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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06
PAINT AND POWDER.
Making Up BrEnettes and Blondes to Order
Nature NOIrIeFe TIe the Race.

Making Up BFJInetteS and Blondes to Order
Nature EOtrEere fIs the Race.
A reporter on the New York Sun re-
Gently interviewed an expert French ar
tiste, whose speciality is REINFORCEMENT
Of the female face and figure, and he
thus details the triumphs of the mad
ame's artistic skill:
No woman is absolutely so ugly that
she need despair, that she need give up
her case," said Madame G. "We will
suppose, for instance, that one has a
long, thin face, high cheek bones, fiat
cheeks, heavy, straight, black eyebrows,
and forehead both high and narrow,
and a complexion dark and muddy.
Now, such girl cannot be made up to
look like blonde; but we can make her
a handsome brunette. This wash is
Blanc de Rachel, so named after the
great tragedienne whose brunette COM
plexiOn was as much admired in Paris as
her grace and genius were. This wash I
will apply to one of my girls, and you
will see the effect. Come here, Adele"
Adele came; she answered measure
bly, to madame's description of plain
girl given above. She was one of the
workers in hair wig or chignon maker.
Her hair was dark, rough, and short.
She was thin, dark, and certainly not
pretty.
CHOW see what I will make of Adele"
madame exclaimed. "Take your seat,
mademoiselle, before the mirror. will
brush her hair back from her temples,
and up from the nape of the neck and
at the same time brush into it little
dark Mascara. See; it becomes glossy
under this treatment. gather it into
little fiat coil on the back of the head.
Emma, bring me dark-haired chignon
and crimped front, Ia Pompadour, to
match"
Another girl, a pretty blonde, with
elaborate couture, brought the articles.
Observe" continued madame, " that
this front is made on white hair lace,
and that instead of being parted as the
hair generally is in the middle or on one
side, the part runs across the front, leav-
ing little fringe Of creve c9ar locks to
fall on the forehead. See, will place
il actually below the point where Adels's
hair grows, thus, and she pinned it on
with invisible hair pins, and drew the
little rings down on the forehead and
temple until Adele's forehead was made |
broad and low, pleasing and womanly.
Now notice that / will put little |
cushion, not large one, on the top Of |
Adele's head, and draw the rest of the |
long Crimped hair on the back side Of the |
part over the cushion. There, it is done. |
You see her contour is completely |
changed. Now, Iwill wash her face, ears, |
neck and hands with Blanc de Rachel. |
See, as proceed, how fine, clear, dark
and healthy her complexion becomes:
But she is a tribe too pale, although |
bunettes Of her type never have a great
deal Of color, Notice how quickly I
touch her cheeks, her chin, her ears,
her nostrils, with only a slight touch of
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06

home are just as pretty, bat they do not
understand the art Of making up. Come
in again, and will show you still more
wonderful arts Of the toilet. Gentle
men come here as well as ladies. Come
back and I will astOnish you"
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06
POSTAL EoELR4


The recent discussion IN congress Of
the postal law, ia regard to third-eIass
mail matter, discIoses the fact that the
doubling Of the charges OF this class Of
mail matter, a year ago, was surrepti-
tiously effected in the interests Of The ex-
press companies, who have made out Of
the fraud not less than half million Of
dollars. Struggled through congress by
fraud, and thrust upon the people
through carelessness on the part Of the
members not In the secret, this act, be-
sides rObbing the people Of half a million
end transferring it to the treasures Of
the great express companies, has sub
iected them to other losses and TO an
nOyances innumerabIe. A large portion
Of the mail matter Of the third-cIass,
which has been cOnfscated for INSULT
cient postage, has been sacrificed to this
law. The people, as a rule, have no
scales to weigh their papers, and they
put on stamps, which they think sufi-
Cient, which, under the former law, they
would be, but the strict orders Of the
postOfice department require every par
eel to be weighed, and many Of them are
shown to be deficient in stamps. The
postmaster is forbidden to forward them
in such a case, and hence they are confis-
Gated, and sold as waste paper. Many
bushels of such papers are received every
day, and, under the rule Of the depart
ment, are thrown into the receptacle for
waste.
There is another modification Of the
existing law which needs to be made.
At present, to put the name or the mi
tials of the person sending a paper or
periodical, subjects it to letter postage,
according to its weight. This law Is a
relic Of the old narroW-gauge stupidity
which adhered 50 long to high rates Of
postage, and which, if submitted to the
people en- masse at the present time,
would be almost unanimously repudi-
ated The reasoning is, the person
would write a letter, if he could not
send his name on paper. Thus the
government undertakes to compel the
people to write letters when, perhaps,
they Es,e not time to do 50, or have
nothing to say. in order to extract the
postage from them. Is this the bust
ness of the peoples government? 1t IS
for the interest of the people not only,
but for the interest of the pOstofice de-
partment to have the name Of the sender
of a paper ON the outsider wrapper. The
transient paper is not forwarded unless
fully paid. IF the postmaster knew the
sender, he could advise him Of the def
cheney and the postage would In many
cases then Be fully paid. Thus, the
amount received by the postofiee would
be increased and the papers would not
be destroyed. The price paid for third
class mail matter aver that of the regular
issues sent from the office Of pubIica-
ton, certainly entities the package to
bear on the wrapper the name Of the
sender, especially since we have the
pOs.al-card system, which practically
permits quite a lengthy open letter to
be sent for only one cent.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06

IA little fellow, being told BY q Young
man to get Oft his knee. that Ia was too
heavy to hold in that way, made suite
sensation among those present BY yelling
back Too heavy, hey Sister Sal
weighs hundred pounds more than 7,
and you held her On your knee for four
hours last night.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06
WAsHIyGTOYs Co4CH.


In paper on "TTuro Parish" Serb
ner for March, occurs the following On
this spot, where the hungry riders Of
PleasOnton and Stewart looked around
in vain for grub" and forage, where
the last of the F. F. VS. had stood and
bewailed his deselate fields and fallen
fortunes, the Mount Vernon coach, driv-
ing four, with liveried coachman and
footman, and with the ancient arms Of
de HeTtburn emblazoned on the panel,
had drawn up amidst a crowd of pow
dered beaux, who always came to church
early and were ever ready to vie with
each other for the honor of handing Mrs.
Washington from her coach. This car
riage, which Darlington, or some other
distinguished Irishman, would have
called ga specimen Of gothic architec-
tuTe ON wheels" was built to order in
London, and for a long period served as
a model after which those old colonial
Swells had their equipages made. The
running gear and lower section of the
body were cream color, with gilt mold
ings; the top hamper" mahogany, with
green Venetian blinds, and the interior
finished in black leather; two great
"head lights on the box served at
night to let the curious traveller know
that a person of quality" was on the
road, and aided West Ford to keep his
bearings on the dangerous highways not
yet smOothed by the magic hand of
McAdam. Our great prototype republic
can also had his cOat-Of arms on the door
panel, fully emblazoned and " tricked."
As the crest is emblazOned on a duCal
cOrOnet, we may perhaps accept the story
that these are the armOrial bearings of
William de Hertburn, a Norman baron,
who was lord of the manor of Washing
ton in the 18th century. On the four
side panels were pictures representing
the seasons. This coach came into the
possession of Bishop Meade of Virginia,
who, with one eye to business and the
other to charity, had it cut up and sold
in pieces at a church fair.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06

CARPETS, - Carpets were in use, at
least Of some kind, as early a. the days
Of Amos, about 500 b. C.--Amos H., s.
They we're spread on the ground, on
which persons sat who dwelt in tents !;
but when first used in houses, even in
the east, we have no record, In the
twelfth century, carpets were articles Of
luxury, and in England il i mentioned
as an instance Of Beeket's splendid style
Of living, that his sumptuOus apartments
we're every day in winter strewn with
clean hay or straw, about A. D, 1850.
The manufacture Of wooden carpets was
introduced into France from Persia ID
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06

Judas IscariOts thirty pieces Of sill
YER were worth eighteen dollars and
thirty.fye cents
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06

The Detroit Free Press chap says
that when man earning a salary Of
fifteen dollars per week can dress his wife
as we'll as man earning ten thousand
dollars, what is the use Of earning ten
thousand dollars? This on a par with
the philosopher " J, F,'s" theory that
a lunatio who fancies he has million Of
dollars is no better than = man who has
the million, but doesn't know how to
speRd it,
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06

CosTLINFss OF THE PRUssIAN ARMY.
Il know Prussia well, and only last
summer I wandered over it from the
Rhine to the Baltic. Why, so far from
Prussia having cheap army, it is the
most expensive army in the world !;
while ours, considering what it does and
what it secures to us, is the very cheap
est. Taking thousands of her ablest-
bodied men yearly from their ordinary
employment to become non-produoers Is
in itself vast cost to Prussia. The dis
turbance Of trade and commerce caused
by it must be a tremendous sacrifice Of
money. But that is not all. BY far the
most serious expense is the loss incurred
by the nation through forced emigra-
ton. Prussians, the strong men remem-
Der, not the feeble, in order to escape
the CONSUMPTION, leave their country by
shoals, They are to be found all over
Europe, and in America whole towns
are German. -LOadoa Times.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-04-06

AN EXAsPERATED BRIDE.-The Jour
nal de Paris tells very dYon story of an
interrupted marriage ceremony in a vii
lage near Metz. Tt appears that the
bridegroom had announced his age at
thirty-six years, but on having to pro-
duce a certificate of birth before the
maire of the place he was found to be
six years older. This so exasperated
the young bride that when her turn
came to pronounce her consent to the
union she said "no," very distinctly.
The bridegroom, amid the excitement of
the assembled guests, entreated her to
pardon this subterfuge, which he laid to
his ardent passion for the bride. The
guests, afraid of losing the opportunity
of genial feast at the cost of the bride
groom, also endeavored to persuade the
bride to say yes. but of no avail.
Greatly offended at having her dignity
lowered, and being sighted in this man.
ner, the bride would not give way, and
the guests, to their great regret, had to
depart from the scene disappointed. The
same afternoon, however, the bride, hay
ing had time for reflection, let herself be
persuaded to grant pardon to the bride
groom for sighting her by his false state
ment, and, arm in arm, they went to the
again, by whom they were
united in the bonds of matrimony.
, 1876-03-11
From the Spectator J

The " Domesday Book" of England and
Wales has at length appeared, and when lis
true character has been recognised, Will create
an unusual amount of social and perhaps potItl-
cal interest, Mr.. Lambert, the Secretary to
the Local Government Board, who undertook
to prepare it, has performed bis task, as he has
performed so many others-notably the coiIec-
ton Of Irish statistics for Mr.. Gladstone and
the preparation of Health Bills for Mr.. Dlsraell
with admirable fidelity and skill. His pre-
face has a c%url0usly apologize tone, anu ne
suggests all manner OF reasons for caution IN
Judging his figures, but the only serious one IS
this,-that a landowners rental may, if he owns
a town or much building land, be greatly in ex-
cess of his present income. Sir John Ramsden
is set down, for Instance, as if the rental of
HudderSfrld were his at present, whereas the
enormou income assigned to him may not &C
crue before his grandson's time. Sir Laurence
Palk, also, is credited with colossal income
which it is specially noted is not as yet IN bis
possession. Allowing always for this source OF
error, the book is most interesting record, as well
as q wonderful monument OF labour. 1t is a
nominal roll Ofevery man in England who possess
es an acre of her soil, covering every grade OF
proprietorship, from the mighty Duke OF Nor.
cumberland, who possesses in a single county
ISL, 900 acres of soil, yielding on an average
nearly Ell an acre or the Duke OF DeV0nshlfe'
with So, 900 acres in Derbyshire alone; to the re-
tired tradesman. who talks of The grounds OF
an acre and a half surrounding his Middlesex or
Surrey villa. Every man who has a copy
can tell at a glance how much land the neigh
bouring magnate, or his own rival in the county,
or the new purchaser who has just called on
him, possesses OF the soil, and what the amount
of his "rent-roll would be if it were unburdened,
both stated with official accuracy and clearness.
1ndeed, we do not doubt that there are men to
whom the c~learness and the accuracy will be
most unpleasantly obvious. There are scores
of squires with scattered properties who have
not been unwilling that their neighbours should
think them much greater men than they are.
and hundreds to whom repute has assigned
many more than their measured acres, and both
these oiasses will find themselves taken dow
many pegs. Men familiar with county gossip
, 1876-03-11

or such a proportion Of a county, that he could
fulfil the Duke of NeWcastle'S threat, and re-.
turn his footman. There are a few bOrOughs
left-eight or nine, we think-in which the
landlord is qu6 landlord absolute over q MAORI
ty Of electors, but no division of a county is in
that position, the nearest approach to it ,being
the case of the Duke Of Northumberland,
whose colossal property, besides being greater
than that of any single man, is almost cOncen-
trated in the county which bears his name.
a visible aggregation of power which accident.
ally or consciously has in most families been
avoided. But it is still painfully evident
that in most counties a few families aro 80
largely endowed that they could veto any
selection for Parliament, and 50 long as their
tenants obey them, agree, in ordinary, if not
extraordinary times, on any Member. In
Northumberland, to take a single instance,
twenty-six gentlemen could prohibit anything
like absolutely free election. They own half
the 1920. 600 acres in the county. .....o
We are not quarrelIing with that fact just
now. We only register it as a fact, which Mr..
Bright, or any one else who likes to set clerks
to work for q month, can prove beyond the
possibility Of dispute. "Domesday Book
shows, as we believe, subject to calculations
which We hope to obtain, that while nearly q
million persons, ruling five million souls, ara
treeholders ia England and Wales, and $4,000
persons, ruling one million, own more than q
house and garden. less than 43, 600 persons
possess 100 acres, and are the ultimate pos.
SCISSORS of "the influence of property while
an immensely smaller number a proper
ton of he soil which, under our social SYSTEM
gives them a direct vetoing power.
, 1876-03-11
TIL avis"

IS PUBLISHED
EvERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY..
THE PROGRESS OF THE PRINCE OF
WALES THROUGH INDIA,
AS VIEWED BY AN AMERICAN BARD.
accidentally discovered and Published by the
"Sun.")
DEAR WALES You will pardon the freedom I take,
Although it excites you to laughter;
I'm aware what a h-ll of a poet | make,
But it isn't the guineas I'm after.
1t struck me when first heard you had gone
On a hunt where your life is imperilled,
/ you'd give you a point and also score one
In a devilish good AID. for the Herald.
But rhyming and writing in rhythm l fnd
Is rather a difficult matter,
Like beating to windward without any wind,
And less in my line than the latter.
But to business 1 learn by a special despatch
Sent across TO the Herald by cable
That you re bent on shooting an elephant match,
And a tiger match, too if you're able.
Now, Stanley, who's somewhere off in the East,
And who writes according to Gunter
Says the tigers q very preposterous beast,
With a weakness for hunting the hunter.
The elephant, too, is a dangerous bird,
And occasionally cuts up a caper
That affair in the Park-perhaps you have heard,
Twas reported in full in my paper.
Now, a follow like you, with a rather soft thing,
> Shouldn't give it away in those regions,
Remember, me boy, your next play is a King,
Aud limit your shooting to pigeons.
TIA, ia. That is all that / Y wanted to say,
, 1876-03-11

Total $463, O5s.92.
Balance of deposits SAT, 1865 6
new deposit accounts VIZ
Various.
Is Withdrawals amounting to 1924.
Receivers for Saturday 1lM March 1875.
In CHRIsTIANsTED
R. Petersen, Esq, Trustee.
P. Knudsen. Esq, Member,
In FREDERIKsTED:
Judge G. Sarauw, Trustee.
G, Gyllich ESQ., Member.
JOH. F. GOLDBERG
Pres;dent.
ST. Croix, 7th March 1875.
, 1876-03-11

able in their counties whose whole possessions
do not cover 3 GOO acres of poorly rented soil,
aud discover, with a sort OF dlsmay, that the
squire g taxed in three counties" owns nothing
but two small farms in those in which he does
not reside. On the other hand, the territorial
magnates usually, though not quite always,
come out with mare than they had obtained
credit for-n0t always, for it IS a remarkable
fact that only one or two men in England have
a |rent.roll Of more than @fI00,0 600 not derived
from city property-and soma of The fortunes
of country gentlemen like Sir /. d. Aoland,-
who is, We susp .ct from thd roll, quite the
first M mOng the owners Of agrloultu'
raj land,-Mr. Bassett, Of Cornwall. and a few
more, will create a mumentary amazement
which the objects of the feeling will not always
approve. 1t is not so pleasant, particularly if
vour rent-roll is no real guide to your spenda-
bic money, to be officially Photographed as
Prince. The Times, with humorous malice,
recommends q" Domesday Book" as a manual to
secretaries Of charities, and some OF The land
lords will, we suspect, for months to come,
have their lives made miserable by Begging
letters; bat the Times forgot the first social
importance of the book. Only think of the
marrying mothers What is De5rett" TO
them, compared to "DomeSday Book with
its record Of every "Eligible's" exact estate
and lis ultimate gross yield2 If Debrett or
t- -
any other compiler OF PeerageS' eoula IN
month issue a pretty eulloh oI lne oooN az IL
stands, nut with notes giving each IIci man
possessions IN each county he Woola make
more than any I" peerage ever Yielded
There they lie in rows the names ana address,
eS OF The soIldiy rlch throughout EnSIanu ana
Wales,-ot the two thousand or 80 81 men
whose wealth IS exempt rom me chances OF
business from the taint OF 'FaIe' anu !"
Ln9ISn opinion rom u"nhiy TO su"''n 1u'uS
OF fortune. 1t Is me true Ni''o uoIo'
Nho'orVer$ name IS 'n.rF . ID 1,,.4o11j I :,
age though ourueheu WIN ~ y : "a' 90
pered with dowers and P1rPle&eo WIN 'en''oo"F'
8'S, IS sun III ,"' '"o'VJ .,j,t9
sun as MT DlSFa7i pu'S 49, sanrca ~
AfhlluF' 'pouS" 7ImI"' % 90
wealth a minus quan'"y'
Politically the Importance q me oooh lIes
IN a nutshell. IT. SHOWS lna' Ituo'o PIop0''y
OF some sort Is possessed 10 'n'S Goun'lS Ky
ABOUT a iourlh Of tAe PoPuIa' io"' NJ'no' -
Bright nor Lord DERBY IS "honE ~ .ue "I2"s'
Nearly a mutton OF persons ,9'|0ool !" ing
land ana Wales outside Lonoo"I1u0 9.@IiS''oS
OF London nave oeen SuPPFeSS7S' "o,ni"aiy "
save lahour' really. we rear 10 aSo'u '"V.''o1S
commeni-o~n a ffeehoIu. DC 1t o"'y d uouSo,
or a garden Or a patch OF oul'uIu7' @uo ovoIy
such owner IS inlereS'eu InoI' % - 'uP-
porting the social system ""'cu p'0'0o'' y"
ownership us ProPeI,3f Sn"' a. ~ 10y
BE- IS as important 10 Tue V'l0'o"n1' " ooun'y
5lOQKoeOHf as 10 the Iebt. Iuob uuuIools
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-04-28
PROFESSOR OF chemistry.
TARBoRo, EDGEcoMBE Co., N. G.


TARBoRo, EDGEcoMBE Co.. N. G.
Messrs p. w L. Rdsin g. Co., Baltimore, No. ;
Gents Your letter of the 18th inst. to
hand asking as to the result of the Soluble
Sea Island under Cotton for the past season
81 have sold about one thousand tons of the
Sea Island Guano in the last four years in
this and adjoining counties, and have heard
no real just complaint so far and the best
proof of the same is that those of my custom
ers who buy Guanos at all, always call for the
Sea Island and will have no other. regard
it as the best and most certain manure sold in
this market" Yours, truly,
j. B. COFFIELD.
MS~ Every sack warranted to be rs repre-
sented, and sold on the most reasonable terms.
A credit of four months free of interest, to
responsible parties for a longer time six per
cent. interest will be charged.
Price, per ton, $40 O0,iu Baltimore Will
deliver at any depot by the purchaser paying
freight. For particulars address
WESLEY MATTHEWS, Agent,
Wheaton, Montgomery county, Nd.
mar 10y