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AS AGENT FOR THO INVENTOR, ]. o..
rILTuN
III AN PREPARED no FILL ALL ORDERS
II for iho celebrated
gTRAM WASHER
knawn Ne tho Wom8u's Friend Thousands DC
them arc sold weekly al aver ne Union. The
wushinK u dore entirely Us sisams no rub
bling norknlnF turning. tits ,he greatest labor
and money saving ingention Of The age. IrefeE
Nv peraission to tho following ladieSi Mrs.
Cooper and Mrs. GIL n Bagdailj Mrs. Andrus
and Mrs. Saxon, IA BIG Weeds; an5 Mrs.
Fairchild Nibhlettss Bluh
Price only $40. Every ono warranted.
Address, al Gallon
IaRsa also AG FNT Tor the soleb, atad
CR0WN WRINaER
Price Do Wringer, sos of NYRTNGER and
WnMAN's FRIEND together Sis
Examine specimens 81 both atJ w Bsyan's
Store EvFy enc warranted
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BAapAn, Caleasiau Parish, Ia.
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FOR 5 .IE FOR SALE
rowN 1oTs ron sALE

TOWN LoTs For SALE.
On TOWN IiaTs. SITUATED in THE
eOA4g town AZ LaFe charles from fitY yards
to Qua IT milo from the Courthouse. Lots
of various iaes 40 prices. Superior induce
ments 10 purchasers,
All persons being DESTROYS Of purchasing Cr
renting. apply to
HE KIRBY.
~ GEO. Il. WELLS Agent
August Ri, 2ST2
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a BARaAIN.

TIME DIR. DBAsHEAR PLACE, ON THE
0olcasicu River lust below Marion, t0ld
Town with an the BUILDING ana ImRFoge
ments ona 0NE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
sACRFs land.
Terms Fopr Hundred and Rilty dollars
cash.
Apply to GE0. II. WELLS, Agent, Lake
Charles, bouisiana
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80 ELoaAL I'D Eon IsEs.
pUBLYsnFp oUARTERLY.

January Nambes INIT issura, ana oonluins
One HUNDRED RI nS, FIVE HUNDRED
ZINC RAWLINGS, descriptions Of more than
FIVE HUNDRED of our best
FL0NERS AND VEGETABLES
WIth directions re Cnllurs colored Plates, etc.
Thc most nseful ani eieg8nt work 81 the
kind n tia wefld 0nlg % a. q for ths year.
puhlehed IL English and Gefman
Aglea JAMES vlcKs
dee2R II Rochester, NeN York.
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LAKE house.
8MEs A KIND Err PRorRIEroR,
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.

TIME 4B0VE-NAMED HOUSE HAS Re
Gently been renovated and nut IL neat
and complete order. The travelling pghiic
will lind It d com ,orlabeand pleasapt place NJ
stop. sqnare meal and COZ fortabcbed
oan be had al al times Of The Day ard night
A Bar is 4 toehed to the Hotel, where tse hest
ofliquor and cigars are constantly kent 40
pains Will BIZ spared by The pr prietor to make
those pateonizinR the ho0se feel comfortable,
and 20 away satisfed. no2p ly
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FRANK MOORE,

LAKE CHARbeS, LoUIsIANA,
SURVEYOR I'D GTvIL ENGINEER
WILL ATTEND 10 ALL W RK En-
Inv trusted to him.
Refer your applications to Captain y. w.
Bryan, M ECa0 Office.
jane 27, 1874.
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communications a iho Nasoaie 49,
every third SATURDAY ~ saeh monte "
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LOUIS LEVEQUA, W,M
w BRY6N, Secretary
LAKE cHARLEs, April ~, iei4-
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H0RA4IOaG. KQnER
pnblisher
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EXECUTED WITH
Neatness and Dispatch.

Persons disirous of having 3pb
Pfinfing done neatly e1pedilienslg
aud cheap are invited to enll at
Office q the LAKE CHAHIRs Echo.
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He will sell exclusively for 0shof It's equiv
alent, and = thereby ubja u eel cbeap.
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TAr.mAGE9s P.APER.

THE cHRIs4N AT WORK
The best Religious Paper
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Wllat Is the us n talking ia Che face
If ibis, aheus waiting for ottlcial intel
lipenceg Tile letters are both given IL
full nobody questions taeir authen-
fieil4; they are ohiciai, and gave all
tbe information required TO form an
opinion as 10 The atrocity and infamy
Ut The correspondence.
Just read these letters over again:
HE4pQuARTERs Mr1HrARY DIVISION
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
HOW A Kentnckian look the Bees.

Enoch Royalty, of Anderson county,
discovered a bee tree a few days ago., a
large poplar. The bees had found a hol-
low 107' feet from the root of the tree,
which they had taken possession of and
filled with honey. Enoch thought it
would be a rich prize, so he adopted the
following mode of securing it Com
mencing at the ground, he bored a large
augur hole at a height he could reach,
in which he put a strong pin /; on this he
sat and bored another hole at a conven-
lent distance above, in which he drove
another pin, and proceeded in this way
until he reached the height of 107 feet,
where he deliberately cut off the top of
the tree. He then possessed himself Of
the honey, rich in quantity and quality,
secured the bees, and descended safely
to the ground. He proposes to make
another similar and more adventurous
conquest in a short time. Above Ore
gon, on the Kentucky river, there is a
cliff 200 feet high, and at the height of
100 feet there is evidently an immense
bee home, where the bees have been at
work from a time to which the memory
of man runneth not back to the contrary.
Enoch says that's his meat, and before
the season is over he intends to have it.
-SprinqfeLd Kentuckian.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
The BrOOklyn Bridge.

By q recent act of the Legislature of
the State of New York, the great bridge
property, which was commenced as a pri-
vate enterprise, has become a public
work, and the money to complete it is to
be supplied from the reasuries of the
two cities. The early finishing of the
structure is therefore assured, and the
work is now progressing with all possible
rapidity. The last stone of the Brooklyn
pier or tower was laid a few days ago
the last that can be placed until the
cables are stretched. The tower now
stands 2714 feet high rom the tide level.
In the tower, as it stands, there are about
5 5000 cubic yards of stone, weighing
about 70, 900 tons. The "saddles the
things upon which the cables are to rest
will be put in place in a few days, and
then the work for the present on the
Brooklyn tower will cease. 1t is expect
ed that the New York tower will be fin
ished before the vnd of the present sea
son. 1t is over 200 feet high. The
engineers also hope to finish the Brook
Ign anchorage this season, and it Is
thought that before next fall the cables
will be stretched across the river.
The bridge will have a greater span
than any work of the kind now existing.
The distance between the river piers is
LOGO feet. The total length of the
bridge will be about one mile. The
width of the roadway will be SIS feet,
which is a little more than our famous
thoroughfare of Broadway.
1t is believed that one of the immedi,
ate results Of the bridge will be to turn
the current of increasing population tc
Brooklyn, and ultimately cause the an
nexation of that city to New York, il
which case the latter will take rank IL
population next to London.-iScientift
american.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
4 CHASTITY Sight.

The New York Herald relates the fol-
lowing horrible incident: GA most
CHASTITY sight was presented yesterday af-
ternoon in the squalid tenement house
No. $50 Third street. Frederick Acker-
man, living at the above place, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself with a
musket. About 2 o'clock the people of
the neighborhood were startled by the
report of a gun coming from a small
room in the rear ofthe house, and on going
to ascertain the cause found Ackerman's
body reclining against the door leading
to an adjoining room. The head was en-
tirely gone, and brains, pieces of bone,
and flesh lay scattered all over the apart
ment. The unfortunate man had taken
an old army musket, loaded it with a
q~uadruple charge of powder and two
leaden bullets, placed the muzzle in his
mouth and with his toes pulled the trig-
ger. He was sitting at the time on a
pillow and was leaning against the door
above alludedto. Nothing whatever was
left of his head save a portion of the
lower jaw. Part of the skull was driven
entirely through the door, the nose and
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
BREADsTUFFs.

The grain markets were more or less excited
during the past week and fluctuations in val
ues were both frequent and quite severe. As
a general rule a higher range was established,
but the outside prices were not maintained for
any of the articles. The shipments of wheat
were liberal and the advices from the East
were of a favorable tenor, encouraging ship
pers to buy while the receipts were lighter and
holders of cash grain were very firm in their
views. Prices advanced to $1.16 for July, but
closed at S1.13M. Corn was also firm and
higher, with the closing quotations showing no
decline or advance. Oats were very firm at the
opening, but a failure of a prominent bull OPP
orator caused a break and a subsequent decline
of about &c per bu., which was partially recov-
cred before the close. Rye was steady and
firm. Barley met with q good demand, and
prices were higher all round.
The following table shows the prices current
at the opening and close Of the past week:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
Among the Malay Savages.

One of the most memorable expe-
riences among sayages was that of VIM.
P. Day, q seafaring man, who recently
arrived in this city. The sailing vessel
Bona Juta left New York for a cruise
along the Malay coast. While anchored
off a little natural harbor, six of the
crew went ashore in o boat for the pur-
pose of purchasing fruit and other food
from the natives. While trying to drive
a bargain with one of the chiefs, Mr..
Day offended the chief, and in loud and
angry tones, Zetzek gave some orders to
his people, and forthwith the savages
began throwing stones and sticks at the
little party of sailors. The sailors did
not stay to fight, but ran as fast as they
could toward their boat, which had been
hauled upon the beach. The boat was
somewhat heavy, and it required con-
siderable effort to push it into the water.
-Four of the sailors jumped into the little
craft and the other two, Mr.. Day, and q
man named Jose Mechard, remained out
to push the boat off from the shore.
Messrs. Day and Mechard had just
started the boat, and were about to jump
in themselves, when they were seized
from behind by the savages and taken
prisoners. Their comrades did not re-
turn to their assistance, but rowed away
toward their ship as rapidly as possible.
No sooner did Zetzek, the chief, get the
captives safely away from the coast, than
he commenced series of cruelties which
are almost beyond belief. A f~avorite
amusement of the sayages was to poke
sticks into the fire, and when the ends
were well burning thrust them into the
flesh of the captives, making horrible
burns and scars. After remaining sew
eral months in captivity, Mr.. Mechard
was taken sick with a disease somewhat
similar to Asiatic cholera, and died in a
few hours. After being about a year
with the savages, Mr.. Day fell from a
cliff and broke his right leg, besides
otherwise bruising and manning himself,
so that he was made a cripple for life.
Being then rendered valueless to the
savages, they took him to a missionary
station, and the missionaries ransomed
him by giving the savages some trinkets.
MI. Day took the next vessel that came
to the station, and left the Malay coast,
arriving in this city q few days ago.
NeU York Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29

upper lip were found on the bed at a
distance of six or eight feet from the
body, and a handful Of brains lay on the
floor beside the body in as perfect a
state as though they had been taken out
by the most skillful surgeon. Portions
Of the skull and scalp were found in
every part of the room, and an ear hung
suspended from a nail in the wall over
the bed. The charge with which the
gun had been loaded was so great that
the stock was broken off and the hammer
recocked by the explosion. The right
hand was also terribly lacerated by the
action of the musket in recoiling. Ack-
erman has been a hard drinkcr for the
last three years, and has several times
had the delirium tremens. 1t is sup
posed that he committed self-destruction
while laboring under one ofthese attacks.
He leaves a wife and four children, the
eldest seventeen and the youngest three
years of age"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
LAYING n foundation.

The following scene occurred in a
Justices court in this city: A question
was asked a witness by Mr.. r., the at
torney, as to a statement made by a wit
ness on the other side. The question
was objected to on the ground that a
proper foundation had not been laid,
and the objection was sustained by JUS
tice Fl. Mr.. RI did lay a founda-
ton; 1 was fifteen minutes laying a foun-
dation for the question; and if the court
had attended to its business, and had not
been so much occupied in pulling its
whiskers, it would have known a founda-
ton had been laid" Justice H.-"Mr.
R., if you repeat such words 1 will send
you to jail" Mr.. R.-"In bet you $50
you can't draw a commitment" Justice
H.-"Ill take that bet; (after feeling in
his pockets 1 only have $25, but I'll
give my note for the balance" Mr.. r.
-"Here's another $50 that you can't
write a note without copying from a
form. You are a pretty specimen of a
Justice!" Exit in great disgust
Stockton (Cal.) Leader.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
Killed by a Tiger.

The London Times contains the fol
Intelligence has Just been
received of the death of Mr.. George s.
Dobbie, Mysore Revenue Survey, at She
mogah, in the Mysore territory, on the
9th of May, from injuries received on
the End from q tiger he had MORALLY
wounded. On the I'd of May, while
Mr.. Dobbie was in camp near Malur,
about twenty-seven miles from Shemo-
gah he received intelligence of a tiger
having been seen at a place about six
miles distant !; he at one proceeded
to the spot and commenced beating the
Jungle in the usual manner. The tiger
broke from the Jungle at a place a
where he was posted, and Immediately
Mr.. Dobbie fired, severely wounding the
beast, which skunk off into a thicket
close by. On hearing the report of the
rife the beaters stopped beating. Mr..
Dobbie called his peon, Syed Mustaffa,
to collect the heaters and bring them all
round to him, which occupied about
half an hour :; he then remarked to the
peon, Il have hit the tiger very hard,
and he has gone into that thicket,'
pointing to one a short distance off. He
then, with the peon, proceeded toward
the thlcket, picking up the track of the
tiger by the marks of blood on the
ground. Cutting their way through the
Jungle they soon came near the place
where the creature was lying MORALLY
wounded /; the peon saw him, and point
ing to the spot, said He is still alive.
Mr.. Dobbie replied, Il cannot see BIN.
The peon again pointing to the place
where the wounded beast lay, said,
take care, sir, he is looking at us and
Immediately afterward called out, He
is crouching for a spring, SO look outl
Mr.. Dobbie replied L can't see him but
I'm all ready and the next moment the
tiger charged. Mr.. Dobbie fired both
barrels of his rifle (snap shots and broke
the forearm of the tiger, but did not
stop him F.; the beast was very bad from
his wounds, and possibly could barely
see, for he passed between MIR. Dobbie
and the peon, almost touching both OF
them. The former struck the tiger
while passing, with his discharged rifle,
which caused it to turn upon him, and
during the desperate struggle with the
enraged animal which ensued he trip
and fell and was Immediately seized and
bitten twice on the right thigh. The
tiger then left him and fell dead before
it had gone ten yards. Mr.. Dobbie got
up, looked at the dead tiger, ant
walked to the top of the rising grounds
and from there was carried back to TIN
camp. He thought but little of his in
juries, and during the next two day
transacted his business. On obtaining
a palanquin and bearers from Shemogah
for which he had sent, he returned t.
that station on Wednesday, arriving il
good spirits, apparently doing well, an,
was considered by his friends there al
most out of danger. He was slight.
excited and feverish, and was, therefore
not encouraged to speak of his encoun
ter with the tiger. He shot tolerabl
we'll, but awoke about 3 o'clock in tn
morning in a very excited state, and
Notwithstanding all the efforts of thos
attending him, he rapidly became delir
GUS and died in about two hours froI
the time of awaking."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
Habit.

trust everything under God to habit,
upon which, in all ages, the lawglver, as
well as the schoolmaster has mainly
placed his reliance. Habit makes every
thing easy and casts all difficulties upon
the deviation from a wo1ted course.
Make sobriety a habit and i~ntemperance
will be hateful /; make prudence a habit,
and reckless profigacy will be avoided.
Give a child a habit Of sacredly regard
ing the truth, of carefully respecting the
property of others, of scrupulously alb
staining from all acts of improvidence
which can involve him in distress, and
he will just as likely think of rushing
into an element in which he cannot
breathe as of lying, cheating and steal
ing.-LOrd Brouqhant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
WuHoFr's FEVER AND AGUE TONIC

WHHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
This medicine is used by construction COM
panios for the benefit of their employees, when
engaged in malarial districts. b highest
testimonials have been given by contractors and
by the Presidents of some of the leading rail-
roads in the South and West. When men are
congregated in large numbers in the %neighbor-
hood of swamps and rivers, Wilhoft's Tonic
will prove a valuable addition to the stock of
medicines, and will amply reward the company
in the saving of time, labor and money. We
recommend it to all. WHEELooK, FINLAY & Co.,
Preprietors, New Orleans.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
SAFE DEPOSITS IN LoNDoN.-Blucher

SAFE DEPOSITS IN LONDoN.-BIucher
said "What a fine city to sack !" when
looking down from st. Peters. A bur
glar-general might say of London {:
"What a fine city to rob-" This wealth.
lest city in the world is just organizing
its first safe-deposit company, a thing
familiar to every American city. The
place of deposit is a little fortress in its
way, isolated from other buildings, u
rounded by a moat, filed with water,
like a German robbers castle, triangular,
fire-rroof, bomb-proof, burglar-proof.
The vaults are sunk to great depths, and
the doors without hinges, bolts, ETC., are
moved by some sort of machinery, and
weigh snug four tons each,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29

A~CoNsUMPTIvE CURED.-When death was hourly eI-
pected from Consumption, all remedies having
failed, accident led to a discovery whereby DR.. H. James
cured his only child with q preparation of CdnRdbis In
dicd. He now gives recipe free on receipt OF two stamps
to pay expenses. There Is not n single symptom of Con-
sumption that II does not dissipate-Night Sweats. lrri-
tation of the Nerves, Difficult EIpectoration, sharp Pains
in the Lungs. Nausea at the Stomach, Inaction of the
Bowels, and Wasting of the Muscles. Address GRAD
DOCK & CO.. 1902 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa, CIV
ing name Of this paper.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
THE SONG OF STEAM.

The following fine poem, which Blacklcoods.
Egdzine has pronounced to be the best lyric of the
injury, is by George W. Cutter, of ~Covington, Kyl.
Harness me down with your iron bands,
Be sure of your curb and rein,
For 1 scorn the strength Of your puny hands,
As a tempest scorns q chain.
How l laughed as 1 lay concealed from sight
For many a countless hour,
At the childish boasts of human might,
AND the pride of human power:
When / saw an army upon the land,
A navy upon the seas,
Creeping along, \ snail-like band,
Or waiting q Maynard breeze:
When 1 saw the peasant reel
With the toll that he family bore,
As he turned at the tardy wheel,
Or toiled at the weary car!
When 1 measured the painting courser's speed
The flight Of the carrier-dove,
As they bore a law, a King decreed,
Or the lines of impatient love,
I could but think how the world would feel
As these were outstripped afar,
When 1 should be bound to the rushing keel,
Or chained to the flying car.
Hs! hal haI they found me at last,
They invited me forth al length,
n l rushed to my throne with a thunder blast,
And laughed in my iron strength.
OH then We saw a wondrous change
On the earth and ocean wide,
Where now my fiery armies range,
Nor wait for wind nor tide.
Hurrah hurrah! the waters DER,
The mountains decline;
Time-space-have yielded 10 my power
The worldi the world is minei
The rivers the sun hath earliest blest,
Or those where his beams decline,
The giant streams of the queenly West,
Or the Orient foods divine.
The ocean pales wherever 1 sweep
To hear my strength rejoice,
And monsters of the briny deep
Cover trembling at my voice.
/ carry the wealth and ore of earth,
Tn thought of God-like mind;
The wind lags after my going forth,
The lightning is left behind.
In the darksome depths of the fathomless mine
My t~ireless arms doth play,
Where the rocks ne'er saw the SUMS decline
Or the dawn of the glorious day;
i bring earth's glittering jewels up
From the hidden caves below,
And 1 make the fountains granite cup
With a crystal gush o'eriow.
I blow the bellows, I forge the steel,
In all the shops of trade;
hammer the ore and turn the wheel
Where my arms of strength are made
manage the furnace, the mill, the mint,
1 carry, I spin, 1 weave,
And all my doings 1 put in print
On every Saturday eve.
I've no muscles to weary, 10 breath to decay,
No bones to be laid on the shelf,
And soon 1 intend you may go and play,
While 1 manage the world myself.
But harness me down with your iron bands
Be sure Of your curb and rein,
For i scorn the strength of your puny hands
As the tempest scorns the chain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-07-29
CooPERAGE, LUMBER AND WOOD.

There is but little doing at present either at
the packing houses or distilleries, and the de-
mand for heavy cooperage was very light, while
for flour barrels the demand continues moder-
ate. The offerings, however, OF the different
kinds were not large, and there was no change
of Importance in prices. Quotations range at
$1.12%@1.15 for pork barrels and S1.35@1.45
for lard ~tierces; ) 1.90@2.10 for whisky barrels
and 45655c for four barrels. 1t should be un-
derstood that the outside prices for lard tierces
is only paid for @ standard " packages-the new
size adopted recently by the Packers associa-
ton. Trade in lumber was also very light, and
the offerings throughout the week were in ex-
cess of the demand. Prices were a trifie weak
or, but the decline sustained was slight. The
market closed at 81. 75@s. 90 for joists and scant-
ling, SS.OO014.OO for strips and boards, $2.2O
@2.70 for shingles, and S4.50 for lath. Wood
was very dull, but at the same time prices re-
main steady and unchanged. Quotable at $500
per cord for hickory, $500 for maple, 5000 for
birch, and S4.0O for slabs at the yards.