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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-27
BRYAN and
SEWALL CLUB.
The STAY of the Democratic
Party in Caddo Parish.

An interesting meeting OF 'he
Bryan aud Sewail Ctnb was held last
Friday night. Ia tho absence OF the
President, Captain J. G. Scope MI
T.B. Chase, fourth Vice President,
took the chair.
Dir. NJ. Dingle, first assistant So
rectary, held the quill in absence OF
MIR, G. d. Hicks, the regular 9th 'er
President !SOape sent III the fol
lowing list f executive committee
men: Me-srs j. Henry ShephrrJ,
Andrew Q1srbes, II. Br 'unig }. h.
Bnsby, 7. y. Chase, AS Toomb5, i.
G. Allen and G. d. Hicks.
Onite large number of gentle,
men were IL attendance and all not
members a'tached their names to the
roll Tr,ciub now numbers nearly
200 III uDer- and ere long We eXpec'
il to more than double that number.
Those who desire t. become a-s0cl
ated with this Democratic club eat
do so by calling on the ) 'cretary, at
The Progress office or addressing
him a note. stating such de Ire.
After business la been comp. eted
the presiding officer, MIR. Cha'e, wa'
called on for speech aud u, c)m
pIied IN quite an enlightened talk
showing his thorough understanding
Of the silver question. From com
plimentary Comments made Of al
talk We jldge that he WAS cler an'
interesting.
Hon. J. Henry Shepherd also re
.sponded to calls aud made happy
invisoratlng speech.
Ah what difference between th
couduct and management OF TIL
BRYAN aud ), wall Ciub, and organ
,z,tions followed by ths J'mmles. II
our club, everyone has equal fiIht1
privileges aud interests 1t g 'ehe
the spirit aud doctrine On when
WAS [ .unded. This Bryan AM
,Sewall club was organ,z ut 60 lurthe
the cinse of the Democratic ticket; I
carry to success the banner Of th
Natioual Democracy's nominees.
But the others What do the
always show Why too PLAIN t
deceive the most unsophis'ica'ed, l
.exalt one mai, to keep in power
certain coterle; to hold in trust 10
the ,Jimmies the power Of control 1
politics of this parish. No one fs"l
at liberty in such al organIzatlol
and no one will receive the royal IL
vor who does not DOW the knee 10 tn
sovereign.
After the meeting adjourned til
executive committee held Il shol
Meeting aud adjourned Till Satarda
morning at IL o'clock at MIR |. /
.Chase's Office. AT that hour In
members met and permanently 'ol
ganizsd by electlng MIR. }. Henr
Shepherd, president and Mr. q. i
Hicks secretary.
This Club will meet again FIR In
night at 8 o'clock sharp. Let ever
Democrat in the city join. This
the organization which every membe
feels at home. There is no dis
tinction, no preference shown here.
Come out to- morrow night and Oh
list in an organization that will exaI
our cause, principle and manly effJl
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Corn Started fin Flower Pots


FROM the philadelphia Ledger.
Isaac s. Long, who owns 600 acres of
farming land in the Lebanon valley. has
made an experiment in complaining which
will undoubtedly prove Of interest to agri-
culturists at large. In planting corn he il
very precise, putting exactly the same
number Of stalks In each row, and for
years he had the finest corn fields in the
Lebanon valley. Some months ago he came
&c the conclusion that II he planted corn in
Hover pots and raised the plants in that
way there would be no delay in their
growth in case any Of the corn had to be
replanted In his fields. So he purchased
5000 flower pots. placed them in his garden
this spring. and planted a seed Of corn in
each. Several weeks ago, when it became
necessary to replant the corn fields a hole
was dug wherever there was a stalk miss
ing, and one of the tender corn stalks was
transplanted from the pots. The rotted
stalks grew well, and are just as large
as those planted in the field In the spring
This experiment was made on Mr.. Longs
farm, near Myerstown, Pa. Mr. Long 10
member of a firm OF commission mer-
chants in New York city, and divides his
time between the management of his bust.
ness there and his fine farms.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
A Bicycle Road Tax.
tsburg Commercial Gazette.

From the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
The move is advocated In Philadelphia of
levying tax of 81 upon all owners and rid
ers of bicycles, and that the sum collected
be set apart for the improvement of the city
streets in their interests. AS an amend
ment the Record Of that city offers the sug-
gestion that the tax be levied by the state
instead of the city, to the end that the roads
throughout the state be improved for the
benefit OF people who ride the wheel. Peo-
pie are opposed to taxation on general prin-
cples whether it benefits them or not, and
the votaries of the wheel probably will not
be found special exceptions to the rule,
though the cycling clubs have done large
amount of work and spent in the aggregate
sn immense amount Of money in road and
path work, which has Injured not alone to
their benefit, but also to the advantage of
the general public.
Certain it is that the wheel people would
not cheerfully pay the proposed dollar tax
or even a less sum, If the application of it
to the benefit Of the roads were to be left
to the discretion Of the road supervisors and
pathmasters. Their journeyings over the
country roads have not begotten much con-
fidence in the makers thereof, except where
the latter have been interested wheelmen
themselves. In the event of the levying of
such tax they would be Justly entitled to
demand the expendng of it in ways deSie-
mated by them-that is to say, with particu-
lar reference to the wants of those footing
the bill They would kick, as they wouId
be entitled TO, upon paying it into a general
fund for country road making by the gem
cral methods now followed.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
A Popular Aquatic Plant.


There is no other class Of plants so rap-
idly growing in public favor as auuati tics.
and there are many coed reasons for their
popularity. They are successfully raised
with great ease. and are not affected
by long seasons of drouth, such as have
prevailed during recent years. While the
beauty Of old garden favorites has been
impaired by drouth. aqratics have bloomed
on In annua. beauty. Aquatics not only
bid defiance to drcuth, but the hotter and
brighter the weather the more profusely
tney bloom The great beauty and merit
of the flowers are the chief reasons of
their popularity. The home culture of
aquatics Is very simple. Grand results
may be secured by those who have means
TO construct large tanks, but these accom-
mooaung plants be raised to much
perfection in tubs made of Oil or molasses
barrels cut in two These tubs can be
grouped In rockery or arranged I'm q row.
ana be prepared about the middle of Nav
by filling them half full with a mixture OF
loam and manure; plant the roots in them
ana then cover with an irch or so of sand
to give neat finish. as the water soon be-
comes perfectly clear and pure. made SO
by growing plants. These plants may also
be planted from one to three feet deep on
the margin Of lake or pond and will
grow and bloom admirably without trouble
or care. The true sacred Egyptian lotus
produces leaves twenty to thirty inches in
diameter on stems five to six feet high
The double blooms are frequently over a
foot across, OF a novely milk white, shading
into clear bright pink at the edges They
are easy to grow, and most profuse bloom
ers The tubers should be planted below
the ice or fros line. If to be left out over
winter.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
MITE OF A MONKEY BABY.
ihe Second Born I'm Twenty Years In
the New York Zoo.
Erorn fle Mar

The Second Born I'm Twenty Years In
the New York Zoo.
From the New York Journal
The Missing Link is at the Central Park
Zoo. 1t Is a mite of a monkey mannikin,
born Friday night. When watchman Dom
oghue discovered II Saturday morning II
almost paralyzed him to see the father
pacing excitedly up and down the cage.
while the mother held the little one 10 her
breast with maternal solicitude
The birth of a monkey in captivity is
one or the rarest Of things and this is
only the second time IL has occurred st
the Zoo in twenty years.
The Missing Link has fine features ana
form, and II II were not for its size and
Its tail 1t might readily be taken for a
human baby. From head to heel II meas
ures only four inches. Its head is like
Dig marble, and on II is funny black fuzz
parted in the middle. Its ears are the size
OF dimes; its hairless arms are like pencils:
It's fingers are like pins, and they cling to
its mothers furry coat.
1t squirms; 1t wriggles: 1t jabs is mother
In the stomach, and insists upon keeping
her awake, just as IL IL were really human
lfngly sings to it and thinks II the finest
baby ever born. She will not let the little
one out OF her arms for a moment
The father is dfsc ,nsolate. His wife and
child have been taken from him and placed
In the hospital ward, and he mopes in a
corner OF his lonely cage with fearful eyes.
Max, the Bellringer, Is the father. He
was presented to the Zoo year and a half
ago by DR.. Suttle, because he used TO es-
cape from home and ring neighbors' door
bells. Cleopatra, the mother was given
to the Zoo year ago by Mrs. III. Rowland.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Fought With Fresh Eggs.

io" Iue Aos <AuSelSS neIdlQ.
Mrs. Riley, who keeps a boarding house
at 419 Geary street, and Margaret St
Clair, one of her dodgers, engaged yester-
day in a novel fight. 1t is asserted that
Miss st. Clair purchased bag of fresh
eggs and requested Mrs. Riley to allow her
to cook some Of them on her stove. Mrs
Riley objected. Then, it is stated. Miss ST.
Clair got into action. One after another
of the choice eggs We're thrown a: the
landlady's head. The young woman was
a good shot. and by the time the twelfth
egg had been smashed among the frizzes
of Mrs. Riley's front-pece that lady was
In deplorabie condition. She was mad
too-very mad-and she doubled up her
fists and struck her lodger a blow in the
eye. Miss St. Clair Is something Of a pugi-
list herself She sent in a right swing, and
a cry OF pain from Mrs. Riley announced
that 1t had landed. Then there was some
close in-fghting. Fer a time things were
pretty lively. The two women were finally
separated by some of the dodgers. Later
Mrs. Riley had Miss st. Clair arrested on
the charge of battering her with eggs.
Evening star., 1896-07-04

From the New York Sun.
Some of the men who spend half a dozen
hours or more day in rooms on top floors
Of sky-scraping office buildings are talking
about a new ailment that they allege is The
result of doing business SO far from the
ground.
Il never was troubled with headaches or
dizziness, said one of these men, until I
moved into my present offices. Then / no.
tioed that about an hour after l had settled
down to business my head would feel
heavy. and at times / would be slightly diz-
Zy. These feelings, on certain days, in
creased the longer / remained in my Of
flee, and half an hour after j had descend
ed to the street they would disappear. Sew
eral other men who are on the top floors Of
big office buildings have complained OF
similar symptoms, and on comparison we
have come to the conclusion that they were
produced by the same causes. Possibly the
fact that the air is slightly more raritied
at the altitude at which we work may ac-
count for this feeling of uneasiness."
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Unintended HumOr.
ON the Philadelphia American


Since wit has been defined by Noah
Webster the ''felfcitous association of
objects not usually connected, so as to pro-
duce pleasant SURPRISE" may not the pu-
pills OF public schools, who gave the follow
Ing answers to their examination questions,
lay claim to #? The record here given is
bona hde, having been read recently at the
graduation exercises of one of the leading
grammar schools Of Boston:
Who We're the Pigrims?' "A dirty, filthy
set who lived under the ground"
Name domestic animal useful for cloth
lng and describe its habits. 1.-The OK He
stable
III you were travelling across the desert,
where would you choose to rest?" Il would
rest on a stool"
Mention five races Of men," Men, wo-
men, children and babies"
Describe the white race and show that
1t is superior to other races" "A white
the street"
''Of what is the surface of the earth conn
posed Dirt and people,
Name fruit which has its seed on the
outside" "A seed cake"
Name five forms of water" Hot water,
ice water"
Name and locate the five senses" Tho
eyes are In the northern part Of the face and
the mouth In the southern"
Who were the mound buildersp'' ..Hts.
tory cannot answer these questions Sci
ence only can"
define 'hinch,' and use II In a sentence"
flineh, to shrink. Flannel f1inches when
it is washed"
by what is the earth surrounded and by
what is 1T lighted?' 1T is surrounded by
water and lighted by gas and electricity"
Name six animals of the arctic zone"
Three polar bears and three seals
what is yeast?' Yeast is a vegetable
hying about in the air, hitching itself on to
anything" ~
why do you open the dampers in a Stove
when lighting a fire." ITO let the oxygen
in and the nitrogen out"
What did the Constitution do for the
country! 1T gave the President head"
man?' False teeth"
Evening star., 1896-07-04
bismarck as n Hand-Orsanist.

From the YOUTHS Companion.
1t is credibly related by German journal
that during the reign of the Emperor Will
liam I, when the present emperor was a
boy, Prince Bismarck, walking one day
through a corridor of the royal palace at
Berlin, came upon a strange scene. Hear
ing within a room which he passed a great
racket, he opened the door and saw the
young grandson of the emperor dancing
about, while their father, the crown prince
ground at handle of a hand-organ.
All were in high spirits, and seeing the
chancellor, the young princes laughingly in
vited him to join in the dance. Prince Bis
marck declined, but he offered to turn the
organ if the crown prince would join his
sons. The crown prince consented, and the
chancellor turned the handle with great
animation. The laughter and sport grew
louder with the increased speed Of the
playing. Just then the old emperor came
in. He took in the situation at a glance.
II see, my lord chancellor" he said with
smile, that you are beginning early to
make the princes dance to your music!''
If the incident was accepted prophetic,
it was soon proved Elusive. The eldest at
least, Of the old emperor's grandsons-the
present emperor-has never since then
danced to any ones music but his own.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
WHAT WE OWE TO HOLLAND.
Many Dutch People Intermarried
With the Puritans.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The Holland tongue is a dialect Of the
Teutonic, or primitive German, but took a
distinct form at the close Of the eleventh
| century. It Is a fusion of dialects, a mixed
language, like our own English. In sound
| 1t is neither soft nor musical, yet dignifed,
scnorous and emphatic, almost every poly
| syllable word being descriptive of the OBJ
| ject 1t designates.
To the Dutch Coster is conceded the glory
of having discovered the art of printing
''the art preservative of all arts"-else we
might have been writing on parchment to-
day. Who knows?
The correct version of the Scripture owes
Its origin to the synod of Dordrecht in 1913.
The Oldest literary compositions of the
Dutch are very similar to the Platt-
Deutsch Of the Germans. which is to Ger
| many what Provencal Is to France. The
great Erasmus was the literary king of
Christendom and the first to teach the
classic Greek to the English.
In fact, Holland is q country noted for
first things. When the Pilgrims sought ref
uge in Holland they lived within sight of
the greatest university of Europe. The
| light Of Leyden's learning shone brightly
all over Europe in the eighteenth century
That part of England from which the set
tlers or New England came swarmed with
Dutch immigrants, weavers and brick
| makers. and 1t became the very seed-plot
or Congregationalism and Nonconformity.
an outgrowth of Dutch Calvinism. AS
many went to England from the Dutch
province OF Friesland. Fries1sh was grated
onto the Anglo-Saxon and became one OF
the iorbears OF our own language The
Dutch laid the foundation for manufactur-
ing and commercial SUPREMACY IN Craa.
| Britain
Although devoted to Industrial pursuits
they were the inventors OF Oil painting.
The first smile Of the republic was art"
| 1t seems little out of place to say they
invented Oil painting; the invention was
more OF an inspiration when we view the
masterpieces Of Rembrandt, whose pic
lures are a conflict between light and
shadow-of whom it had been said that
when conceiving them, he had visions of
rays and shadows which spoke to his soul
before he committed them to canvas
Dutch Influence on America.
When the Pilgrims went to Holland some
| OF them took to themselves Dutch wives
and brought them to America, so that the
Mayfower strain isn't purely English. The
Prritans. who came into New England ten
years later. have conferred upon posterity
purer English ancestry, providing the
immigrants were not from the Dutch set
tled portions of England. Nearly all the
military leaders Of our colonists were train
ed In the Dutch armies. The founders of
connecticut. politically educated in Hol-
lend. took as model In writing Connecti-
cuts constitution the Dutch republic.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
The Poser Was Blind.


He had followed her for blocks I'M
noticed, the hundred sights Of State street
passed him by. He saw neither the win
dow displays nor the fair women, nor the
brave men. nor the policemen on the cross
ings. He had eyes for none but her. He
did not notice even the friend upon whose
arm she leaned.
WONDERFUL" he muttered into his mus
tache. Beautiful! ] have never seen any,
thing like II. If could but paint the poiss
OF her head! Still. II would be useless; no
one would believe it."
He was not the only one who had ro-
ticed her. Others looked after her in ad-
miration. In all that crowded street from
Randolph to Van Buren, she was the only
woman who did not crane her neck, look
hrst over one shoulder, then over the
other. She faced the way she was going,
and the carriage of her head was that of a
goddess. He quickened his steps and came
opposite her. Covertly he peered into her
face.
The woman was blind!
Evening star., 1896-07-04

credible. But with the aid of the accom-
panying diagram, and few facts and fig
ures, their accuracy can be demonstrated
most conclusively.
The widespread lack Of appreciation Of the
merits and possibilities of the Potomac
arises from the fact that, while intended by
nature as a great highway of commerce, 1t
has never been used as such. The Missis-
sippi, on the contrary. while far inferior
for purposes of navigation. has always been
associated with trade. and known as great
transportation route to the seaboard.
More than century ago. before the era of
railroads, before the United States had ac-
quired control of the Mississippi, and also
before the construction of the Erie canal,
General Washington was an earnest advo-
cate Of a canal from the head of naviga-
ton of the Potomac to the Ohio river, to
strengthen the political and commercial
ties between the Atlantic states and the
west. Then-as 1t should be now-the Po-
tomac river, the navigable portion of which
extends as far westward as the longitude of
Harrisburg, was considered natural trunk
line for commercial exchanges between the
great interior and the seaboard.
Another and striking evidence of General
Washington's appreciation of the import
ance of the Potomac river for commercial
purposes lies In the fact that the first step
taken in regard to a convention to frame q
constitution for the United States was the
outgrowth of the necessity for regulations
governing the navigation of the Potomac
and Chesapeake bay
Ihls recognition of the Importance of the
river was long before the nations capital
was located upon Its banks. Today 1T is the
waterway to the seaboard for the capital of
the worlds greatest and richest nation. and
therefore doubly important for military and
naval as well as commercial use
Its Commercial Capacity
There is. perhaps. no better way to DEM
onstEate the great commercial capacity of
the Potomac than by a contrast with the
Mississippi The trunk line of the Missis-
slppi river system below St. Louis has as
tributaries forty-four other rivers, inter-
sectlng twenty-five states. 1t Is a trunk
line of a system comprising 16 O9O miles of
inland navigable rivers, and connecting
Evening star., 1896-07-04

While L. H. Drury Post Of the Grand
Army of the Republic was assisting the
confederate dead a gray-haired man, ac-
companied by half dozen companions,
stood in front Of the "Exiled Aboltionst's'
monument and placed a wreath Of immor-
telles on top of the marble block. The con-
federates who noticed the monument spoke
to their fellows about it after the party had
left the cemetery, and the Sunday following,
and again yesterday, the block Of marble
attracted many curious visitors, who read
and reread the inscription.
The plat upon which the monument to the
loyal men of the south rests was purchased
last summer. shortly after the unveiling
of the confederate monument. The block
Of marble was placed in position during the
winter. Inquiry at the cemetery office yes
terday failed to elicitrhe name of the owner
of the plot and the donor of the monument.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
CENOTAPH.

To those unknown heroic men,
Once resident in the southern states,
Martyrs of human freedom,
Who, at the breaking out Of the civil war,
Refused to be traitors to the Union;
Who, without moral or material support,
Stood alone among ruthless enemies
And. after uDspeakab!c suffering, either
Died at their post Of duty
Or, abandoning home and possessions,
Sought refuge
And scant bread for their families
Among strangers at the north.
To these poor patriots, who,
Without bounty, without pay,
Without pension. without honor,
Went to their graves.
Without recognition even by their country,
After thirty years Of waiting,
BY one Of themselves,
AN EXIIlED ABOLTTIONIST
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Cycling Chaperons.

From London Truth.
notices:
Wanted, by dowager, too aged to ride
cycle (eighty-four), an experienced lady
cyclist accustomed to the very best society.
Must be able to ride twenty miles an hour,
SO as to keep in sight youngest daughter,
who is agile and injudicious. Apply to A.
B. c., 60 Belgrave square,"
"a lady, highly connected. is prepared to
tcrs of a millionaire. Is an expert in ali
PAGES (cycling). Can be trusted to keep
alongside Of the swiftest detrimental and
to lag discreetly in the rear of an eligible
elder son.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Scientific Girl.


from Up-tO-Uate.
Miss odderingham-''What thoroughly
up-to-date girl Miss Kittish is."
Miss Bellingham-'What has she done
now?'
Miss F-"Since eminent medical author
ity has pronounced kissing dangerous she
carries small vial Of carbolized rose
water about with her"
Evening star., 1896-07-04
SOME SOCIAL TOPICS
Experience Of Young Men and
Women Of the Period.
DID THEIR PARENTS HAVE MORE Fun?
Some Reasons Why Social Affairs
Are Apt to Be Formal.
P A S T A N D P RE s E N T
P A S T A N D P RE s E N T

T H A P P e N E D
that our mothers
were discussing down
stairs in the big re-
ception hall just
what we were dis
cussing up stairs in
Mays room over
slices Of thin bread
and butter. and the
tea cups. Our moth
ers dWelt on the
used to was," and
we on the prosaic
SIS" The topic was
Evening star., 1896-07-04
ASSERTIONS

He ASSERTIONS
that the Potomac is
t h e nations b e s I
navigable river, that
its commercial ca
pacity is four times
that of the great Mis-
sissippi, a n d t h a t
Washington is the
nearest deep water
harbor for the export
of western grain and
other products, are
statements which at
first thought seem in