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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-07-26

~eAsHs sHzA<sss-N-
lf,.verra with a short term uf en-
| iiovahle 'qniet. Mr.. Quincy has
not made occasion near so fire.
quertly rs hitherto, to drive DASH
.niply through the streets. Tho
agent, we understand, lis on an
other pilgrimage to the Mecca OF
his unticipations.
Whether nr not the rebuke
which the public officers have re-
tc,iived ut the hands of public opin-
li,m WAS .nerited or not, we for
bear, vet u while, to say, MS the
times are mot ripe Tor criticisms.
Hitherto we have sedulously avoid
ed expressing opinions ms to the
rights If various claimants, mas
lunurh ms we knew not of actual
personal knowledge, whether the
eseqnestered property belonged to
the government III to individuals,
whatever may be our own convic-
tons on the question, or however
well they may he grounded. Bnt
we have full faith NJ the tfinnl tri-
umph Of right, and cheerfully bear
record to the uprightness nf our
people as citizens, and their integ-
rity as men of business.
We owe much TO Judge Cham
berlain for u faithful and impartial
discharge of official duties, as, IN
fortunately for the ends of Justice
such men are none too common.
We are not a little indebted to
Judge Hudspeth, and District At
torney Perrodin, for their timely
appearance upon The scene OF COB
fusion and trouble, for we believe
that their presence hlotted sout all
opportunities of misstatemeuts of
the facts, us developed in the ill
advised, perhaps wanton.if not ma
Ilicious proceeding against Horne
at the instance of tGainey.
We are impatiently anxious to
reach the conclusion of our per-
find this official pail
raised from the asphyxiated exist
ence of our mercantile interests,
and still more sohcitous are we to
see the old prestige % character
.preserved---to see our nelglibors
emerge from this food of unde-
served reproach, with unblemished
aud revivi6ed 'euer-
gies. And, not doubling their rec
titude hope that they will remain
intact, bound together by ties of
Interest aud sympathy, and thus
pass bravely through the present
fiery orden.
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LAKE CHARLES Echo:

Through your columns we make pub
lie the result Of F" late correspondence
passed between MIR. NJ A. Carter, II.
$. Special Agent, and MIR. j. j. Chi
ney, L. s. Deputy Marshal, and our
selves, hoping that this result, Though
small, in point of fact, may tend to de-
velope a better state of business feeling
generally.
Certain suggestions OF Mr.. Quincy
might be modified, perhaps, without
rderogatiun to his official integrity or
responsibilities. Respectfully,
f. PERRoDIN,
S. ID. READ.
July 90 1877.
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4" HnlaliAlg Telllber.''

Coles Farm July 14th 1877
Daen Hodges
Sir take Notice that You Will
Seice Hauling teniber on and after
this date and in Case of Refusial
ON vonr Part yon Will Suffer the
Pently according to Law
Signed p w. "A. Mcstea,
X. .Stolbarger,
i. Carra(line
in iClInrg of all ltember Under
Seazure in Barnes Greek and
Vecenity.
The high handed ontrages per-
petratedson The log men and mill
men of Calcasien, under color ct
the writ of seguestration In the
civil suit Of the United States VS..
Joseph Hampton ct. ais, are not
wholly destitute of a certain grim
pleasantly. lLikethe silver lining
of the sable cloud, described by
the poet. along Thorough edges of
these tyrannical and illegal pro-
ceedings there plays. occasionally,
q lambert light of the ridiculous,
which relieves the mind moment
sarily from the ereary spectacle of
ioul and CALLING Injustice.
One of the ihappiesllillustrations
of this feature of the tCalcasieu log
question is found in the .notice al
the head of this article. The in
spring recklessness of its assault
on the EnglishIanguage the sub
limo audacity with which lit de-
nounces, by implication, the infa-
nous crime of "hauling tember";;
the benignant yet firm manner in
which it warns the erring Hodges
to "Seice his unlawful occupn-
tion the candor and fairness with
which it notifies him that in case
OF "Refusial" on his part to obey
this teminently modest and proper
demand he will "Stffertthe Pently
Faccording to Law; and the virtu-
tons horror of the crime of
"hauling tember," exhibited 10y
The signers OF the notice, as the
lawful guardians Sin Charg of all
TENDER Under Seaznre in Barnes
Greek aud Necenity,," by their
omission TO specify in the notice
any place where the llaw-breaking
Hodges may, snpter any ecircum-
stances, be permitted to haul any
kind Of f"ltember;;" all these fea-
lures of this remarkable notice
concur to make it M Invaluable
contribution to flight reading for
the summer months" and ITO de-
monstrate the fact that in the
lbushel of lchaff the government
officers are taking to their ont
rage mill in 'Calcasieu, there are
some golden grains of Illumor.
Eortthis, at least, let us lie thank
ful.
Since the late trouble and .ex-
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Since the late trouble and tex-
leitement cansedl theIpronouncsd
illegal capture at the steam tug
Alert, and the arrest Of her'Capt.
William Horne, for non foreihle
persistence 10 the 10. IS. Marshal,
iansl for obstructions to the same,
which We're, it appears, never
CAUSED GsAlse Charles Inns ibeen
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Magnolia Grange No 312
Patrons of Husbandry meets on
the 4th SATURDAY., of each month.
L.. MI. Nichols is master of the
above Grange.
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LAKE tGHARLEs. La, July 10, 1877.
Messrs 4. Perrodin and s. ID. Bead
tGENrI.EMEN--I have the homer to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter
tofthe 18th instant addressed to Deputy
y. s. Marshal j. y. Gainey and myself
4 am restricted in replying to my own
views Of my duties here. Mr.. Gainey
will doubtless answer for himself.
10 your lst question, 7" Will you
permit the, owners Of patented lands to
move timber out by ,tlsem and others in
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-07-26

Our subscribers will confer n
favor by ADVISING the .psaprietor
of any irregularityt In repeiving
their paper.
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pursued by crowd of eirizens.
The st. Charles Herald informs
MS that Joe Joseph, confined In
Jail in that parish, set fire to his
cell. Fortunately for the over
anxious prisoner, the fire Was dis
covered in time to save both the
prisoner and the JUL.
The Abbeviile town council will
not repeal the law imposing S25
Old public balls, because some per-
sons wish to substitute gumbo and
lemonade 10. spirituous liqnors.
Two prisoners, Abe and Toby,
made their escape from the Ope-
lousas Jail, ON the night of the
16th-17th. They broke some of
the iron bars of their cells, made
hole through the outer brick
wall, and let themselves to the
ground by means of their joined
blankets.
DIR. Donald, of Opelousns, was
stricken with severe paralysis on
Thursday last (l9th). He had
been sitting in the law Office of
,Jno. N. Ogden, Esq, and on rising
to leave, staggered; be WIS
promptly caught and supported
by Mr. Ogden. Paralysis had done
its work. There has been no i'm
provement in his condition since
the attack.
Mrs. Eliza OConuell and one
child, and Mrs. Mary aOlCnsuor
aud two children We're drowned in
the river ut Button Rouge two
weeks ago. They had been visiting
ON the west side, and being delayed
missed the ferry boat. They had
TO recross in Il skiff, which ruu,ling
upon log, alarmed the ladies and
clti'dgen who IludtEied together in
the stern of the skiff and c.,u,eel 1t
to sink. Mr.. OConuell, husband
of.4one of the ladies. in another
sklff, Was III the act OF t,russiug the
river III search of his wife, when
the cries of distress racaIled him
He reached the place however too
late to afford succT
The bodies of all those drowned
in this disaster llave since been
recovered. That Of Miss FIorance
O]Connor was raised by the thing
OF II cannon over thu spot.
Ernest Delahou~snv... Recorder,
Abide Ne"zry, Clerk Of Count, and
Garter Blssett, Parrish Judge, all
Of ST. Martins, published n card
July 10th to Gov. Nichols, In
substance protesting against any
executive action tending to or.
an custer from their
respective offices. They claim to
hold office l,y virtue of the idecla-
ration Of the Returning Board, the
only power Of this state who at the
time could act in the premises.
They further claim nights Of con-
tinnance in office by virtue of
Gov. Nicholls inaugural pledge
not to destitute any officer on
account of his politiealtenets.
Sales ofiutoxicatiug liquors to
minors since the lpromulsation of
the Inv forbidding them, are
making some trouble for saloon
keepers. Ne meet with reports
avery week, If charges lodged
against the saloon keepers for vio-
The Lake County star., 1877-05-10
Anectinr Incident.

We are indebted to Mr.. L., recently
returned nom q whaling" voyage, for
the following touching narrative: On
the home trip Of one Of our New York
and Liverpool packets, she being
crowded with emigrants, that awful
scourge, the ship fever, broke out.
The carpenter Of the vessel, one Of
natures noblemen. and having on
board his little son, lad OF twelve
summers. was one Of the first victims.
His shipmates sadly epcl0sed the body
I'm his hammock, and having read over
the burial service, and attached to his
feet q grindstone for the purpose of
sinking it, committed II to the embrace
Of old ocean. The poor boy, filled with
grief at the loss ofhis natural protector
sprang overheard and before he could
be rescued he was beyond the reach Of
On the day following the burial, q
large shark was noticed Ia the wakeof
the ship, and, ~ r. was almoet calm,,
the sailors asked pernlission to catch
Il, which was readily granted by the
captain. Having procured hook and
attached Q cliainsand line and baited it
with pork, they ,csst II overheard, and,
soon had, the exciting pleasure OF hook,
ing the monster, and, with the aid OF
the windlass, they hauled the writhlng
mass on board. As it lay on the deck
In Its death struggles, the sailors heard
q singular rumbling noise which SEEM
ed to proceed froni the dying captive.
Taking D ship axe they soon cut their
way into the now dead nfsh, and to
their, great tsurprise, found, that It. had
swallowed the carpenter, grindstone
and boy, and the former. who had only
swooned. had rugged up the xrindstone,
and, with the asslstafce OF the boy To-
turn was grinding his jaokknifs 70
cut bis way out, .yfs ~ '-n, sDs ~, 4
The Lake County star., 1877-05-10
Michigan Legislature.

MAY 2.-The Senate passed the House
concurrent resolution endorsing the work
of DR.. Reynolds, the temperance revival
ist.
House bill No. 32s, amending section
1855, relative to insurance.
House bill No. 244, dividing the town.
ship Of Bertrand, Berrien county, for
House bill No. s4s, amending SEQ. IFS,
Compiled laws, relative TO Presidential
House bill No 2is. relative to measures
House bill No. 500, to maintain polit-
ical purity" by IL yeas and o nays.
House joint resolution No. 4, for the
relief Of Robert Winterbottom.
The following bills were tabled: -.
suits bv feilow-workmen, being lost by
8 TO IL. House bill No. 134, relative TO
acquiring the title Of railroad lands, be-
ing lost by Is to9. House bill No. 23, TO
incorporate societies for receiving, loan.
ing and investing money. House bill
No. 1sl, TO incorporate Utica. W
The House passed:
House bill No. 2I2, amending section
!I76, Compiled Laws, relating 70 the pur-
Senate bill No. 100, to protect travel on
House bill No. 257, amending section
1854, relating to changing names Of minor
adopted children. .,sitfa
Senate bill No, 1888, TO amend subdivi-
sions and Of section9 Q, article 2. general
railroad law.
House bill No. $50, amending chapter
40, Compiled Laws, relating to the sup
port Of poor persons.
House bilf No. 241, requiring danger
signals 70 be put up by ice-cutters.
ment for horse stealing. "a
House bill No. 267, regulating the siss
OF packing barrels.
House bill H2, amending sections
The Lake County star., 1877-05-10
Lamp Explosions.

There are many causes for the expIO-
sion Of kerosene lamps, and knOwl-
edge of them may in some instances
prevent academies. It Is not the oil that
expl0des, but the vapOr or gas that Is
generated from the oil. The vapOf
when confined or under pressure Is as
explosive and dangerous as gunpOw-
der. The ignition Of this gas may oc-.
cur az follows:
/. A lamp may be standing ;on a
table or mahte1. and q slight pun Of
air from the open window or door may
cause an explosion.
2. A lamp may be taken up quickly
from q table or mantel and Instantly
exploded. - - - -
s. A lampis, taken out into the en-
try where there Is. draft, OF. out Of
doors, and an explosion ensues.H y
. 4. A lighted lamp is taken up fight
Of stairs, or is raised quickly to place
1t on the mantel, resulting in an ex1
plOsiOn. In these cases the mischief
Is done by the air movement, either by
suddenly checking the draft Ior fore
Ing air down the chimney against the,
flame, a'i '' =
, s. blowing down the chimney to
extinguish the light Is a frequent
cause of explosion. - -, -
8. Lamp explosions have been caused
by using chimney broken off ut the
top, or one that has a piece broken out,
whereby the draft is variable and the
flame unsteady. qt.s rga
z Z. Sometimes q thoughtless person
puts small wick into q large burner,
thus leaving considerable space aiong
the edges Of the wick. An old burner,
with its air draft clOgged up, which
rightfnlly should be thrown away. ia
sometimes continued In use, and the;
final result Is an explosion.--Prdirfe
'Fornaer-.- ~ or TrA1r rrrH.r
The Lake County star., 1877-05-10
Life; Lengthened.

/. Cultivate an equal temper many
q man has fallen dead in fit, of pas
sion. .idiI .3it 4iJ liy
o q. Eat regularly not over thricea day.
and nothing between meals. .it..lJ III.
3. Go to bed at regular hours. Get
up as soon as you wake yourself, and,
do not sleep in the day time, at least
not longer than ten minutes, before
noon.
2. Work always by the day and not
by the job. ,.1, -.
s. Stop working before you are veiy
tired-before you are " tagged out"
8. Cultivate generous and accom-
modating temper.
7. Never cross bridge before you
come to ity; this will save half the
trouble of life.
8. Never eat when you are not hun
cry, nor drink when you are not
8. Cool off in place greatly warmer
than the one I'm which you have been
exercising; this simple rule would pre-
vent incurable sickness, and save mil
lions Of lives every year.
TO-. Never resist u call Of nature for a
single moment. ~ esa -.
{ IL. Never allow yourself to be chill
ed Through and through :" 1t Is this
which destroys 30 many every year. I'm
few days sickness, from pneumonia,
called by some lung fever, or ipham-
nation on the lungs.
IL. Whoever drinks no liquids at
meals will add years of pleasprabie ex-
istence to, his life.'- on c0l( Df warm
drinks, the former are the most perni-
cious drinking ut meals induces per-,
sons to eat more than they otherwise
would, as anyone can verify by expert
ment. and 1t Ii excess in eating Witch
devastates the land with sickness, suf-
fering and death.
10. Begin early to live under the
benign influence of the Christian re-
ligion, for It " has the promise Of the
life that now is, and Of that which Is
to come.-HuWs journal of Health"
The Lake County star., 1877-05-10

A terrible land slide Is reported on the
bank Of the River Veillet, tributary Of
the Batiscan, parish st. Genevieve, 100
miles east OF Montreal. At the point
where the slide occurred the bank Is
eighty feet high. Over an acre OF land
moved, burying q saw and grist mill and
q house at the foot Of the hill, and turn
ing the course OF the river. u y ppt,
lively asserted that ten persons are bu< -
alive. The bodies Of Mrs. MoGgioo, e
wife of the owner OF the mill, and 1Ifr
three children, aged three, seven lond
twelve, and Mr.. Clotier, father Of the Rev.
Clotier, OF Three Rivers, have been taken
BILE. ~
The proposed extra session Of Congress
has been postponed to the 10th or Octo-
ber.
The Seventh Cavalry, with ], 100 men,
has left Fort Lincoln and gone In search
Of Sitting Bull, Ehp. Ia supposed to be
north or sohtb OF the y ellowstone, with
some 500 men. The command will hunt
him down and bring in the hostiles, W hen
found, 20 the agencies.
Forty-sevsn lodges OF the Red Cloud
party have gone INTO the cantonment on
the Yellowstone, TO surrender TO Gen.
Miles.
The crooked whisky men have failed
In their efforts to secure entire exemption
from payment OF fines, forfeitures and
taxes. Secretary sherman declipes their
OF taxes due, and Of losses Incurred by
the Government by reason of their Of
lenses, with interest and costs, would be
the least that could be demanded OF them
with just regard to the public interests.
That this cannot be collected, by reason
of their insolvency, il no justification for
their release. c,.,,,
A special session of Congress has been
called by Presidents proclamation, to
meet October 18th. q, Sc, ,,stt
The Mormons are In an excited state.
They expect the testimony of John ID. Lee
and others will excite the people against
drilling'to defend themselves. IVY ii
The Lake County star., 1877-05-10

QUE 81 debt on d snug ut 81 we'll
titled land. the frugal farmer who
feeds and clothes his family well and
lays by small surplus. can look OIL
the financial troubles of his city neigh
landsman on LuOretius locked froirg
safe promoi1tory upon the perils OF a
fOunde.ing ship. Other banks may
fail, but his' home bank always Yields
an honest dividend. Dishonest clerks
can not run away with its shares, and
fire can not destroy them. The sea-
sons will come and go, the sunshine
and the rain fall during al admins
trati0ns with unfailiny regularity If
he avoids the dangerous quagmire Of
speculation and refuses to buy what
he cannot pay for or to sell what he
has not got he is safe as mortal can hope
to be. So he reads IN one paper bow a
lady from tile west went Is New York
to visit her mother. In her absence
her husband died. He had q fine
store, full of goods, paid for. She had
an offer Of &75, 900 for the concern. She
sent her lawyer on to consumate the
sale. He reached this city on Satur-
day at noon, bringing the money
with him. He put itint0 the bank to
hand It over to the widow on Monday.
The, bank never opened. The woman
never saw q dollar Of her money, and
was left In absolute destitution.
He reads Of another New Yorker
who recently had half Q, mi)liOu In a
banking house. 1t failed, aid he is
now ipehniless.TcV Vahderbilt;l zone OF
the most successful men .of his day,
said that it needed more talent to take
care OF money than 1t did. to make 10. ,
So, the man who complains Of the
hum-drum monotony Of farm life,
may console himself with the reflec-
tion that 1t offers greater peace Of mind
and fewer chances Of failure than city
life, which Is OF necessity dependent I
on the success and honesty Of Others.
The failure or dishonesty OF one promi-. !,
nent tradesman often destroys so 9TH.
ers In commercial life. p, The farmer Is
nearest to independence by, virtue Of
his calling. Lit, o",7i ,lsrn"H
city life itself would be much better
for those who are engaged in It's slegiti-
mate business II the army Of idlers
who burden the city were dispersed
properly throughout the country.
Every idler becomes care to others,
for he must be fed and clad by some
means or other, II not by fair means,
by foul, or. by charity, which has a
tendency to lessen his feelings Of In
dependence. The cities whose popula-
ton depend on one another for em-e
ployment are in the nature Of the case
dependent. They are houses which
rest ON props, swhose weakening en-
dangers the whole structure. The
cOnntry is the place where large pro-
portion of the unemployed must 90 to
fnd independence, boon which their
own hands can dig out of the earth.
the source Of all wealth. louisville
Commercial. ,E .T3g~fG1- ffgr
The Lake County star., 1877-05-10

Ceylon newspapers mention the ex-
element prevailing In that island In
March In connection with the resump-
tion Of pearl fishing. The pearl oyster
produces it's best pearls when about
four years old. % that the great object
kept In view by divers 10 not to take
any that have reached that age. The
experiences of recent years give ten
million oysters as the average crop Of
q bank, and the average pearls found
would amount to two per cent. When
one thousand oysters produce 500
worth Of pearls it IL considered 4 very
remuneratlve product. A hundred
pearls OF the sixe Of 3 pins head are
not worth one a. large as o pea. Ten
thousand persons are directly or indi.
rectly engaged In this industry. In
the last great haul I'm 1874, q amillion
and q quarter Of oysters were taken on
one bank, which were sold for $50. 900.
The Lake County star., 1877-05-10

A Texas correspondent Of Forest and
Stream tells us this much Of " Indian
Tan,u for some purposes the best
method of tanning in the world, and
very likely to become q lost art - :
The skin In stretched either on the
ground or on poles, and all fat or flesh
removed. When well dried It is wash
ed in soap and water to cleanse the
fur: the brains Of any animal are then
taken and mashed into . paste with
hot water, and this paste II thoroughly
rubbed into the flesh side, and the skin
hung out to dry. When dry It IL
scraped and exposed to the dew for one
night, and , ext morning rubbed and
pulled until Loft.
Buckskins are made by rubbing of
the hair with horse rib, while the
skin is fresh, or after soaking In weak
I've: then dressing with brains and
staining o reddish color In decoction
of Wasatchie bark. Alum and salt are
very good, but alum IL rather scarce In
the chapparal, a. also are doors and
boards. Bome stretch skins on the
ground. y, sUinf y arc.
Care should be taken, by the way,
not to use too much salt, a. IL causes
the skin afterwards TO absorb moisture
too readily. Smoking . skin, IL done
by first dressing with brains, sewing
it up into funnel shape, and suspend
ing it over o slow fire Of buffalo chips
or dry prickly pear, built In, q, hole In
the ground. The tips Of the funnel
being pinned down. close around the
hole, q clear, calm day n selected. and
the smoking requires about two hours.
H gives velvet-like finish, and the
akin never shrinks or gets stiff from
wettin8, but washes like cloth. 80 .tln
The Lake County star., 1877-05-10
The Michigan Central.

The meeting for the election of Di-
rectors of the Michigan Central Rail-
road will be held next month. An ef,
fort Is being made to secure Board of
Directors who represent other large in
terests with which the Central has
been competing, and In q measure to
stop the ruinous competition. Also
to secure important Eastern and West
ern connections which are controlled
by the proposed new Board, and thus
bring to the Central a large increase of
business. The circular invites stock
holders to send their proxies to Ex-
Gov. J. J. Bagley and others, that the
votes may be cast for this proposed
new arrangement.