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Oood TUifi About Mules.
Moles are easier kept than horses be
cause they eat less and will keep in good
condition on poorer food. They are by
f ir less liable to disease. They are more
hardy ar d will endure degrees heat
and cold that would greatly injure hor
ses. If they sometimes refuse to go, they
»-e rarely known to run away, and, ac
cordingly, they do not break harness,
trigone,*and carts, not to speak of legs
and arms. They are not naturally vi
cious, and most of their bad characteris
tics may lie ascribed to defective oduca
tion and to bad examples.
The power of enduranco of mules if
much beyond that of horses. They an
also sure-footed. They are, accordingly
better adapted as beasts of burden t<
travel in a warm climate, to endure fa
tigue, and to make trips over mountain*
Mules are almost the only reliance of th
i habitants of Central and South America
T ley are used for drawing plows, hai
rows, and harvesters, and for taking pro
duce to market, and for ail purposes o
traveling. In the southern states the’
perform nearly as many useful purposes
and there is hardly a cotton, cane, or to
bacco raiser who would think that h<
could raise one of these crops without
the use of mules.
For plowing between the rows of cul
tivated crops the mule iB in many re
spects the superior of the horse. Hit
feet are smaller aud, accordingly, do lest
damage in stepping upon plants. Hit
skin is tougher, and therefore is not st
liable to be injured by defective harness
The gait is more uniform and according
ly the driver is not so likely to becom<
wearied. As a rule, mules are less liabh
to become irritated and fractious on ac
count of the presence of bites of insects,
and, consequently, do less damage tc
crops among which they work.
Mules may be put to work much ear
lier than horses. There is in this re
spect at least the advantage of one yeai
in the favor of the mule. In other words,
the mule will do as much work wher
three years old as the horse will wher
four. The mule not only begins to pa?
his way much earlier but continues to b<
useful much later in life. We have repea
ted accounts of mules continuing to d<
good service after they were forty year*
old. A mule, the property of the lat*
Prof. Mapes, of New Jersey, was heal
thy. active, and fit for labor when it wa*
sixty years old.
It is urged that the mule is slow am’
awkwar J, but these faults are largely tfce
the results of bad b ending. As a rule,
no care is taken in breeding mules. Th.
dams of most mules are animalB that nc
farmer would want to raise colts from
They are themselves slow and awkward
and oftentimes lame and diseased. It i*
not to be wondered at that these defect*
reappear in the offsprings of these ani
mala. Horses would be slow and awk
ward if they were raised from animal*
of this sort, and we can expect nothing
different in the case of the mules.
Cultivating Sweet Potatoes-
To Editors of the American Farmer.
Your correspondent’s inquiry in refer
ence to sweet potatoes running to vine, in
lieu of forming roots, is not an uncom
mon occurrence with us in this county,
which, from its former extensive culture
of the old “yellow bark,” has given its
name to that variety.
The editor's explanation, that proba
bly he had manured too high, would ap
pear reasonable were it not that we have
other facts annually occurring in our ex
perience to show that even on land in
good heart, where this crop has been
grown for several years in succession,
the best results of over one hundred bar
rels per acre are produced by using Bal
timore stable manure to the value of $50
per acre; composted with an equal bulk
0* wood-mould in the drill. This manure
costs with us one dollar thirty to fifty
cents per cart-load of 20 bushels.
Our potato-growers, when the vines
were unusually luxuriant, formerly turn
ed in calves or cows to graze them; but
the experiment waB doubtful of utility.
The value of ashes as a fertilizer for this
(or indeed for almost any) crop I can
testify to from experience* Thirty years
ago, my father grew sweet potatoes in
twenty or more acre patches for Northern
markets, and used sloop loads of ashes
for several years. His experience
that the ashes were the cheapest and
most enduring fertilizer for the potato
crop he ever tried. The leached asheB
were used broadcast, about 120 bushels
E er acre, and cost then 10 cents per
ushels at the Norfolk soap factory.
The drills were filled with wood-mould
composted with stable aud farm-yard
manure.
A Yien 1 of ours, the present season,
sold nearly 1,100 barrels from ten acres,
they were heavily manured with stable
manure composted with wood mould. If
the land be will drains.I, the writer would
advise your correspondent L. to try
sweet potatoes on the same land again,
and u e not* only ashes broadcast, but
manure in the drill, if the land be of a
physical character adapted to this crop.
Too much rain iu July is said, or
thought to be, one cause of excessive
growth of vine. The potato now grown
by us for Northern markets, is not the
old “yello w bark,” or Nansemond, but
mu l like it in colo: without and within;
in foim it is shorter and more like the
yam3—it "'ailed “red nose.”
The yams, p.mij kin yams, (red inside)
Uiean and Hay man, (the two mtter are
whito potatoes.) are only grown for f rni-
ly use and tne homo market. Ti.e Ha
inan keeps like a walnut in hills cr ct liar
with little '.rouble, and grows to a ’ ery
large size on moderately rich land witu->
out manure. While we do not consider
it, or any kind grown, comparable to the
yams or old Spanish for the table in
winter, yet its hardiness, and growing
on lands without manure, where other
kinds would only be slips or small pota
toes, recommend it for home use.
The crop is only profitable with us
when it matures early, so as to be mark
eted in September and early in October;
and it is not uncommon to put sweet po
tatoes on the same land for several years
in succession; and when the land has
once produced an unusually fine yield.
the impression is current that it will be
potato sick the next year, and prudence
dictates a change of location for several
years. Naxskkond.
Exchange, Va., Nov. 2d, 1874.
Argumeut Against Cotton*
The London Times, in a leading edito
rial article, says: “In tie gloom surround
ing us one thing is perceptible. All men
are arming. Germany is arming en masse,
and the surrounding nation, including
the beet part of the world, cannot do
otherwise. The momentary dreams of
peace have fled awny. Germany recog
nizes the stern necessity. What she won
by arms she can only hold by arms and
while arms are in her hands.”
Should the prediction of the London
Times be verified, and Europe be con
vulsed by a general war, commercial af
fairs will suffer greatly and tho general
effect upon all the interests and indus
tries, will be to depress them. The price
of cotton, which is now below the cost of
production, will tumble in a day to almost
nothing. The price will be nominal and
.t will doubtless be difficult to sell at any
nice. Factories will be closed, industry
vill be paralvzed and trade and com
aerce will necessarily suffer *» K _ I winter. The remainder of bis com ground
The South is largely epen e P° | is seeded to rye. The following fall this
Europe to consume the cotton produced . g t * reated to from two to three
Ia1 T : JSSfLVSSSLi only so much ' hundred pounds of commercial fertilizer.
Jto*t Crop to Follow Cora.
The Club discussed the following ques
tion : What crop should succeed the
com crop, and how treated ?
Edwin Scott preferred to follow com
with oats. He had always had bettci
success with wheat after oats than after
wheat or rye. Oats clean the ground and
get it in better condition for wheat. The
land gets two plowings ip stead of one.
If he left.his com ground over, he would
set either to clover or timothy. He had
never noticed any difference in his grass
sets after oats.
A. J. Gent sgreed with Mr. Scott, that
osts lighten the land, and leave it in bet*>
ter condition for wheat and grass, though
he considers it far more exhaustive after
corn than wheat Leaving grasses out
of consideration, it is better to sow wheat
and follow with wheat
D. Gorsuch.—His present plan is to
take part of his corn ground for corn
plowing in tho fall and manuring in the
md no cotton is needed,
an find a market as it is called for by
American spinners. And when we add
o the probability of a war in Europe,
die general feeling of uncertainty and
nsecurity felt in this country, as to the
•ourse affairs may take, the commercial
rntlook is gloomy indeed. The radical
jarty threatens to put the Southern
itates through the reconstruction mill
vgain, rather than lose the hold of power,
vhich is fast slipping from its grasp.
Che leaders of the party in Washington
alk boldly and openly of such an under-
aking. Serious trouble will result if
die attempt is made. The people will
lot tamely submit to such an outrage.
Tho conservatives of the North will rise
igainst tho party making the attempt.
The result will of course be a general de-
iression in business, and our cotton crop
s the basis of the business of the South.
With all the probabilities against a
half-tcay remunerative price for cotton,
vill our farmers persist in producing it?
They have followed the fatal policy al-
•eady, until in some instances, actual suf-
ering has resulted. If the events men
tioned above, which are so gloomily fore
hadowed at the present time, do hap-
>en, and if our planters continue to pro-
luce cotton, to the exclusion of provi
sions as they have done, instead of the
suffering which happened in a few in
dances, distress will be general. If the
•ther sections of the country will have a
surplus of bread and meat, there will be
■'othing in this section to purchase with.
There is little enough now, but unless
ature crops cs,n be made .md sold at cost
or above, there will be still less.
The lesson is plain—the remedy is
within reach. Let our farmers, one and
ill, be sure to plant for a living. Let
them be on the safe side and be careful
so produce provisions, each for his own
family and all dependencies, and they will
thus be independent of the outside world.
vVars may rage, but they will have a com
oetency at home. The flush times of for-
uer days will take the place of poverty
md distress. A full purse will drive away
visions of bankruptcy and ruin.—Mon
roe Advertiser.
Agricultural Brevities.
A Louisiana planter has produced three
and one-half hogsheads of sugar per acre
—a result of superior culture.
Chickens cannot be raised profitably
alone, but in connection with other farm
operations nothing pays better.
Feed only meal to fattening fowls for
at least two days before killing, and feed
nothing for a few hours before killing.
A Florida planter has raised on fifty
acres of land - a crop of sorghum which
will yield him five hundred barrels of sy
rup, which, at fifty cents a gallon, a low
figure, gives ten thousand dollars for the
crop.
If a poor soil is to bo brought up, the
manure should be buried until the soil is
sufficiently enriched to the depth it is to
be worked. Afterward, if it and the cli
mate arc naturally moist, top-dressing is
best.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman keeps cider by racking off when
fermented just right, and adding a pound
of white sugar to each gallon. It is a
good drink in haying and harvesting the
year following.
The successful operation of three or
four wind mills on the Vineland tract,
used for drawing water for locomotive
and manufacturing purposes, has in
duced a number of farmers and fruit
growers to construct them for irrigating
purposes.
A good lubricator for wooden axles is
made of six parts of clean tallow and two
parts of fine smooth plumbago. Anotb
er is made of five parts of tallow, five
parts of soapstone, one part of plumbago
and nine parts of resin oil; the tallow and
the oil are heated and mixed, after which
the soapstone and plumbago are added.
Use of Fossil Phosphate, Guano, Cic
At the same assBociatiuii attention was
largely given to the employment of fossil
phosphates, containing fr om 70 to 80 per
cent, of phosphate of lime, and destined
to counteract the exhaustion of lands
where nitrate of soda and sulphate of
ammonia .\re exclusively employed. The
phosphate is applied in tho form of pow
der, at the rate of 3 cats, per acre, and
is generally spread on the flooring of the
slables after the bedding has been re
moved; it thus mixes with the solid and
liquid excrements of the- auimals, fmdr
its way into tfc a liquid m- lure tank, Ac. I
Trie urine in puirifying generates carbon j
-to oi umpioma, which, from direct ex-1
i sri-neats, renders the phosphates solu
ble and assimilable. A ready but relia-!
ble means for testing the purity of guano
was announced, to submit a weighed
quantity of guano to a red heat; if pure,
there will be little ashes, and, if acted
upon by an acid, not more than 1 or 2
per cent. M. Deherain submitted the re
sults of his experiments to demonstrate
that the nitrogen of the air can bo ab
sorbed by arable soils in presence of cer
tain organic matters, and concludes, that
what has taken place in his laboratory,
under' specially prepared conditions,
ought to consequently occur with soils.
His conditions, however, are not *anala-
gous, and this debated question remains
still far from settlement
(jo West, Young Hen!
GO TO TEXAS!
All who wish to go West to farm, and
will work, can aud will do well to go this
winter, to Texas—and there find their
fortunes. All who want to go should
call on Mr. J. I. Palmes of Augusta, Ga.,
and those who have no means of getting
there will be furnished transportation.
Call on or address
J. L PALMER,
Emigrant Agent
Augusta. Ga.
Dee. 21, 1871. 22 2m
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Coiroampticn, Kpilvpoy and Kin, induct by «<»lMnd’i!f«*nue or
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Price in a *f>*i«d Envelope, oaly six cento.
i twfobratod author,
nionitratrs, froiu a thirty v«arV successful nraetice that thr
‘ff-abuae may be radically cured with-
aiarroing con-eq iiencc* of
i this admirable Easay. dearly ii<- -
years' succm
rff-sbtise may \
and seeded to wheat and grass. The part
cultivated the second season in corn is
treated to a commercial fertilizer and
seeded to rye and grass. He prefers this
plan to any he has pursued heretofore,—
sowing no oats at all. Grass takes bet
ter after rye, because it grows more open
than wheat, and after harvest its higher
stubble protects the young set
N. R. Miles always sows oats after
corn. He generally gets the best sets
after oats.
S. M. Price.—With our corn stubble
we are generally governed by the condi
tion of the soil; if the land is in good
heart, ws sou in wheat and then stubble
up again and put in wheat a second time
—the land is then in good condition for
a catch of grass. If not in good heart,
we put part in rye and follow with wheat.
Thin ground is sown in oats and stubbled
up for wheat. We like the fertilizer or
manure to get a crop of wheat after oats.
We are opposed to letting lie over, on
account of the great difficulty of getting
into order. The present system of rota
tion after corn runs the ground too hard
and the day is not far distant when farm
ers will adopt the plan of sowing clover
at the last working. We tried it last
year, and got a beautiful set. To have
turned this down would have improved j
the land very much. Question— Is the j
average money value of the wheat crop
equal to that of the oat crop. Answer—
That is owing to the condition of the
land. Some land is too rich for oats. Ii
the land is good, for an average season it
1 will bring 15 bushels of wheat, which
at former price ($1.50 per bushel) la bet
ter than 30 bushels of oats, and wo sei- j ^
dom get over that amount. There are
so many things to be Considered that a
definite answer to the question is almost
impossible. Oats will bring cleaner
wheat. For a few years back oats and
hay have both been high, and as oat
straw is a good substitute for bay, these
two circumstances have combined to en
hance the value of the oat crop.
I. M. Price prefers following com with
clover if he could always do so. * He lias
had some very good sets of clover by
sowing after the last workings of corn.
Looking to keeping up the improvement
of the land, this is decidedly the best
plan. If we chose we can have a good
pasture field, mow, or plow under, which
last for a good crop of wheat is almost
as good as any commercial fertilizer we
can buy and put on. The last com stub-
bled which we seeded to clover gave a
heavy growth. A portion of the field
was in oats ; this* was well manured for
the wheat which followed. The part
seeded to clover w*p, with the exception
of several acres, plowed before harvest.
The clover sod gave him a better crop of
wheat than the oat stubble. On the av
erage of a number of years, be thinks it
would be more profitable to sow corn
stubble in clover than in wheat, oats, or
out the use of internal medicine or the application ot
the knife; pointing oat a mode of cure at once simple, certain,
and eifcctual. by means of which erery ar.d'erer, no matter
hi*condition may be, may cure hiinsel! ..heap! j privately, and
rajically
[#"Thl* Lecture will pr/vfe a boon to thousand* and thou
sands.
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with comparatively little pain, and leave, the mother
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felt. It i. prepared by Dr. J.8 HOLMES, who ha.
use t it with great .access in a targe practice for thirty
year.- It has been used by many ladies in thi. State,
and ha. given satisfaction in all case. For vale by
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bama. Mobile, Savannah, Roanoke, James,
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tensive derangements of the stomach and
liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their
treatment, a purgative, exerting s powerful
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they are ucnvaioii, the total abaoncu of pri.ma’ic
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render, 'hem eepermlly desirable. Being ground wiui
great care, they are free: row all imperfection? anti iir
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Tm> down Paaaengitr Train make# cioa* Monectiaa at Jaatni
with train* of Atlantic A Gulf ft.ft. lor all point* in Florida.—
The up tram makoa c loae oonnrctloa at J«m|> for Savannah, and
at Macon for all point* North, B**t rad Went.
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CHANGE OF StHEDIJLE.
ON THF. GEORGIA AND MACON AND AU
UUSTA RAILROADS
rye. Question—Did the wheat yield as | ^yu and **tk* mondat. march 3d, imtix v — t -
much on the part plowed before harvest j £, r "oil* w*' 1 '" O * orfl * “ d n ** d au*«»u x^in»d« win
as on the part plowed after? Answer—|
His impression was that there was as I
much wheat, but a half acre fell before it ]
filled. Thinks salt at the rate ot two
bushels per acre, would strengthen the
straw. Where he used salt, the straw
stood up better and was heavier.
T. T. Gorsuch stated that other experi
ments with salt had resulted the reverse
of this.
The remaining members, with one ex
ception, practice the usual rotation of
wheat, oat* or rye after corn. The mem
ber who forms the exception is trying
barley after corn, but so far without gain
ing by the change. He claim ml that oats
after corn had paid him better than wheat
or rye. He advocated following corn
with clover and plowing down after har
vest for wheat. t o.
Baltimore County, Nov. 16, 1874.
OATS AS HORSE FEED.
It is a very general belief among onr
people that for horses and mules requir
ed to do farm work, no food is a* nu
tritive as corn and that it is almost im
possible to “keep up the stock’ on any
other kind of grain. This is a great
mistake, however. I am satisfied from a
long and careful experience in the man
agement of draft animals, that good,
sound oats are by far the most nourish
ing and wholesome food for either horses
or males on a plantation, for tho rea
s^ri that, they are more easy of digestion,
an less liable to sour, are more easily as
a undated t».n com in any shape. For
j r)r ».T.„ a j oarer saw a mule or horse fed
•a goon, ciuan oats troubled with colic
ot flatulency. I allude only to good, clean
oXts. If th are musty or mouldy they
art the worst possible food, and will pro
duce the worst result; but if they are
•ound and about four or five months old,
I am positive that no other food is as
good or possesses the combination of
healthful and nutritive qualities as they
do, no matter wbat the work which the
animaja'are required to do.
Victoria carried off the first
[pigs and Herefordshire heifer*
OSqaimss cattle *bow ja Loafloa. |
Water a* a Plant Wonrisher.
An experiment of considerable import-
' bot
in botany has recently been conduc
ted in England. Some plants of the wat
ermelon. after their first germination
from the seed, base been sustained whol
ly upon water, in which their roots were
immersed, and have, in this condition,
produced fruit of the finest quality. Very
few plants can obtain sufficient nourish
ment from water alone to enable them to
carry on the complete processes of bios
souring and fruiting. The hyacinth, which
is made to flower in water, has been first
brought to maturity by a growth of sev
eral years iri the soil, and has stored in
its bulb sufficient food for the mainten
ance of its foliage and flowers for an en
tire season. The water in which it ap
parently thrives seems to act only as a
solvent of this food, for it foils to furnish
tiie material with which the hyacinth can
stock in bulb for a succeeding year’s sub
sistence. Hence, after tbe plant has once
blossomed in water, it is exhausted, and
is either thrown away, or set in the
ground and allowed several years to re
cover its spent forces. In the case of tbe
watermelon cited above, there was, how
ever, no previous preparation of food,
and its entire nourishment throughout
vegetation was derived from the was
ter.
" 'W"n
In Virginia, they sail vagrants, white
or Maoihlo U$be*t bidder.
Ih? Old Age of Lexington.
Nine miles from Frankfort, on the road
to Lexington, stands, one of the finest
and richest farms in Kentucky—that own
ed by Mr. Alexander. On this superb
stock form we saw three hundred blooded
.horses ranging in rank from old Lexing
ton, the monarch of the turf, to tho kitten
ish and frisky yearling. Here also Mr.
Alexander has collected $100,000 worth
of cattle, comprising some of the finest
stock in th* world, and peeping into tho
inclosure where the coBtly cattle were
kept, we saw one diminutive heifer worth
$27,000, and a variety of foreign creatures
whose value seemed almost fabulous.
On this farm are bred the great majority
of fine trotting and running horses that
appear in our parks during „Le racing
season. Mr Alexander’s es +o te which is
•tdicirably stocked with fine form Lousee,
horns, and tfoules, and which i.- more
iike ? duer.1 mar.Cr than the ordinary
American farm, extends over 3,200 acres.
N^rr by is eld John Harper's modest
farm of 2,000 acres. The roads, the stone
walls, and the fine lawns, covered with
tr .issive shade trees, make a series of
d lighttul pictures.
The annual sale of horses on the Alex
ander farm occurs in June. Only yearl
ing colta are sold. Hundreds of people
from all the country around, and from
every State in the Union, flock to this
sale. An immense barbecue is held, and
high wasaail mark* ike conclusion of the
occasion. We paid a respectful visit to
old Lexington, the mighty sire of a
mightier equine family. He is now quite
blind, a veteran of twenty-two, afflicted
with goitre, and stood gazing in the di
rection from which our voices came, a
melancholy wreck of his former greatness.
The princes of the race-course of the pres
ent galloped by, neighing and pawing the
ground, as if annoyed at our presence.
One of them, named Asteroid, so for for
got his prineely dignity as to charge
incontinently upon the fence where we
were seated, and an artist has depicted
tbe result in a spirited sketch. The ne
gro men who manage these erratic brutes
undergo all sorts of perilous adven
tures, but they seem to possess as many
lives as a eat, and, like that animal,
always land on their feet, no matter how
far the plunging and rearing horses may
throw them.—Edward King in Scrib
ners for December.
Yon can save feed and trouble by get
ting rid of your poorest stock now. This
is particularly trae of sheep. Get rid of
the miserable, scrawny ones that you
know wi 1 not winter over, or if they do,
will be worth nothing when spring
opens Better knock them in the head and
sell them for pelt* than to feed them all
the winter for nothing. It pay* to keep
good stock, but poor stock never.
The navigator* of the boisterous.. Bay
of Biscay lately encountered a new terror
in the shape of icebergs which had been
driven then by tbe late severe storm.
Icebergs, though found farther south,
have rarely entered the limits of this bay,
and, hence their presence there is an
•toftkefpaealferiatefwt
OEOSOIA RAILROAD.
D«J r r,tr::, r Tr,is will
Lrave Au*n,t« at I 40 .. ni.
L?»v? Atlanta at «.S0a. a.
Arrirsio AufuaUat 3.4? a a.
ArriTi-lu Atlanta at A4Sp m.
„ NIGHT PASSENGKR TRAIN.
L?svt* Ao*u,taat 8 15 p m
Lrave Atlanta at ..no p. m.
Arrivr in Aupiirta at 4.001. m
Arri,? in Atlanta at 8.0S a m
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Macov rnH>ctl rim
L?ar? Aupnata at 10.45 a m
Leave Camak 2.15 p. at
Arrive in Manou S.
Leave Macon at 630am
Arrive at Camak 10 45 a a
Arrive In Aocuete 2.00 p. ta.
r>urn,eraifrom Athena, Waahin.ton. Atlaaia, or anv paint oa
riir Georgia RalTr ad and Brancbea, by taking the Dai fimm
Train, will make does connection at Camak with train, fee
Macon and ar point, bevond.
Pullman', (Virat-Clu*) Palace Sleeping Can on nil Night Faaa-
eager Trains on the Georgia Railroad.
„ 8 K JOHNSTON. SoVt.
Superintendent'? Offiee Georgia and Macon and Augurta Rail
road*. Augueta. Marsh I. 1874.
S. S. PECK,
Machinist and Millwright,
Furaiiih*-* to Order
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS,
Circular Saw, Grist and
Flour Mills,
Also, the Celebrated Leffell Double
Turbine Water Wheel. Hydraulic Rams,
Pipes, Pumps, and General Machinery.
All made of best Material, at Manufactur
er's Prices.
IT
Scrofula, or King’* Evil, White
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled
Neck, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations,
Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Affec
tions, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin,
Sore Eves, etc., etc. In these, as in ail
other constitutional Diseases, Wajjceb'i
VrxEGAK Bitters have shown their great
curative powers in the most obstinate and
intractable case?.
For Inflammatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remittent
and Iiitermi; t- nt IYver.i, Dfo.-fc>os of the
Blood, Lit -v, Kidney;, ond Bladder, these
Bittors have uc equal. £ik h DLuaate are
caused by Vitiated Blood.
Mc-chailical Diseases.—Persons en
gaged in Paints ami Minerals, such as
Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and
Miners, as they advance in life, are sub
ject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard
against this, take a dose of Walub'i
VntEGAB Bitters occasionally.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions,Tetter,
Salt Khenrn, Blotches, Spots, Pimples,
Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ringworms,
Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch,
Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors
and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name
or nature, are literally dug up and carried
out" of the system in a short time by the
use of these Bitters.
Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lark
ing in the sy stem of so many thousands, are
effectually destroyed and removed. No
system of medicine, no vermifuges, no
aiithelminitics, will free the system from
worms like these Bitters.
For Female Complaints, in young
or old, married or single, at the dawn of
womanhood or the turn of life, these Tonie
Bitters display so decided an influence
that improvement is soon perceptible.
Jaundice.—In all cases of jaundice,
rest assured that your liver is not doing its
work. The only sensible treatment is to
S -omote tfce secretion of the bile and
vor its removr 1. For this purpose use
VntBOAE Bit r ee i.
Cleanse the Vitiated Blood when
ever you find its impurities bunting
through tbe skin in Pimples, Eruptions,
or Sores; cleanse it when you find it ob
structed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse
it when it is foul: your feelings wiH tell
you when. Keep the blood pure, and the
health of the system will follow.
K. II. ncDOXALD * CS.
Druggist, aud General Agecte. 8u Vnocteeo, C*Ufec-
ua, and cor. Wuhiugtou and Chirltoo Ska., N.w York.
Sold by oil Druggists Md Men.
r. ii. McDonald « co.,
Urngpirt* and Gen. AgM., San FranciMo California
miaI cor. of Wasuington and Chariton Sts.. N. T.
ftold by «a UroicgUU and Dealer*.
TIM MERMAN & WISE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER* IN
Boots, Shoes and Hats, Trunks,
VALISES, CARPET-BAGS, UMBRELLA8, Ac., Ac.
JT*. 182 Bread Street, opposite iagnsta Hotel, 2 - - AUGUSTl, GA.
W E would very respectfully solicit the attention of onr Baldwin county friends,
and the public generally, to the #
xx kivia fltoos
which we have just received, and are receiving daily, direct from the manufacturer s
hands. Our patrons would do well to give u* » c*ll and examine our stock for
themselves, as we propose selling goods at as low prices as they can be bought in
the United States.
*arCountry Merchants will greatly promote their interests by calling on us.
TIMMERMAN A WISE.
Dec. 22. 1874. 22 3in -
WARFIELD & WYNNE,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND AGENTS OF THE CELEBRATED
CHESAPEAKE GUANO.
SAVANNAH, GA.
W. will vtriotly carry out dilo rders frost owner, of cotton, to Mil,
■nd will make prompt return* by etpreu or registered tetter. BAGGING
prioet. I iberal advance, made on ConrignmeoU.
Not. 21,1874.
*er akin. a. Uey raa;
AVD TIES nt the
u
instruct na,
ret market
18 3m.
1874. Fall and Winter Trade. 1874.
Carriages, Buggies, Express and Flantati** Wag*#*, Hiraesff, Whip*, At,
SALOMON COHEN.
finer Bay and Jf'SVrsoii Streets, SAVAMNAH, GA.,
I
1 \v.
./HiK PUBLIC IN GENERAL THAT HR STILL REMAINS IN THE
Ti.de, and hae oa hand an entire new atoek that wa. porchased at panio
NFsIli.M ': l.is K
Caniagc, Bug.; 1
prices li ia Ke.il
1 advocate the Motto: “Quick Sale* aid Saall Profits.”
Call and examine tbe *1 jck before purchasing elsewhere. Inauirie. from th* conntry will receive prompt
attention. X*v. 24, 1874. 18 3m.
te 15 Central
Oct. 20. 1874.
momioxo,
«A
13 ly.
II LhADS TO HAPPINESS!
ABOANTOTHS WHOLE RACK Ot
WOMEN*
DH. BRIOVIRLD'I
PE »i tU: RFGUI.ATOR.
| f WILL BRING ON THE MENSES, RKLII.v’K
I all pam «*f the inoutkly ' Keriod " cur. KLeuan
'!-m a id Nenralg r of *ecfc en-1 U'erte !.■ acerbee or
White* and partial i*r> l.pau. Uteri, check excessive
fl, ./a. d cwieoi an irregaiaritieK peculiar t,> Ladira.
It will remove all irritation of Kidney, and B adder,
reli.v* Costiven***. pnrifythe Blood, give tone and
strength to the wool, system, dear tb* akin, impart-
itig a rosy hue to the cheek, and cheerfulness to the
mind.
It i. a sure cure in nil the above diseaae. as Quinine
is in Chills and Fever.
Ladies can care themeelvea of ail the above diseases
without revealing their complaint to any pernoo
which is always mortifying to their pride and modesty
It is recommended by the best physicians nod clergy
LaGrauoc, Ga., March 23, 1870.
RR.ariKLD Si Co., Atlanta, Ga.—Dear8ir: I take
pleasure in
years, the
as Dr J BMADFIELD'8 FEMALE REGULATOR,
and consider it the beet combination ever gotten to
gether for tho diaeaala for which it i« recommended
JEWELL’S MILLS.
Postoffiee, Jewell's, Ga.
M ANUFACTURE Sheetings, Shirtings, Oena
burgs. Yarns. Jeans and Kerseys
At our .tore nud warehouse we keep constantly en
hand and for sale Baggio- and Ties GrCeorias, Dry
Goods. Hats. Hardware, Tinware, Boot* aud Shoe*.
Medicine, Crockery, Glassware, and nil other article*
needed for plantation or family use.
Please give u- a call.
Wool. Cotton. Wheat, Corn and other produce
wunted in exebauge for good* or cash.
D A. JEVVI.L.
Jewe'l s P. O .Nov.2. 1874.' I51ypd
DIRWIN G. JONES'
ATLANTA VI HE GAM. WOIU
OFFICE AND \VAP.ER< OM REMOVED to 3] Broad St.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Cider aud VYine Vinegar, and Sweet
Cider.
WHOLESALE ONLY.
Best Standard Goods and Lowe* Price* Guornn
[sept. 15.1874 S Cm.
I have been familiar with the preecription both as a
practitioner of mrdicioe and in domestic practice, and
can honestly my that I consider it a boon to snflerirg
females, aud can but hope that every lady in our land
who may be suftering in any way peculiar to their sei,
may be able to procare a bottle, that tbeir •offerings
may not only be relieved, bat that they may be restor
ed to strength and health.
With my kiadeet regards,
I am raapectfnUy,
W.B. PERRILL, M. D.
Nuak Msuiitta, Barak to, 1*70.
Miss ns- Wa.Roor A Son—Door Sir: Bam a moat!
•go I bought a battle of BraMaid'e ffsmals Regoiatar
from yon, and bavo used it ia my family with th* at
moet satisfaction, aud bavo fnfwaadid it to two «r
three other famihea, oad thoy bovo leood it jute what
it is recoilimeadod. Tbe female* who hav* used your
Regulator are ia perfect health, and are able to attend
to tbeir household duties, nod wa cordially reeoosmaad
it to the public.
Yours respectfully
REV. H. B JOHNSON
We could add a thousand other certiflontes, bat wo
consider the above amply enSeient proof of its virtu
Ail we nak is ■ trial.
IF" For fuU particular., history of disease* sad cer
tificates of in wonderful cures, the reader is referred
to the wrapper arrund the bottle.
Bar Mala to imtlaSgvvtHa a*., My
J. M. CLARK, and B. R. HERTY.
BRADFIELD St CO,
PHcc^t 30 Attests, Oa.
July 28th. 1874.
>«7.
«T ItMm feme. ltX**!«&
CORNER COLLINS AND HARRIS STREETS.
Dealers In
Lager Beer, flops and Malt.
Q—
FSCE5TE, KP-ESS A CO.,
Frcprictor*.
ATLANTA GVGi'UlA.
Offiro Oppose Viant* Back.
Oct. ib; i. is 3«.
T. H. BOLSHJlW,
BIPORTER AND DEALER IN
Crockery, China, Glassware, Kerosene Lamps, Pratt’s Astral Oil,
Cutlery, JBritania and Plated JPare, .
and HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING GOODS Generally. The rrnj lowset figures
to Wholesale Buyers.
152 St. 7UUBIT mad 142 IKYAW Streets,
Under Mozart Hall,
Savannah, da.
Nov. 24, 1874. 18 6ra.
GO TO THOMAS WOOD’S,
Next to Lanier House, MACON, GA.,
To Buy Furniture he Carpets Cheap.
NEW GilODS JUST ARRIVED.
Bedsteads, Bedroom aud Parlor Setts, Chairs, Tsblss, Wsshstaads, Carpets, Oil
Cloth, Window Shades. Wall Paper, &c., &c
CUL AND LOOK.
Meta lie Burial Cases mad Caskets,
WOOD COFFINS. CASES AND CASKETS of sll kinds, sad at any Price,
fed*Don't forget the place
° MBIT TO LANIER HOUSE.
15, 1874 8 6 “i
Sept
PAPER,
PAPER BAGS, COTTON FLOUR SACKS.
-p*xra WBXjIj cfo NTOHOLS,
WHOLESALE DEALERS CK
Paper and Envelopes. Stationery, Blank Books, Paper Bags, Twines, Inks,
Cards, Etc., Etc., „. __
129 BayWtreet. - - •AVAWMAH, OA.
Free with every Package Shipped.
‘Our Blotting Pads sent,
Oct 13, 1874.
123m.
PARKER Sf FEARS,
MAKERS and
OF
Carriages, Buggies and Wagons,
Removed to Otto Miller’s flew Brick Store, Wayne slreet,
their stook of material and apaolumna of thoir work, and
The Best Investment!
TTOXTDTa-
Who wish to obtain n
Practical Business Education
And prepare themselves for th* dntiea of
ACTUAL BUSINESS LIFE,
Under the instruction and advice of
EXPERIENCED ACCOUNTANTS,
Should attend
They
MID
Bospectiu'.ly call attention to
ASK A LIBERAL SHARE OF PUBLIC PATRONAGE,
have au experience of many year* in the business, and
Know how to do work as it should be done. >
MlDedgevUle Oa., Jon. 28,18« 4.
*7 tl
W. F. BROWN.
brown house
GEO. C. BROWN
**040 %, AUUS#*
A Standard. Institution
and leading
BUSINESS SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH,
Comlocted oa
Actual Business Principles,
Supplied with Bar king and other
every known facility for imparting n tboreogh. prne.
tical and systematic knowledge of tho Betenc* of An-
oonnts, in the shortest possible time and at tho '
expense.
BT No vacation. Students admitted at ■■:
Circular non taming terms, &e-,mailnd
Address
b. r. moon a. K.,rr**t.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb 2, 1874. M ly
SMBOiVnOV
r lK co-partnership h.retafore exist log batwaSa
N. St A. Cornmnny b dissolved by mgtool sap
sent. Tb* business will Be canthraedb^Mtitate Cay
B ATING parebaeed the interest of
ia the Hiram Saw MHt oad Lam bar
■anttabero’, I will continue tba baaii
brahh plot lumber of every kind sod
tewost prime. A conthmsthm of the 1
of the poet leepecttulty s>4hdt*d
Be.*-* ."susoouyg
mm
MACON * 4
Opposite Passenger Depot,
W. F. BROWN & co., -
SUCCESSORS TO E. E. BROWN ft 80N
T*te Urge and popular Hotel, eleg^'.y fornbi-d threagto^ till .UU b
r*-n- — and comfort by any Hotel In th* Sootb.
^Morabill 1874
Proprietor*
in ftint
84 iyr
M. P. GALCBtIV,
Importer, Manufacturer and Wholeiale Dealer
IU HAVANA, FLOBIDA A]fli ^
Connecticut L 0 nf Tobacco,
IMPORTED HAVANA AND DOIFSTIC .CIGARS,
Tobaccos, Snuffs, Pipes and Smoker’s Ar
ticles. .. • : -jj 1 - 1 -
N*. IS, M
House, No. %
Teh. 10,1874.
PRODUCa ON
Ireenvifla Sti, K*wma,Ga.
JTty
140
M1074 is flirt
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