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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

I
At half-past one o'clock Sunday
morning, the natives of Orange wer,
startled by terrific explosion, fol
lowed in few minutes by the wils
alarm of fire. There were many mer
on the streets, even at that late hour
and the fire was soon discovered in
the store building of Moore, Stewart
4 Co., on Front street, and men
enough reached the spot in time to
prevent what otherwise would have
been a most fearful confagration.
The fire was evidently the work of an
incendiary-a thief, who having stolen
certain goods that are missed, applied
a match to cover up his track. Forth
nately, the fire did not get under very
great Roadway before it ignited a
canister of between five and seven
pounds of gnn-powder, which explod-.
ing seems to have almost entirely ex-
tinguished the flames-at the same
time bursting out some of the windows
and otherwise damaging the building.
When the men entered the building
it was so full of smoke as to be almost
suffocating. Water was near at hand,
and the little fire left was soon ex-
ed. The engine was gotten
out in good time, but fortunately there
was no need for it. All losses were
covered By insurance. ~
Judge ID. r. Wingate, we are in
formed, has about made up his mind
10 build another mill. We are glad
IF it, because we should dislike very
much, indeed, to see SO experienced
md staunch q manufactures as Judge
Wingate withdrawn from the lumber
business of Orange.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18
Southern Military Companies
hnvfted 10 Participate i'm the
inauguration 0fr Giar,fieId.

Washington, Dec. l0.-Col. ii. c.
Corbin, Secretary of the Executive
Committee, having in charge the inau-
guration ceremonies, has sent an inyi-
tation TO every military company in
the South, and the replies are very en-
conraging. It seems probable that
nearly every State in the Union will
be represented by a local military or
civic organization. Arrangements are
made to secure half fare on the leading
roads. andifrom letters already received
from the managers of trunk lines it is
probable that this viii be done. A
festure of the occasion will be a special
train from the Pacific slope with mill
tary companies and visitors.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

m. O. Picayune. /


Frank NJ. Arnes VS.. the New Orleans,
Mobile and Texas Railroad Company,
ct ais This canse being submitted,
the court declares and DEGREES that the
petitioners respectively agree to dis
charge the Louisiana Western Railroad
Company from nll of the claims against
them.
The section of the railroad of the
New Orleans. Mobile und Texas Rail
road Company surveyed, constructed
and used between Vermilionrille and
the Sabine River and all the tracks,
etc, connected Herewith are, by con-
sent of parties and the decree of the
court, vested i'll the Louisiana Western
Railroad Comp my, as fully as held by
any and I'LL OF the parties aforesaid,
and discharged from their rights and
their claims.
The parties af ,resaid consent and
the court DEGREES. that the Louisiana
Western Railroad Company shall be
substituted to the purchase made by
the purchasing committee, under the
sale made by the muster or Trustee.
The master is To- execute directly to
said Louisiana Western Railroad Com
pany a deed Of sale for the specific
property aforesaid to that corporation
being all Of the section Of railroad from
Vermilionville to the Sabine River.
without any payment except as speci-
fed in this deer se.
Plaintiffs aud petitioners have agreed
to accept the sum of $50 900 in satisfac-
ton of all clainis on the defendants. to
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18


i Dallas, Texas, Dec. 13.-The Sane
tifcationists, who were dispersed BY
'.Diviue command !" to garner the cot
ton crops, have received eight" to as
semble in this city, 10 await the coming
of the Second Christ. The advance
guard, under the leadership Of apostle
Henry Mnhler, put in an appearance
last week, and has been holding quiet
meetings in the suburbs. The where
abouts of the aTabernacle" was made
known to the immediate neighbors, on
Saturday night, by the pehemence of
Mrs. Lizzie Cohenhagen, who, besides
breaking eight panes of glass out of
the window, danced the .'can-can"
stripped to the skin. In her animated
fervor she repeatedly fell over the stove,
burning herself severely about the limbs
and body, and bruising her eleven
months child, which, just before swoon-
ing, she snatched from the bed and
held in her arms. Yesterday .physi-
clans were called in and found Mrs.
Cohenhagen and her mother in q pro-
found coma, snperinduced by nervous
excitement and want of food, of which
they had not tasted tor over fortyAeight
hours. Three men were also found
lying in the fence-corner, where, accord
ing to their statements, they had been
Frustrated by the Holy Ghost, and or
dered to remain there in silent prayer
until they received eight" Food was
administered to the women, but at this
writing they are still Frustrated and
speeches.. Henry Cohenhagen says
his wife is the bride-elect of Christ,
and was ordered to reveal herself to
the faithful sin the purity of woman
before the fall and the Garden of Eden"
The men in the fence-corner say they
are accepted apostles; that bad they
not been disturbed they would have
fallen asleep while in deep prayer, and
with the coming promised eight
would have cast off mortality, and, like
Christ after the crucifixion, would have
enjoyed on earth the spiritual life of
the Savior. From them it was also
learned that Sister Rice, the co.laborer
of Haynes at Corsicana, had died in
this city, at the residence of her father
in-law, which was subsequently, con-
frmed. Sister Rice's malady resembled
hydrophobia. the sight of food and
liquids throwing her into spasms. She
proclaimed with her last breath that,
after a short and peaceful sleep, she
would be resurrected and ascend in
the flesh to Heaven, like Elijah in a
flaming chariot, to return TO earth in
the near future, when the millennium
will commence. y
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

WAsHIxeroS, DEC. l5.--1he Presi.
dentto-dsy nominated Jndge WIN. B.
Woods, Of Georgia,to be Associate
Justice Of the United States Supreme
Court, vice Justice Strong, resigned.
He i now United States Circuit
Judge Of the Fifth Circuit. composing
the States of Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Texas lie was appointed to the
Office he now holds from Alabama,
butts a native Of Ohio.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

We learn some very interesting ant
startling facts, in the December mum
Der of Harper's Magazine, about the
comparatively recent movement to
wards giving women the same educa-
tional advantages as are given to men,
in those stndies which were previously
regarded as suited only tothe stronger
sex. In 1900 the twenty-four colleges
in the United States were open to men
only. Of the three founded from / 500
TO 1910, only one admits women, and
that only after lapse of seventy years
Of the seventy-fye colleges chartered
from 1861 to 1870, overfour-ffths are
open to both sexes. In a list of three
hundred and eleven institutions bearing
the name of college, one hundred and
seventy admit both sexes on equal
terms, and five admit women only. So
admirably have women sustained COM
petition with nenin securing the bene-s
fits of a collegiate education, and so
strongly has the progressive current of
the age set in favor of women in this
regard, that even the venerable and
classic shades of Harvard college are
now frequented by scores of female,
students.
A list of the studies pursued by wo-
men in American colleges, not only de-
monstrates the ability Of the gentler to
compete with the strongersex in mental
labor, but evidences the fact that in
the higher walks of professional life
man and woman may and will walk
side by side. English, French, Ger
man, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek
and Hebrew languages History, Ge-
ography, Arithmetic, Algebra, Plane
and Solid Geometry, Plano and Spher-
ical Trigonometry, Chemistry, Physics,
Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Zoolo-
gy, Mechanics, Astronomy, Mental and |
Moral Philosophy, Rhetoric, Logic and
Political Economy, are studied and
mastered to-day by thousands of wo-
men in our colleges, and their ''credit |
marks" compare favorably with those
of their male competitors, sometimes
actually exceeding them.
One of the consequences of this new
departure in the education of woman
is found in her entrance into the de-
partments of law, medicine and theol-
ogy. In the walks of journalism and
authorship she has achieved distinction
and prosperity. Soon all conventional
barriers will be thrown down, and fe-
male clerks, book-keepers, commercial
agents, merchants, dentists, physicians,
surgeons, lawyers, ministers, sculptors,
painters teachers, ETC., etc., will he
found in every city, and to very great
extent in town and country.
We pity the man who contemplates
this picture with envy or jealousy
God bless the women! They have
been kept in the background long
enough. We welcome them to seat
on the platform of the worlds conven-
ton, and we believe, in the exercise of
their new and enlarged privileges, they
will, as they always have done, elevate
and ennoble humanity.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

fIatfle Rock easzetts1
ssDo you plead guilty, ~4or not
guiltyr asked the Indge, address.
ing Simms. ...-
81 doesn't plead at all. I isn't
no lawyer. Yer can't ketch me
wild yer pirfts.1
ssLook ont, yon iInpudent rsscal-
Are You guilty or not guiltyr
s.Now yer's getting at de fackR
/ has de honor ter state dat I Ia
not guilty.
"Yes he is, Jedgey1 exclaimed
Cobb. "He Int me in de mouf wild
his fist
III nebber tech de man.
"Didn't you Int him In tho
mouth Y" asked the Judge,
"No, sar ] didn't put BAY ham
ON him. In fack, neber tech him.
"Judge, l swar on ds biggeF
Bible dat he mt me.
"Now, look a heah," SAID Simms,
de courts OF DIS IAN amt fechni,
cum enuf. When yer Jerks man
up on acharge yers got TO sfantiate
de charge. III Oar wuz NOAH cd
dycation 'mong de niggers an white
foiks oar wonlddt be nan De
trouble IN de courts. As my han
techip dis table, LEDGER And no
placed his hand ON the desk.
"fes, SIR"
'sDars whar yer's on Case
whyY Cordln' ter fosophy what
I've been studyin' you can't tech
nothlp. Oar is air tween my han
an de table. Ef my han tech de
table hit would stick OAR. Now,
look aheah, Anfny,o and the pris-
oner turned to Cobb, 'sis Yer gwine
ter put yourself III such a lgnerent
lightf fer's been a student too
long not to know better den dis.
Is yer gwine to add yer weight to
holm the cullud people ut Little
Rock to the gronn's Now, e. D
stugent. an a man what under
stall's fiosofy did l tech yerT
''Come to think OBJ hit" answer
ed Cobb, ~ don't believe yer did.p
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18
A NsagniGcens Coanfry.

[st. Louis Railway Regisser.I
According to the San Francisco
Chronicle, s'there are in Washing
ton Territory 20,000,O00 acres Of
the finest timber land that stands
upon the face of the earth. These
forests Lie ON Puget Sound, and are
accessible by the Sound and By
their streams running into tho
ocean, The most common trees ars
pine ANA fir. The latter averages
200 feet, and many of them are $40
feet i'm height and II Seet IN slians-
ter at the base. Cue stick of tim
Der Is represented to have been
hewed in these woods LA feet in
length and squaring "a inches ut
the smallest end, free from sap.
Eastern Washington consists Of
II, 100000 acres of grazing prairie
land. On this land grows . bunch
grass which is very nutritious, and
vegetables during ten months Of
the year. During the remaining
two months it stands in dry con
ditien, the cattle feed upon II with
the best of results. Five million
acres are wheat growing land,
which produced, this last year, 30
bushels Of wheat to theacre. Many
instances are known where the
production went as high - seven
ty or eighty bushels to the acre.
In the mountains, and, in fact, ~
every county in the Territory, coal
Is found near tile surface Off very
superior quality. IrOu i accessible
and OF very good quality 10 III por'
lions OF the three ranges Of noun
tains, the Coast, Olympic aud Cas-
cade. There are sishty-6ve varie-
ties Of fish in Puget Sound.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

London, Dec. Hide. Carver has
challenged Captain Rogardus TO q pi-
geon match for E5oo side. and the
championship Of the world. The match
is to take place in the neighborhood Of
London. They are to shoot at one
hundred pigeons.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

Especial TO the N. o. Times |,

Especial to the N. 0. Timesl
San Antonio, Texas, Dec. ll.-Yes-
terday afternoon "a drunken rowdy
named Dick Miller, riding q horse flu
riously through the streets, ran into
General ord's family carriage, upset it
and spilled the family in the street.
He was arrested and fined SaOo.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18
Texas Hsems.
Galveston News.l

Bee County.--The benefcence of
local option is apparent in our county,
aud adrunken man would be curiosity
on the streets of Beeyille.
Van Zandt Connty.-Wills Point
Local: Welearn from Major Mahaffey.
of the O'Neal House, that the German
carp fish in apond on his farm, near
town, are doing exceedingly well.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

One Of the most curious railways in
the world is the ten-inch guage road
running from North Billerica, Massa-
chusetts, to Bedford. 1t was at first
booted at by the people, but the road
was completed, making a length of
about eight and a half miles. There
are eleven bridges on the road, one of
which is over 100 feet long. The rails
weigh twenty-five pounds to the yard.
The road is well built and equipped
one grade is 1855 feet. The cars and
engines will at first light create wonder
and admiration. Their perfect pro
portions give them handsome appear
anee. They are constructed very near
the ground, giving them great advan-
tages of safety. The cars have an aisle,
with one seat on each side, in the same
manner as ordinary cars have two seats.
The length of the cars allows thirty
seats, each person having seat to
himself. The cars are supplied with
closets, water tank, are heated by steam,
and have all the modern improvements
They weigh but four and a half tons,
ordinary cars weighing on an average
eighteen tons. The trains run at the
rate Of twenty miles an hour with per-
feet safety. The engine is placed be-
hind the tender, giving great adhesion
to the track. They weigh eight tons,
and draw two passenger and two bag
gage cars. The cost of the road was
about D, 500 per mile.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

Boston, Dec. l5.--Mayor Prince.
flsmoafat was reveIseiea yesterday by
about 200 majority The Board Of
I aldermen stands; seven demoeraaa,
FIVE rerubliswns.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

"Johnr asked the doctor Of tho
apothecary's boy, 'sdid Mrs. Green
get the medicine ordered n y
guess so,s replied John, s'for ] saw
Grape en- the door knob this morn
ing
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

Josh Billings says, ssthcre Aie
two things in this world We afe
never prepared far.-.tuias.s
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18
TAxx Norrcr.-That we are the onl

TAKE EorroE.-That we are the only
merchants in Lake Charles who are
ceiling at cost. Don't forget that I
Bear in mind also that onr stock is
varied from a tooth-pick to two-horse
wagon. Get your Christmas tricks at
once, or you may come in just too late.
]. W. BRYAs 4 Co.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18
Words Of Wisdom. ,

The Lake Charles ECHO publishes
regularly the deaths caused by Whisky.
1t seems if people would just let Whis-
ky alone he would not hurt them. No
sane man would fight bear, bull or
lion with his fists, nor gunpowder
with fire; why should he fight Whisky
with his stomach? We guarantee if
Whisky is let alone he will hurt no
one. The heading whisky Did It,"
intimates that Whisky was the agressor;
we do not believe it. Whisky is pas
siye, and molests no one. Just let
Whisky alone, and he win harm no
one; but he will not allow himself to
be swallowed by wholesale and retail
with impunity.-St. Landry Democrat
The wisdom of the above utterance
by ourSt. Landry neighbor was entirely
too profound for our comprehension,
until we came across the following
editorial item 1.-THE same paper:
aMr. VIM. Liglrtley's hack ran away
the other day, and smashed itself nearly
all to pieces, trying to keep up with.
two horses in front of it. A hack
should not be left standing with horses
SO near it; either the hack should be
fastened with q log-chain or big cable
10 a tree, or removed so far from horses
that it win not be tempted torun after
than Avnid sta.,,r,tafson 10 alyava
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

Press Pulpit and PettlpoaIs syss'
ruling lyoweTN
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18

Last Sunday, Sheriff Gordy took
The little steamboat Charlie and went
% point near the upper line Of
Enfeka plantation, where Shelby
Sanders who killed Warren p. Chism
lastlmonth, surrendered lhimseif, ac-
eording % previous appointment. The
young man issnow in jail at Franklin.
We learn that Lonis Aucoin is
about 70 remove to Lake Charles and
tAken mp his residence. Sorry TO lose
him, but hope nshis lines will fall in
pheasant places Morgan City Re
visw.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-12-18


The ST. MARY SUGAR CRoP.---Ne
havetaken considerable pains to make
inquiries regarding the cane crop Of
St. Mary, and from conversation with
several prominent planters learn that
the cane of this parish is mot injured
in the least OF course the labor of
gathering has 80 far cost much more
than at former seasons, on account Of
the bad condition Of the roads, but as
there was q much larger crop raised
this year, and now that we have good
weather, onrplanters sppesr very hope
ful. If the present weather continues
there will be alarger yield this year
than laat.-[ Morgan City Free Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17
Doc A.yD CAr HuNrrye TOGETHER

Doc AND CAT IUNTTyG TOGETHER.
"A gentleman informs tho Brunswick
(Maine) Telegraph that he was in New
Hampshire !ast summer when the fol-
lowing incidents came under ris oLscr-
walton. The men were moving i'm the
field, and ACCOMMODATING them was a
large Newfoundland dog. who watched
the operations and saw some moles start
IN the grass. The dog caught several.
digging for them and killing them. All
ut once the dog disappeared and was
gone for some time. Looking up the
field In the direction Of the fam house
our informant saw the dog trot. .ing down
toward the men and hy his side was trot-
ting the house cat, the greatest cordial
ity always existing between the two az
jmals. The cog brought the cat direct
ly TO the swath, and soon pussy under
stood what was up. AS soon as a mole
was started she caught and killed him
and when enc retreated TO a hole the
dog scented and dug him out. the cot in
this case killing the mole. and so the
dog and cat hunted together for quite a
time, until they wearied Of the sport.
We suppose we shall be told that instinct
governed the animals. and that they had
no language in which TO communicate
with each other
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17
4 CHEAP AND DURABLE cr,7,,'


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l.t use. 'sE ll'e harsvarl. .ra
CATION iu tii. GARD p E. -.4,.
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arc without. .u. H-
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falls upon Tie house, uy the taI.. .l.- ,-.i-
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labor. and ia The health ana r.-,- 7.' --g
The iamilF,'al3 lE Tie care rr r.-,,. u
"a HeIghh5r pt ours. Who .-. r..-f
as well rs u farmer. built rss...- U
ms greenhouse last year. and rfl..1 ..-. --.
wet that be has built aHothr- p q = 5.
for his barn and garden. Tie a-,.
ut expense was the 'atur of l,.-..'-...s. -.s.
on the south side Of sIe barn ,r..l-..s
frost does LOT penetrate rar. .f..... --4 ~
excavation s. about ton feet r. -7
feet iu diameter at the H..... -
twelve feet gt The Top Tho
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17
u many cases OF dis9rIered s.auac.

IL many cases OF diSlr,Ierel Stomach,
a teaspo0nful of salt IS "a certain cure.
In the violent internal aching termed
collie. add a teaSpoonTuI of salt 90 q pint
OF cold water, drink It ana go Co bed Do
Is one OF the speedieSt and best remedies
known. The same VIII revive person
who seems almost dead ncm receiving @
tali. In an appoplectiC tit, no time
should be lost IN pouring down salt wa
ter or spOnginC The head with cold wlte-
until the senses return. when saltwi'l cru-
p'etely restore theTatient frouhis lethar-
gy. In q fit. the feet should Zee placed
I'D warm water with mustard added and
legs briskly rubbed. all bau6a-es rem5T-
Ell from the neck, and q cool apartment
procured if possible In many eases OF
bleeding at the lungs when other rene
dies fail. DR.. Rush found tha. rHr yea
spoouiuls Of salt completely stHii tae
blood. In The case of q bite of q mad &
wash the part with a strong brine lu- al
hour. then bind on some salt with q I..--
In toothache, waIm salt water held To-
the part and renewed two 1r three times
VIII relieve in most cases. If the teeth
be covered with tartar. wash twice day
with salt and water.