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your team square around upsetting the hide
and leaving the dirt where you want ii. In
this way by continually passing your teams
back and forth over the embankment as it is
built up, it will be well packed by the time
it is done dam built in this way 80 feet
wide at the bottom, and 10 or Is feet wide at
the top will be sufficiently strong to sustain
a heavy pressure of water But in order to
make it more secure. it would be we'll to
select 4 place where there is u cave or widen
ing of the hollow above, and the confgur-
alton ns the banks snch that in case of floods
the surplus water would flow around over
the solid ground and not over the emhank-
ment
Tanks can be constructed on almost sny
kind of ground. as the water from rain fall,
is always muddy when it flows from the hills
and slopes, it soon forms sediment which
in time becomes impervious to water, For
the same reason it would perhaps be best to
make the reservoir where there are not many
deep griiies or perpendicular banks IS the
sediment cannot form rapidly on perpendi-
cular or steep banks.
Tanks or reservoirs can also be constructed
by excavation on slopeing ground by build
iug long cUuvergIug Embaukueuts to ron-
duct the water into the tank or reservoir, |
have seen some such in Mexico Would it
not be possible TO obtain State aid to build
tanks and reservoirs on the great thorough
fares leading from san Antonio and Austin
to this country, thereby securing an emence
trade to those cities and the State. Also BY
exploring and opening of new roads, some
bad hills might be avoided, and better
supply supply eef water sls,,ssaiisetdl see by 5eaE
paper that you are disposed to favor the
opening of the southern route for the trans
portation Of your section. Therefore / deem
these suggestions not inappropriate.
Our town is not declining but improving
slowly; our people seem to have enough to
eat and wear, which is more than can be said
for many other sections. There is large
amount Of stock awned in this town, There
are stock ranches all along the Rio Grande
as far down as For Quitman. and the whole
wiley is aiive with stock of different kinds;
horses, mules. cattle, sheep and goats. Our
stock rsisers do not pay sufficient attention
to the improvement ofltheir breeds, but they
are beginning to feel its importance, and ap-
preciatc its advantages. By the by an ar
ticle from your faciIe pen on the advantages
and profits to be derived by stockraisers
from tue improvement Of their breeds of
sheep in particular, might do some good.
Your old friend Charly Ellis has bought
Mr.. Campbell's large Touring mill, and
seems to be doing smashing business, mil
ling and merchandising. Mr. John G. At
kinson also whilom friend Of yours seems
to be doing a good business Our other
merchant, Doa Ysmael ochoa is also appar-
entity doing welt; all of which speaks well
for the prosperity of our town. Our farmers
raised a splendid crop of wheat this year,
but their corn crop prospects are not 80 good,
owing 70 the failure Of the supply Of water.
eosxoFouTAx
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TANKS.
SAX El.EzARIo. TrxAs. !
Sept. "a, 1917. |

Sept n. 1917.
EDIToRs ISDEPESDEST; a
As your valuable paper is largely devoted
10 the development of the agricultural, stock
raising and mineral resources of the country,
and a. an adequate supply Oi water is Of the
first Importance, few suggestions and sim
pie calculations on the construction of tanks
and reservoirs may do some good by calling
attention to iise subject. Anasto illucidate
the matter more fully, and make Il pIaineF
/ will commence with tanks on a small scale
and 10 up 10 larger ones | do not think 1t
best to select Mater sheds OF great extent. or
segy long ereels to huild tanks On. When
the stream IS vvry long. and the water she'd
widely extended small falls Of rain At a dis
lance from the tank or reservoir viii seldom
reach tlia tank, but le consumed in the hob
lows and porus places aleng its course, and
in case of grcat foods the embankments are
-Iisial.. 4nI4t swept AVA.
Suppose you have water she'd of one
acre IN exie Ht' and the average annual ram
fall IS one cot and all the wa'er flows into
The tank Vow there are IN an acre OF land
5000 squire ieet--i2'9ee eLhIeai feet oi
water would tll tank or ciStern 40 feet
square 70 y depta ot ofef ~ ieeR.~ Allowing
ssil'as q %asef % tae eu''leal i'oi' there
would ee "A the ianN S4o'iSo gallons OF
water WHICH, allowing 10 cations OF water a
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| have on hand large stock Of NATIVE
WINES and BRANDY Of my own Manufacture,
which offer for sale in quantities 10 suit Pur
chascrs. Ny GRAPE BRANDY is the'ae't liquor,
whsther native or Imported, in the Territory.
THoMAsJ BULL,
Meslila, ~ NJ
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- llslsVI
known Is
sLoCUAFs RANCH.
situate ssmiles west Of Mesilla on the road 10 ST.
yer City and the west informs ibc public gen
erally that he is pFepared'tc receive and accom-
odate travellers and 70 sup, " passing. traits or
herds Of animals with watcE-
This i the only watering place belaeeH tife Rio
Grande aud Fort Cummings. IaiWayr have an
abundance OF water ON hSifd, which will furnish
At reasonable rates.
Mytable will be kept supplied with the best the
market affords
have pleasant and comfortable rooms fur
nished with clean beds for4the ire Of travellers.
Alao comfortable and secure stabling for animals.
always keep good supply o. hay ana gram on
hand
Travellers WIN find at my place everything re-
oulsite 10 supply their wants and add 10 their con-
a,Ft, my charges will not be found unreasonable.
R. g. Mason.
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Regular communications Of Aztec Lodge No.
IOs A. y. 4 A. ~ held at their ball at Las Cruces,
II NJ on the first saturday evening OF each
month. Soj0urning brethren IN good standing
,Fc ftaiefnaily invited 10 attend
no W. L. RfSERsoS, W. NJ.
III. ROBERTs, sec'y,
HEADQUARTERS BILLIARD SALOON
ny BERNARD Nc CALL Ne.iiias >. ~
Eew BEnsht -TaAle ARA at sse ssf .ic best
fasa6sS asa cRsss
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Speriai eNotircs.
raAvEt.t.rRs- ATrENTIeN
sLoCUMs RANCH.

R. 8. Mason having leased tue place heretofore
known As
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LITERARY NOTES.

Paul Heyse. the German yTist and romancer'
Nss collected his recent verses under the title Of Sketch
book
The collection of John Locke's papers re-
ec,,v bron.l 20 lcht contains about $50 documents In
his owa handwriting.
Herr Auerbach has Just completed the long
novel ON which he has been for time NJ work ana
which aims 20 describe the socalstc tendencies OF the
ag -.
Prof. j. Stuart Blackie proposes to vlndlcate
further his right to Professionally 81 Poetry by pun
HShnra long pcen on " The Wise Men OF Greece IN
canos devoted respectively to Pythagoras Nenophanes
Thalea Hcraclitus. Enpedocies. AnaXagOras AIs'oue
ms Socrates, AristippuS and Plato
MN. Erclmann-C hatTian have discovered
new method of political propaeandsm They have writ
ten 70 the Temps OF Paris letter In which they author
ile any or an French pape to publish their novel OF
"Gaspard FIX the History Of False Conservative
without recommending the authors.
The Euglish spelling reiOrmers are not less
vigorous Just now than tssr American brethren One
Of hem Who especially advocates the abolition 0i double
cOnsouaus, has been pocucaly entreated 70 spare the
doomed letters
"Isst whilst YOU stn retain our cares
You leave us no cares
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Glectlon Notice.
STATE OF NRw.YoRi
STATE OF NEwYoRK
OFFICE CT THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ALBANY, July b, 1871.
ITO the SHERIFF Of the COUNTY of NEW


SIR Xofice is hereby given that at the General Election
10 DE held I'm the n E-DAN succeeding line tIst
MONDAY II November next November 6tl the following ON
ceIs are be elected tuw1t;
4 secretary OF state. in tac place Of JoAa Rigclow.
Comptroller In the paco 81 FREDERICK T. plcb-t appointed
~ be place OF LUcta ROinson resigned
A Treasu er. In the place OF Charles y. Ross.
Engineer aud surveyor IN the Place OF !ohh d.
Ali Whose terms Of office wilexpro The last day OF De
ccIubrr next -, a.,
District IN place John u. Brady. whose term II Oioe VII
extiro on me last ay rf Dcce3ibrT next.
Also FOR trc Fourth senate Dst1c' composed OF
the First. S.cDnd Thrl. Fourth, th, sixth seventh mr.
teenth and FOteent wards Oi the Cy aud toany Of Ne"
the Eighth Ninth. Feeath and sixteenth Ward oil the city
ard County 81 sew YORK. !,
the Tenth Eleventh and seventeenth Wards OF the City apd
ASA senator far the District composed OF
The Eeh:ecnfh Twcut.th and TNcntyhrst Wards Of tic
CITY County II New York.
Also senator the Eighth T. District, composed Of
u Twelfth Nneteeuti aud Twenty second Wards OF The
cts AID County Of Ne YORK.
County Officers also 40 d. elected for s1d County;
Twenty Meiuhes 81 ASS mUiy tp be elect iOm tie
Assembly Districts constituted under Chapter CO., Laws OF
l~eG
Of the Marine Court ia place OF Geor=e shea
James r. rtunotf
Al whose te OF Office VIII expire the last day Of De
cetnher Respectfully yOurs.
EDGAR X. APCAR,
Deputy Secretary % state
SUFgFFs OFFICE. NEN Gogk, July 50. 1871
certify that the foregoing pe OF the Election
- c received BY niO this day rou te SECRETARY OF state
BERNARD REILLY,
Sheriff Of the city and County Of Ne@ lark
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"a WEST Thirty NINTH-ST.-Mi

~ Bracket and Miss Ida ~ Ests school for es from
49, 10 weufyOne win reopen Tuesday october = Prepares
ior any college university desired For circulars and full
Al Information apply a. above
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4 BOARDING SCHOOL for YOUNG MEN
any sIHS6iNTTIIDGEs ACADEMY, Media; Penn

Twelve miles by from 3lsJ ana chestnut Phila
TaVlOT 81 take great pleasure boo recommend
ing To parents The Acumy Nj SWithin G. she. egc'
N Van HOrscu 81 NcW-Gurk sarN. short
l,de.s Media Academy affords The br>t inhti ucilon
Charles g. Lei md C Hans Brennan ~ says. IL d an IN
stItutIou liked by pupils rs sel as parents.
Col Richard j. Hutton sarE Parents VIII ina MOI Only
good school bat homcike. cheerful establishment Whore
rational ideas trains combine to make that Whos0h
mental and physica! atmosphere Which 50 necessary
to the growth o. healthy yOutI"
The Rev. John Long "YOur attention 10 The duties
e Your 1snon school the serious anu IL
tell sent choice Of parents and guardians"
Hon Thomas V Cuupef. PRESIDENT u Pennsylvania senate
IccaTd b 81 the hH ~ the state AMI one
iu ey, - suited % boy for college. The rnciIai
and his assistants are wcll.EuOWn educators
Courscs Of study Tor business Profession College $500
school year f0l boarding washing. gas. schooling books.
PAYABLE quarterly No extra charge students admitted &c
any Special individual ard class instruction for
advanced and backward pupils. Ten insircors grad
College. building circular
address sWiTHlN G. SHOKrlIDGE Harvard University,
A. NJ Media, Penn Media has churches aud temper
ANN q
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I StLouis a lrUa N
Sauthcrn
200 b. -
100 SIS. ;
CCE It
700 be- !
, Chicago. y and y
ITO. hc.lte1
. che ana Alton.
go De-. =
ls0. -...... s17
Kan sas paclfc
100 De- =
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For Both sezes-City

MEXICAN KINDERGARTEN and NOR
n NAL TRAINING SCHOOL removed 20 Al West 46th-
81 p.ar 5t,aye n y Miss y. H. cox, Pfiu. WlD begin
ism year sept D. Kindefgarten material cheap and
beautlfl General Depot 6Zl bfoah"sy' Sehu lof in"S
fratec atalcgue.
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InstrnCtlon.

Usn mead feachcr Tagrerfisc IN TIE TnIBSI rece're
yaorr ansls AMI anil cations nan M airer"g ~ wy
,0pr grdslf'q e1shers reni TIE IRlBtNb cz5ens.,tB.
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h rsg6 b eigsrf BeOJie rh0 h1rc ~ ough ~ fdoe
Hasy al b,,n hGrc or omit hare ieedtD 20 ref .F
ThIrt 10 Ctt nv lrecd up0a ne rdfT ~ ~ ~.
n af.r many dags."-lklIE CHARLihN D"d''"' N'
- .IL-
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ANTHON GRAMMAR SCHOOL, c. A.
N NILES PrireIpal. Ie-opeus September 40. Apply al
No 252 Ml0is.lvt. where MI Miles can be found altei
September D. between tile hours OF ten aud Two.
A Inexperienced teacher Of Algebra, Geometry
~ Tdrrometrv Book coping and Arithmetic, WISHES "a
make an engagement for the ensuing echooiEesr Aofrrs
''FREDERI CkS' Tribaue Uptown Office, 1888 broadway
New York.
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Eau Schools.

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL-UNlON DNlFER-
n SiTY-The course OF instruction commences on "a. bfst
TUESDAY the 4th day September Apply Tor INFORMATION 10
ISAAC EDWARDS, Albany, y. Y. -------
NNUAL SESSION Q9tM of the LAW
"a SCHOOL,. Of the UNINEitsI Try ~ the CITY 81 NJ"
YORK Wasing tonquare. begins October nSt ana enc
written wei an oral eNaiilath y r.
gnrT Tor degree. Lectures from N NJ Ioi the con
vr1fence of students Offices. For circular, ehaunto
uanrr of 1871 Ctc apply W. T. MAEIIS, secretary ~
Councf lfl ROADWAY D. r. JAQDEs Professor ana sec
retary OF Faculty. % Broadway
COLUMBIA COLLEGE LAW -SCHOOL.-Ihe
twentieth annual Of this Institution Commences
NO Great New YORK on "Wednesday october . anu
c,ntuuas until Mty 10 1878 The ~ instruction en-
braces For Catalogue etc., alfessa az NO fi'
Jones st.. THEODORE ". DWIGHT, Proicss'l'
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Young MEN privately Fitted for College.
i Conditioned students tI;ortI summer aDd Winter
J.. HOEFAANN, StO" kbTldge Mas.
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Danclna ACADEMIES.

DODWORTHr SCHOOL FOR DANCING
~ No 6Si 5Tf-AV ENUE,
will reopen Oc,. -.
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ADAMS ACADEMY, Quincy, Mass
HON. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. Ill. d.,
Chairman of The EoaIl Of @anagefs.

VILLA II. DiNMOCk, Master.
This School designed the best ana most thorough
preparation for The past year hc. have been ten
teachers all ability experience, ami one hundred and
nifty pupils.
preparatory class English studies and French
for bows from 10 fourteen years or age.
The academy boarng house the entire charge Of
the resident teachers boys receive carcdl supervision
and attention.
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A DNERilSEk~ -
ALL FTRSTCIASS CITY JOURNALS TO
ONE OFFICE
BROWN & PULNEEMAN. I23S broadway New YORK.
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pETTS MILITARY ACADEMY,

STAMFORD. CONN.
FOrtiefh begins September 10. EnphatcalV Home
heaithuiue Accessibility,
ana apon boaTdn- school purposes Excel nt aclnrs
recreation door sTor;s. THOROUGH iasiTuCtioa
and discipline Careful moral and Christ an training Boys
prepared College special attention gwen % nt them
busin,ss. Number limited CIculaIs sent on Application
OWL and Mechanical Engineering at the
" Rensciar poyiec mic lntutute Troy ~ Advantages
IN tins coutr. GRADUATES obtain excellent posi-
tons RepCus sept IS. FOR The annual Reg ser containing
Improve course Of study, address Ero ~ Adsn director
CORNWALL HEIGHTS SCHOOL, Cornwall
" Onthe HudsOl. New York. F0rrgn and American each
ers Business Scientific Classical COM rooms
Mountain river saturday. Lakes and
streams Tor fishing Woods for trapping.
EANANDAIGUA ACADEMY, Canandaigua,
" N.-Y.-A Bonding nay school Tor Young Men aud
POys Opportunities for thorough Academic study
passed comforts Of genial Christian hor
Tenn opens sept 4. send for circular =. l. CLARKE WM
q. CROSBY, Principals.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Newton, Sussex
~ County. n. J.--IIesumes September o. Beautiful.
healthy: thorough 10 M Tor college business Terms
year 5000 Alumni Of Institute and BAR Academy
Newton September7 see circular s. s. STEVENS, A. NJ,
FIincipalI
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For Young Ladies-Country.

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facility for secuIiuga thorough education IN In
Ilsh French and Music Address n b, Newburg Pos
Office, New York
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During our experience Gdretisg school rc hare dt
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oT az otbcr papers Pct tCgtherlJ AMFs and WllALAa
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ltk DAY and ROARDING- SCHOOL for YOUNG LADl Is
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school COle4ste o. four years Careful train
fng In Primary aud Preparatory Glasses.
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JuetrirIicn.

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c0ifCs bcf1rs nc people, ant design y c1nfaic - ut S
coisns.-lA ". COwLrs, ElIiUu ~ - ftmdc teteg''
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-12-24

THE advocates OF the favorite coin OF
our paternsl ancestors in Congress, the
so-caIled silver men, 1T is said, will re-
sort to the expedient OF "tacking" in
case the President should veto the Re
monetization Bill. By attaching its pro-
visions to the principal appropriation
bill the President will be compelled to
sign it, or bring the business OF the Gov
ernment to dead lock. This is ques-
tlonable mode of procedure in any case,
and to resort to it is ineXcusable except
Ing in such an extreme emergency as
would almost justify revolution. This
system Of tactics had its origin in the
British House Of Commons during the
reign Of William the Third, when the
Commons and the Lords we're SO quite
frequently at loggerheads. BY this
lacking" process the Lords were COM
pelled to swallow some bitter pills in
order to secure the passage Of the sup
ply bills, and secure the civil list on
which SO many sciOns of the nobility
depended for their bread and butter.
The principle is now very generally con-
demned by English writer's, and it is to
he hoped that it will never be again re-
sorted to in this country. Our Govern
ment has already had more experience
In "omnibus" bills than has been salts
factory or advantageous.
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the trade they were intended to con-
troll" And 1t seems that while st. Louis
has secured eastward freight rates Chi
cago has secured an immense Western
traffic that is much more naturally trib-
utary to st. Louis, by Offering Western
producers greater advantages than does
the latter city. The Journal further
says: "We are receiving less grain than
we received last year, in spite oil the
abundant crop. Chicago's grain trade
is rapidly increasing. Our pork
packers are not doing the business they
did last year. In Chicago more hogs
have been slaughtered than ever before
at this time OF the year. Other branches
Of business are suffering in St. Louis,
while the business of Chicago is in
creasiug. What is to be done about it.?
Snail we all Sit still and be Starved out"
Aye. that's the rub. TO sit still and
tightening about her like the arms of the
devil tsh, or to shake of her apathy,
and, like Cincinnati, throw herself into
the imminent, deadly breach, by draw
ing drafts on p0sterity to the tune of ten
or twenty million dollars-thaps the
question. And that question is met by
still another. While the country at large
undoubtedly is benefited by the rival
ries OF leading cities and the enterprises
those riValrics develop, are the cities
themselves advanced in any degree cor
responding with the burdens Of debt
and taxation that are fastened like the
Oid Man of the sea upon the. shoulders
of the citiZens? But let st. Louis and
Chicago squabble over the petty ira af1ic
OF the West. Cincinnati has her South
ern Railroad all to herself, and can rest
fearless OF any rival or competitor.