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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-11
Jake Charles, Louisiana,
THE
" PHILHARMONIC" PIANO

This entirely new instrument possessing an
che essential qualities Of more expens'v We ana
higher priced Pianos Il offered al lover price
Than any similar one nov 10 tie market. III Il
durable, With q ma niieeace Of tone hardly
surpassed and yet ean DC purchase al prices
and on terms wit III the reach 81 ali. This
Instrument has all the modern Improvement
lneludlng the celebrates = AgrlfIa y treble and
y fully warranted. Catalogues mailed.
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TESTIMONIALS
WATERs, PIANos Y oRGANs.

Wafara Aew seae Pianos hars peculiar
msFiia. New York Fflbuna
lba cone d Lie Wat0Fa Piano d rich, mellow
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sqund sud fhe oontinaaaion ~ roand IN ginr,ng
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Few York Times
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have ioae Hks \ fall ri6l alto voIss. ftte
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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-11

Tn the District Court of Salt
Lake city recently, Judge Bore
man delivered strong charge TO
the grand jury in opposition to
polygamy, or bigamy, aud III re-
gard to enforcing the Law of Con-
gress III 1862, Furnishing the
ofense. He stated that it had
never been respected, aud every
possible means had been used to
prevent its enforcement that the
leaders Of tho people while teach
ing this crime repudiated il them
selves when brought into the court
room, that as there il no statute
IN that territory In regard 70 mar
riage, no ceremony il required and
none need be proved. he called
upon the iurymen To indicl all per-
sons known To be living in poly
gamy, and said that 1t depends
upon grand iuries whether tile
laws shall bo enforced OF not, 81
whether Congress shall Be called
upon 10 give better laws. III shreYe-
port Times.
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The Southern Farme r's Friend.

| THAT EXCELLENT WEEKLY
| A Agricultural paper, OUR HOME
| JOURNAL, coma eneed its Ninth Volume in
January Of this year This is without doubt.
the most vaIuub Weekly Agricultural Journal
in the South and ever live farmer and planter
ought to be a constant reader az it, as any one
number is worth the subscription price, which
has b,en reduced t. 50 IS per year, including
postage. Aside from this, the publisher gives
magnificent Chrome, which alone is worth
all that is charged for the paper. As an Agri.
cultural and Family parer, OUR HOWE JoJR>
NAL cam fail to be popular for its large CORDS
editors and contributors from nearly overy
section Of tho South aid in making it of grent
value TO the farmer and planter in all their
various pursuits, a&@.-.A
Those WAC are not already subscribers can
become so by addressing OUR HOME Journal.
New Orleans, and injlosing 50 So for wears
subscription, and We wcnld advise every iutel.
ligent planter and farmer in the South TO
subscribe for and read it weekly. Aside from
its valuable Agricultural matter, it contains
com lete market report, the important news of
the country, as we'll as va uablo reading for the
family. tits printed on fine book paper, and is
decidedly the neatcst weekly napor in the South.
The rapid increase of its subscription list has
enabled the Publisher to reduce The price to
81 65 for single subscriptions, and to So Is in
Clubs of twenty or more. A
We will furnish the Echo and HOME JoUR.
NAL to all cash subcribers at 50 rs net, with
Chrome, all postpaid.
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BILLIARDS. BILLIARDSl
At ~
JOHN DILL0N'S. 81
ON PUBLIC SQUARE AND LAKE,
Lake Charles, Louisiana. N#@

Iwould respectfully inform those Of
my friends, both here and alta distance,
who have any expectation of getting
thirsty, that have Just received a most
complete assortment of Pure Liquors
ever imported to Lake Charles, which
I am DESTROYS of selling at wholesale
and retail at prices toiustify both seller
and buyer. My wines and brandies are
unsurpassed, and my WHISTLES q" the
Simon pure" Before leaving town be
sure and call around and take parting
farewell. Lager beer, Scotch ale and
porter constantly on hand ap4n4y
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ss aN TEL
ron OF nome sasal.

From oyf Hame gsuinal.
III j. Tho special mission Of On
Home Journal 70 incite its readers
to thehighest and greatest achieve
ments in progressive agriculture
and the art ofmaking home happy
As 4 people. We Of ths South are
prone to be too sloW-too con.
sentative ia adopting new ideas
and new improvements. We are
apt to stani back and wait for
neighbog Smith or neighbor Jones
to take hold of and test this Oh
thai Improvement. before we risk
anything on it. aud thus Che time
slips hy ard We are left in the back
ground. ne are too apt, instead
III letting on steam, TO put on the
brakes, consoling ourselves with
musty, old maxims about " slow
and sure, and kindred twaddle.
We do not ad,isa any Of our
readers to 10 blindIy into all So
called improvements. We rather
say, BE sure you're right, then
% ahead I" And when you do = 40
ahead, 2 let 1t be with a Gin
See what enlightened and pro-
gressiye agriculture has done in |
other sections less favored than
ours. Under It's Influence spring
up tasteful and convenient dwell |
i8gs, surrounded and adorned with
shrubs aud flowers, aud beautified
within with the smiles of happy
wives and tidy children, reposing
in the lap of thoughtful age-with
warm hearts and acts, as we'll as
words of welcome. Progressive
agriculture builds barns and fills
them with hay a grain builds sta
bies and shelters for all domestic
animals, and provides an ample
supply of forage for all stock on /
the farm ; it plants out fruit trees ]
and grape vines aud has an ample 9
supply Of Pomona's gifts for home :
use and for sale. IL drains and
reclaims low lands and swamps s
euts down bushes and briers, keeps f
good fences, has a home for tools +
and implements, and keeps every
thing in its proper place ; it pro-
cures the best breeds of farm ami
mails, and takes the best care of
hem provides a shelter for wood,
and keeps up a supply at all times
.or cooking and for warming the
dwelling; il plows deeply, sows
plenty Of seed, harrows aud rolls "
carefully and does all things at a
he proper time and the best p
+ .a"
Finally, it subscribes for, pays Il
or in advance, and carefully reads at
md stndies the best agricultural 3,
md family journals, supports the
,est schools, and always has some
hing 10 show at the Grange meet
ngs and the county fair TiUe e
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WoMANs FRIEND.

AZ AGENT FOR The INVENTOR, J. G.
Triton,
AN PREPARED no FILL ALL ORDERS
4 fortho celebrated
a STE An WASHER,
known % The Womar's Friend Thousandsof
them are sold weekly all over the Union. Tho
washing Is done entirely By steam no rub
olng nor krant turning. tits the greatest labor
and money saYing invention Of theage Irefer,
by permission, to tho following ladissi Mrs.
Cooper and Mrs. Gil, At Bagaad Mrs Andrus
and Mrs. Saxon al Big Woods, and Mrs.
Fairchild, at Nibbieit's BldtF.
Ffise onsy $40, Every onsWarranted. "
Address, or cali On ....
! am also AGENT foraths celebrated 9AAA
CRoWy WRIEaRR,
Price Of Wringer, $40; 81 WRIEGER and
W0AiAN's5 FRIEND together, SIS
Examine specimens nf both at J wv Bryan's
Store Every one warranted
N. p. SMART.
BAaDAD, Calcasieu Parish, La.
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One mile above Lake Charles on the
at" Calcasieu River. E3f
The undersigned wishes to inform
the travelling public and Stock Drovers
that he has put his Ferry and beef pens
in good repair, and is ready to accom-
modate all 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 booms forswimming. Pasturage
on each side of the river, free of charge.
Keeps constantly on hand full sup
ply of Groceries, Provisions and For
age. at the very lowest prices! &.
mY9-tf w#-a@-aa Ell. D. NIX.
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AT BARGAIN

( VIE DIR. BRAsHEAR PLACE, ON THE
" ualcasien River idst below Marion, {0id
IoWp) with all the Buildings arid Improve.
m 1s nnd ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
Iqrns--Four Hahdred and Fifty dollars
II Apply to GEO. II, WELLS, Agent Lake
Charles, Louisiana.
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H9, F0R cALCAsIgU PASS
~ THE HANDs0ME, SWIFT.
50 fsQning
FR0PELLER RAMOS

VIII Fnn regularly aemE.meehlB from Lake
Charles n Leeshwrg caiaasiea Pass) eArrrinq
tbe Upitea States Mail avn down and az
trips BY Daylight Accommodations m agrht
passageFe. EHoailens indaeamehta n haasinA
aad 0aaiaR partiaa.
Faga faF raasd TRIP taown ana Bpl, ss; aaua
81 ap onlgs Ss
L#avea Laka Charles Mondays ara Thurs
neys ~ ARi arrives Al Lspsburg same days.
LeaFa1 LsasbufR WelnaHdaya ana eatnFasy
af strives "a 8ake HhhFies aame aags
aehsdale Faaaihg ame bstWecn botb nlaeas
tmalFe honrs actNai running time, mnah ltas
Ea0s. II. Ray colds. Magtsy
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Estimate Of Expenditures for
1875.


BY virtue Of an Ordinance Of Ell,
Police Jury of the Parish of Calcasieu
Louisiana Of date September Z, 1875
/ submit for publication the following
estimate EFF the expenditures of sail
Parish for tie year 1870, including the
| old debt. To wit
K Summoning grand md petit
lnries in District Courts for
/ April and Sept terms, 1875, SITS so
/ Fay 1T Jurors in said Courts, 1000 90
! Costs ia criminal prosecutions
in District, Parish and jus
tees Courts, and feeding
| prisoners tn iail, $500 90
ana Parish Courts, $50 90
Salary Of District Attorney pro.
tenn. aud fees il suits 700 90
District Attorney conviction
fees, April and Sept terms, 1856 90
Pay Of Sheriff, CLERK. and Re
curder, drawing inries for
April and September terms, 100 90
Pay Of Clerk in criminal pros
eoations, $50 90
Conveying convicts to peniten-
tiary, etc, 600 90
Guarding jail, and medical at
tendance on prisoners, 200 90
Salary Of Parish Treasurer, 200 90
Salary Of Clerk Police Jury, AZ $50 90
Pub fishing two jury lists and
notice of Court, 81 90 |
Publishing proceedings Of Po- N
lice Jury and estimate, 100 90 |
rolls. = $50 90
Printing blanks for Clerks /
Office, Police Jury, etc., 100 90
support of paupers, @ 325 90
Registration and Election, No i.
yember, 874-deficit, ... 45O 90
Witnesses costs in criminal T.
prosecutions, .re1 1900 90
Feeding lunatic Antoine, 81 20
table, and stationery
for Clerk office, 226 90
witnesses before
grand jury, 200 90
Pay of Police Jury, 400 90
lrticles furnished the Jail, 100 90
nquests and contingencies, 3 SO 90
$lO,88O 90
amount of old debt, J
exclusive of small balance .
due on the Courthouse, 1850 90 !;
- ....u. .. -. .. SIS, $50 90 .
rom which deduct probable .a.y .. p
amount of taxes collected ' .'. a
for 1874, and back a a,
taxes, less 10 pr cent. .@ n
for collection, .... $1,000 .sr.r. o
licenses for 1876, 4OO-7700 90 sc
otal exclusive of balance VI
on Courthouse, " $3.50 90 |,
Respectfully submitted, 8,
,. Y. MOSS, Clerk Police Jury. Ii
Lake Charles, Oct. z, 1875. 50
/
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90h Printing q ali descriptions care.
tuily executed With n6tneass ana dis-
Paseh
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-11
WHF 9H E5 OFFICE OF # .4gn5
GREGG'S. PURCHASING BUREAU
NO. 4 BURGUNDY STREET,

oOrnor Of canal, Nen orleans, Lonisiane...
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4 FTER MATURE DEBTBERATIoN As.
= A. to- the wants and necessities peculiar to
this section of the country, a..
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FOR S lLB-FoR sALEl
NIX'S FERRY
--E AND STORE

one mile above Lake Charles on the
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-11-11

Bg virtue of an Ordinance Of the
Police Jury of the Parish of Caloasieu,
Louisiana Of date September Z, 1875,
/ submit for publication the following
estimate EFF the expenditures of said
Parish for tile year 1870, including the
old debt Ed wit
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
Walking Horses.

We are glad to notice that many OF
our Western fairs are offering handsome
premiums for the fastest walking horses.
There is no Disgusting the fact that a
good walk is the most useful gait that a
general-pupOse horse can possess; and
and if One-half the attention were paid
to cultivate this gait, and breeding with
a view to its Transmission, that is now
given to that of training and breeding
trOtters, horses that could walk five
miles an hour would soon be rs abund-
ant as 2 80 trOtters now are. The
trouble now is that the whole country is
possessed of a mania for fast trOtters,
and rs soon as the colt is broken to halt
er, no matter whether he be thorough
bred, COnestOga, Norman, Clydesdale,
Hambletonian or Canadian, he is put to
trotting. The whole country is engaged
in training trotters, from the plOwbOy
in the field to the professional on the
track, to the utter neglect of that
more useful, everyday gait, the walk.
Even the importers of draft stations
from Europe have caught the infection,
and, instead of bringing the best walk
tioS We OulN littil VI JllCI 8itttl liOI-
ting action" 1t is time to put an end
to this nonsense; the gait for a draft
horse is pre-eminently a walk, while
nothing adds more to the ability of the
roadster to make long journey in good
time than Il walking gait that will carry
him along at the rate of five miles an
hour. The first aim, when colt is
broken to the harness. should be to ed
ucate him to a good, square, fast walk,
and after that has been done, if you can
get him TO trOt fast, so much the better
One of the most successful breeders of
trOtting horses in America has often
remarked to us that he would not keep
a horse on his place that was not a fast
walker, and that he had invariably
found that the fastest walkers made the
fastest trotters. 1t is a positive luxury
TO ride or drive a horse that can walk
off with you at the rate of five miles an
hour. 1t is such a relief to feel that
when you ease up your horse from his
swinging trOt, or lope, that you have not
come to a standstill, but that YOU are vet
making respectable progress. For our
own private use on the road, the walk
is the gait which we prize above all 9TH
ers, and any thing which promises to
increase the number Of fast walkers
shall receive our hearty encouragement.
Spirit of the Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
A Chinese Mathematician.

The Terre Haute Gazette says: Wong
Chingfoo, the highly educated China
man, rather ''gOt away with a young
professor at Greencastle Friday evening.
During the course of the evening, Mr.
Wong stated that, among the Chinese,
mathematicians were hired at four dol
lars per week, and were not as good rs
the most ordinary men here. They do
this work by machinery, as itwere, and
it is the dirty labor of the empire. When
Mr.. Wong first came to this country, to
enter college, he was told that it would
be necessary to study mathematics two
years; he at once told them he knew
mathematics better than those who
were to teach him in this particular
branch. Illustrative of this, Wong, in
his address at Browns Hall, offered to
foot up several columns of figures. For
convenience his manager, Mr.. Hawkins,
was to name the figures, but the young
professor of mathematics at Asburv,
who was present, thought he saw a flaw
there, and at once came to his feet. He
asked:
"Will you, sir, allow me to give you
the fgures?"
Certainly, sir. I should be glad to
have you do so, was Mr.. Wong's cour-
teOuS answer.
"Now, then, SIR" began the Profes-
sor, and he named sum upon sum, not
going beyond the tens of thousands, but
giving him atleast thirty different sums
to add. When they were all on paper
Mr.. Wong asked:
"And now is that all, sir?"
"That's all, " replied the Professor,
"now get ready to add"
Mr. Wong stood smiling, and when
the Professor had Strengthened himself
up and said, ''NOw, begin" he quietly
remarked, every well, sir, here is my
amount" This was before the aston
ished Professor had time to get half way
up the first column.
"But you're not through already?"
remarked the Professor.
Here is the footing of my figures, "
was the response; and he read them,
the footing being exact.
"Please read that again, sir" asked
the Professor.
He did so, and the astonished Profess
sor was forced to admit that it was
right.
The Professor was astounded, and
was forced to admit that Mr.. Wong
did know something about mathematics.
The Mandarin stated that he was not
an extraordinary ymathematiciana as COM
pared to some of the educated Chinese.
The Professor afterward called on Mr..
Wong at the hotel.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
A Horrible Story.

We have heard of a very distressing
accident occurring in jackson County,
West Virginia. 1t was house-rais-
ing" As is customary on such occa-
sions, chickens had been killed by chop
ping off their heads. Two little sons of
the owner of the house to be raised saw
the chickens thus guillotined, and during
the day concluded to repeat the opera
ton. 1t was just at time when the
men were lifting heavy log into its
place. The father, who was holding
one end of the log, casting his eyes to-
ward the little fellows, one of whom had
the AK raised to sever the neck of his
brother, let 90 of the log to save the
boy, and it fell, killing six men, two in
stantly, the others living only a few
hours. The AK fell before the father
could reach the scene, severing the neck
of the son. Thus were seven persons
hurled into eternity in a twinkling
MlddlepoTt (O.) NelcS,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
From the Detroit Free Press. I


Ii is estimated that ninety-seven out
of overy 100 Detroiters remark: "JuSt
paid out my last red" when a bill is
presented 20 them. The other three
swear that the account isn't correct.
OK one block in the western part of
Detroit there are eight ladies who won {
go to church on Sundays because n
ninth lady has an India shawl and they
haven't. And the lady who has it
won't 60 because there is no chance for
her to show off the shawl before the
eight, whose feelings she well under
stands.
OUT of thirty-five Vassar College girls
who had studied Latin, Greek, French,
music, drawing, botany and mineralogv
for five or six years, twenty-seven mar
ried poor men and have to do their own
homework. One of them said the other
day that she'd rather have a recipe for
sweet pickles than all the Latin ever
taught.
JUsT now. when it seems rs if corrup-
tion had death-clutch on every city in
the land, it is good to be able to say that
Detroit has many honest men. An Ohio
man, feeling that he was getting drunk,
entered Franklin Street saloon yeSter-
day and loudly inquired: els there an
honest man here who'd take charge Of
sixty-One dollars for me?n ''leS, Sir.''
came from seventeen different men in
reply, and it was in a place, too, where
honesty would not be looked for.
THERE is a woman living on Farmer
Street who is an even ninety-nine years
old, and the other day an ambitious re-
porter went around there TO chat with
her and ask her if she remembered any
thing about Hull's surrender. BY mis-
take he Knocked at the wrong door, and
the lady of the house. aged about forty,
opened it and demanded his business
II came here to see the old woman
he replied. ''Don't talk that way to
me, YOU braSSy, skulking loafer," she
hotly answered. 'Why, madam,
wanted to interview the Old
you'll interview no one around here,
YOU wretch vOul The idea of YOU call
inc me the old woman!" MADAM,
assure you that | heard there was an
old woman -" "Git out-travel-
purleecein she yelled, and she banged
him off the steps. He picked up his hat
and sought to explain, but she slammed
the door shut and he heard her call out
"Sarahl SARAH Let the dog loose and
hand me that ax-handle!'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
Skinning a RhinOcerOs.

DR.. Planck, of Schenectady, and Dr.
Hall, of Albany, were up to Hoffman's
on Wednesday and had FOrepaugh's
dead rhinoceros skinned, cut up, dis
jointed, and the meat cut from the
bones, boxed and sent to Rochester,
where the skeleton will be prepared for
the Albany Museum. Professor Ward,
of Rochester, who, with his assistants,
arrived on the ground Tuesday, pro-
ceeded to blacksmith'S shop and had
number of peculiar tools made under
his own supervision, and procured CRAP
nels, ropes, etc. The labor of removing
the skin was begun on Wednesday.
The skin is from three-quarters of an
inch to an inch thick, and some idea of
its weight may be obtained when it is
stated that it required twelve strong
men to lift the box containing it. The
skin will have to be reduced one
half in bulk, and will be put over a
manikin by the improved French meth
cd, the old German method of stufing
with straw being found impracticable.
To properly prepare the skin large
vat will have to be made, in which it
will be placed over night in a solution
of alum and salt. 1t viii be taken out
each day and worked down. The opera
ton will require about two weeks. 1t
is believed that the stuffed skin can be
placed in the museum during the win
ter. The skeleton will not be arranged
before next August. The eyes and por-
tiOns of the tendons will be sent to the
Albany Medical College and the viscera
to Cornell University. The animal was
seven years old. The skin of the giraffe
was delivered yesterday, and it is be-
lieved that the body will also be re-
covered. Troy Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-11-18
Lions VS.. Tigers.

A little controversy regarding the
relative strength of the lion and tiger
has been sustained among certain cor
respondents to Nature. The latest
writer-Mr Haughton, of Trinity Col
lege, Dublin-declare that every per-
son well acquainted with both animals
will concede that the tiger is the strong
er. Mr. Haughton states that the
strength of the lion in the fore limbs is
only 500 per cent. of that of the tiger,
and that the strength of the hind legs is
only 65.9 per cent. of that of the tiger. Il
may add" he says, "that five men can
easily hold down lion, while it requires
nine men to control a tiger. Martial
also states that the tigers always killed
the lions in the amphitheater. The lion
is, in truth, pretentious humbug, and
owes his reputation to his imposing
name; and he will run away, like a
whipped cur, under circumstances in
which the tiger will boldly attack and
kill -