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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

giving utterance to so Vllea slahdef,
especially as the paper originating
the charge had itself recanted its
former statement and declared the
story to be false IN response to the
pRoGRrss' question we further replied
that We were at q loss to know
WI ether it WAS Ignorance, insanity or
the force of habit that caused HE
PROGRESS to REUTER- this exploded
SANDER. That paper in It's last ISSUE
begs us to attribute it to the force Of
habit Our contemporary is assured
that we have done SO. The old habit
of seeing evil and only evil IN the
State administration and Of charging
it with everything bad that happens
and Of constituting every good thing
it may do into evil, has acquired such
strong hold on our contemporary
as to amonnt to species of positive
insanity. Indeed, we should not be
surprised at any time to see 1t charge
Governor Foster with bringing cater
pillars into the cotton fields, or to
charge him with treason for not gong
to work and coming all the old shirt
tails in Shreveport into legal tender
dollars" y Baton Rouge Advocate.
/ Now Advocate. why didn't yon
p]ay fair and tell in what our force Of
habit consisted, as we defined 1t!
Had YOU done so your million read
ers-more or less-woE,d not have
thought you SO smart and funny as
they do now.
Az tothe governors bringing cater
pillars in the cotton field, if he hat
the power we believe he would do i
{
in the twinkliug of an eye ifthe snga
interests could be benefited thereby
for instance If 20 cents per ponn'
bounty could be secured thereby.
AS to his coming the extremltIes o
our daily fabric into money we mus
say you are beside yourself, Bro
Cheyis. DO you forget that the yer
mention of any kind Of money tina
) gold drives Cleveland mad! and hi
) madness or any other synIptol
always affects Senator Gallery in tn
same way. and do you believe Mu'
pbey would so punish Cousin Don
Again, brother! we knew you wei
foolish about Governor Foster; "
believe you thought hin the creates
dead or living man, but we new
y thought yonr blind worship won
y reach the extent Of believing he ha
the power to coin" legal tender not
from Shreveport shirt tails. And /
> us tell you, neighbor, even if he b;
J that power they would not pass
j this section, as we folks have becon
I to believe that anything which en-
S mates from Governor Foster, from b
II message to any other public act, is
o spurious that it will not pass cnrre
is at all. Excuse us, friend, but we "a
, don't care TO have even our sh
10 tails come in contact with any ofticl
70 act of our executive. There is da
IL ger therein, you know.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

parish, and it's editor, Mr.. Don f..
Sorelle, is one Of the most enterprs-
ing citizens Of the parish Progress.
"Thanks, Bro. Hicks, for the com
pliment. But our effort for an illus
trated edition is about to fail. We
are now seriously thinking of getting
at least picture week Of some OF
our prominent men and Insert them.
Our New Orleans contemporary. the
Plcayune, You doubtless have OBJ
served. is now. anl for some time
past, has been treating its readers to
the pictures of prominent men OF
Louisiana and Mississippi, and so far.
we believe, has not been sued for
damages. Do you think the Banner
can escape as well?"- Sabine Banner.
We doubt it, Bro. Sorelle. You
see everyone will know who is the
editor and general boss Of the Ban
ner, because your name appears at
the masthead. Bnt with big dailies
like the Picayune it is different. No
names are given but those of the pro-
prietors, that of the editor, manager
and correspondents being conspicu-
Gus for their absence. You can thus
readily see how easy it is for known
correspondent to say, Il have resigned
and you must not hold me RESPONSE
BILE" We remember when those pic.
lures which you speak of were ap'
pearing that legislator was hunting
Mr.. H. H. Hargrove with a shotgun
and that gentleman, when found
positively declared, "Why, my deal
sir haven't you heard of it before
I resigned several weeks ago" The
rate man had to be content with thi:
because he could not prove to TIT
contrary. OF course Mr.. Hargrov'
was only giving him game, but i
went. ~
, We gness you had better not try it
Sorelle, but you might get up goo
!, selling edition by putting in the pic
lures of the editors of Banner an
THR PROGRESS as the coming men Q
the State, coming to the penitentiar
!. or in sane asylum.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
DRY FOOD FOR CHICKS.

dough is objectionable as food
for young chicks for two reasons:
First, 1t contains too much water, and
the chicks are thus forced to sWal-
low more water in the food than they
otherwise would. Second. there will
be a portion left over, which is liable
to ferment, thus leading to disease,
the cape worm being one of the Ills
to consider. Dry food is more sulta-
bic, says the American Agricultural
ist. It is not necessary to feed chicks
until they are thirty-six hours old,
and then rolled oats or oatmeal may
be given every two hours, only a
small quantity being required. Stale
bread or mashed potatoes may be
added by way Of variety. When q
week old, screenings may be allowed
and as soon as they can eat it, whole
wheat and cracked corn may be
given. At this stage, three times {
day will be often enough to feed, ant
DO food should remain over. 1t /:
better for the chicks to be underfet
than overfed. If they have grass
blot upon which to exercise, they vii
find many substances for use, an'
grow rapidly, if kept dry and fire.
from l,ce."- Courier Journal.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
NO. THANK YOU.

"Some days ago the Shreveport
PROGRESS reproduced that outrageous
political lie about a dicker between
the State and city administrations
and asked us what we thought of it.
We frankly replied that we did not
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
WE DOUBT IT.

"Banner intends, if 1t can sc: the
encouragement from our citizens, to
;ssne An illustrated edition in Sep
teuber."-I Sabine. Banner.
The, Banner certainly needs en-
couragement as, it has. ever labored
earnestly: for the promotion, advance
ment. and succees Of Many and Sabine
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

The establishment of United States
banks dealing directly with the peo-
ple. at rate of interest not to exceed
3 Der cent per annum. would soon
enable the country to recover from
it's heavy financial losses. This
method is also good Democratic doc
trine.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
A FREAK IN CORN.

Mr.. J. Z. Mason, a successful
farmer residing in Cheneyville ward,
sent Town Talk this week a strange
freak.in the way of corn. which he
pulled in his field. It is three ears OF
corn firmly fastened together at the
butt end. The center ear Is larger
than those on each side. The ears
are all well filed with grains. 1t is
common yellow corn Town Talk
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
courage Isl LIE Compile Messen-


ger.
You are on the right track, Bro.
Taylor! Let us unite our forces
against She enemies of ballot reform
and those who would keep labor aud
agriculture under bondage and by
one grand effort, free our State from
the shackles which now enslaye rs.
1t is our opinion that Gov. Foster
will succeed himself whether the peo-
pie desire it or not, if he can, and to
accomplish this will bring about such
schemes of ballotbox stutiing as will
beggar the indeseribab'e scenes
which have such a black page in Lou
isianu's history But we can thwart
him. Man, with right az his weapon
and God is his adviser can accom-
plish anything, and with these to ami
mate us, we can yet thwart Governor
Foster in his fell design.
Prepare for the conflict, Bro. Tay-
lor, and let the Messenger be the
rapier which shall cut away the oppo-
sition to truth and honest labor in
your community.
We hear So many papers OF differ
ent political views urge its readers to
keep in the middle of the road" that
We are impelled to put the query,
what is meant by "the middle Of the
roadY- Shreveport Progress.
what dense ignorance! Fie, tie,
Bro. Hicks; with all your dealings
with the Populists, haven't yon
learned yet that they prefer to walk
: right down the center Of the big
: muddy road of prejudice aud lntoler'
: ance, than to walk Try shod along
}. the smooth sidewalks of reason and
] political probability ?"-Colfax Chron
g icle.
q We give this as YOUR answer, Bro
l Goodbye, though We must confess
Q that it is very unsatisfactory. W.
8 will state, however, that, judging
. from The Comrades reply, YOU have
9 the Populists down fine, for that re
Q ply certainly contained lot of intol
& erance and nothing of argument O.
u definition. We have been hoping tt
hear some explanation than will do t.
J. tie to from some of the papers whic
It are continually bowling Keep IN tn
70 middle Of the road, without any az
q parent ability to tel! where that lie
70 "Our esteemed contemporary, tn
Shreveport PRoakEss, in its last lssu
10 asks the question, "What is Demoe
racy, any way" As some of OF
l" greatest {? J statesmen seemed to |
somewhat mixed up on the qnestlo
40 and SO long as we are young IN tt
~ business" We too would rise 10
point of information, and ask Il
~ same question. AbbevllIe Star.
i'd Well, boys, democracy" is obs
ut lete. II yon want to keep in tt
swim get into the ''P" crowd-Pr'
Pop. or Pub Morgan City II
,rt view.
~ which party are YOU connects
'ut with, Bro. Jolley?
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

When the American people learn
to do their own thinking they will
not make SO many stupid remarks
about the Farmers Alliance and its
doctrine.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

"In his speech at Ruston, Governor
Foster boldly threw down the gaunt-
let to the advocates OF ballot reform
and told them, in substance, that he
intended to count in his successor.
Now, what are the boys going to do
about itw- Capital Item.
Well put, Bro. Annis. PROFOUND
your qnery again and again until
every nook, corner, dell, dale, hilltop
aud valley, the waves of the lakes
lagoons, bayons. ravines and rivers
all over the State will resound with
the echo.
And we repeat, 'boys" what are
you going to do about it?
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

"The Farmers Alliance now in SEES
sion at Natchitoches does not seem to
be as we'll attended as is usual at such |
meetings. We notice, however, the
names of snch eminent farmers as
Peter Trezevant Judge Rutland,
Hardy Brian and Benoit the Joker,
conspicuous among those in attend
ance."- Advocate.
This being IN of year is the r"ason,
we suppose, those eminent horny
handed sons of toll, the Messrs. Eos
ter, Gallery, Bolton, Lott, Walter
Rogers, Hill, of Orleans, and others
are not there. 1t is said that our
friend, Walter, took such a fancy to
rural life that he actually gave up his
law practice and the chances for po-
litical promotion to engage in the
stock business accepting call to
become inspector of live stock. 1t
was related of Walter during the late
campaign that he mistook a young
goat for calf, and it is possible this
evidence of superior qualification as
a stock farmer prompted his selec-
ton as inspector. Our people are all
in love with the rural caliings, and
the nearer they get to the election
time the more ardent they get. The
ONLY d ference among them is, such
admirers as Peter Trezevant, hut
land, Brian and Benoit stay with
them all the time, and some Others
only monkey with them about cleo
ton time."- Capital Item.
The PROGRESS is not taking hane
in. this little sparring match, bu
thinks the Item too rough on MI
Rogers. We believe him to be
: man considerably more than tn
: peer the Others mentioned, excep
MIR. Hill. whom we know nothing OF
S Liquids are but poor conductor
J of heat, a very simple experiment
will illustrate this. Take long tes
Q tube and fill it with ice cold waite
then sink a piece Of ice-sma
enough to 60 into the tube-by mean
of a small iron or brass nut, so thu
!, the ice may lie at the bottom OF til
o tube; now place the tube in stant
y ing position over spirit lamp, tt
r flame Of which impinges on the tnt
10 near the top. In short time 20
y will have boiling water at the top
the tube and ice at the bottom OF
10 showing bow poor a conductor watt
,e isl Louisiana Weather Journal.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
AN AWFUL CRIME.

"Wm. Hedgepeth, a white man,
aged about IS years. was taken to
Vernon, Jackson parish, by Deputy
Sheriff j. NJ. Mcdowell, of that par
isb, on last Saturday evening. The
man was handcuffed and the deputy
sheriff acted as if Hedgepeth was a
most desperate criminal. What do
our readers suppose was the charge
against Hedgepeth9 Stealing hand
saw. worth about SO cents. For this
petty crime Hedgepeth was taken
from his family, near Cheneyville, in
this parish. where he has a fine crop.
Hedgepeth says he is not guilty
We suppose come Jackson parish
citizen has it in for Hedgepeth. The
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

accused was arrested by Sheriff Stat
ford and jailed here one day last
week. Hedgepeth, while in this par
ish. has been an industrious man and
a good citizen. and his neighbors re-
eret very much his misfortune. y
/ Town Talk.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

'Governor Foster, in his Huston
speech, said the Legislature had not
passed any bad laws. This being the
case, he admits that. in attempting to
destroy the "Constructive Contempt
BILL" to pocket veto the Truck Farm
BILL" and 'Boggs' Silver Resolution"
he did deliberately and with malice
aforethough, kill and mardar these
good laws, for which heinons otfense
he should be arraigned before the
bar of public opinion. - Capital
Item.
Governor Foster has been before
the bar OF public opinion SO often
that be has become an old offender.
He should be put beyond harms
way speedily, quickly as it can be
done.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
"Mr. " Il. Cook informs us that

"Mr. W L. Cook informs us that
his cotton has the blight. This is
where it dies from some cause. Cot
ton has been putting on so much
that we have been prepared to hear
that it was shedding r great deal, but
the blight seems to be a new feature
in this section. The most OF the corn
we have seen is large and well ma
tured. Our people will make an ex-
cellent crop Of this cereal" Rich
land Beacon News.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
COST OF THE STRIKE.

An 6JIlnihIe Ol Iue COSl w Viz
country of the great railway strike
mas been made and pnblished.Ay
Bradstreets as follows:
United states government. .........S l.NOUO
Loss in earnin of r. r. Chicago. 100000
Loss earnings. other railroads 2.5OO,O0O
Loss, destruction of K. X property. 2.5V,'D
Loss, railway employees Wagts...... W,0OO, COo
Loss in exports. ............ 2.00OU00
Loss on fruit crops. 2.M!ho
Loss to N ,nufacturing companies. M0OVD
Loss 10 employes .......... 81. 0N0, 900
Loss 10 merchants on quick GOODS. 5,OO0,O0
Here we have Il total of $4,000 900. and no
account Is taken OF the incidental damages TO
almost every line of business.
That isn't much, but the total loss
of even such an insignificant sum as
S79,0O0,O0O does not tend greatly to
the restoration Of good times. How
many months has the strike delayed
the dawning Of good times. y The
American.
Pit the blame where it belongs
upon Pullman, who refused to arbi
trate the difference
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

"Ihe pecan crop throughout the
State is very fine, and gives promise
Of an abundant yield.
III
Galveston and Houston, Tex claim
10 have received several hundred
bales of cotton of this years crop
The Sugar Planter.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

~;
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/ facias issu1
d and Dug
For kies, IM
nth Ward
tizrd and N
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k,reet, city Z
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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
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facias iasue
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Constable
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

"The American people want justice
10 industrial arrangement for CAPT
talist aud workmen alike. The first
step toward securing 1t is to find out
The cause Of injustice, and for that a
searching commission OF inquiry is
necessary.".- Webster Signal.
sLabor receives precious little con-
sideration from the political powers
these days. But for all that your po-
sition is correct. Progress.
And can it ever be better while
political machine instead of an uD-
tzameled ballot determines who shall
eonstitute the political powers! Bro
Hicks, OF some one else, please en-
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

81, s,,pplisas
h. tho n'eI9
|e reach e.,
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kit,y whefs
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rciaily
rsnh.d. 80
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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18

p ., ..+, "a
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The Washington times., 1894-04-06
Jockey ponneIly Ruled OFF.

ST. LOUIS, No., April 5.-Clear and pleas
ant, track fast. and betting lively at Madison
to-day, with very large attendance. Donnelly.
the jockey. was ruled off after the last race
forusing insulting languageto to Judge Swigert
First race-Half mile. Silhouette won; Tom
Crouch second, and Austral third. Time, :5Sls.
Second race-Selling; Eve and one-half fur
longs. False won: Barker Harrison second, and
Cactus Blossom third. Time, l:l6.
Third rgce-Sel,inc; four furlongs. Molly
Penny won; Cole Younger second, and Gotta
third. Time, :j2.
Fourth race-Six furlongs Uncle John won;
Little Nell second, and Bud Brooks third. Time,
1.20Is.
Sixth race-Selling; seven and one-half fur
longs. Billy Sunderland won; j. Il. Freed sec
ond, and Smrock third Time, l:411h.
Entries at East ST. Louis tomorrow:
First race-Five furlongs. Odrey, Emma Mac,
Grab Cider Cerebus, C. b. Willingham, Deer
Lodge, Poet, and Mackey, l09 each; Dockwick and
Headlong, 105 each
Second race-Nine-sixteenths of mile. Dor
man Qormerly Katie Colt and Bessie Smith, 81
each; Thane, 96; Apollo, Yosemite, and Deceit,
l0i each; Jimmie r, l06; Wrestler, 100; Pat
Tucker, 100, and King Star, Ill.
Third race-Three furlongs. Maggie Barry
and Ida Margie, % each; Magazine. 102; l. II
Goodnight, 105; Miss Reynolds, 107: Rostern, no;
Queen Faustus, l12 and Rosita, 1l5.
Fourth neutrality-suspicious. of a mile Ko-
komo, 81; Attention, 90; Archbishop, 100: Joe l.,
}. Il. Nc, Pauline, Pirate Chief, and Dora I, ,
l01 each John Dunn and Disturbance, 1t2 each
Fifth race-One mile; selling Van Zant, 93;
Liberty Bell, 81; Vida, 102; Brookwood, Living
ston. and sam Bryant 103 each; Josie d, 1Oi; Joe
Courtney, Jack Richelieu, Cassella, and John
Hickey, 107 each. and Ny Partner Ill.
Sixth race-fhree-fourths of mile. Knicker-
booker, 100; Jack Richclieu, 1885, Estelle and
Ballardine, g. Vida, los: St Joe, los; Confeder-
ate, Frankie, and Luke richards, 80 each.
The Washington times., 1894-04-06
EASY FOR THE YOUNGSTERS
Better Playing Gave the Kids Another
Victory Over the Vets.
BAD PITCHING ON BOTH SIDES
Stephens and Mercer We're Wild, but the Lat
ter Received Much the Better Support.
Manager Schmelz Declares Washington

Pitcher Stephens gave practical illustra-
and, as a result the Vets were again badly
defeated. The weather was rather cool, and
the attendance was limited. The youngsters
were out for the game, and they piled up a
strong lead in the opening inning, which they
kept adding to all the way through. Esper
relieved Stephens in the sixth inning, and the
Kids failed to find his curves to any great
extent.
Mercer appeared in the points for the win
ners and was wild. He gave nine bases on
balls, and in the second inning forced two
men over the plate by his wildness. Outside
of this he did fairly good work. Ward showed
up in elegant style at the bat and slammed
out three hits, one of which yielded three
bases. The only error made by the Kids was
fumbled grounder by Ward.
The Vets were extremely off in their field
ing, every man on the team, save Radford and
Sullivan, making errors. These msplays were
so sandwiched with bases on balls and hits,
that the Kids had little. trouble in scoring
runs. In the opening inning the Vets scored
but one run when good base running would
have made many more. Bad coaching led to
both Abbey and Mcmahon being run out be-
tween bases in succession. This kind OF work
put damper on the spirits eff the old-timers.
and afterward they were easy game for the
youngsters.
Selbach kept up his fine fielding in the left
garden, and it will be Il difficult matter for
Manager Schmelz to find any other to do so
well. George Tebeau has not yet received
the free use of his game leg, but he manages
to cover considerable ground in center field.
Hassamaer had little TO do yesterday in the
field, but was rather lively with the stick,
making single and double Shortstop Nc
Mahon put up pretty fielding game, and
managed to get IN timely single.
Cartwright, for such big man, proves de-
cidedly quick on his feet, and so far has done
splendidiy at first. The best work by the
Vets was that OF Radford, who took care of
several difficult fly balls. effecting a double
play on one OF his catches. Paul seems de-
termined TO retain his hold on the right gar
den. and "Roaring Bilr' Hassamaer will have
task to get the decision over lucky Paul.
With the games already played as a guild
ance the impression prevails that the strong
est infield would be Cartwright. Ward, Joyce,
and Sullivan. The latter is u better sticker
than McMahon and this will probably cause
Sullivan to be selected for the place. With
respect to the outfleld there promises to be
lively brush for positions between, Selbach,
Tebeau, Hassamaer. RadIord and Abbey.
After getting good lead in the first inning
yesterday the Kids kept in front to the finish,
the game being called in the eighth inning on
account OF darkness. The score:
The Washington times., 1894-04-06
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Or. DAMoS's REMARKABLE POWER.

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health; what the dying want Is life. and he who
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He cures when all others fail. Honest square
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