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

Gov. Tilden has one great merit
which has hitherto escaped general no
tee, and that is the thorough manner
in which he has carried out the COM
prehensive plan of reform. He Is not
one of those refOrmers who "spurt, =
who make one grand push and nave
nothing else to commend them. He
has gone about his work as systemati-
caIly as if he had intended, when he
set out, to abolish all rings and reform
all abuses. The truth probably IS that
he did not dream when, as a private
citizen, he undertook the exposure and
prosecution of Tweed, ne should have
the opportunity of continuing, as gov
ernor, the war he had so fearlessly be-
gun. First, he attacked the greatest
organization of aI-the Tammany
tiger. The ring was broken up, not
by delirious publications in the news
papers, or the eloquence of neW-fedged
reformers, but BY the silent, steady
labor of Samuel J. Tilden over the
bank books of the ring and by his legal
skill aided by that Of the greatest of
American lawyers, Charles O'ConOr.
When Mr.. Tilden became governor
he had not been in his seat three
months before he declared war on the
most powerful organization in the state,
except Tammany hau-the canal
ring-that had ruled the politics of the
empire state generations before the
Tammany society became a ring. He
destroyed this as completely as he had
the other. He cut it off root and
branch. To-day the canal ring in New
York is but a memory. 1t is COM
pletely broken.
The last and only ring remaining, of
any great proportions, was the state
prison ring, and that is now under
going investigation by commission
appointed in accordance with the rec
concentrations of governor Tildens
last annual message.-TtriesG- Weak,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21

Fright would catch him nearly every
time, and when Johnny chased him,
he would run as fast as he could, and
then stop suddenly, right in his path,
throwing the little fellow down, and
causing some hard knocks. That
would vex Johnny little, but then he
would remember that Fright was only
dog, and had no reasoning powers,
and so knew no better, and 80 he
would throw down the stick he had
seized to punish him with, and they
would have another trial of speed to-
getheT.
He had played until he was tired,
and had sat down on a log to rest. He
leaned his head back against a tree,
and fell asleep, while Fright curled up
at his feet. He had not slept long,
when the sun got round into his face,
and woke him. He sprang up quite
startled for moment, and as he Jump
ed he heard a strange kissing, singing
noise, which he thought was a spider
making his web.
"He sounds awful loud, anyway,
thought the little fellow.
Nearer and louder it sounded, and
he stood upon the log to see if ne could
see it in the bushes, when to his hor-
ror he saw huge rattlesnake coiled.
ready to spring. He screamed as loud
as he could, and Fright bounded up,
and in a breath he had seized the snake
behind the neck, and was biting and
shaking it with wondrous vigor. The
snake Writhed and twisted, and lashed
Is tail madly in the leaves. striving to
bite the dog, who held on, and tossed
it around until it was dead.
Oh, how Johnny laughed and pat
ted his head, and promised him ever
so much good dinner for saving his
life. The dog had not received any
injury. Johnny's mother was so thank
full that her dear little boys life had
been saved by the fidelity of the dumb
brute, that from that day forth she
made an especial pet of the rough, i'll
favored animal, and henceforth no
dog ever lived that Jared better, or was
more beloved than Johnny's once de-
spised protege Western Rural.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21

GOVERNOR TnDEH il a man of bis
word. He told the people Of New
York state that he would reduce their
taxes from $4,000, 900 to So, 900, 900.
He did it, and the republicans have to
acknowledge that he did It. When
governor Tilden says that the same
principle Of retrenchment and reform
can be as successfully applied in the
conduct Of the government of the
United States, and that he will do it,
we can very safely count upon the full
fillment Of the promise. He will do it.
THE resolutions are in accordance
With my views" said Hayes In his let
ter Of acceptance. 1t should be borne
in mind that one Of those resolutions
Endorsed by Hayes reads as follows:
Seventeenth-The national adj
ministratiOn merits commendatiOn for
its honorable work in the management
Of domestic and foreign affairs and
president Grant deserves the contin-
ued and hearty gratitude of the
American people for his patriotism
and his immense services IN war and
in peace"
And to-day Hayes and Grant are
corresponding with each other and are
in perfect accord. Hayes will neces-
sarily open the third era of Grantism
if he is elected Grant Is perfectly
satisfied with the Cincinnati nomina-
tons.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
The Cotton Problem.

The people of South Carolina and
Georgia are comparing notes, in order
to arrive at some plan by which the
raising Of cotton can be made profta-
BILE, instead of eRtailing upon the
farmer an actual loss. IF the planters
will unite and act in concert, they can
accomplish something. In regard to
the proposition to plant less cotton, the
Charleston Courier and News says:
" The order of patrons of husbandry,
for example, has been unabIs, with its
huge membership and compact or
ganizatiOn, to accomplish that reduc-
ton Of the cotton crop to three million
five hundred Thousand bales, which
viii insure the producers remunera-
tive prices, Or.' at least, save them
from the loss consequent upon exCes-
sive production in times when trade i
stagnant and the consumption of the
staple diminishing. And the fear Is
that a protective association, working
through state conventions, viii be even
less efficient than the powerful order
of which We have spoken. That order
did succeed in lessening the acreage
planted In cation, but the diminished
area did not Vr0duCe a smaller crop
Such was the use of fertilizers and the
more intelligent working that there
was a greater yield per acre, and an
equally large crop upon the decreased
area. This Is not encouraging, We
grant, but under the pressure of a
stern necessity, with poverty staring
her in the face, the farmers may be
ready to join hands, as never before,
to save themselves from impending
ruin. The trouble is near ut hand
With such prices as now rule, the far
mers cannot live. They cannot con-
troll consumption they can control
production. Unless they do this Of
their own accord, their inability to OBJ
tain money to plant with viii do it for
them. In that case they will be past
helping. But if the reduction of pro-
duction be voluntary and systematic,
accompanied by larger crops of corn
and small grain and a saving in work
ing expenses, the farmers viii reap the
full benefit of better rates for cotton
next year, and viii be in condition to
increase the cotton, without embar-
rassment, whenever the state of the
market shall justify it. "
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
About Oorn,

The largest yield of corn en- record
for an entire acre was obtained by DR..
Parker of South Carolina, and mess
ured over two hundred bushels on
shelled grain. IF that crop had all
been replanted at the rate Of one peck
of seed per aera it would have cover
ed eight hundred acres, and if the
yield had been at the same rate as the
first wear the crop would have amount
ed to 10000 bushels of grain and IA,
400, 1000 pounds of slower.
1t is found wherever Indian corn
can be raised at cost IS low s. ten cents
q bushel, which sometimes occurs at
the west, it viii pay to use it a. fuel
unless either freW0Od or coal is near
enough at hand to be delivered with
out extra charge for hauling.
An Illinois farmer reported to the
Chicago Tribune that the eobs of earn
are worth for fuel, ton for ton, 81
much as common nlin0is coal, the
price of which was then So 80 per ton.
The ashes produced by q ton ofcOrR
have been found TO contain thirteen
and half pounds Of phosphorus acid,
nine and three fourth pounds of potash
and soda, and nearly four pounds of
magnesia. When these are skillfnliy
applied to the land so as to be recon
vertad into corn il restores the miner
al element previously distracted by
the crop.
The manurial value Of q bushel Of
corn is estimated chemically at TWEEN.
ty cents but If rightly treated and
skillfaIly applied, the agricultural
value Is considerably higher. - ouaa
,lolgqsal.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
For Our Young Folks.
WILLIE BY THE BROOK.

,;tlie lay by she dimpling brook
Where T-bt the sun had lain before;
"A strange to say, when ito place he took
I The spot just frightened the more.
,r,o birds were singing in the blue
iT song that was like hymn;
waiIe the baby dueklings, two by two,
stra7ed into the water to swim.
susiobol" sighed Willie, az can not fly,
Nor even so much as feat;
I'd a. for singing like robins, why
never could raise Eete."
RutI cen play on my pipe" said he:
And soon the music came
a. clear and sweet, so blithesome free
That it put the birds to shame.
rss babv ducklings softly splashed,
II The robins yet harder tried,
Tho sprinkled grass in sunlight flashed,
"A As t nodded by Willie's side.
and tefore he knew, he was floating free
On sparkling river of thought;
While the birds in the air came down to see
what wonder the pipe had wrought.
And still the music softly rose,
Still Willie was floating free
md the little ducks With their funny toes,
We're happy as happy could be.
st. NicbOJas.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
The Death Smoke.

If the truth, the whole truth, moth
ing but the truth about the growing
evil Of OPium-smOking could be laid
bare for the inspection Of the really
respectable citizens Of Virginia, Il
would be simply appalling TIE opium
smokers held high carnival I'M China
town, last night; no less than one
hundred and fifty white persons of
both sezes-the majority Of them BE-
ing members of the respectable class
of our citizeus-wera under the infIu-
enee of the deadly drug. Repoziug
in rude hunks or on the floor. their
souls wrapped in foTgetfulness of
everything but the frightful influences
of the moment, they presented an ap-
pearance Of degradation to bring a
blush of shame to the most hardened
The habit is constantly growing in the
city, and it seems althogether impOs-
sible for the authorities to stop it, if
indeed they are inclined to make any
efforts in that direction.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
Haw tha indians ara Armed.

One of the consequences of Grants
Indian peace policy has been the
ability Of the Indians to obtain the
best 6reech-loading rifles and to supply
themselves with a plenty of fixed am
munition. Though these deadly weapons
were to be used against them, the
army have had no power to stop the
sale, which is cOnnived at by the In
dian agents. A late surgeon of the
Seventh cavalry writes to the Herald
of the operations of certain trathcers
who since 1872 have stationed them
SELVES at fort Peck to sell improved
arms to savages at extOrtiOnate priCes-
The price usually paid for a rifle was
three hundred buffalo robes, equiva-
lent, according to him, to 81, 400; and
as the result of one seasons trade three
fellows sent down the Missouri river
$4,000 buffalo robes. This shows
where the Indians get their guns. The
officers stationed along the Upper Mis-
souri, knew of this traffic, but were
powersess to prevent it, and the Indian
bureau evidently did not wishtOprevent
it. The facts present another argument
for turning over the Indians to the war
department. 1t is hard on the army
to have the Indian bureau indirectly
arm the savages with better guns than
they themselves carry, and then to be
Obliged to take the fire Of these guns
when the rascality of agents stir up the
Indians to strife or the savages feel
strong enough to venture on the war
pash. Tt only remains to be added
that fort Peck was one of the posts
turned over to Orvills Grant and which
he fsrmed out.-Neaa York Sass-
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
The Centennial Exhibition Valued at
$1OOO,OOO.
Philadelphia Times.

Frequent among the EXPLANATIONS
evoked by the beWilderment of the
centennial is, 81 wonder how much
money all that is worth" It's intrinsic
value is certainly much greater than
most people imagine, and cannot be
accurately known until a thorough
census is mad5 by special officers ap-
pointed by the centennial authorities,
a thing not likely to be done, owing to
the immense cost of such an under
taking. The chiefs of the various de-
partments of the exhibition contem-
plate giving each exhibitor a blank
report, which is to be filed up to show
the value of his exhibit and number
of articles which he displays. These
blanks are to be returned to the chiefs,
who will compile the statistics. 1t is
very doubtful, however, whether the
report made from these figures will be
wholly true, because many exhibitors
showing goods worth $4,000 nave an
ambition to make people believe they
a1e worth $4,000. There is little diff
ficulty in learning the value of every
structure on the grounds, from the
main building down to the smallest
popcorn stand; nor in ascertaining
that of the contents of all of them, ex-
cept the main building, machinery
hall, memorial hall, the art annex,
horticultural hall, the government
building, agricultural hall, the womans
pavilion, and possibly two or three 9th
ers. But estimates of these may be
made with sufficient approximations
to give fair idea of the total COM
mercial value of the greatest interna-
tional exhibition the world has yet
seen. For instance, in the case of
machinery half, when it is considered
that rough calculations of the value of
miscellaneous machinery are made by
fixing its average price, by the pound
at twenty-five cents, it is necessary only
to know that there is upward of 40
OOO,O pounds of machinery in that
building to estimate its worth at S1O,-
OOO, 900, which might be taken as in
Guiding exhibits there that are not ma
chinery. In regard to the main build
inc. it is said that there is $50, 600, 900
worth of insurance ON its contents,
As these are not insured for their
full value. there being great proper
ton of articles in the building that are
imperishable and need no insurance,
the estimate of the total value of the
contents of the main building is $685.
100000
GRAND TOTAL.
Buildings. Contents. Total.
Total lac. 900 $97.S42,S5O $40, S2O,SoO
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21

ALMOST any absorbent viii relieve
the suffering commonly incident to bee
stings. But perhaps nothing is more
effeCtual than lean raw meat, The
sting Of q bee or wasp may be almost
instantly relieved by it. 1t is said to
cure the bite of a rattlasnaks and
arvsinalas. -.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
GRAND TOTAL.
RuiIdipgs. Contents. Total.
q, T49, 600 S97.S42.S5O $I94, $40, $50

PREvENTrvEof hydroPhobia in degs;
Boil three tablespoonfuls of salt and an
ounce of carbOlic powder in pint Of
water, squeeze in a lemon, and then let
a piece of meat simmer in the mixture
to give it attractive taste. Take out
the meat and put the liquor in a cool
place. Then, while the remedy Is cool
inc, lead the dog out behind the barn
and shoot him between the eyes with a
Remington rifle. One plat of the iq-
uor win be found enough for one hun
bred dogs,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21

An Lawa farmer cut open an Old
hornets nest Just 70 examine the inside
arrangement. He says be thinks he'll
be able To sec his barn III about tWo
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-26
Chloride OF Lend.

Chloride of lead is said to be the most
powerful, safe and economical deOderiIer
and disinfectant known. To prepare it for
use, on a small scale, for ordinary purposes,
take half n drachm OF the nitrate of lead
and dissolve it in one pint Of hot water;
dissolve two drachms Of common salt in
two gallons OF water and mix the solutions;
this forms a solution Of chloride of lead
A cloth wet with this and hung up in a
room filled with fetid atmosphere, will
sweeten il instantly, and the solution
thrown into a water-closet, sink or drain,
or wherever the sulphAte OF hydrogen and
ammonia exists, or is generated, will pro-
duce the same effect 1t ia not carbonic
acid, but the sulphate of hydrogen and
ammonia, which are eliminated with the
breath and through the pores of the skin
of the living body, that makes people who
are exposed to such an atmosphere so de-
pressed, and which, when highly concen-
trated, developes typhus poison.
Nitrate Of lead is in dry crystals, and is
sold according to its quantity at Is to 20
cents per pound, which would make several
hundred gallons OF the solution of the
chloride of lead. And II after testing il
proves to be as effective as represented, lei
II be published in every newspaper through
out the land Physician aud Pharmacist.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-26
A YillIanous Scheme.

Some time ago we called attention to
what seems to be a villainous scheme to en-
tice young girls away from their homes for
evil purposes, by the circulation of print-
ed letter stating that easy labor could be
obtained in connection with the Centennial,
and suggesting that the girls should leave
home without the knowledge of their
friends. How many of these documents
have been sent through the country we
have no means of ascertaining; but we
beg our exchanges everywhere in the rural
regions of this or other States to expose the
infamous intention, and to caution their
readers against fraudulent devices. The
Woman's Christian Society of this city are
making every effort to counteract the evil
that many have been accomplished, and
they have our entire sympathy and the as
power to give them.--Palladeiphia North
american.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-26
The LAWYERS Trade,

A day or two ago, when young man en-
tered Detroit lawyers Office to study law,
the practitioner sat down beside him and
said:
"Now, see here, have no time TO fool
away, and if you don't pan out we'll
won't keep you here thirty days. Do you
want to make good lawyer %
"Yes SIR"
"Well, now listen. Be polite to old peo-
pie, because they have cash. BE good to
the boys, because they are growing up to a
cash basis. Work in with reporters and
get puffs. Go to church for the sake OF
example. Don't fool any time away on
poetry, and don't even look at girl until
you can plead case. II you can follow
these instructions you will succeed. If you
cannot, go and learn to be doctor, and
kill your best friends. ."-Detrot Free Press
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-26
An Old LAW

If law which it was found necessary
to put in force in the seventeenth century
in England were to be resumed to-day, IT
would cause an immense downfall to CHG
mons. It was as follows: "All women, of
whatever age, rank, profession, or degree.
whether virgins, wives and widows, that
shall from and after this date, impose upon,
seduce, and betray into matrimony any of
his Majesty's male subjects by scents, paints,
cosmetics, washes, artificial teeth, false
hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops, high
heeled shoes, or bolstered hips, shall incur
the penalties of the laws in force against
craft and the like, and the marriage, upon
conviction, shall stand null and void"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-26
Bring ON the Rag RnhY.

We give below a specimen Of Brick POM
ERoY's present love for the Rag Baby. II
brings up pleasant remembrances Of the
usefulness Of greenbscks during the war
and refreshes the memory somewhat in re-
gard to vacillating Democracy:
Do you know Landers, OF Indiana? lie
is a member Of Congress, and il to succeed
Hendricks as Governor Of that State. lie
is friend Of the rag baby that was born
during the wars, and which its parents
would desert, AZ they have everything else
they ever promised TO def nd
The rag baby is a child born within the
Union.
It carried many cup Of water to the dy-
ing soldiers.
1t hastened home with many a message
to the widow and orphan.
IL barred its bosom to many storm Of
hail.
II was watched.pver by many a hospital
nurse, and did many a chore when money
lenders drove father and brother and son
Oft to war.
II never tried to sneak of and hide in
Belmonts vaults, along with the cowardly
gold dollar.
1t carried the flag over many slaugh-
ter field and bore the brunt Of many n bat
tic when its golden godfather sneaked off
to Europe.
1t carried wheat from the prairie to the
sea-coast, and did the work Of the nation
when grown people were off to war.
il saved the country in its hour Of pes
and now when the misers and manglers
seek to proclaim it bastard and to leave
1t to die in the cutters as they do the poor
soldiers who we're lured from their homes
for nothing, we object and will have no
such desertion. The rag baby with its
green apron!
That is the fellow.
For several years it has been good enough
to wait on the bondholders' brat, and now
il shall come up and take front aeat.
You, honest voter, come right along with
the child
it was born under the flag.
1t was nursed at the heart Of Columbia.
1t was sent OH errands by Uncle Samuel
1t was christened Legal Tender by the
Supreme Court.
Itwas baptized in the best blood Of the
Republic.
1t was the SAVIOUR Of this country, and
there is high chair for it to occupy dur.
ing the balance of the entertainment.
1t is rag baby, because the bow-legged
blear-eyed Bullion Begging Bondholding
Belmonts and other blasters have stolen il
so poor that it has nothing but rags tc
wearl We are not ashamed OF rags, if they
cover an honest man or child. There ar,
millions OF ragged babies in this, our once
happy land. From them, somebody haI
stolen proud inheritance, and legislatec
them into bondage. From them, ,somebod,
has stolen fathers, home and hope, saw
through the rag baby
Hold up the childl
It's face is clean
1ts legs are increasing in size
1t is the only legitimate issue of Uncl
Sam and Aunt Columbia, and we propos,
to zee it at the head Of the procession
Your gold dollar will do for our rag bab,
to cut its teeth on, then your bondholder'
brat may take it to Europe and be blessed
-PomeroyS Democrat.