The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-02-01
FACTS AND FAKCIRS.

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| The reason why more homage i Ill
to wealth than wisdom, aays d Rn.s;s,a
poet, lis because one can borrow wealsl
hut not wisdom
HAVE i nota right to be saucy II 4
please !" asked q young lady of Al \ aI 4
bachelor. Yes, If you pleases b ss
not If you sdisplease.s Z" 4 '''1
Mo1uvRs are better than actions NJ.
DRIFT into crime. t1f evil, they al M, 0,,s1
than they contemplate, and of good tbsg
contemplate more than they do.
AN editor Wrote leading artisle J,
the lair sex, in the course Of which ii
said: :" Girls of seventeen or eightsar
are very fond of beanx.s' When IN
paper was issned, he was rather shoekas
to discover that an unfortunate tvp0.
graphical error had made him nv II
g Girls of seventeen or eighteen are yery
fond of beans.o
That boy was q true philosopher Rbo
when he lost his kite, Thought he womb
cry about 1T, but immediately after en-.
cIueed not to. and went home whisslinr
When asked if he WasD't sorryto lose IA
treasure, he replied: !" Yes, but i cap4
fool away much time in being sorry: I'm
inst going to make q new one. and /
guess better ONE
Po8PEY AJAX JoNEs, being asked II
repeat his inquiry, said. Wait L Ak ara
dis: Ef q man may go to my house wen
4 amt dar, an low he's gwine to take
de law on me fop de watermelum dat l'se
done pay fo',, an scar my ole woman Is
dat she pay him once mo; Kin dat b
isidered . case.of geetin' money by black
male OATS what i az
Ar {" French Bee ffor studantsof
that languageO the other evening,
question was, "what il the French iii
Sweet William ~ The answer mae,
{" Billy Donx." He was knighted op fhe
spot. AT any wonld5he knighted aah
Con what spot 4 shall only reply that
this must remain mystery, for as any
billiard player would intern you The
spot can never be plain. Punch,
"A HITCHING POST is cheap thing, and
any man, after feeding his horses, eanset
up one before breakfast. But a neglect
TO do this ia only an idea at the GhaEac-
ter OF man. b isnot the only deficiency
about the premises. Byclose inspeciion
lit will he found that nearly ell The little
improvements and conveniences which
should be about all darms, are naiszing.
The owner is halt, lame and blind To hs
duty.-- lows State Register.
AMONG the other curioaities On ezliis
hilton at the American department Of fhe
Paris exposition was a spring chicken
from 40 American boarding house. 1he
chicken was taken to the guillotine on
morning. hut, when the heavy knife tel
ON its neck, the fowl gave q frightened
sguawk, and, after one or two heavy
pulls, jerked it's head away from under
the knife and made it's way hack 70 lk
coop i'm the exposition. The knife Mas
semitic the foundry for Fepaiss.
That love is stronger than hale,
kindness than sel6ahness, forgiveness
than yindictiveness, need net In qnsg'
TONED. But the love nnust he genuine
moi a csunterteit; the kindness ppst ~
nnfeigned; the forgiveness mAst ~
from the heart; and with the fe6e6ey
rate only this can be. 10 acquire ma1e
and more of this power should he tNe M
rious aim Of all good people; and olhe3g
IN the acquisition of ~, we READ apa
ponder the Sermon on the Mount ~
tells men what they must aim q, apa
what they must try to become. nv me
study OF ideal principle, motives Ase
purified, hopes are sustained, and bright