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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11
Four Big Things.

The largest sailing ship in the
world is said to be in the posses
sion of France. Her name is the
France" She is a vessel with
five masts, on four of which square
sail is carried. The length is 344
fe 4. with a beam of thirty-nine
feet. The cargo which the
France" could carry is no less
than 6l50 tons. The ship is built
of steel, her masts and yards being
of the same material. She is at
present trading between France
and the Pacific.
The biggest ruby in the world
is found in the Gar of Russia's
crown, which has the distinction
of being the finest worn by any
sovereign. In shape it resembles
a bishops inter, and on its crest
is a cross composed of five superb
diamonds, which support the
biggest ruby. A foliated arch,
composed Of eleven magnificent
diamonds, support this Gloss. and
on each side Of the arch is loop
Of thirty eight pearls, than which
there is nothing haudsomer in the
world
The biggest flower in the world
was recently discovered by DR..
Alexander Schadenberg. 1t was
found in the Philippine Islands.
The native who accompanied Mr..
Schadenberg called the flower
''bolo." The bolo in bloom is a
five petaled flower, nearly a yard
in diameter-as large as carriage
wheel. A single flower weighed
over twenty-five pounds. The five
petals of the immense flower are
oval and creamy white, and grow
around center filled with count
less long violet hued stems.
The largest organ in the world
has just been built by Messrs. Hill,
of London, for the town hall of
Sydney, New South Wales. The
next largest is that at the Albert
Hall; but this one has only ITO
stops, while the Sydney one has
$50. The reed stop of this enor-
nous size of sixty-four feet, and
there are five manuals, this being
the only one which has SO many.
The number of pipes is exactly
10000, and the structure includes
every known method and inven-
ton relating to organ building.
The cost has been $60,0O0.-Ex.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11
The Right Ring,

We respectfully suggest that
we all leave off as much as posi-
bic the wrangle over partisan and
personal politics, and untimely
strive for good and safe Govern
ment, under the suppression Of
crime in a legal and legitimate
way. 1t does not look well for
our Governor to have to seek to
suppress with his own unassisted
fist, however huge the hand and
long the arm, a mob on the princi-
pal street of our Capital City; SO
we earnestly suggest that all such
freaks and outbreaks as recently
occurred here, shall cease at once
and for all time. And at the
same time, let it be known that
personal violations of female sac
redness, regardless alike of age
and of color, can not and shall not
be tolerated, or treated with the
least degree of excuse or allow
ance; and if there be in this city,
and we think likely, any violation
and prostitution of the races under
the guise of wedlock, let it be
speedily mitigated and suppressed
at whatever cost or hazard.
The intermarriage of the races
should not be permitted or toler-
ated; and if there is no statutory
law to prevent it, let the long arm
of the unchecked manhood do so.
And let negro men, as the lone at
tendants of white ladies, whether
as carriage drivers or otherwise,
be relegated to the background
"Let us have peace"-and protec-
tion-but let it be upon the basis
of pure and unadulterated man.
hood and womanhood.-Black-
burne's Free South, Ark.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11

the spirit of the worshiper makes
the idolater.-Alexander Maclaren,
ID. d.
49,
The Devil Hates-Folks who
mind their own business.
People who always do as they
would be done by.
Those whose main object in life
is to benefit others.
People who have the courage to
be poor rather than become dis
honestly rich.
Men who would rather be right
than president.
Women who would rather die
than live in dishonor.
Children who are always obedi-
ent.-Ex.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11
Constable Sale,

No. 32S5-Cole & Dawes VS.. Bette Human.
By virtue Of writ of fieri facias to me
issued, in the above numbered and entitled
suit by Hon. G. ID. Hicks. Justice of the
Peace for Fourth Ward of Caddo parish,
La. have seized and will sell at public
auction at the front door of the courtroom,
No 205 Milan street, Shreveport, La, be-
tween the legal hours of sale, on
SATURDAY. JUNE Is. 1892.
the following described property. o-wit:
lot household and kitchen furniture
Terms of sale cash on the spot. subject 10
appraisement. Q. W. KELLY.
The Progress, June 4, 1892. Constable.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11
Matters Religious.
HYMN.

| ~ INV III VIZ 'o' w pi''4'"
blood,
Cleanse me i'm its purifying flood;
Lord, give TO thee my life and all
to be
Thine hencefOrth, eternally.
Take my feet. and let them be
Swift and beautiful for thee;
Take my voice and let me sing
Always, only for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from thee;
Take my moments and my days;
Let them flow in cease less praise.
Take my will, and make it thine,
IL shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart il is thine own,
1t shall he thy royal throne.
Take my lOve-my Lord. pour
At thy feet its treasure-store;
Take myself, and | will be
Ever, only, all for thee,
~
Some preachers have a smooth
time because they give the devil
no trouble. Nothing is truer than
the statement of an old writer: ~
man is well received by the world
when he comes to hatter it and
comply with its passions; but if lie
comes TO interrupt, to oppose, and
condemn them, what storms, what
tempests does he raise"-Ex.
~
Words once spoken can never
die, they will turn up in the day
Of judgement, like things of life,
and will either acquit or condemn.
Everett.
~
Those who do the will of God
heartily will do it speedily; while
we delay time is lost and the heart
hardened. Henry.
~
The Union Signal is response
BILE for the following estimates:
"The drinking, chewing and smok-
ing population of the United
States spend Sl,50O,0O0,OO0 in
liquors and tobaccos each year;
there is one rum saloon to every
107 voters east of the Mississippi
river, and one to every 43 west of
the Mississippi; and 100000 in
these States and Territories and
of the Union waste enough of
hard substance to feed, clothe, and
pay the house-rent of every FANNY
in the United States.
A writer in the Sunday School
Times urges increased organized
Temperance effort on the part of
the Church, and suggests: eff
few men in each Church or com
will earnestly take the
matter in hand, they will find
themselves strong in the righteous
ness of their cause and IN the
great number who will follow
their lead"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11
Constable Sale.

No. 3271-Annie Johnson VS.. frankie
Douglas.
BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me
issued, in the above entitled and numbered
suit, by Hon. C. d. Hicks, Justice of the
Peace of the Fourth Ward of Caddo parish.
La, have seized and will sell at public
auction at the front door of the courtroom,
No. 205 Milan street. Shreveport, La, be-
tween the legal hours OF sale, on
SATURDAY, JUNE Is, 1892.
the following described property, to-wit;
trunk and contents. Terms of sale cash
on the spot subject to appraisement.
G. w. KELLY, Constable.
The Progress ] une 4, 1892.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11

Words once spoken can never
die, they will turn up in the day
Of judgement, like things of life,
and will either acquit or condemn.
Everett.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11

Those who do the will of God
heartily will do it speedily; while
we delay time is lost and the heart
hardened.-Henry.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11
No Excuse,

| Nv E4Cuhcs
There is no excuse so trivial that
it will not pass in some mems con-
sciences to excuse their attendance
at the public worship of God.
Some are so unfortunate as to be
always indisposed on the Lords
Day, and think Of nothing so un-
wholesome as the air of church
Others have their affairs SO oddly
controlled as to be always un-
luckily prevented by business.
With some it is a great mark of
wit and understanding to stay at
home on Sundays. Others, again,
discover great fits OF laziness that
sieze them particularly on that
day, and confne them to their
beds. Others are absent out of
mere contempt of religion; and,
lastly there are not a few who
look upon that as a day of rest,
and therefore claim the privilege
of their cattle to keep the Sab
bath by eating, drinking, and
sleeping after the toll and labor of
the week. Now, in all this the
worst circumstances is that these
persons are such whose company
is most required and who stand in
most need of a physician.-Dean
Swift.
~
The following paragraphs are
from Way of Life:
If the arrow of prayer is to
enter heaven we must draw it
from soul full before. Prayer is
nothing without earnestness and
resolution.-Dr. Nevins.
Let not one of your talents rust
for want of use. If you have but
one, do not bury it; let it be said
OF you: ''She hath done what she
could."-Anon.
The surest means of salvation is
to do each day of our lives what
we would wish to have done at
the hour of our death.-Angela
Merici.
Advice is like snow, the softer
it falls, the longer it dwells upon,
and the deeper it sinks into the
mind-Coleridge.
Not the name Of the deity, but
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11

Ice cream is q delicious morsel,
and Chas. Stoer makes q palatsble
article. Telephone orders to 1853
Texas avenue.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11

This report is carefully corrected
up to Friday of each week, from the
most reliable sources.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11
L GOAL MAREET

This report is carefully corrected
up to Friday of each week, from the
most reliable sources.I
Cotton Market.
SHREVEPORT, La, June 9.-Cottou
closed steady.
Good ordinary. ................. Nom I
| Low middlng. ..-..-...-.---. 81
mludllnS .:..........''' ...-...-. d 10
Good mIddling ...............s ; lG
Worlds Visible supply
rms year. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SOP ,2t9
Last year. N0t .gSl
Increase Observation-Disclosures. ,09S ,!G5
Comparative Receipts
Since Sept. 1...................G, 9i3.l2
Same time last year. ......-...G ,G19.T
Provisions.
Bacon-Firm. IKE.
Dry Salt Meats-Firm at ne DO.
b ealIfast BacOn-934c by the
Hams-llc.
Lard-5$4@7$4c.
Breadstuffs.
Flour-Steady; family. Si3j'
fancy, s415; patents, S5.3j; 81
| er Dbl. less.
CoTnmeal-Firm AT 1926; =. Zoe
per Dbl. less.
Coffee and Tea.
Coffee-Steady; fair. lie; medium
grade, E12c; better, 10000.
ETea-Fair, 40c; good, jO@ zoe; fine.
75@s5c; finest, 5l@l.25 per ID. 10y chest.
Sugar and Eolasses.
Sugar-Firm; yellow clarified. 4}{c;
white clarified, &c; granulate1. BE-.
Molasses Common, 20c; plImc open
kettle none; choice rebOilcd. BE.
Esculents.
Onions s32jm33O per hbl
Beans-Nayy, l>4@54c pr To.
abbage-NOnc.
Potatoes Eating. 1jc per hu.
BaggIng and Ties.
Bagging-2 H., ne; IA h., 49,.
Twine-FOr bllin% purposes, - e. |
per lb. by the bale.
Iron Ties-None.
Grain and Feedstuffs.
Corn-Higher white. seed, zoe; mix
ed. sacked, GjmG1IEc per bu.
Hay -TimOthy, Sls.oO; prairie, ll.j0 |
@l3.00.
Oats-Firm; Texas, none; Wesern,
45c.
Rve-:125.
Barley-9l.l0.
Bran-$l 90.
Ground Mixed Feed-:l.I0 per 100
lbs.
German Millet Seed :l.2j.
Sorghum Seed-Sl.2j per bu.
Eru;.o oud Hr,.o
Almonds-l1l&c per III.
Brazil Nuts Be per IT,.
Dried Fru Apples, Sc; eyapo-
rated, 90l0c. -
Florida, box, 52.1jN3.0
LemOns-S2.75@300 per box.
ts-Haud-picked, red, raw,
61Z@1c; white, 6@61sc; roasted, lc |
higher on all grades.
Pecans-1214c per ID.
Walnuts-1215c per lb.
RaisinS-New stock, :1.50 per box.
Chickens, Eggs, Butter.
Grown chickens, per dOZ. - 25G2 80 |
Grown young chickens. az 80 |
Eggs, per dOZ............. "a 81
Butter, country, per d.. @l212
Hides and Wool.
Dry flint hides, per lb.... g.. 6
Damaged ............ ...........
Dry sailed. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Bull. ....... ......... .....-....
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
bfeen... .-...-... - ~ L
Wet sailed ......................31z@4
Deer skins 2Ol
Goat skins ................20 G25 |
Sheep skins. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 15g75 |
Wax, good bright. 70
Wool, washed. .................2 5000 |
Spring, clean and unwashed. =. 1920 |
BURY and black. lO@l5 |
TallOw, i'm barrels .... 3
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-11

'''''''''''''.... Master.
leaves shreveport every waa.
day and Saturday AT II m ;ueuues-
cal attention TO all way businesss spe-
Rates on this line are run i'm co,,
ton with the Texas and Pacific pss,
way at Alexandria and shreyepost-
giving through rates, which inek,ds.
insurance to and from all rai,sees
points and Red River landings.
through tickets to and from IA
nlver landings and all points on ~.
Texas and Pacific railway.
NO bills of any cbaracfar ,.h.l
VIII be paid for account OF abova
wr;tasn s. unless accompanied by q
N. L. sCOvELL.
Supt. T. and p. steamers.
=. y. HINTON.
Zen. Freight Agt., DalIas. Ter n
c. CASTOR MEsLIER.
"en' rss. and Tiki. At. Dallas, Tsx
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-01-20
A Few Facts.

New England stood out long against
Christmas and New Years alike, and
her writer's curious in such lore have
told us how cautiously her most dar-
ing spirits first ventured on the inno-
walton. The Chinese New Year opens
with some unpleasant features. Every
tradesman has to pay all he owes or
surrender his property, and sometimes
his liberty. After that they have
three days of riotous fun, feasting and
gambling. The fact that New Years
falls upon the same day or very near
it among all Aryan peoples is a strong
proof Of their common origin. The
most northern nations of ancient Eu-
rope celebrated the day in common
with the most southern. The turn
of the sun from his most southern
point in the heavens appears to have
been the cause OF this general ad6p-
tion of the same holiday season, and
from the earliest times Saxon and
Roman, Teuton and Kelt, Greek and
barbarian alike have recognized it as
an occasion of rejoicing
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-01-20
Meaning of Tin and Terne.

IL is not surprising that there should
be widespread ignorance in regard to
the different kinds of tin-plate, and as
usual the tariff thinkers have taken adj
vantage of it to create an impression
that terne plate is not tin-plate, and
that imported black plates, covered in
America with imported tin, are not
American tin-plates.
1t is in order, therefore, to state facts,
even at the risk of repeating. The n.
* G. Taylor Company, of Philadelphia,
who are manufacturers of tin-plates,
make this plain statement:
Tin-plate is simply sheets of iron or steel
coated with pure TIN or mixture OF tin
and lead. That coated with pure TIN Is
called in the trade bright tin; that coated
with tin and lead is called roofing TIN or
terne. The word terne is French, and
means dull. Previous 10 1880 sheets of
bright tin were put together and passed
through bath of lead, thereby giving
them q much heavier coating than could
be put on the bright tin. Later on the
" elSh makers began mixing lead in their
tin pot, and gradually increased the pro-
portion of lead from time to time, until at
the present time the coating on some p ,ateS
is almost all lead. Plates cannot be coat
ed with all lead because il will not adhere to
the iron, except by an electrical process
which is very expensive, and the tin must
therefore be used.
They add that the best roofing tin is
that which is dullest in appearance. A
cheap grade, which is very bright and
attractive, may have but p pounds of
coating on 400 square feet, while good
quality has 26 pounds and is dull. But
dull appearance is no objection, as any
tin roof should be painted.
In the beStening Of the new industry
in this counirs it has been necessary to
import som min iron and steel plates,
but they are now being produced here.
We also have to import most of our
block tin, but SO does England. tits on
the free list until we can produce it, and
if our mines develop we'll, it will then
be protected. 1t is now free because
we are obliged to import it.-Tm and
Tprnp
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-01-20
A Great Day for Ohio.

A special from Columbus, Ohio, saws:
William Mckinley was inaugurated
Governor of Ohio, Monday. His name is
now linked In the annals of this proud
old commonwealth Us the successor of a
long line OF illustrious men in the guber-
material chair, one of whom became
President and another Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court.
Lieutenant Governor A. L. Harris,
Attorney General ID. X. Watson, State
Treasurer w. Il. Cope, State Auditor f..
w. Poe, Commissioner of Public Works
Z. Il. Groce, and Food Commissioner w.
j. Mexican were subsequently sworn in
to their respective Offices In the capital.
Notwithstanding the severity of the
winter weather, the city was crowded
with people from all parts of Ohio and
large delegations from neighboring
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-01-20

"Increase. decrease.
at will surprise many to see that the
actual circulation increased during the
last fiscal year, Notwithstanding the
heavy exports Of gold. The increase
in the months December, inclu-
sive. 1890, had been greater by $40 $780,
900 than the decrease during the months
January-June, 1891, although in the
latter months the greater part of $780,
10000 gold went abroad. Obviously,
the circulation was not coIrespondingly
diminished when gold was exported,
first, because additional supplies of gold
came from the mines every month, and
second, because treasury notes and
other kinds of currency were also sup
piled in large amounts to take the place
of the gold exported. But when these
other causes of increase are in full
operation, and gold also comes in rapid
ly from abroad, the circulation expands
largely, almost 100000, 900 during the
last half of 1890, and about SIS, 000, 900
during the last half of 1891.
at would be good thing for the
country If Democratic and Alliance
members of Congress could be required
to pass critical examination in these
official records regarding the currency,
and debarred from voting on the SUBJ
ect until they could show a decent
knowledge of the facts. 1t is in the last
half of the year that currency is es-
pecially needed, because the movement
of the crops then calls for more than at
any other time. In the seven fiscal
years prior to Mr.. Cleveland g Inaugural
ton the increase of actual circulation
outside the treasury during the last
half of these years averaged $685.
10000 each year. During the four
yeers under Mr.. Cleveland il av-
eraged only $40,950, 900, and in the
last half of 1855, his first year, showed
decrease. But in three years under
the present administration the actual
increase of circulation during the last
half year has averaged 900, 900 each
year. 1t is not assumed that those are
right who insist upon mere increase Of
currency as the one thing needful.
But if they have any right on their side
they ought to know that Republican adj
ministrations have been able to enlarge
the circulation greatly without endan-
gering its soundness, while Mr.. Cleve-
lands administration began by con-
tracing the currency in a fit of appre-
hension, which had no other founda-
ton than the fact that Democrats were
in mower
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-01-20
CURRENCY AND PARTIES,
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES ON MON
Ely CIRCULATION.
Inc Grand Old Man-The Cost OF Ameri-
can ships-Agsinst Free Coinage-Tin
and Terne Plates-Notes.
Money In Circulation.


Our Democratic friends have been
fostering the idea that the Republican
administration has restricted the cur
rency. They have time and time again
expressed the "iear" that this has been.
VI course, they wouldn't carefully study
the report of the Treasury Department
on the subject, for if they had, and they
wanted to be honest, they would soon
discover that there was no ground for
1Sny sort of alarm that the currency was
Helng contracted. 1t may be of some
advantage to these alarmists on the cur
rencv question to have the fact stated
That 1.-THE only year of the
last twelve in which there
has been any decrease whatever
In the aggregate circulation outside the
treasury was the first year of Mr..
Cleveland's administration" The New
York Tribune, speaking of these Demo-
cratic alarmists, says: at will not
please but may instruct them to know
that the amount of silver and paper re-
deemable in silver in actual circulation
has increased only $ll ,432, $40 during
the last year in spite of the especial OPP
portunities for its increase. while the
circulation of other kinds of money has
4 increased about SIS 100000.
= This official statement of circulation
is painful extinguisher of claptrap
about the currency. 1t shows that the
total amount in actual use outside the
treasury has increased 81, 5l9,6 $50 dur
ing the last month, and $59,S45, 7S6 dur
ing tho last year, and it has risen at last
to $24.52 per capita according to the
official reckoning of population. The
greater part of the increase during the
calendar year has been, as is usual, dur
ing the last six months. The following
statement is compiled from the last an
nual report of the treasurer of the
United States, except for the last half
year, the figures for which are added
from the treasury statement Just pub
lished:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-01-20
building American Ships.

No one is better able to decide the
question, "Can ships be built as cheaply
in the United States as in England ?"
than Charles Cramp, and in the Janu-
airy number of the North American Re-
view he gives reasons and facts and fig
ures that prove that first-class mercan-
tile and war vessels can be and are
made in the United States at very little
more than British cost.
But as to the lower class of ships he
says
Put the plans and specifications of the
average English tramp steamer into the
hands OF an American shipbuilder and he
could not duplicate her. lie would build 4
better vessel, of superior workmanship,
and neater finish i'm every respect, for the
reason, to put it broadly, that the me-
chanics who make up an American ship
yard organization are trained to q higher
grade of production, which they could not
reduce TO the standard OF tramp cOnstruc-
ton. Under these circumstances this
branch of the subject may be dismissed
summarily. with the statement that an En-
glish freight ship of the usual type could
not be duplicated in this country at any
| cost.
So that if we have been building few
er tramp ships than our friends in Eu-
rope, we have, at least, been educating
mechanics, who can do the best work
in the world, and who will not do any
that is not good.
1.-THE proper FORM" says Mr.. Cramp,
ito put the question is: Can you build
ship to do the work of the City of New
York, or the Majestic, or the Columbia,
or of any of the famous frst-class ves-
sells now afoat, in all respects and at
| English cost? To that question / an
swer: Yes, or within as small mar
gin as would prevail in a similar case
between any two British shipyards."
The disparity between the cost of war
ships built in American and British
shipyards, other than those owned by
the government of either country, has
dwindled during the past seven years
until, in the cases OF the three latest
battle ships, the margin between prices
is hardly perceptible. How rapidly the
cheapening process in cost of first-class
vessels is at work may be illustrated
by the fact that Congress, in
June, 1890, authorized the con.
struction of three war vessels, each to
be about "S, 500 tons displacement" and
provided mot more than $4,000, 900 fol-
ne cost of EACH" exclusive Of arma.
ment. These vessels now are in con.
struction, but instead Of as, 800 tons dis.
placement" they are being made to
measure 10, 400 tons, or nearly % pei
cent. larger than was contemplated,
while the cost of each will be S., 200, 600
instead of s, 000, 900.
The adoption by the United States
government of the British policy of in
trusting the construction of war vessels
to private firms has 80 stimulated en-.
terprise that whereas in 1881 there wat
nc forge in this country that had made
steel plates and shapes of the quality