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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14

Justices of the Peace needing q
copy of the Louisiana Magistrate,
can be supplied by calling on j. W.
Bryan q Co.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14

This is st. Valentines day. If
,-ou don't believe it look at the
crowd buying valentines of j. w.
Rrran & Co.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14
SHORT STOPS

Too much rain for farmers and
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14

Regular meeting of Lake Charles
Council u. f. T.. to-morrow night,
and of Lake Charles Lodge No.
'165, f. & A. M, the following Sat
urday) night.
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DIED.:

JOHNSON-At his residence, ia the
town of Lake Charles. on Wednesday,
the 9Th, inst, G. M. johnson, born
April 30th, lS4S, at Dagsbuell, Ger
many.
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And the same rates from New Iberia
to Lake Charles. 30 Tbs baggage al
lowed to each seat 30 per cent. deduo-
ton on round trip to either point.
STAGE OFFIcE at Lake Charles, at j.
W. organs store, corner Courthouse
Square.
July IS, lS75-y
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14

The editor returns thanks to the
i1lustrious Slick for a handsomely
engraved and Illuminated card of
invitation to his third annual re
ception at Artillery Hall, Calves
ton. Texas, on the 4th of March.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14
II. 8. MAIL STAGE ROUTE.
Lake Charles and New Orleans.
soHEDuIz OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

Leaves New Iberia Tuesdays. Thurs
days and Saturdays, at 6 A. M; arrives
at Lake Charles next days at 5 p, NJ.
Leaves Lake Charles Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 A. NJ;
arrives at New Iberia next days at 8
p. N.
New. light and comfortable, man
coaches, will carry passengers at the
following rates;
Erorn I.aka Gharlaa 10 Hanru
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14

LAKE CHARLES ECHO.
THURsDAY. --.-----FEB. IA, 1873.
SHORT STOPS
Too much rain for farmers and
gardeners.
This is st. Valentines day. If
rou don't believe it look at the
, crowd buying valentines of j. w.
Bryan & Co.
Justices of tho Peace needing
COPY of the Louisiana Magistrate,
can be supplied by calling on j. W.
Byau & Go.
Regular meeting of Lake Charles
Council u. f. T.. tomorrow night,
and of Lake Charles Lodge No.
/ 165, F. & A. M, the following Sat
urday) night.
Rev. J. f. Scurlock, minister of
the M. E. Church South, appointed
nv the late Annual Conference to
breach at Bake Charles this year,
arrived here last Thursday.
The capture of j. Madison Wells,
below New Orleans, and the con-
viction, by tho jury, of Thomas G.
Anderson, created great sensa-
| ton lastweek ia the Crescent city.
The editor returns thanks to the
i1lustrious Slick for a handsomely
engraved and Illuminated card of
invitation to his third annual re
ception at Artillery Hall, Calves
ton, Texas, on the 4th of March.
The Governor has signed the bill
changing our terms of the District
/ Court, and our next regular term
commences on the first Monday of
April See, in another column, List
of jurors drawn for that term.
The remains of the late Mrs. EEL.
G. Drew, were buried at Goosport
last Friday. Her husband, FL. G.
Drew, Esq, Of Galveston, having
been telegraphed to, arrived in
time to attend the burial. Rev. j.
T. scurlock oficiated at the funeral
"THE Poor OLD TRANP.f-Is
the title of a new and beautiful
song and chorus, by Will l.. Thomp-
son. Author of the famous "Gath-
eriag Shells from the SEQ Shore"
Dealers are ordering it by the thou
sand. The whole country will soon
be singing 1.-THE Poor Old Tramp
Early last week we heard an old
weather prophet say that this
would be a dry month, because the
moons horns were pointing up
wards, and we straightway planted
a bed of onion sets. The next day
there was . rain fall of twelve
inches, and now we are lying in
wait to scalp that prophet.
F. A. gallagher, Esq, has
changed his law Office to one oppo-
site the Court House, next to y. w.
Bryan & Co.'S store; and Geo. H.
Wells, Esq, has changed bis to a
new one on Ryan street, adjoining
the same store.
The new firm will now have an
opportunity to test the ser1ptural
declaration 4In q multitude OF
counseIlors there is safety
The leading editorial in last
weeks N. @. Christiaa Advocate,
entitled tMelody of the Heart,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14

The Governor has signed the bill
changing our terms of the District
Court, and our next regular term
commences on the first Monday of
April. See, in another column, list
of Jurors drawn for that term.
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Succession Sale.

Parish Court-Parish of Calcasieu
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14

The leading editorial in last
weeks N. @. CbHstiaa Advocate,
entitled Melody Of the Heart,
is a splendid specimen d compo-
sitioa. We regret want Of room
to reproduce II. The Advocate Is
very ably conducted, and its forty
eight columns are always jadi-
ciously Gllsd. Its published BY
Rev. Robert Harp, ct liz Camp
street, New Orleans. Price, only
two dollars per year.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14

The remains of the late Mrs. i'll.
G. Drew, were buried at Goosport
last Friday. Her husband, II. G.
Drew, Esq, Of Galveston, having
been telegraphed to, arrived in
time to attend the burial. Rev. j..
T. Scurlock ofieiated at the funeral
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-14

"THE Poor OLD TEAEP.s-Is
the title of a new and beautiful
song and chorus, by Will l.. Thomp-
son. Author of the famous "Goth-
ering Shells from the Sea Shore"
Dealers are ordering it by the thou
sand. The whole country will soon
be singing "9he Poor old Iramp.s
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
Christianity.

Christianity, like child. goes wsnd-
ering over the world. Fearless in ies
innocence, it is not abashed before
princes nor confounded before syuods.
Before it the blood.stained warrior
sheathes his sword, and plucks the
laurel from his brow, and the md
night murderer turns from his purpose.
and like the heartsmitteuIdisc goes
and weeps bitterly. 1t brings liberty
to the captive. Joy to the saferer. free
dom to the slave, repentance and for-
giveness to the sinner, hope to the
fainthearted, and assurance to she
difying 1t enters the hut OF the poor
man and sits down with him and his
children; it makes them contented in
the midst of prvations, and leaves be-
hind an everlasting blessing. II walks
through cities and amid all their sp'en-
dor, their imaginable pride and unutserA
BILE misery, purifying, enBObliDg, re-
medying angel. 1t is alike the besuti-
full champion of childhood, and eoms
forting associate Of age. 1t ennobes
the noble, gives wisdom to the wise,
and new grace to the lovely. The pa
triot. the priest, the poet. and the el>
oluent man, all derive their power from
its influence.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
The Greatness of Christ's Mediation

Look with solemn eye through the
shades that part us from the world ot
spirits, and see that honse of misery
which men call hell! Ye cannot en-
dure the spectacle? Remember that in
that place there are spirits forever pay
ing their debts to divine justice; bnt
though some of them have been 70,
these four Thousand years swelteIing in
the fame, they are no nearer a dis
charge than when they began; and when
ten thousand times ten thonsand years
shall have rolled away, they will no
more have made satisfaction to God for
their guilt than they have done up till
now. And bow can yon grasp the
thought OF the greatness of your Sa
vionr's mediation When he paid your
debt. and paid it all at once: soy that
there now remsineth not one farthiug
of debt owing from Christ's people to
their God, except a debt of lovel To
justice the believer oweth nothing,
though he owed originally so much
that eternity wou!d not have been long
enough to suffi'-n for the paying of it:
yet in one moment Christ did pay it all;
80 that the man Who believsth ia en-
tirely justified from all punishment
throngh what Jesus bath done.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
Remembering.

Then suddenly we see that ~e ara
pityiog the young; truly We are mob Of
their number! And If we had no sensa>
ton of the sort before, henceforth We
acknowledge that we have one foot in
the grave Then, by slow access Of
saeaitstion, we src aware that maeh Of
the freshness OF feeling is gone, much
of that which o;ice gave us rapture, our
power OF joyous appreciation. our full>
ness of enthusiasm: we are not again
rapt by the spell Of any great painting
into fairy land, AS the case has been
with US, when all the lovely bues aud
aerial distances seemed to be portions
OF the region to which we Travelled and
into which tie coming years were sure
to bring MS; no single DASH OF color n
the sky flls US with unspeskshle de.
light and longing after the unknown:
We 90 not lean out into the sta lite
nights with conscious ,ompanionship Of
the spirits of the stars and the deeps and
the dark-we are little afraid Of tho
dsmps and draughts and rheums stisms:
Se remember all these things; We do
not feel them afresh.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12

1t is common complaint that the
farm nd.farm life are not appreciated
by our people. We long for the more
elegant pursuits, or the ways and fash.
ions of the town. But the farmer has
the most SINE and natural occupation,
and ought to find life sveeter, if less
highly seasoned, than any other. He
alone, strictly speaking, has home.
How can q man take root and thrive
with land? He writes his history upon
his field. How many ties, how many
resources he has; his friendships with
his cattle. his team. his dog, his trees,
the satisfaction in his growing crops, in
his improved fields; his intimacy with
nature. with bird ard beast, and with
the qnickening elemental forces, his
corporations with the cloud, the sun.
the seasons. heat, wind, rain and FROST
Nothing will take the various social
distempers, which the city and artificial
life breed, out OF man like farming,
like direct and loving contract with
soil. 1t draws ont the poison. 1t
humbles him, teaches him patience aud
reverence. and restores the proper tone
to his system.
Cling to the farm, make much OF 1t.
prt Yourself into it. bestow your heart
and yonr hand upon it, 30 that it shall
savor of you and radiate your virtue
after your days work is done.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
The Need of the Age,

No system OF education is complete
unsrI II concerns I,-v,s for the rptire
body, and all the parts of human life
"a character high. erecr. broad. should
cred, symmetrical. swift; not the miud
as l said, bat the man. Onr familiar
phrase. whole sonled," expresses the
aim Of learning az well as any. You
want to rear Een fit for all spots and
cases. prompt and busy IN affairs, gen.
tie among lit.le children. self-reliant in
danger. genial in company, sharp in a
jury-box. tenacious a. town meeting.
unseduciblc in q crowd, tender ar q sick
bed, not likely to jump into the first
boat at shipwreck. .affectionate and re
spectful at home. oblig:ng in trayel.
ing party, shrewd and just in the mar
ket. reverert and punctual at church,
not going about, as Robert Hail said,
with an air of perpetual apology for
the unpardonable prescription of being
IN the world" nor yet forever snpplica
ting the worlds special consideration
brave in action, patient in suffering
believing and cheering every
where, f4rvent in spirit. serving the
Lord. This is the manhood that our
age and country are asking of it's edu
cators-weil built and vital. manifold
and harmonious full of wisdom, full of
energy, full of faith.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
A Little Every Day

Every dsya little helpfulness. We
live for the good of others. if our living
be in any sense trne living. It ia not
in the great deeds of philanthropy that
the only blessing is found. In little
deeds of kindness" repeated every day
we find trne happiness. At home, at
school, in the street, in the neighor's
house, on the play ground, We sksll
find opportunity every day for useful
ness.
Every day little look into the Bible,
one chapter dsy-what treasure of
Bible knowledge one may acquire n
ten years! Every day a verse commit,
ted to memory-what q volum. in the
mind at the end of twenty-five yeapi
Every day a little knowledge; one
fact in day. How small q thing is
one fact-onIy orel Ten years pass by.
Three Thousand six hundred and ffty
facts are not small thing.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
Keep Home Matters Pirate.

Preserve the privacies OF your b, use,
married state, heart. from father, moth
er. sister. brother, aunt, and all the
word. You two, with Gods help.
build your own quiet world; every third
or fourth one you draw into it with Won.
Will form party and stand between
vou two. That should never be. Prom
Use that to each other. Renew the vow
at each temptation; you will find your
account in ID, Yonr souls will grow, as
it we're. together, and at last they will
become as one. All. if many q young
PAIR had on their wedding day known
this secret how manv marriages we're
happier than they arei
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
EdslOn at w ork.

The following is from an article IN
Scribner for November, entitled "A
Night with Edison
There is nowhere such another in
genious mind, but there is also no
where such worker. When in search
of some special object he allows bins
self absolutely no rest. At Newark he
mounted to the left OF his factory
with five men, on the occasion OF the
apparent failure of the printing mac
nine he had taken a contract to furnish
and declared he would never come down
till it worked. 1t took sixty hours of
continuous labor. and then he slept for
thirty. The routine of his day is q
-arlntue of grand processes a"d o"ho'
bling ideas. Nowhere else probably
would snch day be possible. There
are not fortunes, if there were capacity.
to carry on the business of pure sciens
tific research on such scale. His whole
great establishment is occupied not in
manufacturing nor primarily in projects
for profitable returns. though these
follow, but in new reflections; new com
binations. in wrestling from nature. inch
by inch the domain she would have kept
hidden He comes in the morning and
reads his letters. He overlooks his
men and the experiments of his assist
ants. The element Of hazard enters
into these somewhat. There are a great
number in progress-the action OF
chemical upon various substances ol
upon each other, or the phenomena OF
substances subjected TO the various
sources at command. Strips of ivory
for instance, in certain oil, in six
weeks become transparent. A globule
of mercury in water, then with 8 little
potassium added, takes various shapes
for the opposite poles of the battery,
retires coquettishIy or is attracted, forms
in whirlpools, changes color, or be-
comes immobile. There is no use al
once for these results, but they are re-
corded in volnmnous note books.
When the proper time comes they are
borne in mind; some one of them may
form the connecting link IN the chain
of an invaluable discovery. Then per-
haps he tests for the thousendth time
his carbon telephone for new perfec-
tions and then goes on carrying for
ward a step each of the works in pro-
gress, or becomes wholly engrossed, &C.
cordiDg to his mood, in one.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
Ambition.

"Covst earnestly the bsst gifss." II
there are places more desirable than
your own. gain them by passing, not
by pulling back competitors. First,
deserve the place you seek, and then
openly and honorably seek il when vs.
cant. No snbition is more laudable
than that which concerns itself with
improving ones conditions Ivy self>im-
provement No contentment is more
worthy than that which inspires the
doing well of present duty, because Of
its bearing upon better future. La
Dor onward with ali eye upward Re-
member that there are higher and lower
places within the limits of your daily
work, Excelsior is motto "a ptr!i>
nent in one room as in q building of
many rooms The opportunities for
gr tifying noble ambition are far
more frequent than are the resigna.ions
OF those whose positions are NEST at
trsctive. Their is no disgrace in failure,
ii it be not too oft repeated, nor chronic
in its character There ID disgrace in
yielding TO failure, as well as in a stub
born determination to perpctuate II.
Succeed or surrender.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
Are we Soldiers?

Not long since 1 heard an inhdel say
that professors of Christianity are GER
tainly the most miserable people on
earth, if they believe what they say they
do: for" said he. ''they believe in the
endless punishment of the W cked, and
just only look! Here are their neigh
hnrs. tnelr near kinsfold. their dearest
friends. travelling to this eternal death,
and seeing all this. how can they rest
for one momept?''
Brethren, is this soe Or are We anx>
ions concerning our friends? Are we
interested for the canse of Christ; or DE-,
we sit with folded hands, ms it we're,
and gaze with sto.id Indifference npon
the world? Think of it. Shall we
shrink from labor? Shall we hesitate
at laat when the work before MS is the
salvation of souls? Not if we have the
love of Him who gave His life to save
tho lost.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
Ihe gireside.
Caught at Last.

A little while ago. it is said, a farmer
in Pennsylvania set trap with a
tempting bait to catch fox which was
making unwelcome aud expensive visits
to his hen roost.
When the farmer went to see his trap
it had been sprung. or touched of. y
The bait was gone. and instead of a
live captured fox there was only quiet
stick Of wood fast in the jaws of the
trap. This happened for fourteen
nights. The farmer could see no tracks
but his own and those OF the fox II
perhaps seemed discouraging work to
furnish bats only to have them stolen:
but the man perseyered He did not
give up and think, "Well, it's no use. "
No; he bsited once more, and on the
fifteenth night he found fine old fox
with his nose fast in the strong jaws OF
the trap, and in his mouth was a stick
Of wood. Once too often he lad tried
his sharp game of spring,ng the trap
and stealing the bait. He Was csughI
at last.
This little story shows that som,
kinds of smartness are dangerous. TIL,
fox was cunning, but his cute trick
cost him dear.
Sometimes human beings, as we'll a
foxes, try to gain something by sharl
tricks. They seem to enjoy for awhile
the fruit OF their dishonest doings
They may many times escape citching
but they generally get safely "nabhed
at last.
Lying. cheating, rilfering, disobey
ing, and other naughty doings, ma,
seem to be profitable for awhile. but by
and by the trap snaps ill an unexpected
way, and the evil ,doer is caught ant
punished, or found out and pnt t,
shame The safest and hest way is tc
do right,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
The Last of the Dayises.

The Baltimore Gazette says Mr.. JEFF
ferson Davis has outlived all of bis
sons, and when he dies the family name
will become extinct His Oldest son
Jefferson Davis. Jr., who died near
Memphis the other day of yellow fever.
had scarcely passed his twenty first
birthday. aud though he did not in>
herit the intellectual ability of his
father. he was young man OF consid-
erable promise. Early in the summer
and before the fever broke ont, young
Davis went North with his sister aud
her husband The latter returned for
some purpose and WIS stricken down
with the fever. When his wife heard
of 1t she insisted upon going to him,
and young jeff accompanied his sister.
Before the husband was convalescent
his wife was attacked. Young Davis
nursed his sister through her illness,
and in few days she ba.c.me the nurse
aud he the patient. Four days later
he died. In 1864, while Mr.. Davis
was President of the Confederacy, he
returned to his residence one day from
short visit to the capitol, and found
lying in one of the halls, the dead body
OF bis second son whom he had left but
an hour or two before the picture of
health The child was about five years
of age, and during the absence of the
family fell from rear balcony to
paved yard beneath and crushed his
skull He lived but short while.
This boy, Joseph, was the most intelli-
gent Of the family, and special favor
ite with all the great men, who in those
days frequented his fathers house. He
was bright boy. and the whole city of
Richmond mourned his death. Willie,
the youngest son of Jefferson Davis.
was born in Richmond, during the war,
and died when but three or four years
of age. There are now left but two
children, both girls. The eldest, Mag
gle was married abont year ago, ami
it was while caring for her that young
JEFF met the terrible destroyer. Miss
Winnie. the other daughter, is still at
school.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
On the Stump,

"FeIler~citizens, said he, I'm a
hard~fsted son of toll. I'm brick
layer by trade, and not bit ashamed
of it. No sir; I wasn't born with a
silver spoon into my mouth or graded
in the lapt os- lux,<y y.-I'r, a Golf made
man, gentlemen" YOU'D better have
let OUT the job" remarked a voice in
the rear of the hall. He scorned to
notice the interruption, but proceeded.
Eyes. feller- citizens, I'm proud of hav
ing risen by honest industry, proud of
apparin' to solicit your suffrage as a
true representative Of labor, as one
which has contributed to build up this
community by the sweat of his bro v
and the work of his bands. [AppIause. ]
AS was saying, I'm brick layer by
trade. I've worked to raise more than
half the palatial mansions, magnificent
commercial structures aud heaven -pnint-
ing spires which beautify and adorn
our town. Great enthusiasm And
here, right here, gentlemen, are the
identical tools with which have carved
out my way to prosperity" Here the
orator examined trOwel and hammer
amid deafening plaudits. "Pass 'em
this way" said an excited listener,
evidently belonging to the working
class; 'let me gaze onto them relics. !"
The tools were handed to him, and he
scrutinized them with deep interest.
"You say you work as brick layer?'
said he, turning sharply to the orator.
Yes 'And with them tools?" Eyes,
sir; those are the very tools 1 bought
when l made my first start as journey
man. To them 1 owe all my prosperi-
ty." "Well, then, l must say you de-
serve great credit. SO does any man
that could lay bricks with such weapons
Gentlemen, turning to the sudience,
''just look at'em. It's a gardeners
trowel and a carpenters hammer"
Tableau!