The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-03-07

4 NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
New ORLEANS, March 4, 1885.
Special Correspondence Of the Echo;
MISSOURI.
1t was 10 be expected that Missouri
with her great resources, would maxi
grand display Attic Exposition, AMI
those who sought the space allotted t,
this already great, and still growing
State were not disappointed He
grains, her mills, hen -four and COR
] products are here nagniIicently repre-
sented The produce of her mines ar.
not the less Iavisliiy displayed--shei
lead leading all Others, both ID it.
crude state and manufactured into
pigment. Much Of Missouri's exhibit
is to be found in the Main Building
her stove, beer and paint exhibits
adding not a little to the beauty 81
this part of the Exposition. The wo,
mans department of this exhibit issto
be found in one corner Of the State
exhibit, and is certainly credit to the
taste, skill and execution of the ladies
in painting, embroidery, carving aud
even in artistic personal decoration.
Indeed, to Missouri must be awarded
the palm for embroidery, this being
won by a stole of white silk on which
are embroidered full length figures of
saints and angels, not exceeding five
inches in length, yet the faces of which
are perfect as to features and expires.
sion. This is valned at $500. and is
for sale.
NEW MEXICO.
Perhaps none of the aurifcrous
States and Territories have classified
and ticketed the different ores as thor.
oughly as New Mexico has done. On
shelves, neatly arranged, the mineral
wealth of Locorro county is princi-
pally displayed. Each mine, with its
different kind of quartz and ores, are
placed separately with written expla-
nations as to its yield and quality. A
miner in characteristic costume, and
leaning on his pick, presides over this
display. In the centre mound is
covered with miscal or century plants,
the Devils pin-cushion. and the Ma
quay, from which is distilled "pnIkav,"
one of the strongest of fermented
drinks. Among many specimens of
the herbs and flora of New Mexico.
there are many which seem familiar,
but others are new and strange to
most visitors. Pagi, or Grease wood,
Palo duro, red dye, Chan fogi, a
plant used by the Indians to mix with |
and the soap weed, arc all in
teresting and curious. Hons and |
onions are largely cultivated, and wool
is one of the standard products. In a
wire cage, beneath an ornamental
fountain, a dozen poor little quaiIs are
no donbt sadly puzzled by
their strange surroundings
MONTANA,
.hough still a Territory, is at present
attracting the attention of cmigrants
and capitalists, bnt will no longer be
! subject of wonder after visit to
ler exhibit las satisfied the visitor Of
lcT immense riches, both agricultural
md mineral. Her copper mines yield
Is high as 70 per cent OF pure ore,
md the different processes through
which it passes until it reaches the
inal refinement and is converted into
ingots, are here shown by
samples taken from the different pro
esses. Over 20 gold and silver mines
re here represented by legend as
urIng the curious that they are all
wing and paying mines. One sample
# gold ore Is at present the largest
uget in existence, and is worth $500
pther specimens, from the samemlnc,
alse the value of this cabinet to
10000. Montana's sheep and cattle
nnges are well stocked, the bunch.
nd buffalo grasses atfording abundant
asturage. Samples of these grasses,
nd of the wool from sheep raised on
o other food, are here exhibited. 5
onions, whose Weld is 10000 +
Ounds TO the acre, attest to the agri- a
nIturaI possibilities of Montana. A I
reat box Of earth, with Iuxnriant a
liant, attracts attention, and the inv
hlte blossom of the kiIlkinic, or G
ldlan tobacco, is seen to bloom AS /
HeetIy AS i'll its nativc haunts. But {
.ontana has not been satisfied 10 +
Dpeal 10 the miner, the stockman !
nd the farmer only, and she offers a c
re treat TO the artistic as well. Just p
Dove the door leading into the Com i
'lssIoner's headquarters hangs a large o
etnre of the Shoshono Falls ; within II
'ngs three pictures by Buisladt, j
merica's great landscape painter. a
ne worth $4,000 represents the "Old n
althfnl Geyser,' the second is II
Scene" in which three hunt Il
$ are seen tracking the mountain Il
leep who have taken refuge on an
accessible crag. This picture is o
llued at $1,000. The third is the +,
cad of mountain sheep, and is a
aced directly beneath the stuffed q
sad Of its model, thus showing its y
and accuracy i
NEBRASKA. i
a pyramid Of grain, resting on a 7
ase composed Of bales of hay and a
ebraska sod and surmounted by a y
'py in grains and grass seed Of Bar i
'oldTs statue of 'Liberty Enlighten- q
e the World" is the monument Ne 9
'aska has erected to her agricultural 9
ealth. A'three paueled screen, bear I
e on one side the legend .Corn is !
ing" the efigy composed Of differ $
At colored corn, on the other a rising
IN artistically arranged with cobsand !
heat straw, while miniature engine T
lst emerging from tunnel composed 6
wheat, rye, oats, etc, on the third, +