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The Progress., 1894-05-12

Tn Persia there is a kind of snake
which is known to the natives as the
clock winding snake, 1t derives It's
name from a peculiar buzzing noise
which it makes that resembles the wind
ing of clock. These snakes are per
fectly harmless and frequently glide III
and out of the houses, no attention be-
ing paid to them by the natives. Dur
ING q visit there several years ago l
was attracted one morning by an unu-
sual twittering Of birds, and on looking
ND saw about 20 sparrows on the top
of a wall, all jumping about III an eH-
cited manner. ,
At first / was at loss to understand
the cause of such a commotion, but
presently I heard the peculiar buzzln6
of the clock winding snake and IN a
minute perceived the reptile crawling
along the wall, making directly for the
birds, which appeared to be fascinated
and made no attempt to fly away. The
snake glided in among the birds, ant
choosing one to his liking deliberately
seized it in~ his mouth and swallowed
it. l picked up stick, and after Kill
ing the snake cut him open and extract
ed the sparrow. After about 10 min
utos' exposure to the sun the bird go
m and in a few minutes more flew
away apparently unhurt. - ST Lou
Globe
The Progress., 1894-05-12
dangling Piano Strings.

Another case occurred in a house
where I was once stopping in Nova
Scotia. A piano with a bad note was
fixed by simply opening an inside smut
ter of bay window at the opposite size
of a parlor from the piano. The latch OF
one shutter was lightly resting against
the edge of another and caused the jan
gle when one particular note was struck.
The lady player had previously declared
that she would send for tuner the next
day and laughed at my attempt to tx 1t
by hunting about the room while she
Dounded. However, she did not conceal
her surprise when the trouble was re-
moved and admitted that there was
something about this sound business
that she did not quite understand.
In regard to locating these jangles,
however, Twill say that it is not always
SO easy. Itrequires some practice befor!
the ear becomes capable Of locating witt
anv degree of success the direction @
sounds of this kind. This was my eX
perience with the first piano Jangle
that of the cracked globe, which wa
cutie difficult That Of the windo1
shutter was easier as we'll as many 9th
ers which have located since. A COZ
rect musical ear is also an lmportal]
adjunct in the case. "A. A. Knudson l
Popular Science Monthly.
The Progress., 1894-05-12

Dry toast should be served dlrec'iI
from the toaster. When this is not pia
teal, pile it on heated bread pla'g
cover it with a napkin and put IT 2
the hearth Or in the oven. Toast IS give
in all slight attacks of sickness becaus
it is SO easily digested. The more thGl
ough the conversion Of the starch u
more easily and perfectly the sysleI
will manage it, for the change Of starr
into dextrine by the action Of he@
simply doing outside Of the body VIE
takes place in it, in the ordinary couI
Of digestion, by the action Of the )
gestive fluids. Therefore when TINS
accomplished by artificial means MAJ.
is spared so much energy. -Phlia4
phia Times.
The Progress., 1894-05-12
BALLOT REFORM,

The gratifying intelligence has
been flashed over the wires that our
Legislative solons have awakened to
the fact and now fully realize that
one of their first and most sacred
duties is to give the people of Louis
lana soma relief from the existing
state of affairs, by the introduction
and passage of an election law which
will combine both the elements OF
purity and justice. thereby destroying
the hydraheaded monster, "h1ch ha;
for so long depraved the politics Of
our State by causing elections, BY
election methods, TO be farce and {
menace to good government Nhe
our law makers shall have done this
then we will feel that we have battie(
not in vain, but have fought goo'
Gght for the honor and integrity 9
The Progress., 1894-05-12

Shoes and other articles besides paS'
kets and cabinets are manufactured from
birch bark by the Russian peasantry
The bark from which these articles are
made is from the inner skin OF the Rus,
sian birch tree, common III almost all
parts Of the empire. 1t is gathered
spring and fall, and the process IS avery
simple one. An incision is first MADE
around the trunk Of the tree, and the
Deasants have a knacll of tearing OF IN
winding the bark from the starting
point, which gives them a strip OF even
width that they wind into ball aho
keep through the winter until 1t Is dry
enough to use. 1t is then made lnfe
shoes, baskets and other useful articles
The banks shoes are universally Worl
by the Russian peasantry. Other sho"
used in winter are made of Sleeps wool
These are manufactured by itlneran
cobblers who travel from house to house
using the peasants own Materials
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
The Progress., 1894-05-12
A PhilanthropiSt.
"What is the subject Of your lecturer

"What is the subject Of your lecture?"
inquired the editor.
"'The Cause Of hard Times and How
to Cure Them, )" replied the gifted or
ator land as the object of the lecture
is in its very nature purely philan-
thropic l will ask you to be generous in
the matter of free notices. By the way,
he added Furriedly, Il forgot to fill a
blank in this advertisement. Twill at
tend to it now"
And he took the copy and filled the
blank after the words, price of admis-
SION, ;" by inserting the simple charac-
tiers, "Sl. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Progress., 1894-05-12
The Acme of Forensic Force.

"And now, gentlemen Of the jury, y
shouted the young lawyer, running his
long fingers through his flowing LOCKS
now, gentlemen of the jury, l ask you
as men and as citizens of this great and
glorious republic if the spotless char
acter of my client is to be permitted TO
suffer from the words uttered by that
by that-by that vermiform appendix
who sits in the witness box with perjury
stamped all over him"-Indlanapolls
Journal.
The Progress., 1894-05-12
4 year,s Work of the Pasteur Institute.

The annals OF the Pasteur institute
for the year 1893 have just been pub.
lished. They show that last year l, 64o
persons were treated for hydrophobia,
and that only six Of them died OF that
disease. OF the number mentioned, there
were 1.470 French people and 178 for
eigners. Among the foreigners were 4S
Spaniards, 80 Greeks, % English, u
Belgians, IS Egyptians, IA British sub,
iects from India, Swiss, 8 Dutch and
6 Portuguese. Since NJ. Pasteur com
menced to practice his incubation:
against hydrophobia IA, 430 persons have
been treated by his method, and u have
1iod Of the disease. london STANDARD
The Progress., 1894-05-12
Increase of Suicides In Austria.

The increase in the number Of suicides
in Austria, which is stated to have been
very marked in the sixties and seventies,
fell off in the 10 years $4,000. Since
the latter date, however, it has again
become noticeable. In 1891 the number
sf suicides was 872, in the following
TEAR it was 903, and last year it reached
Coz. London Ti!nes.
The Progress., 1894-05-12

yatcrI,, Pictures Co"tcmpo2"n@"n> '" -

nyo+nrj,l Pictures C3HtrnpoI@h"""N " 49,
~ 1noro,,t Impressed Upon til" Grain.
g, van coryr.in. III earnest, SAYS
1,,na,,son IN hi; essay on MATURE If
he watch his intellectual processes IL
ro I tLo+ r,otari31 image, more or less
1890 ;tHn, or;,o. in hi, mind contcmp0-
1U.,I.l With avery thought which fur
l';loo tbe vost,ncut Of the thought
-i w., ,,o,,or If forming mental images
.,,,,, - vary in strength among indl-
or iG',a1r 70 q Considerable degree. NatU-
~, we ''''l' w o1,o,,1d ovnDct TO find it power
i",i? W" ,'ar "-,' .'nd artists Charles Dick
lul iai I,;,,,soIf to,d rs that he actually
chs nos -. moo+ion, os he wrote, and "
n s ,,or+ionc q Dajntcr who only look
,'---t a1,ioc+ while he Sketchcd its
W , ~ -, ,'.o. a1,Io 70 fill IN the coIors
e Qo,,l tho CIV ;,nogo Of il in his mind. On
l,olil 49,. W. La,T3 +horoorc n,o2lc of equal
:lie . TH+au, Trbo hn;nr unable to see
ii''vl'1h ;,,oros themselves, have
o''Oi, -11N' t,n;r oviStonco and Mr.. Fran
Wv Ca1tor has shown that habits Of alb
Ot ta N thn,ah+ snrh rs men of science
s.i S ',LiioS@,,hor, indnlgo in, are apt to
"nu w., ln'. .Ia nonooirv Of forming mental
"9 9,l'l viz
f'C ,fn T;r,,ro+rick Of Winona, MIMI,
on | "rra r PSYCHOLOGIST, has made
''l ao WI of observations on this phenom-
d ''ile' ~. " ~ ho1,, of his classes, The
elolt ~, ,,.aro osl,nd 70 write down Just
'Olot', aa,,o i,+o their minds when Ger
t " inv fomi1iar words, such as "book, u
. .'trae " church, " We're called out, anG
,lo,'.,,.o,, 1voro corofn]lv investigated.
t go t sanMd tbat the majority of tie stu
1 -. fnrmod distinct images of the Oh
i ioats corrosnonding to the words, aMC
t sLo ,ost for,nod indistinct images, Wit
e'i Cow, W. oxcont;ons who seem to have in
q 1. NV IN nhilosonhical distractions
T G,I,@ r,o,1 "hool- y for example, cal!et
The Progress., 1894-05-12
Ti4E PLANET URANUS.
Some interesting Things a Voyage to the
Gigantic World Would Disclose.

Some interesting Things a Voyage to the
Gigantic World Would Disclose
# Uranus, which is star Of about
fine sixth magnitude, We're a planet like
those little ones called asteroids, which
are being discovered by the dozen every
wear, it couldnCt have much claim upon
popular attention. But Uranus is really
a gigantic world, more than 20 times
as large as ours. Its vast distance, now
about 100, 100000 miles from the
earth, is what causes it to look SO small.
Uranus has four MOONS which reYOlVe
backward in their OrbitS-that Is to say,
they reyOlve from east to west around
Uranus, while Uranus goes, like all the
other planets, from west to east around
the sun 1t is believed that Uranus TO-
tates backward on its axis also More
over, the axis Of that great, strange
globe lies in such direction that IN
the course of its year, which is equal to
81 of our years, the sun shines almost
perpendicularly first upon one pole ana
then upon the other. Measured by our
time standard, there are 40 years Of con
slant daylight, followed by 10 years OF
unbroken night, around the poles OF
Uranus, And the sun rises III the west
and sets in the east there. But the sun
looks very small when viewed from
Tranus-only one four-hundredth as
large as it appears to us. Still it shed:
upon that planet 1,50O times as mucl
LIGHT as the full moon sends to th'
earth, so that daylight upon Uranus
while faint compared with the blaze o
a terrestrial monday, is nevertheless
l very respectable kind Of illumination
It is pity that the telescope is abb
to show US very little of the detail Q
the surfaced Of Uranus. Some faint band
or belts, Just visible with the most pow
erful instruments, are all that can b
made out If We could visit Uranus, W
p should probably be greatly surprised
not greatly disappointed Its averaG
density is but trife III excess OF thu
IS of water, and of course its surface del
L sity is far less.
A vovager from the earth landing {
Uranus would probably sink almost
l. rapidly as if he had leaped upon Oh
" of those round white thunderclou'
= which, piled high in air, look so sol
D. and snowy cool On July afternoon t
D. could no more walk On the surface
that world than he could walk on waite
1t has generally been assumed tn
e the meaning of the slight density
Of Uranus is that that planet is still IL
II vaporous or liquid condition and c
ceedingly hot perhaps. If so, it may
the course Of future ages contract a
condense and cool until it comes into
in condition resembling the earth's. W
vital forces then become active upon
and produce a long succession of llvl
sc species, Frightening its dim dayhs
of with the color of flowers and the cea
fl less activity of animate existence? Ii
not likely that man will ever be able
answer that question, but who Il
o looks upon Uranus keeping step W
wv the earth to the music Of the sun
Use help asking it?-Garrett P Servlss
la New York Sun.
The Progress., 1894-05-12
The Real Fault OF The Democrats

III IS"'
The platform adopted in the IN
diana State Republican Convention
at indianapolis yesterday is remark
able denunciaton Of the present Dem
.acratic administration, charging 1t
with all the financial and industrial
distresses which aflict the country
Nothing could be mora unjust an"
untrue than tnesa charges. Inc SID
Qle fact is that 's these evils came 10
mass under the laWs which were made
by the Republicans, and largely IN
der the Administration which the ne
publican5 SO highly praised.
The Indictment which ought to lie
against the Democrats that, instead
of repeating and changing the per-
njcious Legislation of the Republicans
which is responsible for the vast ca
tastrophe which has overwhelmed the
country, they have absolutely done
nothing. The Democrats repealed
the Sherman silver law and the Re
publicans election control laws. This
was we'll enough in its way; but they
Eeft in force the Mckinley law, whlcL
created great trusts and financial mo
,nopoly corporation, and protected
and enriched favored manufacturer
at the expense Of the masses Of tn
people.
The Democrats are responsible 10
not undoing the Republican leg;sls
tion that has ruined the country
they are responsible for dong moth
ang toreIieve the misery that RopH}
iicans Legislation has produced, an
to this extent the Democrats hay
made themselves aider5 and abettel
OF Republican POLITICAL crimes.
1t is for their failure to do an,
thing that the Democrats are to
blamed, and it is this failure that
filing the people who looked to Il
Democracy for relief with disappoic
ment and denunciation. That is Il
situation to-day, and it is very b
situation,-Picayune,
And so the Picaune, Cleveland
giant champion, has at last discover
the failure Of the administration, h
it? Well now, big bud, you are nC
4inding ont or just now wiling to
nit what The PRoGBEss and otl
weekly journals in the State have be
telling for many weeks. To US
course the great mass would not i
en-, but since the mighty Picar
has proclaimed the truth, how the
tie sycophants will strain their c
to catch each whisper. All VIVA
manly world we have.
The Progress., 1894-05-12
E0seNery's Foresight.

The foresight Lord ROsebery display
ed in arranging his matrimonial plans
is illustrated in the following anecdote:
Shortly after he had returned from his
continental tour he was one OF house
party at Mentmore, lordly pleasure
house which Baron Meyer Rothschlld
had built for himself in Buckingham
shire. One evening, at dinner, the con-
versation turned on the exquisite deco
rations Of the room. Lord R0sebory S
observation to his next neighbor, BY
way Of epilogue to the conversation
was, eyes, this place would suit me cS'
cellently" When, seven years later, he
had married the daughter Of the house
and was the owner Of Mentmore IN
friend, happening to meet him, remind
ed him of this observation. Lord Rose
berry replied with assumed gravity, bn
with a telltale twinkle in his eye
"Well, of course you know that the III
expected always happens. San Fran
cisco ArgOnaut.
The Progress., 1894-05-12
We have had many wonderful hal

We have had many wonderful hap
penings in the past thirty days and
the times are fraught with many
wonderful events to come, but nothing
has happened to interest the public as
the grand reduction of prices IN dry
goods, notions, clothing aud IN fact
every thing in my line. We do not
have to resort to any scheme to sell
our goods, as the quality and prices
make them sell themselves. II you
don't believe 1t come and give US {
trial and we will convince you. NJ
trouble to how goods.
! Respectfully
The Progress., 1894-05-12
FOR CITY COUNCIL,

We are authorized to ANNOUNCE }!5e Mr. 4dr
G. A. ALSTON as a candidate 1or
n member M Of the City Council l, IRON
by the resignation OF Mr. oain DeDJ"
min
The Progress., 1894-05-12
Isnd to 1t.

The prophets tell US that we shall all
travel by airship one of these days, but
the experience will not be novel one
to those who have lived on heirships ali
their livcs.--Newport News.
The Progress., 1894-05-12
o#.;,, Journal Caddo Parish Farmers Union
SHREVEPORT LA. MAY u 1884
.,,+s Warmers Alliance Directory
0if''' ~

state Farmers Alliance Directory
President, John Pickett D"'0"
Rouge. Ior4on
Secretary, j. ". Mcl aFl"H"' ~
Lecturer, A. Beno1t, Monroe, r
Chairman Executive Committee J.
g. COPELAND, Aycock, La.
The Progress., 1894-05-12

We have about two thsusand Sweet
Potato plants for sale at S1.25 per
thousand, also about four thousand
bunch or vineless yam at $3.50 per
thousand. Apply at Bossier City to Nc
Cormick and Daughtry.
The Progress., 1894-05-12
MADAM RUMOR SAYS :

should be impeached, even 'HOugH ~
should be a constable.
That Councilman Heroid dared TO
pursue the right path when the
wrong was considered the most pop
ular one.
That Chief Nelson has been handl-
capped by police regulations Gentle
men of the council, is there no rem
edy for this?
That some conceited men, made SO
by money, look upon many greater
naonle than themselves as mere
plgmies, but they can't see that theS
fal1 in fine estimation Of sensible OBJ
servers just III proportion as they rise
in their Own.
That good Will sometimes come
ont of evil, as evidenced by the pet-
tion that is now being circulated Tor
signatures, addressed to the members
Of the State Legislature.
That Councilman Her9ld deserves
credit for his manly stand for the III
PRODUCTION of al ordinance to sup
press gambling IL our city.
That She hopes that Mayor Nlnson
and Chief Nelson will give tie neceS-
sary support to Councilman Heroid9
ordinance.
That She would like to know who
:, Shreyeport's gay and festive crap
, constable might be.
1 That the power to noll pros Is
oftgutimes very dangerous one i'll
the hands Of an official.
Tnetthe members Of the Leglsta
\ ture sn,uId be made acquainted Will
Il Judge TayIor's ruling on the gamO
< limo act and il law, it should be rem
/ idied
IL That the flight of some of ohreYe
IL ports prominent gamblers was 0
short duration; they evidently dldn'
~ know the law.
- That the song" Il come IL" has
10 peculiar facination for certal
Shreveport constable.
q. That man is wanting IN couraS
who will flee from the goddess
I;o truth and seek for protection beneat
al the folds Of self-interest
a. That She hopes the moral way
rs, now rolling over our city will clean:
"a the atmosphere of the foul exhal
he tons, which has for sometime been
ne stencil in the nostrilS of her good pc
ed pie.
VI That our ministers and Die
Lbs together with our Cody wome
icy should remember that true rellgl'
icn holds no inward seat. There IS
no- vast difference between theoretl(
'eo and practical piety, one is the cha
tl . the other the wheat.
the
That it is true if we follow t
for path of vice, shipwreck is sure to 1
e1o low, but if we travel in tie way
tru wisdom or virtue we will enjoy
nth Eden on earth.
'Hb- That Chief Nelson has cause
and feel proud of the confidence ma
lave tested on account Of his re-elect
tiers by reclamation.
That at the council meetlng
49, Thursday night there was one pl
ent, who heretofore prominent, {
49, looked very" lonesome.
2int- That the fact of gold by pass
the through the fire is made purer,
bad thinks that the chief and his Il
have been purified by the same
and's cess.
ered That She regrets the disappo
; mas ment to the Sunday school chic
no" on account Of the pOstpon9men
0 az their picnic yesterday.
other
hoon That She wonders why two OF
=. Of tried and trusty were left out on
7;st- general shake up by the COZ
,a7na Thursday night.
10 lit That She would like to know
ears charges preferred, if any, ag
bat a Holland and McDuffie, two OF
citys most efficient policemen.
Sweet Potato Plants.
The Progress., 1894-05-12


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The Progress., 1894-05-12

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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1894-04-23
SDDe NDIittf+

@enn altb beutsutage 6ie @ei6ife> Ser
80lfer ntbt mehr in benz WfaBe tDte IN
frii6eren 3eiten bon ben 6etrat6en abbGn@
gen, mel9e 3pii9en ben Sbrontnbabern
ODER 6eren Na9folgern abgei3to1ien tper7
ben, 10 itn6 iie bo4 immerbtn nod bon
Dober 8ebeutung. u8lut lit Elm gan5 be-
iDnbrer Sat-" iagt Mtepbiito, unb i'm @ng@
ltlden laltet Elm befanntes Wort: Blood
is tn ECKER than water"
Ser @tnfluB, ben Die engltiGe 8rtnz
5eIiin &tctorta unb ~nacbberi9e &aiierin
Srtebric9 auf i6ren @emabl ausiibte, mar
befannt un6 in 9euti9Ianb nt6t germ ge5
ieben, unb bes iebigen Selb1tberrl6ers
aQer GeuBen @emabltn, Die bdnii6e 8rtnz
3elitn Dagmar, ioa ni6t tpentg our gntz
trembling betgetragen baben, tpel6e 5ptlben
&uBIanb unb 9eutlbGan6 in BEN leBten
Sahren ein9etreten lit.
Die beutl6e bobe 8oIitit, 6eren
3ugel Der iunge &atier ielbit in
Die 6anb 9enommen unb bis6er
nit 8utem @rfolse 9efibrt Sat, feierte
geitern in Ser Gerlobung bes rulIti9en
GbronfolgerS gtteolauS nit Der Brtn3eiitn
9ltr bon 6elien setnen neuen, gans uner1
tparteten Srtumpb. 2anse !3ett mar
0eutl9lanb senOtbigt, nit p~raienttrtem
@epebre i6arf @a9e gu baIten, Elm Guse
auf Trantret9, bas anbere auf &uBIanO
geri9tet. SEPT bIidt es nit betben
9lu9en freunbltb auf &uBlanO, brebt BEN
Tran3oien BEN &iden gu unb bentt -
nun, mas man iib eben benft, penn man
Semanbem ben &iiden sutebrt.
0ie n~eueiten v8erliner 8eSpen" brtngen
elm Bib, baS etnen 8eriasliert, etnen
preuBii9en 2anbpebrmann unb einen
Olterrei9il9en Snfanteriiten BARTLETT, Die
licb bic 5anOe rei9en unO auf pelbe elm
ruiiticber Solbat nit freubeitrablenber
Wtiene 3ueilt. SIN 9intergrunbe aber
itebt aabnefntriben6 unb Die Sduite baQenb
Elm 5ran3oie, unb unter bent 8iIbe lit gu
leien:
Ser &~uiie: SD lei, sepabrt mir Ste 8ttts, in
Gurem 8u1be - Der 8terte.
Ser s ran5pe: Sacre nom de Dieu nn6
i'd, ib bin Der Ouptrte.