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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The minister
Of the United States in the Argentine
Republic, William 1. Buchanan re.
ports under date of January 10 that
the new tariff bill has passed through
the Argentine congress. Owing TO
the friendly spirit of the Argentine
minister of foreign affairs and the
tariff commission considerable reduc'
ton in favor of the products OF the
United States have been made in the
new tariff. The principal of these IS
yellow or pitch pine lumber on
which about $250,000 in duty each
wear have been removed, enough Il
il said, to secure us greatly IN
creased demand.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Work of Superst t on.

Superstition has deprived the Thlr-
teenth ward of Allegheny City, Pa
Df its alderman. Whether it comes
from the number of the ward or not,
it is fact that this section OF the
ritv has become noted tor its suicides
and unnatural deaths, and some peo-
ple think that blight has fallen upon
the ward. In 1890 Joseph Lohnk
was alderman. He died suddenly
and Charles Wealty was appointed to
succeed him. Welty shot himself.
Valentine Cast, man in the prime
Of life, then became alderman. tie
was taken i'll last Easter Sunday and
died the next dav. Gov. Pattison
appointed +. j. Hepp, and he had
good deal of trouble in getting mat
ters arranged. The official notice
was addressed with wrong initials
and the recorder refused to swea
MIN in until the matter had been rec
tilted by the state officers. Heppi
wife has been considering the fate o
his predecessors and the general un
lucky air of the Thirteenth ward, an
L. has persuaded him to resign.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Chairman
Wilson has called meeting OF the
WAYS and means committee for ~
o'clock a. IN. to-day. 1t will be the
first gathering OF the committee for
many months and it is anticipated
that important action may be taken
in view OF the depleted condition OF
the treasury. He intends to take up
the resolution of Mr. Pence regarding
revenue to be raised by beer tax
end it is probable it will be favorably
reported. Mr.. Wilson's proposition
to take off one-tenth OF cent duty
on sugar will also be considered.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Joue. Bond Scheme.

WAsH1NGToN, Jan. -, - Senator
Jones Of Arkansas will introduce MS
currency bill to-day. The bill is
based upon what was known as 1he
Faulkner compromise for the repeal
Of the Sherman law. 1t is proposed
to issue $500, 900, 900 Of United States
bonds, to bear not exceeding per-
cent interest. These bonds shall
bear only 2! per cent interest II IN
the opinion of the secretary OF the
treasury they can be hoated at tha5
price. They shall be issued
in small denominations, to run
not exceeding thirty years, the
idea being to make 1t a
popular loan to be taken by the peo-
nle of the United States. 1t is pro-
nosed to make concessions to silver
in the way of coinage, those present
inc their silver at the minis for com
age to pay the difference between inc
market and the coinage value OF tne
metal. All notes below the denoml
nation of $40 to be silver certificates
This plan is adopted as the last hop'
of obtaining any financial Legislation
by this congress. Senators Sherman
Allison and Aldrich of the Repuollca
} side realizing that an extra sesslo
will develope the hopeless divisions
: their party on the financial quesflo
have expressed their willingness
, support this measure. There. seems
, however, no chance of its passage
5 Senator Dubois, representing the pr
I silver Republicans, boldly declare
4 that no currency legislation that doe
t not recognize the free coinage OF 81
: YER at the ratio of 16 to l could pas
Meantime Senator Vest presented n
bill, which he says, will commaf
Democratic support. 1t can De Statt
J. on good authority that the Jones ol
o is the last hope of action at TINS Sc
# sion. If it fails there Will be
J. financial legislation before Narch
y next,
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
An Emphatic Den'a'.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-An emphat'
ic denial is made by all demoeratlc
members of the house committee on
rules OF the reports in circulation that
the president authorized one OF them
TO make Unknown that an extra SEES
sion of congress will be called i
currency legislation is not Ell
fected by the present congress
Chairman Springer OF the banking
and currency committee said: ''Ih'
president has not directly nor indl
rectly stated or intimated that ne
even considering the question OF a.
extra session"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Retiring Sea Resolution.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-Represen-
tatiye McMillion of Tennessee has IN
troduced resolution calling on the
secretary ofthe treasury to furnish the
house ali the information in his pos
session regarding of the taking OF fur
seals in the Behring sea since January
1889, including all contracts, ali suits
or claims against the government, the
loss of revenue from suspension Of
sealing and an itemized statement o.
the expenditures for the Paris arol'
tration; also what expenses the Uni
ted States has incurred and Is paying
in consequence of the treaty tor th'
government of Samoa.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Still Another Plan.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Notwith-
standing the reverse suffered by the
Carlisle currency bill in the house OF
representatives there will be no aban-
donment of the effort to secure cur
rency legislation. 1t is stated by a
gentleman conversant with the facts
that a new measure having executive
apnroyal will be introduced in the
house in about two weeks. This
length of time will be allowed tc
lapse in order that the confusion ano
excitement attending the struggle
over the first bill may be allayed anc
a new start made under more favor
able conditions.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Change in the Tariff War.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The first
effect of the discovery by the treasury
officials that Spain pays an export
bounty on sugar and that, therefore, h
Spanish sugar is liable, like European
beet sugar, to an additional tax of
10 of | cent per pound, was the
cause OF much apprehension lest 1t
should prevent consummation Of the
agreement which United States MIN
isl ister Taylor has almost completed
with the Spanish government looking
to the restoration of American e&-
ports to the minimum tariff schedule.
But it is believed here that this fear
is not we'll founded. As explained b!
Mr.. Taylor, the Spanish bounty is
paid only on sugar produced in th IN
Spanish possessions, refined in spal'
and exported.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Republicans Confer.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Senators
Morrill,, Sherman, Allison and AL
drich, Republican members OF the
senate finance committee, held con-
ference Yesterday in Mr.. Sherman
room for the purpose Of deciding
upon line Of policy in case there
should be an effort to take up the
currency question in the senate.
They agreed that no definite and final
conclusion could be reached until
some measures have been brought to
their attention by the Democratic
members Of the committee.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
KING RHEUMATISM.
HIS REIGN IS OVER Al INo
Medical Science Drives h'"'
Throne-A Medicine Discovered
that Rheumatism Can Not le
s&t-A Boon for Sufferers
.,oC Ct Ionis Mo-. Chronicle.

From the st. LOUIS, Mo ~! 0''
mo OBJECT of using DR.. Wi llans t.li.h
p;l,c for rheuUatislA was brought 10 llsn'
lately by Chronicle reporter WIZ p inur1
r;owed John Ferguson of 7H" South hr 81 '
wav St Louis, who had been Il sulleio'
with this incapacitating dis I'e' ~,
"Those pills" he said, nave proven ;t H'
great benefit not only to me but 10 my W." !t
Strange to say we both suffe4 20 rom u;
same ailment, although my VINE c:'1t'Ii
t;on was much worse than mllle. Ntl'n"4
of us could sleep at night; we iau S nlt -
shooting pains in our arms, slues anu r'l.1'
and continual soreness all over !flo uou.
What we suffered from was mourning HUI
mr. less than rheumatism. Az tlnes ny
wife had to crawl up stars Oh nci n: :lt,,
and knees, and as for me, woulo d. tIlsn i.
witch and jerk despite my utiAosI elat,uo
to control myself we sulle'eu VIZ WI
of the damned. A., ami, hooan r.
But in three weeks the pam oesan y.
leave US. My case not Deine IS st'el o,, a.,
~ ,T,;fe;s soon got well. but it took nearl\
IVY t,,ree months before Mrs. Ferguson cou!o
wv no was entirely free from rheumatic
M H"; ,'' OF course ! recommend DR.. VIII
Jams Pink Pills to all my lrlehdS -, ~
A Campbe]l, an iron worker hvlng OF
Cbonteau avenue. He too had been alllcc''
With rheumatism contracted from working
in damp foundry. He Salu: .Ohe Gas
was seized with chillSand my doctororocl1
me- to remain in bed for at least seFef'
DAYS | began to lose my previously goo
annette. a depression Of Spirits lack OF al
hilton, a tired feeling and even loss OF men
orv followed couldn't keep my leet war;
and nv usual ruddy complexion hau give
way to sallow hue.
with my family to support | couldn
afford to be idle. | struggled against III
feelings as best could, but the best coul
do oven with the doctors help, was yer
little. D;.,, Ollie
Hearing of DR.. Williams PINK Pllls
determined to try them. The effects wei
nothing short Of marvellous. !hey mac
r me- we'll and as q preventive take the
: REGULARLY. They're the best medicine
know Of. and as such my friends hear II
O speak of them" ~, Dox,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Poop
e contain all the elements necessary 10 q
! new life and richness to the b'oou ana
store shattered nerves They are an unfa
. inc specific for such diseases as locomoC
= ataxia, partial paralysis, St. |ltus dahe
n sciatica. rheumatism. neuralgia. nerVo
, headache, the after effects OF la grlpl
- nolpitation of the heart. pale an SALE
III comnlexions and all forms OF WeaKne
n either in male or female. They may
n had of all druggists, or direct from the
y, Williams Medicine company. Schenectat
- N. Y, for 50 cents per box, or SIX boxes
w IN
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
DJFFERENTIAL BILL
,y,,1REREPORTED FAVORABLT
to- THE HOUSE.
nh. arpentiue Tariff Law Recently fasS-
cd Makes Considerable Reductions ""
o,r Products, Hence is Favorable 10
Our Interests.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l6.-The house
WAYS and means committee yesterday
decided to report to the house Mr.
1N;1son,s hill to remove the one-tenth
of / cent pound ditferential on sugar
imported fsom countries giving an
export bounty, which has chclteo
nrotests from Germany, Austria anu
other nations, and the repeal OF
which was recommended by the pres
jdent. Chairman Wilson took the
lead in advocating the bill, urging
the arguments which have been al,
vanced by Secretary Gresham tha'
the differentials violates the mos
favored nation clause in treaties Will
Germany, Austria and certain othe'
foreign nations.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

THE San Francisco Chronicle con-
tends that tree planting is profitable
business. Whether it is or not, it
NAV be said that as long as farmers
recognize no profit in the business, all
effort to induce people to plant trees
from sentiment or for the public good
will be of little avail. Forest preser-
walton and forest planting depend
very much upon an appreciation OF
the material benefit to be derived
from them. Forests would not be
preserved in Europe as carefully as
they are were it not for the knowl.
edge that there is profit in that
course.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Jumping Beans.

Jumping beans threaten to become
a. GREAT a fad with those who admire
odd pets as chameleons were about a
year ago. As most people know by
this time, the movements OF the beans
are caused by little worm inside.
They come from Mexico, where q
Chicago man has collected large
numbers of then, and has cornered
the market The worms are said to be
q species of chrysalis, and in time de-
velop into butterflies. II the craz@
doesn't die out before the Indians
and the jumping-bean agents have
collected all the worms Mexico ma!
be minus a species of butterfly at
certain season.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

oco RrS. DANVERS IELLO" ONIONS
Were grown by John l.. Rath, East
Sapinaw. from one pound OF seed.
Th;s tremendous yield, at the rate Of
! ols bushels per acre, Mr.. Rath says
was only possible because n" ">eo SaI'
zer's seeds. We understand that Mr..
Sa]zer's seeds are the earliest IN the
world, especially his bcets, carrots,
cabbage. cucumbers, onions. peas corn,
rodishes. tomatoes. etc, and that he
sells to market gardeners and farmers!
at lowest wholesale prices. Splendid
potatoes for Texas and the Aouth.
If You Will Cut This GU: ami >'nd
with 81 money order to the 'iohn 4
Salzer Seed company, La Crosse. WIS,
YOU will get free thirty-hye packages
earliest vegetable seeds and their Won
derful catalogue. or tor Is cents IN
stamps package above Prize Danver'
Onions and their catalogue free Tex. "
Mind is the great !evel'er of all things
human thought is the process D! "nNl
human ends are alternately answered.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

THE recent death of a Vienna bank
teller from the effects of moistening
his fingers on his lips when counting
money ought to prove a startling les
SON to those who are careless enough
to now and then hold piece OF paner
money between their lips. This par
ticular teller had been repeatedly
warned that he should use wet
sponge instead of his lips in moisten-
ing his fingers. It is impossible tc
tell who has handled the old, greasy
..dog-eared" money that is kept il
constant circulation, impossible Il
say what poison it has touched. II
allow it to come in contact with an,
wound or even get in indirect com
inunication with any, mucous mem
brane seems like flying in the lace Q
fate
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

The lady teachers in the public
schools of Philadelphia petitioned to
have their salaries made equal to
those OF male teachers, grade for
grade. and the school board promptly
complied by proposing to reduce the
salaries of all male teachers to those
of'the corresponding female teachers.
The staff of a certain Cincinnati news,
paper, which had thirteen reporters
and only twelve chairs, petitioned the
business manager that they be allowed
chair apiece. "All right. I'll fl,
that" said he kindly, and he dis
charged reporter on the spot. 1t is
easy enough to adjust things when you
know how.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Very, Very Thin.

Electricity has now, it seems. beat
en- the record of the gold beater and
can produce foil of the metal from
five to ten times thinner than ordinary
gold leaf. Joseph Wilson Swan, the
weil-known chemist of electric Light
ing fame, has presented to the royal
society specimens Of this wonderfully
thin foil made by depositing gold on
copper with the electric current and
then dissolving away the copper iron
it with perchloride OF iron.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

DR.. PARKHURsT's admission that he
would as soon entrust Satan with the
reorganization of he'll as Superinten-
dent Byrnes with the reorganization
of the New York police force is
strongly if not ministerially put. The
Lexow investigation has gone lar
enough to show that if Byrnes didn't
have knowledge of the corruption in
the department he is certainly too in
nocent to have any official connection
with 6 police force of any kind.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
To Impeach Judge Kicks.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The house
judiciary committee yesterday deci-
ded TO report resolution for the i'm
peachment of Judge Kicks OF Cleve-
land, o. The vote was I for, against
6. The vote was nearly on party
lines, but one Republican voting tor
Impeachment and one Democrat
against it.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
A Valuable Well.

Chamberlain. S. d., has an artesian
well eight inches in diameter $40 feet
deem. The stream of water which
flows from it is sufficient both in
force and volume to run a great roller
mill and electric light plant. At the
time this great TOW was struck the
drill fell through a subterranea1
lake sixty feet in depth.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Light at Galveston

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1l.-Senator
Coke passed through the senate Mr..
Gresham bill providing for light
at the end of the south jet:y at Gal
weston. The signature Of the presi-
dent is all that is necessary for the
bill to become law.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

A GOOD, kind preacher of Los
Angeles, Cal, asked his congregation
to pray for a young lady, that she
might be cleansed of her sins, and IN
return the young lady has sued him
for S., 900. Some young ladies seem
to be, entirely destitute of that virtue
of gratitude of which the poets anc
the men who want small loans 1oi
short periods are so fulsomely fond.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

A DENTIST could probably drive
home the filing in tooth at single
blow from large hammer, but NJ
does a better job and the job last
longer, by using a small hammer an'
repeating the blows. The same prln
chile holds good in advertising
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

ANOTHER bank cashier has left for
parts unknown, and an accountant Is
making an examination into the con:
ditions of the bank 1t might be well
to vary this procedure occasionally ano
call in the accountant before the cash
Ter or the teller takes his departure.
This would give the stockholders AND
depositOrssa chance.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
New Counterfeit Notes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l4.-The secret
service officials have discovered a
new counterfeit $40 legal tender note.
The note is of March 3, 1868, series
of 1880, clerk letter 3D. W. S. Rose
Grams register, E. H. Nebeker treas
urer, with portrait OF Webster, hav'
ing small pink scalloped seal. The
notes made their appearance in the
west and are printed on pulp paper
Their general appearance is bad.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

SHOULD the New Jersey contractor
who built scaffold SO himsy that it
tumbled down killing one workman
and fatally injuring two Others, pay
the penalty of having scatfold give
way under him with moose about his
neck, he will know how it is himself
"A fine is misft punishment for Grim.
inal carelessness like that.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Whist Next?

A cutler displays combination
knife and fork for the use Of persons
only having one arm. 1t is q small
knife, the blade shorter but wider
than usual The blade is turned up
at the end, and there are three
Drorgs.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

THE decision in the case OF Dr.
Fraker, a famous insurance case III
Missouri, leaves the impression that
in spite of the opinion of the insur-
ance companies, q man does occasion
ally die in good faith and not Tor the
sole purpose of defrauding the com
DanieS
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

THE worst blot upon the countrys
civilization, political, social and moral
is the administration of municipal al
fairs. The best sign of the times can
be read in the determination OF gooo
men to remove that stain. What New
York is passing through now must De
the experience of every city OF 5O,ooC
inhabitants and over.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Warehouses Made Good.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The entire
Louisiana delegation in congress ap-
peared before the house appropriation
committee yesterday to urge that
provision be made for the relief Of
immediate losses suffered by sugar
producers and planters of that state
caused by the repeal of the bounty
provided for in the Mckinley tariff
act
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
rh. Center If Interest.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.--The pre-
vailing feeling that the currency
nroblem has been transferred to the
senate has made that body the center
of interest at the capitol.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

In these charges of blackmail and
official crookedness it is sad fact that
nothing can be predicated on the pub
Inc rerutation of the accused. 1t has
happened so often that men ABOVE
SUSPICION have been proved guilty o.
crookedness as to require other proc
of innocence than a previous gooI
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
Sundry Civil Bill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The sundry
civil appropriation bill for the fiscal
wear OF 1895 was completed by the
house appropriation committee yes
terday. 1t carries s3S, $40, OBJ, being
$7,843,79 less than the estimates.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

THE New York horse SHOW, which
seemed to be such a gorgeous success,
eame out S26, 900 in debt. Can this
mean that the management had to
loot the bills for costumesf
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
About Evaporation.

To prevent the evaporation OF water
in fire pals it has been discovered
that fifteen to twenty drops OF oil will
form coating sufficient to obviate
the difficulty.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
A Mean Mar,

A farmer OF Newton, Me-, has sued
the school board for the water used
from his we'll during the last eighteen
wears.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19

WE might look with more co1npla'
cency on some of these exploding Doll,
ers if they only carried the Negligent
inspectors along when they went up
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
THE PROGRESS
nD. HICKS, Ed. and Prop
Shreveport, -

AUTOMATIC hanging seems to differ
from suicide mainly in that person
dies by his own foot and not by hl'
own hand.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
An $500 Mash.

Spokane theater has Just bser.
mnIcted in $500 because OF the fall Of
an acrobat from lofty traDeze. |.
was not the acrobat who got the
money. but the man in the audience
he fell on.
Beware of Ointments for Tatarrh that
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the seEse d
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu
cous surfaces Such articles should neve,
be used except on prescriptions from repn
table physicians. as the damage they viii
10 is ten fold to the good you can possibly
deriye from them. alls Catarrh Cure
,nanufactured by +. J. cheney & Co..
Toledo O., contains 10 mercury. and is
taken internally. acting directly upon the
! hInod and mucous surfaces of the system
In MIN buving Halls Catarrh Cure lie sure YOU
oct the genuine. 1t is taken internally and
made in Toledo. Ohio, by +, J. Cheney &
Co Testimonials free.
~ Sold by Druggists, price 'oc pei bottle
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-19
1aware Of Ointments for fatarrh tina,
Contain Mercury,


What seems to US the mereSt accident
,,.;rr. from the deeIest source OF destiny