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lcJ1 BaUrrter-Denmocrat.
FUBLISHIID EVERY SATURDAY AT
LAKE PROVIDENCE. LA.
SAMUEL B. KENNEI)Y, Editor.
JAMES N. TURNEIU.
Publisher and Proprietor.
SUBSCRIPTION: $200 PElt YEAR.
Saturday, November 24, 1900.
Th DIST, IE 'EE ROrbD.
Renoltr mt1eetin" , s.eond WedltneNh: y's
ir, lanuary. A ,ril July, and Octob(lC r, ai
1)1D t,.t. I .
The Police Jury of Red River par
is has fixed the whiskey license at
$400() for 1901, which means priohi
bition and1 lots of blind tigers. Such
a license does more harm than good.
The new .ensnus shows up the big
State of In iilia in had shape. and
most of tie counties and some of the
smaller towns and cities have fallen
off in the past ten years. Franklin,
I)earborn, tlnion, Ohio, Swilzerland
and Jefferson counties show the
heaviest losses.
The total exp)endliture by the Gov
ernmient for Indian service from
1789 up to July 30, 1900, has been
$:16$8,351,:17. The Indian popula
tion of the United States is about
24;7,000, almost as many as when
Columbus laided, of which 45,:; 7)
received a daily ration.
About two hundred and fifty of
the State I[.,versity boys a:coiim
panied their foot ball team to New
Orleans last week to do the yelling
for their team against the Tulane
eleven; but it did no good, and the
L. S. U's. returned to Baton Rouge
with the stufting knock out of them.
W. R. Hearst, President of the
National Association of Democratic
Clubs, and who has given both hi,
time and money to the DI)emocratic
party, sa3ys that "the national head
quarters of the clubs will he kept
open in New York until a I)i'mo
cralic President is seated inA the
White House."
The German Bank of Newport,
Ky., is another of the many hanks
to he looted by a dishonest cashier.
His name was Brown, and is a son
of Parice C. Brown. one of the lead
ing business men of Cincinnati. lie
tapped the bank for $106.000.
Cause: Fast women, gambling,
horses and whiskey.
The census of the United States is
proving to have been about half done,
and there is a big kick going on in
all directions. Jackson, Miss., was
not satislied with the work of the
enumerators emplloyed b)y the gov
Elnument anti had the census of the
city taken again, which proved that
it had several hundred more inhabi
tants than the g'vernrnment had re
ported. It is the same in almost
every city and Memphis is about the
only place satisfied.
The river bank in front of Vidlalia I
has caved so Ituch lately that the
river is now almost to the base of the I
levee, and to protect the town from
certain ruin a new levee has to be
built. A few weeks ago the citizens
by an almost ucanimous vote decided
to tax themselves with a five mill tax
for five years for the purpose of
building the levee and saving val
uable property froma destruction.
Now some ~erank has turned up who
says that he will contest tihe validity
of the election, whieh will tie up,
affairs and prolong the commencing
of this important work, which means
a great deal for the Ilorishing little
town of Vildalia.
The New York Sunday Telegraph in
an editorial on the affairs of the city
government and the New York San,
the dtirtiest paper plulished, whichi
has attacked Mlayor Van Wyck and
Richard Croker, says: "The three
years of Mayor Van Wyck's man
agement of city affairs have been the
best three years in tile history of the
city. With Tammany in the admin
istration office. and 'Iltainnany under
the leadeirship of Richardl Croker,
New York has had the most honest
and economical government that it
has know. There is nothing in Mr.
Croker'a career, nothing in Mayor
Van Wyck's administration, other
than creditable. Yet the mud mills
have all been employed, and the sun
will presently be obscured with their!
product."
When Congress meets in Decem-i
ber one of the first thiungs the states
men will be called upon to consider
-after the parcelling out of the
President's message to the reguiar
committees-will, so it is threatened, I
be the report of the Quartermaster
General of the Army on the matter t
of transports and what the peopleI
are paying for them. For this one
department $47,006,Q07 in excess of a
appropriations for specific purposes
is a heavy tax on the people for the
doubtful value of a precarious hold
on distant and reluctant lands, all it
one yesr, too. Yet this is what will
be disclosed by the report of Gen. t
Marshall I. Ludingtoo, who is chief I
of tihe department. His report, re.
ematly made public, is a brilliant ex
empillesa-tion of the expensive nature
THE PARTY NEEDS NO REOR
GANIZATION.
'T Since the defeat of W. J. Bryan,
the pl,,pers have contained intervicws
with different political leaders stat
r. ipg that the D)emocratic party needs
reorganization and that steps along
this line should be taken between
now ,ind the next election.
'The l)emocratie party needs no
reorgarnization. IWhy should it bei
reorganized ? Fidelity to ifs time
honored principles is the only way
to ultimate success. The cause for
whic.h the )emocracy battled in the
camhpaign just closed cannoit die. and
at the nation will sooner or later per
ceive the fallacies which have mis
led them. Principles never die.
'- IThe D)cmocratic party stankl firm on
t the Constitution. And what better
h lmss could it stand? Because the
'II
country has been misl:lad hy the
1'"prosperity" cry, aol million of dol
lars were poured into the doubtful
ld States by Mark IIanna and th:e Re
e pulien campaign coimmiittee. tihe
I)Democra'tic party should not seek to
better exic-_tig cotdition:s by at
1 teumpting to hebang its foundation
e principlhs, upon which it has built
up to the suiperstructure of an ideal
government-a government of the
V. people, by the people and for the
" people.
n The Republican party ca.innot al
a- ways ride the waves of victory on
ut!
u tln-Americn .ines. and the tide
w ill tu:rn in due time. True Amiri
canism will triumph in tlhe end. The
countrv will see the failacy of in
of leriali-mi and lwill tnt upcn such a
policy the stamp of its dilapproval
And then, when this is done, the old
Sml)enm','ratic party mill rise to the
Sa.cndenlccy., and a reor:anization of
e its llriciples wi li be (only a dream.
POPULATION OF LOUISIANA.
e 'The Suinday Tinte-I)em ocrat gives
the fllow ing lentthy editorial or
ic
li the growth of our State dluring the
,ic last decade :
I- The po,pulation returns of few
States is more intere-ting, not only
1t locally, but to the whole country,
'" than those of Louisiana, for a half
he dozen problems of general interest
arie presented here. We have, to
sta:'t with, a State almost equally
't, divided between the two races, black
ks iand ,white. One census shows a
r. Inmajority of wliite inhabitants, the
next a majority of negroes. Louis.
iana affoldls, therefore, a better
chance of studying this racial move
Ic( ment of population during the last
0. ten years than any other State, for
g, here the whites and blacks have
come into direct competition in a
hmost marked manner. Elsewhere
is in the South there are white and
c black belts, where the labor is
u almost exclusively black or white
respectively; but in Southern Louis. i
is ana, prineiially in the sugar dis
Ie trict, the two races are side by side,
- and there has been, in consequence,
Io a contest that will solve the prob
lem which race is better adapted for
this industry and this section.
Th're has been, moreover, a large
Simmnigration both fromn the North.I
t west and Europe, into the extreme
e southern parishes of Louisiana, antid
naturally much interest is felt in the
experience of these immigrants and
a i the settlement of the diisutied prob.
Ie liem, whether white lalor is adapted
I to the semi-trnopical lands of Louis.
iana, and can work with advantage
a here. The impression has been very
ei strong that the white race was- not
5 suited to hard work in the sup)posed
l torrid heat of the tropics or semi
Stropics, and that the negro is abs.o.
Slutelyv niecessary to the ajricultural
interests there; and this doctrine is
taught in a great many geographies
and histories.
o Thee are questions not of locai.
but of general initerest. There are
other local questions of moment to
I us, the increase or decrease of cer
;taiu sections, the iniluenee of levee
;construction on the population of
Sthe riparian parishes, thie growth of
the railroad towns, and generally
the interior movement of popula
Stion.
It has been a very prosperous de
cade fo(,r Louisiana, more rospler
ous than the previous one. iBe
tween 1881) and 189( the populatiixn
Sof the State increased only 19 pe' 1
cent; inll the last ten years it ha I
m rowin 23.6 per cent. i'hus, whlileI
Ithe rist of the Union bshowed a de
creased rate of griw th as compared
with the prevloious decade, L.ouisi:snana
improved, is well above the average
mr l has gr own faster than any other
(,f the Southiern States except Texas
tand Florida.
SAlthough the census figures pub
lihedl do inot cover the Ilnumber of
wi tlles and ,lackr, the returns are
sufficient to show that Louisiana is s
again a white State, with a very t
Siarge white majority, and that it is f
growing steadily whfiter. This is r
evidenced in the fact that the white
parishe, show a phenomenally large
increase in populatioiin, while many i
of the negro parishes have actually s
lost.
Nearly all parts of Louisiana I
show an increase, but the greatest
increase is in the southern anid south
westeirn districts. Only six parishes
go backward, all of them tn the h
northeastern corner of the State, in tl
the Fifth Congressional District. 81
Three of the six are in the Tensas tl
levee district. Taking the four p
parishes of thie district, the returns
are as follows:
1900. 1890. 1880.
Ceoneordla.... 1t .....3lt9 14,;71 14.914
at Carroll.............i,15 12,871 1.t$4
Madison..............1i,t32 14,i8 11,90 **
Tensas ......... .19,070 106,64 17,813 a
Total..........aas as,, u 8~07R
It will be seen that for the paMt
twenty years this section ha asstetdti
ly decreased in population. 'This i y
strage when it is cousidred" that
during this period the levees of tbhe
paris hes have bopo pt i iae .eceatl
abet conditibou. The deere~s i, ba
1 probablv attributablg to ste depresse.
° ed condition of cotton during the
gleater part of these two decades.
It is whollyin negroesithev eCosti -
n tuft g ~S per cent oftbe populatiou
of *te Tensas parishes.
t- ~e other parisdes that have gone
bha*tward are West Carroll, iinme
de diately adjacent; Morehouse, which
u; is largely negro, and Claiborne, a
eu hill parish, the result there being
probably due to the depression
no caused by thedrontb some years ago.
Red River, St. Helena, St. John
be the Baptist, Union and West Felici
Ie- analshow very little progress, having
ay' grown less than 10 per cent since
or 1lt0.
he A was expected, Arcadia leads
-1 the State .n growth for the de
-cale. thanks to the wonderful de
er- velopment of its rice farms. It ha+
advanced from 13,231 to 23,48:3
ie. people in ten years, an improve
ot Imerntof 77.6 per cent. Very few
ter rsons, however, expected that
e Vernon would stand second. II is
a parish bit little hearJ, from, but
the has ieve-lo;w),d wo d,:tirful' y durl' g
hl- silt' decide in coml-t"eieM'Ce (of beiino'
ful opel:nedl 'p by tiic r"ilroa is awl its
E, great iumbcr 'resources iutilized.
1"he most progressive a:ri-'hes in
the State, those that have grown
to mostr 1jridlv since 18m0, stand as
nt- follows in the percentage of their
Oil gain :
liit increase,
per cel:t.
e A cad lia ........................... 77.
the rnon .......0
Sl. thine .. ....... .... .. .... C4.1
ite r:nt i............ ... ... ...... . ...
. la:'y .. ................. .
':VL :l',i tl ... ..................... .}i
-l V t-r lti lion ........................ 43.5
(Ic 1 , tea ........... .. ............ . 43.
.i ll ,r t hta ... .... ... ...... ...... .... . .; ".7
As will Ibe s:,cn, these are all
e whit"` parishes, an I their grow;h of
J opn i;tionl b,.ar -vid -rcj I) h(' 1 r
:( reres of Loulisiana as a white S!ate.
al Th e :_,reate4 dvlw',:omeit h.as . '1n
Al i, the rice, sugar anl lurnt,er ;.
Ahe tr-ets of the State. Amo 1: the u-1r
pri:e is Washiiigton, a patieh of
of hich wet lear little, buit which
.shows a haildholume growth il thel
dlecadel. Catc'aietu is also a surpri:r
It was generally expected to be
alnost at the head of the list, anld
nes no one thougIlht to hear that St.
on Mary had grown faster.
lie iThe plritie;pal to, as show the fo!,
lotwi,-r, advanle during the decade:
'oplulaltioni. Population, Il crease.
I 1100. 18)0. per cent.
t hre e(port ..., 1i.01 11.:79 ;.t;
, latit R h uge.. 11..6 1,47$ 7.5
I New lbe ra .. ;. i ,14-i7 !1.3
l.ake Cltarles.. t .0) 1.442 ('4.;3
?st Slouroe. ..... . , .:3.)6 (i.7
At Ale-audria .... 4 .7 2.'s61 ,i;.4
I 'row;l . .. 4.214 420 9;3.3
Il ,)r:.hiti nville 4.103 ".11 :1.5
ck l':; 1u ine... , 590 i 'e2 11 4
Sl.afalyt'tte ...... i.814 2.1t6 4.2
"l'i-bthdealx... 3,233 2.;78 Z,6,5
he I lil u;:i ....... 8.212 1,2 0 151.4
8- )lt'loullsas..... 2.911 1.572 7.8
I ra:klin ..... 2.692 2.127 26.6
er Nathiilliches.. 2.3r8 1.s20 310.9
re. 5ior san City.. "2.332 2.291 1.8
t Jackson ..... ,. 2,12 1,276 57,7
or Crowley is easily first in its
v a rapidity of growth, having sprung
a front a small village to the eighth
re town in the State, while Ilouma
coies second in its relative increase.
i All the tolwns, however, show a
to hatndome improvement, with very
1few exceptions, only two, Baton
ioll anuge and Morgan City, having
':r Iwnl less tha 10to per cent in pop
ulation. Lake ('Charles is not quite
as large as popularly supposed, but
both it and its 1neare'it rival, New
Iberia, have nearly doubled during
e the ten years. The table is encour
aging, provinUg the activity and
e rosperity of the towIs of.Louisiana.
In o oother portion of the South
Sand inll few portions of the Union
thas there been as encouraging an
Sipllprovelnent in the smaller towns.
NOTICE.
'The laws both State and Federal
pro;ibit riding ,r driving on, or u-e
of Iei't s as ral twavs, and the River
(1 onlliiil,oI has goulu so far as to past
i- a resolutllion that no federal money will
oI be expended in localities where the
'I law is violated.
i In spteclors will be instrncted to re
port all violators oft'he law for pro
tection of levees to the Gratid Jury
alter January lst 1901; this dale being
Iixcd tlo alhlw Police Juries time to
provide necessary roads
J. T. MlcCLELLAN,
r Presidenut lhard of Commniissioners
e Fifth Louisianas Levee listrict.
If No Poll Tax, No Vote.
S All voters under 60 years of age
ought to take notice tllhat in all the
SState and municipal elections which
are to be held under existing laws
Safter the 1st day of 1900. which is
Sthe 31st of December next, in order
4 to cost their ballots they must have
e paid their poll tlaxes for two years
,lpreceeding the year in which each
a offers to vote, and the receipts, as
I evidence that the tax has been paid,
r must be exhibited at the polls.
a The tax for each year is one dollar,
which is to go to the school fund.
Many persons should be willing to
pay the tax in order to help the
schools, but the matter rests on
more urgent grounds than solicitude
for the schools. On it depends the
right of suffrage in Louisiana. If
the privilege of voting is worth hav
ing, it is worth the small trouble and
small exlpense involved in the pay
inent of the poll tax of one dollar a
Syear.
The importance of this matter is
so great that it should not be neg
lected, and, in view of the fact that
Sthe time in which it can be done is
short, immediate compliance i-ith
the law should not be delayed.
Picayune.
Merchants and ateamboatmen begin
to realize that there is some prospect
for at lest the locl paickets to come
to the city front before- many months
more. It will add mueh to the business
of this city.. Te Joxg,btal of. freight
toj a and ahe ian, eo ier minon
, o tbe traveligj alt uI m e, 3
the lintstin the t nal ,.peg,,--.
Viw arg PoPat. -
Per sbhills aud mieriul ea; ke
Groves Tvszes C.i Tok.b* w
Cotema ·mecrgn~t~rarsie;- ~gPtt setses
e~asemake~ry~rrr sure
The Largest Stock in Provide"ce.
WletaFe o.omu Showing
FOR aENTL EEMI4 PA
COMPLETE- LINE OF
White and Colored Shirts,
E. &- W. Collars and Cuffs,
iHeavj and Light-tceight Underwear,
Hosiery of the Best aýh,
SUmbrellas, of the best quaiitj.
MADE SPECIALLY FOR OUR TRADE, AT $4.00.
SLA.\DIES I)EP.1TMLMENT IS MORE
Coll;:uictc this Fal! and Wi itcir
tiltil evCcL ])cfI 'O.
Dress Flannels, Covet Cloth Venetia9r
Coltb, Gre:iops, \New Percals, t.e Latest in
Woolen Goods, Satins ar?d Silks.
ýL"d 3' ý%ibbI'.Ji Va"ists. R: Ci.{ldr ac..'s beS V4sts.
S- ... . ' - : JUS TTHE TrING
OCR . . s, FOR THE MUD.
OCUR y- -y - --s---t--?
FJ. N. 11L & B30
OU,~ fME_ FALLAND WINT5ER
Stock of Dry Goods, Ladies' Dress
Goods, Notions, Gent's Furnishings,
is the largest and most comp!ete of
any Store in Providence. We invite
you to call.
See our comlpete line
n of Ladies', Misses and
Childrens' Shoes.
Our Shoe stock for
Gentlemen and Boys is
unsurpassed.
All mail orders promptly filled.
iB"See our Show Win(dow Display of Fine Neckwear.
J. S. MILLIKIN.
JJ, .POW'ERS, Pres, A, F, IIMTZ, Vica Pres, T, G, BRiERLY, Secty,
Vicksburg & Greenville Packet Co.,
Steaumers BELLE OF TIlE BENDS, AN'NIE
LULIILE and 1lU'l I
Steamer Belle of the Bends leaves Vicksburg every Monday and Thursday
at 3 p. m.; returning, l,:t ves Greenville every Tuesday and Fr'itdv.
Steamer Annie Laurie leaves Viekslurg every Wednesday aenI Saturday
at 3 p. m.; returniung. leaves Greenville every Tuesdaynv annd, iund:\ evening.
First-class passehger and freight accommn odations. Boats brillianilv li'nted
throughout with electricity. Lights in every stateroom. Cusine unnurpassed.
YANCEY BELL, Agent.
het
ch NEBUCHADNi ,ZZAIR.
ivs You, Nebuchadnezzah. who, sah !
S Whi~ir is you tryin' to go, bah?
I'd hal, you fur to know, sah,
I' a-lholdin' ohbde lines.
You better stop dat pranein';
rs Yo's pow'lul loud ob dancin'.
Ch But 111 bet my yeutr's advancin'
Dat I'll cure you ob yo' shines.
d, Look hear t:nmle! Bet ter inn' out;
Fus't'ing vyou know you'll tin' out
How quick I'll wear dis line out
, 'Jn your ugly, stubbo'n back.
C. You nIeed1l'L y to teal up
to An' lif' dat precious heal up;
You's got to plow dis liefl' up,
1e You has. saih,:fur a fac'.
)n Oar, dat's de way to do it!
le He's comin' right down to it;
le Jes' watch him plowin'-troo it;
1,is nigger ain't no tool.
Some foiks day would 'a' beat him ;
Now dat would only heat him-
Id know j:s' how to treat him
You mus' reason wid a mule.
a He minds me like a nigger ;
ii he wus only bigger
He'd fotcb a mighty Iigger,
IS le, would, I tell you ! Yes, sah !
r- See how he keeps a clickin' !
Ht e's as gentle as a chickin,
An' nebber thinks o' kickin'
Whoa, dar! Nebuchadnezzah !
Is dies beah me, or not me?
Or is de debbil got me?
Wuz dat a cannon shot me ?
Ilab I laid here more'n a week ?
Dat mule do kick amazin';
De beast wus splled in razin',
But now I 'spec' he's grazin'
, On de oder side de creek.
IR WIN RUS8SELL,of Mi esissippi.
it
J. M. KENN EDY,
ATTOlEYT-AT-LAW,
Lake Provai eace, La.
WILL PI.CTm IIN
ALL Tai OOURT'.
Butgst of E1ex nsea.
The folloinu orndin:nc.e of'ered by
Mr. Hye, w >.a adopted :
He it ordained by the Police Jury of
'E.t Carroll parish, That the follow.
budget of parish exp'nj'es for the
calendar ' ,tir 19"t, be and the .ame is
hereby adopted:
Asse.-,o)r; f,.t., - ; 150 00
Sheriffs' f,. - - . .) 00
Witness f ... - - tO 0)
J urors' fees - - s00 04)
,ustic s ,f the PaceC s;taries 175 00
C'onstabl s' salaries - - 175 00
Policee Juar expenses - .0 00
Public pri-:ing - - 2 ,5 00
Serving process beyond the
parish, luratics to the Asy
lom and convicts to the pea
itentiary, - - - 0 00
Clerk's salary. - - 1S) 00
Treasurer's salary - - 200 00
Attorney's salary - : 10 00
Paupers - - 100 00
Sheriff for attending on court 3,0 00
Jail indebtedness - - 11(0 00
Levees - 5- i) 00
Coroners' salary - - 75 00
Clerk of Court fees - - 200 00
Feeding prisoners - - 1000 00
ior building new court house 5000 00
Total, - - $12205 OC.
ROBT. NICHOLSON. President.
C. S. WYLY, Clerk pro tens.
Lake Providence, La., Oct. 23. 1900.
V-Send us in your job work
Merphis and Vicksb g
Packet,
For Lake Providence, Greenville,
Arkansas Olty and All ,Way
Landings,
Steamer DELTA,
Ed. Nowland. Jr......... ...tster'
Joe Poetal ....................Clerk
W. R. Spans. Traveling Representative
'- . .Leaves Memphis e*try
STuesday at 6 p: m.
Will leave Metmphis EVERY Tuesr
ayV at 5 p. m. until further notiee.
JOS. W. MARTIN. W M. P. PHILLIPS,
Formerl with Hill, kF94L pe & Co. Form a Nee
COTTON FACTQORS,.
296 AND 293 FPONT T 5WRS'p
MEMPHI , TENN.
We Make a Specialty of Bender and .Long
Staple Cotton. .- , . . . r-., - .r
LPBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON SAME.
MAX E, V Y
Lake and Levee St,.,
Lake Provitdenoe, La.
. DEALER IN
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The Finest Line of Clothing Car..
® ried in the City. *
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Hats, Caps, Boots and
Shoes, MLackintoshes
and Hunting Coats.
Trunks, Valises and Hand Ba gs,
CANNOT BE SURPASSED.
Call on me Before Purchasing Elsewhere.
A. D. & S. SPENGLER, rGTS.,
....... VICHoSBURG, IBs............
-Manufacturers of
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Stain-work, Interior Finish,
and All Building Material.
Cheapest Place in the South. Write for prices before parehasiag ehaWhsr.e
omen omen o65e0gIoomo aegee '2a
W. B. THOMPSON. P. L. MoCAY,
W. B. Thompson & Co.,
Cotton Factors & Commission Merchants
NO. 808 PERDIDO STREET,
New Orleans, : : Louisiana.
Information for the
Public.
YAZOO & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
RAILROAD CO.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE NOON
JANUARY 28th, 1900.
SOUTHI BOUND.
No. 23-Leave Memphis 9:00 a. m.1
Arrive Vicksburg 7:00 p. m.
No. 5-Leave Memphis 7':5 p. nm.
Arrive Vicksburg 2:10 a. om.
No. 5-Leave Vicksburg 2:20 a. m.
Arrive New Orleans 9:10 a. im.
No. 21-Leave Vicksburg 7:15 a. inm.
Arrives New Orreans 5:50 p. m,.
NORTH BOUND.
No 24-Leave Vicksburg 7:15 a. m.
Arrive Menphis 5365 p. m.
No. 6-Leave New Orleans 4.00 p. nm.
Artive Vicksburg 1152, p. m.
No, 6-Leave Vicksburg 11:30 p. m'
Arrive Memphis 6:30 a, in.
No, 22-Leave New Orleans8:40 a.m.
Arrive Vicksburg 7:05 p. m.
VICKSBURG AND GIREENVILLE
ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Vicksburg 4:20 p. m.. arrive
at Greenville 8:20 ). nm.
Leave Greenville 6 a. m.; arrive at
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The steamer Mississippi, with the
Mississippi RiverCommission on board,
New Orleans last Saturday. after
aking an inspection of the govern
et works on the river from Cairo
n down. Congressman J. E. Rans
oil joined the party at Lake Provi
dence and made the trip through to
New Orleans with them. In the Times
Democrat of Sunday last we find the
following istotripv had'wigl him :
"..'rEs~9eatanl5k.4anasltufLake
Providence. was a member of theparty
SI fitiý li tt 9irver' ommrission e¶s.
{wLio.tIeaJa 046i all inspection of
a ia river. Mr. Rtunsdell,
'together with Chairman T. E. BUoroiu
of the rivers and harbors committee;
.Majqr HLprrd. Major Richardson. Il.
L. blarrindin of theUnited States Coast
sýi tltse+ a'ta ad d Mr. Ocker
smn, arrived in the city last night over
thy Southern Pacific roail from Morganu
city.
--In an intervie( withi the Times
Democrat 'eporter last night at the St.
(Qharles H1otel, Mr. lRansdell talked eu
tertainingly of the trip. lHe said that
the inspection of the Atchafalaya was
merely a cursory one, and that the
Iemnbers of t.e commission spent a
longer time at Sinmsport. where the
sills ,vere placed in the Atchfalaya
river several years ago thati at any of
the other points passed. -'These sills."
s!tid he, '"were of considerable inter
est to the commission for the simple
reason that they were placed there for
rather a peculiar reason. Instead of
the waters of the Atcbafalaya flowing
into the Mississippi river, the waters of
the Mississippi river flowed into the
Atchafalaya, and' thus the sills were
made necessary. They are proving
effecc'al, and though they have been in
position some time don't seem to have
deterioratd."
-.Mr. Ransdell said that a visit wtas
paid the artificial rock works at Kemips'
bend to enable Congressman Burton to
see the unique process by which Major
George MeC. Derby is manufacturing
rock for revetting purposes. Mr. Bur
ton was greatly intereltt'd in the
scheme, and investigated the process
thoroughly.
* 'Thieso Works." explauned Mr.
Ransdell, 'are, so fat as I know, the
only ones extant. Some time ago Ma
jor Derby set himself to the task of
linding a solution to the problem of
overcoming the shortage of rock in
that vicinity. After considerable time
spent in patient investigation, Major
Derby determined to make all the
rock required for weighting the matt
resses. Near Kemrps bend. on the Mis
sissippi side of the river , is an exten
sive sand bar. On this bar is an abund- *
ance of small stones, ranging in size
from halt an inch to three inches. Ma
jor Derby simply uilt a plant, fitting
it with mixing machinery of a compli
Iated nlture. and now when hbe wants
to make rock all he has to do is to
mold them just as a brickyard would
mold brieks.' Major Derby employei
eement as a cohesive agent. 'lie mix
es the rock and cement. I believ .lhis
formula is 1 to 16; that is, to one part
of cement be puts sexteen parts of
gravel. h'be stuff in little less, thap a
semifluid state is placed in large
moulds I should say 10 by 10 inches
by 5 feet i These are exposed to the
sun tor a time, and then, prestoo you
have as tine dtone for weightiig willow
mattresses as.y-cu could desire. 't'hare
is a train railroad. line running from
the rock workst to the barges which
convey the qlone to the points where
it is to be used. nl all, the plant is
novel. and Ithink it would be worth
any ooels time to. pay a visit to it and
carefully go over iLs detail. Yes. Ma
jor Derby's sohemet is unique, and the
hbest thing about it is that it is practi
cable. Anotlier remarkable tat about
it is that gravel is extremely 'scarce
along the Miisesisppl river, and it
seems as if nature couapjired to aid the
engineer.in his seemne by placing the
necessary constituents right at hand.
The manufacturing of this artificial
rock saves n imnmense amount of uon
ey. I see why no reason why it should
not be done at other peoits along
rivers where gravel is to be hast."'
*•Mr. Ranudell was delighted 'siPh
this his initial trip along the. river. it
aflorded him an opportunity to pevrr,
ally see the work being done andi w:I1
enable 1im to intellhgently alp; v i ;.
self to the task he had set h~nuim It t,,
that of using all his influence in (' n
gress in behalf of the rivers and w:ier
ways of Louisiana "
-- - - -
You hear talk of the ''ideal new,
paper." It is like the flower tlimit
never withers, the bird that never
alights, the land where sunlight
niever fades--it exists only in the
immagiuation of the sucker whom
we are told the elements contsuane.
Writing frocw the standpoint of a
country newspaper man, if you
ha~ve ever beeit in his shoes, you
know that he is a repository of the
secrets of the community, ntone of
which he must divulge. He must
publish.a paper chuck full of local
news whether auythinLg appeas or
not. IIH is jtudicial mind must be far
superior to the district jadge, and
give him pointers on instructing a
jUry. He must discourse with
equal flatence upon Jones' Jesey
calf, China painting and Poland
China pigs, preserved peaches and
pteservance of the saints, foreign
wars and local strikes, justification
by faith and justitication of type,
the doctrine of election, the election
returns, the doings of the last synod
and the details of all prize fights.
The receipts of the church social,
arid the squabbles in the town coun
oil must be equtally familiar ,to his
versati'le mind.
With all this, he must wait on
the delinquent subscriber, discount
the bill of patent medicine fakes,
stond off his wash bills, always go
well dressed, pay his printers on
CSaturday night, whether a cent has
come in or not; write free puffs, 100
for every one he gets pay for; boom
the local statesman who owes him
three years subscription--m short,
be all things to all men, make no
enemies, never have a name mis
spelled nor a mistaske in dates, take
the oussiugs of the community and
never case back. This s the ideal
editor and his paper as 'a daisy. We
never saw one.-Alvin 8aun.
An exchange, whose Idenatity We
know not, ~eir trutbully 4e4s: "The
foul-0tlotlhd goslpper who attaoks
Ibe private chareter of 'be rpecIts
bte ltisens does fi more tljory t a
em~bpotik the 'a sWagid iaa.u.
dat vio crmply 6teali esabd eave
b~aseter. If all the u g pp i aaor
ustatb Wil IAp iZ) Iybe foj .. '
els's luerome, abey will t 0eple sa
the WediI will be better."
