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POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varieg. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary binds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans, Koyat. Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall St. New York. 11m A^ricnlturel Department, A- the crops are all planted and un- • Fr way and essays upon planting corn, cotton &c, would be unreasona ble, we till our agricultural column mainly, with various Household notes and receipts, some of which we hope will he quite acceptable to our read ers. ^ Many people in the country who are compelled to drink well water, are boiling all that is used in the fam ily. The question is frequently ask ed. how long it slionld be boiled? The best chemist say that half an hour's boiling is considered sufficient to de stroy disease germs, if any exists in the water. The instinct of a fowl leat^s it to scratch even in feeding on aheap of whole grain. This causes it to stop eating long enough to swallow. We give fowls too much at a time, and this causes them to stuff themselves so as to injure their crops, if fed damp ened meal. A little whole grain-scat tered among straw will make poultry scratch for what they get, and con duce to their healthfulness. A litter of pigs farrowed in spring or summer grows rapidly if at pasture, because the green food keeps the pig’s digestion good and enables it to get full benefit from any other food that may be eaten. Part of the food for sows giving milk at this season should be mangel wurtzels or beets, and if thes*’ are not to be had, put ina liber al portion of bran with the meal and m:\ with hot water.—Ishmaelite. To Keep Milk for Use. If it is wanted purely for use, and not for making butter, use it in this way. After the milk is taken from the cow set it in a cool place and stir it uutil the animal heat is all out. It takes but little time to do it. This mixes all the particles that would rise on top as cream through the milk, and gives the whole a rich creamy taste and totally removes the fresh taste and odor of milk when first drawn. When stirred'as stated, not a particle of cream will rise to the top and the whole will have a delightful creamy taste. If there be an abund ance of milk a part may be done this way, and the balance* set aside for cream rising to make butter. Beer. Where one can obtain any of the good Herman Beer, perhaps nothing is more agreeable and wholesome than a few glasses of that during the warm months, but as it cannot be conveniently obtained in prohibition sections we will suggest the following, which may he made in any family as an agreeable substitute : Water, 20 quarts: honey, 5 ounces; brown sugar, 6 ounces : hops, 2ounces'; yeast. 5 ounces. Put in a vessel for fermentation and it will be ready for use ill five or six days. It is described a» a very wholesome beverage of a pleasant ami refreshing taste, and promotes digestion in a remarkable degree. It is quite similar to the French Army beer, which was highlv recommended A>y the French Medical Board*. The materials are nearly all the same wl ich are used in making that beer. The cost is insignificant. Gumbo Soup. Cut up and fry the chicken to a nice brown color. Season with black pepper and salt; ehop fine a soup pjate full of okra, the white okra is considered the best, but the green is nearly as good. Cut off the heads of the okra and chop the other parts fine. Stir it in with the chicken and frv it all a very little. Pour over all two or three quarts of boiling water; let all noil until the chicken becomes per fectly tender so that it may be easily torn to pieces with a fork. * If there i*s not enough pepper and wsalt, add a little more before it is thoroughly cooked. The gumbo thus made, will be quite thick, but see that it is not too thick, as it will be spoiled to add more water. Have rice boiled ten der to use with it. This dish is both wholesome and rich. It is the famous gumbo soup of the South, and this is the receipt furnished to the Mobile Mercury some years ago by Mrs. L. H* Wright. We remark, this is the pure gumbo dish, and must not be taken for another fine dish—the pure okra soup, which most ladies know how to make, using chicken or beef with other ingredients. We copy the following from that very excellent paper, the Sparta Ish maelite, which besides its merits as a news and political paper, furnishes its readers weekly with very valuable ar ticles on Agricultural matters, and useful household and general domes tic notes. Many people in Georgia are now cultivating tobacco, and this article contains some useful sugges tions that will be of practical utility to those who are growing it for their own use, either for smoking or chew- in Those who make it as suggested in this article, will have .it pure and good The writer knows this from personal use of the home made arti cle. It is fragrant and good and more wholesome than much of the material sold in the stores. CUBING! TOBACCO. Home and Farm. I notice in the March 15th issue of your paper that ll A. H.,” of North Carolina, wishes information in re gard to curing tobacco. As my fath er used to cure tobacco without fire, I will give his plan, which produced an article of good quality: When the tobacco was ready to cut, while there was a heavy dew on ifc (it should never be cut sooner than three days after a rain,) he took the top of the stalk in the left hand, and with a a long-bladed knife in the^right, he split the stalk down to within six inches of the ground, taking care to sever none of the leaves, and cut it off near the ground and placed it butt end up until it was thoroughly wilted. He then piled it in small piles until it sweated, which was from two to three hours. It was then placed on sticks prepared for the purpose, which were about six feet long, and hung upon poles that had been placed in forks driven in the ground, and high enough to prevent the leaves from touching the ground. It was left in this condi tion until the ground leaves, which had been left on, began to sunburn, where they lay on the poles. It was then put under the shade of trees or an open shed, which is better, until it was cured—well cured—stalk and all. In no case should it be al lowed to rain on it after it is cut, and for this reason a cheap shed should be prepared ior it. After it lias cured long enough for the leaves to turn brown, what is on three sticks can be placed on one, and by this means a much larger quantity can be shelter ed in the same space. After it bad been sufficiently cured, which was known by the *stalk being perfectly dry, and is necessary for a full strength, well flavored tobacco; it was sorted out, the best stalks being put in one pile, and the next grade in an other. The best bands now selected the choice leaves from the stalk and passed it to the next who did the same of what was left, and passed it to the third person, which was generally children, who took the last. Each grade was tied in small bunches about the size of a man’s wrist, and rolled up in blankets and packed away where it would be dry. Tobacco should never be handled when it is dry enough to break, or damp enough to mould. He always stemmed, twisted and pressed his own tobacco, and generally found enough buyers who wanted the tobacco for their own use to take all of his crop. 1 notice one of your subscribers wish es information in regard to Burt oats. They are an early oat, getting in con dition to feed ten or fifteen days ear lier than any 1 know. They have fine straw, and stock eat them clean. They are a light oat, and weigh about twenty-five pounds to the bushel. They will grow taller on thin land than the rust-proof variety, and make quite a large yield. They can be pur chased of any farmer in this country, and laid down at the rail road in Fair- burn, at about 75 cents per bushel. For early feeding in spring, and for growing* on thin land, I consider them a good variety, and hard to beat. Fairburn, Ga. H, N. Cochran. Blackberry Wine.—The black berry crops are very fine and abun dant. We give the following receipt by ■which, over thirty years ago, the writer made a quantity of wine that was very superior. The plan is sim ple, but if you wish to smack your lips over something, that would have been received with favor on Mount Olympus, try this receipt for black berry wine. Measure your berries—they must be ripe and good—and bruise them well. To every gallon and one quart of boiling water; let the mixture stand twenty-four hours, stirring occasion ally; then strain off the liquor into a nice clean cask, adding to every gal lon one or two pounds of sugar, the latter quantity if you want a very sweet wine; cork tight and let it stand in a tolerable cool place till the fol lowing October. The wine can then be bottled. No little tubes, or siph ons are needed to draw off the acid. Put it up just as we have stated. Those who put up a cask in this way will wish they had put up a barrel or more. A hint—if you want it to last a good time, keep a prohibitionist a- way. Another Plan.—We find this a- tuong some old receipts: Blackberry Wine.—Mr. H. Colt has presented us with a bottle of blackberry wine, in which he used Sorghum svrup instead -of sugar. The syrup should be used according to faste, but care should be . taken that the wine is not made too sweet. Probably a safe rule would be to. use the same quantity by weight as of sugar. The sample before us is fully equal, if not superior, to any we have ever tasted. This is a valuable dis covery, as nothing is more useful in in certain cases of sickness than black berry wine, and its manufacture has almost entirely ceased, on account of the scarcity of sugar. Mr v Colt de serves the thanks of the public for the prompt manner in which he has made the discovery known.—Athens Banner. Molasses Crop Cakes.—One cup of molasses, one cup of butter, three cups of flour, two teaspoonsful of ginger, and one of soda. Beat the in gredients well together, and drop with a sjioon in buttered tin. Bake quick. Preserving Fruits. Mrs. Kadzie, teacher of household economy and livgiene at the Kansas agricultural college, reports, through the Industrialist, the perfect success of her experiments in preserving fruit by simply heating it to boiling and then tying cotton batting over the jar. She says: “In the college kitchen la boratory, experiments were tried with fiye kinds of fruits, including to matoes, and the results were perfectly satisfactory in every case, not even a particle of mould forming in the can. In most cases the cotton was simply tied over the canful of hot fruit; in some cases there was a piece of white paper put on first to prevent the cot ton from dropping down and becom ing juice soaked. This seems to be the preferable way. The cotton is taken just as it comes off the roll, the thickness being about as it unwinds, and it is tied down with strong twine. “If this should be as successful with all fruit canners as here, there is no longer need for patent fruit cans; for any bottle with a wide neck suitable to receive the fruit, or any jar with glazing, which is perfect, to allow no entrance of air through its walls will be all sufficient for keeping the fruit for winter use.” A Mammoth and Model Stock Farm. Thom&sville Times. About two years ago Mr. T. C. Mitchell conceived the idea of convert ing his Glasgow plantation into a stock farm. To do this he determined to reclaim the hundreds of acres of rich, alluvial lands bordering Ward's creek. Accordingly the ditching of these lands was commenced, and al though the work is not all completed the feasibilty of, the undertaking is already demonstrated. A ditch nine feet wide and about four feet deep now forms the bed of the creek for the distance of a mile, while similar ditches, cut at right angles, leading into this one, convey away the waters that hitherto stood upon the greater portion of these low lands. Smaller ditches are being cut at the base of the adjoining up-lands and when all are completed we see no reason why the holies of the proprietor should not be fully realized. Wlieji cleared of timber and rendered cultivable, the whole of these reclaimed lands will be set in Texas blue grass. A small tract of the most arable portion was set in this grass last year, and though the only favorable condition was the fertility of the soil, it has jmade fine growth, withstood the past winter, and promises to prove a perfect suc cess. Tiie entire farm will embrace two thousand acres, the whole of which will be devoted to pasture ex cept three two hundred and fifty acre tracts. Two of these will be planted in corn, oats, potatoes, etc., each year, while the third will be permitted to rest. Mr. R. R. Mitchell, whose industry and energy are only equalled by liis whole-souled generous nature, is in terested in the enterprise and is in im mediate charge of the place. We vis ited the place last week and spent a day most pleasantly with the proprie tors. We were shown over the entire premises, noted the, immense amount of work already done and that map ped out for the future, and though newspaper men are noted for their lore and then* liberality with advice, we could find nothing to suggest, but much to approve. A great deal of work has been done and considerable stock—horses, cattle, goats and hogs —already put upon the place. The blooded mares and colts and Jerseys were browsing and thriving upon the broad acres of rank and succulent maiden cane, while the common cat tle and goats were assigned to other quarters and doing equally well. It is the purpose of the proprietors to buy up common cows, cross them with the Jerseys and raise beef cattle and milk cows. The brood mares will also be kept here and the colts put in the best possible condition for the annual sales at Trout Lake Park. It will take time and much labor yet to complete the gigantic undertaking, hut we can see nothing to hinder this from becom ing the model as well as mammoth stock farm of Georgia, and can un derstand why visions of fait horses already flit before the senior, and doubt not the sincerity of the junior when he declares that he can sniff from the passing breezes the aroma of roast beef and barbecued kid. The outlook bodes all these and even more. Custard Sauce.—For one pint of sauce use a pint of milk, two eggs, be sides the three yelks left from the pud ding. one-third of a cupful of sugar, one-eighth of a teaspoonful of salt, and half a teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat the eggs, sugar, and salt to gether. Add half a cupful of the milk and put the remainder in the stove in a double boiler. When it begins to boil, pour it over the egg mixture and stir well. Put the mixture in the double boiler and cook stirring all the while until it thickens—say for about five minutes. Take the sauce from the fire and pour it into a bowl or pitcher. Add the vanilla extract and stir the sauce for a few* minutes. Place the dish in a pan of cold water and stir the contents occasionally un til they become cold. • ^ * Snap Short Beans. * & Many people stop with one or two early plantings of snap beans. But they can have them all through the summer and fall up to frost. The old kind such as the Early Mohawk, the Early Valentine, the early China, the Thousand and one, are much bet ter than the German wax. It is rath er too late for the pole beans, such as the large Lima or the Tewce. The kind we refer to, to be planted now, can even be planted in July, August, and September with fair results. To Make Vinegar.—To one pint of molasses add one gallon of warm water, and let the same remain undis turbed for six or seven weeks and it will be found to be an excellent vine gar. In the same proportion a larger quantity can be made. Consumer* shovli not cm) fun outosjrcific ? V i-it\ l he titimet-o:/n if/iitationt. •. i- 1 jjotash arid mercury nurture* <7t «. • 'jo:- : U r, up to sell. oil th~ ro>cii uwn . I'it | * the u •./ it of (■ t -tt | | central and Southwestern Railroad* [All trains of this system are run hv j Standard (90) Meridian time, which i s 3 r I minutes slower than time kept by City.] Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15, lsg.j £ „ r?\ dr'tt'jc a fraud am.l <t c •«, c*l t!o,, thrir, » |J . ,," ••>*1 c X * . . vj *.< ' ! ■ TruiloK Ott LIuju ••• .7. -*.l «■ * fj I .A p| ’ fn ■. F:. «r . ^ g . 1385. O N .AND AFTER THIS DATE, P\s SENGER Trains on the Central and Southwestern Railroads and branches win run as follows: Fot&sh Victim. by S. J.rf'u Atlanta Oil. ** it* smauuarm TirsflagasifcaEga* 1 s. vs. POTASH. I hr,vc had Mood po>or. for U-, >«•«* I know I have* taken one hundre-d hotth^ or iodide of potjwhin that time, hut it d:d me no i'ood. l.a*t mmiiiiht mj fact nick bods •uid limbs were covered with force, aim 1 could Muretly um- my anus cm !, ^j! 1 inatisin in my shoulders. 1 t<*,k S. S. S.. ami it luis done me nn re ir<*od than all >»tmr »»»<•.- cines I have taken. My face, bodv und tie* k lire perfectly clear and clean, and my rheu matism is entirely troue. 1 weighed 111. [mum!- when I began the medicine and 1i now wwtfh 152 pounds. Mv first bottle helj>ed me jnently. and pave me an ap;*ct>.e like n siron t man. I would not be 'without S. S. S. for several times its weight in .mid. (>. K. .MITCHELL, W. 23d St. Ferry, New York. • June 22, 1886. 50 cw ly. Lucy Hinton Tobacco FOE SALE BY L H. WOOD & CO., At 12 J cents a Plug. SUGAR! SUGAR! SUGAR! We are selling Sugar very Low and those who want it for Canning Fruit or other purposes', will find it to their interest to get our fig ures before buying. OUR STOCK OF Staple and Fancy Groceries! Xs large, and knowing that money is not abundant at this season of the year, we have determined to put prices low,. in order to make it to the consumer’s interest to spend their cash with us. A cordial welcome extended to all. _ L. H. WOOD & CO., Mo. IS S. Wayne Street,. June 15, 1886. .Milledgeville, Ga. 31 ly Brickl Brick! Brickl 1,000,000 FIRST-CLASS BRICK for SALE. P ARTIES intending to build on the line of the Georgia or Central Railroads, would do well to consult us before making a contract. # • w j First-Class Paving Brick a Specialty. We are making Brick with the latest Improved Machinery', on the celebrated Cara- keryard BRICK DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF TOWN. &g~We take pleasure in referring to Maj.J. FUSS, Architect and Building Superin- foster & McMillan, Contractors and Builders. Milledgeville, Ga., June 10th, 1835. 48 ly LUMBER! LUMBER!! I have moved my Saw Mill into a fine lot of timber, six miles south of Milledgeville, and* am prepared to fill orders promptly for any and . All kinds of Lumber at the Lowest Prices, in any quantity. Will fill orders and deliver lumber on short notice. W. H. H. BARNES, April 6th, 1886. 39 3m Agricultural Implements —AND As the prosperity of every country depends upon the success, of agriculture, and realizing the necessity of thet horough breaking of land and cultivation of the crop, I have supplied myself with a large lot of two and one horse Plows of the best makes, consisting of the Syracuse, Benton & Harber, White’s Clipper, Meikle’s Blue 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 the Chesapeake or Pendleton Goods! And to all who would like to have a Pump put in their wells, I would recommend the Buckeye Force Pump, which myself and many others have been using with perfect satisfaction for some 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. 29 ly Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26th, 1886. Midville, Ga., 9L C. R. R., —MANUFACTURE— Yellow Pine Lumier, Of Every Description, Bough and Dressed. Framing Lumber, Ceiling, Flooring, Weatherboarding, Staves, Shingles, Laths, Fence Pickets. VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CRATES. •HTSteam Saw and Planing Mills in Emanuel Countv. conneeted -with Midville by Private Railroad and Telephone Lines. * ’ conneclea April Gth, 1880. 39 Cm. GOING NORTH. Leave No. 51. Savannah,... ._D 1 Arrive No. 51. i Augusta D Macon D j Atlanta D I Columbus D No. 53. . D j,.10p IQ 8.40 a. m. No. 53. 3.45 pra... D 6.15 am 4.20 pm... D 3.20 am 9.35 pm... D 7.32am 3.42 am... D 2.15 p m Perry D ES 8.45 pmDES 12.05p FortGaincs 438 Pm Blakeley 7.10 pm Eufaula • • D 4.06pq Albany D 10.4apm.. D 2.45pqj Montgomery. .D 7.25 pm Milledgeville D E S 5.49 pm Eatontou . ..DE8 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 Augug- 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 routed to all points North and East, and with all di verging roads for local stations. COMING SOUTH. Leave—Nos. Nos. Augusta..18 D 9.30 am..20 D 9.30pm Macon.... 52 D 9.40 a m.. 54 D 10.50 p ru Atlanta.. ..52 D 6.00 am..54 D 6.50pm Columbus20 D 9.00pin.. 6 D 11.10am Perry 24 D E S 6.00 a m.. 22 D E S 3.00 p m Ft. Gaines 28 “ 10.05am Blakeley 26 “ 8.15 a in Eufaula — 2 D 10.55am Albany.... 4 D 4.10 am..26 D 12.15 pm Montg’ry 2 D 7.30 am Mili’dg’ve 25 D E S G.37 am *. Eatonton 25 D E S 5.15 a r.:. }’.] 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 iu 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. icc- Mulberry street, and at the Union Depot, Macon, Ga., 30 minutes prior to the lear ing of all trains, WM. ROGERS, G. A. WHITEHEID, Gen.Supt., Sav. Gen. Pass. Agt. Sav. T. D. Kline, A. C. Knapp. Supt. Macon. Agt. Macon. W. F. Shellman, Traffic Mang’r., :Sav. “D” daily* ‘D E S,” daily except Sunday. Georgia Railroad Company. STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE OFFICE GENERAL MANAGES, Augusta, Ga., April 17th, 1886. Commencing Sunday, IStli instant, the foliow- ingpassenger schedule will be operated. Trains run by 90th Meridian timer N018—EAST (daily). Leave Macon a m Leave Milledgeville am Leave Sparta 1° : *1 a ra Leave Warrenton 12:00noon Arrive Camak 12:1 “ P m Arrive Washington pm Arrive Athens 5:3opm Arrive Gainesville 8:‘-5pm ArriveAtlanta Arrive Augusts P m NO 17—WEST (daily). LeaveAugusta 10:50 a m Leave Atlauta 8:00 a in Leave Gainesville 5:55 a m Leave Athens 9:C0am Leave Washington YI-.20 am Le ave Camak l'-'-* 6 P ra Arrive Warrenton 1:50 pm Arrive Sparta 3:C4 p m Arrive Milledgeville •• 4:20 pm Arrive Macon 6 :lu p m NO 16—EAST (daily.) Leave Macon 7:35 pm Leave Milledgeville P:30pm Leave Sparta lo:45 p m Leave Warrenton 12:01 am ArriveCamak m Arrive Augusta 5:00 a a NO 15—WEST (daily.) Leave Augusta “ Leave Camak 1 f ® Arrive Warrenton Arrive Sparta \ ® Arrive Milledgeville 4 Arrive Macon f fl:46 8 m No connection for Gainesville on SundayB. The Fast Trains does not stop at Camak. Trains will, If signaled, Btop at any regu.ar scheduled flag station. „ Close connections at Augusta for all P°'®~ East, and Southeast, and at Macon for all poin*» In Southwest Georgia and Florida. . Superb improved Sleepers between Macon as Augusta. „ Superb.Improved Sleepers between Ang^** and Atlanta. JNO.W. GREEN, General Manager. E. R. DORSEY. General Passenger Agent. JOE W. WHITE. General Traveling Passenger Agent. Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. OLD EES HADE JEW! A N astonishing announcement which will please the people, is that JOSEPH MILLER has the largest, and one of the best select ed stocks of “King’s Combination” Specta cles and Eye Glasses, in the State of Geor gia. We have studied to supply the need of every eye requiring assistance, and with our large stock and long experience, tve guarantee to fit the eye. Call and see them in pricas ranging from 25c to $3.00- JOSEPH MILLER, The Jeweler and Optician, Milledgeville. Ga.. Jan. 5.1886. % tt Machine Shop. T HAVE REMOVED my Machine 1 Shop from Milledgeville to Scotts- boro, where I am prepared to do anv and all kinds of work in iron and metal. Any person having intricate or particular work in repairing woulc do well to call on me. My P. 0. ad dress is Milledgeville, Ga. A. CORMANXI. March 2d, 1886. 34 Wool Carding. T AM prepared to do "Wool-Carding 1 at my place, at Scottsboro. "te 01 sent to my address at Milledgeyui^ Ga., will be promptly carded and turned. All persons shipping wool t me should, also, mark plainly thci own name and address on tlie package, so that no mistake can be made in i* e * turning carded wool. A. CORMANXI* , Milledgeville, Ga., March 2, 1885. U