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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-02-05
STATE OF LOUISIANA, n
Auditors Office,

Auditors Office,
New Orleans, january "a, 1881.
To ------- Sheriff and Tax Collector:
Dear Sir--Back taxes due the State
may be paid as follows, viz:
1870 and prior years-Taxes, costs,
penalties or damages, payable in "baby'
bonds, or act i@3 certificates.
Interest on above, at 8 per cent. pei
annum, from january first, 1876, Is
date of payment, is payable in cash.
1871, 12--Levee tax in llevee Ger
I.tiicates. Balance Of tax, with costs
penalties and damages in "baby" bonds
Or act No. 93 certificates.
Interest on above at per cent. PEI
annnn from January A, 1915, to date
of payment, is payable in cash.
1878, 1874 and ls75--Interest tax
payable III coupons; levee tax in leyee
certificates; balance Of taxes, costs
penalties and damages payablein baby
bonds or act No. s9s certificates; inter
est on above at 3 per cent per annnn
from January a, ls7s, TO date Of pay
i,nent il payable 10 cash.
ls7G-iIuterest payal'lein coupons
leyee tax in ilevse certifcatSfs; balance
of taxes, costs, penalties and tcAlInage'
payable in baby bonds or act No. ~
certificates; interest on above at 3 per
cent. per annnm from November L,
1871, 70 datc of payment i payable ID
cash.
l67s~-Iuterost tax payable in CON
.pons, levee tax incash; balance of taxes
costs, penalties snd damages, lin baby
bonds or aei No. as certificates.
Interest pr above At q per cent. per
month from December i. 1878. .until
date OF payment, j. payable 10 cash.
is7e-lntsrsst tax mud general en-
ginesr lax p cash; seaool and general
fund lax in school aaspauts iissnef mn
DER act No. lae ~ 1880, Or ii act Ne.
I,a certificates.
Interest On abppe 1t 3 Dor ce,,t. ,per
mouth n from December 4 aa7e Until
|iafS ~ ,.....s. S..s. = 8 =
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Tise zkiEIa nnan Ina enc highs
Esfnce.

Until the appointment of the pres
ent incumbent, but little Importance
was attached to the office of Commits
sioner of Agriculture, at Washington.
Its emoluments were meagre, and its
incumbents were apparently not ambi-
rtions to magnify the office by any ex-
ira exertions in the discharge of their
duties. Indeed this department of the
government service proved of such little
practical benefit, that a few years ago
its abolition, az an unnecessary expense,
was openly discussed.
Now the current of public opinion
is reversed, and the workings of the
office have proven of such general and
great utility that Congress, at its pres
ent session, viii probably pass a law
making it Cabinet Office, and its in
cumbcnt one of thepresident's advisers.
i This recent revnlsion of public scnti-
ment is entirely due to the efficient ad-
ministration of the present Commits
sioner, Hon. VIM. G.. LeDuc. When
he assumed the duties Of the office,
and began to make it something more
than National Seed House, for the
gratuitous distribution of seeds, there
was general cutlery that he was an
incompetent enthusiast, full of novel
andimpracticable theories and vagaries,
and his persistent efforts in behalf of
the culture of sorghum and tea In the
United States excited a good deal of
criticism and merriment.
LcDnc, hewever, was not to be
laughed down, and so far as his theo-
ries have been fairly and practically
tested they have proven to be of great
practical value to the country. The
successful culture oftea in most, if not
all, the southern states, is an acknowl- |
edged fact, and will soon become
regular industry. His efforts in behalf
of domestic sugar culture have resultcd
in greatly increasing the acreage of
saccharine plants, and in an immensely |
increased yield of sugar He has largely |
extended the field of agricultural in
quiry and information, and has infused |
a previously unknown and wonderful
vitality into the Agricultural Depart
ment. He has commanded and enjoys
the appreciation Of intelligent agricnl-
.tural journals, and the respect of thou
sands who once attempted to amusc
themselves at his expense, and he has
achieved his distinguished success with
but limited means and under serious
discouragements.
Justice to him, no less than to the
great agricultural interests of the coun
try, demand some public recognition
Of his public services, and we earnestly
hope that the president elect, who, by
the way, is sincere friend of the farm
ing population, will at once crafty and
benefit American agriculturists, and
second sound and just public senti-
ment, by retaining Gen. LeDuc at the
head of the Agricultural Department.
.
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THE COMING PAGEANT. CHEAP BOARD IN
WARRINGTON. SUGGESTIONS TO
VISITORS.
From our Regular Corresponding

i IFrom our Regular Correspondents
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan %, 1880.
Preparations for the Inaugural
tete ON the fourth of March are fast
approaching completion, and its
spectacular and festive features
have been fully arranged. An un'
usually large numbersof visitors is
Expected at the Capital, bent, not
only on witnessing the inaugural
ceremonies, but also on seeing the
city, its animate and inanimate
lions and lionesses.
1T may be of interest to some OF
your readers to know about hotel
and boarding. house accOmmOda-
tons in Washington. And j will
write briefly on this subject, in
their interest-the readers, not the
hotels and boarding houses. Com
Portable and respectable board and
lodging can be had here for 81 per
day, at various boarding houses
and at some few hotels. The hotels
that furnish board and lodging at
81 per day are, of course, not such
as are called first class, but, for
those who are compelled to econo-
mize, q comfortable bed and whole
some food can be had for5that price.
No city, of its population, has so
many and such good boarding
houses as Washington. A large
majority of the government en-
lployes live in boarding-h0nses, and
many of them have rooms, which
can he secured for a short time, by
transient visitors, at a price Of not
more than one dollar per day, for
bed and board. 1t will be impossi-
BILE, in the space of this letter, to
give the exact location of these
places, and, for those who desire
to come to the city, and yet feel it
to practice economy, 1t
will be well TO write to some friend
or acquaintance, who will meet
them at the station, and direct
them to such places as are well
known to every resident of Wash
ingtOn. 1t will be difficult to pro
cure cheap accommodation long i'll
advance, for the reason that, those
who have furnished rooms to let
are anxious to rent them for a
longer time than they will be
wanted by transient visitors, and
will not be willing to risk the
possible loss Of rental for a longer
period by pre-engaging them for
the brief interval of the inaugura-
ton. Ii the weather shall he fine,
the number of visitors will doubt
less be large, but j understand
that the military organizations
which, it is said, will aggregate
25, 900 men, will go into temporary
encampment, and will not trench
upon the quarters of civilians, and,
l have no doubt, there will be
ample accommodation for all who
will come. Washington hotels are
and good, and those who
are able to pay higher prices will |
go TO them.
There seems 10 he d lull in Calri |
net representation. We are SO
close upon the time of accurate
that political prophets
are not so much disposed to risk
their guesses as they were a month
ago. 1t is said that Mr.. Garfield
will eomeito the city week after
next, and then, doubtless, there
will be "a boisterous revival of
political gossip.
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Y7.e Next s5;ea..sAa,. ssar.
EHawkayc.l

The other day a Gerinan called OF
a grocer to pay a bii, giving lin a
tcn-dollar note. The grocer examined
it closely, and said
Z" Iiullo, where did You got this
note"
,"Not is de reasons anti dose notef
replied the hpntst Teliton !" Don'I
she was goot, l,elnl T.
"Good," answered tile grocer
"Why, you're alnuky man; that note
is worth slo 5o.r
4" Ish dot so2 Why for"
"You see the signature over here
don't youW
eeDoes tings like atcorkserew init
de worms3 Yah"
"Wei, that's Spinncr's signature.
"Nell,n
." Well, Mr.. New is now Treasures
of the United States"
"You don't tple me so-tell"
g"Well, the notes signed by Mr.
Spinner are getting scarce, and people
pay five per cent more for them than
flor the new issue"
~ by sliniinyllish ldotsso!'
"iI,et me soc your bills. Why,
every one OF them is Spinner! Man
alive, yopr fortuueis made
In pursuance Of the grocers advice
Mr.. Schneider called at the Sub
Treasury Saturday afternoon to got
sthe premium his bills.
What success he had is impossible
10 state, but he was seen later in the
evening lurking around the street BY
which the grocer mnst SO home, and
being accosted By an acquaintance, tbs
following conversation took place.
aDer PEBBLES Won Sharmapy fight
! veil, heinz"
sob, ges3 the Germans are IN
questiouably q military nation Of the
liiist class"
atsome big fights, heinz"
| 7" Yesn
"I.eipsic9p
{" Yes.p
"Und Sadowa!p
.sYes.r
"Upd Koniggratz.s'
s"iCertainly.p
t'Und WorthW
"Ycs.r
lind Mass-la-Tour, und Grasclotte,
und pSedanip
s'tOf course, of,oourseN
NDose vas ali ibig battles, upd the
lDentch liokeda
"Ycs.''
NNell, Won jopst xait til dot grocer
store shuts himself, md yen saw a
nensch 4Fictory sot makes ypn forget
all dem little ,onesu
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YranssTR1AI DIeguRBANQ Ess~ Lie
astronomical predictions q general dis
tusbanees this year j. reinforced by
the suaden eruption Of sit. BadaEs op
the Pacific eoast Houston Post
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WHAT WE RAISED, BUIIT, BeBsHT, AND
SOLD, AND HOW WE PRosPEKED.
New York SUM-

/ wear LET ms look Mt some of the figures
In the first place the production q
: wheat was about ADJ 900 900 busl4el
in 1.seo AGAINST A4oOO0O0O bushels
S in 1879. Our exports of merchandis.
{ for the wear ending November 80
1ssO. were IS. 1856, s45, against So
, 81 76l .2o4 for the wear ending No
yeuIber 80, 1874 sOurimports during
{ the same ppriod amounted to S7o9,.
o9s, 1902 in 1880, against s4s5, 5l6,loG
hin 1879.
The crop of cotton for the ycai
II ls79-s0 was 5,f61 ,252 bales, against
/ 5,o14 900 for the year Just previous.
i .Our production of iron was .3,300,00o
tons in i $50, against :, IA, 1858 in 1879.
4 We constructed 7,207 miles of new
railroads, against 8, 12l in 1879. The
earnings of forty -four companies, oper-
ating about one-third of the railway
mileage of the United States, were
greater than those for 1879 by S40,-
$50, Id, an increase of twentyfsix per
cent. If all the roads Jared as well the
aggregate gain was more than 100
millions. 1t
These figures indicate the. extraor-
binary magnitude OF last years BUSH
ness operations. The statistics OF the
trade, commerce, and manufactures of
the past show no aggregates which APP
proach them In size.
The remarkable prosperity OF the
year is also shown IN the comparatively
small number OF faiinres' and IN the de-
crease of the liabilities OF the ship
wrecked firms, There were IN 1889
only 4T35 failures, against s668 IN
1879, and l0tAfS In lSfh-s lhe total
liabilities were only S6o,1o2,9oo'
against sos, l46,O42in 1879, and $685.
1888, lS2 in 1878.
This decrease in the futures rs the
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The OYSTER Trade All Nor
GAg @CalY.-In common with
several of the Louisiana papers,
We have ofllate directed the atten-
ton ofoursState authorities to the
Intrinsic value Of the oyster beds
Iofour State.
Although we can fairly claim
1.-The lead in the matter, we are not
Observation-Disclosures that, as a rule,
it has not been acknowledged, and
again we call attention to the fact
that if prompt and efficient action
is not immediately taken to repro
duce the reefs and keep them cult
waited SO as to secure an unfailing.
MOST tba bads win ba naorl,,
-
r''ltiea'
From sixty to seventytfive boats.
| ply to Morgan City, aud many of
Ithe New Orleans tishine smacks.
M. .4h,;. $500. -, 4,
''''o se'.se 'nei - sss iion sne
same sohfce. sohashig from Wiiat
lis taken now, and what will be
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Back Taxes, Interest, Costs and
RenaIaies.
HOW THEY MAY BE PAID--AUDITOR' {
INSTRUCTIONS TO sHERlEFs AND
TAX COLLECTORS.
NEW Orlerns Democrat. /

Auditor Jumel has prepared and will
Issue to-day to sheriffs and tax collec-
tors, the following instructionsc ,nce;n
ing the collection of back taxes, inter
est, costs and penalties:
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anoex TO advertisements.


AMCsEMESrs-3d Page-5th and 9Th coumns'
AssOyyeExENrs-sh Prge-5th column o., ..,,,,n
BANKING HOUSES AND BASKERs-Tn fape-oe'i e'ANAiA-
board AND Rooxs-6th Page-2d column
RYrsHEs-5M Puge-4th column.
HUsISEss NorrCEs--fM Fuge-1st colnnn
0rarTyERsInr NoTIcEs-6h PGge-4tn Column.
CQssrIEarToN NoTICEs-6h Page-4th column
DTyrpESD NoTICEs-6h Pu0e-fth columns.
DRESS MAKISG--6bt Paae-4th column.
DIZZY GOODs--3d Pnge-4fh column. -
ECIOpEAN ADvER1fsENFSTS-1A Pdqe-tth coiunll
FINAYCIAL-7h Psge-4th, 18th and 9Th Columns
FuEaITuRE-7h PdGe-6th column
HKiP WANTED-6h Puor-4th column
LIZ CREAM--6M Pdge-fth column
T,agsRrgTIOS-6h Pa1e--1st and I'd Columns
LEGAL NOTIcEs-6M Puge-4th column;
MARBLE AND SLATE MASrLRs-6h Idge-4th column
Rxax1 s6Es DEkTIfe-5th Pe3e-oth column.
NryISG-6M PuQe--3d ahd Attn colnmns- -,
UfscYIL syEoUS-3d Pnge-4th column; Sm Fdge-ol
and 9th columns 40 -,
lGrsHAL INsTRUMEyrs-6d Page-4th column.
KEw PUBLIC ATIoNs-5M Page-1st column.
GepAH sTnAuERs-5d Pace-5th and 9th COLUMNS
F1oGOSkLS-3d Page--3d column
RxIL EsTArE-2d Paye-6th column; Sd Puge-lst col
s.xpxTmxs W.vrEp-MALKs-3d Pugs-fth column
FRMaLEs-sd Pdqs-1st column.
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Srr AMaosIs AID RAuRoADs-3d Pa0e-2d ana gu CUT
umns. a.,
SUMMER REsoRTs-6A Pnge-2d column
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of the Secretary to sell $1O4, 100000 OF four
Dor cents is undisputed. His surplus revenues
for the remainder of the year will undoubtedly
exceed $4,000, 900, and if they should faii
short the special enactment passed at the last
session of Congress empowers him to employ
any mart of tbe 5000, OOO, 900 in the Treasury
in the pavment of bonds. 1t is not probable
that he will find il necessary TO use the surplus
rovonpes and the proceeds of all the bonds
which he Is authorized to sell. Another partlc-
ularly i'll Uniformed critic imaglnes that executors
NAV hesitate to receive new bonds, which,
being issued without law, VIII be merely per
so,aI Civilizations of Mr. Window" This Is
nonsense. The Secretary Will not Issue any
new class Of bonds, but only bonds OF the same
loan and class which it Is proposed TO redeem
His mower under the law to issue new regis
tered bonds of that loan in place OF other regis
tered or coupon bonds that may be surrendered,
is absolute and indisputable.
There ia every reason TO believe that the eou-
raceous and sensible policy which the new Adj
minisration has now announced Will prove
r,agniAcent success. The market price of the
fo,rr ncr eents il such that purchasers cannot
reaIizp mere than gig per cent by taking them
Nor l. there any other security, exempt from
taxation, in which money that may be received
for the redeemed skies can now he invested
with a LARGER return assured. l'y holding the
stansped bonds, banks, insurance and trust
comnoui~s. and savings banks, make sure OF
getting back precisely the sum which they now
decline TO receive, with 3l2 per cent interest
while they would nm the rick ct losing some
part of the principal if they should purchase
any class Of bonds in the market because me
price might decline. Nor will the people h'Si-
tate to commend policy which promises L"
reduce the rate of interest on the puhhc deh'
as far as possible without disordelinE the cur
rency or disturbing the money market
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THE GIRIrfg IND rBg sHowMfx

Tho Giraffe in onr of the Biggest shows on Earth
got very angry lccaus, be- was r0t consulted in the
Choice of KING Masters. hc said he WIS entitled To
be- los What hs called The Courtesy Of the show.
The Trick Mules synpathiled with him. Said the
Giriiir 10 the Snowman; what. would like To- in
,,uir.. would have become Of this Circus If and
the Irick Mules hal abandoned II at Peoria. as We
might Lave done "
And ta Snowman answered ASK rather what
would Lave become Of you and the Trick Aul,s.
There's uo Show Hing but has all the Gira:lrs
IL can TAX care of: aid for Trick Mules they re
drug Ia the market. sold or lot last winter my
.,li for S3 apiece to the Street Cleaners
Then the Trick Mules shocked a. the Showman' >
andAcity sat around the Giraffe Oh their launches
aud wondered whether after such Language that
Lofty Animal would let the SHOW - on. But the
Lofty Animal made 80 sign
At lrugth the Snowman said: Look here, 81 !
Yonre tn most expensive Animal in this Collection.
Yuu're high between joints thai NoH have 30 have
Quarters specially dceigned Tor you. and you require
such delicate Die; and careful Attendance that the
Whole show has 10 be run 10 suit Your Whims.
You're not useful and you're not dangerous, and
You're not much of Novelty now. I've got several
stuffed Giraffe. that woald answer my Purpose as
wei. and De- u gr,at deal cheaper. II Sou and the
Trick Mules want 10 set mp side show by your
selves 80 ahead, but If your going To stay here u-
dcrstauA that this is a Great Moral show aud Tia
running il myself
Then nn animal alone in corner By himself
broke in With thr remark II thi, ever becomes a
genuine Nord show It win De because my advice il
followed. I'm glad 70 $40 the GirsAe and the Trick
Mules .nuhbed but it is true that the new Raco Of
the Show wcrc violated in the appointment of the
Ring Master | ought to have been consulted in
that as iu all other matters"
Even the angry Giraffe laughed at that. and the
Snowman. turning toward the Solitary Brute with
Just a shade of Impotence in has tone, said oh,
yoa're an ASS"
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PERSONIL.

Colonel r. w Hiaginson is about 10 give lecture
in Boston on The Aristoeraoy Of TIE Dollar"
Mr. L. L. White, Editor of The Prorideaoe Pres',
has been reading before Boston elub paper on
" A Month in New Mexico
The Rev. Phillips Brooks. it is thought in Boston,
will accept the post of Haryards Chaplin after
Easter.
Mr. Hiram Price. the newly nominated Indian
Commissioner. isdescribed o. good-looking Quakef
and weaver of the conventional Quaker coat aud
hat.
Eight of the United States Senators are mentioned
by The PH,ladslyha Frsss newspaper proprietors-
Among them are Senator Fair, who owns part Of The
Tirginia Cuy Enterprise, and Senator Hill, who has
interest in The De1rcr Ii1oane
Signor Salvin became 80 absorbed Monday
evening, in Philadelphia, in his performance Of
Oihelo that in striking mp the swords of Cassie and
ROde-igo he inflicted a bad wound upon Mr. Crisp,
who was acting Cassie. The actors all maintained
their ,elf-possessio and finished the scene Though
a pool of blood rin down the stage and behind the
scenes. Emilia tainted away at sight Of II.
President Grevy has taste for the stir of pablie
life. He Qives few receptions and only now and
then dinner Ho is of simple manner, and may be
always found in the morning by those taking the
trouble 10 call upon him. Bat the visit must have
some positive motive Of business or friendship; the
President Will not consent 10 oe an oOlgiug reiSv
tv accessible To those who like to boast OF shaking
hands with notabilities.
Mrs Theodore Parker, who died in Boston on Sat
ur.lny evening, was most lovely and loyable
woman. Her life was completely identified with
her husbands that The Boston idrtiSer says II could
scarcely be regarded as a separate existence. she
was an excellent housekeeper, giving more atien-
ton TO domestic matters than to her husbands III
tellrctual labors although she acted upon occasion
as his copyst After his death she kept bis study IS
nearly as possible in the condition a. when 20
leit IT, His pen lies the table where he last lald
il down. and his inkstand occupies the position ID
which he placed it,
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FiSTING ~ 8gfTR.

The case OF Mis-, Hattie Duoll. just dead at lows
CITY after forty-scvcn days Of voluntary starvation,
seems 10 H. extraordinary in more SENSES than one
The woman was undoubtedly insane. She had been
made 80 by the pain of prolonged disease. One form
Of her insanity her refusal 10 speak, which she
had not done since November, 1879. She ayowcd
her intention to commit suicdesby abstaining from
food. Here was as crazy patient as any in the
asylums. There was nothing TO do but TO treat her
as crazy Instead Of this the doctors stood about
her bed and did nothing. So did her pastor. did
her family. They all contented themselves with
begging her TO eat which she resolutely refused to
do. They did not undertake ioreby 10 administer
food for the singular that II such a course
should be taken, II would only drive her into some
other method Of self-destruetion." For the same
reason II II would. he rcide is discovered hanging.
life not being yet Oaet he Is not 10 be cut down
lest he should 10 away and poison himself. The
true way would be to rescue him fIom tho self-ad-
iusted moose and then send him 10 some hospital for
the insane The true way of treating poor Miss
Duell would have been TO commit Der to the of
those whose professional business it ~ ~ treat just
such cases.
Every Asylum receives patients who win not eat.
II Is one OF the peeuliaritos Of insanity
this disinclinaton 10 take food good practitioner
handles it usually with perfect success. AT the
Quaker Insane Asylum in York. England. under the
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charge of DR.. luke, 1t was commonly treated by IN
forming the patient that he w0uid not be permitted
TO eat A plate Of food was placed before him. and
then suddenly suatched away Ofeonr,e he became
anxious 10 do what he was told Inc should not do.
The delusiOh of Miss Duell might not have been
successfully eounteraeted in this way; bat there ~
really no excuse for negecting to administer nour-
ishmert to her by mechanical ezpcdients- Why she
authorities of Iowa City, IN which the ease was well
known did not interfere, We at loss t. undes-
stand Because persons are suffering from hopeless
disease they are not TO be permitted to put an end
TO their lives. All Christian morality is against
that The long and short of the whole matter Is shat
Miss Duell committed suicide, and was permitted to
do 80 BY Der family and friends.