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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 atnl nparar,!-. to make-best V'.ili -. -1 i'.l 1-- Mi.il. V.ll- ati me and Debouch Water \\ lii'fU, MH.jil »t i'1'l ' II' .'J- - e«t in tbo iiinrkrt. dead L>r finely IBuntrated drrakn w.d Mt> what the Couth la d« in*. A. A DrLOACII Manufaturer*. Atlanta wljr »wi:< 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., Trliinnuhtr Block. il 1st .,.1 »P1-U 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 A Quilt that Ian Quilt. entries for the cru/y-quilt tin in New York next 1 n< • by a soldi* r of piece* tak in* of d'jitinRuLlD 1 ofib • it 8,700 [ Amonu the ahow which op day I* one ina*! from the anifo to the number to in One quil k-. ft iiule rm picked bo—. k* • p on do kft,an' hL* : fo “Are you on i d.-;.*’t ;it liutUl- “1 thought HO, th- tbr* < * ml i WUt do vou ■ particular Uy 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. k* t * tLr- ilo' “I w •trd monte *rk th*- *1 ahurp-8*