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TIIE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, IfiRv-TWELVE PAGES.
FA (TIN FOB Till' FARMERS I tion of lime in a caustic or -;r,lub' c
EJMJLO l"U XIII; i.Au.u 1.110. t i on extremely useful, not only to
HANDY HINTS TO HAVE
THE HOUSE.
mil Points on Shorthorn Cultlo—Wlmt In
Dot to 1 Con on-Tlio t.cful.
in" I’.run Ami lllln r \ „|.
uable ii iiith to Farmers.
Good Points of Short Horn Cattle.
A. B. Thomas. in Northern Tier Gazette.
What constitutes the superiority of the
Shorthorn? 11 is tho best general purpose
breed; tho best combiuod machine with
which to convert grass, hay and grain, as
well as all tho coarse products of the farm
into beef and milk, its line, compact form
and mild, quiet disposition enable it take on
growth and flesh and produce milk with
but little waste. With its long, well-round
ed body, its broad, level loins, its foil
fleshed.'‘heavy hind quarters and its line,
small head and neck, it will give to tin-
butcher a much lorqer portion of valnablo
meat than tho light-quartered, narrow-
backed, heavy-necked, llat-ribbed, coarse
boned and big-bellied nntive.
It is poor encorviujement in this section
of high-priced land for the stock-grower to
feed his lino hay and grain to an animal
that, from its nervous, restless tempera
ment, will waste much of its useless action
instead of quietly converting it into valu
able beef or milk.
And it i-i equally discouraging to feed for
tho growth ot a boof that, when dreasod,
will only produce about fifty pounds to tho
hundred live weight of meet that is chiefly
coarse and unsalable. Tlieso ate some of
the reasons why tho bntchor pays one cent
or two cento per pound, live weight, more
for a model stiort Shorthorn than for the
native or other unshapely breeds.
Some persons expect that blood alone,
without regard to food and surroundings,
will insure success. The chief advantage
in improved bloo l is to enablo the stock
man to ri ap more profitable rewards for his
labor and capital invested, where a renson-
^ ablo amount of enre with liberal feeding U
to be given. It is tin- surplus feed over
and nlmvo what is required to sustain life
that gives the profit And the more the
surplus the more the profit, whero beef or
milk production is sought for, nntil the ex
tent ot the assimilative powers is nearly
rcache-1. Plenty of wholesomo food is ab
solutely necessary to profitable results,
whether for milk or beef, with any stock of
any bree I. and n reasonable amount of ex
ercise for all breeding animals.
condi-
soils
that contain no lime but also, in most cases,
to those commonly called limestone soils.—
nr York Times.'
The most extensive cabbage farm in the
world is near Chicago. It consists of 190
•eves in the “cabbage district," as it is
ailed, which comprises 2.500 acres of rich
heavy soil, especially adapted to'cabbage
culture. It requires 1,114,000 plauts to set
the 190 acres, and counting thoso used in
resetting, 20,000,000 for the whole district
under cultivation. The bulk of the crop is
sent South, in box cars, to supply a demand
which exists after tho consumption of the
Southern crop, which owing to the climate,
cannot be stored for future use.
The Seckel pear originated near Philodel-
phia before the revolution. A noted
sportsman, known as “Dutch Jacob, ” used
to bring home every fall some small but de
licious pears, declining to tell anybody
where he procured them. About that time
the London Land Company, which owned
some land below the city, made a sale, and
“Dutch Jacob” purchased the lot upon
which his pear tree stood. It afterward be
came the property of Mr. Seckel, and as be
permitted nurserymen to toko grafts and
buds from the tree, they gave the f rnit his
name,
Geraniums may be placed in paper bags
and kept bung up in the cellar. For this
purpose select the latest day before a killing
frost. Good, tongh manilla bags are best,
though we have used common newspapers.
Dig up the plants with a little soil adhering
to the roots, put them in bags, hang them
to the rafters of any place where frost will
not penetrate and which is not artificially
heated. Whilo they will live in a higher
temjperature, they nmke a sickly growth
during winter, which weakens tho plants.
Fnchsias may also be kept the same way.
The oldor the stems are the better.—Prairie
Farmer.
The opinion seems quite prevalent that
the deep milker is a poor feeder for flesh
when not yielding milk, but we have never
known such a case. The deep milker must
be a vigorous eater nnd digester of food,
and this food will lny on flesh when the
milking period is ended. The opinion is
based npon the penurious and unthrifty
practice of putting cows upon short rations
as soon ns they are dried off. She is in
thin flesh at the end of her milking, and
called a poor feeder becanso she dees not
become fleshy on a half-ration. Give her
liberal feeding, and there will be no doubt
SOUTIIEUN SCENES,
atlon Idfo In Georgia In
Plantation Tima,
Written for the Macon Trumiur
Farm Noten.
The Concord grape is said to have origi
noted ns one out of a total of 22,000 seed
lings.
The number of cattle on the plains is es
timated to ho over 40,000,000, of a value of
$1,190,000,11
I-'lnx raising has become one of the lead
ing industries in Jliuncsotn, 126,845 acres
having been devoted to this purpose last
year, v - *• %
Butter tubs should In- thoroughly cleans
ed and then soaked in brine before packing
down butter in them, which will materially
assist in pri-vi-ntitig tin- Imth-t Inmi fi- in;-;
tainted.
A few years ago grain growing was the
main reliance of tin-Iowa farmers, but they
are gradually driltiug into dairying, expert-
tnce having convinced them that it is much
more profitable than grain groirin
Friesian dairymen never allow n cow even
t., ln-r ni w-fiorn calf, iiiueh 1--- t-i li-k
and car, -a it. The cow is confined in a
stall and watched, and tho moment the
calf is dropped it i- wholly removed from
le r -I.ln.
“Crows will cat grasshoppers," says the
Il,,ii i' I—.ill . M I I . - I I- I I-
they avoided all the places where I hsd
spread corn nnd were busy eating grass
hoppers. 1 write this in their behalf.
Spare tie- crows."
Sod is an excell nt protection to an orch
ant in winter, and should not be plowed
under in the fall unless through necessity.
When plowed in the foil a c-.ding of ma
nure, whiell has been well decomposed,
l 1- iqq-'.li -1 II-
Hogs differ as much ax nth r animals do
iu their ability to t ike on fat. Thrifty
young hogs of tho improved breeds will
gain much faster no the same amount of
food than old mid unthrifty animals that
belong to no recognized bleed.
Farmers should go carefully over flair
pastures every lilt!- while -owl scatter the
voicing* of their stock, and not have the
fields dotted with great blotches of rank
graka, so rank by the over-riohnees of the
manuring that no kind of stock will eat it.
\ London paper claims Hint “tl
os hor capacity to lay on flesh.—National
Live Stock Journal.
In cold weather a warm bran mash or
slop given cows two or three times a day is
a great stimulator of the milk flow nnd will
keep it up, when without it there would be
a constant decrease in quantity. Tho fact
of the food beeing warm has something to
do with the increased flow of milk perhaps,
as cows will give a larger yield of milk
when watered with water slightly warmed
than when given cold water, the effect of
tho warm being to relax the digestive and
socretory organs and help them accomplish
greater work. But bran furnishes a light
:ood which, when fed in the form of slops
or fnashes, is more readily digested and
token up into tho sretem or converted into
milk than heavier food is.
Upon tho question of feeding, nnd the
difficulty of n formula for feeding, the kind
of animal mast be taken into consideration.
For instance, cows more readily assimilate
the nutriment of cut straw, nnd relatively
of all woody fibre, than horses. Again, the
the feeder must take into consideration thi
ngs of the animal (cattle and sheep require
more bulky food than horses and swine),
tho natural temper and disposition of the
animal, whether it is kept for fattening,
labor, breeding or milk, and tho disability
of the food. For instance, if straw is a por
tion of the food more oats or other nitro-
genized grain must be given than when
good hay is fed,—Chicago Tribanc.
Bran is cheap, and it can bo nsod in al
most unlimited quantities without injury
to the animal. It is a healthy food, and
contains enough nitrogenous substances to
help replenish tho waste of muscular tisane
in the nnimal system os will contribute to
the production of milk. If there were noth
ing to be said in favor of bran as a food for
much cows there is nothing to be said
against it except its want of large nutritive
and milk-producing qualifies. But that it
has these qualities to a degree sufficient to
mako it profitable food for dairy cows there
is no doubt in the mind of the writer.
Even when mode by tho roller process bran
still has clinging to it considerable of the
farinaceous substance of the wheat, suffi
cient, nt least, to affect its quality.
SIAN’S TRUSTY FRIEND.
Sir John Lubbock's Kzperlim-nl with
lllaclt rooitte.
New Orleans Ttmra Iit-morrat.
At the meeting of the British Associstinn
st Aberdeen, Sir John Lnbboek read a pa-
Vho lias not felt the depn ssing influence
of tho chill November rain? When the
scudding clouds go racing obliquely across
the sky which seems slanting
cnrthwnril, with tho low sobbing
of the rain, which is as unlike the
cheerful patter of the summer shower as
November differs from June. The long,
swaying pines, glistening in the pule light
with the cold glitter of tho accumulated
dumps upon their rough trunks, and tl.eir
drooping boughs humid w ith the drivelling
tears of the failing year. Tho cheerless,
seedy, dilapidated weeds, reeling with the
heavy misto that seems to penetrate every
nook and cranny of nature. The sun ri 1 s.
but these sickly gray clouds do not even so
much ns Cuih ut his coming. Heclimbs up
to the foggy zenith, bat not even the faint
est glinipsu of his blazing disc penetrates
tho sodden sky. He turns his glowing eye
upon the widowed earth at sunset, hut the
hooded hills reflect not bis kindly glance nt
parting.
Such was the cheerless oatlook as I stood
under tho enrt Bhcil nnd watched Uncle
Mentor, ns ho scattered several largo bask-
etsful of shucka in a semi-circle in the cow
lot, and the hungry cows jammed and
l>okcrt each other in their greedy endeavors
to make the best of the generous feed.
“Co—'ench! Co—o- -wench! Co—'cneh,
oo—'ench! Co—o—wench?"he called, it
his drawling, monotonous way, and several
belated guests came rushing up the lone,
lowing and mooing in a peevish way, ns if
they felt that they had been slighted. When
the basket had been stowed away in the
shuck pen tho gate was fastened, nnd the
old man came trudging along toward the
shed, ns the sickly twilight endeavored to
step in ns mediator between light and
darkness, made if miserable failure, and
night overwhelmed tho earth without the
premonitory herald of a single deepening
shadow.
Dis am a bad night, chile; dis 'ere alas
min's me of er mighty pitiful tale I hearn
w'en I 'us er little boy, bont'n yo' size or
mnylie a aize bigger, er hit monght be a lee-
tlo bit less, I dunno, but 1 know dat hit 'us
mighty pitiful tale dat I hearn.”
“Tell ft, Uncle Mentor,” I asked with
boy’s curiosity.
“Can* tell yo’ now; bain’ got time; but ef
•ro’ax yo’gra’mn ter let yo' como ter my
I touse, des er little wile ter-night, I’ll tell
yo’ nil ’bout it.”
The firelight in the wide, old-fashioned
fireplace looked very cheerful anil inviting,
and the darkness outside made a tnirrow
out of each window-pane, in which gro
tesque figures flitted to and fro, nuil hide
ous, leering faces came and went in a regu
lar "Jack-in-the-box" sort of way. Grand
pa was busy with the Georgia Herald,
grandma was busy with her knitting and
nodding, for she divided the time equally
between the two, and Tom, the old cat, was
dozing with blinking eyes by the fire.
I thought it was not best to worry grand
ma, so I just slipped into the kitchen where
Mary was washing the dishes, and singing
in alow, minor key her favorito hymn:
“Jesus Mttln' an two w'Ue homes.
Boll. Jordan, roll.
Jesua m-tUu’ on two w’lte homes,
ltolt, Jordan, roll, (
Roll. Jordan, roll.”
Out beneath the shadow of tho big locust
tree shot a broadening band of light that
reached to the rude stops of Uncle Mentor’s
cabin. Uncle Mentor had a pet pig that
was nosing around in the bock yard, and
old Mqje was gnnwinga bone in tho siiadow
of the great locust tree, and I Wan not
out all ’bunt il, V she tolo on do omem, prompt respi
,- .1- s tuekn lmng dat omem ter er snapped on.
iwingin’ limb at do fo’ks uv do road.
y, dare, hain’tyo’ er cry-in'?” "'"11,
cf d it's .le Ins' yo’ kiu do, I spec'a yo’ bet-
all go home.”
Hut I coni I t help sniffing a little, nnd
nele Mentor d i ked another big, black
w.irnit," and then went with me to til
kitchen door, for I was afraid old Maj
wild Cuts Plentiful.
It is said that wild cats of enormous size
still haunt tho hack country towns of Con
necticut. Iu East Lyme they dart up trees
about the farm houses at night, snatch a
fat turkey nnd make off with it easily. In
tl I Bozrah, tho other day, a big r.it killed a
pig Would try the tiger trick again. ButI full-grown sheep and had partly eaten it
mil in mt dri-.oi.s i old II. .,r that ih-aml I'.f the Mil,,. I- cm Id :-"t his gun. limit-
nil of Uncle Mentor, sa l:e sang tho blllie | ing parties frequently get on the tr.u k of
song, ami it had a more saddenin
t on mo than many sadder tales that I
avo since heard.
Pure nnd unselfish tears thoso were, nn-
mixed with tho brine of tho almost emptied
vessel of n blighted life. M. M. Folsom.
Americas, Georgia.
HOME DECORATIONS.
tter way el securing a heavy crop ot I , m [ho intelligence of tfie dog. Sir John
ach. sand nectarines than by putting a nmar ), e( i that it was surprising how littlo
we know about the true nature of animals.
r of beat in the in
iu hot-houses,
in the orchard
Mr. Spen- -1
Imt a hit
i here.
when the trees
uglish grow peaches
may also lie useful
i th
id, n, of l’.dl River, Mam.,
vhich gal e in eight w eeks
i,muds of milk, which mode 14U
..f batter without any extra feeding.
,, than twice her own weight
and an average of seventeen pounds
unci - of butt r for the time,
an ■ and fatal dis' v-has broken out
tie- milch cow s in Evansville, Imb,
• city. I I.' animals ari-first affected
. andbeconn entirely blind. The
ciintinins until theeyi s are entirely
at. Ittheneuto on until it remits
be going to the brain,
i l that in a good crop of wheat the
ives marly nr qnite as much weight
stra.e. With onto and barley the
, usually in excess of tho straw so
,■,.0,1,1 i'. concerned. In the rye crop
isually weighs more than gram and
a I'market is often worth
: , ;riug the fact that a large part of
la-.t milk is water, anil that drank
,w the necessity for giving costs
nlv the la-si water will he lietter
,d. Ho farfrom theeow als
substance so as to lee
U th
tale
idk is ns
good t-s
may tin
-l, of barley, 13jh
Mids; in
md An
impl.
l plat
ertilL
This, he thought, arose very much from the
fact that hitherto we have tried to teach
animals, instead of to learn from them, to
make, for instance', the d >g to understand
us. rather than to understand the dog. He
suggested that some inch system as that
adopted with the deaf mutes, and especially
by Dr. Howe in the esse of Laura Bridgman,
might be tried with advantage. For this
purpose be hsd selected s black poodle,
Van, and then presented pieces of cardboard
ten inches long by three feet wide, on which
he painted such words as “food,” ‘'water,"
"tea,” and no one who hud seen Van look
down a row of cards and pick ont the one
ho wanted could doubt that ho was able to
distinguish the different wolds and qnite
understand that a cord was equivalent to a
request. The curds were certainly not
recognized by scent, because he used a
number of each. He suggested that some
one with sufficient leisnre might carry this
ranch further, and that the attempt would
well worth making.
Professor Flower mentioned that he hail
seen within the last few days a dog which
knew tite return of Sunday. Nothing could
induce the dog to go ont with him, though
,. ion other days, when he took his stick and
orbing j in , j, e nhowed great anxiety to go with him.
vo the | p ro(( ^, or Flower attached great importance
• fV*' I to kindness in the teaching of animals. Miss
' ' lUh J> i Katherine Wray g»re an intonating account
fi’ i ex- of how in three weeks, by means of a bone
lu ' I attached to th* door bell, she had tonght
J the dog to ring the belL Mr. C. G.
1 l ‘> ' ' i,li-nti-med that he knew a family which
had taught their dog to howl at the late ot>-
rksliop portion and show great interest at the
II. Ill mention of the late government. < Mrs.
Stokes tlnurgbt that -amo minis seemed to
hat •• gnater power ot communication with
animals than others, and she mentioned on
English professor who see med to have the
power of calling birds from the sky.
ns tho handcuffs
York Star.
the animals, but liave not got n shot at one
as vet. Last year several wild cats were
kilfed in East Lyme and on the western
border of Salem.
s. s. s.
Scrofula and Lungs
Relieved.
It W’hh in the Air,
now 40 yaars old and have i
?on year* with a lung trouble,
my family on my mother’* si
id died with consumption. nnd the
For the past three or four weeks before oftha"
\st Saturday night New London might terrible di*ees<*. I have upcnt Up i-.u.'Ih of d«*n.ir«
)1»1 Sliver—Fainted Celllngi—Pliuh Cov
ered Strjx—Folding Screens#
Domestic Mouthly.
Japanese things continue a In inode. We
may see serenes, lanterns, bamboo work,
brass kettles, tea of the country (taken with
out milk or cream), embrodery and cari
osities of all sorts in the parlors of our
acquaintances. One s ^rt of scrcene is some
what nncommon, as it has a largo centre
panel and two folding ones on each side,
forming, when spread out, qnito a small
room. This would mako a very snug cor
ner in a lame room, with a chair or two,
a table, and a few hangings of rich line
thrown over the edges. Another novelty
is a gourd of lirge size, circular in form,
hollowed out, a large aperturo at tho ton,
and having for its support three little
gourds. Tho surface is brown, hard ami
varnished, with a design in lacquer traced
over it. It is intended for a work or waste
paper receptacle, and its size may guessed
nt when it served tho purpose of a hiding
Mace for a small boy, who recently got
into one, to the dismay of an anxious
voung mother. There are smaller gourds,
but tho large size is the popular one.
They ore somewhat costly, as they are rare,
especially the lacquered ones.
A passion for old silver is developing,
ami the last thing is to convert a wine
cooler into the base of a velvet or satin
pin*cm>hion. It is used alike by both
sexes on a well appointed toilet table
was unfit for any manual lalwr for *<*\
By chance I came Into poateweiun of a p
“Blood and Skin DiHcaaea** from tli •» <
Swift Specific Co„ Atlanta, Ga. A frit
minded the qm of Swiffa Specific, ch
he himself bad been proatly benefited i
some lung troubleI resolved to try
four y
> I commenced to take 8.
have been taken for a temperance Utopia.
The police may be said to liave had a sine
cure. Not rx solitary drunk, plain or col
ored, was to bo seen upon the streets. Tho
cause of this is one of tho mysteries which
no man can unravel nny more than he can
the sudden outbreak of intemperance Sat
urday. It seemed that about 11 o’clock
that night as if nine out of every ten men
on tho street wore overballasted and the jig
has been kept up ever since. Surely this
cannot bo u coincidence. There must be
something in tho earth or in the oir to ac
count for it, nnd here ia a chance for some
physiologist to study the problem, the solu
tion of which would make his name immor
tal.—New London Telegraph.
—DuInoFico, the last Mexican gover
nor-general of |Alta California, returned to
his old headquarters nt Los Angeles soon
after the country was srqnircil by the United 111
States and hoi lived tkero from tliat -luv to J turme. anil t would 1m rocreu
this. Bo lias nover been able to maator n
single sentence of tho English language,
however, and, aside from adopting the
American stylo of dress, remain* jnst where
tho conquest found him forty years ngo.
lie is nstolid-looking man, abort of stature,
thickset and sturdy.
nrd-
IIS to
suit have used shout fifty Bottle*. The rr-ntti
aioet reuisrksblo. My cough hi. left me... my
■trength has returned, and I weigh elxty rounds
more than 1 ever did in my Ufe. It be. b -* u three
yeare since I atoms d the use of the medi.-tm*. but I
have bad no return of the disesMc, sad there ere no
jmins or weakness felt iu my luugs. 1 do the hard-
eat kind of mechanical work, and feel a. well . 11
ever felt since I was & boy. These. I know, are
wonderful ■tatementa to make, but I am lionet
when I say that I owe my existence and h .iltlt to-
day to Swift's H-peclAc. ft Is the only mod ine that
brought me an;- permanent relief. I do not s.»y
tlut Swtft'c Sr.cc'.fic will do this In every case, hut
most positively nth no that It has done this much
forme, and I would lie recreant to the duly I mvoto
■utTering humanity If 1 fail oil to War this testimo
ny hi tho merits of this wonderful medicine. 1 am
well known In the city of Montgomery, and can re
fer to aom of the best citizens iu the city.
T. J. HOLT.
Mon!,ornery. Ala., June IS, 1- r.
bwift't Specific Is entirely vegetable. Treatise on
Blood aud Skin Discuses mailed free. *.
THK8WOT SPECIFIC CO..
Drawer3, Atlanta, Ga.,
Or 137 W. ILil St., N. Y.
Rescued from Death.
Win. J. Coughlin, of Somerville. Maes., cnys: III
the fall of 18731 waa taken with bleeding of lungs
followed by a severe congli. I loot my sppcttto and
flesh, end wae confined to my bed. In 1877 I was
where all the appliances sro silver, anil- it admitted to tho boapltal. The doctors «atil I b id
I * H| ‘ ** bote In my long as big as a half dollar. Atone
time the report went around tliat I was dead. I
gave up hope, bat a friend told me of Dll. WILD
1AM BALL'S BAJ SAM FOB THE LUNOS. 1 goljn
bottle, when, to my surprise, 1 comaeneed to feel
better, and to-day 1 feel better than 1 have for three
ytsuv past.
is also to be met with on the little work
table of the mistress of the honse. Old
clnsps of hooks, waist buckles anil such like
pliable silver things are being joined to
gether nnd made up into the frames of mir-
■ ors and photographs, sometimes on a back
ground of metal and sometimes on dark
blue or red velvet. All sorts of little old
silver relics are laid out now on tables, and
anything that can be utilized for toilet nse
Is transformed or adapted with delight.
Homo of the lieautiful miniature grand
father's clocks that have formed such fash
ionable wedding gifts of late are ornamented
with this rococo silvir. TheseTittlo clocks,
which are perfect models of the large ones,
are to be seen in rich bouses now, as they
are frequently given as birthday as well ns
wedding gifts. Nothing comes amiss now,
from an old carved wooden pedestal to a
quaint-shaped saucepan, nnd ns old treas
ures are unearthed front family hoards anil
curiosity shops they sre transported to
drawing-rooms, till the whole assumes much
the style of a museum.
Old oak is nlwnys regarded as spoil, hut
this is not appreciated by alt these collec
tors of art and curiosities, some of whom
prefer the lighter French Chippendale style.
One recent fashion is to HU up one corner
of a room with a low sqnaro satin-covered
ottoman in divan form, with n row of
aware that cither Mine or the pig were near. I lcssly arranged cushions, all of different
So I said, in a boastful way, “Now, 51 ary. colors and fancy materials, round tbo wall,
if a tiger can catch me before I get to Uncle Another style is to mount a jar, of fantastic
Mentor's house, he's welcome to me.” shape and large proportions, on a curved
Whereupon I made a wild dash, half fright- oak pedestal, and fill it with such spreading
c-ned at my own temerity, anil just 'as 11 branches of living flowering greenery that
passed the tree old Jlaje railed out at the
rig, and tho pig ran between my
egs, throwing me down, and old Maje ran
over me. 1 squeaked as though the tiger
had me, and Mary was bursting \nth
laughter when she held the candle out at the
door ont at the door, and beheld my pitia
ble plight Uncle Mentor was very kind,
though, and he drew a little three-legged
stool up before the fire, and hang my jacket
in the comer near the Are, and told me to
•it on tho stool, and he would crack some
walnuts.
I been have deso ‘ere woraiU er long
time. Dey’s des es sweet on’ nice, but yo’
urns’ lie keerful an’ not cat too ranch nv de
wnrnito, fur dey ties es fuU er grease rs er
piece er middlin’ meat”
He was busy at his basket, and I soon
forgot the tiger trip, as I watched him.
Suddenly
tala,
it overshadow s the spaco beneath in the
corner in which it stands, and gives what
the designer fondly believes to be a rural
look. A piano very often stands beneath
this shade, so that tha performer may Hit
against this green background. Front the
bongha hang artificial parrots, swinging on
bamboo bars suspended by cords, or flying
■eagulls and otherartistically made-up birds
or very large gay-plnued butterflies; and at
the base is anything in the way of quaint-
neax that fancy can suggest.
Many amateur artists arc painting their
rooms from ceiling to wainscot. All do not
aspire to the ceiling itself, hut commence
with the frieze running nt tho top of tho
room, and continue with tho dado, panels
of doors, shutters, design over the door nnd
np the side of the mirror. The design for
dado is t ffcctive, sml tliat consi-ts of
1 remembered the promised [ roughly painted brown trellis, rising three
feet or so from tho ground, with flowers
Portable Mills .*80
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Manufaturer*. Atlanta
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Announcement. Extraordinary!
Cold Weather Special ties Offered to flic Trade
BY
J. W. RICE & CO.,
UIG DRIVES JX EVERY DEPART3IEXT!
“PRO BOISPO PTTBLICO
Knowing that pemonal comfort is the fint consideration of oil, we rnctl < ;»-
selves accordingly, anil ere cold weather came upon um, laid in the largest and beet as-
sorted etock of
LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S AND CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR
ever offered to tho trade of Macon. The assortment i* complete in every detail, tv
style and hize mado being represented in our stock. We con suit every on*-, uo mutter
what tho demand. One of ibeprincipal attraction ; of our cold w. athcr drive** is*
BLANKETS.
Just hero you strike uh in our element. Beautiful, downy blankets tint would w. •>
to slumber the most troubled minds and cmw them to dream again the short ro-y
dreams of childhood. The Lest 10-4 all wool blankets you ever saw for only $1. Brown
nnd gray 10-t from $1.25 to $2.30, fully 50 per cent, cheaper than same goods an*
elsowhcre. Wo have an immense stock of these goods which we are anxious to redute,
and if close prices will do go, they will certainly move.
CLOAKS
on, nnJ as the season wuxeth late, the
■ ‘Say, Uncle Mentor, won't you tell me and creepers of all kinds showing high
that tale now’?” above, birds and butterflies hovering near.
Well, hit’s er mighty lonesome so't or I Another has a targe hr-uieh of hawthorn, or
tale, an' a’ter yo’ drs been sheered so bad I cherry blossom i and fruit, etc., Kimngiug
spec hit'll mek vo* feel sorter bod, but I up from .the wainscot on odp side of *he
don’ min’ tollin’ yo’ cf yo' won' go an’ room, l’opular taste seems to iodine to-
snub' n sniff lack some chillen w'at I has ward large nnd bold designs, and some
tole it to. Dey wus onco er bad old quick-handed dabblers in ous mako rongb
owern, an'she bad er party little, tininchy studies of anything in this style on g-vul-
boy w'at name Tommy—no, liit wus Billie sized canvases, and place them about the
—I ol'u» docs git dera names mix np some room on common wooden easels (which
how. Leas'ways, de little boy pa went off they paint brown or black), nnd throw a
one day, an' 'e er mighty boil man, an' I colored length in artistic negligence over
w’en 'e tell 'e wile ter ao anyfiug, she bet-1 one side till they are ready to transmit
ter do it, ksain"e mos’kill ’er. Wiles ’• them to their ultimate d- stination. If there
knockin’ erroun’ ’e kill er mighty fat ole I is a wooden dado round n room—which is
coon, de Dices’ so’t, an’ ’e tok 'mi home to constantly the com in old Looses—the in-
’e wife, an’ ’• say: ‘Heidi dis 'ere coon. I sertion of pictures at distances looks well;
wants yo’ter hake'im nice’n brown, V ef of conrae, they are token ont of their frames,
y o' eats ary bit uv dat coon, 'fore I gits my This is also done in cnpboanl doors and
bait, I kill yo’ aho's yo’ name's Banner:' over mantels.
In greater variety than at any time tlii
be sold. Prices to suit all pockets.
DRESS GOODS.
Choice stock ntill on liaml, which will be sacrificed during the remnindar of the *
non. Elegant combination iuitH at cost. English Eometpuna, yard uiul a half wide, ai
being oloaed out at $1 per yard, have been Mliing all the iteoaon ai $LI5.
TRICOTS AND FLANNEL SUITfNGS.
Beat goods in the market. New lot jnst in and another to arrive Monday. Th*
good* are lifty-m ineht > wide nn<l spleu iiil value. Be t • tiftil line of EidcrfDo-s n itM t
ceived, which will be sold cheap.
EVERYTHING AT A SACRIFICE !
Not caring to cany any good* over, we will acll exerything in winter good-* regardlo
of former prices. Dn-ss goodx and HnitingH especially.
CARPETS.
The apodal redaction* in thin department tho past week bed a telling • fleet,
party, after injecting tho stock of the city, placed an order amounting to three hnndri
and ninety-five dollars with u*. Further reductions for tho next thirty days.
J. W. RICE & CO.,
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Tn bloodstone, or “heliotrope,'' is again j *“
\.n aahlonsbls. So are Kate Greenaway ,l lt
tl mrat ill ib nil -Ill for gentlemen's scarf-
,,,1,-. Sarf-pina in nugget finish set
Vilh .'hi- in marine designs sneli
.L-, sulur-knoto, tiny g>-M y*™*. :
tuiw'8 <<f cable chain* .tn* 1 brightly |
. n imel d utorm Mgnal*, are in high favor, i
I dtrading *"*tonn*,” "fair I
wwlkv;'’ “das*#*.- ate., ars adoptsd as a I
deUghtfnl (hangs from the flower language
bv a itiui-iit-.! )■ .tn.' i-"l-l-
Den tie mau 'r went off ergin, an' 'e gone
long time, an' de coon done bake so nice 'n'
brown flat w’en ile omem open de nlien she
des natally banker a'ter er mon'fnl. She
say, she did. 'well, I des bite off ono lectio
browu cracklin', uu’ my ole man, ’e won'
miss it,’ un' she ki p on er Idlin' off er Icctle
mon'fnl, twel de fuses ling she know, de
coon all gone. Den she skeered mos' tor
deaf. She study, 'n' study, twel at las' she
coU little Tommie—no, llillie t means—I
can’ 'membah item names er pa't; 'n' she
say, ‘Come 'ere, Billie; let yo' ran comb yo’
head,' 'n' Billie '* come, > did, V 'elaid 'e
head down in ’e urn's lap, an’ she drawed er
long knife out fom under her up'on, 'n' she
des whack 'e head off, an’ she tok’n psr-
bilc im, ’n’ she Imku 'im, an' w'en ’er ole
man come home 'e aay, ao'ter gruff lack,
■Wey tlat coon'?' Den de omem she op'n de
nben, an’ she tek ont littlo Billie, 'n' she
say, ‘He-ih’s yo' coon, nice V brown,' an'
de man 'e eat it all up, on' 'e call 'e two lit
tle gals, an' 'o gin ’em de bones ter gnaw,
'n' dey crack de bones ’n’ dey got de marrer
out'n ’em, an' den dey bturied 'em 'tween
two little maTile atones.
Now, de ouiera she done frow da little
boy bmd in er ole well, an’ w'en de
wey Billie sms, she tole 'im dat ’e gran'pa
tack 'im home will 'im.
“Now, bimeby, dat little head bit tn'ned
[ tor er bilbe goat - -dot’s de reason folks calls
blllie goats twel yet- n’ ev'y evenin', ,.
little bilUe gout ’e walk erioag ile toad I rf‘l n ! r " ,
in front er de gait, an’ Meat pitiful lack, 'V." ' 1 " 1
The ordinary folding steps in nse in every
honse, covered with plnab, und haring
shelves similarly covered made to hook on
to the rungs or steps, form a useful, orna
mental anil novel article of fomitnre for the
display of china and other bric-a-brac.
They should be about five feet to six feet in
height, nnd of the sort that are made with
steps both aides. Placed across the comer
of the room, with a plant in full bloom,
such aa pink hydrangea or white marguerite
on the top atop, a piece of rich colored
silk or other material draped on one side,
and the shelves hooked on to the steps at
alternate heights on either side, they have a
very good effect, in a dark comer more par
ticularly.
SEWS ODDITIES.
She Followed ffrr IfUAbaml.
An Ohio'farmer, a few week* *tfo, became
insane becan*e of a firm belief that the
world would come to an end in n few
month*. Worriment about her husband
ha* now unsettled the wife'* mind. They
will be taken to an o*ylum togethei
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I. L. EC ARRIS,
Has now n stock the most complete line of
CARRIA GES, R UG GIES & WA G ONS
ever brought to Georgia. I am the newest house iu
the city and will sell only new goods and new stylos
at new prices, never before touched by old concerns.
Come and sec me at 08 and 100 Cherry Street, Mu
con, Ga.
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