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view is a practical demonstration OF our po-
sition that ice at SO degrees in the shade is
a howling failure. Mr.. Greathead's idea in
words Is the Conservation OF Ice.
He is a convert to the creed that ice il
the summer time must be kept absolutely
cool and hence he has directed the electric
battery of his fan against the vanishing
mass OF ice.
HINTS FOR GO-AwAYs.
1t will commend itself to the Judgment Of
great many people who have the bad habit
OF going a way every summer TO the NOUN
tains to hunt that they have overlooked one
OF the most exciting kinds OF sport In the
world, and in which the game is mostly
furnished by the hunters neighbOrs.
Washington has its mountain ranges and
its plateaus OF slate and tin which fairly
swarm in the season with the most willy
animals that eve faced or fled from the
murderous shotgun.
The Intelligent reader will now giansr
at what we can the Cats Kills Of Wash
iDgtoa. Such game is in abundance IN
August September and October, from 8 y.
m. to 4 p. m, wien. like the astral tody
of Hamiet's father. they siiDk away To the
vaults of the Treasury OF vanish through
the maniol.s in the streets.
What can be more exciting than to hear
and watch the approach OF the stealth y cat
ashe climbs up the lightning rod to the roof.
whereon there are. peradvcnture, already
some few other cats? In the hunt for the fes-
tive coon there i S no more exciting n,cnisnt
than when the hunter succeeds in SHINING
the coon's eye. the coon being high up in the
branches OF giant pine or oak. The eye
,S N 80 nh vrif Ha fa.y
light from the torch In the hand of the
hunter. and so the coon is spotted for shot.
Why should Washington sportsman. at
much expense, HE him Off to the Cats
kills OF New York. or into the depths Of -.
Blue Ridge to hunt every year the same al
legged brown bear, when such royal sport
as we have pictured is to be had from
his chamber window? We do not think
that even a permit to hunt on any prem ises
would be required by law. 1t would he
game OF philanthropy as well as a game
worthy OF old Nimrod himself. In fact,
Old Nimrod c9mes down to US Uncommon re-
port as being a most expert shot with
the bow and arrow at the cats that in
tested the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
GAY AND FESTIVE FELINE.
As to the Communal Roof Gardens OF
Washington, life would be impossible there
in unless it We're assumed that its night
ly hunters stayed home next summer and
shot valiantly for home rule and the ex-
tirpation. of the wild animals that roam
the jungle of telephone, telegraph, elec-
iric light wires, broken states and ragged
tin roofs. 1t is possible, OF course. that
cats could go higher and congregate on the
outside of the roof garden pavilions, but
that is bridge that need not be crossed
until it is reached.
Summing up the windtower proposition
We think there is something in it IL there
were nothing else than reserved area on
the shed, covered with pavilion anu
containing few home comforts like the
Panoramic Bath Tub, some red lemonade
and a portfolio through which to do the
hunting.
The only other way to escape the terrors
of next August v to construct enormous
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ktHCN WdSDI, Uul busib WIuSu SOCth
into him.
1t would be useless, however, to multiply
the reasons making Tor a different domes-
tic economy next summer. 1t therefore
gives us much pleasure to announce that
the Communal Roof Garden Company has
been esta blished in this city. II has ca pi-
tai OF $6O.OOO,OOO. None of the stock is
watered that we have seen and the assur-
ance is given that the promoters OF the un-
dertaking are in nowise interested in the
Fresh Air companies which are now doing
business at wormley's, Faulkner's or But
Ier's half, or at La Normandie not blythe
Sea.
COMMUNAL ROOF GARDEN.
The Communal Roof Garden Company has
studied the question by day and by night,
especially by night, and it has reached some
conclusions which are various, depending
on the height, area. slope. and exposure OF
the roofs. They have had semc difficulties
to contend with. but these have been re-
moved gradually. so that their prospectus
has 4 grea tdea of merit.
One OF the grave almost sepulchral, diff
ficul les of the situation. is that the roofs
of most Was hington houses have been
pitched in the key OF three flats. To sit,
or stand, or otherwise appear on tiese
reservations. would require the facility
of locomolioD of the snake bride OF the
Wizard OF the Nile. who could walk as wei
on the kalsomine Of the ceiling as she could
on the ptolemaic carpet ~
The Communal Roof Company has, how
ever, met this difficulty more than half
way. or. architecturally speaking, more
than half way. their ba sis for commencing
the work being at or near the fist attic
window. 1t is proposed To jack up the roofs
OF contiguous sufferers to a common level.
This will create chasm bet ween the 10 wer
edge OF the roof and the plates OF the upper
story, but this has been found to so increase
the ventilation that it has been almost as
popular as the jacked-up communal roof il
self
BY this ingenious device as many as five or
six xneighhoring roofs ar put on dead level.
and all that remains is 70 construct q
barbed wire fence to keep the children in nd
the cats out. OF these latter animals,
there will be more anon.
1t will be observed that the only coBdi-
tion necessary to bring about commun-
ity of benefit from this style OF roof Is what
is known in politics, and also in very hot
weather, as FusioH. 1t may be enharrass-
ing to the elite of the Northwest to Pool
their roofs with comparative paupers, 20 u
speak. with those of their neighbors, but in
q matter of life ard death, there is nothing
that cannot be accomplished. There is
now an agent in some of the doubtful dis
tricts in our North thwestendeavoring to bring
about such fusion.
WITHIN REACH OF ALL.
The cost of building a communal rOOi
garden will not be SO expensive on the busi-
ness streets as in the strictly residence
districts. Any one who observes, for III
stance, the buildings OIL the north side of
Penrsy ylvania, between Tenth and Ninth
streets, will see that it will not be neccs-
sary to jack up the roofs, but simply to
bridge the bloody chasIns and make one
continuous floor.
Then for statistics. Tent Endeavor, of
which many people have a cool, breeZy y
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idnght Snapshot of Sail Cloth Castle in Spain Far
.S From the Dusty, Burning Street.

TO prevent being swept out to sea on the
tidal wave OF his fancy.
The piece de resistance in the landscape
is, however, the lump OF ice which Is used
as u background for Mr.. Greathead. This
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in which they ate olives, drank Falernian
wine, sang songs and told stories, which
Bnccacio, the court Stenographer, reported
for the use OF all libraries except those of
the ladies' sen.inaries Of the day.
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POINTERS ABOUT A PANORAMIC BATH TUB

that they must be skinned TO recover the
corpse OF their spring beauty. Women's
husbands have stayed largely at home sit
ting in the old-fashioned bath tub or rolling
like the hippopotainus in a sun bath with
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How August Weather and
Peripatetic Sun Baths
May Be Discounted by
Ten Mammoth Tents
Properly Located.

Hereafter it shall be the invariable rule
in the revision of these publications that
quotations, single or double standard, shall
be omitted. In our last article, which
proved incontestably that there must tie
The morning times., 1896-08-23
PAYILIONS FLOAT IN THE NEW PARADISE

money when 1t goes up against the ice
man This is bad enough, but it becomes
a startling consideration when it was also
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Being a Dissertation the Subject of the Proposed
Communal Roof Gardens for the Beautiful City,

stranger. Ice. Dead"
On the diverse of the memorial are the
words: 1T is not that which cometh olt
of man which hastens the call of the
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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08
Two Young Journalists.

TIE two youngest Journalists II the
United States are two young lads known
as the Snow brothers. Their names
are Earl e. and Horace II. Snow, and
their ages are IS and respectively.
On July IA, 1894, they began the pub
lication OF the Star News, a small folio
news sheet. They have published this
paper regularly every second week
since it's initial number.
Both junior editors are very bright,
and it did not AXE them long to learn
the art of typesetting and printing. The
only aid they were able to get in &C
curing their trade were the type speci-
men books and printers catalogues.
The Star News is issued without any
assistance from outsiders. Earl, the
elder lad, prepares all copy and assists
in typesetting. He has great journal
istic aspirations. He also displays eX-
cellent taste in setting up display ad-
vertisements Horace tends to the dis
tribution Of the type and KICKS the
press. When there is no work to be
done indoors, both boys go out and
hustle for lads" and subscriptions.
The Star News is patronized by the
leading merchants of the town where
the paper is published. The mechan'
ical part of their work-typesetting
running the press and that sort Of
thing-is attended to mornings ant
evenings. The boys attend school II
the afternoon. If these young news
paper men are not heard from some
Gay it will not be because they are no
worthy place among the worlds work
! ore
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08
Words, MY Lord.

1t is generally recognized that Int
number of words used in our daily lie
is very small. Perhaps not more than
two or three thousand in all are IN
common use. OF course, there are
some few people like dictionary makers
who know more, but the average man
gets along very comfortably on 'ha'
limited supply. 1t is only when HOW
erv writer's undertake to describe inc
Understandable that new words nave 10
he invented to tell what they thlhN
they see. The man who comes nome
LATE and whose wife talks TO him tor
two hours in u whisper, to keep from
waking the baby, believes that there
are many more Words in use than IS
generally supposed, and that there Is
no earthly use in adding 2ny more to
the visible supply. 1t is only when ne
beoins to tell lies that he wishes Tor
more and strange words that he knows
cannot be recalled. As u matter OF
fact. it takes but ocry few words Tor a
man TO tell all he knows.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08
Can Monkeys Think"

"That the monkey possesses lnteill-
eence to remarkable degree is proba-
blv true" sara hotel proprietor who
has a small menagerie on his premises.
81 believe. however, thai much OF the
intelligence with which le is credited IS
due to his love of mimicry.
The other day two young men, Win
two girls. were at the mondays cage,
feeding him with peanuts. One OF the
girls was chewing gum, and one CT the
men suggested that she give the mon
kew some, expecting that. if he took 1t
! in his mouth, it would stick to his teeth
and he would make sorry work of trying
to chew it. The girl at once parted VIII
the sweet norsel that she was SO indus
triously chewing, extending 1t toward
the cage. The monkey grabbed 1t IN
stantly and put it in his mouth, but,
insteadoof chewing it or attempting TO,
began pulling it out in small ribbons
as children are frequently seen to DO
When he had it all out Of his mouth, he
rolled it into a compact ball between
his hands, threw it into his mouth, and
began the operation again. He al-
peared to enjoy The performance as
much as his visitors. That was imita.
tea"
That's all right" rejoined another
"sut had an experience with tha
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08
same monkey wherein he displayed IN

same monkey wherein ne dlspiayeu Au-
+pIIigence. was by the cage, smoking
one dav, and | thought to annoy nlD
by blowing smoke in his face. "a1
much surprised to find that, instead VI
being annoyed, he enjoyed 1t, as WAS
evidenced by his edging UP as near ll'
as possible. to receive the smoke III
larger volumes. Soon b. 3egan scratch
ing himself at the point where most VI
the smoke came against him. When
smoked one side for few minutes ho
would turn sQuarely around. to hSVe inc
other side treated in the same way
Then he sat up directly in front OF me
and received the smoke sQUareiy IN 'he
face and neck. | don't know whether
he held his breath, but he did not cough,
sneezC. or Vince particle. - COM
plete the Job. he then SCI with is BACK
toward me, and it Woul0 have done you
good to have seen him throw his NINA
feet over his back and scratch, 1t
made me think of the kickerS OF nay
tcdder in motion. Now, that monkey
I knew, through some sort of intelligence
that nothing will send ileas and other
insects to the surface or stupety them
| as e!feCtuGily as tobacco smoke.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08
Wanted to BORROW Him Awhile.

A genial Philadelphian, who fer OBJ
yious reasons does not care to have his
name printed on this occasion, secured
a parlor car seat on an express tram Tor
Reading a few days ago, and as he was
about to pass through the gates was sur
rrised to hear himself accosted IN lem
mime tones with the somewhat start
ling question
"please. mister, could I borrow you
for awhile?"
Looking around he found two buXon
women who hastily and hesitatingly eX-
planned that they were riding in a pass
made cut in the name of g intleman
and mis- wife, and, as the gentleman was
not present, they wanted the GENIAL
looking citizen to place his bought tick
ct at the disposal of one lady and take
the other one under his wing while ne
personated the absent owner OF the
pass.
(Which is my wife ?"he inquired with
an inward qualm lest his own absent
hntter-half should ever heer the story
You can take your choice, Sir, SAID
the lady in search Of an escort, and BE
promptly did so by tucking the arm OF
the youngest fair one under his own
and leading her into the car. The cou'
pie proved to be right jolly travelling
companions and the citizens only re
greet in the transaction was due to 1ea'
! that the story misht leak out and ge
| home ahead of him. But 1t didn't
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08
Shifted the Blame.

He is charming little fellow of four,
pretty in his ways, good to look at, but
as naughty as they are made. He sat
on the bottom steps, kicking his tat
little legs and refusing utterly to obey
his father, who had told him to 60 up
stairs several times in increasing de-
grees of severity After few minutes
of this clashing Of wills his eXasperat-
ed young parent picked him up some
what suddenly, carried him up, and set
him down very firmly on the chair
in his room, went out and shut the door
Silence reigned. Not sound from
him for at least half an hour. Then
the door was opened and sweet little
voice called out
Father, have you got over your tan
trum yet, for l should like to come
down.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08
4 Bird Poisons Her Young

It has been claimed by observers OF
birds that some of The feathered trlDe
will feed their young # they are Gagged,
and if they fail after a certain time to
release them will bring them a poisoned
weed to eat, that death may end their
captivity. About a week ago az the
HOlsten ranch the children captured u
nest of three young orioles, and tAcT
were immediately Gagged and hung IN a
tree The mother was soon about call
ing her young, and in a little Whle
brought them some worms. She con-
tinued feeding them regularly for sever
al days without seeming to pay much
attention to the persons about. But on
Sunday came the tragic ending that
demonstrated the theory relative to
birds. She brought them sprlS OF
green on Sunday morning and d!sap-
peared. In less than an hour they all
died. The sS'rig was examined and
proved to be the deadly larkspur, q
weed that will kill fullgiown cattle
| The little creatures lay dead in the
cage and slightly ioamiug at the mouth
victims of their mothers stern resolve
that her offspring should die by bel
own act rather than live in captivity
Carson (Nev) Appeal.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08
Where He Drew the Line.

A little 5-year-Old boy had some DIFF
ficulty with a neighbcrs children dur
ing the afternoon, and that night he
was rot feeling In a. very Christian
spirit.
After he had gone to bed his mother
came in to tuck him away snugly.
Did you say yom prayers?' she in
CURED.
Yes, ma"
And did you pray for the hesthen"
The boy was slow to answer.
Eyes, ma, l did, nc said at last
"all of them--eXcept them RGXt door.
New York Mercury.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Karl Becca of St. Louis, who says he
is anxious to obtain a musical educa-
ton. reached New York at 10 a. m.
Monday, having walked, he says, all the
way from that city. Becca started from
St. Louis on September 20, with the in
tention of covering the distance in fifty
two days. The journey occupied just
that length Of time.
Becca averaged twenty-five miles
day. He spent one day each at Indian
apolis, Columbus, Pittshurg and jersey
City and two days at Philadelphia. He
started out without any money. bu
earned enough, with what was givel
him, to pay his way.-New York World
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Stole q House.

At Muncie, Ind, peculiar case OF
thievery was reported at police head
quarters. Farmer George keesEng
came to the city to inspect his property
and found that his new siX-rooa cottage
had been stolen and he could not locate
It, Superintendent Fortner thinks the
house has been drawn away and rebuilt
80 as to prevent ideatif""''"~
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08
Not Separated Even by Death.

Here is q Georgia goosa story: Two
gentlemen were standing on str9et
corner when they "ere approached by
a man Offering for sale two dressed
geese. Ttay decided to purchase, but
the dealer insisted On selling the two
fowls 70 one man. Accordingly ole Of
them bought the two aqd sold again t1
his friend. After the transaction was
completed the goose vender was asked
why he wouldn't sell the fowls sep
arate. Said he: That old goose and
gander have been together thirty years
and | wouldn't separate them fer any
consideration
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

filled with eating sores; my tongue was
almost eaten away, so that for three
months was unable to taste any soiid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly;
end was in horrible fix. l had tired
various treatments, and was nearly dis,
couraged, when friend recommended
S.S.S. After had taken four bottles
began to get better, aud when l mao
finished eighteen bottles, was cured
sound and we'll, my skin was without a
ble1nish, and have had no return OF
the disease. S.S.S.saved mefrom life
of misery" SIS. guaranteed purely
vegeta6le) will cure any case OF blood
poison. Books on the dlssAse
8 IS: :: =; !: e: e; 8; S
Atlanta, Ga. ~ ~
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Says the Grocery World: Some peo-
ME saw that advertising is all mat
ter of luck; that you cannot tell what
advertising is going to do, or whether
or not it is going to pay. This may
he true. but it is very strange that the
man who gives intelligent thought TO
his advertising, and does it in an intel
ligont, earnest, Straightforward ways
usually has the luck on his side. ole
is lucky in his advertising because nc
reduces it to a science. Advertising Is
iust as certain as paying rent. Advertls'
Ing is governed by the same common
sense business lines that govern buy
Ing lot of tomatoes or goldfish.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

When the revised version Of the New
Testament was completed, it was tele-
sraphed as news to Chicago. When it
was found that hell had mot been trans
lated out of it, there was much disap-
pointment. Men leading bad lives are
always unbelievers in future punish
ment. The language of their hearts
is. ~ hate him because he doth not
prophesy good concerning me, but evil,
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Our commiseration is exteNaed to our
esteemed contemporary the Nossische
Zeitung. on its sudden change OF base.
A few days ago it was wildly condemn
ing the United States for pretending to
have any interest in the welfare Of Ven
ezuela, and now it is demanding that
the German government shall take en-
ergetic steps to protect endangered
German interests, and at the same time
those of her kinsmen, the Beers" We
kshould like to know what Germany has
kdo with suzerainty of Great Britain.
- never yossische case of presump-
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

"Awaked by Sinai's Awful Sound is
the only hymn known to have been
written by an American Indian. It
was the work of Samson C@cum, an In
dian preacher Of great ability. He Wis
tied England in 176G to raise funds for
an Indian school, and secured 100000
for the institution that afterward be-
came Dartmouth college.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

The Schomburgk line is now said to
be worthless. This can hardly be the
case If it has been the meas Of teach
ing Britain the danger Of making its
lion play the hog.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

The Society of the Cincinnati after
years of debate has decided to erect
monument to-. Washington at the Green
street entrance to Paramount Park,
Philadelphia. 1t is to cost S25O,OOO.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Senator Quay is encouraging the
pittsburg reform movement. AS Chris
Magee is the man the reformers are
after it will be seen that Mr.. Quay is
not reformer for reform purposes
only.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

A weary little mortal
Has gone to sunderland;
The Pixies at the porta!
Have caught her by the hanc:
Sha dreams her broken dolly
Will soon be menGed there,
That looks so melancholy
Upon the rotking~chair.
| kiss your hayward tresscs,
My drowsy little queen;
know you have raresses
From floating folTns unseen;
o. angels let me keep her
To kiss away my cares,
This darling little sleeper
Who has my love and prayers.
Samuel Minturn Peck.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Uncle Sam can buy the island of St.
Thomas from Denmark low for cash
or country produce" The question is,
Does he want it? 1t is an island thir-
teen miles long and has perfect1and-
locked harbOr
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Since a man who committed suicide
has been identified as ]. l.. Good 1t is
settled that suicide is not sin. If 1t
were the suicide would not have been
Good.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

A man in Houston, Tex, who MUIR
dered his wife, was sentenced to the
penitentiary for ninety years. Such a
fellow should have been sentenced Tor
-
life.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Germany seems to have kind Oh
Monroe doctrine of It's own. 1t is 1T
tie harder TO pronounce, perhaps, than
Uncle Sans, but it is likely to answer
the purpose in South Africa.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

The people wanted clear headed, pa
triotic American men on the Venezue-
Ian commission, and they a9t them.
Now let them act wisely and promptly.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Poet Laureate Austin will have 10
reel off some very soothing lullables Il
he can make the British lion feel happy
when his tail is full ri kinks.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

The retirement of Richard Mansfield
may take from the stage star, but the
apparatus for producing thunder ana
lightning and moonlight is still there.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

The distressing feature OF Aaiser
Wilhelm's impudenceD in making faces
at his dear old grandma, is the lacI
that Wilhelm is too Nig to spank.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

Canada is disposed to emulate the e eS-
ample of the small child who CRIES l"l
the sole purpose Of inducing some one
to coax it to stop.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-08

BY increasing the price of beer 81 per
barrel it looks as if the brewers were
preparing to go to the rescue OF tne
United States treasury.