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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-06-13

The street car patrons are obliged
to do the work OF conductors these
days. A man works his passage when
he has &c put fourteen other fares in
the box. The work of the motorman,
who has to keep watch OF the pedes-
TRANS who want to get on the car, let
passengers on, attend to the switches,
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-06-13

The death OF Frank Mayo in the
train on his way to Omaha to play
his last engagement OF the season
there removes the second Of the three
old actors on the American stage, for
whom all theatre goers have q per-
sonal affection william Warren.
Frank Mayo and Joseph Jefferson were
old men several years ago. but they
belong to the newest school OF acting.
Their methods are those of the i'm
pressionist- They let the trivial 60.
except in % far ~ II Ii the result OF
The Progress., 1896-04-04
6x9 for $3.50.
9xl2 for $4.95.

V netiau 70 Mt Effect Lace Cllta ms,
three aud onc-nalf yards long, Csc per
pair.
Bissclls carpet Sweep rs, remov"
sal. rice, sos.
Just re-, ived the stamped p eces loS
Fa c. Work for Mrs. Chatelaine s pu-
ri 5, also a fu | Iinc of Waist S ks.
lO-4 lcac 'e Sheetng &c aya1d.
Co gates Largest Bottles OF Toilet
Water sold eve rywhcre for 81, $50.
b ack and Silver Belt pins, removal
price, Sc.
We have AZ pairs OF Fine Colo cd
Kid Gloves in ) 10, 5 "a and 6, worth
ON $3.50 to 81 80, SC PEI pair.
Rival yelveteen Bud ng 4 yards
long, SC.
Beautifully Engraved b. Buckles,
hard fl h. wear as well as sterling,
25:.
The Progress., 1896-04-04
Some sensations are like bottles Of

Some sensations are like bottles OF
pop.
Bob Taylor is figuring on tie su
bernatorial seat Of Tennessee. 60 1t
Bob. You deserve it,
The infant child Of Mr.. A. Fletcher
died Tuesday night at the City Ho-
lel.
Joe Lake, son Of Attorney John
Lake, is couiiued to his room with
the smallpox. But one more case
WAS al! that developed the past
week.
The infant cl lid of M. f. NJ. Cur
RE accidentally fell on piece OF
glass Tuesday evening and Inflicted a
very serious wound.
Harris Island was quite an at
, traction Sunday.
He was not 80 small, IN fact h'
5 thoneht he was q man and diGn't car
: a straw who said he wasn't. Wed
t nesday he and his sweetheart wer
walking down Texas street. II
3 seemed very careless, and she az
y peared to admire him. They wer
: crossing Louisiana street. lher
was a curious looking bundle III fror
! Of them and he in, al off hand wa
kicked it. There was no scream, 4
cry, but from the way he limped o
everyone thought OF April The first.
The Progress., 1896-04-04
THE PROGRESS.
sHREVEPo0T, La. APRIL 4, 1896.
LOCAL C0LUM N.
FIELD NOTES.

Mrs. Anderson's spriug opening was
we'll attended by all Shreveport la
dies.
Walter Hill was arrested here this
week by Chief Nelson. He Is wanted
at Houston. Tex, for robbery.
The smallpox scare has about died
out.
Capt Youree intends erecting fine
building on Texas avenue.
Boom things and get new unior
depot.
Policeman Vim. Dougherty ha'
gone back to New Orleans with III
tenticns Of returning to Shrevspol
soon.
!, Mr.. Harry Metcslf is taking hi
two weeks vacation. MIR. Metca!f
one of the gentlemsnly mail cal
riers.
Some warm weather vislte
Shreveport during the past week.
Nsudol;nes and bicycles are all To
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Beautiful figured Lawn ~ i''0'T'
wild, wo'tA loo" S"'
plco iVt'
Be .utiful designs in ne" ON! II i"
Door MAS "o''N ''N'
price 'o''
Handsome Fill re PC ue fra'n'''
worth 2'c ior !'c'
Word Renowned P. N & rse's'
worth ST, now SSc.
,srhe J.ate t" Ladies Waists, de-
.arhahle G llar. worth SL25, removal
sale price Sl.t5.
~, u.,.on r;o. worth
'''''
&c, Tor 2Dc.
Crock, 4 Naiusook. good quality, :or
The Progress., 1896-04-04

Hon. J. W. Mcfarland, OF Homer,
was in the city Monday and Tuesday
and called in to see rs.
The Progress., 1896-04-04

Messrs. J. r. Mccain and g. w.
Ballard, Of Ward Three. gave The
PROGRESS a pleasant call Tuesday.
The Progress., 1896-04-04

all linen Beached Duak for 33c I'd reguar price Doc
"a ch Beached Damask 48c yd guar rice
linen fine Damask 55c d. regular price SIC
ipch Damask for Csc yd price ST.
"a iuch men, Half Beacbed mask ACC yd regular pice c
linen Ha Beach Damask 5c yd regular price s5c
50 men Turkey Damask Csc yd., regular price Acc
The Progress., 1896-04-04
KAHN DRY Goods COL I'd.
4 Rule Without an Exception

Is our policy of offering the best newest and most
able goods that destroy competition. We are dong the
business Of the town IN line Of goods great
sales show that large assortment and splendid values are ap
appreciated.
The Progress., 1896-04-04
THE MARY A. FILES

1t looks like Shreveport will be III
the swim on every point OF the
ground Il will certainly be a big
spoke in her wheel to have base
ball club in the Southern league.
The Progress., 1896-04-04

We will devote our enleavors this week in offering the
public surprise Linen Goods for Household Purposes
Every one needs TABLE DAMASK, and can purchase it
from us at the following prices.
The Progress., 1896-04-04

Messrs. Mcdonald and Chasteen
have organized quite a strong lodge
o. woodmen OF the World in Shreve-
port.
The Progress., 1896-04-04

Auftn refrcmln Don u
Cmean Z1zNZZFZM
Mwu
'NewIM EHs New
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uA" En Strongest nm--N.!, We Reason ssN; gNuM! VM b. E's]

OurL Leader For This Week.
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sisargm M
n"hg"S"d"
i Embr oideredH andkerchiefs.
manufacturers e
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New Matings New Rugs Sacrificed
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Dressmaking.

Under the supery siou of
Miss KathryLe ii 'upt.
whose reputation as "a de-
81 ner anu PaIterner Of the
latest t; les excel all 9TH
erS.
The Progress., 1896-04-04
Our Leader For This Week.

We Tailor Mad" Of all tonsea s7 You win wonder"
The Progress., 1896-04-04

For weeks only viii max any Wool Six Suit AIRY ST. o
For two eks only Ike candle Wash Salt any e
For two weeks only ak any Waist in any sty Tor
For tAo weeks only W make any Duck Suit for
Please G finders only g" a. ions
!ctuct o W week only.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
roPooArs PAwNEo in SUMMER
Thrifty and Thrifticss Alike Find the
Scheme Satisfactory.

Thrifty and Thriftlcss Alike Find the
Scheme satisfactory.
Twenty thousand overcoats have
been taken out of pawn during the past
week." said a pawRbroker to Chicago
Tfmes-Herald reporter. 1.-THE cooler
weather has forced us to unlock our
cedar chests and undo the bundles
which have been packed away in cam
phor. During the next month, unless
the weather becomes warmer, as many
more overcoats will be taken from the
pawnshops.
mo, it is not because they are pow
erty-stricken that so many men have
overcoats in pawn during the summer.
OF course, if man wants to pawn any,
thing, there is nothing that he should
be more likely to soak during the
summer months than his unnecessary
overcoat. At the same time many of
the overcoats are left with us merely
that they may be protected against the
moths, who thrive during the sum-
mer, and to prevent them from accumu-
hating dust as they would while lying
IN closets. A man can pawn his over
coat for two dollars, and have it with
MS until he needs it in the fall and it
costs him but so cents.
"Of course it is a good deal of
trouble for us, but we are able to make
It pay us well, and the temptation to
man who is improvident is to borrow
more than a nominal sum on his coat,
and, of course. he has to pay more in
terest.
"A great many dress suits are also
pawned each summer to preserve them
until needed in October. They arc worn
very little in the summer, and the same
reason that leads to the pawning of over
coats operates in their case"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
WATER PIPES GUARD CoNvIcTs.

When Prisoners cut the Pipes Water Es.
capes and Guards Are Thereby Alarmed.
A new idea in jail construction has re-
Gently been successfully tested in Bos-
ton. In brief, the scheme is to con-
struct the cells of hollow pipes and fill
them with water. When pipe is served
the water escapes, and by system of
registers in the Office of the Jail the fact
is made known, as well as the particular
cell where the pipes have been attacked.
No attempt is made to have the pipes
particularly hard. Common gas pipe
is as good as any and will answer every
purpose. The water is kept under a
high pressure so that it will be sure to
give the alarm when the pipe is severed.
Under the usual system of Jail con-
struction it is aimed to make the bars
SO hard that saws will not affect them;
or, at best, SO hard that cutting would
be a slow progress. But convicts in
jails are as clever as the men who con-
struct Jail cells, and methods have been
discovered for taking the temper out
of the hardest steel. Nitric acid will
do, and so will common candle. If the
flame of the latter is kept for several
days close against bar of chilled steel
1t will be made so soft that common
steel saw will cut it. Solid steel plates
have been eaten with acids and escape
made pos ;ible. The filling of hollow
pipes with water seems to be a good
thing
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
INCIDENT ON THE ALLEY "L.'
Truculent Negro Passengers Subdued by =
Friend of the Conductor.

Truculent Negro Passengers Subdued by
Friend of the Conductor.
On the alley ~ road one evening
trio of negroes boarded a southbound
train and proceeded in a way to cap
ture the car they were in. They stood
in the aisle and INSTRUCTED the prog
ress of people coming and going on
at the different stations and were in
clined to be disputatious and quarrel
some with anybody who ventured to
criticise their conduct. One of them in
particular, the largest of the three,
was especially pugnacious, and finally,
when the conductor ordered them to
take their seats the big fellow threat
ened all sorts of destruction to the
official, and defied him openly to lay
hands on him, says the Chicago Chron-
icle.
The conductor passed to the next car
and enlisted the services of an acquaint-
ance of his, "bouncer" at one of the
smaller theate This worthy weighed
about 240 pounds and was a giant in
strength and size. He walked into the
car where the darkies stood, grabbed
the big one, who was at least half a foot
shorter than the bouncer, and dragged
him to the door.
AS the car was just then Stacking up
at station the bouncer threw the COL
ored man clear over the gate and on to
the platform without waiting for the
guard to open the gate. The darby
sprawled all over the platform and his
two companions SUNK to seats as the
bouncer looked back into the car. The
train went on. the two remaining ''ter
rors'' keeping very still.
Afterseveral stations had been passed
one of them spoke III subdued tones ia
the other. All he said was: dat sholy
was a strong man."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27

red fruit. If they had contented them
selves with eating up a few big to-
matoes it wouldn't have made so much
difference, but they pecked into doz-
ems of them, and when a tomato has
so much as one little hole in it it wont
sell
All this was very provoking to the
farmer, but our boy found remedy
1t happened that he had lively little
black dog that was very fond of chas-
ing chickens, and he knew that if he
could be kept in the garden there
wouldn't be any more trouble from
birds. So our boy went and drove two
stout stakes 40 or so feet apart near
the tomato bed, and between them he
stretched a stout wire, on which he had
first threaded a small ring. At one
stake he placed an empty box for a
kennel and then he tied the little
black dog to the ring. The next time
the swarm of birds came for the to-
matoes that little dog ran out and
chased them the whole length of his
wire, and he kept right at it until they
didn't dare to come back. Lots of time S
he would have liked to run away to the
house, but the wire held him straight
TO business.
Now, don't you think that boy vii
become great inventor some day ?
Chicago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
QUAKER OF THE ORIENT.

The Herculean Turkish Porter Whose
Place of Business Is on the Street.
The Turkish porter is one of the most
interesting objects seen in tour of
the orient. Of Herculean strength and
power of endurance, he is usually
prompt and obliging, also honest so far
as in him lies. He cannot speak the
truth, and would not respect himself
If he could, for that is virtue of the
Frank.
His place of business, says the Chica-
go Times-Herald, is on the streets of his
native town, where he can be found at
all hours of the day, clad in a loose
soiled jacket, usually gray, with gray
CATERS, Turkish shoes or sandals, the
inevitable fez and neckerchief that
makes him look as If he were strang-
ling.
All the burden of conveying large or
small articles falls upon him and he
will for a gratuity carry piano as cas-
fly as a trunk. He is the most con-
tented of the working fraternity one
meets abroad, whether he is found in
the streets of Constantinople or in those
of STEAMBOAT, and the tourists make
much of him because he is interesting,
his occasional smoke under the shade
of mulberry tree, or his lazy sips of
sherbet, being treats that renew his
strength for the hard work by which
he must live-if he is not able to sell
merchandise. Being sturdy and indus
trious, the traits of the Turkish porter
commend him to the public, hence a
picturesque description of him by one
traveller who named him the Quaker
of the Ornnt"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
SURPRISE ALL AROUND.
Adventure of Trapper, Jealous CamI
Cook md Panther.

Cook and Panther.
Forest and Stream tells story OF
trapper, panther, and a camp COOK
The trapper was a good one, and had
had such success that lumber camp
cook, also a trapper, was jealous OF
him.
One day the trapper, John Gardener,
visited an Adirondack lumber camp,
and there told of his good luck. Muir
dock, the cook, became restless when
he heard Gardeners tales. One day,
week or so later, Gardener returned
to his camp sooner than usual, anc
found Murdoch rummaging N his
shanty. Murdoch explained that he
was searching for tobacco. Later Muir
dock started for the lumber camp In
his boat, leaving Gardener cutting
supply of night wood.
Gardener lay down and went asleep,
then awakened suddenly with the
feeling that something, he didn't know
what, was snealling about camp. His
rifle was alongside, loaded, and nc
raised himself to sitting position and
listened. He heard footballs, which he
thought were a bears, maybe a pan
theirs. The full moon, shining through
a clouded sky and a low-burning camp
fire, rendered the camps surroundings
partially discernible.
The object that made the sounds
came into view, and Gardener reckoned
that it was a bear. He leveled his rifle
and was pressing the trigger, when out
of a tree overhead the long, lean, tawnr
form of panther shot down at the
STOPPING creature.
There was yell then that surprised
Gardener and made the panther leap
sideways and put through the woods at
full speed Then a flicker of the fire
showed a man running and stumbling
headed for the creek. moment OF
so later the splash, splash of oars sound
ed back through the woods, dying away
quickly in the distance.
The next morning Murdoch returned
to the lumber camp, having been gone
since the afternoon of the day before;
lis clothes torn to shreds, and hide
torn, too, IN places. He packed up every
thing of his own, and away he went be-
fore noon This Gardener learned some
DAYS after. Gardener wondered which
of the three was the most surprised, the
panther, the cook or himself.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27

his right side he almost rubbed the
cliff. They caught sight of each other
almost at the same moment.
Probably a cry or an exclamation on
the part of the child revealed her pres
ence to the beast, as he was walking
along with his muzzle and his eyes
dropped earthward. They stared fiXedly
at each other. The little girl was petri-
fled with fear; the bear halted, in indie
cision, no doubt much astonished, If not
frightened. For one moment, proba-
bly,, he reflected: "What am I to do
now?" 1t was impossible to pass with
out crushing the unexpected obstacle,
without striking it or hurting it into
the abyss. The path was so narrow at
this point that he could not even turn
round on all tours. What was to be
done?
Down below the people waited with
bated breath, expecting at any moment
to see the unhappy child pushed into
the abyss. But evidently that was not
the way in which fulfilled and there
fore good-natured "Mikhail Ivan'itch,
General Toptygin" had settled that
problem. He wished neither death nor
harm to this tiny creature, helpless be-
fore him, with open mouth and staring
eyes, having lost through fear all power
of crying, and awaiting his will in trem-
bling silence And "Mishenla" carried
out his will.
With a faint growl, caused not by
anger, but by the necessity of putting
himself to trouble, he reared up on his
hind legs, strobe up close to the little
girl, and, bracing his back against
the cliff, clasped his forepaws around
her, just beneath the shoulders.
Shrieks and groans of despair re
sounded from below. The ladies WHO
still continued to gaze with dim eyes
grew faint; but the men, especially the
huntsmen, who were acquainted with
the murderous habits of the bear fam
lily, leaped in spirit and with a hope
mad hope-for the child's safety.
They perceived that Mishka was behav-
ing in very remarkable manner, with
all the caution and dexterity that he
could command.
They were not mistaken as to his un-
precedented goodness. The kind-heart-
cd bear lifted the little girl up, careful
ly bore her over the precipice, and, turn
ing on the pivot of his hind paws, set
her down on the other side of the path
Having performed this gymnastic ex-
orcise the bear, without waiting to be
th*llSed evidently he was well ac-
quainted with the human race) ,whirled
about, dropped on all tours, and pro-
ceeded quietly on his way, swaying
from side to side, granting contentedly
in anticipation of sweet repose in his
lair not far away
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
PEOPLE OF THE DAY.

The late Baron Hirsch was said to
give nearly all his winnings on the turf
to charity and in pursuance of this idea
his widow has set aside yearly sum
of $4,000 for distribution in England
alore to charitable institutions.
There is at present in London Ger
man prince, Max of Saxony, who has
renowned his right of succession to the
throne of his country and entered the
Catholic priesthood. The prince re-
Gently preached an eloquent sermon in
Whitecharel and said he should devote
his life to paIochial work.
Admirers of the late Ambrose Thorn
as will be glad to learn that honor is
done him in his native town of Metz.
The Rue de la Cathedrale, wherein he
was born, has been changed to the Rue
Ambrose Thomas, the fact being an-
nounced by blue PLAQUES in French
and German erected on the street cor
Hers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27

with plates of sand, which they take
from the ground about them, or bits OF
seaweed, which form more or less pro-
lection or covering.
When the anemones desire to assume
these countless umbrellas, they bend
over their tentacles and touch the
ground, many bits of shell and sand adj
herring. These are lifted up and placed
upon the sides of the creature until it
finally appears to be covered with q
mosaic, wi ich, while protection, serves
es disguise, making the otherwise
conspicuous animal resemble the rocks
about it,
BY far the most interesting animal
possessing this habit is the sea urchin
that looks like pin cushion, being COW
cred with long or short bristles, accord
ing to the species. How the sea ur
chin, with its stiff sp:nes, can lit
scores of minute stones and bits of shell,
distributing them over its body in such
number that collectively they form an
umbrella-lil<e covering, would appear a
mystery, which, however, is solved
upon an examination of the urchin.
The spines are not the only organs, but
from among them rise two suckers
with little disks attached to them, and
other organs that have long stalks upor
the end or top of which is perched Il
little feeler with three biting teeth.
These feelers, stationed on the lower
part of the urchin, pick up particles of
shell and sand, and pass them to others
higher up, and so, by continued pass
ing, the piece of shell travels up to the
dome of the animal, and there finds a
place among the spines. This is repeat.
ed an indefinite number of times, un-
til the urchin is completely covered by
a strong umbrella, poised, as it were.
upon the spines, affording more or loss
protection. Sometimes the animal
disdains one of shell or stone, and
spreads over itself canopy of weed,
q ribbon of green zostera, or one of
brighter hue, decoration more or less
esthetic.-C. r. Holder, in Chicago In-
ter Ocean,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
Making a Hole in Glass.

Every body who has tried under
stands how difficult it is to bore hole
in strip or sheet of thin glass. The
following method is said to be success
full: Press a cake of wet clay upon
the glass and then make a. hole through
the clay of the desired size, laying
bare the glass at the bottom of the
hole. Then pour melted lead into the
hole, and it will drop through the
glass, making a round aperture. The
explanation is that the sudden applica
ton of heat cracks the glass in circle
corresponding in size with the hcle in
the clay.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
A ROYAL DAIRY.
How the Milk. Butter and Cheese of .
Princess Are Housed.

How the Milk. Butter and Cheese of .
Princess Are Housed.
The dairy, of the princess of Wales is,
according to the Gentlewoman, a haunt
to dream of on a warm summers day.
Like her sister, the empress of Austria,
the princess positively revels in dairy.
And the prince once, during her alb
sence from home, wishing to prepare
little surprise for her, had the walls
decorated with tiles which he had
brought home with him from Bombay,
tiles of dark blue, ornamented with a
design of roses, shamrock and thistle,
and the motto, Itch bieD." A long
milkpan painted with the same design
by Princess Louise of Lorne is here in
= corner and in another corner you see
the head of the princess favorite Al
derney, with an inscribed silver plate
telling of her virtue and renown.
AS for the treasures which lie scat
tered about on shelf and bracket, they
are too many to count. A silver churn,
often used by the princess herself;
models of COWS and calves in silver. ala
baster, porcelain and terra cotta-all
gifts to the princess-and other knicll-
knacI1s too numerous to mention.
When the prince and princess are at
Marlborough house number of THY
pats of butter are sent up daily from
Sandringham for their use. The prince
is ''faddy" about his butter. and likes i
to be Just perfection.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-27
PACKED IN PLASTER.
New Method of Shipping Butter Now In
Usage in Australia.

New Method of Shipping Butter Now In
Usage in Australia.
There seems to be no limit to the de-
vising of means for the transportation
of perishable produce to distance. A
new method is that of packing butter in
a box made of six sheets of ordinary
glass, all the edges being covered over
with gum paper. The glass box is en-
veloped in layer of plaster of paris
quarter of an inch thick, and this is
covered with specially-prepared paper.
The plaster, being a bad conductor of
heat, the temperature inside the her
metically-sealed receptacle remains
constant, being unaffected by external
changes. Butter packed in this way at
Melbourne has been sent across the sea
to South Africa, and when the case was
opened, 700 miles from Cape Town, the
butter was found to be as sound as
when it left the factory. Cases are now
made to hold as much as two hundred
weight of butter, and 40 boys and girls
are occupied in making the glass re-
ceptacles and covering them with plas-
ter. The top. or lid, is put on by a
simple mechanical arrangement and is
removed by the purchaser equally east
ly. A saving of 25 per cent. on freight
and packing. is claimed, in compar-
ison with the cost of frozen butter car
ried in the usual way.