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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-06-05

La famille des French, du villa
ge de Porter, dams le Maine, pos
sede depuis Is ans, une vieille pen
dule qui march6 assez r6guliere
ment jusqu'en 1881. A partir de
cette aimee, la pendule continue
a marquer les heures; mais sa SON.
merle a cess6 de marcher. On await
renonc6 a la faire r6parer.
Aussi quel ma pas 6t6 p6tonne.
ment de la famille, lorsque la se-
maine derniere, pendant qu'elle
6tait q prendre le the, la pendule
s'est mise a sonner Z heures!
LIE lendemain, q la meme heure,
la pendule some Z heures de nou-
veau, ct le surlendemain, meme
sonnerie.
II y await la b1en matl6re 3 con-
jectule. Etalt ce un esprit qui
await pris CO moyen pour annoncer
a la famille quelque grand 6v6ne-
ment avec lequel le nombre w
ou le chiffre Z, trois fois rep6t6,-
soft 2l,- aurait quelque rapport?
Serait-ce lie nombre fatal annon-
caut quelque grand malheur. on
bien un num6ro gagnant de Ia To-
terie de la Louisiana? Depuls lors,
la pendule est retomb6e dams son
mutisme.
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PARIS.

On a souvent dit du NAL de Pa.
ris, ct il faut avouer que CO ma pas
toujours 6t6 sans raison. Mais 81
on dit lie NAL, il faut dire aussi le
bien. C'est loyale justice. II est 81
doux ct 81 bon de dire le bien
Vraiment Paris nest pas connu: il
Y a Ia une charlie ct une fol chr6
t1enne qui 6tonne ct ravit.
Ce Paris 81 affair6, CO Paris qui
s'agite, qui va, qui Went, qui ache
te ct qui vend, qui joue q la Bour.
SO ct qui d6vore tant de joulssan'
ces, q la voix de la religion s'arrete
tout a coup. Au milieu de tous
ses entra1nements, de toutes ses
s6ductions, il SO ]ette dams les 6gli.
ses, pour y prier, ct beaucoup, pen
dant qu'ils sont en- 81 beau chemin,
won't faire ce que tout chretien doit
faire 0al msoims q Pdques hmmble-
ment. La Semains Sainte exerce
une puissance divine sur le Pari-
sien. On assure que, dams la seu-
le paroisse de Salnt-Sulpice, les
communions atteignent le chiffre
de deux cent mile ct plus. En-
ces jours de pardon, toutes les 6gll-
ses cont pleines ct regorgent d'as-
sistants. Au milieu dun recueil-
lement profond, ct dune veritable
joie d'entendre la parole de Dieu,
on remarque Petite de Ia socl6t6
franchise, des hautes positions go
ciales, de la magistrature, de la d.
plomatie, de parm6e, de radmin1s-
tratiou, de la science, des arts, des
mobiles ct antiques families.
Que c'est grand, que c'est beau,
s'6crie Table Mulois, la volx de
ces milliers d'hommes, chantant le
Credo! Dams CO Paris od Pon don
ne de 81 ravissants concerts on men
trouve aucun d'aussi grave, ct d'u-
ne 81 heureuse influence sur la dl-
gnit6 ct pattrait des ceremonies re
ligieuses.
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POUR iRIRE.

l
Un ivlogne est malade.
-Quel temps fait-il? demande-
til.
lie ciel est girls.
--Ah! CONNIE je voudrais etre q
So place!
NJ.
On sot demandait q une dame
quol ellie songeait quand ellie ne
pensait d rien.
Monsieur, r6pondit-elle,je pen
se votre m6rite!
***
Scene de restaurant:
Propri6taire d un vagabond.-
Eh bien, avez vous fnl?
Vagabond.--Oui, ct ces pates
sont excellents. A present la seu.
le chose qui vous reste 4 faire,
c'est de me prefer vlngt-cinq cents
pour que je vous paye, parce que
10 ne veux devoir rien q personne.
~.
Dialogue entendu sur le quai do
laCie r. & O.:
Dis done, qu'est.ce qui est
plus haut que les cieux?
-J'sais pas.
Eth bien, c'est la charrette!
Comment celia?
-Parce qu'elle est pardessus
z'essieu!
IN
Mendiant.-Je suis un misera-
bic, monsieur. Pouvez vous faire
quelque chose pour m'assister?
Homme d'afalres.-Oui, je puts
faire quelque chose pour vous;
mais Ga ira plus vite 81 vous vou-
lez vous servir vous- meme.
Prenez la porte, par exemple.
Question ct r6ponse:
-Savez vous depuis quand les
sauvages sont nus?
--Mais depuis toujours.
Mon, c'est depuis que Christie
phe Colomb les q d6couverts.
***
La scene Sc passe entire deux de
Sorel.
Dis done, quels sont les jour
naliers les plus heureux sur la ter.
re-?
10 sont les vidangeurs.
-Pourquoi?
-Parce qu'ils font des vidanges
(vies danges.)
Ouf!! sauvons. nous!
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La Langue Francaise.
(EXtrait du Combat.)
Nous traduisons du Home LIBRA
1.2L. napa 100 CO nni s11it.

Nous traduisons du Home Libra.
ry, page 100, ce qui suit:
I'll est dune importance vitale
pour tout le monde d'6tudier ct de
conna1tre la langue franchise.
"Sans parler des richesses de la
literature franchise ct du plaisi1
que fournit a l'esprit une lecture
intelligence des onvrages des au-
teurs qui FONT cr66e, les avantages
pratiques que dome la connais.
sance de la 'langue de la diploma
tie'' sont une raison plus que sufi
sante pour engager toute personne
instruite a SO la rendre familiere.
I'll est impossible de connaitre
a fond la langue anglaise q moins
d'avoir acquis une certaine notion
de lidiome trancais duquel nous
avons recu nos expressions les plus
6nergiques.
ode plus, il est impossible de
voyager q travers lEurope avec
agreement sans savoir le francais.
Sur tous les points du continent
europ6en, la langue trancaise est
le moyen de METRE en- communi-
cation faclle les uns avec les autres
les voyageurs de toutes nations,
parce qu'elle est universellement
parlee par la classe instruite dams
tous les pays du vieux monde"
VOLTA CO que les Americains pen
sent ct publient au sujet de cette
belle langue qui est la n0tre, a nous
Canadiens-francais.
Comment ee fait-ll, apr6s celia,
que nous rencontrions de nos COM
patriotes qui ne parlent jamais lie
francais dams leur maison ct lals-
sent leurs enfants grandir dams une
ignorance complete de notre Ian
que!
Comment SO fait.1l que nous vo-
yions des Canadiens qui poussent
la sottise jusqu'a pr6tendre ne pas
savoir par]9r francais, des qu'ils
peuvent baragouiner un peu dan
glais!
Comment SO fait-il que lon trou-
We des centres canadiens, des pa
roisses Oh on-seulement une gran
de partie, non-seulement la ma]o-
rite, mais la presque totalit6 de la
population est canadienne, ct Oh
cependant on ne parle pas fran
GALS, ct Oh on ne craint pas de nous
dire en- face: "Nous ne lisons pas
le francais!'
Comment expl1quer une pareil-
lie alteration de pesprit, une telle
perversion du go6t, un aussi grand
manque dc jugement, une niaise-
rie aussi profonde?
Pendant que les races Grange
res publient des trait6s speciaux
pour facilite1 aux leurs P6tude du
francais; pendant que les parents
am6ricains envoient a grands frais
leurs enfants dams les colleges du
Canada ou de France pour appren-
DIRE le francais; pendant que les
gems de la bonne soci6te aux Etats-
Unis, en- Angleterre, en- Allema.
gne, en- Russie ct allleurs consid6.
rent leur education CONNIE incom.
plete s'1ls ne savent pas parler ct
6crire lie francais, pon volt des ca
nadiens-francais qui laissent per-
Dire la belle langue francaise dams
leurs families, ct qui croient Sc
grandir ou para1tre plus fins en- ne
parlant que panglais!
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la defunte qui revient a Ia vie.
Ellie n'avait jamais etc morte!

III q IaIIC 8TTHCuBT IeB CT6pB6,
renvoyer le cercueil, jeter les deurs
par la fenetre, d6oommander les
voitures, s'excuser aupres des in
vit6s, annoncer aux voisins quill
ny aurait pas de procession, SO
chamailler aveo la musique qui
r6clamalt ga solde, disputer avec
rentrepreneur des pompes fune-
bres. Bref, jamais une vieille fl
le ne rouvrit les yeux plus NAL 4
propos. Tout le monde atait de-
gont6, meme les h6ritiers.
GABRIEL.
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SOMMAIRE DES ANNONCES

Nous appelons dune facon toute
particuliere lattention de nos lee
teurs sur les annonces qui parais
sent dams pECHo DE L'OUEsT.
Toutes les maisons de commerce
qui font de la reclame dams notre
journal peuvent etre complies par
mi les premi4res de la Vile tant au
point de vue de l'assortiment en-
marchandises qua celui du bon
marchd.
Dun autre cote la plupart den
tr'elles emploient de nos compa-
triotes CONNIE commits, ct il est dc
notre devoir de- patronner les mai
sons qul donnent du travail aux
n6tres.
Done de preference, quand nous
avons des achats a faire en- mar.
chandises s6ches al!ons chez:
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-06-05

De Iavis de M. Blaine, le candi-
dat d6mocratique de 1892 a la pre-
sidence, ne sera pas M. Cleveland,
mais bien M. Hill, gouverneur dc
pEtat de New-York.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1890-06-05

-Une banque am4ricaine sera
etablie sous peu en- Chine.
, 1890-04-04

One evening | found that a countless
multitude of red ants had collected about
two trees close to my tent and were max
ing a thoroughfare of one of my ropes.
l thought it best to discourage this, so
got some kerosene oil, the best antidote
l know for insect pests of any kind, and,
dipping a feather into it, began to anoint
the rope, thinking, in mysimplicity, that
they would not like to cross the oil, and
would be obliged to find another road.
There was a perfect storm of indigna-
ton. They rushed together from both
sides, and threw themselves on the oiled
feather in the spirit of Meltus Curtius.
They died, of course, but others came on
in scores, painting for the same glorious
death, and [ had to give up my idea of
dislodging them by kerosene.-'Eha,"
the Naturalist, in st. James Gazette.
, 1890-04-04

1t has occurred to no obituary writer
to notice Lord Napier of Magdala's
utter Indifference L wounds and the
wonderful CELEBRITY of his recovery
from them. Two of his wounds he
had not cared to notice at al! in his
record of services furnished to Harris
army list. He was severely wounded
at Fcrozcshah in December, 1915. but
had recovered in time to take part in
the battle of Sobraon, seven weeks
later. Before Multan, III the middle Of
september, 1913, a cannon Shot all but
took off his leg, but he was marching
and fighting again by the second week
in November.
On the 18th of January following he
was severely wounded in the trenches,
but he was able to march several hun
bred miles across the country and fight
Gujerat one month later to Il day.
He was shot in the leg at the first re
lief of Lucknow, but nevertheless rode
out next day and brought in the rear
guard, after which throughout the
blockade he did continuous and ardu
Gus service. At the second relief he
was severely wounded, but this did not
hinder him from taking up the active
duty o; chief engineer at the Alum
bagh a few days later. - London
World
, 1890-04-04

When Turkey, and notably the sui
tan, were i'll the last extremity of pOv-
erty, | was one day sitting in the pri
vate Office of a great Galata banker.
In the midst of our talk an excited
cavass rushed into the room exclaim
ing that the sultan's gifts had arrived,
and that thirty cooks were waiting
without with trays of swectmeats.
While the man spoke the first cook en-
tered the room, bearing on his head q
covered tray heaped with the usual
festoons of yellow gauze. l looked to-
ward my host in mute inquiry. The
banker smiled gently and said: My
friend, you must not be surprised, for
we are in Turkey; but you must go,
for this is a private matter. | cannot
permit you TO taste his majesty's bon
bons, but you may judge of their quail
ity :" and with this he half raised the
wooden cover of the tray and l caught
a glimpse of a confused mass of flash
ing gems. Il hope" he continued, as
he led me TO the door, ITO lend his ma
jesty a quarter of a million sur ces
bagatelles Cor. ST. James Gazette.
, 1890-04-04
rHs coNpuerok,s WAY.
He Tells dow the Passengers Thsmseive.
Help Him to Do His Work.

Help Him to Do His Work.
We'll, come into the baggage car.
Johnny said the old conductor. If
l am to break you in, / might as well
tell you the secrets of the conductors
business. They are few and simple,
but they are powerful. y conductor
relies on nothing in himself or his u
thority. His uniform and lantern and
punch don't amount TO anything. He
is able to do business simply because
of the conscIenceS of the people IN the
cars. Take away conscience from the
human race, and we could not handle
more than ono car load. There would
have TO be a conductor for each car.
''Of course, you have to stir the PEG
pies conscience. You Will notice that
rs l walk through a car ! throw my
hand to one side and the other, to
wards every passenger in the seats.
Now, If a man or woman has "A ticket
for me, that simple motion forces that
passenger to give the ticket mp. They
may mean to keep ii, may have plan
ned not to give II up, but as Iturn
my hand towards them and say, Tick.
cts on at Newark, please, they can no
more help giving up the ticket than
they can fly. So many things enter
into that as TO make it hard for me
To tell you half of them. First, they
know | have a right to the ticket and
they have not they are not positive
whether | know they owe me u ticket
or not, or whether | saw them get on
or saw them sit down or not. They
always presume | know all about il.
"A conductor is often surprised by
having a ticket thrust at him when he
does not expect 1t, but here's a curious
fact: a conductors surprise does not
count in the business. When a con-
ductor shows he did not expect a ticket,
it is too late for the passenger to with
draw it. But a passengers emotions
are of the Utmost importance To a con
ductor. In twenty years experience
have detected the guilty consciences of
passengers thousands of times. A man
hands me a ticket that has been
punched or "A pass that is out of date
or that is open to a doubt as to its va
lidity, and-now, mark me, that nan
will betray the fact that he has nc be
lief in his own act. Some tremor of
speech, a movement of the eye, will
certainly give him away. Upon that
you must count for success. Watch
your man, but not too closely. He
will certainly make you aware Of his
un~easincss. Only the other day four
men handed me tickets to points just
outside New York. Every one Of
them mean. to save money by riding
all the way to the city. could moi
pretend to remember which one gave
me a ticket to Elizabeth, or which To
Railway or which to the other places.
So when | got to Elizabeth | simply
stood before the four men and said
Fare on from Elizabeth, and got my
money. In that way l made all four
pay up, though did so solely by their
help
Just walk along behind me for a
couple of days. You will at first be
surprised at the number of men that
you will see are trying to beat me, but
you will be more astonished at the va
rious ways in which they are certain
to betray themselves p. r. X. in
Chatter.
, 1890-04-04

TIE country is naturally rich, but not
riyh enough to support the hordes of
shameless, self seeking politicians anx,
Nous for their w enrichment. The
cause for their appearance in such num-
bers is easily explained. The many revo-
~lutions, with their concomitant murders,
pillages and conflagrations, have de-
stroyed industry and labor, and have
closed all the avenues to the attainment
of a competence by honorable pursuits.
OF what use is it to the peasant to plant
cane or to cultivate coffee when at any
moment the general of the arrondisse-
ment may force him to abandon his crops
to bear arms in support of some one who,
in the set terms of the usual proclama,
ton, has raised the standard of revolu-
ton against the most odious of tyrants?'
Cor. New York Post.
, 1890-04-04

Nothing in the future appears more
probable han hat within the lifetime OF
persons now living the industrial SUI
premacy of Great Britain will pass away
with the exhaustion of her coal fields.
Switzerland, Italy and the Scandinavian
peninsula are destined to become the
great manufacturing districts of Europe.
This extraordinary Industrial revolution
will be brought about by the transmits
sion and distribution by electrical means
of the inexhaustible and permanent wa
ter power in those countries. More than
a year ago in Switzerland a wooden man
ufactory with 80, 900 spindles, with the
usual complement of auxiliary machin-
cry, was operated wholly by electric
power conveyed from a distant stream,
deriving its never failing supply of wa
ter from the melting of Alpine SHOWS.
In the new era the Swiss republic may
not i~mprobably become the foremost in
dustrial n9tIm of Europe. Electrical
EngineeT
, 1890-04-04

am much inclined to the theory that
roof gymnasiums, solariums, gardens
and promenades will become Il feature
of the Twentieth century architecture.
What n wise use it would be to make
OF our flat and unpromising city roofs.
Imagine one Of u ugly and unoccu-
pied roofs converted into Il veritable gar
demo- Babylon, where exquisite flowers
would breathe their delicious perfumes
the year round; where swimming baths,
swaying hammocks and soft couches
would alternately invite 90 exercise and
rcposc.-Anne Jenness Miller.
, 1890-04-04

A gentleman farmer in Amherst coun-
", Va, had w dogs hat disappeared
at the same time and in a very mystic
rious manner. They were seen one day
chasing "A rabbit. After that no clew
could be found that gave the slightest
intimStiun Of their whereabouts. DAY
after day passed, and the dogs were
given up as lost; but at the expiration Of
three weeks a negro came to the farmer
and told him that Il sound like the whin-
ing Of dogs could be family heard at a
point on the roadside where the red clay
banks rose TO some height on either side,
just where a sort of blind ditch had been
made across the road.
The farmer and his sons lost no time
in providing themselves with picks,
spades, etc, and repairing to the spot
indicated, where. after listening intently
"a few moments. the sound described was
heard. Then they set to work with a
Will and ere long came to the Door,
wretChed creatures entombed alive in a
sort of hollow which they had dug in
their irantic efforts to release themselves
With such energy had they worked that
they would have succeeded had they dug
in The opposite direction, toward the
road. but they were digging all he time
into the bank, further and further from
the road, toward the field which stretched
away to the foot of the mountain. They
had been three weeks without food,
water or light. One was never quite
strong, and lived only a year afterward,
but the other is alive, and is fat n thirty
ing and frisky.-Philadelphia Tim"
, 1890-04-04

The storm doors on the p~ostofice build
ing open nutwards. as all public doors
should. Thirty out of every forty people
who enter tine postofiice, no matter how
often they have Deer there. give a jump
on the doors, figuring that they open in
wards. Saturday forenoon n lady got
ont of a carriage and attempted to pass
in by the inward bang, but it was no go.
Those doors open outwards, ma'am,"
said a boy who was close by.
ooh, they do, ch;' She queried. "Well,
let 'em open!'
And She walked off to a lamp post box,
deposited her letter and stifly entered
her carriage and was driven away.-De-
trnit FREQ Press.
, 1890-04-04
To Prohibit Mesmerlo Exhibitions.

In different European countries medi-
cal and legal societies have p~etitioned
the authorities to prohibit all public ex-
hibitions of ''mesmerism" by any person
whatsoever, and TO forbid the employ
mrmt Of hypnosis by any person not a
physician with special knowledge of ncr,
,uus diseases. The use of hypnosis by
physicians should be limited to thcra,
pcutic purposes. or for the instruction OF
medical students, and as for these ends
the lower grades of hypnotism are, &C
coriing to Beruhcim, sufficient, no in
curious consequences need follow. For
his own protection the physician should
not use the method except in the presence
Of a third reputable person as a witness.
DR.. j. O'Couuor in Catholic World.
, 1890-04-04

One anecdote told by Mr.. Stevens of
the way in which Stanley disposed of the
Egyptian officer who was convicted of
having plotted to hand the expedition
over to the Mahdi, is worth repeating.
Stanley, who was suffering with acute
gastritis, had himself carried in a chair
outside the tent. Turning to the incrim-
mated officer he said:
1--WE have come through a thousand
difficulties to save you and yours. Mean
while you have been plotting to destroy
us. Depart to God"
Saying these words, he pointed to a
bough of a tree, where justice was done
after the fashion of Judge Lynch.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
, 1890-04-04

Somebody says that the custom
when a household goes into mourning
of putting a Grape band on the arms
of the servants is another instance of
the adoption of everything English.
Now, this is absolutely untrue. The
mourning band on the arm had beenin
use in the southern states long before
George Washington was ever heard
of, and down in Dixie the gentlemen
of a family also wear the Grape badge
for three months, six months, or
twelve months, according to the
length of time deep mourning is worn
by the ladies of the household.-Ne
York Sun.
, 1890-04-04

Northern Man down in Florida)-
What's the price of that orange grove?
Nutive-Teu thousand dollars, mister.
Had the consumption long?
Consumption | haven't consump-
ton"
Just weak lungs, maybe
My lungs are sound as Il dollar. l
am merely looking for a good place to
locate; doesn't matter to me whether it's
north or south, east or west"
"Oh! Wen, I'll let you have that
grove for S2j0."-New York Weekly.
, 1890-04-04

Night on morning fogs, or in winter
persistent foSs, often signify a calm and
settled condition of the air and the prev
alence of fair weather. Heavy dews,
especially in the autumn, likewise por-
tend fine weather, but usually of shorter
duration. Fogs appear usually in one of
two conditions-eithcr the air is nearly
saturated up to a considerable height, or
else is unusually dry, except in a stratum
Immediately above the ground. - Elk
change.
, 1890-04-04

'a''N H'h 'AHh 'hhhN
We may as well concede that in archi-
lecture, sculpture and poetry the Greeks
have not been surpassed by nations of
modern times. But this concession coy
crs only a small space in the boundless
field of human effort. Within the in
closure of those Grccian walls that house
our patent system are wonders that seem
to belong to a different world and to a
higher order of beings than the world
and the men for whom Homer sang.
We copy some of the beautiful forms of
Grecian architecture, but we add to our
buildings h results of ages of scientific
PROCESS. In heating, lighting. draining,
ventilation, the elevator, and u thousand
devices that promote comfort and en-
nance beauty we nave made more prog
ress in the present century than was
achieved in all preceding agcs.-New Or
leans Picayune.
, 1890-04-04

The thistle and some other weeds nave
winged seeds, and these not uufrequently
travel 800 miles in a day in \ passenger
car and by rail, are swept out at the end
of the journey, find a suitable habitat,
take root and grow. There are plants
growing in Kirkwood between the rail
road tracks which are only found in
Kansas, the seeds being brought on the
railway trains.-St. Louis Republic.
, 1890-04-04
THE LAVA FLOW.

It found a valley young and fair
And virgin OF regret
That laughed away the smornus air,
Nor dreamed Of love as yet.
It lrft a valley wan and old
And Outcast OF desire,
When through her maiden heart hal rolled
It's passion Hood Of fire.
Her springs arr dry; and dry between
Is all her hOwery pass,
Save one wee strip Of faithful green
The friendship Of the grass.
And black across her beauty's wreck
Poor wreck, that may not die
Lies dead the flame she could not check,
Nor can r~cvivify.
So, wan and WRITTEN la despair,
80, frozen black Ia stone,
They he-the aW full semblanc- there
OF lives that l have known
Charles +. Lummis in Frank L-alie's.
, 1890-04-04

The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Ell Seven Cattle company will
be held at the office of the company in
the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Mon,
day, April I, 1890, for the election of q
board of trustees and such other business
as may properly come before the meet,
ing, JAMES p. WARD,
JoBN CUDAHY, Secretary.
President.
, 1890-04-04

The chief joss in the Mott street wor-
ship house of the Chinaman in New York
has a new altar and canopy specially i'm
ported for him at a cost of SIS, 900. 1t is
made of wood aim ost as heavy as metal
and ~intricately carved. The figures are
in heavy gold leaf and crystal.-Chicago
Times.