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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26
TRIPLES FOE THE

Less than four months of leap year
remain.
Rufus Choate said CT a woman: "She is
a sinner-no, not sinner, for she is my
client, but very disagreabIe saint"
There are nineteen new styles of bon
net this fall In fact anything that an
independent woman wants to wear is
fashionable.
Buckskin under garments is what the
ladies wear in Paris in order to make
their dresses cling to the figure as fashion
DEGREES.
Winter is coming. The leaves are red
dening along their tips like a youRg wo-
mans ears when she is proposed to by a
man Of sixty.
There is a rumOr that short skirts will
be worn and very small bustles. This is
a severe blow to the newspaper business.
boston Posi-.
There are five regular established mat
rimOnial agencies in Paris and the pro- !
prietors all complain that the market is
overstocked with girls.
An exchange says Boston has 10000 |
shop girls. They all belong to the $50
ciety of Minerva" and carry ter. cent tin
types of Ralph Waldo Emerson in their
bOsOms.
"Any Ohers?" says Miss Whifet to
Miss Wriggle, both home from the coun-
try. Nome" says the Wriggie girl,
laughing Historically, but Pm good
for another season."
The fashion OF grabbing ones self in
the vicinity Of the hips and lifting the
'orm on tip-toes ever the crossings is still
4 favorite custom among the ladies, es-
oecially in muddy weather.
A woman in Council Bluffs, Iowa, sold
Ter husband for a brindle COW, calf and
,wenty dollars to bout. Cows must be
log cheap in Iowa. But perhaps it was
sick cow and a counterfeit twenty dol
ar note.-NorristOton Herald
A Paris letter says: False hair will
Ne drugin the market when frost comes.
short curls and natural hair, such as the :
'ictures of Nine. Recamier and Queen =
Iortense have made familiar 10 every =
ody, will be all the fashion,"
A women slipped while getting on a y
ailread car at Warrensburg, Mo. The
caught her in his arms, so that y
he did not fall, but she was frightened :.
, death. A railway company has no =
ght to employ such ugly conductors :,
la,0keye.
Mrs. Albert Fredericls, of Chicago, q
,ok poison, but her husband sent for n
no doctors, who saved her life. Now =,
. says his domestic infelicity was d
lused by two physicians. Does hemean Il
le doctors who pumped the poison from q,
Is wife's stomaCh2 Il
Italy, which created two fashionable b
lors, TO wit, the magenta and solferin0, ID
Is developed a third this season, but h,
obesity yields TO the Herzegovina the CT
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26
THE TIL UNDERING-SPIRIT
Il Remarkable Tradition of the Seneca
Indians.

A''N'''-'""'
Herno, the great Thunder-epirit, had
his lodge behind the sheet of water which
Pours down at the falls of Niagara For
very long time he dewitt there, aston
ishing the Indians with his stunning
peals, but never Venturing9.tortn to prac-
tice his strange art before then eyes.
They could hear him, and knew he was
there; but never, as yet, had he been
seen nor is it at all likely that he, or
the effects of the sun, ever would have
been seen, but for a little incident, the
results of which brought him forth.
A young and beautiful maiden, resid-
ing at Seneca village just above falls, had
been contracted in marriage by her
father to an old man of disagreeabIe
manners and hideous person. She at
once resolved to seek death, rather than
drag out the life of misery which such a
union must bring about; and with this
object in view, she launched forth from
the village in a bark canoe, and swept |
down theirapids of Niagara, singing her
own death:song, until she took the awful
leap.
But death was not ready for her.
Herno, the Thunder-spirit, happened to
be wide awake; and when he saw her
coming down among the foaming waters,
he cOolly caught her in his blanket, and
her to his home behind the
fails.
Of course, the maiden had romance
enough about her to be grateful for all
this, more especially when she found she
was 'entirely beyond the reach Of the
monster her "cruel parient" had Sc
ected to comfort her through life She
ell upon the neck of the Thundcrcr, and J
Yept sweet tears. The tears softened I
lis stern heart, and led him to smooth
back, if not to toy with her golden tresses. I
N short, to hurry through long story, I
hey got to billing and cooing--they fell a
n loye-they made the interesting affair 7
nown to each other; and the wronged
hough beautiful maiden became the h
rife Of Herno, the Thunder-spirit t
md, as a matter of course, she was very d
Apply. a
About this time the Senecas of the Ii
illage above the falls were visited with
Pestilence which swept Ethem off by b
and while some prayed to the .
reat spirit for help, others gathered P
round the cataract and sent in their 4
Editions to HernO. The tale Of their D.
lherings moved tho Thunderer, and he
mt the maiden forth to tell her people ID
lat mOnstrous serpent was dwelling q
meath their village, just below the sur 81
Ce Of the ground; that it was depend 70
g upon their bodies for food, and that n
came forth at the end of every moon ID
ID poisoned the waters, in order that
icy might die and be buried within its to
aCh. tv
As soon as the Indians learned this he
cy pulled up and moved to another 10. ca
lity; consequently, when the great tn
rpent poisoned the waters as usual. the hi
nth brought him no food. This was an
mir 80 strange that he crawled forth to co
} what il meant, when, to his surprise, ha
found the village was deserted. me
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26
THE WEEK PAST

BIsMARCK's health is better, but he has
been obliged to renounce all work and
avoid all excitement.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

THE princess Salm-Salm is about to
marry an Englishman by the name Of
Heneage. The princess is an American,
and is from Baltimore, city whose
young men have always been quick on
the scent of "noble" blood.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26
GRAVE IND GAY,

.Covetousness swelIs the prir oi ,aI -
purpose, and lessons the use to all m.
POse.-Jeremy Taylor.
.Canny.---Sportsman--' TLat'sa torn,
old fellow, JENNY" Keeper" Ave-
sir, grand bird to send to your freeng y ~
Punch.
On child being told that he mn.t
be broken of bad habits, he naiveIv -
piled: Papa, hadn't I better h.
mended?"
-" Though very low, he is able II
talk, " is reported of a life insurance aoant
who was shot the other day at saybrooE
Connecticut.
A thrifty young Teuton was asked
if he should attend the races. 81 vaits
dill Tuesday," said he, "diI der free fl,
all, den I bays Noting. "-Sprinofsu
Union.
-" Seventy,seven holes in one pair a
trousers" said Jones meditativelv, "anJ
yet Mrs. J. said that no moth would an
proach that camphor wood chest for
which I paid twenty dollars. CanIab
can I ever trust my SOULS idol again ?"
The following epitaph upon himseIfs
said to have been written by an old bach.
elor:
"At thTeescoTe winters end died
A cherries being sole and sad:
The nuptial knot I never tied
And wish my father never had
81 think I'd like to see those bpsv
little creatures at work, >" said city fellow
gazing at a beehive. Furthermore 7
think will see them at work" So he
opened back door Of the hive and in
thirty seconds he not only saw but felt
the busy little creatures at work. Novel
reading has now no charm for him.
"A lady in describing toanirreverent
BOY an occurrence in which his father
figured, closed by remarlliDg: "I am
Orry to say that the thing ended BY
your father losing his temper" Ibid
ather lose his temper%' exclaimed the
'oung scapegrace; then I hope he'll
lever find it again, for it was the worst
emper I ever heard Of"
The Augusta mule, that had been
ling for several months and was finally
lied about six weeks ago by being
truck with two bolts of lightning got
P day before yesterday and ambGng
ainfully into the office of the Augusta
aPer, demanded the name of the editor
no had stated that infamous lie about
is death.-Haa0keye.
"A very sympathetic gentleman tc.
'ntly went out to the county jail and
lille looking about among the inmates
saw one fac looking fellow whom he
tied most sincerely. How came you
here?" said the S. G. to the jail bird.
Oh I came in here to get out of the
ovid, }" replied the tender youth
A certain eminent physician, being
Vited to dinner party, arrived at the
use of his host at a somewhat earlier
ur than had been named as the dinner
ur. He accordingly strolIed out of
e house into church yard which was
I'd by. When dinner was announced,
doctor was absent, and an inquiry
IS made as to where he was. On
d one of the guests, who had seen him
the church yard, che is paying visit
some of his old patients"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

PUECH's short and sharp history Of
Virginia is recalled by Wise's death.
" John Smith settled Virginia, John
Brown unsettled it, and Virginia settled
John Brown"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

Sol SMITH RUSSELL, the actor, is to
marry daughter of Oliver Optic. Miss
Emily Rigl, an actress, is to marry Will
liam Stuart. Charley Backus, the min
streI, is to marry Miss Nelly Mason, of
Niagara.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

COMMENTING on the report that gov
ernoF Tilden will answer the charge that
he avoided his income tax, the Kansas
City Times says: "Mr. Tiiden's friends
do not ask him to say a siagIe word on
the subject. He needs no explanation
and will not gain a single vote by dis
proving his charge, because nobody be.
lieves it. But he is man who generally
does some execution when he assists 10
the agitation Of subject, and we have
suspicion that the publication Of his
statement will hurt somebody by start
ing investigations and setting an exam
pie Of making explanations which Edwin
ID. Morgan and not a few other promi-
nent radicals viii be unable to initiate
successfully"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

ENGLISH justice again takes a pre-
MUM. An English husband recently
threw a knife at his wife, who was hold
ing the baby, and it struck :he child
with such force as to penetrate two
inches into its head, which Of course
killed it. A London jury acquitted the
father, rendering a verdict of " accidental
DEATH" and at the same time repri-
manded the mother severely for Gag
gravating" her husband.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

Mr.. 0. B. HoLTERMANE, a gold min.
er, and one Of the richest men in Sidney,
\. 5. W., is said to have produced the
largest Photographic views in the world.
lie has two views Of Sidney and its har.
Dor each five feet by three feet two inch
es. These pictures are thought 10 be the
largest everprOduced by single negatives.
Apart from the size of the pictures, they
are considered fine specimens Of the pho
tographer's art, the outlines being sharp
and clear, and the various objects shown
coming out prominently before the eye.
The difficulty OF producing pictures of
such size can be best UNDERWOOD and APP
pFeciated by photographers.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

Take GharIts 4rhn.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA.
THE WEEK PAST.
BISMARCK s health is better, but he has
been obliged to renounce all work and
avoid all excitement.
PUECH's short and sharp history Of
Virginia is recalled by Wise's death.
John Smith settled Virginia, John
Brown unsettled it, and Virginia settled
John Brown
THE princess Salm-Salm is about to
marry an Englishman by the name Of
Heneage. The princess is an American,
and is from Baltimore. city whose
young men have always been quick on
the scent of "noble" blood.
Sol SMITH RUSSELL, the actor, is to
marry a daughter of Oliver Optic. Miss
Emily Rigl, an actress, is to marry Will
liam Stuart. Charley Backus, the min
strel, is to marry Miss Nelly Mason, of
Niagara.
Work on the tunnel across the British
channel is to begin ON the 1st of July,
1877. The tunneling machinery to be
used can bore a drift nine feet in diane.
ter across the channel in two years at a
cost of$4 100000. Four years more and
an additional outlay Of $2O,O0O,OO0 will |
complete the tunnel.
ACCORDING to the recent estimate of
Prof Huxley, Niagara falls have cut
back through the solid rock six miles
during the last 10, 900 years. Unless
stop is put to this sort of thing, the great
iakes will be drained dry in 1875, 1879
years and then what will become of the
town of Milwaukee?
The ship Three Brothers, formerly
known as the Vanderbilt, which was pre- P
sented to the commodore to the United a
States government during the war, lies in II
The East river. She is the largest sailing P
vessel in the world, being three hundred u
and twenty-five feet in length, and hay- l
ng a spread Of canvass equal to 2IO0O II
quare yards. sc
THE Watkins Express is responsible h.
or this. A few Sundays ago we heard -
, preacher Of the gospel. who holds forth
Dyer there in Chemung county, make IN
Use o. this vigorous comparison: "A he
yPocritical christian can no more get 70
ntO heaven than a raccoon can climb -,
tovoPipe with tea kettle tied to his on
ALL" ~
Mrs. GALPIN, the squaw trader at ur
landing Rock, says that Sitting Bull is oh
OF at all educated as some have asserted. tn
lis intercourse with the whites has been do
mited to a few traders. His looks, ow
owever, are peculiar for an Indian, as lea
e has light hair and gray eyes He is a
wage in every ether sense of the word He
nd is a native of the country in which be
: is fighting. col
ENGLISH justice again takes a pre- ~
ium. An English husband recently C Cr
rev knife at his wife, who was hold Ia,
g the baby, and it struck :he child
it'll such force as to penetrate two cue ca.
ches into its head, which Of course I'LL
He'd it. A London jury acquitted the ""
Their, rendering a verdict of accidental nv
ath," and at the same time repri- i rec,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

Work on the tunnel across the British
channel is to begin on the 1st of July,
1877. The tunneling machinery to be
used can bore a drift nine feet in diane.
ter across the channel in two years at a
cost of$4, 100000. Four years more and
an additional outlay of S2O,OOO,OOe will
complete the tunnel
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

ACCORDING to the recent estimate of
Prof Huxley, Niagara falls have cut
back through the solid rock six miles
during the last 10000 years. Unless
stop is put to this sort of thing, the great
rakes will be drained dry in 1876, 189
years and then what will become of the
town Of Milwaukee?
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

The ship Three Brothers, formerly
known as the Vanderbilt, which was pre-
sented to the commodore to the United
States government during the war, lies in
the East river. She is the largest sailing
vessel in the world, being three hundred
and twenty-five feet in length, and hay-
ing a spread of canvass equal to 24,O0O
square yards.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

MRS. FALPIN, the squaw trader at
Standing Rock, says that Sitting Bull is
not at all educated as some have asserted.
His intercourse with the whites has been
limited to a few traders. His looks,
however, are peculiar for an Indian, as
he has light hair and gray eyes. He is a
savage in every ether sense of the word,
and is native of the country in which
he is fighting.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-26

THE Watkins Express is responsible
for this. A few Sundays ago we heard
a preacher of the gospel. who holds forth
over there in Chemung county, make
use o. this vigorous comparison: "A
hypocritical christian can no more get
into heaven than a raccoon can climb
stoyoPipe with a tea kettle tied to his
tall"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

The rag -babyites, who have SO long RETAINED
from interfering in municipal politics, have at
last emerged from their shells, and will now
run candidate tor Mayor, and that candidate
is no less than Tax Commissioner ]. J. McGrath,
better known as one of the "indicted nineteen"
The County Executive Committee Of the
Greenbackers had long session yesterday in
the Office of Andrew Cameron, the editor OF the
Workingmen's Advocate. Col. Ellithorpe oc-
cupied the chair tor awhile, and B J. Murphy
acted as Secretary. There We're present Messrs.
Cameron, Geteloon, the two Springers, Felch,
Burdick, and other prominent nurses of the
''baby.'' After thorough consideration OF
the question and the prospects Of success, it
was resolved to do or die, and, in accordance
with this declaration, it was resolved to hold a
Delegate convention Monday afternoon at
o'clock, at Union Hall, corner OF Clark and
Monroe streets. Each wa,d will be represen-
ted by delegation Of five, to be appointed to-
day by the Executive Committee ard the
Chairman OF the Ward C)ubs.-Chicago Inter.
Ocean.
| The movement is taking shape. Be
fore November it will make things lively
in the West.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

The Dubuque Ia.) Times says: "The Eve
ming Telegraph Of this city, the only Democrat
seed, heads its account OF the Democratic Ma
tional Convention with the sanguinary word
Suicide" Ikthen proceeds to declare in en-
phatic, bold face type that sThe Democratic
party deliberately Cuts its own throat It also
the second place, but it is not likely he will ac
cept,'' adding that his friends are indignant
and defiant at the results. 1t also says that
the Ohioans are about in the same mood. and
that state is given up to Hayes and Wheeler.
There is much more of the like import, which
we have not space to reproduce, and close this
paragraph Of quotations with the following
prophecy OF Mr.. Mahony as to the candidates:
And none Of them will stretch their legs over
the White House cushions
Well what matters ii? Was it no: un-
derstood that in nominating Tildeu the
Democracy gave up in advance Ohio, In
diana and the entire west? And after il
cuts itself in halt in this fashion, it is ex-
pected to be stronger than ever. We will
see.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13
HE Anti-AGonoPO1iSt.
:lusively shows that Blakely's paper has

clOSlvely SHOWS that OidhelyS pdptT AdS
given
A MOST PERVERTED STATEMENT
Of the testimony. and has besides brought
out an additional piece Of evidence which
will require great dea! Of ingenuity on
Blakely's part to explain. Josiah Lom~
bard testified clearly and emphatically,
and to the substantial facts that had been
detailed by Miss Sweet. He deniedswhat
Blakely charged, and Miss Sweet had
admitted to him that she had assumed
the responsibility to the government for
that sum. but that she never assumed it
as her obligation as between herself and
Blakely. In all Of the particulars Lom>
bard fully confirmed Miss Sweet.
Miss Sweet was recalled and examined
st great length. She told her story with
remarkable precision, GOODNESS and en-
phasis. It differed in no single particu-
lar from her former statement, already
published, except that she produced an
original letter from Blakelv, and which
she had found since her former testimony
was given. It will be remembered that
Blakely telegraphed from Bradford, w.t.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

to Miss Sweet, after Special Agent
Luckey had discovered the deficit upon
the books, that it would be all right.
Miss Sweet had before that written let
ter to Blakely, insisting upon immediate
payment OF that detalcation. Blakely
did not produce that letter. stating that
he had. lost it. and Miss Sweet had no
copy. Miss Sweet, however, o-day pro-
duced Blakely's answer to her letter,
written from Bradford, VT, about the
same date as the telegram. In this letter
Blakely practically admits all that Miss
Sweet testimony has charged. he says
that Baker will order Lucky not to make
an examination; that Baker will proba>
bly, appoint Blakely himself to come out
and report upon the office, and that he
will make it all right. Blakely inclosed
in this letter blank sheet Of paper with
his own name signed at the bottom, and
directs Miss Sweet to have that paper
filed up over his signature with anything
she pleases.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

Amount OF greenhacks destroyed during the
month OF June was 1857 ,as4, being 50 per cent.
of the new national bank currency issued dur
ing the month This leaves the outstanding
greenback circulation $3.50, ,2S4.
Thus the work goes on. The peoples
money is being destroyed to make way
tor national bank notes. In what re-
spect are national bank notes better than
greenbacks? Is it because We are taxed
$40 .ooo.0 900 per year to pay interest on
the bonds on which they are basede
And under the plea OF contraction
tor every eighty cents OF greenback:
81 90 OF national bank notes are issued
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

Wendell Phillips in All interview recently
said that the democrats made their own defeat
sure. They will carry most Of the old slave
states, by force or traud-say about $50 votes in
the electoral college. They need only 81 more
to elect their candidates. If they had been
honest, or bold enough to put a plain unmis-
taxable soft money plank in their platform,
they could have got these so votes from the
northwestern states. As it Is, with financial
plank that means anything and nothing, they
will fall between two stools.
As it is they have rested all their hopes
of success in carrying New York. state
which gave the Democrats only 1900
majority last year.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

Mr.. Manly Tello. editor OF the North
western Chronicle. one of the alternate
delegates Of Minnesota to the ST. Louis
convention. says:
The mos. painful episode Of the session, was
the reckless challenge of Dorsheimsr to the
men Of the west. As the two-vear-old Demo-
crat Of Wall street, with ali the coArsenes~ of
the plutocrat flung his imbitsered, unr allied for
defiance in Mr., EwinS's face, there was smoth-
cred vehemence that we'll nigh broke into a
wild cry Of rage, But these stalwart producers
Of the Mississippi; valley, these hrswny soilers
OF the western pgairies had \ higher ann snan
geld or yreentacks, theirs the lofty manhood OF
true patriotism. They had country to save:
and they held their breath within ciinched
teeth, as Dorsheimsr, with "A laughing devil II
his sneer." dar>st them to : false issu--'hArd
money, or SOFT" They made NO issue witt
him.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

General Singleton, one of the most inflnen-
tial democrats in Illinois is reported to have
SAID after the nomination OF Tilden, that Hayes
will carry Ohio by from 10000 to l0O,O0U ma
iority. correspondent says the Hoosler DEM
ocratic delegates at st. Louis concede re-
publican majority OF from 5000 to 7 900 in In
diana.
Does any man believe that it is posi-
BILE to lose Indiana and Ohio by over
whelmng majorities in October, and
then carry New York, Connecticut ant
New Jersey in November?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

The Oshkosh, Wisconsin, North Western
saws tina, Gabe Bouck, leading democratic
politician Of that section, Is not pleased with
the democratic ticket, and he offers TO wager
500 that Hayes and Wheeler will carry the
state 10y 10000. The North Western further
says that several other prominent democrats
are outspoken III their preferences for the re-
publican ticket.
Gabe Bouck is well-known leader
OF the Wisconsin Democrats. man Of de-
cided ability and a Greenbacker. The
medicine administers at st. Louis is be-
ginning To operate.