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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

ANYBODY who wants a water supply
that is absolutely pure can have it by
rigging up still, and a still is easily
made by placing a glass retort-or a
tin one, if glass is not obtainable-
over a tea-kettle and so distilling his
drinking water. Condensed steam is
absolutely free from any animal life.
Water that drips from the tube OF a
retort is absolutely sterilized. No
person who drinks distilled water is
ever going to drink in the germs OF
typhoid fever.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
Committee on Appropriations.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-Chairman
Savers of the house committee on ap-
preparations has issued a call for the
members to be in Washington the
third week in November. 1t is GUS
tomary for the committee to begin the
preparation of bills for the short ses-
sion ia advance Of the meeting of con-
eress.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
Phosphate Competition.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. Serious COM
petition for our southern phosphate
producers is predicted by Consul
Greers at Algiers. The phosphate
deposits OF Algeria he describes as
marvellous in extent and richness,
amounting in one bed to 10000, 900
tons. The output this year from one
field alone in 3,0o0,0 900 tons.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

The burning warships in recent bat
ties will serve as reason for using as
little wood as possible for the fittings,
ETC., in all the vessels which we shall
build in the future. The part played
by the binding smoke, which, when a
shell burst, obscured everything in a
turret or tween decks, will cause at
tent;on to be turned to the production
OF some dense or shifting kind OF
smoke-producing material to be used
in the bursting charges of naval pro-
iectiles.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

,os; /, rnt tho nnlv Mace wlerA

Hawaii is not the only place whess
prisoners have been known TO be
hired out for domestic service. 1t was
discovered some years ago that long
term convirt9 in Jail at New Castle
DEL, were commonly sent on errands
about town. and even life prisoners
slightly watched, A murderesa was
smp!oycd in the jaiIers family and
nermi,ted to 20 about the streets.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

A Boston clergyman has been fined
for illegally performing the marriage
ceremony in the case Of seven or eight
couples, and one newspaper remarks
with unconscious irony that he feels
very much embarrassed. ''Don't
worry YOURSELF" said one man to an
other, who complained that his dog
had bitten hisa. 1.-The dog isn't mad. "
sOf course he isn't replied the VIC
tim. II am the person who ought to
ret mad.n 1t would seem as If 1t was
not the minister but the seven or
sight couples who should feel very
much embarrassed.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

PROFESSOR RoUx, the European sci
enlist whose discoveries in the treat
ment Of diphtheria and kindred dis
eases have made the latest medical
sensation, has been decorated as COM
mander OF the Legion of Honor by the
president OF the French republic. In
America people laugh good deal at
the tin-cup titles and honors OF Eu-
rope, but If this country had some
means OF recognizing merits similar
to the French Legion of Honor it
would be far from shame to our in
dependent spirit.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
The Program me.

WASHINGTON, NoA. 12.-The ap-
proaching session OF congress, to con-
vene December 8, is not expected to
be one of activity or productive OF
much legislation. It will continue
only three months, will be the last
session OF the Fifty-third congress,
and closely follows general election,
is considered as indictive that little
work will be attempted and still less
accomplished. 1t is probable that
next to nothing will be done.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
NE WAS d. !B.
although Hc Had W"ltoh -FOUR Years
for TA.la ~. ting.

for TAla ~. ting.
T. WAS the same old story: she was
rich. he was poor, and both wer<
laundering hclplessly in the hower'
twjned mcshcs Of love.
She was a courageous little person,
only too willing to cast Off those lux
urlcs 80 dear to the heart feminine ana
venture into the idcalized atmosphere
called Glove in a cottaoe." But he hao
an oxtravagant Inheritance OF PRIDE
and self-esteem and he said: "No,we /.
watt" And so the upshot of 1t ali
WAS that she found herself bundled on
to far-away lands.
When they parted there was tho
nsual sharp sense of loneliness and dra'
OlatiOD. -,
..Sin,e your father wishes it We viii
not wri;e,' said the man. eve ar"
both young and time may work won
ders. Who knows''
And the girls lip qulv"rcd, ana 'n"
dared not lift her eyes lest the only
man in the world discover She was noI
so capable of smiling at fate as he.
A year passed, says the Chicago
Record.
One dav the man was down-hearted
and wrctchcd with the loneliness that
comes only when that which one treas
urc, most has been taken away from
one. He had often written long letters
% the girl but true to his sense OF non
up had never sent them. But this day
ne wrote and told her he could not
)onoer be silent. He wanted her TO
know that he loved her as ne had al
WAYS loved her. That was all: he
expressed a wish that she should nov
answer the letter. He believed thai
she had remained the same ana
knowledge of anything to the contrary
would be too great an atfllcuoh lo'
him to endure.
Three wears after that Chicago had
the worlds fair.
The man was fond of art and llkec
to wander in the thronged corridors O.
the Columbian storehouse of art treas
urcs. He often dreamily anticipated
meeting his lost sweetheart. lime
YOU see had not knitted together the
} wounds, but kept them open with ten
der memories.
And one day she really came.
He was studying the misty beaut.
of Corot when she darted toward him
erasped both hands and said with ne
dear voice tremblingly happy: "lm s.
glad"
, The man was dazed. His sense
> seemed to be stupefed, and ro1
: bands suddenly wove themseiVe
around his heart. He had waited 1ou
- years for this very moment, and whe
l she was actually near him holding nj
Y hands he was stricken dumb.
, The smile on her face turned to
. despairing look of anxious inquiry.
"Ah! you have forgotten me- an
i, her manner of speaking was essence
{, with pain, amazement,a and deep sadness
}, "Why, no l haven't. How are your
t He had found voice st last but it VIZ
9 not his own. It was more like dea
# thing, colorless, loveless and cold.
/ The girl choked and put her hant
y hurriedly to her forehead. ,,
% "Good-by," she said, and IN II
If twinkling Of an eye size was swallow@
70 IN and lost in the swarming, restle
throng.
It was so like a man.
20 It was so like woman.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
McCOOk tho Man.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-Brig. Gen.
Alexander Mcdowell McCook has
been appointed major general of the
United States army, vice Gen. How
ard, retired, and Col. James W. For
sythe OF the Seventh cavalry has been
promoted to brigadier general to sue
coed McCOOk.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

GEORGE GOULD has bought from a
dog breeder of London. Ont. the
pointers Lady Gay Spanker and Miss
Kennor for 81, 200. The figures seem
q little bit steep, but one slut has a
title, YOU know, and as they both come
from London, though e little out OF
longitu>.-, perhaps, it will serve to re,
mind the poor Goulds of Wales and
the other high toned acquaintance
they made across the sea.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

NOTWITHSTANDING frequent reports
of casualties caused by persons put
ting their heads out of vehicles in mo-
ton the list of deaths attributable to
this inprudence continues to grow.
While transportation companies are
grievously at fault in respect OF safe
Guards for life and limb, it is equally
true thst many deaths of persons in
transit are to be charged exclusively
to themselves.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

NJ. DUPUY, the French premier, is
finding himself opposed in his efforts
to abolish the brutal sport OF bull
fighting in the southern part OF his
country. The people look upon this
81 an attempt to interfere with time
honred institution, and they threaten
to make a political issue out of this
taking OF the bull by the horns.
Preach ministries have been upset
by some very small matters, but this
is hardly likely to be one OF them.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

A YOUNG woman of Stockton. Cat, Is
now on her wedding trip. When sho
started she stole all the money her oIo
father had. and he killed himself rath-
or than starve. The JOY that lights
that Young lady's honeymoon VIII
probably be as refulgent as she de-
serves
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
stu More Penslone.

WASHINGTON. Nov. l3,-Texas =
Widows Indian wars: Mary Ann
Hood, Arlington, Tarrant county;
Frances i. Bridges, Jefferson, Marion
county; Louisa J. Bishop, Giddings.
Lee county.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

OF tha great tract of land granted
William Penn in Pennsylvania, a few
tracts and parcels of ground in lhlla,
delphia and vicinity, some mineral
RIGHTS, and a tract of 1900 acres in
Luzerne county yet remain, and Cor
onel William Stuart o. England. the
sole heir of the Penns, is now engaged
in looking after this remnant.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
His Idea.

Johnny-pa, what does it mean in
the book when it says: 1.-The womap
dissolved into tearsp"
His Pa, Of wide experience-It
means that she asked for a new dress
and didn't get it. Chicago Record.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
Not Credited.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-The dis
patches from Central America stating
that the United States had given az.
surance to Guatemala to assist in
withstanding the encroachments Of
Mexico are not credited in Official
circles.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

IT has been recommended that the
vertical system of writing be taught
in the public schools. If the new w
method should enable the pupils to slt
vertically while writing, instead OF at
the present awkward slope-which is
more suggestive of bicycle riding than
of penmanship-the change would
certainly be for the better.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
WASHINGTON NEWS.
TIE S5O,OOO.OOO OF BONDS
WILL BE ISSUED.

The Secretary of tho Treasury has ISSUE"
~. ral, for Utds for y FER Cont Ten
,.., u,,a,-The President Il Pre-
par,ug Ills Message"
WASHINGTON, Nov. l4.-Secrctary
Carlisle late yesterday evening lsS"oo
his call for bids for $50. Oo0,ooo per
cont tcn-ycar bonds, interest 10 10
uaid in coin, which is interpreted 10
mean gold, The only material changes
made in tho present call from that Is
suod January IT, last, are the om's-
sion Of the upset or minimum price
which would be accepted and the pro-
posals for the present issue n'ns1 DC
sealed. 1t is confidently expected
at tho treasury department that
an amount will be realized con
silerably in excess of that OF the
February issue. This expectation IS
based on the fact that there are ex-
cep,ionally large amounts OF money
now idle and seeking investment in
the money centers of the country and
upon the fact that the February issue
is nov quoted at 1870, or about per
cent above the price which would
WELD 3 per cent. From the last issue
there was realized sos, $50, 9l7.63, and
of this amount $52, $50, 264.24 was In
gold coin, $780,, 42O in gold certiti'
Gates and $233.39 in other money,
viii i the sub-treasuries were com
pellesl to take in making change.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

WILL filed in San Francisco con-
sistinp of twenty-four words, dlsposes
~ ss00 OOO and cant be broken. "A
lawyer-proof will is a pleasing and, Ea'-
liable curiosity.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
serves.

BALTIMORE hotel-keepers refused 10
entertain high priest from India
II is cot to be inferred that the gem
tleman was not up to the Baltimore
standard of intelligence. or even lack
ing wholly in culture, for he is pro-
found student and among foremost
Sanscri. scholars. His skin is not
white
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

A CONVENT girl in New York has
eloned with notorious swindIer. AS
"green goods" constitute his spe'a''y'
h. does not seem to have gone outside
his professional lines.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
Nearly TPaA

"Hey, Chinmie! Dere's a show
down to dc teayter dat takes de rag
offin everything"
What is it?"
"Lvia' pictures"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

TIE Virginia train robbers arc very
smooth in making haul, but when II
comes to eluding capture our Western
ortists can walk straight away IRON
them.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
Treasury balance,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.--The cash
balance in the treasury yesterday was
*1O5, 754,675, gold reserve SCI, $685.
629.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
TRUNK FACTORY $s5:s 4, 1 Esi $s;

TknRn0 Wanted by Il. +. McEnnis y Co.'
fAkW1 y Real Estate Agents, POI Main StSeet'
sseVsS Dallas, Texas.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

Tlnf (AInnN0 Can undersel largest East
fIke WIIkk X ern m 'gs. fr' t consdered'
sN3 " VtNV Dallas Coffee d Spice Mills.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
DALLAS BUSINESS HOUSE

v Ws,s eE IL, Hlss, ED STOUGHTON WAGON
terms. Eagle Manufacturing Co., Dallas
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17

0caQ IN Deu dt OhloS0Poio oAe oo'o'
day. He had $50 and gold watch
on his person.
A colored boy by the name OF Oc-
tave Jones was run over by the switch
engine on the lumber yards at Lutcher
recently.
The impeachment trial Of Mayor
Fitzpatrick Of New Orleans is pro-
crossing slowly before Judge King.
A negro school teacher was found
dead in his yard near Thibodaux the
other morning. No clue.
It is estimated that the cotton crop
of Ascension parish will approximate
5000 bales.
There is deficit OF $4,000 in the
school fund OF New Orleans.
| J. d. Glass, general merchandise,
at Shreveport has failed.
Cardinal Gibbons has just paid
visit to New Orleans.
/ Monroe is to soon have one OF the
few electric pumps.
Cotton seed are selling at 80 pc
ton at Coushatta.
Sam Jones' meeting at Monroe is
great success.
A crazy man was arrested at Slidel
) recently.
The fair ct Amite was well at
tended.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-27

cause the old ones wear out so rapidly
may profit by my suggestion. The or
dinary four-in-hand ties contain SO
much silk of which SO little is exposed
that only in one place do they become
soiled and worn. When the silk in
each end of the tie is the same width
rip the entire lining off and remove
the cotton wadding which is to be
found in all ties of good quality. Cut
off the short end of the line marked 8
in the illustration and insert this end
between lines marked 1 and 2. Use for
the short end the silk that is worn and
soiled. To be sure it makes quite q
little piecing, but when it is done
neatly and well pressed it does not
show, as it does not come in consp;c-
uous place if tied properly. After
pressing replace the lining and wad-
ding, which is easily done if one no.
ticcs how we'll it is put together before
taking apart.-Farm and Home.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-27
FAMILY SCRAh BAG.

PUDDING bags should be made OF
heavy jean.
SAVE your cold tea; It is excellent
for cleaning grained woods.
A PECK of fresh lime in damp cellar
absorbs moisture and prevents malari-
Gus troubles.
GREAT improvement will be found in
tea and coffee, if they are kept in glass
jars instead of tin.
STAND wet umbrella on the handle
to drain; otherwise, the water collect
ing at the center will rot the silk.
In bottling pickles or catsup, boil
the corlss, and while hot you can press
them in the bottles and when cold
they are sealed tightly.
A LARGE rug of linen crash placed
under the sewing machine will catch
threads, clippings and cuttings and
save deal of sweeping and dusting.
WHEN your face and ears burn so
terribly bathe them in very hot water
as hot as you can bear. This will be
more apt to cool them than any cold
application.
A NEW salad is called cham and egg"
1t is made by fine-chopped cooked
ham and eggs cut fine and saturated
with what the restaurant waiter calls
''French dressing"
A SAUCEPAN in which rice, oatmeal
or anything sticky has been cooked
may be very easily cleaned by putting
in cupful of ashes when you take it
off the fire and then fill with water.
WHOLE cloves are now used to ex-
terminate the merciless and industri-
Gus moth. 1t is said they are more eff
fectual as destroying agent than
either tobacco, camphor or cedar shaw
ings.
BESIDES the various kinds of brushes
used for scrubbing, keep one exclusive
| ly for washing vegetables; potatoes,
turnips, beets, etc, can be more readi-
ly cleaned in this way than in any
other.
In cases of illness, where the burn
ing thirst of the patient cannot be as
suaged by water or cracked ice, it is
said that a teaspoonful of glycerine
will afford prompt and comparatively
long relief.
MYSTERIOUS rust spots on clothes are
caused by Prussian blue which is SUBJ
stituted for indigo in some kinds of
laundry bluing. To test bluing, drop
piece of washing soda in a mixture
diluted with cold water. If the COM
pound turns to reddish hue, Prussian
blue has been used.
WHEN putting in the bread, the oven
should be hot enough to hold your
hand in and count twenty rather
quickly. Care must be taken with the
fire to keep the heat steady. allowing
it to gradually die away toward the
last of the baking; and this is the best
time to set in your rolls as a more
moderate fire is necessary for them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-27
DOGS AS SOLDIERS.
Regularly Enlisted IN the Ambulance
Corps of the Germany Army.

Regularly Enlisted IN the Ambulance
Corps of the Germany Army.
The time-honored injunction to Let
slip the dogs of war;" is being given
new meaning in Germany. That
country is leaving nothing undone to
make its army organization the most
perfect in Europe, and among the
preparations for the next campaign is
regular system of dog drilling. The
dogs have been trained to go with the
ambulance corps, seek out the
wounded, bring them water and help
to draw them on little hand-carts to
the field hospital. They perform all
these services with intelligence and
skill.
They are now attached to some of
the regiments as regular four-footed
soldiers. The first lesson which they
have to learn is silence. They are
taught to repress the outbreak of bark
ing and to replace this mode of signal
ing by low growl, audible only to
their friends. This is difficult les
son; but more tedious one has to fol-
low. This is to teach the dog that
men are friends and enemies, and that
the way to distinguish them is by the
color of their trousers. Soldiers are
dressed up in French and Russian uni
forms and made to whip the dogs,
while soldiers in German uniforms are
told off to pet the canine recruits and
regale them on sausage,
The dogs render good service at the
outposts, on account of their quick
sense of hearing; and they are also
trained to carry dispatches in leather
satchel which is buckled on the iron
collar they wear.
Gray Pomeranians make the best
soldier-dogs, on account of their great
muscular strength, their quickness in
learning and their unobtrusive color.
For ambulance service, however, Prof.
Bungartz, the animal painter, who is
interested in this branch of the Red
Cross society and has himself trained
many dogs for it, declares that Scotch
collies are the best breed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-27
Look Out for Mirrors.

L serything is made easy for the lazy
people of the world. For instance,
people who exercise little ingenuity
can enjoy the sights of the street with
out ever stirring from their comforta-
ble chairs All that is necessary to do
is to fasten a small mirror sideways on
the window ledge and then lean back
and watch the world pass by. The
same mirror may be so adjusted in a
second-story window that the person
who rings at the front door can be
recognized before the peal has ceased.
The advantages of this it is unneces-
sary to point out. The remarkable
feature of the matter is the number of
such mirrors that may be seen in var
7ous neighborhoods. 1t is charitable
view of the matter to suppose that in
valids and infirm people are the ones
for whose benefit the mirror show Is
arranged.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-27

of our watch, but sleep we musS, even
if small, bare legs do come uppermost
in our dreams. Mothers have tried so
many ways out of the difficulty, and
there are so many mothers, that
doubtless my own little plan is not at
all original but it is good, and that is
better than originality. 1t is an i'm
provement on the old way of running
a string through the hem of the night
dress and drawing it up, because that
method cramps the feet somewhat and
makes them rebellious and uneasy.
For bit of two-year-old, five yards
of outing will make two gowns, aud six
yards will make two for the little four
year-old next in order. There are
grades of outing flannel, but the soft
est, fuzziest is what is needed here,
and can be Obtained at 1215 cents
yard. First cut off sleeve lengths for
both little nighties, then halve the
goods left and lay aside one-half. Take
the other piece and fold it in the mid
die, and proceed to shape the ends.
The shoulders and arm sizes may be
formed with the two ends together, as
they are the same for front and back,
and then the neck may be cut in shall
low slope behind and deeper curve in
the front. Now you are ready to sew up
the sides lover and over" stitch the
shouldtr seams and gather the neck
into tile, fiat binding. Then cut
the sleeves, rounded little at the top
and with only one perfectly straight
seam inside. The superfuous fullness
is gathered into ruffle at the wrist,
with an elastic run into the top of the
hem so that it may set very close to
the wrists and keep them warm. The
mittens are basted into the sleeves at
the wrists, and if they are to be made
of outing to match the dress you will
need to get little more goods, as the
five or six yards does not allow much
margin even for wee mittens. The
night dress opens behind, and the
opening should extend a long way
down as a needful convenience, and
be closed with five perfectly fiat, small
buttons.
When the little gown is complete,
mittens and all, there is one defense
up against Jack Frost, anyway, and
other defenses are more ca lily erected
with its aid.
If desired, the sides of the gown may
be gored little, but the fuller the
folds at the throat the warmer it will
make the dress.
OF course woolen goods may be sub
stituted for the outing, or any other
changes made, provided the bag is left
And the bag must be long, way below
the ten little toes, or else the ten little
toes will make strenuous objection.
As it is, there may be little objection
AT first, but when you have instituted
a jolly little 'sack-race' to bed, think
the little folks will come over to your
side In majority Annie Hamilton
Donnell, in Country Gentleman.