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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18
A STRONG LETTER.
Bieny;Ile Parish Contributes to tie suI
port Of the Progress.

port Of the Progress.
BRowS, La, June IA, lo92.
Editor OF The Progress.
The fact that / am not farmer
will not. 1 hope, debar me from
appe airing in your columns, espe-
ciallv as | shall do so in the field
which you occupy; for there are
other interests which you advocate
and uphold besides that especially
appliable to the farmers.
I have been reading The Proc
REss almost from its first appear,
ance in the field of journalism and
I noted with keen pleasure the
bold. dauntless and aggressive
stand which it took against pot
house politics and politicians
Our community was glad to not'
that there was a newspaper IL
North Louisiana which was brave
enough to dare the influence o
this saloon element and not onl.
resent its attack on our body poll
tics. bat become the aggressor Il
the warfare. / have always beel
a Democrat and for years hay
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18
constable Sale.

No. 324-Mrs L. Hulsizer VS.. Hamp Jonn-
son. -, .
By vine of a writ of feri facias to me me
issued tine above numbered and entitled
suit, byhe Hon. C. L. Hicks. Justice OF the
peace fothe Fourth ward OF Caddo parisn
Louisiah / have seized and will sell a,
public alton, at the front door OF tne
courtrooi No. 205 Milan street oeIeNe
mort La. .letween the legal hours OF sale,
SUNDAY. JUNE 25, 1892, ..
the followg described property, to-wit
One lot of pusehold goods. Terms OF sale
cash on th.pot, subject to appralsement
c. W. KELLY, Constable.
Progress, rne IL. 1891.
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Constable Sale.

:o. 3299-R. B. PolndeXter VS.. tloIehce
simpson ana Albert Collins in solldo.
Bv virtue of a writ of tieri faeias Is,
sed to me in the above entitled ana
nmhered suit by Hon. &. ID: HICKS,
Jstice of the Peace Fourth Ward OF
Cddo parish, La, have seized anu
wi seli at public auction at the front
dor, of the court room. No. 2Oo Milan
strat. shreveport, La, between the
Leg hours of sale, on
SATURDAY, JUNE %. 1897,
the blowing described property, TO
wit: one lot household goods; leIuis
of sac cash on the spot, subject 10
appTisement. Z. W. tahia hhhh
| Proypss- June IL, 1892. Constable.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

fuence which / possessed for the
OF Democracy; and
while the dear old party has year
after year, since the days of recon-
struction, been triumphant IN
North Louisiana, in latter years
the pleasures of success have been
dampened by the advancement
which the saloon men have made |
in the councils of our party. L
have for several years watched the
encroachments of this element
with sore misgivings, and
hoped that some staunch herald
would appear with heart stout
enough to send forth the alarm
ian enemy in camp and no one,
not even l, could do justice to the
state of my feeling when L first
saw THE PRoGREss and recognized
therein such a champion as had
! hoped for. Oh with what pleasure
did consume, you might say, the
language of the editorial; war!
war! war, seemed to emanate from
each word. The trumpet blast OF
this young warrior seemed to echo
among all the hills and valleys OF
old Bienville and its manly notes
aroused the better elements in my
nature, and ! exclaimed here Is a
crusader to whose side must rally
all OF the good men and women of
our State" and / learn with much
qualification that it is a welcome
visitor to hundred of households
all over North Louisiana.
L hope that l will not become
tiresome to your readers but | fee
: it my duty to let the world know
that THE PRoGREss had thu
moral as well as the tinan
: cial support Of this community
; az it should in every place wher'
! genuine man and womanhoo'
have any standing. L have a fam
l ily OF both girls and boys who's
, future course | am responsible tol
y and 1 considered it gross negll
Z gence bordering on crime to furthe
{ withhold my declaration Of SUP
c port. They know [ have write
this article and l believe that
has had its effect.
/ Just word for the party and
L will close. Unless this saloon IL
y fuenca is overthrown Democrac
IL is bound to lose in the end. Th
le clear minded moral men love the
d families better than the old part
Al even. and if the latter choo5t
II dram shop bosses for her politics
J. favorites instead of the forme
10 then she can look to that class fC
d. her entire support, for we will NJ
III rear our children with the id'
le that men who sell whiskey al
70 make drunkards, are preferred |
III the party to which we belon
an to those whose lives are tempera
fit and moral. Yours very truly,
90 HOME.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18
Constable Sale

No. s220-Bernstein Bros. VS.. NJ ~.
cock.
Bv virtue of writ Of tieri facias To
sued. in the above entitled and nuf me
3D. paa ~ the fourth Ward of Caddo lof
Ia have seized and will sell at ,parl
auction at the front door Of the eout put
of Caddo parish. La, between thftho'
hours of sale. on - ie
SATURDAY, JUNEls. 1892
the following described pioperty.
one lot Of household and kitchen fun to-N
snnraisement c. w. KELbject
The Progress, June 4. 1892. Cons1L 7
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

KEACHi, La, June ID, lo92.
To the Progress.
One among the many neglects
on an average hill farm, is that OF
keeping the labor proftably en-
ploved during the whole year.
This holds good with the small as
we'll as the large farmer. 1t has
often been mystery to me how
an all-cotton farmer could keep
his hands employed during the
whole time. The old tradition
which claimed that a cotton crop
would keep hand busy during
the whole year has long since, 50
far as the hills are concerned, been
exploded. A man may claim that
he has worked the whole year, but
if he honestly will put down every
days honest work given to the cot
ton crop he will be surprised at
the small proportion of time used
during the first eight months OF
the year. Try it, brother farmers,
and you will be equally as much
surprised as l was when l learned
the result.
The greater part of July and
August can be proftably employed
by the catering Of the pea crop
and the manufacturing Of sugar
and molases out Of sorghum. 1t
Is about the latter l wish to say
few words.
1t may be news to many o.
your readers to learn that the e.
ueriment station at Calhoun, La
has solved the problem of making
sugar out Of sorghum, it havin:
been made of sufficient higl
lgrade to entitle it to the govern
L.. Jounty Of ? cents per pound
3 the averaga yield Of sugar bei1'
nearly one thousand pounds t
the acre, which would entitle tn
farmer to twenty dollars per acr
bounty besides the value oi IA
. sugar. molssses and seed
The whole business needs notL
ing else but intelligent investlg'
ton, with some cooperation o
the part of the farmers, machlner
having been scattered throughou
Z North Louisiana to make til
sugar with. Last fall l sent
Young man over to the station tn;
: DR.. Stubbs and Major Lee mlgi
show him some few of the essel
e tial things necessary to know
D. commence with. He remained
a the station from Thursday moo
:: until Saturday evening, can
ID home, and the following week v
At at made a good grade of brow
le snpar with a small mill, and op'
pan evaporator, the whole out
D. not costing one hundred dollal
as To go into detail as to benefits d
u rived from the planting OF a SO
! ghum crop would make this artl(
too long, therefore 1 shall not
n tempt it, but it is my humt
ne opinion that the sorghum can
he se made a staple crop in North Lo'
n siana. If l am not mistaken "a
he tian 1. M. White, of Cedart(
lie, Lincoln parish, La, made sue
last year of sorghum cane a
ale ale drew bounty from the Unit
n'' n States government. Cannot 9TH
. do likewise?
. PRAcTIcAL FARMER
~
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18
Estray Notice.

Taken up on "Townsends 1.1ondr
on Tuesday, May "a, 1892, by Si.'na .uar
Ward, and estrayed before nj Ahu ~
undersigned authority, One Retss cr. IN.
with white spots on belly, NJ wv 70"
with crop aud under-bit in lela'A ss. Ae.
and, crop and swallow-fork iq' sa.
ear. Animal Il about years lSil
has q calf about 5 weeks old. 10 ah'
The owner win come forward
property auc pay all charges, prov
willbe sold according TO law: pr sam
CD. HI 49,
Justice Peace Fourth Ward ~,
Parish. La. ea"'
The Progress. May 2s. 1892.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18
Constable Sale.

No. 32o7-Mrs. B. NsssiIe vs.. T. Key
By virtue of a writ Of ieri faeias to
sued. ia The above entitled and nun;ile ne,nd "a
SUIT py hoh n rnr,h Ward OF Caddo Ibf the
feace ,, y, ane re legal hours of sale parish,
SATURDAY. JUNE Is 1872, on
the following described property, IL.
j lot household aud kitchen fuftQ-Wlt'
len,ni aenraisament oa c. ". KELEect to
he Ptogress. June 4 ls92. Consri,
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18
TURN LOUISIANA LOOSE,

SHREVEPORT, Lid, Jane J., l~92.
To The Progress.
The campaign cry of the Clark
faction of Texa, Is. turn Texas
loose" and l have been thinking
how much this applies to our own
State, that she might take her
proper place among her sister
States. If We cast our eyes back
over the history Of Louisiana. we
find that ever since she emerged
from the four years of war she
has been the prey Of all the wan
dering vultures to feed upon. BY
heroic effort she was turned
loose from carpetbag rule; even
at the cost of the blood Of some Of
/ her devoted sons. We thought
then that she was free and that
our progress would be onward and
upward, but such has not been the
case. Political fued among our
selves sprang up and has been the
cause of staying the march of
progress. Only in the past year
or so have we noted the determi-
nation of her people to turn Loui-
siana loose. Who of us who en-
gagged in the late campaign can
ever forget the bitter fight that
waged so fierce and long to turn
Louisiana loose from what Is
known as the Louisiana State Lot
terry? That, like other hendrances,
will soon take It's place in the
dark back ground of the past, and
once more Louisiana will be
turned loose. Can we not turn
, loose from other hindering causes?
First. / shall name the blighting
! curse cf partisan warfare. Let
MS who have been so bitter over
the past political differences shake
! hands and unito efforts to push
. our State to the front Then will
we be free from political bossism
and our attention will be directed
to public education, agriculture
7 commerce and immigration, and
. everything that tends to make us
!. a greater people. Louislani
: should NOT any iongol , Soa2c
Y hand and foot, with a soil anc
i climate unexcelled. There is nj
'e reason we should be in the back
, ground. and always making ex
cuses as to why wehave not prog
:? ressed. Just think Of our being on
u. among the Oldest States IN TIA
d Union, yet far behind many OF Gu
le territories in point of progress
a Lei us turn loose from the Oh
er fogy ideas as to agriculture ans
~ production of every thing that g
T. to sustain our people. Let U
turn loose from Kansas and Mis-
r. souri,, and have our corn cribs an
81 meat houses at home; build ~
- our waste lands by live, wideawak
at immigration; do every thing POI
he sible towards making ourselves
tn free and independent people; let tn
Is. farmer turn loose FROM the eommil
lal sion merchant; be what eiod II
id. tended he should be. in his high an
in noble calling, an independent MAJ MAJ
When this is done, all other goo
things will follow, and Louisial
lie will then be turned loose on u u.
for high road of prosperity, weai' "a
mo and fame. Yours, ~
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

The Vermillion Star says: MIR.
Camille Landry, three miles east
of Abbeville, lives in a house that
is more than 100 years old. The
floor and roof is put on with
wooden pegs instead OF nails;
The house is still on its original
sills, and they are perfectly sound.
This is about the oldest house ID
Southwest Louisiana.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

Mrs. Jon d. Murray, in Allen
dale, is seing fresh eggs for set
ting; not toroughbreds, but what
Is better, afne blend OF White
Plymouth, Buff Cochin, Light
Brahma al Spanish. 40 cents
per dozen. 1for so cents.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

Too poor to take farm paper?
Well. that is a distressful condition.
Buy a hen, give her crumbs and
waste from the kitchen and she
will lay eggs enough to pay for a
years subscription; then work her
up into a potpie and she will pay
first cost; so the paper Will be
clean proft.-Orange Judd Far
mer.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

many sweet potatoes, turnips and
ground peas, as they can eat with
a suficiency of slops, etc, before
the corn and peas are admins
tered. Very Respectfully.
IrM
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

The last monthly report OF the
Haughton school shows total
numper of 50 pupils enrolled and
an average daily attendance OF Y.
Quite a favorable showing, and we
Congratulate the principal, Prof.
S. d. Spann, who is an excellent
educator. and the people ofHaugh-
ton also.-Bossier BenDer.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18
Peabody Normal School.

Peabody Normal School, under
the direction of Prof. Alexander
Hogg, of Texas, will saeet at the
Louisiana Chautsuqua, June 2o'
and continue four weeks. Inc
following special lecturers nave
been engaged.
June "a and 25, Bill Arp" in
entirely new lectures. Il
June Is. Frank Beard, the ceie-
brated chalk-talker.
June 80, DR.. Robert NourSe' III
.'Dr. Jeckyl and Mr.. Hyde Go.
July 4. John Temple 0ra'eS'
the great Georgia orator.
July I3. Rev. Sam Jones; .
July 20, C.l. L. G.. Copeland OF
Kentucky, in humorous lectures
In addition to the above lectures
Col. Boyd has engaged other ,t
prominent men, who viii deliver
addresses during the summer
Railroads will give reduced
rates to all visiting the Chautau'
qua. 90
Good hotel Accommodations Oh
1.-THE grounds.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

The Police Jury of Ibberville
parish appropriated $4,000 for
levee use in that parish at its June
9th meeting, to be used immedi-
ately.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WHEAT
Wheat has been raised experiment
tally in the vicinity of Crowley
La. and with satisfactory results.
This year the culture will be con-
Quoted on a larger scale with Sc
lected seed. With this additional
resource for diversified farming,
the agricultural wealth of this !,
State NAV be made unrivsled
The immigrant farmers from the
West are fast dispelling old estab'
lished notions, by demonstrating
that almost any crop can be raised
ON Louisiana soil if intelligence
and care are employea--N. U
City Item.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

A farmer was standing at the
foot of an enormous cornstalk.
How big is your corn7" asked a
stranger. Il don't know" an
s,vered the farmer. Il sent one OF
INV bows ND to see a little while
400 and I'm worried to death
a6out him. How sol Can't he
oct backg' ..Nc; that's the trou-
6le. The cornstalk's growing up
faster than he can climb down"
Washington Star.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

Don't fail to go on on oniS taS instant. sa
sion to Monroe on the 9o,n in a';ran
a delightful picnic will be e gwen en-
at that city, winch promises nj ssve 20 fnIl II
sway. Remember the hed d ,he1 aheH
make al a.p no faiIures in their ,i enter
ta;nmants. taGnv The charges VIII ne
$50 for adults and ,,st;oo 20 ren,s
for children for both excursion
and picnic
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18

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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18
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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-06-18
Our Correspondence,
SORGHUM CANE, ETC.
Practical Farmer Sets Forth Some Of His
Practical Ideas.

KEACHi, La, June -, lS92.
The Arizona sentinel., 1892-12-03
P WOMEN AT MONTE CARLO. 1
That Famous Resort Fascinates Even the
 Gentle Sex.

Gentle Sex.
 All women are gamblers at heart, writes a correspondent to London newspaper, and Monte Carlo soon shows what is in them. Now the rumor has trente ct quarante table, and half Lon don seems to be grouped around. There is her grace of X, who seems to have the gift of perennial youth, picking up the plaques and rose-colored billets de banque in dozens; opposite is the beautiful Lady Le Street, who has chap eroned couple of young friends, and the three are having the most phenom- enal good fortune. Another London beauty has wandered up to this table, and would gladly play, but she wanders off again; is it that she fears to come into competition with the more bril- liant freshness of a younger rival? Down there, on the right of the croupier, steadily backing the red, is Mrs. Danby Wiske, who, we trust, finds trente ct quarante in public as much more profitable as it is undoubtedly less compromising than baccarat in private life. Next her is maiden of ample proportions, whose good luck has been proverbial this winter. Here, posted upon the high chair of the chef de par tie, is the wife of a great fnancier, dressed to perfection, the quiet chic of her black and gray costume in delight full contrast to the garish and showy Mime. de Breda, who faunts her dia- monds and her raddled face close by. Lais and Aspasia are very much en evi- dence everywhere, and it makes even hardened sinners sad to see bright-eyed, honest-faced English girls rubbing el- bows with them, breathing the same reeking atmosphere, madly following the same demoralizing game.
 A few nights ago a lady who wore diamonds and a smart frock so far for got herself as to slap her neighbor in the face as the best settlement of a warm dispute. For this both were hailed at once from the casino, handed over to the gendarmes and locked up for the night in the cellar alongside the treasure.
 There are the usual stories floating about this most gossipy of English haunted paradises. A lady of quality why conceal that 1t was aer grace 0f montrOgue ue?-complain to one of the casino officials that she was being treat ed with scsnt courtesy, adding, with dignity: ''r an tle duchess of Mon trogue." Madam" was the repss7, ''sll the ladies who visit here are duch- esses."
 The money-snatchers and the table squabblers, women in every case have seen, appear to flourish with impunity. Possession is considerably more than nine points in your favor here, and the French woman whom saw, by dexter ous main force, literally claw his win nings out of quietyoung English gen. tleman's hand, after he had taken them up from the table, was actually allowed to keep them rather than create a brawl.
 '"This is a second time you have at- tempted to take my stake!" said another harridan to shrinking young girl, who looked as if she had never gambled be- fore, and who seemed half frightened at having won; and then followed noisy and sulky remonstranccs from the officials, all ending in the tri- umph of brazen-faced, loud-mouthed WrOnRl
The Arizona sentinel., 1892-12-03
A PENGUIN CITY,
The Orderly Habits of 8 Species of Aquat
 Birds.

The Orderly Habits of Species of Aquatic
 Birds.
 During our recent cruise, writes a Falkland island correspondent, we went ashore on sequeStered island to view what the captain called a ''pen- guin city" Sure enough, the whole island, comprising perhaps fifty acres, was laid off in regular squares by streets running at right angles, the lines straight and true as a surveyor could have drawn them. As is we'll known, penguins spend their lives on the water except during the breeding season, when they are obliged to seek the shore. You will hardly believe me, but it is nevertheless true, that the birds not only lay out their city in blocks, but pick up all the loose stones till the whole place is as smooth as 8 board floor. Then they take possession in couples, each pair selecting home site-not to build nest, but merely to preempt particular spot on the bare ground.
 The hen lays one egg, and only one, and during the time of incubation the male bird brings her food from the sea or sits on the egg awhile himself if she wants to go out and take swim. But in this case, as in many others, virtue is not tits own exceeding great reward" because the lady pen guins grow so fat and sleek under the good care of their faithful husbands that they are more eagerly hunted at that particular season. The old birds are too tough and fishy to be relished by man or beast, but the tender young matrons are in great demand both for their oil and flesh. Even the eggs have an oily and fishy flavor, and taste as hens eggs might if cooked in kerosene:
 The penguin is by no means hand some or graceful creature. He has wings like any other bird, but they are altogether too short to fly with, though they may assist him somewhat in waddling over the ground. When in the water he has no use for his wings because his broad feet, webbed like those of a duck, propel him rapidly. There are several varieties of him, the largest, called the Emperor penguin" weighing from twenty-five to forty pounds. It is funny to see a colony of these ungainly birds marching up and down the streets like soldiers, all the time standing erect and maintaining an air of great dignity and importance.
The Arizona sentinel., 1892-12-03
The Great Triumpha1 Page.
 antSs

Glorious and memorable as was
 the spectacle which Washington
 witnessed on the 23d and 24th ol
 May, 1865, that closing scene oi
 the Civil War was checkered by
 many sad and bitter memory.
 Grand Historic Moment" as was
 the event, dark shadows fell
 athwart the splendor of the page
 ant which in steadfast tramp of
 stanch war veterans and in sheen
 of glittering steel, rolled its ma jestic stream down Pennsylvania avenue. The blood of the Great President was scarcely dry on the narrow hallway leading to the back room where his patriot spirit left it's shattered tenement of clay. The character of the war had been exceptionally sombre, and in viru- lence, obstinacy, and duration had been all but unique in modern times. The combatants had been no foes of distinct and adverse nationalities, but sons of a com mon country and a common race, brothers in blood, and knit to each other by countless ties. In the heart of the bloody devilry of most wars there turks some seed of virtue, and probably never in the worlds history has there been a war out of which sprang so much good as that which has SO auspici- ously emanated from the issue of the secession struggle; but in those days when the grand divisions of the Union hosts were striding along Pennsylvania avenue, few men as yet could discern the far-of rainbow in the sky.
 Undimmed either by memories forebodings, was the radiant ex- hilaration of the triumphal entry into Berlin on June 16, 1871, by the German troops who had re- turned from the short, sharp, and decisive war with Germany's hereditary enemy. It was not to be expected that from a strife so titentic the cohorts of the Father Ia hold return with full num- .e# The widows and orphans of he hid their sad faces and | .am9ra attire in the seclusion of .tal dwellings, and but for them, -.. Berlin W@5 ilIobbing with ex- lberant joy and pride.--From Historic Moments: The Trium- phal Entry into Berlin," by Archi- bald Forbes, in the Christmas ,December) number of Scribner's
The Arizona sentinel., 1892-12-03
He Had Heard of Him.

A curious little incident of the Shake speare birthday celebration at Strat- ford-on-Avon is recorded by the Lon- don Telegraph. A laborer in rough felt hat and long smock walked into the Shakespeare library and, after look ing at one of the custodians, wen5 up to him and said: ''I say, zur, be you MT. Shakespeare as I've hearn speak ov?" The custodian explained to the rustic that he was not the gentleman referred Co,