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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-02-28

PARRISH OF lCALCASIEU.

he IL known thai we. the undersigned
Id members of the jury Commission
lid on the 9th day of February. A. d.,
lists, meet at the Clerks office, for the
purpose Of drawing a iury for the April
Term of the Court under Sec ., Act
No A, of the regular session OF 1871,
amid the f,,ll,wifig nieuilseFs heipg pres-
e,it. JTlian Richard, 7. ID. Leveqne
anu NJ j. Rusteef. Julian Richard,
ore If said members. in tine presence
81 the others. drew from the general
venire lsox, pHe 1T time, the names OF
'tll44foiiuwing fifty persons to compose
fisp ffr-,lld anti Petit Jurors forths. first
week ,if sz,il cssgrrt. commencing April
list, 1873. Il list Of whom was kept by
fi.s. Clerk. TireGIeik and the Commits
sion did tiler pace the ballots drawn ~
aforesaid. in an envelope and endorsed
thereon First Week, and p aeet1 them
Ia 2 Ju-y back. provided fer tliat pur
pose, which was locked and sesitetl, aud
PLACED in ilse, sustody OF the Clerk ior
Else at tlse next term of Court. The
Commission not lleeEling 1t necessary
to summon any other jurors
VIM t. FgirclIild, Jacob MIC. Mar
tin, Peter I}roslerson. Thomas B. Welsh.
Alfred Cole, Eli Langley. Alexander
Corniier, Jr., l. a Perkins, Peter Z
Hyatt. John Crier. Frank Livingston.
Charles ClIaney, f. A. AreenanZ, Tuls-g
yer Hayes, s. " Burnett. ID. 4. tCDle,
Siiyine Andrus, II. Il Myers ] emil
sey j. Turner, Thomas Jones, Rees w.
Perkins, IT,, Jos. Z. Recon-. Jesse
Lilies, Prosper Chretien, Sr-, VIM. B.
Wilburn, Joseph Hamilton, Treville Z.
Trilsan, Abner Tolbert, George w.
Richardson. Levi 4. Ashworth, LEaban
Wingate, Ezra H Moss, Pierre a. He
bert, Geo. IL. Yonng, Jules Brnussard,
Daniel Hortniau, Aristide Langley,
William Tierney, Lonis Hewell, Ulysse
Fruge, Lastie Renn, VIM. q. Reeves,
Vim. H. Ryan. Henry Berry, Chris.
Bocknstn, j "A. Ryan. Stephen Reon,
Thomas ]. lies. Alex. IL. Carpenter,
Charles F. Wright. Il
In witness whereof, we herennto afiix
our signatures, atI1ake Charles, La,
this 9th day of February, I1S7S.
NJ j. jROSTEET
J. ID. LEFEQUE.
JULIEN RICHARD,
Jury Commissioners.
g ASA RYAN,
Clerk OF COnrt
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Az ORDINANCE
FEBRUARY SESSION, 1878.
lREIaTIvK To;PAR1sH LICENSES FoK 1878


Section 1. On moii,sn. BE it ordained
by the Police Jury of the Parish of Cal
casieu, that the following licenses on
rtradss. professions and occupations,
shall he levied and collected for the use
OF the parish for the year 1875. VIZ;
Paragraph From eachtretail nsr-
chant not selling, or keeping IN his store
for sale any distilled liquor. from each
Physician, Surgeon, Dentist, Attorney
ut Law, proprietor of every tow-boai
for public use or hire, from each pro-
iprietor orr keeper of Restaurant. Eatinp
House, Oyster Saloon, boarding House
or Hotel, the sum of Twenty Five Dol
lars
Par. 2-From EACH Retail Merchant
selling lignors, IN mot less quantities
than a bottle, the SIM q Twenty-Five
Dollars; and from eaei,iand every pre-
prietor or keeper Of a Bkr-R@om. Col
1eesH osse, Gn1@- Shop or Calumet. tlse
suu of Eighty Five Dollars
Par 3.-ETuRl eaeh .ApothecarT or
Druggist, the s1lm OF Thirty Dollars.
Par. 4 From each Petldlero Hawk
er who carries goods, wares, E.erc2aan-
disc or groceries for sale ar barter on
sells or barters through this parish4 III
boat or water craft. tlss SHIN of Fifty
Dollars: III a vehicle drawn by animal
power. the SUM of Twenty Five Dollars;
ON horseback. the sHn af .Ien Dollars !;
and on foot the sum of Five Dollars
Provided that ANY pesldlery or iEawker.t
whether IN n beat. orveliicle. on horse
hack, or on foot. who sells or b1rters
spirituons liquors, siEiliTpay, annually,
the snna of Eighty-Five Dollars as a
Parish License
Par. 5.--From each proprietor or
keeper of Billiard Saloon. or Bowling
Alley. the Sum of Forty DO lars
Pan. s6.-From each and every Butch
er, the sum of Ten Dollars.
Par. =, 7-EromftlIe proprietor of ev-
cry Circits, Show, rr Menagerie, for
each representation, in advance, the
sum of Tea Dollars
Sec. 2. Belt further ordained, that
every person having more than one
store, shop, or other establishment,
shall pay the license oneach separately.
Sec. 8. Be It further sortlaiiIed, tia;
each and every Parish License shall ex-
pire 1.-THE S1st day of December, in
the year in which itsMas issued; pro
vided, that any person orfirm, engaging
in of the trades, occupations or
professions subject TO parish license,
by this ordinance, ifterthe first day of
jolly, lin4each year shall be liable to
only one-balf of said license.
WM. nj. PERKINS, President.
Attest: e. MAKO. Clerk. "a
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The Sewing. Machine Conabi-
nation Broken Down.
CHEAP SEEMING MACHINES AND
CHEAP ATTACHMENTS.
The Order of The Day.

A glorions victory for the people.
0nr splendid Monotor- -Congress--
attacked Fort Monopoly, and after.
ponring a tremendous fire upon It's
walls, at lenth captured it, with Five.
Million Sewing Machines, among which
was the famous Singer, which are to be
sold hereafter at greatly reduced
figure, also attachments, oil, rnbbers,
check springs, needles a. sluttles. Fol
lowing are the prices of Singer Sewing
Machines, delivered to amy part of the
country. tn
Drop Leaf with attachments, S26 90;
formerly $50 90. .is
Box Top, with attachments, S.3 so !;
formerly $500. sFs
Folding Cover, with attachments,
$50 so, formerly $4,000.
And other lstyles in proportion
Those wishing to purchase will do well
to see,or write to G, al. Drew, who is
now working in Opposition to the Sew
ing Machine combination, Iemploy no
canyassers who are paid large commits
si0ps. consequently Isdefyscompetition.
Remember, everything j sell in the
Sewing Machine Incl & larantee to be
tLebest. Look sharp. this is the only
plea.thatfthe Sewing Machine Comhi-
nation will bring up in order to obtain
their exorbitant prices. Their only
hope now is strategy. So If yo1 want
anything in the sewing machinel line
from q CHECK springrnpltoiafn chine.
call on G.. III. Drew-
Thanking the people of SGalcasien
PARISH for past fayorS, 4 respectfully
ask a continuance of their patronage.
j will also repairTall kinds Of Sewing
Machinessat reasonable figures. Those
living in tho conntEy will sbe visited
Remember, competition the
life OF trade.
E.M- DREW.
Sept. 13 Hickory Flat, ia.
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Jan. 8, 1S7S-6m
GOLD. . Gssst e H as,|

GOLD. G s"nsr. e Il 9s,
gaid vou can get greenhaeks, /
II person III every town to take
tious far the Largest. clleapest|
Illustrated family salblicatiui|
wos.tt. ANY one can hecomead
,geut. The most elegant woi|
gwen free to Subscribers. Thel1
low that almost everybody SD
FOne agent reports making pSeI
u week A Lady agent repor!
over 400 subscribers in ten ID
who engage make moneT fast
ideVete all sour time TO the bus
salhy your slmre time. Ion ne5
away from home over night.
do it as wellas others. Fulpal]
directions and terms free, Elel
sexpensive Outfit free. iii "
profitable work send als your al
ionce. 1T costs nothing to try
ness. No one who engages fails
great my. Address 1.-The
Jonrnal, /" Portland, Maine.
lSeptenber6. ia77-ly
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TEE SOUTHERN CULTIyTOT
has been published e4,ntinuosss!sinc4
ilS43--no other agricultural pulsasior
in the Cotton Suites has such aeord.
lit has not been sustained thpyh To-
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fofmly i'll all the States, fror Sorth
tCaroilna to Texas inclusive.
Ill has not been borne down the
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whether palat,slle or not. hers no
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rejects at great pec,uliary sadce, all
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ftnres. ac,sicia teach nothing, tcuE Which
can be lad from advertisersor the
asking. hut gives full mensllrp every
number of sound, practical ra..r.
Its Inquiry Departm4nt1ish ,ex-
tended and varied by far ithakbat of
any other paper. Innnmerdi ones
tioDs touching every day farrn,ttefs.
are answered by farmer correstdeuts
orly the Editor
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consistent with practice, re,tii9 Thor
oughly as he does, that scienonshed
too far. will do incalculahle ,i,xi
Ills admitted on all hnndss M the
tCultiyator lisa tt oroughly piraz mn
per and is not aymere ,co,epa,E oct
ten up by 1ne not familiarlh the
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The Great Anti-I,ilious Remeiy and Mas
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PARSONS PURGAlIYE PILLS

PARSONS, 4PURlIAIINE PILLS
Are the result Of long rcontinued Scientific 10
yestigatien. and are WARRANTED tosenre oil
diseases originating IN the STOMACH. Liver,
and Bowels. n No ripping pains folisw he use
Of these Pills unless the Bowels are iHfamed /;
hat RELIEF, IMMEDIATE RasLIEF, may
be rel cd upon. AZ aCommon Family Physie
PARSONS PURGATIyE PILLS
Stand aneaualed bslore the world sto-day. BY
war; ing the dose according 10 directions, Par
soss' PuRGAriyE PILLS easetualIy PuRIFy rHE
BLoeD ard greatly aiisviaie, n not entirely
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Manufactprers, bangor, Maine.
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Persons lesirens of having JofWrk
done neatly, expeditiously and Hap.
are invited to call at the offiaotthe
Lake Charles Ecao. Ii
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LAKE CHARLES BAIl
AND &
Fa1nily Grocery 81

dersigned mas comhil
y his Bakery q Family Groce1
and Will keep a large aud carel
llected stock Of CHOICE family &!
Hot coffee and cakes at ~
Doing y cash business, lie VI
the lowest possible prices. Call
half way hatwoen the Postoilic'
IN. Bryan's store.
CHRISTIAN JOHN
August 8. 1876
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
Rea SON for Hope.

Our despatch about the loss Of the Emily
b. Souder does not contain any definite as
surance of the safety of any one but the two
men whose rescue has already been noted,
but it certainly gives considerable ex-
cuse for hope. Of the four boats
lowered three are reported to have
drifted away with their human car
goes, as did also life raft. The whole
number Of persons on the ship would not
have crowded even one-half the life-saving
facilities thus alluded to, and boats and
RATS have lived in worse weather than
that in which the Emily b. Souder
foundered. Besides. the ship foundered
on a coast which is frequently passed by
small sailing vessels which may not soon be
heard from, and the sight of portions of the
cargo which was thrown overheard would
cause the crew of any other vessel to keep
a sharp lookout for survivors of the wreck
which the floating material would indicate.
We are suggesting probabilities only, but
they are such as experience justifes US in
considering worthy of attention.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
Ronrd Bill Lunacy.

The debatable ground between sanity and
insanity has assumed considerable impor-
tance Of late years in criminal trials. At
some period or another Of the judicial pro-
cess by which murderers are sent to the
gallows the plea Of insanity has been
offered, and in many instances with sue
cess. Unless juries are not to be be-
lieved-and who would doubt jury ?-men
kill other men under the influence of ON
insanity that departs when the deed is done,
and had not appeared previous to it. This
insanity has been called emotional" for
want OF better term. When, however,
we come down to minor offences we do not
find that much credence is given to the
plea Of insanity, except the prisoner is
wealthy and the charge is theft. For this
grade we have the term ''kleptomania."
The poor man who steals or defrauds must
be a criminal, and the only term he gets
mad about is the one he will serve in the
Penitentiary. If his motive in stealing q
ham with great adroitness was to boil IL and
was crazy on the question Of pork. That
his head might have been turned
so that he believed that hams, like sun
beams, were common property, no one
would admit. certain learned foreigner
now wintering in Easton Jail appears to
have strange ideas about board bills and
who should pay them. He disclaims all
insanity, but that is no test. Last sum-
mer, alter recovering from an attack of
typhoid fever, he formed plan which he
pursued for some time with startling sue
cess. 1t was his custom to represent him.
self as Peruvian mine director to people
with machinery to sell forthwith they
boarded him and ieted him, and he gave
them orders based on unsubstantial
drafts. This is very mcthodical i'm
posture, and 1t is scarcely to be won
dered that an ordinary man should lay the
impostor by the heels without any mis-
givings whenever the Peruvian came
within reach Of the law. Yet an account of
q visit to this man in his cell, to be found
elsewhere, shows that he is probably men,
tally unbalanced A man hunting sparrows
with q thirty two FOUNDER would be thought
decidedly lost to the sense Of proportion, if
not insane, and this man, with his deep
scientific knowledge Of mechanics, his
practical skill, his keenness and general
ability oil directed to beating" his board
bills, seems no less of the true mental
centre.
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
What Is Clairvoyanc /?

In another budget Of comm unications on
the case of Miss Fancher the reader inter-
estcd in topics of this nature will find some
points worthy his attention. One Of them
should be Of especial interest to the friends
Of the afflicted lady, since in it the writer,
who describes himself rs physician of
thirty years practice, proposes simply to
'.restorc her to health. He wants fee
guaranteed in case Of success, but will make
no charge if he fails-a proposition charac-
teristic Of experience in the rural districts.
In the other communications IN. ii. !" and
.Speculum" deal again with what has been
called the supernatural aspects of the
case, though we regard that designation
as unhappy, because the moment we
regard the facts cited MS related to
the supernatural we may fairly abandon
them as inexplicable. An explanation Of
unusual occurrences is sought only on the
assumption that they are derivable in some
way from the laws Of nature or matter
known or unknown. M. H." is somewhat
illogical in this particular because he argues
for the truths Of what is reported in the
Fancher case from the fact that they are no
more remarkable than the facts in religious
history in which all have faith. Now,
events out of the ordinary way Of nature
as they appear in religious chronicles are
presented specifically as the evidence of the
possession OF supernatural power When
st. Denis took his head in his hand
and, in the words OF the poetical
chronicler, walked five miles with
out his hat" no one attempted to
explain the circumstance on the ground
of any peculiar physiology. 1t was and is
admittedly supernatural But supernatural
power is not alleged in the case OF Miss
Fancher, or If it is her case is beyond tho
bounds of discussion and calls only ior
faith. ''speculu,n" suggests that = right use
Of such cases is to stuiy them but there
The New York herald., 1878-12-30

is difficulty in the way, as he himself sees,
and as Mr.. Parkhurst has particularly de-
clared in objection to DR.. Hammond II is
said that the money test proposed was not a
good one, because the clairvoyant power is
so readily deranged that it will not operate
in the presence Of excitement Now any
test is an excitement. as any schoolboy knows
who has ever bean called up for exam
ination; and how, then, can any power be
tested which is dispersed by the very pres
ence OF test? Must clairvoyance only be
studied in the furtive and unexpected ap-
pearances it makes from time to time? Is
it witness that can never be cross-exam-
ined? 1t seems so. 1t would be good
thing to know precisely what clairvoyance
is what, at least it is conceived to be by
those who believe in it. How do they con-
ceive that chasm to be bridged which
yawns between any object and our intel
lectual comprehension of that object, when
the road by way of the five senses is OBJ
s:rncted? s.Spcculum" seems to regard it MS
''seeing without eyes, and oil his references
to 1t imply conception in accordance with
the chronological import OF the word ''clair-
voyant" that the idea reaches the brain by
way of the optic tract Now, in the ordi-
nary act Of vision the brain is informed by
an impression on the expansion Of the
optic nerve in tho ball Of the eye; but if
tho eye is covered by a bandagc, or il the
object is not in the range Of vision, it can
not mako that impression. All this is
within the law Of physics Of course. In
formation cannot reach the brain in that
direction without an impression made on
the retina. 1t is comprehensive that there
may be subtle processes by which tho in
telligence may be reached but why should
power stop to borrow the roundabout way
of one Of the senses when it is able, as de-
clared. to dispense with all the senses?
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
Our Treasury In Nevada.

The chronic croaker who insists that
everything and everybody, individually
and collectively, are going figuratively with
express speed to that Ultima 1Hele Of destruc-
tion. the devil, will be made unhappy by
reading in our columns this morning the
interesting story Of our treasury in Nevada,
an immense reserve Of the precious metals
that we can draw on at will. The fortune
Of war, which has brought us so much
nearer to the realization Of "manifest
destiny" gave us control OF vast region in
the West where the bodies Of silver and
gold that have long lain motionless in the
veins of the earth are now brought to the sur
face by the miners and are pouring into the
veins Of industry. The operation of infu-
sion in this way has never failed to give new
energy to commercial life and promote q
revival of healthy conditions of trade that
are sometimes suspended by mismanage-
inent or national misfortune It is said
that ''fact is often stranger than fction,"
and surely the fact that "Old Pancake"
Comstock ''saw some queer looking stuff in
gopher hole" in 1859 has been followed
by another fact of enormous importance to
this country that to September
80, Of this year, over three hundred and
eleven million dollars worth of bullion
has been taken from the lode so strangely
discovered by Comstock and which bears his
name. We recommend the chronic croaker
to read carefully our account of the mining
industry of Nevada, and although the state
ments contained therein may upset many
Of his pet theories as to the approach Of the
end he will grow wiser and croak less as
he reads. The world being finite guam
tity of matter the Comstock lode will in
time be exhausted. but in tho great region
stretching from the northern to the Mexi-
can boundary of the United States and
westward Of the Rocky Mountains there is
room for, and there will undoubtedly be
found, thousands Of bonanzas as big as that
struck by Comstock and full of as ''queer
looking stuff"
The New York herald., 1878-12-30
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following Americans were registered at the
Paris ofice Of the HERALD on Saturday.
Campbell, George, Detroit, Mich.
Ciogg L., New York. Hotel Caville.
Cohnfeld Isidor. New York. Hotel Bellevue.
Correa. J. b.. Boston. Grand Hotel.
Harper. Thomas H.. New York. Hotel de Lyon ct
New York.
Henry, Captain Guy ", United States Army, Hotel
dcs Tros Princes.
Hyams, j. E., New York, Hotel dc rAthenee
Kaufman, G. and wife. New York. Spiendids
Hotel.
Kecfer. w. A.. San Francisco. Grand Hotel
Iaprcnce. Miss w. New York. Hotel Bellevue.
I.eob, Gus, New York. Continental Hotel.
Livingston DR.. Beverley. New York. Hotel Ans
rante
Livingston. +. A.. New York. Hotel Amirante.
Minus, Lieutenant Marion r., United States Army.
No. 50 Rue Lille.
McElmcll. Chief Engineer Jackson. United States
Navy. No. IL Rue Bienfaisance
scltz. L. A. f., New York. Grand Hotel.
Williams, II. r.. Cincinnati, Hotel de rAthenee.
Brick Pomcroy will run the La Crosse Chronicle on
q lease.
The Edinburgh Scotsmdns London correspondents
says Dean Stanley contcmplates revisiting America
soon
The citadel OF Quebec is at once to be supplied
with Armstrong brecch loading rifles of the largest
calibre
Senator Paddock. of Nebraska; Surgeon General
Woodwork and Samuel A. Grccn. Of the National
Yellow Fever Commission, have arrived at New Or
leans.
recent writer says that some men and all horses
can think of but thing at time This is proba-
bly, the why, provcrbialy. Passaic IN j.
can think Of opening door, but cannot think Of
shutting it.
Toledo Ohio, aepircs to great commercial centre,
and its people have become 80 full OF this idea thai
they sustain IL in their actions wherever they 60.
This is loyal manner. by the by. it may be said
that other city of its size in this country has
prcttier girls than this aspiring. commercial
Toledo
Paris Eigarp:--"A man In bod very Ill. when an
old chum came to see him. arm nwfully bad, said
the patients you see am lying on my right side.
and my doctor says bad that II were to turn
my left side should die What an extraor-
dinary thing to sayv said the friend. 4
you he did say IT,, replied the sick man. 4 can't
believe it, rejoined tho visitor WHAT exclaimed
the sick man. you don't believe tf Then look herel
aud he turned over aud died In rage"
London World d:--'Enghtonrnen and the humanitss
arc gradually claiming the small tenant agrichl-
turst a. their Gradually the Grass. ignorant.
wrongheaded stingy occupicr of the soil. pcrpctuay
sccped in beer spirits and superior only TO his
laborcrs in having money to command tho
opportunities of scifindulgcnce In being replaced
by an agrculturst who reads and thinks does nc*S
believe that cducstion Is necessarily bad thing al
Is longer bndly opposed to contributing ~ his
able OF assistance TO the village scho, hin
is thus the parsons friend rather than his pe ~
foe aud In villages where specimens Of th& the Ju
farmer. old type. still survive II will usua to his 81
covered that the public opinion Of his class o,her "a
him" Sol the 30