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The Progress., 1893-04-01
ST. LOUIS DEMANDS.

First-We demand national cur
rency safe. sound and flexible, issued
~ the general government only. A
full legal tender for all debts, public
and private; and that without the use
If banking corporations, Il just equit-
bile and sufficient means of di7tri
oution to the people at tax not to
'xceed 2 per cent, be provided IA the
plan of the Farmers Alliance, or some
better system; also by payments i'll
discharges of It's obligations for public
improvements.
a. We demand free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
b. We demand that the amount of
circulating medium be speedily in
creased to not less than $50 per capi-
al.
C. We demand u graduated income
tax.
d. We believe that the money Of
he country should be kept as much
as possible in the hands of the peo-
pie aud hence we de nand all natlOL-
i and State revenue shall be Hunted
co the necessary expenses of the gov
rnment economically and honestly
administered.
o. We demand that postal saw
ngs banks be established 10y the gov
,rnment for safe deposit Of the EARN
Jugs of the people, and to facilitate ca
;hange.
Second-The land, including all
the natural resources of wealth, il
he heritage of the people and should
ct he monopolized for speculative
purposes, and alien ownership of land
hould be prohibited. All lands now
leld by railroads and other corpora
ions in excess of their actual needs
nd ali lands now owned by alien
hould be reclaimed by the govern
nent and held for actual settler.
neutrality-suspicious. being &
means of exchange and a pablo ne
;essity, the government should OWL
nd operate the railroads in the ill.
crest of the people.
a. The telegraph and telephones
Ike the postoffice system, being a ne
essity for transmission of news
hould be owned aud operated by th'
government in the interest of the peo
,la
The Progress., 1893-04-01
Why TIE PROGRESS is OPPOSED
TO MORE RAILROADS COMING
HERE.

Firs,-Nore railroads mean more
% ople ard business, and that will in
Ire an additional practice for doc
tor in this town whom we don't like
Second-They mean greater de-
mand for tenement and storehouses.
and as we have neither we dislike to
have any other benefited thereby,
Third-They will cause the extern
sion of the town limits, thereby bring
ing suburban property on the market
and increase the financial conoition
of some man whom we would like to
keep poor.
Fourth-They will give employ
ment to a good number of laborers
and this will increase the sales OF
Sam Sloan, the grocer, and then he
will be as important as we think we
are.
Fifth-They will bring immigra-
t;on here which will make Shreve-
mort a city. ard then it win be harder
for Ms to convince strangers that our
oninion is more valuable than the or
dinary individual and it will be much
harder for US to check enterprises
that others try to bring here.
Last-Because we. like many other
so-called leading citizens of Shreve-
nor. are not worth killing, would not
The Progress., 1893-04-01
GENERAL OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
-NITED STATES SENATORS.
REPRESENTATIVES,

G. Ds mite. ...................... New orleans
Don Caffrey. .................. Mary
The Progress., 1893-04-01
lave YOUR CIsTERNs CLEANED AND
PURIFIED.

Now ia the time to have your els
erI cleaned aud lurified. Remem-
per that Mr.. Charles Stoer has pur-
'hased the patent whereby this can
,e done without losing the water.
Not only does he clean the cistern
,ut, but he likewise puri6es the wa
er. IL will cost but a nominal sum
nd is very necessary and whole
ONE measure. Telephone Mr.. Chas.
,toer, or call on him at his store on
Texas a 'enue, aud have this work
lone at once.
The Progress., 1893-04-01
CEETAINLY PERMIS>


Immediately after the codical ad-
iustment of the differences betweer
he Editors Of the Baton Rouge Ad
vocate and The PRoGREss, it wa
agreed that neither party should di-
rectly or indirectly refer to the
matter again. And SO religi
ously have we adhered to thi>
agreement that we had refrained
from reproducing comments o.
friends taking our side as well as ex
Guiding comments from the press on
the action of the Immigration COM
missioner IN the affair. But since the
Advocate has considered it no breach
of this compact to not only defend
this officer, but to condemn the Loui-
siana Mentor for passing legitimate
criticism in his action in the matter,
The PROGRESS then certainly has IL
;ense to speak out in defense of it,
friend, the Mentor. and to idorse
every word and sentiment it has ut
Tered in reference to the Immigratio.
commissioner in connection with thi
affair, and to declare our intention 20
stand by the Mentor in its position
IN the matter, and reproduce its com
nent IN reply to the Advocate:
Louisiana Mentor: The Bator
Rouge Advocate of the Sth inst, con
aims an article under the heading,
Had Right to Co." in which th'
Mentor is severely taken to task Oh
account of its recent structures on j
j. Hawks, the commissioner OF I'm
migration in Louisiana.
This articls is incongruous, ungra
nmatical, illogical, self-criminatlng
and beyond all wicked in spirit. Th'
| writer condemns others for attempt
| ing what he boldly practices. H.
| condemns right and defends wrong
He says Capt Hawks had right to
20 to the Chevis-Hicks duel. No
jody denies this. Capt. Hawks ha
/ right to dress as buffoon aud rid
. hobby horse in the public square i
ne wants to, but such an act, lik'
hat Of visiting Shreveport as the al
WISER or even the friend of the cha
enging party of a duel, certainl!
would not be in keeping with the dig
ity of State official. But we have
10 more to say against Capt. Hawk
From what we have heard of the &c
leman, we are inclined to regard til {
luel affair as an episode in his biz
hat may be characterized as hi
,reatest mistakes.
| The Advocate is mistaken if it say
4 10 paper but the Mentor has crit
Used this mistake of Capt. Hawks
he Caucasian's structures were ahea
4 ours. The Shreveport Tim
characteristic of the gentlemen the,
re, followed us, explained their de
ay in noticing this untimely visit, IL
lorsed the Mentors write-up aud re
echoed it's sentiment; since which
ime more than a dozen State paper
have pronounced their disapproval.
The Mentor has certainly not beer
done in expressing its disapproval o
he Immigration agents part in tn
affair referred to, and We have no
,een one, that referred to the matte
at all, that thought that this officia
lid rightly.
The Progress., 1893-04-01
Shreveport Oyster and Chop House.

MARKET street, IN Bogcrs block Aeals
,,rved at all hours, oysters on the
naii shell or cooked in the best man
ner Oyster loavos and oyster pate
uale to order Polite attendants
Every thing new, neat and frst-class
n evrey Respect. No saloon attached
8uk or can oysters delivered to all
1arts Of the city. Call or leave your
Drder, or telephone No. 95. Place
open all night. Frank Serwich pro
.,rInfnr
The Progress., 1893-04-01

make average fer'ilIzlng matter, don't
vaut to progress ourselves nor allow
others t..
Tai, W. think, includes many of
Shrevcport's hjg bugs. We would
pame the kird bHt don't care to
The Progress., 1893-04-01
COURT OF APPEALS.
PARISHES AND TIMES OF COURTS.
o-Eirsf Monaara In Inanar,. and L.,

Caddo-First Mondays in January and June.
Bsssier-Third Mondays in Jan and June.
webster-Firs Mondays in Feb. and July.
Bienville-Sccond Mondays in Feb. and July.
Claiborne-Third Mondays In Feb. and July.
Jnion-Fir.t Mondays in March and Oct
Lincoln-Second Mondays I'm March and Oct.
Jackson-Third Mondays In March and Oct
Caldwell-Fourth Mondays in March and Oct.
Winn--First Mondays in April and Nov.
Natchitoches Seed Mondays in April-Nov.
Sabine--Fourth Mondays In April and Nov.
DeSoto-First Mondays in May and Dec
Red Riyer--Tnird Mondays in May and Dec
The Progress., 1893-04-01
The North Louisiana
WEEKLY,
Ile Progress.

The advocate of political, So
cial and domestic economy.
An ardent supporter Of the
public school system.
A promoter Of all legitimate
public enterprises.
The champion of govern
mental reform.
A warm friend and chap
pion of Religion and Morals.
A true chronicler of the
moral, enlightened and pro-
gressive news of the day.
Besides the non-seRatiOnal
news of the times, each issue
contains
A sermon by Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., the eminent New
York divine.
A contribution from Robert
Graves, the celebrated Wash
ington correspondent.
Articles on fashions from
the best known artists, celeb
rites in their lines.
Items of agricultural pur.
suits.
Collections of short stories
and pleasant paragraphs by
NJ. Quad and other we'll
known writer's.
A careful selection of gen
eral news from our State eX
changes.
An accurate report Oh Ill
cotton, provision and fee'
markets.
An elevating recital of sc
ciety happenings, with matter
of general interest to the fem
nine world, edited by a lad
well known in literary circle:
? all making
The Progress., 1893-04-01

First District-M. ID. Lagan.
Second District A. Meyer.
Third District-Andrew Price.
Fourth Distrlct-N. c. Blanchard.
Fifth District G. ! Boatner
Sixth Districts. NJ. Robertson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-01-19

mere .t.t lItN Gel ~l.HtIll~ .t. l4tli-
ward Auucz
Jemima's Ee4u,
Icmima, once size had beau.
lie didn mind her name. you know,
Although it was So proSy.
She had caturrh and had it $50.
That he at last was forced to 60
The odor was no posy
Ii she had been sage in time, she would
have taken Dr., Saee'S Catarrh Remedy.
An offensive breath is most distressing
not only to the person afflicted, if the
person has any pride, but to those with
whom he or she comes i'll contact, 1t is
a delicate matter to speak of, but it has
parted not only friends but lovers. Bad
breath aud catarrh are inseparahle. Dr.
Sage Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
cases, as thousands can testify; $500
reward offered for an iucurable case by
Worlds Dspensary Medical Associations
proprietors of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy
From 1900 to 200o Americans are
studying in Paris The majority OF
these are studying painting; some few
architecture or sculpture; some singing,
while still others are taking this wise
method of learning French.
A Purely Vegetable Compound,
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-01-19

SEC So When such certificate IL given,
the town clerk shall mark such skin ~
punching hole in the left ear OF 7Hch
pelt sufficiently large TO make snch
pelt capable of identification, and shall re-
cetye from the psrs III to whom such Ger
tiilrue is granted ten cents for each such
cerll ate The person re 'piY.uF su Il
certificate shall presentitep dor- byhim
to the town treasurer u TIA town wh'rt
he resides, VINO shall pay Tia. ,nmr. SAL
town treasurer shall, on the first day Of
May ~ each year, present such certificate
TO tlr Auditor of Accounts, who shall
draw his order on the State Treasurer for
an amount equal to the bounties paid
under said certificates payable to the town
treasurer presenting such certificates.
SEC 81. II the person killing any such
noXious animal lives in an inorganic
town or gore, he may apply to the town
clerk of the next adj ming town, who
shall grant said certificate as il such per-
son Was a resident of said town.
SEC 81. If person takes wolf, pan
Their, bear, lynx, or fox out Of trap, in
tending thereby to defraud the owner o,
such trap of his bounty, he shall pay TO
the owner OF such trap, in addition TO
actual damages, thirty dollars for each
volt or panther, twenty dollars for each
bear, ten dollars for each lynx, and three
dollars for each fox so taken out, to he
recovered, with costs IN action on the
case.
General Provisions.
SEC % any, cx-
press company 1r other .oHmon carrier
in this > ate, or any OF their servants or
agents, shall have in their possession for
transportation any fish or game unl4w-
fully taken or killed in thil State within
the close season for such ii III or gam,
said railroad company, express company
brother common carrier shall be punish, al
by a fine not exceeding one hundred Il, =
lars for each otfense; and possession of
such fish Or game by a railroad company ,
eXDrc-, company or other common carrier
within the close senson for such fish or
game shall be presumptiye evidence th 90
it was taken in the State in violation
law
SIC. 81 30 person shall at any ina H
qui luy property in d,ior gam k d
or captured w.tHiu tAr state ot Neeu
lr subject ans 0f the sim 2, bis oW
miuiua save lis ,he ,tH re XII d or
tureJ within the per. '-iad ue IA m-.
per- tied ny HE laws ~tt;
eXc.p. Killed or captured rs p.Wt
such laws, .-u and 2uu. within
State ,htl. be tua remain tine property e
thc state
Str IS Justices Of tue P.lee an tu.
county court snail have concurrent jlti-
dicton II olTsl,e, arising under section
OIL 900 .
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-01-19
Posted Lands, Bounties, Etc.

SEC. 46 When the owner or occupant
of Enclosed or cultivated land con.
spicuously posts notices on the same as
hereinafter provided that shooting, trap
ping, or fishing thereon is prohi tied, if Il
person thereafter Wllfully enters upon
such land without the permission of the
owner or occupant, for the purpose Of
fshing, trapping, or shooting thereon, the
owner or occupant may recover against
such person in an ion of tresspass for
such entry penalty of ten dollars in adj
dition to the damage sustained thereby
SEC. A. The notices mentioned in sec
ton 46 shall Ire sgnhoards not less than
two feet long by one foot wide posted in
at least two conspicuous places on the
premises which notices shall have APP
pended thereto the name of the owner or
occupant. The owner or occupant of such
premises may recover against Il pc son
who breaks down, defaces or iujure,
such ignboards ten dollars in addition to
the damages sustaine by such trespass.
SsC. As. If amy person takes and kills
within this State any of the following
mentioned noXiouS animals he shall be
untitled to receive from the State Treasurer
the bounties herein specified ON comply
inU with the conditions hereinafter pre-
scribed: For any wolf or panther, twenty
dollars; for any hear, fifteen dollars; foI
any LYNX, ten dollars; for any fox, sixty
cents
Src 40. A person who kills a wolf, pan
thpr. bear, lynx or fox shall ("ituu lori
DAVIS after the killing thcr,o apply t."
the town clerk of the town in when ne
t.l.s and ur..rut TO him the skin of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
Fools Errand.


Pierre Capital: "Old Shady, or the
Disappointed Yankee" is the title OF
a book written by a northern mar
who spent some time in travelling in
the south for his health. Like Judge
Iourgee, the author, found he had
gone on "A Fools Errand." In ex.
travagant language the author adj
vises northern people to shun the
south. In chapter thirty he makes
the following observation which will
have a tendency to make the citizens
or South Dakota and Hughes county
feel glad that they are here-not at
Huntsville, Ala:
I'VE have in mind now a company
of gentlemen who have recently pur-
chased large interests, and located in
Huntsville, Ala, and who compose
what is known as the Northwestern
Land association. They went from
Pierre, 5. d., where they we're large
property owners, and were among the
early boomers Of South Dakota's cap
ital, and successful business men.
When Dakota suffered a backset
from drouth, and other causes, these
gentlemen turned their attention
and their energies southwark. They
purchased the remains of a defunct
land and town lot company, at Hunts
vile, that had gone to the wall, for
the want Of Yankee victims to give
it life. OF course their object was to
induce the discouraged farmers of
South Dakota TO abandon the rich
and fertile prairies of the garden spot
of the west, with a school house every
two miles square, and go down to
Alabama, and purchase the ragged
and worn-out ~sassatras patches Of the
old antebellum plantations, where
ignorance, vice and superstition are
the ruling and predominating ele-
ments of society. If the Iowa and
Dakota farmer knows when he is well
Off he will not exchange his black
and ever productive soil of the north
west for the WORKOUT and worthless
lands of the cotton states. There is
more productive and inexhaust.ble
soil in one quarter section Of land in
northwest Iowa or South Dakota
than there is in the whole of Madison
county, Of which Huntsville is the
county seat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
For the small Boy.

The following which is floatin,
around from an unidentified ex
chan { will please the small boy:
Id'like to he a boy again without
woe or care, with freckles scattere,
On my face and hayseed in my hair
I'd like to rise at 4 o'clock and do
hundred chores, and saw the WOO
and feed the hogs and lock the stabl
doors; and herd the hens and waite
the bees and take the mules to drink
and teach the turkeys how TO swilS
so that they wouldn't sink; and mil
about a hundred cows and bring u
wood TO burn, and stand out in tt
sun all day, and churn and churn an
churn; and wear NY brothers cast O.
clothes and walk four miles to school
and get licking every day for brea
ing some old rule; and then get hons
again at night and do the chores one
more, and milk the COWS and feed 81
hogs and curry mules galore; ar
then crawl YEARLY upstairs and sec.
my little bed, and hear dad sa
THAT worthless boy! he doesn't cd
his bread!" I'd like to be a b
again, a BOY has so much fun; his Ii
is just a round Of mirth from rise
set o fsun; / guess there's nothi
pleasanter than closing stable doc
and herding hens and chasing be-
and doing evening chores.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06

DROWNED by AN ABELONE.
Its Grip Caused the Death OF = Selfish
Chinese Fisherman.

Its Grip Caused the Death OF = Selfish
Chinese Fisherman.
Among the snowy shells OF the
Pacific coast of the United States
none are better known or more
widely distributed than the sea-ears
OF abelones, and none are more
eagerly sought for by Chinese fisher
men.
One would scarcely anticipate
danger-much less disaster-from the
pursuit Of an object 50 harmless in
itself; but 1t is reported that a China
man once lost his life near Bartholo-
new Bay, on the coast Of Lower
California, while gathering abelones.
The foot of this snellfish is capable
of taking a firm hold on a fiat sur-
face and in most cases it becomes
almost impossible to detach the shell
without breaking it into fragments.
The unfortunate fisherman referred
TO was collecting the shells under a
shelving rock between tides and had
thrust his arm around a sharp edge
TO dislodge a large one which he saw
on the surface. Having no stick con
venient to pry off the abelone he.
placed his fingers under the shell
and tried TO detach it by "a quick
motion. The abelone, however, con-
tracted suddenly and held the fingers
of the Chinaman so tightly that they
could not be pulled away.
The tide rose and the man was
drowned. His companions returned
to search for him at the next low
tide and found his body still Inn
prisoned by the powerful grasp of the
abclone upon the rock.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
IN ICELAND.
seventy Thousand People Cling to what
Is Almost an Icy Desert.

seventy Thousand People Cling to Wha,
- Aimost an Icy Desert.
A peculiar con1guration of iceland
renders intercourse difficult, and
along with the barrenness of the soil,
MAKES the conditions of existence
strangely hard. People with SO
little to make life attractive might
be pardone6 if they were to sink into
a stolid indifference to everything
but The struggle to keep alive. The
size OF Iceland is greater than that Of
Ireland, and the population numbers
10000 souls, but the only inhabitable
portion is a narrow strip of pasture
land extending like green girdle
round the coast and up the deem.
narrow tiords, says the Atlantic
Monthly.
The interior Of the country is q
hoWling waste Of sand and ice.
trayersed by darting glacial rivers
and utterly incapable of supporting
more than a few scattered inhabit-
ants. Grass is the only considerable
crop. The hills and valleys are tree
less and afford at best but scanty
pasturage for horses, cows and sheen.
Roads and bridges scarcely exist. A
Danish merchant at Reykjavik has a
wheeled carriage, but in the interior
such a conveyance is unknown. . The
backs OF horses are the only means
of transportation across country.
Small boats carry travellers over
dangerous rivers, while the horses
swim on ahead. Hardly anything
that ministers TO comfort, to say
nothing Of luxury, is produced in
Iceland. Every nail in an Icelandic
house, every insignificant bit of
furniture has TO be transported
laboriOusly from one OF the sc aports
to its destination.
That the Icelanders are poor goes
without saying. There is little or no
home market, for every lcelander
has the same products to sell as his
neighbor. The circulation Of money
is therefore, very small. fla farmer
has direct dealings with the agents
for foreign markets and is sufficiently
prosperous to have a little surplus
each year he may handle a little
money, but in general the trading at
the Seaports is literally trading. An
lcelander barriers a certain number Of
horses, or sheep or roles of dried fish,
or bales Of hay for a supply Of
groceries and other necesSaries Of
life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
No Wonder IL Broke.

The couplings between two ears
train drawing out of the Long Isl
depot recently parted. The bell !
snapped like the report of a pistol.
the engine and forward section, relic
of the great weight of several runa
cars, leaped forward and started d.
the track at a frightfnl speed.
The passengers in the frs of
divorced cars hurried to the forvI
end to watch the rapidly disappea
baggage a and locomotive.
"Oh, what is the matter?n queriei
excited woman to her seatmate.
Nothing serious. Don't alarm y
self, madam, he replied. aThe I
has merely parted"
The woman sank back treasured
then, catching a glimpse of the fri
end of the bell rope, she sai5:-@y
/ don't wonder at it. Did they snu.
a little string like that would
these great, heavy cars together?r
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-04-06
4 TALE OF sIBERIA's HORRORS.
An American sailors Experience i'm Rus
sia's Land of Exile.


Louis A. Paradyce, a sailor who
arrived from China on the Gaelic.
tells a story Of horrible treatment in
the Siberian prisons. He was a
sailor on the sealing schooner Mary
ii. Thomas, and with another sailor
named Wilson, went ashore on the
coast of kamSchatka TO fill water
casks. A hurricane drove the
schooner Off and the men were left
ashore. They had no provisions and
travelled inland to a camp of Russian
soldiers. There they were seized and
accused Of being spies. They were
sent to Garasock, a convict station.
Paradyce tells of horrible cruelty in
flicted on the prisoners there.
There were about 5000 Convicts at
the station, and every Wednesday
those VINO disobeyed the rules during
the week were given fifty lashes with
a knout. or the 5000 cOnyicts in the
camp 1900 wore the ball and chain.
Many men were too feeble to walk
and we're dragged along by their COM
panions. The soldiers would prod
them with bayonets and make them
move more quickly. The c~onvicts
are fed with black bread and salt
meat.
Finally Paradyce and Wilson were
taken to V~ladivostOck, and from
there they were sent to the Kara gold
fields, a fifteen days journey. They
suffered frightfully from hunger and
fatigue. Wilson gave out and had to
be carried in a wagon. The United
States ship Marion arrived at
yladivustOck and the officers were
informed by a merchant named
Smith of Paradyce and Wilson's fate.
The commander Of the Marion de-
manded that the prisoners be given
up, and after cons iderahle delay this
was done. They were taken TO
Shanghai on the Marion and placed
in a hospital. AS soon as Paradyce
was sble to travel he was sent to
Hong Kong on the Gaelic and then
went TO San Francisco.