The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-14

OF men HULL pl4Gu upon LIS lace OF the
earth"
Prof. Huxley reaches this country
Just in time to settle the controversy a.
to whether mosquito dips its 81 boD
into Jerseyman for the purpose of ex-
tracing his blood or his apple jack
Brooklyn Argus.
Yesterday on Canal street member
of - church inadvertently stepped On
banana skin, and, as he skated off to
the gutter, he knocked great chunks out
of the third commandment.-N 0. Pn-
..Terre Haute Ii-s - - . E;TarkI
hear an angel sing" sang young man
in an outside township school exhibition.
"No 'tain't," shouted an old farmer in
one of the back seats, cts only my old
mule that's hitched outside" The,young
man broke down and quit.
at hear you are desperately court
ing the chambermaid," said a man to
his servant. "That is my business
was the reply. "But I hear, too, that
she favors your attentions" "That is
her business" "But do you know that
I shall instantly put you outside of the
door ~ "That is your business"
The society writer of the Peoria
Democrat says of the distinguished Gus
tom of eating exclusively with the fork:
" The fashion originated with hotel ser
wants, because the securing of knives in
these vast caravansaries was the most Sc
rious job of the whole daily round of du-
ties.
cit you get choked, crop on allfours
and cough" is the advice of Cornell
professor. They used to say "get some
one to hold you by the heels and strike
the back between the shoulders" This
is probably a constitutional develop
ment in favor of enlarged personal lib
erty.
..Croquet is becoming every year more
and more unpopular. What chances has
girl of making catch when, just as
she has about completed her conquest,
and is ready to land her fish, her whole
womanly soul impels her to raise lump
on him with a mallet and call him red
headed cheat of loon.
.."My DEAR" said Phil. Sheridan to
his wife, the other day, "you'll have to
take care of the boy now. I must 60
and look after the Indians" We'll, ii
you must go, Philip" she said braveIy'
{" must bear up under it. But remem-
Der the advice of the Spartan mother
and if you can't bring your hair back
with you, you'd better stay there
amt going to have any scalped man
trotting me and baby round-not ii
know it. "-BurEingtOn Ha10keye.
Here is a good Irish story. One
morning friend meets one of the lrlsn
gendarmerie coming from one OF inc
mysterious valleys beyond Killarney
The gendarme wears a smile OF COM
placency. "Sir he says, "they've 0een
hidinga chap yonder, who gave himsen
out as the Ballyporeen murderer, anu
for the last six weeks he has had his ITO
keep and shelter, and every thing snug
and handsome. Well, I've had my OWL
suspicious about the fellow, and ! Ten'
up this morning; and sure enough Ju''
as I thought, he turns out to be nothpS
more OF less than an impostherW
Our civilization is full of such stores
as this, which is from Oshkosh: "a man
in the town of Rushford killed another
mans dog. The son of the man Wh0s'
dog was killed, therefore, proceeded I"
whip the man who killed the dog OF 'pY
man he was son of. The man who ""'
son of the man whose dog was killed wa
arrested by the man who was assau'''~
by the son of the man whose dog the ma,
assaulted and killed. The man who va We,
arrested by the man who killed the vs. ~,
of the man whom the man arrested wa
son of, for assaulting the man who KIM NJ
the dog, finally settled the case up wi" ~.
the man who had arrested the son OF -,
man who owned the dog, for assaNI'r's
the man who killed the dog Of the Io" ,,l
father who had been arrested. An" g
we are not happy"