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Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
Dimities

white, trimmed with colored
embroidered fronts of light
blue, pink and red, with white
collars and cuffs.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
Lawns

as fine, sheer and pretty waists
as we will have this season in
polka dots of light blue, pink,
red, navy and black, with
tucked fronts of plain colors
and collars and cuffs to match,
$I.75.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
White
Bed Spreads

Bed Spreads these pTettv
quilts. Fresh and crisp will be the
beds they cover. So good were
the sorts and so pleasing to women
who have seen them that we have
sold double the quantities we had
planned to sell up to this time.
They are unmatchable at their
prices. All are hemmed ready for
use. These hints
SOC each-The "SunriSe" lightweight
honeycomb spreads for summer use.
Csc each-The Tulip - good quality,
lightweight crochet spreads.
75c each-The "Rose"-heavier and bet
ter crochet spreads.
81 each-The "PanSy" large crochet
spreads; double bed size; MarSeilleS
patterns.
SIPS each-The "Clover'-fine crochet
spreads; dOube-bed size; MarseiIles
patterns.
S15O each The Lilly" - extra large
honeycomb spreads for old-fashioned
beds
81 each-Several handsome patterns in
genuine MarSeilles Bed Spreads; full
double bed size
81 each-Satin- finish Bed Spreads. Un-
usually fine quality at this price.
JOHN WANAMAKER
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Piques

all white, made with bias fronts
and inserting edged yokes,
collars and cuffs to match,
$I.75.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
Percales

in neat and fancy stripes of
pink, green, light blue, laven-
der and gray, with white
braided fronts, 81.
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Special for Saturday.
Kid Gloves

A small lot of Ladies' Kid
Gloves, all odd sizes and stlyes
in our regular 81 and $I.25
qualities-the special price for
Saturday will be soc. per pair.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
Ferris Good
Sense Waists

cost so little and wear so long.
These waists are becoming
more popular every day. We
have them for young girls,
young ladies' and women for
75c, 81 and $I.25. Will be
found at our corset cou nter.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
Silver Gray

waists in Chintzes, neat, clear
and cool, with self color COL
lars and cuffs.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
Stockings

An odd lot childern's tan
stockings, mems half hose,
ladies' unbleached stockings,
our 25c grade-5c per pair
for any OF them on Saturday.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
VIM. B.SHARP
g CO.,
Fourth and Market StS.,
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Shirt Waists

laundered and finished in the
very best manner. All made
to our special order and selec-
ton and new ones arriving
daily. They come in Chintzes,
Percales, Ginghams, Lawns,
Madras and Piques.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27

are a small part
of his lifetime,
but they make
a big difference
in his appear
ance, comfort,
and character.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05
League Growth.

The increase i'll the number of chap
tiers during the first few years of the ex-
istence of the League was nothing less
than marvellous. 1t showed that there
existed a need in the church for organi-
zation of the young life of the denomi-
nation. Necessarily in future there Will
be fewer new chapters formed, but Wig
orons growth will appear i'll other forms.
District, state, conference and general
conference district work Will receive
increasing attention. The various de-
partments i'll the local Leagues will be
more fully developed. The relations of
the League to the other departments of
the church will be more clearly defined
and more vigorously cultivated. Chap
tiers in neighboring churches will form
unions and circuits for mutual acquaint-
ance and helpfulness. Membership rolls
will be increased and individual men,
bers trained in the lines of Christian
activity. What has been done better
prepares for the g,eater work still to be
accomplished.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05
Church DIRECTORY.
METHODIST.

Jordan Street Jordan and Van
loan loan Streets Rev. Barnett Wrightpastor.
ing ana EVENING" H9sry at 3o oaIsyck ang 9o
0,ci0ck: sunday school at $3.50 a. M,
!. d. Hicks, superin tendent. Epworth
League every Sunday afternoon at 8
at 1880 O'Clock.
FIRST Church.-Head Texas Street.-Rev
Nllllam H. LaPrade, pastor. Preaching
every sabbath. morning and evening, at
at $3.50 a. M, w. L. Foster, superin tendent.
EpWorth League every Sunday afternoon a
O'Clock. Prayer meeting every Wednes-
day evening at 80 O'Clock.
BAPTIST.
G. First Church.-Corner Texas and Mcneil
otree's.-HaVe no pastor. Preaching
evening, at II O'clock and 7 7:s5 ,,clo ahs.
SSHhnday sdhooi at $50 a: M, L. E.
O'Clock '''
PRESBYTERIAN.
., First Church Corner Edwards and
Travis streets-Rev. Matthew Van Lear,
ing at II O'Clock, and evening at 7:15;
Sunday school at $50 am, Col. r. II.
ndsay, superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday at
EPISCOPAL.
St. Marks-Corner Fanin and Market
ctreets.-Rev. w. T. Dickinson Dalzell,
rector. Preaching every Sunday morn
ing at II O'Clock; Sunday school at $3.50
am, with rector as superintendent.
CATHOLIC.
Corner Fanin and Marshall Streets, Rev.
;. q: Scharl, pastor. Early mass at Z a.
M; high mass 9: 80 am.every Sunday.
JEWISH.
Synagogue-Fanln street, between Ed
wards and Market, Rev. I. Saenger rabbi.
Sunday school at 10 am. Services Friday
evening at o'clock, and Saturday morn
ne at 40 o'clock.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05
+ RS
Deer skins, per pound.
IRON AND HARDWARE
ANes--S6 00aS10 90.

AXes-S6 OOaS1O 90.
ANles-6 1-2c per pound.
IellOWS-20a22c per inch.
BeIting-Rubber, coo and 10 per cent
Castings-3 / Pad IL per pound,
Hoes-S3 O0a6 DC per dozen.
Horse. ShOeS-l2uoted at s. NOpcrke 3-ic
ule shoes at IS 50 per key.
mI,on-Flat, round and square, per
les.
Iron Bound Hames-$3 00a6 90
dozen.
Kelly Plows-Boss, Il 80 each.
Kelly Points-Boss, 81 40 per dozen.
Spades-Short hendle, So 5Da1j 20
Shoyels-Long handle, per dozen, IS
10 90.
Sweeps-AIl sizes, 8 8 &c per pound.
Singletrees-S1 5Oa5 90 per dozen.
Trace Chains-2Ta40c per pair.
Bull TOngueS-Corn shoYels, diamond
scooters, sc; turn shovels, 4 1-2c; heel
bolts, Csc per doze2; grass rods, Il 25 per
dozen.
W;re-Galvanized, barb, 8 1-2c,
Wagons-2 1-3 inches, thimbie skein,
$4 OO; 2 "a inches, S45 90; 3 inches, $40 OO'
Ia inches, SIS 90; - inches, $50 90.
Seats 3 so; brakes 3 90 Tubular or
Lollow iron axle " -ors. two -horse,
so 90; four horse, sos o1a7C O.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05
THE BEAUTIFUL.

Wrinkled and old are those hands of
hers,
Hard and full of the seams
OF labor and the years,
Knotted the llnuckles
And creased aud crinkled
The skin on the backs of them,
Dark veined and large,
With Spl0tches of brown
Between the drawn tendons,
AS if scared by tears,
Thick the nails and blunted,
Rough and with little ridges
Running the length of them,
Gallons the palms
and lacking all pinllness and prettiness.
Old are those hands of hers,
WrinIlled and hard,
But, oh, what a story of
Infinite tenderness
and love
Could they tell,
Those hands Of woman
Whose threescore years and ten
Have been passed in doing the good
That w omen dot
W j. hampton in New York Sun.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05
THE PROGRESS.
Mrrket Changes.

AS q rule the Quotations in the
prices Of cotton are known OF all
and it is not unusual to hear those
not engaged in the business, even,
comparing something as being as
uncertain as cotton. But this for
mer king Of the Business Realm is
not the only unstable commodity.
Watch the weekly, or in fact daily,
market quotations of grain. prOvi-
sions, poultry and things like that
Bacon is as unstable as the winds:
sugar is uncertain; cornmeal un~
steady, eggs and poultry greatly
tluctuating, while. grain-or rather
oats, is seldom still.
And a study Of these is Interest,"
ing too. 1t is som etime disap-
pointing to the one who must sup
ply the larder; but these are al
most quite as often agreeably sur
prised to learn Of the decline as
they are panied at the advance
when the time comes to buy.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05
Vermont League President.

Rev. L. P. Tucker was elected pres
ident of the Epworth League of Yer
mont conference at the session of 1895.
Under his energetic and capable leader
ship much growth has been secured and
important changes made in manage
ment which give promise of increased
efficiency. He is of Vermont birth, and
his ministerial life has been spent with
in that state. He is about 81 years of
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05
Rams Horn Blasts.

Some guns kick. Revenge is one OF
them.
The du1lest man has IN him some
thing original. 1t is sin.
The man is usually in the right who
owns himself in the wrong.
The waters of Lethe drown the past.
The blood of Jesus cleanses It,
"Christianity is all very well, but a
man must live" Yes, to all eternity.
For an epitaph: "He believed in a
free Gospel; it never cost him a cent"
Encyclopedias have to be rewritten
every ten years; the old Bible is still,
up to date.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05

age. Converted when 10 years old and
uniting with the church, he became a
Sunday school teacher at Il, superin-
tendent at 16, class leader at II, ex-
horter at Is and local preacher at 20
years of age. He studied at Montpelier
seminary. He Joined Vermont confer
ence IL 1887. His charges have been
Johnson, Wilmington, Bradford and
Northfield
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05

Christian. The one VINO uues VIC 1,,vpv
fault finding is not usually the one who
lives closest to Christ. To. know and
love and live near Him is the best way
in which we can serve Him.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05

Mrs. Abram Bond, one of our
oil rcsidenters, died at her resi-
denco in this city last Saturday
morning at the age Of 81 years.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05

PROVISIONS.
Bacon-5 Sd
Dry Salt Meats-steady at S 14c.
Breakfast Bacon-9 SAC.
Hams-Choice canvassed sugar-cured
1-2c.
Lard-compound, G; pure, Lee
BREAD sTUFFs.
FlourIBest patent, $3.50; hall patent
Cornmeal-$1.7o per barrel; IS 1-2
Crackers-A B G soda crackers are
quoted at.61-2c; Cream, SC by the lot
COFFEE AND TEA.
Coifee-Easy; fair, 1-2c; medium grade
II 1-2c; better, 14@16c.
Tea-Good stock on hand, fair demand.
Fair at 25c; good, 4O@5oc; fine, 75@s5c;
finest, s1'oo@s1.25 per pound by the
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs.
Sugar-Standard graduated, 5 1-2c; ST.
Sen " shoiee Ss1oS ear deGw WISE 5se
prime yellow ella rified, SC; seconds
Molasses-Common, 12c; prime open
kettle, Zoe; choice reboiled, 24@30c.
TOBACCO.
Chewing-Good Medium, IL inch, G17
25c; better grades, s595oc; fine quality OF
Smoking--2O@25c.
ESCULENTS.
Onions-1 20 a bushel.
bSdhS-A>dNy, DC per pounu-
Irish Potatoes-1 90
Cabbage-$2 90.
Kraut-haff barrels, 50 40.
SEED POTATOES.
Triumph, $500:
Early Rose, 50 40.
Peerless, 80 s.
BAGGING AND TIES.
Bagging-2 lib, 1-2c; "a 10, none.
Twine-For bailing purposes quoted at
10c per lb by the bale.
Iron Ties-90c.
GRAIN AND FEEDSTUFF.
Corn-Mixed sacked.-41c per busheI.
Hay-Choice prairie (Arka nsas), $3.50
Texas, $1,000
Oats-White 34c; Rust Proof, SIC.
Rye-90c.
Barley-75c.
Bran--S5c.
Chopped Cord-90c per 100 pounds.
Mit1et Seed-S5c per bushet.
Cotton Seed Meal-S100
| Wheat-$1.25.
CHICKENS AND EGGS.
Chickens, hens, per doz. 00@2s25
| Broilers per doz. ............... ! 50
Fryers. large, per doz ......... C0&2 %
| Eggs per doH ,.......... 7
Butter, ecu 1try. per pound 90. 10a12 1-2
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-02-05
GENERAL LOCAL MARKET.

The quotations are reviewed and cor
rected weekly, and represent prices for
round lots from first hands.
COTTON.
SHREVEPORT MARKET.
FEB. 4, 1898.
To-day Last week
ordinary. Nominal Nominal
Good Ordinary 5-16
Low Middling 4 So
MlddIing .......... 1916
GOOD Mlddling.. 5 Is
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30
ABOUT WHEELS AND RIDERS.

Contrary to expectations, there will be no cycle show in Paris this winter. The man ufacturers have decided that there will not be enough new designs to make it interesting.
 At Rumford, England, the heavy men of the town have formed cycling club, and no man can belong who weighs less than 224 pounds. The captain turns the scales at 2SO pounds.
 \ big firm of cycle manufacturers IS experimenting with a method for making bicycles without brazing. Tie tubes are drawn to certain lengths. the gauge of the metal being increased at the ends to admit of screw threading without weakening the tube.
 A broken collar bone is a serious in- jury, but it is the most common in bi- cycle accidents. When the rider who is leaning half his weight on the handle bars takes header Eis collar bone sui fers nearly every time. Still, he may thank fortune it is not his neck.
 Maurice Cordang, the Dutch rider, broke all records by riding GIG miles and $40 yards in 24 hours on September 15-16 on the Crystal palace track, Lon- don, England. The previous record was 564 miles and 1,56O yards, held by Con- stance Huret, the French long-distance champion.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

One of the remarkable phenomena of trade at present is reflected by Bra zil's sale of warships to this country. A careful examination of it prompts the suggestion that the South Ameri- can republic has fiscal rather than friendly reasons for disposing of the vessels. The price of Brazilian coffee has now fallen lower than it was ever quoted before. The figure on regular contract deliveries is five cents per pound. An immense crop has been gathered and this fact is now bearing the market for the product all over the world. Brazil, which collects an eX- port duty upon it, has actually been put into financial straits by the re- ductiOn in price. The loss of revenue became so serious month ago that re- ports were in circulation in London that the interest could not be paid on the country's debt in April. Since the deal by which the United States takes the Amazonas and its sister was car ried through, the news has come that the coupons will be taken up. The American money has enabled the na- tion to make both ends meet. But if coffee is to continue at five cents, what is Brazil to do?
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30
GATHERED HERE AND THERE.

The Rev. Celia Parker Wooley has excited Chicago society by declaring the chaperon to be ga fad, a folly.' She says: Tt is an importation from Europe, where Oriental ideas of women prevail, and tends to develop an un- wholesome self consciousness in girls and makes self restraint a reproach." :"
 Mime. Adelina Patti is at present at the Hotel Continental Paris, where she will remain in seclusion some weeks. She has cancelled her engage ment at Monte Carlo, and will not oppear at the Riveria this season. She expects to remain at her home in Wales till late in spring when she will resume her professional engage ments.
 Much regret is expressed among the friends of Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson that continued ill-health has compelled her to resign her office as president of the National Council of Women of women in the world, and for two years Mrs. Dickinson has given faith ful and efficient service to the arduous duties of the president In early life Mrs. Dickson was deeply interested in schools, having been vice principal of Vassar at the early age of "A, and in later years actively engaged in aiding the cause of working women. Mrs May Wright Sewell of Indianapolis has been appointed to fill out the un- expired term of office as president of the council.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30
THE THINGS TO WEAR.

Spanish combs are worn and new style is bow shape for the nape of the neck and for side combs.
 Ostrich feather ruffs tipped with mar about and chiffon ruffs edged with os- trich are worn.
 Persian lamb jackets are made tight fitting, with capes of fur edged with eolored ribbon applied as silk would be in dress bodice.
 Blouses of cloth are more fashion 2 able than those of silks. These cloth waists are often made tight, and the devotees of the comfort a ole blouse are signing at the ed;ct.
 A dark serge coat and skirt, the coat opening over a vest of tucked white satin, was rendered chic with a collar of red velvet, cut in the turnover style peculiar to coats.
 In the millinery world the cry is still for ostrich feathers of all lengths ard al. colors. On the new velvet toques the new feathers stand erect and on the large picture hats they droop and curl.
 Colored ribbons are seen on the new muffs; even mink and sable muffs are crossed with bands of satin ribbon, a small bow at one and and a large loop with upstanding bows at the other, the ribbon often of color violently con- trasting with the fur.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30
CUBA.

Am I my brothers keeper?
 No; jet the Cuban go. Why plunge in war a nation To rescue one from woe? Reconcentrado! Rebel!
 Tell him to starve or yield; Nor seek in his resistance
 To make our flag his shield. Did any nation help us
 When we fought long ago For home. and child. and freedom, A royal British foe? And when our troops lay starving In southern prison cell Did any nation aid us
 To rescue them from hell? Am I my brothers keeper?
 There stretches forth a hand From Cuba, starving Cuba,
 A desolated land. It pleads for wife and mother Against whose barren breast. Mute. crucified and dying,
 A little child is pressed. Am I my brothers keeper?
 I hear the cry afar. Yes, by our nations ensign,
 By every blood-bought star. Then rally round "Old Glory" Bear it across the sea; Hail it, reconcentrados,
 For Cuba shall be free!
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30
YELLOWSTONE PARK.

Of the four national parks of the west, the Yellowstone is far the larg- est, says John Muir in the April Allan tic. It is a big, wholesome wilderness on the summit of the Rocky noun tains, favored with abundance of rain and snow; place of fountains where the greatest of the American rivers take their rise. The central portion is densely forested and comparative ly level volcanic plateau with an average elevation of about 5000 feet above the sea, surrounded by an inn posing host of mountains. Unnumber- ed lakes shine in it, united by a fla nous band of streams that rush up out of hot lava beds, or fall from the frosty peaks in channels rocky and bare, messy and bosky, to the main rivers, singing cherily on through every diff f1culty, cunningly dividing and finding their way east and west to the two far off seas.
 And besides the treasures common to most mountain regions that are wild and blessed with a kind climate, the park is full of exciting wonders. The widest geysers in the world, in bright triumphant bands, are dancing and singing in it amid thousands of boiling springs, beautiful and awful their basins arrayed in gorgeous col ors like gigantic flowers; and hot paint-pots, mud springs, mud volca- noes, mush and broth caldrons of every color and consistency, plashing, laying, roaring, in bewildering abund- ance. In the adjacent mountains, be- heath the living trees the edges of petrified forests are exposed to view like specimens on the shelves of a museum, standing on lodges tier above tier where they grew, solemnly silent in rigid crystalline beauty after sway ing in the winds thousands of cen turies ago, opening marvellous views back into the years and climates and life of the past. Here, too, are hills of sparkling crystals, hills of sulphur, hills of glass, hills of cinders and ashes, mountains of every style of architecture icy or forested, noun tains covered with honeybloom sweet as Hymettus, mountains boiled soft like potatoes and colored like a sunset sky,-a' that and a that, and thrice as i mukle's a that, Nature has on show | in the Yellowstone Park. Therefore it is called wonderland, and thousands of tourists and travellers stream into it every summer, and wander about in ii enchanted.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30
THE INFLOW OF GOLD.

A few months ago, when the Bank count in view of the large demand for gold for shipment the governor of that great financial institution express ed the opinion that the movement of the yellow metal to the United States was only a temporary incident and that it would soon come to an end. The great trade balance in favor of the United States, he said, would be settled by sending back our own securities, and the flow of gold to America would be checked.
 This prediction has not been fulfill ed. On the contrary, gold has kept on coming this way in increasing amounts. The treasury was never so rich in gold, and shipments from abroad are pillng up the store in pr1- vate hands week by week.
 This is happening at a season when we usually expect to see gold exported. It is happening, moreover, during a period of 'war scare" when, if ever, gold naturally runs away for safety and securities fly back for liquidation. But for a month past gold has poured into this country at the rate of mil lion a day and our securities hold their own at high prices in foreign markets.
 This is eminently satisfactory in a commercial way. It is a good thing to have plenty of money in the coun- try. But it is more satisfactory in the moral assurance which it gives of the solidity of the credit of the United States throughout the world.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

It is not to be expected that the or der for the abandonment of Fort Whip- pie will be permitted to stand without strong protest from the people of the southwest who know its value to this region. The Eleventh infantry will go elsewhere, in accordance with the plan of the war department to mass troops on the seaboard, but when the trouble with Spaln is over it is quite likely that the post will be repaired and that a fresh body Of troops will be quartered shere.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

The sociologists are asking, Do American wives consider their hus- bands merely as bread-winners? So far as individual cases are concerned the answer depends a great deal on whether the husband happens to be an industrious man.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

At last the secret is out. In Febru- ary, according to the Gazette, Mark A. Smith, accompanied by J. o. Dunbar, called on the commissioner of the gen eral land office and incidentally the subject of mesquite was mentioned. D The commissioners ruling followed as natural sequence
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

Mrs. Charlotte Smith, the relentless foe of selfish bachelorhoOd, declares that if war must come she proposes to take a hand in it herself. When this threat reaches Madrid it will doubtless cause an immediate decline of the war movement.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

The Delaware house of representa- tives has passed a bill to legalize the trading stamp. There are several leg islatures in the country which seem determined to be cratic, if they can not be brilliant
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

Gov. Leedy of Kansas is thorough ly convinced that the proposition to increase the size of the army is a mere wicked scheme to prevent strikes by intimidating labor leaders. Neverthe- less, MT. Leedy can't make the Span iards believe any such nonsense.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

It is all we'll enough for the Rhode Island democrats to nominate a Church for governor, but it will be found that this is one of the rare in- stances in which church influence doesn't count. The votes of Rhode Island will never go to Church.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

Uncle Richard Bland, of Missouri, complains that speaker Reed tries to prevent members of the House from saying what they want to say. Bar ring this, Uncle Richard hasn't been guilty of talking nonsense for more than a month.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

With gold pouring in from Europe, from Australia and from the Klondyke this country may yet be puzzled to know what to do with it aIl If it is possible to have too much of a good thing is at least problemati- cal-poor old Uncle Sam seems likely to get it.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

There will be no European concert to interfere between this country and Spain. The old world nations have all they can do to provide music for their own performances.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

The Austrian reichsrath is again in session, and the German emperor will have once more to retire to compaTa- tive obscurity as a belligerent quan- tity.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-30

The King of Spain is justified in suspecting that this prejudice against allowing a child-monarch to assert au- thority is, under the circumstances, mere nonsense.