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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02
Our British Landlords.

A correspondent of The New York
World has been at pains to obtain some
facts in reference to the investment Of
British capital in the United States. The
facts will be a surprise to many,
The ownership of land is so great that
itamounts to system Of genuine absentee
landlordism, The managers Of British
interests are usually very reticent about
their business, but Il is estimated that
not less than half a million acres Of land
are owned in Kansas alone by subjects
of Great Britain. One-Wnliam Scully,
of London--owns $4,000 acres Of choice
land in Kansas, He rents this to farm
ers, and Eeproduces here the features Of
English landlordism pure and simple.
The same Soully possesses 100000 acres
of the best farming lands in Illinois He
draws from the United States an income
of 5000, 900 a year, every cent of which is
spent in England, His tenants are fer
eigners like himself
In Arkansas absentee British landlords
own $5,0O00O0 worth Of property In
Texas there are 100000 acres Of land
belonging to absentee and alien Britons
These men do not become citizens and do
not want to, On the whole, they have
a contempt for America and Americans
British gold has also purchased 10000
acres Of orange and timber lands In
Florida, Almost the only landlord who
has even made q pretense of visiting his
possessions is his grace the Duke Of suth-
erland, who spent part Of last winter in
Florida, He has 495,OOO acres of land in
the state
One Canadian land company owns
more than a million acres in Mississippi
Vast syndicates and land and invest
ment companies have usually taken the
place of individual owners In the Yazoo
delta, Miss, an English syndicate has
bought million acres Of timber lands
and Is shipping lumber to Europe.
The rough estimate made by the COR
respondent makes ii apparent that in the
Union there are 30, 1000, 900 acres of land
owned by aliens, who only care to get all
the money they can out of the country,
In California some of the property rights
have been acquired by rank fraud The
amount Of foreign capital in mines and
manufactures can only be estimated by
the hundred million. Tho Coates and
Clark's thread factories are worth
Sl 600, 600
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02
A Hebrew Departure.

The Jewish race in America have de-
veloped traits different from their
brethren in the Old World There Is
now movement among them to bring
poor boys Of their blood and faith into
the mechanical trades and make Jewish
carpenters, machinists, etc, There Is at
this time Jewish manual trade school
IN New York where boys Of this race
receive a thorough technical training.
The school Is called the Hebrew Tech
nical institute. Youths who have
been trained in it pass into the meehani
cal trades and shops and at once take
good places, passing rapidly ahead Of
those who lack such preliminary educa-
ton. Drawing is one Of the branches IN
which the young mechanics are trained
most carefully.
So that In a few years we shall have
Jewish artisans in all the manual labor
departments. This invasion Of the trades
Is something quite new in the history Of
the race in modern times,
The school Is a benevolent institution,
free to students, Il Is supported by a
number Of prominent and wealthy jew
ish gentlemen. In explanation Of this
new departure they say that the ranks
Of trade and commerce are already
crowded till theF can receive no mora
recruits. So arc the professions. The
boys who are now IN the technical school
are poor, and would be forced 70 stand
upon the street and sell shoe strings and
matches and become petty peddlers.
They could not be anything else than
tradesmen Up . meager and miserable
way, because there are 20 many Of them.
With Q thorough manual training, how
ever, they can go into The world and hold
their own with the best.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02
xELLOw PINE.



Beaumont Enterprise.
The following article from the New
Orleans Tsnes.D Democrat corfoborates
what has been, as il were, our haFpiDg
string for years aud wears. Some few
weeks ago We published aa article
from Captain Shaw, chief Of ths Lon
don fire department, in which be
proved that yellow pine beams, pillars
and heavy timbers IN buildings out
lasted all Others, even iron, and were
found sound at heart after the most
trying experiments, II Is 40 interest
ing article, and nothing but plain facts
about long leaf yellow pine
"Among the new materials being
used for paving in Europe just now
and in very high favor there, is an ar
ticle which, although Of southern pro-
duOtiop, is seldom, if ever used here.
Asphalt, granite and wood are the
chief paving materials employed il
European cities, and Of the wood IN
favor there, The best, so say the Ger
mans, is southern yellow pine, This
is laid upon a foundation Of concrete,
is we'll laid aud we'll attended to, the
Germans having the correct idea that
to preserve a pavement, it needs CON
slant and yigilant attention, and IL
must be repaired at once If il shows
the slightest disposition to decay,
IA number Of woods have been used
there, the experiments being made for
the purpose Of testing which are best,
and yellow pine hes been found the
most satisfactory 10 every way, last
ing longest and costing the least in
the way of repairs, 1t IS, as We have
already frequently shown, the hand
soonest of all mercahantable woods and
the large amount Of resin it contains
is supposed 70 preserve II better II
has, in consequence, become the favor
ile wood for paving IN Berlin, Ham
hurg aud other German cities. The
GaedeFiek's bridge in tue first named
city, paved ip 1879 with yellow pipe,
is still in good condition, while the
approaches to it, although paved with
granite, have twice since then required
repairing, The Opera PEtz also, 10
front Of the emperor's palace, was
paved seven years ago with yellow
pine and cypress, at point where the
traffic is gTeRlest; while at other points
granite blocks we're used An examl-
Uation of these several pavements re-
Gently made has shown the pine aud
cypress TO be in much better condition
than the stone,
at seems strange that the good
qualities Of these southern woods
should have been discovered and
told abroad, aud that We, living
in the very section where they are
most abundant, hest and cheapest,
should not yet know how to use them
satisfactorily for paving pprposes,n
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02
NY MUSE.

She came but once, my radiant muse
Once and unoalled for, smiling, fair,
Filled for an hour my room with light
Sat In my battered ONCE chatri
Watched while wrote with trembling hand
My first, my last my only rhyme,
Then rose and with one backward glance
Swept from my sight, and since that tims
I've watched and hoped for her In vain
Peered through the window, left the door
Ajar, that might coax her In,
But, ahi she comes TO me no more.
Often hear her mocling voice,
And feel the rush Of flying feet;
AlasI before | reach the door,
She's turned the corner Of the street.
IF thou hadst held me fast, " she cries,
"PerGhanca had been with thee yet
I'm but WOmani such slight
lean forgive but not forget"
Annie D. Hanks,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02

All tho heroic souls who helped at
Iohnstown have had their due need Of
praise except the newspaper reporters,
The reporter is q man literally whose
work speaks for him. He is rarely mem
toned, and then sometimesnot with entire
respect, But wherever pluck, endurance,
shTewdness, intelligence and manly cour-
age arc needed, there the reporter is
found, and is equal to the occasion. He
may go cold and hungry, he may be
beaten by the pitiless storm, he may
have no sleep for half q week, but he
must get the news before the people,
What does anything else matterf His
own personal discomfort few know, and
none seem to care for, After the Johns.
town disaster those who really suffered
the most physically were probably the
brave and untiring reporters who got the
facts and told the story Of the great
calamity so well. They deserve the
thanks Of their fellow countrymen.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02

Sir William Thomson delivered a series
of lectures on, physics at Johns Hopkins
university and the fashionable people
of Baltimore set out to make them an
event in social intellectual circles
They understood that some mathemati
cal training was necessary, but Sir Win,
lam sailed right into questions involving
differential and integral calculus, After
he had filed blackboard with ques
tiuns, he turned and asked; "Do you
follow meF" A few minutes later, in Q
particularly difficult problem, he mildly
asked his audience II they saw any mis-
take, to call his attention to it He
wondered why everybody smiled. Hall
a dozen very studious looking men made
up the audience at the second lecture. -
Chicago Herald.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02

The Scottish Free church has followed
che example of the Presbyterian general
assembly, and has ordered D tAoropgh
examination into tho existing dissatis,
faction with Che Westminster confession
of faith The examining committee win
also consider what changes should be
made ip the creed 70 adapt Il 70 modern
thought.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02

1t is said that an execution syndicate
has been Incorporated in Illinois, The
company will take contracts to execute
criminals in every state in the Union
with neatness and dispatch. If q muir
derer Is to be sent into eternity by the
new road Of electricity, the execution
syndicate win provide for his case the
latest improved dynamo. II he goes by
the old fashioned route, the same COM
pany will erect an approved pattern Of a
gallows tree and strangle the criminal to
order
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02

The South i The place for the man,
pfaetarer, because there he is nearer
% the raw material, and has around
him q new and ever growing market
for bis product i II the place foF the
capitalist, bscapse the opportunities
for safe and profitable Investments aEs
sHch 90 eapnot be found anywhere else;
It ia the place for the merchant, be-
cause The rapid Increase in population
and wealth creates d eonasantly IN.
crsaaing demand for merchandise af
every aeFt II u ihe place faF iha far
meF peeanse the same success pro.
giaes 3 conliDnal market laf si The
pFodnetH IF ihe farm ana gaF4eH
A9chaRqe
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02
oh, what a Cough.

Will you heed the warning. The signal
perhaps Of the sure approach Of that more
terrible disease, Consumption. Ask your
selves Il you eln afford, for the sake of
saving 30 cents TO run the risk and do
nothing for ", We know from experience
that shiloh's Cure VIII cure your cough. II
never falls THIS explains why more than
d million bottles were sold the past year II
relieves Group and WboopGg Cough atonee,
MotheTs DO not he Without ii For Lame
Back, Side or Chest use Shiieh's Porous
Plaster. Sold BY ". d. KearneY,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02

Il Is rather odd that ap American sys-
tenn of drawing 4 IL We p 40 schools
og Italy cbarles q Leland, Hans
BreitmanP u the autbpr og it The
pcboolg of Hungary have also adopted
his system Of drawing ana desisning
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02

You have heard your friends and neigh
hors talking about T. You may yourself be
one Of the many who know from personal
You have ever tried II, you are one of It's
staunch friends, because the wonderful thing
about II ls, that when once given trial, Or.
Kings New Discovery ever after holds a
place In the house, II you have never used
II and should be afflicted with Cough, Cold
Or any Throat, Lung OF Chest trouble, secure
a bottle at once aud give II a fair trial. II Is
guaranteed, or money refunded Trial bot
ties free, at DIR. W, A, Knapp's drug store, .
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-08-02

hlNF N khNUDb pEBlLLl y
Failing MepiQry, EXhAustlng
Drains Terrible Dreams, Head
and Back Ache, aud all the
e1eots leading 10 early decay,
and perhaps Consumption OF
Insanity, treated scientifically
BY new methods with never.
failing success.
SYPHILIS and all bad
Blood and Skin Diseases per
naapently cured.
f9 KIDNEY & URINARY
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
" reatment of Lambs

Sprinkle a. little salt on the lamb so the
mother will be induced to lick it. To
make eve take another lamb after she
has lost her own, tie the skin of the lat
ter on the adopted" youngster. If at
any time the lamb is weak and sickly
give 1t half 4 spoonful of hogs lard. Re-
peat the dose in half an hour if no bet
ter, as this cuts all phlegm, makes
breathing more easy and gives strength
and tone 10 the system. But of all
things there is nothing like sunshine for
young lambs, as this gives them more
strength and growth than anything else.
Should they get chilled at any time give
them some rum with a little asafetida
dissolved ii it. Manure should not be
allowed to accumulate in the barn. as the
gases arising from it are very unhealth-
ful 1t is one of the most prolific causes
OF bad outcome with pregnant ewes,
failure of milk, disowning of lambs,
shedding of wool and perhaps death. We
would say, in conclusion, that there are
but three short periods each year that
sheep require any extra attention-that
is, breeding season, lambiag time and
weaving time.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have. in fact,
you must have it, to fully enjoy life
Thousands are searching for it daily. and
mourning because they find it not. Thou
sands upon thousands of dollars are
spent annually by our people in the hope
that they may attain this boon. And yet
it may be had by all. We guarantee that
Electric Bitters, if used according to di :
rections and the use persisted in. will
bring You good digestion and oust the
demon dyspepsia and install instead eu-
pepsy We recommend Electric Bitters
for dyspepsia and all diseases of liver,
stomach and kidneys. Sold at so cents
and 81 per bottle, by Hartz & Bahnsen,
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
A SCRAP OF PAPER SAVES HER LIFE.

1t was just an ordinary scrap of wrap
ping paper, but it saved her life. She
was in the last stages of consumption.
told by physicians that she was incurable
and could live only short time; she
weighed less than seventy pounds. On a
piece of wrapping paper she read of DR.
Kings New Discovery, and got sample
bottle; it helped her, she bought large
bottle, it helped her more. bought an
other and grew better fast. contin ued its
use and is now strong, healthy, rosy,
plump, weighing 140 pounds. For fur
ther particulars send stamp to W. II.
Cole, druggist, Fort Smith. Trial bot
ties of this wonderful discovery free at
Hartz d Bafnsen's drug store
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
Remedy for Cut Worms

Some farmers protect cabbage plants
from the ravages of cut worms by wind
ing piece Of paper or bark or bit of
burdock leaf around the plants when
set. The Cut worms work on the surface
of the soil or directly beneath it, and
when they come to the article which en-
velops the plant, will go in search of
something more palatable. We have al
ways succeeded in keeping them away
by using a small quantity of saltpeter
water around each plant. An ounce of
saltpeter dis solved in a teacupful of hot
water is sufficient to impregnate two gal
Ions of wafer. A gill of this solution
poured around each hill an inch or so
from the plant is sufficient, or has al
ways proved SO with us. 1t is an mex
pensive edy and easily applied
American G CIltivator.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26

SECTIONAL VIEW OF A STORAGE ROOM,
The point aimed at is to prevent con-
densation il the storage room by COM
pletely isolating the ice chamber above.
so that we may conduct the warm, moist
and foul air away from the storage room
and dash IL upon a large body of ice.
which will condense the foul moisture.
contract thu volume of air and permit
the heavy, dry, cold air to tumble down
INTO storage room, where it will dis
place and force above the ice a quantity
of moist, warm air, to be condensed as
before, thus keeping up constant cur
ren~of air, which will pick up any
moisture In the room and conduct it q
the ice to be condensed.
The cut is sectional view of the stor-
age room (A) and ice chamber (B). The
building, or complete room, must be sur
rounded by nonconducting space beneath
the floor and over the ceiling, as well as
at the side and end walls: then on the
Joist which some would cover with zinc.
lay an air tight wood floor (O from end
to end of the building, but let it lack one
foot or less of coming to the wall at
either side, and let the floor incline to
one side about one inch in ten feet to
secure proper drainage.
On this floor place strips two or three
inches high directly over the ioist; put
cross strips between these strips to form
pockets of dead air. On this lay another
tight floor; on the more elevated edge or
side of the floor erect a double wall D)
with confined air between) to within
one or two feet of the ceiling of the
building, and extending from end to end
of building Cover the floor and a few
inches of the walls around it with well
soldered tin floor, and Immediately
paint it.
At the lower edge of the floor, where
the cold air tumbles off, place cave
spouting to carry drainage to conduct
ing pipe which may pass through the
wall to the outside of building and ter
inmate near the bottom of some vessel
that will bring the overflow of water
above the end of pipe, and thus form an
air trap. At either side of storage room
hinge boards (B b wide enough to close
up the inlet and outlet of air. The in
gress of cold air can thus he adjusted to
hold the temperature of the room at any
desired degree
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26

And 100 men to call on any druggist for
a free trial package of Lanes Family
Medicine, the great root and herb reme>
dy. discovered by DIR. Silas Lane, while in
the Rocky mountains. For diseases of
the blood, liver and kidneys it is a posi-
tive cure. For constipation and clearing
up the complexion it does wonders.
Children like it. Everyone praises it.
Large size package, 80 cents. At all
druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
CHEEKY Words

From q gentleman of Texas to his own
people, and all others over the country
Hear what he says:
have been practical druggist in
Tyler for number of years, and in that
time have had occasion to examine, try,
and notice the effect of nearly all the
highly recommended preparations or pat
ent medicines on the market, and as I
have suffered untold misery myself, the
past number OF years, from severe form
OF inflammatory rheumatism, and could
find nothing to cure or relieve me, l had
almost drawn conclusion that all pat
ent medicines were more or less frauds
until about one year ago, I was in
duced by friend now living in Tyler, to
try preparation known as B, or Bo.
tanic Blood Balm, and after a long per-
suasion on his part, / finally made up
my mind to make one more effort to rid
myself of the terrible aff1 iction; and it
now affords me the greatest pleasure of
my life to state to the citizens of Smith
county that am entirely cured, with no
traces OF the disease left. and all effected
by the magic healing properties of B. B.
b., which l consider the grandest, purest
and most powerful blood remedy known
to man. have been subject to in>
hammatory attacks since ten years of
age, and up to the present time have had
four. The last spell came on me in
November, 1885, over year
ago. at which time 1 was
confined to my bed for eight weeks, pass
ing the nights IN misery, with no sleep
except when produced by narcotics and
various opiates The week previous to
using B. B. B. up to that time had only
eaten six meals, and could scarlely sit up
without support; but after using three
bottles l was able to relish my meals and
to walk up town, and after six bottles
had been used, thank heaven, | was en-
tirely cured. and not the slightest pain
felt since that time. When returned to
business in February, my weight was 145
pounds, but gradually increased until nv
regular weight was again attained, 21Ol
pounds. The noticeable fact in what
have so cheerfully stated is, that this un-
paralleled and remarkable discovery, B.
b. b., cured me in mid winter, at the
very time my sufferings and misery were
the greatest. take it on myself as a
practical druggist to heartily, cheerfully,
as well as conscientlously, recommend
this glorious blood remedy to all sufferers
OF rheumatism OF blood troubles, and not
only myself. but the firm OF Mckay &
Adams, who handle it, will cheerfully in
dorse its SUPERIOR merits.
JOHN NJ DAVIS,
and MCKAY & ADAMS Tyler, Texas.
Send for our book of wonders, free
1t treats of all blood disorders. Ad.
dress. BLOOD BALM Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
M. j. YOUNG. Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL.
ZMzss
MzW4UXEn
A% Sz14UZ I

FAST MAIL TRAIN with Vestibuled trains be-
tween Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul and Mime
apolis.
IRA NS-CONTINFNTAL ROUTE between Chi.
cago, Council Bluffs, Omaha and the Pacific
Coast.
GREAT NATIONAL ROUTE between Chicago
Kansas City and st. Joseph, Mo.
500 MILES OF ROAD reaching all principal
points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa
Missouri and Dakota
For maps. time tables, rates OF passage and
freight, etc, apply to the nearest station agent
OF the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway, OF
TO any railroad agent any where in the world.
ROSWELL MILLER, A. V, Il. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Gen'l Pass q 4, Agt
II For information in reference to Lands and
Towns owned by by the Chicago. Milwaukee 4
st. Paul Rsilway Company. write to h. q. Hau-
gen. Land commissioner Milwaukee. Wisconsin.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
An Important Element

Of the success of Hoods Ssrsaparilla is
the fact that every purchaser receives q
fair equivalent for his money. The fa-
millisr head inc, 100 Doses One Dol
lar, stolen by imitators, is original with
and true only of Hoods Sarssparilla.
This can easily be proven by any one
who desires to test the matter. For
real economy. buy only Hoods Ssrsapa-
rilla. Sold ,y all druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
BUCKLEN's ARNIcA sALvK.

The best salve in the world for cats,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains.
corns and all skin eruptions. and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale bv Hartz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26
The Sorrel Horse.

Western Stockmen claims that there is
no color on the horse which is 80 insensi-
BILE to heat as the sorrel. There is seldom
any coat so silky or responds SO quickly
to good grooming as the sorrel But
more important still, there is seldom any
horse with such sound feet and limbs, or
possessing tie endurance of the sorrel.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-26

In the pursuit of the goou things of
his world we anticipate too much; we
eat out the heart and sweetness Of world
ly pleasures by delightful forethought of
them. The results obtained from the use
of DR.. Jones' Red Clover Tonic far exceed
all claims. 1t cures dyspepsia, and all
stomach, liver, kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer,
blood purifier, sure cure for ague and
malarial diseases. Price, 80 cents, Of
druggists.