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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-10-02
CONTAGIOUS

Ehe World.
am native of England, aud while was
IN that country contracted terrible blood
poison, and for two years was under treat
ment as an outdoor patient at nottingham
Hospital, England, but was not cured. /
suffered the most agoniling pains in nv bones
and was covered with sores all over my body
and limbs. had vertigo and deafness, with
partial loss OF sight, severe pains in my head
and eyes, etc. which nearly ran me crazy. /
America, and was treated at Roosevelt in ibis
city as well as by prominent physician in
New York, having no connection with the
hospitals. ''l'
i saw the advertisement OF Swift,s Snac;ao
and determined TO give 1t trial "a a last
resort 4 had given up all hope Of being
enreq, as l had gone through the hands q
the best medical men in Nottingham and
New York. 4 took six bottles Of s. 8 4 and and
Lean say with great Joy that they have cured
me entirely; lam assound and Rell as / ever
New York City, June 1874. 19S5 WV
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Two years ago 4 contracted blood noisor
After taking Prescriptions from the best M,
siciAns here and at Dallas, i conelndsa ny y,
visit Hot sprlngs, and on reaching TexarS ana ~
Sesss TsGoa s IS Re to Try swfs spe-
more than Hot Springs. Althnnpi ~ lug
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COnstabIe7s Sale,

Third JUSTICES Court Calcasieu Prisl, State
Of Lolti8idna.-NO 1859.
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A. Rigmaiaen d Co., VS.. Thomas Brady.
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hilq prouueed great holes In my hack ana
chest and had removed all the hair ~ s NY
bead, yet ! began to improve IL 4 Weaifs
time, and the sores Began to heal. and S Sers Z
entirely gone inaide Of eight weeks. wy were
WILL JONES.
Porter, Union Pass Depot
Cisco, Texas, July Is, 1885. = -''pV''
Treatise on Blood and Skin diseases matle5
TIE SWIFT sPEGgFlF7 ~,
N.K'l57 w 2sd a. Drawer 3, Atlanta. IN
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j. V. Richard, Plaintiff, VS.. Lessin BLAZE
Defendant
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Constable Third Ward, Calcasieu Parish,
Lake Charles, La, October 2. 1886.
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Forgery Made Easy.

David N. Carvalho, a handwriting ex-
pert of the district attorneys office at
New York, says that forgeries by anna
teurs are increasing, and that they are
encouraged by the bad pr"ctises that
have grown up in the commercial
houses-the use of stylographic pens and
aniline inks. Many large houses, he says,
recognizing the lack of character in a
signature written with a stylographic
pen, have discarded them altohether in
signing checks and papers of similar i'm
portance, and the surrogate's office at
New York requires paper to be signed
with a steel Or quill pen. A stylographic
signature is easily United, and when it
comes to identifying the genuine sigma
ture, difficulty is met, arising from the
effect of the movement on the essential
characteristic features. Aniline inks are
still more dangerous, because they can be
copied exactly by the use of copying
pads, on the principal of the hektograph.
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A Deadly Serpent.

Some time ago party of sailors visited
the geological gardens. One of them,
excited by the liquor be had taken, and
as an act of bravado to his companions,
took hold of deadly serpent. He held
it up, having seized it by the nape of the
neck in such way that it could not
sting him. As he held it, the snake un-
observed by him, coiled itself around his
arm, and at length it got firm grasp,
and wound tighter and tighter, so that
he was unable to detach it. AS the pres
Sure of the snake increased, the danger
grew, and at length the sailor was un-
able to maintain his hold on the neck of
the venemous reptile, and was compelled
to loose it. What did the snake do? 1t
turned right around and stung him, and
he died So it is'with the appetite for
strong drink. We can control it at first,
but in a little while it controls US. We
can hold its influence in our grasp for
awhile, so that it will be powerless, but
afterward ''it biteth like serpent and
stingeth like an adder. ."-Phi1adelphia
Methodist.
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Wanted.

Wanted-in places Of folly and SIN,
Courage, these wayward souls to win,
Voices, to tell them Of Jesus love,
Faith, that points to the rest above.
Wanted-yes, in the homes of the poor,
Christian love, to open the door;
Gentle hearts to soothe the pain,
That to the needy comes oft and again.
Wanted-in the business hours OF man,
The ''golden rule" in each trade to plan,
In all that we say, whatever we do,
That the love Of God may shine all through.
Wanted-grace to bear each loss,
Trials, to burn the gold from the dross;
Will, to bow in obedience mild
To the rule of Christ, as little child.
Wanted-wisdom, peaceable, pure
To know the souls deep sin and cure
Perfect trust in a loving God,
Walking the path our Saviour trod.
Wanted-to be kept from evil here,
To live in His love without fear
Nothing to know but His will Divine,
And that am His, and He is mine!
-Nashrille Banner.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Charms strike the sight, but wins the
soul.
Deprive the people of the means Of
proper subsistence, and you enslave and
destroy the nation.
The most delicate, the most sensible
of all pleasures consist IN promoting the
pleasures of others.
1t is poor wit who lives by borrowing
the words, decision, mien, inventions
and actions of others.
Every man who cannot run his own
business will be found trying to control
the affairs of his neighbor.
We should never grumble at those
things we could lave prevented, nor at
those things we could not have pre-
vented.
Learn the value of mans words and
expressions, and you know him. Each
man has a measure of his own for every
thing; this he offers you inadvertently in
words. He who has q superlative for
everything, wants measure for the great
or small.
The way to wealth is as plain as the
way to market. 1t depends chiefly on
two words, industry and frugality; that
is, waste neither time nor money, but
make the best use of both. Without
industry and frugality, nothing will do,
and with them, everything.
Pain itself is not without its allcyia-
tions. 1t may be violent and frequent,
but it is seldom both violent and long
continued, and its pauscs and intermis-
sions become positive pleasures. 1t has
the power of sheddinga satisfaction over
intervals of ease which I believe few en-
joyments exceed.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE,

GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN has decided to
to move to New York city.
N. PAsTEUR's latest notion is the COM
pulsory inocculation of all dogs.
MRS. HENDRICKS is putting her husbands
papers in shape for his biographer, who is
still to be selected.
GOVERNOR HoUsER, of Montana is one Of
the richest men in the West. His income is
said to be $500 day.
SECRETARY ROBERT HOWARD, OF the
Spinners' Union, represents Fall River in the
Massachusetts, Senate.
THE new address of General Secretary Fred
Turner, of the Knights of Labor, is No. 500
Locust street, Philadelphia.
EX-SENATOR DAVIS, of West Virginia, has
given 900 for the establishment OF high
school at Piedmont, in that State.
CoNGREssMEN REED, of Maine, and Lout-
it, of California, were once respectively
school teacher and blacksmith in the same
California village.
THADDEUs FAIRBANKS, the veteran in
ventor OF the Fairbanks scales, still lives at
St. Johnsbury, Vt, where he recently cele-
brated his ninetieth birthday.
The late Bennet Smith, of Halifax, was
the richest man in Nova Scotia He was q
nfser, and cut off his son Tom without dol
Lar, and left twenty dollars month to sup
port bis family
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Temperance Notes.

The superintendent Of the Detroit
O1ich. } and Bay City Railroad has issued
the following: ''The lives and property
entrusted to our care are of SO great
value that the use of intoxicating liquors
cannot be allowed, and any one known TO
use them will be discharged"
Canon Wilberforce recently said that in
the United Kingdom were 600, 900 fami-
lies who through drink alone ''never
knew the meaning of that word of sweet
est cadence, ;home'."
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Angel.Voices.

20, my baby, how beautiful you are!"
said Ada Leslie, as she fingered beside
her sleeping child. Il wonder if you
will be as happy as your mother ISL" The
young and happy mother, while waiting
her husbands return, knew of no better
way to pass away the time than to watch
her baby in his sleep and to dream of his
future. Ada was but twenty-one years
of age. 1t was only two years since she
had been thoughtless girl, with no
cares; she was woman now, with a
home of her own, and she felt the respon-
sibilities of her position very much in
deed. She could no longer think only
of her own pleasure; her time and her
heart were filled with new duties. Yet
she was lovelier than ever as she sat there,
and the smile upon her face proved that
her dreams were undimmed by fears.
Two angels drew near and whispered sug-
gestive thoughts that gave direction to
her musings. One stood close by her
side, and his smiling glance followed
hers. His wings were folded, and his
whispered words were of earthly honors,
earthly triumphs, earthly love. Yes,
your child is beautiful" he said. "He
will be brilliant; he may be rich; he
may be great; he may be popular among
men," But the other angel barely
touched the earth, and his wings were
restless, as though he were ready for in
slant flight. His voice was swccter, soft
er, clearer. His eyes were raised to
heaven, as he added: Yes, all this is
true; but your child may also have a
glorious Immortality in the presence of
God. Train him for this. Never for
get that he was born for this high des-
tiny. Pray for him, pray with him;
teach him to pray for himself. See to
it that your own example is such as to
help him. He is one of Christ's little
ones; he is only lent to you for season.
If YOU cheat him of his birthrig you
will do him, harm rather than good. If
you teach him to seek only the things of
this world you will be faithless to your
trust, and no aftcr-repentance can undo
the consequences of your wrong-doing."
The young mother listened to these
voices, and her musings ended in prayer
that God would grant her grace and
strength and wisdom to know and do her
duty. The prayer was answered, and it
soon became evident to the friends who
loved her that young Mrs. Leslie was a
woman since the birth of her
child. II hardly know how it is" said
one of her most intimate friends, "but
Ada is different. She is as merry and
light of heart as ever, but she Is more
earnest more true, and she is so very
careful what she says. 1t seems to me
that even the expression of her face has
changed" Ada did not hear these re-
marks; but, if she had heard them, she
could have told Of hours of sweet COM
nunion with God which daily made her
earthly life more delightful, while it
brought the heavenly life nearer. The
earthly love and the heavenly love are
to each one of us. Let US
listen to the angel voices.-Foroard.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
Be Specific.

be SpecluC.
When prayer is sought for a particular
object, or for cases in which some hearts
have deep and tender interest, then is
the time to be specific. A pastor in the
midst of revival services sometimes reads
such requests, and he knows that behind
them are some anxious hearts, longing to
see the salvation of God, and deeply con-
cerncd for friend, son, brother. Let
the intercessions which follow be direct
to the point and brief. Let the regular
formula, the set phrases, go, and carry
the request presented with special en-
phasis and loving importantly to the
throne of the heavenly grace. Do not
wander out into generahties-let the
burden of the request be the burden of
the supplication.
Aptness to teach is required of those
who are.called to be the instruc tors of a
flock. Aptness in prayer should be tho
aim of those who are called to lead the
assemblies of the people to God. To
voice the desires of the hearts bowing
before the mercy seat is the Office of him
who leads their devotions. It is an art
greatly to be coveted to do this simply,
earnestly, and with specific mention Of
the expressed desires which have been
revealed. The great pressing burdens
which rest upon some souls are to be
borne before God by the leader in
prayer.
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Lions That Never Roar.

Lions That Never Roar. t$
The temptations of life assume great
variety Of forms.
We commonly speak of Satan, the
great tempter of mankind, as roaring
lion, ever going about seeking WHOM he
may devour. But we wish to warn you,
friends, against even another enemy, a
wild beast that never roars-namely,
strcng drink. @s$S
When lion roars we have notice of
his approach, and make for a place Of
safety at once. But the one great danger
ever connected with that rapacious mon
ster, drink, is its apparent harmlessness. (
Unlike the roaring lion of Southern
Africa, it never comes to us in a way cali
culated to excite fear, but on the con-
trary, appears before US in the most
friendly and inviting form possible.
Herein lies its chief power to mislead
and ensnare. Foes that wear the appear
ance of friends are the worst kind Of
enemies that can beset our path.
. The wild beasts in King Alcchol's king
dom fascinate and entice all who come
within the reach of their alluring infu-
ence.
The king of wild beasts is the lion;
the king of evil is drink. The king Of
wild beasts is lion that roars; strong
drink, the king of evil, is full Of the
sport and playfulness of the kitten, and
tries to appear as harmless. BE has not
the honesty of the shaggy monsters that
roam the forests of far-of lands, orthey
roar out their approach before advancing
upon their prey; they never by any de-
ception or disguise profess to be the
friends or companions of man. But that
wild beast, strong drink, has deceptive
and ensnaring manner suited to every
occasion and circumstance of life, and
would have you believe that he is the
greatest friend to health and happiness
that man can ever know. .;.~;
He is food to the weak, health to the /
sick, Joy to the sorrowing, and rest to the 3
weary-that is, if his word is worthy Of {
belief, which it is not, for it would be
difficult to tell from whence poverty,
sickness and sorrow could come if this
great disturber of the worlds peace could
be banished from our midst YOUTHS
Temperance Banner. s$l
Declined the Honor. ~ ~
'S1rs. Henry Willard, who is now stay
ing in Berlin, having gone abroad with
her husband year and half ago for a
long rest, was recently asked by the
crown princess of Germany to take the
part of an English barmaid st fancy I
fair in which that lady was deeply
interested. The princess and Mrs. Vii. i
lard are on intimate terms, and the
former meant to offer her friend COM
pliment by the invitation, not knowing
that the daughter of William Lloyd Gar {
rison, like her father and her brothers,
is devoted to total abstinence; Mrs. Vii
lard, although conscious that requests
from the royal family are considered
commands, peremptorily declined the in
tended honor. She expressed her cheer.
full willingness to aid the fair, which was
a charitable object, but not in that wsy
The princess on learning the American
lady's feelings, expressed regret, and Of
fcred an apology for her involuntary dis-
courtesy. ."-Inter- Ocean. .. ~.
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DR.. Susanna Rubinstein has received
at Leipsic the highest diploma in philoso-
ply it is in the power Of the university
to b<stoW.
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A Sure Cure.

We have heard of various cures for
drunkenness recommended for persons
who are trying to cure themselves o
drinking habits. Some of them are very
bitter and bad to take. Here is one,
however, which is to be recommended at
all times, which is sure to cure if the
person has the will to stick to it. It is
recommended by doctor, and has an al
most unpronounceable name. The doc
tor says he has been keeping it for
quarter of century. 1t is don'tdrink-
alcoholatallatall. Willyou remember it7
-Childwn's Banner. ...
Francis Murphy, the temperance
evangelist, is conducting revival among
the iron-workers of Youngstown, Ohio.
Over one thousand men have signed the
pledge.
The Educator is the name of new and
well-flled monthly, devoted in part to
temperance, which comes to US from
Chattanooga, Team.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
The Cry Ofthe Poor.

10C V1xO 4 OOxs -
As mists unseen arise and silent float,
To seek the dwelling places Of the rain,
So from the earth ascends the cry Of pair
Until it finds the hills of God remote, 70
To be transformed as its own antidote, So
And come again as torrents on the plain,
To storm the evil, and remove its stain,
Ye curses Of the ages blistering long III
The souls of men, and held for public
greed, ,4F
And ye whose hands extort from human
need
The treasures won by love and toll, your
wrong 49,. J-as ~
Shall forge the thunderbolt Of your dis
may, -
And smite your walls and sweep your
towers away. 'H
-Dwight Williams, in Union Signal:
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Sketch of General Hancock's Career

OhcCcn VI 1eHeFal hancock 5 career.
General Hancock and his twin brother,
Hilary, were born on St. Valentines Day,
February IA, 1924, in the little town of Mont
gomery Square, Montgomery county. Penn.
That was about the time General Winfield
Benjamin Franklin Hancock, the generals
patriotic father, gave one of his newborn
sons the name of the sturdy old hero Of
Lundy's Lane. General Hancock's father
was school teacher, who afterward studied
law and became sound and respected men,
Der OF the bar. He personally superintended
the education of his sons for some time after
they became old enough to receive book in
ristown academy, where they remained until
Winfield was appointed to the military acad-
enly at West Point
Hancock entered the academy July 1, 1S40
9. S. Grant, Geo. B. Mcclellan, kosecrans.
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the wives OF OtncrS. Iney smile, lney are
coy and are arch, and with a manner that
seems to say, "Oh, if was only free from that
old drudge athome. What an improvementy you
would be Oh my present surroundings!' And
late at night the man goes to his prosaic home
whistling and hilarious and finds his wife is
Jealous. There are thousands of men who are
not positively immoral who need correction
in that direction. Oh. it is meanness i'm
measurable for the husband by his behavior
to practically say: "You can't help yourself:
I will admire whom l wish to admire and |
as long as I wish to stay and 1 defy
your criticism" That is devilish. Why did
YOU not put it in the bond, you domestic Shy
lock! Why did you not have it understood
before you were pronounced husband and wife
that she should only have part Of the divi-
dend Of your affection! And when time erased
some of the bright lines from her face, and
erased some of the litheness from her form
YOU would have the reserved right to pay
obesence ta cheeks more rubicund and figure
lither or mo:e agile, and when you demanded
the last pounc Of her patience and her endur-
anre. you couk' then have tapped with the
nlphasis Of an Edwin Forrest Or Macready
Dn tue eccentric marital contract, and said:
lit is in the bond il is nominated in the
bond" Ii this modern Rebekah had under
stood where she was alighting she would have
ordered the camel drivers to turn the caravan
back towards -. Filtration is always the
foundation either Of dishonesty or licentiolls-
hess A married man who indulSes in it is
either fraud or rake. l care not how high
up such an one may be in society, or how
much sought after, would not give three
cent piece, though it had ben three times
clipped, for the virtue of Il masculine or
Eeninine firt. The best thing for a multitud,
f men in all parts OF the United States is t
20 home and apologize TO-. past neglects an,
brighten up their old love. Take out the cl
family Bible and read the record of the mar
riage day. Go to the drawer of the bureau
containing the relics and take out the box
containing the trinkets of your dead child
Take the yellow letters that were written be.
fore you were one, review the joys and the
SORROWS in which you have mingled, and then
put all these on the alter for fuel, and with
y sacred coal from heaven, rekindle the ey
tinct light. It was blast from hell that blew
it out 1t will be gale from heaven that
fans it into blaze.
Oh. you broken marriage VOWS, speak out.
My brother, take her whom you have prom
ised to love and protect, take her into all
your hopes, your plans, your successes, your
defeats, your ambitions Tell her every
thing. Go arm in arm into places of amuse-
ment and over the piazza Of summer water
ing place, and up the rugged path of life an
down into the dark caverns of trouble, ant.
when the one trembles on the way let th
other be reinforcement. Do not pass your
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ever had pen or ink or head or heart that
could write it:
John Anderson, my 10 John,
We climb the hill together,
And many canty day we had with one an
other.
Now we must totter down John,
But hand in hand we'll 60,
And sleep together at the FORT
John Anderson, my 10.
If anyone assail her name you will have
hard work to control your temper, and if YOU
strike him down the sin will not be unparlon-
able. With as much surrender as the uni
verse has ever seen, except that of the Son ii
God for your salvation and mine, she has
first mortgage on your body, mind and soul,
and the mortgage is foreclosed, and you nc
more certainly own your two hands and
your two eyes than she owns YOU
The longer the journey Rebekah makes and
the greater the risk of the expedition on the
back of the camels the more certainly is Isaac
bound to be loyal and sympathetic and true
Now gentlemen, pay your debts You be.
lieve in force of q contract, and you are ready
to meet a contract after you have made it. If
you pledged kindness and attention and faith.
fulness and have not fulfilled those promises
those pledges inducing one into conjugal
partnership and failing in your promise, yo,,
deserve to have suit brought against
you for obtaining goods under
false pretences, and you deserve
to be mulcted in large amount of damages
Review all the fair and beautiful and splen-
did and glorious things you promised before
marriage and reflect to-day whether YOU have
kept your faith. "Oh," you say, "that was
all romance and sentimentalism and Joke:
that's the way they all talk" My brother,
how would you like the plan tried upon you!
Suppose I am interested in Western land, and
fill your mind with roseate speculation. |
tell you that the farm I want to sell you is
already laid out for city, and that there is
depot near by, so that all the crops may be
easily transported, and that eight OF ten CAPT
talists are about to put up splendid buildings
near thu spot, and that the climate is delicious,
and that the land is so high there is no room
for malaria, and that every dollar you plant
will grow up into bush containing ten or
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DEpARTURE OF sTEA ahais.
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LANES RIVER BY DAYLIGHT.

GREAT TOURIST ROUTE.
JAMESTOWN, DUTCH GAP, AND WAX
SCENERY.