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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-12

and the ambition of all the provincial
Fencing masters Is some day to teach in
Paris. To become nditye d'arnss in
Paris only one way is open-that of
skill. An aspirant must be able to hold
his own with the best masters there,
and q series Of victorious 'assaults"
confers the coveted breset de j,Ointe OF
the Ecole PolytechniQue or the Ecose
Centrale d'Escrime, the rendezvous OF
the best fencers. Different masters in
Paris have their supporters and schools,
as they always have had. Once it was
Lafangere who was known as the Rot
a. Escrtn,e in the days Of the first Napo-
leon. He was the inventor of the coup
d'drret, the "time thrust" which has
held its own ever since as the highest
proof OF skill in fencing, when properly
employed. Coulon was equally cele-
brated in his time, and Grichet was the
master when Louis Philippe was King.
In the early days of the Second EN-
pire nj. Bernard was the recognized
chief, and NJ. Robert held the first place
at its close. M. Louis Merignac Is the
first master in Paris to-day, and Desa-
ROLES has special fame as a trainer of
actors: The Oldest fencing master now
in Paris Is M. Ponce.
Paris is not the only city where good
fencers are to be found. On the con-
trary, the German capitals have excel
lent schools, though the point is subor-
dinated to the edge by most Germans;
In other words, they prefer broad
swords to foils. The student duels, so
famous at Bonn, Dusseldorf, Gottingen,
and Heidelberg, are always fought with
the schNgeT, a narrow basket hilted
sword, ground as sharp as razor. while
the fencing schools devote most Of their
time to broadsword work.
In Stockholm and Copenhagen are
some OF the best fencing schools q thel
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
Business.
Chicago Tribune.

/ Chicago Tribune.
The imperturbability and extreme
caution of the average pawnbroker are
proyerbial. On Saturday young man
of an experimental and tscetious turn OF
mind resolved to astonish pawnbroker
or die in the attempt, 80 entering the
secret shrine he gave the officiating
pontiff ten dollar gold piece, and said,
We'll, old man, how much,l you adj
vance me on that?" The pawnbroker
tasted, rang and weighed the coin,
dropped little aqusfortis upon it, and
replied, ssI can let you have four dollars
ON it," "Four Erebuses!S cried the
young man; "why, it's worth more"
!" Well, yes" answered the pawnbroker,
"the gold is good, evidently, but it is
very old-fashioned-it was made in 1884
and isn't worth any more than its
weight as old metal. Besides there are
such fluctuations in gold and silver.
I've seen gold up to 285 and silver down
to "a; how do i know but that silver
may go up to 285 and gold down to 81?
I can't take any risks in my business
like that, you know. But I'll tell You
what ] will de-seeing it is you. ] don't
mind letting you have five dollars on it,
but don't let the boss know, for he has
the heart disease, and the shock might
kill him." Gimme seven dollars, and
and pu take it," said the impetuous
youth; but the pawnbroker shook his
head so sternly that he knew it was no
go, and so, picking up his ten-dollar
piece, he departed. He returned three
minutes afterward, and, throwing down
the same piece, said to the pawnbroker:
"Say, can you give me two fve-dollar
greenbacks in change for this ?" Ger
tainly, air, said the pawnbroker, calmly,
and produced the notes. "Yeu sweet-
scented old idiot" said the young man,
as he pouched the bills, that's the same
ten-dollar piece that you won dn't lend
me seven dollars on at interest minute
ago." SCI know it, my friend" said the
but that was business
that was business"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28

At London, England, and Bremen,
Prussia, the longest day has sixteen and
half hours.
AT Stockholm, in Sweden, the longest
has eighteen and half hours.
AT Hamburg, in Germany, and Dant-
zic, in Russia, the longest day is seven
teen hours and the shortest seven hours.
AT st. Petersburg, in Russia, and
Tobolosk, in Siberia, the longest day has
nineteen hours, and the shortest five and
q half.
At Wardhuys, in Norway, the longest
day lasts from the 21st of May to the
Pa of July without interruption; and
at Spitzbergen the longest day is three
months and half.
AT New York the Longest day has
fifteen hours and fifty-six minutes: and
at Montreal fifteen and o half hours.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
Duties of a Queen.

The London correspondent of a Liver.
pool paper says: The labors of q queen
are more onerous than those who look
upon royalty as q round of pleasure may
believe. For example, it may not be
generally known that during the six
months prior to the departure of her
majesty for Baveno, about 1,7O0 boxes,
containing dispatches from the various
departments of state, were Forwarded to
the queen at Balmoral, Windsor, etc,
for her majesty's perusal, confederation,
signature, etc. This statement I receiy-
ed from one in q position to know its
truth. During the last twelve months
the number of kilograms fewing into the
foreign Office, day and night, from all
parts of Europe, have been unprecedent.
ed, probably, in any previous adminis-
tration. The India Office, the war
Office, and the colonial Office have each
contributed enormously to the dis
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
He Knew the Machine.
Western Farmer.

Western Farmer.
One day just before harvest, an Ohio
farmer went to Cincinnati to bly, q
reaper. A delighted agent collared the
granger and dragged him to his ware
house. AS they walked down the well.
stocked room, the farmer, in medita-
tive mood, quoted the line, "There is 8
reaper whose name is Death" but before
he could start the second line the agent
broke in: "Ah, yes, ] know it, sir. j
know it like book. We handled that
reaper one season, sir, and I'd take
sc, 900 out of my pocket this minute if it
would undo the damage that reaper did
our business in that one year. You
don't want it, sir. You don't want to
look at it. The machinery is compiled
ted; it gets out OF order easily; you
have to send clear to Akron for new
piece of gearing; it doesn't cut clean,
and it nearly kills the horse. Jams
their shoulders all to pieces, sir. I
know that reaper, sir. LIS an old, old
style, sir, and you don't want it. Now,
here, sir, I can show you q reaper
that" But the astoniahed farmer
just interrupted him to say that he
knew the reaper he mentioned was an
old style, but be was certain that it did
its work well, though, all the same; it |
wasn't the kind he wanted, and he had
no idea of buying it to work on his farm.
He bought another reaper, blood thirsty
as Cossack, and red as an autumn SUM-
set, and the agent told how nicely he
sold reaper to an old fellow who came
in there Just dead set for some old
machine that he had never heard of
before.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
THE TWO IrsHrs.

T" When I'm a man." the STRIPPING cries
And strives the coming yearsHo sean
All, then shall be strong and visa
When I'm manf''
"When was young" the old man sip,.
6 Bravely the lark and linnet sung
Their carol under sunny skies,
When was youngi"
r When I'm man, shall be free
To guard the right, the truth uphold, :,
+" When / was young ] bent no knee
To power or gold"
81 Then shall satisfy my soul
With yonder prize when I'm man..
Too late found how vain the goal
To which ran.'
When I'm q man these idle toys
Aside for ever shall be flung"
There was no poison In my joys
When was young"
The boys bright dream is all before,
The mans romance lies far behind.
had we the present and no more,
Fate were unkind.
But, brother, toilin9 in the night,
Still count yourself not all unblest
II in the east there CLEANS light,
Or in the west.
Blacktcood's Mdqasins,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
Selected Bo,try.

TEE TIME OF Lowers Is BRIEF.
From the depth Of the green garden -cioses,
Where the summer in darkness dozes,
Till autumn pluck from his hand
An hour. glass that holds not a SAID;
From the maze that flower-bed incloses 2
To the stones and sea-grass on the strand,
How red was the reign of the roses
Over the rose.crowned land
The time of lovers is brief;
From the first fair joy to the grief
That falls when love is grown old,
From the warm, wild Kiss TO the cold,
From the red to the white-rose leaf,
They have but season to seem
As rose-leafs lost on a stream
That part not and pass not apart
AS a spirit from dream to dream,
As sorrow from heart to heart.
From the bloom and the gloom that ineloses
The death-bed Of love where he dozss
Till relic be left not of sand
To the hour-glass that breaks in his hand,
From the change In the gray garden-closes
To the last stray grass of the strand,
A rain and ruin of roses
Over the redrose land.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
TEE figures of the estimated compars

lee figures of the estimated compare.
tive cost OF the several routes proposed
Tor the ship canal to unite the Atlantic
and Pacific, as given in yesterdays dis.'
patch, are probably wrong. "A Paris
dispatch says the sub-contractor ON the
cost of the work, reported that the
Tehnantepee project would cost e4O,-
100000, without including the cost of
the terminal ports; the Nicaragua e2S,-
100000; the Panama e4s,00O,0O0, exs
elusive of the indemnity to the railway
company; the San Bias $4,000, 900;
and the Atrato Eippi rcute s44J 100000.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28

matches received by the queen, many
hundreds requiring her sign manual
The duty, moreover, il not affected by
absence, as, for example, at Baveno, the
post brings daily heavy bag to the
chateau, while the telegraph supp les
work for the interval"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
4dil.is. An' 1Ilnin'.

that he'd be proud OF.
HE dug his bait and of he hied
Unto the rlacid Neuse's side
His hook sank in the wave;
He sat with basement very wet,
But only one bite did he get,
And that-mosquito gave.
Ifs always big fellows that get to
the front in crowd. Look at the
strawberry boz for instance; the little
ones are always at the bottom.
."Do you ever go to meeting?" asked
q minister of bluegrass Kentuckian.
Certainly, sir, twice year; spring
meeting and tall meeting, SIR
"A Frenchman can not pronounce
"ship." Seeing an ironclad, he said to
boy, Is dish war sheepf" "No,"
answered the boy, ''it's ran."
AN evil passion sinks us below the
level of the brute. 1t was Rochefon-
cauld who said, "When our hatred is
violent it sinks us even beneath those we
hate"
"A poetess sings: "Tho' ] were dead
my heart would beat for thee" This
would certainly be "dead beat !" AMI
it strikes us the poetess assumes too
much poetic license.
If the devil has q fair chance at yon
once he viii be sure to look your way
again. There is an old proyerb TO the
effect that when the wolf gets one lamb
he locks for another.
Tit for tat.-Msmma Ito Hamilton
who has been put in the corner because
he would not say "please"): I" You msy
come out now" Hamilton. "Not fiIf
you say please mother."-CPunch.
Scene in 8 Cambridge BALLROOM.
Snodkins to very young lady-Are yon
engaged for the German, Miss W.
Very young lady-Alasi Mr.. Snodkins,
I am. Snodkins-So sorry; You were
my last hope.
There is at least one thing which no
one ever saw, and that is the facial gyra-
tion a man makes when he is feeling for
in the dark and doesn't know
at what moment he is going to collide
with half-open door.
"A little boy once called out to hi
father, who had mounted his horse fora
Journey, "Good-bye, papa, 4 love yon
thirty miles long" "A little sister
quickly added, +" Goodbye, dear papa
ron win never ride to the end of my
ove."
IAN Irishman, at the imminent risk
# his life, stopped q runaway horse lev
lays ago. The owner came up alters
while, and quietly remarked: "Thank
'ou, sir" An faith, an how are yea
,oin' to divide that betwane two of usw
eplied Pat.
Greatness and usefulness In THE
world, little men, do not depend on
ize. The smallest thing about o mans
rousers is the suspender button. But
nst let it snap off while be is presenting
lie respects to his hostess at an evening
,arty. An ulster that would ft Golian
Vouldn't cover his confusion. Il Hawk
ye.
Mrs. Whitefour had company
Tow, if there was one thing more than
aother on which Mrs. Whitefour pridea
erself it was her cooking. "Wili you
~ some of my aponge cake, Mrs. la1r
said she; g it isn't very
ood, to be cure. i never had such poor
'ck in my life IS did in making it
Why, map cried Johnny In amaze
lent, "you said yesterday that wss
ae best sponge cake you ever maae Z
ableau.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-28
A CURIOUS STORY.

a OOh1OOb SIOhAS
How Napoleon III Was to Have Rec0R
mixed the Southern Cenfeheracy.
Letter by the Hon. James Lyons. of Richmond. t.
Col. Magrnder. of Baltimore.
will relate conversation ] had al
my house, Laburnum, near Richmond
with Count Mercier, the French min
ster, in the month of May or early part
of june, 1862. He, it will be recollected
visited Richmond by permission OF the
northern government, but was inter
dicted from holding direct intercourse
with President Davis or any of his cab
net, and he spent nearly two days OF his
time at my house in Henrico. In point
of fact, rs the sequel will disclose, he was
sent here (by Mr.. Seward with view
to make peace. In the course of days
discussion in my library, he asked me a
great many questions; among Others,
the question:
"Oan you whip Met lelian ?" who was
then lying with an army of two hundred
thousand men within ak miles of Rich
mond, confronted by Gen. Lee.
] told him in reply that ] felt sure we
could and would, and if the emperor of
the French would open the ports and
keep them open, we would march to New
York, end not ask the loan of man or
dollar. With great animation he
sprang to his feet, and said in French:
eff such be the temper of your people
you are invincible. But why do you
think You will whip Mcclellan 2"
answered: 4" Because the president
and sGen. Lee tell me they believe we
will"
Then he added: But do you know
how many men are bearing upon Rich>
mond?"
4 replied, ''the president thinks there
are 100000. GEN. Lee thinks not 10
many, but more than 10000"
To which he replied, "they are both
mistaken. There are 225,00O. Geral
Bnrnside's force at Port Royal is part
OF the force bearing upon Richmond
sent to Port Royal merely in the hope
oflinducing General Lee to detach part
,of,his army to meet it. i am just from
the war Office, and have all the statistics
here" ,[holding up paper which he
drew from his pocket) "but, "he added,
"iCan'tthis war be stoppedf Can't you
come back under the old fsgf"
i said: !" j suppose that is impossible,
tor MIR. Seward would not permit US tc
do 90 without the abolition of slavery,
and it would be useless to propose that
to the men from the extreme south"
To that he replied: "You are mista-
ken. II you will only return and
acknowledge the flag, MIR. Seward will
permit you to asturn without anyicondi-
tions."
"Whatli" said ], with the institution
of slaEery3"
Yes" he said.
] then said: Esut there is yet one
thing more to be considered. To use
the phrase which was so much hackneyed
with respect to the northeastern bound \
airy question of indemnity for the past
and security for the future we can't
ask, ] know, indemnity for the past, but
we must have security faF the future.
We can not live hereafter i'm the state \
Of harassmen and excitement in which
We have lived for some years past"
Then drawing his hand across q piece
'f paper lying upon the library table,
lpon the opposite sides of which we were
lifting, he said:
MIR. Seward win allow yon to write
Vour own guarantees"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-25
entered. with enthusiasm and

also entered, with enthusiasm and
success, into the improvement oil
the horned cattle of this section.
His exhibit at the Agricultural
Park is an exceedingly line one.
Our people will shortly find large
money in raising graded cattle, the
means for cultivating which is fur
pished by the fine herds of short
horns of such enterprising gentle
men as the Messrs. Johnston and J.
| w. Waters.
The Board of Directors of the
horticultural Society have changed
the time of reading the list of pre-
miums from this evening to this
afternoon at $50 o'clock. While
the people of the city find it more
convenient to attend the reading of
the premium list In the evening,
after the days business is over, it
is otherwise with many Of the
farmers, who often go home with
out hearing the list of premiums
read, rather than wait for that pur-
pose until near midnight. The
practice of reading premiums in
the evening is an innovation of
what is customary elsewhere. The
afternoon of the closing day is not
only customary, but moro conven-
lent to the majority.
An unpleasant and unfair occur
renee transpired in legal circles in
Los Angeles Thursday which the
HERALD forebore to mention.
Since, however, the matter has re-
ceived publicity, it is only justice
to all the parties concerned that we
should state the facts of the case.
The Messrs. Brunson & Wells and
Wicks & Wicks, two law firms of
unexceptiopable standing at the
Los Angeles bar, and at the bar of
the State, were arrested for embez-
element, on an information made
on oath by Theodore Lynill, Esq,
q lawyer of Anaheim. When they
were arraigned before Justice Bald
win and the circumstances were
explained, the gentlemen accused
were discharged, from the bench.
The circumstances were ridiculous.
ly insufficient, in the estimation Of
the magistrate, for any other ac-
ton on his part. 1t may be well to
state that, in the transaction on
which the Information was based,
not dollar passed between the
parties; and it was, in the opinion
OF every person conversant with
the facts, utterly impossible to at
tach an implication of unprofes-
sional conduct in the matter to
either the Messrs. Brunson & Wells
or Wicks & Wicks, or any of them.
Immediately upon the honorable
and emphatic discharge of the ar
raigned gentleman, u complaint
was sworn out charging Mr.. Lynill
with perjury. A hearing will be
had in this case as soon as the de-
PENDANT can be arrested and ar
raigned. The general impression
is that the original complaint was
malicious and uncalled for.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-25
AGREEMENT.
9th OCTOBER, |
Fourth Days Races.

The attendance at Agricultural
Park was again fair yesterday. The
first race was o trot for the 2:55
class. Inez, Major, Ireland, APP
prentice Boy and Lady Washing
ton were tho entries. Major won
the race in three straight heats.
Time Of heats, 1891, 2:3S. 1891.
Inez was a good second and Fie-
land was distanced the first heat.
In the second race, trot free for
all, M'liss, Bullet and Inca were
the entries. M'liss took the first
heat in 2:35. 1t was awarded to her
not 30 much on her own account as
for the bad breaking of the Others.
Inca won the second heat In 2:3s,
M,liss being distanced. Bullet wol
the third heat in 1888.
The trot will be concluded to-
day. Further details of to-jay's
programme will be found else
where in this mornings HERALD
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-25

L E.Bequett-Half peck white
beans dry, So.
M Serrot-Half peck kidney
bush beads, 81.
DEPARTMENT FoUR-CLAss FOUR.
Committee, e G Brown, Mrs G L
White, Mrs G A Beebe.
B Machado and r. Valdez
Best cheese under one year old, SIS.
f ] Barretto-Best display of
butter in rolls, $40.
M w Talbott-Second best do,
Horticulturist.
DEPARTMENT FoUR-cLAss FIVE,
Same committee.
Mrs Il X Green-Best Biscuit,
81; best corn bread, So; best rye
bread, ST..
Mrs Catherine Boyd-Best brown
bread, So; best display of bread,
SIS.
Mrs e Graham Best wheat
bread, So.
Miss Lizzie Spencer, best bread
made by young lady not over 1e
years of age, from flour manufac.
tured by Lankershim & Van Nuys,
silver medal.
Owen Caldwell, best syrup made
from grapes, $40.
DEPARTMENT 5-CLAsS Z.
Committee-J D Crank, Frank
Lowe, S M Campbell.
Decentralization ornamental
foliage plants, So; collection new
and rare plants, So; collection roses
In bloom, So.
Mrs H nj Rosenbaum-Display
cut flowers, SIS.
Adolph Straus - Display bou.
quets, SIS.
DEPARTMENT 3-CLAsS 8.
Same Committee.
Geo 7 Rehabilitation minerals
Illustrating geology of California,
Diploma.
r w Observation-Disclosures nat
ural fishes, diploma.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-25
The Sugar Questian.

A press of matter crowded the
following report out of yesterdays
HERALD:
In accordance with previous
notice a pretty fair representation
of Southern California met Thurs
day afternoon in the Pavilion to
discuss the beet sugar industry.
John II. Shields was nominated
for Chairman, but preferring to
take notes, he nominated Senator
J. p. West, of Compton. who upon
election took the Chair.
Mr.. Gennert was kept busy an
swering questions and commenting
on reports and statements of facts
from two o'clock until near six of
the afternoon.
Mr.. Rudisill, of Riverside, re-
ported an experiment that he had
made In drying genuine sugar
beets sent to him by Mr.. dennert.
Precisely at noon of October the
10th 100 pounds of freshly cut
sugar beets were exposed to the
sun. At noon on the next day the
beets had dried out to 294 pounds,
at noon OH the 18th to 25A pounds.
The mercury stood on the days of
driving as follows:
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-25
ENTRIES.

baby Albert Schreck, age 10 mos.
weight 10 lbs, Los Angeles.
2-Babies Louis and Louisa Burns, ag,
10 mos, weights IA and 10 lbs.
3-Baby Julia Castero, age 10 mos.
weight 20 lbs.
baby Louis Z. Ranney, Compton.
5-Baby Richard Lane, age Az mos.
weight 23ls lbs, Downey.
G-Baby Edward II. Geigrich, age mes
weight 16 lbs, Les Angeles.
7-Baby Pearl Santong, age mos.
weight 22ls lbs, Los Angeles.
S-Baby Sidney Albert Driscoll, Pasadena
9-Baby Clarence Whedon, Los Angeles
10-Baby Lawrence Weisser, West Los An
geles.
11-Baby Guy Halliday, Santa Ana.
12-Baby Carrie Ramboz, Norwalk.
13-Baby Margarita Moore, Los Angeles.
The Committee on award consist.
ed of Mrs. L. w. Hellman, Los An.
geles; Mrs. j. f. Crank, Pasadena;
Mrs. Hirschfeld, Los Angeles; Mrs.
Gen. Stoneman, San Gabriel, and
Mrs. b. Chandler, Los Angeles.
The first premium-silver medal
was awarded to baby Margarita
Moore, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Moore, of this city; second
premium-baby carriage-to baby
Pearl Santong; third premium
a silver cup-to baby Carrie Ram.
boz, Of Norwalk.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-25

Leonard Parker to Kate Parker, his
wife-Lot 3, Anaheim Extension, 43.1
acres; love, etc.
Same to Eva Linda Lewis, his daugh-
ter--Tract in Sec II, as her separate es-
tate-bad description; probably 10 acres
gift.
Same to Mary Handy, his daughter
10 acres S OF tract conveyed TO Eva Linda
Lewis ABOVE; 81.
Same to Lydia Thompson Parker, his
daughter-20 acres in N w corner of Sec II
T4S II 10 w, Rancho San Juan Cajon de
Santa Ana; 81.
Fl Fruit to Henry Neill-Lots s, 8, 10,
blk 4, Fruit Addition to town of santa
Ana; 1925.
Fritz Reuter- to August Reuter-Lot 7,
blk Is, Santa Ana; 500.
JE McComas to X @ Kirkpatrlck-Lot
4, blk Al, less % IT on s end, sold to N
Scott, and lots 8, g. andS, blk 81, Pomo-
ma; Sl00.
Santa Gertrudes Land ASSN to Sher:
man Washburn-SW n of Sc "a SEQ II L
8 R12 W, Rancho Santa Gertrudes; $1,000.