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Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

Mr.. Remington, of rifle manufacturing
fame, owns one of the largest and hand
somest houses in Cairo, Egypt.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09
Dean Swift with his characteristic sneer

DtaH 0WlIt with ms characteristic sneer
gives the following receipt of courtship:
Two or three dears, and two or three sweets
Two or three balls or two or three treats
Two or three serenades given as a lure.
Two or three oaths how much they endure.
Two or three messengers sent in one day,
Two or three times led out from the play,
Two or three tickets for two or three times.
Two or three love letters writ all in rhymes;
Two or three months keeping strict to these rules
Can never fail making a couple of fools.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

The aggregate losses by the frein Salem,
n. j., last Wednesday night were thirty.
reethousand dollars insurance seventeen
thousand dollars.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

Bored of Trade--the clerk who has spent
two hours in an Intellectual attempt to sell
ten yards of calico.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09
$4,000 GRAPE VINES.

Apple. Pear and Cherry Trees Shade and Ornamen-
tai Evergreens, and other notions Silver Maple in
large supply, cheap.
P'Te Grape Vine for MedicjnaI and CHurcA use.
TERMS CASH. oct 3-tf
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

The estimate of the production of pre-.
cious metals in the Pacific States for 1877
is S46,0OO,OOO gold and $47, 100000 silver.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

1t Is said that no animal is so extensively
dltiused over the globe, or increases 80
rapidly as the hog. Marshal Vauban calcu.
lated that the produce of single sow in
ten years, assuming six pigs at litter,
would increase to 6,434,l3O pigs, or as many
as any of the chief European States could
support. If this calculation was carried on
to the twelfth generation, we should find
they would fill all Europe with supply,
and by the sixteenth cover the entire globe.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09
FOR RENT.

A desirable Room Dwelling House. on Main street
with Summer Kitchen, Stable and Carriage House
now occupied by Jos. +. Williams
/ Dwelling House corner of South and East sts
FIVE Acre Lot of Ground, ~ acres Of which are
well set in Red Raspberries in full bearing.
Apply 10
uec o-u J. HENRY JEFFERSON.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

Lamar prefers Whittier's anti.slsyery
poem to all others the poet has written.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09
PRTCE-LIST
e.Onn PEACH TREES IN RID.

OF choice selection. follows: Troths Early Noun
tain Rose Reeves FayOrte. Moor's FavOrite Yellow
Rare Ripe Reeses Choice President Stouts Choice,
Pulen's Seeding, Bears SmOck.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

Tschudy has lot of Chester Paving Brick
always on hand. They are the only kind
fit for paving.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

A North Carolina man has subsisted for
fifteen years on the profits obtained from
swapping dogs, and thinks it dog.gone
cheap way to do it.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

If we could run telephone high enough
we might hear the angels sing.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

Henry NJ. Stanley, tIe African explorer,
has arrived at Cairo, Egypt.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

Tis Augustus Adolphus de 70 IS
Writes down his New Years re solutes,
Ere the morrow is over,
He'll wake to discover
He meandered to bed in his boots.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09
FOR SALE.

TWO SMALL DESIRABLE DWELLING ITor-crs
IN the town OF Smyrna. viii be sold cheap
Apply to Z. j. COLT
SMYRNA. Nov. 81 1S77.-tf Pie'
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09
FOR RENT.

,IMOsIORf BRICK HOUSE, now in tenure of
frahA raymond Possession March list next
ae Apply to w. 4. LAVENDER,
NSc O-u SMYRNA DeI
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09

Mr.. Joaquin Miller is described as yisi.
ting Poe's grave, at Baltimore. lie saws
that of all American poets, Poe was the
greatest; he was superior in merit and
originality to any other. Mr.. Miller added
that foreign critics were better qualified to
pass Judgment than Americans, and Poe
was more read in Europe, and translated
INTO foreign languages, than any other poet
this country could call its own. This fact
spoke for itself. Poe was none the less
great because he lacked the appreciation
from his countrymen that he deserved.
Smyrna times., 1878-01-09
WHOLE NO. 1854.

some persons have attempted to cast
discredlt upon the Bible account of the
spies sent into Canaan by Moses, and of
their cutting down "a branch with one
cluster OF grapes and bearing it between
two upon staff" as beyond all experience
IN raising grapes. At an Exhibition of
irult IN Dublin, on the 10th of November
last one bunch of grapes, of the variety
known as "Gros Guillaume," was shown.
The weight was twenty-thrse pounds five
ounces, length twenty-four inches and
width across the shoulders twenty-five and
half inches. This would REQUIRE two
men and staff to carry it without break.
ing.
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03
Boys Read This.
Manufactures and Builder !

Manufacturer and Builder.
A gentleman advertised for q
boy to assist him in his Office, and
nearly fifty applicants presented
themselves before him. Out OF
the whole number he selected one
and dismissed the rest. II should
like to know" said a friend, "on
what ground you selected that boy,
who had not q single recommend
alton" You are mistaken" said
the gentleman, she has q great
many. He wiped his feet when he
came in, and closed the door after
him. showing that he was careful !;
gave up bis seat to that lame old
man, showing that he was kind
and thoughtful he took Oft his cap
when he came In, answered my
questions promptly and respect
fully, showing that he was polite
and gentlemanIy; he picked up a
book, which ! had pnrposely laid
upon the floor, and replaced it on
the table, while all the rest stepped
over it OF showed it one side and
ho waited quietly for his turn, in
stead OF pushing and crowding,
showing that he was honest and
orderly. When l talked with him
I noticed that his clothes were
carefully brushed, hair in nice or
der, and his teeth as white as milk;
and when he wrote bis name / no-
ticed that his finger. nails were
clean, instead Of being tipped with
jet like that handsome little fellow
iD the blue jacket. Don't you call
these things letters of recommends
ation9 / do, and / wonld give
more for what | can tell about
boy by using my eyes ten minutes,
than all the letters OF recommend
alton that he can bring me-
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03
How Letters May be Forwarded
Without Repayment.

CHICAGO, Dec. lO.--A city journ-
al having stated that the hotel
keepers of Chicago regard as an
unjust and burdensome discrimin-
alton Postmaster Palmer's rule
that letters left at hotels for tray
elers must be restamped when for
warded, while in all other cities
such letters are forwarded without
being stamped again, Mr.. Palmer
has written to the postmaster gen.
eral for instructions on the subject,
and received the following reply:
Referring to your letter Of the
4th inst, l have to say that under
a uniform ruling Of this depart
ment, the right to forward letters
by mail to second destination,
without additional postage, applies
only to such letters as have not
left the custody of the postal off,
cials.
When letter carrier calls at
a hotel with letters for parties who
have given the proprietor instruc-
tons to forward their mail to an.
other address, the proprietor
should at once redirect such letters
and return them to the carrier, in
which case they may be forwarded
without additional postage. But
if the carrier is allowed to leave
them at the hotel, or If they are
taken out of his presence, they are
regarded as having been legally
and they cannot be again
mailed without prepayment anew
Of at least one full rate of postage,
three cents, by stamp affixed. II
the practice of your Office accords
with the foregoing rule, it is ap-
proved, and the criticism referred
% is regarded as unjust; and upon
he other hand, if postmasters in
'ther cities pursue different
course, as stated in the article in
question, they are in error. Very
espectfully, JAS. N. TYNER,
First Assistant Postmaster Cen
raj"
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03
LAKE CHARLES ECHO.
Published E0ery TAssrsday Morning,
AT
LAKE CHARLES. LA.
TIE rms of Subscription.

Terms of subscription.
'4nne copy, one year. ..-...... So 90
t>ne copy, six months, .....--.. / 25
voue copy, three months. ...... 90 rs
Single copies, 10
Payable invariably in advance.
ADVERTISING.
Per 5q14nre, 40 lines or less 80. 90 rs
4Ivery subsequent insertion 90 50
announcement of candidates for
office. ...-"......t. $lu UU
French S5 extra.
Business Notices, Is cents line.
sObituarv Notices 10 cents line.
Advertisements sent iE for publica-
zion, when there ere no directions, will
1oe inserted In English and French, and
when time is not limited, wall be con-
rFinued until orders are received /; and
charged accordingly.
Liberal discount to those who adyer-
4ise by the year or quarter. n
No credit will be givenfor Advertising
or job work, except by special agree
ment.
Cards, stating merely the name,
business aad place Of residence, with
paper included, Twelve Dollars per
gnnun.
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03
WIN. MEYER, Mayor.
THAD. MAYO, Secretary.
MONDAY, Nov IL. 1877

MONDAY, Nov ~, 1877.
The Town Council, of the town of
Lake Charles, La. met pursuant to ad
lournEent. Present VIM. Meyer. ].
b. kirknan, F. A. Gallsugher. There
being no quorum present, the Board
adjourned until Thursday, 18th inst.
Approved,
WIN. MEYER, Mayor.
Attest:
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03

A bill has been offered In the
South Caroline Legislature, and
will doubtless become q law, which
provides that all executions in that
State shall be in private, with only
the officers of the law, the clergy,
the family Of the condemned man,
and two or three spectators il at
tendance.
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03
WEDNESDAY, Dec S, 1877.

WEDNEsDAf, Dec 8, 1877.
Pursuant to call. duly signed by
three members of the Board of Alder
men, the Board met this 9th day of Dec.
1877. Present: VIM. Meyer, Mayor
J. P. Geary, T.. A. Gallaugher, G. p,
Hampton, r. Broderson and j. B..
Klrkman.
The minutes of the previous meeting
\ We're read and approved.
The following report was read, ac-
cepted. and ordernd spread upon the
| minutes.
LAKE CHARLES, Nov. ~, 1877.
We, the undersigned committee, ap.
pointed for the purpose OF letting con
tract to Mr. Costello. on Oct. lst, 1877
and also for the purpose of receiving
the same, hereby sport that we find the
work done and completed in conformity
with the contract.
G, P, Hampton,
Jas. p. Gcary,
p, Broderson,
Committee.
On motion, duly seconded, the Mayor
was authorized to warrans for one hun
dred dollars, being half the amount due
on above contract, and as soon as the
money is paid into the treasury, that he
shall warrant in favor OF John Costello
for one hundred aollars more to finish
said payment.
: On motion, duly seconded, resolved
that the corporation tax collector be
and he is hereby required to pay over
immediately to the Treasurer, whatever
moneys he may have in hand belonging
to the corporation.
The report OF street commissioner
was read and filed.
The following claims were presented,
read, approved, and the Mayor author-
lied to warrant for payment OF sape
z Mayo, salary to Dec LIST. 49,. .$29 90
q Langley, making bridges, -. 2 90
] Kayanagh, work on streets. -. 10 25
II Doolan, I" 10 90
A lessen. - Is 90
H H Wheden, ..n.. 3 90
On motion, duly seconded, the Board
adjourned until next regular meeting.
Approved.
WIN. MEYER, Mayor.
Attest:
Trad MAYO, Secretary.
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03
WIN. MEYER, Mayor.
THAD. MAYO, Secretary.
THURSDAY, Nov. Is. 1877

THURSDAY, Nov. Is, 1877.
The Town Council of the town of
Lake Charles, La. met pursuant to ad.
jourHment. Present: VIM. Never.
Mayor; +. A. Gallaugher, P. Broder-
son, j. b. Kirkman.
The minutes of Oct list, Nov. 5th
and 18th, were read and as corrected.
were adopted.
On motion of J. B. Kiflman, all re-
ports of committees were postponed
until next regular meeting.
Street commissioners report read and
filed.
The Constable was ordered to have
the bridge over the coulee near the
Methodist German Church repaired.
The following claims were presented,
approved, and the Mayor authorized to
warrant fol payment OF same, viz:
Ibad Mayo, salary, etc. ....... 1886 o.
IL Doolan, work on streets. -. 100
Ad Pni ,, hauling lumber -. 400
Joseph Mathis, nursing 4 board
OF PaT4Jef. ................ 20 90
Asa Ryan. clerks ad. fees Town Il
VS.. Howard ....>...... 8 90
A l. Reid, sheriff's ad. fees Town
vs.. howard ....s.,....,..... 5 on
AIieh oiiiey, assessment and rolls 26 90
A Jasen, cleaning grave yard. 80 90
On motion. the Board adjourned un-
M the next regular meeting.
Approved.
WM MEYER, Mayor.
Attest:
THAD. MAYO, Secretary.
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03
Town Council Proceedings.
MONDAY, Nov. 5sh, 1877.

MUNDAY, NOV. OVH, ISI1.
The Board met pursuant to aiourn-
ment. Present: Mn. Meyer, Mayor
j. B. Kjrkman, p. Broderson.
There being no quorum, the Board
adjourned till Monday, 18th inst.
Approved:
WIN. MEYER, Mayor.
Attest:
THAD. MAYO, Secretary.
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03

.Calcasieu River.
The undersigned wishes to Inform
thetraveling public and Stock Drovers
that he has put his Ferryiand beef pens
In good repair, and is ready to accom-
modate all who may wish to cross with
him, with everything that is generally
required by stock men and travellers.
lie has q large safe Flat, suitable for
crossing any kind of stock; also two
ehainbooms forswimming.. Pasturage
on each side of the river, free OF charge.
Keeps constantly on hand q full sup
ply OF Groceries, Provisions and For
age 1.-THE very lowest prices!
my9-tt III ID. NIX.
The Lake Charles echo., 1878-01-03
Liberal Tersas for Town Lots.

AS agent for all the owners, ! will
"A sell y number Of the Kirby Lots for
one-fourth cash, balance in six, twelve
and eighteen months. See. descriptive
map at Recorders Office, and at my
Office. Cali on, or address,
GEO. I'll. WELLS,
June 20 Lake Charles, La.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-02-09

them," remarked the imperturbable
beauty, as she closed the door and once
more reset the trap. From this time
young men went down those cellar
stairs. Some of them groaned slightly
after reaching the bottom, but not one
returned. 1t was an unusually good
night for young men, and Miss Ecks
caught no less than IA between Z and 9
o'clock. As the last one disappeared
she turned to her Mortified clergyman
and said, "That's the last of them!
Now for businessi" but that mild young
man had tainted. His nerves were un-
able to bear the strain, and when the
moment of his wished-for monopoly of
his betrothed had arrived he was una
BILE to enjoy it.
Later in the evening he revived suf-
ficiently to seek railway station and
fly forever from his remorseless charm
er. The inquest that was subsequently
held upon the fourteen young men will
long be remembered as q most impress
i've scene. Miss Ecks was present with
her back hair loose, and the tears stood
in her magnificent eyes as she testified
that she could not imagine what in
duced the young men to go down Gel
lar. The jury without the slightest hes
itatiOn found that they had one and all
committed suicide, and the Coroner per-
sonally thanked the young lady for her
lucid testimony. She is now more pop
ular than ever, and, with the loss Of her
own accepted lover, has renewed her
former fondness for society, and night
ly entertains all the surviving young
men of Vallejo.
This shows what the magnificent eli
mate can accomplish in the production
of girls when it really tries.-New York
Times
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-02-09

The Constantinople correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Press writes: When
railroads were first talked of in Turkey,
the Ulemas, or learned men, sternly set
their faces against them. "They will
only bring the Giaours the sooner to
Stamboul," said they. "The further
we are off from them the better for the
welfare of Turkey and the souls of the
true believers" Even now, when they
have rendered such good service in ex-
pediting troops to the seat of war, they
hold to the same opinion, and refer to
the evident intention of the Russians to
seize the Adrianople railway in order to
facilitate their descent on Constantine
pie.
The Turks are opposed to roads in
general. The old ones they have left to
fall into decay, and they have construct
ed none 1t was only in 1s47 that Alb
dull Medjid established a Ministry of
Public Works. Precious little use it
has been. While forced by outside
pressure to contract with Baron Hirsch
for the building of the Adrianopie rail-
way, they yielded only when hundreds
of thousands of Ira had been paid over
in brides to certain personages, and they
seized the first opportunity to rescind the
contract. In 1s47 the ex-donkey- driver
and medical quack, Ishmael Pasha "a
Chiote slave by birth) who rose into i'm
perial favor by cutting the corns
of Sultans Mahmoud ii. and
Abdul Aziz, was sent to Trebizond to
build road to the Persian frontier. He
was provided for this purpose with 12,-
10000 piastres borrowed from the
Mosque of St. Sophia. He made q pre-.
tense of a road to the Boz Dagh, two
miles from TrebizOnd, and there he
stopped. He never accounted for thu
unexpended balance, and to this day il
has not been repaid to the mosque. A:
for the road, it rests, as the French say
a T'etat de projet. Two years ago iror
material was brought from England a
great expense to build a bridge acros.
the Golden Horn at Galata. The par
put upis falling to pieces and the rest j.
abandoned. Eight years ago q railway
was to be made between Brusa anC
Mondania, on the sea of MarmOra, som,
thirty miles over an easy route. A sur
vey was made, leveling done, and tn,
rails imported. The money has al
been squandered and nothing done.
might go on, but this will suffice to show
you what hopelessly corrupt, lazy, ant
incapable race the Ottoman rulers are
and what folly it is to attempt to saw
them from the political suicide they arr
bent on committing.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-02-09
A South Carolina Horror.

The Barnwell Is. c. People of Jan.
18th, says. On the 10th inst, Coroner
Fleming resumed the investigation of
the burning of Stephen Enecks and his
family, on the plantation of Mr..
Sprawls. The confession of Dexter
McCreary, colored, to the jury, revealed
the details of the most deliberate and
fiendish murder that has ever been COM
mitted in our county. The confession
was to the following effect: On Tues
day, the LIST inst, Fortune Bush and Dex-
ter McCreary, both colored, agreed to
rob Stephen Enecks, who was reported
to have in his possession some $500 or
S3OO-the savings Of years. On Thurs
day night, the Sd inst, pursuant to this
agreement, Bush and McCreary met
near Stephens house, and at late hour
Bush effected an entrance into the
cabin by raising plank Of the floor He
next opened the door, admitted Nc
Creary, and they commenced their work
of plumber. The noise that they made
disturbed Stephen and his wife, and
they were apparently waking. Bush
then struck them successfully on their
heads with an Ak, drew their bodies
from the bed, pulled the mattress on
them, saturated it with kerosene oil,
which he had carried there, and applied
a lighted match to the mattress, DELHI
erately fastening the door in a manner
in which Enecks was accustomed to se-
cure it, by drawing a piece of trace
chain through holes in the door and
facing and putting a railroad spike
throughit. They left the burning build
ing through the floor, leaving the muir
dered man and his wife and their two
little children to be consumed by the
flames. McCreary claims that he
wished to rescue the children when he
heard their agonizing screams as they
were being burned alive, but was de-
tered by the threats of Bush. Bush
and McCreary were committed to the
Aiken Jail on Friday last.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-02-09

II III
announcer iamous uuei elu III. cor'o on
aoou' .en uays ~ =. 1anu D ar rcr,y'
near Ausus's' me iaii9le Vi tne hsn',
however U can u not pe ia'a 70 ahe cnarge
u VI. ". N. rIaAer. inc enanenger,
uno, wnen pursuing lns even Tenor .,
us way. carries r Ine sauale-oags ~ anu
alounu Inc ueorsla lowh ol !lwinI1n.
among ms Patienls was . wiuoM, VINO
gave MN morse IN paymen. OF ms zee
anu among Inc maze lnnaol,anIs OF IT
winton was lawyer, VINO cia!meo TINS
morse IN sa.lsiactlon OF Juog,nenI
wnicn ne neio against tne son OF tne
ooctor PAIlen.; Inc disPuee grew into
= quarrel, ano 1ne quarrel gave 9iItn 70
olows. Inc man OF qullls ana leSai
cap issued note 10 the man OF squuis,
charging MN WIN eowaroice ana Al
wlcne9ness; 70 wnlcn tne man Oh sqelis
rephed oy an invitation 70 meet at Sand
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-02-09

Cure for Ear-ache.-Put about drops
of laudanum and 4 drops best kerosene
oil into teaspoon; put in little bit of
cottOn-batting-about enough to absorb
the mixture; hold the spoon and con-
tents over lighted candle or gas-light
till it begins to hiss with the heat, turn
the cotton over, apply spoon and con-
tents once more to the heat, then pinch
out the cotton; put it hot into the ear !;
tie a bandage over the ear to keep the
heat in, and relief is immediate. hyou
are subject to ear-ache, keep little box
with q small vial of each Of the articles
named, and you can get relief at all
hours of night or day in few moments.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-02-09

The Keokuk Northern Line Packet
Company has banished the bar from all
its boats. These bars have heretofore
netted the company &12, 900 year.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-02-09
TO CORRESPONDENT.

All Recommendations Tor this paper should be
accompanied by the name of the autiior. NOT
necessarily experimentation, but as evidence Of
only on one side of the paper Be particularly
careful in giving names and tiaics, to have
all letters or figures plain and distinct
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16
YING CONCEALED
WEAPONS.

We have never believed that
legislation could do much TO pre-
vent this evil any more than enact
ing laws will prevent drunken
ness The Legislators however
have done what was required Of
them to protect society, and they
should be supported by the strong
force of public opinion. The prac-
tice should be made so odious by a
common consent of all Law abiding
people, that q man or q boy would
as soon think of exhibiting q pack
of cards or q flask Of whiskcy, as Il
pistol, inn public place. Most of
the papers we have seen omit one
very important section, and that is
in reference to selling pistols and
cartridges to miners and @intoXica
ted persons.
We publish the act in full and all
parties interested r requested to
20 read, ponder and abide by its
provisions. Put away your pistols
bnt keep them ready for burglars,
sheep killing and suck egg dogs.