The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-08-20
THE "TELEGRAPH" ENLARGED
AND IMPROVED
PRINTED AND ENERGETICAL-
LY CONDUCTED
THE TIME FOR CLUBS

Volume vi of the TELEGRAPH will begin
on the oath Of September and will open with
q sheet not surpassed in typographical beauty
and real effective makeup BY any paper in
the South. 1t will be printed on beautiful
white paper, costing for each subscriber, an
nually, one dollar, and superior to that gener-
ally used in printing books, and on power
press entirely new and capable of making ten
thousand clear impressions per day OF twelve
hours. The type selected hae a, full, round,
bold face, and, although considerably smaller
than that We are now using, may be easily
read In print by weak eyes without strain or
any inconvenience. The advertising col umns,
we promise, will be models of The ''art preser-
vative," as we selected in person the type to
be used and with . vi ew to uniformity and
beauty in display, and to that grade of excel
lonce which will captivate the advertiser, win
over the reader and put the printer in his earth
~ paradise.
sheet the prime qualities Of Convenient, effsc-
tive size. like the agile, light armed trooper
who hurries from outpost to outpost, while the
heavy dragoon is numbering along far in the
rcar5auractive typographical neatness and
display, but not so much as is sometimes seen
in American journals,-and a general appear
ance which shall pr esent to the mindat glance
the idea of permanency and solidty. We
have a new engraved heading, plain and neal,
and yet unlike any letter cast by any Ameri-
can type foundry, which in itselfis miniature.
combination Of the leading. ideas just enome'
rated.
Other additions have been made to our office,
some of them in the job department, and all
made with the view of diminishing labor, aug
menting attractions and increasing utility In
short, we have exhausted our ingenuity and
delved TO the bottom of nine years prac-
tical newspaper experience to get up, and
keep up newspaper which shall be the su-
perior Of any interior journal in the Union.
And to our own experience, we propose to add
IN the publication Of the TELEGRAPH, that OF
6rat-class news and job priater, whose serVic es
are already engaged. This will enable US to
devote all of our timo to the editorial depart
ment-a point we have never before reached
and to keep our columns polished mirror re-
aecting current events at home and abroad.
With these phsdges, soon to be red ee'neo
will not our fri ends exert themselves to e*teno
Our circulation The dissemination of sounc
PRINCIPLES and stirring appeals, in view OF the
great importance of tho approaching election
ia matter not be neglected. Our paper Is
cheap, too cheap, at So 90 per anuu"' VIII
not the taxpayers help US to secure victory
in November
WITHDRAWAL OF MIR. 5. w. BENNETT
We have received note from MIR. .. y"
Bennett, Jr. authorizing us to withora" nl'
name az a candidate for Sheriff. lie ID
present confined to his bed by sickness. ih'
will be- upwelcome news to Ar. BIS man.
friends.
~ We are informed by Asst Marshs
Grady that the total population of Ouachit
parish, east of the river, is $3.50. For want {
time, no enumeration can be made of thu
portion of the parish west of the river, whic
10 greatly to be regretted.