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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
THE FUTURE MRS. CLEVELAND.

1t is now generally understood
that President Cleveland is to be
married sometime in June. The fol-
lowing is a description of the young
lady who is to become the lady of
the White House:
"Miss Folsom's hair is soft and
brown, of a shade between light and
dark. 1t is combed we'll back from
her full forehead and loose wave ten
drills fall away from their confne-
ment against the ivory wilderness of
her face. She has violet blue eyes,
a w~ell-shaped nose and mouth and a
full round chin. The warm pallor
Of her complexion contrasts itself:
Her shoulders are broad and bust
and waist of classic proportions. She
has finely moulded hands and feet );
not small BIT we'll suited to her
height. With one other pupil at
Aurora she shared the palm of be-
ing the beauty of the school, the
other being Miss Catherine Willard,
Of Illinois, who was her intimate
friend, though not a ,fellow-senior,
and who is now in Germany cultiva-
ting her voice.
Miss Folsom has been with her
there during much Of the past Win
ter. Many of the young ladies have
flowers pressed in their albums, la
beled, From the White House,
these being mementoes given by her
from the boxes of flowers weekly
sent her by the President from his
Conservatives here. For her gradu-
alton last June he forwarded a par
ticularly lavish supply. On that
occasion she wore white satin, and,
as one of her school-mates describes
her, Cooked more like a goddess
than a woman
Her student life has been marked
by seriousness and deep religious
feeling. She is a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Buffalo. She
was deeply loved more for her solid
ity of character and amiability of
disposition than for exceptionally
brilliant intellectual traits, though
her average of scholarship was
good"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
STAGNANT FOOD,

Poultry are fed as though the eat
ing of a certain quantity Of dirt was
necessary, yet all classes of domes-
tic fowls are clearly in habit. The
supposition that they prefer dirt is
due to the fact that they swallow
small pieces of any kind of sharp
substances that serve them in the
process of masticating the food,
which is always performed in the
gizzard. Fowls are averse to ammo
niacal substances, and when fed with
putrid meat will become sick. They
detest ground bone that possesses
the we'll known odor Of the bono
yard, and carefully avoid eating grass
upon which they deposited manure.
When fed on soft food the hens will
eat of it, if rendered palatable, but
unless the feeding places are kept
clean they I liable to partake of
that which is fermenting. Sloppy
TODD is seldom relished by them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
T

1t is not other peoples poultry thar
needs attention; it is yours.
Biddy, with plenty of diversified food
with a warm corner, will be taken will
the cackling fever.
Do not shake an egg to see if it *
good Do not shake it at all if for hatch
ing. Do not shake it if it is to be eaten
Never undertake to feed your sittin,
hen Oh the nest-it is a poor way. Let
them come off for their food-thev will
not stay off long. Nature knows what
she is about. The eggs require about the
amount of airing they receive while the
hen is off for food.
Some eggs will invariably hatch a lit.
tie sooner than others. Remove the
young chicks at once and keep them from
the hen until all are Matched. If YOU do
not, the hen will be likely to quit the
nest with the first corners, leaving the
unmatched chicks to chill and die.
Do not be tempted to keep a rooster
that is not thoroughbred, or hat is re.
lated to the hens, no matter how prom.
Using he may SEEM. Change the cocks
every year, and the flock will gradually
improve in vigor, resulting in a greater
number of healthy chicks, as we'll as an
increase in the supply of eggs.-Farw,
Field and Nockman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05

that led him to conclude that -
more than one service by the m aHl
for the current laying Season
needed, and that frequent repetitionss
are injurious to the offspring. Thiss
is one Of those points that reon;n'
careful and extended experiment. It.
set perfectly at rest. In a mnIt;
plicity Of independent experiment..
we will have something tangible ~
take hold of, and we urge such ~,
periments to be carefully recordaI
so that every point can be mada
clear:-WIWand Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
OUININE FOR CHICKEN CHOL-
ERA,

| have found by experiment that
quinine is a good remedy for chicken
cholera. The sick fowls have fever,
%looseness of the bowels and droop
and die in about three days. Flatten
a small piece of dough, lay quinine
upon it, in quantity about the size Of
a kernel of corn, and fold the dough
over it into a pill. Assoon as the fowl
is een to droop and refuse to eat,
separate from the flock, put in a cool
place, and give the pill. Give one
every day for three days. If very
bad, two may be given in a day, one
in the morning and another in the
evening. They will get we'll in three
days, sometimes in one. When they
begin to eat, give bread and milk or
water. This is a sure remedy if given
in time and entirely harmless.
MRS. r. H.
Oswego county, N. Y.
Farm and FIreside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
SULPHUR FOR VERMIN.

In regard to the deliverance of ami.
mails from troublesome lice, a farmer
says he has never found anything for
efficacy and convenience equal to flour
of sulphur sifted over their backs when.
ever they show signs by rubbing or lap
ping themselves, of the presence of tn
parasites. An occasional use of sulphn
in this way will keep a herd of cattle
very free of these pests if applied when
they first make their appearance. If
they have obtained a hold on the ami.
NAL, applications must be made once a
week for several weeks, and if very
plenty, an occasional dose of a table.
spoonful of sulphur in their feed will
materially aid in getting rid of them.
The odor of sulphur seems to be very
destructive to all vermin, and five pounds,
costing 25 cents, if used in this way will
keep a large herd of cattle free of these
pests a long time, and it is the safest
easiest, and surest means possible.-Er
chanqe.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
SMALL FRUITS IN THE GARDEN.

Strawberries, raspberries, goose
berries and c%urrants can be grown
with SO little care and expense in a
garden as to render them an indis-
pensable luxury to those who have
once given them a trial. Yet but
very few farmers enjoy the small
fruits, though they wonder how
they ever lived on a farm without
them when once the small fruits are
given a place in the garden. But
very little room need be taken up.
A row of gooseberries near the Dor
der of a walkway, or a few raspber-
ries on the south side of the fence,
will not be in the way of any of the
garden crops. Strawberries should
be placed in a bed to themselves, and
if properly cultivated it requires but
very few plants to supply a small
family. If once established, some
Of the small fruits may be said to be
permanent, and will demand no cul-
tivation other than that bestowed
during the working of the regular
garden crops.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
MANURE IN THE ORCHARD.

Fruit growers should never apply
fresh manure to an orchard. The
decomposition Of the manure is not
SO injurious as the heat thus engen-
dered being favorable to the devet
opment of bacterial parasites that
rapidly multiply and attack the
trees and roots. These minute crea-
lures are really the diseases, and
though well-rotted manure may not
be favorable to them, yet the fresh
decomposing material may be the
hot-bed and harboring place of mil
lions of the attacking party. FOR
that reason the use of commercial
fertilizers have been considered an
advantage, and especially when OF
an alkaline character, but no doubt
if the manure be treated to an aP
plication of a solution of %sulphurlc
acid or chloride of lime there will
be less liability to injury.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
HOW TO WALK UP STAIRS.

A professional athlete says that there
is a mack in climbing stairs easily. To
throw the body forward, bending at the
hips, more than doubles the work. The
weight of the body is a load that the
muscles of the legs and back must carry,
and they cal carry it easiest if the center
of gravity is kept directly above. Bend
ing forward imposes on the muscles of
the trunk the unnecessary task of keep
ing the load from pitching forward. This
Is like carrying a load at arms length,
instead of on the shoulder, or on the
head, as many Europeans carry burdens.
The gentleman gives this advice to stair
climbers: "Do not lean forward; do not
hurry do not spring from stair to stair;
step firmly, leisurely, and stand erect"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
EGG

Correspondent writes "In a re-
cent conversation among a company
OF farmers n asserted, that among
chickens the single services of the
male bird are sufficient for the eggs
OF the entire season. If this is really
true, it will have a very important
bearing on my future operations; but
| want more specific information be-
fore risking too much"
This subject is one of great impor-
lance: but we do not regard it as
specifically settled. A very intelli-
gent friend in St. Louis, largely en-
gagged in bees and poultry, finding
that. the fertilization of the queen
bee was accomplished at once for
life, tried experiments on poultry
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER MAY 5,tlS6.

spoonfuls Of pounded white sugar.
two teaspoonfuls Of extract of lemon
and one-fourth Of the rind of a lem
on grated. Arrange the sliced cake
in a deep dish, and pour a teacupful
of hot milk over it to soak it beat
the sugar and yolks Of the eggs to-
gether; heat the milk and pour it
upon the eggs by degrees, stirring
all the time return it to the sauce
pan and continue stirring until it
thickens; let it cool a little, add the
favoring and pour it over the cake.
When perfectly cold, heap upon it a
meringue made of the whites of the
eggs whipped to a stiff froth, sweet
en- with a tablespoonful Of sugar and
favored with the extract OF lemon
and rind. The meringue should be
made just before serving.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
The 9oultryo Yard.
KEEPING EGGS.

Although a great many methods
are given for keeping eggs, yet there
is one secret we will impart to y
readers for observance, no matter
what the process may be. 1t is this:
Always turn the eggs at least twice a
week. When an egg remains in a
certain position for a length OF time
the yolk approaches and adheres to
the shell. It is not necessary to
turn each egg separately, but to
pack them in a box and turn the
box. They may be packed in a bar
rel. and the barrel turned half round,
with the same results. To keep eggs
without going to the necessity OF
making any kind Of composition,
use fine, clean, dry dirt or ashes,
either from wood or coal, but they
must be fine. In a box or barrel
first lay down a layer of the dirt or
ashes, then a layer of eggs, care be-
ing taken that the eggs do not touch
each other Fill the spaces between
the eggs with dirt or ashes, and then
put on a layer of dirt or ashes an
inch thick. Repeat the process un-
til the box or barrel is full, and be-
fore closing be sure everything is
packed in a tight and close manner,
so that the contents will not shake
when the top is put on. Turn daily
if preferred, but twice a week at
least. Be sure and use none but
perfectly fresh eggs. No other kind
will keep, no matter how well they
may be packed. You cannot get
fresh eggs by purchase, even from
your neighbor, for he will sometimes
be unaware of the presence of those
that might be stale. A single bad
egg will sometimes spoil all. You
will have to keep your own hens in
order to succeed in preserving eggs.
The eggs from hens not in company
with males will keep twice as long
as those from hens running with the
males.-Farm, Field and Stockman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
goetry.
NEW EVERY MORNING.

Every day is a fresh beginning,
Every morn is a world made new;
You who are weary ofsorrow and SHINING,
Here is a beautiful hope for you;
A hope for me and a hope for you.
All the past things are past and over,
The tasks are lone and the tears are
shed; N}
Yesterdays errors let yesterday cover,
Yesterdays wounds which smarted
and bled,
Are healed with the healing which
night has shed.
Yesterday now is a part of forever,
Bound up in a sheaf which God holds
tight,
With glad days and sad days and bad
days which never
Shall visit us more with their bloom
and their blight,
Their f~ullness of sunshine or sorrowful
night.
Let them go since we cannotr relieve them,
Cannot undo and cannot atone;
God in his mercy receive, forgive them,
Only the new days are our own;
To-day is ours and to-day alone.
Here are the s. lies all FURNISHED brightly,
Here is the spent earth all reborn;
Here are the tired limbs springing lightly
To face the sun and to share with the
In the chrism of dew and the cool of
dawn.
Every day is a fresh beginning,
Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain,
And spite of old sorrow and older SHINING,
And puzzles forecasted and possible
pain,
Take heart with the day, and begin
again
Susan Coolidge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
NORTH CAROLINA VS.. NEW
ENGLAND.

The Raleigh News- Observer has
some figures that show that the ma,
tive population increases much more
rapidly in North Carolina than ID
the New England States. Norm
Carolina, in the decade of 187O-oV'
increased 80 per cent; Maine III
creased per cent. New Hampshire
one-seventh of one per cent; COR
nectlcut, ID per cent. Rhode Islam,
Il per cent; Vermont, ] per cent
and Massachusetts, ID per cent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05

Onions and garlic are most eh
cellent for fowls, especially groWlnS
chicks. When mixed with soft toou
it stimulates them and imparts heal'I
and vigor. Chop fine and mix foO'
once or twice a week.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
FRIGHTENING CARPETS.

A mixture of Indian meal and
salt, sprinkled upon Il carpet and
brushed off with a stiff broom bright
ems them and removes dust.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
A DELICIOUS PUDDING.

Six large, juicy apples, pealed,
cored and chopped fine, six unce
of bread crumbs, six unc of cur
rants, six eggs and three ounces of
sugar. Mix all these ingredients
we'll and boil three-hours. To be
eaten with sauce.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
Aousehold.
ICING FOR CAKE.

To one pound Of sugar, add eight
spoOntuls of rose water Cor water),
the white of four eggs well beaten
but not to a frOth.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
COOKIES.

Take one heaping cup of sugar,
twelve tablespoonfuls of melted but
ter, six tablespoonfuls of hot water
and one teaspoonful of soda. Mix
quickly with flour enough to roll !;
roll thin, and bake in a quick oven
on well-greased tins; keep in a stone
jar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05
ORANGE FLOAT.

ORANGE FLOAT.
One quart water, the juice and
pulp of two lemons, one c~offeecup
sugar. When boiling hot, add four
tablespoons corn starch. Let boil fif-
teen minutes, stirring all the time.
When cold, pour it over four or five
oranges that have been sliced into a
glass dish, and over the top spread
the beaten whites Of three eggs,
sweetened and favored with vanilla.
UFFIN WITHOUT EGGS.
One quart of milk, two quarts of
-four, measure before it is sifted, two
gills of yeast, one teaspoonful of salt,
a piece of butter about as big as a
hens egg, warm milk enough to
melt the butter, a little sugar if you
like. Let it rise about tweve hours,
bake in muffin rings on the griddle
or in a quick oven.
ORANGE PUDDING.
First peel and cut five oranges in
to slices and take out all the seeds,
pour over them a quarter ofa pound
of sifted loaf sugar. Make a paste
with a tablespoonful of corn -four or
arrowroot and a little cold milk.
Beat the yolks of two eggs we'll and
stir them with the corn flour paste
into a pint of boiling milk, simmer
till it thickens, then pour over the
fruit. Beat the whites of the eggs
to a stiff froth with a tablespoonful
OF sugar, spread over the top of the
pudding, and harden for a few min
utes in the oven.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-09

Manager Miller, of the Milwaukee l.
81. Paul railroad company, authorizes
the announcement that the directors Of
the company have decided to build the
line from Scotland to Mitchell as early
this season as the weather'wiil permit.
The length OF the line is given as forty
seven miles, which will take 1t only
about five miles out OF q direct course.
This is q link important to Yanktcn. 1t
will complete the Jim river line OF the
Milwaukee from the 46th parallel South
ward to the Missouri river in direct
line aDd must necessarily change the
make up oil the various divisions and
the running of trans. When the ex-
pected eastward connection from SIoax
City is made the Jim river line will
come into the field as the most popular
one in all the west, but until that oc-
ours the Importance of the construction
OF the Scotland fditchell line will not be
fully demonstrated.
Work has been commenced on an ex-
tension of the Milwaukee from Andoyer,
in Day county, ftty-Gye miles north
west into Diekey county. This will be
the. Milwaukees only north and south
road in the Jim river valley on the east
side of that stream. At Andover it will
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-09
EPI'IHELIOMA
OR SKIN CANCER.

For seven years I suffered with cancer ON
my face: All the simple remedies were applied
to alleviate the pain. but the place continued
which came yellowish discharge very often
sive in character. 1t was also Inflamed, and
annoyed me a great deal About eight months
who 30 strongly recommended the use of Swift's
Specific that determined to make an effort to
procure it, In this was successful, and began
was to somewhat aggrayate the sore !; but soon
the Inflammation was allayed, and began to
improve after the first few bottles. My general
and able to do any kind Of work. The cancer
on my face began to decrease and the ulcer to
heal, until here IL not a vestige of il leit-only
g little scar marks the place where it had been.
this cure. MRS. JoICIE A, McDoNALp
Atlanta Ga, August IL, 1855.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-09
The English sparrow is attracting Sc

The English sparrow is attracting se-
rious attention in the eastern cities and
the necessity for Its destruction has
been made the subject of Investigation
by scientific men. John Burroughs, the
distinguished naturalist, writing to the
New Haven Palladium, says;
have read with much interest the
discussion of the sparrow question in
the clippings from the Palladium which
you have sent me. l find that people all
over the country are waking up to the
fact that the sparrows are nuisance
aad must be put down. When they ask
me what is to be done, / reply, "kill 'em
and make 'em into pot pies." Four and
twenty sparrows baked in pie make an
excellent dish. for [ have tried it. / Kill
all the sparrows l can-shoot them with
fine shot-ana they are becoming very
shy about my premises.
In the city should advise you TO fore
go the pot-pie and poison them; soak
oat meal or bread crumbs in solution
of arsenic or strychnia and sprinkle it in
your yards, or on your house tops. or in
the middle of the streets. This method
would soon fix them. In sheer self-de-
fense the people of towns and cities will
have to do something of the kind before
long.
A relentless war is being made upon
these pests at the east and though not
yet numerous, they are none the less de-
serving os destruction here than there.
The best time to nip the English spar
row is in the bud.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-09
connect with the Hastings & Dakota di.

connect with the Hastings & Dakota di-
vision.
1t is also announced that the Milwau-
kee will extend its Hastings g. Dakota
division from Ipswich, in Edmunds
county, thirty miles westward. This
will take it up to the western boundary
OF Walworth county and within twenty
five miles of the Missouri river at the
mouth of Moreau river, near enough for
the Milwaukee TO secure all the trade of
that section.
These extensions are the only ones an
nounced for Dakota by the Milwaukee
company and they are all to be con-
structed as speedily as the dirt can be
thrown up and the iron laid.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-09

One of the Dakota surveying con-
tracts for the current year includes SUBJ
division lines in the township in which
Rapid City is located. 1t was
officially represented to Mr.. Sparks that
Rapid City contained about twenty. five
hundred settlers and that the balance
of the township was covered with good
sprinkling of agriculturists. Notwith-
standing these facts the surveying con-
tract was disapproved, Mr.. Sparks stat
ing that miners shanties and COW
boys shacks are not considered perma-
nent improvements by this department.
This expression will not do Mr. Sparks
any good in the young metropolis of the
Black Hills.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-09
Cure For Plies.

Piles are frequently preceded by asense
of weight IN the back, loins and lower part
Of the abdomen, causing the patient to
suppose he has some affection of the kid
neys or ueighboring organs. AT tines,
symptoms of indigestion are present, as
eatulency, uneasiness of the stomach, atc.
A moisture, like prespiration, producing q
disagreeable itching, after getting warm is
a common attendant. Blind, bleeding
and itching Piles yield at once to the ap-
plication OF Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which
acts directly upon the parts affected,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-09

The education bill has passed the
senate and now goes to the house of
representatives, wherelt will probably
not pass. 1t appropriates to the cause
of education in the various states and
territories, for the first year, $7.s00,000;
the second, $10,00O.0O0; the third, Sl5,-
100000; the fourth, $l3, 100000; the fifth,
$l1 100000; the sixth, $9,000,000; the
seventh, $7,000,0O0; and the eighth, s.
100000; making $77,00O,0Oo, besides
which there is e special appropriation
of S2,00o,000 to aid in the erection OF
school houses in sparsely settled districts
making the total fund $79,000,000.