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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-13
x,ss SADIE BEJAcH. EDITOR.
Two Valentines
HIS TO HER.


are at cruel sensation, p.
1rceasing watch doth keep; !"
80 - know some potent spell,
n seal his eyes with sleep. ~
an might the eagle love slip by, i,
n Silent secret wise, tc
a ,o,. straightway would oPe" iio' n
,rhe nath to paradise. v
HERS TO HIM.
70 every close sequestered cell,
Though wisely it be watched ana "en'
There is an open sesame,
m win its warded secrecy.
~. -. tn him. who waits and waits,
Doubtful and dumb, without tne sa'0e'
"a know decisive actions stirred,
4 Given the barrier moving word.
Nor doth insidious stealth avail,
However so subtly it assists;
put backward swiftly swings the par
yt brave and bold loves avatar.
1.-..de If Cupid and St. Valentine.
In the DAVIS when young men maze
study of paying elegant compliments w
the bellies of their time, and danced o'r
Rnoer de Coyerly'' with a grace that we
ssldom witness now days, the wrltlhe
I, Valentine verses was considered an
s ,rtiatic accomplishment. We now 1--we
in .nch cut and dried, matter -of-1act
ace. that we have to be occasionally re-
ireshed by a brescn o' Che past, when lie
was sweetened by more elegancles OF oe-
pertinent than at present.
.Delicately perfumed, carefully writer
billet doux of 1897 were as different IRON
the off-hand, business-like notes Una
circulate in modern society as can
imagined. What lover OF to-day wo"i
cit up half the night writing verses aoou
the beauty of his mistress eyes? Coui
we imagine George craving permission,
poetry, to take Helen to the Horse Sho"
No, we couldn't; more's the pity.
IS. Those were the days when st. Valentl'
held sway, and his anniversary was we
h coined by the blushing maids, as we'll
the amorous SWANS. 1t may be tn
Cupid does his work as effectually as eve
but it almost appears as if he had lost
keen enjoyment in it.
part of the last century, gives some
teresting accounts of the manner in viii
young people played with love in his q
On the eve of st. Vaientine's annlversa
the young folks, by a very ancient G
tom, celebrate little festival. An eq
number of maids and bachelors each WI
their true name, or some feigned ma
upon billet, which they roll up
draw by way of lots, the maids taking
mems billets, and the men, the maids
that each young man draws the nam
= girl that he calls his Valentine,
each of the girls draws the name OF a
whom she can call her own. BY
means every one has two Valentines;
the young man sticks faster to the Va
tine that has fallen to him, than
Valentine to whom he has fallen.
tune having thus divided the conn
into SO many couples, the Valentines
balls and treats to their mistresses
wear their billets upon their sleeves
several days. This little sport often
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-13

The hotel and restaurant OF MT.
Frank Serwich on Market street, IS
fast becoming the most PoPuiai,
holstery in Shreveport. the noIel
is supplied with all the modern aat I'm.
provements; neat ana usvS
rooms; cozy and com1orsaDr.
The restaurants contains Oil tha'
the markets of the States can n1"
ford, and one can get rooms. VIVA
out board or board without rooms.
Whoever eats there or at ms lunc 4
counter always says he Is well 1eo
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-13

zMr. Will Barron and Miss Sallic-
Wagner were married OF the CITY
hotel Monday, Rev. w. S. Penick
officiating. Mr.. Barron is one OF
our most industrious and energetic
young citizens, and Miss Wagner
;s one of our loveliest girls. Tho
prouress extends it's heartiest con-
eratulations, wishing them Don
VOYAGE on the great sea OF life.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-13

The Little Gem, carries tn. b, o,. .
tiers on the market.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-13

o..o;.+v has been declared unprece.
dentedly dull this winter al ose'
800 St.tes In New York it is pub
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-13
The Miniature Fad.

One hears much about the miniature
Co. Az now-a-days, and no wonder. Q"aih.
little portraits adorn everything ing a h;t
every place, where there is the least Dit
-, for adornment. And 80 very
Charming, indeed, is this decorative idea,
that it's popularity will endure for long
time, no doubt. ,,1., ,;.. -, q
.-a+oh the other day that one OF the pretty
younp matrons had just received from q
yonniar miniature painter, into whose
honds she recently put the tiny ieweled
time piece, to have painted upon its ,act
.ho+ two bonny heads of her wee son ane
daughter. The little heads are SIDE o!
eide In after years, OF all the mother
beautiful iewelry, this will, no doubt o
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08
A NEW HINT AS TO FoGs.

Nothing is worse than fog at sea. A
 storm may cause discomfort, an ac-
 cident may cause delay, but in neither
 case does the traveller feel so helpless
 as when his vessel is completely shut
 in by dense fog. To lessen the danger
 which then exists, Professor F. c.
 Pickering. the director of the Harvard
 College Observatory, suggests, in a
 pamphlet just received, a method of determining the position of vessel in fog, based upon the velocity of sound. If two fog horns of different pitch be placed at equal distances from the mid dle of a channel or entrance to a harbor and be sounded simultaneously at regu- lar intervals of about a minute, 1t will be evident that a captain of vessel will be able to locate his position with
 fair accuracy by noting when the sounds of the horns are heard If the two sounds are heard at the same in- stant the vessel will be in the middle of the channel, and If they are heard after
 one another it would be possible to
 judge from the interval between the two how much the vessel is out of the
 middle of the channel For vessels passing one another, Professor Picker ing suggests that each should whistle or blow the horn or siren as soon as the sound is received from the other vessel Then, If they are five miles apart, each will whistle every fifty seconds, and the distance in miles between the two ves- sels can always be determined by divid- ing the interval in seconds by ten.
 By placing two different fog-whistles on long steamer, one at the bow and the other al the stern. and arranging that the sounds emitted by both should be heard together by an observer stand | ing at the bow, many collisions might be prevented. Instructions could be given to sailing vessels to keep quiet so long as both signals were heard sepa- rately. for they would then be in no danger. but to fire gun or make other loud noise when both whistles were heard together, for they would then be 1 in front of the steamer. These various methods may be combined indefinitely, and they seem to be worth the consid- | eration of navigators.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08
IT HURT HER DIGNITY.
The Elevator Mans Trick Offended the
 Falling Girl

The Elevator Mans Trick Offended the
 Falling Girl.
 You fellows have got your business down to quite an exact science" the
 eighth floor passenger remarked, ob-
 serving that the elevator had been stopped with its floor on an exact level with the floor of the hallway. Yes" the elevator man assented, "a person gets so used to that sort of thing that he doesn't notice it much. A rath- CT neat piece of work was done in that shaft the other day" he continued. have paid any attention to 1t, but it struck me as very good illustration of
 the skill that can be developed in this
 profession.
 "Yes?"
 "Yes. It was this way: The twenty second floor door of this here shaft
 where the thing occurred had been left open, and a stenographer girl gets ab- sent-minded and steps in. The car was | then at the twelfth, coming up, and the elevator man sees the stenographer just as she starts. Here, this'll never do. says he, and with that he reverses and starts his car down.
 The girl passes me al the seventh and I throws everything open to keep alongside of her, and watch what hap pens. At the rate she was going I 1 judged she'd hit the roof of the car un- der her with an awful bump, but she | didn't. The elevator man kep' his eye
 on her, and gauged the speed of his car sos to fall just le-e-etle bit slower than she did. She'd almost caught him at the seventh, and they was going like | fun. If it hadn't been a pretty high l building his calculations would have | been upset, of course. As it was. though, he had time to jolly her for a l floor or two. Kept just out of her ! reach, you know sos to keep her guess i ing When he sees he's getting pretty
 close to bottom he pulls the lever over just the le-e-east bit, and she lights on
 the roof of that car just as easy, sir, as ! if she was setting down on an easy
 chair. He stops with his roof flush with | the second floor and the stenographer | opens the door and steps out. She'd
 never speak to that man again, she | vowed, because he'd joshed her that lit | tie bit on the way down. Funny how l touchy these women are, ain't it?"- Chicago Times Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08

Ing, this condition being aided and aoetted by the additional fact that the man keeps his porous plasters and his ny paper in the same locality, most reprehensible and ineXcusable habit. The victim wanted a porous plaster, and he wanted 1t in hurry. He felt around in the darkness and he found the fly paper. It was as sticky as we'll regulated fly paper has any occasion to be, and the man mistook 1t for the porous plaster. He slapped it on his chest and sought the retirement of his room. Therein he went through an eX- perience which has perhaps never been duplicated. That bogus plaster hadn't the man remarked:
 Gee whiz! but she's beginning to catch hold."
 Ten minutes later he drew long breath and growled:
 "Hully smoke! but this is hot stuff"
 And then the rest of the family was suddenly reused up by a mingling of war dance and earthquake, and the wild shrieks of man in limited cos tune, who was fiercely believing:
 Help, help, murder, fire. police, WOW, wow, wow!"
 When they drew the fly paper from him the cover of his chest came with it. and the doctor found that the hinges Of three of his ribs were nearly pulled from their sockets.
 He'll know the difference next time. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08
LEGS LOST IN BATTLE.


 T can tell almost to a certainty to which branch of the service he be- longed when see an old soldier stalk ing around on one leg,'' said Colonel Lamar Fontaine, of Mississippi, the fa- nous Confederate scout and poet, who was at the Laclede yesterday. If the left leg is missing then I am pretty certain he belonged to the infantry, and if he is minus the right leg, then I feel safe in betting that he was a cav alryman. In either case, the absence of the leg proves more conclusively than the written record that the man who lost it was fighting like a soldier when wounded
 'The reason the infantryman loses the left leg in battle is this: Infantry men are drilled to place the left foot forward when firing in order to balance the body so that steadier aim can be taken. This naturally acts as a protec- ton to the right leg, which, of course, is more or less concealed. Consequent ly, the bullet of the enemy is much more apt to find Judgement in the left leg than the right. Now, the cavalry man uses pistol nearly altogether. It is handler and less cumbersome The pistol is held In the right hand, and this causes the cavalryman when firing to place his right foot forward for SUD- port In this way that side of him is much more likely to suffer than the left But, as I said, either case is con- elusive evidence to me that the soldier thus mained was facing the enemy when shot. The loss of the leg indi- cates almost to a certainty that the sufferer was standing in military posi- ton and not crouehing or running.''- St. Louis Republic.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08
EXCITING SPORT
the Woterbury Races Yesterday


 At the Waterbury Races Yesterday. Waterbury, Conn, July 7,-To'day's races at the Waterbury Driving park made excit- ing sport for about 600 spectators; close finishes being the order of the day. The resuts:--
 3:32 class, trot and pace, purse S2oo, Jessie McEwing. ch, m,, Charles Smart, Meriden, Conn.,. ........ 1 1 mta. bin, J. M, Welch, New Ha- . Henry Henry nh g., jr,. b. S, A. $, 'ii Brayman, rsaakiia NJ, D; g. r. |. Howard, /, fora. Conn. ..............e,...... 5 Adj Little Tobe, b, g., Jarvis Layton, Lakssidss, LkeSdsn, b. N' g., + P. wGaien New New UT starMont, T D. g., John Il, H shields VI Wallingf9rd, Conn. .;;...........'. dr Time-2:2S1a, 2:S0, 2:30.
 2:22 class, trot and pace, purse $500. Bob Grant, oh, g., Q. H, i Nichols. Waterbury, Conn. 8 8 Nell Alconer, gr. g., O. O. = Halsted, New York ..... 1 ? New Britain, Conn. ....... dr Dennie B., b. g., George
 Winn, Waterbury, Conn. dr
 Snow, Milford, Mass. .... dr Robert E., br.g., F. l.. How
 ard, Springfield. Mass. .... dr Time-2:23, 2:21A, 2;24, 2:23&, 2:2ola 2:25ai.
 2:26 class, trot and pace purse $500. Allie Boy, Wyler X Bowdoin, Hart :, Boozer, b, g., c. II. Nichols, Wa :. terbury, Conn. .............. 7 Lady Bismarck, ch, m., I. Bennett, -jr., Danielson, Conn. ,.......,:.,. 4 H dletown. S Conn. On V" D s M 8 Franklin Boy, z. g., George Winn, - Waterbury, Conn. .....:......:.,. 5 Q Haven Haven, Conn. i ................... o M - ~ 5 ' Harrison T., oh. g., Parkway Stables . e Dixie, b. m, John Walsh, Paw tucket, R. I. 9 Frank Wood, blk. g., Joe Dennis, o Charter Oak Park ............... 9 s Rocket, TO. g., w. H. Rubey Wa terbury Conn. n.............. dr Robina, blk m., W. A. Buys, Time-2:23A, 2:231h. 2:25.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08
ANCHOR LINE.

United States Mall Steamshfps Saffron New York every. Satnr,iays,r GLASGOW VIA LONDONDERRY.
 Rates for Saloon Passage CITY OF ROME, $7O. Other Ste amers, $50. Second Cabin s. Rome $42.5O. Furnessia. S37.50. Other
 Strs 1885,
 Steerage Passage Rome. S25. 50. Furnessla, $24.50. Other
 Strs., S23.5O.
 For new Illustrated Book of Tours. ant further information, apply to HENDERSON BROTHERS. General Agents. T Bowling Green. New York; or N. B. Newton Y Co, 8s Orange st., or Wm Fitzpatrick. 66l Grani ave-, or Peck Bishop, 70s Chapel st .eet, New Haven. ap7 3m
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08
A HOT POROUS PLASTER.

A certain Pennsylvania man will make up his mind before he leaves the doctors hands that he is paying very dearly for little unnecessary experi- ence. For the want of a horseshoe nail the kingdom was lost, and for the want of lucifer match the Pennsyl- vania man is in the hospital. It all happened because of the dusk of even
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08
granellcrs' Guide.
New York, New Haven and
 Hartford R. R.
June IS. 1897


 FOR NEW YORK-*4:O5, *4:5O. x6lO. +GOO, $500, "S:10, S:SO, *9.35, xlO:so a.m.. @l2:O0. 12:05. *1:S0 (parlor car limited1. 1'So, 200, *2:SO, 800. *4:00, *4:l7. 4:3O, 'o:lo. *5:20. 5:35, 6:SO. *7:1O, sS:lO, S:15. Bridgeport accommodation, s9:l0, 9:15 D. m. Sundays-*4:05. *4:50, S:0c a. rn., x4:SO. x6:15, *7:l0, *S:1o, S:l5, *9:10 D. m.
 FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem River-*l:05. "11:5O p. m. (daily).N
 FOR BOSTON via Springheld--sl:1O. xl0:10. '11:05 a. m., *1:45, *5:5s D. m. Sunaays-*1:l0 a. m., *5:52 D. m.
 FOR BOSTON via New LonCon and aMioy,,nance-*2:10, M *2:2O, s11:35 (parlor gar i4Isnted) a. m. "12:O5, +2:47, s4:2O.
 7'oo' .o:S5 p. h. Sundays-*2:lo, @2:2o "' rn., 4'oo, *6:55 p. m.
 FOR MBRIDEN. HARTFORD. aa1roht.lcNGFIELD. a1ot etc.-~1:1O, $40, 500, aolo' aa' 'lo:oO Cor White Mountains, nflst M stop Hartford). *11:O5 a. m., 12:o6. o.o. .c.o' S:lo, 5:oO. *5:52, (6:15 to Hartford). 9.oo, 9'oo. ll:15 (to Meriden) p. m. Sun Mrw ;io @ a. m, *5:52, 'S:2S p. m. ,. NEW LONDON DIVISION
 7.EE Mew London. etc.-*2:1O, +2.2O, noo, $50. l1:05, ~11:35 (parlor car linn itedl a. m.. *12:O5, *2:47. a:OO. 400 .4.9o 500, 5:l5 (to Saybrook Junc). 6.15 6:55.s s:lo, (Guilford acc) p. m. Sundays- .2:lo, *2;20, $50 a. m, *4.55, .6:55 D. m. AIR LINE DIVISION
 | TOT Mlddletown. Willimantfc. etc.-- s4o .. m., 12:55, @2:33, 6:05 D. m. Sum- says-:l5 p. m. Connecting at Mfd- une,oWn urs,, with Valley Division and at w Wiriinantic with the N. E. R. R. and N IL. N. R. R.: at Turnerville with Col chester branch. - MI NORTHAMPTON DIVISTON- u1;,,. nneiDurne Falls. Turner's Falls, wiaiamsourg. Holyoke. New Hartford. ana inoermediate stations--7:5O a. m. ana 4.oo p. m. For Westfleld and iratera meoiate stations. 5:55 p. m. For Farmington. New Hartford and polnes this side-7:5O a. m, 12:O4. 400. 6:5h 7. m, " BERkSHIRE DIVISIOM-- For Derby Junction, Derby, Ansonia. etc.-7:0O, 500, 9:35 a. m., 12:0O. 2;s9. a:oo. 5:35. 7:5o. u:2o p. m Sundays S:l0 a. m. s:3o p. m. N
 For Waterbury-7:oO, 500, 9:35 a. m. dz:oo, 2:s9. 5:S5. 7:5o p. in. Sundays a.lo a. m. 6:l5 D. m (via Naugatuck Junction.) N
 For Winsted-7:oo, s:s5 a. m.. 2:ss. o'9o, Coo p. m. sundays-8:10 a. m.. 6:15 p. m (via Naugatuck Junc.) For shelton, Botsford, Newtown. Danpury, Pittsfield, State Line-9:35 q. m.. 400 p. m.
 For Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincin- natl. St. Louis. Chicago, and the west. V'a state Line-9:S5 q. m, 400 D. m. TOT Lltchf1eld and points on S., U. & N. h k (Via Derby Junction). 9:35 Ia m, 400 p. m. 'Express Trains. xLocal ExpresA ]
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-08
EXCURSION SEASON. 1897.

The New steamer s'Margaret'' of the Plant Steamship Line will observe the following schedule on and after July 1. Leave New Haven Belle Dock) 9:30 a.m., 200, 500 p. m.
 Arrive Pico Park 1925 a. m., 2:5O p. m., S:45 D. Tn.
 Arrive Branford 10:35 a. m, 500 p. n. Arrive PawsOn Park 10:40 a. m., 3:10 p.m Returning-Leave Pioo Park for New Ha- ven 11:40 a. m., 5:35, 1O:45 D. m
 Leave Branford for New Haven 11:50 d .m., 5:45 p. m.
 Leave Pawson Park for New Haven 1900 noon, 6 pm, and q sail around the islands. Sunday time from New Haven 10:30 a. n. and POO D. m
 For special rates and dates for Sunday schools churches. societies, etc. apply to
 p. H. MARTIN, Supt. 1 Benedict Bldg, 1e20 (Evenings), New Haven, Conn.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-15
ALL ARE DETERMINED.
Councils WrangIe Cannot Be Settled Until
Councilman O'Neill is Promised His
Desires.

Harry Il. Smith and James B. OporIy,
whose positions over the Craftsmanship Of
Councils Finance Committe arc partly
responsible for the deadlock which now
exists in that body were together all
morning, and to n REPUBLICAN, reporter
stated that there would be no giving in"
IN the matter when it came to them. Mr.
smith said MIR. Oberly was the choice of
tho caucus and he would therefore stand
by him.
As for Mr.. Obcrly, he said he would not
rolinquish the right the caucus had given
him to the position nor waive the custom
OF appointment from the second position
on the Committee which he held under the
old Council. Both Councilmen, WILL
therefore, stand against George O'Neil
whom, it Is said, will drop bis fight in II
scort time.
Mr.. Obcrly objects to tho story that has
gone out that no Is opposed by tho First
Ward Democrat for personal reasons and
oilers the reason Us being that Mr.. ONcill
believes 1t is his, Mr. Oberly's, power to
make him chairman of two committees,
those of Law and Public Buildings.
But Mr.. smith says that Mr. Oberly has
not the giving of either Office, and us
majority of tho members of tho Demo,
cratic side arc opposed to allowing Mr..
N'Neill the positions, there il no immedi-
alto prospect Of him being successful. As
for Mr.. O'Ncill's giving in," he is report.
cd us saying that he will not until what he
wants is promised And such arc the
latest developments in the trouble.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-15
DOVER BANK REORGANIZED.
To Resume Business With q Reduced
Capital.

DOVER, Dol, July 14.-By a vote Ut 500
shares, cast by 81 shareholders. it was dc.
cided to-day to reorganize the First Nation.
81 Bank, of which the absconding William
N. Boggs was teller, with capital of $780,
600, just Oneh half the present capital.
j. Edward Addicks created somewhat
Of sensation this morning by appearing
ct the bank in company with j. II. Bate.
man, ex.cashier, exhibiting q certificate
for IA shares and asking that they be trans.
forred to him. After pnrley among the
directors, then In session, IL was decided
to transfer the shares, after which Mr.. Ad-
dicks demanded stockholders privilege
to examine the accounts Of the individual
depositors. This privilege was also grant
ed, After a time Mr.. Addicks departed,
apparently satisfied with his inspection
OF the accounts.
ln the afternoon when the meeting was
held Mr., Addicks voted his stock in favor
OF the reorganization plan proposed. He
afterward introduced resolution COM
mandatory of President Richardson's
management which were adopted. The
shares, according to the statement of the
exports, are ut present, including the $50,
0O)inyolved in the czceller's bonds, worth
S74. Mr.. Addicks paid $50 for his, it is
stated, to G. NJ. Needles, Of Philadelphia
The report of the experts Helms, Ly-
brand IL Company, of Philadelphia, who
have been examining the banks affairs,
showed that the defalcation of Boggs was
100000 The examination confirmed tho
reports that Boggs secured the money by
manipulating the books and pockcting tho
deposits as they were presented at the
bank.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-15
TILE LIVER TURNER'S
Court OF ChanCcry,

In the Court of Chancery this morning
before Chancellor Wolcott, the suit of tho
Diamond State Iron Companywas brought
against b. l.. Husbands, to compel him
to accept the decd to II pieco of ground
which they had sold him and which he has
since refused to take and pay the money
for tho same Mr.. Husbands had agreed
to take the lot having barganed for tho
same, but when the title was looked up by
his attorney Mr.. Benjamin Ncilds he re-
fused TO pass favorably ON the same, say.
ing that the title was defective as the
Company had not been recorded within
one year after its charter had been grant.
cd
Mcssrs, Nandcgrift and Prltchctt are
looking after the interests of the Diamond
state Iron Company while Benjam
NiGlds is looking after Mr.. Husbands in
tcrcsts. Tho argument was going on this
morning. Tho proceedings were so dry
that the contcsting lawyers had tho largo
court room to themselves