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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

Tlmes-D Democrat.
A new examination of the white
pine district of the West, made by the
forestry division of the United States
Agricultural Department, indicates the
complete exhaustion Of the Western
lumber in twenty to twenty-five years,
at the present rate Of consumption;
as, however, that rate is increasing,
and is likely to continue increasing
with the improvement in population,
the exhaustion will como earlier, lin
from twelve to eighteen years.
In Michigan, the greatest lnmber
producing State in the Union, the
standing pine has been reduced from
$50, 100000 feet to $4,000, ,000,-
900, nearly four-fifths having been
cut. OF this, large proportion has
been wasted. From all parts Of the
lumber district the reports are the
same. The cut is wastcful in the ex-
treme, no effort being made TO pre-
serve any part of the lumber which
cannot be Immediately worked up into
boards for the market.
Michigan, 1t will be seen, now ranks
far below nearly all the Southern
States in the amount of standing mer-
chantable lumber, although its pro-
ducts of lumber, wooden goods, ETC.,
equals their combined output.
We desire to call this fact of the
pine now standing in the Southern
States to the attention of these many
Western papers, who, commenting
upon this discovery Of the forestry de-
partment, are greatly worried over the
future. They are calculating whether
Canada will be able to supply the de-
mand, and whether the Canadians will
not have us at their mercy and be able
to put any price they choose upon
their lumber We woud simply ask
them to look in this direction, They
will sec that there is no need to fear
any lack of timber for century to
come; and, with little care and econ
omy, for twice that period, They need
not count the trees in Canada, for here
in this country, in the Southern States,
they can get all the lumber they will
want
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soNG OF TIE 7EAKET7IR.
BY H. s. ooRNwELL.


Here like brooding goose l sit,
Watched over by the gander,
With nest of Goals instead of eggs,
A patient salamanderi
In the quaint urn that bubbles near,
Well charged with fragrant Hyson,
Is brewed the cup to granddames dear,
King George put such price on.
Let others sing the Arab bean
That leaves the brain so murky;
It well may do for dull Hindu
Or torpid sons of Turkey.
Nectarian they may think it still,
Their taste call in question;
know 1t serves to spoil the nerves
And undermine digestion.
What woes, alas! are brought to pass
BY social dissipation
The fiery punch, the midnight lunch,
The morning agitationl
How grateful then the generous bowl
That comes with hope and healing;
That lifts to life the sinking soul
And warns with fellow feeling
Half frozen on his icy throne
The Czar Of all the Russlas,
I've heard him say twelve times day,
He quaffs It with his ushers
And good Queen Vie, whene'er she sick,
And headaches hold her too long,
Declines her customary port,
With "Brown, cup Of Ool0ngW
Thus prince and pauper well agree
To land with eqnal praises
The sacred herb of Con-fu-tze,
That cheers, but never craZes.
Whene'er an evening freight gloWs,
The steam with music blending,
! still keep singing through my nose
My supper song unendingl
--TrdBeier'S Record.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

Capitolian-Advoeate
As the time approaches for the as
sembling of the new Congress, the
question of extending National aid tc
public education in the States that re-
quirc it, is being more generally dis
cussed. The proposed measure, es,
pecially in the South, finds many sup
porters and but few opponents,
In Louisiana, the measure has re,
ceived the endorsement of the Eduea,
tional Association, the General Assem-
bly,, the Governor and other high
authorities. Hence, we are gratified
to state that, with few exceptions, the
press has been found in harmony with
these sources of opinion, which regard
the prompt and general education of
the masses as an imperative necessity
to the welfare of our State and country.
The sudden anticipation and equally
sudden enfranchisoment of the colored
people, occurring about the close of a
war that had reduced many States
from atfiuence to straightened circum-
stances, made it next to impossible for
their taxpayers to furnish the means
required, to educate the quadrupled
number of children of all coIors de-
pending upon the public schools for
their education.
Ignorance has been the. cause of
our greatest troubles, and it is still the
stumbling block to tho establishment
of a social condition without which it
cannot be hoped that the South will
attain that degree of morality and
stability of government it needs to
become contented and prosperous
region.
'Tis useless to talk about immgra-
tion and the rapid development Of our
resources, so long as the world knows
that the destinics of these States are
at the mercy of ignorance, swayed to
and fro by the ambitions of more or
less serupuIous men. Men seeking
homes for their families are not com
ing to country where ignorance fos-
ters SO much vice and engenders the
appalling proportion of crime which
is the great curse and public burthen
of the South.
The National government owed to
humanity, at the close of the war, to
provide the means to educate the en-
franchised and the whites that had
been reduoed to necessitous cireum-
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STATE nF LOUISIANA.
Office of Board State Engineers.

Office Of Board State Engineers.
DIR. G. II. Tichenor, Baton Rouge, La:
Dear Sir IL have tested the mer
its of your Antiseptic Refrigerant fol
the past two years, and il affords me
pleasure TO state, it gives me perfect
satisfaction and / cheerfully recon-
mend it to the public. Every planter
should keep it on hand. Try it and
you will be convinced.
II. G. BRowN, State Engineer.
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CURE FOR PILES.

Piles are frequently preceded by sense Of
weight in the back, loins and lower part oi
the abdomen, causing the patient to suppose
he has some affection of the kidneys or neigh
boring organs. At times, symptoms Of indi
gestion are present, fatuleney, uneasiness Of
the stomach, etc. A moisture, like perspira,
ton, producing very disagreeable itching,
after getting warm, is common attendant.
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at
once to the application of DIR. BOsanko's Pile
Remedy which acts directly upon the parts
affected, absorbing the Tumors, allaying the
intense itching, and effecting a permanent
cure. Price so cents. Address, The DR.. Bo-
sanko Medicine Co., Piqua, o. Sold by WIN.
MEYER, Lake Charles, La.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03
DO straighten up, John, and hay

"Do straighten up, John, and have
some style about you" said his wife.
You are growing uglier and uglier
every day "Ca4't help it, my dear
he replied apologeticalIy. |" 1t is said
that a man grows more like bis wife Y
When the neighbors separated them
they didn't resemble each other par
ticIe, for her hustle was riding the
back of her neck, and be hadn't
enough of hair left on bis head to
build q birds nest. albany Argus.
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~. w. Davidson. OF Evergreen.
Ala, says, for years / have been trou-
bled with Ague and Dumb Chills, my
whole system was impregnated with
Malaria in its most malignant form,
three boxes Of Morse'a Ague Magnets
thoroughly cured me, at cost of fifty
cents per box, when / had expended
hundreds OF dollars with physicians. !"
For sale by VIM. MEYER, Lake Charles,
To
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

OnWard, is the cry of every cner-
getic man Of the country, in all enter
prises Of importance, This Is Q pro-
gressiye age and it requires vast
deal Of energy to keep up with the
times. But, with all the hurry and
rush VIC pause and ask, what are far
mers doingl Is there progressive
spirit manifested in the farming inter
ests Of the country # not, why
should the farmer not endcaver to
make the farming interests of the
country his chief concern, and study
to meet all the demands IN that line,
same is the merchant, stocklnqp, law
yer and doctor, and, indeed, all otlles
professions. Is there science and
economy displayed IN the farmer bny-
ing his bread, meat, syrup, and, IN
fact, everything he cats and wears 2
Could there not be some improvement
10 advance the interests Of the farmer
ID many respects. Wo might point
them out bnt then will they Try 70 inn
prove upon the suggestions given,
We may IN the future have 4 great
deal to say 10 lie farmer, rs we be-
lieye that almost every other oceupa-
tiop is largely depebdent upon his
success THIRTY nm tler, 0tssYper
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03
A Reliable Article.

For enterprise, push and desire Z
get such goods as will give the trade
satisfaction, VIM. Meyer, the Druggist
leads all competition. He sells Dr.
Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup, be-
cause its the best medicine on the mar,
ket for Coughs, Colds, Group and Pri,
mary Consumption. Price so cents and
81, 90. Samples free.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

TnE longest respite on record has
been granted by tho Governor Of Del
aware, ii tho ease Of Lewis r. List,
who was sentenced to death for a
murder committed in Wilmington.
The law prohibits the Governor from
committing death sentence, 30 Ia
oFercame The legal prohibition BY re-
spiLing List anil Friday, May 80,
l940--oyer tlftgrfunr yoaFs lie is
now IN bis twenlyIHflh year
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sIorse,s Aaue gIagnels.

Gentlemen Please ship US at once
two more gross OF your wonderful chill
and malaria remedy, II gives universal
satisfaction and is the best seller We
have ever bad, because it does all you
claim for it. Yours truly, q. W. TAE-
LoR, Jefferson, Texas.
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Farmers ana gIecI.nnscs,

Save money and doctor bills. Relieve
your Mothers, Wives and Sisters by a
timely purchase of Dr. Bosapko Cough
and Lang Syrup. best known remedy
Tor Cougts, Colds, Group and Bron-
chial efeetions. Relieves children of
Group in one night, may save you hun-
drads Of dollars. Price 90 cts. and 81.
Samples free, Sold by VIZ. Meyer.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

a deaf mute was recently ordained
a Clergyman of the Church Of Eng
land 81 the Archbishop Of Canter-
hurv
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

A car load Of freight averages 9o,-
900 pounds. 1t Is also 10 barrels Of
salt, 10 Of lime, 90 Of -four, so Of
whisky, 900 sacks Of -four, six cords Of
soft wood, is or 30 head Of cattle, so
Or go head Of hogs, 90 Or 100 head Of
sheep, 5000 feet Of solid boards, H.
900 feet Of siding, $4,000 feet Of floor
ing, 10000 shingles, one-half less green
lumber, one-tenth less Of joists, scaut-
ling and other large timbers, $40
bushels of wheat, 400 Of barley, $50
Of oats, 800 Of fax seed, s66 Of ap-
pies, $40 Of Irish potatoes, 800 Vt
sweet potatoes and 1000 bushels Of
bran.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

This is to certify that ! have Hey-
er known Xxi Chill Cure to fail ID q
single instance. have used II in my
family with delightful results, and
can cheerfully recommend il 10 any
ope annoyed with malariaiB any form,
especially chills and feyers Very re-
specially, J. W. CRAwFoup, Houston,
Tex. Sold BY DE-. W. A Knspp, Lake
Charles n y. conklin \ o6., Hous-
top, Tex. nog22-iy.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

Morse's ARue Maguets are sold By
WM. MRxnR, under guarantee Then
Why suffer longer
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

The last blow to ibe Eoller-skellpg
rink has been given bg Plliladelplia
physician, who says that geller-skating
euiaiges the feet
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

A telegram from Alesandria, La., Of
the 10th inslant, saya that no such
weather WINS ever before seen II tlia
season of The year The damage done
to The crops is two.fold worse llian
the recent ravages by the eaterpillafa,
Az this timo i y only she most san,
guine that hope for even as much as
half 8 crop,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-10-03

Tim Rastea FoH IN a lengthy AElis
cle shows lhat The Isepablioaa aaafsI
oilieeholdefs d honislera hhfa stolen
since slls war 1880. 300, n wAic|l
the government loses nearIy Sl sQ0,s
oqe. 9nfn fhe rssss!s enl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-02
PRES URES.
The Burdens Which Rest on Mankind From
the Cradle to the Grave.

The Burdens Which Rest on Mankind From
the Cradle to the Grave.
The text books tell us that a man of
usual size moves about unconscious
that he Sustains a constant load of
over three thousand pounds, or more
than fifteen tons. If this pressure is
partially removed from one surface of
the body, its existence then becomes
very manifest. The barometer shows
us that this pressure constantly varier
having its daily maximum and mini
mum and its "high" and ..low," and
these variations are an essential ele-
ment in making predictions about the
weather. We learn more or less well
to adjust ourselves to this fluctuating
weight of fifteen tons, and to carry on
our business and pursue our pleasures
with but slight regard to the height of
the mercury in either the thermometer
or barometer. When these atmos-
pheric pressures become violent and
destructive, as they often do, causing
death and devastation, then the sur
vivors, when the cyclone is past. gather
themselves and the fragments that re-
main together and consider 1.-THE value
of what is left" and build again the
waste places.
The great harvests of the world are
gathered in climates subject to con-
slant and wide variations of atmos-
pheric pressure and of heat and cold.
The fields that next summer will be
green with growing grain are now COW
cred with soft mantle of fertilizing
snow and swept by wind and storm.
10 ha xra;rht IF
''trouble'' to which IMAM is born" as
we can that of air, but like the air it
presses upon us in every direction from
the time we cry our first cry till we
cease to breathe. We give it various
names-pain, sickness, disappointment,
sorrow, hunger. poverty, ignorance,
death and whatever else may be included
in the ellis of life," These burdens
press on some more than others. and
on all with varying weight. Some
may be for time unconscious of
them, and some are rarely conscious
of anything else. The great work of
the world is done under the pressure of
these burdens and by reason of them.
George Eliot says: 81 believe that
almost all the best books in the world
have been written with the hope of get
ting money for them" 1t was for bread
that Homer sang his immortal songs,
and for bread that many song, merry
or sad, has been sung since his time.
For bread or its equivalents we fight
our daily battles. "Fame. that last
infirmity of noble minds" incites some
s'to scorn delights and live laborious
DAYS." but the masses of mankind are
compelled to industry and achievement
only by the pressure of want in some
one of its everyday forms. And yet how
we all dream of getting out from under
this constant pressure!
How to adjust ourselves to the vary
ing burdens that are laid upon us is
our problem. At times we may avoid
them, as we shield ourselves from the
wind; at times we may protect our
selves against them, or prop ourselves
so that they do not seem so heavy,
even while we bear them. We need to
learn how to sail into the eye OF the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-02

whites on each occasion; and I must
confess that with all my efforts
to limit my attention to the very inter
esting services, they were some
what married by the novel sight of
whites, blacks and mulattoes mixed to-
gether as promiscuously as the varied
colors in a Bermuda flower garden. 1t
is complained that the negro men will
not work any more than absolute ne
cessity compels them Ito, and, when
they do, it takes three to do the task of
one. One of my daily recreations is
sitting on the piazza of the Princess
Hotel and watching the unloading of
cargo of ice from brigantine from
Bath, Me. The work is in charge of
negroes. The vessel lies alongside the
ice-house on shore. and her deck is lust
about on level with the ice house
door, but this does not prevent them
from rigging up complicated ar
rangement by which every block of ice
of one hundred pounds weight must be
handled by eight men and a horse. AS
a rule. however, the habits of the col
ored people here leave little to find
fault with. They are unusually intel
ligent, respectful and polite to stran-
gers, orderly and temperate. Very few
of them possess the requisite property
qualification for voting for members of
the local council-three hundred dol
lars-but none are poor enough
to suffer, There is an utter alb
sence of the squalor and filth
that we are accustomed TO associate
with poverty. The humblest negro
habitation in Bermuda is an
abode of neatness and comfort
"a whitewashed coral cottage,
with a little yard embellished with
roses and banana-stalks, or, if in the
country, a similar cottage in the midst
of onion beds and potato patches.
Negroes, almost exclusively, are the
watermen; they own the boats and
catch the fish. The regulation sailboat
here is a light, buoyant, cedar built
craft, with, a large leg-of-mutton sail
and jib-far more graceful and Jaunty
than the business-like boom and gait
sail that prevails on our Atlantic coast.
The negro boatman manages his craft
with GOODNESS and dexteritv; he knows
every passage. nook, headland and
rock in the island; he knows the shaded
holes where angel-tish, hog-fish and
groapers abound. and the little reefs
and beaches where shells are to be
picked up after a storm. and, If you
hunt up one of these African owners
of a smart, trim little boat and tell him
you want to 60 fishing, you may trust
all the rest to him; he will take you on
a spanking little sail through wilder
ness of charming islets and along
wave-worn coral coasts to a secluded
fishing ground, where you are sure of
a days sport, with something to show
for it; and in the interval of the pastime
he will entertain you by telling you all
he knows and great deal he doesn't
know.-Cor. st. Louis Republican.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-02
BERMUDA.
The Singular Inhabitants of an Isolated
Island.

The Singular Inhabitants of an Isolated
Island.
The population is about fifteen
thousand, two-thirds black and one
third white. Both colors are English,
the blacks quite as pronounced so as
the whites The Bermuda darky says
''cawn't'' with as emphatic and marked
a broadness of pronunciation as a
cockney, and all his manners and de-
pertinent are based on the most inn
proved English model. A thorough
bred Bostonian is not more accurate,
successful. and diverting in his English
limitations than Bermuda negro. They
are well treated, pretty generally we'll
TODD and, I must do them the credit of
saving, well behaved. About one-half
of their number are Episcopalians,
and sturdy supporters of the establish
ment. I attended a children's service
at the Cathedral church last Sunday
afternoon and regular Lenten service
in the same place at night. The wor-
ship was earnest and animated, the dis
courses of admirable spirit and pertin-
ence, and the bearing of the people
attentive and devout-and there were
as many negroes in attendance as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-02

has the same aspect is good-looking
red brick house. with white stone
work windows of modern form. and a
picturesque, irregular outline. A
suite OF drawing rooms faces the
lake and parterres. and broad cor
ridor unites these rooms to the en-
trance hall. A beautiful colored draw
ing, by Nj. Itchy, gives a sketch OF the
saloon with its illustriouS inmates at
afternoon tea. At the top of this pic
ture is a painting of Sandringham Hall.
beneath it the Princes escttcheon, and
six vignets, divided by bronzed and
green branches of foliage, represent the
occupations and amusements of the
day. Two libraries occupy the chief
space between the saloon and the cor
ner of the house next to the lime ave-
nue.: Cheerful windows light up the
interiors, which are models of comfort
and good arrangement, and on the
shelves are to be found a choice collec-
ton of standard English works, many
of the French and German books, and
some English county histories, which
are almost as little studied as blue
books, though atfording an almost
equal amount of useful information.
What we have said will suffice to
show that the Sandringham estate is a
model one and the houses of the labor
ers might well be initiated elsewhere.
The church of st. Mary Magdalene APP
preached through the garden by an
avenue o. old trees. Is of the late per-
pendicular style, with battlements
round the walls and tower, and stands
noblv on rising ground. 1t was first
restored in 1855 by Lady Harriet Cow
per. wife Oft the Hon. Spencer Cowper, to
commemorate their only child, but has
been much beautified since the castle
came into the Prince of Wales hands
Pail Mall Gazette
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wind, lacking now and then, yet keep
ing straight on our course; how to
| carry the enemy by flank movement
| when we are unable to attack him in
front; to divide and conquer; to 90
round the mountain when we can't go
over it, remembering that the bale of a
pail measures the same in horizontal
as in vertical position; to wait a
favoring moment when the pressure
lets up little, and then push our way
forward, all the time keeping our souls
in equipOise-that most difficult of all
keepings to learn. 1t comforts us to
know that nothing but what is common
happens to us, common in all ages and
to every people. 1t comforts US to see
how burdens nobly borne have been as
wings to lift others heavenward, and
we can but trust they will prove such
to us.
We may learn lessons of courage
and hope from ''calm and patient ma
ture,' from the lives of great men who
have struggled with adversely. and
what great men and women have not?
and rest our hearts on Him who hold
eth the winds in His fists, and the sea
IN the hollow of His hand. When by
communion with great thoughts our
souls are filled with courage and seren-
ity and hope, we become insensible to
external pressures, balancing that with
out us by that within. If this relief is
denied us, we can then try and rise
above that which weighs us down;
there is always some way to escape so
that we need not be crushed.
When the mariner sees a storm APP
preaching he reefs his sails and puts out
to sea, where he will have plenty of
room. So we, when we sedrtrouble on
the way to us, may often rob it of much
of its power to hurt us by holding our
selves in readiness to meet it fearlessly
and, if possible, to make it bear us on
our course. avoiding those reefs and
shadows on which we have found our
selves aforetime liable to be stranded.
N. Y. Tribune.