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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

Go TO SLEEP, My BA-A-A-A-BY.-.
We have just received a copy of this
wonderful $4,000 song, and must
pronounce it fine indeed. 1t can be
played on the Organ or Piano. -.
Price 40 Cents per copy; sent to any
portion of the United States, upon
receipt of price, by addressing the
publisher, F, W. HELM1cK. No 1876
West Fourth ST., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Send in your orders early as there is
an astonishing demand for this song.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

THE oldest Mason is again deal
Peter Hammond, Of Genesco, Illinois,
born at Newton, Massachusetts,
April 8, 1776, died on his birthday,
and claimed to have been admitted
to the Masonic order in 1899.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24
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THAT BARGAIN.

A reporter Of The New York World
has recently interviewed Roscoe
Conkling, and publishes six columns
Of that interview. For short, we
will state that Mr.. Conkling, on be-
ing asked this simple question (:
"Well, Senator, would like to know
whether you think true history of
The Louisiana electoral business will
ever be told in Congress, and if 50,
how soonr' paused a moment, then
began very slowly, warming up with
his subject as he proceeded:
eyes, l think it will. I do not
see how it can be kept down. There
are too many avenues open to day to
make concealment of avail much
longer. No reasonable man can
doubt there was some kind If bar
gain between the friends of Nichols
and that man Hayes, and that Stan
ley Matthews and Sherman were pri-
Wy to it.
A great many people have become
exceedingly curious to know precise
ly what the bargain was and exactly
how it was carried out, and Yankee
ingenuity will be sure to find some
means of getting at it. What will
be the result3
The result will be that the whole
country will be appalled, ny the dis.
honor Of this administration. I cell
you, sir, that never in the history of
this nation has there been in the EN-.
tire four years of an administration
so much corruption, bartering Of oiii.
ces, rewarding of political fayorites,
traffic with political leaders, ana bar.
gain and sale of the electoral fran.
chlse as during the past year.
People will not believe until the
proof is shown thew, bit the proof
will be forthcoming. People say
L;,at Mr.. Hayes is a gnod MAJ and
means we'll, but they do nnt know
what they are talking about.
When all the fats are known
about this administration no one
will attempt to excuse the man on
account of his supposed goodness,
nor yet because lie is weak and igno-
rant. The point of peril was not ii,
the South, but in tue West.
II is understood that the Republi
can leaders hal determined to have
Vice President Ferry count the votes
at all hazards, and declare Hayes
elected, and the West determined on
resistance, and no child's play II
that section. General Stedman la.
10000 men enrolled and assigned t,
regiments for the purpose of seating
Tilden in Office in case Vice-Presi-
dent Ferry carried out his pro
gramme.
You may look astonished, but
these things are true. President
Grant was at his wits end. He
confessed TO me that he did not
know what to do"
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The annual, great Oxford and
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

--ON Saturday evening last we
were the happy recipient of q supper,
"as a compliment" from the Rapides
Grove, Lodge No. l, for which We
tender the officers and members our
cordial thanks.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24
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The oil reliable Pool Liner
Texas, after complicated and legal
layup, is again in Red River. She
passed up Friday night, with the
river mail, had a big freight, and lett
for this office two bundles of news
papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

The citizens of Pineville, at a
meeting held on Thursday, nomi-
mated the following ticket: For
Mayor, W. A. Griffin; for Council
men, G. W. Bolton, B. Turner, E. J..
Barrett, L. Abadie and N. Lawrence.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

The New Orleans papers men
tion that W. X. johnson, tour Nim,' %
has been promoted to good, paying
Clerkship in the Custom House. We
are glad to note such appreciation
OF the cspability of a son OF
Rapides.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

The annual, great Oxford and
Cambridge boat race was easily won
by the Oxford crew. Last year il
was dead heat between these mag
lnifcent English college crews.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24
ALEXANDRIA, La, I

ALEXANDRIA, La,
April 10th, 1873. :
The Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment. On. account Of the unavoidable
absence of the President, F. Seip, Mr..
w. j. Calvit was elected temporary
president.
All members were present.
The minutes of yesterdays meeting
were read and approved.
A petition from citizens Of Bayou
Clear was presented by Mr.. Calhoon,
asking that the road known 40 the
Bayou Clear and Spring Creek road be
changed to the South bank of Bayou
Clear, the petition being granted the
following resolution was offered by
Mr.. Calhoon,
Resolved, That Josiah Miller, ST.,
James Orr, and j. P. Willis be appoin-
ted Commissioners to open new road
from Big Bayou Clear Bridge, BY way
of Pannell Hill to Texas Road near the
residence Of Josiah Miller Sr, and that
Helm Campbell be appointed Syndic
from Robinson's bridge to Pannell Hill
and thathe summon all hands subject
to road duty, and proceed to open said
road to Pannell Hill, and that Thomas
Barber be appointed Synd,c on the
road to be opened from PANEL Hill e
Texas Road near Josiah Mille1's Sr.
and that he summon all hands subjec,
to road duty living near said new road
and proceed to open same according t.
law; and further that Road Distric
No. 9 leading from. the Texas road t
Cocktails Bridge be and is hereby
discontinued, and that all the hands
GU this road be transferred to the abov,
mentioned new road.
On motion of Mr.. Bolton,
The following resolution was unan
imously adopted No
Whereas, tue State Legislature BY
Act approved March 18th, 1873, emit
tied Gan Act to authorize Police Jnriel
to make such regulations as they may
deem proper, to prohibit or regulat.
the sale, barter or exchange of intoxi
eating liquors or merchandise on Sun
days." and;
Whereas such traffic has been here
tofore carried on to the great detrimeD
of the interests and peace of the pub
lie, therefore
Be it Ordained, That all stores O.
places of business, where liquors o
merchandise are kept for sale, Within
the limits of Rapides Parish, shall b
required to be kept closed, by thei
proprietors on Sundays, and all per
sons are hereby prohibited from sellin,
bartering or exchanging any intoxica
ting liquors or merchandise on sail
days; and
Be it further Ordained, That an,
person violating the provisions of thi
Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and on conviction befor
any competent Court OF the Parish
shall be fined, for the first offence no
less than $25 nor more than 800, an
for tho second and every other ofenc
by the same person, shall be fined a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

w. j. De LACY is the Grand
Worthy President and C. E. Curtis
the Grand Secretary of Rapides
Grove, Lodge No. l.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

THE weather was tolerably fine
on Easter--full and decent attend
ance at all the Churches, and the
"boys" gloried in plenty of well-dyed
eggs.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

WE are obliged to the clerks of
the Bart. Able for our usual compile.
ment of papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24
DRoF. A. ALBERT. A FRENCH PHO
n tographer, has arrived and is ready
TO TAKE ALL KINDS OF PICTURES.

H. P. LUcKETr, Collector of the
Parish Taxes, has settled up in full
with the Parish, and received his
quietus at the last session of the
Police Jury. His collections, in
round figures, sum up thirteen thou.
sand, four hundred dollars, and the
cum Of four thousand, six hundred
and ten dollars and thirty five cents
are placed to his credit on account OF
eDelinuuents."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

which I refrain from mention now
I have written to Captain j. G
White concerning the getting up a,
home of Joint Stock Company, t.
take one-half interest with me tt
complete what was foolish enough
to believe that I could get done here
The business and monied people
of the city of New York have changei
since I formed opinions of their en-
terprising spirit. Under the impress
sion that we can't forgive them, they
are suspicious of anything and every
body Southern; nothing that tends
to get us up in the world meets will
their approyal-in fact, they dom
want it. They want US TO be poor
and stay poor and humble, so tina
their words are made good, that w
are not able to help ourselves-cn
tirely destitute of muscle or brains
without slavery. They chuckle ovel
our downfall, our crushed dignities
rather dread our prosperity, as thai
might make presidents, as they think
they know by experience-besides
though they are wide awake and
more interested about inventions
than we are, yet their capacities, in
general way, lie in the direction Of
small and cheap things. They arrive
at results by actual experiment only
not from principle and the law Of
things. They cannot or will not see
into anything that is not shown by
tedious repetition, and not then SC
easily, unless it be perhaps a new
contract for carving out a better
shaped and more saleable wooden
ham, or wooden nutmeg machine.
So you see what trouble I should
have had if / had got their aid, and,
besides, I did not know how far l was
justified in discussing my designs to
people who will not scruple to take ad.
vantage of things to supersede me.
But, after all, I had sooner make a
sacrifice in favor of our own folks,
Gas I must have help), than to ask
their aid in the way I must. The
whole thing can only benefit oul
Southern country. I planned moth.
ing to pillow rocks, and as I was say.
ing, want the merchants and plant
ers of Rapides, whose benefit it is
directly and indirectly intended. for,
to help me out by at once seeing
Captain j. G. White, and with him
form Joint Stock Company, paying
down only u to 10 per cent. on each
share, until after I bring home and
exhibit to a meeting the working
models Of all this machinery, 10 in
ally, and if it fails to convince the
most sceptical of the possibility and
feasibility of the whole thing, then
no one will be required to pay furth-
er. I do think that from so cents to
$5.00-or even $10.0O-would be o
small amount to risk to help demon.
strate an invention, where the posi-
bilities of profit and general prosper.
ity is so great, if it succeeds, but if it
fails, you would even then nearly get
your money back, by seeing one fel
low take back seat. Now, will you
do it2 Will you give it notice in
the DEMocRAT9 If / dared to read
this over after I have written it ]
might ask you to publish my letter,
and if you should deem it pertinent
enough, after dotting the is and eros
sing the is, slap it in, as / at first
sat down to ask you; if you do, send
me copy, SO may see how it reads
Hoping to hear from you soon, with
of my plan, 1 am truly,
Your Friend,
j. j. GOFFE,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

Ar 10 o'clock this morning,
sharp time, the Packet Bart. Able
leaves for New Orleans.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE TOWN
NOTICE!

Joseph SHIELDS. DISCIPLE OF
aD CHRIST, WILL PREACH IN THE
TOWN HALL, EACH NIGHT OF THIS
WEEK, AT HALF-PAST Sc E N
O'CLOCK. ALL ARE CORDIALLY IN.
FITED TO ATTEND.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

The Sheriff of Bossicr was a
passenger on the Silver City, bound
for Baton Rouge with six negroes
sentenced to the Peniteltiary.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

The Parish Court was in session
all of last week.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

DROF. ALBERT'S PHOTOGRAPHS
i are the BEST WE HAVE SEEN
HERE YET.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24
THE "FASHION" CALENDAR
CLOCK.

An agency of the Southern Calen-
dars Clock Company has been estab-
lished and permanently located in
Alexandra. It's business manager
and regular statesmen are here, their
fine express wagons and excellent
teams of fine Kentucky mules are
here, and, in faes, it is an established
fact that this well known and highly
reputable Company are fixture
here, have a local babitation and a
good name, and almost daily their
fine "turnouts" are seen dashing out
of Town, loaded with the famed
"Fashion" clock, and just as often
returning light to renew their traile
trips. We have only space, this
week, to state that the worth of the
invention NJ the Clock, which these
gentlemen offer to the public, has for
its object the accurate measurement
of time, is made tlrnugllout in a
thoroughly workman.like manner,
Is not liable TO get out of order, is a
perfect time-keeper and accurate
calendar.
THE Police Jury, by the author.
ity of a recent Act of our Legislature,
have passed an Ordinance prohibit
ing traffic of all kinds on Sunday,
and have established heavy fines for
all trespassing against their enact
Inent. We doubt the feasibility of
this new law; in the first place, it
can't be enforced against our Town,
as we clearly believe that the Police
Jury have no constitutional right to
NEEDLE with our Corporation. We
have certain rights given us to legis-
late by the same power that gives it
to the Police Jury and they are
clearly distinct and not in conflict;
and, in the second place, we do not
believe they can properly and fairly
enforce the law in the Parish. What
we mean by this Is, that it will work
like our Town Sunday law, which is
only obeyed by good citizens, and is
made an instrument of profit, speci-
ally on Sundays, by the back door,
side door traffic of a few, who are
permitted TO break the Ordinance
with IMMUNITY, besides being allowed
TO have champion day of it, on the
forbidden day, whilst law abiding
merchants are obeying the Or.
dinance.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-04-24

! WIG ieouiV o0SV ouo"o 1u0 poSSiulllVy
not the practibility. They have
gone to work with the irrepressible
idea of Cincinnatus' OK in the front,
and the consequence is, it takes more
men to steam plow, than it does to
an OK pillow. The New Workers have
invented fire engine that draws it,
self all over the city, and does it's
work when at Ere. Messrs. Ave
ling and Porter, of Rochester, Eng
land, had on exhibition at the Cen
tennial, two locomotives, constructed
to run On common roads, their pur
pose being rollers, for their stone
covered macadamized roads. Now
if steam can move over common
roads an engine so ponderous as they
must be to do such work, then why
can not one of lighter build, with
same power, draw over any road
where horses can, carrying an equal
load that the horse does, whose
power it is competed by. Now on
chat | have based all my plans, and
have thought out the principles and
designs for machines to accomplish
all the labor Of a southern plantation,
to clear the land, saw the lumber,
pillow, plant, cultivate and gather all
1.-THE principle crops and more to-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-09

In the race suggested in yesterdays
HERALD between Columbia, the Shoe-wae-
cae-mettes and the fast Atalanta four, there
is one other team which ought to enter
namely, the Harvard crew. It's participation
would add immensely to the interest in the
contest. When Harvard disposed of Column
bia in the Fights SO easily last season it was
well known that the latter was in no shape
for race. Her present four is unquestion-
ably q faster crew, rs four, than any eight
she now has rs an eight. Harvards eight
this year was fast and doubtless four of the
men could be chosen who would make an
excellent team. Columbia is said to be
eager to meet such four, and
now that SO many good crews
could, without much difficulty, be
brought together, it seems too bad to let
the chance go by. It is vacation time also
with the students, so no troublesome fac
ulty could interfere. Captain Bancroft has
great confidence in his men, SO has Captain
Goodwin in his and Captain Eustis and Cap
tain Nadeau in theirs. Let US have a battle
between them all, and if Yale or Cornell
four would like to have hand in, by all
means ask them to come. The metropolitan
meeting is set for the 2Sth instant, ana, If
the managers will include this event, it will
lend OH interest which will make the meet
ing the most popular one ever seen on the
waters in the neighborhood Of this city and
in addition be great benefit to the ASSOC
citation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-09
nowsirs Newspaper Directory.

We exposed day before yesterday some of
the operations Of the firm of advertising
agents who, by means OF Directory, have
endcavored to fasten themselves upon the
press Of the country as n sort of parasite
useless, inconvenient and noxious even;
yet nourished in the general prosperity
through the impudence and tenacity with
which they adhere to that which they in
lure. Cotton Mathor was of opinion that
there were great many men in hell who
got there through following the example of
King David, though David himself, having
rcpented of his evil ways, went to heaven.
Every evil may, perhaps, be related
to some good rs nearly, at least, as
that, and thus even this preposterous
Directory might, in the simple form
of such publication, have some value. Any
simple list OF the newspapers published in
tho United States in any year Of the GEN.
fury, with statement of their circulation
accurately aud honestly given, would be
valuable contribution TO the back shelves Of
a museum there to be found q century
hence by some one rumnaging for material
from which to make history of society in
tho United States. But this list would be
useless even for such q purpose because of
the impudent dishonesty and careless in
accuracy of it's figures. As an instance Of
the latter, Rowells Directory states that the
HERALD was established in 1881 !" tho
easily ascertained fact being that it was
established in 1886.
1t is the plan of the publishers of this Di-
rectory that when they have inserted tho
name Of newspaper in their list a certain
sum of money thereby becomes due them
from che proprietors of the paper, which they
endeavor to extort by such means ms they
have in hand From some papers they will
take the money in advertising; toward others
they proceed differently. But how, IL q
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-09


Pending its consideration OF our polite
request to the Sur that it shall follow the ex-
ample of the HERALD, and publish sworn
report of its actual daily circulation for the
last three months. our brilliant contempt
rary has called to it's assistance
firm OF advertising agents, who, in letter
which the Sun surprises us by publishing,
impugn the correctness Of the HEEALD's
sworn report Of circulation. These persons
say 1--WE still believe the Directory report OF
sixty thousand daily circulation OF the
HERALD to be nearer the facts than the
figures issued last Saturday" in the HRnAID's
sworn report.
This is a gross impertinence in Rowell x
Co., and they ought to understand that an
impertinence is a luxury for which even
advertising agents should be willing to pay.
We make, therefore, the following propo-
sition to Rowell a. Co. If they, or their
friends Tor them, will put up twenty-five
thousand dollars, with the condition that this
sum shall be paid by them to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art or to any public charity that
may be agreed on, in case the sworn report
proper and thorough examination to be
correct; and if Rowell Il Co. will agree,
moreover, in that case, to make proper,
public and humble apology to the
HERALD for their uncalled for i'm
pertinence, the HERALD will also put up
an equal sum of twenty-five thousand dol
lars, which it will agree shall be paid over
10 a. ~ Art or
to any public charity that may be agreed
on, in case its sworn report Of circulation is
proved false. The condition being that
Rowell Il Co. shall choose one respectable
expert, to make an examination of press
rooms, books, papers, &c. /; the HERALD shall
choose another; and these two shall select
third; and the three shall forthwith make the
examination and report, which they shall
publish. This much for Rowell a. Co., who,
we trust, to use the language of Western
sporting men, will now ''either put up or
shut up"
Meantime the HERALD's offer to our esti-
mable contemporary the Sun remains open,
without money and without price We
repeat this offer elsewhere on this
page, and cherish the hope that though
for the present the Sun declines, it
will still see its way to publishing
the sworn report Of its actual daily
circulation during the last three months,
which is necessary and proper prelim-
mary as the public sees, to further pro-
ceedings. In making this sworn report it
will include of course, only the number Of
copies daily and actually sold, excluding
copies, if any, sent on sale, but not sold and
for which money was not received.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-09

We regret to see that the Evening Post does
not favor our proposition to make Nh. Dana,
Mr. Jones or Mr.. Reid Mayor of the city.
1t says we want these gentlemen in their
Offices in order that from that cool point of
observation they ''may watch the man who
is in the Mayors Office" But that plan has
been tried. They have watched the man who
is in the Mayors Office great while Some
of them, as pointed out by correspond
ent whose communication we published
few days since, have watched the men who
have figured in that Office for a quarter of a
century, and others for n shorter time, but
always with the same result-thnt the per-
formance Of the duties of the municipal
executive has not been materially bet
tered by the process. But in the
course of these years OF watching the gen-
tlemen named have had the opportunity to
familiarize themselves with all the defects
of administration, to observe the setting OF
the nets with which the cliques of politi-
clans catch the new and innocent Mayor as
he comes in, and they have observed time
and again just how he might most efficiently
overcome all obstacles and assert his func-
ton with vigor and success They have
not only seen all this, but they have pointed
it out in their columns from year to year.
If any one Of them had had the official au-
thority is IL to be doubted that ho would
have acted from precisely such conceptions
of the proprietics of the position as have
dictated the often trcnchant criticisms Of
tho mistakes made by successive Mayors
Certainly not Whit wc propose is to give
to my ono Of them just this authority, and
thus to utilize for the public great volume