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Year: 1876

The only way out of our financial
difficulties. az a nation. is by the pillow,
the loom and the anvil. We may talk
about the financial policy of Congress,
and the wisdom of our leaPinE fnanci-rs
as the instrumentalities through which
relief may come, but it will prove Idle
talk and waste OF words. Congress
will not be likely TO act upon the subject
OF our national finances at this session
OF the next; indeed, not until the session
which follows the Inauguration Of a new
administration, which will not, in all
probability, commence until 4 year from
December next. and il will take some
time, even after the definite action Of
Congress, before the measures which are
then adopted can be put into successful
and general operation.


In the meantime what are we to do?
The great manufacturing, mercantile
and agricultural interests Of the country
are all in paralyzed and suffering CON
dition. The manu- racturing and mer-
camille Interests depend wholly upon the
success of the farmer. The poor crops
for the past two years. in the West, have
prostrated every branch Of trade, and
brought upon us an amount Of distress
in business affairs, never before expert
enced in thi4 country. Never has there
been n time when the fact has been more
forcibly impressed upon the minds OfaII
classes of men that while the farmers, as
class, are depressed and embarrassed
by short crops and low prices, all other
branches of trade and commerce suffer
eorrespondinglv. The only thing ther
that the country can look to for relief in
the near future, is the farmer and his
sncces1fnl tillage Of the pOil "Speed
the pillow" now, if ever. The producers
of the West, with their nntiring indust-
ry and indomitable will, must come 10
the rescue of what remains Of our na-
tional commerce prosperity. Agricul-
tnre in this country OvershadOws every
other pursuit. 1t ia the basis ofall bus.
iness transactions. We are emphatically
an agricultural people, and will so re-
main for very long time. So far as
our own views are concerned, we could
wish that our industries we're more
diversified and that the surplus produce
of the country we're more largely con-
sumed at home. for that would be far
better for the farmer than to pay two
bushels Of grain for one in market at
Liverpool. But that thought aside,
agriculture leads all other pursuits in
magnitude and importance, and for
whatever Of easement is vOGchsafed to
the commercial interests of the country
during the next six months at least, will
be due to industry and economy, and
the success which shall attend the efforts
and labors Of the great farming indus
tries of the nation. Therefore, "speed
the plow"-[Western Rural
Year: 1876

There is a common impression pre-
vailing that white cats with blue eyes
are invariably deaf; but letter from a
New Zealand correspondent, printed in
Nature, shows that they are not so in
all cases. "At Taranki, n. H." says
the writer, 81 saw a white cat with blue
eyes which was not at all deaf, and
good many of its kittens were white and
had light-blue eyes. AS many of these
had perfect hearing as were afflicted
with deafness. This cat had a grown
up kitten, perfectly black, which had
sometimes also white young ones with
blue eyes; it showed, as did the old cat,
a singular partiality for them. On one
occasion it happened that the old white
cat and her black daughter had kittens
Mt the same tine; amongst them there
was only one white kitten with blue eyes,
the black cats. The two fought
fiercely for possession of the coveted
beauty, and the old cat frequently took
it away and placed it amongst her own,
one morning the unfortunate object OF
quarrel was found divided bv the recon.
menda,ion of some feline Solomon, and
each cat quite contentedly in possession
of half Both of these litters had some
tortoise. shell colored kittens among
them, Of which a moiety appeared 10
have their hearing imperfect"
Year: 1876

The point that We wish to make is,
that we should not expect to have the
sentiments and actions Of our friends
and companions always equally saiisfac-
tory to Us; and after we have once made
up our minds that, on the whole, we
like certain person; that we like GER
tain or all of his ways, opinions. tastes.
qnalities-whatever it is that draws us
TO him. it is rather foolish to be rejudg
ing him too severely every five days on
a new issue. After a man is once "A
member of the National Academy he
should not be subject to the annual
my's Hanging Committee.


You may say that, after We have
known a man well for thirty years-and
that is a long lease for friendship in
this mutable world-ii is idle TO talk
about it being possible for him to sur
prise or disappoInt us. But did you
ever hear of "the old mans disease"-
avarice? Do you suppose that an afiic-
tion like that comes to the surface late
in life, if the seeds have not been deep
in the soil all the time? Bnt that is a
hard and a cruel question. Let us rath-
er speak of a more pleasing and no less
surpring development. There was an
old woman about whom we once wrote.
to prove by an example that il is the
di+agreeable young folks who make the
disagreeahle old men and women; and
that sweet girls and boys need not be
troubled by nightmare of grabbed
old age. The woman we wrote about
had lived out and down three husbands.
and was about as unpleasant an old gos-
sip as you might meet in days iour-
ney; vet the traits of her age were only
the traits of her youth. stripped Of
whatever charm yonth must have lent
her. But presently, after We had held
up this aged person as a warning and
consolation, what does she do but fall
one of the sweetest and gentIest disposi-
tions with which mortal ever blessed
his or her neighbor. All she asked was
her doll and her prayer book, and all
went merry as a marriage bell. No; We
never know our friends. And, curious
ly enough, while we are going on with
our discoveries concerning them, they
are making the same observations upon
us, and are having the same surprise
and ddisappointments.-[The Old Cabi-
net: Scrihner
Year: 1876

People often wonder who they are
that occupy the almost innumerab BILE fine
houses which are seen in New York and
which evidently are inhabited by mil
ionaires. The most Of them are nobod-
les, or, at least nobodies of whom no
one ever heard. One of these unknown
milionaires, who lived in a "palatIal
residence" in Fifty seventh street, WAS
determined that the public should know
who she was, and accordingly she gave
Spcial instructions before she died that
her body shonld be carried to Wood
lawn Cemetery in hearse drawn by
eight black horses, and that the funeral
cortege should be formed of procession
of seventy coaches. ten of which should
he drawn by four black horses each. All
the minor arrangements of this gorgeous
mortnarY display were on a similar scale
of magnifcence. 1t was Centennial
funeral, and the lady who desired that
such costly honOrs should be paid TO her
was quiet Baptist widow, of whom no
one outside Of her own domestic circle
had any knowledge. But she was very
wealthy and had been paralytic for a
long time. Her name was RoxceiIana
Keyser. She was the daughter of
milkman and the widow of a butcher,
and she leaves a vast estate 10 he enjoy
ed by widowed sister. The funeral took
place on the same day and at the same
hour "a that of Mr.. A. T. Stewart, who
was known to every body. The father
Of Mrs. Keyser was the owner of the en-
tire block of magnificent houses bound
ed by Fifth and Sixth Avenues and by
Fifty sixth and Fifty-seventh Streets
the most elegant part of New York
CIndenendent
Year: 1876

A Preston man took his team and
went wood-choPpIng Sunday, and was
much surprised when somebody told
him what day it was. He said he had
not seen anyone playing ball or going
cunning, and thought ID couldnt be
Sunday.
Year: 1876

There is q man in Fulton so close
that when he attends church he
occupies the pew farthest from the
pulpit, to save the interest on bis
money while the collectors are pass
ing the plate for contributions.
Year: 1876

s NJ. Swallow, our enterprising
foreman and fighting man, who bas
for the past week, been shaking his
fnger nails off with the chills,is now
on his pins and ready to do all kinds
OF job work from a card to a PAM
phlet or book. We guarantee
satisfaction. Give us call and try
us.
Year: 1876

We are authorized to announce
that all lands on which there is
deIinqent lax will be sold
On the first Monday OF October.
These who owe back tax
will do well to attend to this matter
at once and save their home.
Year: 1876

As the copy fer our inside was
worked off before we effected our
purchase of Mr.. Ladd. his name
appears at the head of our inside
columns. We mention this because
it will appear strange to those who
do not understand the clrcum-
stances.
Year: 1876

New YORK, November LIN his
official report of the recent accident on
the Delaware, Lsckawanna and Western
railroad, Superintendent Halstcad ssys
the rear brakeman. whose duty it was to
be back with the flag, has not been seen
since the accident occurred. The engineer
on the coal train is equally to blame, as
he could, if he had been looking out as
he should have been, seen the train IN
time tn have stopped.
Year: 1876

1t has been ascertalned that the main
grounds on which John III. Lick intends
to contest his fathers trust deed are on
sanitary and undue influence on the
part of the trustees and others who it is
alleged have used means to prejudice the
deceased against his son by falsely sc-
cusing the latter of obtaining the passage
through the Legislature of bill pro
vidlng that no defendant should
divise over certain proportions OF his
fortune to charitable or other objects aside
from the natural heirs, by which and
other untrue representations the decess-
ed was induced to leave the estate IN trust
to the prejudice of the petitioner. The
Legitimacy of John A. Lick will make
prominent feature in the contest by the
trust and the impression prevails that it
will be difficult to prove any action on
the part of his father by which legitimacy
can be established.
Year: 1876

In regard to the conference yesterday
of the railroad magnates Vice President
King declined TO say anything more
than that the managers have been in
session ali day without accomplishing any
definite result.
Year: 1876

The action Of the governor of Oregon in
giving an electoral certifca te 10 a demo-
cratic elector is bit of sharp practice which
only the professional politician will endorse
Still, as Boss Tweed was wont TO inquire.
"What are you going To do about it?" If the
twenty second joint rule is inoperatiye, and
IL the vote Of no state, which comes properly
attested by the governor, can be thrown out ,
Ii will be the plain duty of the presiding Off
Ger OF the Senate to count the vote OF Cronin.
the democratic electOr- This would, OF
course, be defeating the will of a majority
of the people of Oregon. but neverthe-
less IL is held that the presiding Of
ficer OF the Senate cannot go behind the
certificates of the governors OF states. OF
course il may be claimed on the democratic
Side that this affords only an offset to the
action of the returning boarl in Louisiana;
but supposing the latter TO have been fraudu-
lent, two wrongs do not make n right. In
fact, the party that now counts itself in by
fraud or by sharp practice will he pretty GER
tainly counted out by the people az the mex
election.
Year: 1876

Representative Wood, of New York. was
perhaps technichally right yesterday when
he denied the authority OF the President TO
send informal reports TO Congress, such as
the report of the committee which recently
visited New Orleans at the request OF the
President. Senator sherman in his remarks
yesterday, however, held that IL was the duty
OF the President to submit the Information
relative TO the Louisiana election to Con-
gress. as there was no matter OF more import
ance than the questions connected with tn
canvaSsing boards and making of a Presi-
dent of the United States. He for one would
vote for the printing OF the report of the dele
CATION sent out by the National Democra tic
Committee, believing that the country should
be placed In full possession of all the facts.
This seems fair view TO take OF the matter.
Let both reports be printed i'm order that the
people may judge for themselves.
Year: 1876

On account Of the pressure of both news and adver
tiscments upon columns, at the present time. and
Co enable The STAR to be circulated at the earliest
hour possible each day advertisers requested to
send in their favors early in the day practicable
They be in hand before O'Clock to insure in
sertiOn the day and they ought to be in as much
earlier than that as is ne.sihIe in each case
Year: 1876

These goods are all entirely new, and embrace
some of the handsomest styles and most superb
fabrics offered in ready made clothing; being
equal in every particular 10 goods made to order
at probably four times the price We are Offering
these for.
Year: 1876

7 would respectfully inform those Of
my friends, both here-and at a distance,
who have any expectation of getting
thirsty, that 1 have just received a most
complete assortment of Pure Liquors
ever imported to Lake Charles, which
1 am desirous Of selling at wholesale
and retail at prices to justify both seller
and buyer. MY wines and braudies are
unsurpassed, and my whiskies the
Simon pure. Before leaving town be
sure and call around and take a parting
farewell. lager beer, Scotch ale and
porter constantly on hand ap4n4y
Year: 1876

For the Lake Charles ECHO.


The decree Of the people Of Cameron
parish has gone forth, and republican
ism with all its disagrceable concoui-
tants may be numbered with things Of
the past, Notwithstanding the published
boast Of their number and unison, and
the promiseda heavy turn out for the
republican candidates at tbis last cleo
ton, grew small in the reality and
beautifully less, as Will be seen from
accompanying summary.


The democrats have elected all can
didates. for parish offices whom they
lad previously endorsed, except the
one fol Parish Judge, which position
will continue to be adorned by The
present incumbent. Our officers elect
are for the most part Il not altogether
of the best possible material, and give
sure promise Of renewed prosperity to
Cameron. Our Representative elect is
a staunch democrat, Of the good old
kind, long tried and never found
wanting.
Year: 1876

Ksoyrs DEFENsE.-The following is the conclusion of the reply of J. Proctor Knott, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, to the arraingment of Blaine, accusing him, Knott, of suppressing the Caldwell dispatch.

 Knott-Will the gentlemen possess their souls in patiencei I have not the dispatch here. It is at my house. The contents are substantially as stated by the gentleman from Maine-Mr. Blaine-I don't know that I can repeat it in exact terms, but the pur- port is that Caldwell has seen Scott's testi- mony in the New York papers and that it was substantially correct; that he had not let Blaine have any bonds, and that he would send an affidavit to that effect; but that he was engaged in railroad enterprise over there and could not come to give his testimony without serious pecuniary loss. This is substantially what is in it, and if the gentlemen had only waited, that dispatch would have been presented to the committee for whatever use the committee might see proper to make of it. I had no desire to mjure the gentlemen from Maine person. ally, and especially not politically; but l desire that the truth may be told. As for myself had DO Knowledge of any transac- ton by the gentleman from Maine inconsist- cnt with the highest personal integrity. l do not desire that he should be injured in the least, but do desire that, with relation to every person guilty of wrong, we shall turn the gas on and let the people see. Laughter and applause.
Year: 1876

The family were gathered around the eve
ming meal, heppily exchanging in social chit
chat the news Of the day. The various dishes
had been served, and all seemed well supplied
as they entered heartily into the eDjoyment
Of the repast. At the farther side Of the
table sat a little child, the pet and darling Of
the household. Her plate before her WAS
empty. 10 the hun.and interest Of the COLI
versation she had been overlooked and heE
plate unsuppled She had waited patiently,
as she had been taught, until her elders bad
been served but when she saw her turn pass
by unnoliced and all the others about her CO.
ioying the supper, her heart began to swell,
and with eyes full Of unshed tears she cried,
20, papa. please see to me-"


The father, bu,t ct the thought Of bis own
neglect, and eager to repair the wrong dove
his darling, lavished upon her flow Of low
Ing words, assuring her Of bis unintentional
neglect, and FASTENED 10 load her plate with
the choicest that his table could afford.


Like children we sit at our Fathers board.
Day by day be supplies our wants. Does be
ever seem to forget US? With heart thou
sand times fuller Of love than any earthly pa
rents. surely we need but to remind Him with
our appealing confidence, Ike that Of the little
child, 70 touch the spring Of bis love ard
sympathy, aud open the hand which gives US
day by day our daily bread.
Year: 1876

What fountain Of blessing is COW J She
is the mother Of beef, the source Of butter
the original cause Of cheese, to say nothing Of
shoes, horn combs and upper leather. a gea-
tie, amiable, ever-yielding creature, who has
no 10y in her family affairs which she does not
share with man. We rob her Of her milk,
aud we only care for her chat the robbery may
be perpetuated.
Year: 1876

If thy wife be small bend down TO her and
speak to her; do nothing without her advice.
Eyerything in life can be replaced; the wife
of early days is irreplaceable.


An honorable man honors his wife con-
temptible one despiseth her


The loss of a first wife is like the loss oil a
mans sanctuary in his lifetime.


If a man divorces his wife, the altar Itself
sheds tears over him.


Man aud wife well matched have heaven
glory IS their compani icn man and woman
i'll matched are encircled by devourins fire


Rather any ache than the heart-ache
rather any evil than an evil wife.


He who loveth his wife like himself and
honoreth her even mote than himself who
leadeth his sons and daughters in the path OF
integrity, and who provides for their settle
ment in early life; to him mey be applied
the Scripture passage, "ThOu shalt know that
peace shall adorn thy tent"


A man who takes wife for the sake of her
money .ears ill-behaved children.


lie who marries woman congenial TO him
self is loved by the Almighty.


When man loseth his wife, ae world o.
round him growetb dark, the light in his tent
is dim, and the light before him is extin-
guished


He who has no wife lives without comfort,
without help, without joy, and without bless
ing.


An old man iu house is terror; 40 old
woman is a pearl.
Year: 1876

The indications are more than oidiuar,
lily bright for the National ticket. From
Indiana every dispatch and every letter
brings cheering news that the Democracy
will cary the State by large majority
From Ohio there are the same assurances
from New York the home of the Great
Reformer, seventy.ive thousand is the
very lowest that the Democratic majo'ity
is put down at. Georgia needs no reckoning
on, it is Democratic to the core, and with
Wade Hampton in the field in South Car
olina, there is not the least reason TO doubt
that the reign of the carpel-bagger is for
ever done there, and the people of this
honor able little State will be allowed once
more to have government by their own
people.
Year: 1876




At the Centennial Delaware Building, on
Thursday of last week, Chief Justice Come
gys was one of the many callers. The
proposition of having Delaware Day at
the Centennial was discussed between him
and the Superintendent, and 1t was finally
assented to by the former gentleman The
superintendent has at all times been anxious
to have it, and now, since it is 10 be, no
doubt heAvill give all the assistance in his
power to make the affair grand one for
our little State. No date was specified and
no preliminary arrangements made. No
time will be required for the latter beyond
mere days notice, as there will be no
demonstration of any kind. A reception
will be held at the Delaware Building by
Governor Cochran, as has been the custom
on State days with tue Governors.
Year: 1876

LET no voter forget when he come, to
cast his ballot for those who will protect
bis welfare, that the Republican party of
Delaware is one that has uttered proscrip-
ION against the advancement of the work
;,gman. 1t declares bin unfit for poliLi-
cal place, but would make him for lie a
newer of wood aud drawer Of water.
This has been proclaimed in speech by
one of the leaders of that party in this city.
Year: 1876

The Republicans party Of Delaware has
cried over the poor Demo Gratis Of Sussex
who have had to live under burdensome
dog tax, for some time. But they have
not 'eaten dog" enough down there yet to
give them victory for all this sympathy.
1t is thought that they have no desire to
initiate the great family Of crow eaters who
have increased wonderfully in this section
lately.
Year: 1876

at the hands of the younger generation at any
rate But the opposition increased with the
success. What had before been laughed at
and despised, now that it had become danger
ous was hated, and no stone was left unturned
TO neutralze the effect of these victories. But
it seemed that the courage and constancy
which had never fatercd in nearly thirty years
of the hardest kind of fighting were to meet
their reward. The young music-lovlng king
of Bavaria became his patron and warm per-
sonal friend and supporter. And now MS ala,
moral rs well as material has enabled Wagner
TO give under his own direction, with every
perfection of detail, and in an opera-hoiise
built especially for the purpose, from plans Oh
his own, this crOwning art work OF his me-
He has asked the world to come and judge
between himself and his critics and detractors.
Magnetism has come to fair trial at last,
and by the result of this trial must it stand or
fall.


1t is impossible from the accounts yet re-
ceived to tell just how far aristlcally, or IN
lust what directions these performances have
been successful. That they have been so sue
cessful, and in the highest degree, there can
be no doubt. The audience was not altogether
a friendly one. Enemies flockcd to Bayreuth
hoping to enjoy a fasco as friends came TO
take part in triumph, yet the applause ana
enthusiasm seem to have been universal, and to
have come from friend and foe alike. This work
is the perfect embodiment of Herr Wagners
theories, and its success is the success OF the
new school, of which he is the chief represcn-
tatiyc. That the work would lose in interest
if presented with less perfect accessories tlah
those which were commanded at Bayreuth Is
undoubtedly true. Indeed, this Is precisely
what Wagner himself argues. But that the
accessories alone, without the greatest merit
in the music, could create such enthusiasm III
an audience composed chiefly of the first mlsl-
clans and critics in the world is an impoSSl-
bility. For these reasons, then, we believe that
the test can now be considered conclusive
one and feel that the new school can no
longer he treated as an experiment. 1he
flower of the musical world has passed Its
Judgment on it, and so far as can be told at
this time and ut this distance, that judgment
is unqualifcdly favorable.
Year: 1876

Federal interference at the South appears
now to be the order of the day at Washing
ton. If carried out in the spirit i'll which 1t Is
begun, 1t must prove serious issue III the
campaign. A renewed attempt to coerce the
Sou.h is most evidently foreshadowed; it will
be godsend to Democratic orators and organs
at the North.
Year: 1876

quite plain that the coming contest VIII can
out some of the best rowing ever done III '''iS
country. Our native crews are IN eAceiien'
trim. and the oarsmen from abroad, SO lar as
they have shown their skill since ARRIVAL III
dcate that they are formidable competitors