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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08
The Waste OF War.

No doubt war is o very dreadful thing,
but q writer in the Popular Science
Monthly shows that its peculiar effects
are worse than the generality OF men
have any conception of. Hero are the
arguments. We confess they are some
what deep forus.:
"Gunpewder contains on an average
as per cent. of .saltpetre or nitrate of
potash, equivalent to 10.2 per cent. of
combined or available nitrogen. OF the
il0.2 Per cent, 9.98 per cent, or practi-
,cally the whole, escapes in the form OF
free nitrogen, and is consequently rem
.dered useless. Assuming the total PRO
,duction Of sgunpowder toibe atIleast 100,
100000 pounds annually, thisis shown
to mean the destruction fin advance Of
500, 100000 pounds of bread o year
Every ounce of powder used in war
celebrations, etc, means the absolute
unrecoverable loss to the world OF q Ger.
tain quantity of food, diminishes the
fertility of the earth, and makes iths
struggle for existence steadily more diff
cult. There is here furnished an addi
tional argument against fourth Of july
combustion Of gnnpowder, and arbitEa
ton advocates may also fairly cite /
against a great war not only ak
tingnishes large numbers of useful livee
but does 30 at the cost of potential life
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08
Mosquitoes and Mem.

The mosquito has been regarded as q
particular nuisance by man wherever
fhey have met. The bite of this pecu-
liarly objectionable insect has an irr1ta-
ting effect upon most people, over and
above the mere discomfort produced
thereby. But it would appear that
mental disturbance and systematic
bleeding are not the only injurious
actions which the mosquito can and
does exercise upon us. From what was
said at the pathological society few
evenings ago, it would appear that the
mosquito is the means of spreading the
filaria sanguinolenta among human
beings. They sock up this tiny ents-
zson with the blood of their human
victims; and the female mosquitoes,
after their banquet, go to the river to
deposit their eggs. In doing so, the
filari@ and their Larvae find their way
into the water, and again to other human
beings who drink it. In order to ascer-
tain how far the mosquito is thus q
carrying agent of disease from man TO
man, q patient known to have the filaria
in his blood was placed alone in 8 CHAINS
Der, and an opportunity furnished to
mosquitoes to feed upon him. After
that, the spoilers were captured and
6iissected, and in the stomach of one no
fewer than 100 filari@ were found This
newly found relation of the mosquito to
man automatically to it's objectionable
ness; for, not only does it feed upon us,
but it helps to spread amongst us an
entozoon which is known to cause q
definite series of unpleasant pathological
consequences by its presence in the
blood
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08

his tongue forgot its familiar oaths, and
he dragged himself to the side OF .
wounded comrade, and said:
"Have you got a mother, comrade Z"
eyes. God Bless her gasped the
other
$50 have T." said John. ';Iwas think
ing of her for the first time in a year
| lust before 4 was hit. She used to beat
me. t0u home was howell, and knew
The alleys better by night than did the
streets by day. have been the wicked
eat man in the regiment, but she is to
blame"
The dusk of evening helped the
blue cloud to shut out some of the
horrible sights, but it could not disguise
that dark shadow which moved from
man TO man and stilled the awful cries.
1T was coming nearer as John whispered
81 have been thinking. ] alone am
to blame. In an hour i shall be dead ]
You will live, and you will some day go
back to our old home. Will you
seek out my mother and tell her that
in my last hour j ked her forgiveness,
i want to hear her voics--prayed for the
motherly touch of her hand on my hot
,cheeksW
81 will"
"And say to her that good thoughts
crept into my iheart--that j prayed--
that ] remembered her as the dear old
mother vino prayed at my bedside and
taught me heaven Say that -"
When the living atealthily advanced
under cover of midnight, feeling of this
and that dark mass to see If the heart
was still, of flashing their lanterns into
pale face to see what comrade 1t was,
voice called out:
Come this way-here, under the
BUSIEST
They were lifting him upon a atretchar,
but he said:
a"Here is our John. Turn your light
upon his face"
They bent over the figure, and one
said:
a"He is dead"
"And he must have wept," said
another" see this tear on his cheek"
No stone marks the mothers grave
no flag, or wreath, or tribute has ever
pressed the turf above the dust of the
soldier son. 1t is we'll Could there be
greater tribute than the tears of the
dying, OF the forgiving and the forgivenF
-IDetrGit Free Press.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08

IF people buried every year 5oo'ooo'oVV
nount,s of bread in the earth, they would
he entity of frightful prodigality; but
then, the nitrogen would still be avalla-
iibIe for the futurs. When they burn
100000, 900 pounds Of gunpowder, how
ever, they perform an infinitely more
uasteful act, as they permanently dimin-
;sb fine amount Of food the earth is cap
able of yielding"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08
Gold Lace.

Gold lace is not gold lace. 1t does not
deserve this title, for the gold lis applied
as a surface to silver. 1t lis not even
silver lace, for the silver is applied to a
foundation of silk. The silken threads
for making this material are wound
round with gold wire, 90 thickly as to
conceal the silk; and the making OF this
gold wire is one of the most singular
mechanical operations imaginable. In
the 6rst place, the re6ner prepares a
solid rod of silver about an inch in
thickness; he heats this rod, applies
upon the surface q sheet of gold leaf,
Furnishes this down, applies another
coating, Furnishes this down, and 20 on,
until the gold is about one-hundredth
part the thickness of the silver. Then
the rod lis subjected to train of pro
,cesses, which brings it down to a state
of fine wire; it is passed through holes
in steel plate lessening step by step in
diameter. The gold never deserts the
silver, but adheres closely TO it, and
shares ali it's mutations; it is one.
hundredth part the thickness of the
silver, and it maintains the same ratio to
the end. As ito the thinness to which
the gold-coated rod of silver can he
brought, the limit depends on the deli.
,cacy of human skill,; but the most re
markabie example ever known was
brought forward by DIR. Wallasson. This
was an example of solid gold wire with
ont any silver. He procured a small
rod of silver, bored a hole through IL
] from end to end. and inserted in thin
hole the smallest gold wire he could
procure; he subjected the silver TO the
usual wire drawing process, untilhe had
brought tito the finest attainable state
being, in fact, q silver wire as fine lai
a hair, with a gold wiIe in its center
To isolate this gold wire, he subjected il
to warm nitrous acid, by which thu
silver was dissolved, leaving a gold wire
,one.thirty-thousandth of an inch il
thickness perhaps the thinnest rount
wire that the hand ofman has yet pro
sdnoed. But the wire, Though beyont
all comparison finer than any employed
in manufactures, does mot approach il
thinness the film of gold on the suriac
of silver and gold lace. Itlhaslbeen cal
culated that the gold on the very fires
silver wire for gold lace is not more thai
.one-thirdof one-milliopth of an inch il
thickness that is, not above one-tentl
the thickness of ordinary gold Tleat.7-
4 fCoventry Standard.
Il .!Ihe woman who imakath O goo
pudding in silence isbsttef than she win
"A .maketh tart reply E;xchange.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08
Chinese Education i'm ame,s,.

An institution OF considerable interes.
is the Hartford Chinese " riss;orn s >
school, which have been in active =
istence for the past six years. II !.
situated in large, handsome bui,a;n.
in one of the pleasant quarters Of a.
city, and was erected by the Cb;ns.s
government at cost of fifty thousand
dollars.
OF the scholars belonging 10 The mi.
sion there are now one hundred 49,
twelve. The whole expense of tbe;,
education, which is no less than ~.
hundred thousand dollars year, is paid
by the Chinese government, and each
scholar is being trained through couup
of study covering fifteen years. his finsl
destination being to become an official ~
his own empire.
The system of education at fb;.
remarkable school is twoafold. They a,e
instructed both in the Chinese Language
literature, geography, history and other
learning, and in English and the western
branches of study; in western mstbe,
matics, history, grammar, geography
and 80 on. They are governed and
trained by a body comprising two scou.
nlissioners," who have the chief superb.
sion and control of the school, trans
lator and interpreter, and two professor
The scholars are divided into Glasses Of
twenty each, and only one class resides
and receives instruction at the mission
at the same time. The rest are usually
attending school in the meanwhile in
neighbering towns and villages, on
receiving instruction in private families
The chief commissioner in charge of
this singular institution, and whose idea
it wa to establish it, is q very note,
worthy man. His name is Yung Wing.
Born in China of humble parents, he
received some education at the hands Of
the wife of an English missionary. Then
he entered an English school at his native
place, and made such rapid progress in
our7language and elementary studies,
that he attracted the attention Of q
wealthy and benevolent gentlemaa, who
brought him, at the age of sixteen, with
two other Chinese boys, to the United
States. lie attended an academy in
Massachusetts, and in due time entered
Yale College.
In college he showed remarkable tai
ent, and won some prizes for English
and graduated with honor
at the end of the four years course. He
became q firm Deliver in Christianity,
and for time thought of entering the
ministry, but finally determined to
devote himself to his mission, its object
having been the study of his life. After
persuading his government TO adopt 1t,
he was properly selected as the best per,
son to put it into effect. Yung Wing j.
now about fifty years Of age. and is not
only an accomplished gentleman, but .
fine scholar and an earnest Christian.
The vesult of the education of 90 many
ysung Chinese, and Of their return TO
take part in the affairs of the government
can not but be very important In ib
influence on the future of the {" Celestial
empire" Itis, perhaps, one OF the hrst
aud most effective steps towards bringing
that ancient people up to the standard
and comforting upon them the blessings
of wisdom and Christian civilization.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08

To spare the rod does not spoil the
child. In the words of Mts. Malaprop,
"there is too much castigating with
malice before Thought" There is not
one child in one hundred that needs the
application of the birch, while seventy
out of every hundred are either boxed,
strapped or thumped every week they
live. Furnishing children is q relic of
the barbarous ages which has been pre-
served and handed down from genera
tion to generation without cause, and
greatly to the detfimant of the moral
standard and physical development OF
the human race. He who serves from
love serves with greater fidelity than he
who serves from fear. A child that bears
the rump of a harsh thimble thump in
to his Sunday school class may repeat
with apparent enthusiasm the story of
Abel's sacrifice, but deep down in his
youthful heart beats impulses akin to
those of Cain. Human nature partakss
more of the spirit of revenge than of
forgiveness, and a child smarting I'm
der the lash looks upon punishment as
a spiteful dealing rather than measure
of parental love. A Pennsylvania
mother who is O member of the Society
Tor the Prevention Of Cruelty to Ami
mails, recently punished her daughter in
a most savage manner with q lhorsewhip
because she persisted in keeping the
companionship of young woman friend
whom her neither disliked. A short
time afterward the body of the girl was
found floating in the river. A Missouri
father recently threw an unabridged
edition of Webster's dictionary at his
son, breaking his nose, because the boy
innocently broke pane of glass with q
bean shooter. The boys enlightenment
will be constant modification to him
and will tend to dwarf his moral nature
Through life, as Byron's ,deformed foot
soured his disposition and made him an
irascible man. lit does not pay to lbruise
the body of q child any more than il
pays to Ibruise ripening fruit. Bury the
rod as the Indian buries the hatchet. II
means peace peace to the conscience
peace TO the ttody, peace to the hearth
stone. Reconciliation comes not by tbs
red, nor pacifcation by Notwithstanding
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08

While the wine was being passed
around during the administration of the
isacramsnt at Butler Mission tchurch, on
Fletcher avenue, the congregation was
electrified by the sudden exclamation of
q little boy, MA, I'll take beerip A
ripple of suppressed laughter disturbed
the solemnity of the, occasion. Indian,
apolis Sentinel.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08
Curious Lakes.

Onthe top,of Mediterranean, u niii ~
Invernesshire, Scotland, is q LAKE ons
hundred and eight feet long and elgnseen
broad, which never freezes, and u laiwsss
dull, without the appearance OF ans
regular supply. This lake has been sAlp
to be unfathomable, but the contfafyS
now ascertained.
About seventeen miles from this laSe
is another, called Loch Vain, wnicp
covered with ice all the year asounu'
On the top of q ridge Of mountains I
Portugal called Estrella, there arc Ivy
lakes of great extent and depth, sspe-
cialiy one of them, which is'saiq y -
unfathomable. What ia most femalA'
able in them il, that they are calm w. :.
the sea is 20, and rough when lthaI Y
stormy, which mskes it probable saas
they have subterraneous scommnnicas'vp
with the ocean; and this seems % = =
confrmed by the pieces OF the sss'0p
they occasionally cast up, tnousn
most forty miles from the sea.
There ia also another very curious -
in this country, which, before . s'o,a !,
makes o frightful rumbsing NOISE 'pa,
may beheard at the distance OF severn
miles. And there is Q pool or iounsaA
called Feryancas, about twensy''0s
miles from Goimbra, that absofDs y.
only wood, hut even the lightest o0 =
thrown into it, such a. cork, feathers
straw, etc., which sink TO the OossV II
and are seen no more. To these may VI, =
added q remarkable spring near EIamOs,
which petrifies wood, Or rather ino.l ~
| it with q case of stone; but the mv -
susprisiug circumstances isthat y sn.Or u
up water enough in summer 20 49, /.
several mills, where's in winter y :
] perfectly dry.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08

1t has been proposed to the Khsdive
OF Egypt to convert into paper the cloth
Of the mnmmies, of which it is tcalcu,
lated 42o,0Oo,Ooo must le deposited in
the pits Of Egypt.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-08-08

.!Ihe woman who maketh q good
pudding in silence is SHELTER than she who
maketh o tart reply Exchange.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-27
PhrenOlogy.

The public nrc being educated ton better
knowledge OF ~PhrenOlogy by the efforts that
are constantly being made by the publishers
of the chronological journal, that staunch
OLD monthly WHICH has been published now
in New York for forty years, and during oil
this time has lost none Of its vigor, and has
attained q much wide circulation than its
technical name would Indicate. Tbe publish
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from three dollars to two dollars II year-and
in connection with this a chronological Bust
as premium to each subscriber. This Bust is
a model symbolical head, made nearly life
size, OF plaster Of Paris, 50 labelled rs to show
the exact location OF all the chronological
Organs. 1t Is q handsome ornament, well
adapted for the mantcl-piccc, ccntcr-table,
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the series of articles commenced in the Jan
uary No. Of the chronological Journal on
Practical Phrcnology, each person may be-
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-27

FIRE I y THE WooDs.-Last Sunday the
wind blew q gale. From several localities We
hear reports OF fire being in the forests, de-
stroying timber and fences, and in one in
stance n church. near Greenwood. Guffln's
farm on Little River was swept over ana
much fencing destroyed. The forests beyond
Mrs. Millers, Northwest OF Abbcvile were
destroyed. Number Of citizens from the vii
lage went To assist In putting out the latter.
From Greenwood we learn that considerable
damage was also done by fire. The dwelling
Of Mr.. William p. Wardlaw, on Long Cane
was destroyed. There is not n township in
the county In which great damage to the for
csts and fencing was not realized. Among
those who haveIost fencing we have heard the
W. j. Robinson, ThoS. Thomson, Frank Pick
ems, James r. Calhoun and about a thousand
Others. Now is the time to vote on the fence
law.
ALL WRONG o. III GoosE.-A novel suit
was begun in Judge Packers Court yesterday,
james, ladies Of color. are c%ontending overthe
ownership Of n gander and goose, each claim
ing them rs hers. Three distinguished law
and Fair. Eight witnesses were, examined
Yesterday Ono or the claimants in her aft
dayit fixes the price OF the birds at seventy
tiveeents each. The costs OF the suit will be
eight or ten dollars, besides the lawyers fees.
-Ne,rbcrry Herald. Such suits are never
b%roushtin Abbevills, an ifthey were no lawyer
here would engage In them. II an Abbeyille
lawyer can't do better than to engage In a
goose case, he generally spends his time read
Ing Blackstone or discussing the merits OF
one Of the five hundred candidates for the
next Legislature from this County.
GOLD OR GREENBACKS.-Mr. Samuel Wal
lingford, of Indiana, at the request OF our
citizens, repeated his address on the currency
in the Court House last Saturday night: He
believes In greenbacks first, last and all The
time, md VIC think he Is more than hall
right. The Northwest for several years nave
had nothing else to interest them during the
time the negroes were running riot over the
south. Mr.. W%allingford is level headed on
the subject of politics and money. He has
spent several winters in our community and
is In full sympathy with US.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-27
The Arlington Estate.
IU1uStu Chronicle.

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mere can pc lIuc u9unt III any iu,,o'n ~
ana unPreJuulceu na'mu I'M ane Ss,I"'o Va
tue .hIiiisGon tHta," M"H g." PiE nt p.u,. nr -
Eea m uwn,Is w ~, m,u .I ",. m ii"nohie
iot horrtE y" =. HHu.pT$.S w. az hnr;tnd
spitc; uentn vi W.. 80: ~ nr tn,hnc
~ ~ tfus' E -, c rov,ny ,"ii' nI or nnv lille
W Il vi Nh - IuS;tn, r,atoS Ec, "r mon u": nssnm.
cd IN have nvr IN Tho rstntr AZ thr CONSTITUTION
ca W nnHc III NY rs.tte. .As tuc Nuis Is ~ r"n
expressly proElueS lnat nc HtlhIiluei " ..i",
SOU siali WInh o'tup'i VI proot W 81. "a
urs eAGcpc uuling 'hc ING ol liz Peishi ~,
lnothcrs properly heid IN ilic-trust l9r mn IN
one mat shouid not De ciSrcg;traeu. mere
are nuflca at Ariinston many lnous"huS nl
onion solulctsh ia rev olLeueLatcs, uut lily
cemetery proper does mol ABSORB mort tlini
twenlf acres, aitIouGn cienly more aIe H.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-27
Is McEvoy to be Hung for Defending
His SISTERS Honor!

The Governor respitcd Robert Mct:voy UNI
til the 10Th instant. much to the chngrin OF
those who have been pursuing this poor
friendless creature. 1t has been rumored here
that McEvoy Killed Gregg for the seduction
of his sister, who was employed In the factory
over which Gregg was manager. Claude +.
Sawyer, Esq. who has lately been In the cell
with him writes with that degree OF fairness
has never characterized any other
correspondent on this subject. as far as we
have read. Mr.. Sawyer, among other things
"In speaking OF the killing OF Gregg, for
which he was condemned to he hung. he said
that had he GMcEroy) been put on the stand
rs n witness and had recited the facts as they
occurred. no jury would ever have convicted
him, stating that the fatal rencountre grew
out OF an old difficulty with Gregg in defense
OF the honor OF his sister several years before,
while he and his sister were quite young.
''McEvoy has been sadlyS misreprcScntcd.
lIoweycr bad the man may be he ought to
have justice. He Is in the hands OF the law,
has never hat IN opportunity of defending
himself. and to heap upon him such an epithet
as the nepd is TO say the least unchris-
tiun,'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-03-27
"BRAIN AND MIND"

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