The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-08-10
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PHILADELPHIA Jaly S--This Interesting
eanntry. 81 whose exhibits We have incident.
ally snskea. BIS entered with large degree
rfevmraf ssv Srt7 the enthusiasm and TIE prac-
fisal f5sa " tie exhibition. The exhibits
are net eaafned II their Ownership 10 any
class. hat every circle has sent IT, eoatriba.
ffan TIE president Ct fbe uamaa's Cath
Ole association. Madrid, church ornaments.
Ths azylaa IL Mendicity, Seville, smbroia-
cries. shirEs aud handkerchiefA His Msj.,
the king ~ spain, sends locks and oguansen-
tai iron wozk for dwellings Count Pallares
sends sabots, Ceunf Nigulant Of Valencia,
bayonet; director rgsneral Of cavalry, con-
lete mounting. There are some beautital
embroidered shawls from Madrid. Fans are
also IN great variety Of style aad fRish. No
where does the Ian come into greater play
than Cd TIE graceful bands Of a Gasaalian
maiden. Barcalona sends paper. Toledo is
10 Spain what Liega ID to Belgium, Birming.
ham to EnEland and Springfield % the
United States. The blades q this Old city
are famaas the world over. / saw che that
q uut ID . sazni-eircaisr case and after being
confined for a long period viii spring 70 the
fail tension on release. The elasticity OF
these ola Toledo blades l. wonderful.
THE SWISS ETHIBTs
sassa matah-w0rk. The swiss lead the
ealuuan VI this branch. In Seachatel twenty
t1Busand WINES are engaged at 1878 q
week, ahD make 10000 watches yearly
besides movements for the American market.
EsrthOaa sey6. . TO hecrme q good watch.
makes, II "a Necessary To be m arifhmetician,
genna&riefan meehaniciau and an artist,
10 knaw h8m fluids resist bodies IN motion,
the effect " beat and cold on metals, and a
hapug EeriBs "a apply an" III Is Said there
are one hundred and two distinct branches
Of this aFt. ID each If which q boy may be
put apprentice. The wAtch-faisheT being
Che only enc who can work out Of his de-
paTtment.
Watch.naking was introduced into Swift
zerland in 1863 by Daniel Jno. Richard La
LANCE. tits to this liberal Swiss that woman
Is indebted For q recognition gf her valuable
services In this mechanical art. One factory,
American, represented at the exhibition
eaplsy seven hundred women, whose earn
iBgs are $40 per week. The exhibition Of
SEiss watches IL handsome, and with other
novelties Ia delicate work enable the Swiss 30
sustain their reputsEion for skin and enter.
prise St Gallen sends mechanical en-
bgB5deries; Hamburg, e8Eings Zurich, silks;
GeneWa, 3eWelFy; AERehateA, wooden goods
LueeFue, braids; BeFDR, condensed milk
Eehafhausen, nails; Easle, naphthaline,
Au0Esseines eosine, phathaiine, gefTaiBe, gal.
lunl, steam blue; DeEendinRen, pottery and
porcelain, wateh-glasses; Zurich, furniture,
cotton threads, cash threads, bed-coVerB,
tahls-elo&hE and middiinw purifiers. The
Swiss are an Industrious people, and have
always bean true b their principle. Living
undeT the ehnEgeuee Of liberty for more THAN
Eve centuries, they are happily adapted to
American citizenship, and rarely fail Ia prov.
ing their ability 70 conform 70 a system of
freedom that 80 happily assimilates to their
0Wzs
CAFE or GOOD HOPE
The Cape IL really a prOmontory Of south
Africa, IL in lat 5AS 27f s., long. is' 90 f.,
rising yearly one thousand feet out Of the
sea. il was discovered Id 1886, by the Por.
tRrsse navigator, Bartholomew Diaz. In
1877 il was doubled by VaEeo de CANA, who
was the first European who reached Indian
Ocean bv this route. The Cape Of Good
Hope Is represented az the exhibition i'm
seeds, woods, diamonds, in their crude state,
which from their size would stand muCh cut
ting al from The hands Of tbs iRpidaFy and
tben they woald be Of large size and Of inn
MenEe Ymiae. A large assortment Of wines
are CO exhibit EFem fhe Cape, akins etc
The collection is valuable aad very interest-
ing, and "a additional proof Of the interest
taken by the people al the geographical ex-
tFsmes 81 the world In Ameriea, ana the
creations Oh heg eneFRy and genius.
GERMAN EXHIHTTs
Germany has an extensive line Of exhibits
n svGFy Department, horse hair spun by the
GeuHa2, ENGLISH and French processes,
mathematical instruments. This In a marked
speciality Bith the Germans, their work In
these articles dating back 70 the 18th cen
taryg nBtll now. The annual production Of
single establishments msy be said 10 aggre.
gate four thousand sets Of instruments
There are s8Ety shops foF mathematical In
atFWmenta Ht Nuremberg, Large quantities
aEa shipped To the United States.
aEEMAE BooE TRADE.
This was initiated by the invention
a. bookpriutinE In 1870, aud Ia 1878
there WEre four thousand KlE hundred
and sixteen Publishers and booksellers ID
communication with she aeency at I,eipsle.
Az present there are Published IN the 10
main u the be1man tongue twelve thousand
vols Dt nEw works, combinations and rev
editions a year. This ID against not more
han five thousand published n France or
England. The sale of German books aanu.
silly anB1untB 10 seventeen and d half mill
hoHs If dollars. There are nleRent apeei.
mems Of 0ermaa literature On exhibition.
Jewelry Il another u the speeialtiss that the
German detiss competition In. One town,
Hanau, has Ewg hundred and eighty manu-.
factories ot gold and gilt iewelFy one hun.
dFed ard hsly smaller shops, one hundred
and seyeaty.eiRht assistant shops, altogether
making eight thousand people. These eK.
hlbis are generally of . cheap grade.
1YLsaRAPHY.
Wood engrayinga have made German art