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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-05-23
The Dead Lock i'm tAae House.
Special to the m. o. Picayune.

WAsHNaToN, May TO- The
Democrats went through, this
morning, with the forms Of q de-
mand for the previous question
and OF a call of the House, but it
was apparent that they did not
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-05-23

To kill insects-dissolve gum
tcamphor 10 water and sprinkle the
plants.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-05-23

A full line OF choice family gro
cef'ies always on hand, and for sale
at the lowest market prices, Ger
cash, at j. w. BRYAN s. Co.'s.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-05-23

Get your shoes and boots, hats
and caps, at the corner of Ryan
street and public square, from ..
w. Bryan 81 Go.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04
Primary school Moneys.

The annual aporiionment of the pri-
mary school interest fund will soon be
completed by the superintendent of pub
lie instruction. The whole number of
children in the state of school age (5 to
20 years inclusiye) is 4IS,92l, and the
total amount apporiiOned is 1924, ,460.50,
or 90 cents to each child. Last year the
whole number of children 45S,536, and
the amount appOrtioned was $2l1, &c.
or 46 cents to each child. An increase
in the amount of children over st year
OF 10 3S5 and in the neutrality-suspicious.
of $23,404,S4, the number OF children and
amounts apportiOned Cheboygan, Macki-
nav and Chippewa counties are as fol
lows.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
official Paper ofthe County and village.
SATURDAY. MAY 4, 1878.
Special Meeting OF the Beard Super
VisorS.
THURSDAY MORNING,
April %, 1873. | o'clock.


The Board Of Supervisors met 'pur-
suant to previous call. Roll c,lled.
Present, Charles Bellant, of Beaugrand ;
Thomas Jarmy, of Nunda E. A. Faunce,
of Tuscarora; John Dawson, of Burt
William B. Ellis, of Inverness: James
McKervey, of Duncan; Jerry Jarvis. of
Grant.
John Barber, of Benton, absent.
Supervisor Ellis moved that Supervi-
sor E. A. Faunce be chairman pro TEN.
OF the meeting. Carried.
Mr.. Faunce taking the chair, Charles
Bellant moved that William B. Ellis be
the Chairman of the Board OF Supervi-
sOrs for the coming year. Seconded and
unanimously carried.
The minutes of the special meeting OF
| the Board of Supervisors held May 9th,
1877, Was read by the Clerk, by request.
Supervisor E. a. Faunce offered res.
| OlutiOn TO call OH the County Treasurer
OF this county for Il brief statement OF
the finances of the county, which was
done, and the Deputy County Treasurer
asked the Board to wait until afternoon
of that day. Granted. Then the Board
took recess until half-past one o'clock P
NJ. at which time, met again, with iul
Board,(except John BarbeD.
William \. MaulJby. Deputy County
Treasurer, reported that there was about
1887 90 on hand, county fund. A mo,
ton voted requesting the Chairman Il
appoint three persons Of the Boart
rs committee 10 examine the general bill,
and accounts against the county which
was carried. The Chairman then ap,
pointed Z. a. Faunce, John Dawson
and Charles Bellant as committee to ex
anime the several bills and account:
against the county. then the Board AL
jonrned until tomorrow morning. at Ii
O'Clock. for the report OF said committee
FRIDAY MORNING, IL o'clock.
Board met. Roll called; all present ex
/ cept John Barber.
The Committee on Bills and Account,
reported and asked to be discharged
which was done.
The Board then took recess until halt
past one O'Clock. P. Il. At bali-past on
o'clock the Board met; ali present eXcep
Super. iSOr Barber. The following bill
and accounts were audited and allowed
as recommended by the Committee ol
Bills and Accounts, as follows:
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

add to the Importance of this point as
commercial centre, and build it up DUR
ing the next ten years on very sure
and firm basis. We came up to look over
the agricultural resources of this part of
the State, rather than its commercial !:
but the facts were forced Upon our atten-
tion. as necessary to give faii compre-
hension OF the future value of the agri-
cultural lands which are now being
placed upon the market and offered to
settlers.
Wherever we went there. were marks
OF the healthiness Of the climate, and the
capacity Tor production in tLe soil.
which were made manifest by The open
ings that had already been made, or wer-
III process Of clearing anG had already
raised some crops, Cfcourse there are
rs yet 10 live stock introduced. The
horses, the oxen. and even the beef cat
tie all come from other sections yet here
Is growing by immigration population
that must call loudly for supplies, and
which will be valuable home market
for ali the surplus live stock. whether
of cattle. sheep, or swine, that can be
grown during the next twenty years.
These Cheboygan lands are not .evei
OF marshy, but show large proportion
of high dry rolling lands that stretch
away to the south and west, and cannot
be otherwise than productive when
cleared. The hardwood timber pre-
vailed i'll every direction, and there are
already here on the banks OF the river
and OH the shores of the lakes openings
that must lin few years make farms
that will compete iii productiveness with
ANY part of the state. This was the re-
suit OF the first glance over this region,
as it struck us from the agricultural
point OF view. Afterwards we We're
affordeda a mere thorough and extended
opportunity TO see the country. and il
will be seen by our Notes by the way
in the future. that our first impressions
, were more than confirmed.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04
An Astonishing Fact.

A large proportion of the American
people are to-day dying from the effects
of dyspepsia or disordered liver. The
result of these diseases upon the masses
of intelligent and valuable people is most
alarming, making lite actually burden
instead of Il constant existence of enjoy
ment and usefulness as it ought to be.
There is no good reason for this. if you
will only throw aside prejudice ana
skepticism. take the advice of druggists
and your friends. and tIy one bottle of
Green's August FlOwe". Your speedy
relief is certain. Millions of bottles of
this medicine has been given away 10
try its virtues, with satisfactory results
in every case. You can buy sample
bottle for 10 cents TO try. Three doses
will relieve the worst case. Positively
sold by all druggists on the western con-
tinent. For sale by Farr & Weed and
A. NJ. Gerow. nov3
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

We were pointed out one firm in Che
boygan that during the last season had
done business of Sl25,000 in furnishing
supplies for the interior of this part of the
State. ChebOygan must also be the
point where the trade with all that sec
ton of country around the Straits, rich
in lumber and agricultural resources,
must for many years resort for supplies
Tor the fisheries. the lumber camps and the
farms. There is ihe coast of the Lower
Peninsula from Presque Isle to Mackinaw
Point. and of the upper Peninsula from
DetOur TO Point st. Ignace whose PEOPLE
must necessarily resort to Cheboysan
just as soon as the great northern line
has depot here, that must Immediately
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

Recommended not to be paid.
tLaid over to annual meeting of Board.
The following resolution was offered
by Supervisor E. A. Faunce:
ReSOIUed, That no bills be audited for
payment by this Board after the final adj
journment of this meeting, until the an
nual meeting in October next.
Carried.
The Board then adjourned sine die.
WILLIAM B. ELLIS, Chairman.
MEDARD METIVIER. Clerk.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

TNHESE LANDS are all situated within rea-
l. sOnable distance of ChebOygan, and are
among the 0estin this section OF the state. 1t
is cheaperto to buy choice land near town, at a
reasonableprice. than to take inferioIlaDdsfor
nothing. nol7-tf
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

John Dugan. arrested in Cincinnati. is
believed to be the noted European forger
who murdered Mrs. Ly dia Chapman in
London.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

Six hundred horses left Montreal one
day last week for England.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

Orders for Monum eDt and Head Stones, Tombs,
O,hsks, &C., either in Native or Foreign Marble,
Scotch or American Granite, or FreestOne, VIII be
promptly attended to. Parties corresponding by
mail will have plans. designs and specifications
sent on soi~iations TO THOMAS LAUSDY, Port
Huron, Mich. 2s-1y
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

MONTIETH AND ALLEGAN BRANCH.
Trains leave MOnlieth s 8, a y, ana 3 10 P NJ,
arrive Allegan % A NJ, ant 81 NJ. Leave
AIlegan IL 30 A NJ and 80 Il, arrive MOnuelh
Il 80 NJ and 3 45 ~.
DIRECT TRAIN CONNECTIONS FOLLOWS {:
Nos 2, g. and 6, at FOrr Wayne with
Fast exnreSs trains of the P. W L
G Ry, t, AMI from Pi tsburg, Harrisburg Balti-
nloee, Washing ton, Phil lsdelPhla and New York
W.. l. , aud at Fort Wayne with express
trains on W bah rdilwav, to aud from
Quincy, st. Louis. Kansas City. and Texas points.
Nos and at Kalamazoo with Michigan Cen
tral X K to and from Chicago, and at Reed City
with T & , NJ Ry for Ludington.
No. scoanectsa at d q Junction with y e N NJ
railroad aud at Grand Rapids with 81 fOI
Detroit and al points east. 80 -
Nos l ?, and 4cOnnectatRichmond with PITTS
burg Cincinnati & st Louis X Il To and from In
diaaapois Louisville, st Louis and al points south
west Also IOr Dayton. Xenia. Columbus, &c.
tDaily except Sundays. tDaily-
B-Breakiast. D-Dinner. S-Supper
A. B. LEET,
Gen. Passenger Agent.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04
Lands for Sale.
About 1000 Acres

OF land. situated in towns SS 1 and west; 81, /
and west; &c. 1 and 2 tst; SIS, and 2 west; "a
west; "a, west. The abOye described lands are
all
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04

1t is said that out of the three hundred
tlrunkards who were induced to sign the
pledge during Moody's labors In Boston
last year ten only have fallen away.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-05-04
In Cheboygan County,

And of easy access to roads and water, and viii
be sold on the following terms: Small payment
down, and the balance in three, four and five years
with interest at per cent per annum. For fulthel
particulars enquire OF
FM. sAMNiONs, Cheboygan, Mich.
13aprlm
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31

Down among the seawood
stems and painted rocks we per-
ceive along, black, tangled
string, like a giants leather
bootlace set to soak. Let us
trace it in it's various folds and
twists, and disentangle some Of
them. We shall then have in
hand a tough, slippery, India
rubber-like substance, which
might well be pronounced a sea
string, and closed with the long
trailing woods among which we
had found it. A sea string it is,
but not a weed; III fact, a living
lasso, capable of consuming the
prey it encloses within its treach-
elous folds. From twenty to
thirty feet is no uncommon
length for this artful, animated
fishing line to reach, but its
diameter rarely exceeds an
eight of an inch. 1t has a mouth,
however, capable of considera-
bic distention and holding pow
er. What appearmore innocent
than this delicate-looking creep
er trailing here and there as the
heaving water swells and flows
rs the tide ZONES in? Let an
unwarv tube dweller, lulled into
a false security, stretch forth its
tentacles to meet the welcome
wave, and a pointed head is
adroitly insinuted. The mouth
effects It's tenacious grasp on the
yielding tissues, and the ten
ant of tube becomes food for
the Memories Borlasii, for such
is the name of the name OF this
cord-like freebooter.
Mr.. Kingsbury APPEARS to have
more than ordinary interest in
the habits of this strange crea-
ture. Speaking if it, he in
4uires: as it alive? 1t hangs
helpless and motionlesS, a mere
velvet string across the
hand. Ask the neighbor-
ing annelides, and the fry
Of the rock fishes; or put 1t IN
a vase at home, ami see. 1t lies
motionless, trailing itself among
the grave. You cannot tell
where it begins OF ends. 1t may
be a strip of dead seawood-Him,
anthalia lorea-or Chorda filum,
or even Il tarred string. 81
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31

thinks the little fish who PLAYS
over 1t, till he touches at last
what Is too surely a head. In an
instant a bell-shaped sucker
mouth has fastened to It's side: IN
another instant. from one liz. a
concave double proboscis. Just
like a tapirs (another instance
OF the repetition e forms.) has
elapsed him Ikea finger. And
now begins the struggle, but in
vain. Heis being played with
such a fishing rod "a the skill
OF a Wilson or a Stoddard never
could invent; a living line, with
elasticity beyond that of the
most delicate fyrods, which fol-
lows every lunge, shortening and
lenghthening, slipping and twis-
ting round every piece of gravel
and stem or seaweed with a tir-
ing drag, such as no Highland
wrist or step could ever bring to
bear Oh salmon or trout. The
victim Is tired now, and, slowly
yet dexterously his blind assail-
ant IS feeling and shifting along
his side til! he reaches one end
Of him; and then the black lips
expand, and slowly and surely
the curved finger begins packing
him end formost down into the
gullet, where he sinks inch by
inch till the swelling which
marks his place is lost among
the coils, and he is probably
macerated into a pulp long be-
fore be has reached the opposite
extremity. Once safe down, the
black murderer contracts again
into a knotted heap, and lies like
a boa with a stag inside him
motionless and 5lest."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31

about eighteen feet long. Finally
Mr.. Long began to feel sick and
weak from the excitement. "a
Well as from the musk emitted
from the snake, and, putting in
two or three rapid strokes with
his whip, he retreated toward his
cart, but tainted before he reach
ed it. Upon coming to his SEN
ses again, he found that be had
killed the snake. Mr.. Long had
no means of measuring It's length
but by his COW whip, which was
eighteen feet long, and the snake
lacked about two and a half feet
Of being as long as the whip. 1t
had thirty-eight rattles and a
buttons He says that it was as
large around as a big blue buck
ct" Mr.. Long is one of the
most reliable men Of h S section.
Fort Read Cresc. ut.
FROM A LETTER FROM THOMAS
VILE, y. c.
The third was killed by boy
seven years of age and lis dog.
The lad saw the frightful rep
tile In the grass near the path
and not far from the house. The
boy attacked it by throwing
stones, hitting it several times
without much effect, except to
enrage it to a terrible degree.
Throwing itself in coil, and tail
hoisted, rafting furiously, it
plunged at the boy; in the mean
time little Fido, the dog, crying.
The boy raised an old short ham
died hoe and struck at the
snake and it at him. The boy
seemed powerless to give back,
and the snake in quick ucces-
sion make a second blow with
It's mouth wide open, and with
III Il lew lncneS OF the BOY. Inc
dog, seeing this, seized the
rationale In his mouth and
prevented it from striking the
boy, The snake being large
and the dog small, he shook it
very slowly and was bitten by
it on each side of the head and
shoulders. The dog laid it
down a moment in an exhaus-
ed condition; the boy then kill
ed it. The dog shook it again
(the boy standing near) and
and laid it down, made a few
steps, reeled, whined and fell
dead. The boys eyes became
bloodshot and very painful, and
for a few days he could scarcely
see one of them.
ID. w.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31
Warlike Whales.

We finish the list with q
SNAKE story" about whales,
which Is quite as interesting as
the others. 1t is introduced with
a brief account of the sinking
OF the whale ship. Essex, few
years ago:
The Essex was struck bv a
whale coming head on. The
ship fairly reeIed with the shock,
and spouted with inwardlv as
the right whale doe5sutwardly.
Not satisfied with the first attack,
the fish moved of a quarter OF a
mile, and then, coming with all
the speed the enormous muscle
contained in such bulk could
give, struck the vessel once again.
The crew took to their boats
the ship sinking in less than an
hour-and but one boats crew
was ever heard from. In this
boat was the cabin 10y. After
days Of suffering this boy. was
marked for butchering, as you
would kill a sheep for market, to
appease the appetites Of the starv-
ing. The captain stern remon-
strances saved him. The suffer
ing soon thinned out the survi-
vors, and the strong lived upon
the dead bodies of the weak who
died first, until picked up by a
Whaler cruising in those seas.
That cahin-boy grew to man
hood, became a captain, aud has
related TO the writer, over and
over again, his feelings when the
half-maddencd men were clamo-
ring, more than wolf Ike, for his
young blood.
"As part of a whaler's expert
ences | beg to furnish you with
an account of how we fe.l in with
and captured a fighting whale of
the sperm species. Ga May d,
Mr.. Martin; fastened to a large
one, which stove his boat slight
~, but was soon killed and
brought alongside. La the mean
time the second mate, Mr.. Han
cock had chased the whales a
long way of 20 leeWard, had
fastened to an eighty-barrel fel-
low and got slightly stove in
doing s.. The whale acted very
ugly. At the least noise rom
the boat he would rush toward
it, lashing the 9ea with hiatiukc5,
and obIiging Mr.. Hancock to
keep at a respectabIedi.tance he
beng alone at the time, and his
boat stove and leaking badly.
lie concluded to wait Tor assist
ance, az the whole would give
him no chance to lance him.
Sometimes he would raise his
head ont OF the water and appear
to be listening for the least noise,
turning slowly round, and then
all at once down would 90 his
head aud NJ his tail, and the sea
would ie dashed int foam, max
inc it impossible TO get near
him. In a short time the third
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31
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favorable opportunity II ,ho.t
the monster Will. a bomb lance
In the meantime the shin MAS
running down toward them and
Captain Kelly cent Mr. Martin
I'LL the forth mates bogt 70 assist
In killing the Who'll. On his
arrival at the seat Of war. not
knowing the disnSJtion Of the
'varmlnt. he went boldly ON and
fastened. when presto no was
badly stove and the boat rolled
olcr. NJ Hancock nj,la1 m
the crew. nd the first mat won't
into the : 4, third ct. -,
and aqain ,..arLa3 - -
y, 81
-, -
- ''I approaching
nan H' mace ior The boat,
III, '''ef' they could set out
81 tie Way, struck them, stAvIng
IN the boat and capsizlag il
fortunately the whale was quiet
for a few moments. enabling Mr..
Hancock - ~ -
but none too soon - 49,. -
.la,.lal .' -. J"S, ="
'"oH -" i s'ioF'
the ",i"le again ATTACK
e. the steven boat seizlnS 1t In
~ iitou1" '5".il anu again anu
shaking i a, a dog would = rat
then up would go his tail and
fragments of the boat. oars.
&c, would tlv i'm air, maninr for
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31

Miss Kate ClaNtD1. who ua- jas
given up her plan of a season al the
Lvccum. illustrate, the fact that many
women are pre.tier of the stage than
on-whic1 - contrary O the popular
idea. she has saved a great deal Ot
money out of her tIratrlcAl success.
The Brooklyn Theatre tire ~a5 her
start to fortune. While o.Ier periDi-
mers who were in the tnettTe on That
occasion could not he found on the
following day by newspaper reporters
or. being found, strangely Reused -
give information. Mis- tlaxeDu talked
freely an i int .re5tingIy 10 al I~oquIrer-.
Her Vivid accounts OF the disaster we've
read from one end OF the country To
another. making her famous, and DOW
,l. tint, herself and lin Two Or
pha.4 thoroughly advertised wherever
sla goes. She W. tie wife OF DDie
Lvon. a Wall street broker but silc
obtained a divorce from him and mar
ried Charles Stevenson, young H.
tor.
i. ! never to late to mead
even the tools and fence. Of the
farm; but too many farmers
seem II ne trying the wa-teiul
experiment oil neglect, ~ II they
had ~. found out thu truth u
the proTer5 yet.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31
DOcOtrS of Divinity.

Rev. L. IL. Pritchard, Of Raleigh,
don't like the ID. d. business.
He is a ID. ID. himself, but IN ii late
number of the Biblical Recorder
speaks us follows on the subject:
Gas one of the unfortunate doc
toratea. | hope | may be allowed a
personal dcllverance on this deli
cate subject. do not think that
the genius and spirit of our p%rlnci-
pies permit such worldly distinc-
ton and | am sorry that this title
was ever introduced among the
Baptists. If the degree were re-
cognized by us as legitimate under
any circumstances, there has been
i'll my judgment. among the Bap-
fist ministers of North Carolina,
in my day, but one man, the late
William Hooper, whose scholarship
was such as tt merit 1t.
AS to myself, | can truly say,
with DR.. Gill, that 81 neither
bougM 1t, nor sought, nor Mought
it." and should have declined 1t,
but for the conviction that the
more modest course was to say
nothing about it. Indeed, to de
cline ever so publicly does no good.
Rev. Robert Ryland now of Ken
lucky, and that man of blessed
memory, James b. Taylor, both
published letters declaring such
titles in their judgment unscriptu-
raj. and yet the Docfor stuck to
them.
That would be ii chapter of GU
rious interest which should reveal
the ''ways and means" by which
this title is sometimes obtained.
Considering the many diverse sorts
of men who wear it, n is at IL loss
to know what the title mean now
a-days. My friend DR.. George B..
Taylor, Missionary to Rome, used
to say that in the Presbyterian and
Baptist Churches ct simply meant
that a man was forty and respecta-
ble." This much more | will say.
| do not suppose among all the
thousands of Doctors In the world,
that there is one who eve got his
degree for the same reason that 1t
was given to me. | received my
degree from preaching Il sermon at
the funeral of an old colored wo-
man who had been for many years
the cook of the late Coy. Charles
Manly. The story is too long to
tell, but the fact is is | have Just
stated, nor do think any the less
Of it on that account.
There is one man in North Car
DINA that deserves ID. d.. If any
MAJ ever did. We allude to the
Rev. Robert Burwell of Raleigh.
He has devoted Il long life to teach
ing. and Is one OF the best aud
purest men III the world. Any
College would honor Itself by hon
oring the Rev. Robert Burwelt.-
charlotte Dem0crai.
There is more truth than poetry
in Doctor Pritchard's hint at the
way the ID. D." is sometimes OBJ
tanned. ..Procured would be near
er the thing. 1t Is true that we
lnnot 0 recall an instance
where tie title has been un"orthIly
bestowed, but We DO know Of cases
in which it has been Improperly
withheld. Ed. +. \. W..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31

The done with cheap
corn is to turn it into pork.
Pigs ought to be plentiful in
some of the counties of Texas,
where corn * to be had %attwenty
cents a bushel but they are
OF.