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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07
Reliable Testimony,

Where testimonials give the residence OF
the parties it is an easy matter for any per-
son to verify them. Thousands OF people
from all parts Of the Pacific Coast can and
have expressed the opinion that there is no
other article in the world equal to PHOS.
PLATE SOAP for common toilet use. A
great many people have tested this soap for
skin diseases. Among others we give the
following from parties who have thoroughly
tested PHOSPHATE SOAP:
OAKLAND, Cal, April 5, 1850.
STANDARD SOAP COMPANYcGENTs
Some two or three months ago, had boy
about two years old that had suffered for a
year with severe eruption on the head and
face, caused by teething. The child was in
such misery that it would often be awakened
out Of sleep by. the severe. itching. He
would then scratch his head and face until
everything We could find, but nothing
we tried PHOSPHATE SOAP. Before we
had used one cake, the child's head and face
were entirely healed, and there has been no
appearance Of the disease since.
MICHAEL KANE. No. l06S Kirkham st.
FORT VERDE, Arizona, Dec. ~, 1879.
STANDARD SOAP COMPARTMENTS:
Having received your box Of PHOSPHATE
SOAP, and having used only one cake Of
SOAP out OF the three, / am happy to say
that it has completely cured my sore eyelids
which was caused By the alkali dust in Idaho
Territory, in 1877, and have been tore ever
since until / used PHOSPHATE SOAP.
CORPORAL DENNIS BURKE,
Twelfth Infantry.
SAN Francisco, November q, 1879.
STANDARD SOAP COMMANDMENTS:
After a number Of trials OF Soaps, have
learned that the PHOSPHATE is certainly
the very best for shaving. I thank you for
its introduction. JAMES p. ARTHUR.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

Hot weather produces Iaction Of the liver.
lnaction Of the liver causes diseased kidneys,
and diseased kidneys undermine the fe
quicker than consumption. Al these
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, The rurest and
best remedy ever discovered
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

Ayers Ague Cure is purely vegetable
bitter and powerful tonic, free from Qui-
nine or any mineral substance, and always
cures the severest cases.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

A correspondent of the London Neos,
writing from Burmsh, thus describes a
Burmese village: 1.-THE village itself
is struggling kind of affair. Every
man builds his house where he pleases
and in what line he pleases so that there
is no semblance of a street. The
houses are built entirely of bamboo,
and are barrack-like structures $50 or
200 feet long and forty or fifty feet
broad. The caves come down to within
few feet of the ground. and as there
are no windows, they are dismal enough.
But they keep out the storms, which
are plentiful enough on the hills, and
that is all that is wanted. Each house
has private door, at which only the
family raay enter. A stranger entering
by the family door provokes the family
'gnat,' and there is q tremendous rum
pus on the spot. As to uninitinted
eyes there are no more points about the
family door than about ary other, you
have got to be very careful how you
enter house unlimited. All about the
caves are fixed skulls of buffaloes. pigs,
deer, and other wild animals"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

ALL Photographs made at the New York Gailery
No. 25 Third ST., S. F.. are guaranteed to be FIRST
class. Prices to suit the times. j. II. PETERS d Co
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Apllori-nl-.

Truth is the sun OF intelligence
NASvENAEQCES
Poetry has been tie guardian angel
of humanity il all ages. - LAMAR.
TINE.
The world is satisfied with words
few care to dive beneath the surface
PAsCAr.
IGero are passages il Shakespeare
that burst upon the mind like splendor
| from Heaven.
If we should leave out of converse.
ton scandal, gossip, commonplaces,
fatuity-what ce.-MME. BAcuI.
Tho misanthropist is to be pitied
when his despair proceeds from an
ardent love for the good, the beautiful
and the true.-GEoRGE SAND.
Firmness OF purpose is one of the
most necessary sinews of character, and
one OF the best instruments of success.
Without it, genius wastes its efforts in
q maze of Inconsistencies.
Childhood often holds truth with its
feeble fingers, which the grasp Of man.
hood cannot retain, which is the pride
of utmost age to recover. JOHN Rus
KIN.
The speculative observer Of life won
ders why these low classes should be
called the lower" which have furn.
ished the world with its examples and
teachers. with Socrates, a Luther, q
Burns, Garrison.
Most maladies begin with the stom-
ach, therefore are they directly tracea.
BILE to the kitchen. The good cooks
standard of excellence is q pleased
palate; natures standard is an upper.
turbed digestion; and nature gets the
worst of the controversy. Even good
cooks enrage the stomach; what, then,
is to be said of the bad ones-the SER
wants who are expected to prepare three
meals day, though they never had
any instruction in the culinary art
Further, what do men and women who
order dinners know Of things fit to eat
1t is not only possibility, but a
lamentably frequent occurrence, that
meal of which the essentials are good
in themselves is ruined for practical
purposes by combination of dishes that
can never agree uEon transformation
into blood, bone and muscle. The con-
diments, seasoning, ETC., which are
supposed to make dishes palatable, tor
ment many a good liver to the verge of
worthlessness; while hard meats whose
only virtue is in their flavor, fish
smothered in irritating sauces, and rich
and thoroughly indigestible desserts,
are Supplying the brains of numerous
men worthy of at least nobler means of
sell. destruction. Physicians are needed
in the kitchen as we'll as in the bed.
chamber.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

J. w. Shaeffer s. Co., 321 and 323 Sac
ramento ST., San Francisco, employ no
drummers. Cigars sold very cheap.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

The. best aimported gloves made
here,m wasn't very bad sign; that is,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-07

Sweet mercy is nobility's trge badge.
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C4Sa s'S:,Z; $;;,:s'i ~ %s:a
&nSADDLERY 3D. 81: $s:%r s; ;:; !:
- logue W. DAVIS,
j. w, TUCKER. e. co.

1C1 KEARNY ST. SAN FRANCISCO. JEWEL
u L ers and silversmiths Agents for all Ameri-
can watches. Importers Of Swiss and English
watches. Fine watch repairing speciality.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14
The valley of the Tcche.

From the New York Sun.
The valley of the Teche in Louis
lana has been termed not inaptiy
the Italy of America. Unlike other
valleys, it is not formed by its vicin-
age to the sloping base of opposite
mountains, leaving but a narrow
channel for the passage of stream
The lands of the Teche, bordering
the BAYOU from which this valley
takes its name, from a gently de
Ginning area to its waters, form q
rising elevation that can hardly
claim the dignity of mountain. The
grassy shores OF the bayou are
shaded with every variety of forest
trees. which, in many places, dip
their branches into the water. The
streams of the bayou are as clear
as crystal, abound with fish, and
seem the iavorite resort Of both
inland and sea going birds, which
may be seen Swimming over their
surfaces at all hours of the day.
Its slOping lawns, dotted every few
miles with pretty draw bridges
facilitating neighburly intercourse,
gave it a quiet domestic atmOs-
phere. The prairies of the Teche are
ineXpressibly beautiful, and form
one of the nest pleasing features
of the scenery. When the south
wind moves over the fields of tall
rank grasses which cover their un-
surface, they resemble the
pillows of some vast inland lake.
These prairieS are situated west of
Bayou Teche and south of Bayou
Cecodrie. In the south they are
limited by an impossible sea of
marsh, and in the west by the Cal
casieu and Sabine. The prairies of
the State embrace upwards of two
million five hundred Thousand acres.
Owing to the richness of its soil
and its wonderful adaptability to
the culture of cane, this district is
also known as the ''sugar bOwr of
the United States.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14

Some people are lazy, and do not
work as much as others, but strive to
get what Others have The following
incident, which occurred la an Eastern
State, between man and boy, is a
very good example of the above:
a Young man stood listlessly watch
ing some anglers on bridge. He was
poor and detected. AT last, approach
ing a basket filed with wholesome
looking fish, he cried: "lf, now, j had
these, would be happy. i could sell
them at fair price, and bny nice food
aud lodgings"
81 will give You inst as many, and
just as good fish," said the owner, who
CHANGED to overbearhis words, ''if you
will do me trifling favor"
And what is that" asked he ca
gerly.
tOnly to tend this till | come back;
| wish TO go on short Grand"
The proposal was quickly accepted.
The old man was gone SO long that the
young man began to be impatient
Meanwhile the hungry fish snapped
greedily at the baited hook, and the
young man lost all depression in the
excitement of pulling them in, and,
when the owner of the line returned,
he had caught large number.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14
German Emigration.

A newspaper correspondent writing
from Berlin saws: "Despite all the
efforts of the German government TO
check emigration from the agricultural
districts of East and West Prussia,
Pomerania and Friesland, the outflow
of Wendish and German pcaSantry
this Spring has assumed the character,
especially in West Prussia, of popu-
lar exodus. Official reports reaching
Berlin from the Rosenberg district
state that many large estates therein
have been completely abandoned by
thc tillers OF the soil. One hundred
and eleven families have quilted the
parish uf Schwcnten, in the Grandeur
District, for America; and cuttings
upon q similar scale have either already
taileu place or are in course of prcpara-
ton in various parts of the province.
At Aiarienwerder relays of gendarmes
permanently occupy the railway sta
ton, with orders to arrest any labering
folks about to depart thence "on
emigrating thoughts intent" upon
written requisition, dul y endorsed by
the police authorities, presented by
any employer of labor who has suffer ed
breach of agreement from the would
be emigrants; and to convey such con
tract breakers, by force if need be, to
the place from which they may have
come, there to fulfil their engagements
according to law or custom. 1t APP
pears, however, that the persons for
whose restraint these severe measures
have been adopted, display consider
able and successful ingenuity in cvading
the vigilance of the Prussian executive,
and that the flower of Northern Ger
many's population is transferring itself,
with all convenient spcel, 10 Trans
atlantic countries, where compulsory
military service DIES not prevail
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14

The jnry in the case of the State VS..
Capt. S. NJ. Thomas returned verdict
last Saturday Of guilty of .mansaugh-
ter, and recommended the prisoner to
the extreme mercy of the Court. On
Monday morning Mr.. NJ. G. Elstner.
attorney for the prisoner, filed mo-
ton for il new trial, But on Tuesday
the motion WAS withdrawn, and the
prisoner received the sentence of the
Court. lie WAS sentenced to imprson-
ment in the State peniientiary for the
period of one honr and fine of 81,
and to pay all costs of the prosecution
like our contemporary of the Stand
ard, We want it to become the common
law of the South, that if an outraged
father, brother or husband sIays the
DESTROYER of their domestic happiness,
they sill not be convicted of any
crime. We think the jury in this case
carried their conscientious scruples Il
little too far. But we notice that a
petition is being extensively circulated
and nnmerously signed, requesting the
Board of Pardon--which consists of
the Judge who tried the case, the AT
torney General, the Lieutenant Gov
ernor and the Govcrnor--to pardop
Capt. Thomas.--d Webster Tribune.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14
KILLING of flames N. hell.

The Marksville Bulletin of April
seth, contains the following regard
ing the killing of James III. Bell. a
person who spent a few weeks here
about three years ago:
Last Tuesday night a sad and
unfortunate affair occurred In this
town. MIR. James LII. Bell, whilst
passing in front OF the residence of
Mr.. a. Blanchard, stopped, and
after few words, fired at the son of
the latter, who was with his mother
and sister on the gallery. After
the firing the deceased ran of and
was followed and killed Three
shots penetrated his lsody--one
striking the right side, going
through and Through and breaking
the left arm, and the two others
struck him in the abdomen. E,nan-
uel blanchard and Arthur sBarbin
delivered themselves to the author.
tiles for the killing, and are await.
pAg D preliminary examination be.
fore THE district court, Judge Bar.
bin being absent holding court in
Rapides parish This is indeed q
painful AFFAIR for us to chronicle,
but the privacy of home is sacred
and should be respected, and
Though the deed was terrible it finds
sSalliating circumstances.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14

~ GOTs NuFF Nit SUuH Fool
IsHNEss.D-Itis lpleasantto become
o parent;twice as pleasant. perhaps
to be blessed with twins; but when
it comes to triplets, we are q little
dubious. Now, there .dwells in
Jefferson county, MIS-, a worthy
German, who a few years ago was
presented by his wife with O son,
Hans said to lher:
ssKatrine, dot is gO0t.D
"A couple of years later the good
woman placed before. his ast0nished
gaze a bouncing pair of twins.
SWELL said Hans, 'sdat vas petter
ash de 0derftime; j drinks more ash
ten glasses beer on dat.n
But the good woman next time
gave birth to triplets, and that
made him 'sspOke NIT his imout
shust O liddle.r
s.Mein Colt, Katrine! vat ish der
matter on youf Peter y0u sthopI
dis spizness fore der come more ash
q village full, / gots nHtf init SUCH
ff0olisIness.r
Aoilater returns have been re-
ceired.--fEx.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14
The Evil Iri0.

We attribute the origin of nearly
all the evils which atilict the body poll
tic, which corrupt and undermine the
moral welfare af the people, snch as
the personal difficulties, the shooting
and honiicides--to that horrible trio,
those productive sources of evil. those
banes of good govcrnmeni-idlcness,
whisky, and concealed weapons. Idle
ness, whisky aud concealed weapons
are the chosen and most powerful
agents of Satan to poison and disease
the moral tone of society; and well
and thoroughly do they perform the
task assigned them, and thereby pre-
vent and defeat the first and principal
aim of government. That this trium-
virate, if we may he allowed the en-
preston, exists, is irrefutable evidence
that the condition of the society which
tolcrates its reign is itself corrupt. and
that the triumvirate is hut the natural
outgrowth of the impure condition of
society. Let society become purged.
become pure, then will these active
evils cease to exist, they will then die,
having nothing upon which to rely,
and from which they may derive "A
support. They will be then as they
should be now, Stunned, avoided and
loathcd by all good citizens Ms things
disgraeeful and dishonorahlc. MAY
this day soon come is our PRAYER, and
that of every good citizen.- Marks
vile Review.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14
SheriG''s sale.
Leon g. II. Blum VS.. Alex C. poulot


Leon s. II. Blum vs. Alex c. Poulet.
DY virtue of writ of Ffcri Facias. issued
Ii and to me directed. from the Hon. Court
aforesaid, will offer for sale at public auc-
ton, to the last and highest bidder, for Cash,
with the benefit of appraisement, at the Court
House door Of this parish, in the town of
Lake Charles, La, on SATURDAY. the 18Th
day of June, A. d. 1881, at eleven O'Clock
NJ, the following described property, to wit :
Lots 10 and rs, according to the plan of
Subdivision of the property of the heirs of
s. A. Kirby, surveyed by j. p Parsons. July
~, on file in the office of the Clerk of the
District Court, for Calcasieu parish, Louis
lana, ex-oflicio Recorder OF eonyeyances,
mortgages, and other miscellaneous Acts ;
the said lots being bounded on the north BY
Clarence street, and fronting each, one hun
dred feet, on said street, south by Pithon's
cOulee, and running between parallel lines
from Clarence street aforesaid, to said Pi-
thon's eOulee; the said lot No. &C. being
bounded on the west by RYAN street. and the
said lot No. rs being bounded on the east by
lot No. a, according to said Subdivision Of
said property, together with all the buildings
and improvements situated on said lots Nos
20 and 49, and thereto appertainiDg and be
longing, consisting of cottage dwelling
house, kitchen, shed, cistern, fencing fruit
trees, etc. Seized to satisfy said writ, issued
il the above mentioned suit
DAVID II. LYONS, Sheriff.
Sheriff S Office, Lake Charles, La, May A.
1891
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14

a planter near Opelousas planted
rice for the first time last year. He
knew nothing about rice culture, and
visited the German rice growers in
Fa9uetaique TO learn what he could
from them. His neighbors all dis
couraged himby continually Dining
into his ears failure and loss. lie en-
closed about forty acres of marsh land
that had always been considered
worthless There was great loss of
rice in harvesting, on account of the
excessive wet weather. But the amount
realized from the rice harvested and
sold was $3.50; from which, after de-
Quoting all expenses-fencing, ditch
ing, and all labor, and the purchase of
a thnsliing machine and horsepower
to run it-there WAS a balance left, but
We did not learn how much. The
fencing and ditching will not have to
be repeated for some time, and the
thresller and horsepower, the greatest
item of expense, are a permanent in
vestnent, and can be made to pay for
themselves in threshing rice for others.
Fifty dollars yield per acre, on land
too that can be used for nothing else,
is greater than can be derived from
any other crop, when we consider the
small amount of capital and labor
necessary to grow rice. Rice is en-
phatically the crop for the poor man
in southwestern Louisiana. st Lam
dry Democrat.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14

In commenting upon the failure Of
a newspaper manager, the st. Lonis
Globe tells plain truth in the follow
ing words:
"The business of journalism will con-
tiaae to be an inviting field of expert
ment to those who have a large amount
of cgotisnn, A man who, having ed
tied newspaper until he was forty,
should suddenly announce himself as
lawyer, would be regarded as a fool
BY the legal profession; and yet we
often hear of lawyers of forty making
sudden pretensions to journalism.
There is all idea that the business of
editing requires no apprenticeship;
that editors conc forth from law offices
and colleges fully armed for the pro-
fession, like l'allas from the brow of
.lovc. 1t is a mistake; there is not in
America to-day a single journalist of
national reputation who has not de-
voted more time and more hard work
to his profession than, with equal fit
ness and application, would have made
him great lawyer er a good doctor.
And vet ninety ont of every hundred
men Won meet on the street will hest
tate about carrying hod or making a
pair of shoes, whereas there will pro-
badly not be one la the hundred who
can't, according TO his own Judgment,
edit any newspaper in the country bet
ter than it is edited, no matter in what
manner or by whom"
The experience of all newspaper
offices is alike in tllis-that college
bred editor is the hardest to break into
his business of any man who ever tries
1t. lie insists in beginning at the end,
Instead of the beginning, lie has
more things to unlearn than any other.
He always lacks directaess, is usually
full of offensive pedsntry, aud is com
monty above his business. Though he !
may have read the newspapers all his
life, he has All idea that the sole bust
less of an editor is to write long
MINDED editorials, and these he feels
to write without any APP
'rcnticoship whatever. lie don't seem
o have an idea of what people really
cad newspapers for. Most young
Gentlemen who graduate at our literary
Institutions have the opinion that edit
ne newspaper is very simple mat
er, and one for which they are com
'etent already. They would scorn the
bought of learning the profession by
ngaging first in its simplest details.
nd going through these details, for
cries of years before they should be-
in to show themselves as editors at
Il. They will spend three years in
ne study of medicine, or law, or the
Iogy, and be content with it, vet they
re Just as well fitted for law or medi-
inc at the end of their college course
5 they are to edit newspaper; and
enerally speaking, a little better fitted,
Or the college system of education
as built and is perpetuated on the
lea that all its graduates are bound
Or one or the other of these three
inds of business.-Ex.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14

On, WHAT A ,CouGH!-Wlll yoa
heed the warning. The signal perhaps
of the sure approach of THAI pore ter
rible disease Consumption. Ask your
self if you can afford for tbe sake of
so cts, TO run the risk AND do nothing
for it. We know from experience
that Shiloh's Cuss will Cure your
Cough. 1t never fails. This explains
why more than a Million Bottles were
sold the past yesg. Itrelieves Group,
and WhoopiAg Cough, at once. Moth
ers do not DO mithoat il, For Lame
Back, Side, or Chest, use Sliiloh's Po-
rous Plaster,
Nm, MgyER, Druggist.
Lake Charles, La,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-14

To CaAsaE a PIEcE OF STEEL TO
CoPPER.-Take "a strong solution of
sulphate of copper, or blue yitriol. as
it WAS called in olden times, and dip
into il a piece of clean asd bright iron
Or steel, such as the blade of a knife.
I If the surface Of the metal is perfectly
clean, and, in particular, free from
grease, it will. in a few minutes, he
changed, to copper. We use the sord
changed adyisedly, for the iron il
actually dissolved and the copper takes
its place. A somewhat striking ipodi-
feaiion of this experiment may be
performed rs follows: Have 4 fat
piece Of polished iron, such as knife
blade, perfectly free from grease, and
q sponge or wad of rags soaked IN a
strong solution Of sulphatc Of copper,
TO which q very little tartaric acid has
been added. On rubbing the iron with
tLe spsaee il viii be instantly changed
10 coPpcr.--l Young SeieHtisi-