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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
What Forest Trees to Plant.

The question arises, what shsll we
plant? There are so many general
kinds of trees and varieties of each
that the matter is very much simpli-s
fed when we know that the number
of species adapted to any soil and To-
cality is comparatively few. Prof.
Brewer Of Yale college, in Walkers
Statistical Atlas, says that in the
United States we have only 800 in
digenous species that in full growth
reach thirty feet in height, and in the
region including our own state we have
but sixty to sixty-flve species that
reach fifty feet in height. Different
species are found on different geolog-
ical strata, SO that In connection Win
the question what to plant?" we may
profltably consult our geology and orig
inal forest growth. Other species may
do we'll, but we must prove them be-
fore trying them extensively. Our
original forests have furnished excel
lent timber of white. burr, red and yell
low oak, two or three species Of ash,
black walnut, chestnut, ETC., ETC., each
of which, If planted we'll and cared for
would, in a comparatively short time,
furnish timber for many purposes
Then, we have several species of conf
ferae, as pines, spruces and larches
each Of which has been tried in other
countries, and somewhat in this, and
have done we'll These could be tried
on soils not too fertile, and will sue
ceeA Larches especially will grow al
most anywhere. One man in Nantucket
planted 10000 in 1877. The locust has
been tried and does we'll; but best OF
al, perhaps, is the Catalpa speciosa. or
hardy catalpa as it is known and dis
tinguished from bignouioides, which Is
much less hardy, and OF which 1t Is a
variety. In lower grounds elms, ana
oven willows, might be planted with
rroflt.--Prof. c. L. Ingersoll.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Quality In HOrsos.

The European countries prefer to
improve the quality more vigorously
than to increase the number Of their
horses. England has only $4,000.
while we have in the United States
100000 horses, very small per cent
of which are suitable for city market
and export. Russia has 100000
horses of still more inferior quality,
unfit for any market and too small for
farm work. The Russian trOtter has
had the encouragement of the govern
ment. Now the peasants are urging
the government to furnish them with
draft horses suitable for their farm
work, to haul the heavy farm machines.
Small horses in large numbers will
impoverish any country and 1t Is we'll
for America that the ranch horse and
the little trotter no longer pay for
their feed, while there is such great
demand for high-class draft and coach
horses at high prices because they are
so scarce.-Live Stock Journal.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Telephone Company Sells Out.

Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 29.-Ths Fort
Smith telephone exchange of the Harri-
son International Construction COM
pany, has collapsed, after struggle for
existence during the past four years,
and passes into the hands of the
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone
company, operating under the Bell pa
tents. This exchange was the found
alton of the Harrison International
Telephone company, which was origi-
nally capitalized at sSO,00O,OOo and af-
forwards reduced to $4O,O0O,000. The
exchange was built in the most thor
ough manner, and cost the Harrison In
ternational company $4,000. The
Southwestern secures the property for
less than 80 per CEN. original cost.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
| DAIRY AND POULTRY,
INTERES CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Parma Few
and POuItrV.
California Butter Law.

A San Francisco correspondent OF
the Chicago Record writes to that jour
nal as follows: I'VE were travelling in
Siskiyou county, that northern part OF
the state which geographically is a
part of California, but commercially is
a part Of Oregon. 1t is a wild and
sparsely settled region. with only here
and there a Authenticated ranch and
an occasional mining camp.
1T was one Of the latter we reached
about nishtfall We were directed to
the principal hotel in the place, a
! roughly boarded, two-story building, OF
which the most prominent feature of its
internal arrangement was the bar
ROOM which was also the Office, and
contained in one corner a wooden sink
provided with a paper bucket filled
with water, two or three tin wash
basins and a couple of community
towels hung on rollers.
Supper was ready when We arrived
and we were directed at once to a long
room with a low ceiling-the dining
room-in which about twenty roughly
dressed men, most of them in their
shirt sleeves and apparently miners
lumbermen and teamsters, were seated
at three or four long tables. The tables
were covered with oil cloth. The table
ware was very thick and heavy iron
stone china, much cracked and Clipped.
The knives and forks were steel, with
haSdes discolored and cracked from
rough usage and hot dishwater. Near
each end of the table was a set of cas-
tiers, originally, doubtless, quite snowy
with silver plating. but at this period
much the worse for the wear of the
plating.
''The dining-room girl who came to
wait On us ratified off, the bill Of fare
in exactly the same way that dining
room girls do in ten thousand other
hotels all over this broad land. AS
she received our orders she slid the big
butter dish from its place near the
middle Of the table over toward us,
saying: 'Heres your substitute but
ter at the same time taking from one
of the casters, where they were kept,
like the bills of fare in cheap restau-
rants. pieces of cardboard about the
size and shape of the ordinary restau-
rant bill Of fare. She laid one Of these
down on the table beside each Of us
and started for the kitchen. Wonder
ing slightly at this. we each picked up
the cardboard laid before us, and this
Is what we read:
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Tobacco Dust As Az in,.ctIc,,.

Mr.. T. Greiner, one Of Americas Il.
ing authorities, says: For some ve..
have been using and recommend,.
tobacco dust as an all-round insect d
stroyer. | use it. in the greenhouse :.
lice (aphis) in the open ground for ~
cucumber BEETLE, plant lice, and ;,
worms OF all kinds, and sometimes /
the hen-hOusc for lice, etc. 1t is su,o,'
one of the swiftest of all nsectic,d,.
we can apply, almost or fully equal :.
| buhach. If siftod or scattered over On,
! rant bushes the currant worms will cus
up and die, and the bushes will be fra.
| from the pest within an hour or loo,
and fall from them for some time,
| blown into the heart Of cabbage plan,
it means the end Of the green worm
Applied in the same way TO the ues,
Of the caterpillars (and the trees al
around rs ut this time are full of them
especially in the morning or evenin,
when the worms are all at hone, It will
clear them out for good in less than An
hour. In short, | hardly know whs,
worm or other soft-bOdied insect tina
contact with tobacco dust would mn
speedily kill. I bnlievc it will even
put an end to the potato bug 1t is dis
tasteful to many hard she'll beetles also
as may be seen by the fact that with
heavy applications we can drive away
the cucumber beetle land perhaps tn,
suuash bug). The flea beetle, unfertu
nately, is not SO easily conquered, even
if it does not like tobacco smell. Surely
tobacco dust must be considered mosI
excellent inscCliCide, and as it is not ex.
pcnsive Gin some cases. perhaps, th,
swCcpings of cigar factories, etc, will
do and can be had for the hauling). !
think every soil tilcr should keep i
on hand. have usually applied tobac
co dust with the bare hands, scatterin,
it rather freely over the bushes and
plants, and around cucUmbers, melon
and squash vines, even an inch deep on
the ground. The stuff is worth nearly
the full price asked for it (s3 per barrel
or SOY az fertilizer, and | have not fell
the necessity Of using it in a particular.
ly economical manner. For cabbage
and caterpillar nests, however, hand
bellows of some kind are almost neces.
sary, as We want to blow the dust well
amongst the leaves and the webs. The
ordinary cheap hand bellows, as Of
fered for sale by seedsmen and hard,
ware stores, will do very we'll for cab.
Dage.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Ex-Secretary Whitney Married

Bar Harbcs., Me-, Sept, 30.--A brig ht
sky and an autumnal sun burned away
the fog that hung pail over the island
early yesterday, and a fairer day for a
wedding never came than that which
greeted Hon. William Collins Whitney
and Mrs. Edith S. Randolph, who were
married at 1870 o'clock yesterday al
ternoon in the pretty little stone church
of st. Saviours by Rev. c. S. Letting
we'll, the pastor. 1t was an informal az
fair. There were no bridesmaids and no
best man.
The church and grounds were
thronged with people long before noon,
and as there t;ere no formal invitations
to the affair, the town people and So
ciety cOntentedly shared seats with
each other. The interior of the church
was a mass of roses. laurel, hydrangeas
and potted plants.
Promptly at 1890 the bridal party
entered. The bride was accompanied by
her brother, Frederick May, and WIN
Mr.. Whitney walked M. Bruin, the
Danish minister to the United States.
The service was over in ten minutes,
and Mr. and Mrs. Whitney walked down
tbe aisle and were driven to the An
chorage the home of the bride. where
a. wedding breakfast was served TO a
few intimate friends.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
News from Mexico.

! City CE MEXICO, sept. Z9.-f leuellch
rartlet:, of Chicago, left yesterday fo7
hat city, having secured a most i'm
port.nt concession; in fact, the largest
since that of the Mexican Central. The
charter covers 1000 Kilometres with
main line and branches, and provides
for a standard gauge road to run from
some point in the state of Chihuahua,
on the Mexican Central railway west
ward, to a point On the Sonora road,
with branches running north into one
of the richest mineral regions on the
globe, and southwark along the Pacific
| coast thus insuring the development OF
the northwest and west coasts of the re-
public. The line will traverse fine
timber country and open up very eX-
tensiye mineral region, which is now
Of difficult access, and abounds in gold
and silver properties, and which was
recently favorable reported on by an
agent Of the nothschilds, who explored
the states Of Sonora and Durango. The
region is regarded as the treasure-hous.
Of Mexico and it is believed will add q
new gold-producing district eQualing
the most famous in the world, as indi
vidual miners are now, with the most
primitive apparatus, taking out large
quantities of metal. The total extent
of the road is greater than the Mexican
CentraIs main line, and is the only
great road the government has been
willing to give charter to with a sub
vention, which on the main line
amounts to S13,60O per mile, but the ne
cessity of the road from commercial
and strategical point of view and desir-
ability for opening up the northwestern
portion of the country and completing
the railway system was readily discern
ed. Practical railway men consider
that the line has excellent prospects.
Aaron French, prominent capitalist
and manufacturer of Pittsburg, accom-
panied by Hon. Philip Knox, counsel
for himself, and who also represents a
Carnegie concern and Treasurer D. c.
Noble, of the French Car Spring COM
pany (Pittsburg) and steel works at
Canton, O., are at Monterey concluding
negotiations with Joseph A. Robertson
regarding the Monterrey water works
company, with a capital of 100000
gold. L. Vernono, of the Pittsburg
Traction company, is expected in few
days, and the party will decide on mat
ters pertaining to the transformation
of street railways into a consolidated
electric system.
The west coast of Mexico has been
visited by tremendous storm, which
caused great damage. The town or AL
tata, port of the state of Sinaloa, was
inundated, and the capital city of Gu
liacan suffered severely. Many small
towns have been flooded. Water pour
ed into the principal streets of Mazat-
Ian and created CONSERVATION, and new
entertainments for the protection of the
town were torn to pieces by enormous
waves, against which nothing could
stand. Aid is requested for the suffer-
ers, who have lost a large amount OF
property.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
%zff@sS SVlCK AND SAVANNAH,
GA. VISITED BY A GALE.
sseNcrSi slyes Ars Lost and Many In jured.
Munis Damage Done to Property-De-
ssaiss aro Mes gre, the Wires "A Being
Rla,sa Blown.

NeE Orleans, La, Sept 30.-A spe-
cSa8 sruHs Atlanta Ga, says:
&. djss.Irous hurricane swept over
aSEtE7SNtcsS and along the Georgia
s;'hsasS yesterday morning. Meagre re-
uarts Earn been received from the
GssHsZG center, which indicate that the
hurricane was one of terrific force
and mat great damage and probable
lass CT life resulted.
The wires are down for a distance
M forty or fifty miles this side Of
s5F7Hsxjck and no information has
S,teu received from that place except
Say a trai1 which left there while the
.S!Urnz Was raging. The train was de-
ayes N Brunswick two hours yester-
'gtaaT G.ve.zsng, the engine being unable
'ca nsaisE seaiway against the wind,
'wasck Was blowing at a high velocity.
MINI ard water worked destruction,
ANN us the train left Brunswick the
StEyes.5 Were filled with debris, wires,
telephone and telegraph poles and
Eaaresz al Buildings blown down and
CslTTsd away People were injured by
fTl2@ objects and one lady was killed,
AZ Ereyett, small station few
IMiaass 1rDm Brunswick, the railroad
'cEafRg were INSTRUCTED by trees, and
TIE 5u2y train that came through from
BgT1swicK was preceded by wreck
Ing tram and crew for distance
af tuss2ty miles, the crew clearing the
TRACK OF debris and trees
Mr. 81 N. Merrill, Of the Atlanta
@Teieahona company, reached Atlanta
}ate last night from Brunswick, and
asxsns that the city of Brunswick is
bas1!y damaged, and that three big
vessels were sunk in the Brunswick
taaracr The latter were blown away
from fbeir mOorings. The waves of
the ses and wind destroyed much
az BHEaswick's shipping interests. Mr..
NG-18 says that the famous old gun
agsal. the Monitor, was blown away
FROM Aer pier and that she was float
ang hefRbassly in the harbor in danger
ut gs5HI TO the bottom.
"a GaE1 of the Olethorpe hotel, the
lEeihxng hnstelry of Brunswick, was
taiGwH away, and that other buildings
Werr sntalIy or partially wrecked.
Many houses in tho suburbs were
hsfTwn away and the water rushed
s-aS%saG;;A the streets in torrents, carry
Eng property, household furniture and
vaz'EaasSas; toward the harbor.
'Islegs-aphic communication was re-
9sfusssd with Brunswick at | o'clock
tMx wednesday, morning and the
auahenjc news of the hurricane is
heaxg xwcejyed.
EoHsr persons were killed outright
an Asraznswick, William Daniels, Abel
lEauia and John jefferson and baby
All easyDred.
A careful estimate places the dam
age at 100000. Many persons were
'e12rges,ssasly injured. The storm at
.S2Sanra2S was equally disastrous, and
scTsral persons were killed in that
'SsIsE.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

Washington, Sept 30.-The director
or the mint has received a telegram
frofa the San Francisco mint stating
skSf about $4,500,000 in gold was ex-
gsxeesa to arrive there from Australia
a. wssn from Friday next. Informa-
eir.s alss comes from London that the
Bsxax Of England expects to lose S.
0Ge gtss to the United States before the
enR ne the week Both Of these ship.
Yrcnsa are expected ultimately tc
reaesl the treasury. which, together
With the amounts already in sight
wuuJd bring che gold reserve approx
lmassyy TO s13a,0 900.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Theatre Opeued.

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 29.-The Gen.
fury theatre, which has been in course
of construction for more than a year,
at cost of nearly 100000, was
opened here yesterday evening. The
building covers half square, and is
of white marble with a gray granite
foundation. It is located in the bus
mess center of the city and is said to
be the finest theatre in the United
States outside of Chicago and New
York. The play presented last night
was Liberty Hail." and was acted
by Charles Frohman's stock company
from the Empire theatre, New York.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
The Strike Situation.

Leadville, Col, Sept 29.-The state
ment that 4 committee of five was ap-
pointed by the miners union Saturday
night to consider the question of de-
ciaring the strike off has been both con-
frmed and denied by prominent mem
hers, but yesterday Secretary beware
declared positively that the strike will
not be declared off unless the full de-
mands of the union are conceded.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
The hutter served here is but

"Dy the time we had finished read
ing this the girl returned with our sup
per. When she had arranged the va
rious dishes in front Of us we asked her
what she had given us this chemical
analysis OF our butter product for.
Without word, but with a gesture Of
impatience she turned the cardboards
over, and we read:
"This notice is given in conformity
with sections and of an act Of the
legislature Of California. approved
March 8, 1895, entitled an Act to pre-
vent deception in the manufacture and
sale Of butter and OF cheese, 70 secure
Its enforcement and to appropriate
money therefor
"'Sec. 3. Each person who, by him.
self or another, lawfully manufactures
any substance designed to be used as
q substitute for butter or cheese, shall
prepare a statement, printed in plain
Roman type OF a size not smaller than
plea, stating in the English language
ltS name and the name and address Of
the manufacturer. the name Of the
place where manufactured or put up.
and also the names and actual percent
ages Of the various ingredients used in
the manufacture OF such imitation but
ter or imitation cheese.
Sec. Z. No keeper or proprietor of
any bakery, hotel, boarding house, res
taurant. saloon, lunch counter or other
place Of public entertainment, or any
person having charge thereof or en-
ployed thereat. or any person furnish
Ing board Tor other persons than men,
bers OF his own family, or for any en-
ployes where such board is furnished
as the compensation or as part OF the
compensation of any such employe,
shall place before such patron or en-
ploye, for use as food, any substance
designed to be used as substitute for
butter or cheese, unless the same be
accompanied by copy Of the state
ment described in section Of this act
and by verbal notification to said
patron that such substance is substi
tute for butter or cheese
"The proprietor, having now COM
pl;sd with all the requirements OF the
law, has only this wish to express:
MAY good digestion wait on appetite
/ And health on both
Agricultural Exports.-The high
water mark OF tho expectation OF agri-
cultural products from the United
States was reached in 1892, when they
reached the enormous value Of $780,
328,232. In 1895 they had fallen to
553,2l5,317. This is enough to make
substantial difference with our farm
ers. for s24O,Oo0,0OO don't grow on
every buSh, and most OF the bushes
have been picked.-Ex.
4 bad sempev in the owner will be9et
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Nail Trust Meet

New York, Sept. 3O.-Members of the
nail trust were In executive session at
the Waldorf hotel yesterday. ]. J.
Parks, one Of the members, said that
about fifty firms were represented. He
refused positively, however, to speak
Of the business that had been trans
acted, except to say that prices had not
been altered in the least. Other men,
bers of the trust absolutely refused to
discuss business matters.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

South American Wife. early morn
ing-Hark! Hear the cannon and
the rattle OF musketry, the clash OF
swords and the yells! Listen.
Husband - Meo Gracia! This
must be election day, and I forgot to
reriSter
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

Irrigating Fruit Trees.-In a recent
paper Professor e. w. Hilgard, Of Cali
fornia, said that much water makes
fruit too aciduous and OF poor quality,
says an exchange. II there Is too littlc
water the fruit will be dry and small.
The thing to be avoided is to not irri.
gate too much. II the ground is soaked
all the season, the roots run near to
the surface, and a drought would
probably kill the tree. Irrigation has
much to do WITH the flavor of fruit.
Fruit men should study the nature OF
the soil, and lrrigate accordingly. AS
soon as fruit is fully formed. irrixa-
ton should be decreased, az tho tree
needs rest a. we'll as evervthinv a,ea
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

The dry goods firm Of Gerst & Co.,
Alexandria, La, was closed by the
sheriff the other day.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

4 bad temper in the owner will beget
4 sad sne in the COW. and when they
both ses had aae profit 10 bad.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03
Prison Congress.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 29.-At a
meeting of the National Prison con-
gress the committee appointed at the
last session to assist in preparing his
tory of prison management in the Uni
ted States, to be presented to the in
ternational congress, which will meet
in Brussels in 1900, held a meeting.
There were present S. R. Brockway, OF
Elmira, N. Y; M. C. Cassiday, of Phil
a delphia; Frey H. Wines, of Spring
field, ILL.,; Mrs. Ellen Johnson, OF South
Pennington, Mass; Peter Caldwell, OF
Louisville, KY; Gen. Brinkerhoff. OF
Mansfield, O., and J. L. Mulligan, of Al
legheny, Pa.
The Rev. S. J. Braddows, OF Boston,
who is the commissioner appointed BY
the government to represent the Uni
ted States at the international congress,
was also present. It is proposed to lay
before the international congress vol
ume giving history and account OF the
present condition Of prisons in this
country, together with the prison re-
form work in this county.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

The existence of the milkmaid is
threatened by a machine that milks
thirty cows an hour.
The mines Of the world produce
twenty-five tons Of gold every week,
but the precious metal remains al rare
as ever.
Costa RIGA is about to have law
making the sale of Indian antiquities
to foreigners crime punishable with
severe penalties.
Epilepsy's bacillus is reported as
found by DR.. Gerdes Of Halle. he
found it in a patients liver. lungs,
kidneys and blood
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

Gold has been discovered aear Co.
manche. la.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-03

People will not pay rs cents far 10.
0nt aeitAc
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-01-17
Pencil Boxes.

The pencil boxes now 80 commonly
carried by school children are made
IN about 125 different styles. They
retail at from five to twenty five cents
each. Formerly all the pencil boxes
sold in this country were imported
from Germany, but for the last few
years we have been making pencil
boxes in America. About one-third
OF the boxes sold here are of home
manufacture and of superior quality.
The production is steadily increasing.
All the locks used are imported from
Germany. There is n box made here
with a catch instead OF lock, an
American idea, which is made here
entire. The cheaper German boxes
are made by hand at the homes of the
makers; the better ones are made in
factories by machinery. All the
American boxes are made by ma
chinery in factories located in lum-
ber-growing regions, in proximity to
the wood supplied.