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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

In another column will be found the
advertisements Of St. Nincrnt's Arad-
cmy. This institution Shreveport can
we'll feel proud Of: It's advantages as
q school for girls is unsurpassed. and
as for heaIthfulness its locality speaks
for itself, being situated on the out
skirts Of the city, therefore being free
from the many diseases that 50 often
enter the larger cities.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Jersey Cows and Heifers for Sale.
pave for sale the following Jer,
tfock:
pow 5 years old,
low 3 years Old,
BOWS 2 years old,
PETERS s months old,
pail q years old.
Pese are OF the finest breed and
foWs are first class mixers.
pr prices call on or address
A. ". o, Hicks,
Shreveport, La.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
LOO -AL Al-.A-E- TIT
Cottoa Market.

[Thjs report is carefully corrected on
Friday evening Ct each week, frotI the
NOS, reliable SUl rteS.l
SHREVEPORT. ha., August ST. Market
closed quiet for .lle week.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

What about having the walls of the
old Gregg building pulled down7
We again warn the proper author
tiles that it is constant menace to
life aud limb.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Plantation DidrrhWa Mixtura
gives certain relief Every bottle
guaranteed. Try it! Sold 10y
+. f. ROBINSON, W. A. HUEY and
Il. 5. DoLEs. Ash Point
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Let every citizen of the town get
down on the river front Monday aud
simultaneously wboop hip hip hur-
rah' for Shreveport. and pereaps we
can work up a boom here.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Mr.. Joe Boisseau, Jr, Is learning
the mysteries Of the money order de-
partment III our postotfi,e, prepare
tory to taking charge when Mr. Car
RE assumes the rains.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Every tholougAtare lee ding into
Shreveport should be put III passabje
condition for the coming seasons
trade.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
a New Industry at jeweIIa.

" We" 'HuuStrY at leWella.
Eella can boast of an Industry
is a source of pride. This is d
FACTORY which has been estab-
P by Mr. A. ". Jewel. He
F nothing but hickory walking
1 some beautiful samples of
! We saw there last Saturday
Jade The PRoGRRss' editor Il
fnt OF ons and SAID he had got
|ld OF a good number at the same
10 friends, aud told Us if we
guarantee him that he had
friends they could haye one
Ias he had more of them for the
|ers.
y ,IeWal u,ll ,,laosn ,on,,t -,
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
Is your tifs worth 50 cents &?

Dumb Chill; Ague; Congestive
Chill; Dealt. This Is the ~ luton
of your chilly sensation. Plantation
Chill Cure will cure you. Sold by
T F ROBINSON, ". A. HUEY and
h. S. DoLEs. Ash Point.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

and examine Horn's samples;
EAs a tine assortment to select
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

ben you want a suit made to
+ 90 to A Zorn, the popular mer-
q tailor.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

bere were one marriage, eleven
Ps and two deaths registered in
lefty last week.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Lot lis quit Wanting our Democ-
raey SO much, and do more work for
pubic good.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

A cotton factory would be splen-
did enterprise for Shreveport
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

I've you tried Pl4ntailon Liver
Tor habitua constipation? Tney
perfectly splendid and a sure
Sold by
y, ROBINSON, W. A. HUEY and
DoLEs. Ash Point.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Advertise in The Proc RE;'5 If You want
he IartLrr:' trade.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

pmuisslonef k4eney is doing
service for the town, in having
Fers in various parts thereof
fed of the grass, weeds and rul :
TO allow the easy fl W f water
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
Shreveport, La.

lere was collision of an cleo
Par with a grocery wagon in
last Saturday, which resulted
llemoli he'd wagon aud a badly
Fd negro. No one was to blame.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

1t is beyOnl or COMPREHENSION
how some newspapers, Of well-known
honesty of purpose, can 50 allow their
oympathies to control their Judgment
as to speak out il favor Of the New
Orleans boodIers by attempting to
place the unwilling victims of their
prculations i'll the same category.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
ProvlSlQnG

Bacon firm al 95c.
Dry Salt Meats firm S74c,
Breakfast BarOu-l2c. Uy The. box.
HanS-ChWre sugar cured tirm at l300
So.
Lard-Iierces, mpound, &c; leaf lard.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

What about thai sidewalk to the
courthouse square?
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

CHICAGO STABLES
De ora & Cafondn Ell, N. 0.
Saddle. Work and Business
Horses Auction Weekly.
:sts ia 1rdtca aSss.. sdrs r.caeJ.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
BreadstQRs,

BreadstuRs,
Flour puiet--best patent, g. =; half
patent, or straight, IS Is: extra fancy,
1875.
G rnmea}-frm, per 81. 3308mr3 Is;
3o13-lb sacks l5o Tess.
Coffee and Tea.
Coffee, easy--falr 2tc, medium grade
ne: better. 2Jc.
Tea-GOod stock on hand, fair demaud
We quote fair at Acc; good, 50@GGc; fiue
75GS5 cents; finest, II 0G@l p per pound
by the chest.
Sugar and MoIasses.
Sugar steady -'iandafd gran. SIC; st.
Emma grauulated 52se: snow white, iaalc;
choice yellow ctlriied, Hac; prime, yell
low clarified sc: seconds 3lzc.
MOlasses -SeT crop coHitEo,t, SO
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
LOCAL C0LUM MN.
TAKE NOTICE.

FHh- HVF TNE,
|hen this item in your paper is
Ged with a blue pencil your sub
btlon is ended. Please send cash
new. 81 90 per year.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Sa,es OF IlanIat1ou UnllI cnre ex-
ICED all other chill preparations 70
sether. Every bottle guaranteed.
Try it! Sul,l by
f. f. ROBINSON, ". A HUEy and
II. S DoLEs Ash Point.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Jewel will please accept our
y Tor the one bestowed upon liz.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

|antation Sarsaparllla and Iodidp
Rsh is simply wonderful Ia lts ef-
/, and small size only SO cents.
by
|. +. ROBINSON, ". A. HuFY and
!. DoLEs. Ash Point.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

Mr.. and MR.. II. G. Jurlap are the
happy aid proud parents Of a baby
boy. The little fellow came Wednea-
day, making his first visit to the
home Of his grandparents, Alr: and
Mis-. ". B. Ogllyf4.
The PROGREss extends cordial
welcome to the new conner and it,
earnest congratulations to the par
entI.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
Chickens, Eggs, Butter,

Grown chickens, per doz.......s1,15@2.0 60
N"ying siZr, per. .dOZ. ........ Si.15fa2 Is
Eggs, per nozby casrGi fresh}. H1a 'l5c
Butter, country, per lb......... l2M'5c
rurkefs.... ................ .Gh1 10
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
Personals,

Mr.. 5 SjOIm"r is rI. 'Ii"& q visit
to relatives and friends in |;ck~burg,
Ni~-
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

,vsBTEG, SNNFTFFNET AM FACIH-t.
FA>I ErIND.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01

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The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
The Grip in Europe.

La grippe, which was so prevalent in Europe as we'll as in this country two and three years ago, appears to have made its appearance again across the water with all its former virnlence. A large number of cases are reported in London. In the up per Rhine and Main regions it is reported as approaching the dimen- sions of plague, and fifth of the whole population of Hesse Darn. stadt is said to be down with it Parliamentary work at Vienna is at a standstill because all the officers o1 both houses are suffering. It is noted in Berlin, where it is fercely raging, that this time the epidemic is coupled with failure of the heart and attacks the strongest constitutions. It has not made its appearance extensively in this country as yet, and it is devoutly to be hoped that it will not During its for mer visitation here it proved by far the most fatal of any of the epidemics in our recent history.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
ENGLISH THE WORLD SPEECH.
The Germans Favor the General Study of
 the Coming Language.

| The Germans Favor the General Study of the Coming Language.
 In an article on the importance of introducing into the schools the study of universal language (Weltsprachej which recently appeared in the Preus- sische Jahrbuecher Dr. Schroer advo- cates making the study of English ob- ligatory, not necessarily to the exclu- sion of the classical tongues, but at least in conjunction with them. ''This," he says, ''is not question of taste or rivalry between the 'moderns' and the 'ancients;' it is simply his torical necessity" The learned pro- lessor properly condemns all attempts, however scientific, to construct an artificial world speech, like Volapdk. In his opinion language which pos sesses neither literature, historical de- velopment nor linguistic relations can never serve as medium of general communication, for the reason that no one will take the trouble to acquire it, merely as ''tool of trade" until it be- comes universal; therefore it can never become universal. Such attempts, how ever, are not only aimless, because they can never obtain the general con- sent of mankind, but they are needless, for there already exists a universal language-i e., a language which, by its spread over the whole earth and by the ease with which it may be learned, has gained such long step in advance that neither natural nor arti- Gnso 0e sfc sured position as the future medium of international intercourse. And this language is the English.
 Prof. Schroer is careful to warn his readers not to get their aim too high, for to learn to speak and write f1uently and correctly language which holds so high place in the scale of culture and refinement as the English is diff cult, but for the average man this is not necessary, for even the average Englishman has but a limited com mand of his mother tongue, and the daily intercourse of life requires but a small and easily acquired vocabulary. This is true of every language, but the absence of puzzling genders and inhec- tions and synthical forms renders the English easy in comparison with others. ''The English language" con- cludes Prof. Schroer, Sis the world speech, and will, to all appearance, be- come more and more so every year"
 During the present century the Eng lish-speaking population of the world has increased five-fold, from possibly twenty-five million at it's beginning to at least one hundred and twenty-five million. No other language has ever been so rapidly developed. no fact in civil history is more significant than this. In every quarter of the world English is the conquering tongue. The wide spread of the Brit ish colonial system, the marvellous growth of the United States and the facility with which it absorbs every foreign element bear witness to this great fact, and our cousins in Germany are of too practical turn of mind to be jealous or forgetful of it.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
FLOWERS OF THE NIGHT.
Peculiarly Adapted to Attract Winged
 Insects.

As we all know, there are day-bloom- ing and night-blooming flowers, says the Cornhil Magazine. The former lay themselves out for the fertilizing visits of bees and butterflies; they are generally decled in red, blue, yell low or purple, and have often lines, spots or markings on their petals which point to the nectaries and so act as honey guides. The night-blooming flowers, on the other hand, lay them selves out for the visits of moths or other crepuscular insects, and therefore have recourse to something like the tactics of the freflies and the glow-worms. They are usually pure white and the petals are often of such peculiar tex ture that they seem to glow with in ternal light in the dim shades of even ing. At times one might almost fancy they were stained by nature with some curious forerunner of luminous paint, so strongly do they reflect every invisible ray of the faint twilight. They thus succeed in catching the eyes of moths, which, of course, are es. pecially modified for receiving and per- ceiving the slender stimulus of dusk and the gloaming.
 But the nocturnal flowers have no lines or spots, because these last could never be perceived in the gray gloom of evening. They make up for it, how ever, by being heavily scented; indeed, almost all the strong white flowers, like jessamine, tuberose, gardenia, stephanotis, cereus and syringa, which are such favorites with florists, belong to night-blooming plants, specially adapted to attract the eyes and noses of night-hying insects.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
A vlvlsEcToR IN AFRICA.
How a Scientific Gent Wa3 Despoiled of
 Five Thousand Dollars.

How a Scientific Gent wa3 Despoiled Oi
 Five Thousand Dollars.
 One of the most curious expeditions ever planned by man was that once undertaken by Dr. J. G. Hunting. ot Portland, says the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. During all his life he had been close student of the philosophy of digestion, and for the purpose of his investigations he had that remarkable Canadian, Alexis St. Martin, in his care for twenty years. In order to clinch matters and provide facts for some of the doubting Thomases Dr. Bunting cast about for some one else upon whom he might continue to ex- pertinent.
 He could think of but one plan, and that was to go into Africa, buy two slaves, and operate upon their stom- achs. By opening the body near the fifth rib and perforating the stomach a condition could be produced similar to that existing in the person of St. Martin. Therefore the doctor pur- chased his supplies and sailed across to Tunis in the north of Africa. There he hired native chief with forty of his followers, paying them a liberal retaining fee and promising them al- turing largess when the trip should be ended. They set forth. The doctor carried one thousand pounds in his in- side pocket. and the chief probably lay awake four nights thinking about the matter.
 At any rate, on the fifth night he sneaked into the doctors tent and de- Hvered little address over the mug zles of two pistols. When he had con- cluded the doctor passed over his ducats and the chief passed over the border along with his renegade band. They helped themselves to such sup plies as suited their artless and unen- frightened tastes. The doctor came back without a retinue and with deal of experience that will never appear in 8 medical work.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
GREAT AMERICAN REsIeNER.
An Expert Bank Accountant Who Takes
 Freouent Vacation Spells,

An Expert Bank Accountant Who Takes
 Frequent Vacation Spells.
 Living in fashionable town within committing distance of New York is a gentleman who invariably attracts at- tention by his long hair. Strangers al- ways conclude that he is nothing less than great lawyer or bank president. When a reporter for the Commercial Advertiser asked his fellow-townsmen about him he was told the following story: One day the gentleman, who is one of the best accountants in the metropolis, stepped up to the president of the bank by which he is employed and said he had decided to resign, and that the resignation must go into eff feet immediately. The president was 10th to lose so valuable a man and urged him to reconsider the matter. He talked with him for an hour, but to no purpose. The employe, whose skill as 6 mathematician was beyond any thing ever met with by the officials of the bank, has bound to leave. the in. stitution, but absolutely refused to give any reason for doing so. The ac- lCLb OAo1 0ehJ dAO 1uC Oduh was obliged to get along as best it could without him. Ten days later the cashier was astonished on entering the bank to find the accountant hard at work at his old desk. The mathema- tician said good morning, just as he had done every day for years before he resigned, but offered no explanation. The president and cashier let their strange acting employe keep at his work and ask no questions. Three months later the accountant went into the presidents office again and ten dered his resignation. It was accept ed and the man was absent for week or more. Then he suddenly returned. The same thing was repeated again and again. Now it is a standing joke in that bank that the accountant has resigned. It is his way of taking vacation. He never stays away more than two weeks. s~s
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
HER BEST.
Pathetic Instances Of the Child's Instinct
 for Fun.


 Pathetic Instances of the Child's Instinct
 for Fun.
 Mrs. Molesworth, who writes'a mov- ing article in Woman's Work, concern ing the necessity of obtaining ''fun, food and fresh air" for all classes of children, says that there are among London's poor thousands of little ones who never had toy.
 Yet still the child's instinct to make believe" surmounts every practical ob- stacle, and there is true story of one little sufferer from chronic disease whose only plaything were the spots of damp on the wall beside her bed. She played they were real and alive; she gave them names and imaginary qualities.
 Another true story showed how far the little candle of wise and loving word may throw it's beams. A teacher at Sunday school for London's poor was trying to impress upon her little pupils some idea of the real meaning of giving.
 "Whatever it may be-" she said, tour offering to God should be of our best, of what we prize most"
 In one baby heart her words found ready response. Next day a little creature confded her offering to the teacher; it was a carefully tied pack age, containing few grains of rice. This was her most precious and per haps her only treasure.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
SIGNALING BY WATER
The Method of Transmitting Sounds Sue
 eessfully Tested in England.

eessfully Tested In England.
 A very interesting test of a new method of signaling through water haa been made in England, says the Pitts. burgh Dspatch. The system is the in vention of Capt. Neale, and is in- tended for the exchange of messages and the carrying on of conversation between ships on the sea or on rivers. whether moving or stationary, or be- tween ships or lighthouses and har- bors, forts or piers on the shore. Com. munication is effected without any connection whatever between the two objects, except the body of water on which the ships float or the lighthouse stands the water being the sole medium through which the message is trans mitted.
 The system utilizes a well known law of acoustics. If a musical note in a given key be sounded an object ca- pable of emitting sound in the same key will, under certain conditions, sympathetically respond with a sound similar to that which induced it, it being, of coure, primary condition that the two objects shall be nominally tuned to unison. Capt. Neale's in- vention is based on this principle, utilizing the high conductivity of water for the transmission of sound. In the recent test the apparatus was mounted on two punts, moored about two-thirds of mile apart, and carry ing transmitter and receiver respec- lively. The transmitter consists of bell about sixteen inches in diameter attached to the lower end of fram' ing, which is fixed in the side of the punt, at the upper end of which is crank handle. This handle, worked from the punt, actuates a double-beat hammer, which strikes and sounds a bell submerged about six feet.
 The Morse code is employed, a quar- ter turn Of the handle being given for the dots of the code and whole revo- lution for the dashes. The receiving apparatus consists of pair of metallic drums, about ten inches in diameter, open at one end and fixed mouth to mouth, upon a piece of board placed between them. These drums, suspend ed in the water, are connected up with a small battery, and through it with tape-recording instrument. Messages were correctly transmitted and re- corded. The speed of operating was somewhat slow, as the signaling had to be carried on by hand instead of electricity, which will shortly be util- ized. The trial, however, was most successful and is said to have dem- onstrated the practical character of the invention and the correctness of the principles upon which it is based.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
Curious Relationships.

Thompson Chandler, Lyons Farm: (N. J.) farncer, is the proud father oi two "boys," the oldest being sixty years of age and the youngest eight His eldest son has son forty years old who in turn is the father of a boy six. teen years old. The latter is twice the age of his grand-uncle. While Farmer Chandler's eight-year-old son is going to school at Lyons Farms, his sixty year-old boy is prosperous business man of Vineland, N. J., and the latter's forty-year-old son is bank director.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
OnYchODllaRY.

M. Berillon, a French doctor, who has been directing his attention for some time past to the study of nail bit ing, or, as he calls it, onychophagy, finds that habit or disease extremely common. In public school in Paris, says the London Times, out of 265 pu- pills examined during the month of April last, sixty-three, that is to say, nearly one-fourth, were addicted to biting their finger nails. Curiously enough, results vary greatly in differ ent districts and in different schools in the same districts. It seems that girls are more given to the habit than boys. In one girls school in the department of Vonne eleven out of twenty-one were confirmed nail biters. In anoth- CT girls school the proportion was sixty-one out of 2O7 pupils, and of those sixty-one fifteen were found to be in the habit of biting the nails of both hands, and the others of biting only those of one hand. NJ. Berillon recog- nizes that nervousness has much to do with the habit, and he proposes to cure it by means of suggestion"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
Worked Half A Day.

The people of Manitou were enter. tained tho other day, says core spondent of the Denver Republican, by the spectacle of a man carrying a stone around triangular track, letting it drop and shouldcring it again at every turn. The performer was man who has a reputation for a disinclina- tion to labor, and the incident was the outcome of a wall he was making lbout the hard times and his inability to get work. A citizen told him he would not work if he got chance, and offered him fifty cents an hour as long IS he would carry the stone. To the surprise of all he accepted the offer md held out for five hours. A large ,rowd gathered to watch the perform lnce.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
TREES AND THEIR AGES.
They Are the Only Forms of Nature Which
 Accurately Record the Years.

They Are the Only Forms of Nature Which
 Accurately Record the Years.
 c Elm, 300 years; ivy, 395 years; maple, 51O years; larch, 576 years; orange, 63O years; cypress. 500 years; olive, 800 years; walnut, 900 years; Oriental plane, 1000 years; lime. HOO years; spruce, 1,20O years; oak, 1,5OO years; cedar, 2,O0O years; yew, 3,200 years. The way in which the ages of these trees have been ascertained leaves no doubt of it's correceness. In some few cases the data have been furnished by historical records and by traditions, but the botanical archeologists have a resource independent of either, and, when carefully used, infallible.
 Of all the forms of nature, trees alone disclose their ages candidly and freely. In the stems of trees which have branches and leaves with netted veins-in all eXogens, as the botanist would say-the increase takes place by means of an annual deposit of wood, spread in an even layer upon the sur face of the preceding one.
 In the earlier periods of life trees in- crease much faster than when adult the oak, for instance, grows more rap idly between the twentieth and thir- tieth years-and when old the annual deposits considerably diminish, so that the strata are thinner and the rings proportionably closer. Some trees slacken in rate of growth at very early period of life, and layers of oak become thinner after 40, those of the elm after 50, those of the yew after 60.