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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-02-08
Observation-Disclosures.


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nominal abolition Of the slave trade in
Turkey, through the efforts of the civil
lied European governments, it still con
tinues in furtive way. AS long as the
harem exints, this trade will exist.
This sale was in a house. All the
windows facing the streets were closed
The correspondent accompanied an
Egyptian friend and his valet in car
riage to the MOSQUE OF the sultan Mo
manned, at'which point they turned into
narrow and complicated streets, which
finally became impossible. They alighted
before a pile of mud which could be
crossed only on foot Reaching the house,
they were introduced into the selamlik,
or chamber reserved for male visitors.
Here they found the slave dealer stand
ing, a short pipe in hand. He was little
old Tripolitan, Gassirgi-MessOud-Aga by
name He has followed the business for
forty years. After the customary saluta-
tions, pipe and coffee were ordered, and
taken with the silence usual to Orlen-
tails before any business transaction.
An ebony young eunuch soon entered
and whispered in Messoud's ear. The
latter made sign of acquiescence, and
turning to the guests, said: Bouyou-
roun" (permit me). The guests rose
and followed him into a room of the ha-
rem. A long divan, about foot and a
half high, and tour feet wide, surrounded
three sides of the chamber. An exCava-
ton in the wall held the cushions and
coverings used at night. The floor was
covered with mats and loose pieces Of car
pet. Upon the divan we're seated, side
by side, two white girls from Circassia,
III the dress of their country. Opposite
were three other women, one of whom
was white, from Georgia, and the Others
black.
All arose as the visitors entered. One
of the Circassians seemed scarcely four
teen. She had bright chestnut hair, long
dark eyeIasbes, which shaded eyes Of
liquid blue; a light, well rounded form
and roorIor features overcast with mel
orcboIIv She was beautv Of the first
class. Her companion, aged eighteen,
,yos SLIGHTLY loss beautiful bnt was per-
formor On tho kemondia or Turkish vio-
lin In addition .ba was recommended Az
GOOD oool, soor,.+rass and washer Her
hLo,,,r, hoir toll 20 tho hnoss She looked
- .l,a -,;.;+ora oooII,, and fvod bor ovos
~ Tho Frvn+ioD with on evnression that
soor,od &c o.l him To nnrcbase her
A. q sion from NTassoud one of the
h,ool c;rIs disrohod tho Circaesians
Tbio u.os ro+ q complicated nrocess as
their dress was simnIv q tunic, a pair of
trowsers and a cbemise, The Younger
.oon,od distrossod heather eimnlv 6xed
horovos nnon the floor NTessond nass
;nrb;s hands over them called attention
- 4Loir GOOD ro;nts and made them show
tLo;r ro9uIor r.or,v teeth He dwaIt
o1.a ,,uon tho str;ct decorum If thoir an.
too.dorts
Altar on ovom;ration the Gooroian
and o cloroo Of tho hlack Girls the nartv
IeIuIle" W 'ne se'"4iiliN W o'0'o ''i0 O"'
.Jo4 4,o b,,rJr.I DOuDJs TnrL;sh tho
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-02-08

report was circulated that gold had
been found there, but it was entirely
unCOundpd.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-02-08
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

The broom packing at Vallejo, Cali
fornia, is busy filling orders for Aus
tralia.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
Protect the PIreons.

We have been requested to pub
lish the following law passed March
14th, 1876, by the Ohi9 General As
sembly, to protect wild pigeons
while nesting or roosting:
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted 6y the
General assembly of the State OF
Ohio, That it shall be unlawful fer
any person to kill, catch, or dis
charge any fire arms at any wild pig
con or pigeons while on its nesting
ground, or at its roostings, or to
break up, or in any manner disturb
such pigeon roost, nesting, or the
birds therein, or discharge any fire
arms within one-half mile of such
nesting or roosting place, at any
wild pigeon or pigeons, or catch
with nets within said limits, or shoot
at, MAIN or kill any wild pigeon or
pigeons within their roostings, or in
any manner destroy the eggs or
birdlings of said roostings anywhere
within the limits of this State. And
every person so offending against the
provisions of this act, or any part
thereof, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanOr, and on conviction thereof,
shall be fined in any sum not exceed
ing fifty dollars, or imprisoned in the
county jail not less than three or
more than thirty days, and shall,
moreover, pay the costs of prosecu-
tion.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force on and after its pas
sage. sr-r NJ
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
ACon.er,pr,. Atsempst to Escape Duty.

The fear of military service in
France often leads conseripts to en-
ploy various ingenious devices to es-
cape from their tolls. A conscript
not long ago, according to one of
the French papers, feigned paralysis
of the right arm. After all other
means were exhausted to expose the
fraud, it was proposed to a putate
the useless limb, in the hope that
rather than be MANNED for life the
malingerer would confess that he
was shamming. He was according
ly conducted to the operating room,
where there was made an imposing
display of the requisite instruments.
The tourniquet was applied, the
knife was in the hand of the surgeon,
but still the conscript did not finch,
and it became necessary to invent
some excuse for not proceeding with
the amputation. This was done by
directing his removal to a neighbor-
ing hospital. To get there a river
had to be crossed, and it was arrang-
ed with the attendant that at a Civ
en- signal the conscript should be
pitched into the water. The scheme
was carried out, and the unfortunate
conscript suddenly found himself
compelled either to sink or swim.
For some time he managed to keep
himself above water with his left
arm, but at last he gave in, and
struck out manfully with his right
arm to save his life.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
The PresIdent's GaIIantry.

Miss Phoebe Cozzens called upon
the President the other day. She
said to him, 81 understand, Mr.. Pres
ident, you are with us?" Said Mr..
Hayes, "If there ever was a man in
this country who is perfectly per-
pendieular upon the fence upon the
subject of women's rights am that
man. l can get down upon either
side with perfect ease" Miss Coz
zens then told Mr.. Hayes that when
Grant nominated Waite Chief JUS
tice he said that he would send her
name in if the Senate should refuse
to confirm him. Miss Cozzens said
she could not help thinking of this
when she saw Mr.. Hayes taking the
oath. Said Mr.. Hayes, gazing
straight at the fair Miss Phoebe, eff
you had been the Chief Justice I am
afraid l should have kissed some
thing else but the book"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
The DiTerence In Fa1her..

A local correspondent of the Bos-
ton Transcript writes: zone Sun
day, in the absence of the teacher,
took charge of class of boys of
from four to six years Of age.
Speaking the truth was the basis of
our conversation together. asked
the boys if any of them could tell
the story of George Washington and
his little hatchet. One of the boys
promptly began to tell the story,
and was listened to most attentively
by the dozen or more of the class.
One little fellow, who had given the
most careful attention, turned his
head little one side, his bright
eyes swapping, and with most de-
termined expression upon his face,
exclaimed, well Mr.. B / don't
care, my father had an Oleander
bush and 1 cut it down. He asked
me if I did it. 1 told him I did
and he licked me-"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
IngersoIl,s EIoouence.

Col. Ingersoll concluded his New
York lecture with the following elo-
quent peroration:
We have fought and hated
enough. Our country is PROSTATE.
Labor is in rags. Energy has emp
ty hands. The wheels of the fac
tory are still. In the safe of Pru
dence money lies locked by the key
of Fear. Confidence is what we
need-confdence In each other, con-
fdence in our institutions, in our
form of Government, in the great
future; confidence in law, in pro-
gress, and in the grand destiny of
the great Republic. l extend to
you each and all the olive branch of
peace. Fellow citizens of the South,
I beseech you to take it. By the
memory of those who died for
naught, by the charred remains of
your remembered homes, bv the
ashes of your statesman dead, for
the sake of your sons and your
daughters and their children yet to
be, l Iimplore you to take it with low
ing and with loyal hands. 1t will
cultivate your wasted fields; it will
rebuild your towns and cities; it will
fill your Golfers with gold; it will
educate your children; it will swell
the sails of your commerce; it will
cause the roses of joy to Chamber
and to climb over the broken cannon
of war; it will flood the cabins of the
freedmen with light, and clothe the
weak in more than a coat of mail,
and wrap the poor and lowly in
measureless content. Take it; the
North will forgive if the South will
forget. Take it; the negro will wipe
from the tablet of memory the
strokes and scars of 200 years, and
blur with happy tears the record OF
his wrongs. Take it; it will unite
our Nation; it will make us brothers
once again. Take it, and justice
will sit in your courts under the
outspread white wings of peace.
Take it, and the brain and the lips
of the future will be free. Take it;
it will bud and blossom in your
hands, and fill your land with fra
GRANGE and with Joy. Take it, and
we have passed the midnight of our
political history, and the star of
hope heralds again the rising sun.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
Trade.


The other day an agent for a Chi
cagO grocery house was looking
around Detroit to see where he
could pick up an order. He entered
a store on Grand River avenue, and
before introducing himself he asked
"Well, how's trade?"
"Johni John!" called the grocer
to the boy at the back end of the
store, Show much molases have you
sold this week?'
six quarts!" drawIed John.
Chow much did we sell last week?''
Give and a half"
can increase of a pint-trade is
picking right up!" said the grocer,
as he turned TO the agent.
Detroit Free Press.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

cannot mention the subject without
quotations from Virgil and Dickens.
The trade is growing very large, 700
tons sometimes arriving in Liverpool
in one day. 1t sells Immediately,
and is now marketed in London,
Liverpool, Manchester, Scheffield,
Birmingham, Nottingham, and many
other towns.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
Honest Medicine

Of all medicines calculated to cure affec
tions ofthe throat, chest and lungs, we know
ofnone we can recommend so highly as DIR
KINGS New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness, Tickling in the Throat, Loss of Voice
&c. 1t does positively cure, and that when ev-
erything else has failed. No medicine can
show one half so many positive and perma-
nent cures as have already been wrought by
this wonderful remedy. For the Asthma and
Bronchitis it is perfeot specific, curing the
worst eases in the shortest time possible We
would say by all means give it fair trial.
Three doses will relieve the worst case. Trial
bottles free. Regular size 81. For sale by A.
R. THURBER & co.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

''Tis better to have loved and lost
than never to have loved at all" Of
course it is, but that is not one of the
saddest things that enters into a
young mans life, by any means.
When he has wasted the midnight
oil and ink and paper in getting up
paragraph for the local, then wait
ed anxiously till Saturday to see 1t
in print, and after reading the paper
all through find it turns up missing
then, ali! then comes in the terri
bic reaction, and he could wish that
he or the editor were dead, it mat
ters not which. Y0nkerS Gazette.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
Fun an the cabinet Dinner Parry.

At a dinner party given by Secre-
tary Sherman, to the members of
the Cabinet and few friends, the
table was graced by a beautiful
three-masted ship composed of flow
ers. On the mainmast was a small
United States flag, which Secretary
sherman said his little daughter had
placed there. Senator Hoar, of Mas
sachusetts, said in his dry, Yankee
way, to the Secretary of the Navy,
who sat opposite him: "Well, Mr..
Thompson, will you please tell US if
that is the correct position for the
American flag to occupy on a ship?"
Everybody awaited the reply with
interest, for it is we'll known that
the new Secretary is no sailor, and
they thought he was oonered. But
he took advantage of the Cabinet
custom and replied in a dignifed
manner, "Ahem! I will refer you,
sir, to the Attorney General" !" The
answer was greeted with peals OF
laughter. Washington Star.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
LAW SONS

ing citizens, I've refer to our pamphlet which
accompanies each bottle and to be had of ali
When this Remedy is applied according to di-
rections, the proprietors do nothesitate TO war
rant perfect satisfaction. 1t alIays Pain and
inflammation from whatever cause, For
Neuralgia and Rheumatism it has been
subjected to the severest tests where medical
skill and science has utterly failed, and always
been successful: For Lame Back or Side
and PleurtSY few applications has always
worked complete cure
ErYsipelas, Tic DOulOuTeux and Spi-
nal Diseases In the most aggravated forms
have been cured IN q ahort time. In cases of
Nervous or Sick Headache and Tooth
ache the reliefis often almost instantaneous.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

Among the many remedies which have been
brought to the notice Of the Pablic, no one has
attracted SO much attention from the wonder
TIVE. ItWas discovered BY celebrated chemist
ofNeW England while atwork in his laboratory
and used by himself and friends and among the
afflicted poor ofhis neighborhood dformanyyears
before it was put up for sale. 1t has stood the
test ofyears with a constantly growing reputa-
ton until it has become a household necessity.
wherever it is once used in family that family
will never be without it.
From knowledge of its effects it is recon-
mended BY eminent physicians, and by our lead
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
Teachers Examinations.
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS


1 for the teachers of Common Schools of
AShtabula County will be held during the
quarter ending May 30th. at the following
times and places:
Austinburg, Monday, April, 9Th. 1877,
Andover, Tuesday. April 18th, 1871,
Ashtabula, Saturday, April 21st, 1917,
Orwell, Thursday, April 26th, 1917,
Pierpont, Tuesday, May list, 1917,
Jefferson, Tuesday, May Sth, 1877.
Persons applying for teachers certificates
are requested to bring certificate of good
moral character from the board of local di-
rectors in their own district or from some one
of the board of Examiners.
Examinations open at 8 O'Clock a. m.
From a. m. to 1880 a. m.-Arithmetic and
Reading
From i1:8O a. m. to l2 m.-Theory and Prac-
tice.
From p. m. to 2:45 p. m-Grammar
From 2;45 p. m. to p. photography and
Spelling.
Examinations in the several branches will
close promptly at the time designated
Teachers are requested TO bring 5 cents for
postage, instead of a directed and stamped en-
velope.
By order OF the Board OF Examiners,
1913 L. II. MEANS, Clerk Of Board.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

The English are going wild over
American b eef and mutton. Of late
years these items of the Briton's bill
of fare have been too expensive for
the majority of people; and the ef-
forts to import rabbit meat and beef
from Australia, and cattle and beef
from Brazil, have failed either to
bring prices down or give satisfac-
ton in any form. American beef
and mutton exactly meet the need
of the hour in every way. They
reach England in splendid condition
and sell for from Sd. a pound for
bits, Cd. pound for choice pieces,
which is I'd. or Sd. less than the price
of the home article. Connoisseurs
declare that American beef and NUT
ton bear evidences of being better
fed. The press is in rhapsodies, and
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

The Boston Traveller quotes Mr.
Moody as saying that eff Noah had
waited for committee to build the
ark the keel would not have been
laid to this day." to which the
Christian Register replies, GAS the
ark had no masts, sails or rudder,
being only an oblong box, it is not
probable that any keel was ever laid
even in the absence of a hinderiug
committee" " Long ago Sydney
Smith said: "If the building of the
ark had been entrusted to a com
mittee there would have been no
survivors of the deluge."
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
Tho Last snow.

Below are given the dates upon
which snow fell for the last time
during the seventeen seasons preced-
ing this. The table is interesting in
showing that in all probability we
shall have snow several times more
before spring fairly opens. The fol
lowing are the dates: 1860, April
25th; 1861, April 3D.; 1862, April
8th. 1868, April 9Th; 1854, April
10th; 1865, end of March; 1866,
April Sth; 1867, April Path; 1858,
April 25th; 1869, April 4th; 1870,
April 18th; 1871, April 1st; 1872,
April 10Th; 1873, April 26th; 1874,
April goth; 1875, May 4th; 1875,
MAY lst.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
Notice.
4 BISHA L. WRIGHT, whose
1 a place of residence is -unknown TO this
Notice,

4 BISHA L. WRIGHT, whose
L A place of residence is unknown to this
plaintiff, will take notice that Charles D, Ain
ger of the County of Ashtabula, in the State
of Ohio, did on the Sth day of March, A. d.
lS77, file his petition in the Court of Common
Pleas, within and for the County of Ashtabu-
la. Ohio, against the said Abisha l. Wright,
and Edward A Wright, Hubert Phillips,
John W. Maxwell and William F. Andrews,
defendants, setting forth that the said Absha
L. Wright gave a mortgage to the said
Charles ID. Anger, on the south one-half OF
lot No. l37, together with two acres situate in
the southeast corner of lot No. 127 in the town
ship of Morgan, in said County of Ashtabula,
Ohio, to secure the payment of a certain prom
issory nOte executed to said plaintiff by said
Abisha L. Wright, with said Hubert Phillips
and said Edward A. Wright to secure the
payment of s., 10000, according to a certain
prommissory note referred TO in said mort
gage. And that since the giving of said mort
gage, the defendants, John W. Maxwell and
William F. Andrews, claim some interest in
said lands under the said Abisha L.
Wright; and praying that said Abisha L.
Wright, Hubert Phillips and Edward A.
Wright may pay said sum now claimed to be
due, with interest amounting to 81, 10000 to-
gether with the interest thereon at eight per
cent from the 18th day of May A. ID. 1876 or
that said premises may be sold to pay the
same. And the said Abisha L. Wright is no.
titled that he is required to appear and an
swer said petition on or before the third Sat
urday after the thirteenth day of April, A. ID.
1877. CHARLES d. ANGER
March Sth, 1871. 6tI4lS
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

For NnL2.
AftHchnle9lE.

VIM. H. Bond, Plaintif,0
against
Ansil A. Tinker, Def't.
Before John j. RoAf, j. P. of Morgan TolUr-
ship, AShtd6ula County, Ohio
ON the I'd day of March, A. D.
~ 1877, said Justice issued an Order of At
tachment in the above action, for the sum OF
siXty-ive and seventeen one hundredths
Tuesday, April oath, at 10 O'Clock a. m of said
day. W. H BOND.
Morgan, March 26th, 1877. StI42i
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

1t was at party, and another
fellow had marched triumphantly
off with his girl. "That's the way"
said he, sadly; "it isn't merit that
wins in this world its brass watch
chains, and paste diamonds, and
dyed mustaches." And he swallow
ed down his Adams apple fully
three times before it would stay,
such was his grief.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

A Rhode Island man undertook to
cure hams with blue glass.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
LEGAL.
Dissolution.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
II Co-Partnership heretofore existing be-
tween HOlzbach & Martin is this day dis
solved. a. HOLZBACH,
ROBT. E. MARTIN.
Ashtabula March, lst., 1877 3tl421*
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
Gu RATIVE.

Burns, Scalds, Wounds, Cuts and
q taulses; are healed With wonderful rapidity
by frequent applications ofthe CURATIVE. For
sore Tnr0at and Dfphtheria. SEOi-
len or st1f Joints and ChiIbIains, no
remedy was ever found which would so speedi-
DysPePsta or AciditY of the stomach.
ETC., It Is taken internally, with a certainty Of
We ask all who are afflicted with the com.
plants above mentioned to give the CURATIVE
fair trial, following the directions faithfniIv
and perseveringly, for We do know that 1t cures
with singular success,
PRICE ONE DOLLAR.
Prepared ey the Lawson Chemical company
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
SOLD by ALL DRUGCTc~
A. r.. THURRER n Co Art,s Ashtnl,,ln n
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
GARDEN SEEnS.

New Varieties Of Flower and Vege-
tables.
Don't write to your member Of Congress,
who is flooded with application for seeds, but
obtain the same varieties and all the new
ones, by ordering from the undersigned Be
side my own speeialties I am prepared to
furnish any kind of seed from any catalogue,
at discount Of ten per cent. from list prices.
For the convenience of those who want
an assortment have prepared two eOllee-
tons. No consists of l3 varieties Of choicest
Flower Seeds-a complete flower garden
price 81 No. comprises q complete cOllec-
uon OF Vegetable Seeds for a small family
garden price Sl.50. Packages Of the two sets
combined for 3. Sent post paid to any ad-
collections would cost double the money,
made up in separate orders or purchased Of
any dealer. H D. SMITH,
SmI4l5 734 18th St Washington, d. C
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

On terms that cannot fail to suit, with ex-
ira inducements to those who desire to build.
tfI4l3 GEO 81 FASSETT
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
and almost everything in the Grocery Line
for sale af the
Farm for Sale!

n. B.-ImpOrted Brandy, Rum, Gin and
Sherry Wine, Old Bourbon and Rye Whis-
kies: also all the popular Crane Wines I4l0
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

A FARM of 81 acres, eligibly To-
1 n Gated on the Jefferson road, three miles
from AshtabUla and the L s & d. s. Railroad
and about equi-distant between the A, j. &
F. and A.. Y. & P. roads, in good condition as
to soil, fence, water, woodland, and orchard,
Tor sale on favorable terms. Inquire Of
Ashtabula Oct. Y. 1876. tt JAMES REED
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06
WILL SELL

Also Four good Lots on Wilcox Street, near
South Park.
Prospect st.
One Lot on Hall Avenue.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-06

A. R. THURBER Co., Agt's, Ashtabu