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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-10-01

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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-10-01

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Evening journal., 1898-12-23
NEVER GIVE UP.


In the world that lies before you
There is much for you 10 win:
But beforehand you must conquer
Foes without and foes within.
And II your tasks can rout YOU,
Then, when life's real battles call.
Will you, in their heat and struggle.
Victor stand, or vanquished fang
Can you hope for bright successes
II you're always failing now?
Do you think defeats VIII help to
Weave the laurel round your browf
Just as little straws can tell US
From which side the breeges blow,
So the way you work at trines
WIN your perseverance show.
Never say that fate's against you,
That you cannot conquer luck;
There Is no such thing as either
All dep ends on work and pluck.
Just you be resolved 10 conquer.
Never mind how tough the fray:
Put your hands and brain n motion,
And. my friends. youll gain the day
kate Clyde. in Golden Days.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
ALarne Family.

4 single young man heard the banns
called in church one day. Perhaps he
had not always been very attentive to
the service, or perhaps marriages were
more frequent than usual that sea-
son, for the ordinary announcement
seemed TO make an impression on him.
At dinner that day he observed thought
fully, as If communicating with him
self: "They must be large family -
"Who?' asked the company, for the
speaker was silent man, and one
whose remarks were few end Tar be-
tween. "Why, those SPinsters =" NJ an-
swered, gravely. There was another
OF them called in church to-day" lie
thought il was proper name. But he
was right. The spinsters are large
family. Tit Eits
Evening journal., 1898-12-23

before he went up ne held forth
from the text 'NQwe no man anything. .
On the strength of this very wise, but
net always practicable, precePt he Sc
|cured a still iarger line OF credit, and
the banks-carrying him. as they were,
at that time-IWere induced to carry
him still further. A few days Guhse-
quent, and this supposedly s3gacious
man Of business. this prating exhoner,
failed for considerably more than a
miIion.
Although Mr.. Steele was technically
guilty, a fact which he admitted, IL
would seem as If he had been made
more or less Of a scapeg0at in order to
cover up the manifest deTelictlon OF
duty Of the banks directors, men who
must have been, conversant with Mr.
Singeriy's craftsmanship, cumulative
Indebtedness to the bank. And II these
directors-thcse men who misdirected
were not thusiy conversant. then
they ought to have been. and their
criminal cVltDabilfty is not one whit
lessened by the possible fact that they
are today men of good financial stand
ing.
Mr.. Stce.e's LanlIlng experience.
covering a period Of some twenty five
years. WAS without reproach. In fact,
he was ever considered a jealous and
conservative officer. courtly and gen
tlemanly personality, and man who
wbuid n-k Willingly prove recre0nt to
his trust. And it is exactly these at
tributes. and they are not of so eom-
mbn,, everyday a character as TO ex-
cite no favorable comment. which rem
der the conviction of Mr.. William
Steele a most painful and regrettabe
fact. His conviction is, as viewed by
the argus eye Of the law. just and
equitable-and where the forensic acu-
men of the learned and distinguished
Judge Butler leads tho w7v we would
not presume 10 do arg N'4 follow
But 1t is safe to assume that there Wi,
be found but few persons. even among
those who have suffered financially by
reason CT Mr.. Steeies criminal subser-
vience. who will rejoice at his enforced
retirement. We would rather inclin,
to the be,seF that the public will wish
that Mr. Steele. Notwithstanding the
ono false step which has marred an
otherwise clean and honest business
career, may eventually rise on step
ping stones Of his dead self to higher
things" Cold and fish-ike would be
the blood and disposition Of the man
whose breast refuses to be animated
by some such generous Impulse.
If ever there was an instance in
which the quality of mercy was not
abused bv the ear;v exercise ct the gra
cious ciemency Of His Exeel7ency, the
President Of the United States. then
we belfeve that the case Of William
Steele is its counterpart
ERNEST ISITYT.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
Philadelphia. December %, 1895.

THE SANTA CLAUS INTERVIEW.
Twas the night before Christmas; the
night editor said,
To a reporter called Jimmie, who ne'ei
went TO bed.
I'll give an assignment to You If you
can
Interview Santa C,aus, that wonderful
man,
Vino discounts the Tesla and Edison
race,
with a sleigh and RENDERS dursing
through space
Now. Jim was known to always make
4 coed thing
OF whatever occurrence cou1d lengthen
r. his string
Yet he looked up and whisLed, "That's
a difficult case"
mot at az, for you're reporter on
space,
And in space old Santa is sure to be
found;
You can catch him. perhaps, as he
a,ights on the ground"
There's nothing" said Jimmie, "I'm
not willing to try,
On the earth, or below. or up in the
sky;
And rely on me. before the clock shall
strike two.
You shall have in your hand the Santa
CLAUS interview"
In a paper balCoon he soon reached the
height
That he knew Santa Claus would be
taking that night.
AT an attitude Lofty the sledghibells he
heard
And stopping the reindeer. begged Cd
Santa a word;
"'Tis reported below" said jim, with
a smile.
That your Christmas express is a sys-
tenn of guile;
That you make mammas lie to their
little Onfs dear
In fact, oh. Nv Santa. that you're nor
wanted here"
Santa b9azed like a comet: 'AftCr all ]
have done
For hope and for pleasure, for frolil
and fun.
How much they annoy me to think I'm
a fake,
And that the Santa Claus team is all
mistake.
I'm the soul of Bright Christmas, tn,
spirit of cheer
To all hearts and all homes at thil
bleak time Of year.
My Be.es are good words that cease
lessly tinkle
| I'hrO' the starry expanSe, and thl
world below sprinkle
With good deeds Of giadness; whiJ
each Of my Reins
Is a good resolution which passion re
strains.
My Reindeeds are blessings, my Sleigl
is the brain.
Filled with fancies for Christmas. a,
luring from pain.
My Runners are feet swift -shod for tn
poor.
To make humble homes happy-driv
the wolf from the door.
My Furs are the vesture that Charit-
gives.
And in C.othing the naked tits Chris
again lives
My Sacks are the Golfers OF rich ne
who win
BY good use Of their treasures tn
dressings OF Him
Who was born at Christmas and cam
10 beslow
Himself and His life on us mortal
DelOW,
But must hurry up" and SO he dc
parts
Down the chimneys OF life on his wa
TO mems hearts.
And | heard him exclaim, as he droy
cut OF sight,
Merry Christmas to all, and to each
., goodnight"
-Wll.lam F. Carne. Alexandria, V;
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Evening journal., 1898-12-23
eEIrPPING llITE-RnAIs.

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Cramps Shiuibuilding Conpany yeste--
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b. the tug FAmbier.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23
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A chsap substitute for standard
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Evening journal., 1898-12-23

Gingly IS living in the village, head
salesman for the man who called him
honest. His cottage is furnished in pea
coclS-blue-and the viper did not bite
the girl.-Carter's Magazine, Chicago.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23

TO REPAIR THE ALIEGgaA11Y.
The r.aansaip Aile2hary IS expac.ed
to arrive n M-niay COR repairs. The
Alieshauy Is ws1-kncwn here, having
figured colkplcucNsly IN lhe Federal
Court.
Evening journal., 1898-12-23

Fine Old Scotch and Irish WhiSkey
at Walllcks. Second and Harrison SITS.
Evening star., 1898-02-25
"LITERATUHITIS.,
Tue New Disease That Is Observed In
Modern France.

fhe New Disease That Is Observed in
Modern France.
From the Medical Record
This is a plaint an account of which
will be fourd in no medical text book M
Charles Bastide is responsible for the NAM
ir & of this fin-de-siecle disease and in the
current number of ihe FertaightIy Review
discourSes On its origin, its conta giousness
and on its various symptoms. 1t may be
said ttat. although 1t is more or less prey
aient II. all parts of the civilized world. it
Is in France that it's course is most vir,I-
lent The incubation of 'literaturitis'' be-
gins at an early age; TIE boy at school is
the first to receive its baneful seeds into
his system. and as he advances in wears
the disease gains a firmer hold until at
lest the malady is past cure. In a word
the epidemic referred to is that dissem-
Il ated by the corrupt literature of the day
According to NJ. Bastide public unrest in
France the unsteadineSs, the tend ancy to
excitement. the frantic loves and hates NAV
- in a large measure attributable to the.
urwholesome pabulum France digests
Paris is the lotbed in which grow MANY
poisonous fungi. and unfortunately Paris
prepares the food and distributes it" This
perhaps is scarcely subject to be com
mented on in the pages of a medical Jour
nal as IL concerns the physical body only
II directly. Still there can be no doubt tina,
the reading of pernicious literature does
harmfully affect the body through the in
fGence of the mind. especially with the
young. Such books, too. tend to sugges;
ard foster habits which, IL continued in.
will eventually wreck both body and mind
Evening star., 1898-02-25
SALARIES OF KANSAS BANKERS.
The Most of Them Work at Populistic
Figures.

Figures.
From the Topeka Capital.
The salaries of the bankers of Kansas
are no. 81 large as popularity supposed
In acco"ds.rce with the new banking, law.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has re-
CURED the state and private bankers of
Kansas TO file with his department state
n:ents shor ing the receipts and disbursc-
rnents of these Institutions: in other words.
TO sho" the exper Sc of running them. This
has never been required before. The state
ments are prepared by the bank officers
not tn, cashier. and show in detail where
every cent has been spent. They are
sworn to.
There are in the neighborhood of 375
state and private banks in Kansas. The
sv orn statements just sent In by the Off
&C rs OF these institutions show that less
than twenty-five presidents of stare and
private banks draw salaries Many people
believe that all presidents are on the pay
roll. Those who draw pay devote their en-
tire attention to the banks affairs The
salaries of these are mostly under 81 600 4
year. Three of them draw $500: n Jozea
OF more draw only $500 year each.
The average salary of cashiers is abou.
Si.Wp a year number draw $1.SO0 to
$500 but these are offset by the 200 or
More who get from $500 to $T2O a year
The cashier of the largest bank in the
state gets only $3.50. The cashier of one
western Kar sas bank gets $25 a month and
boards himself. Kansas bank clerks as Il
rule are not overpaid Some of them get as
high $1,000. but the average of them get
about $4Sn. Clerk hire, 5000 is a familiar
ert try on the statements. Only one bank in
the state spends over $1ooOG year for
running expenses. That is the largest one
and its salary list. last year aggregated
sisJp4t Or this amount the president gOt
$40 and the cashier 81. 500 The next
highest was $500. the third S. 6s0 and the
fourth S4.19O. The rest all run under 81 600
The expense account. all told. of the ma
jority of them, averaged less than $1,000
Evening star., 1898-02-25
DOES THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PAYf
The Charges Are Low. hut Returns
Satisfactory.

From the Yale Review.
The story of this bridge is. indeed. one of
the most interesting chapters I'm the city's
History. Ii was originally projected as a
private enterprise, ard in 1857 a company
IVES duly organized to build it: but the
cities of New York and Brooklyn were au-
tLorized TO subscribe TO the cap.
hai stock. and TO take over the
bridge at any time by paying one
third more than the cost OF construction.
Both ciries availed themselves of the op-
portunity to subscribe 10 the stock and
representatives of the two city governments
were added to the board of directors But
the work Of construction failed to maka
satisfactory progress. and after several
years delay the corporation was dissolved,
the cities bought out the private stock
holders and the bridge was constructed at
the joint expense of the two cities Brook
lyn paying two-thirds of the cost and re-
ceiving like proportion of the net earn
H'gs- The trustees We're authorized to
operate the bridge railway themselves or
to authorize 1t to he operated. and they
chose the plan of direct public manage
rient. The result has been the whole
rather a triumph for municipal manage
ment and low charges. When the bridge
was first opened there were tolls for admis-
sion to the driveways and promenade: bat
they were gradually reduced or abolished
making the bridge free first TO pedestrians
icctHtly 10 CyClisls. WI lUe
fare Oh the bridge railway has been re-
duced from = cents to 81. with the imma-
date effect of much more than doubling
the number of passengers carried. The
abolition OF tolls for vehicular traffic has
been authorized by the legislature. and II
his were done there would be no charge
for crossing the bridge to those supplying
their own motive power. hut only to those
carried across on the reilway. as 4 high
way the bridge would be entirely free And
row even the elevated and surface cars of
Brooklyn are to be permitted to cross the
bridge for merely nomii al tolls, in order
that the public nay be spared the incon-
venience of a change of cars and he ex-
pense OF an extra fare. Thus the affairs
OF the bridge are In such state of transit
ton at present that the financial statistics
OF past years throw little light upon the
future. Ii be stated definitely that
merely abolishing the tolls on the carriage
USyS would not have the effect of reducing
the receipts below the current expenses,
for Of late the railway fares alone have
usually been more than sufficient tD pay
the running expenses cf the bridge. ami
there are some minor sources of revenue:
Brooklyn railways cannot be well fore
tcld. The revenues of the bridge during
the official year 1897 included 81 lJ0, ,o64 in
railway fares; $90. 797 In carriageway tolls.
which had rot yet been discontinued: sS7,-
Os9 in rentals. and S24 $50 for the use of the
bridge as support for telegraph and tel
ephone wires. The last item shows that
the bridge has been managed in more bus
il ess-like fashion than the city streets. for
the latter give support to electric wires
without compensation.
Evening star., 1898-02-25
He Rode With the King.


\ few days ago a soldier was returning
to The barracks of Ludwigsburg (Wurtem-
beFSD from an excursion to the suburbs 1t
was near the time for evening drill and he
was In fear OF being late Suddenly a small
vehicle. driven by man in civilians
clothes. appeared.
May not take the vacant seat at your
Side, SIR" asked he soldier Il am late for
drill
'ih be glad of your company" came the
reply.
The trooper took the seat. few min
utes later, looking at his watch he grew
pale.
Pardon me-" he went on but might I
ask you TO drive faster? i have great fear
OF my captain. who is a strict discipline
rian- If i am minute late he will put me
in the guard house"
To what barracks do you belong?"
The X barracks"
Very well. we shall arrive in time"
The driver whipped up his team and in
short time drew up before the gate of the
barracks
Thank You. sir" said the soldier. in de-
scsU,dIng.
While the son of Mars was still bowfng
his acknowledgements the officer .on duty
a. the arrnory had ordered the guard to
present arms The driver of the vehicle
was the King of Wurtemberg-
Evening star., 1898-02-25
Relies of Old Wars.
From the Baltimore Sun.


Relics OF the wars of other days were
discovered yesterday in the loft of the GEN.
tFal police station. In cleaning out some
of the rubbish which had accumulated in
the loft Patrolman ONein discovered in
a heap In one end of the loft about twenty
five bayonets Of the long, fiat type. such as
We're used on the old fiintlock muskets in
the war of 1872
The steel blades were incased in we'll
worn leather scabbards and were very
rusty. The 'bayonets are about three feet
long and are stained with what those who
viewed them believe Is blood. In the pile
we're also found number of old-fashioned
cavalry swords. much heavier than the
modern cavalry saber and sheathed in mas
sive scabbards. large box filled with con-
ical shot, several boxes containing fints
which were used in the f1intlocks. a box
containing number of cartridges of the
Old paper pattern and several dozen mimic
balls were also found.
Captain Pennington of the 4th Regiment
Was In the station at the time the discoy-
~ was made. and went up to look at the
relics 1t Is thought they were moved into
the station house from the old watch house
soon after the present structure was built
Evening star., 1898-02-25
MEN ARE AFRAID OF MICE.
One Particular In Which They "Take
After" Their Mothers,

From the Sioux City Journal.
A man never admits he Is afraid of 4
rat or mouse, and when he sees a timid
woman flee from one of these undesirable
rodents to place of safety on top of a
piece OF furniture, or other handy eleva-
ton, he generally assumes an air of superb
Gritty, laughs at her timidity, SCOTS at the
idea of one of these creatures injurine
anybody. and oftentimes gets disgusted at
what he terms "cowardice."
But the n an who insists he is not afraid
of a rat or even little mouse Is in reality
foolish. and this can be demonstrated
them. You never saw any one who de-
sired TO or could cooiy handle even a dead
rat. Human beings have a natural dislike
for rats.
Yesterday afternoon a big, staIwart man.
who looked as il he might face death with
out hinching, was passing along 4th street.
When near the corner of Pearl street he
emitted a ScreeCh that was terrifying and
brought the pedestrians along the thor
oughfare to a standstIl. The man was
clasping his leg with his hands and hop
ing across the street like a bucking
troncho- He shouted as IL suffering ex-
oruciating pain, and several persons went
to his assistance. The only thing the mat
ter with him was-a young rat had crawied
up his trousers leg. The. rodent was eX-
tricated and exterminated. Then the big,
brave man mopped the perspiration from
his pale brow and stole sheepishly away.
The crowd which had gathered laughed
and fel! to telling experiences with rats
While out hunting with friend some
years ago." said one man, 81 saw similar
case. We we're crossing q wheat stubbfe
when little mouse ran up hiS trousers
leg. He screamed and / thought he had
teen bitten by a rattler. He dropped his
gun and ran around in frantic manner
until removed the rodent"
A number of other Interesting expert
ences with rats were told. and nearly all
agreed that after what they had heard
and seen man Is just as much afraid oi
rat q woman.
Evening star., 1898-02-25

FROM tbe New lfibune
Under tn. first empire two women were
decorated with the Legion of Honor. One
WAS Virginie Ghesquiere, who. Disgusting
herself as a man, took the place OF her
brother, who was too weak for a soldiers
life. She entered the 9th Regiment and
rose to the rank OF sergeant. and her SIX
was not discovered until she was wounded
while rescling her colonel from the enemy.
Marie Sch elling, a native of Belgium. was
the secoLd woman to be similarly honored.
She received six saber cuts at Jemmapes,
and fought at Austerlitz and Jena, where
she was wounded twice. In 1896 she was
promoted, and in 1893 Napoleon decorated
Ter with his own hand and granted her a
pension.
Soeur Marthe, a Sister of Charity. was
decorated I'm 1915, but the only decoration
given to a woman between 1915 and 1851
was to a 'cantiniere" named Perrot. though
light ribbons were given to women between
1851 and 1865. one being received by Rosa
Bonheur- Lady Paget was also ons CT the
recipients of the Legion OF Honor. in recog-
milton OF her ambulance work in 1870 and
1871. Altogether, seven women nave been
twenty of the total of thirty-four wno re-
ceived- the red ribbon having been Sisters
of Charity. while Rosa. Bonheur has been
the only artist thus honored.
Nine Disulafoy, the brave wife Of the ex-
plorer Of North Africa, received the Lee
gion" short time ago.