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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-24
THE
g TENE R IHR IG Il PIANO.


We have boen selling the EMPIRE
Piano for tho past few years in all parts Of the
United S ates and to the entire sadtact0n Of
The reasons for this arc very
simple
FIRST
They are durable this is the most essential
quality.
SECOND
They arc Magnificent in Tone rich full
and especially noticeable fol- the beautiful
Singing Qua itg
THIRD
They arc Reasonable in Prize anot cheap,
poor Piano, but wol AID carefully male in
every part, and placed at such figure as can
noe fail to pleose AL purchasers who desire
REALLY GOOD PIANO AT Al Low PRICE.
FCURTH
They have very attractive and handsomely
finished cases in riOus styles, tuited to gil
tastes All have carved legs amt every i'm
pavement desirable ia 4 modern Piano Forte
iu addition to which wc have introduced the
celebrated
AGRA Eff ED
attachment in each. Piano Forte.
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Folger, % Fulton and j. Bach fer
the Remaining @8 BOO IN. 81.
Pieayune. Juno 15
KELLOGG has written . letter to-
The Judge IF The Superior District
Court, requesting him to extend
the session of his court now about
ta cioses or convene nm extra ses-
sion, ia order that Clinton's case
might be tried without delay.
fOpelousas Courier
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LAKE ETO us H..
JAMES a. KINDER PRorRmToR
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.

rUyHE ABnvB- NAMED HOUSE HAS RE-
eeHly been renovated ana pitt il neas
and complete order Tie travelling public
viii 6udit CON ortasle and pleasant place to,
stop. square meal and q comfortable bed
Gun be had at all timessof the day and night
Bar Is attached to the Hotel, whore the best
Of Liquors and eigats are constantly kept. No.
pains will Be spared by he proprietor B make
those patroni2iBg the house feel comfortable,
and 20 away Satisfied.
A Feed Stable attached. Horses
carefully attended to. no20 ly
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-24

SUPREME C0URT. Yesterday
morning only two Judges Of tie
Supreme Court had arrived here
Messrs WHY and Morgan, one
arrived on Sunday, aud the other
on Monday. Court has been at-
iourned from day to day, waiting
for Judge Taliaferro he may ar
rive to-day, and Il is not known
what has caused his absence So
long, as these three were to hold
court here at this term. Judge
Howell is in the North, sick and
Chief Justice Ludeling was not
expected here at this term. Unless
Judge Taliafero comes, there will
be no court. He may be sick. The
two Judges here VIII wait TIL he
comes. or ill it is ascertained that
be will not come. Up to Yesterday
morning, the transcripts of forty
six cases had been filed one from
Naichitoches, one from Rapides,
two from Calcasieu, two from La
fayette, eight from Vermilion, two
from Iberi0, six from ST. Martin,
thirteen from Sc. Mary, and eleven
from st. Landry. TT We have any
court az all, there will hardly be
any decisions read before Satur-
day evening Oh Monday morning
+ Opelousas Journal, June l8.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-24

The Weed Sewing Machine can
he seen By calling AZ the Echo
otice
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TIE Centennial anniversary of
the battle 81 Bunker Hill was cele-
brated ii Boston "a tie 18th inst,
with imposing and startling dis
play. Confederate and Union flags
waved on the streets, and Consed-
crate military companies marched
IN procession with the boys in
blue. while the Union company
bands played Dixie with an en-
core. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee vas
greeted with q perfect ovation Of
applause, end the boys in gray re-
ceived The lions share Of Northern
attention and hospitality The
bloody chasm is bridged at the
base Of Bunker Hill, and Massa-
ohusetts clasps hands with Yir-
ginia and South Carolina. So
mote il be.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-24

Anoiheg 0I Bead interesting
end always welcome letters from
Cameron So this number 81 our
paper
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Read notice 10 taxp payers.

Louis Leyeque. Esq he's re-
turned from Opelousas, where be-
had gone % attend The supreme
Court.
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The grasshoppers, now called
The Rocky mountain locusts,
darken tie air ID their fight across
the Western pFairies
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-24

Julien Richard, Deputy Sheriff,
has returned. He delivered his
prisoners to the authorities at
0pelousas.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-24

AS tie auetensible editor has
been III Tic city tue last two weeks
On business, our readers have bad
TO 20 d little short 90 editorial
items. Iagourche Republican.
And d little long on tho 'aus-
tensibie editor.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-24

Boss Tweed has been released
from the penilentiary, by 4 judg-
ment 81 The Nov York Court Of
Appeals. There are civil suits
against him, however, for the re-
coyery 81 q few millions d stolen
public money, and AZ bis bail 70
those suits aggregates some six
millions 81 dollars, ho goes from
the penitentiary to fall until be
gives the required bonds.
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Hold I where are YOU going
" no time to stop, sab Massa Bill
II has just got IN. Golly, you
ought To see all the good things he
has brought"
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-06-24

Taxpayers will bear in mind
that the penalties O. back taxes
are removed. provided the taxes
arc paid before The list Of July,
1875.
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!. skissEn, Liberty. sroSr Galveston
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-15
GEo. p. RowELn & Co.

conduct an Agency for the reception Of adver-
tisements for American Newspapers most
complete establishment Of the kind in the
world. Six thousand Newspapers are kept
regularly on file, open TO inspection by cufto-
mers. Every Advertiser eut is taken AT
the home price Of the paper, without any ad-
ditonal charge or commission. An adVer.
tiser, in dealing with the Agency. Is saved
trouble and correspondence, making one
contract instead of q dozen. q hundred
or a thousand A Book containing large
lists Of papers, circulations, with some in
formation about prices, is sent to any
address for twenty-five cents. Persons wish
ing to make contracts for advertising in any
town, city, county. State or Territory OF the
United States, or any portion Of the DOmin-
ion Of Canada. may send concise statement
Of what they want, together with copy of
the advertisement, and receive informa-
tion which will enable them to decide whether
70 increase or reduce the order. For such in
formation there is no charge. Orders are
taken for single paper as well as list; for a
single dollar as readily as for a larger sum,
Offices (rimes Building,
Al PAnk Row. N. Y.
1A6-xx-lQ. .hwbi-A
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MEMPHIS TENN MONDAY EVENING. MARCH Is 1875

nouncement he did the clothes up in a
parcel. Make it thirty-two francs and
stick there This was the last utter
ance of the monitor at my elbow, and
when / obeyed orders with the calm de.
liberation Of one who proposes to fight
it out on that line, poor Bsppo burst
into tears and pleaded his cause. This
was too much for man with large
family and no mean stomach; he might,
owing to the fact that he had secretly
admired me ever since my arrival in
Naples, make it forty francs; but friend
ship. selfish and undying friendship
alone prompted the generous act.
With that announcement my friend
took me by the shoulder and walked me
out Of the establishment. We didn't 90
far; we tarried about the Threshold for
moment, and / was once more seized
and walked back again, while Beppo
embraced me tenderly, aud cried with
much emotion, Take them for thirty
five francs-take them; | am ruined
man, but would not have gone out into
the world naked and forlorn for the sake
Of few sousY Feeling by this time
that | was quite brute, | resolved to
brass it out and, therefore, put down my
thirty-hve francs, which Beppo received
without murmur.
A tragedy in five acts could not have
so worked up my feelings as did the pic
ture of Beppo weeping in the midst Of
numerous and starving family, and this
picture haunted mo as | left that un-
happy spot. A moment later Beppo was
at my side, begging that would give
him glass of wine-onlY six sousl 1t
was conscious money, and was freely
given; but as / turned the corner close
at hand, Beppo was still watching me,
and | saw thep there was twinkle in
his eye, that seemed to say: After all
this shopping, have the BEST of you,
my boy" Of course the cloth is pasted
together, and the buttons are put on
with starch; but time is heeting, aud,
perhaps, ] shall rise into cooler ATTITUDES
in season to save myself - Charles Var
rem Stoddard
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The Tel srahaI at Agra.

A hundred miles from Delhi, at Agra,
rises one of the fairest monuments OF
selfish love and of cruel promise. The
beautiful and beloved wife OF Shah Jehan,
the mightiest of earthly kings, died in
1881, nor could the wealth Of India or
the power Of an absolute rule save the
life Of the being most dear to the Grand
Mugul, the fair Moon-taj-i.mahal. As
she died she uttered the request that her
husband would provide for her a suitable
monument. Thoughtless and full of the
common vanities Of life, she scarcely re-
fiected that the execution Of her wish
must be paid for from the poor earnings
Of the mothers and daughters Of Hindos-
tan, that tears would be shed in thousands
of cottages, that children would be
pinched and starved, and the aged
harassed and disheartened, to provide
for the cost Of her marvellous tomb. Too
seldom, indeed, do any of us look to the
results Of our eotions, or are more care
full than the dying queen TO limit our
wishes by a philanthropic rule. In his
passionate grief, Shah Jehan pressed on
the building of mausolenm TO his CON
sort With berbaric Indifference to the
spferings Of bis people. Twenty thous.
and laborers, il is said, we're employed
upon the work for twenty years. All In,
dia groaAed with toll and taxation. The
TAI Mahal, for so the tomb is called, rose
at last to wonderful perfection. 1t is
the most beautiful and the richest of all
tue testimonials Of a'sel6sh affection to
its lost objeet, tAc finest architectural
device Of sorrow, love and death A
garden, as is usual in most Oriental
palaces and tombs, surrounds the spot
gheFs sleeps the Eastern queen; the cy-
press Eay6g, ths oFenge, the lemon, the
banyap aud the palm spread their foliage
ground; fountains play along every ave
nus, and glitter in the air; and all the
charms Of shiraz and Cashmere are said
to be initiated, If not surpassed, in the
gardens Of TAI Mahal In the midst Of
the solemn beauty of the natural decora.
tions, in front of the great gate, and look.
ing down upon the sacred Jumna, springs
up the mausoleum itself. A platform Of
shining merble, one minaret at each cor.
ner Of wonderful loyelinepO end the cen.
tral shrine, crowned with its glittering
crescent, two hundred and sixty feet high,
are ETought into that rare perfection Of
forw aud decoration to which only Hin
doc craftsmen could attain. The mar
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THE EXTRA NINE.SPOT.
Cheating at Baccarat In the London
Clubs.
I o,do, a.. nil. D.A.

Cnohtlng at BaccarAt In the London
clubs.
London cor. Daily Graphic.
George Russell has, | hear, gone to
San Francisco, 80 let the monte and
euchre players look out. Major Har-
bord intends to sue the War Office, it is
said, for $4,000 as the price OF his com
mission, his contention being that the
authorities had no right to refuse his
papers when he sent them in, and cashier
him without a court martial. | can
hardly imagine he will gain anything by
this move; indeed, if any one does, it
will be members of the Lost Tribes of
Israel, with whom the gallant officer has
close and intimate relations. O1 dit,
that Lord Suffield has offered him lib.
eral sum of money on condition of his
changing his name and promising never
to return to England. AS some of
your readers may have fancy to know
how the card-cheating was done, l will
explain briefly: A club Of gentlemen,
all of whom were intimately known to
each other, we're in the habit of playing
baecarat together at Nice. Major Har-
bord, having become acquainted with
one or two Of them, was allowed to Join
their set, His plan then was as follows:
After losing all the money in bis trousers
pocket he would say, :" | must get out
my pocket-book, and putting his hand
into his breast pocket take out the book,
open it and take out note, which he
would stake, at the same time laying the
book, as 4 by accident, on the pack of
cards. Underneath the pocket-book,
which was large one, was
concealed card Ia nine spot),
and when the stakes we're made the
Major had merely to lift up his pocket
book, turn up the card he had placed be.
meath it, ard pocket his winnings. The
fraud was discovered by o waiter, who,
whilst selling a pack of old cards, no.
tlced there seemed to be more than fifty
two in the pack, and on looking found
several extra nine spots. Suspicion at
once fell on Major Harbord, as the
only stranger. he was searched, and
twenty-seven mines were found On him.
Who talks Of the Heather Chinee now?
1t is most earnestly to be hoped that the
London clubs will take the question OF
high play" up in earnest now, and en-
force the rules against the practice
which nominally exists in nearly all
these establishments.
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bic, the gold, the precious stones, are
melted into fruits and flowers, and woven
into designs that surpass the labors Of
the pencil or the dream of poetry. Yet
it is within, beneath the central minaret,
in chamber rich and grander than roy
al palace ever knew, that the Oriental
fancy finds its chief display. The mar
ble-latticed windows lend a pensive light
the floors are sown with jewels, and the
cenotaph of the fair and feeble mortal for
whom all this wasteful toll toll was given
rises like an apparition Of beauty behind
the lace.work Of a marble screen. Yet,
in all this rich effect Of Oriental fancy
one misses, perhaps, the stronger traits
OF Western genius. A single figure on
the mausoleum Of Halicarnassus, cloven
by the powerful chisel Of Scopas, must
surpass it all, and all the wealth and
power Of Shah Jehan could not awake
the immortal FIRE that glows in the friezes
oe Phidias.
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Criticism on lhe NationnI Daubs

Powell, another of the fraternity whom
the Lord started for blacksmiths, but
whom Rhadsmadthus maliciously fp-
ished as historic picture-painters, has
his nose out of joint. Powell is green
with envy because Garfeld's committee
has recommended $25, 900 to Carpenter
for his joint death of Lincoln and of art,
and has agreed to pay Miss Ransom
$4,000 for her map Of Thomas at the
battle OF Chickamauga. He now petl-
tions Congress to give him an addi-
tional appropriation for the acre of pig
ment at the head of the Senate's north
gallery staircase, yclept Perry's Battle
of Lake Erie" Powell made it, and the
fussy little fraud is not satisfied with hav.
ing already received $4,000 for the
thing. He is paint-slinging Oliver
Twist, bowling for more. His chief plea
is that the picture is so large that he
could not get it inside of an ordinary
house, but was obliged to hire, at enor-
nous expense, an armory in New York
in which to stand the canvas and allow
his mighty soul space to throw itself.
The picture is big enough to have been
built inside au omnibus company's
stable; bad enough to have been
wrought with brushes dipped in the
sweepiRgs thereof
There is probably modesty in Powell,
if it could only get out to prove itself
Thus far, however, only droll vanity, of
that highly-conceited order that places
sculptors and musicians above the aspi.
rations Of all other prigs, has escaped
him. Gazing ruefully at Miss Ransom 5
rainbow hued trayesty Of General
Thomas, Powell said to friead: "FiE.
teen thousand dollars for that is abom
Unable. Why, a great painter like Elliott
would have done picture of the same
size for $4,000, and | would undertake
one for $4,000. - Gideon, in Chicago
Times.
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An EIephnnt RnttIe.

From the New York Herald
The wild animals at the Hippodrome
seem to have lost none of their instincts
in captivity. Though Gagged and curbed,
domesticated and trained, as they neces-
sarily are, these creatures constantly be-
tray their savage natures. The pair Of
rhiuoceroses qusrreled as soon as they
met at the Hippodrome, and were with
difficulty separated, while the leopards a
few days ago INDUCED in a battle that
ended in the death Of the weaker one
Yesterday the gage Of war was between
the elephants, race Of animals usually
quiet and peaceable after domestication,
One day, this week the management re.
ceived from Europe small female ele-
phant named Julia, and she was placed
in the long box appropriated to that
class Of paehydermatons. The old and
new members Of the elephantic family
appeared to agree with each other very
well until yesterday afternoon. When
the matinee performance was over
Julia was marched into the pen,
being placed next to an elephant
called Prince, who at once began
fondling his companion. Julia resented
his attentions, and with a blow of
her proboscis knocked him OF his feet.
Prince became enraged at this treat
ment, and attacked Julia as soon as he
recovered from his astonishment. The
struggle was fierce one, and both of
the contestants used their trunks and
tusks with rare good will, and the scene
was so noisy that the audience became
somewhat frightened. All OF the ele.
plants trumpeted shrilly, and their com
motion led to much excitement among
the occupants Of the several cages in
the menagerie. Before the watchful at.
tendants could repair to the scene Of the
encounter Julia was badly gored by her
antagonist, and after peace had been
restored it was found necessary to place
her in huge sling of canvas, es she had
sustained severe would in the shoulder.
The keepers do not consider the unfortu-
nate beast in any great danger, though
the occurrence is deeply deplored. The
fact OF such battle taking place is con-
sidered remarkable. as old hunters cay
that elephants have never been known
to quarrel in menagerie before.
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TWO BROKEN HEARTS.
Rew itched by Beautiful Actress
. A Loving Wife's Terrible Death.

BeW itched by n Beautiful Actress
. A Loving Wife's Terrible Death.
FrSm Figaro.l
In 1870 young Frenchman, the Count
George de Meyrae. married beautiful
girl Of his own station in life, Mathilde
-, who was very much in love with
him. All went we'll, and the two were
very happy in their devotion to each
other. They we're fond of the theater,
and every one just at that time was en-
raptured with a new actress, Rosita, who
took the principal roles in the dubious
dramas of the Dumas school. The
newly welded pair often went to Rosita' 8
theater, until the countess thought her
husbands eyes fingered too fondly on
the actress, and began to feel pangs of
jealousy. Frou-Frou was one OF Rosita' s
best impersonations, and on her farewell
night she appeared, by request, in that
character The jockey club, of
which George de Meyrac was vice
president, gave her supper after
the play. George, Of course, was
present, and sat by the side of the iasci-
mating Rosita, who was surrounded with
bouquets. Wine flowed freely, and mirth
and wit enlivened the banquet until
three o'clock in the morning. Mean
while the poor wife. Mathilde, waited at
the little gate of their park for her tru-
ant husband. The hours passed slowly
on, and he came not A cold, penetra-
ting rain began to fall at midnight, and
Mathilde trembled from exhaustion and
exposure At FIVE in the morning, when
her husband came through the little
gate, he stumbled over her inanimate
body lying on the rain soaked ground
She was not dead; she lived for FIVE days
after, but never recovered her mind. In
her delirium she necessarily murmured
Frou-Frou Frou-FrouW Those were
her last words.
The count was almost crazed by his
wife's loss He entered the army and
sought death in the bloody battles of
the Franco.P Prussian war. Fate was
cruel, and he returned unharmed. His
wifes room, adjoining his own, had
always been kept closed since her death,
but owing to the suffocating heat one
summers night, George opened the door
between the two rooms. He then fell
asleep. In about an hour he awoke;
the clock struck midnight. AS the last
stroke sounded, he heard distinctly from
the other room the words Frou-Frou."
He listened with inexpressible anguish.
" Frou-Frou seemed to be murmured
from all parts of the room He leaped
from his bed, lighted candle, and
crossed the threshold Of Mathilde's
chamber. AT that instant current of
air extinguished the candle, aud George
felt upon his forehead, his lips, his
cheeks, something inde6nable-a breath,
a caress, the contact of cold wing, or,
perhaps, the muslin of peignoir. He
fell unconscious. The next morning he
was found lying there insane. To every
interrogation he only replied Frou-
Frou." The country people in the
Of the Chateau de Meyrac
think that it was the soul of the countess
returning at midnight to murmur in the
ear of her cruel husband: George, |
still love thee; but it is thou who hast
killed mel .o,.e,e.I
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How 10 Buy n SUIT of Clothes In
Naples,

Have you ever made bargain in
Naples? ] have been eyeing light cassi-
mere suits for three days past, and this
morning made a purchase, the nature of
which ! shall never cease to marvel at
An Italian friend having volunteered to
assist at the ceremony, we entered q
gentlemans furnishing establishment
the proprietor of which treated US With
fraterl0l warmth. What would l bavef
Only commend him, and / would be
served with the utmost expedition |
wanted a light spit, such rs a fellow
might wear through Q hot month and
then throw out Of q window All, yesi
he had the very article; and With that be
rolled the clerk off from the counter,
where he was sound asleep, and pulled
down 40 avalanche Of ready-made gar
ments. They we're not stylish, but they
would do.
/ selected what seemed 10 me the
least Objectionable of the lot, ana ap,
preached the delicate subject, the price
thereof. Beppo beamed upon me; |
don't know what bis name was, but it
might easily have been Beppo. Beppo
said, Only seventyr6ye francs for thst
complete and lovely outfit" Il struck
me that the price was reasonable, and |
was about to settle the bill, when my
friend plucked me by the coat sleeve,
with en- expression of horror, aud ex.
claimed, "You must never pay the price
asked you; make him an oAferM l
wondered it he would feel insulted were
! to suggest sixty.6ve fFsnes as fair
bargain. Again my friend sRyed me
from disagreeoble sacrifice.
"O9sr the fellow thirty" said he. I
offered thirty francs, and expected to be
stabbed on the spot. But no; Beppo
thought it cruel thing Cor 90 excellent
gentleman as myself to thus rob him
OF the finest suit Of clothes in Naples
at that figure. He weuld take fifty
francs and nothing less; at which an.