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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-19

J, II. Woods 4 Co. solicit your
orders for lumber.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-19

}. Il. Woods & Co. furnish all
kinds of lumber on short notice.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-12-19
Q. A. ASTON.
Cotton Factor and
Warehouseman.

WarehouSeman.
Office Corner of Spring and Crockett Streets,
Shreveport, La.
I beg to call your attention to the fact that
L am still in the Cotton Factorage and Ware
house business. Having spent the last thirty
years of my life in this line claim to have a
thorough knowledge of the business in all it's
branches. Am located at the colnmodious
warehouse corner of Spring and Crockett
streets, where will always be found selling
CHASING and weighing my own cotton By
doing my ewn work | am enabled to handle
your cotton for less money than any one else
have no groceries, dry goods anything
other than cotton to sell. Should any of my
customers need such things will always take
pleasure in having their orders filled at lowest
prices charging them no commission whatever.
All ask of them is to ship me their cotton,
which propose to store and sell for 30 cents
per bale. less snch charges rs freight, dravage
and insurance. / am member of the Board
OF Trade. having at all times before Inc the
latest telegraph dispatches keeping thorough
~ posted on prices. | always get the top of
the market and give my customers the full
benefit of it.
Thanking You fer your past patronage and
soliciting Continuance of same remain
Yours very truly,
c. A. ALSTON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
CHOLERA AND ITS PREVENTION.

In April, 1898, a hen at the North
Carolina Experiment Station showed
symptoms of cholera. She was dump
ish, with dark comb, and refused focd
EPSON salts were administered and
this was followed with copious water
ing put in the mouth with a spoon.
Ihe hen was placed in a warm, sunny
place, isolated from usual runs, and
recovered very slowly. Another hen
in a few days and then another
and a cockerel. Toe hen and cockereI
died near night, and n xt morning two
other hens, were dead and eight more
were sick. The six were brought out
1 n the sunlight and given salt and
water. Treatment was begun at once.
Two hens were killed and buried. The
mousse n yard ere thoroughly disin-
hected with one pint Of strong aulnh1ric
aclo TO eight gallons Of water The
hens themselves were spravad NTH
this. Their drinking water charged
with carbolic acid (9ne t~easpoonfnI IN
half a gallon CT water and a~ssafoatida
was put in their food at the rate of one
heaping tablespoon to the food of 30
chickens. The next morning six hens
could not get off the roost, though all
but two had gone up, as usual, the
night previous and after their treat
ment. These were treated as before
and put outside of the yard. Before
night all but four hens were walking
about picking grass. After three DAYS
days of isolation these four were re-
turned to the yard cured. Six hens
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

and any feed the owner thought would
attain the best results. There were SIX
COWS SO treated, and of these but one
retained the flow of milk and butter
production of the preceding few weeks.
She was not an extremely heavy pro-
Queer, not exceeding what some other
COWS were then doing at Chicago. But
all other COWS decreased in flow from
twenty to thirty per cent, and in per-
centage of butter fat at least one per
cent. This would be about the same
proportion which the actual work of
most of the COWS at Chicago bore tothe
home production, as reported by the
owners. There were COWS in the herd
that not only yielded as much as they
had done at home, but exceeded. But
if the same care, thought and at
tentien were given to them as was
given at home, / am satisfied that IN
der normal conditions, with home sur
~roundings, the COWS that were at chi
4 could increase their productlon
under favorable conditions at least
twenty to twenty five cent. over their
work done there. This is not my own
opinion alone, but is shared in by n
chairman of the testing committee
with whom I conversed.-V. E Fuller.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
LIVE STOCK.
WHAT A CHANGE WILL DO.

Any COW, especially one that is very
highly bred, is a creature of habit, and
very sensitive; anything that disturbs
that habitude docs so at the expense of
production. To demonstrate in a prac-
tical way the effect of a change in hab
itude, I would mention that 1 received
letters from Jersey breeders during the
progress of the ninety days test, who
had COWS that were then d0ing better
than those at Chicago, and who thought
they would be desirable acquisitions tc
Jul herd. At my suggestion. they
brought these COWS at home to as ap,
proximately near a condition as the
COWS would be in at Chicago, for the
purpose Of seeing how far they would.
In the changed conditions, stand up tc
the work they were then doing. They
isolated the COWS from the rest of the
nerd for a period of a week, the same
man attending to them and milking
men, and at the end of the week be
gan 20 test for another week. Durine
n TWO weeks they we're to be fed any
cut clover this was in June and :JuIv'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

and q cockerel were lost before the
health of the q ok was restored by the
treatment as given above. Had we
known the disease at first, says the
Station, it is doubtful if a single bird
need to have been lost. Promptness to
disinfect and treat the SICK birds will
save many loss; S. The doses of salts,
not recommended to our knowledge,
doubtless helped to rid the birds of the
cholera bacilli sooner than if it had not
been given, and Sd fastened the eradi-
cation of the disease. The assa'oetida
acts as a diffusable stimulant to help
keep the birds warm The drinking
water was for some days kept charged
with car bolic acid, and all that is then
needed to secure immunity from an
other attack is a second thorough dis
infection and to continue for some time
the addition of carbolic acid to the
drinking water
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
YARD
CANKER IN l c

Canker Of the throat in chicks is
often mistaken for gapes, says Farm
Journal. The characteristic yellow
sores sometimes close up the mouth of
the windpipe and cause the birds to
gasp for breath. If an attempt be
made to extract cape worms from a
chick SO affected it is likely to die In
the operation. A drop of peroxide of
hydrogen applied with a pippet
syringe or dropper to the sores may
give speedy relief. Old fowls and
pigeons r also frequently affected by
canker. Sick birds should be removed
at once from the fl Jck, and all water
vessels cleaned out, scalded and coated
with lime wash, and all food should be
supplied in clean vessels. Give homeo-
pathic mercurus vivus or nitric acid in
drinking water.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

tween, which / fill with sawdust, hav-
ing the about eight feet square
inside / make a ventilator out of
8 inch boards and let it go across the
bottom of the floor from east to west,
and from centre of same through the
top. Fill same with II inch auger
holes. I put two small doors in south
side. Hang one on the inside and the
other on the outs de. 1 rarely ever
have to use the inside door. I use the
ground as a floor, and put enough straw
on same to give potatoes a good bed.
Use no straw around or over the pota
toes, and leave top and door open.
When I first put in potatoes, until they
are cured-qu sweating-I have saw
dust in readiness, and if it comes cold
I place top close over the m and put a
good coat of sawdust on. OF course 1
have a tight roof ever them.
r H LANE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
A CORRECTION.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
WHITEvILE N. G..

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
WHITEvILLE N. 9.
We call attention to G. mistake in the
resolution from Columbus County
Alliance. In reading mot before
eligible on 5th page. Our prominent
betrayers have been members are
eligible; our demands are more secure
in the hands of some judges, sole tors
and those to the mannor born and we
can make them at least equal.
My effort to consolidate Concord and
Pleasant Hill Alliances resulted in 16
true and tried members and three new
applications; the name of Peacock Ali
area was elected. There is no abate-
ment in the principles. Next county
meeting at this place with public din
ner. J. T. HARRELL
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
SHEEP T "

No species of stock will pay better
returns when turned on the stubble
fields after harvest than sheep, says
the Iowa Homestead. They will not
only clean up all waste grains left by
the h~arvesters, but will eat all the
young weeds and gross as we'll, and
will prevent the weeds from going to
seed and scattering trouble all over the
farm. They will also distribute fertil-
ity upon the land and if kept in this
way there will be an appreciate gain
in the flock from feed that would other
wise have been lost. This feed would
not only be lost to the fockmaster, but
the noxious weeds that would spring
up in the fields, without the sheep,
would make the loss greater than that
of the gleanings of the harvest merely.
It may occur to the reader that some
other stock will answer this purpose as
well, but there is nothing that fills the
bill in these respects like the sheep
Swine may get all the wheat and now
and then eat a hog weed or some purs-
lane, but the sheep will take a clean
swath, apparently unconscious Of the
taste, and animated only with a desire
to clean up everything in its path.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

Soil in it's natural ate is more apt to
crack and dries out much sooner than
soil that he's been stirred with an i'm
plement. Stirring the soil gives it a
more Uniform texture, and makes it
more receptive and retentive of mois-
ture Thorough cultivation enables the
soil to hold more water and feed more
roots.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
WATCH US DO EN- UP.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
SOUTH CREEK, N. @.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
SOUTH CREEK, N. G.
Seeing the Rev. J. o. Alderman's ser
mon on Justice" in THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, it causes to wonder if the
same species of rascality was partici-
pated in all over the State. Then if
one will only n fl let how we left them
in the face of all the fraud and corrup
ton that was committed, it will give
US a faint idea of what we are going to
do for them with an honest election
law a we now have. I am only &C.
quainted in a small degree with what
was done in Beaufort, Pamlico, Craven
and Pitt, and it looks like enough was
do1e in those four counties to forever
damn any party in the eyes Of the hon
est voters who would participate in
such outrages as not allowing the elect
ed officers to bond when they off red
better bonds than those who were
Already holding said offices. But we
need not expect any better when bust
ness men can own their own Justices
of the Peace, and keep them In their
employment to try auses of action be-
tween them and their slaves; who can
appoint their own school committee to
employ their pets to take the public
schools, in the face of a strong petition
from the majority of the patrons of the
school asking that certain Of their
neighbors should be appointed who
would consult the interests of the pat
rons in regard to the teacher employed,
also as to the time the school should be
taught.
I had the PIE Asure of attending the
annual Sunday School picnic at Merritt,
in Pamlico county, last Thursday the
1st day of August. IL Yves one of the
largest gatherings of e ople it has been
my fortune to be with in a long time.
The table, if it could, would have
groaned under the weight Of good
things placed thereon. If anybody
camea away without satisfying the inner
man, I can positively say that 1 know
they did it just to have something to
talk about, for there was any quantity
of vituals left after all had eaten. r
can truly say that, had I not bean
almost sick with a bad cold, I never
enjoyed myself better in my life. The
hearty handahakes of dear friends was
almost enough to cure me, and did do
me a great deal of good.
Now, 1 want to say a word or two in
regard to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
and l am done. 1t is our paper and
has done more to take US from under
financial and political bondage than
every paper in the Safe combined, and
L think it the duty of every laboring
maj In the State, yes, in the United
States to take it, and let's help polish
the weapon hat is so bravely fighting
our battles. 1t is already a power IN
the land, and we, by holding I'D its
hands, al make it ten. yes, a hundred
times more powerful.
L noticed in a recent issue r r
Tyson gives his idea of keeping sweet
potatoes. If it will not be out of the
way l will give mine, which is cheap
ana eHectual. / take posts 8 inches
square and board with rough boards,
inside and out, making eight inches be-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
Vacuum
Oil

May as we'll know it. Get a can at a
harness or shoe-store, csc a half-pint
to $I.25 a gallon book How to Take
Care of Leather" and swob, both free;
use enough to find out if you don't
like it, take the can back and get the
whole of your money.
Sold only in cans, to make sure of fair dealing
everywhere handy cans. Best oil for farm ma
Chinery also. lfyOu can't find it, write to
VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Rochester, NY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

The value of the clover field is largely
lost when pastured too late in the fall
or too early in the spring. 1t is a coed
rule never to turn on clover after frost,
nor until it begins to show heads form
ing. Thus treated, it will make a
much heavier growth of roots and
taps
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

Not one farmer in five hundred keeps
a satisfactory system of books. He
does not know just how he stands this
year as compared with last. There
should be q strict account of income
and expenses, and an inventory every
year, and kept as conscientiously as
does the merchant his.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

A good growth of rye plowed under
makes a most excellent fertilizer for
corn. Among the things to recon-
mend it is that it is a cheap fertilizer;
it does not cost all the succeed ding crop
is worth to sufficiently enrich it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
A New Southern Journal.

Every number of the Southern ReGI Estate
Gazette, published monthly OF 128 Main street
Norfolk, Va, contains much information OF
value to the prospective Southern investor. II
pub ishes letters from NOrtherners who have
S titled in the Southern country. Every person
interested in Southern invt stments or securities
or who is cont emplatinR a visit South should
subscribe, the low price, 25 cents a year, placing
it in easy reach of all.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
= e s. 81

How to preserve them six months in a sound
and marketable condition. Dry process, but
little labor and expense: a new method, b!
which they can be sold for 81 cents per dozen
Right-and full particulars, So.
G. B STUART,
1880 20 Summer St., MelrOse, Mass.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
Lands Wanted.

Large and small farms mineral lands. water
powe S and otDer real es ate property. We will
also sell. lease or rent city property, make col
lions, examine titles. survey and pat land.
ADJ ress, d l.. FORT & CO.,
1882 Real Estate Agents. Raleigh. n. O..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
Free Silver Bound to Win

Twenty dollars buys a Cutaway Harrow.
twenty-five dollars buys a Stick B 'dy Buggy
Thirty-six dollars and niaety cents buys (
Co ming or Piano Box Buggy.
Buggy Harness from SIS up. Write for cata,
logue. Prices are 5Or goo s f. o. b at
c., c. row ESEND & CO.'S,
O698) Burlington, n. G..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

Do You Want a Teacher I?
We will place you in correspondence
with good ones, free of charge,
CHAs J. PARKER, Mangr.
Teachers AID Association,
Q713) Raleigh, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
Wanted.

A position as teacher, by a young lady who
is a graduate of one of the leading colleges il
the State Can furnish good references. Please
address Miss F.. H, Raleigh, N 9.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20
Wants.

WANTEO-Every man who has Land
to advei tise in The Progressive Far ~ 1or s
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

WANTEDnEyyery man who raises bYoo,
horses, cattle, hogs or chickens tn STaoOae
them in The Progressive Farmer y auFelta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-12

Arlngton-Albert S. ingalls,, Cambridge,
Mass; A. Howard Hinkle, Cincinnati; Ed.
P. Morris. William Sloane and wife, w. j.
Harder, New York; William Dudley Foulke,
Richmond, Ind.
Normandie-J. George Hahn. Joseph E.
Haynes, Newark, N. j.; A. H. Hardy, Rich
mond. Va; Col. ]. N. Wheelan, Alabama.
Ebbitt-H. R. kreg, New York; John
Meagher, Frankfort. KY; H. A. Haven,
Chas. Eddison, C. A. Denison, Memphis,
Tenn.
Oxford-w NJ Burrows, Geo. L. Stoddard
and wife, New York; Thos. Kenny, Jer-
sey City; Mrs. E. NJ. L. Eagle, Annapolis.
Joseph, Neb.; +. NJ. Butt and wife, Atlanta !;
Holcom H. Bryan. Roanoke, Va; Dana
Estes, Boston; F. NJ. Otis and wife, New
York.
Page's-Commodore H W. Lyon. U. S. NJ,
Boston, ]. P. Bush, ST. Louis; F. E. Mar
tin, Orange, N. ].
st. James-A. r. Stewards, r. Mason, New
York: L. A. Brooke, Boston; J. c. Sweeting,
Auburn, N. Y; H. c. Martin, Indianapolis,
E. f. Rice San Francisco.
Raleigh-G. w. Broch, Walter Gibson,
New York; c. S. Lackey and wife, Atlantic
City; VIM. Hayden, Pennsylvania; Vernon
Cook, Baltimore
Riggs-H. W. Anderson, D. Mclean, New
York; G. P. Harrison, Alabama; M. S. u
mann, Providence, r. 1.
Willard's-F. B. Jones, Chas. Nathan,
New York; c. w. Greer and wife, Louis
vile.
Metropolitan-H F. Heller and wife, Har-
r:sburg, Pa; w. G. Crenshaw, Virginia; J.
V. Edwards and wife, Syracuse, N. Y.
Nationalist. E. Bracket, Camden, N. J..
L. Gordon, Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-12
THE COURTS.

Equity Court No. 1-Ch.ef Justice Bingham.
Ho xard agt. District Of Columbia; re-
straining order, returnable December 10,
granted. Boudin agt. Smith: final decree
behalf complainant. Walker agt. Walker
testimony before E. Forrest, examiner, or
dered taken. Turner agt. Monkey; sale de-
creed, with E. Forrest and G. E. Hamilton,
trustees, to SELL HasIem agt. Haslem;
testimony before L. Fugitt, examiner, or
dered taken. Larner agt. Gideon; trustees
report confirmed; sales finally ratified.
Circuit Court No Judge Bradley.
Washington Building Lime Co. agt. Lake;
judgment by default. Mcnamara agt. For
tune; do. Wyckoff agt D. c. ct al; judg-
ment in certiorari. Weatherly ct al. agt.
same; do. Lydnor agt. District of Column
bia; do. Smith agt. District Of Columbia;
do. Frank C. Adams agt. w. and G. R.R.
Co.; on trial.
Circuit Court No. Judge McComas
Elliott agt. Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road Company; stet set aside and case SET
for December 20.
Criminal Court No. Judge Cole.
In re estate of Michae! Crane; on trial
Probate Court-Judge Hagner.
Estate Of James Lavigne; final notice
ne ming Friday, January 10. 1896, for set
ting estate. Estate of John R. Cullen
caveat filed. Estate of A. Thos Bradley
administrator. bonded and qualified. Es-
tate of Dicey A. Coleman; do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-12
ELECTRIC CONDUITs.

Injunction Asked for Against the
commissioners and the Potomac Co.
A bill for an injunction was today filed
against the District Commissioners, the
Potomac Light and Power Company, o. T.
crosby and Charles A. Ilieb by Samuel T.
Howard and Anthony Hanlon, jr, asking
that the Commissioners be restrained from
issuing permit to the other defendants to
cor strict any conduits along any streees
in the city.
In their bill Howard and Hanlon state
That they are the owners of valuable real
estate in Georgetown. and then go on to
say that the Georgetown Gas Light Com
pany holds contract for lighting the
Aqueduct bridge with Illuminating gas 1t
Is believed by the compIainants that the
commissioners are about to or have enter
ed into an agreement with the Potomac
Lieht and Power Company whereby twelve
OF the lights on the bridge supplied by the
gas light company are to be dispensed
with, and in Place Of them twelve electric
iights furnished. Believing that it is viola
ton OF law to permit the Potomac Light
and Power Company to construct the con-
Quits. the suit was brought. Shellabarger
q wilson are the attorneys for the COM
plainantS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-12
Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water at S
am: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi-
ton, SO; receiving reservoir, temperature
80; condition at north connection, SO; con-
dition at south connection, &c. distributing
reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at in
fluent gate house, SO; etfiuent gate house. So
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1927 and 11:17 pm
high tide, 80 am. and 4:32 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 11:26; high tide
500 am. and 5:2S pm.
The Sun and Moon
Sun rises, 7:13; sun sets, 4:34 Moon
rises, 3:l4 am. tomorrow; sets, Al pm
tomorrow.
The Bicycle Lamps.
All bicycle lamps must be lighted at 4:34.
The police regulations require that "All
cycles. bicycles and tricycles in motion
after shutdown shall carry a suitable light, -
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 5:53 p.m.; ex-
tinguishirg begun at 5:57 am. The light
ing Is begun one hour before the time
named.
Naphtha lamps all lighted by 5:53 pm
extinguishing begun at 6:12. The naphtha
lamps burn fifteen minutes later in the
morning than the gas lamps and the moon
schedule does not apply to them.
Range of the Thermometer.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer at the weather bureau TODAY.
s am. "a; pm. "a; maximum, 70; min.
imunl, %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-12
Thefts ReDOrtcd.

S. Gardella Of 6O4 AZ street southwest re-
ported to the police this morning that his
store was entered Tuesday evening and a
package of pens, some chewing gum and
thirty cents were stolen.
G. A. Clark. 119 9th street northeast, re-
ports that a law book was stolen from his
carriage while it was in the alley in rear
of his house.
Mary Chapman of 1894 Sd street COM
plains that her house was entered on last
Thursday and a lady's black suit and a
gentleman's cutaway coat were taken.
Craig & Jackson of 3l4O NJ street report
that their place was entered about 8 O'Clock
en- tuesday night and 5000 was stolen from
a safe, which was thought to have been I'm
locked.