The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-03-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

The introduction of railwaysin Egypt
has proved great stimulus to the growth
Of cotton. That portion of country along
the borders Of the Nile is admirably
adapted to the cultivation of this staple,
and its product is of superior quality,
much resembling that of the gulf states.
All along the route of the railroad line
which runs up the valley of the Nile,
cotton plantations and ginning houses
have lately sprung up, and the road is
already in receipt of very fourishing
traffic from this source.
A Texas newspaper informs its readers
what kind of people they want in that
state. They have twice too many doc.
tors, and nine times too many lawyers.
In fact, they propose to "swap off" law
yers at the rate of forty lawyers for one
northern farmer. They would like few
more good preachers, and great many
less poor ones. But the great want is
farmers; give million good farmers will
receive welcome within the borders of
Texas. But they. want "early-rising,
Woodworking, sober, good managing
men,"
In Germany seats and desks in school
houses are 80 arranged that the pupils
never face the windows, but only have
side lights from the left; and as a light
simultaneously thrown from two sides
gives an inference of shadows, it has been
strictly forbidden to build school rooms
with windows on both sides, such illumi-
nation having proven injurious to the
eyes of the pupils.
An international commission charged
with the duty of reporting upon the
progress and condition of work upon the
St. Gothard tunnel, has officially remark
ed that, thanks to the improved ma
chinery which has been introduced, the
works have made great progress of late,
SO that, unless unforeseen obstacles should
supervene, it will in future be compare
lively easy to complete the tunnel
at an average rate of twenty feet per
day.
There are in England and Wales 1859
school boards, acting for 1886, 461 per-
sons, or six-elevenths of the whole pop
ulation. The boards are most numerous
in the cities and boroughs; they will
therefore under the provisi 1ns of the COM
pulsory education law, largely control city
and borough education. The compulsory
law requires the school boards or "school
attendance committee" where there are
no boards, to send children whose educa-
ton is neglected to some certified school.
In rural parishes this law will fill up the
church schools; in the cities and borough
towns, the board schools.
If the United States does not develop
a great trade with the empire of Brazil
it will not be for lack of encouragement
from Brezil. Another step is being
taken in the direction of closer relations
, with the country under the auspices Of
Brazilians. 1t is now proposed to es-
tablish in the city of New York an
agency to be called the Imperial Bra
lillian bureau. Its object is to bring the
empire of Dom Pedro and its resources
before the people of this country, and
"to invite, stimulate and encourage
American merchants, planters and man
ufacturers to establish in the empire
commercial, agricultural and industrial
enterprises"
( In Ohio the laws require that the heat
f ing apparatus of cars shall be 10 con-
structed that the fire shall be imme-
diately extinguished If the cars are
thrown from the track and overturned,
and it is unlawful for any railroad COM
} pany in the state TO allow cars upon Its
roads which do not comply with this re-
} quirement. In this connection arises an
interesting question How shall cars be
lighted at night, 30 a. TO remove danger
} of conaagrstion in case Of accident
J Kerosene, 30 commonly used, would pro-
badly set FIRE to oyerthrown cars, Il lamps
filled with it were burning.
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