Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

06 IMS “Our Ambition is to make a Yeraeions Work, Reliable in its VOL. I. ROBERT COLE-MAM- JOHN N. BIRCH. BOLIVAR H. RAY, COLEMAN, BAY & CO. C0TTO1X Macon, fS3 FA.O'fQMl Qsij Groceries, Planters’ Supplies, , Dealers in * „ TIES. OAGGIMGr AND After announce" 0131)}’ years' practical experience Georgia that in handling and selling Cotton, we to the Planters ol wo are now ready for coming season, with every facility and convenience for satisfactory hand ling of all Cotton that may be entrusted to us. Without any favorites among the buyers, but treating all alike, we make it our special aim to get the very highest market price for each Planter, selling to the very best ad vantage each individual bale of Cotton. For the convenience of our friends in the country ,we have in connection with our warehouse a store supplied with a full stock of Groceries, Provisions and Bagging and Ties, which we will sell as cheap as any one. In season we have a full supply of Mules, which we will sell for cash or on time. We also handle Guano of the best grade, which we will be gltul to furnish to all wishing it for cash or on time. We thank our many friends of the past years for their liberal patronage and to a'l new ones we guarantee satisfaction. We solicit your Cottou aud trade. RespectiuHy, NH. 25—3m. COLEMAN, RAY & CO. aitg GREAT SACRIFICE •OF Hiilti V...... -AT-*— 1 AT SEMIS, 1 III CHERRY STREET, Macon Georgia, M Special Offers to the Public. I offer as inducements from now until Jan. 1st 1889, to advertise my gooda Best Band Sewed Shoes $3.50 Former Price, ¥6.00 “ Machine “ Calf “ 2.50. *< r 3,50. 2nd Grade “ « “ « 1.75. « - 2.50. Ladies Sewed Button Shoes 2.50 E r 4.00. M “ a “ 1.25 £ •t 1.75. Calf Skin Lace « 1.25 £ 4< 2 . 00 . Best Boots for Men 2.00 u 3,00. “ Brogans 1,00 and 1.25 « 1.50 and 1.75. Children Shoes and Hats at your First own Class price and All of these goods I guarantee to be strictly everything waranted to be as represented, we respectfully invite you to give us a call. Remember the place. Schells No 513 Cherry St, MACON, GEORGIA iN H—8-25—3 in. .. i F. S. JOHNSON. JEFF LANE JOHNSON & LANE. ■Co)--- MACON «1 M G A* Hardware, Building Material, Belting p Cutlery, Wagon Material. •< -:o: Guns, Pistols and Ammunition. 11 j) §| % ililffli y 451,453 AhiD 455 mulberry st. macon ga. Just received, One Car Load Dixie and Ludlow Bagging, ii <C it li “ Arrow Ties. it u Two “ “ Flour. We also , keep Seed ,, , Oats, ~ , Rye, -r, xr Meat, i. n Lorn ___ and. flrmvTrthi'utf everytning else kept in a First Class Grocery Business. Can give you Bottom figures on such goods. DAVIS & BALKC0M, •fe-25-t 451, 453 and 455 MULBE RRY ST., MACON, GA. COUNTY lu a If MAC. j Ns \ GRAY, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1888- HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Whitening Linen with Potatoes. A French laundryman has discovered a linen very without ingenious method of cleaning soap. He uses no soap, substances nor lye. nor chlorine, but replaces these which by boiled potatoes, with he rubs the linen. This curious process, it appears, is much superior to Zff «\ilk this method are made whiter than they could be by the use of an alkali. Besides, the method has the advantage that brushes can be dispensed with aud well water be used.—-A ha York World. A Nice Way to Mix Mustard, It is quite a convenience to have mus t:ml mixed ready for daily use. If made according to these directions it will fresh some time. Take three table granulated“ then beat gar^nd mfx SSgethS, an egg very smooth, to’the and add it with a teacupful vinegar mus tard and sugar, putting in a little only at F a bined. M 1110 ’ until Place the it whole then is thoroughly the om on stove cooYtheTTnutes 0 , st°inTu| coSintly or it will curdle. When it thickens remove it and add cither a teaspoonful of olive oil or the same amount of melted butter. Unless olive oil is perfectly fresh, it is always better to use butter in its place, as stale oil will spoil whatever it is used on .—Prairie Farm r. The Effect, of Yin ajar on Meat. There are methods for making tough meat tender; the operation is purely me chanical. Good meat is sometimes tough owing to hardness of fiber. It then remains to soften the fibers in order to make meat tender, or easy to masticate; there are two ways known to experienced cooks; or.eby the action of vinegar upon the uncooked fibers of (le.-h, the other the prolonged simmering of the meat iu an unsalted sauce, or in enough water, also unsalted, to just cover the meat and supply it with the requisite Quantity of moisture. The pounding of meat to make it tender is reprehensible to the last degree. the When meat is made tender by dred application acid of vinegar, or any kin to the uncooked fiesh, it may subsequently method, be cooked after any desired Several although dishes it is usually stewed. excellent based upon this principle ,the of of cookery the may be made. As in.- use acid with uncooked meat tic. writer's experiments have beeu variously made-witi—iis widen •'cra.r and lemon or lime juice, and cider marly become vinegar, and they have a similar effect; as they are less rapid in action they f re preferable for those meats which are to be stewed, braised, or baked in a sauce or gravy made from the wine or cider .—The /iuusewife. Recipes. bacon Cabbage three Soup. -Boil two pounds add oi in quarts of water; a turnip, one half head of cabbage, three onions, two stalks of celery seasoned and chopped tender. fine; stew uutil the vegetables are Cream Pie. —Into one pint of thick sweet flour, cream stir one tablespoonful of one-haif cup of sugar, a pinch of salt, and the white of one egg beaten stiff. Flavor to taste, bake in a single crust, as for custard pie. Vermicelli Pudding. —Boil a pint of milk with a few bitter almonds and a little cinnamon, pour over one-quarter of a pound of vermicelli that has been softened in water; sweeten to taste and add three beaten eggs; bake or boil. Corned Beef. —Boil until soft enough to remove the bones; put in earthen disband pour over it the water it was boiled in. Place a plate on it and a heavy weight ; have sufficient water, so that when the weight is on it will come to the top of the meat. Let it stand un til cold, then cut in slices. Squash. —Cut the squash in quarters, with remove the seeds and skin, cover salted boiling water and boil until done. When cooked mash the squash and add one ounce of butter for each small one. Moisten with gravy or broth and put in little pans or dishes; cover with bread crumbs, place tiny bits of butter on the top, and bake a delicate brown in a brisk oven. Marble Cake. —Light part: Two cups of white sugar, one cup of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, whites of four eggs, two and a half teaspoons of baking powder, two cups of flour. Dark part: One cup of brown sugar, one-half cup of molasses, one cup of butter, one fourth cup of sour milk, half a teaspoon flour to of soda, yolks of four eggs, thicken, and flavor. Peas with Mutton. —Take any part of the mutton most convenient; take half a dozen chops, put them on in cold water and boil until well done; remove the chops from the soup into an earthen dish, let it stand until the next day; then re move all the /at, which has hardened into a cake on the top; have ready a quart of shelled peas, put them into a kettle with the soup, and cook onehour. Add a few potatoes A Venerable Turtle. It seems that in 1810 Henry Mogul, father of the present Treasurer of High land County, Ohio, caught a turtle on his farm in Center Township, that county, and cut into its back the initials, “H. M., 1810.” He let the turtle go, but related the circumstance to his son. Decently the County Treasurer was out walking over the old. farm, when he accidentally came across the identical old turtle upon which his lather had carved his initials turtle seventy-eight and years before. The was alive, as i"SST first made .—Cincinnati Enquirer. Blessing are strewed like flowers in our pathway; carefully it rests with us to by. gather them up or pass them _.y' ♦ "i yj \ A7 <%y Statements, Candid in its Conclusions, and Just in its Views." AS SHE COMES DOWN THE LANS. Along the fields the shadows full, The stin is hanging low, And on the ivy-mantled wall The soft lights come and go, A zephyr wafted from above, Drifts o’er the waving grain;. Ny heart goes out to meet my lovA As she comes down the lane. I lean upon the moss grown bar^ As ‘long the path she fares, My gracious queen, no blemish mart The coronet she wears. The sceptre in her woman’s hand Will banish care and pain. For I am lord of all the land When she comes down the lane. Soft breezes play about her now, And lift her shiniug hair, The sunset glow is on her brow, To make her passing fair. Her beauteous face, her mod To picture thorn were vain. And she is mine, my bonny qir As she comes down the lane. The daisies nod as she goes by, The wild rose blushes pink, Sweet song-birds round her pathway fly, And sing the praise they think. She lifts her head, her eyes so clear, Smile into mine again; My heart cries out: “God bless you, dear," As she comes down the lane. —Mail and Express, PITH AND POINT. The healer is supposed to be well heeled. lations. Stuttering men have the most poor/e The real question of the hour—What tin e is it? director’s. A flourishing business—The musical A burglar who was recently prostrated with lockjaw cured himself by jacking the lock. In a small Dakota town the following Bign is displayed: ‘‘Heads sowed np while you wait .”—Li e. It is a prudent landlady who feeds her boarders watermelon because her son is a doctor.— Merchant- True. hr. The wound Boulanger received seems to have drawn the swelling from his head to his neck .—New York Telegram. “What becomes of theoid moons, pa?” “The old moons, my sou? Why, they die of newmonia, to he sure .”—Lynn Item, \ is the buttermilk made?” asks a city reader, her .v ~, rirnlvihlv, Detroit at tending to business.— v <... Pres. The man who took the stand in his own behalf brought it back again to ex change for a full sized table .—Detroit Free Press. The man who can’t sing and won’t sing deserves the eternal gratitude .—Journal of all of his friends aud neighbors Education . The folks of old said: “Love is blind.” Tell us, wo pray you, sages much kind, Is that why he depends so Upon the magic sense ot touch? —Life. Mrs. Plantagenet, who is strong in ceramics, wants to know where she can see the .f 10,000 pitcher of the Boston nine aud of what ware it is made. — Com mircial Advertiser. NEVER TOO HOT. Though men perspire and the sun’s a-flre, It And the atmosphere hot, by allame, long, long shot is never too a For the great American game. —Boston Courier. “I cannot give you a definite answer to-night, Mr. Paperwate,” said the girl, softly; “you must give me a month to think it over.” “Very well,” was the young man’s response, “and in the mean time I can think it over myself.— Life. “What did you learn about that new go . erness, .ToIid?” “All that your friend, “And Mrs. Clodpoll, coukl tell me.” what was that, pray?” “I’ve either quite that for- she gotten now, but it was was seventeen years old and lived in One Hundred and Twenty-secdnd and street, lived or in that she was 122 years old Seventeeth street.” Tho Boston girl—when Sol begins to glow, And days are inconveniently warm— wants to Who how you stand the weather know, question in its vulgar form. Puts not the Ad justing, in her fascinating that way, assist her The gold-rimined glasses view, “Is caloric, sir, to day She asks: there youi” Builieient in the atmosphere for Courier. —Boston Black beard, the Pirate. Not far from St. Simon’s, Ga., is an island called Blackboard. The name, it is said, originated from a pirate called Blackboard, who long ago inhabited it with his crew of desperate men.. waist, Along, black beard, flowing to his gave the pirate his name. When the govern ment dispatched vessels laden with money to pay off the men sent to colonize the State, these pirates would lie in wait to secure the treasure at any cost. Some years since a colored man was plowing turned on this island, when his plowshare gold. A crafty out $40Cu in Spanish white man told him it was too old to be good, and that he would give him $150 for it. The offer was accepted, and when it was beyond recall, the poor fel low found out that he had been swindled, Even now on the neighboring island of Jeckyl the trees are often found notched, and the people suppose that these marks denote the place where the treasure booty of the old pirate istturied. Black heard did not live to be very old. A vessel coming by was attacked by the killed him .—Chicago Herald. Four or five of the head porters n tha leading Chicago hotels are colie tlvely worth oyer half a million dollars. T e« rw HTMATT ON 9 --DEALER IN Shot Guns Rifles, Pis Fishing —Jp70\.s1 tols, Cut Tackle and - lery, Gun Sporting and Lock Goods. Smith, Repairing Promptly Done. 410 Cherry Street MACON, m m m GA NII—8-25—3m. E. L. BURDICK, Agt., Dealer So Corn, Meat, Flour, Hay, Outs, Meal, Wheat Bran, Sugar, Coffee, Laid, Syrup, Salt, Tobacco, Bagghig and l ies, etc. When you come to Macon, call and sec me and get my prices. E. L. BURDICK, ACT.; 452 POPLAR ST., MACON, GA # N H—8—25—3m. Popular--Reliable la| TFSOTZINCERl —DEALER DX AND MANUFACTURER OF— PRINTERS’ SUPPLIES J 32 W. MITCHELI* ST., Atlanta, - Georgia. Deal with the Manufacturer and Oct the iMTi/eni Viscount* t fc uuiu«p,t<i<» With Every Sale I Half Case Labur-Sating » c $ct, no. a. In this case, which is tho samo in size as the half labor saving Furniture case, an equal space fH is given to four Mi ■ raj kinds of lleglct— [1 BswsawM Bi Nonpariei, j’ieu and brevier, aHBsjBffijll; Great tifiill; i’rimer, which are NraffiflN cut in lengths of SHsIflHBEffl 10 > 15 > ao > a 'V i0 > 40 and 50 riea. I There are 758 pieces of Brevier, Nonpariei, 587 of 878 of Pica and 252 of Great Primer, or 1,053 $lO. in all. I'flee, No. 7 (the full size case), lias double fchu luantitv of the half case. Price. SIS. "A Peerless Quoins, P.,i feet, Solid Bearings. Do Not Tilt. T. F. BLITZING Eli, Agent, Dealer iu Printers’ Supplies, b:t W. SlrrcuKU St., ATLANTA, GA Campball Cylinder Presses, Rollers and Roller Composition, Press Repairs of all Kinds, Every Style and Make of Typo. T. F. SEITZINGEH, Aobkt, Dealer in Printers’ Supplies, S3 VV. Mitchell 8t.. A’ilamta. Ga. v m V, unfair --ffA Jewel Job fVe^e^ T. F. SEITZINGEB, Agent, Dealer in Printers’ Supplies, 13 W. Mitchell St.. ATLANTA, GA. NO. 49. lu \)\ m f: ■ —v ;. t t ■f is** JSHf. m $ i ■*JE®£L w . nm paper cotter . LEADS, SLUGS AND GALLEYS. Few Second-hand Job and News paper Presses. Will be Sold Cheap. WILL TRADE NEW PRESSES FOR OLD. T. F. SEITZINGEH, Agent, Dealer in Printers’ Supplies, 82 W. Mitchell St.. ATLANTA, OA, .HUS. F. SHTZISGEH, Printer*’ Exchange, MANurxornnFn ani> uku.f.i: iv POINTERS’ 82 \V. UIm IicII SI., SUPPLIES, iTJ.ANTA, U,\. ’i UV U fsw'..' % Wmm :■■■ ■■■?■!■ -S liixs-kMssi&ifP Vitek *e Wl'rli -!V c ■ 1.1*1. 6Inch......... $ .78 | Hindi,. ....SI .-A 8 “ . .81 1 Hi “ . .... 1,1* . 1.00 |!8“ .... I.'il . 1.15 1 19 “ .... 1.75 PBSNTEBS’ LAMP BRACKETS: (Improved) With Thumb-Screwv. : A J asssmssBs v _ I . r ~ Bk . Si . ■ I :■ j* CHASES OF ALL KINDS, Steel Chases Blade to Order. T. F. SE1TZINGER, Agent, Dealer in Printers’ Supplied W MiTcaxuL Sr., ATLANTA, GA*