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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-14

dollar per acre. omitted to say that a
fair days work in cutting for the eight
men and the driver of the machine IA
eight or nine acres. To see the immense
supply OF succulent growth at the time
OF cutting-not less than thirty or forty
tons per acfe-one would suppose that
the finest and driesr weather nould be
necessary to secure the crop. 1t has 20
happened that for two years it rained
nearly every day while we were cutting,
and for week after. But not q huns
dred pounds were spoiled, except where
chance shock was blown over.
THE ONLY OBJECTION TO THE CROP
is, that it is so rich in sacharine matter
that it can not be housed. A section of
one of the stalks is nearly as sweet as
cane, and, however dry it may appear,
it will heat or ferment in the NOW or
stack. 1t must stand outside doors till
used, but If well shocked it keeps very
well, and opens out fresh, and bright
and fragrant. / feed all the fodder cut
and steamed--having SO arranged as to
cut four or FIVE tons an hour-and find
that cattle, sheep and horses perfer the
fodder SO prepared to the best hay, or
any other feed can place before them.
Those who are not prepared for cutting
and steaming will find the fodder as It
comes from the field a most superior
feed, as good as or better than the best
hay.-[A. O. Woles.
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Advice 10 a New Choir Singer.

Dear Miss--This is an important
epoch in y ur life. The first thing to
make good choir sing is to giggle a Lit.
tie. Put up your hair in curl papers every
Friday night, 80 as to have it in good
shape Sunday morning. If your father
is rich, you can buy some store hair. If
he is very rich, buy some more and
build it high no onto your head; then
get high-priced bonnet that runs up
very high, at the high pa of it, and get
the milliner to plant some high grown
artifcials onto the highest part of it.
This will help you sing high, as soprano
IL the highest part. When the tune is
given cut, don't pay attention to it and
then giggle. Giggle good deal. Whis-
per to the girl next you that EN-
Jones, who sits on the second seat from
the front ON the left nand side, has had
her bonnet trimmed with the sa ne
-olor exactly as she had last year, and
then put your book to your face and
giggle. Object to every tune unless there
is solo in it for the soprano. Cough
and ahem good deal before you begin
to sing. When You sing solo, shake
the artifcials off your bonnet, and
when you come to a high tone
brace yourself back a little. twist
yoGr head TO one side and open
your mouth the widest on that
side, shut the eye just trife, and then
put in for dear life. When the preacher
gets under Roadway with his preaching,
write note on the blank leaf in the
fourth part ofsyour notebook. That it
what the blsnk leaf was made for. Gees
somebody to pass the note to somebody
else. and you watch them while they
read it, and then giggle. If anybody
talks or laughs in the congregation and
the preacher takes note Of it, that ia
good chance for you to giggle, and you
ought to giggle great deal. The
preacher darsen't say anything to you
because you are in the choir, and he
can't run Westinghouse at both ends
without the choir. If you had a beau
before you went into the choir, give him
the mitten-you ought to have some
body better. Don't forget to giggle.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

Every speech in congress costs the
country about $4,000. not including the
trouble of reading it.
Although petroleum has been known
to exist in Japan for 1900 years, it was not
utilized until 1875.
A well dressed young man and a
young woman very richly attired have
been doing some of the principal IN.
terror towns OF Pennsylvania. They repre-
sent themselves as q runaway match, give
the names Of prominent Pittsburg lawyers
as friends, and under the pretense that they
want money to reach home and be forgiven
attired young lady is beardless youth and
the welisdressed young man a swindler.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-14
Protecting Agriculture.

Mr.. President, / think need go no
further than this into the statistics OF
our agriculture to satisfy every one that
there is no more important interest to
us, nor any for the advancement OF
which Congress can afford to Iegislate
more freely, more literally, and now /
come to speak of particular subjects
under the head of agriculture that I
think ought to receive far greater atten-
tion from Congress than has hitherto
been accorded to them. Legislation
looking to the improvement of the meth.
DDS of practical agriculture, by the APP
plication thereto of scientific knowl-
edge, is of the first Importance. It is
the imperative duty of Congress to pro-
vide means wherewith scientific investi-
cations on behalf of this particular in
terest can be most intelligently and
most thoroughly prosecuted. The
ablest scientists whose services can be
secured should be kept in employment
by the Government in this boundless
field for useful inquiry and research. Ii
is fact well known to all that every
crop in nature. in all sections OF the
country notably those of greatest
value, all cereals and vegetables, all
fruits grown in our orchards and gar
dens, of every name and variety and de-
scription-have their natural enemies,
some of which are climatic or atmos-
pheric, some dwelling in and upon the
soil, while yet others are terminated by,
in, or upon the very victims of their
hostile assaults. Domestic animals are
subject to diseases, some of which, un-
der favorable conditions, become cpl
demic, and entail ruin upon farmers
throughout vast sections of our great
agricultural States. Next to good soil,
good seed and faithful farm husbandry,
the chief essential for success in agri-
culture is protection Of the products of
the farm-I use the term In it's broadcast
sense-from those enemies and diseases
that on every hand beset them, and our
Governments can engage in no work
more laudable or more useful to the
whole country than By well-directed in
and research to reduce the
annual loss by such causes. Take the
case of injurious insects alone, not to
speak of domestic pests, nor Of those
that prey upon our timber and cause
ships to sink and buildings TO fall. The
damage indicted upon our agriculture
By the species that destroy our crops is
perfectly appalling to him who, never
having given the subject careful atten-
ion, enters for the first time upon its
Three hundred millions
s given as fair estimate of the dam
lge that has been done by insects In one
rear. Hon. a. s.. Paddock, IN the q.
8. Senate.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-14

Ar Los Angeles, Cal, in almost every
yard you behold the mature orange
trees, or those soon TO come into bear
ing; Ia fact, the mania has become SO
greet that they ere now set out on side
walks ii lieu Of shade trees
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-14

subterranean passage from the nearest lake
being no longer present, the earth gave way
and dropped into the snbterranean vacuum.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-14

Savannah News: The regular annual
reports of the officers, etc, OF the Georgia
railroad and banking company have Just
been published, From them 1t is shown
that the amount of dividends declared by
the road SINCE the war nearly equal in
dends being 81, 618, 586, and the co eital stock
being put down at $4,000 600. 1t is also
shown that the gross earnings OF the road
for the five years past have averaged 81, 1885,
900 per annum, and the net have averaged
$3.50 900, or ten per cent upon the capital
stock, Though both gross and net have
fallen of, the management are hopeful that
they have seen the worst.
Tampa (FJa) Tribune; Thursday OF
last week it was discovered that q sink hole
had formed on the telegraph road between
here and Fort Meade, about ten miles from
here. The road ran near about through the
center of the sink, which is about forty feet
in diameter and az round as . circle. a pine
tree, fully seventy feet tall, that stood By
the road, went dow and It's top is few
feet below the surface OF the ground. The
sink has filed UP to within six or seven feet
of the surface OF the surrounding ground
with water, out of which the tree top stands
some three feet. There seems to have been
shifting also OF the surrounding ground
for distance Of fifty yards all around the
margin OF the hole. The water which has
appeared in the sink is Of deep azure
sink that has occurred In tlis region, which
il noted for the number Of its beautiful
lakes, within the last few years. another one
having formed q few years ago, about
mile from this one. On account of thGlight
rainfall since last autumn the lakes 10 that
reeion are getting low, and it il supposed
that lib water support to the vault Of some
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-16
THE TURF.
Last Day of the st. Louis Races.

ST. LOUIS. June l4.-The interest in
the races continued, and this, the last
day, was quite as brilliant both IN re-
suits and attendance as any preceding
one. The first race was the Consolation
Purse, for beaten horses, dash one aud
a quarter miles, for purse Oi $50.
Pools sold Good Night, 100; Bell Bass,
35; Ella Rowctt. 20; Chiquita and Glen-
more, ID each; field, -. There were IL
starters, and "A sharp contest ensucd.
Bell Bass led at the finish by half n
length, but was set back 10 the last for
foul riding on the part OF his jockey and
the race given to Good Night, who was
crowded 10 the rail down the home
stretch: Glcnmorc was second,
and Chiquita third; timc, 2:lOl.
The second race was the Lucas and
Hunt stake for two year obi illi"s,
dash thrcc-quarter mile, 500 added.
Twenty-six entries and six starters.
Carter 4 Go. and VIM. COttrill each had
two starters and both brought 800 IN
the pools against SO for the field.
Carter x Co.'S Bye and Bye was the
winner. Cottrrll's Moderator second, and
Manitee third. Time. l:l7t.
The thIrd race, Association purse,
was for 500, 500 to tine second horse,
mile heats. best three in five. Seven
entries and six starters, McHcnry being
drawn. In the pools before the race
IncOmmOde sold for Si2J and the
field for sos. In the first heat Largcn-
tine won by head, IncommOde second,
King Faro, third. Time, LAS. Pools
now sold: IncDmmOde, $3.50; ;SIrgentine,
500: Faro, So; field, so. The second
heat was dead heat, between Short
Line and King Faro, Garbrlell third.
Time. l:l3I. Pools now ranged. King
Faro. $50: Sargentine, SO; IncOmmOde,
S55; field, So. The third heat was
taken by Sargcntine by half head, In
comrnoAe second, King Faro third.
Time, la. Sargentine now became a
strong iayOrite selling from 500 10 800,
the field from so 10 $40. The fourth
heat was won hy Sdrgentine by good
length. King Faro second, Short
Line third. Time l:47f
The fourth race was an extra ever
a selling race Of [! mile, dash for the
Bauman cup, 500 was added by Watts
4 Co. There were nine entries and
starters. Pools sold: Matagonda, 800
90 $50; field so To SlG0. Enquiries
took the race by half length; Matagon-
da second, and Bill Dillon third. Time
l:jS.
The fifth race, another extra event,
was a match ior..S2OO a side, one mile,
over four hurdles, between Cannon and
Troublesome. Just as the horses started
a tremendous wind storm came up and
the horses were completely shut from
view by dust. Troublesome came in
first. Time :5S.
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FOREIGN.
The HanIan-Elliott Race.

New CAsrLE-oN-TYNE, June l6.-All
the sporting houses in the city are
crowded 10 night. When the amount
was small > TO | on Hanlan was ac-
cepted but on large sums to was the
ruling figure.
As the wind changed during the last
few hours, il is believed Monday will
be fine day.
Col Shaw has written to the Sports
man, urging that ii Hanlan wins the cup
he be allowed TO take 1t 10 Amer
lea. and points to the precedent
Of the Ashley belt. The editor OF
the Sportsman observes i'm this con-
ncctiun that he understands from Col.
Shaw that il the cup goes to America 1t
vii! be- regarded aS Il symbol Of both
English and American aquatic
supremacy. The Sportsman says that
the trustees of the cup have promised
10 carefully consider the question raised
by Col. shaw.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
SrrrrN. June l5.-Whilc the steamer
Ouhcus, bound for konigSburg, was
living i'm this harbor, her boiler burst,
and many persons aboard were killed.
Ten bodies have So far been recovered.
The Po St.n Rising.
ROVE. June l5.-The waters OF the
Po are still rising I'm the Mrrandala
district $4,000 hcrtoreS are submerged,
and 5000 qucntals and $4,000 head OF
cattle were destroyed. An inundatiOn
on the Oda is also threatened.
There have been destructive hail
storms i'm north Italy.
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WATER SPOUT.
EIcncn Pcrsnns DroMncd.

DEADwoop. u. T., June l4.-At Buff
falo Gap. Thursday night, 10y a sudden
rise and overflow Of Beaver Creek, Caus-
eel by the water spout, eleven persons
were drowned. The names were Mrs.
Moore, Mrs. Rhodes, Oliver Rhodes,
Frank Reed, CLYDE Rhodes, Cliff Rhodes,
Maudc Rhodes. the last there were chill
dren. al emigrants on their way to the
hills from Mills county, Iowa, and four
men golng irom the hills to the railroad,
names unknown. Two were team
owners, one a passenger and the other q
night h,-lrr. Five minutes from the
tnst alarm the whole country was
flooded, and the water subsidized almost
as suddenly as it rose.
pEADwooD. June l4.-Further par
ticu!ars oi the c,oud-hurst near Buffalo
Gap Thursday evening, obtained from a
passenger on this evenings coach, show
that the water commenced rising about
5 Soclock i'm Beaver Creek nine miles this
side OF Buffalo Gap, station on the
Sidney stage road and about ninety-tWo
miles from Deadwood. Near the banks
of the creek were Camped party OF
mne persons from Mills county
Iowa. four from the Black Hills
and the Montgomery Brothers
x Clark's freight outfits loaded with
10000 pounds, principally home-stake
machinery, which was nearly all des-
troyed and scattered for miles around.
All the wagons, with one exception,
were destroyed, and a few mules were
saved. No estimate can be made Of the
loss at this writing Nine persons were
drowned, whose names were given in q
previous dispatch.
-Four bodies have been so far recover
cd. The water covered space forty
miles wide, and it subsided within two
hours after the rise. Fragments oi
wagons, &c, were seen three to five
miles from the scene of the
disaster. All the creeks around
the hills were unusually high.
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- pnint Rreeze Fire.

PM ,prLpHrA, June 1.-The fire at
Point Breeze smouldered all night but
is under control this morning, though
the ship Hudson is burning IN the rIver.
TGe Inss bv Yesterdays fire is about
Si0O O00. OF which so, 1000 will fall upon
Tor,Ien, Frew 4 Co., and like amount
,,,,Hr the Atlantic Storage Company,
oi,Lnngb the entire loss falls eventually
"n tbe Standard Oil Company. The
los M by both fires will approximate hall
, million dollars.
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Por Adiitlonn Marl,t. S,e Fourth P1g,.
Base Ball

WoRcErYR, June II. - Albanys .,
WOrcesters 3.
BosTOY, June lI.-BostOns I, Cleye-
lands 3.
HoLYoRE, June l4.---Ilolyokes II, Ma
iOnals 3.
SPmSGFIELD, June li.-Springfelds
Y, Hop Bitters 4.
PRoyIDENcE, June li.-Proyidence 4,
Cincinnati 3.
Troy, June li.-Troys 10. Chicsgos 9.
SYRAcrsE. June li.-Bufalos 10, stars
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Lutheran Synod.

WOOSTER. o., June 1.-THE forenoon
of the fourth dav of the Lutheran synod
,yos Given To the Home Mission Board,
and the appointment Of such h"ard ioT
the next two years. The German boarI
of Home Missions was consolidated WIN
the English Board.
The Boarl Of Church Extension re-
portcd AMI was discharged. .
I'm the afternoon, the chief matter oi
discussion before the synod was the
pavmcnt of loans made by the Board 70
tho churches
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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Two Men Killed and Several
Seriously Injured.

Eo>wrrL. IND.. June l4-About
o'clock this evening about $50 took
shelter i'm a low shed from severe
Storm. when thuuderbOt struck
the shed. separating and passing down
each side OF il, killing instantly two
mer Mike Wavman and Lew Sherand,
and fatally iujuriug John James ami
John Lame, while Lorenzo Stover, Dr.
i. W. Grern, Samuel Gay and another,
name not learned, were seriously m
furrd. The crowd was called together
f,ru shooting tournament at this place.
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TIE FEST.
Last Day.

CIyCINNATI, June l5.-The Saenger-
fest closed to-day with an immense pic
ME at Inwood park. The sky was over
cast in the forenoon and but a few
thousand people were there by
noon. but the clearing weather and
delightful breeze in the afternoon
called multitude. \ careful estimate
places the number in attendance at about
$4,000. The extensive grounds were so
crowded that it was with difficulty that
the programme OF the exercises was
carried out. All, however, passed off
without accident. The next Saenger-
fest will be held in Chicago.
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SEVERE STORM.
Accident to an Excursion Party

New YORK, June IA short but de-
structiyr wind and rain storm prevailed
thi, afternoon. great number OF trees
were proStrated, some houses unrooicd,
and platc-glass windows broken. \
sail boat was upset in North river, and
the inmates were rescued with
treat difficulty, Another storm oc-
rurrpl in the evening, during
which the Concy Island steam
boat Twilight, crowded with re-
turning eNcurSioniSts, was run of the
battery bv the Thomas Collyer OF the
same line. The excitement WAS great
aboard the Twilight for time, but all
the passengers were safely landed bv the
Collver. The Twilight WAS badly dam
,y.i
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Shot Herself

CIxCIxNATI, June l4.-Mrs. Sigmund
Van Lowe. OF Vienna. Austria, shother-
self. with suicidal intent, at the st.
Nicholas hotel this morning and cannot
recover. Her husband returned to
Europe last month, since when she had
no communication from him, and be-
coming despondent she resolved TO end
her life.
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Cnnricted of PolYgamy.

SALT LAKE, June 14.-Geo. Il. Rcy-
uolds. bigamiSt, was to-day sentenced
10 two wears Imprisonment and $500
fine lie is the first Mormon convicted
Of polvgamv since the passing o! the act
i'm 1862. and every effort was made to
nreyent his conviction. 1t Is expected
that he Will leave here tomorrow morn
inc on his way to the Detroit peniten-
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Two Men Killed and Two Injured.

TEERE HAUTE, ISD., June 1.-Two
brick masons. Walter Kindall and Har-
den Brown, were killed by the cayingin
of new sewer building on East Maine
street, this forenoon. Two other men,
Patrick Fitzpatrick and John Bass, were
injured, the latter having broken leg.
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Weather InIIicntinna

WssHINGToy, June 10, IA. M-For
Tennessee and the Ohio Valley. rising
barometer, cooler northwest 10 south
west winds, in the eastern portions oc-
casional rains, and generally followed
by clear weather.
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PRODUCE.
N ew YORK.

NEw IoRK, June -CottOn-Stcady
nj l2}6l2.c. Fluur-Quict; receipts 49,
900 barrels; suprriinc state and western
:; I0tn3 50; common to good extra 50 ~
Gf4 - good To choice - 05CiI 80; white
wheat extra - 5iC,j -; extra Ohio
81 00lG6 On; -. Louis - DOdG 90; Min.
ncsota patent S6 OWd7 75 Wheat
Quiet; receipts 5000 bushels; rejected
spring 7Gc; No. dO SiGS No. do
0l@ 02c; No. > do II Oi@l On; ungnded
do S3cC"Sl O3; ungradcd winter red u IL
al IA; No. = 10 II lsl@l lSl mixed
winter II lGl0l II; ungraded amber
II l4Grl IA; No. > do II l6GJl l6l un-
graded white - -: No. do 81 lIlG9
/ -; No. do, sales 1900 bushels at
II l0lml IL. Ryc-Quict; No. west
crn ole. Barley Dull. Malt-Nomi-
nal. Corn--A shade iirmcr; active; ~.
ccipts 2S3 600 bushels. ungrsded I2(p
BE; steamer i3a i3l No. > I3!@44c;
old do. I4lc; No. white 52c; high
mixed I3!c Oats Dull and heavy; ne
jected }jc; No. 3 white 37ic; No. 2 do
3SH3Slc; do white $50 39c; mixed
western 3SCd IOc; white western 3S(aIlic.
lIay--ln fair demand. llOps-Quiet but
firm; yearIings 2d4c. CoiIee-Quiet
and unchanged. Sugar-Firm; fair tO
goo -cfning q 5.lGm7 7.l6. Molasscs
Dull and unchanged. Rice-Steady;
Carolina GlGr7c. Pctrolcum-Dull and
easier; United G0.c; crude 6ta6lc; re-
fined 6tc. Tallow-Stcady. ROsin-
Dull and unchanged. Turpentine-
Firmer nj 2Glm27c Eggs Steady; west
ern ll@l3lc. Pork-Quict but steady:
old mess - 3jta9 30; new mess $40 20a
10 %. Beef-Quiet and unchanged. Cut
Mcats-Fairly active and steady, long
clear niddlcs - 20; short clear - 37I.
lard iighrr: prime steam - Ib(a8 AL.
Butter Quiet; western &c. Cheese
Easier. western 3lmGlc. Mhisky-Dull
IlcmlOck sole, BucnO- Avrcs, and Rio
Grande, light, middlcs and heavy
weights lglm22ic. Wool Demand ac-
tive; domestic fleece 3lCI 10; pulled 70
Ca:SSc unwashcd 01 32c. Mctals-Steady
and unchanged.
Baltimore.
BAL1IMORg. June l4.-Flour-- Easier
bnt not quotably lower. Wheat
Western firm for spot and near delivery;
easier for later delay; No. 2 Penn
sylyania rcd frmcr at 81 ~; No. 3
western winter rcd spot ~ lGI: seller
June 81 lji; seller July u l2Cgl l4i;
seller Angus 81 ~; seller September
II o. Iml OS. CoIn-Weslern steady;
western mixed spot and seller June
and July 43ic; seller August IiICa44
seller September Ijlr. Oats-Quiet
and nominal. Rye-DuIl and un-
changed. Hay Fairly steady; prime
Pennsylvania 81 OOSi3 %. Provisions
-ileli firm aud nominally unchanged.
Buttcr-Dull and easy; choice western
l0CGl l2c. Eggs-Actlyc and firm at No,
l5c. Petroleum. Weak aud lower;
crude &C.; refined 7ic. CoGee-Firm
and quiet; Rio cargoes lItGlItc.
Whisky-Stcaiy and firm at 81 O5iG9
l07.
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Died

NEsPogT, X /. June I4.-Mrs. Mathew
{. Perry, widow Of Commodore Perry, Of
japan Treaty fame, and mother Of Mrs
Augus Belmont, died this Afternoon at
her daughters residence.
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Mssting Postponed,

CorurBUs, o., June l4.-The meeting
Of the Democratic State CentrA SolII liL
mittee. which was to have been neLu DCI'
here tomorrow, has been postPol.eu "iA-
III after adjournment Of Congress-