The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-08-10

hons m Nuremberg there are one hundred
and twenty hop houses, and this venerable
city Il the scientific centre Tor Germany
oaery--Is malt good for seieneet In Isava
ria there are Eve thousand breweriess the
greatest part az the production being con,
stunned Ut home. The annual product OF the
hraweriss amounts 70 SS5 So 600 gallons
Looking at these 1guress and then taking
the population Of haTaKiR, whiea is ], zoe GOO
What 4 hsppy family Bavaria presents % the
world. Bavarlan beer 3 famous at inc ex
hfhftion, ana with Vienna beer bears OF the
AIN from less significant nationalities.
WOODEN CLOTHS.
Eermsny Is making a wonderful progress
IL cloths, the Biol and Sim0ni ranking with
The best French In finish and texture, in fact,
4 large proportion are sold as French manu-.
faetnre The manufacture Of wooden cloth
dates back a. Ear a. the 18th century. The
spreading and crossing Of merino sheep was
introduced into Saxony In i760; IN 1873,
Germany produced $4,000 cwt. Of wool.
Germany employs /, 400, 600 splndles for cord
ca yarns. SaxOny stands st the head Of the
List IN this industry. A beautiful article on
exhibition Is Italian cloth, and coatinEs man.
ufactured at Elberield, also, Zanella, an ar
ticle made Of doable cotton warp and fine
c0mbed wool this latter article isan impOr-
tant article Of laboF; 1--WE thousand power
looms are occupied st Elberield; ChemnitE
sends upholstery goods; Berlin sends shawls;
Germany sends specimens OF her carpet.
weaving. Their imitation Of Smyrna carpets
are nearly as beautiful as the Oriental. In
sottnn goods the Germans are not far behind
the French aud English; Silesia sends plain
ealicOes, shirtings, also. Alsaee and Bavaria,
Saabia and NeubeRg, with Augsburg have
10000 spTndles and eight thousand power
Ersda HFraAn
field sends linens. AT this beehive Of indus.
try three thousand sewing-wOmen and two
thousand sewing machines are employed in
working up $1,000 pieces of linen. The
Rhenish provinces furnish the exhibitors
with silk. OF this production alone Ger.
many has an involved interest of SAC, 900, 900
Crefield sends the best specimens in silk and
velvet, Elberfeld, VieTser, Suehtein, and
Mecklin-0n-the Rhine. The sewing-silks are
from Freiburg. SaI0ny sends lace exhibits.
Berlin Is only surpassed by Paris in her ex-
hibits OF wearing apparel have enlarged
on Germany and her varied interests, as the
element In our midst from the Iatherland,
thousands Of whom are interested in the
workings Of their home industries, and who
take deep interest ia The exhibits of their
friends at the exhibition. And as a large
number read my correspondence, feel it
due this great nation not 70 magnify their
or industrial proportions, but
simply % put them in their appropriate
place in the nations centennial exhibitiOn-
that marvel Of the nineteenth century.
INDIA
India sends some rude specimens Il sCulp.
ture, or stOnebuH from Nandi; carved
model Of Buman Chuttree Vishu riding on
Garuda from Madras; ornamental tiles from
Hyderadad. And from some enthusiast at
Madras comes s brass spoon. Deeca sends
muslin. Seind, Madras and Ferahan cash
mere and wooden carpets. Cashmere long
and square BhaWls, net shawls, ehuddahs,
scaFfs, aud buFuOuse; raw silk from suTdah
and Bengal; silk thread from Assam; floss
silk from UFmritsoF: pun-yab and cashmere;
piece silk from Benares; gamboge from
Bombay; indigo from South ArcOt and Ma
dras; gambler from Malacca; copper and
brass articles from Calcutta, Bengal, Eepal
and other cities; phulgat mat from Travan-
core; Amulet case from Thibet; fax from
Puuyab; glue from CawHpOre; arrow root
tapi0c0, and sagO, from Madras; coffee from
Alden tea from Assam; seeds, cOFiander and
others, from central provinces. have writ
ten incidentally of the exhibits Of the East
Indies, but the collection Is so varied and at
tractive, as to bear an enlargement Of their
gpecialtieE. The East Indies is collective
name, and applies to Hindostan, Farther In
Ola, and the Malay Archipelago. British In.
dia is between So, s. and 35 N. l., and Iongi.
tude GO, 81 and 97 f. Il stretches in width
through "a degrees Of latitude, 1900 long,
100 wide.
MISCELLANY,
One hundred and fifty members of the
New York Schutzeu corps visited the exhi-
biti0n last week. Total admission TO 28th
ulL, ,555 ,36A. The commission has changed
4 Mw4a FlH hEEsa 1t
dogs, from September IKt to 9Th, from thence
10 the sth. Twenty-seVen moving machines
contested for the championship Of the world;
they made their fight on forty acres Of
ground. Each machine cut about half
sore Of grass The statue Of Commodore
Barry for theT. G. A. Fountain has reached
New York. This with the others will NOT be
placed in position for some few days. ; The
fourth was immense. South Of machinery
hail II building containing an interesting
exhibit. IL Is called the Nevada quartz mill,
and waa established with part Of the $4,000
BY Nevada towards her centen.
NAL display. The remainder Of the money
vas devoted 10 the state building. In this
quartz mill II performed the entire process
nf extracting gold and silver frcm quartz.
The rock ishnely puiveriged 10 q pounding
machine. from which the powder runs into q
tank OF water and settlea 10 the bottom The
water Is then allowed to run Of, and the sed.
iment II put into q cylindrical vessel, called
an matchmaking pan o. grinder here more
wateE ID put on, and also mercury, ID the pro-
portion ol one hundred aud Reyeaty.tye
pounds 10 two tons 81 mixture. The mercury
begins ID collect the gold aud silver 81 soon
~ the grinder gives Che mixture q circular
motion. While grinding, the mixture Il also
kept heated 10 the boiling point, the better
10 infhae the mercury. The latter Il then al.
loved 10 run into another cylindrical vessel,
called settler, where 1t isstirTed and cooled,
the compound Cf mercury, gold and silver
meanwhile settling AZ the bottom. The me.