The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-10-05
MISCELLANY.

/ left for home for q short while. Arkan-
sas may well be proud of her efficient, as
! the presiding officer Of the state at the
| centennial, the honorable commissioner,
| hasBmade himself more than acceptable.
/ His colleague, DIR. Lawrence, Is also q
/ popular and Efficient gentleman, whose
I illness, while distressing to his friends,
| has not injured his usefulness. / am in
/ hOTes, in a few days, to make a full re-
/ port Of the valuable position Of Arkansas
/ in the international field. Thanks to
/ superintendent RoWelI, ono Of the most
| efficient workers in the interest of Ar
kansas, on the ground, 104, 900 visitors on
/ Saturday, at twenty-five cents, were adj
mitted--sO cheap rates make a success
/ of all enterprises. A fire some DAYS ago
| burned up all the packing boxes Of the
foreign exhibitOrs-lOss some 5000. all
insured. Fifty-tWO French delegates
have arrived. This is the third delega-
ton from France; the first was cOmmu-
nistic, the second was sent from the de-
partment of Lyons, the third and last
includes representatives Of the SOCietie
d'Agriculture, at AK, Typographical
Mutual Benevolent Union, in Paris,
Agricultural SOcietie Of Doubs, Munich.
pal Councils of BensacOn and Toulouse,
Corporation of Toulouse, Horticultural
Societies of the Department du Var, and
the Council des PrudhOmmes, Paris.
This is an intelligent body of Frenchmen,
and their mission may serve some good
purpose in introducing to France many
of the utilities of the United States.
The Swiss celebration was grand affair,
some 5000 participating. This, as strange
as it may seem, was the largest gathering
at any of the foreign festivals held upon
the centennial grounds. Most of the So
cieties were from Philadelphia and New
York. The international regatta is at
| tracing thousands. On the trial heat
for the honor of cOntesting for the inter
national championship, the following
cities were represented: Newark, Bur
| lington, Berien's Point, New jersey;
Philadelphia, New York, Albany, yale
| College" Virginia, Chicago, Cambridge,
England; Dublin University, Ireland;
London Rowing Club, England. The
successful contestants: Eureka Club,
! College; BeaverwiCk Club, New Albany;
Watkins Club, n. Y; London Rowing
Club; Trinity College Club, Cambridge,
England. Thus, out OF twenty clubs,
only seven came up to the standard of
| first class rowing. England seems to
sustain her reputation as queen of the
seas. The British rowing was splendid.
| The North Western, of Chicago, made
| good showing, but, like Philadelphia,
/ was eft out in the ''wet." The British
will win the international plume, and do
as British tars have always done, from
| Trafalgar to all points where pluck and
seamanship were at a premium. We
have some good rOWeTs, but they need
more roast beef and 'alf-and-' alf, to put
in muscle stroke. Rev. G. FL. Fowler
will deliver an Grafton ON the history and
resources of Illinois. Mrs. Nash, OF ia
maiCa, delivered an interesting lecture
on that island, last week. In q personal
interview with this accomplished West
Indian, am pleased to say that, If all
the natives of the West Indies are as in
telligent as this exhibitor of Jamaica,
why, must argue, that Horace Greeley
was right when he said, young man, go
west!" He must have intended the
West Indies. Forty thousand three hum
dred and eighty persons were carried
" around the world for a nickel," each as
the stentorian lungs of copPers advise
YOU, in the little trains that TailrOadavi-
gate three miles round the grounds In
twenty minutes. 1t is one of the best
paying enterprises on the grounds, both
from the respective standpOints OF pas
senger and manager. In the rush sat
urdav thirty children, of various ages,
were lost, and found by the guards on
the grounds. When You take your chill
dren to the centennial hold on to their
hands, as one moment of YOUR sight, and
while for an instant you may spy rib
bon lin this sense ribandl ordinarily, on
the top of a human wave, the next, the
surging human pillows win sweep the
little ones one hundred feet from you.
Hold them tight while in crowd, and
save yourself much anxiety. The CEN
tennial excursion of the New York press
association have arrived. They are an
intelligent body of men. The three ex-
cursions from Toronto and Hamilton,
Canada, arrived yesterday. They num-
Der 5000 men. At the Sons of Temper
ance iCe-water fountain, a ton and half
of ice is consumed daily. Those who
drink this "ale of Adams" number
], 900 hourly-no one need complain of
not getting cool drink at the centen-
NAL. In my next the canine will be
made a subject of consideration, as all his
points are to be made OF international
criticism, and hence, the dog problem
will be solved, /, G., whether the dog has
enough of the vital fluid in him to carry
him to ting, happy hunting ground, in an
other sphere, or whether, like other ami
mails, the genus homo excepted, he goes