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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31
How to Make a Garden.

We clip the following from the Oberlin
4Ae,rs and commend its careful perusaI bv
all our citizens who wish to make garden.
Every year may be heard complaints
from many who have tried to make a
garden aud failed The old saying. no
excellence without great labor is always
true. With n little more work and energy
every failure in the garden line wOuld
have been success. Every family in
Lake Charles possessing 100 feet square
Of ground can raise all the vegetables
they need the year round.
There may be some who can suggest
improvements over the methods of Editor
Cary, and We shall be glad to have COM
munieatiOns from the readers of the
EcHO:
Last season IN june we broke a small
plat of ground jOing our office. In July
we made compost heap in the center of
u by hanling leaves and rotten wood
from the timber, mixing in all the drop-
pings from stock that we cOnld find from
where they would lay nights. We then
dissolved u can of concentrated I've in n
barrel of water and poured on to il: then
again as much the week following. In
August we scattered it-about five wagon
loads after 1t was settled-Oyer plat of
ground S0xl2O feet, plOwed it under,
Then planted Il 10 garden vegetables at
once, and had all the vegetables we de-
sired and some to sell and give away
February Of the same year we begun
spading 1t for spring crop, and ms we
done ftggfansl mn 60,
hay and horse stable bedding, and pre-
pared It for spring garden On this we
have had abundance of everything
needed, some to sell and much given
away AS fast as the crop ripened we
spaded 1t up and s0wed COW peas. Last
part of this month and first of next, we
VIII SOW Stacked lime on the green peas,
at about ~ bushels per acre, spade them
under. Then we will make our fall gar
den. The pea vines will be green and
heavy coat, lime is added not only to ne
lively promote nitTiiactiOn but to pre-
vent acetous fermentation. Ii the yeee- |
tatl9n turned nndeT was thoroughly ripc |
L would not be needed for that purpose.
further than to replace the potash taken
from the soil, as peas are greedy con |
SINNER Of it. Now, we have more veget- |
ables at this, the heated season of the |
AcaA fbh"u We peiitNed we c0ukl have. i
We now believe one can prepare this soil, |
that it will hold moisture the driest time |
and grew vegetables Of some kind every |
month In the year. We have had yege |
tables continuously since this coming |
month year, aud it has supplied more |
than half our living. Who says this Is
not eheap country to make living inf
We expect 70 try a small portion OF this |
plat to celery, Of which We had some
very fine lasr winter We will plant a |
section of this plat 15xlO0 feet IN cab
bage, which will set about 500 and will |
bring ON an average Of five cents apiece.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31
SENATOR VANCE MET THE ISSUE.
But the Reporter Failed to Get a Big
s'SeoOp'' All the Same.

But the Reporter Failed to Get q Big
''seOop'' All the Same.
81 once had an experience, /" said an
old newspaper man at the P45Is club to
q reporter, with the late Senator
Vance which shall never forget. 1t was
during Urisp's first contest for the speak
ership, and, as you all probably remem-
Der, every newspaper man in town was
hRstling for inside news. The sources
of this, as usual in such cases, were very
few, and Senator Vance, who was act
ing in the capacity of AN advisor to the
nominating caucus, had to spend most
of his time lodging journalists.
So wary did he become that he dis
continued taking his lunch in tho senate
restaurant and had it served in COM
mittee room, One day, however, /
caught glimpse of him passing through
one Of the lower corridors on the house
side. Determined not to let him escape
me, at once FASTENED forward, and in
the most innocent manner possible be-
gan asking him about his health, which
was rather bad at the time. He answer
Va NAA ny HANSAAbAo III NAAD iAlAAAt6b
manner possible and was about to leave
when / said
oh, by the way, senator, who do
you think will get the nomination?
" L don't know exactly he replied,
'but they will have to fightif they want
to win.
Certain now of my information,
began to see the letter was going to re-
ceive from the homo Office, after they
had published my big SCOOP telling me
in tho most 1attering terms that the
paper had decided TO raise my salary on
account of my good work
Which side, senator?' asked, al
most in whisper for fear some one
would be lurking in the dark recesses
and hear the reply which was to make
me the most noted hustler for news in
the ranks of journalism.
% Both sides, he replied as he disap-
peared in the door of committee room.
And the letter that / looked for
never came Nv Washington Times
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31
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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31
THE STUDY OF llcHENs.



70 Becnme Acquainted.
They are dificult branch to study,
for the descriptions are ssllrouded in a
mysterious language that needs an nm
abridged dictionary to translate il, and
q good microscope is necessary if one
wishes to examine their internal struo-
ture and spores I3ut they are a delight
full and easy branch of science to be-
come acquainted with by observation.
They are to be found all the year
round on stones and fence rails and ON
trees They are easy to mount and arc
80 fascinatipgly ugly or beautiful that
they make an interesting collection. In
almost any wild bit of country there
are from 80 to 40 kinds to be found, lld
even in the most civilized place, at oae's
own hearth, there are sure to be sovtn
or eight species growing ON the sticks of
wood laid for the fire. They are so lie
and yet unlike that they sharpen to
powers of comparison and observat. u
until one feels that the keen blaLud
knife and pocket lens, which are coz
slant companions in lichen raml ;,
are dull compared with ones OIL
bright mind
Lichens-and, by the way, they re
pronounced li-kens not htch-ens--grp W
in three ways, which can be easily is
tinguished at glance. There are Crus-
taCeous iohens that grow close to a stone
on bark and have no leafy part, but ere
simply few warts or dots or stain.
There arc foliaceous lichens that lie fiat |
They are green or brown or yellow |
leathery plants that are something like |
leaves, and that have brown or red or
pink disks on them, and there are fruit |
cose lichens that grow upright like lit
Ito shrubby bushes, with bright col
ored knobs.
Go TO any birch tree, and there will
be seen within stained circle some Gu
rious little black marks like elfin hero
glyphs. They are the fruit spots of a
common hohen called, very appropriate
~, Graphs scripta Almost any tree
one visits will have some irregular cir
cular stains upon it, especially if the
bark is quite smooth, and in the center
there will be some brown or black or
white speoks. 1t is easy to collect such
liohens by slicing off a thin
strip of the bark, large enough to show
the outline of the stain, and by writing
the name of the tree from which it was
aiken ON the bark, but it is quite n diff
ierent matter when one sits down beside
/ bOwlder.-New York Independent
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

The sugar planters of Louisiana have
sufficient equity in their claim fora sugar
bounty or half bounty this year to
make it tolerably sure that the quertion
Of indemnifying them will be brought mp
insuccessiye Congresses until something
shall be dode for them. Their cans was
planted early in the year, and millions Of
dollars expended on Improvements under
promise Of a bounty Moreover, IN july
they took out licenses and furnished
bonds preparatory TO the collection OF
bounty law. Although they probably
eoHld not enforce their claim in court
they will have a first class claim TO legis
latiye indnlgenee.-I'ki philadelphia Ledger,
Ind
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

Tho Mexican agaye is a vegetable
growth used in making an Intoxicating
wine According to tradition of the
country, twas the first plant God made.
Another species of the agaye is used for
the same purpose as soap, its leaves
when broken and rubbed together pro-
ducing cleansing lather. It is also
employed in poisoning fish to be eaten,
this poison, like SO many others, having
no effect upon the person who eats the
fish. st Lenis Dispatch.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

1t has been reported that the negroes
IN the black belt were instructed by the
kolb leaders not to register, aud that in
consequence several thousand negroes
disfranehised themselves, though il is
likely that the cry will he raised on the
other side that these black voters were
disfrachised through the intimidation Of
the Democracy. However this may be,
it IS safe to say that the Governors recent
action in putting into active service the
State mllitia to protect the lives of the
negro miners around birmingham made
q profound Impression npOn the iHtelli-
gent negroee all over the Etate.-Bosfor
transcript, Rep.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

THE Clantys docs be slow returning
what they borry, " said Mrs. Dolan.
"Yis, !" replied Mrs Rafferty,. "Oi
niver fOrgit the throuble Oh had gettin
back the flatoirons Oh lint 'em wanst
out o. the koindness av me heart,
IAN how did yez git 'eln?'
HOi STINT my BY Teddy t6sholler out
that the Clantys wouldn't DO in this
country on'y St Patlrriok chased the
snakes ont av oireland. Thin tho oirons
Gem over the back fince fasht enough.
All Tiddy had to do wor To dodge 'em. 7"
Washington Star.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31
Tho Old Southern Negro.

The negro race, notwithstanding Its slavery,
wasan al .etionaie race. In the SbHth Is
this day many old negroes speak proudly or
their cid masters and mattresses, aud they
teach a respect for ihs white race To their
young. "a bard 10 End more devoted
people than The eoi0rd people Of The south
for their white nelghbor They know and
they loved them with an aff~etian that Is
near TO .klnthlp. Take a negro that was
raised IN ihe South, aid sFansHlaBt him
among another people whose habits aud
enst ans are difl'Fent from the anerof those
who rearsd him, aud beat ONCE becomes
homefiek and longs for The old Southern
home. aui be 4 never safis1ied until be gets
back The negro Is an extreme love OF the
old bone ard he associations Of his child.
hood. ile Is polite eOntented fellow, aud
Il LETT 10 his own judgement seldom wantlers
fqr from he place Of biz birth a0i the peopis
among Whome ne sNas rBised. The split 81
e9nteutmept ami devotion to BIS aseoclates
on The part Of the eoloreil race IS aeOmmned-
asiaone, and Il practieea more hg the whites
would bring more happiness into the world
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

The car was not half full, but the
youth in the new spring suit pumped
himself down by the side Of the hand
some girl in gray. ''Possiblo-aw-
you are holding this seat, " he said, with
AN engaging smile, ''for some gentle
mani" II was, she said, with little
sigh Of disappointment. 'But be doesn't
seem 10 have come" And the youth in
the new spring suit presently got mp and
wandered on into the next car ahead.-
Chicago Tribune.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

To brine butter take q pound Of gran
ulated sugar, a Tablespoonful Of salt
peter and gallons Of brine strong
enough to bear an egg Boil the brine
and strain when cool. The butter should
be wrapped in cloth before placing in
the brine
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

We think that the town administration
should pass an ordinance doing away
with private markets and stop this pesti-
ferrous pcddIing on the streets of yegeta-
blcs, meats and other things When one
is enjoying their morning sleep, just be-
fore the dawn of day, they are awakened
10y an army of little darbies with Yegeta-
bles for sale. If "a market was established
in some central locality people eould go
there and purchase whatever they want,
and not be bothered by these miniature
eirculators every morning about o'clock
-.IHakdlas TiRdioator.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

An old dyed in tho wool Republican, a
few days since complained Of .1tbe way
the democrats stuffed ballot boxes, stole
votes and made false returns OF elect
IONS His Democratic friend, in n cheer
tnl voice, said: .'Oh! well, yon ought
not to complain, We Democrats learned
our tricks from yonr party" HD--n it,
1 know it," replied the other, '.but what
astonishes me is that yon have proved
yourselves such apt scholars that now
yOu beat your teachers. p-.MeridioHaI,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

Mrs. HOffman's splendid work in Colo
RADIO isereating profound impression
on thinking minds. She has repeatedly
expressed her willingness to debate the
prohibition question with any speaker,
and numerous prohibition leagues
throughout the state have challenged
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster, who is speaking for
the republican party in the state, to joint
debate with Mrs. Hoffman. This has
been promptly declined by Mrs. Foster.
On one Of these occasions Mrs. Hoffman
took for her text the Jewish government
when 1t assumed the political position
advocated by her republican opponent,
tOwit: sit is not the province of po-
litieal parties to cover the domain of
morals. In individual matters you may
follow your own conscientious cOnvic-
tions, but in political matters You must
secure results A friend writes that the
opera house cOnld not begin to hold the
people, aud that nothing else was talked
about tho next day.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31
Must Have Beena Bad Law

The Governor is anthority for the state
ment, that the late Legislature passed
Emo ba dlaw." Ifsueh is the case. why
did he keep in his pocket until it was
killed By operation Of law the bill pass
ed by the Legislature in the interest Of
the agricultural community, which prem
titled farmers to sell their own products,
without being subjected to the payment
Of license Or other restretionsi He must
certainly have regarded it asa chad law, y
otherwise he would have approved it, as
he IS outs1oken in his friendship for the
farmers, especially upon the eve Of an
election, Hence, the inference is irres-
istible from his action Or rather non-act-
ion, that It must have been chad law
although Designed to benefit worthy
and deserving class Of people.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

IN sentencing % deathihe brutal negro
Joe Dusty, who was found guilty Of Grim
inally aasauiting, short time ago, the
little nine-year-old Bertha Potter, Of St.
Joseph lAio., Judge AsOOsisor, Of that city,
addressed the prisoner as follows III
. person WAS ever found guilty., aud Justly
too, aud who deserved death, it II YOU.
A man who would commit sreh a crime is
not fit to live among human beings. j
have heard scores Of members Of your
race condemn Won for sour iiendIsh erime,
and worid net have been surprised ia tbs,
least to have Heard the citizens Of shis
commuHlty had arisen ii tlienlelst taken
yaa from tae jail and burned sou alive.
tenaily : have sympathy for the persons
wlla sFo lFe,sglls before iae charged Win
qlEenaing TIC law. bHt have none for
yau whatever # son had committed
murder eonld have felt lnofe leBieut to-
las.l yeu tlian d. under the circnin-
stnnees hui yon aae lrnie, aaa not at
~ lsge
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

San Diego is the Oldest city in Cali
fornia, and the ruins Of the mission Of
1853 arc still preserved
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31
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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31


'rrhe postmaster general OF the United
States has at his command greater
number of railway miieages free Of cost
than perhaps any man in the world, =
said L, N. Tinslcy, railway passenger
conductor, to a st. Louis RepHblie man.
shy ignorance of this came near costing
me my job a few years ago.
"Over in Illinois one midnight the
through train Of which had charge was
tagged at little way station and red
faced man climbed aboard the front pass
enger coach. The stopping of my train
at that hour of the might made me mad
to begin with, and ] was ia no good
hnmor when approached my new pass
cnger 90 collect his fare. Then, when he
showed at me mueh-handled piece of
pastehoard, signed by the postmaster
general and commanding in imperions
language that the holder he carried free
Of charge on all trains carrying United
States mails, | lostny temper completely.
was so mad that would listen TO no
- AAtai AtAAAAs BtIaAtt i ttflA-
sidered him either train robber or an
impostOr, and made him pay his fare
in the coin Of the realm, for which / rave
him a receipt.
81 soon heard from my mistake after
/ reached St. Louis. The postofiice au-
thorities and the railway people came
down on me like q thousand of brick.
learned from them that my midnight
passenger was pOstOffice inspector, and
that every man in this service is pro-
yided with a card from the postmaster
general commanding the conductors ofall
railroad trains which carry mail to pass
the bearer free. The name of no rail |
road company or official appears on the
card, but the holder of it can travel ON
any road in the United States as far as
he wants to go without paying a cent .
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

4ffhe Minnesota supreme court has de-
eided that the owner of saloon is re-
sponsible ift the saloon is open on Sun
days contrary to law. This decision
may seem hard ON saloon keeper, whose
clerks keep the place open without the
knowledge or consent of their employer,
who is spending the day innoeently at
home, reading the Bible and the help to
religions devotion, except when in at
tendance at church Hoasekeeper
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

The w. CT e., Of Berwick, Louisiana,
had silver Demorest medal contest ne
Gently. The contestants were two Young
ladies anil four gentlemen: they all did
well aud the arguments were convincing.
Capt. John Pharr announced the pro-
gram and gave short and impressive
talk at the close. The contestants are
the pupils in eloention Of Miss Blanche
Chapinall, the recording secretary of the
Berwick W. C. T. U. She deserves the
credit Of the perfect success of the even
ing's exercises. MIR. Farley O'Brien, ono
Of the Young men Of Berwick, was the
winner of the medal To each Of the
other five Miss Chapman presented as
an award of merit Temple souvenir
spoon. At the close Of the exercises a
little girl came forward and presented
Miss Chapman with beautiful present
as token of love and appreciation. Re
freshments and social intercourse closed
this evening, and all went home, feeling
that the Demorest medal contest carried
on by the w. C. T. q. WAS doing more to
eluoate public sentiment than any other
one thing.--Nrs. J. n. Pharr.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31
TEMP FRANCE COLUMN.


Yosf axis ClinIaT1sN TErprntHoE uSIoN meets at
the Masonic Hail every alternate fridzy ct
Sd clock 81 M ffra S. Al Davidson. President;
AiFH. RI nj 5erdnu. 5ocfnlaEq Mrs. r. ~
1sntlnp, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. a. B.
Mead Ifnnan4er. "A cordial Invitation u
extended Is all to attend the meetings.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

Al the election held in St Landry On
Tuesday, july l7th, to determine whether
the sale Of Intoxicating liquors should be
licensed, over 5000 votes were cast. Re
farms from ali tlie polls bnt three give
the wet vote at over $500 and the dry
vote nearly $500 The colored voters
were almost unanimous far whisky, and
al least 2e00 Of them voted,
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-08-31

We always knew that the old town
cows were impndent--that they would
not get off the sidewalks to allow pedes-
TRANS 10 pass, and would not move from
the street for anything except a monster
wagon-bnt thelatest illustration of that
characteristics on the part of the corpora
ton wobbler took place the other day.
Little Warren Morrell had been sent to
The bakery TO purchase some bread, and
while he was returning with his package,
the four legged nuisance attacked the
little fellow, and actually took the
bread from him and ate itwIth0ut chang
ing her tracks. If the authorities do not
do something to cheekmate the ''street
beauty" they will likely be eating up
women and children before long. We
warn our feminine friends not to appear
upon the'streets dressed in the colors
anything like COW food, for there may
be chance of some of them being both |
food and raiment for some old hungry |
animal.--1ftakaDds T'iRdioator