinner table, do not ask
twice for soup. This appears at Grst sight
both silly and arbitrary. It's however, a
very sensible ordinance, and it is to be JUS
tilted by the laws Of health and the general
comfort and convenience The soup, being
fluid substance, can easily be absorbed in
small quantities, and thus taken, is good
preparative for the solidities of the dinner.
II, however, the stomach is deluged with it.
the appetite and digestion becomes weak
ened, and there is neither the inclination to
eat nor the power to digest the more sub
stantial food essential to the due nutrition Of
the body
As for the convenience or comfort of the
single plate rule, no one can deny it who
has looked upon an array Of hungry guests
whose eager appetite for the coming roast is
compelled to an impatient delay by some
social monster capable of asking for soup
twice The cook in the meantime is, of
course, thrown out in his calculations, and
the dish, when it does come at last, is either
spoiled by overlooking, or cold from being
Withdrawn so long from the fire. The
guests thus arc not only tired in temper by
protracted expectation, but baulked of
their anticipated enjoyment. The advantage
Of net putting the knife in the mouth viii be
obvious, we suppose, to all who are con
scious that one can cut and the other is
capable of being cut. There is an excellent
chemical reason for that other table rule
which forbids the use of a knife of steel with
the fish, the ordinary sauces Of which com
bine with that metal, and produce com
position neither wholesome nor appetizing
Harper'S Bazar.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13
BAcuELoR mIsIs raas BEWARE.

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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13
MiSfell ellanGQna.
SIR ROBERT PEEL, THE STATES
MAN.
BY JAMES PARTON

by JAMES PARTON.
Daniel Webster used to say, after his re-
turn from England, that Sir Robert Peel
was head and shoulders above any man he
had ever met. The Duke of Wellington
said of him, "Of all the men ever knew,
Sir Robert Peel had the greatest regard for
truth.
These were high eulogiums, one testify
ing to the greatness of his intellect, and the
other to the goodness of his principles
He was a man, too, of admirable bodily
gifts He was handsome, robust, Of sound
constitution, and imposing presence. /
well remember him oue evening, about the
year 1913, rising to address the House of
Commons Before he rose, there had been
a good deal of noise and hustle in the
House; members had been chatting togeth-
er, and several had been walking across the
floor; but the Prime Minister was upon his
feet, the noise was hushed, and every one
was most attentive to listen. He was a
portly man then, though not eorpulent, and
his fine broad chest was clad in a white
waistcoat, which was all of his costume
which could be discerned from the gallery of
the Honse of Commons. He merely had
some uninpOrtant announcements to make
to the House, and did not speak more than
three minutes; but every word he uttered
revealed the master The ease, the ele-
gance, the clearness, the courtesy of the
premier, struck with admiration the green
youth who was stretching his neck over the
gallery ratings To all these eminent gifts
of body and mind were added fortune of
twelve hundred thousand pounds sterling,
and place of all others in the world the
most gratifying to English ambition, that Of
ruler of the British Empire.
This fortunate and richly endowed man
was a son of that Sir Robert Peel, the cot
tou-spinner, who won his baronetey by his
thorough-go Toryism, and his ardent de-
votion to King George the Third The first
Sir Robert, though he sat in Parliament for
thirty years, was not man Of education.
In us youth uC idu SdtCu Hta bldlitA nun
pewter plates, and had worked hard, assist
ing his father in printing calico; but now
that he had become rich, he was resolved
that his children, especially his eldest son
Robert, should have every advantage of ed
ucation which the world afforded.
That son, born in 1888, early gave prom
90 n 6 C,rtbor op,inopnn In him, sanfna1
happily combined his fathers strength and
his mothers tenderness and nobility Of
mind His mother, it seems, was quite as
remarkable for woman as bis father was
for man. Born and bred in farm house,
she was beautiful woman, Of noble pres
ence and graceful demeanor; and, though
no better educated than her husband, sht
was quicker to learn than he, and for many
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

HEALTHFULNEss or APPLES. There is
scarcely an article of vegetable food more
universally liked than the apple. Why
where the trees will grow at all, is one Of
the mysteries Let every housekeeper lay
in a good supply of apples, and it will be
the most economical investment in the
whole range of culinaries A raw, mellow
apple is digested in an hour and half, while
boiled cabbages require five hours The
most healthful dessert that can be placed on
the table is a baked apple. If eatsn fre-
ouently at breakfast, with course bread and
butter, without flesh of any kind, it has an
admirable effect on the general system. Of
ten removing constipation, correcting acldi-
ties, and cooling of febribe conditions more
effectualTy than the most approved medl-
cines. If families could be induced to sub
stitute apples-sound and Tipe-for pies,
cakes and sweetmeats, with which then
children are too frequently stuffed, there
would be diminution in the sum total o
doctors bills, in a single year, sufficient t.
lay in a stock of this delicious fruit for tn,
seasons use Christian Adyocate.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13
ou mean. Tpternret The feeIing for -

you mean. Interpret the feeling for US
"Coleridge-I mean that willing sense of
the unsufiIingness ofthe self for itselfwhieh
predisposes generous nature to see, in the
total being Of another, the supplement and
completion of its own-that quiet perpetual
seeking which the presence of the beloved
object modulates, not suspends, where the
heart momently finds, and, finding, again
seeks on; lastly, when 'life's changeful orb
has passed the full, confirmed faith in
that nobleness of humanity, thus brought
home and pressed, as it were, to the very
bosom Of hourly experience.
When you have read this you feel that it
Is correct, and even affecting But yet
"What wants that knave
That king should have ~
Something is wanted, and in that something
everything. From the London ReUietg.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

THE DUTcH JUDGE's DECISION. Here
is decision by learned Dutch Judge:
''Misder voreman and t'oder iurymans--
Der prisoner, Hans Yleckter, is viz, he'd his
game NIT der sheriff, aud has peat him, but
shall dake gare he don't peat me. Hans
has peen dried fog murder pefore you, and
you must pring in der vardick, but it must
pc cordin' to der law. De man he KILT
wasn't kilt at all, as it was proved he is in
der jail at Morrisdown for sheep sdealiug.
Put dat ish no madder. Der law says ven
dere ish tou' you give 'em to der prisoner,
put here dere ish no tout-so you see der
prisoner ish guilty. Pezides, he is a great
loafer. / have know'd him witty year, and
1Ita
dimes, and dere is no one defending upon
for der liven', and he ish no use to no poty.
I dink it would be good blans to hang him
for de examble. / dink, Mr.. voremans, dat
he peter pc hung next fourt' of July, as
der militia is going to drain in anodher eoun-
ty, and der would pc no run goin' on here. "
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

A Rich nobleman, On showing friend
his large collection of precious stones and
gems. that had been gathered by great labor
and expense, remarked: "And yet they
Weld me no income" His friend replied
that he had two stones which cost him but
ten forms, yet they yielded him an inoomF
of two hundred forins, a year The noble
man was very anxious to see such profitable
stones, when his friend took him to hi
flour mill, and pointed out the two homell
millstones which yielded larger incom'
than his jewels
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

NEWSPAPER LAws.-We would cali the special
,ttsution Of Post Masters and subscribers 20 the
Tyor1RER to the following synopsis Of the News
paper laws
/. A Postmaster is required to give notice BY
stier, returning paper does not answer the law
when a subscriber does not take his paper out Of
the Office and state the reasons Tor its not being
taken; and neglect TO do so makes the Postmas-
ter reps0nsi5}e to the publishers for the payment.
2, Any person who takes paper from the Post
Office whether directed 10 bis name OF another, or
whether he has subscribed or not is responsible
for the pay.
8. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arrearagcs. or the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
c yllect the whole amount edsthsr Il Be taken from
fts o3iee or not. There esu be no legal discontin-
aence until the payment made.
H. If the subscriber orders his paper 10 be
stopped a certain time, and the publisher con
sinucs to send, the subscriber is bound to pay for
it, II he takes Il oat Of he Past Q@ee The law
proceeds upon the ground that a must pay
for what he uses.
s. The courts have decided that refusing to take
newspapers and periodicals from the Post Office,
or removing and having them uncalled for, is
prima facja evidence Of Intentional fraud.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

WE have seldom seen more sense COM
pressed into less space, than is contained in
the following sentence, by Josh Billings: i
am loudly in favor Of new things, but am
opposed to emmy man, even wun oy our col
ored associates, thinkin' he has discovered
new truth jest bekause be haz, for the
fust time in his life, stumbled into an old
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

THE Sicilian Railway Company not long
since bought, in Catania, for the purposes
of It's business, a hopse two stories high, for
merly belonging to the Jesuits. The work
men, in demolishing the walls of the build
ing, found cavity, within which were three
human skeletons, still having the decayed
fragments of priests cassoeks clinging TO
them
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

THE Goldfish has been elevated to the dig
nifty of oysters and strawberries, and is now
canned for use. It is prepared by clearing
it of skin and bone by desiccation. One
Philadelphia concern puts up three tuns
daily.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

JENNIE JUNE thinks so far as women 5
clothing is concerned, the art Of not making
anything they want, in the way that they
want it, has been bro't to perfection.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13
RATES OF ADvERTIsIxG.

All Advertisements FOR less than bs 10
cents per line for each nsertiee spec not5ess
one-half additional All re- 9fioas q Assaa ~
tions, communications 0f o hmited 9F iaaiFi4a
interest and notice ef marriages nd deata ex
ceediug ffe lines, 81 sts per lac All legal noii-
ces Of every Hind, AID al Orphans Corr sid
other Judicial sales, required bY law TO 9e Fpt-
lishe3 in both papers. Editorial Notices eetts
per line. All Advertising after first inseFtfan
A liberal disernu- made q sr.y adYerfis
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

OLE Bull was once seeking the sights at
Donnybrook Fair, when he was attracted by
the sound of a large violin in tent. lie
entered and said to the player My good
friend, do you play by note2' The diVll
note, sire. ''Do you play by ear, them
s.Never an ear. yer honor. How do you
play, then?' ''By main strength beJaDeEl
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

NEED OF REST "A writer in Ltpp6,-
c0t' Magazine says: Head workers need
ruvi5 Iest riiau haud wUrArIs. THe Uiu saw
precisely inverted the proprieties Of the
case, so far as involved them, declaring
seven hours sleep to suffice the student,
eight the laboring man, and nine the fool
The hours of hard brain work destroys, as
before observed, more nervous tissue, and
cause a greater subtraction Of the phos-
pilates from the system THAI an ordidary
days work at mere mechanical labor, the
proportion Of grains lin weight being as
S6:77. Above everything else, brain work
ers need sleep, early sleep and late sleep,
and enough in the middle to feel real stu
pid at the end of it. Stupidity is precise.
ly the condition into which this class Of toll
ers should manage and devise and strive to
get themselves for time. longer or shorter,
each twenty four hours. Nothing rests the
BRAIN and the whole working system ike it.
Narcotic stupidity, the product of ale, tobsc-
co or wine, is not the thing referred to
though in emergencies this may, perhaps,
DO had RECOURSE to ae medicine, bat tho
quiet, reposeful readiustment of the nsr-
vous conditions and the reeharging with Vi
tai force of the nerve batteries, the contacts
not yet closed, the galvanic currents there
fore not yet set in motion, but only filing
up the system with blind difused feeling
of healthy sensations and reserved efficiency
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

No wonder railway conductors are fast.
They're obliged to have good time and
always to be on train.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-11-13

IT is not strange that when man Is very
fond Of his glass he becomes a tumbler