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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-05-02

Colonel CT nj, II, Bailey, whose
reputation as 4 civil engineer is
unquestioned, endorses the Eads
lefty plan. Ea says, " that an
open river month with 29 feet
depth and ample width Of channel.
81 preferable to q canal With locks,
through which, probably, not more
than twenty-five 81 thirty vessels
per day or bali thatnumber eaeh
way could pass, can nus we'll ha
diaputea. Tile question, therefore,
resolves itself into this u tie
lefty or parallel pier plan, such s
has been sQ successfully tried at
The mouths ol Tho Bhono and
Danube both aella rivers Ike
tha Mississippi applicable to The
Improvement 81 one of the mouths
ol the Mississippi river.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-05-02
Lake Charles Ia,
ELO, For CfaIcasieu
Pass!

The handsome, swift running pro-
peller, RAMOS. viii run regularly and
semi weekly, from Lake Charles to
Leesbnrg, (Calcasieu Pass) carrying
the q. s. Mail All dowuand mp trips
by daylghts Accommodations for sight
passengers Excellent inducements 10
hunting and fishing parties
F0ra for round trip tdownend upl
sS-down or up oaly, %.
Leave Lake Charles, Mondays and
Thursdays at 8 A nj. arrive ut Lees
burg same days.
Leave Leesburg Wednesday and
Saturdays at s a. MI arrive at Lake
CHARLES same days Schedule running
time between both places. twelve honrss
actual running time, much less.
THOS. III. REYNOLDS, Master.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-05-02

The haYonat which s&ae IIS5
bias been aniniarnp ssd
tae Prussian and alserwa ia tba
German army IS "a ba abanaoas
Mill lhaF asa knitting
instead to make
gun complete,
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-05-02
JOBEBT N. DUFA,
ARCHITECT. AND BUILDER.

Begs leave To announce 20 the peo-
pie Of Lake Charles. that he is
prepared to take ali kinds Of contracts
for building on repairing, and also to
furnish plans and specifications, free. cf
charge, when the work is rendered him.
All business in his line viii be attended
to with dispatch and interest.
feh141y
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-05-02
.-NIXsS FERRY
AND sT0RE.

one mile above Lake Charles on the
Calcasicu River.
The undersigned wishes to Inform
thetrayeling public and Stock DroYers
that he has puthis Ferry yand beef pens
in good repair, and Is ready to accom-
modate al who may wish to cross with
him, with everything that is generally
required by stock men and travellers.
He has large safe Flat, suitable for
crossing any kind Of stock; also two
chain b0oms f0rsWimming. Pasturage
on each side of the river. f2eeof charge.
Keeps constantly on hand a fllll sup
ply of Groceries, Provisions and For
age. at the very lowest pricesI
my3-tf H. D.NIX.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-05-02
l,EIE WEEKLY ECHO
Published Egerg Saturday Morning.

AT
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-05-02
AIaignaud's Ferry
oh the
MRRAIENTAu RIVER.

Thb undersigned wishes to infom
the travelling public ahd stock drovera
chat he has pae his fMry and beef pens
in good renair, and IS reAfy to ee-
o0mm0date all Whp may WISH t9 cross
With him. He also has good pastures
forsboek Also good b9ard and LODGING.
my8.8m. n. MAIGNAUD.
The New York herald., 1874-08-30

10TH STREET, WEST, lsl-FURNI HE'D SECOND
lU story front alcove Room. with ample closet. no;
and coli water to let with Board: SIS tor two, refer
ences. Not exhibited sunday.
The New York herald., 1874-08-30

11TH STREET l52 WEST NEAR SIXTH AVENUE
IL Handsomely furnished second Floor let with
Board, to gentleman and vile single gentlemen en-
suie singly reference
The New York herald., 1874-08-30

1oT5 STREET, a WEST BETWEEN FIFTH AND
lO sixth avcnu s-handsomely furnished Rooms
suitable tor gentleman and single gentlemen,
with Boar nomelise and pleasant modern improve
references
The New York herald., 1874-08-30

A GENTLEMAN DESIRES BOARD IN REFINED
"A and strictly private family. or one having tew
boarders; family with one or more young ladies'
In 1t preferred second third door suitable
for study, with bedroom ad dining required Location
will not be in the house between s5 A. M and r. N.
Best references given and required: Those answering
will please stale tae number comprising the family and
sonable also price. Answers from
regular boarding house keepers will elicit reply.
Address q. A, Herald Office
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-24

begged to be released. But the officer
was memorable, and terminated the con-
versation by walking of.
Two meals were sent to the prisoner
that day, oranges and bananas being the
principal articles.
At night the stockade was attacked by
party of insurgents and captured after
lively fight Fortunately one of the
officers among the victors was an Ameri-
can, and to him our afflicted Georgian
unbosomed himself
The officers sympathies were touched.
He took good care of Clay, and in two
weeks time succeeded in shipping him
on blockader to Key West. Arriving
at that point, our unfortunate friend de-
cided to foot it through Florida and
make his way home as best he could.
But he was two months on the way, dur
ing which period he was sick great part
of the time and unable to travel.
Our readers must imagine the surprise
with which old Adam Clay listened to
this marvellous story. And when few
days later it was noised abroad among
the neighbors the general establishment
was indescribable. If Clay had not been
man of unimpeachable veracity his
story might have been doubted. But his
old friends knew very well that his
strange account of himself was true to
the letter. He was not the man TO devi-
ate hairs breadth from the truth.
Clay improved rapidly after his return
and Is to be married to his old sweet
heart in few weeks time.
Truth is stranger than fiction!-Roek
dale (Ga.) Register.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-24

Indian jewelers. would give five or six
rupees apiece for the claws, which were
used as ornaments. The shikarees, there
fore, found 1t answer better TO shoot
tigers than to capture them. A good
skin is worth two or three times as much
in India as it is in Europe. You may
get from 100 to $50 rupees for hand
somely-marked skin. There is now but
little demand for living tigers, SO that
shikarees devote themselves chiefly to
killing them And, although hundreds
are killed every year, there is still an inn
mense number of them. 1t is almost in
credible how many human beings are
devoured by them. A tiger generally
only becomes man-eatcr when other
food fails; but when he has once taken
to killing men he keeps to it. believe
that all the tigers in Singapore are man
eaters; for there is no other food there
for them. 1t has been proved that one
Chinese woodcutter disappears on an
average every day. / have seen many
tigers from Singapore, old and young,
but they were none of them tame.
AT Madras, on board a steamer,
my assistant was frightened out OF
his berth one night by a tiger having
gnawed through the roof of his cabin.
This was one from Singapore. Before
the opening of the Suez Canal there was
a great difficulty about the transport OF
tigers. | once had seven tigers on board
ship and twenty-five oxen for food, OF
which seventeen died in one week OF a
pestilence. The tigers had to content
themselves with two pounds OF meat per
day until more could be procured at
Cape Town.
The chief business in wild animals is
done in Hamburg. Between 1866 and
1872 Herr Hagenbeck, of that city, dis
posed Of III hyenas, 106 bears, 80 leop-
ards and jaguars, IS tigers, no lions, 36
CRATES, 81 elephants, 5 rhinoceroses, 332
stays and antelopes, 342 large serpents,
252 crocodiles, 5000 monkeys, etc.-N.
Jauerach, Of London
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-24

THE other day addressed stranger,
carrying hand valise, called into life
insurance Office and inquired If the agent
was in The agent came forward, rlb-
bing his hands, and the stranger asked |:
"Do you take life insurance risks
here?"
Yes, sir; glad to see you, sir; sit down,
sir" replied the agent.
What do you think of life insurance,
anyway" inquired the stranger as he sat
down and took off his hat.
It's a national blessing, sir; an insti-
tuition which is looked upon with sove-
reign favor by every enlightened man
and woman in America"
THAT'S what I've always thought
answered the man. Does your compa-
ny pay its losses promptly!"
Yes, sir; yes, sir. II you were in
sured with me, and you should die to-
night, I'd hand your wife check within
a week"
Couldn't ask for anything better than
that"
No, sir; no, sir. The motto of our
companyis: Prompt pay and honorable
dealing"
"How much will IS, 900 policy costs"
inquired the stranger, after long
pause.
"You are--let's see--say thirty five. A
policy on you would cost $l10 the first
year"
"That's reasonable enough"
Eyes, that's what we call low but
ours is strong company, does safe
business, and invests In only first-class
securities If you are thinking of taking
out policy, let me tell you that ours Is
| the best and the safest, and even the
agents of rival companies will admit the
truth of what say"
and when die will my wife get her
money without any troubleY"
I'm guarantee that, my dear sir"
"And I'll get a dividend every yearY"
| eyes, this Is a mutual company, and
part of the profits come back to the pol
icy-holders."
"And it won't cost me but $110 for a
policy of $5,OO0g"
That's the figure, and it's as low as
you can get safe insurance anywhere. Let
me write you out policy. You'll never
regret it,
stranger, pointing to the desk.
Yes" replied the agent, as he
hauled one up to him and took up his
pen. What do you say-shall fill out
an applicationsn
No, guess won't take any to-day"
replied the stranger, as he unlocked his
valise, "but If you want something that
will take that wart off your nose inside
Of week I've got 1t right here! It's
good for corns, bunions, the toOthache,
] earache, sprains ----"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-24

word about a foot long, but he a;a..
know it till afterward, as the pr;nc;nulnt
attention was at that instant d;rap,si
elsewhere, and the error was not nn,;a1
by him. Then along came little o s..'ei
Of three syllables and finished ho,h oia
them. Neither had ever seer or ~ 2,
of the word before, and were oll;oaas io
go it blind" They made wild and ga y. 70
perate efforts, but foundered Homes ues
and gave up in despair.-CLyslaSa,ys
Herald Oo"1hd
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-24

He was placing his little bottle on the
table when the agent reached over and
took him by the shoulder and hoarsely
whispered:
Mister man, if you don't want to be-
come corpse you won't be two minutes
getting out of herew And he wasn't
Detroit Free Press.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-24

CHRISTOPHER SMITH, of Cincinnati,
languishes in dungeon. He wooed ana
won the daughter of an opulent mer,
chant, but, alas for the bright hopes OF
youth she was only sixteen, and the law
did not permit Evangeline Maria TO
marry until she was of age. what couid
the young man dor He could not lie: 10
beg he was ashamed; but love, when
laughs at locksmiths, came to his aid; 50
he told his Dulcinea to put the figures
eighteen in each of her shoes and STAND
thereupon. Happy thought She was
"over eighteen" A jury, assisted oy
the stern PARENT, are now investigators
the case. 1.-THE course of true love-
etc
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-24

The quaintest tning of late in BABY
talk--a little girl seeing dog scratching
to be let in at an opposite door promptly
knocked at the window and called OUT
Ing bell, doggy; ing bell"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-24

Nor a saving clause-Santa Claus.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-30
CAPITOL NOTES.

1t will be remembered that some days
ago the r. & d. r. R. made application
for consolidation of that road and the
Piedmont road. The Senator from Lou
doun proposed an amendment which re-
CURED. as condition precedent, that the
r. & D. r. r. Co. should release its claim
to exemption from taxation. This was
fercely resisted, but the Senate on Satur-
day renewed to the country its determined
policy to seize every opportunity to make all
the railroads contribute their proportion to
support of government by vote of IS to
10, the Republicans, save one, voting aye.
The bill, on motion of Mr.. Penn, was in
definitely postponed.
But two papers in this state have failed
to give their opinion on the Governor
message vetoing the Petersburg charter
bill, viz: The Bungtown Register and
Oniontown Banner.
The bill now before the Senate, consti
tuting portion of the Rappahannock river
lawful fence, recalls recolections of ;
time during the late war when it was
fence that most anybody could get through
The selection of Hon. VIM. A. Graham
of North Carolina, as Virginia arbitrator il
the Maryland boundary matter meets will
| the appreciation of everybody in this state
His selection is held to be a rlghtful act
courtesy due to our sister commonwealth
of North Carolina. The Legislature s
seldom does any thing iudicious or com
mendable that it is pleasure to record
when done. sit is WELL"
1t is given out with an air of myster
that Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, chairma
of the House finance committee, has a
important paper to submit to the Legsla
ture, which will awaken no little interes
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-30

Sunday were imposing. She palms were
blessed and distributed to large congre-
cation. Father Jansens preached in the
morning, Bishop Gibbons at night.
THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS of the sew
eral wards OF this city will convene to-
night at their usual places of meeting for
organization.
COLONEL l.. B. FISH, of Louisville,
KY, general agent of Louisville Cement
Association and Utica Lime Company, is
spending day or two in our city.
Hon. JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER
publishes in the Lexington Gazette grace
full and feeling tribute to the memory of
the late Judge William L. Joynes.
THE CREDITORS of the Dollar Savings
Bank, which institution was recently
thrown into bankruptcy, are now proving
their claims before Register Forbes.
JUDGE r. w. HUGHES, of the U. s.
District Court, will be in Richmond on
Thursday, and open court in Alexandra
on April Sd. Court will open here April 6.
A CHURCH HILL GENTLEMAN has
two canaries, and has named them
wheeler" and "Wilson." His reason
for the appellations is that neither of them
are 'Sngers."
A PATENT HAS BEEN ISSUED at
Washington to William ii. Libby, of
fredericksburg, for a projectile to ordi-
nance, and to James S. French, of Alex
andria, for a driving-wheel to locomotives.
SATURDAY EVENING two gentlemen
and lad rowed up the canal from Eighth
street to the Three-mile locks, and on their
return collided with freight boat, were
pitched into the water, and escaped with
difficulty.
The RELIGIOUSLY INCLINED derive
little consolation from the reflection that
now a-days the church, the creeds, the
Bible itself, can no longer satisfy the en-
curing mind by the simple ipse dirH of
their authority.
HALF A POUND OF SHOT, admins
tered to sympathetic cats, at this season of
the year, will bear fruit in increased hours
of slumber throughout the Su miner, and
have tendency to prevent corner in the
chicken market.
YESTERDAY, Theodore w. Hnnniger,
of the popular St. James Hotel, celebrated
his 36th birthday. At the same time and
place John p. Ballard, ESQ.,, of the same
hotel, celebrated his Goth entry on to this
mundane sphere.
THE Washington National Republican is
an able advocate of the construction, at
public cost, of the James River and Kama
wha canal, between its present terminus
and the connection proposed for it with
the Western waters.
The FOLLOWING PERSONS filed their
petitions in bankruptcy to-day. viz: An
drew j. Stofer, and Louis Colinsky, of
Culpeper county; John r. Cavan, of King
William. and Thomas G. Spencer, Jr., Of
Prince Edward county.
THE Petersburg Index-Appeal says:
"a thorough investigation of all the base
ment offices will probably be the result of
the exposure of utter carelessness and un-
business-like manner in which they have
for long time been conducted"
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-30
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
MONDAY. March 8


Senate. This body met, President in the
chair. No prayer.
Mr.. Taylor offered the following resolu-
ton, which was amended. on motion of Mr..
Prdemore, and as amended, agreed to-:
Resolved, That on and after Wednesday
next, the clerk shall call the roll at the
opening of each session of this body, and
enter on record the names Of such as shall
respond, and also note absentees, and
whether they are absent with or without
the consent of the Senate.
introduced and referred:
By Mr.. Wynne-Bill in relation to the
election of city treasurer.
By Mr.. Critcher-Resolution of the
Farmers Club of King George county, de-
manding the protection of sheep, &c.
Senate bill providing for the removal of
the penitentary was made the order of the
day for Tuesday at 2 o'clock.
The select joint committee of investga.
ton into the affairs of the sinking fund
presented voluminous report, which was
read and ordered to be transmitted to the
House.
Passed: Senate bill providing for SUBJ
mission to the people of the proposed
amendments to the constitution in relation
to county organizations for the relief of
the sureties Of William Sample, late sheriff
of Russell; for the relief of the sure
ties of j. d. Tatum, late town.
ship collector of Prince George county ;
in relation to granting licenses to
practice law; to fix the terms of the Cir
cult Courts; to incorporate the trustees OF
Fidelity Lodge of the Grand United Order
of Odd-Fellows, of Richmond city; to in
corporate the Warm Springs Company /;
in relation to the weighmaster of live stock;
to confirm sale made by trustees of Tinker
Creek Baptist church, &c.
The Senate at three o'clock entered into
executive session, but finding itself without
quorum, adjourned.
House.-The House was called to order
at 10 O'Clock by Speaker Hanger.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Magru
der, Dooley, Taliaferro, Scruggs, wager
Alexander and O'Neal tie committee I'M
der the resolution 10 relation to transac
tons of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohit
Railroad Company, as set forth in the mi
aority report of the committee on roads
as substitute for House joint resolution
No. 260, directing the president and direc
tors of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohi'
Railroad Company to commence the worl
on the road to Cumberland Gap.
The report of joint committee on sink
ing fund investigation was ordered to b
printed.
The bill to provide for the Establishment
of true meridian line for each county wa
amended, on motion of Mr.. Hoenniger, an
passed by.
House bill allowing Robert B. Bate
Co. to erect wharf on James river, wa
ordered to its engrossment.
Senate bill incorporating the St. Georg
Benevolent Society of Fredericksburg, Va
was passed.
House bill for the assessment, levy an
collection OF taxes was considered an
: amended.
MIR. McMullen offered an amendment f
taxing unmarried male persons over tt
age OF 80 years $3.50 and upwards, whic
was rejected. The bill was considered ii
adjournment.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-30

and comment. 1t is further intimated
'that the coming Congressional campaign
should be based upon it." Its nature has
not TRANSFERRED.
Ex-Governor Fayette McMullen is now
ranging in Southwest Virginia, advocating
his scheme for commercial convention Of
delegates from Virginia, Tennessee, Ken.
lucky, Maryland. North Carolina and West
Virginia. He expects soon TO visit Rich
mond. The old stager seems to have taken
a new lease Of life. He actually looks
younger and fuller Of vim than he did a
dozen years ago.
There are only FIVE candidates for the
office of state treasurer, and the Office is
not yet vacant. Nobody can now say that
the average Virginian is not instinct with
patriotism, especially when an office is its
objective point.
The newspapers now call Messrs. Rich
mond and Van Auken patron saints Of
the Cumberland Gap extension bill.
When thetax bill came up to-day, Mr..
Round moved to substitute in the place of
the provision for marriage licenses, tax
of five dollars upon bachelors over twenty
five years Of age, stating that he was de-
sirous of assisting the finance committee
in finding ''new subjects of taxation, and
he didn't know of any class which could
better afford to pay license tax than the
happy and prosperous individuals known as
bachelors" He favored the taxation of
"bachelorhood' as luxury and as
means OF paying the state debt.
A lively debate followed. Mr.. McMul:
Ian, Of Greene county, introduced sub.
stitute putting the tax at $3.50, and the
age at which bachelors were to be allowed
to live without license at thirty. He ad-
vocated the consttutionality of the tax.
Mr.. Gilman, of Richmond, opposed the
tax on the ground that it would drive the
bachelors to follow Horace ureeley's ad.
vice and ego West. y Mr.. Lacy, of
Spotsylvania, favored the taxation of bach
elors as nuisance. T" Judge Ould
asked if it was not hard law tc tax bach
elors who had proposed marriage and who
had been repeatedly refused. Mr.. Lacy
proposed that such persons should have
the privilege Of going before the court and
obtaining exemption, if he had made prop.
er effort and failed. The substitute
failed by vote of rs to Sc, nearly all the
bachelors in the House coming CALAMITY to
the front and voting in the affirmative.
The report of the joint committee Of in
vestigation into the affairs of the sink ne
fund was returned to-day and ordered to
be printed. Tt is document of about one
hundred pages, and contains-irst, the re-
port; second, the evidence of witnesses
third, a tabular statement of bonds of rail-
roads, etc.
The Governor to-day commissioned
Thomas w. Drake, OF brakes branch,
Charlotte county, notary public, and
Joseph T. X. Plant, of Washington D. c.,
commissioner of deeds, forVirginia lands,
in the District of Columbia.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

The secretary of the treasury has direct.
ed the assistant treasurer at New York to
sell 81 100000 gold each Thursday during
hpril-$5, 100000 altogether.
The Carists in Valencia has been defeat
ed by the government troops, with the loss
of so killed and 200 taken prisoners.
The French Assembly adjourned Satur-
day until the 18th of May, and the Ger
man Parliament has taken a recess until
April 0.
The German saloon-keepers of Brooklyn
have resolved to oppose the present fanati-
cal temperance move by all proper and
lawful means.
A nolle proseqm has been entered in
New York in the case of Joshua d. Minor,
against whom there are three indictments
for having in his possession plate for coun-
terfeit two-dollar bills.
The woods between Washington, South
river and South Amboy, New Jersey,
have been been burning iuriously for
several days, and travel between the place
been greatly impeded.
The Italian chambers adjourned Saturday
to meet on the 14th of April.
Marshal Serrano's attack on Pedro
Atlantic, has been successful, and the
Carlists have been driven beyond Santa
Guiana.