The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-08-24
From ON speelal Corrasnondent.


buildings and swarm through the aisles, at
tracted by this or that display. They wen
through the exposition with q determination
to see it all in one day, and they wasted ne
time on any common-places. Occasionally
when something specially struck their fancy
they fingered and left It with sigh, which
said AZ wish l could look at you longer"
No visitors have ever more thoroughly en-,
joyed the show. We had
PEACE CONVENTION
here last week In Carpenters hail, at which
che venerable Luoretia Mott and Julia Ward
Howe were central figures. Mrs. Howe was
proposed by She nominating committee for
president, but the meeting amended the re-
port, reelected Rev. Mr.. Love, who had been
president for ten years, ever since the organi-
cation of the national peace union, and re-
elected Mrs. Howe to the position of vice.
president. The usual speeches and resolu-
lions were dispensed to q comparatively
small audience.
AN EDUCATIONAL CONGRESS
has been in session here several days, some.
times in the Pennsylvania educational
building and sometimes in the judges hall,
with representatives from various nations.
At the sessions ! attended, Japan, Brazil, the
Argentine republic, Sweden Finland and
Pennsylvania were reported on. The pro-
gress Of education in Japan was the most re-
markable.
THE HEATED TERM
here has been excessive, both in degree and
length Of time. There has been nothing like
1t here in seventeen years. The thermome-
ter has been 1889 and 1859 in the shade on
tive successive days, and often up to 1909,
and il has had a marked effect in decreasing
the attendance at the exposition. For lew
days past the weather has been much cooler,
and the number of visitors IS greatly in
creased. There is no great body of water
near it, as in New York or Chicago, to
create a sea breeze to temper the heat
WINES.
There is O ubiquitous display of wines
from ali countries in agricultural hall; the
exhibits from some countries being very
large and choice. The native wines of the
middle states, especially those which have
obtained a wide reputation, are here dis |
played under enticing names, and the south |
western and western states are still more |
literally represented. But California takes |
the lead Of all the states in quantity, variety |
and quality Of her wines. Here are several |
large firms represented, whose vintage |
amounts to 10000 or 100000 gallons a wear,
and yet this branch of industry has but lust |
begun to be developed there. The state is
capable OF producing wine enough to supply
the whole United States, and when the Yfnt-
ncrs there have had larger experience, and
people learn TO be satisfied with undOctored
and unauthorized Wines and to value them
because they are good, rather than because
they are imported, we shall have a large
consumption of California wines. Last
year California produced ten million bushels
Of grapes, and ten million gallons of wine,
more than tWO-thiFds of the whole wine pro-
duct of the United States.
THE FOREIGN wINB.ExHIBrT
is quite remarkable, the older wine.making
counties vieing with each other in the ex-
tent, richness and attractiveness of their
display. Spain and Portugal famous in
Olden times Tor the excellence Of their wines
maintain their ancient reputation, and Por.
tugal has a specially large exhibit. Italy
and Germany, renowned in song and story
and literature, and the fruit Of the vine;
Switzerland, whose free flag has foated to
The breeze for many generations, while her
sunny hill-sides have been purple with
grapes; all have characteristic exhibits of
wine. But for the magnificent and royal
character Of her vine display, our old time
friend and ally, republican France, eClipses
them all.
CHAMPACNR-MAKING.
But wish to give brief description of
in Epernary, France
che ancient champagne country, the only dis.
lEiet In the world where genuine champagne
ia made. The soil Is Of chalk formation, of
Just the quality 10 make superior champagne.
Tne vines ara planted q foot and half
apart, are let grow 10 three and a half feet
high, are staked in June, and when In full
bearing, produce forty to fifty clusters 10 a |
vine. But for the very choicest wine, the
zines are pTnned back to two feet high or
less, and bat few clusters OF grapes are al
lowed 10 u vine. The vines last from eight {
10 twenty years without reptanting The
grapes are pressed az soon as gathered. so
as not to take color from the husk The {
must is put iuto casks holding about seventy ,
i We gallons, 10 undergo the first fermenta.
ion, aud stands till after the first frost, 4
which usually occurs before Christmas,
when Ii Is drawn of into huge casks hold.
ng 10000 gallons, 10 be maFrfed-mixed and
product OF three dissimilar I
being often united, and sometimes :
old wine has 10 be added 90 make the mix.
ARE just right For, In some seasons the d
vine Is better, or poorer, stronger or weaker, ,
han In others. When the tests show that IL
IS right, IL Is drawn of into clean small !
sasis, like the first aneS, and stands tan the !
niddle Of April, when II Ii put into strong :
quart bottles, with cCFka secured by iron I
siasps, aud laid down In the cellar 10 com. =
alete the fermentation, II h heae carefully q
watched. and IL the fermentation a TOO $
strong IL II put into lower cellar on lower =
II the fermentation X t0o
dow IL h pnt In an upper cellar OF higher
and Is 80 handled that the O
shall be neither TOO fast !,
i0F too slow. For this purpose there
.re three cellars, one above the other. Q
When the wine y ripe enough 10 be pre-. 4