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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

passes to "a reconsideration of the apparent
condition of the people of the two towns
He finds that the French laborer on
mechanic gets much more enjoyment out
of his lite of toll thanlhis neighbor across
the channel. He thinks, too, that crime
is less frequent in Paris. Moreover,
he concludes that the French Catholic
religion is quite as reputable as the
English Protestant; that the French
have made more sacrifices for human
rights in the best sense than the Eng
llish; and that in point of financial in
teg1ity France stands in as high a plane
as England.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25
Miracle Cure.

DIR. William a. hammond, of New
York, has given new meaning, from 4
scientific point of view, to the passage
you" He has made a series of expert
ments in proof of the proposition thai
the ,credulons can be genred by the will
power of. Others. He can produce numb
ness or abnormal constituencies pleasure
the agency used having nothing really .te
do with 1t. He calls it "tthe principle Oi
suggestion - that is, if one person .sua.
gest an idea to another who has complete
taithiin thatperson' power, the one acted
upon will experience all the sensations
the operator may suggest TO him.
1t seems that some time ago o patient
OF this eminent surgeon and physician OF
mental and nervous diseases informed
him that she Was going to Europe to try
the "imetal ,cnfep He offered to save
her the trouble by sending over for a set
of the disks, rings, needles, etc, used
Tor the purpose. Speaking OF the first
experiment, not essentially different from
q good many Others, he says:
81 tried the metals on "a patient who
came to see me. This was a lady also.
i told her i had something new that had
been used very successfully in Europe,
and was becoming very celebrated for
curing certain diseases. j took up one
OF the metal disks at random and said.
By placing this on the back of your
hand it will make yonr hand perfectly
insensible to pain 1applied the metal,
and snre enough, however severely i
pricked her hand and forearm, she ielt
no pain. Now said i, there is the
opposite to that metal. This will make
your hand yery tender and sensible to
pain. 1fthen placed another disk on the
back OF her hand, and after that j
couldn't tonch her with the needle hut
she would snatch her hand away and
shrek with pain. Ithen went through
the same ceremony using diaks of rubber
and ,othe 4 n0n,metallic substances, and
got precisely the same results. 1T lis
very curious, and yet there il nothing
really new init save the fact that Il have
demonstrated that the metals themselves
have nothing whatever to do with the
phenomena"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25
Defrauding the Bank of England.

a Jew days ago an old gentleman,
white haired, and apparently very re-
spectacle, walked up TO one Of the pay
ing cashiefs' ,deaks in the bank of Eng.
land took Q chair, mapped his forehead,
put his umbrella on another chair, and
complained of the heat. He then asked
the clerk for q check, and begged him TO
be 80 good az to fill it lup-e2O was
enough, he said. He then signed it, and
in reply 10 the question how he would
have II, he answered, elm gold.p The
~ sovefeigns We're paid over to him.,
He put on his hat bustoned up, and
wishing the Cashier q very good alter
noon, walked slowly out The checkWa
signed "Blower.." On examination of
the signature booklit was found that no
such man had an acc unit there. The
cashier had been in the bank twenty
five years. "Il ,Wer" has not yet been
seen.v London Truth.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25
delightful Disiufectants.

And now we are informed that some
of our most fragrant flowers are really
cdisinfeetants. Those which develop the
largest Quantity of !ozene are said to be
Clover, lavender, cherry, laurel, fennel
and lbefgamot. Flowers having notper-
fnme are said not to develop it, and
those having but little per.,ume develop
it only in small quantities These facts
have been discovered by an Italian pro.
lessor and a writer commenting on them
says that the cultivation of flowers in
mafshy districts and mall places infested
with animal iemanations would he highly
favorable to health. He especially
recommends that the inhabitants OF such
regions should surround their houses
with beds of most oderous flowers
ItNould seem from the foregoing that
plenty OF foWefbeds in the Immediate
vicinity of such places would do much
TO relieve them of their injurious infiu-
,ences.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25
rUE .sArHERnD ROSE.

Only a rc so-hud sweet and fair,
Ipownibv the roadside growing,
f1f other flowers rich and'r3re
and cultured little knowing;
Content Its biushiDg face 10 hide
,MqDp its ownileave when strayn1g
yRaeSoanst wandering side by side
With zsphyrs idly playing
Therose.h bud blossoned out at last
Into the perfect flower.
And. plucked by one who sauntertd past
Ere II had blooEled an hour,
Was tossed ereiong aside, poor timing,
Which sweeter grew when dying,
And left, all crushed and wttnerIng,
Upon the roadside lying,
You understand, YOU say, with seorns
While listening TO my story7
You Know which rese, ont summer Hiorn,
You robtei of al its g ory?
All, man, the heart you cast away
When 60 1t served your pleasure,
My own for many and many day
Had worshipped without measure.
she knew It not. Twas not worth
The love you held 80 Lightly
But could lift her from the earth,
ahe flower once blooming brightly
The rose you threw away--tih, YES
Again 10 TOY Eith--neveri
But mine 10 worship and to bless
To keep and hold forever.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

ONE of the funniest, most aggrayating
errors on record has lust
lprodnc ID ~ hurricane, accompanied Iby
thunder and lightning, in the office ,of
the lgnchbuTg Nirginian. Its editor,
on glancing over his powerful leader, at
the breakfast table, vas ast0Hished to
find that he was made 10 say that the
farmers would forget their f' pantry and
inuIseryn in the excitement of polite
The manuscript read poverty and misery.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25
1aks &fh.flfs fdI'p.
LAKE CHARLES. LA.

DURING the centennial exhibition,
sampleso of air from various parts of the
grounds rwere bottled up for examines
ton iin1 g76, ywitha view to determine
whether the earth's atmosphere is un-
tiergoing change.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

ONE of the wards of New York, the
asixth, is ifrightfuliy unhealthy. The
death rate is forty in every 4 600 inhab'
itants, whereas seventeenth the 1,OOOl is
the usual rate. The people in that ward
are poor persons crowded into the vilest
tsrements.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25
teren1ents.

AFREaoH explorer has broken in a
number of zebrss, which he proposes to
employ as beasts of burden in a voyage
across Africa. Horses will not live IN
the interior of the continent on account
of the tsetse fly, but the zebra Is an
animal of quite another stripe.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

SLATE wears like steel. Marble grinds
out under the tread of passing feet,
where seemingly no impression is made
on slate. The stairs of the PcnnsyI-
wanna Hospital were built of slate, from
Pennsylvania quarries, in 1889. Recent
IL careful examination was made to
test the amount of wear on the treads,
and it was found to be imperceptible.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

an old Scotchman, on marrying a
very Young wife, WAS rallied iby his
friends on the inequality OF their ages.
= She will be neaF me. he replied, Ito
close my teen.o HWeel!p remarked
another of the party, Give had iva
wives, and they opened my ,een!''
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

WEnow have the person who can ride
ON horseback the longest, who can walk
the longest, who can waltz the longest,
who can sing the longest, and who can
stay under the water the longest. What
we want next is the person who can
keep silent the longest. No crowding
among the candidates.-E Boston Post.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

."CIrIzEE" Schilling; one of the
leaders OF the soscalled Socialists" in
New York City, defines the objects of
that organization to mean Gan equal
division of all the real estate on the iace
Of the earth; 10 regulate wages By law,
and do away with competition in labor
TO abolish the nee of laborssaving ma
chinery. and do everything by hand; to
shorten the heurs of labor, and to in
crease the rateof compensation"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

THERE il "a fish pond mania in KEN
lucky, and many persons who own
swamps traversed by small streams, ale
digging them out, ldamming them, and
creating artificial sheets of water which
they are stocking with fish, principally
with trout, procured from MIR. William
Grifitlis, the fab commissioner at Lauis-
vile:
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

ONE of the most successful counter.
feiting schemes u.s. to issue 8 small quan-
tityof notes on a certain bank with the
name OF the place, president or cashier
misspelled. Upon discovery the bank
sendsia warning through the country
pointing out the error. Then the conn.
sesteitey make a second issue with the
name or names spelled correctly and cir
salatetthem boldly, knowing that merr
chants and storekeepers will ilsok only
for the indicated f'catch."
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

THE Chinese Government has been
compelled to borrow 100000 tacls
(about IS 600. 000l in the shape Of for
eign loan. The only foreign debt China
has heretofore contracted was in 1874,
when the Government borrowed So 1885,
s75 from England, at eight per cent.
The present loan is secured by customs
dues. The total customs receipts OF
China in 1876 were something over
SIG ,000, 600,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

LARGE amounts of Mexican dollars
have been put in circulation through
out this country. The enterprise has
been a profitable enc for come one.
But the public is already learning
toibe cautious about taking these coins.
Their value as quoted in New York is
from ninety-four to ninety~six cents.
Trade dollars are quoted at ninety-nine
cents.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

RECENT experiments at the agricnl-
taral department at Washington with
ttea leaves grown In the district show
that tea of alhigh grade can readilyIbe
produced in this country. The states
of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Ken
tncky, Weat Virginia, Georgia, Ala
bams, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas
are thetea regionsof the United States.
Commissioner lie DUO is very anxious
toget people into theibnainess, and the
agricultural department is abuniantly
supplied with youngltea plants ior dis
tribution. The treubleiisthatttoo many
people will gointo the business TO make
itpnsfitable.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-07-25

Col. EoRNEg, writing from Paris,
sdwslls upon the contrast between the
London and Paris Sunday, and then
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

Sheldon. excepting her actual EXPENSES.
Witness Every sh ,rply) No. sir; and
it was bit 81. You need not distress
yourself about it.
Witness was asked by the Chairman
if she would produce the letters desired
tomorrow morning, if they are re-
ceived. A.--Oh! yes; if they arrive
will produce them.
General Henry V. Boynton, CORES
pondeut of the Cincinnati Gazette, Was
recalled and said that the President
never, during their conversation. gave
him to understand that Anderson was
in possession of polincal secrets. He
derived the impression entirely from
the newspapers. General Conley was
present during the entire conversation
and heard all, including the Anderson
matter.
General Butler inquired if the wit
ness ever ndO al interview Win any
one in Washington regarding Anderson
and had stated tn the President had
appointed Anderson aud others con
nected with. the dirty work in Loui-l
ana in order to keep their mouths
closed. Gensral Boynton replied that
be had never talked of the matter 10
that way to any one.
Witness stated, in answer to inqui-
ries, that when the MacVeagh Commis.
sion was appointed he bad conversed
with Messrs. Hawley and Harlan. both
before they left Washington for New
Orleans and after thy mad returned.
General Batter requested witness to
state as nearly as he could all the con
versatlon which TRANSFERRED between
them.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26
DRMOCRA SIC STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Democratic State
Central Committee is called to meet in
Virginia City next Saturday. The OBJ
iect OF the meeting is to name the tune
and the place at which the State Con-
vention sha i be held, aud to spportion
delegates to the several counties.
Humboldt will ask that the convention
be held ia Winnemucca, and that the
representation from the county be in
creased. and as both requests are rea
sonable, they ought to be granted by
the Committee. Winnemucca Is the
only prominent place on the line of the
railroad IN which Democratic State
Convention has not been held. 1t is
centrally located, and affords equal ia
cilities to delegates from the great east
and greater west. 1t has halls large
suougn to accommodate an unlimited
number of delegates and spectators.
and It's hotels are second to none in the
State. II is a Democratic town, in q
Democratic county. aud as such is en-
titled 10 greater consideration than
Carson. which is hopelessly Republi-
can, or Eureka, which gave Republic
can majority at the last election.
The req lest that Humboldt's repre-
sentatiou in the Convention be in
creased is based upon an increase of
votes since two years ago. At Big
Meadows, Rye Patch, Dun Glen, Gen.
trail and Paradise Valley, the vote this
year will far exceed that polled at the
last election; in fact in some Of the To-
calities named the vote will be at least
six times more than it then was. For
these reasons. ii no others could be
given, the Committee should name
Winnemueca as the place for holding
the next State Convention, and in
crease the representation of Humboldt
county in that Convention.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

AN old folks picnic was held at
Westminster. Mass, last week,
sevehty-four people, each over seventy
years of age, being present. Jonas
Miller produced and performed upon
the big fiddle which be used to play in
church sixty years ago; and among the
speakers was L. z. Williams, who gave
an account of the battle of Waterloo, in
which he partici pated. Miss Betsey
Bacon, eighty-four years old contribn-.
ted to the interest of the occasion by an
original poem.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26
T e. &C r a r HIc.
WESTERN DISPATCHES


SAN Francisco, June &c.
The Bulletin publishes a statement
of the production of the forty principal
mines of the Pacific Coast for the
month of May. They aggregate: Gold,
$l.222 74S; silver, $l.925. 424; lead.
$ll4, 696. Of these mines. seven are
gold. sixteen silver, thirteen gold aud
silver, and four mixture of gold,
silver and lead. The production falls
below the returns of April by $500, 900
in gold and 1926. 900 in silver, chiefly
due to the reduced production of the
bonanza mines.
Eleven Persons Drowned In a La Ike,
SALT LAKE, June 25.
On. Sunday party OF young people
from Ephraim and Mayield. Utah, on
an excursion to Funk,s Lake, met with
a distressing accident. At one O'Clock,
while they wers in the middle of the
lake in small boat, gale came up,
capsizing the boat and drowning eleven
out of thirteen on board. The accident
was Witnessed from the shore, and
great exertions made to save the un-
tortunates, but without avail. After
the Storm had passed the bodies were
recovered.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26
EASTERN DISPATCHES,
The Potter Committee.

WAsHINaTON, June 25.
The examination of Mrs. jerks was re-
snmed to-day. She said she had not
Yet received the letters inquired tor
yesterday, aud did not know whether
they would be of sny importance.
Witness had seen Mrs. Weber ut Dom
aidsonville shortly before leaving for
Washington, aud Mrs Weber had told
her that Anderson had said she (Mrs.
Jenks) had received about 800, 0O0 for
certain documents, and appeared hurt
because she had received no portion of
the money. Mrs. jerks, however, 10.
formed Mrs. Weber that she had never
received any money whatever. Gen.
eral Sheldon had requested witness TO
visit Mrs. Weber. VITA view to having
her come to Washington.
Mr.. Spriuger-Is 1t not a fact that
Sheldon wanted Mrs. Weber to come to
New Orleans and make an affidavit to
the effect that there was 20 such docu
ment as the so-called Sherman letter"
in existence? Witness- No. sir; you
ars utterly mistaken about that. atsltl
n spriagef. ipaairedif witness received
any other co consideration froA General
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

To some pungantreuarks of pro-
fessional brother. western lawyer be-
gan his reply as follows: inlay it
please the court: Resting on with the
blanket of constitutional panoply as l
the couch OF republican equality as 1.
covered am, end protected by the 8gis
OF American liberty as feel myself to
be, | despise the buzzing of the pro.
fsssional insect who has just sat down,
aud defy his futile attempts to pene-
trate, with his puny sting, the intersti-
Cos of my impervions covering"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

The Idaho Avalanche suggested that
General Crook should be sent to fight
Indians instead Of General Howard,
and General Howard has sent a.message
to the Avalanche thanking its editor
for the suggestion. Howard cannot be
blamed for desiring to be relieved from
the task, as it is unpleasant rs we'll ~
dangerous.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

The Sun says: Miss Jeanette Ben
nett, sister of j. G. Bennett will soon
marry Lord Rossmore. Bennett and
Lord Rossmore will arrive bout July
9th. Miss Benefits fortune is. esti
mated at $4,000, 900.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

ONE of the devices of the Liberals at
Reading, England. was to placard the
town with an illustration of Sikh
soldiers numbering two prisoners this
placard was headed "Beaconsield's
Nan Tigers
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

BIG Yankee from Maine on paying
his bill in London restaurant, was
told that the sum put down didn't in
ciud4 the waiter. "Wal," he roared,
Il didn't eat any waiter. did II" He
looked az though he could though, and
there was no further discussion.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

II DEPLoRE," says Gen. Butler, "the
actual condition of the Presidency, to
maintain which unchallenged wise and
good men are driven 60 such desperate
resorts of argument.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

A Berlin correspondent bears from
trustworthy sources that military
compromise between Russia and Tus-
key ia imminent, The Russians win
coeeestrate around, fAdrianeple. The
Turks will ssacnate ShumIa and retire
from. vards.-. Aaa thea embark fcs
lsssS&s,aia-ss.-.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

WATERLOO BRIDGE, one of the finest
and most elegant bridges crossing the
river Thames, has, latterly become SO
insecure that 1t win have either to be
repaired at an enormous cost or else
pulled down. 1t was built soon after
the celebrated battle, and opened with
great ceremony by George Nv.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

THE Idaho Avalanche says that old
Oamp Lyon has been made base for
supplies for carrying on operations
against the hostiles during the. present
campaign. Il Is situated in Jordan
valley. near the Idaho and Oregon
boundary line, and the Avalanche
shows the necessity OF making it per
maneht military post.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

The iron Il g staff watch the Com
stockers intended to plant on the sum-
NIT of Mount Davidson. bent almost
double while being raised; it could not
sustain it's own weight.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

The latest news from the Mexican
frontier, on tho. Rio Grsnde. shows
that the invasion Of Mexico by Ameri-
can troops was nothing more nor less
than q raid after horse thieves. and
that it was accomplished without the
loss of man or firing of gun.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

The Secretary of the Treasury has
authorized the payment of July interest
on coupon bonds, commencing on the
25th instant, without rebate.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26
FOREIGN DISPATCHES

Sickness and Death Among the
Russians.
LONDON. June %.
The Russians have 81 426 sick in the
Balkan peuinsuar. and of the recruits
raised 10 1877 for the Armenia cam
paign, 20 per cent. are dead.
VIII Not Yield.
LONDON, June %.
The Times Berlin correspondent re
ports that Lord Beaconsfeld, in con-
versstion with Prince Bismarck, who
urged him to make concessions. said
Il did not come here to yield"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

The surgeons attending Associate
Justice Miller announce that all indica-
tons are favorable for his gradual re-
covery.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-06-26

Winnemucca Hose Company
No. l,
CENTENNIAL HALL,
THURSDAY EVENING.
1zIy TO r c H.
Committee of Asrang emenss.
R.w. Wood, z. G. Adler,
Chas. McDeld, Jno. fulton
Floor Director.
C. G. Biles.
Floor Managers.
WI. Lissner, Chas. A. LaGrave,
/ n Job. tFerd. Reid,s
Invitation Committee.
wINNEMUocA.
NJ. b. Staunton, L. Reinhart,
j. h. Sabine, Levy,
W. F. stevens.
PARADISE VALLEY.
Chas. Kemler. ). Is. p Pierce,
c. A. Nichols, John Byines.
ouIS RIVER.
Il. H. McColley. c. Mcconnell
EDEN VALLEY.
Jas. Richie, w 3arnume
MILL CITY.
C. G, Taylor, JAS. Gould.
DUN GLEN.
Col. Buel, DIP Crook,
L. GlenyIile.
KNOXVILLE.
J.H. Kinkead, j. Mcmillan,
4. j. Hadley.
GRASS VALLEY,
J. Guthrie, c. Bartmas.
PLEASANT VALLEY.
Geo. Miller, P. sweeney.
HUMBOLDT HOUSE.
L. a. Blakeslee. +, u. Mcclellan,
Rye PATCH.
4. westfall, L. W. GreenweIl,
John BoFeland.
oRKANA.
LIN. Carpenter. E.P. Torrey.
Al. l.. Remington.
LovALocKs.
II Marker, T. West,
Geo. Loyeioek.
6oLcosDA.
N Meador, A. Giniz.
MUSiU--- llogan'S Band.
SUPPER AT THE LAFAYETTE HOTEL.
All Firemen are reque, ted to turn out in
uniform.
june i2-td
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-07-06

VU0I0 Y7F s8g va s f7f's fTr ~ fFSi {t
z I mean it's for the patrons Of the
bar, said the barkeeper.
"Then why amt they here? I
s'pose you mean q man must spend
money at the bar before he eats p
Exactly"
"That takes me in. / took q
drink here last summer and didn't
eat a mouthful, and if I amt en-
titled to drink then this system
must be failure all around"
But the place has changed hands
since then" said the barkeeper, pick
ing up a bung-starter.
"Ah, indeedv replied the urbane
hummer; that fact, as your ges-
ture would imply. raises o new and
embarrassing complication in our
diplomatic relations. I will there
fore, recede, as it were, from my
original position, and await the as
sembling of the Peace Congress-"
He had been gradually backing to-
wards the uoor as he spoke, and he
lodged just in time to evade
the proiectile hurled at him by the in.
dignant saloonite. Virginia Chron-
iCle.