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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21

1nE little Town Talk, Of Alexan-
dria, La, which has already lived
much longer than many thought it
would, aud grows more sprightly day
l,y day, is responsible for the follow
ing: 1.-The Lake Charles EcHo comes
70 us witla splendid engraved bead,
ing, which shows enterprise in ITS
management The editor Of the EcHo
thinks that Lake Charles is going 10
have 4 business boom this fall, and has
gotten ready FORT. IL publishes
rood naper,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21

THE president, Gen. Sheridan, and
others Of the great men Of which this
country can boast, viii shortly % to
Yellowstone Park and have Il high Old
time. The party will be small and
very select, but $50 horses will be
taken along. sheridan, beng a great
cavalry man, viii doubtless need all
the horses. Our accidental president
being civilian will doubtless pre-
fer remaining on the ground. Those
having Mr. Arthur in charge should
endeayor to prevent bis getting too
much clam chowder. 1t had a bad
effect on the presidential stomach on
a previous occasion. WQpld II be in
order to inquire pat of which particu-
lar fund tie expenses Of this trip are
TO be paid?
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21

Gen. Ton THUMB, whose real mann
was Charles 5. S.ratton, was buried at
Middleboro, Massachusetts, Oh the
nth inst. The gentlemanlv little
nan was As years old and wa known
and respected the world over
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21
LAKE CHARLES, LA,
SATURDAY, JuLY 81, 1888

w ". hEUHEllNG has been ap-
pointed sheriff of the parish Of Yer
suiiion, in place Of G. y. Shaw, who
FcsigRc,i.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21
Improved Town Property
Fer sale aa y RargaIn.

Il 9Fp large lots, with cottage residence.
STABLE, tanneFy building friiit trees. and
other improvements, at the foot Of RYAN
street, Lake Charles, La VIII 6elTfa below
AFst egst. Address Leon a. u Blum Calves
Charles ID
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21

OUR thermometer marked s. de
grccs in the shade Thursday at two
"'cloek II it gets any higher a ccg-
tain newspaper man hercabouts VIII
be Obliged 10 60 t. the soa-sjJc o.
spuc other cooling resort.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21

IT Is estimated That Ii viii require
100000 barrelso Of cement TO complete
the new capitol for Texas, and the
contractors have contracted with the
the Ohm Vale, Ceucnf company Of
Louisville, Ky, 10 furnish it. This
looks odd, when there are scycra.
cement companies III Texas, and onc in
san Autabio especially, whose cement
has on several occasions been pro
nounccd superior to anything in tue
south.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN to all per
y SOUS interested in the above named
succession Of Alexander Reid and Sarah 5.
Ford, both deceased, that John N, Reid, Of
said parish, having filed in the office Of the
Clerk Of the District Court, in and for said
parish. his petition praying to be appointed
Tutor 10 the minors Interested in said sue
ccssiOn.
Now any one desiring to oppose said ap-
pointment, must file their written opposition
thereto, in my office, within ten days from
the tirst publication Of ibis notice
Clerks Office, Lake Charles, Louisiana,
July il, 1855 TfIAD. MAYO,
ct Clerk of said Court.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21

The following disqatebos have been
received by Surgeon General IiamiI-
ton, at Washington;
FERA CRuE, Mex. JuIy Is.
To Surg. Cen Hamilton, Washington.
lelinw fever is prevailing with unit
sRal severity. There were 80 deaths
in Nay, 20l, in june snl Ia to date
in Jaly The number Of new cases is
diminishing, etpeoialiy among the
shipping, Tor wznt Of material. The
exceptional feature has been.ihe prev
alehcp 81 li1e disease amo-g the ship
ping, usually exempt. Not counting
the steamers of the alexandra Line. :
per cent. OF the American sailors died.
Tho fever commenced sfnong the Nor
wegian vessels, These have suffered
most. They are particularly danger
Gus, because most of them clear for
our gulf ports. GUITERAs.
Asst. Surgeon Marine Hosp Service
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21
Failing

That is what a great
many people are doing.
They don't know Just what
IS tine matter, but they have
a combination Of pains and
aches, and each month they
grow worse.
The only sure remedy
yet found is BRowH's IRON
BITTERs, and this by rapid
and thorough assimilation
with the blood rurities and
enriches it, and rich. strong
blood flowing to every part
Of the system repairs the
wasted TISSUES. drives out
disease and gives health and
Strength.
This is WHY BKowNs
lion ErrrENs will cure
kidney and liver diseases,
consumption, rheumatism,
neuralgia. dyspepsia, maia-
III, Intermittent fever, &c.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21
Dissolution OF COpartner-
Notice Of CopartnersIaip

The public is hereby notified that from and
after June %, 1888 Mr. JACKSON n.
HEWITT became an equal partner with US
in the business Of a. Rigmaiden & Co
"A. RIGAfAIDEN.
ii. ESCOUBAS.
Lake Charles, La, JHly7, 1883. F30d.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-07-21

Tesignel.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22
How Divers Work under Water.

The submarine work of the new Folke-
stone pier, England, is executed by two
divers, who, in reply to the questions of
the reporter of The Engineer, have given
the following particulars as to their ex-
periences: "On first beginning to work
as divers, we felt as if our heads were
stopped up; the pressure was felt chiefly
in the ears. The increase of depth of
water, when we are descending, ia percep-
tibly felt; the difference of level between
high and low water is clearly appreciable.
Eight or ten acknowledgement or sixty
feet--is reasonable depth to work in /;
divers are said to have gone down two
hundred and twenty feet. At ten feet
depth we feel the pressure, and at twenty
feet can feel the increase, but do not feel
quick or slow variations of but four or
five feet. In deep water we feel the pres
sure all over the outside of the body, and
some divers are said to have borne D
pressure of eighteen pounds or twenty
pounds to the square inch. When work
ing in shallow water there is not so much
pressure in diving dress as in diving
bell, because we can regulate pressure
better inside the dress by turning the tap
80 as to give larger orifice for the escape
Of the air. We can not see far through
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22
American Handwriting.

Statistics are needed of the American
handwriting before any generalization is
attempted about it. Those who are in the
way of seeing specimens of it from al
parts of the country, from clergymen
clerks, farmers, lawyers, doctors, agents
merchants, etc.-always excepting the
people who write like the writing-mastel
declare that they have no general char
acteristic, except that the handwriting is
sprawling, aourishy, uniformed, that il
lacks neatness, compactness, solidity. Is
this only fancy. or is the writing sign
OF supeIficiality and carelessness and ex-
aggeration There is variety enough.
We certainly have not the uniformity
that in German or French writing enables
us to tell its nationality at a glance. Are
we mistaken in saying that the English
hand, generally speaking, is hand of
more culture, finish, neatness ? We signed
the Declaration very we'll on the whole,
but we have hardly as people lived up to
it.-Charles Dudley Warner, in Harper's
Magazine for September.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22
Mrs. Jones' Spelling

1t is not uncommon for ignorance to
lord it over ignorance more dense than
its own. The Detroit Post draws on its
imagination to paint an amusing scene,
wherein this lordship and the correspond
ing submissiveness are prominent: Mr..
Jones was writing letter. Writing is
not his strong point, neither is spelling,
and he called on Mrs. Jones, who was
sewing in the room, to help him.
Maria" he said, suspending his pen in
the air and catching globule of ink on
his nose, sis there any h in sofa ?" "Of
course there is" answered Mrs. Jones,
taking from her mouth button she was
going to sew on Willie's best jacket.
"S.o-p-h-s, sofa" "Thanks That's the
way always spell it, come to think of it, u
said Jones, sirily. Then there was 81.
lence. Suddenly he asked care there
two g's in sugar, Maria ?" "Mercy, no p
said Mrs. Jones, sharply. az should
think you could spell little word like
that, Jeptha, S-h-u-g.a-r, sugar" "That'i
So" assented Jones, 81 but I forgot the h
thought the word didn't look right" ant
he scratched in the missing aspirate
Then he folded his letter and set abou
directing it. "How many ms in Cincin
natl ?" he asked, balancing a postag,
stamp on his tongue. "About a dozen I
snapped Mrs. Jones, who had Just dis
covered that both knees of Willie's pant
needed repairing. "S-i-n-n-c.i-n-n-a-t-t-i
Cincinnati. I'm not sure whether the las
letter is or an i. You ought to keel
a dictionary, Jepths, and not depend Oh
me for everything" 81 don't need on
when you're around, DEAR" said Jones
with sly wink at the ceiling. al use'
to be a pretty good speller," said Mrs
Jones, complacently, "but Pm liable t
make mistakes like other people.
comes natural for some folks to spell, an
l suppose I'm one of Them" and she prt
ceeded to cut out two square ornament
for Willie's knees, while Jones went on
and posted his letter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22

to have her with me all summer but l
am glad that she has an opportunity TO
spend her vacation in the country, and /
am not at all disturbed by her choice Of
occupation it will be good discipline for
her. All girls ought to be trained in the
care Of children, and don't know how
one could get the requisite training in any
better way than in the capacity of nurse"
But Mrs. LIE Roy was not to be con-
verted in day to views so antagonistic
to the traditions of her set and, priding
herself on possessing the jewel of consis-
tency, she began Immediately TO put into
practice her theory of the treatment that
was henceforth to be accorded to Miss
Ellery. Still, she had no wish to give any
needless thrusts. She even tried to evade
asking her brother-in.law to stay to din
ner when he dropped in to see her one
afternoon, just home from Europe.
cit will be 80 embarrassing to seat
him face to face with the girl without an
introduction" she soliloquized; "and OF
course under the circumstances an iutro-
duction is out of the question"
But the young man himself frustrated
this considerate forethought.
stay and dine with you" he said when
the dinner-bell rang.
Fortunately for Mrs. LIE Roy's peace Of
mind, Miss Ellery had not come down
when they entered the dining-room, and
when, few moments later, she took her
seat at the opposite side of the table, Mrs.
LIE Roy found it convenient to seem en-.
crossed in conversation.
"Why didn't you introduce me to that
gray-eyed girl, Irene p asked her brother
in-law, during their sfter-dinner chat. &C.
like her face, and her manner, too. There
is something restful about her."
Eyes, rather" Mrs. LIE Roy reluctantly
assented. "Still, you would hardly think
an introduction desirable if you knew
what she is about to do. The fact is
Phil, an introduction might prove EN-
barrassing to you If you CHANGED to NEE
her some day rolling baby carriage"
al don't see Why" said Philip, bluntly
81 am sure she would roll it gracefully"
"But you don't understand, and you
won't believe it when I tell you, that sh
ia actually going to Shelter Island will
she can't afford to spend her vacation il
the country if it is going to cost her an,
more than it would cost to remain il
town-Pm sure l don't see why, for sh
is getting very good salary as teache
and when she found that Mrs. kittridg
wanted nurse for Flossy she at ono
| offered her services"
$50 that's the sort of girl she is |
said Philip, stroking his brown mustacht
DWELL, l admire her courage" -Mario
Brock, IN Christian Union.
| rCoNcIupRp NEXT vREK1
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22
Insecure Lives.

A New York daily discourses on this
theme and refers to notable cases. The
Turkish sultan has his carriage plated
like gun-boat the Kbedive is protected
by English troops; the Zulu king has a
park of artillery for his security the En-
peror William has "a small army to pro-
tect hin" when he appears in public
Queen Victoria enters and leaves a rail
way station through lines of life guards
and has an engine dispatched ahead OF
her train to anticipate danger, while her
daughter Louise and her husband, the
marquis of Lorne, ask for an armed guard
while passing through part of our land.
1t notes the fact of lady appearing in a
blaze of diamonds, Swallowed by a detec.
tive who was hired to shield her from VIC
lence. So our railroad kings have EARNED
men at their heads and heels and on guard
over their palatial residences. Some con.
template the policy of putting iron shut.
tiers on their windows, as did the duke OF
Wellington at the time of the London
riots" Political power and personal
wealth pay high taxes. Who should envy
their possessors
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22
The Unit Of Value.

The unit of value is specific quantity
of that commodity which is used as money,
generally determined by its weight, that
is taken as the standard of all the other
measures of value. This unit in the
United States is called dollar, whose
standard weight is twenty-five and eight
tenths grains of gold, consisting of nine
hundred parts by weight of pure gold to
one hundred parts of alloy. A piece of
gold having this weight, with these pro-
portions of its constituents, and bearing
the stamp of the United States Mint, is a
gold dollar. The legal equivalent of this
piece is silver dollar, weighing four
hundred and twelve and half grains
troy, and consisting of nine hundred parts
by weight of pure silver to one hundred
parts of alloy. All the other coins of the
United States, with the exception of the
minor coins composed of certain proper
tions of copper and nickel, are graded in
their weight and fneness to the gold or
the silver dollar. The eagle or ten-dollar
piece, for example, weighs ten times as
much as the gold dollar. The different
coins are graded to each other and to the
unit of value according to the decimal
principle. The object of having variety
of coins of different weights is simply one
of convenience in their use. Their rela-
tive value is fixed by their relative
weight. The fundamental principle that
underlies all these coins is one of QIartity
as determined by weight. The fineness
or purity being the same, each coin has
value in proportion to its weight. The
stamping is nothing but sign and
guaranty of this weight. A load of wheat
containing forty bushels is by the same
rule worth just forty times as much as
one bushel of wheat. A piece of cloth
ten yards in length, is worth ten times as
much as one yard of the same cloth. So
the ten-dollar gold piece is simply the
one-dollar gold piece multiplied ten times,
because containing ten times as much
gold. The difference in the quantity of
gold makes the difference between the
two. The proportions of quantity must
be maintained in order to maintain the
proportions of value. Paper money, of
necessity, ignores the whole question of
quantity, as having anything to do with
that of value; and this is one of the fatal
objections to it as measure of value,
when divorced from metallic money. Its
value depends not upon the quantity or
the quality OF the paper, but entirely upon
what is written or printed upon it. The
paper, as paper, is worth almost nothing,
and hence it'can never except when used
as the representative of gold or silver by
being convertible into one or the other,
be made reliable measure of value. 1t
costs no more to produce a hundred-dol-
lar bill that it does to produce one-dol-
lar bill and one is really worth no more
than the other except as they represent
different quantities of gold or silver.
Both are promissory notes, and their value
depends upon what they pledge and the
certainty that the pledges will be kept
IndependenL
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22
FISTULA AND PILES
Cured without the Use Of tbe Knife

WILLIAM READ (M.D D., Harvard, lSi2), and ROBERT
M. READ IN. D., Harvard, 1870, Somerset Street
Boston give special attention 70 the Of FIs
THE RECTUM, without detention from business
Abundant references given Pamphlets sent applca-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22
Superiority OF Baked Meats.

Always keeping in view that the primary
problem in roasting is to raise the tenn
perature throughout to the cooking heat
with the smallest possible degree of desic-
cation of the natural juices of the meat,
and applying to this problem the laws of
vapor diffusion expounded in my last, it
is easy enough to understand the theoreti-
cal advantages of roasting in a closed
oven, the space within which speedily be-
comes saturated with those particular
vapors that resist further vaporization of
these juices. say theoretical" because
| despair of practically convincing any
thoroughbred Euglishman that baked
meat is better that roasted meat by any
reasoning whatever. If, however, he is
sufficiently un.English to test the ques.
ton experimentally, he may possibly con-
vince himself. To do this fairly, a large
joint of meat should be equally divided,
one-half roasted in front of the fire, the
other in non-ventilated oven over a lit
tie water by cook who knows how to
heat the latter. This condition is essen.
tial, as some intelligence is demanded in
regulating the temperature of an oven,
while any barbarian can carry out the
modern modification of the ordinary de.
vice OF the savage, who skewers bit OF
meat, and holds this near enough to a fire
to make it frizzle. Having settled this
question to my own satisfaction more than
twenty years ago, now amuse myself oc.
casionally by experimenting upon Others
and continually find that the most uncom.
promising theoretical haters of baked
meat practically prefer it to orthodox
roasted meat, provided always that they
eat it in ignorance.-W. Matfieu Williams
in Popular Science Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22

the glass of the helmet; when the water
is exceptionally clear we can see about
twenty feet. Fishes sometimes come to
look at us, and mostly above our heads,
because we stir up the bottom, and where
the water is clearer they wait on the look
out for any food they can get. If we lift
hand toward them, they are off like a
shot. Flat fish near the ground are too
quick when we try to catch them with
the hand, but we can spear them some
times with our crowbar. We have never
seen any large fish near; the largest
which any of us ever saw was conger
eel, about two feet six inches, which came
near recently. He came along side quiz
city, and when the crowbar was raised
toward him he was of. -Christian al Work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-22
Mrs. Kittridge's Nurse.
PART 1.

Mrs. Kittridge seated herself at break
fast on a certain June morning with dis
turbed look on her usually serene face,
and though Mrs. Wilson's bill of fare was
all that the mast fastidious of boarders
could desire, it offered, for the time, moth
ing to tempt her appetite.
Up and down the long table friendly
ewes gave inquiring glances, for Mrs.
Kittridge was favorite with every one in
/the house. and her entrance into the
dining-room rarely failed to brighten the
atmosphere.
"These warm nights are enough to take
away any ones appetite" remarked a
languid-looking little lady at her elbow.
az suppose you will be going into the
country soon, Mrs. Kittridge ?"
"That depends, Mrs. LIE Roy" seid
Mrs. Kittridge. al had planned to go
next week, but last evening my nurse
gave me warning that if we intended to
20 more than ten or twelve miles out of
town, she would not be willing to 60 with
us, and. unfortunately, we have already
engaged cottage at Shelter Island"
"Oh, l am delighted to know that you
are going there" said Mrs. lie Roy,
quickly, "for lie Roy is negotiating for a
house, and we shall probably join you in
the course of three or four weeks. 1t is q
charming place.
eyes, very charming" sighed Mrs.
Kittridge; "but Norah is good girl
much better, at least than the average
and Flossy is fond of her,
ether you really think of going else
where ?" asked Mrs. LIE Roy in disap-
pointed tone.
ooh, il is just possible that we may
succeed in finding some one who will not
object to the distance, and in that case
we shall keep the cottage" said Mrs. Kit
fridge, with curious little smile. "Mss
Ellery, should think you might know of
Jome one whom you might recommend"
she exclaimed, catching at the instant
the gaze Of pair of earnest young eyes
4 on the opposite side of the table.
81 was just bordering the propriety of
recommending myself answered Miss
Ellery, with merry sparkle in in her
eyes and sudden dash of color in her
cheek.
"My dear, am not in mood to be
trided WITH" said Mrs. Kittridge, pa
theticaliy; al must have nurse, and it
has just occurred to me that you might
Ahow VI somo hico Biri duonS your ScnOl-
ars who would answer my purpose"
g. will look over the list" said Miss
Ellery, thoughtfully folding her napkin
"but most of the girls in my department
are Americans, and of those who are
thinking of doing anything for their own
support every one of them, am afraid,
would have the bad taste to prefer place
behind counter
81 see no reason for calling it bad
taste,'" said Mrs. LIE Roy. 81 rather think
you yourself, Miss Ellery, if compelled to
choose between the two, would take q
clerkship in preference to a nurse-girl's
place."
"Indeed would not" answered Miss
Ellery, the color flashing into her cheeks
again. However hard nurse-girl's work
may be, it cannot possibly be harder than
standing all day behind the counter nor
than sitting hour after hour at sewing
machine. l have no patience with q
public sentiment that makes such work
more genteel than tending little children.