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Slang Words and Phrases.

"Dun" is word now whose mean
ing is known to every one who unde
stands the English language. About
the beginning of the century cons.
table in England named John Dun
became celebrated as collector of bad
accounts. When others would fail to
collect bad debt, Dun would be sure
to get it out of the debtor. 1t soon
passed into current phrase that
when a person owed money, and did
not pay when asked, he would have tC
be ''Dunned." Hence it soon became
common in such cases to say: "You
will have to Dun So-and-so if you wish
to collect your money" Until the
nomination of Franklin Pierce for the
Presidency the word "outsider was
unknown. The Committee on Creden'
tials came in to make it's report, and
could not get into the hall because OF
the crowd of people who were not
members Of the convention. The
chairman of the convention asked il
the committee was ready to report,
and the chairman of the committee
answered: eyes, Mr.. Chairman but
the committee is unable to get inside
on account of the crowd and pressure
of outsiders" The newspaper re-
porters took up the word and used it.
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Why Girl Can't Throw Stone.-
The difference between a girls throw
ing and boys is substantially this
The boy crooks his elbow and reaches
back with the upper part of his arm
at about right angles with his body.
The direct act of throwing is accom-
plished by bringing the arm back with
a sort of snap, working every joint
from shoulder to wrist.
The girl throws with her whole arm
rigid, the boy with his whole arm re-
laXed. Why this marked and unmis-
taxable difference exists may be ex-
planned by the fact that the clavicle or
collar bone in the female anatomy is
some inches longer and set some de-
grees lower down than in the mascu-
line frame. The long, crooked, awk-
ward bone interferes with the full and
free use of the arm. This is the rea-
son why girl cannot throw stone.
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The Seven Wonders of the World.

/. The Pyramids of Egypt. These
buildings are supposed to have been
commenced about 1900 B. G. The lar,
gest, which is 400 feet high, measuring
in perpendicular line from the sum.
NIT to the base, is said to have been
built by Cheops, 1882 B. G.
2. The Mausoleum, or tomb, built
by Artemisia for her husband, Mau'
solus, King of Capia, IN Asia Minor.
This famous tomb was erected at Hall
carnassus, 25O B. G.. The statue OF
Mausolus was brought from Halicar.
nassus in 1857 and placed in the Brit
ish Museum.
8. The Temple of Diana, at Ephe-
sus. This temple was 425 feet long
and 225 feet broad. 1t was destroyed
by fire on the night of the birth of AL.
eXander the Great, by man named
Erostratus, who perpetrated this rep
rehensible act in order, as he said, that
his name might be handed down to
posterity.
4. The Walls and Hanging Gardens
of the city of Babylon. These gardens
were raised in terraces, one above an
other, on tiers of arches, and reached
by flights of steps. Flat stones were
laid on the arches, and these were ce-
mented together by bitumen, and COW
cred with thick sheets of lead. The
gardens were five in number and in the
form of an amphitheartre.
5. The enormous brazen image of
Apollo, at Rhodes. 1t was erected
about 200 B. c., and was thrown down
by an earthquake about seventy years
after. 1t stood across the entrance to
the harbor, with each foot on the eX-
tremity of a mole. 1t was hollow, and
winding staircase up one of the legs
and through the body gave access to
the interior Of the head.
6. The statue Jupiter Olympus.
This statue was the work of Phidias,
who flourished 43S B. c. 1t was made
of ivory and gold, and measured thirty
nine feet in height.
Z. The Pharos, or Light House,
built by Ptolemy Philadelphus, King
of Egypt. This tower was erected
about 2S0 B. G. 1t was built of white
marble at the entrance to the harbor
of Alexandria, and a fire was kept con.
stantly burning at the top of it to aid
the sailors of the Mediterranean in
steering direct for the bay.-Jewjsh
Times and Observer.
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CHANEY NJ. JONES,

FIRST CLASS REPAIRER OFlSHOES and
r BOOTS, has his shop in the office once oc-
cupied by Colonel Orville T. Calhoun, where
kinds of work In his line, which he will do In
manner, on short notice, an and al
law price. FEB. 13, 1893, If
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House and Lot for Sale.

T OFFER FOR SALE MY HOUSE and LOT
| on Moseley Ferry road in the town of Alb
bevlle. Terms easy. Apply to VS.. Col D.
ran, J. Allen Smith, or to me at Greenylile, -
G. #. P. COTHRAN.
March Is, 1893. II
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The "White.Coa Philosopher" !"

The statue to Horace Greeley given
by printers has been unveiled. Some
one has had the meanness to set atloat
letter which Mr.. Greeley wrote to
Abraham Lincoln, proposing COM
promise and peaceful adjust of the
war, and on the basis of it charges
Horace Greeley with being a coward
and traitor. This is thequintessence
of meanness. Horace Greeley was q
great and well-intentioned man, but to
an unusual extent slave to his tenn
perament-a man of sleepless nights,
and when he wrote that letter had not
slept any for seven nights. The clos
ing part of his career furnished much
evidence of brain exhaustion, if not Or
ganic disease. John G. Whittier's let
ter, herewith published, is the best
purtraiture of his character and career:
Newburyport, Mass, March %, 1892.
TO Horace Greeley Statue Commit
tee: am sorry it is not my power to
be present at the unveiling of the
statue of my beloved and honored
friend, Horace Greeley, one of the
wisest, ablest, and best of men.
do not think it possible to Overes-
innate his character in public or pri-
vate. For nearly half a century he
had been the educator of the people in
the principles Of honesty, industry,
temperance, economy, love of country,
and kindly dealings with all men ir-
respective of race or creed. Many
years ago spoke of him as "our later
Franklin" 1t seems to me that the
appellation was just, and that the
name of the great editor should be as
sociated with that of the great printer
and patriot. His memory deserves all
the honors that u grateful people can
bestow upon their benefactor. Yours
truly, John G. Whittier.
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have been to land a Border Land,
Where there was but strange, dim light
Where shadows and dreams, in a spectra
band,
seemd real to the aching sight.
/ scarce bethought me how there came,
Or If thence should pass again;
Its morning and night were mark'd by tn
flight,
Or coming, of woe and pain.
But saw from this land, this Border Land
With its mountain ridges hoar,
That they looked across to Wondrou
strand,
A bright and unearthly shore. e.o,sos,
Then turned me to Him, 1.-The Cruclned,
In most humble faith and prayer,
Who had ransomed with blood my sinfu
For thought He would call me there.
Yet nay; for awhile in the Border Land
He bade me in patience stay
And gather rich fruits with trembling
hand.
Whilst he chased its glooms away;
He had led me amid those shadows dim,
And shown that bright world so near,
To teach me that earnest truth In Him
Il" "the one thing needful' here.
And so from the land, the Border Land,
have turned me to earth once more
But earth and It's works were such tribes
: scann'd
By the light of that radiant shore.
Z. And o should they ever possess me again
+. Too deeply. in heart and hand,
] must think how empty they seemd AM
From the heights of the Border Land.
The Border Land had detphs and wales,
Where sorrows for sin was known :.
Where small seem'd great, as Welgheu IL
scales,
Held by Gods hand alone
Twas q land where earthly pride wa
naught, ,
With their sea nty bed, their freless col,
And their br cad so hard to hnd.
But little heard in the Border Land.
OF all that passed below;
The once loud voices ofhuman life
To the deafen'd ear we're low. =,
/ was deaf to the clang of its trumpet call,
And alike TO Its gibe or It's sneer;
Its riches were dust, and the loss OF all
Would then scarce have cost a tear.
met with a Friend in this Border Land,
Whose teaching can come with power
To the blinded eye and the deafen u ear,
In affiction's loneliest hour.
"Times OF refreshing" to the soul,
In languor, oft He brings,
Prepares 1t then to mediate
On high and glorious things.
y Holy GlOSL . 100 OIt6u STleNtu
In health and earthly haste.
bless those slow and silent hours
Which seemd to run TO waste
/ would not but have passed those "depths,
And such communion known.
As can be held in the Border Land
With Thee, and Thee alone.
have been to land, a Border Land
May oblivion never roll
O'er the mighty lessons which there ant
then
Have been craven on my soul!
I have trodden q path l did not know,
Safe In my Saviour's hand;
can trust Him for all the future, now
have been to the Border Land.
Zone OF the most exemplary Christian
physicians with whom l have been conveT
SAINT was member of the First Presbyterian
Church, Armagh, Ireland. he wa
once seriously sick, and 1, Of course, yisite,!
him. One day he put into my hands the fol
lowing lines, which q friend had sent him
and begged me to read them to him. They
did the reader good, and 1 have since pu
them into the hands of many, and man.
have been helped by them in like manner
They will always be associated in my mlnt
with the honored name OF my friend, Dr
Thomas Cuming.-J. Hall.-N. Y. Christian
Advocate.
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A minister had preached a simple

A minister had preached simple
sermon upon the tex, "And they
brought him to Jesus" AS he was
going home, his daughter, walking be-
much E
SWELL" inquired her father, "NNhom
are you going to bring to Jesus ?"
A thoughtful expression came over
her face as she replied, III think, papa,
that will just bring myself to him.
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If you are not sure of your text,
don't grapple with it in the pulpit.
People don't enjoy seeing their preach
er in a wrestling match on Sunday,
especially when there Is so much un-
certainty as to the result.
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Teacher-"Now, children, I have
told you that we have five senses.
Johnny, you may tell me how we
may use them" Johnny-''To buy
soda-Water."
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1.-The following lines have never been pub
lished in any periodical to our knowledge.
They were sent by a lady to friend who
wrote frequently to know where she had been
for several months. that she had not written
to her. She had been to the gates oi the
grave in long and severe illness. We have
the consent OF DR.. John Hall. Pastor OF the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, OF this
city. to publish them. See foot note.-Ed-
itOr
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DICHARD CAN'T, Is now prepared to dc
II all work in his department In the pest
manner and At reasonable charges. Monthly
customers shaving, hair cutting and sham
pooling 81 per month. Rasors honed and put
In the best condition for - cents each.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10

Thomas Kinder the notorious des-
perado Of Claiborne parish committed
suicide in the Minden jail this week.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10
Ashes and Bone Meal For Hogs,

Ashes and Bone Meal For Hogs.
As a go ID house must have a solid
foundation, so should the hog possess
a strong frame of bone to carry the
load OF fat aud meat, which heavy
feeding crowds upon it. Corn of itself
does not build up strong bones i'll bogs
Farmers whose hogs become too fine
in bone, have in harwood ashes and
bone meal substance, which will help
prevnt that trouble; not only will tie
bones be strengthened but digestion
will be assisted by their use.
The following account of expert
ments made, illustrates the value Of
ashes and bone meal:
The pigs were fed on corn and rain
water Lot one received a pinch Of
bone meal, made from ground bones
daily, in their feed Lot two was fed
hardwood ashes in pound of pork
per acre on corn. One acre of fair
clover will pasture eight hogs from
the time of starting in the spring
until the fall. A hog weighing ono
hundred pounds when turned oat
will double his weight by fall with
no other feed. This means eight
hundred pounds Of pork against the
six hundred made by the acre OF corn.
Some claim that it is better to give
no other food, furnishing stock with
plenty Of water aud salt. and also
their regular dose of DR. Haas Hog
Remedy. 1t would appear that a
little corn fed every day would be
little advantage. Do not give the
hogs enough to depend upon it. but
to neutralize, to an extent, the gas in
the stomach caused by eating clover.
One or two pounds per day, fed the
first thing i'll the morning, will be
sufficient. Many make the mistake
in letting clover get too large before
turning in the hogs. The swine
shonld be placed in the field as soon
as the clover shows a fair bite. other
wise it would outgrow them and
become too old to suit them. Haas
Hogology.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10

steamed and mellow and have lost
none Of its good qualities. Itemem-
Der, each hen has Il certain amount Of
tnimal force tn be expended every
day in some direction, and the lie. S
she has to give to d;gesting her food
the more she will have to be expend-
ed in egg producing. The advanta-
ges of the warm food in the winter
when much food goes towards pro-
ducing ANNA! heat to withstand the
cold. are twofold, from the direct ac-
ton Of the warmth and the slower
action of the food itself, TO say moth
ing Of the fact that the content pro
duced by nourishing food will result
in more eggs, for a hen thoroughly
at bone will lay more eggs than a
DISCONTINUED one, We have perform
ed the experiment ourselves and
know that the feeding of boiled corn
does pay. and it Is as the result Of ex-
perience that We offer this plan to
our friends Mas 5achusetts Plough
man.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10
BOILED CORN FOR FOWLS.

The opinion that corn is very nour-
ishing food for fowls is SO universal
that no further thought is given to
the matter II any one should sug-
gest that corn would be easier of di f
O. stion il soaked or boiled. he would
likely receive the answer that corn
was nothing hard to digest Tor birds,
which swallowed stones and other
hard substances without detriment.
A moments thought, however, will
convince that the mill-stones and the
grist are different things, and feeding
hard grain, although not exactly like
feeding the mill-stones with PEBBLES,
bears a certain likeness to it.
The trouble attendant is the prep
aration OF food, if it is to be cooked,
may, indeed, seem very dispropor-
tomato to the advantage to be de-
rived from such treatment, but in
reality little need be spent, as before
going the rounds Of the nests a little
hot water may be poured over the
grain, a tight cover put on the kettle
and the whole placed over the stove,
where by the time your rounds are
completed the corn will have become
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE.
COUNTRY STORES And LANDS

have for sale two Splena'dip sl.ua.ea
new frame store houses on tue ifSt hlian
n ,.o,n in front of and next to the depot
Of the Invest country town IN Nortn LOU -'''.
;s;ano Its new town, new county seal,
a'',y courthouse, aid a new rallfoad.
ThaSe houses are always occupied "
aa nod renters at from 500 to sll0 per
, oor with these houses are l4oo acres
wool land good timber, railroad through y
Mir tratt. This property VIII pc soiu
to nss or separate. 1t Is owned py ,, u
,o an not able to carry it--lu other woros
h 'n' . 'f,armerr-who intends TO sell " re-
ny , 9 Of oost. The lumber and mate
g .;a, =, 1be two houses (and they are new
lia, about 1850, besides the carpenter y, :
suss nm" and land, will take Sl6U Tor tile
, 1us = The 1900 acres OF iahu cose
.m0 sosOO. j will take Sl20O iof t,of
a a,csa viii buy both land ana stores i. T
either it i worth the price asked .oi oo, T.
T,,, nwuer Is pressed for money, ai,, d Il
~. lne a uT n reason for selling Remeinnes
,he 'n pnses are the most prominent ana ma
IN, ,e, a s;,mated of any ia the town ana slie
en, bnyer will say the same .as WEI
", mo'. sass them. Terms easy. Titles per
| feet, Address n n HICKS.
shreveport, La
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10
DR.. T. NJ, C0MEGYS,
DENTIST,
OFFICE OVER ZODIAC'S
W. G. T, q. Convention.

The annual State convention Of the
Womens Christian Temperance. Tn
ion will be held at Shreveport
some time next month.
It will b. meeting which may be
destined to play a CONSPICUOUS part in
the future, moral development OF our
town.
This organization is composed of a
number of women whose aim and OBJ
iect in life is to raise the fallen and
uplift the banner of morality in every
community of the State. An enter
tanning programme has been prepared
and the routine of business will be re-
lieved by rccitations, music, etc. 1t is
I to be hoped that our people will eX-
teni the delegates -all ladies' Il cor
dial Welcome.
Miss Mary f. Land. society editor of
THE PROGRESS, has been invited TO
deliver the address OF welcome o. The
part Of the nress.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10
PRODUCE AND POULTRY.

! take this method Of informing
you that / have located at No Zoo
alllam street, city Of Shreveport, La
lor the purpose of conducting gen
aal Country Produce COMMISSION
Business, making speciality OF
CHICKENS, BUTTER and EGGS.
eut will be pleased to handle all pro-
aacts Of the farm. My facilities for
'as guarantee of perfect satisfaction
sie unsurpassed by all competitors
y reason Of practical experience fol
lae past twenty years, Of maker and
Mller Of such products, | am person,
g equipped to protect the interest
my patrons. A share OF your pat
is respectfully solicited with
guarantee of personal attention.
salek sales and Immediate returns.
Yours respectfully,
FRASk r. Hicks.
shreveport, La, Dec. l, 1898.
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"FANClES IN THE fIRELIGHT.

Id !
Silent is the twiht parlor,
| sit before the glowing CRATE
Building castles. weaving fancics
While the eve is growing late.
When thus the evening shadows fall,
Aud twilight's winsom2 hour,
Gently fills the tirelit room,
IfoIt its magic power.
For twilight has charm for NE,
And the fires ruddy CLEAN,
Recalls. ah, many q happy hour
And many vanished dream.
In the freight, | can picture,
Faces once 10 me so dear.
While gaze on bright Goals glowing
Absent forms seem ever near,
Then. I welcome back those dear oucS
Absent by His mighty power;
Familiar forms, familiar faces,
Come to me with twilight hour.
In the tirali2ht. in the irelight.
Often times | sit and dream,
Seeing absent faces pictured.
In the fires ruddy CLEAN.
How many castles | have built.
Castles, light a. air,
Substantial in the twilight:
But sunlight brings despair.
LIN the freight. lam dreaming.
OF life aud its many beauties.
Dreaming of life and it's pleasures.
Forgetting it's many duties.
In the freight, love and sunshine,
On every side seem to meet,
And, life in the glow of the fire
Seems with love and joy complete.
Yes twilight hour brings to me,
a vision that life is beauty:
But sunlight, stern reality brings,
And tells me life is duty.
ALLEN l.. EFLow.
Shreveport, La.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10
Notice For Publication.
land OFFICE at Natchlioches. In.
February 9th, 1894.

February 9Th 1894.
Notice is hereby given thai the l"liow-
ing named settler has liled h0,lce ol me
intention TO MAKE final PROOF Ia lfe ''p,
port of his cIal", and that saia PROOF WI,
he made before Glen ( OF Dislric' g. all NJ
Shreveport. Ia OH March ~ n Eva. VIZ
II. n. 39G2 Betsy Peterson, WHO" 81
VIM. Peterson. deceased, t"rstne Nj OF
w. 4 Of ". w. or Lots 2aud D OIL ~. D
r. 10 ~, r IA w.
He names the following witnesses 10
prove his continuous residence upo,Tinu
cultivation of said land, VIZ oplaae
Richardson, of Shreveport. La, Jes''ph
Uamlin, of shreveport, La I !,
Homlin. of Shreveport. La" Jehefseh
Walker of Shreveport, La.
EDWARD PHILLIPS, REGISTER
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10

The Louisiana Review, OF New o.
leans, is on sale at Mr. H T. hsans.
A Shreveport society department is
an interesting festure OF the Review.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-18

There are people and places that fade from our
minds
And days that grow dim I'm the past;
There are loves that are born and wither and
die.
And nothing seems true TO the last;
But back Ia the days of the long, long ago,
when the little back yard was our course,
The friend who was dearest and sweetest to us
Was the galloping gingerbread horse.
Can we ever forget him2 His arched neck and
tail,
His sugar glazed ears and foretop?
Don't we still feel the thrill Of uttermost Joy
As we carried him out Of the shopT
Then. breathless with happiness, longing 10
start,
We sped to the back cellar door.
And there, in a paradise, uibbled and munched
Till the gingerbread horse was no more.
Oh, my gingerbread horse, how the taste Of
thy heels
And the peppery sweet Of thy name,
With thy black currant eyes and thy brown,
sOftened sides,
Come back from the dim past again
How taste, as dream. every mOuthful ate
OF thy luscious young self For, in truth,
There are times when / feel would give all
have
For gingerbread horse Of my youth
-Everard Jack Appleton.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-18

How beautiful thou art, o love Of minel
The sparkle Of hine eye shines in the streams.
The fragrance Of thy breath watts from the
pine.
The beauty Of thy smile is in the beams
OF morning sunlight as il gliuts and CLEANS.
Thy vesture Is the ycrdaucy that thrills
In new life In the leaf. the spray. the blade,
And lies like emerald velvet on the hills
And on the bOscage Of the bushgrown glade,
Brilliant in sunlight, splendrOus in the shade.
Once more seek thee in thy bowers, my sweet.
A tired toiler from the city's mart,
Once more | seek thee, by the brOOklet feet,
To still with touch OF thine the fret and
smart
And slow the throbbing Of the fevered heart,
And, 10! find thy welcome is as free
Today as in the old time, long ago,
When, as "A child, l wandered forth to thee.
Thy smile is only deeper, and know
My own responsive love doth warmer glow.
Oh, as Of old, first love Of mine, infuse
The vigOr Of thy youth in nerve and vein.
Cast out the sordid thought; the soul enthuse
With nObler instincts, and in art and brain
Breed high desires that bring no after pain.
Point with tly luminous finger to the sod
Where blossoms grow and toll not, neither
spin,
But rest their being beauteous in their God,
Content to be far from the city's din,
In woodland depths, devoid Of care or sin.
Outing.