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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

"JUST AHIND MY COAT TAILS"
uncanny story. One husky young fell
low who did not look as though he
would be easily frightened told of his
encounter.
az war gittin' home kinder late
Of Sunday night, an jist as I kim to
tn woods ayond ole Denzil's, l mighty
near had cerlission with tn ghos'. It
warn't no white COW er gray boss err
sheep er nothin' else as war flesh an
blood. 1t whizzed by me jist like it
war flynn low an orful swif' on a
broomstick. A feiler's got ter believe
his own eyes, hain't he? I war never
soberer in my life an never so skeered.
l bet my footprints war twenty feet
apart tn res Of the way home, fur
had idee that thar pesky thing war
sailin' long jist ahind my coat tails
II heard like experiences from sew
eral others, and in some way connected
the ghost with the Denzil robberies.
For two nights I stood dreary watch
In the woods referred to without max
Ing any discovery. The third night l
received shock. 1t was intensely
dark in the shadows of the trees, and
as sat at the root OF a big oak tree
some white object glided swiftly and
noiselessly just above the center Of the
road. 1t made the cold chills run over
nae, though I have no patience with
those who tell of visits or communi-
cations with the departed.
Il was determined to enlighten my
self and secured good saddle horse as
companion of my vigils. The second
night the ghost few by and galloped
in its wake at all the speed my horse
could command. A mile ahead the 'ap-
partition swerved to the right of the
road and ended our mad race. Tying
my horse in fence corner l crept
nearer. Slowly l made out that the
ghost was a woman Of stately pro-
portions wearing nothing but daintily
ruffled night robe. She leaned for a
brief time over the hollow stump that
had been her evident destination and
then turning mounted her flying ma
chine, which was modern bicycle,
and went scorching back over the
course she had come. Agar l followed
her and did not stop until ! Jaw her
disappear Ia the side door Of the Den.
I'll house. fastening back te the hoa-
low stump I explored the interior"
And found the stolen property. of
courDe." interrupted listener.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
A Wonderful Shot.

James Shields was elected to the SEN
ate in 1s4S, defeating his predecessor,
Senator Breese. Shields had distin-
'guished himself in the Mexican war
and at the battle Of Cerro Gordo he
was shot through the lungs, the ball
passing out at his back. His recovery
was one Of the marvels Of the day.
Shields war record Is believed to have
secured to him his triumph over Breese.
When the news Of Shields election was
received a lawyer named Butterfield
was speaking of it to group of friends.
when one OF them remarked:
1T was that Mexican bullet that did
the business"
"Yes," j! torted Butterfield, chat was
a great shot The ball passed clear
through Shields without hurting him
and killed Breese 1000 miles away
San Francisco Argonaut
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
SLOW BURNING POWDER.
1t Was Once Manufactured Secretly by
GERMANY.

1t Was Once Manufactured Secretly by
Germany
Slow burning powder was first made
in Germany and was first called cocoa
powder because it resembled in color
and general appearance cake of choc-
olate, says st. Nicholas. It's method of
manufacture was kept secret, but 9TH
er countries analysed the grains and
soon learned to make it even better
than Germany. 1t is made parity by
changing the proportions of the ingre-
dents, making them about 70 per cent
ealtpeter, 3 per cent sulphur and IS
per cent charcoal, thus also giving the
powder it's peculiar color. Thus there
arose a division of gunpowder into
quick and slow burning powders. It
was not alone necessary to make a
powder which would burn more slowly,
but, if possible, to make one burn so
that more gas would be forming when
the shot got near the muzzle than was
forming when it started from the
breech, because there is more room
behind the shot when it nears tho
muzzle and it therefore takes moro gas
to keep up the same pressure against
it's base. To accomplish this and to
make the grains lie so that there should
be spaces evenly distributed among
them to allow the flame to reach every
grain at once, causing all of them to
begin running together, grains were
made of regular shapes and each shape
was tried, to see how nearly it gave the
desired results. Thus, there have been
used round grains, square grains,
ro-hexagonal grains, cylindrical
grains and prismatic grains. OF course
it Is impossible to make grain which
viii have more and more surface to
burn the smaller It gets. so the best re-
suit which has thus ldr been obtained
is only an approach to it, and this is
obtained with ahexagonala and prismatic
grain about one inch high and an
inch and a half in diameter, with
hole, or several holes, through it.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
"Not a sign of it. I could discove

"Not a sign of it, could discover
nothing that did not naturally belong
there. Failing to find the thief In tho
! ghost became a member of the Dem
! zil household. ostensiOly as his private
secretary Ny first discovery was that
the ghost was the beautiful Miss Den
| I'll. She was a SOmnambulist, and in
utter ignorance of the weird night
rides she had taken. But when told OF
them the explanation vas an easy one.
| When she and her young lover were
children. that hollow stump had been
! TIE postofEice where their ardent mis-
siyes were mailed and called for. The
memory of those days was a delightful
one to her and the strange mentor OF
her unconscious action prompted her
visits to the old spot.
MY next important discovery cX-
planned the mystery was employed
to solve. Watching secretly in the
Railways | saw old Denzil, with eyes
wide open and set, come out OF his
chamber. climb the stairs to the attic.
unlock an old desk stored there, open
a secret drawer and deposit money as
we'll as jewels. His action showed me
that his daughters habit OF moving
about at night was an inherited one.
The next morning he gave me terrific
blowing up as a careless, incompetent
and worthless detective who could not
catch a thief when in the house with
him. I was more interested in that
charming daughter Of his than IN my
case, AID scheme flashed into my
mind as II inspired.
Mr.. Denzil,' l said. can you stand
the shock of knowing that your daugh-
ter IS seriously threatened with the loss
of her mind because Of broOding over
separation from the man whom you
say she shall never marry, and that be-
cause of her mental infirmity she is in
noCently robbing you under delUsiOn
that in no other way can she provide
for the future happiness of herself and
that young chap, she honestly thinks,
roor girl, she is going to marry"
Its lie he roared, a miserable
plot. You'er discharged
II did not take Miss DenZl into my
pans. | secretly transferred all the
stolen wealth to the old stump had
trusted officer on guard and then told
the old gentleman | could prove all
| had said and insisted on the right to
vindicate myself. He and watched at
the primitive postoffice till is hdaugh-
ter came, and repeated the conduct
I have described. Then we brought
out the concealed treasures. Denzi
was beside himself for fear he might
act too late. He sent post haste for
the young lover, made handsome set
Element, insisted on an immediate we'd
ding and had me as one Of the guests
Did ever matchmaker do a slicker job
than l did,"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
THAT JOYFUL FEELING

With the celebrating sense Of renewed health
and strength and internal cleanliness, which
to the few who have not progressed beyond
the Old-time medicines aud the cheap sub
stituteS sometimes offered but never accepted
hv the wclI-intOrmed.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Trips Undertaken for HeaIth's Sake

Will be rendered more beneficial and the
fatigues OF travel oounteracted, if the voyagel
will take along with him Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, and use that protective and enabling
tonic, nerve invigorant and appetizer regu-
larry. Impurities in air and water Is neutral
ICED by 1t. and it is u matchless tranquillizer
and regulator Of the stomach, liver and bowels.
1t coun.eracts malaria. rheumatism. and a
tendency to kidney and bladder ailments.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
A MosaultO's Wonder.

~ wonder what that man is so angry
at himself about?" said the mosquito.
During the half hour l have been fly
Ing around his head he has done moth
ing but hit himself In the jaw every
tAK minute or so. indianapolis Jour
Ral
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Bargain Day.

Dearest"
He stopped reading his paper long
enough to ask what his bestest little
wife might want.
when they mark the dollars down
to fifty-three cents, will It be every day,
or only on Eridsys!-Indie:apoliS
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
A MYSTERY IN WHITE.

rs NO. more than
a year ago." said
the veteran detect
i've, when asked for
a story, that | had
the strangest eXpe-
rience of my career.
That is saying
something, for,
while | am not one
of those men IN
novels who can put
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
4 Household Necessity.

Cascarcts Candy Cathartic the most won
derfui medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, acts gent!
AID positively on kidneys, liver and bowels
cleansing the entire system, dispcls colds
cures headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biousness. Please bay and try box o
{. {. {. to-day: 10, %, 30 cents. Sold an,
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

Some people keep their stomachs
working 20 hard that their minds never
get Il chance
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

Much as man admircs u woman. he
can't honestly admit that she knows
ANYTHING about politics.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

When bilious or costve, eat Cascaret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. Zoe, 25c.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

A doctor never does well until he
earns the reputation OF not telling his
wife everything he knows.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

piso'S Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1864 j L.
Madison, 24U9 42d Ave. Chicago, His.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

When you can't say anything else
complimentary OF a man, you can
usually say that he means we'll.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

A man is always afraid of a woman
who wears glasses.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

AS soon as woman begins to show a
moustache, she quits amiability and
tries criticism
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

Few men are wise enough to Away!
knox what is best for them.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

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Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad. Sterling
Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

II people hate you, YOU probably de-
serve il.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Er the Baby II Cutting Teeth,

Be sllre and use that old md wetried remedy MIA
WI:sLow's SOOTHING SYRUP fol Children Tcething.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
MANITOBA SCHOOLS.
The Controversy Settled On Terms
satisfactory 10 Both Sides


TIE Manitoba school question, which has
more than once during the past three years
threatened a disruption of Canadian con-
federation, has been settled on terms
which, it is believed, will he sufficiently
satisfactory to both sides TO put an end to
the controversy.
Following are the main features of the
terms Of settlement, which have been ac-
cepted by the Manitoba government and
VIII be embodied shortly in an act of the
legislature of that body, viz:
All schools are to be national under pro-
Vihclal control, and subject to the same
regulation and inspection.
The same text books will le L sel and all
teachers VIII be properly qualified by pass
ing the provincial examination and taking
the prescribed normal school course.
Schooi work OF 3 purely secular charac-
Ter VIII occupy the whole Of the school day
except the last half hour, when the rem
tentative of any religious denomination
VIII be allowed to come in and instruct the
children belonging to his denomination
provided the parents are willing to have
them remain. In cases where the people
decide not 10 have this religious instruc-
tion the regular school work will go on
until the close of the school hours
The principle Of local option is recognized
throughout
Inc proviso that is intended TO make the
scncols acceptable TO the minority is that
uistficts having an average attendance of
twenty-five Roman Catholic school children
snail be entitled to have a teacher of
thelr own denomination, who must be fully
qualified according to provincial national
school standards
In districts where the children sneak
French wholly they are to have teacher
speaking both English and French. so that
.nsy VIII learn English as rapidly as pos
sible. The readers used in such schools will
De bllngual so that the children will grow
up from the first accustomed to English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
FOR CURRENCY REFORM.
The business Men Of Indianapolis
Start a N0n-Partfsan Movement.

The board of governors of the board of
trade of indianapolis held well-attend a
meeting Wednesday night to consider the
financial situation of the country. Justus c.
Adams presided. By invitation Hugh IL.
Hanna, prominent manufacturer, but him.
self not member of the committee, read a
paper outlining the plan of the movement.
He said that since the far west will not
move in the direction desired, and such a
movement instituted by the east would
be met with the prejudices that pervade
the west, it was left to the business men
of the central west TO inaugurate a move
ment by which, he predicted, some desira-
BILE ends may be attained. He proposed
that the Indianapolis board of trade invite
the boards of trade of the fifteen or six
teen cities of the seven states lying east
of the Missouri and west of the AlleShenies
to meet in Indianapolis December 1 and
prepare a plan for a meeting of the boards
of trade in the United States later in the
month.
The scheme includes an extended discus
sion by representatives of all the sections,
SO that a commission to be appointed to
frame the definite propositions put forth
may know what the sense of the organiza-
ton is. The commission is to make its
report to Congress, and Mr.. Hanna said
he believed that such a report, coming
from the business men of the country,
would have greater weight with members
OF Congress than any other memorial or
petition or address that could be prepared
He predicted that it would have a marked
influence in lifting the delicate subject out
of the strife of political parties, and would
in the end produce a stability of currency
that would make impossible such an as
sault upon the business of the country as
was made in the last six months.
The views of Mr.. Hanna were made of
record by resolutions adopted, and Presi-
dent Adams appointed delegates to the
convention of December l, naming Mr..
Hanna E B. MartindaIe and George II.
Tanner. The Commercial Club of Indian
apols was also invited to participate in the
entertainment of the delegates, SO that the
combined business interests of the city
are interested in the movement. The cities
whose boards will be invited to participa te
in the first convention to prepare for the
larger national one are Cincinnati, Louis
vile Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit,
Chicago, Des Moines, St Paul, Minneapo-
lis, Kansas City, Omaha, Peoria and Grand
Rapids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
Omcial Vote of Delaware.

The official vote Of Delaware is: McKin
ley. 20. $50; Bryan. 1854: Palmer. e68 Nc
Kinley's plurality, S,876.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
REFORMERS SEE A FIGHT.
DIR. ParLhurst and Mr.. Roosevelt Sur
prise New York.


New York Correspondence of the Ratio. American.
New York has made much of a sensa-
ton out of the approval given to prize
fighting by Police Commissioner Roose-
welt and the Rev. DIR. Parkhurst. Mr..
Roosevelt witnessed, and to all appearances
keenly enjoyed, the bout of Monday night
between Maher and Choynski, in which
the latter was knocked out, and the Rev.
DR.. Farkhurst, in commenting upon Mir.
Roosevelts presence at the fight, said that
boxing exhibitions were We'll enough if
no blood was spilled. Acting upon The hint
contained in these events, President Cen
singer of the Bohe milan Athletic Club rush
ed to the wire to make his offer for the
Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight, and people here
began to talk of Messrs. Roosevelt and
Parkhurst as advocates Of smuggling
matches. In this afternoons outpour of
newspaper caricature DR.. Parkhurst is rep
resented in two of the cartoons as the
referee of prize fight, and in two Of them
Roosevelt is pictured as a participant in
a ring fight. The clergy have been general
ly interviewed upon the morality of slug
ging, and the familiar old prize fight is be-
ing discussed as though it was of recent
invention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
ANTI-sILVERITEs NOT EXCLUDED.
Free Coinage Not Put in the X. of l..
Preamble.

The Knights Of Labor at Rochester, N. Y,
voted yesterday afternoon not to put the
free coinage of silver plank into their pre-
amble, but adopted the plank as principle.
The idea Of putting the plank into the
preamble originated with General Master
Workman Sovereign, but the knights
thought that by it's being put into the pre-
amble it would bar from the organization
all who were not free silverites. The dis
cussion occupied greater part of two
days.
a strong declaration against the Balti-
more banking scheme was presented to
the general assembly. The knights con-
demned the measure and the assembly
committee was instructed to take action to-
ward it's defeat.
The committee on law reported on propo-
sitfons from various districts to reduce the
executive board to three members The
proposition was lost.
The section Of the constitution that pre-
vented the formation of compulsory BEN
ef1cial society within the knights was
struck out, leaving no rule against such
formation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20

wanting. These men will never lead our
party into disgrace again. / nave steadily
maintaine that the fusion idea was wrong,
for the moment we unite with the demo-
Gratis we preclude the possibility of gaining
any recruits from the republicans. We
must stand entirely by ourselves, and bold
ly proclaim our principles. Those Irin-
ciples are founded upon the rock of eternal
truth, and they will surely prevail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
TRANS-MISSISSIpPI EXPOSITION.
Stock of the Association Subscribed
to the Extent of $25O.OOO.

President Gurdo w. wattles of the trans
Mississippi ard International Exposition
Association has addressed a letter to the
Secretary of the Treasury notifying that
officer that the conditions surrounding The
appropriation of 100000 by the govern
ment for a building and exhibit at the ex-
position have been compiled with. The con-
ditions specified in the act passed at the
last session Of Congress was that the eX-
position should secure subscriptions of
stock amounting to at least S250,OO0 before
appropriation would be made by Congress
and pledgihg an appropriation of S2oo.pOo
in case the amount named was subscribed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
BerinE Strait Never Frozen.

A letter received in London from Harry
De Windt, dated Ounwijka, on the ST.
berian coast of the Boring straits, says he
has been obliged to abandon his proposed
journey by land from New York 10 Paris,
as he finds that the straits are forty miles
wide at the narrowest point, but that they
are never frozen over. De Windt expects
to return in q whaler toward the end Cf the
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
MRS. sCoTT-sIDDONs DEAD,
The Once Famous Dramatic Rendr
Passes Away In Paris.

Passes Away In Paris.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons, famous for nun
Der of years as a dramatic reader ani
actress, died in France last week.. and he
body was shipped to New York Tuesda.
She had lived abroad in the latter years Z
her life in broken heath.
Mary Frances Scctt-Sddons was a Inca
descendant of the great Sarah Siddons, he
father, William Young Siddons, being til,
son of George, the eldest son OF Mrs. Sll
dons. Mrs. Scott-SiGdons was born, in ISL,
in India, where her father was captain il
the British military service. Here she re
sided until the death of her father. VIII
died at an early age, when she returned Z,
England with her mother .
She was sent to Bonn, where her educa
ton was completed. Six months later sh'
made her debut in German comedy. an
her performance was said to have beer
remarkable for a child Of her tender years
On leaving Bonn she took up her resi-
dence at Winchester, where, at the age o
seventeen, she met Lieutenant Scott /
young naval officer, to whom she was mar
ried in 1862. She had meanwhile beer
studying the Shakespearean characters
and succeeded in making her debut th'
next year at the Theater Royal, Noting
ham, In the character of Portia, In which
her famous great-grandmother also frs
appeared upon the stage.
A successful engagement in Edinburgh
was followed by provincial tour, and il
1868 she gave a series of readings in Lon
don. Her success In this venture opened
the doors of the Haymarket -Theater t.
her, and she made her debut on the Lon
don stage as Rosalind. a character II
which her youth, her beauty, and her II
lustrious name enabled her to achieve thu
greatest success Of her career. Another
successful provincial tour followed, ant
then she played Juliet at the Haymarke
for thirty-six consecutive nights.
In the summer of 1868 Mrs. Scott-sid
dons came to this country, and made hel
debut as reader at Newport. r. I. II
October Of the same year she gave sue
cessful readings at Steinway Hall, New
York, and finally made her first appear
ance on the stage in this country at thu
Boston Museum, as Rosalind. tour O
the country followed, Rosalind and Viols
being the parts in which she generally ap
pea1ed. In 1872 she returned to England
but soon came back to this country. Sh'
subsequently played in German in Vienna
and also made an Australian tour. He
later public appearances were chiefly as ;
reader, and for fifteen years past she hat
lived in retirement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20

9rinfers' Jna tfee fitffe sceoos
master Of aooerfistns,, saps:
II is efalmso for f6e was8mston
Star, ano proBaBfp fruf8tuffp
efaim:o, t6af no otSer newspaper
IN f6e oounfrp goes info 50 farse
a percentage Of off f8e 8ouses
t'if6tn a raoius Of ftpenfp mites
from .Be office Of publication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20

Probst Constructors Company Fails.
The Probst Construction Company of
Chicago assigned yesterday afternoon to
Gustav Wilke. The company is one of the
largest contracting concerns in the country
and it's headquarters are in Nsw York. No
statement Of sssets and liabilities was filed.
The company built the Coliseum, Schiller
building, the peristyle al. the worlds, fair,
the fisheries building. Hagenbeck's building
in the Midway. court house at Fort Worth
and other notable buildings.