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The Progress., 1897-10-02
Watches, Clocks andJewcIry.


Watches, clocks and jewelry re-
paired and warranted. To intro
duce my work to the people Of
Shreveport and vicinity, I have for
the next sixty days reduced prices.
Give me trial. Satisfaction and
prompt work guaranteed at Wan
del, the ieweler, 522 Market street.
You are charged with carrying
concealed weapons, ), said the court
to a printer caught with cane
gun; ''what have you to say?"
Hasn't a printer a right to carry
his shooting stick?' was the reply.
He and his gun were both dischare-
ed.-Press and Printer.
The Bible Institute Colportage
Association, ID. L. Moody President,
is in need of more colporters. Earn
est young people desiring to give
the whole or a portion of their time
to Christian work, with remuner-
alton, should Address A. P. Fit.
Supt., Box x, $50 LaSalle Ave.
Chicago, for particulars.
''It looks like RAIN said TIE milk
man to the lady of the house. After ex-
aiming the milk she came tothe con-
clusion that it must be rain or water
from the pump,-Norristown Herald.
g l am told, - said the caller.
"that your husband is engaged on
a work OF profane history" "Yes,"
replied the authors wife, g it GER
ealnly sounded that way when |
heard him correcting the proofs"
Press and Printer.
Pants 50 30 up at Opera House Tailor
ing Company
LOOK OUT For "THE COLONEL
STORY" A TALE OF ExcTTpNFc1,r
AND ADVENTURE. Soon To APP
PEAR In THE PROGRESS.
The Progress., 1897-10-02

The Progress learns that hts friend,
Mr. w. s. Atkins. has yielded to the
disease, political fever in Denver Colo,
and Is in the fight for ell 1t is worth We
know that he was the nominee OF the
Democratic party for representative to
the Legislature and now the news comes
that he has been selected by the Demo-
cratic Republican fusion for assessor
with little doubt Of winning
Will is all right He is a Louisiana.
hoy-onyway. was born and raised on
Red river and has the North Louisiana
grit and stamina and will serve his con-
stituency with fidelity and ability.
The Progress., 1897-10-02
GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS

\ -
Washington tomb is a brick
vault at Mount Vernon.
John Adams and his son, John
Quincy Adams, lie buried in a
granite vault beneath the Unitarian
church at Quincy, Mass.
Thomas Jefferson lies under an
obilislz in little gravey ard On Tie
road from Charlottesville, Va, to
Monticello.
James Madison rests on the old
Madison estate, near Montepelier,
Hanover county, Va.
Jas. Aonroe's body lies, beneath
a huge block Of polished Vir-
ginia marble in Hollywood ceme-
tary, Richmond, Va.
Andrew jackson rep oses under a
massive gran ite monument amid
grove Of ma gnolias in a corner Of
Hermitage, n ear Nashville, Tenn.
Martin Van Buren, is buried in
the family lot in the village ceme-
terry at Kinderhook, N. I.
John Tyler's vine covered grave
lies within few feet Of Monroe's.
inHollywo cd cemetary, Richmond.
James *. Polk is buried in the
private garden in the family home
stead at Nashville, Tenn, a lime
stone monument with Doric coll
umns marking his resting place.
Zachary Taylor's ashes were
inferred at Cave Hill cemetery,
Louisville, KY, and subsequently,
removed to Frankfort
Millard Fillmore's grave in the
Forest Lawn cemetery is marked
by a stately shaft Of Scotch gram
lite.
Franklin Pierce sleeps under a
marble monument in the cemetary
at Concord, NH.
James Buchanan is buried at
Woodward Hill cemetary, Lancas-
ter, Pa, a simple block of Italian
marble forming the headstonc.
Abraham Lincoln rests under a
great pile of marble, granite and
bronze at Oak Ridge cemetary at
Springfield, Ill.
Andrew Johnson lies on cone
shaped eminence near Greenville,
Tenn which his sons have erected
a marble monument with a gran
tie base.
Ulysses S.Grant sleeps magnifi-
cient temple at Riverside Heights.
Rutherford 3. Hays is buried at
Fremont, O,
James a. Garfield reposes under
a towering monument in Lake
view cemetary, Cleveland, O.
Chester a. Arthur is buried in
Rural cemetery, Albany, n. Y.
The Progress., 1897-10-02

Down in Whitsett, this state a trav-
ching Spiritualist gave a performance
recently. In the course OF the even
ing, when the room was darkened, he
said:
Il have been requested by some Of
the men present to recall the spirits of
their wives, who have gone before
Keep perfectly quiet. friends--in one
moment they will be With YOU"
John" whispered an cid man in the
audience, Gimme my hat-quick! I
don't mind meetin' Molly in heaven, but
I'll be burned eff I want her to resume
business on earth.'-Atlarta. Constitu-
ton.
The Progress., 1897-10-02

Hon. John r. Land seems to wear q
majestic air just now. He steps higher,
walks brisker and is the RECONCILIATION
of imperial dignity.
But he is pardonable. a new era has
opened on him; superior conditions sur
round him. A fine boy arrived at his
home Saturday night. vigorous.
lusty youngster, And he is like his
father, too, terrible kicker, they say.
Now John may deny this, but his
schoolmates know him. All welcome
and honor to John Lands boy. May
he bring to the home of his parents
pleasure, joy, pride and success. May
he be eminently worthy of the pure
holy love of his mother, of the devo-
ton and pride of his father. May they
ever feel as proud of their first born as
the moment when first his MINT notes
made music for their household.
The Progress., 1897-10-02

we guarantee fits-Opera House Tailo
ing Co.
The Progress., 1897-10-02

THE COLoNEL's STORY A
NARRATIVE OF LOVE, WAR AND
ADVENTURE, WILL Soon COME
OUT IN THE PROGRESS.
The leader., 1897-06-16

keep your bargain faithfully as shall
Keep mine. After you have worked hard
for year you may come aud see me
once. Whether you may come again or
not will depend on yourself. Good
evening. Mr.. Dunning."
Nobody had ever called Shiftless Rufe
Mr.. Cunning before and the title scared
him far more than the notion of work.
Ing every day for IL long months. From
the time he left the big house that night
he was fit TO drop the title "shiftless. !"
Next morning, as soon as 1t was light,
the sharp ring of his ak was heard
across the valley, biting out the chips
as he chopped down the first tree of lis
year long stent. Long before noon that
day his big, pulpy hands were blistered
and swollen and by shutdown they were
u sight to behold. That night his moth
Ct cried over them and urged him to stop
thinking about the proud, stuck-up
girl on the other side of the valley.
The idear!" muttered the old woman
between whiffs at her clay pipe, while
she dressed Shiftless Rufe's hand. do
you think Kitty Sylvester will look ut
you just because you've been fool
enough to work a whole year2 Why,
it's puffickly ridiklis. ] allus knew you
The leader., 1897-06-16

notice that he was still working, and
when the fall began II was still biting
out chips and splitting up lengths. AZ
last the year was nearly up, and old
Sylvester had begun to ask himself
whether he had not made an exceeding
ly bad bargain after all. For Kitty was
plainly much interested in the patient
lover who had toiled so long and so
steadily for the privilege of calling on
her lust once" and IL might be, the
old man reasoned, that she would allow
him to call the second time, and per-
haps q third. and perhaps But the
thought was too awful TO entertain and
the old man strove to dismiss 1t. Fail
ing in that he questioned the girl, who
refused to answer satisfactorily and the
two had quarrel in which Mrs. Syl-
vester joined, taking Kitty's part most
vigorously.
On the last day of the stipulated IL
months Shiftless Rufe went to his work
early and began with quick, eager
strokes to cut u big hickory. He had
become an expert axman by this time
and the sun was not yet high in the
sky when the big tree came down with
crash. 1t so happened that | was
over in the big woods that day with g
The leader., 1897-06-16

neiChbor looking ut the timber. We
heard the tree fall and at the same
time a scream as if u strong man were
in mortal agony. In q hurry | ran in
the direction of the sound, guided by
low means that followed the shrek.
There, pinned under Il branch of the
fallen tree lay Shiftless RUFF, badly
crushed and barely conscious. For the
first time in the entire year he had mis-
calculated in telling his tree. AS quick
ly as we could my neighbor and | cut
away the branch and released the
young man. Then we got together Il
strctcher of boughs on which we pro
posed to carry him home. AS we lifted
him he opened his eyes.
II wish-you'd take Inc over to Sly
westerns first" he said, family. II want
to call on his daughter. She said ]
might come to-night-and so did her
father-and-mayb e-if you take me
home before | go there l won't be able
10 see her tonight at all"
So we carried him across the fats tc
the big house on the Barklcy estate.
Part of the way he was quite uncon.
scious and part of the way he was pa
thetically dclirious. butwhen we reached
the house he was quite rational, though
very weak. And so it was that was
present when Rufe Cunning made love
to Kitty Sylvester. His love-making
didn't take long. for his strength was
about gone, but he had time to say what
he wanted to say and to hear what he
wanted to hear. And when, after a
The leader., 1897-06-16
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
,furderer. and Robbers.

The mystery which for so long sur
rounded che many burglaries which
wcro committed at Columbus last fall
and tho murder OF John Roberts, at Ar
tesla, has ~ last been cleared up. The
perpetrators OF tho various crimes have
all been captured and arc In Jail at
Columbus Joe Lee, the leader OF the
gang, and this man who fired the shot
that killed. Roberts, was arrested two
weeks ago, and w. o. Williams, who
was with h I'm on the night OF the shoot
ing, was lodged in Jail some days later.
Lee has confessed that he did the shoot
ing and was the leader OF tho gang
which robbed and pilfored the stores in
Columbus last fall. In this con fession
be implicated VIII Brooks and Nose
Brooks, two aegroes living on the Con-
nor place in Noxubee county. These
negroes were arrested last week and
protested their innocence, but pistol
found in the possession Of Nose Brooks
has been identified as one stolen from a
Columbus hardware store.
The leader., 1897-06-16

was little light in the head, Rufe, but
didn't think you'd make fool of your
self for no conceited Sylvester girl"
To this and much more of the same
sort, both from his father and his
mother, Shiftless Rufe made no reply,
but while yet the next morning was
gray the sound of his busy AK was
again waited across the valley and this
continued to the going down of the sun.
And so it went on, day after day, all
the fall and through the winter. No
matter how deep the snow, or how
stormy the weather, RUFF toiled on I'M
ceasingly. When the days were short
est, in the middle of the winter, he
sometimes began before daybreak aud
worked after dark, splitting the
lengths" he had chopped from the
felled trees into "fourfoot wood" by
the light of Il tallow dip stuck into tin
lantern of the pattern so common when
the Corners" was new, but now rarely
seen.
Before spring folks got TO going by
Rufe's AK and lantern in beginning
and leaving off work morning and
nights the same as they go by the big
tannery whistle down the valley now
and nobody who began work as early
as Rufe did and worked till Rufe's lam
tern was out at night was counted
lazy.
And Rufe did more than chop cord
wood that winter. lie learned to read,
and this, both his mother and his father
considered a far more "ridiklis" pro-
The leader., 1897-06-16


One mornin last week he met up with
Biev Scroggins down at the old Beech
Ford, and nothin would do but Blew
must halt and git down and pass on all
the strong and winnin pints Of that fine
saddle horse.
"Have you got your weapon with you.
Blew" says the colonel.
Naturally of course Blew had his six
shooter strapped under his left arm.
"By gads, Blew, don't raley believe
Brown Tom would git skeered of cy-
clone spiked with cannons, but never
did try him to see how he would stand
fire. wisht you would please be SO
kind, condescendin and obligin as to
shoot off your weapon, so I can see what
he will do"
At the word Blew went down after his
weapon with great elee. With pure
delight and from common cussedncss
he pulled the trigger quick and steady,
and bang! bang! bangl bang! bang!
bang! spoke the sixshooter fast and
furious and loud. And then conse.
quentially when the echo from the last
shot died out down the swamp and the
smoke cleared away, the old colonel
was pickin himself up out of the middle
of the road, whilst Brown Tom was
burnin the wind for home. There was
mud on the colonel's clothes, and mud
in his eyes, and mud in his long white
hair. He want to say bad hurt, but the
whole thing was so student and sur
prism till it knocked his breath out
for few minutes and took several new
stitches In his back.
But even then and Hereunder the
circumference of such painful sur
roundins-Col. Jcems NJ. Hunter didn't
| forget that he was a thoroughbred and
natural-born southern gentleman. He
pulled himself together as best he could
and stood there stiff and straight 10 a
gun stick, wiped the mud out of his
| eyes with his coat sleeve, made lox
and gentle bow at Blew and said:
81 am much obleeged to you, Mister
Scroggins-very much obleeged to you,
sir"
you are more than welcome,
colonel" says Blew.
| Then the old colonel give Blew the
partin salute and limped off down the
road towards home, with "Brown Tom
three miles ahead.
The leader., 1897-06-16
Huled Against tho state Board.

A number OF the members of the
Mississippi State board Of health called
on tho secretary OF the treasury at
Washington last week and requested
modification OF the quarantine regula-
lions of the department 50 far as they
apply to this State. Under the govern
mont regulations, masters of incoming
vessels are required to present to the
collector Of customs a health ertiicato
from the officer in charge OF the quaran-
tino station at Ship Island. Tho State
board desires to retain their State quar-
antine system, and SO asked the score
tary to instruct the collectors OF Gus
toms to receive as sufficient the certiti
cato of health of the officer in charge of
the State quarantine. Tho secretary,
however, declined to accede to the re-
quest, and will continue tho present
regulations.
The leader., 1897-06-16

Pardon me, sir, but where do you live?"
inquired the sharp.nosed passenger, leaning
over the back Of the seat in front of him.
Southern part o Indiana" laconically
replied the goat whiskered passenger, who
was trigged out in a spickcty-span new cell
luloid collar adorned with hectic-hued fut-
ter-bow tie.
In the southern part of Indiana, ehs
What is the lay of the land in your vicin-
ity!"
Same as it is all over the country, reck-
on"
81 do not see how that can be"
Don't, Ell? Wal, you don't suppose that
Indiana is clear out o the United States, do
you?''
NO, but"
oval, | reckon Hail Columby' is the lay
o the rest o the land, an it Is the same with
Indiana"
Thcreupon the inquisitive passenger wiped
his interrogatory gimlet and put IT away
and the Hoosier humorist withdrew, turtle
fashion, into his celluloid collar. And the
train rolled onward.-N. Y Journal.
The leader., 1897-06-16
"The Most Polftest MAN.

In my day and generation, first and
last, | have been about considerable.
And reckon what little haven't learnt
in regards to dogs and horses and men
and things in general was tore out of
the books many years ago. But l do
think the most politest man have ever
saw since here l have been is old Col.
Jeems NJ. Hunter-which the colonel
now lives on his fine plantation over on
Bear Creek, and on the interest which
his money draws. lie is one of these
old-time, before-the-war gentlemen
Col. Hunter is-and without any doubts
the most serenely and superbly polite
old rooster you would meet up with in
whole years travel.
Now in his old days the mainest weak
pints with Col. Hunter is his long teddy
and his fine saddle horse. Along in the
past Christmas he lit out one day, and
the next news we got he had went over
10 "Old Kaintucky" and bought him
self rich with the finest saddle horse
that money could fetch-a big brown
geldin with black trimmins and blaze
face-"as graceful as deer and as gen
tie as a cat" Now every mornin by
the first crack of day the old colonel is
up and out takin his mornin ride and
braggin on Brown Tom to everybody
that viii give him chance.
The leader., 1897-06-16
4 NnrrOw Escape.

Eddie Nirdlinger, the 1O-year-old SOP
OF prominent business man Of Meri'
dian, while in tho act of applying a
match to a box Of powder last week, was
seriously hurt and had very narrow
escape from death. Tho littlo fellows
badly burned, his eyebrows, his eye
lashcs and hair being singed, and but
for the timely arrival and prompt as
sistanco of lady who was near by he
would have burned to death. lie is in
a rather critical condition.
The leader., 1897-06-16
WOMAN To WOMEN.
rrou ~. R.nuh,,c.n. n.,v,a.re. nm

/ From the Republican, Befvtdere, III
Many woman win recognize the Ills de
/ scribed below by Mrs. w. J.. DE Mum, OF
| Capron, III. Unfortunately, they are ills
peculiar TO the sex, and we have no doubt,
whatever, viii be read with the greatest in
terest.
The facts are given precisely as stated to a
reporter of this paper. Mrs. DE Mum said:
II was almost wreck. l was all run
down and too weak to do anything. / felt
as il there was no hope for relief. ! managed
to keep around the house good part Of the
time but the bed was the proper place for
me. No one knew how badly felt. My
appetite was gone, / was troubled with
weakness peculiar to women, and at times
became so dizzy that I could not stand up.
On several occasions reeled off the side
walk and fell when / attempted to walk. i
have given you but faint idea Of my con-
dition."
'Howdid it happen that you were cured"
81 read an article in one of the papers
which seemed plain and honest and was in
duced to buy a box Of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. / was delighted to obtain relief be-
fore using the entire box. continued tax
ing the medicine and to-day am completely
cured. You can't say too much for those
pills" repeated Mrs. DE Mum.
do you know of any other cases"
eyes, know of several. / recommended
the pills to my neighbors and everyone who
has taken them think there is nothing like
them. My sister took them for nervous
headache and received prompt relief. There
seems to be something in DIR. Williams
Pink Pills to make sick people well. Think
they were rightly named when they called
them DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
condensed form, all the elements necessary
to give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They are an
unfailng specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv-
palpitation Of the heart, pale and sailow
complexion, all forms of weakness either in
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
OF price, 50 cents box or six boxes for
$3.50, by addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
The leader., 1897-06-16
Tide of Immigration oaly Checked.

Tho lido of immigration to the delta
was temporarily checked by the over
fow, but it was not stopped by any
means, as is shown by the fact that
tracts of land in this section are being
sold to parties from distance almost
every day, and homeseekers are scour-
Ing the country in search Of bargains in
real estate. Many engagements have
been made for next fall, at which time
the influx of Western farmers promises
TO be Unprecedented. As all these new
corners bring money, brain and Drawn
into the country great industrial re.
yiyAl is ineyitable.-Boyle Bulletin.
The leader., 1897-06-16
Distribution of the School Fund.

Tho auditors Office was busily en-
count of the common school fund distri-
button for June. Under the law this
distribution cannot be made earlier
than the first Monday in June. "
Vouchers were sent out prior to that
date so that the fund could be dis
tributod when due. The distribution,
inclusive of tho polls, amounts to S307,-
s33 So The poll collections amounted
to SCI .62I.S7
The leader., 1897-06-16
Fine Specimens of Delta Potatoes.

Nothing pleases the Times more than
to record the raising of extraordinarily
fine farm products in the delta. Wo
hardly expected to have the opportunity
this year, but some specimens of Irish
potatoes have been brought to the office
which are really remarkable. II there
can be such thing as superb Irish
potato, those are superb They we're
grown by +. C. McCleish, on tho Wild
wood place, a few miles east of Green
Vile, and are we'll named the Peerless,
being tho finest we have ever seen at
this season. Times.
The leader., 1897-06-16

Numerous pedestrians, while pass
1g a dark corner in Kansas City, were
hrtled by the loud alarm of bicycle
ell, and instinctively leaped away.
bme mischievous boys had attached
he bell to a house on the street corner.
md were in the habi. of ringing it, By
means of string, at the proper moment
20 make the pedestrians jump.
The leader., 1897-06-16

"You see, it was this way: They
ere all three 50 dead in love with her
nd all so eligible that to settle the mat
er she agreed TO marry the one who
hould guess the nearest to her age"
"And did she?"
81 don't know. know that she mar
ed the one who guessed the lowest"
tPearson's Weekly.
The leader., 1897-06-16

to me how deep
and constant and
fervent the aver
age American boy
loves the red and
juicy fruits of the
watermelon vine. !
don't TO say have
any serious objec-
tions to watermel-
ons now, and can
most in generally
The leader., 1897-06-16

Interesting illustrated booklets pertain.
ing to Massachusetts, Seasbore, Ocean, Island
and lnlsn1 Resorts, are issued by the pas
sepger department Of the Fall River Line.
the famous route between New York and
yard, Nantucket, Bar Harbor, the White
Mountains, etc. etc, etc. List Of the book
lets will be mailed upon receipt of one
cent stamp. Address 0. n. Taylor, Gen1
Pass'r Agent, Fall River Line, New York.
The leader., 1897-06-16
WIN Revive the Meridian News.

John Mccormick of the Live Stock
JcurnalNews has purchased the entire
outfit of the Meridian News-name,
good will and all, and will continue its
publication at the old stand. The daily
will be revived at once.
The leader., 1897-06-16

In difficulty between John and Peter
Jordan, cousins, who lived on the Jor-
dan plantation near Pachuta, the latter
was seriously shot while the former was
slightly wounded. The shooting was
the result Of a misunderstanding about
game in which they were engaged.
The leader., 1897-06-16

around my share II everything comes
plum handy and convenient. But /
don't hunger and thirst and pant for
the fruit of the vine like l use to back
there in my boyhood days. Sometimes
do raley wish that l could git as
hungry and cat as much, and then feel
as snug and comfortable and happy
about it as did when was nothin but
Il plain and healthy human boy.
The leader., 1897-06-16

bong look into Kitty's eyes, poor Rufe
peacefully closed his own, his big hand,
DO longer soft and pulpy but sinewy and
|trong. clasped her little one in the
lasp of an accepted and acceptable
loVer
The leader., 1897-06-16
Not to he Caught.

A gentleman visiting Liverpool was being
shown around by a citizen, who said: Now
let's go and see the Widows Home The
gentleman put his finger to the side of his
nose and winked and said: mo. thanks;
breach of promise, and proved it on me. 1t
cost me matter of fl20. No, sir, send this
widows home in a cab Tit Bits.
The leader., 1897-06-16

In connection with tho congress OF
checkers which convenes at New Al
bany on the 30th of this month and
continues three days, and the reunion
Of soldiers on the I'd and 81 OF July, 1t
has been decided to mako the 81 n gcn-
oral gala day. A program OF amusu-
ments has been prepared, consisting of
baseball games, tournaments, bicycle
races, etc. The New Albany Gun Club
will give Shoot for the championship
Of North Mississippi, with about forty
entries and more in sight. Tho exer-
cises will wind up at night with grand
display Of fireworks. Excursion trains
from Memphis, Aberdeen, Middleton
and Pontotoc are being arranged for,
and it is expected that 10000 people will
be on hand. The citizens have gone to
work with will to make it the biggest
day that New Albany ever saw.