The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-05-11
zHE WEEK PAST.

CHlHA pg9 ir Her Aut irsn
clad haa been laanehed, ana e be been
given M high sounding title 81 Ter.
For rs western Natien
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THE King Of Aahantes hes yaid anoth-
" ga sllmenf 81 Hy hundred ounces III
gold "a asepnnt 81 che indemnity to che
British government. But IL has shown
some pfoE ID civilized usagss The
payment N long overdue and The gold
q aiplterated.
Ar rather turbulent anti Chimes
meeting st senth SAN Francisco, one
spsakersaid a. organization existed II
the city 10000 strong, and pledged, #
The 81 nt attempt q remedy the
Chimes eYil 81 iesaI means failed, 70
cake Ire Jaw into their own hands and
root ont fheeril with Gre and steel, The
legislature has adopted bill authorizing
a committee % represent the matter 70
congress
BURGLARY Is 10 longofan arswhich re-
euiFe DARKNESS Ior il uccasiul pfac.
tee. "A lm ~ dx burglars entered d
iewelFy stors 81 New York Wednesday,
ii broad Daylight, and after knocking the
proprietor senselea and tying and gag
ging him Proceeded to pack up the stock
n bags and escaped without attracting
any attention. By the time the alarm
was given the burglars were beyond the
reach ~ such pursuit a. The New York
police d likely 70 institute
III Boston they have this plan of aid
ing the poor a man goes through one
81 more streets and informs the house.
keepers That there viii be collection of
bread Two days hence. On the day APP
pointed 4 wagon il sent over the route,
and Tie collections are usually over Two
hundred loayes. The next day there is a
collection ID another street, and 10 on
during tie week. The bread Il taken to
the police stations, where 8 daily distri-
button q made,
TIM necessities which cabinet minis
Zen and their families are under Of dress
ing - ~ 10 suitably impress the repre-
autasiHes Of Tie old world can b better
appgaeiAted When q 4 stated that the
children of Baron De Leseps, Of suez
canal fame, 10 about the streets bare
footed. The mother doesn't half like II,
but tie taron does and boasts that the
youn Arc never m. Yet the baron
could buy half 4 dozen cabinet ministers
unless they rated themselves higher than
Belknap
THE monster si-ton gum, which i be-
lag enlarged fgom lal inch diameter TO /
10 inches half an inch ii tune, has
been tested with favorable results Al the
i5ineh diameter The problem the come
mitt haA Is answer WINS submitted by
.he n6lish admiralty, II 1873, namely, ] !
b make 4 gun which can penetrate 70
Incbe " olia iron, strongly backed N
distance og 1900 yards Maj Noble,
Tho greet arsenal authority, has calcu. !
lated that shis gun, When widened % .
l6.ineh tor. win lhfow 4 shot Of 800
pounds with such velocity A. 70 rene.
rate, u 900 yards range, IN iron.clad !
hip protected wiih IA inches Of solid
.rmbf.
.AccoRplgo q iasssn from ~ AMER.
an who Il tfayeliag IA China, the masses
u the pople ~ chat country arc very i
poor ne average WAGES Il mechanics {
md eamnan labomm age from len to 4
Weniy cents day, hagskilled Gaines I
mechanics are paid BY Foreigners from 4
twenty-five h seventy Eve cents 4 day. j
ghe cost 81 living b she poor Chinese I
ios no average more than SID cents 4 i
lay eyan 4 ncallhy Chinamau does not i
xpena mere than iixe 81 IS dollars 4 :
aonth f6g food He + moga iond 81 I
I0araiag ma Weallh lhan ~ spending Il. I,
'herp i Kgeat deal 81 dessitutlon, sui. y
ssine Begging, and crime among he /,
~
RkeENf attempts - forgery 81 the Il
Iteration 81 TIE dases ana amounts II sc
ssitiea checks and dfaiia haye resulted n
4 lns lgation 81 Is how rfas viii. 81
ar naF Az rendered visibie. Various ~