The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-05-11
no1Ka THN gHNTENNIAL.

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D0rBG THK CENTENNIAL.
MA
i The proposed prices At Philadelphia
and TIE railroad fare thither are not cal
culated To attract people Of moderate
means to The Centennial exposition.
The railroad fares are reduced only
twenty-five pet cent. III win cost every
person living west of The Alleghenies
| nom s25 to $40 to 30 and return. The
lodging-house company has decided
to charge $3.50 day for .its coupon
tickets, emitting each person to room,
breakfast, and supper. OF course, among
| the 5000 Or 10000 heuseholdefs Ia Phil
adelphia with whom this company has
made contracts, there il likely TO be a
wide variety Of opinion and taste AZ To
what constitutes a good room, q good
breakfast, and good supper. The
purchaser Of the coupon must take his
chances ia this I grab-bag," Hpot-IuckD
1 lottery. The company, by contracting
with nearly all the householders likely
10 rent their houses and take boarders,
lhave made corner" in the lodging
market. There will be less competition,
therefore, than IL the householders were
| bidding for custom. However, the ease
with which the people can reach the ex-
| position grounds from the suburban
towns and villages, and the difficulty Of
getting out of the city itself TO the
grounds win probably settle the matter,
and the too greedy Philadelphians may
and themselves without dodgers.
One Of the projects Of which there are
| likely to be repetitions and limitations d
The Patrons of Industry Centennial
Encampment.n It has rented forty
acres Of land three miles from the expo
sition grounds, Oh which il ID now erect
ing long one-story buildings, fill Of wen
but not extensively furnished rooms,
calculated to accommodate two or three
thousand people. These rooms are to be
rented at 81 per day to one Or two per-
sons. Parties can bring provisions with
them, Oh plain meals and luncheons viii
be furnished 1T low prices Plenty Of
pure water, light, police, laundry, bar
Der shops, ice cream saloons, cigar
stands, and all other conveniences but
barrooms for liquor, win BE- provided On
the grounds. There win be hall forj
lectures, performances, or religious ser-
vices. Hourly trains will be run to The
exposition for fifteen cents for round
trip ticket. This and similar plans, Il
properly conducted, will help solve the
problem Of seeing me Centennial for
many with large desire and small purse.
JAY CooKEs CoTToN-TEE srEAI..
The inventor of iron hoops fol- cotton
bales wa named David McCombs. He
was also the inventor Of cotton COM
press now in common use everywhere iii
The gulf states. He invented the iron
hoop twenty-six years ago, and, very
poor at The time, sold interests III tie
patent to others They fnally succeeded |
in Squeezing him out, and bis widow and
half d dozen children now live BY the las
boF of their own hands, while Cookies
ring, 0r Cookies SUCCESSORS, oWning TIE
patent, have had it extended once 81
twice, buying venal congressman, ana
the patent, 4 swindle IA the hands of its
owners i used To levy blackmail ~ the
million dollars Per annum upon The IL.
dustry of the southern people. This
money goes north, where 1t can eIo most
good, and therefore these extensions n
patents Dire not fol- the benefit 81 toilina
genius and poverty, but for the use VI
thieves who persistently plunder society
and government. But this iron-tie ring
F0bs only cotton.gFowers, and this n yerg
right III TIC eyes III tie blessed govern
utent at Washington. iuatiR
Statesman,
JEWISH REsroRATI0E rN palestine.
The prophecies regarding Tia rastora.
tion Of the Jews u Jerusalem are soma.
what eaFiously illustrated By the recent
movements hi siE Moses Monteiiore Ill
behalf ~ purchasing land fol bis coun-
srgmen there, And toF improving Tie ma
terial condition ofthe resident Jews Hs
found that recently 4 lot oi land atfv