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_TH_E MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
OVER THE STATE. I The Next Governor.
« "“reS”” *■“ *H ■SS-i-Sss'KS:* ft;:
.. of land in Morgan county. when s man has be.n seeking the office of
‘ Aoeasta artesian weUU now Ato Governor and been repeatedly set aside bv
, nnci twenty feet deep. the people, he ought to retire. When Gov-
^‘'vsrfl'r 11 tre “ i“fe7r% Ur bS
‘^“number of new buildings ore go-
‘Si«NS£ to '»« W» £ tSeML 0 L“ 0 r D “nnot Sp-eit‘°S l “e
>rieus by the colored bouthwestem Bap- hold that anr man haa a right to seek of-
Association. . ce » even if he wishes to be judge of his
ThA centennial of the Chatham Artillery, circuit, and no one should censure bin
Savannah, will be one of the biggest long as he aeta honorably in trying to
LtnurrevenU of the year. I tain it-Madisonian.
A TURPENTINE FARM.
The Dosing Stiuod And The Careless Ufa
They beaut In Georgia.
Uunnerlyn, Oa, Correspondent Nuhvlla Banner.
It waa not long until I had bargained
with a young man to take me to the ‘ ‘tur
pentine farm” of Sharpe Bros., three miles
away. My story might be more picturesque
if I were to describe my driver as a long
haired, ignorant apeciment of the "crack
er,” who drove a twenty-dollar “bag of
bones." But my story is intended to be
truthful rather than startling, and troth
compels me to describe him as being a nice-
looking young fellow of twenty-two, neatly
dressed, and lie drove a bright bay that
would have done no discredits Tennessee.
An hour after leaving the little way atation
at which the train left me I was comfor
table domiciled in the unpretentions home
With
for by the piece. After the first year the
per cent of tho turpentine and rosin de
decreases ao that the profit U mnch leas.
One interesting question is, how long will
the present supply of rosin pine hold out?
It is certainly being destroyed, and that
rapidly.
Rraditreet's
all bis hos-
military events - - _ ,
r 'try dog trotted into Americas In less than nine months from this time
LM°v and devoured two fine puppies the people of Georgia will be called upon
Sconced to a hunter in town. to elect a Governor for the next two years. . r .-. ■■ — —
lb “ l , . 0 f tho Baltimore and Ohio Governor McDaniel seems to have many pitality, however, I hod to insist on his
M being stretched into tho State, “‘ends., hut it is a common expression that i taking me in. His excuse for not receiving
in Savannah and Augusta are pro- “®. 18 . “®j»g»M®. owing to the fact of his , nio in household was that his wife was
Offices in ba | being in the office for nearly two terms. It | unwell, and the work of the household de-
of a hospitable native.
There were 227 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet’a daring the
week, against 288 in the preceding week,
and 273, nnd 243 in the corresponding
weeks of 1885 and 1884, respectively. Ad
ditional comparisons are given in the fol
lowing table:
the wzxic's rin.tjr.ra, united state and
CANADA.
Wort Prs-
sndlug vlou* Correspond!!), wseks
Fob. 12. week,—February 12. .
.. .rj jqo ‘? oc “ 8 t° m an< l “'so a constitutional law in veloped upon his "little daughter." Of
Savannah s Jiew directory c 6,4. - this State that Governors should only hold c °ure the existence of a little daughter that
Loptriofion; whites 26.675; colored 18,817, E oSco f^r two term of two
King a gain of 255 white, and of 294 It „ quito , nr# that
years each.
Ihowing a gam >"• ■ “ 1 1118 T u ite sure that tbs present incumbent
lolored. would again be a candidate for the office,
V Mr D. B. Hill, of Americas, who was but for the reason stated above, his friends
L„«l« burned last week, while saving a will not, we think, press him for tha office,
lolored girl from the flames, is able to be As there will be a vacancy in the office
|" t ggffin. ‘he neIt thing will be to look for the corn-
r Lyons, of Mecon, was in Jones-1 ln 8 man. We hear of two men only who
u last Friday, and purchased the dwel- will bo candidates, viz: Hon. A O. Bscon
„« wrs White for a widowed Bister, | nn< l Judge Simmons, both of Macon, Bibb
khn will noon move to that place. I county.
8 , , . i the residence of Mrs Judge Simmons is one of Georgia’s best
/u U Bt lcn1n J!^soT 8nnd.y niK”, “®»‘ following Mr.
jV.l.liur hreakinc ODen a trunk I " acon long been before the people as
W SESjflL u5 for this office. He was Sue of
lelonging to • _ e i_ v B the most prominent candidates when Got-
leyeral articles 0 \ ernor McDaniel was elected, having beer
I Frank Smith and Jack McCall, two ne- beat out by a little trickery Mr. Bacon’i
woea. had ft “set-to on Monday night in chances seemed to brighten each day. H»
bablin, in which Jack received two severe fc no - stirring among the people
nta—one over the left eye ana the other I the different public gatherings in
the throat—from a knife in the hands of I tbe State, and from the newspaper reports
frank. _ _ I we judge that ho ia fast gaining votes.
I The construction train on the Americns, Georgia has no better Democrats than Muj.
Ireslon and Lumpkin railroad passed over Bacon. He is as true os steeL An opposi-
trcstle Saturday that spans the road tion to Bacon may develop, but at present
m Lumpkin to Scottsboro. This is the he has the inside track. His
first time that a train of cars was ever seen I only failing seems to he
[, Lumpkin people while standing npon I his continual candidacy. If he lets this
Tie public square. chance slip his hope to occupy the guberna-
At Davis A Argo’s store in Americns Mr. torial chair, we think, will be forever bloated.
could keep honse made me more anxioas
to stay there. The "little dangh er" prov
ed to be a remarkable handsome, aark-
eyed young lady of eighteen summers and
150 pounds. She seemed both able and
willing to do the work of tbe little fami
ly-
There was an of comfort in this "cracker'
home that made it attractive. It was i
surprise to me, who had read so mnch of
the absolute barrenness of the homes of
the faimers of this section. It is true, the
tars was plain, consisting chiefly of pork,
rice, turnips, cornhread nnd biscuits and
csffe; but this was certainly dispensed with
no niggardly hand, nnd a more faatidions
person than myself would hava been pleas
ed. I nm ully convinced that mnch of the
prattle about miserable table of the people
of this section is by writers who know
nothing whatever of the matter. 1 have
been mnch among these people and believe
represent them them fairly. The writers
l this, os on some other subjects, write
before they have studied it. Of the good
thiugsjprepared by this "little daughter” I
ate for several peaceful days, that will
long be remembered. Bat I set ont to tell
intine farm. I will have more
States and
Ter. 1B8S.
Middle States «s
New England 21
Southern.... fill
Western 76
Fseiae and
Territories 26
bavis opened a case of matches and pat The desire in Georgia is to right the wrong
[hem on a shelf. During the night the rats | did to Mnj. Bacon in the last nominating
lot into some of the boxes and ignited a I convention for Governor will have a ten"
lew, which caught a bundle of paper near, dency to assist in his nomination and se-
Indhad there had been any air, wonld have I cure hia final eleotion.—Haralson County
Erased a big fire. Banner.
I Daring the late cold weather a citizen of . nlrv ,
Waynesboro, who had "taken something” _ , . „
"keep warm, started for his room, but I C * ptur * «» Lar*rst Illl.lt Dla-
—lisstii his way, and was found knocking tlllerlM.u the Couatrj.
El the door of the Presbyterian chnrch, I On Friday night about 10 o clock, Collec-
Irhicb ho mistook for the hotel, and loudly I f-rammell and Marshal O^letroo, accom-
Bem&nding entrance. I panied by officers Chapman and Miller, of
I In Jonesboro Monday morning, oa Bob I Atlanta, left the city, taking tho Zebulon
■ohnson, a son of Mr. Jack Johnson, was read, which they kept till Pitts’ mill was
Intting wood, his little brother George at- reached, about five miles from the city, and
Kempted to run between him and the wood, having cause to believe that an illicit dis-
pnd the result was that the axe struck him tiDery was located some where near, they
|nst above the temple, making a severe gosh I began to search for it, and succeeded in
Which bled profusely. finding one of the largest and most com-
While Mr. Lewis, who Uvea four miles pint® distilleries ever captured in this
jelow Blnfton Spring, was driving a wagon division.
oaded with rails one of them rolled off, and, I About one mile west of Pitts’mill is a
letting entangled in one of tbo wheels, waa body of woods - containing aboat 41k) acres,
ihrown forward with some force, striking | and about the center of this was fonnd a
Hr. Lewis on the head and cutting a goal
(bout two and o-half inches long. | wun steam pipe and engine; li leet ot Urge
| Sunday morning as Mias
r little brother were
Bn their wsy to church tho mule became evaporators for making syrup,
frightened, began to bock and upset the 1 *h®7 hud been distilling syrup
lorn, throwing Miss Cleo ont, tho wheels “*8®. qantities, though it had not
bossing over her, cutting a severe gash in I been in operation for some weeks. About
per head nnd otherwise injuring her. 125 7“J 8 ,rom U» distillery was a nest lit-
r Th. barge belonging lo th, steam., ^n-
hriSf wKn’bSSd with a view to^comfortas w“l
poming. having on board 500 sacks of | con K „ nience . The officers foiled to learn
it will
later.
nw • . .. . . „ ,1 Miuuuin, vruv ** its uiain/nti ui ui ui io*
The last shipment of rails necessary to qu i ro a by the revenue laws.—Griffin News.
implete the Americns, Preston and Lump-1
n railroad were received Monday. The I A PI.AGUtt of PIGEONS.
ot 1
i turpei
r of the
e people and their life at another
to say
lime.
Taking this as a sample a "turpentine
farm” is about five miles wide and ten or
twelve miles long. Of course these figures
may vary, but I shall write of thisparticu
lar one as though all were sUke. The first
thing necessary to a “farm” is the right
kind of pine trees, and enough of them,
The rosin pine is the "long leaf,” and i
might be said tho long-bodied, for I have
seenjthem near eighty feet to the first limb.
When the turpentine has fonnd a suitable
body ot timer he selecU a place near the
center on whieh to erect his “still” and
pitch his camp. In a comfortable honse
hnaa man '
BUSINESS FAILURES.
If You Need AnytkinginMy Line.
1886.
64
1886.
27
42
1884.
32
67
34
In the principal trades the failures were
as follows: General stores 51, grocers 35,
boota and shoes 17, Uqaors 14, dry goods
12, clothing 12, lumberhnilders' materials,
etc., 9, jewelers 9, drugs and chemicals 8,
grain 7, furniture 0, hardware and agricul
tural implements 6, bakers and confection
ers 5, harness 5, iron and steel 5, tobacco
and cigars 5, hotels and restaurants 4, men’s
furnishing goods 4, produce and provis
ions 4, crockery and glassware 3, fancy
goods 3, plumbers 3., Among those
reported embarrassed were: Gandy Belt
ing Co., Baltimore, Md.; W. II. Rob
ertson A Co., grocers. West Point, Mins.;
Newport Cool Co., Newport, Ore.; Adams
Tobacco Co., Montreal. Que.; Alexander
Cbuituetn, dry goods, Stockton, Col.; F. W.
Jansen A Sons, furniture, Quincy, Ill.
Old Dominion Copper Co., Globe, Ari.; J
W. Bailey, dry goods, St. Joseph, Mo..
Garfield Manufacturing Co., manufacturers
of horse clothing, Chicago, IU.
The total number of failures in the United
Kingdom for the week ending January 27,
1886 reported to Kemp's Mercantile Gazette,
was 118, as compared with 111 tml 82 in
the corresponding weeks of 1885 and 1884.
England and Wales reported 88, os com;
with 89 and 60 in the weeks spec!
Scotland hod 23 failures, os against 20 and
19, and Ireland had 7, as against 2 in 1889
and 3 in 1884.
“Don’t Tail to See Me,”
I am prepared to Furnish
CARRIAGES!
Buggies, Wag’oiiN, Harm’ss,
BABY CARRIAGES, LAP ROBES, WHIPS, HORSE BLANKETS,
PLOW GEAR, Etc.,
Cheaper than they have Ever been Sold.
I. L. HARRIS,
OS and 100 Cherry St,., Macon, Ga,
BIRDS, BUTCHERS AHD BEAUTIES.
Monday.
1 had been completed to within S half I Uncle Johns? Jordan Tells of n Pigeon
hile of Lumpkin and there work haa been Itaost Thirty-Five Y»r> a t o.
luspended to await the arrival of more Jnstone mile from Buobanan there are
ri' »! >■ Proposed that an excuniiou be u,i„g two of Haralson'a oldest cilijens.
riven from Amcncus to Ltunpkin tbit week. They art uncles Johnny and Tommie Jor-
I Ileese Walker tha noted black desperado don. Uncle Johnny is now about sevsnty
Pm been lurking in Americns for several I yean old. and haa lived within two miles
reels. Several white people have seen of this place for nearly sixty jraro, and
him, sail one gentleman, a snort while since I uncle Tommie about the asms length of
■topped and conversed with him for a short I time. Long before Haralson was on the
Tfl, ■ ,,e goes heavily armed and says ho record u a connty of Geargia, theta two
r lU surrender to arrest It is believed old pioneers traversed these hills and val-
h»t the negroes are in sympathy with him leys. John Jordan waa on the first
....... ... f UTonto haunts, I grand jury that waa organized al
I Buchanan, which wot aboat the year 1857,
He narrates msny events which would in-
I tercet our readers. Ons in particnlar is his
n,l not only know of his fnvorito haunts, I
fiat keep Lim posted and otherwise aid and I
at him.
I Mr JohnMo.'nl.w.iu „1I description of the old pigeon roost which
Hr l) iX ,v u.„ “ Ajf 8 a d°K owned by WM three miles from Bncbanan,and
f o th«hou«G was the land that lies directly between the
f * P“7’’°o. and ahouhl no one answer
(?* simply masters the sitaetiou by
enport The pigeons made this their
Braffins ■” V I routing piece in the tell and winUr ot 1850
I. J,i k " ,uou,h ; ‘o™ 8 wo thinkf The crop of acorns was very
Lnhut the door 'blhbul^hbn "nSSm ,8r 8® ®“ d ns8r Christmas theso birds eom-
r tnc uoor behind him.-Conyers menccd C0Ulln g to ^ C uauUy by the
thousands. Their roost covered between
fonr end six hundred acres of lend. Mr
Mid South.
Death or a Well Known Lady.
| Bir_i.EiHiKvii.LE, February 16.—Yesterday I Jordan eayt that near aun down of each
it*. Lizzie Stetson Sunford, wife of Judge I day these birds wonld corns flocking
lb Sanford, of this place, was laid to 1 to their roosting ground. Tbs elemeuts
place,
r*t in the cemetery, her remains followed I were darkened, "as it by s cloud. They
17 * large concourse of friends. She haa I made a noise resembling the distaut than
Kvn in 111 health for several weeks, bnt derings of a mighty storm. At dark all
■rath was not looked for so soon, and I the trees on this vest piece of ground were
pneethe announcement of hcriuddcn de-1 covered with the festhcred tribe, and oc-
ynews* a shock to friends and relatives. cssionslly the sounds of the limbs, which
, „ . I had given away under their heavy load,
• »kvo Woman > Horrible Heath. I could be heard, and also occasionally a tres
J A negro woman, tiring on the Tom would give way under its heavy weight.
idtoe, had her clothes to take fire When a tree or limb wonld thus give way,
fuiir burning sedge near the house. She I the rising of tha birds from their fallen
to the well, some 150 yards distaut, resting place would make a sound rescue
-d inti) it. The well was about bling the
p| u J>ged into it The well was about I bling "the murmurs of distant thunder
JJJ* deep, anil bad in it about 25 feet of Nearly every chestnut tree was trimmed up
<er. hhe clung to the curbing until I from bottom to top by an overload of bird-.
| e , n ODt . when it w.u found tliut her I the chestnnt trees being more brittle thau
th.v 1 - Wtro * iur ned off up to tho neck. I the others in the r. o.t. Mr. Jordan as
HP NM off her body, bnt with this every tree in the roost seemed to be full
I. fpainful burn the doctor thinks Thousands of thiso birds were killed by
■ will recover.—Waynesboro Citizen. I banters. People would come from distant
I counties and camp, staying weeks sta lime,
„ . F, R*«“ •" 4Jne. I #n( j ghoot them by firelight, but the num-
t one is told aa coming from Alma ber seemed not to decrease. These birds
I Thu pm
I has sbont 200 head I kept np this place as a roost till spring, and
b -klc {..° n “ * P'ace and a good msny I the people near were very apprehensive of
p »ieburn. One day not tom ■- 1 ■ 1 v • ' ’Tf
in U?» « 11 n ® ,7 nnt long ago he them remaining so I ng, on account of tbe
i.le .1 ! I ®S“ ** w c ti'cD sheep side young planted cropr. This phenomenal
* 11 i UlPlr IlMDis mil nnintin.i tl>., I _ » ‘ 1. _
W hi.lr. *1 j L ¥ u HTU hi< it* i youni
tv lIwV? r pointing the hxiiio roost was rtnitad by thoUHanila of people
looking as If out for a drill Ila | who delighted to sk ' ' ’ * ^ ’
’, TT'‘ 1U 8 ■» if ont for a drilL Ila I who delighted to shoot in the feathered
Ed to move, and the whole flock by firelight and to see them as they
‘ . “ °n«e. *’ "— 1 ‘ ' * ”
I'o.Ii,," 1 < ? nc ®- , fit was some time came from their daily hunt for food. Mr.
|to ,h.A C : rt r« 1 the bnr “ had got Jordan says they would go aa far aa forty
l»in»t Ah «“ ’• *"'* tbey w, ' re 8tuck mil®* in a *l*y, bnt, all like a family of loved
Utlht (Meal. Mi ll T , J w * 38 ” HUU * in A ui iutcu
r> • iC n other n hiiU. —Amencan Ilccoi- oneji, wouM come to the roo«t At night in
________ j coantleAH n umber*.—Buchan An Banner.
|A w,, l* Knlree.
lonklm T °“ t ’ bb » Place, near
Word, of Tratb and Naberneu.
Pblladelp.l* Racofd.
nkhn, last Katnrdav niohtl the Fkttwti
a blood, killing. Tha negroes hail I Have you a bnainras tiiatonghtto.uo.
Mi® there, and, oa is not nnosoaL vhis-1 eeed? Advertise it.
, quaffed too freely. Along in the tiling in new. pa pars that
* ord » passed betwew? Miles poaitiv® circuUtion will
bu WI, W who hava lived in sap-1 bnoinoai b, the hair and i
Straightforward stiver-
i that have .lead, and
the boss man'’ lives, while in cabins at
conviont distances lives the “niggers"—
regular "turpentine niggers’’—who were
born and renrod to the life, and have never
known anything else. The flrst to be done
ie to "cut tbe boxes,” which is done in the
winter. A turpentine box is a notch in the
side of the tree near the ground, and is
thirteen inches brood, six inches deep and
holds between a quart and half a gallon of
erode or virgin turpentine. Tbe cutting
of these boxes ie the most picturesque if
not the most interesting.
It was a crisp, frosty morning when I
started, in company with Mr. Sharpe, to
the "boxing sqoed iT on the lower end of
the term. The sun wee just gilding the
frost-work on the loftiest pine bonghs, and
an occasional bird ohirruped forth hia lit
tle song. For yoa must know it ie early
spring in South Georgia, even in February.
It was 7:30 o’clock when wo reached the
camps of tbs "boxers.” and a solitary negro
was ready to go to work. There are thirty
ia this squad, and aa they are paid by the
box—11 cents per box—they con go to
work when they please and quit when they
wish. By 8:30 nearly the entire crowd
wee ready, sad work began. It waa a mot-
lay crowd. Every abode from verieat Afri-
<an to the lightest mulatto waa there, and
their jokes and jibes were as rough as their
dress. Tbe "boss man" is armed with a
thin board twelve inches square, ruled in
narrow lines, for keeping count of the
boxes, and astont hickory stick, sharp
at one end, and having on it various mys
terious marks. Tbit U the "gauge stick, I
Each chopper is also provided with a gau(
These thirty negroes can average 100 boxes
per day each, and they have to be exactly
counted and credited to the right man,
How it is dons is the fnn of the thing.
This board, carried by the-'boss man,'
is a "tally board.” Each negro baa a num
ber on that board and when he chops a box
he call* out that number. These men are
scattered over two or three acres of terri
tory and some imea several call out at one
time, and in such a peculiar aing-aoog style
thatjthe nntrainsd ear has no ideer who
call, but the "tally-man" rarley makes
a mistake. “Mar six!” calls out a quiet-
looking fellow in a rod shirt, at tbe same
instant an immense fellow, with a throat
iiko a fog-horn, yells out: “Three, oh
three!" with e quick, rising inflection on
the hut "three.” “Hi, oh! bosamsn, mark
dat yaiier gal fer No. 9’” sings ont anoth
er. And ao on and mnch more through
tha day. The "turpentine nigger” haa no
thought for tbe Morrow and ie happy. ‘Some
ot these nig(,era,” said my friend, “have
never been out of the piney woods- Tbey
sre horn turpentine niggers, as their fath
ers before them were.’’ When the boxing
is done they will have cut 180,000 or 200,-
000 boxes, which will then be divided into
"crops" 100,000 each, and each crop put
into the hands of one men to '-raise."
Ibis is done by first "cornering” the boxes
ond then "chipping" the trees, en inch at
e time, to aboat two or three feet shove
the box. All this aennot be explained
on paper without illustrations, but ie ell
for tbe purpose of exposing more "face"
for the turpentine to ran from. The sec
ond year the face is worked higher up the
tre e-sometimes fifteen feet
About a week after the boxes ere "corn
ered'* the clipping commences. Barrels ere
scattered through the woods, and two men,
working rack crop, fill them, after which
they are hauled to the “Mill.” The crude
terpentine is nearly tha color of gum cam
phor aa we bay it from tbe stores, and is
sbont tha consistency of very thich sor
ghum. Alter tbe boxing ia done the most
important man on the turpentine form is
tbe "wood rider.” It ie hie basineaa to go
fr mi one crop to another end sea that all
this cornering and chipping is properly
done. When it ia remembered that these
1WMJ0O boxes, spread over a territory 5x12
miles, must be seen every week, it ia plain
that bis place is not an easy ons. "It takes
a foil, sound man with no soft spots to
to make a woods rider" says tbe experienced
nrpsntine man.
Thera sis many interesting features
a Writ the turpentine business, fa (bn first
that
An InterTlew with » Dealer in Dlrdi' Skins
and Feathers,
Pall Hall Gazette,
“Nebody wonld guess,” says a bird deal
er, "in looking at these combinations that
they are nothing but parts of a lark's body
from the refuse of a poulterer's shop,
and that the other parta of the ornament
hare grown on the back of a goose or a
domeetio fowl. We get feathers from
kitchens, and shops, and markets; thoy
are sold by the pound, and can be dyed
almoet any color. The material of these
combinations—that ia to aay, those orna
ments which are composed, not ot whole
birds or a single part of a bird—is quite in
expensive. It is only the workmanship—
the dyeing and arranging—which makes
them expensive. They ere mostly made up
by women. A good deal of this work is
done in Germany; we have a large ware
house in Berlin, where we employ a great
many women. Home of them are female
convicts in the prisons not far from Ber
lin. Other English singing birds are bard-
hia lit- 'j used at all. Their plnmage ia mostly
dark, oml conld not be dyed with advan
tage. -
"Most ot onr birds come from the East
end West Indies. We have over 100 dill'
erent kinds of hnmaing birds, of various
size nnd coloring. These colibri are al
moet always mnch worn. They are rath,
er eipeneive, especially the son-bird and
those in which the raby and emerald ool-
or is predominant We sell them at a
price varying from 5 to 60 shillings per
dozen. Nearly every one of these belong
to a different species.” With this a mul
titnde of tiny birds was thrown on the ta
ble, whoee magnificent coloring hod not
suffered by their long
age. The throat of one glittered as pure
gold, rich purple edorned the winge ot
another, a tiny coat reflecting all the col
ors of the rainbow waa worn by a third.
The wing fcathere of the warrior bird wero
horny, like Hiegfried's natural coat of mail
the ‘paff-lrggea’ oolibri'i legs were hidden
in downy white; while many ot the little
creatures, who find their food in deep, bell
shaped flowers were diatingnished by a
beak twice the length of their tiny bodies.
Box after box end chest after cheat of birds
of ell oolors were brought out, in thousands
of thousands. "A great favorite of ladies
is the tengars, the only bird which is nst-
Is the place to look for or write to when you need anything
in the above lino. Don’t buy from small dealers who chargo
high prices, but send to mo, or call in person before purchas
ing, and I will convince you that money can be saved by trading
at headquarters. It won’t cost you a cent to bo shown
through my establishment, If you can’t come, write for
prices.
I. L. HARRIS,
98 and 100 Cherry St., Macon, Ga.
GROCERIES!
Tbe undersigned have opened a large and complete atock ot Grocrios at 124 Til I nl
Street, and respectfully invite all in need of Supplies, to call on Uem before purchasing
elsewhere. The stock includes all the staples used by farmers, and haa been selected
with apodal reference to their wonts. It nos been marked at
PRICES TO SUIT TIIE TIMES,
and planters will find it to their interest to consult them.
WRIGHT & HILL,
janl7dltAw6m
121 Third Street.
must not be
rest body of timber u bought by tbe tor
this
pontine man. It is not even leased—only
the turpentine trees. For tbess tbs opera
tor pays one cent per box the first year and
SjiLdu
I
Uks- a pnetrote
pmi ..... „ , itrnd U on its feet
for some time, and tbe'woman was I mitil remarkable celerity. Let the donbters
i nn l r °7.* T - He v brother, Ike Winches- ke®P tbsir e,»s on the progteebof the od- reduce* the rote one-third each year there-
L .All ? p ‘ * n< * • fight with knives en- verflserm who sre steady-goers, wet weather tl fu* One ties often famishes bar boxes.
snantiingin the death of Winchester. dr 7- _ _ . I They average sbont two boxes to the In*.
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New houses era growing in New York, The boxing, eomering, chipping and uip-
- - | ping, as well so the barrel maxing, on pdd
| like Jonah’s gourds.
unity red,’’ proceeded our guide through
tbe city catacombs, pointing to a oase of
ruby-colored birds. "All otaer red birds
ot this color are dyed. The Japanese
E heseant ie also at present much used. It
i. however, not killed on account of ite
plnmage, bnt as game, like our own
pheeaank The price of English pheasants’
feathers varies greatly; some years ego we
have paid fifteen shillings for a pound, st
present we get them at one ihilling and ail
pence. From South Africa we get the mer
les with the metallic shades; they are in
expensive. The white Jsve sparrow, which
we sell at fonr shillings each, is one of our
most expensive small birds. And it is so
ngly. white birds sre always expensive
because they are rare. We sell the white
pigeon st the same price SI the Java spar
row. It is difficult to ssy whieh sre the
favorite birds of this season. All kinds
have been worn, bnt we bare to pleaee more
bail then good taste, ts far as coloring to
concerned.
"The manner of killing the birds varies
according to size. Tbey mast not be shot
or wounded, for that wonld spoil their plu
mage. They sre mostly netted; bnt the
very email ones sre killed by send being
blown at them by meant of s tube. Their
bodies ore then cleaned, stuffed with cotton
wool or tow, tbey are packed in large boxes,
and that arrive here, where we get them at
the monthly aale in Mincing Lane.”
^ * HALF A MILLION GARDENS* -
Our Seed Warehouses, the largest In
Hew Tort, ora AIWA op erilh-erery et>-\
pllonee for tho prompt and careful
filling of orders.
.r f.r. . !. 1. . ■■ I ,labU,l.:r,i :.t lit
vJsrser OUT to the meet slim An la
.{America. Annul Bales, 2N ill 111 oil
Hants.
I lor 1886. ot 140 piget. containing colored pints. dttctlpUont ind ISuttraliont
OI tho M-wtM. BEST and RAREST SEEDS and PLANTS, Kill bo milled on receipt ol
6 cl s. (in stamps) lo cover pottage.
PETER HENDERSON & GO. 35 W?SB2*-
A Troy, N. Y., special says: On
day last Mary Morris pat a pot of boiling
water on the floor of the kitohen in her
dwelling, leaving her 19-months-old babe
creeping about the floor. She went into
an adjoining room. Soon afterward the in
fant began to aerram. Mrs. Morris nuhed
back and fonnd it sitting in the pan of
scalding water. She dressed tbe terrible
ecslds and put tbe child to bed. She wes
urged by neighbors to coll • physician, bnt
refused, saying that she wonld trust that
tbe prayer* of the family to save her baby’s
life would be heard. On Thursday one of
tbe neighbors asked Dr. Rogers to see the
child, and he visited the boats. Much
■gainst Mrs. Morris’s will, he redressed the
wound*, which he considered fatal. Tha
infant lingered until to-day, when it died.
Mrs. Morris said after its death : "My baby
woe all right until the doctor laid hie heavy
hande npon it Tbe Almighty beard our
ptayenand would hava aavad oar baby but
for the wicked man who sent that doctor to
bar. I believe ia prayer, sad know God
heard oum.”
Come to Low Quarters.
CORN,
We ere receiving dsily carload lots of
OATS AND BRAN.
Parties who have stock to feed will do well to get onr prices. Wo are also offering
GItOCKHI KS for leas money than they are now being sold to the planters, either for
CixhIi or oil Time. It will pay yoa to get onr prices.
feb7-eun£w6m
WARE & OLIVER,
Kill Third Street, Mneon, Gn.
Never Known to Fail.
^ The^popalar Blood Purifier of tbe day to
It lathe honest “tried and true" old Indian
Care that baa stood the teat of time.
It will core any Blood Disease or Skin
Disease arising from impure blood.
An excellent tonic and appetizer. Nothing
equals it for female complaints. A purely
vegetable preparation, containing no mer
cury or other mineral poison.
Sold by leading druggists.
THE O. L O. CO,,
Parry Go.
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