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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30
Tho Relation Of the sexes.
Mrs, L, D. Morgan in Popular Science Monthly.

Mrs L, D. Morgan in Popular Science Monthly.
Despite the utmost reserve and dis
cretion, however, woman is an
anomaly 10 a business office among
business men, in tho unrelenting side
of business life. She may do her
work as well as a man would, DO as
reliable, as faithful, a possible re-
straint, only to be counterbalanced by
the cheapuess of her labor No man,
who 10 worthy of the name, can quite
bring himself to treat woman clerk
as he would a man, even in this un-
gallant age; but in this business war
fare the small eourtesies of life are
necessarily neglected, and an employer
who has expressed his disRpprobation
or impatieRce without much regard
to his p's and q's, may be dismayed
on finding that he has insulted a
female; for the slow masculine mind
does not yet understand that women
mean to prefer equality to respect and
confederation.
Then, what might be called tho
transitory nature of woman's work
must be taken into consideration. II
cannot be taken for granted that every
woman who has to make her living
will be old, ugly and uuinterestlngj
therefore, marriage must be CON
sideF9d as a possible, If not a prob.
able interruption to her business
career. Unless domestic life is TO
cease altogether she retires from ont
door voeRtions to fulfill her house.
hold duties. A man, on tho contrary,
will feel it the more necessary to keep
his position, and advance himself in
bis business. In the face of such con.
tingoncies can an employer be ex.
peGted to pay equal wages9
In conclusion, it is not too soon for
women to demand anything of the
other sexH Equality means compe-
tition; competition means a fierce and
ungeneFous battle, from which many
a strong man emerges soreIy wounded
aud unvictorious. Are women fitted
to enter into such a contest as YETI
Will it not be a long while before
theig nerves will be strong enough,
their muscles hard enough, their feel
Ings insensitiVe enough, to make the
fight far one Is not nature potent
and inexonerabIe, behind the artiIiciali-
ties of civiViization, the real bar to
feminine equality after all
In the meantime it would be more
prudent in women, even those termed
strong minded, not to scorn the pro-
lection of those of the other sex who
are willing to protect them merely be-
cause they are women. And in their
efforts for self-advancement and inde-
pendence let them rather ask aid,
sympathy and encouragement from
their masculine fellow workers than
demand an equality which the world
is not willing to grant them, nor arc
they yet ready to receive.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30
SQuGlA Louisiana.

Yellow Jack has somewhat knocked
Florida ont of the winter resort ring.
Now New Orleans is q candidate for
future honors. Why not all South
Louisiana The State is the Eden of
America.-ShrevepOrt Democrat
Our Shreveport contemporary is
correct in Its estimate of our common
State, From Caddo to the gull, and
from the Texas to the Mississippi line,
there is no loVeller land on earth, 1t
combines all the beauties of the North
ern with all the softness of the South.
ern climes, without the frigidlLy of
the first, or the beat of the latter. To
the Democratic query, "Why we do not
include all South Louisiana 10 the can.
dIdaey for o winter resort p we reply
that we do. New Orleans, is of course,
the central and chief point, where all
the comforts, elegancies and pleasures
of great city may bo enjoyed, But
lines of steamers and railroads connect
the city with all the most beautiful
and interesting regions of South Lou.
isiana With the Teche country, poeti-
cal ip its beauty, wonderful in its fer,
tility, and romantic in its history j.;
with the gulf and ITS lovely islands,
with their orange groves and oyster
beds; /; with the royal pine regions of
the Florida parishes, and with all the
magnificent cane and rice estates that
lie along the banks Of the Mississippi.
Aye, New Orleans is not only q lovely
and delightful winter resort in herself,
but the gateway to series Of as diver
sifed, beautiful, picturesque and hos.
pitable rural regions as may be found
anywhere in the WORLDLY. o. States.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30
Wonders Of the Bead Sea.


The Missionary Herald.
One of the most interesting lakes
or inland seas in the world is the Dead
Sea, which has no visible outlet. 1t
is not mere fancy that has clothed
the Dead Sea in gloom, The desolate
shores with scarcely a green thing in
sight, aud scattered over with black
stones and ragged driftwood, form
fitting frame for the dark, sluggish
waters, covered with a perpetual mist,
and breaking in slow, heavy, sepulGh-
ral-toned waves upon the beach. 1t
seems as if the smoke of the wicked
cities was yet ascending up to heaven,
and as if the moan of their fearful
sorrow would never leave that God.
smitten valley. 1t is strange thing
to see those waves, not dancing along
and sparkling in the sun, as other
waves do, bnt moving with measured
melancholy, and sending to the ear,
as they break languidIy upon the
rock, only doleful sounds This is,
no doubt, owing to the great heavi.
ness of the water, fact we'll known
and which we amply verified in the
usual way, for, on attempting to
swim, we went floating about like
empty casks. This experiment was
more satisfactory In its progress than
in it's results, which were a very
unctuous skin and a most pestiferous
singing of every nerve, as If we had
been beaten with nettIes. Nor was
the water we took into our mouth q
whit less vile than the most nauseous
drugs of the spothecary. That fish
can not live in this strong salntlon of
bitumen and salt is too obvious to
need proof; but to say that birds can
not fly over it and live, is one of the
exaggerations of travellers, who, per.
haps were not, like ourselves, so fortu.
nate as to see flock of ducks re-
posing on the water iH apparently
good health. And yet this was all
the life we did see. The whole valley
was one seetbing cauldroD, under
more than a tropical sun. God-for.
sskeD and man.forsskeD, no green
thing grows within it, and it remains
to this day as striking q monument of
Gods fearful judgments as when the
FIRE from heaven deyoured the once
mighty cities of the plain.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30

Mrs. Duniway, of the NeW North,
s0est, at a literary reunion at Salem,
Oregon, toasted" the gentlemen as
follows;
"God bless 'em! They haIve our
joys, they double our sorrows, they
treble our expenses, they quadrupIe
our cares, they excite our magnani-
nifty, they increase our self.respeot,
they awake our enthusiasm, they CON
troll our property, and out.maneuvor
US in everything. THIS would be a
very dreary world without 'em. In
fact, | may say, it would not be much
of world, anyhow. We love 'em,
and the dear beings can't help il; we
control 'em, and the precious fellows
don't know it.
GAS husbands, they are always con.
venient, though not always on hand;
as beaux they are by no means
'matChless' They are most agreeable
visitorsi they are handy at the State
fairs, and indispensable at oyster
saloons. Fhey are splendid as es-
corts for some other fellows wife or
sister, and as friends they are far
better than women. As our fathers,
they are inexpressibly grand. A man
may be failure in business, wreck
in constitution not enough to boast Of
as beauty, nothing as a wit, less
than nothing as legislator for
woman's rights, and even not very
brilliant as a member of the press;
but If he is our own father, we over.
look his shortcomings and cover his
pecadiIloes with the divine mantle Of
charity. Then, as our husbands, how
we love to parade them as paragonsl
In the sublime language Of the in
spired poet;
Gwen lie for them,
"We'll cry for them,
"And if we could, we'd fy for
them
owed anything but die for them"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30
Argument OF Louisiana Land
suits. a

A special, dated Washington, Nov.
II, says: "On yesterday, argument
was madc before the Secretary Of the
Interior by Mr.. ], L. Bradford, of
Louisiana, in some land cases of
interest to land claimants in that State,
Certificates of location had been issued
by the surveyor general to satisfy GER
tain land claims in the report of the
register and receiver for the South,
east district, dated Nov. 90, 1915, aud
contained in class first of that report,
The Commissioner Of the Land Office
had Cancelled the scrip on the ground
that the claims in that class had not
been confirmed by the act of May IL,
1890, which confirmed the residue Of
the claims in said report. Appeals
were taken to the Interior Department,
on which appeals argument was had,
All of the elaine in said class, ex-
oept the claims in question, have long
been surveyed and satisfied in place
by the United States, and this action
of the General Land Office, if not re.
Versed by the Interior Department,
will not only result in denying patents
to them, but in an official declaration
by the highest authority, that the
stand is unConfirmed by law and in
valid as against the United States. 90
In pursuance of this singular ruling
the department had held under M,
Lamar while he was Secretary of the
Interior, that one of said claims,
namely, that of Rodolphus Ducros,
fronting on the Mississippi river, on
the East side, a little below New
Orleans, was not confirmed, and hence
not entitled to patent"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30

This Is what you ought 10 have, IN fact,
you must have i, to fully enjoy lie TheuE
ands are se6rehsng for it daily. and mourn
Ing heeause they ind Il not Thousands upon
Thousands Of dollars are hpent annually by
our people 10 the hope that they may attain
this boon And yet II may be had By ali.
We guarantee that Electric Bitters, II used
according 10 directions and the use peEsiskgd
inj viii bring you good digestion ana oUss
the demon Dyspepsia ana install inateaa
hnpepsy. We recommend Elecftlc Buffers
lof Dyspepsia and all dlseasa6 o4 LIVER,
Stomach and Kidneys &pia NJ 50 censa and
81 per bottle at W. a. KNApf's drug store.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30
rs sheep Husband dry Profitable.

Sheep husbandry 10 profitable, says
the Southern Live Stock Journal.
No doubt of that. A resident OF this
country, a subscriber, informs us that
sheep can be made to pay 100 per
cent. profit on the investment every
year. He says few years ago he
paid $3.50 for nInety-two sheep, and
10 one year sold in wool and mutton
$3.50 worth, and had ninety.tbroe
sheep left, He says he kept strict
account. We asked him it he was
not bothered with dogs. He said he
was not, that he kept the dog crop
in bis nCighborhood down to a low
point by the judicious use Of strych-
nine, That is the only way to do the
business right. It is the only way TO
get rid Of the dogs. Don't tell any.
body you use the strychline, and the
neighborhood will come to the con
clusion thst some fatal dog disease
is carrying off their pets. F"
Kill ont the dogs No mans dog
has q right 10 be prowliRg around
Your premises at night. There is no
hope Of getting bill passed through
the Mississippi Legislature for years,
If ever, taxing dogs as they should be,
and hence some other means 10 get
rid Of them must be resorted to, and
stFychpine is the means 10 accomplish
this end.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30
A SeFaP of Paper Saves Her
Life '.'

II was Just an ordinary scrap Of wrapping
paper, but 1t saved her life. She was 10 the
last stages Of Consumption, told by ply
sicians that she was incuTable and could live
seventy pounds. On q piece Of wrapping
paper She read Of DR., Kings New Discovery,
and got sample bottle; II helped her, she
bought a large bottle, 1t helped her more,
bought another and grew better fast, con,
tinued It's use and Is now strong, healthy,
rosy, plump, weighing 1A0 pounds. For
fuller particulars send stamp to w. H. Cole,
Druggist, Fort Smith. Trial bottles OF this
wonderful Discovery free at W. A. KRAPP's
drug store.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30
The TraIR hsobber.
From the PatriOt,DemOCrat.


Eugene F. Bunch, the daring train
robber, who, about two weeks ago,
captured large sum Of money from
an express car on the Northwestern
road, was at one time well known in
this parish. Shortly after The war,
Bunch, who at the time bore good
reputation, and was 4 school teacher
in one Of The parishes east Of here,
married young lady Of this parish
Of highly respectable family, and
shortly afterward removed to Texas.
Owing to cruel treatment received Al
bis bands, his wife separated from
him number of years ago.
Bunch Is remembered here by many
Of our citizens as rather q ine looking
fellow, Of pleasing manners and adj
dress, giving little indication at thai
time, Of bis subsequent desperate
career. At last accounts the detee-
tiyes we're completely at sea, as 10
what had become Of the train Tobber.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30
Nv school for bows and Girls opepo

Ny school for boys and girls opened
Monday, Sept. 8. Tuition $500 per
month. Every effort will DO made to
establish the confidence Of the people.
Thorough instruction, social refinement
and morality viii lead us In The disci.
pline Of the school. Bell win ring half
40 honr before opening school each
morning. This win give pupils ample
time TO reach The school before open.
ing, after they hear the bell.
MRS. DELLA X. BRYAN,
Principal.
MISS RosA Alley. Assistant.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30
meter sAee.lng PremIsea.

Naavoo alll Independent
1T Is said that The lakes in Northern
regions were full Of dnrks Up 10 within
q few days, bnt that the change in the
weather had started .hem SonthYard,
They VIII probably give our sports.
men 3 few days shooting IS they pass,
but the low water will not slow them
to linger long. The shooting win Be
very short Il there be any al al,
Those Of our aportsmen who spent
the fore part of Che week 10 tbe
bottoms below Warsaw, returned
without getting > shot AZ she feRlhsry
tFibe.F
Come t0 Southwest Louisiana, ana
ven aan ahnnt Al srinkAn
ai5 The deeaysd applaa thai arsI
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30

Speaking honestly, I cannot, BY the
arguments you presented 10 me, admit
the alchohols through any gate that
might distinguish them apart from
other chemical bodies, 4 can no more
accept them as foods than can obloro-
form, or ether, or methylal. That
they produce temporary excitement is
true; but as their general action is
quickly to reduce animal heat, cannot
see how they can supply animal force
/ see clearly how they reduce animal
power aud can show a reason for
using them in order to stop physical
pain or 10 stupify mental paini but that
they give strength. e., that they
supply material for construction of fine
tissue or throw force into tissues sup
piled by other material-must be an
error MS solemn Us it is widespread.
The true character of the Rloohols is
that they are agreeable temporary
shrouds, The savage, with the man
siops of his soul unfurnished, buFies
his restless energy under their shadow.
The civilized man, overburdened with
mental labor or with engrossing care,
seeks the same shade; but it is q Rshade,
after all in which, in exact proportion
as he seeks 1t, the seeker retires from
perfect natural life. To resort for force
to alcohol Is, in my mind, equivalent
to the act Of searching for the sun in
subterranean gloom until all is night.
That gives my argument in a nutshell,
and every day live / am more con
Vinced Of its truth. lam sure Of II as
that two and two make four,
and / arrived at it by q chain Of logical
reasoning and scientific research which
has never yet been successfully dis
puted, My feet are planted ON the
rock of truth in this matter.--D
BeVamia Ware Richardson. f
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30


sIay II or be slain. The saloon and
Republican form OF government,
which was intended to minister TO our
happiness and prosperity, cannot co.
exist in the same land. One or the
other must dominate. 1t ia for us to
say which shall prevail AS to method,
there seems to be honeat difference Of
opiuion, and every one must decide for
himself what are the best means to ac-
complish this end. Those who are inn
mediately suffering in their own homes
may, in the confusion of opinion, for
get the tyranny and destruction OF the
power that now so largely controls the
affairs OF our communities aud nation.
But o long and dark indictment of the
liquor traffic is ever before rs. The
estimated death OF 10000 Of our fellow
citizens each year, the poisoning Of
hundreds OF thousands more, aud the
nearly 81 ,000, 900, 600 drink bill annu-
ally, and as much more indirect fatal and
useless tax on the people. IL is adj
mitted that more than three fourtha Of
the crime Of the nation is caused by
this traffic, as well ai three fourths Of
our public expenses. But for our inn
nense resources we wonld long ago
have been bankrupt as nation, There
is also q long pnwritten list OF sorrow,
and sadness aud misery. Among other
utteranees in the Bible on the subject
is the following; hWoe unto him that
giyeth his neighbor drink, that putteth
the bottle to him. Among the utter
ances OF the Methodist church on the
subject referring to the traffic, Is; ut
can never be legalized without SIM =
and its members are advised not 10 be
controlled by any party managed in
the interest 81 the liquor traffic, Both
the Republican and Democratic parties
are largely controlled by the saloon
power, When we vote to license tho
saloon, are we not party To The cFimeg
And, nTe we not ID sense putting The
bottle to onr neighb0r'a lips, and Is
not our general government partner
to the extent of the $50, 900, 600 whisky
tax received each year | believe when
all good citizens decide to act together
10 this matter, they will sooner ol later
break the back of this terrible evil.
While there are ether questions before
The country to-day, ! believe this to
be the greatest af them all; and while
/ have been Q lifelong Repuhliean.
and loved The party neenusaof is noble
deeds end grand work in tue past, and
While ! yenernie tie grand and good
men who are and have been c0nneeled
with 70, yet believe il to be mY dnlg
this yeaT % vote il way that Will I'D
I my judgment, tie suenai Cripple ana
q
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30

An election echo--"I Wish you'd
90 out an chop some wood, Elijah;
there hsin's d stick ih the honhew
Elm sorry. Marthy, but Tho fact il. /
l0at W election Bet, accoFdin' ~ which
Im obleegad % refrain from all
manual labor fgF theRext two weeksP
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30

In o lawsuit involving the right OF
railroad company TO transport for d
consignor outside the State, and de-
liver to eonsignee in the State a pack
age containing Intoxicating liquor, not
withdrawing the law Of the State, was
also carried to the United States
Supreme Court, from Iowa, which has
o prohibitory law, aud it was decided
that a State cannot interfere with the
importation and transportation Of
liquors from another State, The
United States constitution gives TO
Congress only, the apoweT to regulate
commerce between the States. The
Supreme Court in this Iowa cas- ) de-
cided, therefore, that the power TO
regulate or forbid the sale Of com.
modify after it had been brought into
the State does not carry with il the
right and power to prevent its introduce
ton by transportation from another
Stale.h GItNE#
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30

w. G. Il u.

In France, afflicted with increasing
alcoholism from 1876 to 1880, there
were {, ,259 suicides.
His own medicine and balsam for the
wounds and fayeF-heats Of life: tBe
still and know that am God. s-J X.
AacdgtF, D. D.
The State OF Kansas having adopted
an amendment TO its constitution pro-
hibiting the sale or manufacture Of
liquor, q brewer brought q suit for
damages for tho loss Of his business.
Tho court decided that he should have
compensation from the State. The suit
was appealed 10 the United States
Supreme Court, which reversed the
Kansas decision. and declared that the
brewer had no right to compensation,
because the State had exercised, in
passing the prohibitory amendment,
proper police power. The Slate has,
the court said, power TO prohibit such
use by individuals Of their property as
will be hurtful to the health, the morals
or the safety OF the pnblici and the
prohibition of the sale Of liquor comes
within this power
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-30

WHAT kin II hs a0ef5pat ta he
dooyi A stapiaFle
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EmnensY.

MIas RosA ALLEs. AssIslaal.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-15
T;esenting Ingalls, Insult:

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March T.
General Robert Patterson Post, No.
225, q. \. r., met this evening at its
headquarters, Broad and Ellsworth
streets, when the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, u bill is now pending in the
United States senate caileG the depell-
dent pension btil, and though this post
feels thankful to Il greatful country for
its remembrance of services Of her sol
dicrs, Yet We learn with regret that the
memory Of ioyal and brave veterans
hNs been publicly insultcd il the na-
tional congress in order to advance the
measure in question; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the thanks Of this
post ale rendered to Senator Blackburn,
of Kentucky, for 50 ably defending the
memory ofthose tried and true patEiotS,
Generals George Is. Mcclellan and
Winfield :. Hancock.
1t was ordered that a copy Of the
above be sent to Senator Blackburn.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-15
The Moon and the Weather.
T Atlanta. Constitutions. !


Is the weather affected by the moon
in any degree? Is there any foundation
for the idea that seed should be planted
in the new of the moon? What rel;G-
ton has the moon to the earth, any
way? NJ. w.
SupcrstitionS concerning the effect Of
the moon on the earth are very COM
mon, but are wholly without fornda-
ton in reality. The relation of the
moon to the earth is simply that uf q
satellite, whose attraction has all impor-
tant influence on the carth's motion in
its orbit, and on the shifting level of its
oceans, causing the tides. 1t might be
supposed that if the moon can attract
the water upon the surface of the earth
she can also attract its atmosphere, and
thus, through movement of the air
currents, have perceptible influence
upon the weather. But investigation
shows that as the aerial mass is in no
way confined in estuaries or gulfS, its
tide caused by external attraction must
be slight. SO far as can be indicated by
he harometerit is too small to be worth
reckoning, being less than 1901 Of an
inch. The idea that the position of the
new moon concerns the weather is
utterly without reason. The nearly
horizontal crescent which Is said TO fore
tella dry month is always seen when
The nlaile OF the moons orbit is 50 >ituat-
cd with regard to the earth, as to carry
the moon past conjunction above the
sun, and the vertical cresccnt-which is
called a wet moon heraus. II pour- the
water out-appears when the luniinary
passes conjunction below the sun. In
neither case can there be anything 70
affect the Moisture of the atmosphere.
Scientists say that the moon has no
effect upon the planting of seed.