The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-28

the United States were making a series
of orations about English tyranny and
English oppression, and all that sort of
nonsense, he believed, as a nation, they
held to us with feeling of fraternal and
flial regard. With regard to agricul-
ture, he said that within the next fifty
years America will have been reduced,
Notwithstanding its immense space, very
much to the condition of the European
countries in general; that was to say,
she would have to recuperate by artif-
cial means the natural wealth which was
now being exhausted.
Mr.. TENNYsON will now conclude,
without doubt, that his life has been
fixture. Had he taken to comic song
writing instead of to composing poetry,
he might have achieved some measure
of success, and have been enrolled among
the "seltmade men of our time" A
music publisher testified in a copyright
case in London recently that 10000 cop
les had been sold of the song, Slap,
bang Here we are again" and that the
copyright of one popular comic song is
frequently worth from $4,000 to $4,000.
The London Echo adds: 1.-TWO things
are required for the successful writing of
a comic song that shall be popular in this
highly-civilized age-the negation of
common sense, and a superhuman attain
ment of folly."-N Y Tribune.
ORPHEUs c. KERR, the humorist, is
said 10 be dying. Jennie June writes Of
him in the Baltimore American: ole
was modern knight-errant, as true and
chivalrous as the truest and purest Of the
knight-errants Of old, and as sensitive and
refined as the fairest lady of their love
His marriage with Adah Isaacs Menken
was the strongest proof Of this, though
many considered it an act of folly. So
far as its effect upon his own future was
concerned, it doutless was; but his mo-
tive was Christ-like. She wrote some
poems for paper he edited, he believed
there was good in her, he married her to
save her, bat "she would not be saved ;
and she sacrificed him without second
thought. Poor fellow; he lived in the
world, yet the world knew himnot his wis
dom and goodness was its folly; and
now he is in all probability dying, vast
ing away with a disease which battles the
skill of physicians. He takes food only
every other day, and then nothing solid"
THE Turks appear to have another
trouble before them. The people OF
Crete, who have never been satisfied
since the termination of their revolt in
1867 with the concessions accorded them
by the Porte, through the Intervention
of the European powers, are again organ.
izing for revolution. The population OF
that historic island is 270000, of whom
100000 are Greek christians, the balance
being mostly Mohammedans. The agree
ment of 1868 gave the Cretans cxcmp
ton from certain imPosts, Representa-
tive assembly, and some other feature,
of independency, but the hated Turk hai
remained in the various garrisons, t
watch them and intimidate them. A
large force has been required there, and
several Turkish irOn.clads are constant.
ly sailing around the island. There is g
great deal Of sympathy in Greece for the
Cretans. In the last revolution Greel
aid was furnished, and quite a serious
complication occurred in consequence
between Turkey and the European
powers. 1t Is likely that the same sym
pathy win be extended. in the prcsen
revolution, and the intervention of tn,
powers become necessary. In the mean
time, the talk Of Intervention ia behal
of the insurgents in servia and Monte
negro Ia continued, but it will not prob
ably take place unless the Turks actual
ly occupy Belgrade.