The Progress., 1892-11-12

sixth wife presented MN Wlth his
slxty-fcst child. OF thesr, fifty are
iiving and foriy-slx are married.
Southern 1--we Sock Journal: A
famous handwriting expert SAYS that
no person can or does write hIs sig
nature alike. He therefore advances
the startling Proposition that II tT'
signatures sa,d to he written by the
sam. person be exactly alike, 1t is
safe to conclude that one' OF them Is
a forgery
Live Stock Journal: Grass fsa
hogs, or -uca As are given bat little
heating fool until late autum1, and
have clean quarters and plenty room
for exercise. says an exchange. are
not often subject to cholera. This
alone should be argument enough III
favor of such metiOds.
Live Stock journal: In setting a
fence let the posts be eighteen inches
longer than necessary, SO that they
NAV be reversed when they rot or NJ
the bottom. A better plan would be
Exchanges: Great destitution and
want. result of the direfut overflow
of last Spring and Summer, still pre-,
walls in portions of oncordia aud
Catahoula parishes. The people III
these sections made no crop worth
speaking of, aud now, that the Win
ter season has sci in, wOeful hard
ships and privations stare them IN
the face. An urgent appeal for help
i. made to their more fortunate
friends in this State, and should
meet with he.rty response.
Guardian Journal: The police
Jury has contracted for new jan.
Mr. Baine has the contract. He Is to
furnish everything and complete the
new jail for S2,40c Ii wilt be a brcx
structure simiisr TO the old one. 1t
will be- buiit north of the public
square ont OF danger from tire. IL
is to be COM 5ietei by the hrSt OF
January next
Washington Argus: The pecan
crop is said to be good thus season.
Those who have trees find them pro-
fitable 1t has often occurred to MS
why more interest is not manifested
ia growing pecsns than there Is.
Louisiana Mentor: We are under
obligations to MIR. l.. L. Sanders,
proprietor IF the Orchard Home
Nnrsssy. for a busbel of the finest
and largest sweet potatoes that We
ever saw grown in this country. 1t
took only twenty OF these mammoth |
vans to make bushel. They are
the pure whits-skin vans. MIR. San
ders is not only fine nurserymsn,
but he is one Of the most scientific
farmers in the parish.
And q nice gentleman and first
class citizen besides.
Mentor: Hon. ". B. Boggs' new
store is now complete. Ii IL "a fest
long and % feet wide. 1t was pro-
nounced the other day by drummer.
who knows every store IN the parish
better, perhaps, than any resident
psrishober, As decidedly the bet,
the incest and most convenient stort-
house IN the parish. The north east
corner of the house is cut of into a
room I2xl4 feet and is used rs
post Office. Mr.. NJ b. Smith. OF Col
iinsbury, was the builder. He is one
of the most prominent mechanics IN
Bossier parish.
Lake Charles American: Kansas,
with prohibition and 100000 more
people than Texas, has One peniten-
tiary aud 996 prisoners. Texas, with
saloons and 100, 900 less people than
Kansas, has two penitentiaries sud
5000 convicts.
Bunkie Blade: The price of cot
ton is proof positive that the Cotton
grower il at the mercy OF desperate
set of gamblers, who have control of
the cotton markets.