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The Lake Charles echo., 1893-09-22

Two or three days ago we published
tho opinion of an expert French ordi
nance officer, Lient. de Cloth, respect
ing the yalus Of the Leonard smokeless
powder experimental with shart
lime ago at the proving grounds,
Sandy Hook, New York. His opinon
of that powder of American Inyen lion,
It will be remembered, was so high
that be was driven TO the conclusion
that foreign governments will have to
accept it instead Of what they are
using now oi their own invention.
The feature of the Leonard smoke
less powder which stTuck the French
officer most particularly was it's uni
formrtg-the ratio between the pressure
and the velocity obtained being
unvarying. The, as be pointed out,
IS quite nnnsual, a smokeless powder,
Rnh an explosive for it's basis, being,
from the nature of the case, almost
always cratic IN it's action. None oi
the foreign powders so Tar known
possess this quality of uniformity
and it is one, we need hardly say
which renders it much more reliable
and, therefore, handler for use, than
any other powder Of the same nature.
Bot while L,eut de Cloth was par.
ticnlarly snnek with the s'nuiformIiy"
Of the Leonard powder, the same
powder developed another quality
which other smdkeless powders do mol
possess that is Of quite as great value
ii its uniformity. That property il
its slow aud continuous burning. Any
one, even If be is not counoisseur IN
powders, will recognize that if wholS
charge of powder explodss 10 one
instantaneous or almost instantaneous
bang, the projectile fred by it will moi
leave the mnzzle Of the gun with al
great q velocity as that with which il
started from the neighboEhood Of tbt
breech. The pressure will be a eon
uBuonsly decreasing pressure doWr
Tie barrel. But II the powder be /
comparatively SLOW and pFogressV'
burner, the pressure on the gun vii
not only be not nearly 80 great, but
tho pressure on The pruiectile will b
an Increasing pressure right down :.
tha mazzleo Of The gnn, and the maxi
mum velocity a. the muzzle--ths yerJ
place where it isneeded-Hill Tins b,
sbtaineu
That property Of comparatively
slow and progressive Or coulinuunl
ekemalion IA charactefiatie Of th'
Leonard smokelsas powder, Whicl
joins with is uniformity alread.
refefred 10 10 making one of ihe moa
valuable, II not The most valuable
pomders Of the kind ever invented.
Itmighi be added shai, 81 the trial
referred 10, #ith lhe aaa 3 2 ineh rec
nsasian army Geld piece, the gFeu
muz2le velocity If 2Aao feet wa
ohsaaned with chaIRe nf AseoMat
powder: while wilh ihe same poNSSs
shs Browp segmenfal 5 inch wiz
woven Gun gave The eKiFaaFdinafg ~
Jial velocity 81 8e95 feet, the Pgeasnl
being 28 Ions 70 The sanafe snch.
lhanka 70 the ingeaiigs geniua
bmsans, We aHe now j posssaslo
81 Whist Foreigners themselves adm
80 b ihs bsgE a1moF pssaei ils ses
as Sf6sn aeemeuiaii and he ba,
paWaef IL h aGln.
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TEMPERANCE COLUMN.



rThe Worlds w. @. I. U. will hold
its second biennial meeting in th'
Memorial Art Palace, Lake Front Park,
Chicago, ILL.,, beginning Ootobsr 18,
1898, ii connection with the World's
Columbian Exposition congresses, and
the National w. G. 7. u. will hold
its twentieth annual convention in the
same place on succeeding days"
81 deliberately affirm that Herod,
The historical ogre Of the New Testi-
msnt, Is q philanthrOpist compared
with the breReries and distilleries Of
Great Britain. And ] say solemnly
and deliberately that worship Of thG
child Jesus in sincerity aud truth il
impossible to those who sit with
folded hands, while the pestilentia
breath Of this modern Hsrod poison
the children whom Jesus loves
CdR0n Wikbsrtoree
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-09-22
TnUsT R0IR CREa.pREN.

Trust the children ! Never doubt them
Build a wall of love about them.
After sowing seeds Of duty,
Trust them for the A0Wers of beauty.
Trustthe children Don't suspect them
Let your coufidsnes direct them.
Al the hearth or In the wildwood,
Meet them on this plane of childhood.
Trust the little ones Remember
May Is not like chill December.
Let not words Of rsEe or madness
Check their happy notes Of gladness.
Trust the little ones! Yet guide theml
Aud shove all, meier deTide them,
Should they trip, or should they blunder,
Lest Won snap lOve's cords asunder,
Trust the children Let them treasure
Mothers faith In bouudless measure
Fathers love la them Confiding;
Then no secrets they'll be hiding.
Trust the children, jnst as He did,
Who for 'suchn once swestly pleaded,
Trust an d guide, but never doubt them ;
Build wall Of love about them.
Hrs. n. Il Kidder..
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-09-22

We raise tremendous quantity nt
wheat in this country; mucu more thai
we need for bread. But we do not rails
enongh to pay our federal taxation ]
is q fact that We do nnt get out of ONT
fabulously productive soil enough o.
any one thing-sityer, gold, c1tton
wheat, oil OF iron- sufficient 10 pay the
expense Of being protected sgainat onr
serves. It has been said that the pric'
Of liberty is eternal vigilance; but ster
nal digging is also necessary. plsilaasl
gJhid Record
The Lake Charles echo., 1893-09-22

A special from Wilmington, Del, a.
the Baltimore American gives this inter
sstIng peach news: The Delaware Peacl'
crop this year is the biggest in the his
tory OF the peninsula. II is v'rionsI'
estimated at from 6 600 900 to 8, UOO. 900
baskets. Up to lRst night tile rallrust,
c"mpany had shipped $3.50 car loads
which At an average of 800 baskets t.,
the car, indicates that 8. $50 O0O basket
were marketed by that mstnod. BaIti.
more which GET ali lts peaches by b"ai
aud supplies Washington and southern
pointF. is thonght to have consumed
] 100 600 baskets. Philadslphia. also
gets Large eonsignmenss of peaches by
water. The remainder Of the crop IL
thought TO have been used in home con
sumption, for canning purposes, while
estimntes as high as 500. 600 baskets are
placed as the number uf peaches blown
from the trees by the recent wind storms
Most of the growers have made big mon
sy this Year"
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Cowboy EEorse JssveIry.

New York sun.
All over North America, for many
ears, Cheyenne saddles have been fam
,us, and every equestrian outside Of our
'avalry and of the northwest mounted
.olice Of Canada, has either had hiE
horse tricked Out with Cheyenne leather
VI has wished he had. The fancy work
On saddles, holsters and stirrnp hoods
that once made Mexican saddlery fam
rus, long ago was copied by tile Chey-
snnv makPrs, who kept up the fame and
beauty of American horse tTappiBgs, but
made them so cheap as 10 be within tue
means Of most hOTsemen. In the old
days when western cattle ranged all over
tie plains aud the cowboy was in hl-
glory that queer citizen wOnid rather
nave a Chsy sune saddle than "a best
girl;'' in fact, TO be without Cheyenne
addle and first-elass revolver was TO
be no better than the sheep herders Of
that era.
When q reporter of the Sun found
himself IN Cheyenne the other day the
first plsces be 10, ,ksd for we're the sad
die makers shops. He WAS surprised
to find only one snowy. frst-eiaSs store
of the kind, and, instead of there being
crowd IL front Of it Of peDpte from
everywhere between hudspn's Bay aud
Central America, there WAS no sign Of
more business than was going on at th
drngglst'B near by CT the stati"nrr r
0ver the RRY. In one way only did the
reporter hnd his hopes rewarded +; the
gOuds displayed IN the windows were
beautiful and extraordinary. There
we're the g orIons heavy hand-stamped
saddles there were the hinge, cnmbrUu,
tapadeTos; there were the larIRt~, til
magnificent bits that looked like Moor,
ish art OutduBe, aud there were The
''mule skiuuerB" and the fAncifuI spurs
| aud, in short, the wfndowB formed 1
museum of things that cowboy WOuiC
have pawDed his soul to own. Th'
metal work was all such as o eRyRlr
man once declared il '.the most elegan
hOlSe jsWelry in creation"
| In the store went the reporter and a
his work went he. He found that tn
old trade that covered America was deal
and E"ne, or rather, had lanRuishsd g.
long and 30 much that the period O
mourning for it had gone by. ERg'i' b
men and Germans now buy the fancieF
and the best trappings to send abrOa
to their homes. H8nd-stamped saddie
cost from S18 to S85. but S35 bnys 4
good one MS modest man who know
a good thing will care to use. CoWgil
saddles were on YieW-seyeral Of them
with rigging for side seats and with stl
, ruPs made IN clipper shapes 1t is M
, that there are really half dOz-n COZ
girls in the world or haif dozen WOmt
like the COlorodo Cattle Queen or Il
4 lady horse breeder of Wyoming, b
- there are western girls who have to Ri
U q great deal, and the have fond fathe
J. and brothers and still fOnder love-
- hence the manufacture of magnitiee
ir side saddles. al decked with han
Ie stamped patterns and looking as pref
n rs the richest Bsdcuin ever dream
- Of horse gear being made. Tuere
> still good trade in cowboy outfits I'll
j. are ordered from Montana. the Oak IT.
Wyoming, Colorado and Texas, a
similar goods 60 TO the hors, ranches
Nevada, Idaho and Oregon. MOreOv
ID as long as men ride horses there will
i q trade in fancy outfits for them.
4
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ha cotton Hlafkll IL not ~ uhsassss
lartaz - t S gilt Del At ihis aate laat
w tons vera lull cent be-.
lshsd 8o9dsg. ind 2aftber
= slaetlg i1dsd
sci aE iag fhFir eetlaa
- aF "a ihsm ale
aH n4ia8 ell
ifi1n 81 H
The record-union., 1893-02-18

amalgamating don Caesar de Bazan"
and 'Ruy Bias" which Salvini has of
late produced very successfully. The
young man has made great deal of
money this season.
What a fuss-an unnecessary fuss-is
being made in England over the equivo-
cal question-well, lei me say it without
rreserye-"the monstrosity-t crino-
llne" VIII you ladies give it a serious
thought? No; this age of taste is a sure
barrier to the introduction of such a
hldeouS article OF attire. Fancy crino-
line in the theaters, where it is now even
a crushing piece of business for ladies to
find their seats. Never!
Messrs. Lift and Davis, the proprietors
OF the greatest of all English melodramas,
The Stowaway," are also the projectors
OF the following successes: Miss Annie
Lewis in the comedy-drama, ~ Nutmeg
Match"; the Swedish dialect drama,
. on Yonson," and the naval play, "The
Ensign" All of these plays have been
more than ordinary successes. Manager
Lift also controls three of the most pop
ular, best paying and handsomest thea
ters in this country, viz: The Biiou
Opera-house, MilWaukee; the Grand
Opera-house, st. Paul, and the Bijou
Opera-house, Minneapolis.
Dramatic writers of the last few years
have been at their wits end in their at
tempts to secure something new of a
realistic kind to introduce into the plav.
The realization Of dramatist HaWorth's
hopes were fulfilled when, after careful
thought and research, he conceived the
idea OF introducing in the third act of "A
Nutmeg Match" a complete working pile
driver. In this scene a great massive
machine of this kind is shown, propelled
by a vigorous little steam engine. This
plle-driver is not called in in an awkward
or roundabout manner, but its introduce
ton is dovetailed into the action of the
play in most natural and effective way.
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That is the Universal Opinion of One
of the Most Dangerous Things in
the World.
This has been a cold winter, often bitterly
cold, and in far too many cases it has pro-
duced colds. A cold-is easily caught and is
disease y cold may come in many FORMS
Sometimes IT is with Il chill, a shuddering
chill; sometimes with a pain in the shoulders
and the arms; sometimes with a vague aching
IN the muscles or the limbs. In whatever
form it may come, it is a cold and il means
disease; often dangerous disease or death, un-
less taken in hand promptly.
You cannot afford to neglect cold. 1t may
run along into something that is DANGEROUS
Remember that an ounce of prevention is
worth u pound of cure. What should YOU do
rs a sensible man or woman? Watch the
symptoms, guard against the first signs for
tify against everything that can be unpleas-
ant, injurious or dangerous. There is only
one way by which this can be done. 1t is by
the use of some pure, reliable stimulant
something that will quicken the pulse, renew
the life, bring into action and aglow ali the
faculties; something which has been tested
and tried, something that is superior to every
thing else You do not need to ask what this
is. 1t is sufficient to name il. Duffy's Pure
Malt Whisky has been proven to be superior
10 anything: all things that have been pre-
sented to the public for checking q cold, cur
ing pneumonia and rendering the life at this
season of the year happier and better. 1t has
been used by more people and is more popu-
laT to-day than any other known preparation
in the world and 1t deserves its popularity
because IL has proven its merits by the cures
il has effected, colds it has prevented and
that no INSCRIPTIONS druggist or grocer tries
TO substitute anything which he may claim to
he ..iust as good" There is nothing that can
take its place.
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In Need

of a laxative to try Ayers Pills" -
Boothbay (Me.), Register.
Between the ages of five and fifteen,
[ was troubled with kind of salt
rheum, or eruption, chiefly confined to
the legs, and especially to the bend of
the knee above the calf. Here, running
sores formed which would scab over,
but would break Immediately on mov-
ing the leg. My mother tried every
thing she could think of, but all was
without avail. Although a child, l read
in the papers about the beneficial effects
OF Ayers Pills, and persuaded my moth
er to let me try them. With no great
faith in the result, she procured
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Hkt0wn " fyhee years Until man
That night
into osdaton Thef ankles legs and even
perfectly not solid bono
able to help himself
weighed eghty-f pounds
Nothing will stOn But Arhoros certainly cure rheumatism which
often pcedes sat per boe for S. Treatise on
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whose names are found on the list of
officers and directors of the Columbian
Celebration Company, which stands as
sponsor for the success of THE Mackaye
Spectatorium," and the production to be
there given during the Columbian EX-
position. To carry out the plan to its
ultimate success requires an outlay of
about 81 800, COO, and the building is more
than fairly under way, while the work in
the various departments of production
are already tar advanced. The building
is 500 feet long by $50 feet deep. and will
have seating capacity of 10000 persons.
PETER JACKSON AS JUNGLE TOM"
The first general rehearsal of Stock
wells spectacular "Uncle Toms Cabin"
with Peter Jackson as Uncle Tom, and
Parson Davies as the Auctioneer, took
place at StockwelPs Yheater last sunday
afternoon, and has been constantly re-
peated since that day. Peter Jackson,
the particular dark star, is being coached
by Mr. Stockwel, and it can be safely
said his rendition Of this character will be
an exceedingly clever one.
Mr.. Stockwell will have his original
character as Lawyer Marks. 1t may be
mentioned that Charles L. (tarson) Da-
VleS Will give q tine performance as the
Auctioneer. "Uncle Tom" is to be dis
played in manner heretofore uneX-
celled. y new feature, introduced by
Forrest Seabury, the scenic artist, is that
OF thrilling tableau, in the third act,
representing a voudoo scene among the
superstitious negroes of the South. There
are thirty-eight people in the tapleau,
clustered in picturesque attitudes around
huge bonfire, with the voudoo queen
going through the incantation in the fore
ground. or the transformation scene
in the allegorical finale the rock of ages
is shown in mid ocean with lime-light
effects. In this scene a series OF pictures
Will be shown, and at the last the eternal
home beyond the skies, leaving the cross
in mid-ocean with little Eva struggling
III the water at the base. In the planta-
ton scene will be introduced mastodon
company OF genuine colored jubilee sing
erS.
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oSS1FICATION is one of the perils of
rheumatism. There are multitudes of cases
OF it OF which these three are examples:
JONATHAN r. BASS, born Sept. 95, 1880, in
Cambria, near LOckport, n. Y, was attacked,
ct the age of nine years, with inlammatory
rheumatism, was relieved in about six weeks
and had no more of it till he was seven
teen' when it returned and developed into a
gradual but finally complete stifreuing of all
his joints. It held him thus, stiff as iron, till
Sept 12, 1892, when he died in Lewiston,
~ l. The cut is drawn by an artist who
knew Mr.. Bass personally, from photograph
taken from life.
EDWARD E,xovs died at Port Jefferson.
n. Y, March 10, 1899, from the same cause.
He had rheumatism in the legs and arms when
twenty-five years old and at sea. He suffered
Intensely on his return voyage and was taken
home He never left the house again, but Law
for sixteen years. His joints gradually became
ossided. He suffered terribly for severn,
years, Els body was rigid, except one arm, Of
which he had use. lis jaws were set. He
was fed through hole in the mouth where a
tooth had been broken out.
CURTIS Hicks, the Racine, Wis, ossifed
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q riiend

Wishes to speak through the Register of
the beneficial results he has received
from a regular use of Ayers Pills.
He says: 81 was feeling sick and tired
and my stomach seemed all out of order.
l tried a number of remedies, but none
seemed to give me relief until / was in
duced to try the old reliable Ayers
Pills. 1 have taken only one box, but 1
feel like new man. think they are
the most pleasant and easy to take of
anything 1 ever used, being so finely
sugar-coated that even a child will take
them. 1 urge upon all who are
The record-union., 1893-02-18
Catarrh in the Head

Is undoubtedly disease Of the blood.
and as such only reliable blood purifier
can effect perfect cure. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is the best blood purifier, and it
has cured many very severe cases of
catarrh. Try it.
The record-union., 1893-02-18

IN 1850 Browns Bronchial Troches
were introduced, and their success in re
lieving coughs and bronchial troubles
has been unparalleled.
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VERY EASILY CAUGHT.

That is the Universal Opinion of One
of the Most Dangerous Things in
the World.
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tive power. The very expertness and
bravery thus engendered are the supreme
requisites IN youths and men as seal
hunters.
The record-union., 1893-02-18
TAKEMAN'S WANDERINGO.
Odd Incidents Of Foreign Travel
and 0bServation--VIII.

The Beautiful Bay Where the Apostle
Paul was Shipwrecked-A wander-
er's Loving Companionship with
Birds Notes on the Feathered
songsters of Malta and Cuba
Child-Training of Seal Fishers
Some Lonesome Lighthouses and
Their Keepers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-30

mala in the interests of federation, and
during the congress is to urge hostility
to the United States of America. This
ardent gentleman was very bitter
against our country during the Gillian
imbroglio. He accuses us of being
selfish and of asserting the Monroe
doctrine from unworthy motives. His
adherents in the Costa Rican chamber
of deputies 70 few of whom will go to
San Jose this winter to vote for the
new federal constitution are likewise
enemies of the North American eagle.
Indeed, it is curious that our republic
has manifested very little interest in
the efforts of the FIVE Central Ameri-
can governments to form q united ma
ton. -
The drift of opinion is that Gen
Barrios will be made first president OF
the new republic. One Of the Ezetas
would probably be given the second
place. But the trouble is that these
rival leaders are so anxious for power
that one would very unwillingly play
second fiddle to the other. This fact
has given rise to moderate party,
pledged to repudiate all present lead
ers and elect non-military officials I'M
der the federal constitution when it
has finally been made the law OF the
land. La Honduras and in San Saliva
dor, where the people are suffering
from revolutionary adventures. this
policy finds most favor. But these
states are both of minor importance.
1t is just forty years since both went
out of the central federation and in the
line of retributivc justice that both are
now clamoring to get back into it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-30

years. Senior D. Salinas, well known
as the vice president of the Nicaraguan
senate, advocated a six year term, for
the chief magistrate and ineligibility
to reelection, and this proviso may be
embodied into the instrument There
is to be senate composed Of four
members from each of the high con-
tracing states, with a term of six
years each. The popular branch OF
congress is to be chosen by universal
suffrage. The judicial power viii be
created about as we have it IN our own
country.
OF course when the delegates get to-
gether this winter there may be vari-
Gus changes before the constitution as
revised goes to the legislative bodies
of the respective republics for ratifica-
ton. 1t will have to run the gauntlet
of opposition. and when il has at last
become the organic law elections
must be held under it,
Meanwhile preparations for the as
semhling of the delegates are actively
making. Sig. J. Leiba, who is the
most influential Costa Rican that ever
represented hiscountry in Salvador. has
already formally extended an invita-
tioa 10 President Duran. of the San
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-30

Salvadoran chamber of deputies, to
visit the Guatemalan capital In the
latter place Vice President L. IL.
Flores has been formally receiving
such of the foreign representatives as
have been arriving. Secretary de
Leon, head of the Guatemalan depart
ment of state. has never looked enthu-
siastically upon the constitutional con-
vention's labors. He does not like the
merging of so many nationalities into
one. The representative OF Honduras
in Guatemala, Alessandra Rodezno,
vas specially charged to convert
the secretary of state to the con-
federate side. What success he has
met with the coming sessions will
show. The Costa Ricans. notably Sec
rotary NJ. V. Jimenez, of the depart
ment of justice, Gen. Iglesias, OF the
war department. and DR.. Valverde, OF
the treasury, have all along supported
confederationists. Opposed to them
were A. Zuniga, DR.. Bemdana and Gen.
c. F. Alvarado, who, during Leiva's
term as president of Honduras. were
an influential trio, but who now have
not the same influence. Bishop E. F.
Velez has lately come ont in favor Of q
strong central government for the five
republics, and the strength of the
Roman Catholic church in these coun-
tries would thus seem to be in line
with the plan.
The stately capitol buildings at San
Jose and at Guatemala will thus be-