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STANDARD WEIGHTS. The folk) wing *w *h« standard weight* o! h« nrilciM a.uu. a, an wttMliW by an act wtf^Wrttorc, approved Febrn- «f tlif G ary S»UU Com In (be Buckwheat G- Dried Poaobeii (n*«- itrfled) :*» ben CptM>l- «l petit Mod ] :i£| Dried Apple* . 47H)iuo»r *> I St one Coal .... >5 {U ox lacked Liuie t?0 Vnrnljn Clover Seed fWjOoi Timot bv Seed do | \\ bent B m Flux Sued .... Hemp Sseil .... Blue Gross >'-'«d Burley Irish I’otsii" • Snail INiiui•« White Beuiii lips i H-al ... .SOjflotwu Need ... .11 Ground Pens . . 1 MPlssturing llnir FARM, HARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD How to Detect a liipe Water- uielon* Few peoplo know, from an outside inspection, hew to determine the ripe ness and the perfection of a watermel on. Inquiries ai* frequently made in the horticultural journals as to the means to be used to arrive at a relia- ble rule for settling this question. “Within a few days, says a correspon dent of the Country Gentleman, I have scef directions given to reach a direct conclusion on the subject, by pressing ths melon and noting the manner in which it emits a crackling sound under the operation. These results are to he obtained after some experience in judg ing of its peculiarity nuder pressure, Considering the vast quantities of this delicious fruit consumed at the North, after shipment from the sections w the vine flourishes, but where tlm fruit is always picked iu an immature state in order to bear transportation well, it is really r. serious matter to bo able to know certainly when buying a melon perchance on the Rtreet or a dealer’) stand, whether one is securing n rip< melon or not. In nine caws out of t»*i i*iy whiiu. il l* o uiKUiu r* ply was,I wheu any of them demurred, "My dear yon are not hungry if yon cannot eat' bread.” Now, it in very certain that her chihlt'm did not inherit n nia’ka- bly robust constitutions; and under the ordinary pampering *val*m of mothers it ia fi*ir to suppose that inanv of them would have died on become nuny men ami women. When a eh*Id knows by expeifence that he can have nothing but broad hot ween mmls, ho will not ask for it, uuIcks lie really needs it,and then he will not take enough to dor troy his keener npprtiie for the good things at- thn table; while if he ia allowed fruits and pastry, as so many children arc, he will seldom come to his n.cals with u fine relish for his food,and tak ing it without that relifh it, fails to he •apidly as*imitated* if indeed it. does not enfeeble or derange tho digest! functions. GwUy's Lady’s Book, 7wK 1879. ttEDUCED TO $2 PER YEAR The Cheupest and Host Ladies Ilitga* cine Published, and uo ltetreut from Its Present High * Standard. We offer no obtnp premiums, but give jon the best Magazine publisht-il. CLUB TKit MS. (PurtfAU* l’ilKl'Afn. / • ins copy, cne, j-'nr $2 0( Farmers and Lawyers iu Congress Senator Paddock, himself a lasvv u l to red the following in tho Sauate the other day in n speech iu favor of tending the patronage of tho Uov meut over tho ngriculturul interests of tho country: “I hope. Mr. President, tho day will sometime ci.mu when om Congress will he mude up more largely from the agricultural class; for the lar ger tho percentage of representation here in tho persons of those engaged in practical agriculture, tho moro lib eral will he the policies of the Govern ment in respect of it. I say this, Mr. President, with nil due respect to the three hundred lawyers, more or less, in the two houses of Congress. It is true, however, that tho record and all past experience do not greatly en courage this hope, forflistory discloses the fact tin t although those engaged in practical agriculture since tho exis tence any where of organized society have mdform’v nuruuniheml those era- "IS, nnkl'in E„-K rapt*. «u, : I„ the i'pps Club, oinking ni Ten. coplo* $9 GO i get bug up the ..$14 2n . to the person getting up the Club, milking eleven copies $17 00 2’vaaty o.ipie*. one year, and uu cx- tn c »py to ti e person getting up tho (Jlub. making tweaty*omi O'ipie«931 GO X i.v is tin; Tint? to make up your Clubs. How to Itvmit. —Get a Post Otflos Monav Urdiron Philadelphia, or a Draff on Piiiln- Iclpbin or Now York. If you onnuot g-t ei- h. r of these simit Hank-note, and iu the lnt ter onso, register your letter. Parties desiring to get up clubs cuud foi i specimen copy, which will l>e sent free. Address Godey's Ladie's Hook PuLlixhhu Co. (Limilod) 1090, Chesntut Street, Phila del plan, Pn. Parties wishing to subscribe for this Mag azine can do so by leaving the money will heir names at this office. mmm cud, IMPORTERS fr .1/', HU Kin Ol' FORK I ON .% DOMKTIO HARDWARE, OmERt. GUMS. &0. AOETCTJLTtIKAl, IJ.IPIMENT3 Iron, Staal, ar*! Carriage Lfaksrs Malarial. Agent For Fail-bank Standard Scale". Atro Agent for-O. YV. 5’nsaej* Excelsior anl (irlswoud CVtfon gir. CHERRY STREET, _ _ _ MACON, fiA. PPIENIX C All RIA G E WO R K S the chance is that your melon is oul half ripe, and there not a groat accuisi-i ployed in nil otl* tion for your dessert. - otl, t l»«*v have as Now let me give you and your read- ost participation er.s an infallible sign by which to know j tion of tho affair a fully ripened melon. When the mol-i doubted y fa nut; on begins to change color iroidu, and j enjiy u higher p! its seed to turn black, it small bh tk j eufly than uciisl speck, scale, or blister, begins to np-j hurt-toll) to In Id i pear on the outside circle or rind, j Knrm°r*a Mouth These are multiplied and enlarged the fruit matures. A ripe melon will |jjjn jM UalTfJ show them thickly shown over the sur- w® 2^ <.1*4* w O xue * £?» ?** j tarn. A partial development only in dicates half ripened fruit. A full ctop of blisters reveals its perfect ripeness. When hundreds of melons are strewn along the sidewalk, you will have to look protty sharply to find ouo that exhibits a satisfactory "escutcheon,” to borrow u term from M. Guenon. But it is unfailing when found, and by fol lowing this guide you may walk away with your melon with the most entire confidence. The blister is only to he seen upon a close inspection, but is jduiuly visible when that is given. Ilf or in tin* di>ec- vei nipei'ts. Un- .r country 00 daily and polili- of the soil hatc* jre.”— South* rn G A. GENEVA, io nndcrilgnod announces to tin public that ho is prepared to noc.oin- rnodaie thei^jn the host of style at nl inns. The table will be supplied i*.h tho best the country affords Rooms, ii'»nt, airy and oomibi table rd $2.00 per clay* 1*. A. s. mqhhis* feMtr. Proprietor. LAHIKE HOUSE G, DJ23, Proprietor. MACON, — — — GA -o— C, H. HERRING. J. n. LNGLANJ). ME1EIH6 &. ENGLAND, MAKCFACTUREIIS AND DEALERS IN CARRIAGES, UGGIES AND VEHICLES F ALL KIND'S A1.30 Manufacturer of the Dexter Oglethorpe Street, Opposite D.sbrows Stables, L'OM.llBL.s, t;i G. BATEMAN & ( 0 Agents, BULK It, GA. DU. RICE, THIS noIJSE i. .wii'v miuvenit mmfrtrt of Mi •bit* and com uf the eitv. Tho 1 the b..st ila- itutl T mi done ni'Meil tree • » f iid liqn ■ Hb Won all Hkr Money.— Osn* there was a young man riod a young woman and she was rich and he was pour, and it made him sad to think of it. One day slie told him dauibging stories about some of their neighbors that she hud heard at a tea figln, and he listened and thought, and very so- n he saw a way out of his poverty,foi bis wife believed the tide ku- had heard ac the lea fight. After .-iiH had fluiulwd the stories he said, I will go you live to twenty that there i< nor one word, of truth in that you have just told me. For ho didn’t know lo w sure his game was so ho wanted odds. And -he, pi tty in g his folly,said It’* a whack, ond they investigated the Mori™ and found them false, so he won. And they continued in this sintui practice of betting on the truth of falsity of town gossip iu the snmo order in which they started out, nnd four years had not turned the corner -ere he had all her wealth,ard sho somcj c j ass accommodations, d abies musket nflYK tree of chin 1 with the h. , LOUISVILLE, KY,, OI RKEA ?f Gleet, laiyg: M.,1 CCUWSFJ-OR ^ pESCRIPTipiTJRBE] Slants.* 1 lYi' VU' JA«iI 1 ’K— 1 ’.V*'No."llio 4 BURNHAM mamas. 1 IMILLING M. W. C H R J s T I Bar aad SJatiag Salcca, THIRD STREET, — IF HEX rot Everything good i HKXTBK ruis- THE ltlCST, HOME TO ■o Ext &7id AXn rHEM-F.H THAX MACON, (■ A. M VOX. (-L1c' Kept THE OilE;TEST Thni'kin? mv CiirtorreiT for the Vhrrnl i iilji unjje ?:err(nfoi-e pxtenrl tl mo. 1 wil 1 oxovt ir\so)f i 0 merit its cotitinunnoo ml increase. GOOD BEDS FR"E. M. W. CHRf8T!AH. U. 1>. ANDEUi'ON. M. TKOVTA1AN I’orlit: Christiana, Lancaster I*n. O/jte.c: X3‘S. lie a •'t v M rh. Pa. NATIONAL HOTEL, C. C. C0REET7. Pro. NE.tr.LY Opposite Passf.nofr Dkpo MACON, CA. Ikfr- Board per Day $2. OO Single Meals 7& cents. valuable expericii Record. Where to Best, Eefresh OR SPEND THE SUMMER. Travelers on the Kennesaw Route needing refreshment or rest, or persons wishing a healthy locatiun, with first ling the sum- address, for Sound Sense in Raiding Childuen. —A venerable lady now living in Now York, who has had ten children, all born and reared in cities, auii raised ( nino of them, all living at Urn present moment, having reuched tho adult ago, never allowed any of them as childien to cat anything between meals except *y brend,though she was wealthy and wmld .put. as easily have pampered ev- RoclieaU^r (Minn) j , nPr , s |,onld stop I * THE D\JFF CREEN HOUSE, Q]DR. BUTTS Bo. i2 N. Eighth St. , St. Louis, Me* Kxurl\*oi : Uct^bjtfinr^ riCI, ' : t'l' ,D ) th J ? h * r '' a,ln * >T ’j t r,f ^ On clir.ijIn h!« fioutv«o»lr«,Ju»tpublUlK^,eiui‘.!!if <fi ^ The PHYSIOI-OOV OF MARRIAGE TlwPeiVATrgWEOICAI. ac Y s *B R rorcuK pricm.-so ct*. |CG*ipt of pru.-* in money or *Uinp*. I ANDERSON & TRO'JTffAN, WAREHOUSE find Commission •tlerchants. (Opposite BloUea’a Block, Poplar Street,) CEORCIA Counii/nmentH Of Colton flolU*tca. Ffl-nAGGIXO AND TIES FURNISHED AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES.-** sopLlO-tf. \Y. J. PATTERSON. s. S. PATTERSON. for laundry use. RJ7 I>i;nil AIM KEE3 — TOBACCO For Sale Everywhere. PATTERSON BROTHERS. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN FOREIGN £ND AMERICAN MARBLE BROWN STONE AND ORaNITE, MOXVMEXTS, TOMBS, HEAD STOXES, VASES. STATVADE MANTLE PIECES And all Kinds of Ornamental Works. Office end W>rksr CHEP.RY ST., Opposite ISAACS HOUSE, QRtAN'S ODD STAND. RT A COixr GtEO»M-H *r