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FACTS FOR THE FARMERS.
handy hints to havr about
THE HOUSE.
Iter Itaetntr; fov Cowrn—Bow
i-i* Woman Mtikn. Guutl ISut-
r A llundloof u.erul Farm
Nutt s Handy to Keep,
THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1885.--TWELVE PAGES.
There ia pro vale at among the former diury-
mcn o£ the country an idea that cows will
thrive and give good milk ou a scanty and
fonl supply of water. The writer, in his
peregrinations through the country, has
round many farms where the water for
stock was derived solely from water-holes
dug in a low, swampy place in the woods
or Held, nominally called a spring, but real
ly only a gathering of surface water in a de
pression in the inqiervions day boneath the
#oil» At its best tli* Wfuer-hole i» r liltby
place; at Its worst a breeder ot malaria,
frogs, insects end mosquitoes that pester the
life out of stock. Burning thirst coupe's
the suffering animals to drink the filthy
water, which, passing by the economy of
nature into the milk-ducts of the cows, is
expected to come forth pure, sweet milk
for the nourishment of infant and adults in
its various products.
Considering the fact that a large port of
even the best milk is water, and that drnnk
by the cow, the ne. i sxity for giving cows
in milk only the best water will bebetter un
derstood. So iar from tho cow absorbing
any offensive substance so as to leave the
milk pure, the very reverse is the case.
The female giving the milk is usually healthy
for the reason that whatever impurities ex
ist in the system nru carried off in this se
cretion. As soon as a cow is in any way out
of condition her milk is unlit to be used.
Cows which drink poison will give poison
ous milk. Pure milk <;in not be had from
cows which nre compelled to drink of foul
water. They ah ouldalwnys have pure drink,
as clear as crystal. Sickness is doubtless
often censed without suspicion from the
impurities which cows partake of in drink,
food and bnd air.
Let any farmer who depends upon surface
water hole; to satisfy the thirst of his stock
try the experimeht during the hot days c f
Judy and August, of pumping from the well
htPw pailxfui of water and offer it to the
cows; he will be surprised at the eagerness
with which they w ill absorb large quantities
of it. Once experiencing the benefits of
cool, pure water, the stock will return to
the source of supply when thirst again over
takes them. It will be health in the family
and money in the pocket of • the farmers
who have no supply of living water for tho
use of stock to ip vest in some kind of in
vention that will nnng from the depths of
•a well plenty of fresh and pnre water.
Ilow a Yankee Woman Make., Good Hatter.
Churning has made many a weary back.
It will always bo so, especially in cold
weather, until people learn to have the
cream at right temperature, (blessing at
it is a good way to get tired. Tho cream
should be- put into a warm room several
hours before churning. When the weather
is freezing and it iB very cold it must be
placed by tbe stove and made wanner than
the temperature of an ordinnry room.* In
hot weather of courseit must he cooled. The
cream mar be wanned by puttinghot water
into the churn. It should show a temper-
nturc of nlxmt Cl degrees—as near this ns
possible. It is so easy with a 25-cent ther
mometer to know the temperature of the
cream that it seems queer everybody don’t
have ono. When the cream is too warm
tho butter will come, but it will be soft and
white, and, of course, poor. It Hhould be
cooled when this is tlie case :ts soon as it
is know 1 ' to ho too warm with ico or cold
water, if it is too cold, tho cream will
foam and swell au.l it will nut come. It
should ho warmed ns soon as this condition
is f. uud out. When the cream gets very
thick after churning n while and does not
cbnm good, it shoflld hare' a little warm
■water poured into thechuii’.
When the cream is very thick there is so
much hotter that it can nut float and more
liquid is required to get the butter into shape.
Generally there is enough. There is no trou
ble of tills kind when creameries an used,
lint when the cream is raised in pans and
it is thick nod leathery it is apt to do so.
Borne peoplo run in a lot of sonr milk to
mako more buttermilk and float the batter,
but t don't believe in sonr milk in cream.
It will get mncld if the cream is kept any
time. It is better when the cream is. too
thick to add a little warm or cold water,
as tho caso may bo. I used to uso a dasn
churn, hut 'now l have a Stoddard barrel
chum, mid it saves a In an of work and
makes the handling of the uttt- r so mueli
easier. It takes longer, if everything is all
right, to get the lmtter from sweet cream
than sour. Don’t mix sweet and aonr
creams together just beforo churning, ortlie
sweet cream w ill pass otf in tho buttermilk
and ho lost, ilix it ahead and stir it well
—Farm Journal.
Farm Notes.
American farmers, therefore aro not alone
in somo of their misfortunes.
,, A c . orr espondent of the Rural Homo says:
raised off of nine to w^n lots, each measur
ing 75x100 feet, making in nil a fraction
over two acres, near 85U bushels of good
sound potatoes. The varieties wero the
white Elephant and Bride of the Field."
To prevent tho spread of chicken cholera
Dr. salmon recommends a uixtnre of two
ounces of sulphuric acid to two gallons of
water. This will destroy every germ of
cholera that it touches in a few minutes,
being one of the heBtdisinfectan's known.
Any time after the wood has mat"- ' W ji,
answer for securing cutting ot cttrf ^ nU
gooseberries. . aP should be about
? - mohrs AlolW, bud cut off smooth at the
base of the bUu. Bury them in the open
ground ot cellar, not allowing them to be
come too wet or dry, covering with straw if
in the ground.
In the separation of wheat plants any
nnmker may be secured up to several hun
dred from a single grain if, after the plants
are set out and multiplied, they be again
divided. In such an experiment a single
;rain of wheat once produced over 20,(100
leads, which contained 170,000 grains,
making 4 : j pecks, or 07 pounds of wheat.
Large fields cannot be treated in such man
ner, but it demonstrates what can be dono
with cultivation.
Tho Farmer’s Home says: “Mr. William
'. Singorly, the publisher, has a fine fnrm
in Montgomery county, Pa., where he last
winter kept 250 head of cattle, 800 sheep
and thirty horses. His silos hold ’UK) tons
of ensilage each, and bis cattle are fed upon
it three times a day, receiving uIbo grain.
Mr. Singerly states that ten acres of grain
fodder will keep seventy head of cattle dur
ing a term of six mouths through tho sys
tems of ensilago and Boiling. Baring the
fall about 1000 tons of ensilage have been
stored on this farm."
Bran is cheap, and it can he used in almost
unlimited quantities without injury to the
animal. It is a healthy food raid contains
enoUgii nitrogenous substances to help re
plenish the waste of muscular tissue in the
animal system ns will contribute to the
production of milk. If there were noth
ing to he said in favor of bran as a food
for milch cows there is nothing to re said
against it except its want of large nutri
tive and milk-producing qualities. But
that it has those qualities to a degree suf
ficient to make it profitable food for dairy
cows there is no doubt in the mind of the
writer. Even when made by the roller pro
cess bran still has clinging to it considerable
of the farinaceous substance of the wheat,
sufficient, at least, to affect its quality.
There is probably no food so good for re
cuperating exhausted muscles than good,
sound, heavy oats. They are easily digest
ed. nutritious, muscle-building and blooii-
mukingin a high degree. They are little
heating, do not tend to moke horses sweat,
and on the whole are the best food a home
can have. Barley is very good, not equal
to oats. Indian corn is a poor substitute,
not so easily digested, heating and caus
ing the nnimol to sweat. As to system, a
horse should have bay first, then grain,
and water when these are digested, or wa
ter should he given half an hour at least
beforo feeding. Horses often have dyspep
sia, induced by being fed when warm, or
being worked after a full treat. Tbe prac
tice of feeding hard-worked horses at noon
and working them immediately after is of
dcnbtfnl utility. Horses will go eight and
probably ten hours without food if properly
fed at evening and morning. They should
havo water more frequently, but never
when hot
A California squash recently marketed
was over four feet high and weighed —
pounds.
Winter is tin- best season for making ma
nuro, and the best ptit-autteas should bo
made for carefully prtservis
There are on r 100 wholesale poultry
a,-ul.-rs III V w Volk I-.IV, .111-1 -"I :h
lutndlo daily 100 barrels holding 175 pounds
oieli.
According to the report of a Dakota far
mer, his field of hurley grew thirty-eight
inch Ml in thirty-eight days, or at the rate of
an inch a day.
At a recent sale ot sh<op in Michigan two
tepatM SqmtyUfwa ewes sold for H
eni-b. Some Hampshire* were sold singly,
bringing (10 [for spring lambs to (1.50 for
yearlings.
Commissioner Coleman intends to send
Professor Wiley over to Europe to make
critical study of the newest and moat im-
,i, ,| i,. 11,i.■ , i ..; ■ i in- 11.- -I - ii - l in
beet-sugar manufacture.
In si ttingor.tan orchard alwava andean
to secure plants that are adapted to the soil
and climate, llardhnss i* a very essential
quality. The moat prolific varietiea ore not
always the best.
Squashea could he kept in a warm, dry
place, nud should not freeze. It is not beat
to keep vegetables too warm, hut care
should be eser. ixc.1 to prevent the freezing
of those that are i .wily affected by cold.
Mr. I>. W. Adam . of Iowa, sowed fall
wheat among bis standing corn in July
last V ar, and tills year his wheat crop was
thirty one bushels per acre on a field
thirteen acre*, which is a large yi-. Id.
The common catnip la one of tho in
valuable plant* for bets. The flower* are
rich in honey, and for several months «nxi-
mencing with June of .—eh i,..r n-Hit
freely at all hour* and dnnng all kinds of
wratner.
The etoverseed midge la■ said to be an im
portation from Europe,. where d n»mdly m;
WHEN THE MONITOR WENT DOWN.
The Story of tlio ltcscuo of tbe Vessel's
Survivors.
From a paper on tho loss of tho Monitor,
accompanying Captain Ericsson's account
of his vessels in tho December Century,
is quoted the following: “After a fearful
and dangerous passage over tho frantic
seas we reached the lthode Island, which
still bnd tho tow-line caught in her wheel
and had drifted perhaps two miles to lee
ward. We come alongside under the lee
bows, where the first boat, that had left
the Monitor nearly an hoar before, had
jnst discharged its men; but we found
that getting on board -he lthode Island was
a harder task than getting from the Mon-
tor. We were curried by sea from stem
to stern, for to bare made fast would bare
been fatal; the boat was bounding against
tbe ship's sides; sometimes it was below
tbe wheel, and then, on tbe summit of a
huge wave, far above the decks; then tho
two boats would crash together, and once,
while Surgeon Weeks was bolding on to the
rail, he lost bis fingers by a collision which
swamped the other boat. Lines were
thrown to as from the deck of the Bhodc
Island,which were of no assistance, for none
of ns could climb a small rope, and besides,
tho men who threw them would immedi
ately let go their holds, in their excitement,
to throw another—which I found to be the
caso when 1 kept funding in rope instead of
climbing.
“It must be understood that two vessels
lying side by side, when there is any mo
tion to the sea, more alternately, or, in
other words, one is constantly passing the
other np or down. At one time, when our
boat was near the bows of the steamer, ve
would rise upon the sea nntil we could
touch her rail, then in an instant, by a very
rapid descent, wo conld touch her keeh
While wo wero thus rising and falling upon
tho sea, I caught a rope, and rising with the
boat, managed to reach within a foot or
two of the rail, when a man, if there had
been one, conld easily have hauled me on
board. Bat they bail all followed after the
boat, -which at that instant wot washed
astern, and I hung dangling in the air over
the bow of the Rhode Island, with Ensign
Norman Atwater hanging to the cat-head,
three or four feet from me, like myself,
witli both bands clinching a rope and
shouting for some one to save him. Our
hands grew painful and all the time weaker
until I aaw his strength give way. He slip
ped a foot, caught again, and wilh his hud
prayer, ■O God!' I saw him fall and rink to
rise no more. The ship rolled, and rose
upon the sen, sometimes with her keel oat
of water, so that I was hanging thirty feet
above the sea, and with the fate in view
that had befallen our much-beloved com
panion, which no one had witnessed bnt
myself. 1 still clung to. the rope with
aching hands, calling in vain for help.
But I conld not be heard, for the wind
shrieked for above my voice. My heart
here, for the only time in my life, gave up
hope, ami home and friends were most ten
derly thought of. While was this state,
within a few seconds of giving up, the sea
rolled forward, bringing with it the boat,
ami wht n I would have fallen into the sea,
it was there. I con only recollect hearing
an old saiiorsay, as I fell into the bottom
of the boat, ‘Where in did be come
GOPHER DUEL IN FLORIDA.
A Light Weight Against a Heavy Weight
and Light Weight Wins.
New York Sun.
“Yer never see er pair of gophers fight, I
recon," said an old Florida native, us he
bent forward meditatively and shot a stream
of juice through the open door of the cabin
plump onto the ear of an oiu ruzqr back sow
that went grunting by.
s After i hod answered in the negative ho
“I rcc L.jnetl yer JlGVer had, hut I kin tell
Z<w for pure eussedness and obstinacy them
critters will heat uny thing not excepting
’gators."
We were sitting in a little cabin among
the piuey woods of Florida. Our supper of
bacon and coffee was over, and my host, an
old alligator hunter, hnd been moved to
make the above remarks by the sight of a
gopher, or land turtle, waddling along on
its ungainly legs.
“Yer may think itfunny that er turtle kin
fight, and I wouldn't blame'yer if yer did.
I wouldn’t believe it myself if 1 hadn't seen
er couple of 'em going it hummer and tongs
t'other day.
“Ter see. I'd been hnmping ’round arter
'gators all day, and hadn’t had no luck at
all—didn't get any skin. Towardsundown
I started fur home, cussing my luck and
wishing I’d never been homer ’gator huter.
Just as I cum to that air barren over yonder
I see a couple er gopborser paddling toward
each other. And the way they mad'o th’
sand fiy wen er caution.
“ ‘Old friends,’ I said to myself. ‘Hain’t
met fur er long time, and air right glad to
see each other. Reckon I’ii Bit down and
l qn e:
th’ proceeding. Th’ gopher Highest ter me
was er leetle cuss, ez nimble es a coon, but
tho other feller wus big and kinder clumsy.
“When them critters hed got within five
feet of one nuther they stopped dead short.
Then they waddleed ’round in er circle,
ther heads er way ont, er kinder watching
each other. All of er snddint th’ leetle goph
made er dart at th’ big one. Fur er minit I
couldn’t gee nothin’, th’ sand tlyed go. Ez
soon ez it settled er hit I seed what thet
loetlo cuss was up ter. He was er tryin’ to
turn th’ fat one on to his back. ’Twant no
go that time, howsdmeve>; th’ fat un hed
too firm er hold in th’ sand, and the leetle
feller couldn’t bui.go him en inch.
‘Too bad, lettle feller,’ I sed to myself.
You’d better giv thet contract up and put
in er bid for er smaller one."
But the leetle goph’ was game, and I
could see by his fuce that he wouldn’t give
Up jest then. Th’ big feller looked ez con
tented ez er mud turtlo on er log, uud arter
he see what th’ leetle enss waa up ter ho lay
pnrfectly still end blinked his eyes. When
tli’ loetlo goph’ was kinder rested ho tackled
the old feller agin, and Til be dod rotted ef
he didn’t keep the racket up fur nigh onto nn
hour. 1 never seed sech obstinacy in my
life. Fiu’lly th’ fat one thought he’d take
Iwhack at it hisself, but bless yer soul,
be couldn't no more ketch that leetle goph'
then he could fiy, and when he begun ter
hump 'round 'twus jest whatth' leetle feller
wanted.
Things went on this way fnr about five
niinits, th' lectio cuss watching fur acbanco
all th’ time ter git th' big one over. At last
he seo th’ big un sorter stumble inter er
holler nn' quickcr'n seat his head was under
the big one’s sheU and over be went. I
jest yelled right out, I wag go tickled to see
the leetle fellow’s pluck. Th’ little goph'
didn't seem to mind the noise at all; he jest
snuffed ’round th’ big fetlor er minit, and
then scuttled off to supper.
“Arter ho was outer sight I turned th’
big one onter bis legs again, fer I thought
'twos too bnd ter leavo him there ter die.
rocon thar’ll be some fun when them two
meet agin, tho.”
of the new movement point to the succes-
of high license in Nebraska, a neighboring
State 1 , in which similar conditions exist a*
in Iowa, and . assert tlmt the prohibitory
principle can he more nearly enforced by
this plan than by any other.
It is probable that this plan will meet
with much favor among the more extreme
prohibitionists of the State. The gimon
pur* prohibitionjttls in Iowa, aa everywhere.
‘Lwnud entire prohibition or nothing and
usually got nothing. That is what they
seem to ho getting in the . lending Iowa
towns at present, and j-Jrhaps tho more
moderate temperance reformers, who think
that half a loaf is better than no bread, may
be able to get a hearing and an indorsement
in spile of tho impmcticablea who still
maintain that men can be made virtuous by
statute.
from!
annually •
he large or red clover It is provi
Hy ,i yi ryM-noiH djwfbflM totlieclo-
; . of Can -11, i-o-l ix gradually en
croaching over this country.
Bi -U wool circular- o ! I out a gloomy
pro p et for wool-grown*, '*•>: • j c.o
y vnti-* repotted at about om-l-alf. m,,..
U ngooote w unfavorable weather. The I iwu
Tlie Proper Thing.
So mere tile Journal^
Edith—Oh. Maude, have yon heard the
new*? Minnie Westermamr* turned Cath
olic and she’s going to take th* veil.
Maude (with languid spite)—Really, you
don’t say sol Welt, J don’t know any girl
to wbi m >t would i>» more becoming.
In i
H<nro
soil ymMtuvb
A FUNNY FARMER.
He »v«r Sheared Ills Sheep or Cut III- Own
Hair.
New FhlUdelpbii, O.. BpeelaL
John Sollers la the nnmo of a very eccen
tric old farmer living three miles east of
hero. One of hia peculiarities regarding
his stock and hia own personal appearance
la that he never In nny manner interferes
with nature. Ho nover shears his sheep,
bnt allows the wool to grow on their backs
until it drags on the ground. People came
for miles during the last summer to ace his
dock of sheep that hod not been shorn for
•lx year*. From a distance they looked
like hay shocks in tho field. The wool was
eighteen inches in length. Hia geese are
never picked, and under no consideration
would be place a ring in tbe snoata of his
hogs to prevent them from rooting.
Regarding Sellers’s personal nppenrnnce
one is grratlv reminded of “Old Rip." Ho
never shaved inhislife and he has never bail
his hair cut. He never eats his toe or finger
unite, and tho latter have grown so long that
they bend over tbe ends of his fingers like
claws. In explanation of his peculiarities,
Mr. Kellers say* that “God allowed tho
wool to grow on tho bocks of sheep to
keep them warm, and that it was wicked
and sinful to shear it off.” Also, that he
considered it sinfnl to interfere with nature
in allowing his hair to be cat or hi*
whiskers shaved. Hellers is n,bachelor and
I hia aistsr keeps house for him.
Everything bo uses about the farm is
home-made. He will have nothing hut
home-made axes, scythes, saws, plows, etc.,
and thinks it wicked to uso or buy any of
these “new-fangled arrangements," as he
calls them. Tho old man U annoyed very
mnch by people coming to see him. On
Sundays, on a pleasant day, the lane will be
lined with carriages belonging to people who
have come for miles to see the old man and
his stock. He has got tho idea in his bead
that bis visitors come with evil intent, and
he will often secure himself in hia room all
■lay, refusing to be seen. He would never
have his picture taken, and lately has been
trying to live as secluded os possible.
UIgll License In a Prohibition State.
lUnUdelpbi* Ttlno*.
Although public sentiment is slowly drift
ing toward restriction, either total or
partial, the pronounced prohibitionists find
themselves constantly on the hunt for some
form of prohibition that will really prohibit.
So far they have not been very successful,
as their experience in Kansas and Iowa
shows. The mayors of Keokuk, Burling
ton, Davenport, Council Bluffs, Dubuque,
Sioux City, Clinton and Ottumwa nave
recently issued a call fnr a conven
tion of representatives from all Iowa
towna of over four thousand popula
tion to urge upon the coming session
of tho Legislature tho propriety of
modifying the present law so as to allow
the application of the high-Ucenae principli
in all large towna. As things stand at pres
ent the law is a dead letter in these place*.
Tho liquor i* sold without restraint and
neither tbe municipalities nor the State de
rives any revenue from the traffic. These
officials claim that if a license of
one thousand dollars waa exacted three-
fourths of tlie saloons now open conld
dosed and the municipalities derive a hand
some revenue from the traffic besides.
It is claimed that this conld be done
withont disturbing the present law in any
place where it can now be enforced by sim
ply sililinp a load option amendment, giv
ing towns and cities containing a certain
number of inhabitants the right to impose
BY THE WAY.
, \ | towed to continue the traffic. The friends
If an ordinnry man waa muscled liko
flea ho could throw a book agent two miles.
—Chicago Ledger.
What is ease?" asks a philosopher. Ease
is a thoUBand-dollar salary and a hundred-
dollar job.—St. Louis Cntic.
The best way to encourage a tramp is to
show him o pile of cord-wood and other lit
tie ox of kindness.—Chicago Tribune.
A little boy who was told that tho tiny
baby slater be was bending over had come
from heaven looked at her awhile, and then
said, Roftly, "Please tell us ell about hcav
en, baby, before you forget iL"—Uarper’i
Bazar.
Baba Oopal Vina Yak Joahee, n Brahmin
theoaopbist, is in Washington. Upon hia
arrival in that city his name waa mistaken
for a crazy quilt, supposed to have escaped
from the New York exhibition.—Norristou
Herald.
A man who “lost a leg at Gettysburg'
waa iu a neighboring city the other day so
liciting aid. He received several dollars
before it was discovered that he realty did
lose a leg at Gettysburg—by a mower and
reaper, only six years ago.- Nor. Herald.
It Is said that Mme. Adelina l’atti is sing
ing in 35-cont opera in German cities. Kke
must have very ■trenoe ideas of economy
that she submits to this sort of thing when
she oome to this country and tap us Ameri
can idiots for (5 every time. —Chicago News.
It in a mystery to many people bow a
fragile young girl, who wears a seventeen-
inch belt, cun sit down to a Thanksgiving
dinner anil eat the larger part of a sixteen-
pound turkey, whose girth waa thirty-* x
inches on the day of his death.—St. Van!
Herald.
It is always very pleasant for a nutn
have his young -wife knit him apmr
socks, but it requires considerable diplo
macy on bis part to ask ber which par' ’
intended for the heel and which section for
the toes without hurting her fee tinge.—
Fall River Advance.
The fact that a Milwaukee gentleman was
stricken down a few days ago while attend
ing church seems to be made the theme for
considerable moralizing. This is all wrong.
We venture to say it would have happened
just the ■ mue had he been ill a skating
rink.—Bingh iwpton Republican.
In Italy any oiictis which does not fully
perform every act promised In the printed
programme, or which mislead. tin* public
J>y means of pictures, is liable toa fine of
? *0 for en !- offens-. By :-ll ii,«- in* lei u->
luix■- -i i-imilar penalty in Amin-a. It
.. In i take ii.--re ihm - \-a in -1 -1 half
to pay off the nati-oal debt.—Boston
Tram :ript.
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HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Hints to All Who Are Interested iu Making
Gifts.
TheHotuakold.
As (hi holiday season approaches busy-
fingers are flying amid a wonderful confu
sion of dainty wools, delicate embroideries,
and paint and palette mysteries. Very soon
must ha completed tlie list of useful and
ornamental articles made in loving remem
brance of the season’s customs.
‘Made” gifts are the most suggestivo of
tho giver’s thoughtful.planning, and though
they be i nexpensive have a peculiar value
on that account. To those having access to
the tempting Christmas wares of our lurge
city stores tliore is, indeed, the “embarrass
ment of riches." For one s housowifoly
trends, there are tho most charming novel
ties in china and fairy glass ware, as woil as
elegant articles in linen for their tables.
Napkins, doyleys, tray cloths .and bnffet
covers are found inviting the decorations
which shall make them most charming to
fuvored ones with houswifely tastes.
For tk“ young lsdy addicted to dainty
billet-doux, there nro lovely, quaint conceits
in note paper and correspondence curds.
A most popular stylo is tbe ancientantique
Pompeiian paper, with its anciont odor and
ragged edges, supposed to resemble th
parchment upon which fuir Roman matron
nvited guests to grand feasts in ill-fnted
Pompeii. Some Indies of artistic taste
mount delicate specimens of mosses, ferns,
or tiniest autumn leaves on plain, heavy
correspondence cards,- thereby giving nn
added value to their dainty missives.
There are Florentine bronzes, polished
brasses and Dresden porcelains tor the fa
vored few, while we find tempting books
and charming Xmas cards for everybody.
To one who paints there are gifts most^uick-
ly and easily prepared in the decorative line,
such as placques, toilet sets, perfume such
ots, slippers esses, thermometer and calen
dar banners, and numerous other articles.
■ When one’s eircleof friends to be remem
bered is large, it is a wise plan to begin
early the preparations for the gift season.
A large amount of satin or velvet painting
may be laid in, in a day, finished at a sec
ond sitting, and then the different articles
are ready to be made up and completed at
one’s convenience. I have heard of one
wrson, n maiden lady, who begins iinwed-
ately after each Christmas to lay away
gifts for the following holiday timo. She
picks up bargains at the fancy stores, > at
the close of the season, and keeps adding
to her gift collection all through ‘the year.
The plan is a very good ono and entirely
practicable—for a maiden lady. Bnt I am
of the opinion that it would hardly succeed
in a large family, with visiting grandchil
dren, nieces, nephews and cousins, where
the assortment of anniversaries is varied and
complete. Bat it certainly is best to begin ^*1
Christmas work earlythattho overworknml SuitillSS at 20c.. Rlld tllO Striped
worry so liablo to occur at that time may .
he avoided.
An elegant slipper caso for s gentleman
oan be made for about ono dollar, one yard
ot velveteen, two and one-half yards of fan
:y cord nml two plush oranmeuts being all
tue material needed, nsido from huge j ade-
board boxes, which may be procured trim
nny store. Dark blue or wine red velve
teen cases are lovely with painted sprays
of syringn buds and blossoms. A very ef
fective one had a water lily design of buds,
flowers and leaves, and was altogether charm.
Pincushions and toilet bottlce to match
of satin, velvet or plash, nre_ always accep
table to some of our friends and udmit of
any amount of dainty embellishment. A dc
partoro from the regulation pincusion in
such sets, is a lace box or jewel I>ox and cus
ion combined. A lovely set was lately fin
iahed for a bride. A shallow wooden box
waa lined with pale blue satin, the lid cash,
ioned anil then covered with delicate pink
satin, with a painted design of yellow prim
roses, the whole finished with a fall of gnhl
loco and cord made an exceedingly tasteful
and useful article.
s.
RA.RE BIT
To T5e Digested, at Leisure.
We are really too busy to devote much time to an adver
tisement, yet wo cannot allo%v tho opportunity to pass with
out telling the public wlut will be missed if they fail to call
upon us and examine our bargains aud general stock.
Wo are just opening the most beautiful line of Holiday
Goods ever displayed in Macon. Come in and select your
Christmas presents.
Our bargain sale of Ilosieiy is the greatest success of the
season—900 pairs having been sold yesterday. Another such
opportunity to buy Ladies’, Gents’ and Misses’ Fancy Hcsc,
at 25c. on the dollar will never be offered. Tho Side will be
continued till Thursday morning New additions made daily,
* xj]v:dej^v^ea.;r, j
In Ladies’, Gents’ and Child;leu’s Underwear wp are just
leading the whole town. An elegant line of these goods ure
being sold at cost. Blankets also.
ON TOP.
We do not wish to recriminate, but will state that we
are pre-eminently above all competition in the Black and
Mourning Goods line. Our buyer has grown gray in the bus
iness, and relies up judgment and experience in his selection
of ^oods, not upon high pr’ces to attest their value.
A FIELD DAY.
Yesterday was one of the busiest days of tho season in
our Dress Goods Department. Those elegant Combination
Suitings at 20c., and tho Striped and Plaid Serges sit 10c.,
12 l-2c. and 15c. took like wild fire. A few pieces left from
tho rush. We will state, however, that all Dress Goods aro
being sold at cost.
Fringes, Fur, Feather, Astrachan and all late styles of
Trimmings for Fashionublo Wraps and Suits. Twenty-live
cent Corsets were on a regular boom yesterday. Customers
recognized tho “soft snap” and took advantage of it.
° Cliristmas Novelties.
Standard Perfumes in cut glass bottles, Linen Cambric
Handkerchiefs, six in a box, $1.00; Morocco Albums at $1.26
and $1.75, worth $3.00.
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS- -In Fancy and
those White Haw Silk ones, so much used, a beautiful line of
White and Fancy Linen Handkerchiefs for Ladies and Gen
tlemen, tho prettiest line in the city.
A beautiful lino of goods for Interior Decoration. Felts,
Lambrequins, Table Scraps and Fringes.
GLOVES—Wc carry tlie most complete and best as
sorted lino of Gloves in the city. All shades and sizes instock.
A SPECIAL FEAT CHI’]—Carpets, Rugs, Lno-
lcuras, etc., at cost till Christmas. When we say coat we
mean it. Coinc and bo convinced.
.T. W. RICE Sc CO.
SOLUBLE BONE DUST.
This is the highest grado Fertilizer for composting ever
offered for sale in Georgia. The analysis just issued by the
«ta*o Agricultural Department, from a lot ot n,000 tons now-
ready for shipment, is as follows:
.Moisture, : : : : : 9.iW percent
Insoluble PhOff. Aeltl s • ! : /I'i ,,
Soluble Plies. Acitl : s : : : 14. in
Reverted Phos. Acid : : : : L‘y,_
Available Phos. Acid : : * * : 1*».0.>
Kquivuleut ton commercial value of >*'•* 1 .HO.
Wo have a large stock of Kainit, Acid Phosphates, ground
Animal Bones and are agents in Middle Georgia for Lester
Bone and Merryman’s Fertilizers
RODGERS, WORSHAM A CO.,
131 and 133 Third Street.
decllwe<likfriAw12m
Catharine Street,
PElLAlILPELi,
CLOTHING AND ITATS
ESTABLISHED IN 1885.
■Wiii«liii> & Callaway,
126 Second Street,
Extend a general invitation t<> the public to call and sec their
extensive stock of First-Class Clothing and Hats for Gents
and Boys now opening for the fall and winter trad’" Give
them an early call.
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