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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-10-19
To be Derived
From the Construction Of the
KANSAS CITY, WATKINS AND
GULF RAILROAD.

/. a direct line to Kansas City will open
communication with the largest and most
poPulous prairie region in the world,
through one of its greatest distributing
points. Itrequipes comparison to conceive
of the immense expanse Of country en-
braced 10 Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota, lows,
Minnesota, Colombo and Montana, North.
ern Missouri and the Indian Territory, of
which Kansas City is the distributing cen
ter, This region is about the size of the
German Empire, France, Spain, Italy and
Austria combined, and will have, when
fully developed, over one hundred mil
lions Of people.
Kansas City reaches this vast domain,
distributes and gathers material over one
of the grsndest net work of railways on
the continent
This vast prairie region Of the northwest
is totally destitute Of timber for building
purposes and the leading fruits for home
consumption. These are precisely the ar
tieles we can spare in abundance. 1t is
safe to estimate that the increase in popu-
Iation In that northwestern section during
the next ten years viii exceed fifteen mil
lions, or three millions Of families, count
ing five 70 the family. On the farm it re-
quires an average Of ten acres Of timber to
develop each farm. Every family viii
require certain amount Railroads and
manufactures win consume vast guam
tity. It is, then, low estimate 70 state
thst each inhabitant in that region viii re-
quiTe the product in lumber Of one acre Of
pine land during the next decade. Fifteen
millions Of acres Of pine in ten years for
the northwest. Where is it to be OBJ
tanned? Louisiana can furnish few mil
Lions only, but the feature we wish to pre-
sent i the wonderful effect Of opening this
unlimited market on our Lumber interests.
Bear 10 mind that nearly ali our lumber
Is clear Or second clear, and can be manu-
featured in ceiling, flooring and finishing
Lumber, 50 that most 81 our fencing and
lowest grade Of lpmbercould be manufae-
tuFed into ceiling and placed upon the
market 1t 4 profit Of eight dollars per
thousand, where now Il brings barely the
cost 81 manufacturing. There need not be
waste Of foot Of lumber, # is Az 70.
quired 70 built comfortable houses aud az
yelop The great northwest. Our Lands are
adapted to fruits aud our waters abound
ID asb. These yill end > ready and profit
able market on the prsiries. Our petrO-
lsum, our salt, our Goa, our cotton and our
sugar are il demand there
Within ten years that northwestern
country viii consume over one hundred
millions 10 value d fruits annually shove
thsir home production. What are the
fruit producers Of southwestern Louisiana
drinking aboutG Here 4 market At their
door, and that which has been waste wiz
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-10-19
OF thsEASTERN and WESTERN
PORTIONS
Of the Parish.

Will the eastern and western
portion Of Caleasieu parish be bene-
fitted by the construction Of the
Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Rail
Road?
Read and consider the advan-
tages to be derived from the con-
struetion Of this railway.
2. Will it not help everybody
to open trade with section that
wants every thing we produce and
viii pay more for it than any one
else?
8. Is il any advantage to the far
mer to get twenty-five cents more
for . sack of rice; one hundred dol
lars per acre more for fruits and
vegetables; two dollars per head
more for fat cattle; ten dollars per
head more for horses? This will be
tbe net result to the eastern and
western portion Of the parish if this
railroad is built
4, fla tax Of two and a half mills
be voted 70 the Kansas City, Wat
kins& Gulf road, the average farmer
will pay exactly one dollar per year
tax to this road, He will derive a
benefit ranging from 800 to $1,000
per annum
5. Eyes, but am not going to
vote for any railroad to help Lake
Charles. +" Kind friend, tell Us how
railroad can come into Caleasieu
parish without running to some
place. II teomes to the parish, it
viii help the whole parish. The
trunk line must first be constructed
then the branches, and the manage
ment has promised To build branches
for the east side and for the west
side. The pledge il to tap the whole
parish with branch roads.
q sAl this may be true, says the
farmer tbpt 4 am not going to vote
for the road unless it comes within
six miles Of my house" Good sir;
consider moment. This parish il
over go miles wide, how can one
road be constructed Within six miles
of every mans house2 One thing at
hme. Let rs first secure the main
road.
= II it Of advantage to have one
million Of taxable property located
ID the parish thereby reducing the
general tax
b. IL this tax il voted work will
commence IN the parish December
next, and employment viii be given
To hundreds 81 men and teams at
good wages.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-10-19
In Ten Y ears

1t will locate fifty thousand
settlers in the parish. Each set
tier averages to bring one thous-
and dollars, making net gain
Of five millions brought from
outside sources,
The railroad will add another
million. Six millions net gain
to the parish, and all money
from outside.
The annual tax on this sum at
present rate of taxation would
be ninety-six thousand dollars.
With this increase there can
be a public school in every town
ship, and a good highway to
every mans door.
The parish will become the
garden for the great Northwest,
which will be source Of great
wealth.
II win double the price Of
lumber
II viii make market for our
fruits.
Its construction will furnish
immediate labor for every idle
man, woman and child in the
parish at good rates.
let every citizen who loves his
state, his parish and his home,
come forward and support this
measure, which Is for the good
Of all.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-10-19

>'T 5SFior Oh Rya6 81. over Bloehs' store.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-10-19
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The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
MANAGEMENT OE PIGS.
Neglect the Most Expensive Thing in the
business of Raising Them.

Neglect the Most Expensive Thing I'm the
business of Raising Them.
There has been much discussion
among farmers regarding the cost of
raising pigs to the ages of one year,
more or less, and as TO what age they
should be disposed of to afford the
most profit to the farmer.
1t is not easy to estimate the cost of
a pig. In order to do so we must
not only know the cost of what the pig
eats, but we must know what he costs
at birth. We must charge him with
his share of the cost of keeping the
SOW for one year, and the expense of
keeping the sire also, less the value of
the gain in weight or value of both
sire and dam. In case the sire and
dam are young, there is frequently, and
should always be, considerable growth
of both in twelve months. And there
is considerable risk in keeping hogs
twelve months.
In many instances disease enters the
herd and destroys half or more, greatly
enhancing the cost of raising a crop of
pigs, and the survivors must be
charged the care and keeping of all
If disease enters herd it may take all
the profits cut of the business, as it
frequently does. And the cost of rails
ing a Juvenile porker depends largely
upon the care and attention bestowed
upon the herd.
The most expensive thing in the
business of raising pigs is neglect. A
stunted pig costs more than one which
is kept thriving from birth until he is
placed upon the butchers block. There
Is the expense of lost time, lost feed
and the risk of disease is greater than
in a herd which is well fed and cared
for and kept In thrifty condition. The
growth of pig will be affected large
ly by the quality and kind of food FUR
nished him, and also before weaving,
the food of the SOW. The sore mouth,
with which sucking pigs are so fire.
quently afflicted, is attributed, and no
doubt correctly, to feeding the sows on
dry corn and depriving them of green
foOd-clover and grass. The blood of
the SOW is heated, and the milk is too
rich, and not sufficient in quantity
The SOW should have a liberal supply
of clover while sucking pigs. The
clover cOunteracts the heating tend
ency of the corn, the SOW gives more
and better milk, and the pigs thrive
much better than when the SOW is fed
corn alone Western SS0iaSeheTds.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLDS.


Two tablespoonful of fresh pyr@-
thrum to two gallons of water, sprayed
upon cabbages, will kill the cabbage
worm.-- Rural Neso Yorker.
Milk should Immediately after
milking be cooled by ice or running
water. When that is done the can, or
whatever it is in, should be left open.
The milk should be frequently stirred;
otherwise it will cool unevenly, and if
so it will quickly sour.
Heavy soils that have been well
underdrained and plowed to depth
of at least six inches will endure the
drought much better than a clay soil
that is drained on the surface. Under
draining permits the air and warmth
to penetrate to the roots of the plants.
If the tomato vines are not staked,
cut off the lower branches so as to
trim the vines somewhat to q tree
shape. BY pinching off the ends of
the tops and branches more laterals
will be thrown out and the limbs be-
come stronger and better enabled to
support the fruit.
"A farmer should have not only a
good farm and good farm implements,
but also a good place to store his wag-
ons, reapers, plows, etc. A good farm
er never stores his wagon under tree,
or his pillow in the fence corner. 1t
pays to take care of all tools. A store
house is a necessity for every farmer.
In case of accident every effort on
the part of the patient to repeat in de-
tail the cause of an accident, the SEN
sation, experience, etc, should be dis
couraged. Careful conversation upon
other subjects and perfect rest will do
more to bring about speedy recovery
and strengthen all concerned in the
belief that it is not always necessary to
send for doctor.
1t is highly important that the
cows be MIXED clean or diminutiOn
will be the result. This should es-
pecially be observed with firstIings, as
it will do a great deal toward promot-
ing their milking qualities and cOnse-
quently their future value. Numerous
experiments made in this direction
also tend to show that the milk drawn
last is at least from three to five times
as rich as that which flows at the be-
ginning of milking. The farmers in
terests, therefore, are promoted two
fold by invariably observing this rule
Western Rural.
When the time arrives that the
work of cooking receives the intelli-
gence that should be given to it, the
human family will have fewer diseases.
Life and death are dear to us all, and
the preparation of the sustenance that
supports our bodies surely requires
both care and skill. And, too, the
work of a cook should be regarded as
an hOnOred calling. It is labor that
should be so highly ranked that nc
lady, however wealthy, need be
ashamed to be seen engaged in it. II
should be as respectable as school
teaching and clerking, so that any
young woman who has talent for it
could engage in the work and not feel
that her labor was looked down upon.
Western PLOIC171G31.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
USES OF AMALGAM.

The Process Employed to Separate Gold
and Silver From Their Ores.
Amalgam Is a compound of two or
more metals of which one is always
mercury, and this circumstance dis
tinguishes an amalgam from an alloy.
Nature presents us with only one
amalgam which is silver, and is
termed by mineralOgists native ANAL
gam" 1t occurs in Hungary, Sweden,
etc, and is met with either semi-fuid,
massive, or crystallized in rhOmbic
dodecahedrons. KlaprOth found it to
consist of Ga parts of silver out of 100
parts. Most metals may be amalga-
mated with mercury, and the cOmbi-
nation appears to depend on chemical
affinity.
When the cohesion of metal is
slight, as in the cases of potassium
and sodium, or when its affinity for
mercury is considerable, as in che in
stances Of gold and silver, amalgama-
ton takes place readily by mere con-
tact. When on the other hand the
cohesion of a metal is strong, or it's
affinity forumercury weak, heat or in
termediate action or both are requisite
to effect amalgamatiOu.
If ~ parts of mercury be mixed
with one part of potassium, combina-
tioH occurs with the evolution of much
heat, and when the resulting amalgam
is cold, it is hard and has the appear
ance of silver. When the guam
tity of mercury exceeds one hun
dred parts to one of potassium,
theI compound is liquid and an ANAL
gamation containing only Is per
cent. of potassium is susceptible
of Capitalization. The density of an
amalgam exceeds that of the mean OF
the metals; this, and the tendency of
one or both metals to oxidize, are adj
ditiOnal indications of chemical com
binatiOn.
There are some metals, it has been
observed, requiring heat to amalga-
mate them. Anthony offers an ex-
ample of this; to effect combination it
must be melted, and while liquid
mixed with hot mercury. Mere heat,
however, causes scarcely any action
between iron and mercury; they may
be amalgamated by mixing the filings
of the metal with powdered alum and
rubbing them together with little
water. After trituration, the alum
may be washed out. BY the interven-
ton of tin or zinc, iron may be COM
bined with mercury and double ANAL
gam is formed. Platina also uRites
with mercury, by the Intervention OF
the amalgam of potassium, but not by
/ direct action. The double amalgam OF
iron and zinc does not rapidly undergo
any change, and is not attracted by
the magnet. All amalgams are decOm-
posed by red heat, the mercury being
distilled and the more fixed metal re-
manning. The process of amalgama-
nation and decomposition is employed
to separate gold and silver from their
ores. The mercury obtained by de-
composing the amalgams is distilled
and repeatedly used for the same pur-
pose with comparatively little Loss
Chicago Journal Of Commerce.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
MAshlNo ElANNELs.
Rua Them I'm a Good, Warm Lnther, q
Never In Cold Water,

RuS Them I'm a Good, Warm LRthers But
Never in Cold Water
Flannels and cOlored things are the
next consideration, and here it may be
remarked that the time when these
articles should be taken in hand ought
to be determined by the weather. It
is most desirable that, when the day is
fine, clothes should be hung out to
dry. OF late years the Importance of
this detail has been forgotten, and in
large establishments where linen is
washed wholesale, it is usual to have
drying-closets, hot-air chambers, and
other contrivances where linen can be
dried without being hung out of doors.
at all. This is unfortunate. There
are no purifiers like fresh air, wind
and sun, and an experienced laundress
could tell at once whether clothes had
been dried indoors or not.
Clever houseleepers, accustomed to
washing, often speak strongly in favor
of hannels and prints being washed at
the commencement of the washing-
days proceedings; and they find the
plan convenient, because they say that
colored things can be washed in the
same water as flannels, and the water
used for rinsing flannels will serve for
''firsting" the best whites. All this is
true; and yet, when we come to prac-
tice we find it is best to let the state of
the weather determine for US when
fiannels are to be washed. We have
to remember that, though linen
and calico may lie for awhile
after being washed without in
jury, yet flannel and colored goods
must be quickly dried, or they will
spoil. To dry fannels slowly causes
them to shrink; to dry colored prints,
chintzes, ETC., slowly, is apt to make
the colors run. Flannel and colored
things, therefore should not be touched
until there is a prospect that they can
be dried off and be done with; and this
is why we should consider the weather
in deciding when they shall be washed,
Flannels should be put into good,
warm lather-that is into soapy water,
only little warm; but on no account
into cold water As much as possible
rubbing should be avoided with them,
because to rub flannel makes it thick.
Wringing also is harmful to them, and
1t Is better to squeeze and press the
water out of them than to wiring them.
Soda also should never be used for
flannels; and if they are to be kept in
good condition they should be neither
mangled nor irOned. COlOred goods,
too, should not be put into very hot
water, and soda should be dreaded for
them. They should neither be starched
with hot starch nor ironed with a hot
iron. After washing they should be
rinsed in cold water, in which good
handful of baysalt, or a little alum, has
been dissolved. They should not be
dried in the sun. Neither flannels nor
colOred goods must be boiled. Many
laundresses put several handfuls of
common salt into the water in which
cOl0red things are rinsed. This helps
! to make them look clean and bright,
| but it also tends to make them turn
limp speedily. This objection does not
apply quite as much to bay salt as to
common salt.-CGSSeJpS Family Maya
| nina
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
Does sheep-Raising Paw

Did you ever think what sort of
sheep the men have who are com
planning loudestP Are there not some
pointers for us here? The times de-
mand a most careful survey of the sit
uation and conditions around us. The
indications are plain and unmistakable
and right ahead Of US, yes, all around
us. Listen to what the manufacturers
have to say. Lay aside all your no
tions and preiudices- and face
the music, determined to learn and
master the situation. Unless we do,
we are gone. Do you believe ftp
Some do; some never will. Do sheep
payp Count all their advantages aud
What does better
these hard times-cattle. horses, hogs,
wheat, corn, hay9 Count close and
decide the matter Western Rural.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
THE DRAGONS FAKE.

In very lonely tower,
SO the legend goes 70 tell,
Pines a Princess in the power
OF a dreadful Dragons spell
There she sits IN silent state,
Always watching-always dumb,
While the Dragon at the gate
Eats hor suitors as they come
Knight and Prince OF every nation,
Poet, Page and TroubadOur,
OF whatever rank or station
Eats them up and waits for moro.
Every Knight that hears the legend
Thinks he'll see what he can do,
Gives his sword a lovely edge, and
Like the rest IS eaten, tool
Al Of which Is very pretty
And romantic, too, forsootht
But, somehow, Il seems pity
That they shouldn't know the truth.
II they only knew that really
There Is no Princess to gain
That she's invention merely
OF the crafty Dragons brain.
Once It CHANGED he'd missed his dinner
For perhaps q day or two;
Felt that he was getting thinner,
Wondered what he'd better do.
Then IL was that he bethought him
How I'm this romantic age
CReading fairy tales had taught hinN
Resculng ladies was the rage.
80 lonely tower ne rented,
For triling sum per year,
And this thrilling tale invented,
Which was carried far and near;
Far and near throughout the nations,
And the Dragon ever since,
Has relied for daily rations,
On some jolly Knight or Prince.
And while his romantic fiction
To chivalrous age appeals,
It's very safe prediction:
He will never want for meals.
%. HsrTOrd IN Time.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10

"A religious weekly has this intro
duction to a poem: The following
lines were written more than sixty
ago. by man who has slept many
years in his grave merely for his own
amusement
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
The AgOnies of Lumbago.
EAST RIVER NATIONAL BANK,
NEW YORK, March 10, 1856.

Tt gives me great pleasure to add my tes-
timony in favor of ALLcocK's Porous
PLAsTERs. Last October l had very Sc
we're attack Of lumbago and suffered untold
agony; could not turn in bed or get in any
position without assistance, and with pains
almost unbearable; the folks suggested
ALLCoCK's Porous PLAsTERs. AS soon as
possible had one applied TO the small of
my back, and to my great surprise expert
enced almost instant relief; / continued
wearing it until entirely cured, and am hap
py to say that have not had the slightest
symptoms of Lumbago since. They are a
wonderful and valuable plaster for Lum-
bago, and take much pleasure in recon-
mending them ". S. PHILLIPS.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10

The spirits of turpentine sprinkled
on the shelves of closets and placed on
pieces of muslin therein will keep
away moths and buffalo bugs Where
the moth millers are numerous, place
saueers containing spirits of turpen-
tine about the room and they will soon
die Good Housekeeping.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10

The clear head, the vigorous stomach, IN
broken slumber, are the priceless posses
sions of those who do not suffer from nerv-
ousne IS. 1t is quite possible for you, if
your nerves are weak, to endow them with
renewed vigor. Pleasant are the means
and easy. Use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
retire early, rise with the lark, eat regular
ly, and take plenty of outdoor exercise.
The Bitters subdues malaria.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10

Don't count much on the gleanings
OF the harvest field as food for pigs.
Nowadays after the harvester has
passed over them the hog feed left is q
fraud and a delusion.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
Southern University,

GREENSBORO, ALABAMA.
REV. A s. ANDREWS, u D., IL H., PrcsidFnt.
An Institution of highest grnde: Instruction thor
Ough. location heathful. Enrolment, 225. Whole
annual expense need not exceed Sl50-SlhO The
rext session opens September -, 1885 For Catas
lOgue, address h. NJ. PETERSON, SECREvART.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
EDUCATIONAL.
ST, CECILIA !. AG 5.lI! EIlI,I

offers every advantage for the perfect deYeopInels
moral mental and phi ysical, Of American Womanlood
acnfcent healthfu locatipnl Doctors fee only 10
for past months Twenty five acres, beautifully
ded pleasure grounds. sulphur. Chaly beate and
Ciatern alters used Spacious and Wel9-vellt iiaLed
buildings, inclu ling every modern lmprov Rof
full in formatiOn, Catalogue and Terms, address
sTPERIORESS, st. CeceIias NnshFtlles Tenn.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10

Harvest excursions
will be run via Mem
phis Extension Iron
Mountain Route, from
Memphis to Arkansas
and Texas at one fare
for the round trip, on
August 21st, Septem-
Der 18th and 25th, Oc-
tober 9th and 23d.
Tickets to be good for
80 days. Stop overs
allowed. Double daily
service with S solid
trains between Mem
phis and Little Rock.
Pullman sleepers on
night trains.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
ATNEMS EEMALE GOLLEGE.

Chartered 1913. Athens. Alabama-a place Of
health and refinement. COmmodious buildings neatly
furnished All the departments thoroughly Organized
full faculty Of experts in each. Cheap, Thorough
School. Attached is a Business School a thorough
course OF bookkeeping StenOgraphy, Type
Writing. Fall Term opens August %, lSoS send for
(atalnRuP. REV. NJ. @. WIlLIAALS, RTeAidenL
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10

FABRICs and Cutcles are rendered mar
veJously white by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
AiIls Hair DYE, Black or Brown, SOC.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10

A DEAF man enjoys better health than
others. He does not catch every thing that
is going.-N o. Ptcduuge
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
Plump and Rosy
Babies

"Had It not been for Lactated Food our little baby
must have died. She has been using it for three
months, and is a plump, healthy. fosy-cheeked
baby."-HTs- Mollio LopESd. KokOEO, Ind.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-10
THE MARKETS.

p TINE gallops under the spur of the mo
mRnt-