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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-26

The organization OF Washington Council
Knights of Columbia. which was effected
last night, or more correctly speaktng
early this morning. for the exercises con-
tinued until long after Sunday had expirea
served to bring to the city several hum
dred members of the order living in Ral,i-
more, Philadelphia. Wilmington DELI. New
York, Albany, Troy. Buffalo, Syracuse
rochester. Glen's Falls. Cohoes IN YD
BOSTON. Fan River, Brockton (MassD. Hart
1ord and New Haven Comm
me new council is composed of seventy
Two members The ceremonies of organize
Ion were performed in the armory of The
washington Light Infantry. The officers
" i'll be elected later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-26
Hi. Funeral serxice..

Mr.. Sam. Clokey and his sisters, Misses
Julia and Bette. have gone to New York
to attend the funeral Of their brother,
John T. Clokey. who died suddenly yester-
day. Mr.. Clokey was born and sreared in
this city. After graduating i'm law h.
went to New York city. and has for TWEEN
ty years been connected with one of the
largest law and real estate firms in that
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-26

"A tomorrow's special===
A lot of Mems Handsome Brown
laid Atwood Cheviot Sack Suits,
made up with extra care. Fit and
fashion perfect. Really SI2. 50 value
:44-for
8: !: So. so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-26
1 DC.
35c. Band BOWs==nzc.

You know we buy Our own silks
for Our neckwear In making up the
spring stock we had quite a lot of
lends" left We told Our cravat max
ers to turn them into Band Bows,
and we would give you a treat.
Here they are-handsome patterns
tied up all right-and you can have
the choice of them-again we must
limit the offering to one day because
there are not enough to last longer
for
1 &c., for soc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-26

Top Coats.
OF course YOU won't shut YOUR
eyes and buy a Top Coat. And
il YOU look carefully-we're safe.
Oursll win i'll any competition.
$50 to $50. We know our $3.50
Coats aren't matched for $40. A
cheap price here doesn't mean a
cheap quality. We make the coat
tirst-and put the price on it after
wards-as low as is possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-26
Greck Relief Euud

Ire following additional contrihutions 40
the Greek relief fund have been RECEIVED
at The Star office:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-26
A Shoe Fad.

The latest out are Dark Green
Russia Calf Lace Shoes. We're the
first to show 'enl-but that's as it al
ways is. They're made on shapclv
lasts-light and cool. Ii you're
curious come and see 'em.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-26

Static electricity Is the only proper treatment
for Neufaigia, sciatica, Gout rheumatism and
stitute, 127 West 42d street, n. Y, treatment can
be had for these diseases; Static electricity is
dorsed by the Medical Profession Consuitatica
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-26
Sweaters.

Bicyclists-base ballists- anybody
who wants Sweater will find this
big chance. 40 dozen Atwood
Sweaters, light weight, in all the
popular stripes:
The Mems sizes are ID 4
worth $3.50. Our price. ~ II
The Boys sizes are QM~
worth SIPS. Our SVCo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03
A HOUSE STOLEN IN CHICAGO.

A Chicago dispatch to the New York
Journal says:
When B. r. DeYouDg, a real estate
man, went to look at a house he owned
at a. Hirsch street, Saturday, he MIS-
covered only a hole in the ground and
the foundations, which some one had
neglected to carry away with him.
Some of the neighbors remembered the
two story cottage being taken eway on
rollers by three men, and DeYouug
started out on a search for it.
A block away, on Emerald street, he
found a three story house newly paint
ed. Living in it was Hans Andreason,
whom DeYoung recognized as having
called in the interest of a would be pGr-
chaser. When DeYoung examined the
building he found it to be his two story
cottage with a third story added, and
the whole painted ove
Andreason claimed that he had pur-
chased it from a man named Alexan-
Ger, who had taken the fence and out
buildings and was running a hennery.
DeYoung swore out a warrant for Al
exander's arrest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03

for the dairy, but not for beef. The
right kind of food will do this and not
iniure the animal either. Heifers that
are to become mixers at two years old
need extra care all along, and particu-
larly during the preceding months
when they are preparing for maternity,
and should at the same time be kept
steadily increasing in growth and de-
velopment.
One of the most successful dairyr1en
of Vermont, whose herd of % Jersey
COWS and heifers averaged in 1895
nearly 1000 pounds of milk, practices
this method Of keeping the calves
growing steadily from the first by lib
eraI feeding and the best Of r AS
a result the two year old heiters in
milk average in yield with the COWS.
This method of feeding and care is con-
tinued with the COWS with the best Of
results as will be seen. One COW about
90 years old in 1896 gave nearly IL, 600
pounds of milk, SO it will be seen that
liberal feeding does not necessarily
shorten q cows life or usefulness, and
a Jersey at that.
E. r. TOWLE.
Franklin Co.. Vt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03
PAsQUOTANK COUNTY ALL
ANCE.,

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Pasquotank County met with Lone
Star Alliance, President Pritchard pre-.
siding.
The committee to look after the char
ter reported, the report was received,
the committee discharged and the
charter ordered to be framed.
By order of the Alliance, the ccm
mittee to look after the Polk Monument
fund was continued.
The committee on Iecturing reported
The report was received an / commit
tee discharged.
Remarks for the good of the Order
we're made by Bros. jas. Jennings, W.
j. Temple and W. J. Williams. Ad-
journed for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The shoe factory was discussed and
the following resolution adopted:
Resolved, That cur delegate to the
State Alliance be r, quested to use every
honorable means in his power to have
the shoe factory started as early as
possible, an6 that we think it best to
have a new set Of State fl GERS.
The Alliance proceeded 10 elect g.
delegate and alternate to the State ALI
ance with the following result: ". F.
Pritchard delegate, and w. J. Temple
alternate.
The Secretary vas ordered to pay
W. J, Williams 50 26, balance due him.
hefollowipg resolutions were tffered
and unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased God, in
His wisdom, to remove by death u
Bro. B, f. Whitehurst from this Ali
ance 60 tho high Alliance above; there
fore be it
ResOLUed, That we bow in humble
submission to the will Of Him who
doeSh all things we'll.
2. That il the death of Bro. White
hurst this Alliance has sustained an
lrreparaole loss.
8 That in Bro. Whitehurst we had a
wise counselor and faithful friend, one
VINO was ever ready to respond to the
e~ntreaties OF the poor aud needy.
4 That in his death Paequotack
County Alliance loses one of it's mos5
faithful a. exemplary members and tn.
community one OF It's best and trueet
citizens.
5. That a copy these resolutions be
spread on the minutes and a copy be
sent to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER with
the request Ghat they be published.
On motion. rhe Alliance went into an
election of Ulcers with the following
result: w f Pcitchard, President
J T. Jones, Wise President J.. @. Perry,
Secret6ry James Jennings, Ohaplain
" J. Temple, Lecturer. The new
officers were duly installed.
By mutual agreement, the next
County Alliance will be held with New
begun Alliance.
On motion, the Alliance adjourned.
G. PERRY, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03
POULTRY YARD
MIDSUMMER SUGGESTIONS.

July is the growing month for all
young stock. Chicks Matched by hens
will have q great advantage over
brooder stock unless the latter is given
space enough and not coddled o % much
by heat. A great many mistakes are
made in brooding artifcally, and this
is one of the most serious-too much
heat and too long continued.
March and April matches should now
be fairly well grown, and the sooner
they are separated and given reerange'
the quicker they will develop and ma
ture. They do not need any heat what
ever-simply protection at night from
rains, dews and cool winds. Fresh air
at night, coupled with plenty of strong,
sweet grain, will make them grow rap
idly. The best method for separating
chicks is to ~colonize them in boxes
placed in an orchard where there is
plenty Of run, plenty of grass and
plenty of shade. Add to this good
sound grain at night and noon, and a
mash of ground oats and corn and bran,
equal parts mixed crumbly, for the
morning, and a supply of fresh water,
and you have done all that is possible
for them; nature must do the rest. OF
course their coops must be kept clean,
and little boxes of grit placed where
they can find them. Tt will surprise
many who have never tried this method
to see how fast the youngsters will
grow.
Soon grasshoppers will abound, and
then the fun begins and the chicks de
light is at hand. Chickens thus given
free range can be fed a great quantity
Of muscle and flesh forming foods, such
as corn, wheat and barley. They will
develop accordingly, working off in SIX
ercise the heavy feeding.
July is also an important month for
the old stock. Ifyour breeding season
is over, and it is with the majority.
separating your male birds and giving
your females free range and plenty of
exercise will put them in fine condition
to stand an early moult, which is so
necessary in order to obtain early fall
eggs.-Country Gentleman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03

Wake county Alliancemen, their
brothers, uncles, cousins, aunts, sweet.
hearts and the general public are in,
vited to meet at the A. & M. College
on Friday, Aug ooh and have good
time. Prominent speakers will be
present and address the crowd.
This was decided at the last county
meeting, and it will be an adjourned
meeting of the county Alliance. The
delegates to the State Alliance will re-
port what was cone at the State NEE t.
ing. All r asked to bring good g zed
baskets and euj0 the contents. IL is
to be hoped that not only every ALI
ancemen in the county will attend, but
that every citizen who has ever be
longed to the Order is invited to come
and join in with the rest and have a
good time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03
THE DAIRY.
RAISING STOCK FOR THE DAIRY

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
This subject is in season at all times
of the year, as under present conditions
dairying is largely being carried on
the year around.
AS a usual thing farmers should
raise enough heifers for the supply of
their own diaries. There are some ad-
vantsges in this over the practice of
purchasing COWS for the purpose as
needed. 1t sould be found cheaper and
more satisfactory altogether.
The farmer should be careful in the
selection and breeding Of his stock, so
as to get the best for the use to which
they are to be put. II he is making
butter he wants a breed or kird best
adapted to this purpose. He should
constantly work with this end in view.
Always keep a pure bred male of salts
factory ancestry, and then if not abe
to at 4 C invest in full blood COWS,
grade up from the best ones on the
farm. In this way good grcgress can
be made. and p~er5everingly continued
it will result in a fine working dairy
herd.
Select the most promising heifer
calves for raising, at any time of year.
1t will require a little better manage.
ment for the best success in cold
weather than in warm, but the con.
ditions in either case should be made as
favorable as possible. The calves
should be kept dry, warm and com
Portable at all seasons of the year. This
is very important where the best re-
sulis are expected. As usually, after
a few days or weeks old, SKINNED milk
is made use of. It will be found profit
able to feed this until several months
old-s K or more. 1t should be fed at
the temperature it comes from the COW
and not in too large quantities at first.
A little Cruel made from wheat mid
dlings or oil meal added to the milk,
will help make up for the fat removed.
After the calf get old enough to eat
ground oats, or oats and bran, the cruel
can be omitted, as they should do
equally well on the other and it will re-
quire less labor. After the first few
weeks they will eat a little hay and
care shyuld be taken to have a supply
Of fine early cut for the purpose.
Last winter I saw an exceedingly
fine pen of calves from three to six
months old, that were fed on skim milk,
corn ensiIage and second crop clover
hay. They had no grain only which
was in the ensilage.
Winter or sprirg calves will do finely
when kept in a comfortable stable or
pen well into the summer and properly
cared for. Calves dropped in early
autumn can be very ensily raised,
usually more SO than in cold weather.
II fed milk through the winter, ard
otherwise we'll cared for, they will be
large and thrifty the following spriue.
and ready fer the pasture when grass
| gets a good start.
The idea should be to keep the calf
In vigorous health and growing thrifty
from the first, until it is ready to take
Its place in the dairy. For this Dur.
pose II should be furnished with food
: suitable for growth and DEVELOPMENT
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03
NO ELASTICITY IN "sreM

For many years other manufacturers noos,
Our claims for the elastic princiDIP in wiCdeo Il
ing. We Won the ace. Then certain ones wh " 5eA
various kinds Of principle" also steel, s r !
recover lost GROUND by stealing our pripcsiSSlS9
pose of the stolen goods. uh
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian. uA
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03
CHEAPER FOOD FOR POULTRY

Reducing the Cost of Producing Eggs.
= Eds. Country Condemnation the
great majority of people who produce
eggs and place them on the general
market, the present prices afford but a
small margin above the o of produc-
ton. The fancier and breeder of thor
oughbreds may still get prices which
make his business profitable; but there
is little money in producing eggs for
consumption where all the food must
be purchased.
With a view of furnishing cheaper
food for my hens, and lessening the
cost Of production, l built a small silo
Ia my hennery for the purpose of ex
perimentiDg with clover ensilage. I
built the silo four feet SOU re and ten
feet high. I double boarded it on the
outside of the studding, with building
paper between the boards. l found
that with such materials it was dific
cult to build a silo perfectly air tight,
and my experiments showed me that
it is not easy to keep clover ensilsge N
good condition Ia a ailo of this kind.
Perhaps one made Of slaves would DO;
but however it is made, il should be as
nearly air tight as possible for preserv
clover ensilage in small quantities.
Where a large num5er of fowls are
kept, and quite a large quantity Of en-
silage can be used, and the clover is
finely cut before putting in the silo,
and the work il all done, l think, if il
is rightly used / n connection with other
food, it will considerably lessen the
cost of feeding the fowls.
The best substitute for ensilage ia
clover roWen, i. g., the second crop of
clover cut when only a few inches high,
and dried and kept for winter use. The
farmer who has plenty of clover and
skinned milk should be able to pro-
duce eggs with profit, ave at the pres
ent prlc3s. These foods are rich IN
protein and it will do no harm to feed
a little corn with with them. If the
hens are yarded, a very good way is to
Jake a plat Of clover and commence to
NOW iE when it is a few inches high.
When it is short it can be cut very
nicely with alawn mower, and 80 plant
that when the plat has been gone over,
the first part moved will be ready to
NOW again. II one has not a clover
cutter, other means may be used in
cutting it up for the fowls. A box with
Stats nailed over the top to prevent
scratching it out should be kept filled
with the cut clover. have no found
it best to mix it with other food.
During the summer l buy skimmed
milk from a creamery near bv. for
which I pay five cents per 40 quart CAP.
I feed only the cheese from the milk.
and mix with it a small quantity of
bran and corn meal ii proportion to
the cheese. This makes morning feed
In summer. During the day they eet
a considerable quantity of the green
cut clover, and 1 try to keep a portion
Oh the yard fresh plowed-frst sowing
little oats on the ground-and in this
way Keep the hens busy scratching for
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Week Ending ates--Qn Sale via South
ern Railway,

Week hiding Rates--Qn Sale via South
ern Railway.
The Southern Railway have placed
on sale every Saturday ard Sunday
Week Ending Tickets to folio wing Sea
Shore and Mountain Resorts:
Raleigh to Asheville ana return, S. 40.
Raleigh to Black Mountain and re
turn, $50.
Raleigh to Round Knob aud re
turn, 81 80.
Raleigh to Marion and Return, 81. 60.
Raleigh to Connolly Springs and re
turn, 81 90.
Raleigh to Hickory and return, a 90.
Raleigh to Old Point Comfort and re-
turn, 50 so.
Raleigh TO Virginia Beach and return,
50 so.
Raleigh to Ocean View and return,
50 so.
Raleigh to Wilmington and return,
50 SO.
Raleigh to Morehead City and return,
81 50.
The above tickets r good to return
on the following Monday after date of
sale. For full particulars call on or
write Thad y. 8Curgls, Ticket Agent
Southern Railway Union Station, Raj,
eigh, N Q.
VII GREEN, We TURK, J.M.CULP,
Gen. 5upt. g. Z. A. L. ID.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03

The grain. worms and insects. A very
little corn or wheat is fed at night.
When due attention is given to other
details. this method of feeding gives me
more eggs for the same outlay for feed
than n other. In the winter, clover
ensilage or rowen is substituted for the
green clover, and cut bone and meat
which I get at the market very cheap,
for the milk. I think farmers who
make butter can realize most for their
SKINNED milk by feeding it to good
laying hens.
With plenty of grass for them, and
other materials which cost but little,
all utilized, the cost of egg production
is very much reduced. We should
study to produce our eggs as cheaply
as possible; then try to put them on
the market in the best condition pos
sible. Strictly fresh eggs, perfectly
clean and assorted as to size al be
sold at a price above market quota
tions, which makes the margin above
the cost of production still larger. Of
course We must keep only those fowls
which are bred for the purpose we want
of them, and then give such attention
to details as will keep them healthy;
then manage them on those business
principles which make a success of
other kinds of business.
W. H. JENKINS.
Delaware county N V
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03
Della county N. Y,

Mr.. E. A. Guillion sends the follow
ing the to Louisville Courier Journal
from Carrollton, KY: ga remedy for
cutworms used with succe SO by the
Westrick Brothers, in Carroll county,
is as follows: Take a teaspoonful Of
Paris green and mix in a gallon of meal.
Sprinkle a email portion of the mixture
IN each tobacco plant and it will slay
the cutworm. To apply, 8 an oyster
can with four nail holes in the bottom,
the ear having a handle about two feet
long. A gallon of the mixture is stiff
Gent for an acre, but after a washing
rain it must be applied again. This
remedy is sure death to chickens, so
they must be kept away.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03

both herbs and mineral have been
largely reduced. In the case OF the
mineral, except as it is found IN the
grass, some of the swine pastures are
now entirely vol Of it.
One who would succeed must avoid
the two extremes, or disaster may fol-
low. Swine cannot make pork with
out suitable food, nor can they use the
ordinary foods without the healthtul
admixture of the little incidentals
which give relish and finish to the taste
and the digestion and assimilation. n
principal part of the ration must be
bound together by the finishing straws,
90 to speak. The human being con-
siders his table uninviting if it contains
only plain bread and meat. With
numerous side dishes, however, a
trifiDg expense in this line adds a
variety which give flavor, relish and
finish to the meal that is thus set be-
fore one. The successful feeder OF live
stock will study to furnish his animals
the proper varieties in right proportion
and will substitute, wherever he may
with equal advantage, the cheaper for
the more costly ration. -Western
Rural.
A writer in the American CultivatOr
mentions two ways in which stable
manure is most likely to be wasted.
Oae, the most obvious, is the wasting
by rains, which will wash away all
that is soluble in it. But the other, less
thought of, is even more dangerous,
though unseen. That is the wasting by
the passing away as ammonia of all
the heterogeneous party of manure. The
ammonia is very volatile. Pour some
into a saucer and leave it exposed to
the air, and most of it's strength will
disappear after a few hours. If some
potash is put with it that will absorb a
part Of it, turning it, if the potash be
caustic, into saltpetre. But the far
greater part of the ammonia is given
off by decompCsing n heaps and
escapes into the air, where it becomes
useless as q fertilizer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03
POMONA HILL NURsEp,no
POMONA " q

Two miles west of Greensboro, N n
Southern Railway. Well known "HNt
years. Up with the times with all ba1 @
as the old fruits that are suited n NV"
which extends from Maine to TEXAS y n
Japan fruits and all other good fruIt 1|l
ers I have, IS shown in my new rI~15
catalogue. free to all. Agents wanta5
1so8l ]. VAN LINDLEv n
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-24
Use Dickinson Brick.

What will Fargo do now! Put
down more rotten cedar blocks in her
streets that will be all ready to be
washed towards Winnipeg when the
next flood comes! If she would pave
her streets with North Dakota vitri-
fed brick-made of North Dakota
clay and burned with North Dakota
coal-Fargo would be the better off.
These brick should be laid on plank,
to prevent them from sinking into
holes, but they would wear a long
while, and never float off. We are
afraid that Mandan could not supply
the brick, as this place has never
found that it possessed the clay need
ed to make brick hard enough for the
purpose of paving. But at DickinsG4
there is plenty Of such clay, and !
cheap railroad rate is all that is need3
ed. 1t would be a great thing fot
Fargo and Dickinson if such an arr
rangement could be made.-Mandan
Pioneer.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-24

ALL of the stockmen seem
pleased with the result of Thurs
days meeting. 1t was perhaps
the strongest and most interesting
meeting that the stock growers
have ever held. One thing is
sure, there was no politics or job
berry in the deliberations of the
meeting, and members, both old
and new, who want honest in
'spection and the benefits of a
truly business-like association are
going to uphold the hands of the
officers of the Live Stock Asso-
citation of North Dakota. The
opposition, vested largely in the
hands of one man, did not de-
velop strength enough to even or
ganize. The taking Of a name by
sharp practice and getting it in
corporated is one thing, and the
getting of members, honest,
sober minded stock growers, is
another.