The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-03-28

sale liquor dealer visited the town
with his family and pad regularly
fifty dollars for Il pew in the church,
it would be policy for the minister TO
touch the liquor question genliy.
The young man repiled: "Tahe fifty
dollars off my salary, for | want to
Get shot at that pew."-EX.
A Hodern Joseph.
A Scotch paper tells Of a dream
and its Interpretation which IN trnth-
tuiness will rank with Joseph's fam
GUS explanations:
A laborpr Of the Dundee harbor
lately told his wife, on awakening, a
curious dream which lie had during
the night He dreamed that he saw
coming towsrd him, in order, four
rats. rhe first one was very fat, and
was followed by two lean rats, the
rear rat being blind. The dreamer
was greatly perplexed as to what
might follow, as it has been under
stood th.t to dream of rats denotes
coming calamity. He appealed to
his wife concerning this, but she,
Door woman, could not help him. His
son, sharp lad, who heard bis faith
er tell the story, volunteered to be
interpreter. The fat rat he said, is
the man who keeps the public house
that ye gang till sac often, and the
twa lean aues are me and mither. and
the blind ane is yerself, father"
Who could give d better answer
Wanted The Reason.
No man can give good and sui
ticient reason why woman's vote
should not be cast and counted. l.
school of more account as to a wo-
mans interest than taxes on her
property which effect the schools?
Prohibitlonists have been sneered at
because they appeal for women votes
to abete at evil whose dire results
fall principally upon the wife and
mother. In this political peril to the
life of the city and nation it may be
left to the women to abate the dan
gors that threaten men and women
alike. Who can face the tribunal OF
common-sense and tell why PENN,
less foreigner who comes here sworn
enemy of government, should vote in
city, while educated, refined wo'
men, property holders are silent
when POLITICAL bosses first assess and
devonr taxes. "-North Western
Christian Advocate.
There is q robber that takes not
only mems homes, their farms, theil
bank accounts, their reputation and
their friends, but their manhood rs
we'll; which robs women not only OF
all thsbeauties and comforts of life
which robs innocent little children Of
their childhood before they are on
of their first swaddling clothes. Who
is that robber! There 10 hardly any
reason to name him. Describe him
and the civilized world recognizes hin
at once as the drink trnflic-the great
est Robber on Earth. There isn't
woe that all the other robbers can in
tlict that this chiefest of robbers i
not inhicting to-day upon the unnum
bered thousands; and IN addition b.
is intllctlng far worse IMAM any .
the other robbers can iDHict.-Voice
The Constitution gives the follow
ing.
: Amount spent by Americans il
the last Twelve months tor whiskey
$6OO,OO0,0OO.
Spent during the same tine TO
cigars and tobacco, 1926, 100000"
One billion six hundred million
thrown away, and yet the peopl
howl about hard times. The Constr
tuition says:
"Thes grumblers and GROWERS VIII
talked economy to their wives an
children and prayed for the return 0
GOOD times. managed to scrape a