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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
BEST QUALITIES,
ewindIed by sharpers.

Home J0uTna4.
We received copy of the trade
edition Of the DonadsoDvilIe Chief
last Friday. Ii contained an interest
ing write up of the town and parish, re
fected great credit upon the protector
and gave indications Of hard aud try
ing labor well performed. We regret
to learn that our able coufrere bad
little unpleasant experience il cUunec
ton with his venture in lhe way Of
being bIlked, deceived aud cheated
by two parties who assisted in tie
preparation OF the edition, and 10
whom be bad placed confidence. We
learn that they skipped with goodjy
share Of tue profits and lift their
board bill to be paid by Inn. If our
memory serves US right, this Is not the
first time the editor Of the Chief has
been thus treated Since The above
was written we have been Informed
that one Of the parties wa II Heiner,
formerly of the Alexandra Times.
and partner Of he, who were travel
ing around making a specially of get
ting up trade editions for country
papers. We have also been informed
that Sheriff 81. MartiD of Ascension
followed the parties up the road and
succeeded in arresting Helner's part.
ner, but the whereabouts Of Hrrner
could not be ascertalDed. These
INSCRIPTIONS beats should be made
an example of for the benefit of others
Of their llk who would practice snch
tricks 90 honest and confding people,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
THREE OUTLETS FROM y 81
KALLEY TO TIE 81 -h1
NV OREEArg. jane

NEA aOA4AaAfAlAEs q INT
Editor LoNisiana p oU' is n,
nature engineered z -. 49,. @. 49, = ~.
valley oF he Me he urhinsgs Oh me
- - = 81 ssissppi and the val
III q ass1 RiYer. Capt. Kingman
~ AAa sfsjoF Harrod agrees with
Aiy own idea is that the Atchafa
.ays Is not natural outlet Of the Mis-
sissippi, Il Is not q part Of the delta
! proper I think there we're originally
three independent rivers flowing into
the gnif, namely, the Red river, which
reached the gulf through the Teche;
the Black river, which flowed through
the Abehafalaya, and the Mississippi
river Those three rivers flowed in
their own separate chaunels.n
Two Of those, The Red and the
Black, drained the valley of the Red
river aonth Of the Arkansas river,
which contains $4,000 square miles
Of territory, on which the annual
rainfall averages sixty inches, or five
feet, and falls during ssveniy.two days
IN the year, or in one day l4l 1928, 900
600 cubic feet, equal to 1885, 4l
eubic feet per second. Let me sup
pose that balf of this rainfall reaches
the rivers, or 8l7 $40 cubic feet per
second, each of the two rivers, pro-
Tided by nsture, would carry to the
gulf 1885 cubic feet Der second
during the floods. Every planter on
the coast appreciates the value of the
ieyees for their protection, but why
tax their power of resistance unneces
sariy with Slf,s7O cubic feet of
water per second that nature designed
TO 60 to sea by the rivers in the val.
ley of the Red river, and not by the
Mississippi only.
] believe that a minority of the
river commissioners are in favor of
to the original drainage.
WHY Non.
We clip the above from the Sugar
Planter Of July 9. While the resi-
dents of the Mississippi valley and
the valleys of all streams, tributary
to it, are wrestling with the problems
of levee protection, or the outlet sys-
tem' we of Southwest, ,Llanisis55s are ~
n ~ 'i"" 1Sea SSTrI any such vexstious
sRssstIoBs
Why not move ont of the over
lowed districts? We can accommo,
late several thousand families OF
ettleTs an Caleasieu parrish. Il Is true
hat one may not be able to make
lnite so much to the acre every year,
nj what one does make is not liable
0 be swept away in a day or night.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
THE EXIT OF RAVAGHOL
The Notorious French AmaFcha
isl and Murderer.

PARIS. July ll.-At $50 o'cIocE
the officials entered the cell Ravach
Of was in q profonnd sleen The al.
rector tanned him on the sbonI6er
woke HIM and ,oId him the bon- for
execution had arrived R,vacboI re.
Md. m,Tis yelI,,
Have Won rage ?" said the of.
6c;aI
.It worId he unfortunate indeed
if had no, - re,orted Ravscbo1
Rsyacbol was t.l,er 10 the office Of
the PRISON clerk where he WAS asked if
he b,G anr visL - a~,rrs.
We " he ron,iod ~ w;.b r. .5
dress Tho crowd 7 have fou vords
IN sav"
Tie magistrate whom F,oncb ,ow
reGn,res 10 no nresent sa;d. ~Thero
vii M, Inc INV crord :,
RayacboI Iookpd di.annoio,ed
III. n,isnn cbonl,;D baro asL.d
"Dn Won visb IN sLe me- ~
RsyacboI renlied ~ h.vono na.d
Of vopr s.ryicLs I osvar Lad reIio;nn "
Norvitb.ta,ding ihjs tho cbenIa;n
ao-,ro.oI,o6 p.nao7,oI.au;,s. ~ 20. .-'.
10 bring Won for The la.I tine the con
so.s,,o1 of ,sIioinn ond 80 ~, Lofo-s
vor Tho ;naao 6f Cbr1., nLa,o I.' oI, Wv,
disrro.rdrd ; ~
al don't ca,carap for vopr relation y
said RsvscLor 81 d,,,i, uan, e'O aoo
vnp, crnc,6y II voT .fom i, 1877 ~ 81
vii sn;T nnon !, vor ~" al -, ~ ~ 49,
p+ople who encourage spners,ition and
inv 10 make neonjr Leneyo uhot Io u
cannot prove |"
Dr. BIocha, ,ook lin, ;,,o man
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
TAe NaaE0maA Mice Milling
GonapRmy.

u has been asserted for several weeks
that ihe Rice Trust" organized last
winter 10 New Orleans, was busted. we
zee By orr exchanges that the company
a. trying 10 foat lis stock in the New
York market.
The company through its agents in
New York Is soliciting subscriptions TO
it, stock, 10 the amount Of 81 800 600
81 which d 900 900 Is preferred stock /,
and $500 900 Is common stock, on al
Of which the company proposes 10 pay
eight per cent per annnm interest.
The prospectus Of The company o.
Published. sbows that The corporation
consiata Of the nill operated BY the
biew Drlaans Rios Milling Co., and The
PeEssseranee Rice ATilI Of Esw Orleans.
md shree naiIIs operated BY CaroIina
Rise Milling Co.. located respectively
10 Wellington, GoldaboFough. and
Washington. North Carolina, which
properties eoat the company e3 le5 900
~ stock. With The 1850 .000l lhsy
prapaae b make aliasatiOus and i'm
pFeysaenks On their Eiils, increasing
abaiE sapaeity u iouble what il now IA.
which VII sadnos their working capital
ao about siE. 90
A0w, viih this hEnoant of RsFking
eaRi1Ei, they pEopoas 70 raaiizs psr
esnk % their Investment Of 80 1s5. g0g
wh wenla aznonnf b 254 500. THAT
h 4 very pEatly aum so make Nith
wnrking aspiaal og ssI6o00
IFHss II 'sapt dead hnlsleepefh
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15

The nearest approach to photo
graphs 10 color was made last year BY
Dr.. Lppman, Of Paris, when be sue
ceedet IN reproducing the coIors of
the spectrum. This was the utmost
of bis attainment at that time. 1t is
now learned, through the Revue illus
TIRE, of Paris, that 10 April of this year
DR.. Lippman discovered the process
of fixing the colors of any object on
photographed plate. The method is
explained in the Revue by Alphonse
Berget, who says that "lbe result
obtained is remarkable, the yividDess
the coIOrs and the truth to nature
astonishing all who have seen than"
M Berget adds that "Lippmann's
method is simplicity itself" The
same plates, chemical and Cameras are
used as in ordinary photography.
Take be says, "a plate with any
kind Of sensitive film. This film
need only TO be transparent and free
from examinations or imperfections
Expose 1t, as usual, 10 the camera
o6scnra, turning the sensitized plate
away from the lens, but taking care
to place against this plate a mirror of
perfect polish. This mirror is made
OF a THO coating of mercury (ouiok. |
silver, held between the sensl,lzed
glass and another glass at the back of
It. Then follow the fuse, as usual, !
the negative is fixed, and when drv
Vt shows, without other manipuIations
the I cOIoTs of the object photographed
They are in this state permanently
liked Neither pigment nor apy other
matter has been used Furthermore
the sensltized film remains transparent
as before, and is not itself ooIored
The reproduction of the color is there.
fore, Lot artificial, but IS due 70 al
natural phenomenon" There are al
course, many things to be learned
before pbotographiDg in oolors will
become general. Oae thing is that
plates OF bromide of silver are excluded
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
Why the AHsEraIIan Ballot was
Rejected.


1t has been alleged that the mem.
bers of the Legislature, professed
reformers, pleaded that the Australian
ballot bill if enacted into a law
"ouid dIsfranehise number of their
eonstItnents-dsgOes, buns and gutter
snlpes 10 cities AMI towns, and the
liliteraie In the rural districts. The
intelligent and conservative masses
Interested in good government. in
honest elections, IN a fair .couDt have
demanded relief, bat the reformers
80 -eailed have been UNEQUAL 10 ,hs
task, and could not rise above The
scam Of politics. The conseryativa
element will continue 10 insist On
measures Of practical reform, in The
publication Of frauds which have beer.
praeticed 10 advance and promote ~
designs Of schemers whose strength
hes 70 the control of the dsroes m
boodlums and the buns 81 prinsry
general elections. The people aro Il
earnest.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15

In the Ozark Mountains, not far
tFom-GaIena, No, is an old Soanish
mine said TO be msrvelously rich in
gold and silver, as well as in lead bn,
20 man IN the neighborbood dares
%ofk It on account of the tales told
about 1t. 1t is said to be Guarded
oy the spirits of seven men who va
kliied there. The story is that iptbis
Allle great riches we're found by seven
men. who we're SO overcome by Ibeir
Rood fortune that they could not agree
As 10 the division Of the find, but each
was eager to have the whole for him
sen and the result was that oDs h.,
one 1hey were killed by their com
panioaS until but one was left. ana
Iae9 Il is related that during M
aight be vas set upon by the vb"io
nos1iy band and was choked 70 deatb
" lhe spirits Of the men who be ~
helped murder A bold Vermon a.
ualaea johnson, some thirty years sgo
s4lu mat be would find the tTeasnrsA e
e. were there, 10 spite Of ,be davil
ana vent TO The mine alone III 5;I
III return, and search being maaa5
IoI ham big body was found !, Nv
entrance Of lhe mine With mark -
~ slioaI r. though he had been
''iaaglsd BY skeleton fingers
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
CLOSED THEM UP TIGHT.
Little ROcIE'S Mayor Shows his
Nerve and ShnIE dip GmEEa-
bling aNoRnGs.

Little Rock, Ark, JuIy lI.-Mayor
a. L Fletcher to day directed the
chief of police to close every gambling
den in Little Rock at IL o'clock. At
that bOnr every house in the city
where gambling Of any kind, throwing
dice, playing cards, craps and on ~
the list, closed their doors.and the
streets have been crowded with sport.
ing men all the afternoon. The
msyOf also ordered the police 10 drive
every 'nn horn" gambler from the
city, and every other person who has
no visible means of support. He says
the credit of Little Rock is irst class
al all the banks, and that we can get
all the money needed to run the city
government without maintaining sucb
dens as have been SO long fostered
here. Texarkana and Hot Springs
recently issued like orders. Tbues,
thieves and gamblers, Mayor Fletcher
declares, mnst hunt other fields 70 Div
their nefsrious triekery. 1t is esii
mated that 500 men we're thrown ont
OF employment by the s'srbitrary''
order of Little Rocks nergy MAYOR.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15

Boston HoEald.
While labor struggles less violent
than these, bnt still productive of bad
blood and sometimes of loss Of life
are likely to occur in all parts of the
world where the wage sislem exists,
the one that is now going on is almost
ePOeh-msking in it's character, from
the fact that Mr.. Carnegie has &C
quiFed in the last twenty years an
almost fahuIons fortune, and this
largely in consequence of the system Of
indirect bOunties aud faToFs granted
him by act Of congress. These bonn
ties have been claimed and bestowed
on the ground that the recipient was
an aimouer Of the government, aud
distributed it's gratitudes among his
workmen. 10 q word, that It was
not for himself that he requested the
maintenance Of the system Of indus
trial protection, but simply as a means
of giving TO those in bis employ higher
wages than they could Otherwise
obtain.
1t is well known that personally
Mr.. Carnegie has profted 10 an ex-
tent almost without parallel, and on
the basis upon which this trust was
accorded it eOuld be fairly said thai
the workmen in his employ had riehls
which did not obtain in the case Of
those employed in non.protected
industries. If he and his associates
have been IN partnership for years
past with the government, as IS assumed
by the protective system, and have
entered into this alliance largely for
the purpose of benefIing those in
their employ, then clearly the public
who have contributed to augment the
the large Incomes which these EN-
ployers have received have a moral
right 10 demand that their workmep
shall be paid wages in proportion 10
the protective bounty granted to the
employers.
Ii seems TO as that this is the logi-
cal eonelnsion of the syslem of pro
lection as is DOW advocated. There
was time when the manufacturers
asserted that protection was asked for
TO enable them TO make profits. but
that theory has been for number of
years put aside in favor of one which
bases The continuance of the protective
sysiem solely on the ground of its
benefit to the wage Garner. Il is
lime, IT seems to ns, that a logical
application should be given 10 this
construction of the protective system,
and that the burden Of proof should
rest with the manufacturer TO show
that, Ne dispenser of public charity
authorized BY act Of congress, be has
given to those in his employ their
Toll and pFoporlionate share of the
official donation.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
LATEST THING IN REEOLs.
EkR,
A Weapon Which Can he Dis.
charged seven Times Am
a Second.

A pew kind of revolver recently
found its way into this country lron
France. The cylinder is Concealed IN
circular steel dick about two and
ODe-balf inches 10 diameter. The
barrel, which is rif~d, projects ab.ut
two inches from the disk, and the
trigger TANKS the other side. Ga th,
side Of The disk next the barrel are
two small projections for The middle
and fore fingers 10 press against "hen
the weapon is 10 be cred. The trig
ger is long and circles the disk for one
third its circumference, and is made
to tit sDuEiy into the palm OF the hand.
10 firing the pistol the operator grasps
the instrument in his hand, and pulls
with the finger grssping tue small
projections near the tube. The weapon
Is self-acllng, and the New York
Recorder says it can be emptied Of the
seven shots it carries in less than one
second. The inside presents a pc
cnlisr appearance, A large cylinder,
Hat in shape, contains seven orifces
for the insertion Of as many 80 caIbre
cartridges. The cylinder fits sDugIy
on hollow, circular PROTECTION in the
centre, inside of which is the banner.
When you remove one side of the
disk, which you must do 10 load The
revolver, and take out the cylinder,
you see three large steel springs, one
tor moving the cylinder, another 10
bold it firmly in place and the other
TO spring the hammer The banner
itself is a strong, though small, spring
which throws itself against the cart
ridge when released with cold
blooded snap.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
CIeveIaRfas Prospects I'm New
York,
FiEayuhs

Pirayuns
The only serious cause for appre-
hension that could disturb public
confidence in the triumphant election
of Mr.. Cleveland to the presidency
has been found in the supposed oppo-
sition Of Senator Hill and the power
ful IammaBy organization in New
York.
It Is commonly believed that ClsTe-
iand's defeat 10 1883, due to his failure
to carry the state Of New York, was
caused by the opposition of Senator
Hill and Iammauy through bargain
in which the presidential ticket was
traded away to the Republicans for
the legislature and state officers. Be
this as it may, governor, now Senator
Hill, through the control of the state
legislature, which be was able to gain,
secured redistricting of the state SO
as TO confirm the Democrats in poIiti,
cal ascendancy by giving the people
the ability to express their sovereign
will unrestricted by the system Of
districting which had heretofore held
them in subsection.
, If, as is claimed, Governor Hill was
really responsible for the defeat of Mr..
Cleveland four years ago, and we do
not question the allegation, be got
something very solid IN return for ii.
But in the election of 1892 he has
nothing to gam by a Democratic fail
ure or default in New York. Tam
many has nothing to grin by 1t.
There is in sight no sort of excuse
which the American people would
accept for Democratic defeat in
the Empire state. Senator Hill and
Tammany would be universally held
responsible for sncb a mishap and
they could not escape condemnation.
They are too able and sagaeious to be
caught in such trap and they will
not.
We are convinced, then, that they
will make great exertion to carry New.
York for Cleveland aud SreE.Sso1'
They have everything toa.4f.c br
ia failure. Elect Cysasgifssin6d this yesT BY
me- me vote 9iN6T York, and Senator
M Il the inevitable Democratic
a"minee for The succession 10 1896
Not only is all this the logical Out.
come Of the existing political sitna.
Hon, bnt It Is fOreshadowed 10 the
most recent utteraDces of Senator
Hill and Tsmmany. On the national
birthday the Tsmmsny Society held
us accustomed celebration in New
ork City. SeDtstor Hill was not
present, but in long letter reciring
be recent tTinmphs Of The New York |
Democracy in securing legislative |
'1ntrOI OF the state, be said "Our |
course at the present time Is PLAN. |
The Democracy Of New York in the
approaching struggle should present Il
old front TO The curnmon enemy. |
Ipyslty TO cardinal Democratic primer
lies and regularly nominated csudl |
.stes is the supreme duty Of the hour"
Mr.. HILL is in earnest; be means
that be said, and his ult+rance was
q the same occasion. reiterated and
enforced by Bonrke Cochran, the
ammany orator, whose able speech
support Of HIlPs candidacy before
be Chicago convention was so drs-
nguisbing feature of that cel braled
ssembisge of The National Demo
racy. Matters have taken turn
hat encourage US 10 b.heve tina,
cleveland will carry New York in The
'oVember election, and through the
Id of Hill and Tammsny.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
Cleveland Does NOs Want His
Raby,s AsIcsare An Ihe
Newspapers.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 1.-THE At
lanta journal This afternoon prints liz.
following letter from ex President
Cleveland iD answer 10 a request for
a pie'uIe of Baby Ruth for publication
IN the Journal q:
4 Replying IN behalf Of Mrs. Clege
land 10 yours of the 18th met, have
10 say there has never been a photo
taken Of our child. Il is impussibl..
for ns ior that reason to comply with
the request. 1t lie frank 10 add tina,
If there were any Of her pictures 10
existence we shonld not be willing 10
have one published in any newspaper.
We are doing all we can to cheek the
notoHety which would be Increased by
such publication. We would be glad
70 please you and the paper with
which you are connected, but reanpot
bring ourselves to The point of giving
our haby's picture 10 be printed IL 4
newspaper. Yours truly,
GRoVER CLEvzLAsD.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
LAKE CHARLES. LA.
PRESIDENTIAL POSSLBEL
TTLES.

Much speculation Is being indnlged
40 by wOnid be political ,8is,9TRsF7e;s
The Republicans ssosgpizipo their
mort L lSn probable defeat at the polls
an November are laying the Aattering
uncEion to their souls, that the Third
party people win capture electoral
votes enough to prevent choice for
president and vies.pFesident, when the
election would be thrown into con-
gEsas. Ia that event, the house, being
largely Democratic, the Republicans
cOncede, would elect Cleveland presi
dent, and as they, the Republicans,
expect TO hsVe majority 10 the senate
of course would elect Reid Vice.presi
dent and they would not be left out
altogether IN tue cold.
On the other hand, the Democrats
are confident of electing their ticket,
and are organizing all over the Union.
with vim that can ooly be inspired
by confidence. The Third party show
have inst folded their tents at Omaha.
They we're 10 session about q week,
trying 10 fad some gentleman with
sufficient prestige to lead their forlorn
hopeo They offered the nomination
10 several prominent men, among them
Jadge Gresham, but they declined 10ith
thaaks; and If the party is to be
Judged BY the Would.be leaders IN this
neck of the woods, we do not blame |
sneb as Judge Gresham for refusing |
TO mix mp with them. They finally |
nominated General James B. Weaver,
(sx.Federal) Of Iowa, for president
and General G. ]. Field, lex C0nfsd-
srate) Of Virginia, for vice president
A kind of sham sandwich affair,
that is sneh sandwich as one gets al
q railroad lunch counter, two slices Of
bread and no ham.
The ProhibItionists haVs also Put
ticket N the field, with John BidweIl, |
Of California, for president, and D.. |
III. oranfiIl, of Texas, for vice.
president. |
So far there are four tickets 10 the
Geld, with the "WOman Suffrage"
people. and divers and sundry other
cranky seeis and sehIsms to hear from.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-07-15
a Nevy FraIt q slaIrment.

Pieayune.
The Boston Herald Of the 9th Of
1n5y has the following editorial expires
sl0B:
Soneihing Of q noyelir il the Way
Ct tFuii has appeared il Oar make,
TINS Summer ID the shape Of large and
luscious fresh 6gs from California
Comparatively few Of orr po0ulstjon
knoW the fg 81 lis natural state. II
though il i one Of the most common
and abundant Of fFaits 10 TIE sub-tFop-
zeal rsgiona and warmer portions #
Ehe temperate zone.
A California can ship fresh fies u
Boston. Why cannot oar gulf slages ~
likewise The fg u rs fresb 800 4
, 1eiieious AID wholesome frnit. Feadi-
y appreciated 81 ihoae Who al +
sEen toF lhe drstt ilRe. The fgs aroE
y ihe greatest abundance II this y.
gen, apd, if properly insgodueed 4
fie AaFlhefH cities, would baeonsI
Fefy popular, aad doubtless Zinc
good prices # they oaa ~ sbipDa5
lfon slliegnia 10 Boston ibeF ~
certainly b aeal q veil from re qgjf