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still, und if YOU vas want zoom tiune,
/ pud oud dot dwenty rents mighty gwicL
I trectlN, or YOU vas geet oud init des,
ranghe init your head over heels
tont vas stant me many more dime.
desc voolishness unit all dot cab nit ,
loonagadicks like you vas, und dats Il,
KNIT of a man vot be"
From your remarks, my dear sir
lnter no pie but il is sad-cruelly
sad, that you should neglect such a
glorious opportunity 10 call down bless
ings on your head. and inaugurate an
era of kiudly f. cling i'm the breasts of
your countrymen."
You geet no drust i'm desc hause
DE durrems vas de money beforehand
you geet zomedings"
lou are a base fraud, sir, and an
lmpostorV' y said the old gentleman bend.
ing has stern eye upon the fidgety land
lord. walked in here und the i'm.
preston that you were man far above
the sordid inthrallment of mercenary
gam. In short, sir, labored under the
delusion that you were humanitarian
OF expanded ideas and philanthropic
motives most COmmendable, and il was
my intention, sir, TO testify i'm few
htllng words the appreciation and high
esteem in which your benevolent inten.
uons were held by the public of this
great city, and add thereto my own
personal sanction, with whatever indi-
Nldual criticism and suggestion | might
consider oil value TO you, after testing
oy actual experiment the effect of your
cheap dinner upon healthy organiza-
uon, IN response To the gratuitous
tender OF the hospitalities of the place
l had reason TO expect from YOU ns soon
as YOU understood my mission. But I
hnd, sir, that / have been most grossly
deluded, and the unbounded confidence
inspired by your lying and brazen pla-
caro- sadly misplaced, sh-aye, in
formally sold, is too mild term.
on advertise dinner for twenty
cents. A dinner sir, as under.
stood by society, means a repast in
courses, beginning with soup and end
ing IN pastry and other delicacies. You
give nothing of the kind-thcre is not
even the smell of pie in your estab-
lishment, but I'll tell you what Won do
give. You give indigestion. dyspepsia
bad breath, nightmare, horrid dreams.
and everything else that tends To make
lie miserable by raising the very old
NICK In a mans stomach. Cabbage and
onions! Bah Meat 40 tough that you
have TO saw it, and no pie. say bah !
again, sir. Your caravansary is simply
one-horse, clap-trap, catch penny, dis
ease-breeding pest-house, and shall re-
pair at once TO the Board of Health, sir,
and you'll find out rather suddenly
whether or not have influence enough
TO have il suppressed"
And the gentleman hurried out with
"A flushed face and n glowering brow
while the Dutchman leaned against his
counter in utter amazemcnt and said to
his assistant
Mine cot! Henery, but dot man vas
talk bolitics like it vas legshun tay COON
do-morrow, Already, but he ton't vas geet
zoomdings in desc hause mitout de cash.
ton't vas giff away cold wittles-no zur,
dey 90 in de coup"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-27
WHEN YOU WERE SEVENTEEN.
sY loEL srRv.

In the years long ago,
And While the western sky Wa rirb
With sunsets resy GLOW
-nen hand In hand elose-linked We passed
Ihe dewy KICKS between.
And l was oue-and-t~enty, Mag,
And you were seventeen.
Nour voice wss low sud sweet, Maggie.
Your wNvy hair was brown.
Your cheek was like the Wild rel rose
hat showered its petals down,
our eyes wer' like the blue speed well,
with dewy moisture's sheen
When | was oue-and- twenty, Mag,
And you were seventeen
Inc spring Was in our hearts. Maggie,
Ana all its hopes were ours.
Aud we were children In the fields.
Among the opening flowers.
aye lie Was like n summer day
Amid the woodlands reer
Fog was one-snd-twenty,M MAG,
Aud you were seventeen.
r5s wears have come aud gone, Maggie.
With sunshine and with shade:
And silvere1 Is the silken hair
Ihat DER your shoulders straved
IN many soft aud wAywsrd trees
The tairest ever seen
When was one-sud- wenty Mag.
And you were seventeen.
Though gentle changing time, Maggie.
Has touched you In his flight;
Your voice has still the old sweet tone
Your eye the Old love-light.
And years can never never change
ne heart you gave. I ween,
when was one-and-tWenty, MAJ
And you wee seventeen
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In Advance.
NUMBER 46.
ur MARIE Lr pARov.

Out Of my chambers gloom,
Into tho clover BLOOM
Thou, nttlo blossom, hast borne me to-day.
over an aCcRu wide,
RoSily glOrihed,
Drifting, In memory, TO childhood away.
wavelcts Of red and whitc,
Chasing the winds IN tight,
send up spray OF perfume ON tho air
And, over crest oi these
Mutmur the drOwsy bees,
Sucking the sweets from the honey-cups fair.
softly tho hillOws break
Where Towering hedges mako
Long sylvan shores OF blight emerald glow;
Ant, like n fleet Rhoat--
Zach winged ly boat
over the field insects ceasolessly ~.
Into this flower wave.
Humhly my soul 60 lave,
spring I With JOY, as an glad days Of yore
Puritcd rs a child
Sinplc and uudehlcd
ovean of God, haptirc mo once more
out Of pure heart OF thine
breathe up prayer divine;
let soul OF my past pl al 10 heaven for me-
% beautiful clover,
Bloom over and over:
\ know thou wilt hillow n heavenly sea.
Warrington Cdpit1i.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-27
French Gnllnnfrr.

Paris Corresponding Cleveland Hersid.I
The French abuse horses with more
inhumanity than Southern negro treats
q mule. They will take off their hats
70 you with grace that has never been
imported To- our shores, and pass the
compliments Of the day in Language and
style that is the very poetry Of
polite intercourse; but they will allow a
woman TO faint before they will offer her
a seat in street car, or in the slightest
degree inCOmmodc themselves. As an
instance Of their want of gallantry, saw
a lady drop her parasol from q cab
while driving on the Boulevard, between
the Madelainc and the Champ Elysee.
The Boulevard was crowded and muddy
from recent rains Not a Frenchman
pretended TO pick 10 mp for her; she did
not seem to expect IL. She might have
held the reins OF the two quiet horses
while the driver would recover the
parasOl, but she was "a French woman
and knew that the driver was not paid
FOR that. She took i'm the situation at a
glance was equal to the emergency and
the civilization she got down in tho
mud and helped herself
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-27
4 Shnrn XOicp.

The following selection is from Elihu
Burritts book Just published There
IS no power Of love so hard to get and
keep as "A kind voice. A kind hand il
deaf and dumb. IT may be rough i'm
flesh and blood, yet do the work of a soft
heart. and do il with soft touch. But
there is no one thing that love so much
needs as sweet voice TO tell what il
means and feels; and il is hard to get
and keep IL in the right tone. One must
start in youth and be on the watch night
and day, at work and play, TO get and
keep voice that shall speak at all times
the thoughts Of kind heart. But this
rs the time when a sharp voice is most
apt TO be got You often hear boys and
girls say words at play with quick
sharp tone, as if IL were the snap of a
whip. When one of them gets vexed
you will hear voice that sounds as if il
were made up OF snarl, a whine, and a
bark. such voice often speaks worse
than the heart feels. 1t shows more ill
viii in the tone than in the wo'ds. 1t
IS often in mirth that one gets q voice or
tone that is sharp, and sticks TO him
through life, and stirs up ill-will and
griei, and falls like a drop Of gall on the
Joys OF home. Such as these get a sharp
home voice for use, and keep their best
voice for those they meet elsewhere, lust
as they would save their best cakes and
pies for guests, and all their sour food
for their own board would say 20 all
boys and girls, Use your guest voice at
home. Watch il day by day, as a pearl
of great price, for it will be worth more
70 you in days 10 come than the best
pearl hid in the sea. A kind voice is a
JOY like n lark's song 20 hearth and
home. u is 20 the heart what light il
10 the eye. It is q light that sings rs
well AZ shines. Train it 10 sweet tones
now, and it will keep in tune through
1ifa =
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-27
A Dutch Landlord Gets n witherInV
Rebuke.
tBreakfast Tsbl,

lBreakfast Table
He was benign, fatherlv-lookiny
man, with a silken white beard tlowinS
about his breast. There was gentle
dignity in his manner and msiestic
something about his walk that attracted
the second look from all who met him
Age had sat lightly upon his shoulders.
and care had dimmed not the brightness
OF an eye that could enchain, yet hold
at arms length. He carried his head
erect, slightly thrown back, and walked
with slow, steady tread, planting his
feet firmly. He was a clo,e, keen OBJ
server, and frequently paused TO examine
IN detail objects of more than passing
interest He halted suddenly i'm front
OF "A showy placard in the window of "A
cheap restaurant. 1t read thus:
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Little Danny and his Dead Mother

new orleans Picayuue.1
I've just been down in the parlor to
mamma. She's in a long box, with flow
ers on her. ! wish she'd come and
battle my head-it aches 20. Nobodv
ever makes it feel good but mamma.
She knew how it hurt me, and she used
TO read 20 me out Of a little book how
my head would get well and not ache
any more some day. Nobody likes me
but mamma. That's cause I've got a
sick head. Mamma used To take me i'm
her aims and cry. When / asked her
what the matter she would say. "pm
only tired, darling" I guess Aunt
Agnes made her tired for when she came
and stayed all day mamma would take
me up Ia heevening on her lap and crv
awful hard ] amt had any dinner to-
day. Mamma always gave me my din
ner and q little teenty pudding with
" ID, for Danny" on the top. like
little puddings with Us on TOP. like
70 sit in my little chair by the fire and
eat 'em. ] wish mamma wouldn't stay
In the long box. ! guess Aunt Agnes
put her there, cause she put all the
flower trimmings on and shows her to
everybody. There amt any fire in the
CRATE, but guess III sit by Il and make
believe there is. Pll get my little dish
and spoon and play I've got a pudding
with - Tor Danny on it. But anyway
want mamma - bad.
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French Forests.

Paris Correspondence Baltimore sun.I
In France what is called q forest"
would in America be styled " clump Of
trees" But mark the difference of re-
suits. la France woodlands are highly
priced, though she imports some . ,00O,-
600 francs worth Of timber per annum.
Exclusive Of fire purposes she uses
9,5OOOOO meters Of wood every year for
works Of industry and art. Some
30 600, 900 of acres OF land are devoted
10 timber, OF which 5000 600 belong 10
the state. If we in America esteemed
wood as prudently as the people Of
France, better results would arise The
timber lands Of America offer an impOr-
tant theme, we'll worth studying. To-
day ] have been looking at trees Of
small dimensions growing under treat
ment Of artificial cOlOring. Ash is
stained 30 that 10 grows up like satin
wood, and pine becomes similar TO rose
wood. Indeed, this commanding Of ma
turc by science in this respect is very in
| teresting and strongly suggestive Of the
French mind
Resin and turpentinc, coming chiefly
from the maritime pine Of the South OF
France, arc very important products Of
this country and divide the competition
Of our Csr0linas and Georgia a pine
in France yields till 10 is sixty or
seventy years old and produces gum iu
I the boxes p much more profusely and
/ profitably than ! have seen i'm North
| Carolina. Distilling is done at 70 saving
I Of some thirty per cent. over the Ameri.
| can process, as there is no extravagaucc
/ or waste OF any kind From the mo
/ ment the tree i- stripped or "axcd 10
I the time the resin and turpcntine are
bareled economy and system are pre-.
/ vailing powers / have seen in the Caro-.
/ lnas as much improvidence in day
as would drive y French pine planter
mad in q month.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-27

a JEwELER in the Paris Exposition
shows necklace which purport. 60 be a
mixture Of true pearls aud false, and
challenges anybody % single out the
real
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-27

a Bull has passed one House of the
New Hampshire Legislature allowing
towns that do not want 10 have lager
beer retailed to vote 10 prohibit IT,
Elsewhereit can be sold, az the Supreme
Court Of the State has decreed it not to
be intoxicating.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-27

THE Berlin police have found IL nee
Cssary, in consequence of Dr. Modelling
discharge OF bird-shot at the Emperor,
to prohibit the performance Of Julius
Caesar in that city, and even Schiller's
William Tell " has been Withdrawn
from the Royal Thcater
THE most serviceable seaside suit is
made Of seeruCker.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-31
Expenditures Ina fEae Depart.
ment of Justice.

Washington, Jan. "a The Commit
tee on Expenditures in the Department
OF Justice, to-day agreed to report ia.
vorably the bill allowing United States
district attorneys to employ assistants
i'll important cases, in which the inter.
est of the United States is involved.
The committee took like action upon
Dnrhams bill fixing the compensation
of United States marshals and their
deputies. The.bill, as amended by Che
committee, provides that the conpen.
sation of marshals shall not exceed S.
900 per annlm, aud that of deputies n
per day while actually employed.
Any marshal procuring fromadeputy
a report of a larger amount than he has
paid said deputy, flies the receipt and
proclres credit for its amount in
the settlement of his accounts, shall be
liable to indictment, and upon convlc-
ton shall be fined not less than slOO
nor more than $1,000, and be imprison.
ed not less than one year nor morethau
five Years, or both.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-31

proceedings to rest sutlclency OF
sureties onsotficial bonds.
HOUSE.
Sundry petitions, etc, and com
mittee reports, received.
FOURTEENTH DAY, Jan. %, 1878.
SENATE.
Bill passed to regulate eompen-
satiup of members of the General
MISUNDERSTANDING them eight
dollars per day, including five days
for going and returning, and dis
allowing mileage-tp take effect
January LIST, 1879.
Usual committee reports, intro
duction of bills, etc.
HOUSE.
Minority report OF committee on
elections, etc, in favor of seating
A. Dejoie, republican, instead of
j. I'll. Ferguson, democrat, as rep.
resentative from 18th representa-
tive district of New Orleans, adopt
ed py q vote of 81 to 80.
FIFTEENTH DAY, Jan. "a, 1873.
SENATE.
Joint resolution adopted, re-
questiDg Congress not to lower the
present duty on imported sugar.
HOUSE.
Several bills introduced, and the
most of the day wasted in wrang-
ling over the bill relative to COM
pensation of members of the Gen
eral Assembly.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-31
The kOiln Case.
Galveston News, Oath inst. I

Galveston News, Oath inst.
Yesterday morning the Criminal
Court room was packed with an
unusually strong representation of
the ''sovereigns of the soil" The
day had been fixed Tor the trial of
Henry Kohn, charged with the
murder of Hugh McCafferty on or
about the LIST of December last. on
Galveston bay, while in transit
from this city to Houston. Besides
the venire Of sixty men Summoned,
from whom the jury TO try the case
was to be selected, and the large
number OF witnesses both for the
State and the defendant, there was
n strong delegation from that Gu
rions throng who delight IN moth
ing so much as the sensation Incl
dent to startling murder. The
prisoner was led into the court
room by the sheriff, neatly clad in
q suit OF black clothes, and seemed
olbe in every sense regardless of
the results of the Issue which was
beforehim. He bowed to acqaint-
aDcss whose eyes he caught i'm the
crowd as he passed to the bar,
where he was seated by the side of
his connselors, Col. Fontaine and
Mr.. Burns. The case was called
by the judge. and then followed
the call of the witnesses by the
sheriff. Some of the material wit
nesses for the State not having
been summoned, and not being
present in the court, the district
attorney asked that the case be
econtinned until Monday next, the
26th inst, which was granted, and
jurors and witnesses instructed to
be present at that time.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-31
The Postal COnnmittaos

Washington, Jan. 90 The Seo,,.
and House Committees on Post.o,B.,.
and Post-roads heard the argument h.
day by Col. Bussey, of New Orleans
on the subject of establishing mail
steamship communication between Nav
Orleans and South american ports II,
the purpose of building up q trade with
that country.
The committee also granted o be,,
ing to Col. Trenholm, of Charlestou
S. G., who urged increased postal facu.
titles for the South, and pointed ont tle
defects in the present management q
the mail service in the Southern State,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-31
A Trip TO CaicasieU.
New Orleans Picayune.

The reynue cutter Dix arrived
here yesterday, after an absence
of about sixteen days, Which she
spent in examining the water ia
cillties between this City and Lake
Charles and above. Among her
passengers were Gen. G. G. Augur,
together with some members of his
staff, and Col. NJ. A. Garter, tine
special agent of the Interior De
partment. Col. Garter had gone to
Calcasieu for the purpose of see
ing for himself how the Govern
ment timbers uusold were protec-
ed, and also, if possible, to reduce
the expenses. The latter he has
accomplished by dischargipg some
of the keepers, leaving now only
five or SIX, the entire charge con-
slstlng OF about seventy Thousand
logs. OF this number about thir-
ty thousand are in the river, aud
the remainder quite contiguous.
He released a number of logs, The
title to which was doubtful, and
would have sold the balance had
what he considered fair price
been offered. The mills are not
very active at this time, and lconse-
quently the demand is not stiff.
Col. Carter estimates that when
the matter is wound up and all
the book keeping done, there will
be n balance in favor of the Gov.
eminent, over all expenses, of
about $4,000. This statement,
however, may be a little cash, but
it is worth while waiting 70 see.
The trip, he says, was not made
solely with the view of arranging
log matters; the Government de-
sired to demonstrate the practical
bility of navigation between this
port and Lake Charles. A former
master of tue Dix, Capt. Chase,
represented that the cutter, draw
ing seven feet of water, could not
accomplish the feat, and he was
superseded, Capt. Tezier being
placed in charge. The experiment
Ifully demonstrated the pTactica-
bility of the enterprise. The Dix
went fairly throngh Lake Charles,
passed the onter bar and proceed
ed twenty miles above without any
material interruption. Col. Garter
thinks that about 5000 would en-
tirely fit this channel for naviga-
ton, and New Orleans might be
able to obtain from this region
much of the trade now diverted to
Galveston.
4 Col. Garter next week will 40 to
Florida, where log seizures are
daily made. Among other ,dutiss
with which he is charged is that of
Eipquiring into tho titles of ques-
acknowledgements.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-31

Sheriff Michael and Deputy
Rams. Jett arrested ?. 2. Province
alias Dock Addison, Tuesday
night short distance down the
river. He is said to be a deeper
ate man, and to have committed
numerous crimes. At the time of
the arrest he was on board the Sill
ver Moon, Ed. Davis sail boat,
and 80 greatly intoxicated as to be
off his guard The officers were
in a skiff, and itbeing dark man
aged to board the vessel before
they We're discovered, and secured
their man before lie had time to
offer resistance. Province had a
shotgun by his side, with which he
killed two and wounded a third
man some time since in Louisiana
but in this instance was unable to
use it. Mr.. Michae! left with him
on the train Wednesday morning
for Montgomery county, in this
State, where he is charged with
murder Orange Tribune.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-31

lA(Chicago Iribnne's Rio Grande cor
respondent thinks that the easiest and
cheapest way of preventing Mexican
raids into Texas is to construct rail
road tosome point on the river, and
says:
If the government of the United
States wants to stop all this raiding
business, and avert the cost of war,
they can do so by constructing rail
way to the Rio Grande. The entire
cost would probably be less than the
annual outlay for the maintenance of
troops along the border. and would not
exceed the amounts paid out in each
five years for wagon transportation
alone.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-31
/" He'll Or NO Help
New Orleans Democrat.

New Orleans Democrat.
MIR. West, a prominent member Of
the Senate of mississippi, has cutoff all
possibility of debate in that State on
Beecher's sensational Hell or no He'll
theory, by an amendment he has pre-
posed to the constitution,
The American Reform Association
that met in New York some time ago.
proposed. it may be Remembered 10
put God in the constitution Of the coln'
try and thereby disfranchise al Tree
thinkers. Mr.. West goes step farther
and offers the following amendment 70
Mississippi's constitution:
Article 10, section 3. No person VINO
denies the being of q God or q future
state of rewards and pulishments, shal
hold any office in the civil department
of this State.
This amendment has, of course, o.
fectually killed the 'iHelp sensation u
Mississippi. Not a man in that o'an
dares follow in the footsteps OF beeop'
en-. just think of 1.-THE who den~
he'll !, who dares to ldisbeieve in fpsa"
state of punishment, is politlosg
damned, and can never hopeto holu W
office in the gift of the State. ~ v'a'
OF the possibility of Mr.. VESTS amepp
msnt being recommended by the sua0'
airy Committee and adoptedby the psv
pie of Mississippi, every onels aira,u~
pronounce against hell. and pp. 49, :,
self on record as an infdel as TO iu'u.
punishment. The consequence y W
the controversy is all one-sided ~ -
sippi; thereis no opposition, no aeo's ],
and no argument. While else#h'ss
clergy and laity are still wranghns ~ =
this great question, in MissisalPp' 49, !
is perfect peace and quiet on y; - y
of one mind. and, as there ls ~ 9fp 4
sition, no one cares to discuss y VA
talk on this subject. The Mss1 ah''' !.
ment has killed the she'll ssnsasiVp 7
our sister State.
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Teiegrapilic Breyit;..
The Acklen-Darrau -

The AckheD-DarralI o.
Washington, Jan. 23.-Tb. 'es''
the COMMITTEES in the case Of Ack ps'' : !
Darrah will be made this week n' "
bly,. and will be a party division pi .
len is entitled to the seat and NJ, hei
schurz and the Log Sr;,..-
Washington, Jan. 23.-The c. =
tee on Appropriations heard s...4 l''
Schurz and his deputies, as ooa:" "!
and Gen. Hooker, of Mississ;n5i
MIR. James, of Alabama, in bsh.,, IVY J,
the log men of the South and So,u y
west. The proposition was Il ~, A'F
pirate money to enable Secretary s ar.
to continue the prosecution of the ,s'
men. Messrs. Hooker and Jamas ...''
tended that the action of Ss.,..s.-
Schurz and his agents in the Gulfs,.,
was illegal, harsh and oppressive
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-31

The Great European and American
Show visited our town last week and
gave three performances, which were
pretty well attended and gave, We be-
lieve, general satisfaction. The COM
pany left here last Saturday, by setoon-
er, for Morgan City where they will
give series of entertainments.