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Agricultural JHEpartniEnt.
Different nations have different
methods of cultivating” the soil. We
are more familiar with the English
plan than that of any other but^ our
own country. The .British plan recall
ed extensive farming, and we know
that some of the best English farmers
admit that ex tensive farming is a fail
ure, tluit the cost is greater than the
profit. It is a system of rotation of
crops,*and great but injudicious efforts
To use the greatest possible amount
of manure. But their system is found
to be too costlv. and upon striking a
balance at the end of the year, or
rather of their plan of four years ro
tation of crops, the cost over-balanc
ed the gains. It falls far short of
what is called intensive farming in
this country, which is mainly confined
to some sections in the South. The
people in the Western States have
pursued the English plan with results
>imilar to those of England. Their
crops, particularly of wheat, have
greatly diminished. In Georgia the
intensive plan has been uniformly
successful as far as it has been tried,
and of all plans it is the best, resulting
in many cases in nearly double the pro
duction undertheold plan, and it goes
far to show the people, that, with less
land, those who have adopted it pro
duce double as much cotton .and corn
to the acre as formerly. This plan
universally pursued, will soon put our
section upon a high state of prosperi
ty. Under it, perseveringly practic
ed Georgia farmers will soon be plac
ed in a high state of success. To car
ry out the extensive plan requires an
immense quantity of manure, which
fails because diffused over too much
land, which is badly worked, causing
the loss of the crops notwithstanding
the heavy cost of fertilizers. The
English would find satisfactory gains
in the application of the manures to
half the land they attempt to culti
vate. We hope our farmers will see
this, and make a great reduction in
the number of their acres. The En
glish failure is a most instructive les
son To our planters'. A farmer there,
will buy an immense quantity of ma-
f nure. but its value is lost, because he
distributes it over; twice the number
The Agricultural Congress at Roches
ter, N. Y.
Mr. Brown mentioned a machine
not yet perfected in Philadelphia
which it was thought would bring the
cultivation of flax into general prac
tice in this country. He said it was
thought that flax could be mixed with
wool to advantage in the manufact
ure of fabrics.
A paper by W. B. Jones, M. D., of
Herndon, Ga., on the importance of
humus in Southern soils was read.
The animus of the paper was that
the agricultural reconstruction of
the South lay in mixed husbandry
and in keeping np the supply by
means of cow-peas and other fallow i
crops natural to the climate. The
point made in the concluding para
graph of the address was that the
vast domain once devoted to cotton
must now be devoted to mixed hus
bandry. Hence questions of profita
ble crops were most important. The
idea of making cotton and sugar a
specialty was now not thought of.
The soil could be strengthened by the
pulverized phosphate rock, coupled
with some form of potash, together
with the Southern clover. Various
methods of feeding the soil for the
cotton plant were described. The
soil and the climate of the State were
inviting to emigration, and now that
the greatest hindrance to skilled la
bor was removed there is no region
that could offer more inducements.
Ever}' fruit that the world could ex
hibit was growing in her varied soil.
The paper by Mr. Gold, Secretary
of the Connecticut Bureau of Agricul
ture, was replete with valuable prac
tical information as a review of the
condition of the agricultural interests
of the New England States. He said
the Western farmers wanted cheap
freights, Eastern ones high freights.
The overwhelming surplus of Western
cereals annually poured East from
the West had forced Eastern fanners
to change their crops. The principle
difficulties met with were the cheap
ness with which crops could be raised
in the West and sent to the seaboard
in competition with them, and the
freight discrimination which gave the
Eastern farmers no chance beside
those of the West. Hence the change
WHEN
TO TRIM THE
TREES.
APPLE
* a( r «TpV !U ^ * ie Cc,u successfully culti- s they were making in the cultivation
vate. J he manure thus assists the *
roivtli of weeds aiud grass, which de
-troys his crops, instead of benefiting
it, simply, because, it takes doubly
the time to work over Ids crop that
should be taken. He goes over it in
i went}* days when he should get
through in half that time. Our farm-
•ers are finding out the great secret of
success, that every acre should be
well worked every eight or ten days.
This, with diversified crops, will make
every farmer in Georgia prosperous in
a few years. Every acre will yield
a handsome profit, and he will have
all the money lie needs and all the
provisions necessary for man and
beast.
What we write about the English
farmer is not founded upon conject
ure, but the positive declarations of
'Oine of the most intelligent agricultu-
turists of that country. They admit
their failures and give as
i reason for
themthe identical facts which we have
started.
SALT FOR CABBAGES.
of crops—to supply their home mark
et—that could not be transported long
(I jcf o nPPQ
Hr. C. V. Riley, Chief of the Ento
mological Commission, Department
of the interior, talked of the agricul
tural needs of the South. He held
that whatever had been the benefit of
this Congress it has done one great
good—it has enhanced the good will
between the South and the North. It
was the speaker's good fortune to vis
it every portion of the country and he
did not think any one who had not
had that good fortune could properlv ,
appreciate the vast resources of the ! tlme was chosen for priming.
Some will trim in the fall or late in
summer, and others in the early
spring; and as some of the tffies do
very well, leaving the inference that
those injured suffered from other
j cause, the practice is continued as
! good as any. But what is the object
j in selecting any particular time? Is it
! not for the purpose of doing the least
possible injury to the trees? if so,
j let us see how this purpose can be
most intelligently carried out. The
j injury to be avoided is the failure of
; the wounds to heal over promptly,
[ which failure leaves ugly holes in the
tree after the dead wood of the sawed
off brandies rots out; or worse still,
lets in the water and insects to con
tinually enlarge the wound until the
tree becomes hollow, or “catfaced,”
and thus fitted for speedy rum or in
ferior fruit. Large branches, there
fore, should not be cut off at the
body of the tree, if at allpractica-
bje to avoid it; but if they must be
taken off, choose the time when the
tree is in possession of its greatest heal
ing power. Now when is that’thne?
Late in summer the tree has been ex
hausted in yielding a crop of fruit, or
the sap has already done its summer
work of growth and is about to with
draw. In early spring the sap has
but commenced its flow, and not yet
arrived at maturity and strength, re
quires time to heal a wound.
But the wound of the sawed-off arm
cannot afford to wait—it must be
healed now or not at all. Wax it over
and cover it as you will, but it does
not heal fast enough. The sap is yet
too thin, runs out at the wound,
turns it black and aids in starting de
composition. You have much ado to
prevent this, and if you succeed it is,
perhaps, only to find bye and bye
that you have an ugly hole in your
fine fruit tree. Later on, however,
in the spring and early summer the
sap is in full flow, has accumulated
strength and vigor by meeting the
young and tender buds upon the
branches, and the daily increasing
strength of the warmed-up soil
about the roots; and is now pre
pared to do its best work without de
lay. Now is the time to cut off large
arms. At this period many varieties
of plants, if entirely stripped of the
bark around their bodies, will im
mediately take on a new coat. We
have known the apple, orange,
peach, pear, cherry, oak, hickory,
maple and many others to do the like.
This is the season also when the suck
ers or water-sprouts are most active
and persistent in growth, 1 but they
must be watched and be rubbed off
as fast as they appear. If permitted
to grow large around the old wound
and then be jerked off, tearing away
the young bark from the wound, it
will be to little purpose that the right
Would have been written on the Waitzfelder Building over the 1 r
of ' ° 0r
L H* WOOD & CO
4
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
of
Xhi3 powder never varies. A marvel
purity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot be sold in competition with the
multitude of low test, short weight, alum
or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans,
Royal Baking Powder Co., 10G Wall St.
New York. 15 11m
If they had not sold good goods cheap and worked hard to attr
business. Our extremely low' prices and meritorious goods have j 0 "
creased our business hundreds of dollars above what it was hq
Spring, and profiting by our experience, we shall continue to
Bargains to Consumers!
Throughout the coming season. We invite attention to a ] 9 > ,
NEW ORLEANS SYRUPS, which we bought low and are sefljj?
accordingly.
SUGAR IN BBLS. AND HALF BBLS., COFFEE BY Tffp
SACK OR DOLLAR’S WORTH AND TOBACCO BY THE BOX
OR PLUG, are our specialties.
We have a few packages of Mackerel, Macaroni, Preserves, Pickle
and Buckwheat to close out at greatly reduced prices.
We keep the celebrated FLOATING SOAP, 3 bars for 25c.
23F°Call and get our figures.
Georgia Railroad Company
STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE
An intelligent producer of cabbages
near this city, states that he considers
‘-alt necessary to tlie best develop
ment of the cabbage, especially in
places far from the coast.—He finds
them more crisp, of better flavor and
to keep better, when salt is used than
without. A few days after setting
out the plants, and when they are
•lamp, either after a rain or when the
dew is* on, he takes a small dish of
fine salt, and walks along the rows,
springling a little pinch of salt on the
centre leaves of each plant; when
the leaves begin to form the head, ap
plies salt again, scattering it over the
leaves; after this, he looks them over
occasionly, and if he finds any plants
that do not head well, or appear dis
eased, sprinkles salt over freely. This
will save ail such plants. A quart of
salt is sufficient for five hundred
plants in a season, though more can
be used with safety. Be careful not
to use too much salt as it would injure
the cabbages.
UTILIZING BONES.
it is only within a few years that
farmers have used bones in anv form
as manure. The fact that they were
of great value was first shown by
European chemists. Since then bones
have been sought in every portion of
the earth, takeii to tiios** regions
where agriculture is more advanced,,
ground up or treated with acids. In
tins country the bones of buffaloes
have been collected on all the great
ora irks of the distant West. The
English have scoured the great plains
of isoutii America to procure bones,
and have even rifled the tombs of the
the ancient Egyptian for the
otme purpose. A large proportion of
the bones collected in this and other
cities are sent to England to be used
as manure. Many are also used in
the east, where their worth is better
appreciated.
It is very difficult to pulverize
bones by any other than expensive
machinery. It is to be regretted that
there is no simple process for reduc
ing them to very small pieces. Only
^Uin bones or those that have become
brittle by fire or exposure can be easily'
crushed. There is economy in burying
large bones, especiallV skulls, in holes
where grapes are to be planted. All
bones may be softened bv covering
them,, in a suitable place, with wood
ashes, made slightly moist, or by
putting them in heaps with fresh
horse dung. After being treated in
this way for a few weeks they become
quite soft, and may be crushed by a
heavy blow. There is no better m’an-
nure for grass, turnips, beans and
pears.
country. Few certainly who had not
visited the South could understand
her facilities. She offers to-day ad
vantages for the emigrant that no
other section can. While the ther
mometer was here in the nineties the
speaker suffered no inconvenience
there. The reason is the people there
protect themselves from the mid-day
sun. The great need of the South is
the want of a greater diversity in ag
riculture.
Hitherto they have stuck too close
to the great staple, cotton. One of
the things the South has to contend
against now is the exhaustion of its
soil. Diversity of agricultnre would
benefit the lands and the fertility
would be rapidly regained.
Dr. E. Lewis Sturfevant, the well-
known experimentator and farmer of
South Framingham, Mass., delivered
an address on agriculture and botany.
In this he showed the close connec
tion that science may hold in practi
cal agriculture, especially in a country
worn by long years of depletion with
out compensating manures; that
every man must understand for him
self the nature and capabilities of
his own particular soil, and gave many
happy illustrations in the application
of manure, and especially with com
mercial fertilizers, that the farmer
should study the nature of the ma
nure demanded and the proper quan
tity to apply to reach maximum re
sults. He showed how the important
integer humus could be conserved
outside of barn-yard manure, talked
of the temperature of the soil in its
relation to growing plants, and the
effects of rainfall; deep ami shallow
plowing, subsoiling, and the impor
tance of live stock and soiling on the
farm were elaborated.
A paper on “Fibres and Fibrous
Plants,' by Dr. S. G. Brown, of New
[ i Jersey, was interesting as showing the
‘ ; interest now being manifested in this
i class of plants. In relation to the In-
: dian mallow (A vicenna's abutilon),
which is attracting attention in New
Jersey as a fibre plant, the speaker
I designated it as American jute a, mis-
] noiner that should not for a moment
j be considered. If good for anything
i as a fibre plant, it is good under its
proper name of mallow. That it is a
most valuable fibre plant, was years
ago demonstrated in Illinois through
the manufacture of the fibre.
Dr. John A. Warder, of Ohio, said
the plant was really of southern
growth. It was not found growing
wild anywhere north of the fortieth ;
parallel. It could be cultivated very
easily. It was an annual and therefore
but one crop could be harvested. The
manual labor connected with the man
ufacture of these fibres had much to !
do with keepingit out of the market, i
} If a plow or other steel implement
has become very rusty, make a mixt-
I ure of half a pint of oil of vitriol
! poured slowly into a quart of water
! and apply tp the rusted metal. Wash
off with water, and scour in the usual
i manner. It is better, however, not
to let any implement get rusty.-
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER,
Augusta, Ga., April 17th, 1886.
Commencing Sunday, IStli instant, the follow
ing!) assengor schedule will be operated.
Trains run by 90tli Meridian time-*
N018—EAST (daily).
Leave Macon 7 :lo a m
LeaveMilledgeviile 9:19 am
Leave Sparta 10:11 a m
Leave Warrenton 12:00noon
Arrive Camak 12:15 p ni
Arrive Washington 2:20 pm
Arrive Athens 5:30 p m
Arrive Gainesville 8:25 pm
Arrive Atlanta 5:50 p m
Arrive Augusta 3:35 p m
NO 17—WEST (daily).
Leave Augusta 10:50 a rn
Leave Atlanta 3:0u a m
Leave Gainesville 5:55 am
Leave Athens 9:00 a m
Leave Washington 11:20 am
Leave Camak 1:36 pm
Arrive Warrenton 1:50 p m
Arrive Sparta 3:04 p m
Arrive liilledgeville ...... 4:20pm
Arrive Macon 6:15 pm
NO 16—EAST (daily.)
Leave Macon - 7:35 p m
Leave MilledgeviUe 9:30 p m
Leave Sparta ...10:4S p m
Leave Warrenton ,12:01 a m
ArriveCamak 12:10 a m
Arrive Augusta 5:00 am
NO 15—WEST (daily.)
Leave Augusta 9:4opm
Leave Camak 1:18 am
Arrive Warrenton 1:33 am
Arrive Sparta 2:57 am
Arrive MilledgeviUe 4:27 a m
Arrive Macon J6:46 a m
No connection for Gainesville on Sundays.
The Fast Trains does not stop at Camak.
Trains will, if signaled, stop at any regular
scheduled flag station.
Close connections at Augusta for all points
East, and Southeast, and at Macon for all points
in Southwest Georgia and Florida.
Superb improved sleepers between Macon and
Augusta.
Superb Improved Sleepers between Augusta
and Atlanta.
JNO. W. GREEN,
General Manager.
E. R. DORSEY.
Genera] Passenger Agent.
JOE W. WHITE,
General Traveling Passenger Agent.
L. H. WOOD & CO.,
No. 18 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeyille, Ga.
April 20, 1886. ’ 31 jy
Brick l Brick \ Brick!
1,000,000 FIRST-CLASS BRICK for SALE,
P ARTIES intending to build on the line of the Georgia or Central Railroads won') I
do well to consult us before making a contract. ’ 1 1
First-Class Paving Brick a Specialty
We are making Brick with the latest Improved Machinery, on the celebreted Cm I
keryard.
BRICK DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF TOWN,
*S”We take pleasure in referring to Maj. J. FUSS, Architect and Building Surw!"
tendent. ‘ 1
MilledgeviUe, Ga., June 10th, 1885.
foster & mcmillan,
Contractors and Builders.
48 ly
LUMBER! LUMBER"
I have moved my Saw Mill into a fine lot of timber, six miles
south of MilledgeviUe, and am prepared to till orders prompter for
any and
AIE kinds of Lumber at the Lowest Prices,
in any quantity. Will fill orders and deliver lumber on short
notice.
W. H. H. BARNES.
April 6tli, 1886.
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3m
Agricultural Implements
-AND—
Central and Southwestern Railroad*.
[All trains of this system are run by
Standard (90) Meridian time, which is 30
minutes slower than time kept by City.]
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15, 1885.
O N AND AFTER THIS DATE, PAS
SENGER Trains on the Central and
Southwestern Railroads and branches will
run as follows:
GOING NORTH.
As the prosperity of every country depends upon the success] oil
agriculture, and realizing the necessity of tliet borough breaking oil
land and cultivation of the crop, I havo supplied myself with ’<[
large lot of two and one horse Plows of the best makes, consisting ofl
the Syracuse, Benton <fc Harber, White’s Clipper, Meikle’s Blnel
Pony and ' the Boss, and I also have a large lot of Steel Plows]
Haiman and Southern Plow Stocks, single and double, and farming
implements generally. To all who use Guano,' I would recommend tlu|
CORDIAL
-« |*OF f jj£
BOWELS & CHILDREN TEETHING
It is THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY
for the bowels. It is one of the most pleasant and
efficacious remedies for nil summer complaints.
At a season when violent attacks of the bowels are
so frequent, some speedy relief should be at hand.
The wearied mother, losing sleep iu nursing the
little one teething, should use this medicine. 60
cts. a bottle. Send 3c. stamp to Valter A. Taylor,
Atlanta, Ga., for Riddle Book.
Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullein will cure Coughs, Croup,
and Consumption. Price 25c. and 51 a bottle.
Dec. 15th, 1885. 23 ly
DON’T YOU
USE
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JuLBimB
■coffee
Leave No. 51.
Savannah D
Arrive No. 51.
Augusta D
Macon D
Atlanta D
Columbus... .D
Perry D E S
No. 53.
8,40 a. m.. D 8.10 pm
No. 53.
3.45 pm... D 6.15 am
4.20 pm... D 3.20 am
9.35 pm... D 7.32 am
3.42 am... D 2.15 pm
8.45 p in D E S 12.05 p ill
Fort Gaines D E S 4.38 p m
Blakeley D E S 7.10 p m
Eufaula P 4.06 p m
Albany D 10.45 pm.. D 2.45 p m
Montgomery. .D 7.25 pm
MilledgeviUe D E S 5.49 pm
Eaton ton . .. D E S 7.40 p m
Connections at Terminal Points.
At Augusta—Trains 51 and 53 con
nect With outgoing trains of Georgia
Railroad, Columbia, Charlotte and Augus
ta Railroad, and South Carolina Railroad.
Train 53 connects with outgoing train on
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. Train 51
connects with trains for Sylvania, Wrights-
ville and Louisville.
At Atlanta—Trains 51 and 53 connect
with Air Line and Kennesaw routes to all
points North and East, and with all di
verging roads for local stations.
Chesapeake or Pendleton Goods!
And to all who would like to have a Pump put in their wells, II
would recommend the Buckeye Force Pump, which myself and
many others have been using with perfect satisfaction for soms
time. All who wish to supply themselves with any of the above |
articles will do well to call and examine my stock and get my prices
before buying elsewhere.
MilledgeviUe, Ga., Jan. 26th, 1886.
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T3L. IF- &2ULA.Tirr Sc BRO,|
Midville, Ga., 9^ C. R. R.,
—MANUFACTURE
COMING SOUTH,
Leave—Nos.
Augusta.. 18 D
Macou 52 D
Atlanta 52 D
Columbus 20 D
Nos.
9.30 am..20 D 9.30 pm
9.40 a m.. 54 D 10.50 p m
6.00 am..54 D 6.50pm
9.00 pm.. G D 11.10 a m
And stop worrying every morning over a poor
article.
GROCERS SELL IT.
Send 10c. in stamps for a complete set of
Levering’s New Card* (60 original designs).
E. LEVERING & CO.. BALTIMORE, Ml).
May 4th, 1686.
43 3t.
To supply any lack of vegetable
matter in the soil there is no readier
or cheaper means than the plowing
under of some green crop. Manuring
with rye is an excellent way to ameli
orate and enrich a garden.*
Broom Corn.— Broom corn can
and should be raised in the South.
It will grow on any soil where bread
corn will grow r —and yields from five
hundred to one thousand pounds per
acre, and requires but little care. It
is planted closely in drills four feet
apart; and as it soon outgrows the
weeds, requires but little work. The
low'est yield is five hundred pounds
per acre, and this at ten cents (it is
two to five cents more) per pound,
makes a crop worth as much as cot
ton, with less trouble every way.
The Mirror
is no flatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale?
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
# If you want the finest Cigar in the
city. Call at the new T drug store of
Dr. T. H. Kenan.
looking-glass.
Perry 24DES6.00am. .22 D ES3.00p m
Ft. Gaines 28 “ 10.05 am
Blakeley 26 “ 8.15 am
Eufaula 2 D 10.55am
Albany 4 D 4.10 am.. 26 D 12.15 pm
Montg’ry. 2 D 7.30 a m
Mill’dg’ve25DES6.37 am
Eatonton 25 D E.S 5.15 am
Arrive—No. No.
Savannah.52 D 4.07 pm..54 D 5.55am
Connecfions at Savannah with Savannah*
Florida and Western Railway for all points
in Florida.
Local Sleeping Cars on all Night Pas
senger Trains between Savannah and Au
gusta, Savannah and Macon, Savannah
and Atlanta, Macon and Columbus.
Tickets for all points and sleeping car
berths on sale at the ticket office, No. 100-
Mulberry street, and at the Union Depot,
Macon, Ga., 30 minutes prior to the leav
ing of all trains,
WM. ROGERS, G. A. WHITEHEAD,
Gen.Supt., Sav, Gen. Pass. Agt. Sav.
T. D. Kline, A. C. Knapp.
Supt. Macon. Agt. Macon.
W. F. Seullman, Traffic Mang’r., Sav.
“D” daily* ‘D E S,” daily except Sunday.
CAMPBELL'S ONE SPOON
Yellow Pine- Lumier,
Of Every Description, Rough and t Dressed.
Framing Lumber, Ceiling, Flooring
Weatherboarding, Staves, Shingles, Laths, Pence Pickets.
VEGETABLE AND FKUIT CRATES.
connected vviq
^"Steam Saw and Planing Mills in Emanuel County,
Midville by Private Railroad and Telephone Lines.
April 6th, 1886.
39 Cm.
LANDRETH’S
Seed Potatoes!
EARLY ROSE,
PEERLESS,
GOODRICH,
at the Drug Store of
C. L. CASE.
MilledgeviUe, Ga., Feb. 23, 1886.
Wool Carding.
T AM prepared to do Wool-Carding
1 at my place, at Scottsboro. Wool
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses
OLD IYIS MADS DEV!
A N astonishing announcement wb
will please the people, is that
JOSEPH MILLER)
May 4. 1886.
lm.
Baking Powder!
For — n " 1 '”
sent to my address at MilledgeviUe,
Ga., will be promptly carded and re
turned. All persons shipping wool to
me should, also, mark plainly tlieh*
ow r n name and address on the package,
so that no mistake can be made in re
turning carded wool.
, A. CORMANNI.
MilledgeviUe, Ga., March 2, 1885. tf
?ale by
C. L. CASE, Druggist.
MilledgeviUe, Ga., Jan. 26, ’86. 43 1
r PHE “PEEPERS” “OUR BOOM”
1
PRINCE EDWARD,” all favorite
brands of Cigars, at 5 cts. at C. L.
CASE'S Drug Store.
Milledgevilie, Ga., Jan. 20,13S0. 43 ly
has the largest, and one or the best seleC
ed stocks of “King’s Combination" Spec 1 ;
cles and Eye Glasses, in the State of
gia. We have studied to supply thei ne
of every eye requiring assistance, and wh
our large stock and long experience,
guarantee to fit the eye. Call ana. ,
them in prices ranging from 25c to *»■•]
JOSEPH MILLEII,
The Jeweler and Optician |
MilledgeviUe, Ga., Jan. 5,188G. - J
Onion Sets
At C. L. CASE ? S Drug Store.
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-aCfARETTES and Cigarette hole
j at C. L. CASE’S Drug Store.
MilledgeviUe, Ga., Jan. 26,1886. 10 ‘
Harrison’s Combined Writing and C J j
ing Fluid for sale at this office.
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