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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

For many years Republican pre-
dominance and naisrale haYe overrisl
den these United States, and with uR
Finishing bsrdihood robbed and tax
ridden The people 70 an exteat IN
eqnaled in the annals Of our history
Since the Days Of the Romnn Patricianl
no people calling themselves free
people, and claiming liberty as hel.
itage, have been imposed upon and SC
quietly submitted to their oppressorsi
rnle as have on people done since
the inauguration Of Republican oligar-
ehy in this esantry. But we think
we now sec the handwriting upon tho
wall, which asYs we are done with this
thing. The wisdom Of the American
people, centered at Chicago, has given
to rs platform Of principles which
is first and last honorable, fair, and
guarantees TO all "a happy and pros
perous government No capitalist nor
laborer in the land can trnthfulIy
gainsay that their rights and liberties
are not equallyrrecognized.
In the selection of Grover Cleveland,
Of New York, for President, and
Thomas A. Hendricks, Of Indiana, an
equal guarantee is given that these
principles will be fostered in the fa-
tuFe, and practical results shall be
felt from their application. Neither
one Of these gentlemen, have ever in
their political Or private life, done
ought else bnt advocated and used their
efforts to reform our governmental
affairs, and instead Of corruption, ex-
traYagance, oppression and tyranizing
labor, re-establish economy, remove
oppression, and lift the hand of ty-
RAINY from the working mans head.
With such men at the helm of gov
ernment, guided by the Chicago
/" chart" our ship of State will yet be
safely sailed over the puirid sea, rem
deFed SO by Republican rule and com
position, into the good old harbor Of
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

HICKoRY FIAT, Jaiy o, 1884.
Editor Lake Charles Echo:
Dear Sir-sThe mind Is liking to {
mirror, or If you would have it, a look
ing glass It is blank until some oh
jeet is brought before It, or like the
glass that the photographer takes bis
pictures on, they have nothing on
them until it is brought before bis
machine, and an object placed before
It. Hence the necessity Of placing be.
! fore it, the best and the most suitable
objects At once-+tlte impression Of
which IN either case is most desired.
\ The design when placed there is hard
to eradicate, and if done at all /, It spoils
the glass or paper, go you sec. the ne
ceasity Of having placed before the
mind well established facts and truths
that are well defined, and which per
tains TO the well being of our race,
Eneh truths as elevates, expands and
enlightsns the mind. This may be done
very early in life; setting before the
mind Of the child such subjects and
objects with all Of their benefits or
losses as the child is able to grasp and
comprehend, and as the mind enlarges
and the capacities increase bring their
subjects and objects of q more eompli-
Gated form and dificnlt in compre-
hension. The studies Of every science
are highly important, and although we
may never master them all, yet we
may attain 10, the hill of fame by close
study, without knowing them all.
Diligence and perseverance is the
bridge by which difficulty is overcome.
One good lesson may lead to great
success and high attainments
No PeFson is of saeh penetrating
genius and just Judgment as to be ca
pabie of learning the arts and the sci
ences with the literature without some
teacher or instructor, the fact of their
correctness Hence we find that all
schools have their teachers, and the
reason is obvious. We should make
poor progress if we should have to
work ont every problem with our own
wits. But when we have teacher
that understands them and can explain
them, then they may soon be Under
stood. His assistance is absolutely
necessary for any one to make head
way in any of his studies. It. is true
that books are a kind Of dumb
teacher, they point out the way to
Learning. But if we labor under any
doubt, mistake or inability to com
Prehend the meaning, we need at once
a teacher that can demonstrate a fact
before our eyes, and explain it to our
minds aud simplify it so we get the
idea at a glance.
There are very few teachers, If any,
who can explain everything that comes
up, for the sciences are numerous and
lie far from each other. And to run
the whole of the circle of them, we
will have torun great way, and need
much help, and all we can obtain 10
bring us through or around, as it
seems most appropriate, is necessary
10 our good.
And now to the patrons Of the
schools of this parish, let me entreat
you to be more attentive TO our schools.
| will close for this time.
Yours truly, J.T.F. |
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

MEANWHILE, La, July 9, 1884.
Editor Lake Charles Echo;
Dear Sir-Some time ago l saw a
communication in your paper from S.
j. Meadows, in regard to the Justice
of the Peace of this, the Sixth Ward
of this parish, and feel satisfied the
change wonld be made, and that w.
a. Cochran would get the Office; but
since, we have been informed that E.
l. Cannon has received his commits
sion, when, according to the tally
sheets, and the report Of the commits
sionersi the election stood about as
follows: Cannon, %, and Cochran,
80. And now, in the name of the God
of high heaven, why are the people of
the sixth ward to be treated in this
way, and is there no way to have this
thing righted?
Respectfully yours,
JoHE F. MIBRs.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19
A Voice from SIX willie.
suaARTowE, July 10, 1854.
To the Lake Charles Echo:


suaARTowE, July 10, 1854.
To the Lake Charles Echo:
After long delay l have to state
that health is good in this vicinity.
Weather fine for laying by crops,
though very warm, and A favorable
indication of drouth. In this, as ia
all other parts of the parish, crops
generally, have been injured by too
much rain in spring and early sum.
mer though, Notwithstanding all this,
we still cherish the hope that the
harvest will be greater than was pre-
dieted, even "a few weeks since. 1t
seems that the best crops arc those
which were planted early, and on the
dryest lands, and of those, affew are
to be found as fine crops as ever grow
on our lands.
Now, a word to cousin Josh, if You
please. j am sorry to say that your
antidate failed to reach me until re-
Gently, owing to theta that was not
as ubscriber TO the EeHo. Insyonr first
line you speak as though i personated
some one, bnt ! only referred 10 an.
'eVil fPrachee, which prevails with
'some' and IN making such reference,
As 2 matter Of course, 4 was bonDd TO
relsfiio class OF fPraetltlopersi and,
sueh PrAetlee when carried on, proves
uslFllhehtal 70 AZ and, had yon been
an eye Fifness TO the growth of this
no4lo1s plant and tasted its bitter
run, I v'ink perhaps yon would have
peen less inclined 70 cesnsnre one for
ny lsmeptalion. 1on say I've have
no rlgnt 70 I9dge a man until he's
t4ll Hiel il%onoer who Informed
yop' COUSIN l9osh. thatithose charac-
s : . Npen 1 referred were untried.
pm you say z better plan Is, TO eare
o ~. omh usleess, before we tell of
9,nsFs Isaits; mat IS a very good
pan, PVT you say At the last, "dpn't
speak Ct others faults until we have
none 81 elrrown" If weifollow this
plan olr mouths aFesall closed, for no
man as perfect enough TO even correct
ms brother Where nov, ale our re-
Proyers, eoFFectoEs and instructors in
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

FoR the Information Of the relatives
of the lady whose name forms tho
subject Of this paragraph, and those
Of onr readers abo are from that sec
tion Of our Stale, we copy thetfollow-
ing from the West Baton Rouge .Su.
gar Planter, Of the 18th inst; AfOn
Thursday, July 2, at Sardine Point, in
this parish, Octave Dapay, white, ina
fit Of anger, beat his wife 50 gbrntally
that for some time her life was dis
paired Of, and on last Saturday it was
reported that AIRS Dupny had died,
butlthis report proved untrue. After
maltFeatjng his wife, which be did
without any apparent cause, DnPuy
went to his lnother-in-law's reaidence
and told her that her daughter bis
wife had a fit and that she had better
beattsnded TO- The motAsr, accom-
panied BY several neighboIs, pro
seeeded to Mrs. D1puy'a house and
found her 10 a deplorable condition
from the effects Of The beating admin
istered by Dnpny 9plearping Of che
unfortunate occurrence Sheriff Kirk
land At once ARRESTED InsPnF and
lodged him - the parish jail 70 await
The action Of the District Coprt, which
assemblies ontlle first Monday IN Sep
taanber naxt"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19
Aucoeaaissaa SaIe.

II
Essbase poeEes, Ho 4sa, BoAsfasssM judicial
Dihtriet. ceitrf tlaieaslsst 4grisE l<ogisiaaa
sneeessionet HsEsh ReElglna, deceased.
Tz2Y Virtue u an onIrr Ut the Honotasle
IL koprkeepth judicial District Cont.
dated Jaly 19th, 1884 there WIll be sold Ill
public suction, byI the a Administration, fo the
last and highesf bidder at fsle last residence
ef deceased M this parish on
siAtnrdF.g. AYsRusf IN. Asa6,
between legal hours, thefoliowing described
pFQpqrlY, belonging 10 said Succession al
SARAH k'efk ine, deeenEed W wit
80 4d-A 90 acres o. land being tie 8
va d s. u 81 Sec. 81, and s. " 81 st
w ol zee RI 4pwnssip a, 3. r. i'll Wesf.
Dwelling house and improvements Oh
Homestead
One GIN HOUSE Gin Stand
Etiin fFess iffast NJ ill atc.s
pna Cow aud FeRTlinR
One yelze 0f Oxen
One Mare
a lat ei household furifture
2 praniing sEqHi wsiA everything "a snid
brand,
la4h Qgl The deF o. sale
Gle1Eis ohice' Lake 7hAlleH, iri Iaiv ~.
lts4 fRAH. MAKO,
3Nlyt s9-fle, elqfE Qf sad Gengt.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

THE assessment rolls of the city Of
New York forlls84 show an increased
valuation on real estate of $40, $780,
929, and on personal estate Of $2l,-
045,2l2 :; a fetal increase of s6l, $780,
lao, The rate Of taxation last year
was 2.2s per 500. This year it will
be about 2.26 per 500.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

''THE Shreveport democrat" says
the States, 4suggests that the Exposi,
ton should be better advertised. We
agree. The promise Of fine European
exhibits woald have been greatly in.
creased had there been liberal and
iudieieus advertising abroad. OF this
fact we hAYe good information"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

The New York Sun gives in its
adhesion TO Cleveland, and remarks
that ''Lhc one prominent feature Of
Gov. Cleyoland's administration has
been tho confidence which lie has in
spired in bis reetitudc Of purpose and
honesty of action as a public officer.
He Is streng where bis adversary is
weak, aud his honesty Is net donbtedp
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

Tbeaichest little gifi Is lie world
z the sessnyysar-old daughter Of Capt.
Iacqgge II Perkins, of ilar Unitea
STATES NAVY. She Is worth ez.00p.000
lnsher own painn, llie amount having
been lsitsher by.llsr grandfather, VIM.
fieH, Of Boston, Whelels fortune Or
&2es000,e0D. Capt Perkins II now
u command Of lse sieamai Hartford
Besides de fortune n .0Gn, 900 that
lls little daughter inheyiisa, Cart.
Perkins Is allowed by ihoferms 81 he
.Nlll 29al0 annually Ii cafine for
'ils little lady until ne feaebGs she
legal sge lAna elslms hsr millioas,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

A rEIEeRAM from Elizabeth, New
Jersey ot Jaly l4th, says Alb WI.
Fefliade, Of this city, Secretary Of the
Nstienal Committee of the Grssnbacly
party, who accompanied Gen. Butler
from Ghieago 70 Buffalo, says that
Gen. Butler stated distinctly to Gen.
Weaver, himself and Others. that be
hAsl accepted the National Greenbacl
md .enii-AionopoIy neminatien, and
wsularun H. willprobabIy copcen-
sgate bis work in New York
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

AMos LEAToY, a coal black negro,
confined in the parish jail. of ST John
the Baptist, and convicted of murder,
died on Thursday last from actual
fright at the execution heawas doom
cd toanndergo.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

FoRrF Of the Republican and indie
pendent papers, says the Pittsbnrg
Port, that have bo!ted Blaine have a
circulation of 100000. That is =
pretty large audience, but allowing
three readers 70 every copy circulated
-eertaiply q moderate estimate-it
will be seen that these papers reach
ever |. 100000 people who have been
IL The habit Of atsachiag much weight
10 their opinions.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

81. Louis is ALTERING from an odd
kind Of monopoly. The sand sellers
have combined, and charge builders
and masons four Times as much for
each load Of sand as was charged last
year. Dirt is no longer cheap.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

THE Canadian authorities refuse 10
deliver Emo, the absconded New X orS
bank president, TO the United States
authorities.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

The Atlanta Constitution says ''the
fact that the Blaine campaign is TO
be managed BY the star reuie thieves
is restoring confidence to the office
holders. This class knows what cor
ruption can accomplish at the North"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

The Democratic National Conren
tien, says The Shreveport Democrat
has done its work quietly and well
a * - Two better men could not
have been selected. Cleveland repre-,
SCENTS the element Of The Empire State,
aud viii command the support Of
what is termed the Independent Re.
pnblicans, the most conservative and
strongest faction of that party, com,
prising the leading men that for years
have protested against the corruption
that has marked Federal adminisira-
ton. If GleVeland'sRame adds strength
TO the ticket in New York and the
New England States, that Of Hen
bricks will be still stronger in the
Northeast and the South, especially,
when it has been for years a house
hold word. There is not an honor
within the gift OF the Southern peo-
pie that they would not bestow on
him freely. His nomination, at this
time, will revive all over the Union
the recollection Of the injustice with
which he was treated by the Electoral
Commission, These nominations SCI
cure to the Democracy the electoral
votes Of New York, New Jersey, In
diana and Connecticut, and these
added 10 those of the South, convey
the pleasing assurance Of a national
triumph in November. The intelli-
geDee Of these nominations has been
photographed to every portion Of the
Union, and wherever itilas gone, we
venture TO say, there is universal re-
jeieing. All honor 10 the Convention.
1t has done its duty pobly, and in a
manner that will be welcomed with
Hnbounded enthusiasm.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

| NV HEREAs, Isaac Vincent, Administra-
wv tor, having filed a final tableau OF
said Succession, accompanied by his petition
praying for the hOmologa OF the came
And whereas, the prayer OF said petition
has been granted by an order Of Court dated
Jlly n, 1884
Now, therefore, notice lie hereby given to
all persons interested, to make opposition to
said tableau, In writing, at my Office, In the
town OF Lake Charles, within the time re-
CURED by Law. why said tablesu should not
be bomologated and confirmed
THAD. MAYO, CLERK.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

nj OH ~ y hereby given to al parties "a,
~ ferestea, that the Assessment lists d
fhe 5esh lass4 tQr the parish 81 alaasien. az
now open for ipspeRiion and hi, II
MY Office. Any. person desiring b make a.l1
cqfgeetion Qr alteration IN Their Assessment
inEaet ealne forward within thirty dass Team
date 0f this notice and malie thea appliea-
ton 'ipr such Correction Or alteration, h cen
torElty Vifh seetipn 22 q AFslale g6, ~
All. REID.
Assessor ~ and for Caleasieu Parish.
Aaake CHARLES, ] une q l, -.5f.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

The assessment Of Texas will show
an increase Of $5o,OOo,oOo over last
year, at least.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

KlEelJoHE, Of Abyssinia, has pre-,
scented the Queen of England with an
elephant. StraDgel Wonder what
color it isl
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

Tar New York Times, heretofore a
sialwart Republican journal, supports
both The platform aud nominees Of
thcl Democratic party.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

BaE BuTEER refuses TO say whert
helnlands in this fight.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19
NONE0E.

a N1 one wishing IL isaf ahaice noptie
70 WORK ponies al qxei, viii 81 vel lto
Gallon naf 81 nv 4FH
'83-tf. Raor lfa{iv
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

NOTECE.

It's hereby given to all persons not to credit
l. my wife, ALICE c. HAYES, on my ac-
count, as she has left my bed and board, and
am determined not TO pay any debt or obi
CATION contracted by her.
E. c. HAYES
Calcssieu parish, July IS, 1884. I'm.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

Remaining in the Postotfice, at Lake Charles
'qaleasleu parish, La, for the week ending
July IL, 1884: ).
LADIES LIST.
Birdsall Sarah nj mrs Balance B Anrs
Breaust Milina mrs Castillo g A mrs
Ellison NJ q mrs Harrington B mrs
Moudel Susan McIlee Leticia, mrs. col
Rollins "A = miss Raborn d ID mrs
Smith Mary miss
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19
Lake Charles RLaAe school
Rev. lac. AkEH.AAs, Principal.

ri ME extra summer session will open on
n Monday, June 80, and continue until
the beginning Of the regular fall term on the
hrst Monday in,September next
TERMS 1skyaarny n.o,snxyYv
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1884-07-19

fssbase porlst 9p 4S4, HoNsfaetM Jisdiciog
District Coftrf taieasissi 1ggish. Esogisia8a.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-07-31
Our New Minister to Germany
THE Hon. JOHN A. KASsoN, OF iowa

Hon. John A. Kasson, who was
lately appointed AZ Minister tn Ger
many, wa, born Mt Burlington, VI
Jauuary lIth, 1872 He acquired The
rudiments of his education al the pub
lie schools of his neighborhnoI, and
when twenty years of agh graduated
from the University of Vermont. Upon
leaving this institution he determined
to study law, and pursued Il course of
reading in Massachusetts; and after
being admitted to practice hn removed
to st. Louis, where he engaged in his
profession until 1897, When he settled
in DcsMoines, Iowa In the follow
ing year he was elected State Directt +
in the organization of the State Bank
of Iowa, and in the next was Stale
Commissioner to investigate and report
on the condition of the IGXecutive De
partment of Iowa. About this time
he was elected Chairman of the Re
publican State Committee, and in 1860
he was both u delegate to the Chicago
Convention and the representative of
Iowa Oh the Platform Committee.
Upon the inauguration of Mr.. Lincoln
Mr. kasson was appointed First Assist
ant Postmaster General, a position he
occupied until the Fall of 1862, when
he resigned to accept nomination for
Congress, but in the ensuing election
was defeated. In 1868 he was appoint
ed United States Commissioner to the
International Postal Congress, held In
Paris. On his return he WAS elected
q member of the Thirty Eighth Con-
gress, and at the close of that was
chosen to the Thirty Ninth. In 1867
he visited Great Britain, France, Bel
gium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland
and Italy, as Commissioner on the
part of the United States to negotiate
postal connections, and succeeded in
INDUCING all the governments except
that of France to sign the preliminary
agreements. From 1868 to 1873 he
served as member of the General
Assembly of Iowa, and was elected to
the Forty third and Forty fourth Con
crosses.
Soon after his accession, President
Hayes appointed Mr.. Kasson United
States Minister to Spain, but Oh ac-
count of the stand he had taken in
Congress upon the subject of Spanish
atrocities in Cuba, he declined the
portfolio, and was thu II given that OF
the Austrian mission. Upon his re-
tirement from service III Vienna, he
returned home and was elected to the
Forty-seventh Congress from his ole
district. tie has ranked as one Of the
Republican leaders of the HOUSE, anC
his retirement from that body will bt
greatly regretted.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-07-31

The conference of Independent Re-
publicans, who refuse to support Blaine
and Logan, held at the University
Club Theater, in New York City on
the 22nd inst, was an immense affair.
Large delegations of anti-Blaine Re-
publicans were present, especially from
New York and the New England
States. Charles II. Goldman, chairman
of the Independent Republican Club
of Mass, was elected President of the
Convention. Mr.. Goldman made an
address in which he said: You con-
fer great honor on me in choosing me
to preside over the deliberations of not
q body of office-holders, but of citizens
whose only desire is for the-good of the
whole country. We have decided to
cast aside party affiliations for the time
being. The nomination of the Repub-
lican party for the Presidency is an
insult to American manhood. Blaine
has not cleaned his record from the
charges that he used his public office
Suius anu we iSdI hc Will
continue his usual methods, that he
will prove no deadhead in any enter
prise he may embark in. We make
no charges against his private charac-
ter but Blaine is not fit to be Presi-
dent of the United States. There is no
great issue clearly defined between the
two parties, se we have to confine our
selves to the question of the fitness OF
candidates. The speaker was fire..
quentty appIauded. The resolutions
reported by George William Curtis
forcihly arraigned Mr.. Blaine for his
| political dishonesty and demagOguery
and declared him entirely unfit to he
President, and ended by endorsing
| Cleveland and Hendricks as we'll wor
thy of the suffrages of all honOrabl.
men, who desire good government anG
honest methods to prevail at ou1
Capitol.