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The Morehouse clarion., 1880-10-02
Bringing Them to Time.

riageable daughters, and they
know how to precipitate business
when the fruit is ripe for pluck
ing, and hangs, wasting its sweet
ness, when it should be plucked. |
Matters were brought to a climax !
with the rush at certain far
mer's residence in Vernon town.
ship, recently. A young tiller OF
the. soithad for months been pay
ing most assiduous attention to
one of his daughters, but he was
such a., bashful modest chap,
never having been much in the
company Of girls, except this one
that he had never been able to
raise his courage sufficiently high
to pop the question.
He had gone to. the house IN
which the lady lived at least on
twenty different occasions re-
solved to know his fate, but when
ushered into the presence Of the
fair ore, in whose keeping he
had placed his heart, bis courage
would invariably Ego back on
him." and he would return to his
lonely room in greater suspense
than before. Upon the evening
in question he had determined
that, come what would, he would
tell his Mary that he loved her.
He would once for all, decide the
matter, but, as upon each former
occasion, be could not get the
proposal further than his throat.
There itstuck, and he determined
totgalp it down and give up the
siege, when the door opened and
in walked the girls father, who
advanced to where they were sit
!. ting and thus addressed them:
ST came out to put,a stop to
this foolishness. Tt amt countin
expenses that,I' m looking at, for
coal oil is cheap, and wood can
beahad for the haulin,' but I'm
sick and tired Of this billin' and
cooin' like a pair of sick doves
keepin' me awake Of nights, and
iRs got obe= stopped right here
Do you love John Henry vel
enough to marry him?" 4ras ~
II 81" Why, father, 7 I - you
must" so .q4.!oaa Z -sza.h 1T'"
- HIYH sst.s ...,a,... =. IL ,si' - ..F :
,o=aStop that silly foolishin','
yelled the old man. "Answe,
yes Or no, and quick too. It's go'
to be settled now or never"
q4"sWell-but, father, don't yor
knew-if you'll II. only wait, and
.'Dry up; answer yes or no
Speak," roared the old gent.
well, then, yes! There now,
and Mary again hid her face.
"Thats business; that's tn,
way to talk. Now, John, lool
here-look up here, or I'll shak'
you ell to pieces. Do you wan
that gal O. mine for q wife
Speak out like q man now,'t n
ne','W '5ty,. ~ Mr so -,.tgalrl't thl
rather a-~-I mean can't you-".
aSpeak it.kout, or out of thi
house you'll go, head foremost
I won't wait 4 minute longe,
There's tie BAL, and there Amt
Nkeli | gell,iin 4 the State. an yo1
justeheafd her say tnat sht
wanted you. Now, John, I won
stand o bit Of foolin.' Once fol
all, yes or nor" '4 re aaiaa
wei, yes. sir. I. nave slll, bee,
presumptous enough to hope cha
t." & @ 4
aOh, stop your soft talk; tn
things settled now. Yon t#,
fools Yonld have been six. month
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-11-06

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 28.-General
Giant and Senator Conkliag addressed
large mass meeting here this evening.
The general said: ~ am highly graft
fed to see the great number of people
that have turned out here to-day, i
am convinced that the people CT the
great State of New York are fully alive
to the pending issues in this campaign.
"The demorratic;party, organized as
it now is, is under control of rebel
brigadiers. We want at least a ma
tiona party with a policy that will pre-
vail in all sections. We are not will
ing, and yon are not willing, and among
the people Of the Empire State there
arc men who will not submit to South
ern rule.
"Wc wautto be ruled by Northern
people while we are alive. ] predict
for this State the greatest victory it
has ever had, and that it will be a vic
tory from the Pacific to the Atlantic,
throughout the entire Northern States,
and that we will have different or
ganization to contend with in the next
election from What we have now.
''We will have m organization to
contend with which will be divided in
two parties and not BY two sections Of
the country, We will then have q free
ballot and an honest ballot, which the
people of this country are determined
to have, and if the South persists in a
solid South they will be met BY a solid
North"
Grant is already the republican can
didate for President IN 1884. If any
one doubts the intention Of the rcpub-
lican party to create and perpetuate
eternal enmity between the North and
South, let him reflect on the above
speech Of its next presidential candi-
date.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-11-06
shot Dead isa CIasarcI..

A special dispatch from Charlotte,
N. G., says: A curious and fatal
accident occurred in church build
ing in Rock Hill last night. The
collection plate was being passed
around, after an earnest exhortation
had been made for money to help
the Christian cause James Gooch,
q young man in the congregation,
did not have cent, and being
moved by the minister's appeal, he
attempted to borrow ten cents from
a man next TO him. The man refused.
Gooch then took q pistol from his
pocket and offered II as collateral.
The man took the pledge, and while
examining y the weapon went Of,
sending 4 ball through the brain Of
Gooch, killing him instantly.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-11-06

From the Homer (Cal) Mining Index,l
Newspapers have often told stories
about the affection that dogs, horses
and other animals have for each
other, but we have never heard Of %
.jackass being accused Of any such
tender sentiments. 1T is now our
duty to record the faithful love one
donkey had fora companion who had
shared his lot for SO long. last
week Nv. ID. WATSON went out 10
Tiosa district on a prospecting lex-
petition, taking two jacks along to
pack his blankets, tools and prosd-
sions. In coming down the noun
tain, one Of the long cared freight
transporters fell over q 8precipiae and
broke his neck. The other frightened
tile birds and the comics with the
sound d his lamentations. Mr.. Was
son tried to coax the gricf.stricken
mountain barge away, hut the
donkey only lifted up his voice and
wept, and would not be coniforted.
Then he assayed to.drive with sticks
and stones the noisy beast from the
scene Of his lament. But drive he
would not. The dopkeyremembered
how he and his beloved companion
had foraged together from handy
clothes-lines; had 10 friendship inasti-
Gated fonec-posts and sections Ct
harbed wire, and had contentedly
nibbled such tender iaorscls az old
gunny ,saclss and cast-off overalls, ot
had assuaged keen hunger with 90
boots and oyster cans, and could
not be induced To leave the spot
Then the cruel master beat him tafs
ribly; still his grief Ierved him 70
obstinaoy The master felled two ~
three large trees on his back, hut 70
no purpose Finally tue master y
despair took the pack otf aud 'lcft
him with the dead. The last seen of
him be Was eating the cropping of Y
quartz ledge, and weeping for hls
friend.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-11-06
A Clock FactOry Burned I'M
HrooIklyn ssmd a Ihcnsand
NEmnfls 0sax of n Sob.

New York, Oct, 2F.--The Ansonia
Clock Company's factory, situated at
the corner of Seventh Avenue and
Twelfth street, Brooklyn, together
with large quantity Of valuable ma
chinery and stock, was totally destroy
ed by fire at 2 o'clock, this morning.
The fire is believed to be Of incen-
diary origin, as il started in the read
ing room, in corner of the building
where there was nothing Of an infam-
mable nature. Total loss estimated at
about $4,000. Insurance about a
quarter of n million. About one hun
dred hands are thrown out of work by
the fire.
The loss will probably be $1,000,
900. The insurance is said to be only
a coupleiof hundred thousand dollars,
perhaps less. The factory was put
there two years ago to enhance the
value of the great tract of land owned
by the projectors The main building
covered fifty lots. A number of pri-
waite houses, occupied chiefly by en-
ployces of the factory, were badly
damaged. Fifteen engineers worked
on the flames, but the fire was not
stayed until every thing upon which it
could feed was destroyed.
The fire was immediately preceded
by an explosion, which is thought to
have been oaused by gas, about two
o'clock this morning, the watchman
then being on his rounds through the
building. lie gave the alarm imme-
diately. Before a sufficient number
of engines TO effectively hattle with
the flames could reach the spot, the
whole building, a five-story structure,
was enveloped in fire, throwing out
such an intense heat that the tiremen
could not get near enough to the burn
ing pile to do good service. The
works had been in operation about
fourteen months, and the building and
machinery originally cost over half Il
million of dollars. From time to time
additional machinery has been added
and improvements made, until it is
said the works were the most complete
in the country.
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A DEAD PRINCEsS.


Athens, Nov. 1.-Princess Olga
youngest daughter Of the King, died
to-day after a few days, illness.
THE FUNERAL FEAST OF a DEAD RING.
London, Nov. / News has been
received from the West Coast of
Africa of the death of the Czasa,
Governor Of Whydall. His funeral
was to be celebrated by the massacre
of natives, under which the King
had announced his intention of hold
ing the annual celebration in memo
ny of his father.
The celebration will last four
months, during which 200 captured
chiefs will be beheaded. The En-
glish refused to go to the celcbra-
tiun.
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m. o. Democrat.

i IN. ". Afbiu11tHt.i
There are not many persons who
appreciate the extent of cur orange
trade, or who realize what an enor-
nous source of revenue the culture of
this delicious fruit may be made. On
the twenty-sixth of this month there
were shipped from here on the Chicago,
St. Louis and New Orleans railroad,
eleven car loads Of oranges, destined to
Denver, St. Louis Cincinnati, Chicago
and Evansville. There were in this
shipment 1920 barrels, and averaging
the barrel at 800, we have total of
396 900 oranges sent in one day by
one railway to supply the increasing
demand in the West for Lonisiana's
juicy and luscious fruit, which IS far
superior to the oranges of Cuba, and
even the undetermined fruit of
Florida.
Between the first of October and
the twenty-sixth there were shipped
by the same road to the Western
cities q 900 barrels, an aggregate OF
$500, 600 oranges. The demand for
this healthful and universally fayorite
fruit is such that it can never be fully
supplied, so that there is every induce
ment for our people to 60 largely into
orange culture, which, when pursued
with intelligence, viii yield much
larger return for the capital invested
then either cotton or sugar The
Orange crop of Florida will soon as
sumo enormous proportions. Owing to
iudicious advertising it became the
fashion for Northern people to go to
Florida for their health, and they,
seeing what mine of wealth was IN
the culture of oranges in that State,
invested largely in groves, which are
now rapidly bearing, and from which
are supplied almost exclusively the
cities of the North and East. The
State is becoming vast orange grove,
and millions of dollars of Northern
capital are invested there in orange
farms. The Louisiana orange, as we
have said, is finer than either the Flor
ida or Cuban orange, and our climate
is peculiarly favorable to the growth
of the trees, hence we should either
ourselves increase our production OF
the fruit, or else invite Western and
Northern capital here to plant new
groves and make Louisiana what she
should be-the rival of Florida. If
that State supplies the North and East
with oranges, Louisiana should certainly
be equal TO supplying the West and
Northwest.
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Al H'isla STORY.

They say fishes admire pretty wo-
men. That's all right; 80 do we; that
is we admire some pretty women we
know, and occasionally some we don't
know. An English scientist was con
tdneting some pretty seminary girls
about an aquarium. One was very
pretty, in fact 4 real beauty. She
pespcd over the edge. One Of the
fishes saw her and turned aside and
swan tbas way Others followed, and
that conscientious scientist says more
than hundred Of those little fishes
called blennies swan to that side to
seetllis pretty girl and the other pret-
" girls with her TIL several Of the
said girls actually 6Iushed.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-11-06

Two colored men, whose names are
Lloyd Green and Sam Anderson, while
returning home on Saturday, filed mp
with tanglefoot, got into a dispute,
and words were passed not very CON-
plimcntary to either Lloyd Green,
somewhat incensed, drew his pistol
and shot Sam, inficting very danger
GUS wound in his left side.---Ila. Penn
ocrat, Oct. 20.
Chicago, Oct. 20.-W. Ii. Davis,
while attempting 10 protect Mrs. w.
II. Midlothian and her son from abuse
of her Intoxicated husband, at Des
Moines, Ia, yesterday, was stabbed by
the latter and instantly killed.
Chas. Thornton, coloredy Of Calumet
plantation, was drowned in Bayou
Teche, on Sunday, October 3D. while
under the influence Of liquor. -Mcrgaa
City Review.
r A CoLoREp CnIrlp sSHoT.---We learn
that one Henry johnson, colored, who
works for Mr.. j. w. deter, got on a
drunk Saturday night last and visited
Mr.. Carmouche's place q few miles
above town on the Bossier side. While
"
fourishing his pistol around it went
off and shot the six year old daughter
of West scroggins, colored, who works
on Mr.. Carmouche's place.-Shrepe-
port Standard, Oct. %.
ANOTHER FLoATER.--Ihe body of
Aleck Means, colored, was found
floating in the.riyer yesterday morning.
and brought ashore at the foot or
Texas street. DIR. Turner was notified,
who summoned jury of inquest.
The evidence went to prove that de-
ceased was employed on Mr.. John
Wimbish's place, a few miles above
town. On last Saturday night he and
one Neal Hayes, both of whom had
been imbibing too freely, attempted
to cross Red river just opposite the
place named, when the skiff upset.
Hayes was saved by clinging TO 4
limb.-fShreveport Standard, Oct. 22.
Uvalde, Nov. Last evening
Mexican named Louis Ilrevina was shot
in the head and killed by one Joe
Maria. The quarrel originated over
politics and candidates. Whisky was
the cause. The murderer is in jail.
Iowa City, Iowa, October &c. A
young German, named Meyer, from
Iowa County, came to the city with
$500, which he put in the bank, aud
yesterday, fearing the bank would
break, he drew it ont. Sunday night
he fell in with a couple of friends, got
very drunk, and yesterday could find
neither friends nor money.
The Pioneer of Assumption (La.,)
dcvotcs a column editorial, On the
3oth, ut., to the evils of intemperance
in Assumption parish, aud says,
mournfnlly, it secs no way to prevent
them.
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CLERICAL Ex0Dus--ANNUAL rosT-
orFTcE DEPARTMENT REPORT ABOUT
THE sovEREMEwT oFFIcEs.
. fFrom our Regnlar corresponaent.l

/ (From our Regular Correspondent
wAsHIseros, D. c., Oct 30, 1880.
/ The vacant chairs and desks in the
various Government offices may benum-
bered by the thousand. Government
clerks have gone home Cd to vote for
Garfield, and Government business is
at a standstill. '.Iiavc you a vote9"
heard one Government employee ask
another. Il should say ] had," was
the answer. .Where do you vote?"
SAT Philadelphia in the forenoon, and
in New York City at 2 o'clock p. NJ. :"
When one sees the country getting
along with perigrinating fraudulent
administration, cabinet, foreign minis
try, and a disbanded civil service, lie
is inclined to think there is need of a
change, and a very thorough one. The
political patronage in the hands of the
government has been roughly stated at
$4,000 offices, but an examination will
show that the number of office-holders
is much larger.
The annual report of the appoint
ment division of the Post Office De
partment for the last fiscal year was
completed yesterday. 1t shows that
the number of possibilities in operation
in the United States on the 3oth of
June last was 42,989, an increase of
alba during the year; 1881 of the
postmastcrs are appointees of the Presi-
dent, the remaining 4l,22s Offices are
filed by appointments Of the Post
master General. Besides the $4,000
postmasters there are 17,490 persons
throughout the country who perform
service and receive compensation upon
the written authorization of the Post
master General or his chief assistants
comprising Alb in the Postoffice De
partment at Washington, 5,519 clerks
in postofiices of the first and second
classes, 1858 letter-carriers, SO special
agents, 2,946 employees of the railway
mail service, and $500 mail contrac-
tors. In addition to the postofiice
clerks above rcckoned, for whose EN-
ployment allowances are made to presi-
dental postmasters of the first and sec
ond grade, it is estimated at the De
partment that there are at least $4,000
persons acting as clerks in the third
and fourth class postoffices who look
for their employment and compensation
directly to the local authority; and it
is believed, therefore, that there are
now not less than 10000 persons d.
rectly connected with our postal service.
The Treasury is the next largest De
partnent, after which come, in the or
der of their size, the Interior, State
Army, Navy, and Agricultural Depart
ments; all of which are divided and
subdivided into bureaus, each with
large staffs of clerks, messengers, la
borers, and supernumeraries of both
sexes.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-11-06

a PRoBLEM.--During Tuesday last
the attention of our denizens was at
traeted to a singular commotion in the
waters of the Ainite. a wave, of con
siderable volume andyforcc, continually
moved across, from one bank of the
river to the orposite-dashing the wa
ter out upon the shore TO distance Of
from 10 to is feet. There was but
very little current to the stream at the
time, and the weather was calm and
serene.
The same disturbance was noticed
for several miles above and below this
town, and the soidest inhabitant" is
scratching his tliink-sbop everthe canse
thereof.
That intelligent colored gentleman,
Silves BY, says, 4 'spect dar am an
arfquake 10 de sribberl" That settles
the inatter.--Livingstonian
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-11-06

Andi Alkerz1xn A1MEsAezn.
The Louisiana Western Railroad
Company has been soroundly and con-
stantly chastised BY the Louisiana and
Texas press, on account Of Its high
freight and passenger rates, that few
days ago the general manager, Col.
Theodore Adams, addressed letter to
the N. o. Times, stating that the rates
were established by the concurrent ac-
ton Of the different companies owning
and controlling the road from New Or
leans TO Houston, that in that confer
ence the vote of his company was only
one to three, and that the established
rates were as low as on any southern
road. lie also disposed of the state
ment, made in another journal, that
the L. w. r. r. was owned by down
east blue-light radicals, by saying it was
owned BY HI. McComb, q strict demo-
crat, and old resident of New Orleans,
who had built the road without dollar
of State aid, and with adesircto bene-
ftNew Orleans, the city of his adoption.
Within the last week there has been
another conference of the managers of
the three companies owning the road
from New Orleans to Houston, result
ing in ia determination to issue one
thousand mile tickets for thirty dollars,
and Ave hundred mile tickets for fifteen
dollars, being at the low rate of three
cents per mile; and second class fare
tickets at $3.50 from New Orleans to
Houston, or Vice gersa; also in running
weekly excursion trips from Houston
to New Orleans for $40 round trip,
the excursion trains to leave Houston
Saturdays and return Tuesdays, thus
giving Texas excursionists two days
and three nights in New Orleans, at
the rate Of only IS going and IS re-
turning. These excursion tickets can
be bought here, and are good from
any station in this parish.
This action is highly commendable,
and win result in largely increasing the
Texas and New Orleans trade; and
now if the three companies will adopt
a schedule of low freight rates they
will soon tind their business and re-
ceipts increased to that extent that
they will have to build a double track
from New Orleans to Houston to meet
the demands Of their business.
AS the N. o. Times says, and as we
said in substance some months ago, the
railroads can get much more business,
and thereby make much more money,
by carrying passengers and freight at
low rates, because it is more profitable
to carry q hundred passengers at $40
apiece than to carry fifty at sl5 apiece;
and the same rule applies to freight.
Thousands Of men will travel and ship.
freight, by rail, if they can do so at
low rates, who will never leave home,
a
nor ship pound Of freight except by
water, If they are required to pay high
Iates.
Assistant general manager chas. r.
Adams informs us that the thousand
and five hundred miletickets are good
until that amount Of travel 10 accom-
plished, and consequently those tickets
will meet with immediate and heavy
sales. Five dollars from any station.
in Calcasieu parish to New Orleans,
and five dollars to return, with a do
lightfal railroad ride besides, is q won
derfal improvement on the old style
and cld'time expense Of q visit to the
Crescent City.
-~-.s--------..r----- ~
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I. 4 N Is = Is
4 Cambridge mother sent her small
boy into the country, and after q week
Of anxiet has received this letter: 81
got here all right, and forgot to write
before. II is very nice place to have
fun. A Teller and 1 went out in a
boat, and the boat tipped over and q
man got me out, and 4 was 50 full Of
water i didn't know npthin' for a good
long while. The other boy has got to
be buried after they find him. His
mother came from Chelsea, and she
cries all the time. A hoss kicked me
over. and 4 have got to have some
money 70 pay 4 doctor for fxin' my
head. We are going to set an old
barn On fire tonight, and 4 should
smile If We dent have bully fun. 4
lost my watch, and 4 nm very sorry.
i shall bring home some mudturtles,
and 4 shall bring home i tame wood
chuck, If 4 can get EN- il my trunk"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-11-06

With commendable desire to pro-
cure reliable information from all the
parishes of the State, on matters of
local aud public interest, Gov. Wilt
has sent the following letter of inquiry
ito the presidents Of police juries:
STATE OF LOUISIANA, y
Executive Department,
New Orleans, October 6, 1880. J
Condemnation will confer upon
me personal and official favor by fur
nishing to me, at an early day, infor-
nation upon the following named sub
jects:
4. The rate Of parish school tax in
each of your respective parishes for the
ten years ending December 81, 1879.
the disposition made of school moneys
and the number and character of public
schools maintained.
2. The parish school tax rate for
1880, and the estimated total receipts
therefrom, including poll tax
8. The rate Of parish levee tax (if
any, and amount received each yearfor
the same, and the general disposition
gof the same.
4. The rate Of parish taxes for all
i g.
purposes except schools and leyees, and
the disposition Of the proceeds.
8. The present condition of your
parish IN point Of good order, prosper
ity and industry, in comparison with
the same from 1870 to 1875, both IN
elusive.
Q. Such other general information
~ You may see fiji 10 add respecting
the resources Of your parish, and its
attractions for immigrants seeking
homes in the Southwest.
Respectfully,
LOUIS "A. WiIrz, Governor.
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