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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-01-11

Successors to Slocoinb. Baldwin / Go.
IMPORTERS AND DEALIsRs ny
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
Gums. Iron,
STEEL, NAILS. CASTINGS.
Agricultural Implements, Paints. Oils,
Metals, Tinware. Railroad Sop
plies. Blacksmiths and
Carpenters Tools,
Etc, Etc.
AGENT VI. 9. METALLIC CARTRIDGE
COMPANY.
Remington Breech- loadhig Gums and
Rifles.
IA Canal and 81 4 95 Common Streets,
Adjoining City tEota.
New Orleans. ia.
feb 81, 1878.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-01-11

SHORT STOPS
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-01-11

Tobacco.
Onr State Senate reelected the
eold officers.
warlike young ladies--Sally-
nooit and Em-hrasure.
Mardi4Gras will be on the 18th
~iar Of February, this year. Will
st be celebrated here9
Can and examine, and price us,
7before Purchasing elsewhere.
wv. BRYAN & Go.
Commissions for the etaicers elect
<of this parish have been received
sat, asse Office of the Clerk of Ce0Tt.
FROM and after the 18th inst.
atbe mails between New Iberia, La,
land Orange, Texas, via this place,
will be increased to daily service.
The remains of Beverly c. Dou-
GLASS. late seemss~r ~f' Congress,
have been removed 10 King VII.
liam County, Va, for inter1nesat.
We hoped to chronicle. this week,
the arrival of Mr.. Rsafi's rice mill,
but believe it has aass s~t pat IN Its
appearance. thoagaa anxieusiy and
daily expected.
DIR. Vim. Ell. kii%man aad Mr..
Allen }. Perkins, beth Of Lake
Charles, left last Saturday for New
Orleans, via Orange aud Calves
ton, Texas.
Mr.. Wells, Senator from this Dis
trict. has taken the oath OF office
and admitted to has seat in the Sen
ate. Mr.. King, his opponent for
the position, has served upon li.n
notice Of contest.
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We are ia receipt vi information
from above, to the effect that the
river aud its tributaries are rapidly
rising, and that a large quantity Of
logs are on the Mag. Purchasers,
make note os this.
Our Supreme Ceart has decided,
that en a trial for murder, "Tllat
the District Judge erred la cliarg,
ing the jury that when the killing
has been proven, malice will he in.
ferisd from tiae fact of the killing
Nine, Anderson, u pedeStfienDe.
is walking z, 700 quastermi IN 2,
zoo quarter hears, ia New York, fol
d wager. She wears a pair OF shoes
that have already served hel
sillrough over Z s00 miles.
Dr. Sanders, of the Teehe, has
had ON exhibition two sugar cane.
weighing twenty two pounds, AID
each &aving twentg7seyen natareo
Joints. These are said to be faii
samples OF his crop
The I.ouisiana State Lottery Co.
Aas brought an action against tht
proppieters OF the n %. Democrat
tor damages, in the sem OF S25,Ooo
because the Democrat on one oeea
-sion, iHtinatAd that q aertaan Win
sing number would not be IN tht
wheel.
JAS, 6. Psaixerson, Agent OF ses
LoMslaRs Western railroad Cem
paay, arrived here last Tuesday
the 18th instant. We had tn
pleasure Of aa introduction to Mr
Parkerson, who Is certainly . very
pleasant aud communicative gen
tlemaa. We learn FROM him thai
il is the inteption Of his compaHs
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-04-10
HILLsBORoUGH, HIGHLAND COUNTY, OHIO, THURSDAY, Al

Kentucky fought round their fallen hero
and, as retreating step by step they
| launched their swords and bayOnets
/ into the faces Of their enemies, said
with every blow, "Henry Clayw
1t was wonderful TO see how that
name nerved their arms, and called a
smile to the face Of the dying hero.
How it would have made the old man
Of Ashland throb to have heard his
name yelled as a battle-cry down the
shadows Of that lonely pass.
/ Along the ravines and up the narrow
pass The hero bleeds as they bear
| him on, and tracks the way with his
blood. Faster and thicker swarms the
Mexicans. They see The circle around
the fallen man, even his face upllfted as
a smile crosses its fading lineaments,
and, like pack of wolves seeming the
forlorn traveller at dead Of night, they
came howling up the rocks and charged
the devoted band with one dense mass
of bayonets!
Up and on The light shines yonder
on the tempest rock Of the Tavine. It
is the light Of the setting sun. Old
Taylors eyes are on that1ock, and there
we viii fight our way and die in the old
mans sight.
1t WIS a murderous way, that path up
the sterp bank of the rayine. Uttered
With dead, slippery With blood, il grew
!llaCkgT every moment with Mexicans,
md the defenders Of the wounded hero
fell, one by one, into the chasm yawning
around va
At last they reached the light, the
swords and bayonets glitter in the sight
Of the contending armies, and the bloody
contest rears toward the tOpmest rock
Then it was that, gathering up his
dying form-armed with supernatural
vigor-young Clay started from the arms
of his supporters and stood with out
stretched hands in the light of the set
ting sun. 1t was q glorious sight which
we saw there amid-t the battle-clOuds-
SANTA Anna's formidable army hurled
back into the ravine and gorged by
ERg oE little band. But more giO-
riog thing Was 70 see that dying man
Standing there for the last time in the
Light % hai sun which shall never rise
for him aesin,
Leave inef be shrieked, as lie fell
back on the sod u must die, and I viii
die herei Peril youT lives no longer for
me! Go! There is work for YOU yonderl
The AIeIicans crowded on, hungry for
blood. Even as he spoke their bayonets,
glistening BY hundreds, were leveled at
The thrOats Of the devoted band. By the
mere force of their overwhelming NUM-
bers, they crushed them back from the
dying Clay.
Only one fingered, brave mar, who
had known the chivalric soldier and
loved him long; ne stood there, and,
covered as he was with blood, heard
these last words:
Tell my father how I died, and give
him these pistols"
Lifting his ashy face into the light,
he turned his eyes upon his comrades
face, placed the pistols in his hands and
fell back to his death.
That comrade, with the pistol in his
grasp, fought his way alone TO the top
most rock Of path, only once looking
back He saw shiyering form CanO-
pied by bayonets. He saw those out
stretched arms graphing with points of
steel. He saw a face once lifted in the
light, and then darkness rushed on the
life Of young Henry Clay.
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TEE PARrTHn HnuR


There's something In rihs parting hour"
VIII stin The Warmest heart
Yet kindred. comrades, loTers, fFie1dA
Are fated an to part,
But this I'vo seen-and many panT
Has pressed Il on my mind,
The one who goes Is happier
Than those who stay behind.
No matter what the matter be-
Adventurous, dangerous far
Tot Wild deep or bleak frORifeF,
To solitude or war.
stnI something cheers the heart thai 6ores
mall OF human kind;
Aud they that 20 nre happleR
Than those who stay behind
The bride goes to The bridsrroorlis hone
With doubling and with tears;
But does not Hope her rainbow spread
Across hercloudY tears9
Alas the mother who remRins,
What comfort eau she hnde
But this-the gone IS happier
Than the one she leaves bshIad.
Haveyou Atrusty comrnde dear
An old and valued frisndG
BE sure your term Of sweet eonesuER8
At length will have an snd.
And when you part-aa part Tq1 VIII -
o take g not unklnd,
Ifh0Whoroos b hHpplsE
Than the one lac leaTe8 bahlnd
God vITsH 20. and soltsE
, The pilgrim on the way,
Though weaE and worn nore oh hGsrfal aEos
Than all the re1t Who stay.
And when, e LASS poor nan, szadRee.
Lies down 10 death resiEned. H
Nay he not stlll be lIapHier iaF
Than those he leaves behindf
As the spring won On and The Eoather E0t
All sultrinEly 8uiiTy and dad hiaEod hot,
The late Mr.. Brown declared he'd not
Be melted 70 dead in that dry Eo0lg stOro,
And hence he concluded he'd wear no moEa
The underShlrt be erst had wore.
A little Uold IN his dslIcatsIung.
A little song BY the church choir sung
A little eorpae % the gfayeyurd brung.
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Al the Dentist,s.

One day recently man rushed into
the office of a well-known dentist
dropped into a clair, and begged to
have a certain tooth examined, and, if
necessary, extracted. The dentist leis-
urely examined it, found that it had
been filled at one time and that the fill
ing had partly come out.
"WhOever did that made botch Of
it, said the dentist.
81 don't know" said the sufferer, ''it
was done in Brooklyn, my home"
"Ah I from Brooklyn? Well, must
say you've got some frauds there-two
pretty big ones
"And who are they ?' inquired the
Brooklyn man, beginning to forget his
pain in his rising interest.
"Why, Henry Ward Beecher for one,
and T. Dewitt Talmage for another,
and out came that tooth.
'Oh !-h-h !-ow /! :! ! Thanks, how
much ?"
And as he paid the fee, he laid a card
on the table ard walked out.
And then the dentist picked up the
ard and read on it, ''T. Dewitt Talmage,
3rooklyn," and then went to the door
md gazed after the patient as long as he
VAS in sight, and then went to the
,albcr and had his n.oustache shaved
sff and his hair dyed
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,iettine Back TO white Peopls.

y In Mr. Stanley's record of his African
( travels he thus describes his impressions
on drawing near the west coast and see
I ing white faces for the first time in
many long months:
"We had gradually descended some
Eve hundred feet along declining spurs
when we saw scattered string Of ham
mocks appearing, and CLEANS of startling
whiteness, such as were given by fine
linen and tWills. A buzz of wonder ran
along our column. Proceeding little
further we stopped, and in a short time
I was face to face with four white-ay,
truly white men! AsI looked into their
faces blushed to find that ! was won
dering at their paleness. Poor pagan
Africans-Rwoma and DziHji, and man
eating tribes of the livingstone! The
whole secret of their wonder and curl
Osity flashed upon me at once. What
arrested the twanging bow and the
deadly trigger of the cannibals2 What
but The weird pallOT Of myself and
Frank In the same manner the sight
of the pale-faees of the Embomma mer-
chants save me the slightest suspicion
of an involuntary shiYer. The pale
color after so long gazing on rich black
and richer bronze, had something of an
unaccountable ghastliness. could not
divest myself Of the feeling that they
must be sick; yet, as l compare their
compilations to what l now view, I
should say they were olive, sunburnt,
black. Yet there was something very
gelf-possessed about the carrisgeo Of these
white men. 1t was grand; q little self
pride mixed with cordially. could
not remember just then that had wit
messed such bearing among any tribe
throughout Africa. They spoke well
also; the words they uttered hit the
sense pat; without gesture, they were
perfectly ineligible. How strangel 1t
was quite delightful to observe the slight
mods of the head; the intelligent facial
movements were admirably expressive
They were completely clothed and neat
3lso; ought to say Immediately clean.
iaunty straw hats, colored neck-ties,
patent leather boots, well cut white
clothes, virtually clean l looked from
them to my people, and then fear
felt almost like being grateful to the
Creator that l was not black as they, and
that these finely dressed, well spoken
whites claimed me as friend and kin.
Yet I did not dare to place myself upon
an equality with them as yet. The calm
blue and gray eyes rather awed me, and
the immaculate purity of their clothes,
dazzled me. ! was content to suppose
myself a kind of connecting link be-
tween the white and the African for the
time being.
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Joke ona Canyasser.


An old cauvasser tells this story: 81
had been visiting and working with See,
q good agent in central New York. He
was full Of fun and day work, with cheek
ike q brass log and head Ikea tenpennY
nail. We had worked hard with scanty
results. We had travelled % miles to
sec man, only to learn that he had
moved out West a month ago; we had
convinced another by hard four hours
talk that lie should insure his life, only
to learn that his father and mother had
died Of consumption, that he had some
little trouble with his lungs = not
enough to matter anything-bless your
soul, as sound a man as you will
find in all this section OF course we
didn't want his money. Toward night
Of the fourth day We Wearily wended
our winding way, with only Eve small
applications of insurance, into a
little town where See was well ac-
quainted. Stopping at the doctors
Office, which was on the second floor Of
a neat building, and open, he said I've
got two or three cases here who can be
easily written up; you take q seat and
Pn 20 out and find one and bring him
in In q few minutes he came back
with a pleasant-faced, rather plainly
dressed man, whom he introduced, say
ing: Mr.. Green want to introduce YOU
10 Mr.. Fessenden, who has been think
ing or life insurance, and who would
like to have you give him a full expla-
nation of the principles Of the business
and a description Of the plans of the
company He turned to me and said:
He don't talk much, but he is very anx-
Gus 10 hear tell him the whole story!
Mr.. Fessenden bowed, extended his
land for a shake, and sat down in list
ming attitude, and began. III ever tried
o give full history of life insurance, I
lid this time; he looked pleased and
interested. / then took up the plans of
the company, and eXpa lated upon their
many advantages at considerable length,
concluding with the question Well,
Mr.. Fessenden, what DO you think of life
insUTanCeP There was no answer but
the same steady, pleasant gaze. is there
anything further which can explain to
your Again no answer and no change
Of expression. 1t had just dawned upon
me that there were mice in the building,
when q ripple Of lau hter came from
the head of the stairway, and Mr.. Fes-
senden handed me a card bearing the in
scriptiOn: I am deaf and dumb; Mr..
See said you would make me hear if
any body could In my fierce anger I
hurled my chair at the open stairway;
lfter a prolonged rambling mixed with
hard words, l heard from the bottom
voice saying: 'WeH, he said he wanted
to hear, and I knRE oU wanted to talk
This closed Lly eng ement with Mr..
See I can't bear a man who will take
advantage Of unsoPhisticated- Innocence
in any such way.P
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-04-10

WoRK AND HoPE-Two children were
crossing the Strait of Dover. The girl's
face was turned to theland they had Just
left forever; but the boy looked forward
to the white cliffs they were approach
ing. Lulu's eyes were filled with tears.
She was leaving the land of her child
hood for a home among strangers. 90,
Fred" she cried, chow fast the land re-
Cedes! I can just see q delicate purple
line-soon. it will be out of sight" "Yes,
but never mind France, Lulu. Look
ahead, and see the new home We are
nearing" replied Fred, as he gazed
over the tossing sea to the land. And
tears were soon dried in thinking and
planning the pleasures of the new home.
How, like Lulu, we are apt to weep for
the joys gone, and to mourn for the
world we must leave. But how, like
Fred, We should be looking ahead, be-
yond the angry waves, 10 our new home
in the distance.
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L-1- = IT-1--1------7l q II ~
The Soldiers, Home, DAYTON, Ohio.


The Soldiers Home, Dayton, Ohio.
There is nothing so difficult as
the beginning, except perhaps the
end." That is what is the matter
with me, in endeavoring to describe
this beautiful Home, created for the
manned and disabled veterans Of the
United States. But I know the
friends of the soldier will be com
forted by the knowledge that the
brave spirits Of the war are well pro-
vided for, and hence viii tell you my
plain, unvarnished tale
The Soldiers Home lies nestled
in valley of the Miami, on gently
rolling ground, diversified and sur
rounded by hill and woodland, in a
wealthy agricultural country, four
miles west Of Dayton. Ithss direct
connection with the outside world
by railroad. The grounds comprise
about 800 acres, and are laid out in
beautiful and picturesque style.
As one approaches this quasi militia
ry village, the handsome and sub
stantial buildings stand out promi-
nentIy on a gentle rise Of ground,
and a new stone church, with its
spire, crowns the whole.
There are some twenty-siz build
ings devoted to lodging purposes
capable of providing for 1000 men
The dining hall, an immense brick
structure, presided over by Sergeant
Allen, a very energetic gentleman,
will accommodate 1900 people at
one time. This hall is filed three
times each meal, thus feeding the
multitude at present residents of the
Home.
To a cosmopolitan it is indeed
treat to live here. To philosopher
the study would be endless Here
reside denizens from nearly every
portion of the world Here daily
and hourly you hear the ''rich
Irish brogue" and the ''sweet Ger
man accent" As for tales of fire
and food, battle, shipwreck and toll,
they are all around you in living,
crippled, battered sternness-the
sad relics of the war. Here, If any
where, should History be written,
for the actors are here now. In 8
little while they Will all pass away.
Day by day I hear the solemn
sound of martial music, as some
worn-out brave goes to his long
home. The little white headboards
on the cemetery hill are stretching
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Ladies' on Horseback.

Riding on horseback is a useful as
we'll as graceful means of exercise, too
much neglected by young ladies. A
canter for a few miles is a most admir-
able promoter of female beauty and
health. The cheeks, the eyes, lips. and
every feature Cf the fair equestrian,
when she dismounts, possesses the fresh
and sparkling grace which is one Of the
most important requisites in feminine
loveliness, and which can he impaired
only by the purity of the blood and its
brisk and equal circulation, which are
produced by temperature and exercise.
The pale, sickly and languid cOunte-
nance of that lady whose hours of leis-
ure have been passed without occupation
within her chamber, or in listlessly
Iounging upon a sofa or couch, may pre-
sent attractions TO such as have selected
their standard of beauty from among
the victims of a round of fashionable
dissipation; but every man of sense and
genuine taste, will prefer the ruddy glow
Of health, the active agile step and
cxhuberant voice of her who is accus-
toned to spend some time of every day
in active exercise on foot or on horse
back, in the open cir.
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The AIIleators nnd the Or.

The Tallahassee HOridian says: ''That
the alligator should attack an OK will be
surprising news even to those who are
thoroughly familiar with the habits of
the fresh-Water monster. The FlOrididR
has been furnished by an eye-wit-
ness with the interesting details of a
strange encounter at Lake jackson. The
OK went into the lake to drink, and was
attaked by the alligator, whose mouth
closed on the foreleg Of the animal,
crushing the bone. The OK started I'M
mediately out of the water, dragging the
alligator. Enraged with pain, the poor
animal roared and plunged wildly, en-
deavoring to horn his antagonist. Mean
time the edge of the lake was black
with the shouts of alligators which had
smelled the blood that ran from the OK
when first struck in the water. Four or
five of the monsters crawled out, and,
with wide open mouths, started for the
attack. Meanwhile the OK loosened the
hold of his antagonist, and smarting
under the wound, went in with infuriated
ardOT to the assault Of the reinforced
assailant. He caught one of the aIligators
on his horns and threw him high in the
air, the clumsy thing falling heavily to
the ground, where it lay stunned.
Another was tossed far into the lake.
But the gallant OK was, by a false
maneuvFe, again in the water, in which
element his activity was impeded, and
being surrounded by bis foes, one Of
which caught him by the nose and
pnlled his head under water, he soon
fell victim by drowning"
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dered in behalf Of the schools. Over
one-half Of this work could be more
satisfactorily performed by the coun-
ty suPerintendents Of schools, thus
etecting a clear saving to the tax
payers Of over $4,000.
The annual institute fund of Ohio
amounts to about $4,000. Much
OF this money is expended uselessly,
as the result Of the imprsoticable
nature Of the instruction given BY
the instructors, who are often unfs-
mlllar with the real needs of those
whom they are called to instruct.
One-half of the sum now expended
on institutes could be saved, or in
stltutes could be sustained twice as
long as theynow are, by the manage
ment Of the county superintendent.
Supervision Of country schools
would not increase the school tax
one farthing. It is not more money
that is needed. Ohio already paws
more, per pupil, for instruction
than other States, having supervis-
ion, pay. Our country schools want
such a system as will bring better
results with a less expenditure OF
money. Experience points to super
vision as one of the best agencies
for securing efficiency and economy
in pubhe-school management.
The subjects treated of in the fore
going pages are worthy of more
consideration than they have re-
eeived. The limits of this circular
forbid the discussion Of many points
which might properly be considered
in a more elaborate effort. Super
vision is advocated as the best means
of improving our ungraded schools.
Other refsrms must necessarily fol-
low. All desirable changes will net
be effected at once. Time is an i'm
pOrtant factor in al refOrmations.
Whatever may be the result Of the
insugurated last summer,
so far as securing needed legislation
is concerned, it has already been in
strumental in directing public opin-
ion to the management Of an i'm
pOrtant interest, and must inevitably
work some good, although its prime
objects are not at once attained.
ALsTON ELLIS,
JOIN HANCOCK, Com.
CHARLES ". OAKEs
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Young Folks Corner,
- RoNANcE oF AR1THMErIc.

aTbe most romantic Of al numbers, says = VII
ter In Chambers Journal, els the ngure nine o9-
cause It can't be multiplied aayior got Ila oL ~
~ Whatever voudo, g Is e. sure to turn up
sgsfu ss was the baby Of Eugene ARMS Vic5im-
one remarkable property Of this ng1re tsala $500. u
have been discovered by Green, who uleq % ~ ~
DTodnct comes TO nine. Multiply ny WnaL go4
ike and il will give the same result. begn Viz
tvTics nine. is; add the dgits together, ana an4
g, h yoes on M TO eleven times Q, are 90. very
GOOD. add the digits; and are IS, and and afe
3. Take q couple Of instances NJ random- hieo
hundred and thirty-uine times sre s 5lo5ii ada y
re 6gurss and they give 9. Five thousand ano
uavenfv-ope times are As $50; the sum OF the dls
its is 81. and 2 and are .. NJ. De Maivan found
o1f another queer thing about this uumbsrs name
", that # you take any row Of ngursss ana
ing their order, make euDlracIlon sum q IT, '-
totaI il sure to make nine-