The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-05-10
WALLIS AND WILKINS.
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n 10 nefce temptation Or deadly strife,
And lost their way in q maze Of fear,
Or periled their souls for worldly gear,
II BY way unknown angel hand
W uld lead them out Of the dangerous LAM
INTO the light of noble life
j e story is trne for the world to-day
i We see no white-robed angels milo:
II But out Of the dark and portions way
II Where men and women forget to pray
4 Into the peace Of q pnrer land
\ They are led by gentle, shielding hand
| line hand OF little helpless child.
No one is more profoundly sad than
he who is Obliged to laugh.
Absence is the sreatest of evils when
it isn't the best of remedies.
4 The Turkish language lis spoken r
about IL, 000, 900 of people in Europe
The first and worst of all fraudsh
to cheat oneself All ain is easy after
that.
"A Chinese proverb ssys: s'Gfeat
souls have strong willie; Others only feeble
Wishes"
Some men cling to their opinions
more tenaciously than they ever will TO
self-respect.
The beauty of the face is an enyis>
bile thing, but the beauty of the heart
lasts longer.
LIN the midst of life we are in debt
90 Court journal. ShakeI--[Stil
Lnnberman.
The rarest, and surely thp happiest
marriages, are between those who have
grown in love.
The Marseillaise hymn has been
formally recognized as the national an.
them of France.
There are 100000 cattle Illuminating
on the plains of Colorado, and about half
as many in Montana.
An nl-tempered word and o stone
are alike in that, when once Thrown
they cannot be recalled.
DESTINY.
Laura sits watching the clouds overhead.
Where are they going, j wonder -
Prosaie Tom, from the door of the shed,
81 guess they going TO thunder !"
81 Where are they going 2" Ethel inquiries,
Watching the cows as they pass:
Rudely shouts Bill, with voice like eriers
81 reckon they are going to grassi"
o.. Value the friendship of him who
stands by you in the storm swarms OF
insects will surround you in the sun
shine. -
BE very careful, if you regard your Il
self as the guardian of your honor, tia
you do not occupy the position 6f asiD
ecufe.
There is a peace more destructiyeo OF
the manhood of living man than wars
destructive of his material body. Chsn
are worse than Fbayonets.
"A paragraph about Q mule willkics
up more attention than one about any
other known thing. The reader always
hopes to hear OF the death of the mule
No matter how many of our laden
ships may come safely into port, that
one which was lost atsea will always seen
to us to have carried the richest cargo
Some people talk hours and cay
nothing; Others there are who, by the
mere lifting of an eyebrow or the gsss'
nre of hand, are comparatively eio'
auent.
He who is false to present duty
breaks q thread in the loom, and willss
the defect when a weaving of o lifetime
Is Iunsolled.
II know not which of the twain Lifts
man the higher genius or gantlenes
genius lifts him above Others, gentlenea
out of himself.
lie that hath really felt the bitter
ness of sin, will lear to commit it; ana
ne that hath felt sweetness of meEcyWll
lear to offend it.
If Paul Boyton should get stuck 70
The mud and frozen, to death, there arc
people who would miss him. He may
nave creditors.
LIS 9 good thing that the Chinee
can't Fead English. If they could they
would he putting on airs about tnS
lime, and raising the prices for washing
collars.
"A Lamb was put into q cage with
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