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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-26
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Instant. Many entries we're made,
but through some informalities or
misunderstanding, tke following
only were considersd as contest
ants for the beautiful silver goblet,
which was procured, and bad been
on inspection for some time at
Mr.. John bilious.
Before three o'clock Ia the after
noon crowds Of ladies' and gentle
men we're seen vending their way
towards The green carpeted banks
of our silyery watered lake. BY
four o'clock the banks represented
beautiful bouquets Of yariegated
'colors, the ladies having adorned
their already beautiful and lovely
persons with 3 well contrasted
display Of colors. Even among
them excitement seemed to have
taken a strong hold, each vying
with the other ID their wishes for
the triumph Of one or the other Of
the rivals. Most Of the gentle-
men bad formed separate circles,
and il dame rumor has correctly
reported, bets went very high.
AT haIi-past three o'clock the
first signal was given, stir was
visible, and slowly came the Jack
Harkaway, sallie, Mollie, and
Nancy Ray, each assuming the
position which The wheel Of chance
had prescribed. AT four o'clock
the signal for the start being given,
the anchors were loosed, and over
the deep and limpid waters Of our
poetical lake few the winged
hoats. The rapacity with which
the boats travelled over the six
miles, assigned as the distance for
the race, is Incredible. Hardly.
had three-quarters of m hour
elapsed from the time the signal
was given to start, when the green
woods, BROWNING the borders Of
our limpid and pellucid lake re-
sounded with the hundreds Of
voices which welcomed the winner
and victor the Jack Harkaway,
owned by the lucky Commodore
George Murray. Next followed
the sallie, and Immediately after
The Noble and Nancy Ray.
BE it recolIected that the Jack
Harkaway was built By the Com
modore for the very mission which
she so well performed on Satur-
day last. The boat is real
model Of beauty and speed. She
stands now as an encouragement
70 our young men 70 put into OK
ecution their knowledge in boat
building, and see If 4 champion
can not be found for the Jack
Harkaway. We hope that this
will not be the last yacht race for
this year. A challenge would, per-
haps, convince our present cham
pion that another race is necessa-
ry to secure OF lose Tie laurels he
bus 50 fairly won recently.
We have left great deal that
might have been said, but time
flies, and very little of that have
We SGT fl our possession. tn con-
clusion, We viii state that we have
endeayored from the report given
rs, to give a fair statement Of
facts, and i We have failed to do
SO, We leave Che matter to others
subject to correction
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-26
CANDIDATES, CoLU1TN.
FOR gharfR


Having been solicited by many Dem
0crats Of this parish to become q can
didate for the Office Of SHERIFF.. /
now announce myself for the same. "A
the ensuing November election.
DAVID 1T. LYONS.
We are authorized to apnounea
ALLEN 4ILLFY as o candidate for
the Office Of Sheriff, ab the COMING
election, in November next.
We are authorized to announce "A 4,
REID as candidate for re-election II
the Office Of Sheriff Of this parish. n
the coming election, in November
next.
For Representative.
We are authorized to announce n
w. RICHARDSON as a candidate IL
represent the parish Of Calcasien s. fra
next General Assembly, at the election
in November next.
At The solicitation Of n,anv Demo.
Gratis. / here by announce myself aq
candidate to represent the parisb IA
Calcasieu in the next General Assem-.
bly,, at the election in November newt
W. p. GILL.
For Senator.
We are authorized to-announce Dr
Will M I'll. KTRKAAN, as a candi.
date for the State Senator for the Tenth
Senatorial District, COMPRISING the
parishes of Calcasieu, Cameron. TIafay.
elite and ST. Iiandrv. at the next election
IN November, 1874.
I respectfullv announce myself 1
Candidate for thaoffice of State Senator
Of the Tenth Senatorial District. com.
prism" tire parishes Of Cameron, Ilafay-
cite Calcasieu and ST. Landrv.
GEORGE H. WELLS.
7 hereby Announce myself as 4 Cam
didate for the State Senate at the en-
suing election
VIM. A. ROBERTSON.
For Parish Judge.
At the solicitation Of many Demo
Gratis, hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office Of Parish Judge.
at the election in November next.
w. Nv. SMART.
We are authorized to announce II.
B. JONES, as candidate for the
Office of Parish Judge Of Calcasien
Parish, at Che coming November cleo.
tion
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-26

The Kellogg usurpation was
overthrow on the 18th instant,
and the McEnery government in
stalled the same day. by Fed
eral bayonets the McEnery gov
eminent was set aside and the
Kellogg usurpation reinstated on
the 10Th instant. Might makes
right in Louisiana, provided the
mighty is that Of Federal bay
onets.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-09-26
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.ake Charles, Lomiaiana,

Lake Charles, Louisiana.
COPPER, TIN AND SHEET IRON
\ ] worker. Jolbing promptly attond-
ed to at reasonable prices, and all work
guaranteed.
p, S. VIII remain at this place but
4 short time. Send in your orders inn
mediatelY. n29-2t
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-13
Plain Talk to Girls.

Your every day toilet is part of
your character A girl who looks like
FURRY" or a sloven in the morning is
not to be trusted. however finely she
may look in the evening. No matter
how humble your room may be, there
are eight things it should contain, viz:
a mirror, wash-stand, soap, towel, comb,
hair, nail, and tooth-brushes. These
are just as essential as your breakfast,
before which you should make good and
free use of them. Parents who fail to
provide their children with such appli-
ances, not only make great mistake,
but commit at sin of omission. Look
tidy in the morning, and after the din
ner is over, improve your toilet. Make
it rule of your daily life to "dress up
for the afternoon. Your dress may, or
need not be, anything better than calico;
but with ribbon, or some bit of orna-
ment, you have an air of self-respect
and satisfaction, that invariably comes
with being well dressed. A girl with
fine sensibilites cannot help feeling en-
barrassed and awkward in a ragged, dir
ty dress, with her hair unkempt, if a
stranger or neighbor comes in Moreover,
your self-respect should demand the de-
cent appareling of your body. You
should make il point to look as well
as you, can even if you know nobody
will see you but yourself.-[ Household
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-13
Olden Times.

Who among our extravagant young
ladies in these boastful times ever gave
her lover, as Cleopatra did, pearl dis
solved in vinegar Tor undissolved) worth
100000. Then there was Paulina, one
of the ton in Rome, who used to wear
jewels when she returned her visits
worth 100000. Cicero, who was COM
paratively poor man in those times,
gave 100000 for the house of Antony.
Seneca, who was just plain philosoph-
er, was worth $12O,OO0,OOO. Tiberius
left property of nearly $120,OO0,000.
Caesar and Marc Antony both owned
wonderful fortunes. Why, they talk
about mans failing in New York for
a million dollars as if it were a big
thing. Caesar, before he entered any
Office, when he was young gentleman
in private life, owed $4,000, 900, and he
purchased the friendship of Qusesor for
s., ,5OO,O 900. Marc Antony owed 81 500,
600, on his Ides of March and paid be-
fore the Kalends of March. This was
nothing, he squandered $720,000,000 Of
public money. And these fellows lived
well. Esopus who was a play actor paid
$40O, 900 for a single dish. Caligula
spent $4O0, 900 on a supper. Their wines
were often kept for two ages, and some
of them were sold for twenty dollars an
ounce. Dishes were made of gold and
silver, set with precious stones. The
beds of Heliogabalus were of solid sill
yer, his tables and plates we're of pure
gold, and his mattresses, covered with
carpets of cloth and gold, were stuffed
with down from under the wing of the
partridge. 1t took $4,000 a year &c
keep up the dignity of a Roman Senator
and some of them spent $5,000,Oo0 q
year. And yet we talk about the ex
| trayaPance of modern times
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-13
Marriage in the Cherokee Country,

From the st. Louis Republican,
John Arnold, young Cherokee,
agreed to meet young female Cherokee
at certain point on a stated day and
marry her. Arnold was there on time.
but his intended bride was not. He had
come to be married, and could not afford
to loose wife and his time too. So he
hunted up another Indian maiden, and
was married to her by the officiating
clergyman. There was a wedding feast
at the brides fathers house on the next
day, and the other woman appeared at
the party. She explained that she could
not possibly meet him on the day ap-
pointed, and gave good reasons for her
failure. There was great tunpleasantness
in the house, but the minister thought
it was not yet too late to correct the er-
ror, if one had been made. Mrs. Arnold
was consulted, and as her acquaintance
with her husband had been very slight,
she agreed to give him up in favor of
prior claimant. The good Indian forth
with annulled the marriage which he
had just solemnized, and Immediately
married Arnold to his first love. The
father of the repudiated bride thought
it might all be right and regular under
the Christian dispensation, but he took
occasion to advise the bridegroom not to
stay longer than minute or two in the
Cherokee nation. So Arnold and his
second wife left the house of feasting
and the presence of the holy man, and
took to the wilderness for safety.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-13
Gentle Glycerine.


If the newly invented apparatus now
on exhibition in London, by which it is
claimed that oil or glycerine may be us
ed to perform the mechanical functions
now so largely supplied by steam, should
prove a success, the inventor will be en-
titled to the thanks of suffering civiliza-
tion. Oil placed in small cylinders, is
subjected to heat, and produces by ex-
pansion pressure of 10000 lbs. per
square inch. As this expansion is grad
ual, the pressure may thus be brought
up to the enormous figure stated, or some
fifty times the pressure allowed in the
use of steam, without danger of explo-
zion, the cylinders simply cracking, it
is claimed when the pressure exceeds
their capacity to bear the strain. This
new motor is applied to a printing press
and punching and riveting machine
which are now being exhibited. 1t
seems almost too much to hope that the
savage rule of the boiler fend is over
but if it be we shall hail with grateful
hearts his mild successor.-[Gentle Gly.
cerine.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-13
NUMBER 81.
An Eighty.TOn Gun.

The London Daily Telegraph writes:
at may not be generally known that the
principle upon which all our guns are
now made is that discovered by Colonel
Fraser. Briefly, it consists of series
of coils, welded together in such way
that the grain of the iron is best oppos-
ed to the explosive force of the powder,
and encircling a steal tube, the interior
of which is rifed. A long bar of iron
say Of eight inches square-previous-
ly prepared, is slowly drawn from fur
mace to a length of about three hundred
feet, and wound into a double coil in
the form of cylinder. This is again
heated and placed beneath steam ham
mer, where it is welded together by tre-
mendous blows, which so efectually do
their work that a cylinder capable of
bearing the greatest possible strain is
formed at comparatively trifing ex-
pense. Several of these coils being
made, they are placed in order upon
long steel tube which has been made in
Sheffield, and the weapon is finally
turned out at an average cost Of about
ESQ ton, as against nearly e150 at
Krupp's factory in Essen. Upon this
principle, then, II is resolved to con-
struct an eighty-ton gun, which should
be able to pierce twenty inches of iron
at distance of thousand yards, with
shot l,6O0 pounds in weight, and by
the aid of three hundred pounds of
powder. The length of this magnificent
piece of artillery was fixed at twenty
seven feet, its diameter at the trunnion
six feet, and the muzzle sixteen inches,
inside measurement. 1t was calculated
that such gun would be able to deliver
its mischief-working missile at a dis
tance of nearly ten miles, and that it
would, at the same time, be easily plac-
ed in the turret of a war ship or the
embrasure Of battery, and worked
quickly and without difficulty. OF
course, there were many difficulties in
the way of the construction of such a
weapon. No steam hammer such as
that which Krupp possesses at Essen
was to be found in England; no forges
were built large enough for such tre-
mendous heat no cranes were in posi-
tion TO hoist such weight. But all
these difficulties were speedily overcome
by the skillful officials at WooIwich.
The forges were built, a huge hammer
of forty tons weight; with double ac-
tion arrangement and stiking power
of nearly thousand tons, made, and
very soon all was in readiness to begin
the construction Of the great gun. Cur
iously enough his Majesty, the Emperor
of Russia, was the first to see one of its
coils welded, and since that time the
work has been gradually going on, till
now the steel tube, the breech piece, one
coil, and the trunnion are finished; so
that it is certain that by June next the
gun will be ready for trial. 1t will then
consist Of following parts: A tough
steel tube inside, weighing nearly six
teen tons, and measuring about twenty
four feet in length; breech piece coil
twelve feet in length; one central, anoth-
er coil nearer the muzzle, and the trun.
nion coil. The cascabel through which
the FIRE from the friction tube is commu-
nicated to the cartridge inside the gun
is of steel. and immensely strong"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-13
MISCELLANY.
Did the Welsh Discover America!

Great interest is being revived in the
question whether the Welsh are entitled
to the honor of discovering America, or
if the credit is justly due to Columbus
Powell's History of Wales" tells us that
as early as the twelfth century, Prince
Maddoc left Wales and sailed due West.
He gives this following testimony:
"After being absent some time, he re-
turned and reported that he had discov-
cred a new and fertile country. He sail
ed and returned a second time, and re-
ported SO favorably, that number of
families agreed to go along with him
and plant colony. They sailed third
time, with ten ships, and were no more
heard from to this day. Three hundred
and twenty-five years after this date,
when Columbus discovered this contin-
ent a second time, and returned to Eu-
rope to made his report, it caused great
excitement, and he was justly applaud
ed. But his enemies, and those who
envied his fame, boldly charged him
with acquiring his knowledge from the
charts and manuscripts of Prince Mad
doc.
"In the year 1854 1 had converse
ton with an old Indian prophet, who
STYLED himself the fifteenth in the line of
succession. He told me, that long ago q
race of white people lived at the mouth
of the Conestoga creek, who had red
hair and blue eyes, who cleared the land
fenced, plowed, raised grain, ETC., that
they introduced the honey bee, unknown
to them. He said the Indians called
them the Welegeens, and that in the
time of the fifth prophet the Conestoga
Indians made war with them, and, after
great slaughter on both sides, the white
settlers were driven away.
"Our fathers and grandfathers used to
tell US what a hatred and prejudice Con-
estoga Indians had against red-haired
and blue-eyed people, in all their wars
in Eastern Pennsylvania. When taking
white prisoners they would discriminate
between the black haired and the red,
showing mercy to the former, reserving
the latter for torture and death. This
would seem to indicate that they knew,
from tradition, of Prince Maddoc and
his followers, and of the fearful fight
they had made.
"About the year 1900 (for 1 must now
quote from memory, man digging a
cellar in the vicinity of the Indian
steppes came upon lot of small iron
axes, thirty-six in number. My father,
who resided in Manor township, and
followed blacksmithing, was presented
with one of the relics, and 1 recollect of
seeing it in his shop twenty-five years
after that date.
at was curiously constructed; the
eye was joined after the fashion of the
old garden hoe, it had no pole end, and
had never been ground to an edge, nor
had the others ever been. 1t had lain so
long in the ground that the eye was al
most eaten through with rust, and its
construction was so ancient that look
ed upon it as the first exodus from the
nj tn The iron awD
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-13
where to go when short Of money


Where to 90 when short Of money
go to work
Syracuse University, New York, has
been made the recipient Of gift Of S75,-
600, the honor Of which wishes to re-
main unknown.
The humor Of the clerks Of the Ban
gor (Maine) Postoffice finds expression
in sticking a postage stamp on the floor
and laughing at the people who try to
pick it up.
A machine, OF the torpedo class, has
been constructed for the British Navy,
which will move at a speed Of nine knots
an hour for three hundred yards and at
lower speed for no less distance than
mile. 1t will maintain any distance
impressed upon it, and it can be launch
ed either from boat or an iron-clad, by
night or by day. In short, it is a kind
of explosive FISH, which, in obedience to
its masters, will swim for a mile toward
any adversary at which it may be di-
rected, and will strike a dangerous, If
not fatal, blow.
A Swindle originating in New York
has been practiced in many other places.
A store is rented-usually a small one,
or second floor room--and fitted up
with shelving and what purports to be
stock Of perfumery and toilet articles.
Next an advertisement appears, Offering
the business for sale. The purchaser
pays five hundred dolllrs or more, and
finds after the fight of the swindlerR,
that the stock consists mainly Of boxes
handsomely labeled and filled with
blocks of wood.
Judge Black, Of Pennsylvania, Hon.
w. A. Graham, of North Carolina, and
Governor Jenkins, Of Georgia, are arbi-
traitors TO settle the oyster war between
the States of Virginia and Maryland.
Both States claim the same fishing
grounds (or waters) in the Chesapeake
bay, and by joint legislative action have
hit upon this wise plan of bringing
about settlement, binding themselves
TO abide the decision. The dispute can
not be equitably settled, but will be
based upon original English grants Of
territory in colonial times. The arbitra-
tors expect to get together during this
month or next.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-13
Railroads in Central Asia.

Advices from Russia bring intelli.
gence of a vast railroad enterprise which
bids fair to outrange that of our Pacific
Road as test of magnitude and engi-
neering daring. This is railroad that
the astute Alexander, with far-reaeh-
ing eye, proposes to build from Oren-
burg in Russia, to Peshwur in Hindoo-
stan, over two thousand miles distant
The line of the proposed road, COM
menceing at Orenburg, will in all prob
ability cross the Cirghis Steppes in
Southwestern Tartary, and pass between
the Caspian and Arsl seas, thence up
the fertile wheat and cotton-producing
valley of the Amoo in Turkestan to the
Hindoo Koosh mountains. Winding its
way over these mountains, which are 20, ;
600 feet high, the road will terminate at
Peshwur on the upper Indus. From
here road will ultimately be construct
ed to Delhi On the headwaters of the
Ganges. Thus the two great valleys OF
India will be directly connected with
Orenburg and Europe. These valleys
contain e26, 900 of the 100000 square
miles in Hindoostan, and 10000, 900 oi
population. This great area produces
annually an enormous amount of cot.
ton, wheat, corn and opium for export
How much of this would seek an outlet
overland, rather than by sea, remains
one of the questions Of the future. Un-
doubtedly great deal of it, especially
the cotton, would pass over this road
The commerce from these articles alone
would be far greater that the whole
trade of our Pacific road and would GER
tainly give it a profitable business.
But the building of such a road has a
wider, deeper and more important
meaning than its simple commercial
value. We refer to its military and at
tendant political significance. The
most simple civilian can see at glance
the immense advantage that Russia
would have over England in time OF
war, by having this road with which she
could pour her hordes of Cossacks and
Tartars into the rich but defenless val
leys of the Indus and the Ganges. Rus
sia could thus gain possession of "that
vast Indian Empire" of which the aver.
age Briton is so prone to boast. Then
the Russian would monopolize the trade
of India and the East, and is now per.
haps playing his final card prepare.
tory to swallowing the whole of Siam
and China Cleveland Leader
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-11-13
The Cost Of Living.

Valuable statistics in regard to the
comparative cost of living in America
and Europe are given in the last Massa-
chusetts Labor Report:
"One dollar will buy twenty pounds
Of -four in Boston, one or two pounds
more in several European seaports, but
the same or considerably less in a ma
jority of the places compared. In Bos-
ton one dollar will buy Sc pounds of
fresh beef, roasting piece. In no place
in England will it buy so much by a
pound or more, and in Europe still less,
Copenhagen being the only place given
where it will buy more. Butter in Eu-
rope averages pound more to the dol
lar than here, cheese less by more than
that, except in few spots.
GAS for potatoes, they arecheaper here
than in England, and dearer than in
Ireland or Germany. Seven or eight
pounds of pork for dollar are sold
here, and not much over half as much
can be obtained for that sum in Eng
land or Europe, and nowhere as much
In rice, milk, and eggs, they have the
advantage of us. Tea cost less here
than in England, but more than on the
Continent. With coffee it is about the
same, though the difference is little. In
sugar the British are little better of
the Continentals a good deal worse
Coal is cheaper here than in Germany
and dearer than in England. MerrimaC
or common prints are cheaper here than
anywhere in England or Europe. Boots
are about the same here as there, gener
ally speaking. There are but two oil
three places in England or the Cont
nent where brown sheetings are cheaper
than here, while in brown shirtings the
foreigners are better off. Rent for four
roomed tenements is from two to fou
times cheaper than in Great Britain, ant
on the Continent than in Boston; in Aus
tria fifteen times cheaper. Board als'
is from one and half to twice as cheaI
in Europe and Great Britain as in Bos
tonO