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A. + G. + RHODES + & +CO., THE itOSS FURNITURE DEALERS! Respectfully submit a few prices which we guarantee cannot and will not be duplicated by any dealer in this part of the country: Genuine Silk Plush Parlor Suites from $35 to $45. Only $45 for a 10 piece solid Walnut Marble-top Toilet suit of Furniture. A 10-piece Maple Marble-top Toilet Suit for only $38. Only $30 for a 10 piece Imitation Marble top Toilet Suit. 250 good, strong Bedsteads from $1 50 up,(and not made of pine either.) 500 Chairs, all styles, from 25 cents up. 50 Bureaus,|with 12x20 German Glass, only]$5. HAVE <OtX> Wardrobes, Sideboards, Hall Stands, Wash Stands, Safes, Tables, Cribs, Cradles, Baby Carriages, Clocks, Pictures, 'in Look¬ ing Glasses, Chamber Suits, Tin Sets, all of which we will guarantee to sell you 20 cents cheaper than any other the country. The reason we CAN and WILL do this is because we 1 the Southern States. We frequently $50,000 w _______________________ _ uvbvivivu $100 $150 place orders for worth of goods from factory, when small dealers buy from to worth at the time. All of our purchases are made on the same plan, and you, as a man or lady, know that we buy cheaper. So look to your interests and don’t buy an article of Furniture until you get our terms and prices. A. G. RHODES & CO., 1017 Broad Street, Columbus, Ga. iMP HOUSEHOLD HINTS. The color of the jelly is spoiled by boiling too long. Put very little lard in your bread if you wish it to be white. Do not fill the soup plate. A half ladlefuJ is gpaerally enough. In putting the covers on fruit cans do not wait until the cans are cold. Do not allow ashes to accumulate in th*i ashpan until they reach the grate. A kitchen grindstone that sits on the table only costs $1 and lasts a generation. If you moisten your broom in warm water •very time you sweep you will find the dust will not fly so badly. A cool cellar aired on a warm day will gather moisture. To avoid this open the windows in the evening. Fruit that has been canned or preserved na.n be dried by skimming it out of the liquid and treating the same as tomato figs. To remove grease from garments, dissolve a tablespoonful of salt in four tablespoonfuls of alcohol, shake well and apply with a sponge. Onoe a year even the most frugal house¬ wife should replenish her linen closet, adding At least the fu rnishin g of one bed and a dozen towels. A good way to distinguish mushrooms is to sprinkle salt on the spongy or under side. If it turns yellow, the specimen is poisonous; if black, it is wholesome. Save all the brown meat . - . is . paper, i very useful for wiping out greasy kettles and pans; it absorbs the grease, saves the dish¬ cloth, and can be burned when through with it. A good wash for the hair, to prevent it from falling out, is made by mixing one tea rrntofcomm’on^J^rum. spoonful of salt, thirty grain, of quinine and Bub the hair thoroughly every night. The best wash for the hair is: One cupful of salt, one quart soft water. After it stands for twelve hours commence to use. Take a cupful of the brine and a cupful of hot water, wash well with that, rinse once and rub dry aa possible with towel Wben the feet are swollen from walking or long standing, the soreness may be relieved by soaking them in the following: Take some A perfect world of Rockers, from 65 cents up to $16. 50 Imitation Marble-top French Dressers, 17x30 glass, only $8. 50 Marble-top French Dressers, 17x30 glass, only $14. 250 well made Cotton top Mattresses only $2 50.? 300 Bed Springs (12 styles) from $1 25 up. Full Size No 6 Cooking Stove, complete, only $6 50. Full Size No. 7 Cooking Stove, complete, only $8 50. wood ashes and cover with water; let it stand for two or three hours; strain off the water and place the feet in it. The soreness will disappear almost immediately.—New York Hail and Express. 8TRAY BIT8. Philadelphia is the chief sauer kraut m&nu factoring center in this country. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has an exhibition of the works of woman etchers. There are some 400 plates, representing forty three exhibitors. A runaway couple seated on the back of a small mule rode up to the court house at Milton, Fla., the other day, and were mar ried by the county judge, mounted policeman in the northwest territory has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of $100 because he refused to clean an officer’s boots. London is enjoying an exhibition of the works of Dutch water color painters. Israels, Artz, Mesdop, Bisschop, Mauve and other well known artists are represented. Five silver dimes were recently sent The Reading (Mich.) Telephone on a postal card. The pieces were placed in looped slits cut into the card and held there by a thread which crossed the loops. Mrs. M. M. Young, of Creston, la., has nearly completed a bedspread and pair of pillow shams made entirely of white linen thread. Its construction has occupied odd moments for the last six months, and con¬ sumed 800 spools of thread. “Salvation and chills are a poor combine ^ and the camp fires of holiness cannot bo have not. cent m the treasury, not a pound of coal in the bin, and are m debt to the girls for jamtress work.” ^ Carpente. and Joiner.' union of Lo. . fSTglg^ Loe Angeles. Far from appreciating the big boom which city is enjoying, they have denounced as a “scoundrel” the clever cor respondent of an eastern paper whose letters have done m u ch to people to move to Lo* Angeles, BASEBALL TALK. It is reported that Ward will quit playing ball Kid Baldwin has signed with Cincinnati for 1888. Sheridan is now a California league um¬ pire. The west will be covered with a network of minor league circuits next year. Mike Kelly denies that he will act as middle man for a minstrel troupe this winter. The Cincinnati club won thirteen more games this year than ever before in any one year. Dunlap is still a member of the Detroit®. He has not joined the Pittsburgs, as was re¬ ported. Atlanta is likely to reenter the Southern league next season. If so, a lively pennant race may be looked for. I Shriver, the young player signed byThila delphia, is spoken of as being a wonderful thrower and hard hitter. New Orleans has enjoyed the most success ful baseball season of its career. Baseball players from the south say that the attend . acce at Sunday games has boon remarkable. ■ DavoRowe says Hoovor, the now catcher jignod by the Chicago club, is one of the greatest throwers to bases ever seen, and his actions behind the bat and at the plate re mind one very strongly of Kelly. There is no doubt whatever but the league will adopt the percentage plan for next year. The Boston club bitterly opposes the scheme and says it would sooner have an eastern and western league than grant Detroit’s re¬ quest for gate receipts. i SPORTING AND ATHLETIC. | ; | ^ heW nunmar . The prize will be £ 1 , 000 . The Spartan Harriers, of New York city f i will give the first open handicap cross coun try race ever held in America Nov. 19. Be- , tween fifty and seventy runners will com- . ! pete, among them Champion E. C. Carter. About fifty members of the Young Men’s Christian association of Philadelphia held a meeting on tbe evening of Nov. 8, and took preliminary steps toward organizing a Young , Men* Christian Athletic association. Com dittoes were appointed to frame a constitu tioo and bylaws and examine grounds, with a view to leasing for field event*. Another meeting will be held on tbe lflfcfa Inst. ro*CUfJ GHS, CHOU AND - CONSUMPTION - | T^m stEHi I % i ^ fa , *} fc , v ■ • /A'WtLV., AT" '*? .of „ Qjj> k * \^ ■/, /k / V>v * i L *V % sfg - im 7L' SWEET CUM MULLEIN. Th« earn, an fathered from a tree tha^mhifrn statml! wn^m^a^nnilatn the«i«Tid to thruwotf tbe WZlffiFSa false inerahranem » J? - HTs thZfiTieifkuu^nrimidfforCougha^L ¥ drug^.t 2S3%gK8ZI'‘if%£2 for tr *£'StiitaS and WA1<1 1AYM>K ’ - THIS DADED may be found m no a; Bureauaos^ce i° * * hifoooiwdwwjrb* sl i where* mad* for it a NSW