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VOL.
PMEYi GEOE&IA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10,188i
UO. 6.
ACCOUNTS.
All Accounts, tor Subscription, Advertisi**,;,
Job Wort, are due on demand, unless etberwta
providedforbyspecialcontract. ,
Commercial Job Work satisfactorily execute
and HcgalBlanhsheptconstantl yon- hand.
Habit and Value of Kaffir Com.
Towii and Country;
This grain was distributed in; . southern cultivator.
small quantities from the Georgia Newspapers frequently publish
State Department of Agriculture items, and sometimes long articles; followin
in 1878, and in the hands of Dr. in regard to improvements going
J. H. Watkins, of Campbell Couos. ou in towns and cities and the in-
| ty, Ga., has- been preserved and crease in values in certain proper-
developed and was first brought ty as evidence of the general pros-
; to public notice throvgh him, i n perity of the country. The official
1885. tas returns are consulted to prove
It is a variety of Sorghum, non-j that the aggregate value of all tax- i
Saccharine, distinctly differing in Able property in a State is annual- 1
habit of growth and other characijly increasing. 'It is time that
Under the above heading, the
Columbus Enquirer-Sun contains
Pascagoula Democrat-Star. :
This is a stock company just ora j
ganized for the rasrag and breed-' ie3t maa ~in the Souse. He tips
The human sponge is so full of i o£ kl||| cai f the scales at over 300 pounds, and
devices
Correspondence Boston Traveller.
Barnes, of Georgia, is the heav w . What the Ht. Lebanon Shakos
Absolutely Purer
This powder never varle§. A marvel of purita
strength and wbolesomeness. More economic)-
than the ordinary kinds, aud cannot he sold in
feumpetition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, alum and phosphate powdere. bold only
in cans. Kor.u, Baking Powdeh Ob , 106 Wall
street, >'. Y.
J.B. McNIECE,
—ttlTH-
A. B. SMALL,
MACON; - - - - GA.,
I DEALER IN
Respectfully solicits the patron
age of his friends in Houston
bounty.
Dee. 30—tf.
HEADQUARTERS:
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91 Glierry Street,
MACON. GEORGIA
We redSiitly p-arohasediii the northern
and eastern markets ihe iargest stock of
Olo thin ever brought to this bity. and
they are marked to sell at Diving prices.
A First-ClasslBusinsss Suit, 'All. Wool, $8,
We can suit the boys and children ex
actly, and ouf stock of Gents’ Furnishing
G-ooods challangos the admiration of all.
We sell the celebrated
DIAMOND SHIRT,
jind will make skirts to order, guarantee
ing a perfect fit. -Our stock of Hats em
braces all the newest styles. Call on us.
We know we can suit ydu.
91 Cherry Streetj Macon, Ga.
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OPED. STHKNGTHKN KD.Etc.. is an interesting ad-
W8tiseihFjtlong.ruttin-<)MTOaB^inYe£ljtoTnqui.
ties.we will gay that there is no evidence of hnmhng
about this. On the
about 1
highly indorsed. Interested persons may get
555555 giving all particulars, bFaddreprfw«»-TgnTia
^MgPiOAgCK^Brigalgjyf^Iblgdo-BrenWvB^""
Ohas taken the lead In
the sales of that class of
remedies, and jiis green
almost universal satisfac
tion;
hlURPHYBRUS.
.-G has won die favor of
the.publicandnow ranks
among the leading *J
cinesof the oildom.
A. L. SMITH.
Bradford. EK
By MILLER & GILBERT, Terry Ga
SUBSCRIBE
ADVERTISE
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feristlcs from others of that class.
The plant is low, stocky, perfectly
erect, the foilage is wide, alternat
ing closely on either side of the
stalks. It does not stool from the
root, but branches from the top
joints, producing from two to four
heads of grain from each stalk.
The hSads are long, narrow, and
perfectly erect, well filled with
white grain, Which at maturity is
slightly flecked with reddish
brown spots. Weight, 60 lbs. per
bushel.
The average height of growth
ou good, strong land, is 5% to 6
feet, on thin land 4| to 5 feet.
The stalk is stout, never blown
about by winds, never tangles,
and is alivays manageable, easily
handled. A boy can gather the
grain heads or the fodder. The
seed heads grow from 10. to 12
inches in length, and the product of
grain on good land easily reaches
50 to 60 bushels per acre-.
It has the quality common to
many Sorghums of resisting
drought. If the growth is checked
by want of moisture, the plant
waits for rain, and then at once >
resumes its processes, and in the
most disastrout seasons has not
failed so far to make its crop. On
very thin and worn lands, it yields
payiDg crops of grain and forage,
even in dry seasons in which
corn has utterly failed on the same
lands.
The whole stalk, as well as the
blades, bur es into excellent fodder,
and in hll stages of its growth is
available tor green feed, cattle,
mules and horses being equally
fond of it, and its quality hot sur^
passed by any other known varie
ty. If cut down to the ground,
two or more shoots spring from
the root, and the growth is thus
maintained until checked by frost.
For ensildge it is ond of the most
desirable.
The Kaffir Corn may be planted
in the latter part of March, or
early in April, in Middle Georgia.
It bears Earlier planting than oth
er Millets or Sorghums. It should
be put in rows not over three feet
apart, even on best land; should
be massed in the drill on good
land, for either grain or forage
purposes, and also on thin land, if
forage mainly is desired. Culti
vate as common eorn. It matures
as early as Early Amber Cane.
Use 3 to 5 pounds of seeds per 1
acre.
The seed heads form at top of
•stalk, and the joints next below
end up shoots which yield the
second, third and often fourth
seed-heads. If grain, chiefly, is
desired, these heads may be all
allowed to mature on the stalk, and
then the whole stalk may be cured
into fodder; for it is not then so
hard but it will be easily Gut up,
and well eaten by cows and mules.
But if the crop is wanted mainly
for fodder, it is reccommended to
cat down the whole stalk when the
first seed-heads come into bloom,
at which stage it cures admirably
and. makes most excellent forage.
The second growth springing at
once from the roots; will still
mature a full crop of grain and a
second full crop of forage before
the middle of October.
Gompared with oilier Sorghums,
the Kaffir is found to be early,
abunclant in yield, reliable in all
seasons,- and a superior crop for
both quantity and. quality of its
product. It keeps green, and the
Stalk is juicy and brittle to the
last, and is not a hard and cane
like growth as other Sorghums are
v, cvv nllvr l-.V lin. OT»rl If TlTrtll I
many or the cities and towns of
the South are in a growing and
flourishing condition; and if such
growth and prosperity be the true
index of the condition of the whole
country there would be cuase for
hohest 'congratulation; But is it
true? Is the country keeping
pace with the towns? Are the
farmers accumulating the comforts
of life and adding to the length of
their lists of taxable property?
Do the tax books show a steady
increase in farm values—such an
increase as would indicate a con
dition of thrift, contentment and
happiness in the country and on
the farm? What are the railroads
that ha¥e been built, or are being
projected and built, doing, or go^
ing to do, for the farmer?
The truth is that most of the net
results of labor in this country is
being concentrated in the places
of trade and traffic—the towns and
cities. Many farmers are pros
pering and their property is in
creasing in value; more, however,
ate barely able to hold their own;
while very many—we will not un
dertake to say what proportion of
the whole—are gradually falling
behind.
He is a wise man who is able tti
declare the reason for this state of
things and suggest an effective
remedy. How would it dogjto
raise a coin mission to inquire into
the cause of agricultural depres
sion and devise a remedy? Bet
ter still, how would it do for every
individual farmer to resolve him
self into a “committee of the
whole” on his own condition, and
and honestly and fearlessly inves
tigate and report on the abuses of
which he will find that he has
been guilty of in the past. What
say you, brother farmers? Let
the committees be appointed (self
appointed) in each case, and go to
work in earnest tq discover all
faults, ommissions, follies, etc.,
and apply the remedy. It is a
good time for such committees to
work.
Some days, ago a member of the
English Parliament was in Wash
ington. He was taken to see the
President. “What! no guards!”
he exclaimed. “Not a guard,”
was explained him. Then he was
taken the rounds of the depart
ments, saw the doors of most of
the higher officers wide open,
while a simple card gained admis
sion to the room of the Cabinet of
ficer at the head of the depart
ment. His surprise became stripi-
fied amazement. “Now I know,”
siad he, “what a republican gov
ernment really is!” and went off
lost in wonder and admiration.
Two years ago not more than
six rolling mills and steel works
in the United States used natural
gas as fuel; now there are sixty-
eight rolling mills and steel works
which use the new fuel, and six
teen more are making preparations
to use it Every roiling mill and
steel works in Allegheny County,
Penn., fifty-five in all, now uses
natural gas;
The production of gold and sil
ver in the world during the calen
der year of 1885 was: Gold $101,-
580,-000; silver calculated at its
coining value, nearly $125,000,000;
usually found to be, and is well The United States produced $83,a
proven to be less exhaustive to the
laud. Being more of an air feed
er; it can be massed on the land,
and yet yield its full crops; and it
leaves no troublesome stubble be
hind.
Flour from the Kaffir Grain has
400,000 worth of gold and silver,
or about two-fifths of the produc
tion of the whole world.
It Has Stood the Test
.Oi the severest trials for More-
Headquarters for Houston nows;
been found more nearly analogous ’ than a qvLar ter of a century, and is
to wheat than any other grain of :
its class. For batter cakes, muf-
- ‘giiau: ’
thproiighly.
dead-beating devices that they
stick out from Under his clothes.
His weather-beaten carcass has'a
way of surrounding free lunches
that is at once artistic and consum-
He.can camp on a barrel
head in a grocery store
with more ease and comfort than
an emigrant caravan can on a prai
rie, and with apparently less fear
of a redskin visitation. He wears
a nose that cost his acquaintances
more money than any other work
of art of similar size in the world,'
and his ambition is to deepen the
color day by day. And befoife his
ability as an absorber the ordina
ry sponge turns green with envy
and then disappears.
The human sponge is indige
nous to every soil. There was
never a neighborhood nor a town
nor a city in which he did not find
a local habitation and make him
self a name. His missioii in life is
to make two blades of grass grow
where one whole acre of wheat
grew before, and he is generally
successful. He is clothed by his
friends, fed by his acquaintances,
and kept full of grog by the vic
tims he waylays at the fountain to
which they go to quench their
thirst. He is buried with the
money which he did not earn; and
if he gains admittance to either
place after death, it is because he
is a human being, and went by
moral gravitation instead of either
merit or demerit. Men fish and
Catch every other sponge except
the human sponge. He Catches
them. He is the essence of the
dead-beat principle;-and is without
Character, shame or remorse. Like
the beast in the Apocolypu, he has
eyes behind and befdre. The
woild is his pasture, and green
people arC the grass upon which
he browses.
The capital stock is $100,000. is the happiest and most contented
This company has purchased Cat; man p ublic life . Barnes says
Island, opposite Sheffield land, at I he wou]d not take §^000 a pound
one time Owned by Mr. W. P. f or his flesh, and he claims that he
Ex-United States Senator Ros-
coe Conkling has not forgotten the
peculiar metaphors of his Senate
days. The latest remark credit
ed to him refers to his efforts to
his impeach the testimony of
a red-nosed witness who, Mr.
Conkling thought had lied while
in the witness chair. In address
ing the jury, Mr. Conkling spoke
of him thus: “Gentlemen, I think
I can see that witness now—his
mouth stretching across the wide
desolation of his face, a fountain
of falsehood and a sepulchre of
rttm.”
In a recent sermon oh theology
and doctrines; Rev. T. DeWitt
Talmage made use of the following
language: “If I love Christ and
live a good, honest, useful Kfd; I
am elected to be saved; ahd if I
do not love Christ, and lead a bad
life, I will be damned; and all the
theological seminaries in the uni
verse cannot make it any differ
ent”
" -
To those who may be entitled to
a pension for services in the Mex
ican war, it is only necessary to
apply directly to Hon. John C.
Black; Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., who will sup
ply to the party appyling the
blanks and instructions necessary
Campbell, of Florence, Alai
The enterprising managers pro
pose to stock the island with 100,-
00 J black bats be to raised to the
age of one year, whqn they will be
killed and their hides cured and
shipped to Europe; ahd sold for
mink skids: It is estimated that
each female cat will produde
twelve kittens in one year, which
will give the company 1,200,000 to
kill, the skins being worth $1 cash
in Liverpool and London. All the
gray and spotted cats to be killed
and cooked to feed the blaek cats
on until they are large enough to
kill; then the flesh of the black
cats will be sufficient to keep the
animals in a, thriving condition
until they are fit to kill. And it
is estimated that the 100,000 black
cats Will produce at least 25 per
cent, of gray and spotted off
springs, but by careful breeding
the parti-colored animals will be
exterminated by the fifth genera
tion, when the company will have
an income of 1,200,000 skins each
year, at $1 per skin, would be
200,000 annually, for these new
American mink skins'.
The company are now anxious
to purchase 5,000 back Tom cats
of breeders, for which they will
pay the highest cash price. The
Tom cats must be sound and
black. ^.One hundred thousand
female cats, black, sound and of
good size, for which the highest
market price will be paid in Shef
field city lots.
Let all that is good and upright
prevail. An evil spirit never aci
complishes what is desired ( by a
well meaning people. Subdue ev
erything that is perverse to the
good of neighborly friendship.
The Divine inscription is “love
thy neighbor as thy self.” It is
averse to human nature and most
of us-like our birth-right; and usu
ally we are prone too greatly, in
the exercise of it, to the detriment
of good will and pleasant feelings
toward our countrymen. When
people are friendly Und accommo
dating, generous to every foe and
liberal towards all enterprises, you
can set it down, they are a thrifty
and progressive people.
for the application;
Mrs. Boulanger, of Branch coun
ty, Michigan, gave birth to twins
two years ago. A year later she
gave birth to triplets. Last
Christmas she added four more
little Boulangers to the family; It
is not predicted what will happen
in the future.
Some Philadelphia strikers have
been sentenced to 18 months in
prison for beating a non-union
jnan:
A Deceived Lddy
is the' lady who usds cosmetics,
face lotions, white lead, bismuth
powders; arsenic, etc., in the be
lief of enriching and beautifying
the complexion. It is but tempo-
The United States Consul at
Sydney, New South Wales, in his
last report on the diamond mines
of that region, points out the sug
gestive fact that the famous Kim-
berly mine, of South Africa, has
produced more diamonds during
the last fifteen years than the whole
world had produced for two centu
ries previously. With the devel
opment and probable discovery of
new mines, it seems as if it were
only a' matter of comparatively
short time befdre the diamond will
have lost the enviable position it
now holds among jewels.'
lay within easy grasp of this ' sec
tion, but old established methods
must be abandoned before it be
too late. The beaten road,- that
road that our people have traveled
so long, have ruts that are being
cut deeper every season; and un
less we pull dtit now the prospect
is that our force will be' exhausted,
and we will not be able get but
later.—Albany News.
is perfectly contented as he is. He
weighs himself regularly, and when
he he finds that he has gained in
weight, he hails tlie fact as an
omen of good luck, i A decrease,
on the other hand, fills him with
apprehension. Barnes is a law
yer who had a great reputation in
his own state long before he came
to congress. He can come back
for the rest of his life if he will
only consent, as his district is near
ly solid for him. Tom Reid, of
Maine, is another fat man in. the
House. He- is not as big as
Barnes, but he is fully as good
natrired and contented with his
heroic size. Reid loves to joke in
private purely and solely for the
opportunity of enjoying a laugh.
In the house he is entirely a dif
ferent kind of an individual He
makes jokes, it is true, but they
are always tinged with bitter sar
casm or galling irony, and conse
quently he has gained no reputa
tion as a humorist pure and sim
ple. Sawyer and Stanford are the
two portliest men in the Senate.
Sawyer sports a corporation that
would do credit to any alderman,
and he is a good-natured but not a
witty Senator. He loves to gossip
with his associates, and he is the
one man in the upper branch who
always stands ready to assist a
friendj financially of otherwise.
Sawyer never makes a speech. He
couldn’t if he tried, and that is
probably the reason why he never
makes the attempt.
Found—Incident in the His
tory of a Quiet Community.
Girls of a marriageable age do
not like to tell how old they are;
but you can find out by following
the subjoined instructions, the
young lady doing the figuring:
Tell her to put down the number of
the month in which she was born,
then to Multiply it by two, then to
add 5, then to multiply it by it 50,
then to add her age and subtract
150 from the amount, and then tell
her to i*ead you the figures she has
left; _ The tWo figures to the right
will denote lief age, and the re
mainder the month of her birth.
For example: if the amount is
822, she is 22 years old, and was
born in the 8th month (August).
A story is flow going the rounds
to the effect that th*e death of
Brigham Young, the Mormon
prophet, was only a myth. It is
said that he has been living in
London, and is at present near
Lincoln, Nebraska; preparing for
his “resurrection from the dead,”
when he will preach to the deluded
followers. His identity is conceal
ed* but several parties claim that
there is no doubt that it is the
prophet.
The grandest possibilities ever
enjoyed by aii agricultural people ular, but Will use hb same old
In capital punishment, New
York talks of substituting electric
ity for the rope. They claim that
a broader humanity should give
the victims a painless death;
Judge Lynch will not be so par tie-
methods.
Senator Sherman asks of Con
gress that an appropriation of
$3,000 be made fdr the purpose of
putting fences arcrand the ceme
teries in Which the Confederate
dead are buried neal Columbus;
Ohio; and oil Johnson’s Island;
A bill has passed the Senate
and been favorable receeived by
the House to inaugurate the' next
President of the United States on
the 30th of April; in order to place
the date just one hundred years
after the inauguration of George
Washington.
; 1— —
If there’s a right thing" to be
Soad. Results In Every Case',
done, and we seem to pass through
D. A. Bradford, Wholesale Paper
Dealer; of Chattanooga, Tenn.,-
Writes that he was seriously afflict
ed with a severe Cold, which set
tled on his lungs;.had trie.d many
remedies without benefit; being in
duced to try Dr. KingV New Dis
covery for Comsumption, did so
aud was entirely cured by the use
of a few bottles; since' winch time
he has Used it in his family for all
Coughs and Colds with best re
sults.
with its enjoyments,^ ble
This is the experience ox thou- and power. returns to the
nrlc Tr}in=;A IivpV hnvA Loan onw *
The Mount Lebanbn (Nevf
York) Shakers are a quiet com
munity, secluded from the fret
and worry of the Outside world:
They are widely known, how
ever, .for their strict honor and
probity in business.
The Sliakers believe that na
ture has a remedy for every dis?
ease. A few have been foxmd~
the rest are as yet unknown;
Many were discovered by acci
dent Others came to light aS
the result of patient experiment
and research.
^ Nervous Dy^epsiais a bom?
out of the cohdiiiqhs bi modem
life. It is a jbiht alFe'ctibh of
the digestive organs, and of thei
nervous system. These two
were formerly treated ai sepa?
rate ailments, and it was left
for the clear-sighted Shakers
to prove that the basis this
terrible and often fatal coniplti
cation lies chiefly in the disord-1
ered and depraVed ftiiibtidiii of
•digestion and nutrition; They
reasoned thus:—“If catiin
due© the stomach to dB its!
work, and stimulate the excre
tive organs to drive out of the
body the poisonous waste mat?
t .*rs which remain after tlielife-
giving elements bf the fBbd'
: : ave been absorbed, wb §hkll
have conquered Nervoud, ^yS-
uepsia and Nervous Exli&uSt£
on. And they were .tight!
Knowing the infallible power
of Shaker Extract (Se^el’|
Syrup) in less complicated
though similar difi|ases|
they resolved to test it folly
in this. To leave no ground
for doubt they prescribed-thB
rembdy in hundreds bf Caseb
which had been pronouheed in-
eurable—with perfect success
in every instance where, their
directions as to living and diet
were scrupulously followed:
Nervous Dyspepsia and Ex
haustion is a peculiarly Ameri
can disease. To a greater or.
kss extent half the pbbjfl^bf
pis country suffer f
•oth rexes and all ageS; MAS
•ountry in the world are there
io many ihSkne asylums filled;
to overflowing, all resultmM
iromthis alarming disease: Ira
‘ending symptoms are thbse:
Frequent or Cbntinua! Head
ache; a dull pain at the jbkse
of the brain; bad breath; nau
seous eructations; the rising
of sour and pungent fluicll to
the throat; k sense of oppress?
ion and faintness at fhe pit of
tLe stomkcli; flatulence; wake?
fulness aiid loss, bf sleep; Bis-'
gust with food eyed when
vveakfromthe need of it; Stic" ^
or slimy matter On the teeth O!
in the mouth; Especially 0ft. "
mg in the molding; furre'd
•oated tongue; dull eyes; cold
iiands and feet; constipation;
dry or rough skm; inability to'
1 t lie mind on any Ifibor call-'
for eentifuibus, Attention;
and oppressive and sad fore
bodings and fearv
All this terrible
Shaker Extract (aei«
Syrup) removes by its pos{
itive, powerful; direct yet
painless and gentle acilon upon
the functions of digestion and
assimilation. Those., elements
of the feed that build tip and:
stfeiigthen the system are sent'
upon their mission, while all
fire) which unremove
and kill, ate expel
body through the bowels
keys and skin: The weak
prostrated nerves are quie
toned and fed?! _
blood. As the result,
to wheat than any other grain of a cer tain cure for all diseases he- ral T> au ^- ultimately destroys the a wrong thing on our way to it, sands, whose lives have bsen s;iv- ferer who had, perha
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mS, iH- to *o T , regoia&g ff
dlstinsaishaMe* from wheat: and. ffiontMies thoroughly; mite „ aA nn w Dr. TnmV * and a better one, and it is our | J re ® another well day:
distinguishable' from wheat; and.
for buckwheat cakes is an im-
in this section; provemmt on the
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use ouly Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic,
which imparts the vigor and love- j own fault, and not Gods that w£.’
liness of youth. -* do not find it:
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trial, bottles at the
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store of,
Fort Yallej