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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

The bill for staying the depopulation
of France, which M. LIE Roy is preparing
to lay before the chamber, is by no
means laughing matter, as the French
bachelor of the future may discover.
For among its provisions is a proposal to
put q progressive tax upon bachelors,
while, on the other hand, creating a
sliding scale of taxation, to be reduced
in proportion to the number of children
in family.
M. lie Roy proposes to follow English
law in reducing the legal age at which
man becomes his own master to twenty
one, and in giving woman the right Of
compelling the father Of her child to
recognize and provide for his offspring,
1t was none too soon that this last pro
vision became French law as well as
English law.-Pall Mall Gazette,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
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Ate $50 lemons in sixty days. This is
the accomplishment of resident OF the
west end, who is now lying fat on his
back as result The feat was done by
George Unverzagt, who lives on Liberty
street. He contracted bad case Of
rheumatism. He went to number Of
doctors and asked their aid in pulling
him throug his bothersome ailment. He
was prescribed for many times, but all
the drugs that he could conveniently
pile into himself seemed TO effect no
change in his condition. He was ad-
yised by friends to try various treat
ments unknown to the doctors, but
which had accomplished some wonder
full cures, For long time Unyerzagt
carried two raw potatoes in either pants
pocket, but found his disease only get
ting worse. Warm baths were also rec
commended TO him, and he took them
continuously until somebody informed
him that he had been seriously mistaken
and that cold baths were quite the thing
for rheumatism, SO the victim took cold
baths, which in q short time almost
caused ossifeation, 50 he stopped this 50
called remedy.
After having tried number Of like
treatments, upon the recommendation
Of people who claimed to be his friends,
Unverzagt was told one day that lemons,
taken properly, would effect q positive
and permanent cure Of his sickness. His
informant said he was no doctor, and
would not be one if he could, but that
he knew thing or two about such mat
ters. His manner was so convincing
that his victim determined to give his
advice little practice. He must eat
lemon the first day and increase the dose,
one each day, for thirty days, On the
thirtieth day he should eat thirty lemons,
and from then ON he was to 60 back
ward, decreasing the dose in the same
manner as he had advanoeduntil another
thirty days were up, when he would be
O cured man.
Unverzagt had always heard that
lemons were good for rheumatism, aud
this fact made him place more than or
dinary faith in the new prescription,
He commenced the treatment about
seventy days ago and, strange to say,
carried it out to the very letter, He ate
$50 lemons in that time, and now the
wonder is that he is living, He is being
treated by the doctors for Q poisonous
condition brought about by the Tecep-
ton of such an extraordinary amount
Of acid into his system.-Cineinnad En-
quirer. ......... asa.s
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

One of the latest inventions for pre-
venting the spread Of consumption is a
small pocket spittoon made out Of card
board. They are about the size of an
ordinary cigar case and Of the same gen
eral shape. They can readily be carried
in the pocket, and being made of disin-
fected paper they are perfectly clean and
healthy to carry about, One can spit
into them very readily without disgust
ing those around. When full this novel
spittoon is intended TO be burned SO that
the stuff cannot be thrown aside to
poison the air.
Consumptiyes who are compelled to
spit often can carry these pocket spit
toons around with them at all times.
By sliding them out from the inside coat
pocket one could expectorate in them
without being seen. They are also re-
commended for others than consump-
tiyes who have the habit Of splitting con
hnually. Yankee Blade,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

When the shah of Persia was touring
through Europe three years ago he was
accompanied everywhere and at all times
by little boy who was gorgeopsly at
tired and was allowed to do Just as he
pleased. The boy was not a member Of
the imperial family, but just fortunate
youngster for whom the shah had taken
an unaccountable liking. A report has
come from Teheran that the boy was
playing with revolver in the royal
camp near Burujod recently, and as
usual very close to the shah, when the
weapon accidentally went off and the
shah had the very narrowest kind Of
escape from sudden death. The hoy has
been sent away now.-New York Sun.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Mrs. Alexander Feidner, of KeokulS
township, has miraculously escaped
death from lightning. The house was
struck, the lightning passing down the
chimney, striking her and burning every
hair from her head. The hairpins were
cut in two. Her neck and chest were
terribly burned and her clothing torn to
fragments. Furniture and windows
were broken and the walls Of the build
ing badly shaken, In few hours, how
ever, the PROSTATE woman showed signs
Of life and now has q chance Of re-
coyery.--Iowa Cor Chicago Times.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

W. z. jackson, of Norway, had an
amusing experience in fishing the other
day. When passing o bridge he saw o
couple of boys who said they were try
ing to get o sucker to bite hook baited
with pork. jackson saw that the sucker
was brook trout, which, as he ex-
pressed it, "loohed in the water almost
as large as a horse" He took the fish
ing pole and tried his hand, but the
trout would take no notice of any kind
of bait, Finally he caught o yellow
butterfly, and the trout took it imme-
diately. The fish weighed some four
pounds after being eaught, and dressed
two pounds and fourteen ounces, Ban
gOr (Me.) Commercial.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19


The American Peanut union, of ViT-
ginia and North Carolina, is composed
Of one delegate from each Of sixty-eight
suballiances in the state of Virginia and
eighteen in North Carolina, A presi-
dent, vice president, secretary, treas
urer, chaplain, doorkeeper and assistant
doorkeeper constitute the official organi-
cation. 1t meets at will and at differ
ent towns in the peanut belt, Its OBJ
jects are cooperation and mutual pro-
lection against trusts, rings and specu-
lators. 1t purchased through com-
mittee appointed for the purpose 100000
peanut sacks last season and saved sew
eral Thousand dollars to its patrons, 1t
establishes the price of peanut sacks In
the section it operates,
1t has erected and has in full opera
ton several factories for cleaning the
product of the farms, Its goods are dis
trihuted in every section of the country.
1t has accomplished much benefit for
the farmers, and is likely to grow and
be still more useful. The success of
this organization shows that farmers
can easily cooperate to their own adj
vantage.-Farm and Home, .s.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

A strange spider has appeared about
Hermosillo, Mexico. 1t is peculiarly
ferocious and manifests no fear Of any
thing, not hesitating to give chase to
men who disturb it, Itis considerably
larger than the tarantula, common in
those regions, and is terribly poison
Gus. 1t is q hairy insect and has legs "a
large as o pipe stem, It runs with res
rnarkable agility, One of the deaths
was that OF Mexican who was riding
along and saw one Of the spiders, He
struck at it with his whip, and before
he could drop the whip the spider was
at his hand and had bitten him, He died
within three hours in great agony
New Orleans Picayune.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

An optimist by nature l have always
chung to the idea that the filings at sum
mer hotel life have been in large meas
llre an unkind and untrue attempt to
be facetious on the part of the would be
cynical. give in. do it with regret,
but after a tour of some Of the leading
hotels at the "resoFts" the resulting
panorama is one part recreation to nine
parts jealousy and all the evils that
fight under that flag. "Willy nilly," u
feminine friend had told me, "a woman
at summer hotel must fall in at dress
parade to escape being the cynosure Of
all sorts of critical and disappearing
chances and comments. Once she does
it she is lost to the real virtues Of Coun-
try or shore or mountain life. White
kid shoes don't 'gO' with tramps, mol
corsets with mountain clambering, nor
fine frocks with relaxation of any sort,
while being thrown into contact, init
mate or distant, with all sorts Of people
is harassing, say what you will"
Thought of it the other day when at
one of the leading hotels | saw an other
wise normal young woman bent over a
piece of fancy" work, in the face and
eyes Of a glorious beach, and got up
in q rig that showed off a 19-inch waist
measure and ended in white silk stock
ings and white shoes of undressed kid.
A few steps away a group Of Older
women were playing whist and wonder
ing who the new arrival was, and as
departed ! overheard a woman of full
forty, to be polite, arrayed in virgin
white from head to foot, showing up
her sallow complexion under the glare
Of sunlight in great shape, asking the
clerk, "Ain't my son gut back frum
bathin yeti" and saying to her compan,
ion: my Lord, jew ever sec such dull
placer l declare | dunno's | want to
stay here all summer. They say tibet
over at tn - there's something goin
on all the time. Boston Globe.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
How he Cot ii.

Abraham Goot Heffens, Ikyl How
you got dot complexion? You CANT af-
fort an oudlng on four tollars yeelfI
ky (setto yoee) Don't gif it away,
my yTiendl sit me on de roof haluf
an hour at lunch dime efery day and
two hours on Sundays Der sun does
der rest. And ! haf as fine az Guiding
complexion as der boss, and bis gost
him more as q hpntred tollars. Pitts
burg Bulletin.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Stolen kisses may be sweet, but they
are rather dear at the present market
price at Valparaiso. Senor Talca, Of
that town, kissed lady without asking
permission while walking in the plaza,
The lady appealed to the law and the
gay Talca suffered imprisonment for
sixty days. In an evil moment be also
appealed, and was kept in jail 200 days
while his appeal was being considered.
The result Of that consideration was the
addition Of thirty days more to the origi-
nal sentence. We hope the lady is now
satisfied the least she can do is toreturn
kiss which has cost the giyer 90 many
pains, London Globe,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

One Of the novelties Of the bicycle
parade was the appearance Of police-
men on active dnty mounted Oh bicycles.
II was not only an attractive but an
interesting departure, lt emphasized
the fact thai the bicycle has gone be-
y0nd the domain Of mere rscrsatioR and
eatabliahed itself rs q valuable factQg q
the practical affairs of life lH com
paratiyely ehort fime tho bicycle Aas
risen 70 the dignity os necs ity Clll+
cago NgWa- Record.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
willis was Surprised.

Win Kingswell, o ten-year-old lad az
Richmond, was sent to q town store
Tuesday morning by his mother with
fifty cents to buy q pair Of stockings,
but instead Of doing as he was told he
jumped upon river steamer and went
to Bath to see hwinlH circus. The police
were notifiad and arrested him late in
the afternoon, finding him barefOptea
hut having the greatest time on record,
Wednesday forenoon his mother arrived
in Bath after him and 10 was amazed
to think that he had been accused pf
anV wrongdoing. Bangor Commercial,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

tits q custom Of the Carpenters union
Of San Francisco to build houses for one
another without charging anything for
their labor. The owner supplies tho
land and materials and Che carpenters
do the rest.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
Poilcemen's Goats.

Superintendent Linden has issued an
order for which every policeman, es-
pecially the ones Of greater ayoirdupois,
Immediately passed mental vote of
thanks. During the hot spell the police
men will be allowed to wear their coats
open, provided they wear clean white
shirt AZ roll call PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

This remedy is becoming so well known
and So popular as to need no special men
tlOn. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song Of praise. purer med
all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will
cure all diseases of the liver and kidneys
will remove pimples, boils, salt rheum aud
other affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive malaria from the system and pre-
vent as well as cure all malanal feyers. For
cure Of headache. constipation and indiges-
ton try Electric Bitter. Entire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded. Price 80
cents and &l.0O per bottle at Dir. W. A.
Knapp's Drugstore.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
The WorId,s Fair.

The South may claim, without prejudice,
to have more than its share of tile worlds
fair. The acknowledged beauty of the ladies
of the South is due in a great degree to the
use Of Creole Female Tonic, the ladies' friend
and favorite, aud sure cure for all female
sickness. Il cures prolapsus uteri and all or
gaDie diseases.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

The latest mineral development in
Arizona il a deposit Of black onyx. II
is as black as jet, exceedingly hard and
takes a fine polish, Ths ledgeis situated
"a the Grand canyon and is said to he
very extensive.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

The best Salve 10 the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Cbapped Hands, Chllblatns,
cOrns aud all Skin EFuptions, and pOsiti ely
Cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar
anteedtO give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price, 25 cents per box. For sale
by DR.. W. A. Knapp. 10
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Mrs. Laura Hart, Beaufort, 3. c., writes ::
"a loathsome form Of blood poison was kill
ing me. My flesh seemed as II it would come
Of my bones. A friend brought me bottle
of B. B. B. The sores began healing at once,
and when / had taken two bottles / surprised
my friends by my rapid reeoYeTY.n
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Pgestonis He'd AXE is a sure cure for any
kind Of headache, bilious neuralgie, acute
and chronic. It VIII cnfe ID ID minutes aud
never fail. Perfectly harmless. Il won't
cure anything else.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Is q certain cure for headache 1t will cure
headache only, and is guaranteed to do that.
It won't cure anything else. 1t never fails.
Don't suffer when you can get relief in Is
miDutPg
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Foxes are numerous at Exeter, n. /.
a local hunter recently shot one with
an old Revolutionary aintlock Boston
Herala.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Don't worry your friends and family With
that worn and faded appearance. Get q bot
tie OF Creole Female Tonic. IL will cure
your deceased organs and change your pallid
cheeks 70 the rosy hue Of health.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

WoRTH KNoWIE9. = hughes Tonic, the
old sime, reliable remedy fof fever and sgae.
Reputation earned b. thirty years success.
You can depend upon 70. 4f9it Druggiats
have it s-lsme
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

English SPAWN IAniment removes all Hard,
Soft, or Calloused Lumps and Blemlshes from
horses. Blood SpaYin Curbs, Splint, Sween-
W, Ring-Bone, STILES, sprains, all SWoollen
Tbfoats, Coughs, etc. Save 800 by the use
Of one bottle. Warranted the most wonder
full Blemish Cure ever known, Sold by DR..
v, a. Knapp, Druggist, Lake Charles.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

A Mississippi man who brought suit
against a railroad company for shsValue
u tbe ticket which ho b0ught but could
not use won lis easal
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

&C. c. c. Certain ChIll Cure" the most
pleasant to take of all Fever and Ague Rem
edies. Warranted to cure Chills and Fever.
Sold by NJ. d. Kearney.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

A company has been formed at Dickinson,
N. D., to establish stock ranches.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

The United States vessels In the Behnng
sea are making IL hot for the seal poacheIs
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

A workman is not allowed 20 work on
the streets at New Bedford, Mas, IN.
less he has been naturahzed.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Robertson q Jones, Jonesboro, Ark, write:
&c. g q. Certain Chill Cure gives universal
satisfaction Pleasant to take. No cure,
no pay Sold by NJ d. Kearney.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Many have tried to initiate &C. e. C. Ger
tain Corn Cure" but have failed. There are
none like 1t. Manufactured by j. c. MeDden-
hall & Co., Evansville, Ind. Sold by NJ. D.
Kearney.
Vanderbit's yacht Alva was sunk in a
collision of Nantucket few days ago.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Doc Davis q Mississippi negro. was recent
" shot to death for assaultlng young white
GIRL
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
Re GonsisIerare.

million-dollar shortage has been discoy-
cred 10 the state accounts Of Pueblo, n. NJ.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Az the reeent state meeting Of the Indiana
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

The corn crop in western Kansas is almost
total failure.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

An English syndicate is after ranch proper,
y 10 Wyoming on which to settle Scotch
colony
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Grasshoppers have destroyed all kinds Of
crops In Williamson valley Arizona.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Cincinnati brewers are cutting rates and
there ls good prospect for free beer.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
Secretary Elkins has refused to run fol
governor of West Virginia.

If your appetite is gone nothing will restore
it more quickly than &c. G. c. Certain Chill
Cure" the great Tonic and guaranteed cure
for Chills and Fever. Sold by N. D. Kearny.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

0swell Carroll, Of Pononkey, Md, died
suddenly Of intense anger the other day.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19
Preston,s He'd Axe

The Louisiana rice crop continues yer
promising
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-19

Rainmaker Melbourne will soon begin work
IN western Nebraska.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-23

good condition, it will cell, but
not in quantity, unless at a
much smaller price. From Spain
are imported great quantities of
a white grape called Almeria-probably
from the name of the port of shipment
and the usual retail price of this grape
in Manchester is IL cents, rising to 16 as
it becomes scarcer. 1t is 30 much infe-
rior to the Muscat that the latter would
bring "a cents, and at that price there
would be great demand, because it
would reach great body of people who
could afford that price for family use
people who never buy hothouse grapes
except for party or for an invalid. The
growers here cannot get above one cent
pound, and between that and "a there
is wide margin for expenses and mid
dlemen's profits. There are no customs
dues on green fruit. (On currants the
duty is about two-ffths of cent per
pound; on prunes and raisins it is not
quite ~ cents.) My object in writing
is to promote a trade beneficial to
both countries, and. in connection
with that it is worth while to draw at
tention to the fact that in 1893 the ship
canal will be opened to Manchester:
that in Manchester is great fruit and
vegetable market-the central market
for great extent of country, thickly
populated, dotted with towns, and that
ships of any size from an Atlantic port
need not break bulk until they reach
the quays at Manchester, where they
will find a market equal to that Of
Tondon
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-23
NEWS MATTERS ABOUT RANCHES
Typical Facts About Southern
California Farms.
w. r. Carson Oh the Marketing of
California Fruit,
And How Manchester Would Prove
a Desirable Destination for
It-Facts About
Prunes.

Mr.. W. R. Carson, of Santa Monica,
writes to the HERALD as follows
1t would be great boon to England,
as we'll as advantageous to California, if
some of the fruits of this country could
be put on the market there in good con-
dition and at prices that would com.
mand market, but it is very desirable
to prevent mistakes-that the condi-
tions of success should be well under
stood. Sume of Col. Greed Haymond's
statements which you quote, although
to certain extent correct, are yet very
misleading; on some points he has got
hold in some way of erroneous ideas,
that are equally misleading. Such as
this: "In London fruit is practically
beyond the reach of the masses, the
prices are 30 enormous" On the con-
trary, in London and other cities fruit is
hawked about the streets in wheel bar.
rows at prices that artizans can afford
1t is many years since pine apples from
the West Indies began to be sold by
these men at 2 cents slice. In 1868 l
sold from my orchard in a suburb of
Manchester, Samson plums at about 2
cents a pound, e., selling to dealer