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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17
k 3O5 e. 3O7 Texas Street,
~ Shreveport. Louisiana.
Notice of Primary Election.

Nv virtue of authority vestt d in us
by the Executive Committee OF the
Parish of Caddo, it is ordered that a
primary election be held 10 the Par ish
of Caddo on the 24th day September
1896, at which primary thirteen
delegates selected from the Parish
at large, shall be elected to represent
Caddo Parish ia the Congressional
Convention to be held at Shreveport
on the 1st day OF October next,
Said delegtes being instructed to vote
AZ A INIT and as q majority
shall direct and thst proxies be not
allowed
The right to vote is confined, ny
resolution Of the Executive Com
mittse, to the supporters OF Mr.
BRYAN for President, who are. legally
onalified to vote. The Polls shall be
opened al the nsual polling places, at
which elections have heretofore been
held. from 8 o'clock \. m until 4
o'clock p IN. in the couatrv precincts
and from 8 o'clock a. NJ. until Gldclock
D. ID. in the City ct Shreveport Ls.
certified returns with list OF voters
"a be forwarded to the undersigned
at Shreveport.
Each candidate for Congress, OF
their friends, are accorded the righ
to nominate a Commissioners at eacl
poll. aud all of the Commissioner
shall bs selected, as nearly as can be
Inv the friends OF rival tickets
| Applications for appointment 9
Commissioner. will be considered
until the 22nd inst.
L. B. PHILlIps.
Member of Congressman Committee
s. j. WARD.
Chairman pabish Executive Com
m;ttaa October 18th, 1885,
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

We have on exhibition at this Office
piece OF the body Of a tree found
14A Il below the surface by Mr.. Louis
Thibean while digging a we'll on his
place in this city. It is quite a
curiosity and be seen. it is really a
piece u a large tree eannere'te
Democrat.
We wish you had attended the
Press Convention, Bros Baily. 80 the
gang eould have seen what you look
like and how jolly a pair yor- are.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

Hon. Robert g. Davey WAS unanl-
mously nominated to lead the Delr-
clatic hosts in the Second Congress
sional dirtrict. Mr.. Dsvev declined
the nomination, but he may be forced
to accept in order to guarantee sue.
cess to the party, now that Mr.. B,ck
has refused to stand again. Davey
ia all right.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

A inch Black French Serge Every
BODY else sells this az 65c Our IN.
cheap cash price. .............. WV
iO-inch Broad cloth, assorted colors,
worth 65c any where for either en,
summer or winter, at.,. ........ w
5Ginch Broad I 10th, what you 20,
usually pay $lc0 for, at. ....... ~
5O.,nch Broad cloth, would be a.
very cheap at 81 o.; Cash makes 1t ~
3O.inch Percale. dark cOlors, IN a.
the latest designs, worth y lie N.
at all times; at.................. ~
36-inch Percales, crisp new goods IN
the very prettiest fall colorings. 20,
Always sold at l5c we make them u 2
Ore lot Tailor Made Suitings, TIE
most elegant goods on the market 10
medium priced fall.suits or skirts. a.
| to see Il EN-. We ought to get &c : z.
| for them. but will let them go at. -
30 Pieces Winsor Cloth-a beautiful
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17
Parties

Contemplating building anything from
chicken house to mansion will do
we'll to write for delivered prices Of
lumber from Remnant Lumber Com
pany, Cheneiere, La. One million feet
OF stock TO Sc ect from.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17
Do You Want
tn got ahead IN the world Z?

To get ahead in the world?
10 provide for the education Of your
children
To protect vOurse and loved ones
against possible adversities
Ii you want this, call On VIM. Z
Agurs and he will Jet you have it
Office oyer Phelps corner.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

WANTED 81 tie makers good tim
Der, L cents at stump, monthly settle.
ment. girls for bakers 1880 per
week. Levee men. railroad men Can
vasers, agents etc. National Employ.
ment Bureau 205 Milan st
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

cse little rains showed that b. q the
a havn't entirely 'swunk mr."
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

The Jackson Appeal, published at
Vernon and edited by our friend, Mr.
B. Il. johnson, came to our editors
table Monday. Mr.. johnson ls a Pop
ulist. but is clean and consistent and
sticks to i, principles ir very in.
stance. His paper, Ire Far'nerville
Herald. WAS ono Of tho few that re-.
fused to support Capt Pbsrr for gov.
ernOf
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

We need street improvements
badly, bnt H. must be remembered
that it requires moley to do this
kind of work.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

ttCapt. Simon Levy is home again
and locks his jolly, good nat ured self.
He ia healthy and we'll and IS ready
for tn busy season.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17
DRESS GOODS,
Fresh from the Looms Of France England and the United
States Rich in their Unerhelled Beauty


3S-inch Ladies Cloth. in Navy blue
and black: would be very cheap an
at 4Oc our price. 49,
3s-inch Hack Serge, worth &c ~ ,
at any time, at.... .........s -. "
2s-inch Wool Serge, in Black and
and Navy Blue. We ought TO On,
get 40c; for this bu let it 20 at. oO'
3s-inch Black Serge. Nothing
better at other places FOR 5Oc; we az.
sell it At. ..................
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

|orest fires along the Watkins
: ma le the trip t. Lake Charles
kum phat, ble."
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

Let us first free American from
English gold-bug aristrscy aud then
take up the cause OF Cuba
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

i sound OF thu oil mill whistle
pleasant 10 the ears Monday
h'ng.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

q Proycsss ha4n't haarl mnch
/ The central market question
i. What's the matiprf
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

Senator Hills position is one that
no politician will envy. He does
not care to endorse the Chicago
platform and thus swallow the
speech which he delivered in the con-
vention, and again b does not wish
to Join hands with the sound money
Democrats and be dependent on a
class of men for political favors who
have always been his bitterast enc =
mics, land add to his embarrassment
Tammany has given him to under
stand that il he or any other man
gets IN the way of the Bryan baud
wagon he will be ran over. What
Hill is going to do 'none OF bis
closest friends know and the indica-
tions are he has not yet convinced
himself which is the best course tc
pursue, but the time is near at hand
| whe;. he will have to declare himself
one way..or the other or take part II
the campaign. States.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

A. N. Hosue has been on the
|liat for several eeya.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

Men Mayor Reub tackles Texas
4 the enthusiasm will run high.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

36-inch Bright all wool Scotch
plaids. worth Coo per yard, at.....
3s.inch Silk and Wool Plaids,
everybody else gets $l.2o we !,
make them at. ,.............. :
42-imch Fine Black Novelty
rare add beautiful, and would ,
re cheap at 1925, our price onlys
IA inch Fine Black Novelties.
il u beautiful gOOds and will I
you Worth 500 elsewhere:
at our store
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

bv we will have turnip greens, Il
|lurnips themselves.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

We'll, yes our Saturdays edition
WIS a kind Of q Joke, sure euongh.
TIE editor was away, the local went
to sleep, the foreman got sick and all
hands pitching in at The cases, the
old adaee "too many cooks spoil the
broth" was verified. But the wor.
derer is home. the hustler says he
will wake mp and The Progress means
to show the folks something sure
enough.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

cotton goods in all the newest designs.
An elegant wrapper goods, Others e.
would get I-2c; We say
One lot Vicaagl Cloth in the latest
designs, handsome goods Tor IN.
wrappers at ....... s...........,. IVY I.
Ole LIT Ang) las Cloth and Wool !,
Finish Henriettas. another beanM III Il
wrapper goods 10 stripe and ORES. - s..
dan effects. at .............--....s -,
One lot American WoOlenet Q. This
is an excellent imitationof the genuine
wool article and bids fair t0'be very
popular seller for early fall suits ~,
One Lot Ferman Suitlngs. This
goods has rough effect and comes IN,
small fYg Tres. stripes and plaids; VIII
m IKE elegant skirts, wrappers or 33x.
school girls travelling costumes eve voS
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

NJ must not grow impatient be-
= Improvement are not ress'
q rapidly as we think they ought
4 An kind, OF business will be
|Iled until after the election,
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

Ms Sunday school teachers OF the
f1so Street church will hold a
ling at the church tonight at 7'3o
PIX.
hs Progress, takes pleasure in not
That Mr.. Arthur L,e Kahn has
Iloded TO resume the practice OF
o1sin ia Shreveport
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

,e folks would rather be cussed
mot noticed at all
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

SOMETHING GOOD TU EAT.
Nothing is more conducive to rub-
ic heal til; nothing will more speedily
put one IN q pleasant bumor amp
make him good natured, public spir1ed
and charitable than u good, square
meal This is the reason that all Who
board with Frank Serwlch wear such
q iovial countensnce, and sry aiAssyrs
ripe for fun. Serw,ch's restsUBDf
and Ladies' Dining Pa,lbrs. are
cry popular resorts in Shreveport.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17

Ma times be dull. don't say so
Nely.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
WATER HYAcINTHs.
A simple Plan Which Has Saved the
Lives OF Many Bees

A great many bee-keepers are
troubled with their bees going into wa
ter buckets, troughs for watering stock
and other places, where they are in the
WAY. seeking water, and in the warm,
dry weather we all know they consume
a great deal. i want to give plan that
will do away with all this annoyance.
says r. p. johnson, in the American Bee
journal. Take a whisky barrel, saw 1t
in two in the center, and locate it in a po-
siticn 10 suit, no matter if in the hottest
of SUM- Fill half full of well rotted ma
-nure or rich soil, then procure some
bulbs of the water hyacinth Ponte-
deria grassipes); place them in the
tubs, and fill with water. In three
weeks the top of the tubs will be COW
cred with the foliage of the plants, and
under the foliage the bees crawl and sip
water without let or hindrance, never q
bee getting drowned. The whisky bar
rel, if sawed down, after being sawed in
two, say six inches off the top of each
would do better, the roots would strike
the water sooner. In the absence of the
barrel, any good, stout box will do. 1t
is best to start the plants where you
have only two or three bulbs, in n
smaller vessel, and transplant to the
larger vessel as they grow larger. To
keep through the winter, keep the roots
always moist They should be put into
greenhouse and kept moist during the
winter, or they can be taken to the cell
lar, the tub inverted on the ground, and
they will come out all right in the
spring. Remember, when you put the
plants in tn. water they are planted,
the roots will find the soil below in hue
time, and when the long, full spikes of
superlatively beautiful flowers appear,
no praise can be too high for them
After they begin blooming you can get
half dozen fine spikes any time you go
for them. When the tub gets too full,
they must be thinned out, or they will
quit blooming. Keep the tub full of
water, as it eyaporates rapidly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
NOTES FOR eEEKEEPERs.

Bees do not like to be handled hastily,
but will repel ala quick motions.
We can only secure the best results
in surplus honey from strong colonies.
Foundation for comb honey must be
made very thin and Of the best quality
of wax
All objectionable stock can be kept
from breeding drones by using worker
combs exclusively.
The hives should be raised sufficient
1y from the ground to admit of free
circulation of air.
Bees secreSe wax only at times, and
when necessary to furnish storage
room for honey or brood.
AIsike clover is a good crop to grow,
especially for the bees and honey. It
is one crop that bees benefit.
First-class comb honey is made only
during the heaviest flow of nectar, and
only at n time of heavy flow.
BY stImuIative feeding, it is possible
to have colonies swarming ten days or
two weeks earlier than if left to them
selves
1t requires the strongest colonies to
work for comb honey, and these must
he worked rapidly at the beginning of
the flow
Bees are much more liable to swarm
1T cramped for room. Care in this re-
spect will largely prevent unnecessary
swarming-
1t is best to construct the size of the
hive to suit the size of the colony. This
can readily be done by the use of di-
vision boards.
A swarm of bees will seldom issue if
no queen cells are present. By remov-
ing them swarming will be prevented
until new cells are formed.
1t is a mistake to draw from strong
stocks in early spring to strengthen
weak ones. Better put two weak ones
together and allow good ones to remain.
An examination of the hive should be
made and all unnecessary brood comb
be removed as an oversupply of worth
less drones is very objectionable.-St.
Louis Republic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
FARM WATER SUPPLY.
Why Every Good-Sized Farm Should Have
Deep Well.

Deep Well.
Few farmers remember how much
they appreciate cool draught of wa
ter, fresh from the well or fountain
in summer, when providing for the live
stock Too often the tank or trough
is filled but once in PA hours. The pigs
too often have access to the drinking
places of the larger stock. Positive
detriment to the stock results when
the water is not always of an inviting
temperature.
AS rule, digestion is aided more by
good water ever in the reach of the ami
mails than any other one article. The
quality is much better if possible to
furnish it free from surface impurities.
The deep wells which are sunk now
100 feet or more below the solid rock
strata will do much to abolish the evils
attending the surface water. Where
the expense is great on account of the
depth of 500 feet or more, cooperation
Of small farms is advisable. A town of
zoo or more people in some parts of the
west is supplied by two or three deep
wells, with no serious consequences.
from two to four farms might be sup
piled by partnership well, where
brains governed the management.
Double fences for few rods, to keep
the stock separated by healthful dis
lance, would be the chief consideration.
Such reserve wells, too, would prove
often very convenient every month in
the summer, even when the surface
wells are filled, avoiding the removing
of some of the stock long distances
from the pasture for watering.
Each 16O-acre stock farm should have
a deep well.-Farm, Field and Fireside-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
THE SWlLL BARREL.
Most of Its Contents Can BE Utilized by
Poultry tSaisers.

MOST OF Its Contents Can BE Utilized by
Poultry tSaisers.
Everything that usually goes to the
swill barrel can be turned to more
profit on the farm if it is put in proper
condition for feeding the poultry. Po-
tato and turni p parings boiled are good
to put with the mixed food. All table
scraps make the very best of food;
even the meat bones can be crushed,
and will more than pay for the trouble
in the increase of eggs. The butter
milk used in a scalding state, or sour
or sweet milk the same, add increased
nourishment to the mixtures men
toned. The whey, when curd is made,
can also be utilized the same way.
Whole grain should be fed at even
ing. Wheat, barley, buckwheat, corn
and rye are valued as respectively
enumerated. The fowls show a prefer
ence for corn, but if fed too literally it
will soon make the hens too fat for prof
liable egg layers. OF course excessive
feeding of wheat will have like ten
dency, but in not as quick or so marked
a degree. The aim in feeding laying
hens, to induce continued egg produce
ton, should be to furnish as great a
variety of food as possible, and when
the season will not permit the hens to
secure plenty of insect food, green-cut
raw bone should be given, as it is prop
erly recognized as the missing link in
egg production in winter. Char cob
of corn in the oven occasionally, and
let the fiocks have it. Crushed oyster
shells or sharp gravel should always
be accessible to the hens. Water is
great essential. All the foods named
can be given to growing chickens, and
in addition cracked corn. Chicks Will
require more liberal feeding and often
er than fowls, as they are making flesh,
muscle, bone and feathers at the same
time, thus requiring good supply of
varied and nourishing diet. Wheat
screenings may supply bulk, but very
little nourishment. Damaged grain
of any kind should never be fed to
poultry.|Colman's Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

CArefsl feeding produces a good
growth and healthy condition.
To raise good horses in the best pos
sible way it is essential to start right
and end right.
The way to make farming proffta bic
is to keep land and stock in a healthy,
vigorous condition.
Even on the farm no two horses have
the same value-one viii be worth
more than the other in some recogniz-
able way.
One advantage with a well formed
animal is that it does not require q
great deal of fat to make a good ap-
pearance.
Rich food given too soon or in too
large quantities after the sows farrow
will cause the milk flow to be too rich
and too abundant.-Farmers Union.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
GOOD BUTTER COW.
What She Should Look Like and How she
Should Act.

Should Act.
The good mich COW should have a
large muzzle, slim neck and yellow skin.
She should have long face, wide be-
tween the eyes, alert and expressive,
and placed a long way between the
horns. Her breathing should be regu-
lar and strong, indicative of strong lung
power. The back and abdomen should
be strong, the udded wide where it
Joins the body, and the teats be squarely
placed; the tail slim. She should be
wedge-shaped, slim in front and wide
behind, with large body, which is nee
essary to the consumption, assimila-
ton and manufacturing into milk of a
large quantity of food
The perfect udder, in size and form
with the teats to match, and large alb
dominal proportions, are almost GER
tain indications of good dairy qualities.
a slim neck is also supposed to be al
most an infallible sign of good dairy
COW.
a Bodybuilding cow rarely proves a
good dairy animal. There is too strong
a tendency to convert the food into
meat rather than into milk.
OF course it Will occasionally happen
that looks are deceptive, SO that the
best test is the milk pail aud the churn.
st. Louis Republic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
wALDENsIANs AT WORK.

Thus far, the colonists have been too
busy at clearing the lands and building
houses to make much of showing. II
will be several years before the results
of their work and industry are fully
seen. Already they have set out quite
a number of fruit trees and vines.
Many of them are familiar with grape
growing in Italy, and they will soon
learn the methods of successful viticul-
ture in this country.
They are giving up using their old
and clumsy implements, and to-day
they handle the pillow as skIifully as the
native farmers. AS our illustration
shows, the women and children lend 4
hand and work in the fields. The ma
jority of the people are young and in
the prime of life; that is, they are under
the age of 40. The women are strong.
thrifty and make good wives. The
men are active, vigorous, industrious
and used to hard work. They should
make good Standardization Agri-
cuiturist.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
FIG. L

and the end of No. nearer the hole
down also.
Then cut out piece of heavy tin
large enough to cover the top part of
the box In the center of this cut a
two-inch hole for the fumes of the
lamp to pass through, and nail it OH
the top end, and your box or tester will
look shown in Fig. 2. Now nail a
piece of very bright tin, or a reflector.
6x6 inches ON the inside of the box
just opposite the hole with the glass
in it
1t is now ready to be placed over a
lamp, which SHOULD be just high enough
that the tame will come up level with
the center of the hole with the glass in
ut By placing an egg on the egg-shaped
hole in the leather over the hole with
the glass in it you will be able to see
the required results. Use a No. burn
e. lamp and test the eggs in a warm.
dark room--Western Rural.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
PASTURE FOR PIGS.
Results of Careful Experiments Extend
ing Over Four Years


Exercise, good air and sunshine play
a much greater part IN pig raising thar
most people commonly suppose. 1t Is
for this reason that the western prae-
tice of relying quite largely on grazing
for the nourishment OF swine is so sue
cessfui.
This has never been so clearly demon.
strated as by a series of pig feeding
tests extending over four years, made
by Mr. a. A. Mills, of Utah. We give
the results below:
l. Pigs allowed to run at large over
is acres of good pasture and fed full
ration of grain made the most rapid
growth and required the least grain for
one pound of gain.
2. Pigs confined in movable pens in
the pasture grew more slowly than
those running loose, and required an
increase of 20 per cent of grain to make
one pound of growth.
3. Pigs at pasture, fed under three
different conditions, gained 92.5 cent
more and ate but two per cent more
than the pigs getting grass and other
wise similarly fed, but confined in pens.
The grain required to produce one
pound of gain was increased 40 per cent.
with those in pens over those in pas
ture.
4. Pigs fed but part rations of grain
at pasture made satisfactory gains.
Those at pasture getting the three
fourths grain ration gained moro than
those fed full grain ration and grass
either in the yard or in the pens.
5. Pigs pastured without grain made
about the same growth for three sea-
sons in succession, this averaging so
of pound day.
6. AS nearly as can be judged, exer-
else alone increased the gain % pei
cent, and the amount eaten but Is pei
cent, but decreased the amount re
quired for one pound gain p per cent
Z. Grass when cut and fed green TIC
pigs, whether fed in pens or yards, OF
with full or part grain rations, or with
out grain, proved TO be of very little
value.
s. Pigs confined in pens and fed on
grass alone, mostly lucerne, for 81 days
lost over a quarter of a pound per day
0. The average of the pigs fed on
grass gained a little more than those
without the grass, but not enough to
pay for the extra feed in the grass.
10. With the pigs confined in the hog
house pens, the grass proved beneficial
while with those in the yard it proved
detrimental, the latter requiring more
grain to make pound of pork with
the grass than without it.
IL. Pasturing either with full OF
with part grain rations appeared to be
by far the cheapest and best way OF
making pork.