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ngn EBHH 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. 360,000 COPIES OP THE Double Christmas Number OF THE Youth’s Companion Ready December 5th. Colored Cover, Twenty Pages, Profusely Illustrated. Mailed to any address for Ten Cent3. New Subscriptions sent at once, with $1.75, will include the paper FREE from the time the subscription J* received to Jan. I, and a full year’s subscription from that date. Mention this Paper. Address PERRY MASON & CO., Publishers, 41 Temple Place, Boston, Mass* 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. \