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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-25
PLANNING FOR THE NEW AQUEDUCT

coN,u> sloNrR THoNPSoNs REPORT--Cosr OF THE
WORK FROM HIGH BRIDGE TO YoNkERs.
Al the meeting of the AQucduct Commissioners
Yesterday II. O. thompson reported that he had
Examined the plans and specifications for
the aQucduct tunnel between the Harlem River
and the north boundary of the city, ana approved
them excepting that he was opposed To changing
The form of the aqueduct IN any part OF II; tha ne
was in favor of leaving the shafts OPEN instead OF
having man-holcs; that ne believed the Alue o
duct Commissioners alone should rave
power To designate the powers and QuUeS
Of the engineers; that the same prcG should be
paid for masonry. for backing and for lining ana
that the engineers should not have power To- change
the size and grade of the aqueduct me re-
pOrt was referred to Commissioners Dowd
aud Spencer Chief Engineer Church and
Consulting Engineer DAVIS.
letter from William G. Kingsley, president of
lc stated hat he had examined the SPECIFICATIONS
and found no fault with them except that they
were in some instances rather severe on the con-
report from Chief Engineer Church was sub
mittcd asserting the importance OF having the
aQucduct terminate in reservoir whereby the
pressure might be equalized, and urging the neccS
sIty of making a cohhec ION 'htnHuEH
mains with the reservoir III Central farN'
that being the natural point for general dlstrbu-
tiuu. The chief Engineer also reported IN regard
& the work beginning az point a9 H 90 zee,
west Of shaft No. - near Ihgh bridge 10
point 2OH feet south OF the Poun iH ny
between loukcls and Ncw-lork, that II shoud DE
divided into two sections he total distance IS
2l15O feet. Section A. ll.N5O feet long "ould
have three shafts, and ITS estimated cost Is
S1.24G.OOO Section Il would be- 1900 feet long
with two shafts. and its estimated cost Is ST.
3l3.OOO makiugthc tOtai estimated coNtT2. 5~9OOo.
These documents were an Tot,Ted to the committee
mentioned. The Chlci Engineer asked an appIo-
priatiou ot 5000 for two transit instruments. =
,ro-s->cciou rod and pole. aud VAS referred to the
finance Committee
Engineer OF Construction Craven, who mas
been to Washington to examine the progress oil the
aQucduC there. reported that II was proceeding
much slower han had been anticipated ON account
Of the Inadequate measures adopted Inc
greatest fapiduy of progress had ben
10 feet i'm one month In the No>huirf
tunnel hc found that they had gone III feet ln "a
month and iu the mining tunnel of the same size
as the Washington aQuoduct, seven by eleven iccl;
htteuty-ripht feet m q month. He calculated
that 300 the section of work reported mon 10y ne
(htl Engineer progress could bee hladr OF iVO
feet month tor each shaft each having two head
iues ni .. 600 feet month from III" hyc shHliS,
with ten headings. thus completing the work ~
about twelve months The Commissioners VIII
meet again to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-25

CRICKET on STATEN ISLAND.
A cricket match of unusual interest will be
payed ON the grounds Of the staten Island Club tomor
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-24
THE DEMOCRAT.
TERMS:

The Democrat is published Tri- Week.
y-1aesdays, Thursdays and Sat
wFnays-at Taco Dollars and Fit.
II Cents per apnaw; One Dollar
md Fifty Cents for sic months.
Payadle in aduance.
Advertisements inserted at the rate OF
one Dollar per square for the first
insertion a1sd Fifty Cents for each
subsequent one. Ten lines or less
Of brcrier type constitute a square.
Personal Cards, whem admissible,
wiH & charged double the usual ad-
re7tising rates.
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MORNING. is more hopeless than
an attempt to persuade Republicans
to sustain their party by voting for
an unworthy candidate. Should
they help to reward such candidate
by comforting upen him the highest
official honor in the world they
could not reasonably expect the
nomination of a worthier candidate
at the next election, andt they could
not consistently oppose the election
of any canpidate whom their party
might select. The time to defeat
unfit nominations is when they are
made, not next time. The nomi-
nation of Gov. Cleveland is due not
so much to the preference Of his par
ty''as to the general demand Of the
country for candidacy which
stands for precisely the qualities
and services which are associated
| with his -(Harper's Weekly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-24
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Apply to HENRY ST. JOHN,
Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Chy-
mist, in Exchange Hotel Building,
Alexandria, La.
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TUNTER, MOSELEY e. HERT.
III Cog, Attorneys at Law. Office
nn Front street, between Murray
and Johnston.
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CARDS.

A NDREWS e. FOSTER, flames
II Andrews, T. d. Foster,) At
torueys at Law. Office, corner of
Second and Washington streets, Os-
borr building.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-24
NO. 80.
SOME HINTS ABOUT P1CN1Cs.

SOME HINTS ABOUT P1CN1CS.
The most important part of
picnic, however, is not the weather
Or the place or the dinner. You
may choose the most beautiful spot
in the world, and spread the most
delicious lunch ever prepared, and
yet have the whole thing complete
failure, simply because the company
was not we'll selected. Out-of.doors,
where people are from formality,
unlese they are cogenial friends,
and what Mrs. Whitney calls "Real
Folks" they will be likely to feel
i'll at ease, and miss the support
ffiven by company clothes and man.
ners. Small picnics, for this rea-
son among many others, are usual.
ly much more pleasant than large
picnies.
In making up the party be sure
to leave behind tqe girl who is GER
tain to be too warm or too cold, or
to think some other place better
than the one where she is, and who
has "a horrid time" if she has to
submit to any personal inoonyeni-
ence for the sake of others; and
with her, the boy who loves to
tease, and who is quite sure that
his way is the only good way. Put
into their places some Others young
or old, who love simple pleasures,
and are ready to help others to en-
Joy them.
Next in importance to the COM
pany is the place. It must not be
at great dittance, or you will all
be tired, not to say cross, when you
arrive there. 1t must be reasona-
bly, shady, and not too far from a
supply Of good drinking water. If
the company are to walk, you must
be especially careful not to be over
burdened with baskets and wraps,
for the bundles which seem light
when you started are sure to weigh
down much more heavily before
you reach your destination. Be
careful to have this work fairly
distributed.
Never start until you are sure you
know just where you are going, and
the best way of getting there
Wandering about to choose place
and thinking constantly to find one
more desirable, is very fatiguing.
That matter should be settled be-
forehand by two or three Of the
party, and the others should go
straight to the spot, and make the
best Of it. If any do not like it,
they can choose different place
when their turn comes to make Sc
lections. Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-24
PLATFORM
The NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
Oh

The following is the synopsis of
the Platform adopted at Chicago,
on July sth:
The Democratic party of the
Union, through its representatives
in National Convention assembled,
recognizes that as the nation grows
older new issues are born of time
and progress, and old issues perish,
but the fundamental principles of
the Democracy, approved by the
united voice of the people, remain
and ever will remain as the best
and only security for the continu-
anee Of free government, the pre-
servation of the personal rights of
the States, and the supremacy of
the Federal government within the
limits of the Constitution will ever
form the true basis of our liberties,
and can never be surrendered with
out destroying that balance Of
rights and powers which enable the
continent to develop in peace and
social order to be maintained by To-
cal self.government. 1t is indis-
pensable for the practical applica-
ton and enforcement of these fun.
damental principles that the gov
eminent should not be controlled
by the same political party. A fire.
quent change of the administration
is as necessary as the constant re-
currence to the popular will; other
wise, abuses grow and the govern
ment, instead of being carried on
for the general welfare, becomes an
instrument for imposing heavy bur-
dens on the many who are govern
ed for the benefit of the few who
govern-public servants thus be-
come arbitrary rulers. This is now
the condition of the country, and
hence a change is demanded. The
Republican party, so far as princi-
pie is concerned, is Renaissance
in practice. 1t is an organization
for enriching those who control its
machinery. The frauds and jobbe.
ry which have been brought to light
in every department of the govern
ment are sufficient to have called
for reform within the Republican
party, yet those in authority, made
reckless by the long possession Of
power, have succumbed to its cor
rupting influence and have placed
in nomination a ticket, against
which the Independent portion o.
the party are in open revolt. =
Therefore, a change is demanded
Such a change was alike necessary
in 1876, but the will of the people
was then defeated by a fraud which
can never be forgotten nor con
doned. Again, in 1880, the chang
demanded by the people was de
feated by the lavishness of none.
contributed by INSCRIPTIONS con
tractors and shameless jobbers, VIII
had bargained for unlawful profits
or for high office.
The Republican party, during it
legal, its stolen and its bought ten
ures of power has steadily de
cayed in moral character and polit
ical capacity: Its platform proml
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-24

rASSON, John, Physician and
" Surgeon. Office at residence,
at the head If BeauregaM street.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-07-24

uei WHICH AuleIictn sulPPlhS Has
been depressed; it imposed and has
continued those burdens. 1t pro-
fesses the policy of reserving the
public lands for small holdings by
actual scttlers--it has given away
the peoples heritage till now few
railroads and nonresident aliens,
individual and corporate, possess a
larger area than that of all our
farms between the two seas; it pro-
fesses . reference for free institu-
tons; it organized and has tried to
legalizc control of the State cleo
tons by Federal troops; it processes
a desire to elevate labor-it has
subjected American workingmen
to the competition Of convict and
imported convict labor; it processes
gratitude to all who were disabled
Or died in the war, leaving widow
and orphans: it has left to Dem
ocratic House of Representatives
the first effort to equalize both
bounties and pensions. 1t proders
a pledge to correct the IRREGULAR
ties of our tariff; it created and has
continued them. Its own Tariff
Commission confessed the need Of
more than 20 per cent. reduction;
its Congress gave a reduction Of
less than 2 per cent. 1t professe
the protection of American manu-.
features; it has subjected them to
an increasing food of manufactured
goods and a hopeless competition
with manufacturing nations, not
one of which taxes raw materials.
1t processes to protect all Ameri-
can industries. 1t has impover.
ished many to subsidizo a few. 1t
has impoverished many to subsi-
die a few. It processes the pro.
lection of American labor-it has
depleted the returns of American
agriculture, an industry followed
by half our people. 1t processes
the equality Of all men before the
law-attempting to fix the status
of colored citizens. The acts Of its
Congress were overset by the deci
sions of it's courts. It accepts 8
new the duty Of leading in the
work of progress and reform. 1t!
caught criminals are permitted t.
escape through the contrived delay
or actual connivance of the prose
cution. Honey-combed with cor
ruption, outbreaking exposures nj
longer shock it's moral sense. tt
honest members and it's indepen
dent journals no longer maintain {
successful contest for authority il
its counsels or a veto upon q ba'
nomination. That a change is ne
cessary is proven by an existin!
surplus of more than SlOO,OOO,OO0
which has yearly been collects
from a suffering people. Unneces
sary taxation is unjust taxation
We denounce the Republican pal
ty for having failed to relieve tn
people from the crushing war take
which have paralyzed business
crippled industry and deprived Ii
Dor Of employment and Of its jul
reward. The Democracy pledge
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ALEXANDRIA, La, JULY "a, 1884.

sioners; knowing full we'll, howev-
er, that Legislation affecting the oc-
cupation Of the people should be
cautious and conservative in meth
cd, not in advance of public opin-
ion, but responsive to its demands.
The Democratic party is pledged
to revise the tariff in a spirit of fair
ness to all interests.
The Civil Service.-The various
Offices Of the government belong to
the people thereof, who rightfully
demand to be allowed to exercise
and fill the same whenever they are
fitted by capacity, integrity and en-
ergy the last two qualifications
never to be tested by any scholas-
tic examination. We hold that fire.
quent changes of Federal officers
are shown to be necessary, first to
counteract the growing aristocratic
tendencies to caste of life offices;
second, experience having shown
that all investigation is useless
while the incumbent and his asso-
ciates hold their places. Frequent
changes Of officers is necessary to
the discovery and punishment Of
frauds, peculations, defalcations
and entertainments of the public
moaey.
Resolyed, That we adhere to and
affirm the doctrine enunciated and
established by Jackson-that the
government alone has the power to
establish and issue money for the
people. That the issue of the legal
tender note made by the govern
ment as o method Of borrowing
money to carry on the war, in the
exercise of a constitutional power,
has become the fixed policy of the
United States equally as coined
gold or silver. That neither poll
cy nor duty calls for any meddling
with it.
JOB Printing neatly executed
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at this office.
ADVICE TO MoTHERs.-Are YOU
disturbed at night and broken of
your rest by sick child suffering
and crying with pain of cutting
teeth! If SO, send at once and get
bottle of Mrs. Winslo,o's Soothing
Syrup for Children Teethimg. Its
value is incalculable. 1t will re.
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mediately. Depend upon it, moth
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1t cures dysentery and diarrhea,
regulates the stomach and bowels,
cures wind collie, softens the gums,
reduces inflammation, and gives
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tenn. Mrs. Winslosus's Soothing ST.
rup for Children Teetting is pleasant
to the taste, and is the prescription
of one of the oldest and best female
nurses and physicians in the United
States, and is for sale by all drug
gists throughout the world. Price
IS cents a bottle.
Nor1cE-A Mass Meeting of the
Democratic voters of the Parish Of
Rapides, is hereby called to meet
in the City of Alexandria, on Wed
nesday, the 18th of August, 1884
for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to represent the Parish o
Rapides in the Congressional Con
vention to be held in the City o
Shreveport, on August 2sth. I'm
der the apporticnment adopted b,
the Congressional Committee, Rap
ides will send nine delegates.
F. SEP,
Vice Chairman Parish Executiv
i Committee,
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JOB Printing neatly executed
at this Office.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-26
A 500 BIBLE REWARD

The publishers of Rutledge's Monthly
offer twelve valuable rewards in their
monthly for January, among which is
the following:
We will give $40 to the person telling
us how many verses there are in the new
testament scriptures mot the revised
editiOnl by January 10th 1885. Should
two or more correct answers be received
the reward will be divided. The money
VIII be forwarded to the winner January
10th, 1855. Persons trying for the re-
ward must send 20 cents in silver lno
postage stamps takenl with their an
swer. for which they will receive the
Monthly for February, in which the
maine and address of the winner of the
reNard and the correct answer will be
published, and in which several more
valuable rewards will be offered. Ad-
dress. RUrLEDoE PUBLISHING Co.,
Easton. Pa.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-26

The discovery Of the body of an UNI
known man in Camanche county, seven
miles southwest of Sun City, and its
subsequent identification by \. c. Cloud
of Neosho, Mo-, as his son. several
weeks ago, was related in these columns.
The father never stoTped in his search
for the murderer OF his SON, and at last
learned that his son and another MAJ
had traded horses with Vim. Murdoch,
of this county. From Murdock's de-
scriptiun Of the man. Mr.. Cloud was led
tO believe that the man with his son
WAS one Culpepper, young man who
disappeared from Missouri soon after
his son left there. The matter was quiz
city worked up, and last week Mr.. Muir
dock went To NeoshO, Mo-, where Gull
pepper had been arrested, and identified
him as the man he, Murdoch, traded
horses with. The two are expected
here to-day, and the preliminary exam
nation of Culpepper Will occur soon.
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If It is true, as reported, that the cit
liens in and around the town of Sharon
east OF here ten niles, are demanding
that the railroad company assure them
that a depot viii be established at that
point, before. they will surrender the
rght-Of-way, then they are indeed
standing in their own light, aud if they
persist in their present course, they may
materially injure their chances of get
ting depot. 1t is generally understood
that 10y reason of its superior location,
its geographical position in the county,
and on tie line of the proposed road.
that Sharon VIII be a station; then why
have So many prOvisOSl E5ery delay
now is dangerous, and 1t may not require
great deal of fooiishness To cause the
ralroad company to ignore Sharon and
Medicine Lodge, aud the entire proposed
road directly west OF Attica. There
should he 10 stumbling blocks put i'll
their way.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-26

Col. and Mrs. II. w. Brand are to be
congratulated on the success OF dinner
they spread yesterday afternoon to a
party of twenty of their intimate friends.
For several years-since their advent in
To this cOuntry-this admirably mated
couple have been favorites in Medicine
Lodge society and have been shown
many marks of appreciation by our hos
pitable people. 1t was, in measure,
to show their appreciation of these lit
tie attentions that Col. and Mrs. Brand
had their friends around them yester-
day, and all who shared their hospitality
will long remember the occasion with
feelings Of profound pleasure. The tact
of experienced caterers was brought into
requisition, the choicest delicacies and
substantials Of the season were provi-
ded in abundance, and the result was a
dinner az for kings. The merry party
turned mp their plates at 4o'clock and
II WIS 8 before the genial host and host
eSs would listen to the cries of their
guests, Hold, enough 1T was the
unanimous expression Of the epicures
present that the repast could not have
been improved; the sociable and Guilt
waited guests declared that no more en-
jpyable y gathering could have been
assembled. and all together voted that
Col. and Mrs. Brand have no suprriors
as entertainers. The ISDEx wishes
them many more HAPPY Christmas days,
long life and unbounded prosperity
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a Reliable House

Messrs. Fleming Bros. are always reliable
and Try to secure the best of everything for
their patrons They now have bought large
quantity Of Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup, and
are always willing and ready TO recommend il
to every one in need Of preparation for
coughs. colds, asthma, bronchitis. and con-
sumption. as they know of no other remedy
that iseninine such a wide reputation. Sample
bottles free
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-26

The largest stock Of ladies and gents
gold and silver watches and chains. OF
the very latest patterns. an immenre
stock OF clocks, from the cheapest to the
best; at Hubbaxd's, IN the postroffice
building. q
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40

A Smith 4 Wesson revolver, 80 cali
bre, on the hank of :" North Eagle Chief''
on the road To the CImarrOn, Thursday,
Dec. 18th. 1881 Light colored belt, nt-
L0cc,l scs1o6afl lined w,tp deer skin.
The finder viii be suitably rewarded by
sending the same To the postmaster or
james b shop al BrosS, Kas., the INDEX
Office, or me, AT Ridgeway, Harrison
% II. 8. BURen.
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Teaspoons, desert spoons, fruit
knives, forks, casters, napkin rings, all
in heavy triple plate silver. and war
ranted, at L. E. Hubbard's, post-offlce
building. Reduced prices for the hol.
idays. %
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Come Nm ana ssttle.

Parties knowing themselves indebted
to Ii. T.. Thompson u Co., either by
note or account, will please come up
and settle without further delay
as this firm is DESTROYS of winding up
its mercantile business. ~
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Qur Qniuinu.

After selling numberless preparations We are
convinced that Beggs' Tropical Oil Is unequal
ed. For pains, cuts. bruSes, rheumatism,
frost bites, cb biains, etc, f<is NARRATED by us
!. FLEMING BROS