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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-06-24

OF our city.
The V. S. & p. Railroad Company
has bouobt - feet of tho lot corner OF
their road and Joctan street from MIS-
John J. Koran for Sl25.
Mr. c., f. Perroncei, the new parish
treasurer. qualified Monday and began
business right away. Mr.. Perroncel Is
a splendid business man and his friend'
anticipate from him an excellent OH
cial record.
MIR. S. I. Abbott, formerly OF the
Daily Morning Call, OF Iexarksna'
Tex, paid The PROGRESS an apprec'-
ated call Tuesday. MIR. Abbott OK
pects to establish IN intelligence bn-
rean in Shreveport.
MIR. Harry Hill is with Mr. A, }.
Bogel, druggist.
yHE PKoGRtss regrets to learn or
fine sudden death Of Nr. Herbert
Gregory. of Memphis, Tenn, by
drowning last Saturday. de was
the brother of MIR. Walter Gregory,
Of our city and the startling news
was very telling on him. The PRO
epFss extends the warm hand OF sym
pathY.
A very good rain fell here Tues
dav This at least laid the dnst for
awhile.
Mayor Mcclellan should have turn
ed frosty over to the State authorl-
ties He was right in saying the
MAYOR had no jurisdiction, but 1t was
certainly wrong that he be allowed
to gofree.
There seems to be considerable en-
,ivenmeut in criminal work III the }
p. Courts.
The Judge has moved its office
, across the street.
Watch the hotel arrivals. These de
note the strangers who are here IN
S yestigating.
g All estrays-to be legal-must be
advertised in the at1icial journal o
9 the parish.
r Mrs A. l.. Duringer is at her pos
't again. The PROGRESS IL glad to learl
at that Miss Daisy is improving raplo'
10 at Bay St. Louis.
ie WatermelOn5 are now coming !
le right along The next we suppos
III will be demands for Carriers chill cur
or Hon. B. w. Bailey. editor of tt
as Banner of Liberty OF Minden, was
" the city Saturday and came around
Give lis q COrdla4 han0Snake'
ID. TIE PROGRESS wa, agreeabiv su
N nrised at a call from its old friend, M
mt Moses Herold Monday. Mr.. Herold
,as a practicing a torney in st. Louis,
-, graduate from the Washington a
lee University, OF Lexington va. N
-. Moses Herold Is the son of our frle
10 and fellow-townsman, Mr.. sim
IDS Herold, and is an accomplished gent
Pc man. a sound student and able you
&c. man. We are glad to hear OF his $
ing cess,
OF Our friend, Mr., John a. Barlow,
en- Natchitoches. was in the city vest
get day and gave our editor one OF
Bat cordial handshakes.
J | Mrs. J. G. Hamilton and her sIst
Mss Matte Belle Gregg, left for ID
yer Tuesday night, the former OF
:, visit, the latter returning home.
hope Miss Mattie's stay here was
son enjoyable one.
een The Holiness services will be held
70. Jordan street church tonight
every night this week at s o'clock.
vea Messrs. W. G Krentz, Jr., and n.
NV McEroy, two more gentlemen
nected with the cotton mill enterpr
are in the city talking business
Guy Shreveports committee. If there
enything for Shreveport IN this M
inter- ment, The PROGRESS hopes ana
AXE poets the committee to act WIFI
Mrs. business dispatch.
ring The rain of yesterday afternoon
certainly an appreciated VISITOR.
~, cooled things off, laid the dust am
doubt assisted growing vegetation
mensely.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-06-24

Job Printing a speciality at the
Progress office.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-06-24
". !. WILLIS,
Stock Dealer,

Buys and sells stock and beef cattle.
Highest price paid for cattle OF either
class, and those wanting stock for kill
ing can always get the best by calling
on or addressing me. All orders LETT
at THE PROGRESS office will receive
prompt attention.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
Skim MiIk os Stock Feed.


 In estimating the profits of the dairy too little regard is paid to the value of the skim milk as feed for pigs, calves and poultry. It is so we'll adapted to all these kinds of stock that when used in connection with other feed, as it al- ways should be, the skim milk will be worth much more than it can be if fed alone Milk is not a perfect ration. It contains too much bulk for its nutri- ton, and that nutrition is more largely nitrogenouS than it need to be for profitable feeding. This makes it much more valuable for feeding with grain of all kinds, and especially with corn, in which carbonaceous nutriment is greatly in excess. With plenty of skim milk young pigs can eat and digest an amount of meal that would stunt their growth if given alone. But probably the best use of skim milk is as feed for hens. For this purpose 1t is best made into curd, and most of its whey squeez- ed out of 1t. If the milk is given, only enough should be offered at one time that the fowls will drink, for if it stands in vessels these soon become sour and offensive.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
CIGARETTE AND SMALL BOY.
Law Passed Tn Ohio to Make Their Paths
 Separate Henceforth.

Law Passed Tn Ohio to Make Their Paths
 Separate Henceforth.
 The cigarette and the Ohio small boy are to be strangers henceforth. The leg islature of the state has so decreed it. The house has passed bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes, cigars and tobacco to minors under 16 years of age. The senate had previously passed the bill, and later in the day it became law.
 Dealers violating the statute are sub- ject to fine of $25 to $10O for the first offense For each subsequent offense the penalty is fine of from $50 to $500 or SO days imprisonment or both.
 The bill was introduced by Elroy M. Avery of Cleveland, the senator from Cuyahoga county. He is labeled "au- thor" on the legislative list. He has tEe faculty of making enemies, and there was some surprise that the bill passed. It went through without discussion, and the dealers at whom it was aimed made no lobby against it.-Chicago Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01

PEARL MILLET. US DOIdnICdA Hn4Ac is PenniSteum spicatum. A most re- markable record of the luXuriant growth of this plant has been given by the late Peter Henderson, as fol- lows: Determined to give Pearl mil let thorough trial, prepared a piece of good ground, as if for a root crop, by manuring at the rate of F or 15 tons to the acre, blowing deeply and narrowing. The seed was sown in drills 20 inches apart, at the rate of four or five pounds to the acre. The seed was sOwn about the middle of May. When the plants were up, cul- tivator was run through the rows, and the growth became so rapid that no further culture was necessary. The first cutting was made fOrty-ive days after sowing; 1t was seven feet high, and covered the whole ground. The crop, cut three inches above the ground, weighed as cut at the rate of 30 tons per acre; dried, 61a tons per acre. The second growth, cut forty-five days from the time of the first cutting, was nine feet high, and weighed at the rate of 5 tons to the acre fresh, equal to eight tons dried. The last growth started rapidly, but the cool weather retarded 1t, so that the last cutting only weighed 10 tons and 11a tons dried. The total yield was 95 tons green fodder in 135 days, equal to 16 tons of hay" The ac- companying illustration was engraved from a photograph of a plant which stood 13 feet high.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
Grass Under Trees.

Under some circumstances grass ap- pears to grow better under trees than it does when exposed to the full blaze of the summers sun. In young or chard and especially one that is plOw- ed every year, the tree roots near the surface are cut off by the annual culti- vation. This leaves several inches of soil ln which shallow-rooted grass plants thrive. But in orchards that have long been uncultivated, tree roots will be found very near the surface, ready to take in the rainfall, even of very light showers. In such circum- stances it is impossible for grass to thrive, and much less for the deeper rooted clover to do so. In any event, the grass grown in the shade will have less nutrition than that which has abundant sunlight. In pasturing an orchard some extra food should always be given, not only for the benefit of the trees, but to supplement the deicien cieS of the pasture.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
NO LONGER HERS.

Mrs. Belmont Said to Have Given the Mar
 ble House to Her Son.
 It is said that Mrs. Oliver H. P. Bel mont presented Marble House, her pala- tiaI dwelling at Newport, to her eldest son just before her second marriage and when she was still Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt.
 Mrs. Belmont's son is William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. He is IS years old and is at school in Southboro, Mass He is to enter Yale next term. He is not par ticularly good looking, but is very popu- lar among his schoolmates
 The other son, Harold, is now with his mother abroad.
 But Mrs. Belmont's friends say she will be entirely impartial. She gave her $1,000,000 string of pearls to the Duchess of Mar thorough as a wedding gift. This cannot be regarded as an equivalent of Marble House, however, as the value of pearls varies and they decay with time.
 Mrs. Belmont has in lieu of dover right and as alimony from MT. Wander bilt the sum of $25O,00O year.-New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
He Was Eligible,

James Payn, the London writer, says a young man was paying his attentions to "beloved object" contrary to the wishes of her father, Ca man of thews and sinews," and one day the latter kicked the lover violently into the street. In day or two (after recovery the rejected suitor, apparently not one whit discouraged, called at the house once more. "What, againl" exclaimed paterfamilias, putting on his we'll soled boots for action. "No, sir, cried the young man. "I have given up all hope of winning your daughter, but in con- sequence of that astounding kick you gave me the other day have been re- quested, on the strength of my earnest recommendation to the committee, to ask you to join our football club.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01

ble garden. Don't fail to raise every thing possible that your family or your stock consume. Don't neglect to plant at intervals so as to have a succession of luscious vegetables for your table and plenty of green forage for your stock. Don't run the risk of drouth when you can insure against it by fire quent shallow cultivation, by the use of mulch and by irrigation. Don't kill yourself or your family with work, and don't forget that kind words and pleas ant smiles go far to make easy the exact:ng duties of the busy summer season. Don't put over to Sunday a lot or odd jobs and chores, but make it a day of rest-of refreshment to soul, mind and body. Don't fail to use your brains, planning your work in all its de tails so as to get best results with least labOr.-Farm and Home.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
CONVICT NEWS A FEATURE.
A Kentucky Editors Method of Increas-
 ing Circulation.

Kentucky Editors Method of Increas-
 ing Circulation.
 The very latest thing in the way of booming newspapers circulation is outlined in the following letter written to an editor in the mountains of Ken lucky:
 DEAR EDI~oR-I wish to ask you favor. It is this: l have been sentenced to four years in the Jeffersonville prison. and l will not be permitted to write to my relatives and friends but twice a month, which restriction will pre- vent me from writing to as many of them as wish to, and thought would write you few lines occasionally to be printed in your worthy paper so that in this way all of them can hear from me through your paper. hum bly, ask that you grant me this favor. 1 will subscribe for your paper when write again for my wife, Rebecca Feltner, who lives at Mad Dog. You will please send my paper to Jeffersonvillb prison in care of the warden. I have two brothers in Illinois who will sub scribe and friends in Laurel Leslie and Perry counties who will also subscribe, as they will be eager to hear from me. l will promise you l5 subscribers for the first three months, and l am sure that you will secure 50 all told from my friends and relatives at different points. Yours respectfully, M. B. FELTNER.
 Mir. Feltner is one of the members of the famous band of mountain jayhawk- CTS recently organized to exterminate United States deputy marshals and in- ternal revenue men. Mir. Feltner has just been tried and convicted in the United States court. The editor adds:
 "We wili publish Mir. Feltner's let ters. provided they are not too long, and his friends should subscribe at once in order to hear from him regularly
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
SEALED UP A STUDENT.

Curious Experiment by College Professors
 In Studying Food Products.
 Professors Atwater, Rosa and Wood of Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn.,, are conducting series of experi- ments to learn the value of food prod nets. They have constructed an airtight room, 10 foot cube, ill which student is confined. Fresh air is pumped in, and food, cooked under the direction of the professors, is conveyed through an air tight tube. The room is lighted by cleo tricity and equipped with electricity. The temperature of the student is taken and condition noticed at frequent inter vals. All food and all waste are weigh ed, the object being to learn the exact certain kinds of foods that make bone, flesh and blood.
 The student will remain six days. So far he is doing well, eating heartily, sleeping we'll and devoting much time to study. The results of the experiment. will be sent to Washington for scientific use.-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
Two Brilliant Wits Meet, and Then the
 Sparks Fly.

Sparks Fly.
 Marshall P. Wilder dropped into the Grand Central station to call on Horace c. Du Val The visit was brief one, but for the few moments that they were together the conversation was so bril- liant that the electric lamps began to burn mistily and took oe sallow look. \ bit of the chat, culled at random, IS as follows: Hello, Marshall How are you?"
 "Oh, am we'll, but l don't sleep much nights dreamed last night that I was dead, and the heat woke me up. :"
 Don't do that again. Where are you going?"
 up to Troy. Does the Empire State stop there so I can get off?''
 Well, you can get off. you know. tut that is not saying where you will alight.
 "That reminds me. I was up in Her kimer the other day when the Empire State went past at about the rate of two miles a minute. Two country chaps were standing on the station platform, and one says, That gol darned thing don't stop fer nuthin, does she? The other ejected stream of tobacco juice and replied: Nav. She don't even he's itate. ''
 Then the meeting adjourned. New York Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
Samuel PlimsOll III.

Samuel Plimsoll is seriously i'll. He is the originator of the famous "Plim- soil mark" to prevent the overlooking of ships, was formerly member of the English parliament and at one time president of the National Amalgamated Sailors and Firemen's Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
 MT. Plimsoll also wrote "Our Sea- men" and "Cattle Ships" He was born in 1924. He went into parliament for the express purpose of helping the sail ors' cause, and was instrumental in bringing about the passage of several amendments to the shipping laws.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
WHERE SHE DREW THE LINE.
Why Princess stephanie Refused to UnveiI
 a Statue.

Why Princess Stephanie Refused to UnveiI
 Abbazia, the fashionable Austrian seaside resort in Istria, is grieving over an artistic blunder which has brought down upoh it the displeasure of the Crown Princess Stephanie, who has spent some months every winter in the place ever since she was left widow.
 A monument to the railroad manager who developed the place had been erect ed, and the crown princess was asked to unveil it. It represents the nymph of Abbazia in bronze crowning the man. ager's head with a laurel wreath, and was executed by Viennese sculptor, who had previously made statue of the Virgin, the Star of the Sea, that stands before one of the principal hotels.
 The artist had pleased the princess by making the Virgin a striking portrait of herself and thought he would repeat the compliment in the new monument. But the princess, when she saw her own features on a completely nude statue, refused to unveil it, and Abbazia will either have to change the head of its nymph or provide her with clothes.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
WASHINGTON'S MARRIED LIFE.
Mrs. Washington's Mother Scarce Contrib uted to the Harmony of the Household.

Mrs. Washington's Mother Scarce Contrib
 uted to the Harmony of the Household.
 "There is every reason to believe that Washington s married life was one of in- creasing happiness and satisfaction, !" writes General A. W. Greedy, U. s. A., in The Ladies' Home Journal. "Unfor- tunately his letters to his wife were de- stroyed by her. But there are sufficient allusions in his general correspondence to indicate that they grew together with declining years, and that both husband and wife showed that consideration to- ward and respect for each other which are the soundest guarantees of marital happiness. Since circumstances did not permit frequent visits of his wife to her relatives we find Washington inviting her mother to come to Mount Vernon as her home. It does not appear that this introduction added to the harmony of the household, or if it did the admission of other women, relatives of husband or of wife, did not.
 ''In this respect Washington, writing later about his niece living at Mount Vernon, speaks of his love for her. but he says, I will never again have two women ill my house when I am there myself. Mrs. Washington proved an un failing support to her husband in camp or court ill peace or war, and Washing ton had her happiness and comfort al- ways at heart. His field service was irk- some only as entailing constant uneasi- ness on the part of his wife. Of the many instances of his tender solicitude for her uncertain health there is none more touching than that connected with his fatal illness. Attacked suddenly and seriously after midnight, Washington s malady was at least hastened by his un- willingness that his wife should incur the risk of a cold by rising during the bitter winter night to relieve his suffer- inp !"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
4 DAY IN BED.
An Experiment That Few Healthy People
 Have Time or Disposition to Try.

Have Time or Disposition to Try.
 One often hears somebody say with glee that he is going to take a day off or day in the country or day on the river, but seldom if ever that he is go- ing to take day ill bed, and yet day so spent when one really needs a day of is one which deserves red letter record in his history, according to writer in Ihe Pittsburg Times. One lies late of Sunday mornings and tells what lux nry 1t is not to have to get up at the usual hour, but one never knows the glory of such thing till he spends a whole day in bed. To enjoy it one must not be sick nor pretend to be. He must be in fairly good health and free from trouble or worry of any sort. Then he is entirely himself, and it is the only place ill which he can be.
 As soon as he dresses he comes under
 restraint, not merely physical, but mental, for no one can wholly escape the influence of his clothes, whether they be good or bad, in fashion or out For ages character has been identified with clothes and will be for ages, in spite of all that has been or will be said against it. One may not always be con- scious of the influence, but it exists all the same. Not trace of it is felt when one is in bed. There he is free. He can twist and roll and kick and throw his arms about as he will. If he should do the like elsewhere, there would be sus- picion of his sanity. A day in bed is not a day of rest merely, but of liberty. He has the infinite for his own.
 Not few of Pope's best lines came to him while in bed. Thomson composed his finest description of natural scenery while in bed. A like thing doubtless may be said of the humorists. There is little doubt that the liveliest jokes cur rent were thought out while their au- thors were in bed. The blood flows free ly then, digestion does it's perfect work, the mind is relieved of the care of the body, the imagination and fancy roam the earth and skies and gather of their treasures, the inscriptions on the tablets of memory come out, and incident and adventure recur in light of their own, suggesting new ideas and relations. One never knows what life is till he has spent day ill bed, in full or fair health, without a thought save those which come smiling to him in his rest.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
Low Down Fruit Trees.

The increasing prevalence of high winds has much to do with making fruitgrowers favor the heading out of fruit trees near the ground. There is great loss of fruit when the trees are high headed, and it is much more diff cult to gather them without injury. AS for the old practice of training the head high, so that teams used in plow- ing and cultivating can be driven under the branches, 1t is very rarely followed now. The orchard ought to be culti- vated only when young. After it gets into bearing seed 1t and pasture with sheep or swine, also adding mineral fertilizers every year.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
Drarqinr After Flowing.


 In all cases the harrow should follow the blow as quickly as possible after the furrow has been turned. This will compact the soil, pressing the furrow down and leaving less air space be tween it and the soil below. If the soil is dry enough to be plowed at all it does not need more drying after blowing. Rather the attempt from the first should be to save all the moisture in the soil, knowing that it will all be needed dur ing the growing season. It often hap pens that after blowing several days of dry weather follow. If the turrow is left rough and tilted in air, it will dry out so that the germination of any grain sown or planted in 1t will be de- layed.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
Graining Cows at Pasture.

The first grass is always poor in qual- ity, as it is grown before the soil is warmed and when it contains little available nitrogenous plant food. For this reason cows ought always to be fed some grain when put at pasture, for, if not, they will be obliged to make good the quality of their milk by taking the fat stored on or in their bodies, and putting it into the milk pail. The better the COW is as milker the more in- clined she is to do this. When it is found that graining the COW only fat tens her, without increasing the milk flow, keep on feeding the COW until she is fattened for beef. The more quickly a cow is fattened the better quality her beef will be. Cow beef has a reputa- tion for being tough, because the COW is generally fattened while its owner is drawing from her the last drop of milk he can get.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-08-01
Power and Fashion.

There exists strict relation between the class of power and the exclusive and polished circles. The last are always filled or filling from the first. Fashion, though in a strange way, represents all manly virtue. It is virtue gone to seed, a kind of posthumous honor, hall of the past. Great men are not commonly in its halls. They are absent in the fields. They are working, not triumph ing. Fashion is made up of their chil- dren. n.-Emerson.