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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-02

priv ate individuals anu Dti911i Ii'
sirn,s: and believe that any dis a.
in favor OF any cor 5
whatsoever is unjust ana y
to the general welfare n
Of the State and the people $
We favor and believe that the /
trial of all litigation against OF
'ov railroads, insurance. express
connanies and every corporation
e,oaued in business in the ll1nlIs
o4 the State. should be held IN the
ur5sdiction in which the action loi
s,,it to recover or for damage ARISES
We favor the holding Of munlcl-
,le elections on day and da'e
different from that Oh Whlen '4io
state and parochial elections are
held.
We are in favor of the remodel
inc the present court system, -
Guiding the Appellate, the Dls us ~
and i1stice of the peace courts %
as 10 reduce the cost and unheoe'
sa-v expense which are puroen
q -, the taxpayers and when Will
: secure the greatest efficiency COM
II ,a+ible with the public good.
7, We are opposed to any o1ncer o.
d TuE STATE holding and tilllng ah
or afsca two successive terms, eAceP
lie i,,dicial officer, and before Ne oal
submit his name the secono LIN
IS, there must be at least one 'e'1
n intervening. . -,
of w W. ore in favor of further re
We ;a+;o,s in the power OF the gov
OF ernor. and believe that gu olAA0
should be elective.
by We are opposed to the lease
ny ono or more penitentiary conVle
! or to any person, company, nm
ent corporation in compeu'ioh w.
vn; 4raa labor: but favor the emPio
eral +of conyicts, under the auuh'
an Nv Of the Legislature, superVls
IN a nv officers and employees III
ntly ssrv;ce of THE STATE, to worA
e Of nublic roads, on State leVees,
and convict farms, or on any :,
un- owned and controlled by !
alnsV STATE.
ause We are opposed to what IS s'S
ition daaling in futures. II it be a leg
gov note business, a license OF
sbcnld be levied and cone
that from every person in The -
many engaged in it. If it be gam bin
con- not legitimate business 'ne
over should be prohibited by PEI
e be- Cor each violation.
IS loi We are opposed to the 1orie
Of any property for the non n
crln- ne,t of taxes due The ,
prop lhelio 9i.+r;o+ parish or mi
a sys- nalitv at the expiration OF
be 70 wear. and favor the sale by
70 OiAe advertisement of only sacii
sgraph aels = 80. 80 said delinquent
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-12-02

1rop PROGRESS: Now that
eaara has blown over and the
rafnoees are returning to their Vo
cation. the attention OF one ana 1nn
ali is called to the fact that at oov
, Texas street l have gooo 500
| of groceries, IN arg aTi
canned fruits, vegetables ana
Goats maple sap and old-fasn-
| ;onad nolases in cans; extracts III
lrreat variety and ground spices on
sn L;nds: mince meat and apple
hutter. evaporated apples, peaenes
and apricots, coffee-roasteo ano
raw. in Rio, Cordova, Mocha anu
Java; pickles, in bulk ana III ssr;e, '
1 1o,,stards. sauces, in large varle-
tias. cakes and crackers, table
!. 1l',1fer from our four Jersey farms
- 20 far away MARSHALL, Penn,
jackson and Shealy); good oreaa
d 20 with the butter; fresh eggs
md chickens, turkeys and geese:
ID and there is no quarantine agains.
of anybody. Come and examine my
w goods and buy
- TURKEYS,
by and Eggs, fresh and fine
'ie from the farm. Prone me ioA
We prices. ho W. D TEARY.
or October, %. 1897.
~ Amusemcnts.
Oh Tho entertainments at The Grand
ION during the past week have oeen %
- frst-class character, ana nave
drawn crowded houses.
The Holmes-Wolford Company
!, go - are composed of gentlemen ana
ladies' of talent and ability, ana
the scenic effects were very nne.
Last night s'The Streets OF Ne"
the ORR >, nonDlar borde
tates nc an
ID OF orahia' oftarnoon 9th
lVs - Is,e of Cuba will be presenses
- - Some splendid prizes VIA
~, :. awarded the school children.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
SAW THE ELEPHANT.
The Young Man from Lille Didn't Stay
in Paris Long.

The Young Man from Lille Didn't Stay
in Paris Long.
The adventure OF a young man Of
Lille who came to Paris to see the
car must have completely ruined his
appetite for such sights, says a corre-
spondent OF the Boston Transcript
After saving up his money for this
great occasion for spending 1t he start
ed OF with about 300 francs in his
pocket. Deeply interested in all the
preparations that were being made for
the cars reception he was walking on
the Boulevard des Italiens. when, to
MS great dismay, a big, red-headed.
d-beardec man walked up to him
and said: Il arrest you in the name OF
the law The young man from Lille
gasped; "Why?" You will learn why
at the prefecture Of police" replied the
red-headed man, and. calling a cab.
he bundled his submissive prisoner into
IL. Inc cabman was told to drive to
the prefecture. When the horse was
started the young man was ordered to
empty his pockets. He turned out his
OF which were carefully pocketed by
his unpleasant companion. The latter
now stopped the cab in front of a post.
ONCE and said to the driver:
Il am police commissary and ]
have just arrested a nihilist of whom
we have had information from Russia.
| must send off telegram to announce
this important capture. You stand in
front of the door and il the prisoner
tries to get away knock him on the
head with the butt end of your whip.
The wretch intended to assassinate the
czar!
An. the canalle" exclaimed the
cabman as he took up his post as sen.
tinel, and he continued to apply all the
! abuse he could think OF to the pale
faced prisoner, who was too frightened
to say word. Half an hour passed in
this way and then the cabman began
to think 1T very strange that the red.
haired commissary did not reappear.
His suspicion growing, he called the
police and 1t was soon discovered that
the young man from Lille had been
robbed by one of the many enterpris-
ing scoundrels who are now drawn to
Paris by the fetes in honor of the car.
The unfortunate youth from Lille, hav.
ing lost all his money, could not re-
main in Paris even long enough to see
the car. He was sent home by the
police. His misadventure will be a
joke against him for the rest of his
life.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28

A most singular feature of dreaming
Is the extreme rapidity with which i'm
ages and ideas come to mind. A dream
which may appear to occupy hours in
passing often happens to be comprised
within few seconds. A gentleman
once dreamed Of enlisting as a soldier,
joining his regiment in barrack-life,
and deserving. His capture and trial
followed. with condemnation to be
shot. and a leading out to execution.
When the preparations were tardily
completed. gun was fred. The re-
port awoke him, and he was surprised
to find a noise in the next room had
at once created the dream and brought
it's end.
The case is known of a gentleman
whose health was undermined by ex.
posture to damp. SO that If he fell asleep
in a reclining position he suffered q
sense Of suffocation. At such times he
dreamed skeleton had firmly grasped
his throat. To escape such a state OF
torture. a servant was put at his side
to awake him the moment he fell
asleep. But one night the skeleton
made a fierce and prolonged attack ere
the slumber was broken. Yet when
the watcher was rebuked for allowing
so long dream. 1t appeared that It
had been hut momentary, az the direc'
tons had been obeyed to the letter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28

e The Great Ferris Wheel OutdOne. 8

that IFS movement does not AFFECT theit
nosition. At Nashville the passengers
of the wheel will practically nave
hirdseve view of the grounds from
every side. and, as stated, at neish'
of 200 feet.
Owing to the height of the "heel
from the ground, the station at "h'en
passengers may embark or leave 'ne
wheel are constructed at distance
midway between the track ana the
earth. There will be five of these STA
lions at Nashville, located at the most
important points on the grounds. IL
is estimated that the wheel will make
the entire circuit of two and nan
miles in about forty minutes. This al
lows ample time for taking on or dls-
charging passengers. =,
What renders this wheel. OF special
interest is that it is to be one or the
great examples of American genius at
the Exposition Universale at Paris IN
1900, arrangements therefor having al
ready been made. The Ferris Wneei,
the first of it's kind, created no emu OF
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28

There has just been constructed the
most unique combination of revolving
wheel and inclined railway that the
genius of the inventor has ever con-
ceived. The wheel is ON the principle
OF the big contrivance which was one
OF the principal features Of the Worlds
Fair-the Ferris wheel
The giant wheel is moved up and
down an inclined railway with rotary
motion, thus permitting the passengers
to move forward and upward and
downward and forward at the same
time. There are ten cars attached to
the wheel at regular intervals, each
car capable of holding forty persons
The first wheels constructed are to
be operated at the Centennial cele-
bration at Nashville, Tenn, and will
make the circuit of the entire grounds
utilized for the celebration, a distance
of two and one-half miles, on what is
called the Intermural railway. These
wheels will slowly revolve during the
entire journey. When at the top of the
wheel the passengers will be 200 feet
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
The Highest ClOu Ids.

During the past year a committee OF
the British Association for the Adj
vancement of Science has been engaged
in measuring the height Of clouds with
the aid Of photography. Simultaneous
pictures of a cloud are made by two
cameras placed 600 feet apart and con-
nected by telegraph wires. From the
amount of displacement of the cloud
caused by viewing 1t alternately from
each end of the 600-foot base-line, its
height can be calculated. Some of the
"mackerel-sky" clouds photographed
we're seven and a quarter miles high.
The Hottest clouds whose elevation was
thus measured belonged to the type
known as cirrus or "curl-cloud," the
height being a little more than seven
teen miles.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28

ded with revolving electric lights OF
great power, and of sufficient brilliancy
to be visible long distance away.
William J. Cronin. who is the in
ventor of the wheel. has named it the
"Cyclodial Chariot" and he believes it
to be the most novel transportation
idea of the century. The detail Of the
invention is marvellous, both as to
simplicity and power. There is hardly
as much mechanism to it as is notice
able in the Ferris wheel, but the move
ment is easier and can be made in
finitely more rapid without the least
danger of car or sea sickness affecting
the passengers.
The wheel does not make it's way
along the railway after the fashion of
the truck of an ordinary car. but at it's
axis are four small but exceedingly
strong wheels, which glide along the
inclined track.
Thus it will be seen that the rails
of the track cross the wheel about mid
way, SO that the wheel revolves con-
stantly between the rails, instead Of
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

The London bakers are permitted :,
deliver bread on Sundays, but nor hun.
or cake.
The richest actor in the world Is N
Coquelin. who is said to be wortl
100000.
A sweet potato. weighing 6k pounds
was raised this year by VIM. Butler
near Dover. Del.
The most thickly populated countr,
in Europe is Belgium, and it is also m,
most Incorporate.
An en,erprising clergyman ha,
bought a distillery in Boone conptv
Mo-, and intends to run it on weel
days.
VIM. Colley Of Nevada, Ga. attemn,.
ed to kick slab away from a circuia,
saw, and had his foot cut OF at IN.
instep.
Huntsmen are securing the woods O,
Knott county, Kentucky. in quest O,
two perfectly white panthers recen,ly
seen there.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
USES OF DEAD HORSES.

The tail and name are especially val.
liable and from these are made the
hair cloth of commerce.
The leg bones are very hard AND
white and are used for handles of
pocket and table cutlery.
The ribs and head are burned to make
bone black, after they have been trea.'
ed for the glue that Is in them.
The phosphate Of lime. acted upon
by sulphuric acid and calcined with
carbon. produces phosphorus for lucifer
matches.
The short hair taken from the hide
is used to stuff cushions and horse col
lars; thus the dead are made to minis
ter to the comfort of the living.
There is an animal oil yielded in the
cooking process which is a deadly poi
son. and enters into the composition Of
many insecticides and vermifuges.
The hide furnishes waterproof
leather known to the trade as cordo-
van. and is used for the manufacture
of high-class hunting and wading boots.
, In the calcining of horses bones the
vapors arising are condensed and form
the chief source OF carbonate of ammo
mia. which constitutes the base of near
ly all ammoniacal salts.
The hoofs Of the animal are removed
and after being boiled to extract the
oil from them the horny substance Is
shipped to the manufacturers of combs
and what are known as Mikado goods.
The bones to make glue are dissolved
in muriatic acid. which takes the phos
phate Of lime away. the soft elemen.
retaining the shape Of the bone is dis {,
solved in boiling water. cast into
squares and dried on nets.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
ROYAL HOROSCOPES.

What the Planets Tell of the Charse.
teristics of Europe's Big Rulers.
One of the London papers has been
figuring out the horoscopes of various
European rulers by means Of physiog-
ncmy viewed in the light of the planets,
says the New York Journal. Kaiser
William, for example, is described as
being active, cunning, inventive, IN,
scrupulous, reckless of danger, ungov,
ernable of temper and oblivious of sin.
With such a fine assortment of charac-
teristics there cannot be the slightest
doubt that their possessor would make
one of the most successful bandits or
highwaymen that the globe has ever
seen. King Humbert Of Italy is almost
the reverse, for he is said to be Of the
happy lunarian" sort, Jealous and
afraid of death. M. Felix Faure, the
president Of France, say the stars, is
overload of the table, but has much
common sense. He may go to prison
eventually, however. These indications
are drawn from a study of M. Faure's
Uranium, in addition to the dictum Of
Jupiter, Mars and Saturn, The car is
oythe "Venusian type" and the outlook
for domestic broils in his own family
is extremely good. He is instinctively
honest. easily led. but not courageous.
and it is quite likely that he will end
his days in exile, IL the stars do not
lie.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
THE NAZARETH iG,,e,
Four Times 1t Was Miraculou.,.
Through the Air

Through the Air.
On May 10, 1891. the house O, N.-
reth ia which Jesus and the yi,s.
Mary had lived was miraculouslv
cred from its foundations h.
through the air and deposited ON !.
hill of Tersatto. in 1llyria, says =.
Saturday Review. Here it rema,,..
for three years, but on Dec. 10. ia,
was again miraculously removed by a.
Virgin herself and the holy anye,s
this time into Italy-and set in y.
midst of a wood belonging to cer.,.
Lady Lauretta. in the neighborhood =
Recanati. Owing, however, to the on,
slant violence Of robbers, who attack.
the pilgrims flocking to this sacr,.
spot, on a morning in August. 1895 IA.
house was again miraculously remov..
through the air mile farther inland
till it rested on a cultivated hill IN.
joint property of two brothers. IN.
Counts stephen and Simon Rinaldi A.
Antici. For a time all went well bp,
these brothers, overcome by desire a,
gain. aroused in them by the rich oife,
ings of the pilgrims, began at length
violent quarrel as to which one of them
was the owner of the ground; and IN.
sacred building. being in danger Of de-
Element through fratricidal bloodshed
was a fourth time supernaturally borns
off, and finally planted in the middle Of
a public road belonging to the com.
mune of Recanati, crushing down in II,
descent, as was discovered in ISL ,
certain prickly bush by the roadside
and covering over some acorn shells
a snailshell and dried nut. Almos,
Immediately the authorities hastened
to surround the holy house with bricl
wall, for the purposes of support, mas
much as it had no foundations but til,
sacred walls would never adhere to tn,
new ones and broke asunder so far tina
a little child could pass between with
light in his hand to show the people
when necessary, the truth of this sep
aration.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
Picked Tn in the Red Sea.


Ex-Sheriff Cornell is authority for the
statement that Capt. Silas c. Warner
OF Hartford. Conn.,, has in his possess
sion an interesting relic Of antiquity,
which is of unusual historical i'm
portance, inasmuch as 1t is evidence of
the biblical story of the destruction of
Pharaoh's hosts in the Red sea. The
eX-sheriff is an old sailor, and relating
some "reminiscences Of his saltwater
career he told how away back in 1859,
when he was before the mast" on the
brig Margaret Evans, commanded by
Capt. Warner, they were crossing the
Red sea at point near that indicated
by history as having been crossed by
Moses and the hosts of Israel. A fog
coming up. the anchor was dropped.
When the fog cleared and an effort was
made to heave anchor it stuck, and it
required the entire ships crew to raise
it. Then 1t was discovered that one Of
the fiukes had caught a large bronze
or brass wheel, covered with sea rust.
A good scrubbing revealed lot Of
hieroglyphics. with name which
looked as though 1t might read in En-
glish "Rameses." The captain took the
wheel home and ex-Sheriff Cornell is
Of the opinion that the wheel was part
of one Of the chariots of Pharaoh's
hosts when the latter were over
whelmed by the waters of the Red sea.
Mr.. Connell denied that the wheel was
anything like roulette wheel or that
1t could have belonged to faro in
stead Of Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
,HE LATEST ID EA IN WHEELS A REVOLVING RAJ

altogether above them. This of course
makes 1t necessary for the railway it.
self to be considerable distance
above the ground, and necessitates a
solidity Of construction that rarely ex-
lists in an arrangement of this sort.
The advance of the wheel around the
track Is at the rate of about five miles
an hour, while the wheel revolves at
about half that rate. AS in the case of
the Ferris wheel, the cars are always
at level. They are attached to the
rim Of the ',-heel in such a manner
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
WORTH KNOWING.

The first telegraph wire was hung
in 1886.
An average size cocoanut produces
pint Of milk.
A grandson Of Garibaldi is pros
pering druggist in Rome.
lola says he likes the bicycle for
the forgetfulness it bestows.
The discoveries of silver and gold
ore in Newfoundland have led to
great speculation in mining.
Convict-I'm in here for having
hve wives. Visitor-How are you en-
5oying your liberty?-London Figaro.
BY a recent order Boston policemen
are prohibited from leaning against
any upright object during working
hours.
Victoria. Australia. has turned out
5SS,5l2 ounces Of gold during the last
nine months, an increase Of 31,ooo
ounces over last year.
BY the recent self-denial week sll5'-
600 was raised in the United Kingdom
alone toward the funds Of the Saliva
ton Army. being $500 in advance OF
last year.
In one room Of the Maine Central
railroad general Offices are employed
son Of Joseph H. Manley, a nephew
OF Arthur Sewall and a nephew OF
Thomas B. Reed.
Germany leads the list of beer-pro-
ducing countries, according to the
trade report for 1893. just published,
with 1.2O2.132.o74 gallons. an increase
OF over 100000 gallons over 1892.
In the opinion If the best-informed
authorities Shanghai will become the
great central manufacturing point OF
the Pacific coast. even surprising ulti-
mateiy Osaka in Japan.
A Lincolnshire (England) rector,
writing In the London Times, says he
has an income Of exactly $1,000 a
year. and this year he has paid $22o
out of it IN rates and taxes.
Plague and pestiience, in addition
to famine. are impending over Brit
ish lsdia. There have been 43S cases
OF bubonic plague. with 2S2 deaths, so
Tar In Calcutta and Bombay.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
ACTORS SOCIAL POSITION
''oiiere Was Considered an Outcast
Refused COnso1ottnu

'ioiiere was Considered an Outcast-
Refused Consolation,
The time was in France when tha
actor mad no social position and cor.
tainly no spiritual one, says an OK.
change. Special dispensation was nac.
essary when the Catholic church al.
lowed a mass to be said for tho 70
pose OF an actors soul. In the Chatau-
guam Prof. Warren, describing the Mo.
here period, writes: THE socia, nosi-
ton OF actor in Moliere's time was
low one. Not from any nre,ud,co
against the stage, evidently, since tho
dramatists like Corneille and Scarron
were on the same footing at the Hotel
oe hambouillet and the other salons ~
farls as poets and essayists and were
erected to the French academy as read
lily. Indeed. it would seem A tbor.h
the composition of plays was the short-
est road to distinction in the Paris -.
Moliere, as it is to-day. But with the
actors 1t was another question. Theft
wandering. unsettled modes of life bod
evidently told against them. Thew wero
not admitted to society whether the,r
conduct was good or bad. They wera
not even considered in the light ~
literary persons. Moliere met ~.
friends. Boileau, La Fontaine Enre
there at public cafes. AS a writer -,
comedy he was either not taken ser,.
ously or had incurred too much hos
tiiity on the part Of influential sets
the clergy through 'Tartuts.' the salons
through Les Femmcs Savantes' A. az
actor he was considered an outoost
with his class, and when on his death.
bed he asked for spiritual conso,atior
his appeal fell on deaf ears unti, -
was too late. So that it was with tha
greatest difficulty that his widow nro.
cured bit Of consecrated ground in
which to lay the remains of the nm.
shrived comedian"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
A New Game.

A new outdoor game has been in
vented by tn, young countess Of War
wick. 1t is called lawn billiards"
and is destined to prove a formidable
rival to tennis at garden parties. The
lawn is laid oit like an immense bill
lard table. The balls are similar to
croquet balls, but are made Of cellu-
loid and are hollow; the cues are short
handled ma!lets. and the cushions are
banks of sod. The game is said to be
interesting but difiicult.-New York
Tribune.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28

talk in Europe, and this notable i'm
provement upon it is likely to add to
the reputation which that wheel gained
for the genius of the American in
ventor.
1t has also been practically decided
to erect wheel and railway of this
sort in Atlantic City, to be experiment.
ed with during the summer resort sea-
son. This. however, largely hinges up
on the wheels success at the National
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the
New York Journal.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28

The presidents order of last spring.
by which about $4,000 oflices were add
ed to the classified list, left outside the
reform rules but q few thousand off,
GERS. aside from postmasters and con-
suls. Last month the president issued
another order. which takes about 1000
more Offices under the rules. The new
order requires that there shall be no
change in the rules OF the navy depart
ment regulating the employment of
labor without the approval Of the civil
service commission: and it puts the
ordnance department at large in the
classified service.