The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-06-15

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ommending the adoption Of glass ro.t y,
for cradles. He attributestbe prsval lasl'
Of gout among infants to loss AZ ~ 49,
tricity.
"wHo BREAKS PAys.a
(Atter Teanyson.
Break, break, break,
Ny china and glass. Oh, she
Wouldn't like to hear me utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
Oh, wen for the clearinghouse cat
That az present it's cut of the wsv,
Oh, well for the plump page-bov -
That he didn't take down that tray.
And the breakages 60 down
To their haven in the dust.bin.
But oh for the touch of vanished hand
And the sound Of a rivet knock'd N.
Break, break, break,
At the foot of the stairs. Oh she
Can't expect that the whole of her wo..,
viii be paid this month by me. ."
The latest thing out in lasciyiOus
feminine wearing apparel is the tight.6t.
ting chamOis-skin basque, which is Of
buff color, and is said to look natural
and NICE" 1t follows the contour 9th
body, is velvety and suggestive, and
when worn in connection with the mil
back makes very effective tout ensemble
..Jerrold used to tell this incident
from his own experience: A passenger
well-to-dO in the world, had fallen over.
board at sea, and his life was saved By an
Irish sailor, who jumped in after him.
As reward for the service which bs
preserver had rendered him, the gener.
GUS passenger presented the man with
sixpence! WhereupOn the sailor, scan,
ming him from head to foot with smile
of supreme contempt, exclaimed in
rich brogue, d" Be jabers, it's enoughN
There is now and then a poet who
does not court the muses. in vain, and
for whom the newspapers have tender.
dess. The following lines are being gen.
orally copied, and seem to touch the
great heart of the people:
Twenty froggies went to school
Down beside rushy pool;
Twenty little coats of green,
Twenty vests all white and clean.
" We must be in time," said they;
"First we study, then we play;
That's how to keep the rule
When we froggies go to school,"
Master Bullfrog, grave and stern,
Called the classes to their turn;
Taught them how to nObly strive,
Likewise how to lean and dive;
From his seat upon the log
Showed them how to say "kerschOgW
Also how to dodge blow
From the sticks which bad boys throw.
Twenty froggies grew up fast;
BullfrOgs they became at last;
Not one Ounce among the lot,
Not one lesson they forgot;
Polished in high degree,
As each froggie ought to be;
Now they sit on other logs,
Teaching other little frogs.
The second night after her first hus-
0and died she sat by the open chamber
window five hours waiting for the cats
o begin fighting in the backyard. She
aid: "This thing of going to sleep
without a quarrel of some kind is so new
hat I can't stand it Let me alone till
hey begin; then I can doze off gently
Charlotte Cushman said to two young
sirls about to go on the stage: "TO me
t seems as il, when God conceived the
world, that was poetry; he formed it,
md that was sculpture; he varied and
,Olored it, and that was painting; and
hen, browning all, he peopled it with
living beings, and that was the grand,
Irvine, eternal drama" ..
Marshall Hubbard, aged seventy
light, a well-known citizen of Pittsfeld,
lied recently. Some yeam ago he built
family tomb on a sunny hillside in the
emetery. and was accustomed TO sit in a
hair in its opendoc' On fine days, saying
e was impatient 60 sleep with the in'
mates. He kept the tomb scrupulOudy
lean, often sweeping it out with his own
ands.
-" George" said a maiden, as she
niled archly in her lovers face, "what
! there in grand achievement that re
linds me Of you ~ Georges eye lit with
leasure, and there was loving tender
ess in the glance with which he replied,
No, darling; please tell me" /" Big
.et, !" replied the maiden. She now fat
Ems her nose against the Window-pane,
nd wonders whether George has COM