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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
The Robins Note.

The other morning a man was be-
ing conveyed to prison, there to re-
main for long, long years. He walked
the streets with iron on his wrists, and
the glorious sun beaming down upon
him as it kissed the dew from the
leaves of the maple and chestnut. His
eve had a sullen, vicious look, and
there was something wicked in his
very step. The officer halted with
him for a moment just where the eye
could trace a beautiful street for full
mile, with every green tree holding its
leaves up to be kissed by the warm
sun. Just then, robin left its nest
in the branches above their heads and
uttered its loudest, happiest notes in
praise of the glorious morning. The
man looked up, then around him, and
such q change came to his face that
the officer was amazed. The bad look
had left the eyes, the hard lines went
away, and there was a quivering Of the
chin as he whispered
"And I have got to be shut up
from all this! !"
The robin sang again, wildly, softly,
and so clearly that its notes might be
heard long way of: The prisoners
eyes were full of tears, and he said, in
husky voice.
"How could I have been so wicked
with such glad notes as those to ring
in my ears and make my heart ten
der"
The man of whom witnesses had
said, "He has the heart of 4 tiger"
was broken down in one short moment,
and he blusAed that men should see
the irons on his wrist, and point him
out as a crimina1.-DetroH Free Press.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21

where the noblest and best of every
ace NAV come through the silent but
immortal agency of books, to store
our minds with the rarest samples of
their genius. These choice legacies,
too. will stand by us, and remind us,
when trades, fortunes and friends for
sake us. to comfort and satisfy our
dropping spirits. Who then would
think of living without the association
of interesting bOOksH NOyOung man
should.
The world is full of reading matter,
and it is utterly impossible to read all /;
still every apprentice and tradesman
can find leisure enough to acquaint
himself with so much as is necessary
to perfect him as q mechanic, broaden
him out as a citizen. Read then, by
all means. Read slowly; read care
fully; read with reflection; and re-
feet, with reading.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
Women and Wine.

OF the worst foes that woman has
ever had to encounter, wine stands at
the head. The appetite for strong
drink in man has spoiled the lives Of
more women-ruined more hopes for
them, scattered more fortunes for
them, brought them more sorrow,
shame and hardship-than any other
evil that lives. The country numbers
tens Of thousands, nay hundreds Of
thousands of women, who are widows
to-day, and sit in hopeless weeds, be-
cause their husbands have been slain
by strong drink. There are hundreds
of thousands of homes, scattered all
over the land, in which women live
lives of torture, laboring through all
the changes ofsufering that lie between
the extremes of fear and despair, be-
cause those whom they love, like
wine better than they do the women
they have sworn to love. There are
women by thousands who dread to
hear at the door the step that once
thrilled them with pleasure, for that
step has learned to reel under the in
fuence of seductive poison. There
are women groaning with pain, while
we write these words, from bruises and
brutalities inflicted by husbands made
mad by drink. There can be no ex-
aggeration in my statement made in re-
gard TO this matter, because no human
imagination can create anything worse
than the truth, and no pen is capable
Of portraying the truth. The sorrows
and the horrors of a wife with q
drunken husband, Of a mother with q
drunken son, are so near the realiEa'
ton of hell rs can be reached in this
world at least. The shame, the indig,
nation, the sorrow. the sense of dis
grace for herself and her children, the
poverty (and not unfrequentiy the
beggary,) the fear and the fact Of VIC
olence, the lingering, lifelong struggle
and despair of countless women with
drunken husbands, are enough tt
make all women curse, and engage
unitedly to oppose it everywhere as the
worst enemy of their sex.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
Select Miscellany.
MYTHS.

These fair tales, which we know so beau
Show only finer than our lives to-day
Because their voice was clearer, and they
found
A sacred bard to sing. them. We are peInitt,
Who sing to-day, by al! the garnered Wealth
OF ages Of past song. We have no more
The world 10 choose from, who, where'eF we
Tread through old thoughts and fair. Yet
We have no choice and If more hard the
toll
In noon, when all is clear, than in the fresh
White mists Of early morn, yet do we ma
Achievement it's own guerdon, and at last
The rounder song Of manhood grows more
sweet
Than the high note Of youth.
For Youth and Age
Nought else divides us from the fresh young
Which men call ancient, seeing that we in
Shall one day be Times ancients, and in
spire
The wiser, higher race, which yet shall sing
Because to sing is human, and high thought
Grows rhythmic ere its close. Nought else
there is
But that weird beat of Time, which doth
dig Join
Hellas and England.
How should any hold
Those precious Scriptures only old world
tales
OF mea and monsters in some brainless
dream
Coherent yet unmeaning, linked together
BY some false skein Of sOngl
Nay, It's not so.
All things and thoughts, both old and new,
are writ
Upon the unGhanging human heart and
soul.
The weary woman stated with her life,
Much loved and yet unlOving, pines to-day
As Helen; still the poet strives and sings,
And hears ApOllos music, and grows dumb,
And suffers, yet is happy; still the young
Fond dreamer seeks his high ideal love,
And finds her name is Death; still doth the
fair
And innocent life, bound naked to the rock,
Redeem the race; still the gay tempter goes
And leaves his victim, stone still doth pain
bind
Mems souls in closer links of lOvingness,
Than Death itself can sever: still the sight
OF too great beauty blinds us, and we lose
The sense of earthly splendOrs, gaining
heaven.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
Jews in the English Peerage.

Mr.. Disraeli is not the first English
peer of Hebrew origin, The London
Theological Review contains an essay
on "The Jews in England" by Rev.
Pilip Magnus, B. A, B. Sc. Mr..
Magnus gives the following account of
the origin of well known noble fam
lily in England: "AmOng the men
who very early amassed considerable
fortunes may be mentioned the first
Jewish baronet, Sir Solomon Medina,
who accompanied the duke of Marl-
borough in his several campaigns, and
Sampson Gideon, the jew broker,
who appears to have been sufficiently
lucky or sagacious to have escaped the
consequences of the crisis that followed
the South Sea bubble. The descend
ants of both these men have been alb
sorbed into the christian world. Samp-
son Gideon, whose real name was
Sampson de Rehuel Abubiente, left
the synagogue in 754,and his son, who
married a christian lady, was raised to
ike peerage under the title of baron
Eardley, and was the ancestor ON the
female side of the family now bearing
that name"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
How to Rescue the Drowning.

It is mans first and most noble du-
ty-the saving of life; and he who
saves body and soul from too hurried
severance by drowning has done no
mean action. To the ordinary I'M
thinking mind it may seem mere
matter of course that strong swim
mer should plunge in and haul out a
drowning person, but it is no such
thing. It requires courage, readiness,
GOODNESS and promptitude. Before 60
ing to the rescue a swimmer should rid
himself of every encumbrance he can
possibly, without endangering the sal
walton of the person in trouble. Coat
boots, pantaloOns should be torn off in
order. It is better to remove these
and be free than to hurry in unpre-
pared. If there is rope or plank at
hand use them. Take the rope in one
hand, having cleared if to pay out, but
fling the plank in ahead of you and
push it along. In approaching the
drowning person be careful not to let
him get a grip Of you if he has not
presence of mind. Get him, if posi-
Bile, by the arm above the elbow, sup
port him by treading water and keep
ing both hands under water. If he is
rational, obedient and capable, let him
rest his hands upon your hips while
you swim ashore with him. If he is
sensible, but disobedlent, keep him at
arms length, if necessary by a hard
kick about the thighs, which will pre-
vent his twining his legs about you, and
swim in slowly, treading water rather
than swimming. If the person is al
ready inscnsibIe, take hold of the wrist
and draw the arm over the shoulder
and the body onto your back, and go
ahead, swimming with one hand, but
keeping the other under water. IF in
rescuing any one you. are seized and
entangled with terrified arms and legs,
do not struggle, but take in plenty of
breath and 60 under. The hold will
be loOsed when the breath is exhausted,
and in returning to the rescue be
watchful and use force if necessary to
incapatiate the struggler from endan-
gering himself and you. In assisting
persons who are sensible, always make
them lay their hands on hip or waist,
and not on your shoulders, as in the
latter case you have to bear weight ;
in the former you have only to tow a
floating body, for with the slight sup
port afforded by the resting CT the
hands upon any object so low down,
the resting body is almost in its buoy
ant condition.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
An Heiress.

Miss Melissa Elder was a poor clerk
in a dining room in Atchison, Kan,
and here is the account from a journal
of that city Of her wonderful good
luck:
A short time ago Melissa Elder fell
heir to G112,OOO,000 sterling, amount
ing to about $56O,OOO,OOO. 1t seems
that her g1eat-great grandfather, on
her mothers side, who was a Roman
senator, had all his property, which
consisted of vast amount Of real es-
tate in and around the city of Rome,
confscated to the Roman empire on
account of his being concerned with
Marc Anthony in the terrible assault
on the body of Caesar. Caesars wife
was also accused at the same time, but
Marc Anthony afterwards said she was
above suspicion, and nothing was done
in the matter. All the property of
Melissa's great-great grandfather was
confscated on the testimony Of a de-
tective.. The detective afterwards was
IdkGu Will lISuAlCN 1C1uO4GS CtAA W4OCC
a full confession, moved to Pompeii
and was living in that ill-fated town
when the sudden catastrophe which
befell it cut him down in the prime of
life. During the recent discoveries
among the ruins of Pompeii this con-
fession was discovered, and Miss Ell
doris orrnat.rreat grandfather was fully
vindicated. A Chicago lawyer, who
was travelling through Europe, heard
of the circumstance, and by aid of de-
tectives found in the person of Melissa
Elder the only surviving heir of her
lamented great-great grandfather
The lawyer has taken the prosecution
of the case on a contingent fee, and
Melissa leaves for Rome to take pos
session of that town. Of course, we
tender our congratulations ; $500, 00O,,
600 does not grow on bushes.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
A. Knowing OR-Horse.

The wag of the Toledo Blade gets off
the following: "NoW, that Of-hoss,"
said the driver of car No. 4 to us yes
terdav, as we were waiting at the
switch, "that of2hoss amt much for
good locks or style, in fact he isn't
much purer than a brush fence struck
by lightning, but he is just the know
INCEST boss that was ever shod all
round. Why, he knows more than all
the loafers that hum around Perry
street; he's got a better head on i'm
than half the people that travel on this
ere car. Fact, You can never fool
him on nothin'. I've tried it a hun
dred ways, and he always turns that
wall-eye Of his'n on to me with such a
funny look, as tito say: why, you
salivated green horn, l knowed all
about that ERE trick afore you were
born must just tell you one thing
to prove his smartness. The other day
a nice young man in every respect,
except that he parted his hair in the
middle, got on the car, and stepped up
to the box and paid his fare all regular,
andI hit the HOSES to go ahead. But
the off one set right back in the brltchinl
and wouldn't move peg. [ knowed
in a minute that somethin' was wrong
somewhere, and, lookin' round, I saw
that the chap had put lead nickel in
the box. I laid down the lines and
kicked him of'n the car, and then the
bosses went as lively as crickets. But
the off one wouldn't demean himself
hauIin' man who would blk his fare.
No. sir.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
How a Gtrl got tnto the Rarem.
Cor. OF Philadelphia Telegraph,

A few years ago an English woman,
named Tompkins, who kept a shop at
Bera, summoned from England, to aid
her in her business, a young niece, who
proved to be extremely pretty. and no
less intelligent. Soon after her arTi-
val she took it into her head to study
Turkish, representing to her aunt that
such knowledge would be of great i'd
vantage to their trade, as the Turkish
ladies would naturally prefer to make
their purchases where they could be
understood without the aid of an in
terpreter. AS the young girl was at
once clever, ambitious and indus
trious, she soon succeeded in acquiring
the language, and numbers of the
female members of the noblest Turkish
families came to the English shop.
One day the pretty niece went to the
harem of prince Murad to take home
some article ordered by his principal
wife. She never returned, and when
her aunt sent in search of her she re-
ceived a cool message of farewell from
the young lacy herself, who had be-
come the fourth wife of the heir to
the throne, who is the present sultan.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
Mechanics ghould Read.

The young mechanic of the present
day should be an earnest reader.
Whether learning a trade, operating a
machine, or drafting designs for the
builder, he should be a lover Of useful
books. They viii serve as an adjunct
20 his success. They will make him a
broader and happier man, giving him
continually fresh themes for thought
aud pleasing topics for meditation.
Books are 70 the mind what food Is to
the body. They iill and strengthen
IT. They add vim, force and vitality
to its every function. They furnish
that life and blood which Il the main
spring Of al action; and benefit their
admirer in manifold ways. Do not
then, neglect so rich a boon. But
read much and carefully.
We cannot all be rich, or great, or
powerful; but we can ali build for
ourselves inviting places Of wisdom
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Ounces,

The Germantown Telegraph d! hoT
that ounces can be raised as eSsi !! .
apples and pears, and advises all 1 70 \
the orange variety, and proceed as y Y
lows: See that they are entireiy /
of tic borer before planting. 0 p.r !
or eight feet apart in rich soil p .,s
age The stem with two or three GI'
pin of old muslin, or any Nn5
cloAh, as far down in the grouD"n ~
pc ible, as the roots start from y
the surface. Let this bandage I ! N
or eight inches above the GROUND, y
pile the soil compactly a oo9P oos
inohes around the bandage, ana , II;
this every spring. Fine, large, gy.
ounces, rivaling the largest or'~s
win bless your Efforts annually
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SHE had been fishing for trout very
long and patiently without catching
any, when her husband espied her, and
asked her what sort Of flies she used.
oh" she answered, "sOme nice ones
that ! bought in Paris on purpose.
"But, exclaimed the husband, pulling
out her line and looking at the flies,
"these flies will never catch trout.
Who ever heard of anybody fishing for
trout with flies Of this oolor2" "Why,
replied the wife, "tkey are all right
they match my dress, you seei"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21

what lockwood is like. It differs in
color and texture from all other wood,
and it is somewhat remarkable that it
comes to perfection only in a compar-
atively limited region of country in
the vicinity of the Black sea. 1t
weighs about seventy-fve pounds to
the cubic foot, and varies in price to
land it in Boston from $75 to $3.50 a
ton.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21

MANY a good-minded mother has
innocently warped her sons character
by arguing that gray could be inserted
into his black pantalOons without the
other boys being able to detect the
difference.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05
DO NOT DRIVE AWAY CAPITAL,

We learn that bill is proposed and that i.
will be urged upon the General Assembly, the
effect of which will be to oblige all insurance
companies or insurance agencies doing bust
ness in New Orleans or the State to make a
deposit of $4,000 in bonds as security for
the performance of their policies of insur-
ance, and Likewise charging a very exorbitant
State license On the several companies or
agencies.
This appears to us an exceedingly unjust
and impo!itic measure; unjust, because it
will impose great hardship upon the
smaller companies who can not spare this
vast sum from their capitals, while larger
ones may do it with little comparative incon-
venience; and because it will put under
writer's not acquainted with the stock market
In competition with trained and practiced
dealers; and inexpedient and impolilic be.
cause it will have the inevitable effect of
driving away capital which is much needed
here.
What New Orleans wants is cheap insurance
and every interest would be favorably affected
by reducing rates of insurance to the lowest
figures. The proposed bill will necessarily
raise rates Of insurance by driving away COM
petition.
Ia behalf Of all underwriters, as we'll as of
all who are interested in insurance or who de-
sire to zee The business of our oppre5 sed city
freed from its damaging incumb rances, we
coDjure our legislators to beware of this and
ell similar schemes
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05
TIE ELECTION BILL,

The action Of the Senate in refusing to pass
the Election bill as sent from the House,
merits the severest condemnation and cen
sure. 1t is an acknowledged and notorious fact
that the Returning Board section Of the pres
ert election law is ostiEiquitous provision;
it is known to be entirely in the interest Of
one party, Or as Republican Senator frankly
admitted Thursday on the floor of the Senate,
it is "the artillery of the Republican party"
The new bill just passed BY the Senate in re-
spec. to this board, differs from the present
one only in the manner of constituting it;
whereas the Governor has the power of ap-
pointment under the present law, the Senate
bill provides that the House shall appoint two
members while the other three are
to be selected by the Governor "by and with
the consent Of the Senate" taking into cor
sideration the fact that the Senate is SO largely
Radical it is easy to see what the result would
be. The very tenacity with which the Radi-
cal party cling to this Returning Board would
of itself be sufficient to throw upon it the
gravest suspicion, were there no other ana
POSITIVE eVlueUC0 OI It's Necessity W ecCuAc q
Republican victory in the next election. The
weak subterfuge resorted to in the slight
alteration made, reflects anything but credit
upon the wisdom or sagacity Of the Radical
leaders, They could hardly have expected
that the Conservatives would be hoodwinked
BY any such shallow device. and their evident
desire is to filibuster and toy with the matter
until the time comes for the Legislature to
adjourn, when, no positive action having been
taken in the matter, the old law remains in
force.
The Conservative members Of the Legisla-
ture, and especially of the House, have now
very plain duty before them. end that is to
refuse positively TO furnish their opponents
with the necessary means TO make their lease
of power enjoyable, or to adjourn size die.
Any and all legislation, no matter how re-
formatory or otherwise beneficial it may
appear will be Of comparatively little value to
the people of this State, if they are to be
again bound hand and foot in the selection Of
their officials, and if the party which has
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-05

caucus and resolved to present solid front
against all attempts of the Republicans to
engineer the outrage business in that body of
Congress. The Democrats in the House have
not yet resolved upon policy, and are d.
vided in their views as to what steps would
be most sxpedient All are in favor of an
aggressive policy. Some are in favor Of ap-
pointing committees to investigate these
alleged outrsges and report the facts as they
are; others are opposed to this programme
and in favor of moving Immediately upon the
enemy's works by bringing in Resolutions OF
impeachment against csrtain high officials Of
the government, in order to get the facts be-
fore the country in the shape OF evidence in
the impeachment trials.