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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10

The wise woman makes her kitchen
comfortable If she is her own maid
of all work she finds that the trouble
and thought she spends on that hum
bic room are very wisely spent. II
she has servant she will find that
the comfort of the kitchen will often
be the measure of the servants stay
and her willingness to work.
The floor should be painted There
should be neatly bound mats of carpet
here and there, but no tackled or "put
down" rug, The walls, when it is
possible, should be covered with limo.
leum, tiles, or something equally dur.
able and easy to keep clean There
should be light colored Holland shades
at the windows and short sash cur
tains of white dotted muslin.
There should be, if possible. safe
with glass doors through which the
blue and yellow crockery, the tin and
copper vessels may be seen without
gathering dust and smoke. There
should be at least one shelf where
cook books may repose and another
where bright, hardy, heat loving
flowers may bloom. A kitchen clock
should provide the element of accur.
acy for the culinary experiments end
a big, splint- bottomed rocker should
be one of the prominent furnishings
of the room.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
Women Everywhere,

Mrs. Hetty Green is more watched
and dreaded in her ventures on the
street than most of Wall streets kings.
She is reputed to be worth about
$40, 900, 900.
For the first time in the history Of
Virginia the mother of presidents has
one of her daughters in official posi-.
ton in one of til. federal courts
through the appointment of Miss
Robert Ackerly to be deputy clerk oil
the United States district court al
lwnchburg.
Nine. Vincens, who under the name
of Arvede Barina, is known as one OF
the most brilliant of French newspa.
per and review writers, never received
the usual education in her girlhood,
her father being her only teacher.
Since her marriage she has mastered
Latin, Greek, and the modern Ian
guages-
While it is not uncommon in some
counties in England for young girl.
to act as pail bearers such an occur.
ence in this country is worthy of no
tice. At the funeral of Mrs. Jane:
McGlvern, which took place at Ia
coma, Wash, recently, six young wo
men. each wearing a white chrysan
themum, were the pail bearers.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
EgEshcll steam Engine.

1ae cggohell steam engine is easily
made.
"Rlow" two fresh eggs -oy making
a small hole in ttac big end and care
fully sucking out its contents. With
very fine wire put each i'll harness
or cage by which it may be hung Sc
curcly in horizontal position. In
the same manner firmly suspend q
thimble from each egg 50 that it will
hang directly below when the egg is
suspended.
Next take a bottle cork, into the
bottom of which pin is stuck, firmly
fasten the tines Of two forks into it
at exactly opposite sides, and poise
the whole OF it on the head of ,hc pin
which should rest on a wcll-worn
nickel laid on the top of q catsup Or
wine bottle. If this mechanism is
carefully constructed it will freely
and evenly rcvolvc around the bottle
1t now becomes necessary to half
fill each eggshell with water. TO do
this heat them over n lamp and then
suddenly plunge them into cold water,
and enough will penetrate to the in
terror.
Now carefully hang a shell from
each fork handle, and place in each of
the thimblcs wad of raw cotton
saturated in alcohol. Insure a per.
feet balance Of the whole by placing
few fine shot in one or the other
thimble If need be.
All is now ready for raising steam
Touch match to the cotton wadding
in the thimbles and in few minutes
the water in the egg shells will boil
and steam will begin to issue from
the hoies OF course, the eggsheIls
are hung so as to face in opposite d.
rections.
When the steam begins to "hiss'
gently set the whirligig lin motion
away from the jet of steam, and then
the force of the escaping steam will
keep up the movement, slowly al
FIRST, but soon at a quite rapid rate Of
revolution.
If, in place Of forks in cork, a
carefully whitfield and balanced piece
of white pine wood, poised on blunt
needle and polished and oiled cop.
per coin be substituted the smooth.
ness and force of action will increase.
Goose eggs, Of course, will afford
larger boilers, and as consequence
will keep the machine in operation
longer. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
Where tho brownies" Are Born.

Brownie land-or in Their words
MIR. Cox's studio, on Broadway, New
York-does not in the least resemble
what we should imagine fairies HID.
ing place to be- We would fancy a
dimly lighted room, full of all kinds
OF queer old fashioned furniture and
hangings, forming hooks and corners
where the little sprites could play at
hide-and-seek, or conceal themselves
at the approach of human footsteps.
Instead, the room is large and very
light; with five windows through
which comes the continual echo of the
city's busy life; though there
are, of course cozy corners
and hiding places from which the
Brownies might peep to watch their
friend at work. 1t is at a very bus
iness-like desk, covered with pencils,
pens, brushes for India ink, and paper.
that the artist seats himself when he
wishes to enrich some page with new
picture to delight his thousands of
small readers.
But in spite Of his commonplace
surroundings, the noise of heavy carts
and the never-quiet street cars Palmer
Cox manages to hear the Brownies chat
and to see all they do, as his verses
and pictures provost Nicholas.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10

Keep no sheeI that is too old to
feed well.
Watch the nlggOts on the sheep
If they are foEd, smear with tur-
pentine.
Dipping she Up, if the sheep is
good, makes th skin more healthy
and improves Dc wool
Good feeding good breeding and
good manager mt mean good wool as
well as good nltton.
o This is a gpd time for keeping
your wool in airy, dark place The
world will yeI need your wool and
will be willing o pay for it.
The sheepIbs been compared to a
government sbnd. 1t carries its
coupon righta its back You can
clip it and coact your interest an
nually.
Sheep are ID only valuable or the
farm Oh accout of their wool and
mutton, butIey improve the fertil-
ity of the Ind more, probably,
than any oths kind of stock.
The sbeepbd wool business is at
least down \ hard pan. All that
sheep breeds are hoping for is to
make a reanable profit, They do
not expect tget rich at once.
Some waers deny that the
Dorset-HorI5 dog-proof. But they
all admit th the Dorset. Horn had
as leave figt dog as to fight any
thing else, md that goes long way
toward selfFotection.
When dassing mutton do ii
quickly. II the entrails are not
quickly rer0red the meat will have
a "woolly tsHe," though it is not
woolly tashat all. The flavor comes
from the sorption from the en-
trails.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10

Soups may be broadly divided into
four claSscS-clear soups Shick SOUPS,
purees or bisques and chowders. Clear
soups include all forms of bouillon or
broth. Thick soups consist of tbs
clear soups boiled down tcs unusual
strength and thcRcned Purecs have
the vegetable ingredients cooked soft
and rubbed through sieve into the
soup Bisques aye purces, with fish
used in place Of the vegetables, and
chowders are compounds of fish, fowl,
flesh or vegetables, mixed and sea-
soned to suit the individual taste of
the cook
The meat from which soup is 80 be
made must be lean, as greasy SOUP is
an abomination. The meat should be
cut from the bone in. rather small
pieces and the bone broken Ihe
bone gives the flavor Of the marrow
to the soup. Meat and bone should be
placed in cold water and the whole
slowly heated. 1t should be SKINNED,
as film rises to the top. When the
water just reaches the boiling point
the vegetables and favoring should
be added and the whole allowed to
simmer, but not to boil, for several
hours The daintiest way of flavorlng
the soup is to tie the spices in gauze
bag and let them remain in the water
long enough to give flavor but not
their whole strength. When the soup
is done it should be taken from the
stove, SKINNED, partially cooled and
passed through a hair sieve, This is
bouillon, the foundation of all good
soup. 1t will keep for long time in
a cool place.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10

The hOrscmanship Of the women to
be seen in the riding schools Of New
York causes derisive smiles among the
Southern and "a Western women who
see it, There are a few instances of
fearless riding by young women who
have learned to sCamrcr across the
fields IN tho country, and who have
good seat and drm eye, but the ma
jority of women riders are painful to
look at, It is evident &c horse women
from out of town, who ride for the
pleasure of riding and not to reduce
their weight, that the dread of too
much fat takes most of the women TO
riding schools in New York.
The riders gro, in some instances, So
ponderOus, that getting them in the
saddle is world of breathe SIS danger
They always wear the tightcst habits
possible, aud after the first few steps
of the horse their faces ar" intl&med
and their breath comes in quick and
plaintivC gaSps But they stick to it
until the prescribed haif hours cxer-
else has been accomplished, and then
they weigh themselves and dress, UNI
der the impression that their figures
are regaining their sylph-like and
youthful proportions The ridinl.
masters believe that these women cat
and drink SO much after thea exercise
that, there is never any perceptiblc de
crease in weight.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10

fore. also was out into a sack, and
made to keep both the saddle and the
girl in their proper position. scarce
ly objected to the manner of the ride,
for had a very pleasant game Of
peck-a-boo with the little girl, uatll
we came to big snowdrift, where tho
poor beast was stuck fast and began
to lie down, Then it was not so nice.
This was the convenient and print
tive way in which some mothers
packed their childran for winter Joro'-
ncys. However cold the weather
might De, the irHnate of tae fur-lincd
sack was usually very comfcrilbe-
at least | used to think so. | believe
| was treated TO all the precarious
Indian C0nvcyanccs, and, as a boy, |
enjoyed the dog travOS ride as much
as any, These trdvois consisted of a
set of rawhide strips securely dashed
to the tcnt-polcs, which were har-
jcSsed to the sides Of the animal as II
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
household Helps.

The sulfower is probably the
coarsest aldsankest of garden weeds,
yet in Russis the oil of its seeds is
used on solids, and its stalks are good
as fuel. Ell
A piece u channels skin cut to fiji
the insidesu the shoe will not only
prove ven comfortable in cold
weather and to tender feet, but il
will save ihe stockings from wear
Thick sOollen rugs are the only
ones to bsused in front of a fire, ii
any shouRbe used there at all. In
such rugs If they are very thick.
even a slight flame may be readily
smothered while cotton rugs are
very inhannable.
In confined use of the eyes, in
such work as sewing, type-setting,
bookkeeping, reading and studying,
the savingpoint is looking up from
the work 81 short intervals and look.
ing aroundthe room. This may be
practicedeery ten or fifteen min
utes. Thisrelieving the muscular
tension rests the eyes and makes the
blood supply much better.
A fliteeninch square of red cheese
cloth, With narrow, brier-stitched
hem andtvo strings OF worsted braid
sewed across one corner, does not
sound Ike anything remarkable, but
wien Que learns it is to wrap up
shoes ofslippers for bag or trunk
the fullyalue of the notion appears.
Shoes arethe meanest things to pack
or wrap In paper, but the soft cotton
wraps them close and the strings
keep them in place.
The most effectual way to air beds
ana PEG clothing is to Arrow the
clothes over a chair and lift the
mattress partly over the footboard
In a round, EUop-like fashion, and II
leather bed is used, pull it off upon
cnaE Then open the windows
ana doors so chat a current OF air
can pass through the room, and let
IL remain SO for two or three hours,
or even longer Beds thus aired are
always healthfal and will induce
SOUND deep In their occupants.
bach Member Of the family should
Do framed to do this daily, and never
aiiowed to leave the room until it is
30 arranged. Boys as we'll as girls
can g taught to do this. and they
WIZ. Esp the benefit OF it through
tneirves and be sure to have their
cn'lo traiued in the same way.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
, MOTHER SONG.

Soft sleeps the earth in moonlit blest;
Soft sleeps the bGugh above the nest;
Der lonely depths the whippOOrwill
Breathes one faint note and all is still Cd
Sleep little darling night is long
Sleep while | sing thy cradle song.
About thyo dreams the dS1oping flower
Blows her sweet breath from hour to hour,
And white the great moon spreads her wings
While low, while far, the dear earth swings
Sleep, little darling all night long
The winds shall sing thy slumber song. ,r
Powers Of the earth and OF the air
Shall have thee in their mOthe9 caro-.
And hosts Of heaven, together preSt,
Bend over thee, their last, thGi best
Hush. little darling from the deep
Some mighty wing shall fan thy sleep.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
,v,nrrR,NC CALVES CHEAPLr
AND PROFlTABLY'
A Steady Growth Must BE Ma'n'a .,'rns
pivot,nr Harness StrapS->ho''''''
30 Mixers & Sheep Shcarihss ~"
uousehold Helps. o
yyintering Calves.

To make raising cattle lor oco'
profitable on the farm, 1t Is very heC
essarv to rgaintain a steady gro" "a
Prom birth to maturity, and inc 9toch
mus be of q quality Of grade 'haI
when gwen coed treatment they VIII
make quick growth and mature
early. A steer that must be leu uh-
I'll he is between three ana loGF
wears old before it can be properly
finished for market, cannot under
present conditions OF 1arlnih9'
be shade very prostaDle AM,
mag if the value OF the 1ccd
is to be considered. AS with an
other stock it is very important TO
keep growing, and it is also very
easy to stunt during the first winter
A calf once stunted will ncSer fully
recover from the effects. with sotb
cattle and h0gs if the best pro1lt IS
sec2red the growth must DO pushed
from the start, using care OF course
to secure the best gain at the lowest
cost SO long as there is good pas
tnrage, calves will thrive with very
little looking after If they nave
plenty of salt, water and grass they
will grow right along. But during
the winter this cannpG be secured,
;9ld if they are kept growing itamust
be upon food that is supplied 20
them, and while it is necessary to
winter cconomically8 it is never a
good plan to stint the feed at the
expense of the growth of the stock.
With calves, as with other stack,
writes n. J. Shepherd in che Journal
of Agriculture a matter worthy sof
consideration in wintering cheaply,
is in providing good shelter. with
comfortable quarters calves can
readily be kept thrifty with good
roSghness and veHy little grain, and
this will be found to lessen the cost.
In fact it IS difficult to secure as
rapid a growth as is really necessary
for profit if the calve5 are without
shelter. 1t rwhl save. feed if good
hangers or racks are provided in
which to- feed the roughness, and
boxes or trough5 for the grain.
When it can be secured at fair
price. wheat bran is first class ma
terial to feed calves, in connection
with their roughne5s. oSome corn
may be usually given with profit.
The amount Of the rationS can in
nearly all cases be best determined
by the condition OF the calves, and
while there is no advantage in vast
ing feed, it is very important, if the
growth is to be pushed, TO feed lib
orally, giving generally all that they
Will eat up clean at each meal. 1t is
only by this kind of feeding that a
rapid growth is possible. Unless a
good growth is secured the food sup
piled is in large measure wasted;
an addition to the cost of the nimal
without corresponding profit.
Calves may be wintered at straw
stack, but will usually weigh less in
the spring than in the fall, and I'M
der this treatment will require q
year or more of time to grow for mar
ket, and this lessons very materially
the profit. In fact it is questionable
if anything like a fair price is
charged for the feed aud pasturage
if calf managed in this way will
pay it's cost.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10

One of the earliest recollections OF
my adventurous childhood is The ride
had on a pony's side. 1t seems
strange to think of riding in this
manner; nevertheless, the Indian
mode OF life made it possible. was
passive in the whole matter. A little
girl cousin of mine was gut in bag
and suspended from the horn of an In.
dian saddle; but her weight must be
balanced, or the saddle would not re-.
main on the animals back. There.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
) Marketing Small Loads.

The waste of time in marketing
small loads Sof produce is enormous
with some farmers They often act
as if their time had no &ppreciable
value, hitching UP a single horse
and light wagon 70 draw to market
what sometimes little more than
pays their expense while away from
home. 1t is often common for farm
ers who have BUSINESS in the city or
Village to put uNomo kind of pro-
duce to sell for tie purpose Of pay
ing expenses. his may be a neces-
sity occasionallNbut the tendency is
to make the Tactice of going to
market with ligb loads habit 1t
is one that few brmers can afford to
acquire. The tine spent on the road
is wasted as far IS farm improvement
goes. There hno farmer who can
not if he will it'd profitable employ
ment on his fam at nearly all sea-
sons of the yea American Guilt.
VatOr.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
what They Think Of IA.

Our friends, the English say tina.
the American girl calculates her 70
mances by the yard. books her hirta
tions by the double-entry. marries a.
compound interest; that she has tn,
head of railway president and th
heart of an llsquimau.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10

When little Helen Keller, the blind,
deaf, and dumb child, was asked by a
clergyman If she ever prayed, she said:
II pray the prayer OF Plato old
God make me beautiful within,
And may mine eyes the good behold
In everything save sin"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10

vantage Of it, she gets there just in
time to be told that "thc last one was
sold not more than two minutes ago,
lady"
That this life is so full Of disap-
pointments, anyway. - Philadelphia
Times.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
How Fred Likes OYSTERS.

Hostess-Ereddie, are you fond OF
raw oysters? Freddie-Yes, ma am, il
they are real we'll cooked.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
A Sad Fact.

Teacher-What was the significant
fact OF Thomas Jefferson's death ON
the Fourth of July? Bright Boy
That he missed the freworka-Iitel
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
Riveting Harness Straps,

Broken straps may be mnnded by
use OF rivets, il one is not provided
with the requisites for sewing. To
make the werk still more reliable,
cement may be used in connection
with the rivets; however, riyets alone
II of the proper size and we'll put in,
make leather work very firm. A
gentleman writes: make and mend
all my harness with copper belt
rivets. The process is so simple, the
work so secure, the time it takes to
do it 8, trifing, and the cost so
small, that any owner of a horse
ought to provide himself with the
requisites Two rivets are enough
for almost any joint in brides, bug
gy harness. lines, etc. The pieces
ere Tapped about an inch; two holes
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-10
ShnrthOrnS as Mixers.


The Chicago exposition has had
one good result in bringing promi-
nentIy before the American dairy
men the good qualities yet remain
ing in the one time prominently
excellent shorthorn COWS as dairy
animals. A century ago they stood
easily first in this respect, but by
neglect of this quality and by con-
slant cultivation for beef alone, they
have dogenerated from their high
position as milk and butter cows.
But some of the old tendency of the
blood still remains, as may be dis
covered by the example of cow of
this breed which recently appeared
at the London. Eng, dairy show,
and which gave tifty-six pounds of
milk in the TIVE oty-four hours, with
test OF $50 per cent of fat in the
morning milk and 6.06 per cent in
evening. The per cent of solids
varied from IA. SO to 1862
This is most remarkable instance
OF the temperance of ancient char
acteristics after many years. This
breed OF COWS were once noted for
their high percentage OF fat in the
milk, and their large yield. The
first Duchess, the progenitor OF the
great family of this name, vas a
twenty-four-pound-a-week cow. The
milk, twenty-eight quarts a day,
when skinned, was sold for two
cents quart The income of this
cow was the pleasant sum OF SO. 80
a week. And this was on pasture
alone. This seems to show that it
might we'll be worth while to rein
state this unexampled breed in its
old productiveness, and by attention
to this still inchoate and recover
able quality make it the most useful
OF all COWS. --COlman's Rural World.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-20
big Gransxlnss.

There is phenomenal grapevine in
dailiac, southern town In France.
Although the plant is only ten years old.
IL has yielded in one year / .o67 lunches
OF delicious fruit. There Is but one vine
which excels this wonderful shrub. and
that Is the noted historical vine of
Hampton Court, England. which was
planted in i76s, and now measures
iorty-seven yards. In the first year Of
the last comet 1t gave from its single
growth over $500 punches of grapes
The fruit from this vine is kept exclu-
sivoiy for the use Of the table of the
queen, and the surplus Is made into
wine for her majesty and her family
Baltimore American.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-20

compelled 10 drink down 10 the next peg
a corYdition mighty approved OF by your old
topper.
How the word peg reached India and
has survived there until u has become 4
household word know not. ! simply re-
cord the fact. which should bc interestin.
10 all antiquarians and philologists. SO
far m ] know IL has never before been
printed. II was told me by Pundit IN
Pondicherry.
Pardon this garruious depression. When.
ever get my jaws wagging never know
when 20 stop. was telling you OF the
Blue Rocket In the harbor of Singapore in
December, 1863. Il did not take long to
hoist aboard the few but extremely valu.
able bales OF cargo that filled the ship up
TO her matches. All hands got liberty ard
spent couple OF days ashore In the native
quarters-the most picturesque In the
world, Astounding In Buddhist josshouses,
Mussulman mosques and Hindoo temples.
am not sure that the Blue Rocket boys
were sufficiently aesthetic to enjoy the
architectural wonders OF the town. My
private opinion is that they spent most OF
the time In hostelry bearing the follow
ing sign swinging over the veranda, evil
IDENTIFY painted by a sailor;
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-20

II Il curious fact and one scarcely
known outside Of Russia land there hardly
ever mentionedl. that the famous Orioff
diamond was once the right eye Of the
great idol Serringham In the temple OF
Brahma. This precious gem was stolen at
about the beginning Of the Eighteenth
century by French soldier; who had
made pretense OF being converted TO the
Hindoo religion In order TO gain the conf
denee OF the priests and admission TO the
temple. The Frenehman first sold the
diamond to a jew for e2,000 On the next
turn 1t was bought by banker OF Con
stantinople for ei2.Oo0 The banker kept
II until TIA and then sold II TO the Russian
empress for $4,000 and a life pension The
gem has been In the Russian royal family
ever since. As IL il now set In the imperial
scepter OF Russia II presents fiattened.
rose eat surface and weighs exactly 1861
carats. st Louis Republic.