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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-10-26

conyeniences to which ours are strangers;
iced water is not a luxury but a net-
essity, which the Americans most sadly miss
in the European summer the unexamplad
of the masses lin Philadelphia
alone the tow supplies water for forty thou
sand baths, most of them in what we should
call artisans dwellings) carries with 1T a
physical self-respect that preserves q gem
eral decorum, and he offensive habit, Of
which SO much has been said, but which was
in the United States just the same and No
more than Germany and in other tobacco
smoking populations is now kept under dus
restraint, and there is nothing to remind III
of the American traveller Of some twenty
years ago, who was so indignant at the at
tectation and prudery of English men and
women in this respect, that though, as he
stated. his medical adviser had desired him
to abstain from it in consequence Of his con-
sumptive tendency, he never lost an oppor-
tunity OF practicing it Ill England to show
his contempt for our ~aristocratic insolence.
The traveller has nothing to grumble about
except he expenses of the hack-carriages,
which he will compare with u cabs.
whereas they really correspond to the re-
mises.-July London Quarterly.
INWARD JoY.-There are situations in life
which, to the outside spectator, appear tho
most dark and cherries, but are far from
being SO to those who are in the centre OF
them. Bright spots come out and sources
of interest open, which common eyes dis
regard and we learn that life may be like
the homes of some Eastern lands, which
have their dull, dead walls to the crowd, but
their fountains and flowers and singing
birds in the courts within. There are many
joys which a stranger cannot even discern;
and, if We are to wait quietly, we must cul-
tivate an eye for these.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19
THE BABY'S BED

The baby should never be allowed in
the bed between it's parents. Several good
objections must occur to every one
l need not name but one. 1t must,
when thus placed, constantly inhale the
poisonous emanatiOns from the bodies OF
the two adults. 1t should sleep in a crib
by the side gifts mothers bed. The best
at all seasons of the year, is one Of Oat
straw. The straw should be changed,
and the tick washed as often as once in
two weeks. This gives little trouble, and
involves little or no expense, while the
perfect cleanliness and sweetness cOntri-
butte not a little to the baby's health
During the cold season a wooden blanket
should be spread over the straw bed to
increase the warmth. For covering the
little sleeper wooden blankets should be
used and all the blankets should be fire.
quentIy washed.
Does he kick up the bed-clothes? Then
fasten them on the side of the crib with
little tapes or little knobs. The little
chap may then kick ever so obstinately,
he can't uncover himself.
The pillows should be of straw. for
got to speak Of this in connection with
the bed. The proximate if not the Origi-
nal cause of large proportion Of deaths
among American babies is some malady
of the brain, when we suppose the death
to result from dysentery or cholera intan-
tum. The immediate cause Of death is
an ELECTION Of the brain supervening
upon the bowel disease. The heads of
American babies are, for the most part,
little furnaces! What mischief must
come from keeping them buried twenty
hours hours of every twenty-four in
feather pillows! 1t makes me shiver to
think of the number of deaths among
these precious little ones which I have
myself seen, where had no doubt that
cool straw pillows would have saved
them.
The hair pillow is inferior to straw, be-
cause it cannot, like straw, be made per-
fectly clean and fresh by a frequent
change. Do not fail to keep their little
head COOL Ni0 Leqvi8
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19

The time when money could be made by
ignoramuses, and when wealth could be
had almost for the taking, has faded far
away in the dim past; and an era Of
strife and struggle has dawned, in which
only those who have most carefully pre-
pared themselves for the warfare can hope
to succeed.
It is not luck that makes one man fai
and his neighbor succeed it is not tickle
fortune that brings clouds of difficulties
upon one while another has appa-
rently plain sailing; it is something
far more certain in its operations than
either of these. 1t is skill and perfect
command of his resources that enables
one man to advance where another can
make no progress; and these two quail
tiles are possessed only by those who
have made their business the one thing
they must become perfectly familiar
with.
The world is not yet 50 crowded that
any need go to the wall to support the
rest; there is room for all, and an album
dance to spare. The great want is for
more men who are we'll qualified for
work, and who will put their shoulders
to the wheel and push. Any person who
is determined to win, and who unites
with his perseverance sense enough to
know that success come only to those
who deserve it, by the patience and skill
with which they toll, has before him an
uninviting field for labor, and may enter
it with the assurance that, if his efforts
are rightly directed, they will meet
with a sure reward.-NOrtbeoe8tern Latno'
boYD70n
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19
FAILUREs-WH4T THEY TEA CHI.

The numerous failures and suspen-
siOns which have made the commercial
world, since the panic of 1873, one Of
constant upheaval and change, should be
utilized by those fortunate ones who
have thus far escaped disaster and by
those who are entering for the hrst time
the field OF business life, for the lessons
thatmay be drawn from them. Failures,
like every species of mishap, only follow
from a sufficient cause; and usually 1t is
one that could have easily been counter
acted or avoided if the fact of its exist
ence had not been unknown. And it is
Just here that we find so many of our
business men weak. In their acquain-
lance with their own business, they lack
that complete command of the calling
they have professedly made themselves
master of, which alone enables one to un-
derstand and avoid its dangerous points.
The man who makes study of, or
who devotes time to, an accurate and
scientific education in the business he
has chosen, as a means for the accumu-
laton of wealth, is now rarely found :;
and it seems TO US that 4 large number
of the failures of the last three years
might justly be attributed to this cause.
The idea seems to prevail that a bust.
ness transacted on ones own account is
a kind of perpetual melton, that, once
started, will not only keep itself in oper.
alton, but may be drawn upon to an
almost unlimited extent for the means
to sustain other enterprises. The in
ventor who spends years in attempting
to realize his impossible machine is not
more certain of failure than he who
starts in business with such expectation.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19
LOVES TEMPEST.

/ wender If it seems rs long
To you; three years have passed or more,
Since, 10th to speak the final word.
We parted at the vine-wreathed door.
The graceful gesture Of your hand,
Your wistful eyes, l see them yet,
And hear from out those pleading lips
The whisI cred mandate, " Don't forget"
All, was it that your faitn in me
Was weak, or that my thoughts you read
And guessed the plot my brain conceived,
Black as the heavens overhead?
Fast fell the rain, the pallid moon
Was hidden by the tempest's rack.
Z Adieu !" you cried "now don't forget
To bring our best umbrella back ~
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19
FATHER, HELP d!

Father, teach me how TO pray,
How 20 ask for what need,
So TO live that every day
Shall be thine 10 thought and deed
Father. help me every hour,
Irant me grace for every day,
So 10 live that by Thy power,
Imay pa, ms away
Father, let Thy will be mine,
All my viii absorbed in Thee,
let the gTaces in me shine
Gifts Of mercy unto me!
Father, fill my heart with love,
Keep it pure and free from sin,
That fits thoughts Thou canst approve
So that peace may enter in
Father, keep me evenlOrel
Keep my heart at peace with Tree,
Let Thy Holy Spirit pour
Its Teviying breath on me
F. G. WheeIe1
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19
HoMELE MAx1MS FOR HARD TIMES


Take care of the pennies. Look well
to your spending. No matter what
comes in, if more goes out you will be
always poor. The art is not in making
money, but in keeping it. Little ex-
penses, like mice in barn, when they
are many, make a great waste. Hair by
hair heads get bald; straw by straw the
thatch goes off the cottage, and drop by
drop the rain comes into the chamber.
A barrel is soon empty, if the tap leaks
but a drop a minute. When you mean
to save, begin with your mouth; many
thieves pass down the red lane. The ale
jug is a great waste. In all other things
keep within compass. Never stretch
your legs further than your blanket will
reach, or you will soon be cold. In
clothes choose suitable and lasting stuff,
and not tawdry fneries. To be warm is
the main thing, never mind the looks.
A fool may make money, but it needs
a wise man to spend it. Remember, it
is easier to build two chimneys than
keep one going, If you give all to back
and board, there is nothing left for the
savings bank. Fare hard and work hard
when you are young, and you will have
a chance to rest when you are old.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19

ber). Worms have appeared in thirty
five counties, and have done more or less
damage, the greatest injury being COM
mitted in the prairie and canebrake lands
of middle Alabama, where it is reported
as having been serious We will remark
that where Paris green has been timely
applied it has been efectual in destroying
these pests.
Mississippi-Twenty counties; fifty
eight letters. The weather in this state
is reported as having been shOwery up
to about the twentieth of August; since
then dry nd hot; in seven counties it
has been as favorable as last year, but in
three less favorable. The plant has
taken on but little fruit since July, and
there is a general complaint of shedding.
The condition of the crop as compared
with last year is as good in the uplands,
but not as good in the prairie and bottom
lands, some correspondents reporting it
fifteen to twenty per cent. worse. Pick
ing has commenced and will become gen
eral about the tenth of this month (Sep-
tember); all the letters reporting that
the cotton is opening very rapidly.
Worms have appeared in twelve counties,
and have done serious injury in four; in
the other eight their ravages have not
been so great. All report, however, that
no top crop will be made.
CHARLESTON DEPARTMENT.
The following summary Of the cOndi-
ton of the cotton crop in South Caro-
lima, for August, is compiled from eighty
three replies of our correspondents in
twenty-nine counties of the state:
The weather-Seventeen report the
weather during the month of August as
favorable; twenty-four report the first
half wet or showery, afterward hot and
dry twenty-five report hot and dry;
twenty report changeable.
Comparison with last year Of the
weather-Twenty-fou report the weather
more favorable than for the same month
last year; twenty report it as equally
favorable; seventeen report it as less
favorable.
Frujtinc, etc.-Forty-two report the
crop to be we'll fruited; fourteen report
the crop as fair in this respect; twenty
three report the crop as not trulted we'll
From all sections there are reports OF
the shedding OF the fruit, and IN hght'
sandy soil 1t is shedding heavily
Condition compared with last year.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19

THE NEW POSTAL LAw.-One OF the
most sensible items in the new postal law,
and one which every body will appre-
ciate, is that which allows a person to
write his or her name on the wrapper
and also the word from" TO let the
party receiving IL know who it is from
Without violating the law.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19
THE WEEK PAST.

THE doctors have had something new
at Scio, Oregon. It was a feminine
patient with bugs in her stomach. The
insects have been dislodged by means of q
powerful catharic, and the patient is
thought to be recovering. The stranger:
resembled the ordinary bed-bug, and
were alive when brought to the light.
The learned practitioners do net seem to
have inquired whether the afflicted
woman had been in the habit of sleeping
with her mouth open.
THE fence corners demand attention so
ong as we keep up the improbable Gus
tom of having fences at all. The moving
machine cannot get into them but weed
seed and unsightly bushels can. A half
days work in the fence corners and along
the walls will add greatly to the thrifty
appearance of the place. A general clear
ng up Of all rough places about the farm
should occupy the semi-leisure hours of
this time, before the rush of harvest
Scientific farmer.
TIE hard times have cast blight on
American matrimony. "Griselda," in
her letter from Saratoga to the Hartford
Times, describes the beautiful dresses
seen at the beautiful resort, and adds:
"In short, lady is now dainty from
head to foot and an object of mans
alteration, but they don't adore as they
did when there were dozens of worship
pers at every girls shrine and men
thought themselves fortunate when they
obtained wives. Now it is all reversed"
A SPORTING Judge is of use in more
ways than one. Recorder Hackett added
TO his other sound decisions one upon
guns, the other day, which bore against
a prisoner who pleaded that the shotgun,
with which he had shot some children,
went off from blow against the window
sill. The recorder examined the gun,
declared it impossible, and offered to let
the prisoner try it in that way against
him with a double charge in it. The
jury was convinced by the judge, as
an expert as we'll as judicially, and
the sentence was a years imprisonment.
PROFESSOR BLACKIE has all at once
become immensely popular by saying of
woman "She will be fitted for the
rough and thorny walk of the masculine
professions when she has got a rough
beard, brazen front and hard skin, but
not sooner" The professor seems to be
one Of those happy men who have never
encountered any coarse women. The
noble red man, not to speak of the in
habitants Of some parts of Europe, could
enlishten the professor good deal as to
feminine endurance. Many of the most
protuberant cheeks in this country are
feminine, and beard would scarcely add
anything to them.
THE London Lancet gives some useful
advice as TO how one should eat and
drink during exceptional heat Very
little tea or coffee, plenty of milk with
fish, and but little meat, and that well |
cooked, and moderate indulgence, in
iced drinks, are what the London Lancet
recommends Spirits and heavy wines,
of course, it iaterdicts. 1t should be
known that frequent and excessive thirst |
is often aggravated by an injudicious
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19

THE brutal Turks have disregarded
the Geneva Cross. This is the emblem
of hospital attendants-the angels Of
mercy on the battlefield The wearers
OF the Geneva Gross have always moved
about with immunity upon the battle
field, indifferent as to which side they
aided, and all civilization soldiers have
treated the emblem with respect and
reverence. The ferocious Turks would
seem determined to place themselves
outside Of the pale Of civilization. 1t is
strange that with the entire sympathies
Of Europe against them they are per-
mitted 10 continue their atrocities day
after day. The time must come wheE
the Mu&ulman with his crescent and
his implements Of torture will be swept
across the Bosphorus.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-19
Worms-None are reported.

In conclusion, we would remark that
the crop is from ten to fifteen days later
than last year, but the prevailing hot
weather and rust (Which is reported in
fifteen cOunties) are forcing it open rap
idly, and, to large extent, before the
bolls are fully matured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-27
DRoPOsALs FOB STATIONERY.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March Is, 1876.
Sealed Pro posals for ing Stationery for the
year ending une 80, 1877, will be received a. this
Department until the 18th day Of April, 1876, at Il
Blsnk forms for bidding will be furnished upon
The bids will be considered and accented or re-
Jected item by item; and this adv ertisemant and the
proposal far accep ed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and the bond accompanying the same,
shall constitute the contract between tn. govern,
mept and the bidder bidders, and no further con
tract will be executed
The articles contracted for must be furnished
pursuant to orders from the De partment The en-
the year.
with sum Gent sureties, In the Of thou sand
dollars $1,000 approved BY United Sta Of
cer ef ths district in which the sureties reside or
pertinent. conditioned for furnishing such portions
Of the articles may be awarded under and the
performance OF the contract
pert detailed for the by the Secretary Of
the Treasury, AID the delivery OF inferior article
Will be deemed sufficient cauee to annul the con-
tract, at the option OF the Secretary.
Deliveries must be free OF charge at the Treasury
Department, Washington
The failure to comply with any one order under
penalty Of the bond the Secretary the Treasury
may direct the purchase, in open market, OF such
quantities of any articles shall be necessary to
supply the deficiency caused by such failure, and
price which 1t shall be found necessary to pay for
such articles.
will not be considered and contracts will be srded
only to established manufacturers Of, dealers in
Proposals to be addressed to the undersigned, and
marked Proposals for b ationery."
Il. II BRISTOW,
mario Aaw4w Secretary OF the Treasury.
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EVENING STAR.
MONDAY. March %, Is.s.
Survival OF che Fftte~f.

DIR. JOSEPH LElDY on THE THEORY OF
EVOLUTION.
Correspondence OF the Philadelphia Press
from Swarthmore, Pa, says: The EunomIan
Literary Society of Swarthmore College has
organized a course OF lectures during the
present winter, 10 which the other literary
faculty, and few other guests. have been
invited. A very interesting lecture OF this
course was delivered on Wednesday evening
ae,, oy r Sosepn keidy, OF THIS city, now resi-
stitution. The subject chosen was that popu-
larly known as "Darwinism !" or more cor
rectly The Theory of Evolution" The doc
tor opened his address with the emphatic
assertion that he is a firm believer In Goi as
the Great First Cause, reminding his hearers
that belief In theory OF evolution. so far from
involving disbelief In Supreme Intelli-
eence governing the universe, would really
seem TO be belief in more wise and far
seeing intelligence than that which would
produce the various existing orders OF beings
oy special and disconnected creations. IL
was not question of fact but OF manner.
To assert that GSd chose 10 adopt q
ment as the method OF creation couli surely
be no more at variance with the Divine
attributes than q belief that he chose 20
create man at once by an arbitrary exercise
Of power The perfect consistency OF the
tn DRY OF evolution, with the method OF pro
gress In all departments OF nature. aud even
al science and arts, was most clearly and fe
ntiously shown and illustrated by the distin-
guiShed naturalist. Nor does he consider
this theory at ali in conflict with the Scrip
tura! accounts OF creation, properly under
stood. When we read that GOi created man
out of the dust OF earth. and breathed into
his nostrils the breath Of life, we are not
reading of the creation OF the animal man.
but OF the human soul; OF that which eSpeci-
ally characteriZes man, distingui shing him
rom the rest OF animated beings; and the
dust was no less dust Tor matter that IL had
been previously prepared for the reception OF
It's immortal tenant by n long series OF deyel-
olmenls, from the lowest and simplest 10 the
highest and most complex form OF organized
existence.
The lecture, which commanded the earnest
attention OF the audience for nearly two
hours, was triumphant vindication OF the
doctrines of Darwin, the gradual evolution
OF higher from lower forms; the theory OF Sc
lection, and the constant progress OF races by
the survival OF the fittest. w
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NIsrAKEs As To THE EVIDENCEs OF
DEATH The Providence jon nal recently
reported and subsequently made com ment
on a remarkable case OF carelessness i'm the
isborer at Providence, Rhode Island fell in
some form OF a ut, and a. the common syrnp-
toms OF death appeared, his fellow labOrers
instead OF calling In medical sdvice, carried
him 10 an undertaker's and had him nut i'm
collin preparatory TO his removal 70 his
residence for burial. Fortunately for the
victim, the coffin was neither strong nor air
tight, and after recovering from his ft he
kicked the lid of and returned % his work
There was no medical examination of the
supposed dead man, and up 10 tue time
when be was screwed up IN n coffin no coro-
ners Inquest was held. Such cases OF mis-
taken judgment as 10 the evidences OF death
are fortunately very rare. but they mt ght be
banished altogether from the history OF civ
ilized communities II proper care was AIKEN
in securing medical examination OF the sup
posed dead bodies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-27

TIE TERRoRs or TEXAS Referring TO re-
fDarks OF the Austin Statesman condemn
ing The too free use OF the knife and the TX
shooter in Texas, the Corpus Christi (TeNas)
Gazette INDUCES in these observations: Tine
terrible SIX shoOter seems 10 De the insepa-
rable companion Of sll ages, and It's quick
use the ambition OF the young. The very air
which we breathe seems TO be impregns ted
with the disease. A west Texas boy knows
no peace OF mind until he can raise funds
enough 10 become the possessor OF q six
OF unrest until he can display his superior
qualities. His main delight Ia 70 hang AZ
ABOUT seventeen inches down on his right
leg. COCK his petdte hat on Que side of his
head and impress his beholders. The habit
OF carry ing arms has a demoralizing infiu-
ence upon our society, upon business, upon
general prospects. and should be frownef
down and condemned 10y those favoring Law
and ORDER"
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DIED.

Frisco. Suddenly, st the residence of his
srspcmother, Mr.. Bailey, 1424 9Th street nsrth-
vest, Saturday. msrch 18th. ls76, 1t 7. WILLIE
D BRIsCo. aged year. and months the eldest child
OF John q. BrIsco, 4. o. :, and Marha J. BrtscO.
D m.
CRITCBKR. On Sunday, March Goth, ls'6. at
10 g. m. WARKTNsToN X. CATCHER.
Funeral will take place from Western Presbyte-
rian church Tutsdsy, ct 30 .. m. Friends are re-
specially invited 70 attend
NICHOLS. On the morning Of March i5th, 1876,
al Mount PLEASANT, Mrs. ELIzABETH b, wife OF
Frederisk :. Nichols. aged SO years.
WATKINS, On the morning OF March 2sth, 1876,
n Besosge, Montgomery county, Nd, Hon. g. n d.
WlTEINs, AGED 50 years.
Funeral from his late residence on uesday, Of m
q. IN. Interme2t ~ Oak II i'll cemetery about . D.
m. same day, TO which relatives and friends ere
tlce.
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He is a nice little boy who lives in Erie,
Pa, They had a performance in the Opera
House and he stationed himself at the head
OF the stairway and said so sweetly aud
him the tickets, but soon they came 10 big
burly man at a door, who wanted tickets,
too, and wouldn't let them In, because they
bad none. And the nice little boy went with
his friends 10 the show. and they couldn't
ind him there TO pay him for being door