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LAKE CHARLES, CALCASIEU PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1881.
NO. 18.
BOFES8IONAL CARDS.
ABRIEL A. FOIRNET, Attorney
at Law, Bake Cliarlea, Lu., office
crlv occupied by Lotus Levequc, on
13 on ho Kuan-.'
, 1883.-3 y . ,
1«*«« IE H. WELLS, Attorney at
Law, Lake Ctiarlon, Cakwmea Par
La. Practi.'OH in CaluMea, Oamer
_vd Vermal parishes.. and in Orange
"eflerson counties, Texan.
rtt, im.-tSm.
t. GALLAl'tiHLK, Attorney at
Law, will practice in thin and ad
big parities, and before the Supreme
at ( IjH'louHaH.
})., 3, 3881.—Jy.
J. KEARNEY, District Attorney,
34th Judicial District, practices in
everal parishes of the Dist rict,
ee, in Lake Charles, at the Haskell
e, in Leesburg, at his residence,
ly », 3881.-3V.
mundayTm D~
»». Pbjslria« and Obstetrician,
:ktini:es to
on and can
Store, on Ryan street, at all hours,
e Charles, La., July 9, 3881.-3y.
practice his profes
se consulted at liis
A. N It MAIMER,
TONHOItIAL AUTIST,
mu St., Luk«; Clitti'lca.
IR Cutting, Shaving, Shampoon
iug mul Hair Dyeing done in the
Mtvles.
W, 1881 .-tf.
ÉTËR FASSOLD,
—PRACTICAL—
pliiuaker and Jeweler,
yan St., Lake Charles, La.
flies and Jewelry Skillfully Repaired
and Warranted.
MttO« of Jewelry Always ou
Hand.
32, '81. -tf.
i.MI V WMKN.
JAMES 111,AIK.
BRIEJV & BLAIR,
ractors and Builders,
LAKE CHARLES, LA.
9, 1881.-ly.
« Il I P » l I L D l fi G
AND
REPAIRING,
Contractor«, «fee.
•South Bank of Lake Charles.
3. 188Ç
i". 1C A N X ,
HABMACIMT,
8KX KISÄOB TO
1 % J. OMuuday.
dans' preseriptions carefully pre
pared, day or night
, 15, 1883 .-tf.
NOTK'K
ereby given to my former patrons
jit J Lave sold my entire stock of
and Medicines to G. Kann, a thor
r coiujietent Druggist and Apoth
who will eoiutinue the business,
'its details, at my stand on Ryan
«speak for Mr. Kanu the very lib
put rouage heretofore oxtouded to
v Urn citizens of Calcasieu Parish.
J. C. MCNDAY, M. D.
' e Charles, Oct. 15, 1881 .-3t.
urniturc Itepaired.
A '»'I NO pernuutontly hjcato«(Up the
town of Lake diaries, I am pre
I to repair all kinds of furniture, at
notice, and on reasonable toms,
lunkiui for past patronage, l solicit
tjuujui.ee «M the same,
ruiture revaruished at the house of
ow nur.
\tj on Kirby street, near Ryan. Tou
buihhng. C. U. BKCCE.
;. 13, 1881 .dv.
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1 CIONS IN IT !—don't OUBMIU.K !
•JU8T Of TIME TO SAVE MOSEY !
Vati / hwf puni the right uw» iu the
jAao:pr /juttd mi Cheap Work/
yoi want any work done in the line
"sr Roofing, Guttering or repairing, or
m! assortment of Ins own luanui'uc
"J. Tinware, or any old stoves repair
'uu go to J08. vDLTZ'8 Tin Shop,
on Ryan street, between Hill and
streets, opposite F. A. GidUiughcr's
once.# Rign of the Rig Cofi'ee Pot.
!.U 881.-J y .
Louis type Foundry,
ns & it j ui«* at-,
JjKAJJilf* IN
"ting and Writing Papern, Garin
and Card Hoard, Tag*,
Eu retapes ,
Printing Inks, MrwuM*, &,
-grnuune Cards, Wedding Ruv.eUoxa*.
WGiilhui j'ancis. &e.
'\ <'ddyig 1'ai
», 1881.
New Orleans
CHEAP CASH STORE.
E. KAISER & CO.,
—DEALERS IN—
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS,
CROCKERY AND TIN
WARE.
ALL KINDS OF STAPLE (HUM ERIIS
We are also Agents for the
New Home Hewini; Machine
Waltham Watches,
xw f/t order to make room
for oar Full Stock, we will
clone out oui ■ Summer .stock
of goods öd ten per cent, less
than oar former prices.
so W IS ÏOIÎB TIME TO SEiiRE
H AHC A J XK !
Come and see for yourself!
LAKE CHAULES, LA.
Aug. 18, ISSL-tf.
HASKELL HOUSE,
Eyau Street, Ijake Charles, La.
H AVING leased the above named
House, I propose to run it in first
class style. The table will be Jtept on
the Restaurant plan, and no exertion
will be considered too great, to render
guests comfortable.
THUS. R. REYNOLDS,
aug 20, '81 .-tf. . Jnssee.
LAKE HOUSE,
Opposite the Court House,
Lake Charles, La.,
Liter)', Feel StoWe a mi ëaiapk' Kotau.
Bar Room and Billiard Saloon
Attached.
GREEN HALL,
Sept. 18, '81. Proprietor.
KINR'H KF^TAUBANT,
Mjau tsjf., fjlkc CbE|#U,
M EALS at all hours, and customers
my v rest assured that their appe
tites will be sjdiatcd.
July », 1881.-ly.
M. J. ROSTEET,
-DSALEE IN
U> R Y a O O D s
CLOTHING, BOOTS AND
SHOES, HATS AND
CAPS.
GROCERIES,
-AND
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Luhes CluirieN, Lu.
July«, 1881 .-1 y
II. J). NIX,
GENERAL DEALER,
iNl*'« Kerrs, Onlonselou
1*1 vor, Toil.
I HAVE constantly on band a large
and varied assortment of
STAPLE
GOODS, AND HEADY
I
AND FANCY DJi Y \
MADE CLOTHING.
My stork of Roots, SIidcs sad Huts, is
not excelled by any in the countrv.
My stock of Groeeries is us complete
us van he, and bei ujr replenished weekly.
From my long experience in merchan
dising m this parish, I fee] confident of
being able to satisfy all who will do me
the favor to give me a call.
Firut (dass, hand made
CYPRESS SHINGLES,
always on band, in any quantities.
Prompt and assiduous attention to the
F F H II Y ,
day and night. I am specially prepared
for crossing droves of horses and cattle,
and for taking care of them, having just
completed a
LAIIGK PA8TDKE.
in which are plenty of grass, water and
shade.
to- Highest market price paid for
Cotton, Wool and Hide».
Gi-V*'me a call. H- D. NIX.
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91 » ill Wife.
[Country Visitor.]
A house is divided into two
halves, the outside and the inside,
To man belongs the former, to wo
man the latter. Whether this be a
law of nature or. a law of custom
none have disputed; but we think
there can be little doubt about it.
Were it not a law of nature,
would have been resisted by some
people. Its universal adoption and
prevalence, proves it to be an es
tablisked natural fact—a law which
neither act of Parliament nor cos
tom lias power to repeal. The out
side of the house consists of all
such productive labor as supplies
tbelmaterials for domestic comfort,
and the inside consists of t he prep
aration, arrangement and distribu
tion of such material for the good
of the family; two very distinct of
fices ; and nature has very kindly
and very wisely provided a sex for
each. The two sexes are only in
their proper sphere when respect
ively superintending these two de
partments, and each is evidently
out of place and somewhat uncom
fortable when trespassing on the
other's ground. But there is a nat
ural tendency to trespass notwith
stauding. Wives are proverbially
fond of giving advice and doing a
little business in the masculine de
partment, and men are no less pro
verbially tempted to belie their sex,
and take upon themselves such au
thority in the honse-keeping line as
reminds us not a little of the bull
iu the china shop. A kitchen man
is a very troublesome fellow, more
especially if he sits all day in the
arm-chair by the fireside, advising,
directing, grumbling, criticising
and commanding. His wife must
be possessed of a remarkable pas
ivity of nature to endure it with
patience, and he himself gains lit
tle by it, except, perhaps, it may
be the dish-cloth pinned to his coat
tail by some wag of a girl, who has
courage and impudence of spirit
to beard the lion in his den. A wife
who interferes with her husband's
workmen is equally insufferable, or
who comes between the husband
and his customers to show her own
talent for business, ami the inca
pacity of her lord and master.
I There «nay at times be a necessity
\ for both these exchanges of rela
tionship, but they are always ac
companied by disagreeable feel
ings, and discreditable to no one
party or both.
Varnished Watermelons.
[Poughkeepsie Eagle.]
The startling assertion that a wa
termelon may he varnished and
keep till Christmas, is still going
around.
The watermelon is onr favorite
frujt, and we thought last fall that
we would varnish oue and surprise
our friends with it Christinas. The
surprise was alright, but the mel
on didn't pan out . After the turkey
and cranberry sauce had been de
molished, we remarked as we shar
pened the carving-knife on our
bootleg that we would now deal
out the fruit.
When we shoved the glittering
blade through the varnished shell
of the watermelon about a quart of
melon juice in a bad state of pres
ervation squirted around the fest
ive board and stopped the flow of
conversation.
"Yes, yon can varnish a water
melon and keep it till next fall, but
when you hold the autopsy you
want to have nobody around but
the coroner and the euibainier.
-
Oue of a Cincinnati judges rea
son for refusing to grant a divorce
tollman was that he had token his
wife "from the domestic circle and
launched her into the midst of
iniquities which surround the path
of a comely and youthful female in
a business life requiring travel and
frequent contort with worldly peo
pie." In other words, he sent her
out as a book agent.
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A Story of Daniel Webster.
In the early part of the profes
sional life of Daniel Webster, a
blacksmith called upon him for ad
vice concerning the title to a
small estate bequeathed to him.
As the terms of the will were pe
culiar, and the kind of estate
transmitted doubtful, an attempt
had been matte to annnl the will.
After Mr. Webster had examined
the case he was nnabie to give a
definite opinion on it for want of
legal authorities. He therefore, at
considerable expense, purchased a
number of extra law books from
Boston, and spent his leisure hours
of several weeks in referring to
them. He successfully argued the
case on its trial, when it was deci
ded in his favor. On account of
the poverty of the blacksmith, Mr.
Webster only charged him $15, in
tending not only to suffer the loss
of money paid out, but the time oc
cupied in securing the verdict.
After a long period had elapsed
the case was forgotten; but not to
the knowledge by which it was
won. On one of his journeys to
Washington Mr. Webster spent a
few days in New York city, when
the celebrated Aaron Burr sought
his advice iu a very important
case then pending in the State
court. Having heard the facts on
which it was founded, Mr. Webster
perceived at once that it exactly
corresponded with the black
smith's will case. On being asked
if he could mention the law appli
cable to such he immediately re
plied that he could, and then he
gau to quote decisions bearing up
on tiie case from the time of
Charles II. As he went on citing
his array of principles and author
ities with great precision, Mr. Burr
arose in astouisliment, and asked
with some warmth, "Mr. Webster,
have you keen consulted before
in this easel" "Most certainly not,"
he replied. "I never heard of your
case until this evening." "Very
well," said Mr. Biiit, "proceed."
Mr. Webster concluded the quota
tion of his authorities, and receiv
ed from Mr. Burr the highest
praise for his profound legal
knowledge, and a fee sufficiently
large to remunerate him for all the
time and trouble he had devoted
and the expense incurred iu the
blacksmith's will case.
A fashionable young lady visited
a cooking school the other after
noon, where her attention was
equally divided between a new
dress worn by an acquaintance and
the directions for making a cake.
Upon returning home site under
took to write down the recipe for
the cake for her mother, and the
old lady was paralised when she
read : "Take two pounds of flour;
ten rows of pleating down the front;
the whites of two eggs cut bias; a
pint of milk ruffled arqnnd the
neck; half pound currents with
seven yards of bead trimming; gra'
ted lemon peel with Bpauish fichu;
stir well and add a seqii-fitting pa
telot with visite sleeves; butter the
pan with Brazilian topaz necklace;
garnish with icing and jetted pas
sementerie; bake iu a moderately
hot oven until the overskiitis tack
ed from the waist down on either
side, and finish with large satin
bows." Her mother said ' she
wouldn't eat such a cake, and she
thought these new-fangled ideas
iu cooking ought to he frowned
down.
Judging from the quantity of
freight recived as well as cotton
aud country produce shipped, the
number of buildings going up aud
the unusual demand' for lumber,
Opelousas certainly present« the
most solid business front that it
has for several years past. The
fact too, that none or onr mer
chants have become bankrupt or
failed ami that several new stores
have been put iu operation during
the last year, and other* are being
built, argues strongly for brighter
prospects. —Jfc>I. Landry Democrat.
Thrilling Scene.
The Pittsburg DispStch thus
discribes the wonderfnl perform
ance of Mme. Zuila, the famous
Parisienne, who out-rivals Blondit*
iu her mad freaks npon the high
wire:
"The famous Blondin, in all his
eventful career, never performed
a more thrilling or more inspiring:
feat than was accomplished by Ella
Zuila last night under the canvas
of Forepangh's show. A slender
wire was stretched across the large
tent at a dizzy height from the
ground, and here the dauntless lit
tle woman, without a tremor, rod©
back and forth on a velocipede,
while the terrified audience, gazed
in breathless expectation, every
nerve strained to its utmost
tension, even the pulsation of
their hearts almost stilled, as they
watched the mad course of the
frail vehicle and its intrepid rider
on the almost invisible ærial
roadway. As the velocipede stop
ped, the perilous undertaking ac
complished, one hearty, prolonged
cheer of mingled relief, admiration
and cpngratulation echoed through
the tent, thousands of throats ri
sing with each other to swell the
chorus, which Mme. Zuila acknowl
edged giaceftilly and prettily be
fore dismounting from her giddy
steed. This is only one of the many
blood-curdling exploits of this
queen of the air. With all the
grace and carelessness of Morlac
ohi, or Rigl leading a favorite bal
let, she tripped across the dizzy
path, repeating her trip with feet
clogged by baskets, again blind
folded, carrying a chair which she
deliberately placed on the rope
when midway, and seatiug herself
in it moved her handkerchief over
the heads of her delighted specta
tors. Another of her performance
is the balancing of a table on the
rope and dining from it, suspend
ing in mid aif. This was never
undertaken by any woman before,
is probably one of the strongest.
tests of the woman's nerve and
coolness which she is called upon
to undergo."
In the classic shades of Dead
wbod the average native is not
very choice in selecting the lan
guage used iu advertising a runa
way wife. The notices are usually
written and posted iu thepoat-ottl
ccs and saloons, whore they wilt
catch the eyes of the majority of the
population. A recent one reads as
follows : "My wife Sarah has Shook
my rauche, When I diddent Doo a
darned thing Too hur, and I want
it destinotly Understood that any
man That takes her Iu and keers
for hur On my account Will git
himself pumped so Full of lead that
Sum tendfrfoot will locate him for
a Mineral clame. Iff she runs Hur
face fur goods I wont Put up fur
hur, and I'le lick the son-of-a torna
do that taiks hur stand-off even
fur the drinx. A word To the wise
is sufficient an orter work on fools
too." «'
A New Hampshire man got up
to light a lamp aud fell down dead.
Our readers will hear wituesa that
we have always pointed ont that
this getting up ut night is a man's
wife's business. Behold the ter
rible justification of our course!
—-- me S' - a O ■ -
"Henry," said his wife, with
chilling severity, "I saw you eom
ing out of a saloon this afternoon.'*
"Well, my darling," replied the
heartless man, "you wouldn't have
your husband staying iu a saloon
all dqy, would you !"
An old Long Island sportsman
says that horses frequently tiie of
broken hearts because they travel
the same roads every day and be
come tired of seeing the same ob
jects. lie says the best way to
restore a horse to health is to take
him off on a new road and let hint
Lby a little.