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• ■ m A Paint to Salesmen. # A writer ia the New York Even ing Sun tells the following stc of how he won a customer: / remember when I began to travel as a salesman—on my very st trip, I think it was, when 1 vas hardly more than a lad—Iliad an experience that proved very valuable to me. There was an old fellow on my route who had been known for years as the terror of . traveling men. He was declared to be absolutely the worst-natured, worst-mannered fellow they had ever met anywhere, but I hadn’t even heard of him then, and so I entered his store very confidently and handed him my card. He took it without even glanc ing at it, tore it into bits and threw the pieces on the floor. “No, sir/' he said turning to me, “get out of my store.” There were ?cmtiieni*hvrtivator rnd Iiixn Fanner.. fS£3 - L What is the best way to keep ( onions in the South? I am build- i key ing me a new barn, and intend Mutes are said-to make good trying the hangmg.of the onions i servants tops downward, between two four j inch planks, in the loft. Is that a j A crowbar 100 years old is just jgoou plan? - ""' * v aS-Hffilitf 2. "What is the best way to keep l g. . • • service for the money,- Irish potatoes? I have been told Illinois dentists are, p^hjW: to pat them ap id air slacked lime, iteci trom advertising. | usprucestreet, yew York city. and they will keep for wears.—E. A." ,, . , . I V., Marshall, Texas. . Or all symbols, none is so an-; cient as the barber pole. .. ' - ;( - The real Mocha coffee comes on ly from Y emen, an Arabian vince. two pretty young girls in the store-Is-a-wery -good-one where but a all quantity are to be stored, s t. It is not so easy- to keep Irish potatoes in the South' from the early crop. While they may be kept sound, they will almost cer tainly become watery and unfit for table use. The" crop made from late plantings, say; planted in July or August, may be preserved in good condition through the winter. It is only necessary that the pota toes be dug "on^k dry, cloudy day, nd, with careful handling-to avoid ho did not understand the pro- eding, and who looked at me as ! walked out as if I were an es caped convict. Well, I smarted for several days[over that affair, during which time I made up my mind that I’d even matters up with Keeping Onions and Irish Pbta- Quaint and toes. '{■ . • _ M I ' Curious. Fishes are iusensibk- to pain. Pulque is. the Spaniard's wills- 1HIK lTOtbEiition Now Read v. A book of over 200 pages, giving more information of value . to advertisers • fi than any other publica tion ever issued. It gives the name of every news paper published, hav ing a circulation rating in the American Newspaper Directory of more 'Aa:: 2.",0Ci"» copies each i-aue, with the cost per line of advertising in them. A list of the best pa pers of local eirculrtion in every city and town of more, than 5,000 population with prices by the Inch for one month. Speciai lists of daily, coun try, village and class papers. Bargain offers of value to small advartisers or those wishing to ex periment judiciously with a small amount of mon ey. Shows conclusively “how to get the most service for the money,” etc. Sent postpaid to “ i.P.'BoWEUk 31. c. 33ALKCOM. BEN. T. BAY. BALKC0M& RAY, DEALEESIN ANSWER—1. When the tops, have fallen over and look dead, dig. or pnllithe onions and throw into heaps of jn windrows to dry for two occasion . _ and the bulbs hard and firm stow store the bulbs, tops and all, on a floor where they will be ‘-kept dry;and cool, not over a foot deep. The plan you suggest A'devei him if I could next time. So befo: I started out I had a card made, expressly for my good friend. It looked exactly Eke the one I had • used before, only i t was made of tin.. . When I reached his town I waited untiljl saw the" store pretty well filled with people, and then 1 walked in, saluted the proprietor and gave him my card. He took it, just as before, glanced at me and gave the card a twist. But it didn’t fall on the floor in bits this time, and he only succeeded in giving his wrist a wrench and raising a titter among the customers. I was nearly out of the store by this time, for I really didn’t think my life was safe. But he called after me and 1 went back. “Come into' my office,” he said. I went in, ex pecting never to come out. “What do yen want to sell me?” he asked. “Dry goods,” I said. “Well, go on.” And E actually sold the old curmudgeon §1,000 worth of .cloths before I left. For years'after that as long as he lived, in fact—he was one of my best customers and one of the best friends that I ever had in bnsi- is a barometer made simply of a thin strip of cedar and thiu strip of white pine, placed together and stuck perpendicularly in a base rest of wood. When ifis going to rain the strips bend down with dampness, and when it is dry Young Lady (at bird-store)- ~eKtheE they" stand rigidly stiff “Has this parrot mny- accomplish- -^a straight. It is said to indicate meats?” - - - coming storms unfailingly. The device was made by C. C. Millar, master mechanic of the Central shops in Savannah, in 1S80, and Just WJiakSlie Wanted. Proprietor—“He can speak a little, but he’s too old to learn any- iV- „ bruising,, stored in a c.ool, dry, and dark place. They may he kept in barrels (ventilated) with the in terstices filled with dry saud. The points to be observed are to pre vent exposure to the sun while dry ing, put them up dry in a dark, cool,* dry place, and keep them in that condition. We have known them kept perfectly by banking as sweet potatoes, taking special care to keep dry. In the North, air- slacked lime is sometimes sprinkled over the potatoes as they are be ing stored away, especially if they have been caught in a sudden shower af rain. The lime also as sists in preventing rot. We could not advise putting up entirely with lime, but have no doubt a small quantity mixed with the sand would be advantageous. Groceries, Plantation Supplies, and General Merchandise, 453 MULBERBY STREET, MACON, GEORGIA. REDDING & BALDWIN, MACON.'GA. pro- A Georgia man.had to sell his last cow to pay the expense of a law suit" about some chickens.. The longest railway tunnel in the world is at Schemnizt, Hun gary. It measures 10.27 miles. A seventy year' old pedagogue, who has been teaching 51 years, has just' graduated in medicine from a Michigan college. A lion -cub at the Cincinnati Zoo is being raised, with a black cat. It is very fond of pussy and they play and frolic together most amusingly. ... . The engineer of a train in Cali fornia combines business with pleasure. ' He held ‘up his train the other day, waded a river and shot a monstrous wild cat. The canal through the Isthmus or Corinth, which is now nearing completion, was begun during the reign of the Emperor Nero, over 1700 years-ago. A monster shell has been pre sented to the Worcester National High Society. ; It is in halves, and each half weighing 120pounds each, and was taken from the Indi an Ocean. A discovery of ancient subterra nean tombs.similar to the Roman catacombs have been discovered on the Mount of Olives. They ap pear to have been partly made by the Jews and partly by Christ ians. A gentleman who has returned from extensive travels in India At the public library at Macon says that in one of their cities he , i , • , uaungiy; ^ fisen(;e( j to the library by “Would he imitate any .sound, kejDawM. Gugel. might hear, such as a sneeze or a cough, or anything like that?” Proprietor—“No. The gii were trying the other day to teach him to imitate the sound of a kiss, but he wouldn’t do it.” . Young Lady—“I’ll take him.”.— Chicago Tribune. It is said that in northern Mich- u there are several counties out a church of anydenomina- d, and that" thousands of men, women and children are growing God nor seen a church. A citizen of Charleston, W. Ya., has long been bothered with .a smoky chimney, and the other day he got a mason to investigate. In the fine was found a tin box con taining $5,000 in cash, which some The transition from.long, linger ing and painful sickness to robust health marks an epoch in the life of the individual. Such a remark able event is treasured in the memory and the agency whereby the good health has been attained is gratefully blessed. Hence it is that so much is heard in praise of Electric Bitters. So many feel' they owe their restoration to health to the use of the Great Alterative and Tonic. If you are troubled with any disease of Kidneys, Liver or Stomach, of long or shore stand ing, you will surely find relief by use of Electric Bitters. Sold at 50c. and §1 per bottle at Holtzclaw & Gilbert's Drug Store, Prune a little at a time and avoid the necessity for heavy prun ing in the future. ' * A sure Liver medicine, strengthening, invigorating. WfcSaS Subscribe for the Home Journal. Three -bachelors of Macon have discarded boarding houses, and are now doing their own jdomestic work. They have stove and take turns in cooking. Their combined board bill for meals alone was $60 per month. By the : present ar rangement their meals cost" them A Kemarkable Case from Illinois. “I'Suffered.for five-"years with up in the towns and on the farms Mercurial Rheumatism, which was who have never heard the .word of the result of potash and mercurial treatment by physicians, for con stitutional. Bipod Poison. They not only failed to cure me, bnt made me a-physical-wreck-and my life' a burden. I then commenced taking Swift’s Specific (S. S. S.), and after using a few. bottles was entirely cured of the Rheumatism, which the. doctors brought on by their remedies, and tlie Blood Poison which they failed to cure. I cheerfully commend S-S. S. to any one similarly- afflicted.” *' John H. Lyles, Sorento, HI. - . JNO TKACE LEFT. Mr..and Mrs. Li tell, of Hunting- burg, lnd„ say: “That “about one year ago, their little girl was en tirely cured of an annoying erup tion of the skin and a local blood disorder, by the use of three bot tles ofjS. S. S.. There is no. trace of the skin disease left, and the bloodhas been in perfect order ev§r since, and the general; health of the child was never as good as now. • They will take pleasure in answering any' letters regarding the child’s case.’ Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis eases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. delivered an address on Christian ity to an audience of 300 Brahmins who spoke English better than he did. In digging a well on Hyde’s ranch, near Yiawest, Tulare coun ty Cal., a buffalo horn was found at the depth of thirty seven feet. How it got there is a puzzler, as no buffaloes were known - to have been in that country. Mudie’s great library in Lon don has put into circulation since its foundation nearly 4,000,000 books. An annual ticket costs guinea and for that sum a dilligent reader can peruse books that it would cost him about $1000 to buy. A young, wealthy and intelligent young Frenchman by the name of Crampbell has started for Africa with the intention of making an ex ploration of sections which Stanley has not visited. He takes with him a young woman of the tribe of Gabon, whe was brought' from Af rica some years ago. She is high ly educated, bnt still retains her native tongue. A Nasal Injector free with each bottle of Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy. 'Price 50 cents. Holtzclaw & Gilbert: 'A3N0H3 HOA 3A ¥S 9.A1 •sn ’dn punouO vwu/p9DjuouDnQ •aiqump ptra 'joajaotl ojtj gsaclttaqo jno *Plog sottclj aoiJajuj ‘d/caip •saofjrj optuo alo»i sonuf^ apiu*> tjSjh Sum® 3 «>panrv m asnon J®mo ok 'OOl ty iffuoat tpcn.si iipuv suapzap ^aSxtti pios «i oxcaja szzs Jno 'OXVia: HOVEE JZO snVTioa: x.rsnsr sjasmpmil SLAVS puu ‘soubu no qatu* opjsni am OAuq ©ai 'jtnD 'Pqj *0 sj -JI SONYIdifloasflsofflj 'VO ‘HVNNVAVS S3 m ^ Niaani •mm w Anq •OTSio n® Iran. J9A8 noA JI ISOMVHO HHX SSIH IJIOa •»X*a09 JO epwm °3 Itt“- tojSio Ars.va *hsn&sto crioa tfioms pa® jsans tUBSjca: aoj ipynb puns •p»»P“n n°s •optsjjsjaaAoeaaotij snjoSroansajcaJO •ipnaora £$ oj eg —lojprod man pajnaa —31VS rSO NVld M3N •ttt find o} sxoq/1 ‘S&OX1X3 MSTO XOdB 1® jno pasoio eq oj ‘sibji®k proptroiS oioja sudBjq tjOjnijQ pun jo/jdj ouij Give your fruit trees a good soil. They cannot live and thrive on nothing. For Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint you have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh’s Vitalize!. It never fails fo cure. Holtzclaw & Gilbert. All food for plants must lie sol uble to be available. To enre Biliousness, Sick Headache, Const!*- pation, Malaria, Liver Complaints, take the safe and certain remedy, SlSfllTH’S BILE BEANS Use the SMALL Size (40little Beans to the bottle). They are the most convenient. Suitable tor all Ages. Price of either si^e, 25c. per Bottle. iu 8 w BBS ftfi Mailed for 4 cts. (eoppera or stamps). PASSENGER SCHEDULE -AND- FEEIGHT .SERVICE In effect March 16th, 1890, via the ia Southern and BAILROAD. SUWANNEE RIVER ROUTE TO FLORIDA Standard time same as Macon city time. GOING SOUTH. Lv. Macon “Haftbmetack” is a lasting and fra grant perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents. Holtzclaw & Gilbert Perry, Ga. Prune trees early for growth and late for fruit. Shiloh’s Cure will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough and Pronchi- tis. Holtzclaw & Gilbert, Perry, Ga. Old hens invariably make the best sitters. “In the spring-time” comes W.W.C. as a tonic arid a boon. It pays best to feed sheep, not tieks. Weakly Females use qj£y W.W. C. No. 1 No. 3 No. 11. 10:35 a.m. 7:0Qp.m 6:00 a. 1:30p.m. 9:44pm l:45p 2:58pm 11:18pm 6:20pm (No.13) 2:58 am 11:18 pm 6:30 a: 4:42 pm 1:01 a. m. 10:50 p m 5:50pm 2;llam 3:30p 7:00pm 3:22am 4:50p 9:45 m 6 :35 am 4:55 a m 8:56 a 6:20 am 10:45 am 10;25am No. 4. No. 12 3:60 pm 7:30 bm l:00pi 8:52pm 3:19 pm 7:50p 10:40p m 7:00 a m 11:51pm 9:29 a 1:01am 11:10 m 2:39 a m. 5:55pm No. 12 2;50am 7:00 am 4:23 am 12:23 pm 6:30 am 7:50 pm Lv.Tifton At. Valdosta Ar. Jasper Ar. Lake City Ar. .Tacksonvllle A r. Hampton, 8:52 p m Av.Palatka, 10:45 pm Ar, SL Angnstine, GOINC NORTH. No. 2. Lv. St. Augn8tin3, Lv Palatka, 7:00 a m Ar. Hampton 8:26 a m Ly Jacksonville, 7:o0am Lv. Lake City 10:00am ArJasper 11:05 am Ar. Valdosta l2:l2p m Ar. Tifton 1:48 p m LvTifton 2:08 Dm Lv. Cordele 3:24 pm Ar. Macon 5:45p_m New and elegant Pullman Euffet Sleeping Cars, on Nos* 3 and 4. Trains 1, 2, 8 and 4 arrive and depart from Union depot. Way freight and ac commodation trains 11 and 12 arrive and depart, from Macon junction. Freight received and delivered at de- {>ot comer Fifth and Pine streets,Macon. Freight for Americas, Albany, Bruns wick, Savannah, Charleston, Florida points and all other places on or reached via this road will behandled with prompt- ess and dispatch. O. B.- WILBURN, J. T. HOGE, Gen'l Freight Agt. Gen’l Peso. ' A. C. KNAPP, Traffic Manager. i I Handling Country Produce a Specialty. i ’* ! : 8@=For customers outside the city we will furnish anything ordered, at lowest market price. RWB’T H. SMITH, Late of Smith J: Mallory. CHtAS. H. HALL, Jr. SIsdUTH &c HALL, MACON, - - GEOKGIA, OLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS, FULL STOCK OF SUITS ^>023 BO^ A LARGE LINE UF Hats and-XJnderwear, Shirts andr-hTeck-wi Umbre'lsr-. Rubber Goads and Overcoats. -DEALERS IN- Call on them, and y< goods and prices to snit you. BEDDING & BALDWEy, 368 Second Street, Macon Ga 1 ■ STEAM ENGINES, Boilers, Saw Mills. Grist Mills, Gins, Presses, j Mowers, Hav Rakes "Macliiiiery Supplies. Office at Oolentan &; RUy’sWarehouse. 0. P. & i. E, WILLINGHAM & 00., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN SASH. DOORS, HINDS, MANTELS, PAINTS, OIL, LIME, niftSBis 1 mamwAmk MACON,. GA- wood <sb BQjsrn. ^CHEAPEST Furniture and Carpet House in Tlb-e State of G^eorgrie. Call and See us and get Prices, and Look at the Finest Display in Georgia. NEST TO HOTEL LANIER MACON, GA. si firniiM i V. E. WALTON. C. L. BATEMAN. WALTON & BATEMAN, RYRON, Ga. -DEALERS IN- Dry Goods, Groceries, Fan Supplies, Gents’ Furnishings, Staple and Fancy Articles. BEST GRADES OF GUANO A SPECIALTY 13l OTEL PeBBTs @M&BmB s POLITE ATTENTION GIVEN ALL GUESTS. COMFORTABLE ROOMS. TABLE SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST EDIBLES THE MARKET AFFORDS. -^.11 -^.‘bO'ULt BATES: $2.Q0PER DAY. Liberal reduction by tha week, or by .the month. .Jgg JOB WORK We Have a Complete Stock and Full Assortment of Commercial Stationery, and duplicate Macon or Atlanta prices in this class of work. Satisfaction guaranteed. G-HE US 3 1B1AL ORDER OerLtza,! XSaj-lroad. of Greorg'Ia, BETWEEN MACON, FORT VALLEY, PERRY AND COLUMBUS. (Southwestern Division.) . Schedule went into effect March 30th, 1890. (Standard Time, 90th Meridian.) No. 3. No 1. 1 No. 2. 1 o l- 3.15»i. m. 1.50 p. m. Leave Macon. Arrive 10.25 a. m. 1140 p. m. 3.29 “ 2.05 “ Arrive Wise, Airive 10.08 “ 11.25 “ 3.35 “ 3.10 “ Arrive Rutland Arrive 10.03 « 11.20 “ 3.42 “ 2.17 “ Arrive Walden Arrive 9.58 “ 11.15 “ 3.58 “ 2.34 “ Arrive Byron Arrive 9.42 “ 10.59 “ ' 4.-07 “ 2.43. “ Arrive Powersville Arrive 9.45 “ 10.50 “ 425 a. m. 3.00 a. m Arrive Fort Valley Leave 9.20 a. m 10.35 p. m. BETWEEN FORT VALLEY AND PERRY. 8.15 p. m. 11,35 a. m. Leave Fort Valley Arrive 9.00 a. m. 3.50 p. m. 9.00 p. m. 12.20 a. m. Arrive Berry Leave 8.10 a. m. 3.05 p. m. 425 a. m. 3.05 p. m. Leave Fort Valley Arrive 9.20 a. m. 10.35 p. m 438 “ 3.23 “ Arr Everett’s Arrive 9.03 “ 10.20 « 4.50 “ 3.39 “• Arrive Bevnolds Arrive 8.50 “ 10.07 i5:05 “ 400 “ Arriv6 Butler Arrive 8.32 “ 9.50 5-14 “ 4.12 p. m. Arrive Scott’s. Arrive 8.20 “ 9.40 5,25 “ 425 “ Arrive Howard Arrive 8.08 “ 9.30 5.37 “ 437 “ Arrive Bostick Arrive 7.57 “ 9.19 5.48 - “ 450 •< Arrive Geneva Arrive 7.30 '• 9.09 '.5.56 “ 5.00 “ Arrive Juniper Arrive 7.20 “ 9.00 “ 6.02 “ 5.0S “ Arrive Box Springs Arrive 7.12 “ 8.54 “ 6.15 “ 5.23 “ Arrive Upatoie Arrive 6.56 “ 8.42 « 6.35 “ 5.43 “ Airive Schatulga Arrive 6.35 “ 8.22 . “ 7.05 a. jn. 6.10 p. m. Arrive Columbus Leave 6.05 p. m. 7.55 p. m. AND THE LOCAL NEWS, THEREOF, lija SUESCRIBEISAT ONCE FOR THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PUBLISHED Ivwv flwgiisf -iwaiafr -AT- .Thlo iq the heat time of the 1 For further particulars relative to ticket rates, schedules, best routes, etc, write ^ xnie is xue oest time ; tooreall E.M.FHLLEK, Agent, Perry; J. C.McKENZIE, Supt.Macon , __ year to,- subscribe for the HOME ; E. T. OHABLTON, Gen’l.Fas. Agent, Subscribe for the Home Journal . Joubnal. • .. . Savannah, Ga. ' -v nisi Hi — —O—■; = . -- NOW IN ITS TWENTIETH VOLUME* SUBSCRIPTION, PRICE, $2 A YEAR iNo. Q. Hopoes, Pu 3i IMP er. MM At Low Prices for the first-class grade. We have a fall line oi Shoes, with a special run on Ladies’ $2.00, and Men’s $2.50 Shoes, that we guarantee. Straw.and Felt Hats we are Leaders in, and if you will send us one or^ J 5S£llsQ save you Money. WWM & 36S SECOND