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OrleaxiiugB • POWDER Absolutely Pure. This rodder never varies. A marvel of 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 nowders. Sold only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall St. New York.15 ll»n Agricultural AEpartmEnt, Rapid Cultivation. Country Gentleman. There are some useful' ideas in the following which we find in the Sparta Ishmaelite. Much labor would be saved by adopting the plan suggest ed: At all times, but especially during the active growing season, it be hooves the farmer to study and prac tice economy of labor and time. Now is the time to “make every edge cut.” Our methods of cultivating corn and cotton are particularly defective, in the fact that they require too much time to “go over” the crop with plows. In this respect we compare unfavora bly with Northern and Western methods. With their wide, expanding cultivators and harrows, the Ohio farmer will effectively cultivate from two to three times as many acres in a day as the average Georgia farmer. This is chiefly, but not entirely, due to the greater width of the cultivat ing implements used by Western farmers. In the South we use sweep and scrapes cutting (and covering together) from eigh teen to thirtyi nches. Our cotton rows on uplands, will not average over three feet in width. The usual —almost invariable—practice is to put two furrow's in each mid dle at each plow'ing of the crop. Every farmer must have observed that the second furrow' run in a row or middle does little more original work than to side one side of a row' of plants. The first furrow of a twenty- inch sweep, or scrape with good straight wings—a little turned up— will i'tir. or cover with fresh soil, an average width of not less than twenty- six inches, leaving only ten inches of undisturbed soil next to the row of plants on the off side of the middle. The second, or return furrow, finds only this ten inches of surface un stirred, and needing to be done; yet, the implement is capable as before of stirring twenty-six inches. The consc ience is the effort and time of the horse and plow'man is largely employ ed in stirring sixteen inches of surfaoe that has been moved only a few min utes before. This is obviously a great waste of labor. How is it to be pre vented is the question. In those States where cultivators, horse-hoes and such expensive implements are in general use. this is accomplished either by “straddling” the row and cultiva ting both sides of the same, extending to the center of the two middles at one going; or by running in the middle and extending the w'ork as near as may be to the rows on either side. In either case only as many trips are made across the field as there are rows of plants, thus requiring every inch of the cutting edges of the implement to lo full, original work, all the time. This is certainly a great saving—not >ss. in many cases, than fifty per cent. How can this saving be approximated with the ordinary one-horse sweeps and r crapes? Very easily by simply siding both sides of every alternate row at one going over. * This will effectually side every alternate row in the field, put one furrow in eve.*v middle, and i-tir from three-fourths to four-fifths of the entire surface of the field. ()f course it .will require onlv just one half the time to go over a Yield and over the crop, as compared with the usual plan of running twice in eacli middle. The farmer will then be able to plow his cotton crop as often, and do it almost as effectually, with the .same labor. In showery weather, such as frequently occurs in June, the advantages of this plan w ill be obvious. The hoeing can be done according to circumstances, either hoe ing every row or every alternate row —either those last sided or those pre viously or yet to be sided. The rela tive strength of the available plowing force and the hoeing force will fre quently determine w hich is the better plan. The system can be extended even to wide rows, in which the two siding furrow's would not touch or break in to each other at any point; but not with the same degree of saving as in case of narrow rows. We originated the plan, while actively engaged in farming, and followed it for years, modifying accordingto circumstances, w'ith great satisfaction. Try it far mers. No man can farm by proxy. Have a home. Give stock salt regularly. Read Agricultural books, papers and magazines. Weeds are robbers. Plant a few' trees each year. Keep everything in its’place. Consult successful Farthers. Don’t borrow' tools. Don't lend, bnt don't offend. Keep your property insured. Plant only the best seed. A good garden keeps the doctor away. Paint is a good preserver. Keep tools under cover. Rust wears out more machines .than use. Neglect kills quicker than labor. A laugh lightens the heart. Praise the wife, it lightens her work, Sell promptly. Feed the soil green food. Never find fault with dear ones. Bring sunshine with you. Brighten your child’s face with a kiss. Sow always in season. Have a gentle horse for family use. Fence little, but fence well. Sell breachy cattle to the butcher. Keep w'ood and 1 water inside the kitchen door. Chloride of Lime drives aw’ay rats. Ahvays speak kindly. To Raise Peaches. The conditions.of success in peach growing are: 1. An elevated location $hat is not subject to late frosts in the spring or early frosts in the fall. 2. A warm and moderately fertile soil that is well drained, by nature. Artificial drainage may*prove success ful. Thorough cultivation, without ma nure, until the trees come into bear ing; then combine the two so as to supply all the depletion produced in the soil by growth of trees and fruit. Never let a tree overbear. Continue cultivation until the close of the dry season, every summer, even if it continues until September.—■' Michigan Horticulturist PROTECT THE BIRDS. HOUSEHOLD NOTES. Most of our summer Birds are de- vourers of insects and should be pro tected by law r . It is a sorry sight to see so .many half grown boys, and sometimes men even, shooting these birds indiScriminatedly. Farmers should use what influence they pos sess to protect and foster them. Our robins especially should be protected by laws, with sufficient penalty to in sure their enforcement. The loss of our crops by insect pest may be the punishment we suffer on account of the wanton destruction of these insect exterminators. BEAUTIFY THE HOMES. In feeding cows, any kind of putri- fying food produces unwholesome nilk. All milk taken from a cow r 15 lays before calving and for nearly he same time afterwards is unwhole some. Nothing adds more to the attrac tiveness of country life than pleasant surroundings; such as shade trees about the dwelling, flowering shurbs, climbing roses, clustering vines, and the many little and fascinating collec tions of beautiful flowers, which de light the eyes with their loVeliness and clmrin the heart with their grace. Our sons and our daughters will re member all their lives a home thus beautified, no matter where their lot may be cast; and it will require a much greater force to tear them away from a home made thus attrac tive. SWINE. Farmers should look to their own interests sufficiently to know that it is always best not to overfeed grow ing hogs. They should never be fat while they are yet in the growing •tate. Give them food to keep them in good heart, lively and ready for a frolic. Give them an abundance of fresh water to drink. Then when the time comes to fatten them, they will be just in the healthy and happy condition to take on flesh and fat rapidly. Turkeys.—The great enemy to young turkeys—for old ones are hardy enough—is the w'et. The first thing is to take care that young turkeys never go out on any account, even in dry weather, till the dew is quite off the ground: and this should be adher ed to till they get to the size of an old partridge and have their backs well covered with feathers, and in w r et weather they should be kept under shelter all day long, As to feeding them when young, various nice things have been recommended. Hard eggs chopped fine, with crumbs of bread, and a great many other things; but that which 1 have seen tried, and al- w/iys with success, and for all sorts of young poultry, is milk turned to curds. This is the food for young poultry of all kinds. Some should be made fresh every day; and if this be done, and the young turkeys kept warm, and especially from wet, not one of a score will die. When they get strong they may have meal and grain, but still they alw’ays love the curds. When they get their head feathers they are hardy enough; and what they then want is room to prowl about. It is best to breed them un der tucommon hen, because she does not ramble like a hen turkey, and it is a very curious fact that turkeys bred up by a hen of the common fowl, do not themselves ramble much when they get old. The hen should be fed exceedingly well, too, while she is set ting and after she has hatched, for though she does not give milk, she gives heat; and let it be observed that as “° mai * ever yet saw healthy pigs with a poor sow, so no man ever saw healthy chickens with a poor hen. Tins is a. matter much tpo little thought of in the rearing of poultry, but it is a matter of the greatest con sequence. Never let a poor hen set; feed tlis hen while she is setting, and feed her most abundantly when she has young ones, for then her labor is very great, she is making exertions of some sort or other during the whole twenty-four hours; she has no rest.— Cobbett’s Cottage Economy Boiling of Meal.—This is a disad vantage for horses and work-oxen for the digestion is then too rapid. It is better to mix the ground grain with cut hay or straw. Thqn the diges tion is slower but more complete and the sensation of hunger is not so soon produced. Young Beets.—Cut off the tops, not too near the root, wash without scraping or peeling, and cook from forty minutes to ah hour in hot, salt ed water. Scrape off the skins, slice and dish, then cover them with a dressing made by heating four table spoonfuls ofvinegar with a heaping tablespoonful of butter; salt and pep. per to liking. Milk and Rice Porridge.—One scant cup of rice soaked over night in cold water, one quart of milk, one- half teaspoonful of salt. Put salted milk and rice together in a farina ket tle, fit on a close top and keep the water in the outer vessel at a steady boil for one hour, shaking up vigor ously now and then, but not stirring. Turn out and eat with cream, and if you like, sugar. Aunt Chloe’s Muffins.—One even quart of sifted flour, one quart of but termilk, two tablespoonful of Indian meal, one teaspoonful of soda and one of salt sifted three times with the meal and flour, two well-beaten eggs, one even tablespoonful of sugar. Beat the eggs, mix with the sugar, then with the milk; and the flour sifted with soda and salt, beat hard one minute and bake at once in muffin rings on a hot griddle. Chicken Croqukttes.—-Two pounds of cold chicken without bones, or one can of boned chicken, one cup of cold mashed potato made soft with milk, two eggs, half cup of gravy or drawn butter, salt and pepper, crack er crumbs; dripping for frying. Chop the chicken very fine, mix with the gravy, and season. Beat in tjje eggs, then the potato and stir until smok ing hot in a buttered frying pan. Let the mixture cool quickly. Make into croquettes, roll in fine cracker dust and fry in plenty of nice fat. Home-made Crackers.—One quart of prepared flour, three good table spoonfuls of sugar, one pint of milk, one half teaspoonful of salt. Rub the butter into the flour, put the sugar with the milk, mix into stiff dough,' lay on the floured pastry board, and beat from end to end with the rolling pin, stopping every few minutes to shift the mass and double it over up on itself; roll into a sheet less than a quarter of an inch thick, cut into round cakes, prick these deeply with a fork and bake in a moderate oven. They are better the second day than the first. Indications of Disease in a Cow. —If the coat is rough and the eye sun ken and appearing “hollow,” it is an indication of some very serious dis ease, and should receive immediate attention. If the animal is feverish, with some slight cold, It will be known by her nose being dry and hot. These signs anyone can readily see, who has the care of cattle. Flouf should not be exposed to the direct rays of the sun. It should be transported at night or on cool days. Exposure to the heat of the sun has about the same effect as overheating when grinding. It causes some de gree of fermentation, and injures the flour for bread making. The cotton plant is destined to be come of greater importance than ever. Farmers have learned that cotton seed meal is a good feed for most kind of stock and that after feedfhg, it makes the most valuable kind of ma nure. It requires some care in using and is better mixed with at least half its bulk of wheat bran. If runners are removed from straw berry vines in spring, the old plant will be more vigorous and the fruit fairer. There will be time enough to grow plants for next year’s fruiting after this season’s crop of vines has ripened. The average number of eggs laid by an ordinary flock of hens is about 81 dozen to a fowl, yet instances have been recorded where a hen has laid 250 eggs in one year, and from sixteen to seventeen dozen is considered by poultry men a remarkable yield. A writer in 1830 says that “periodi cally sunflower seed has been recom mended with high commendations as food for poultry, but has never yet been attended to by the generality of feeders.” -What was then true as to this sun flower matter is true now. A small piece of rye sown late ad joining the hen-yard will be run over during open weather in winter, and will furnish some green food for fowls at a season when it is one of the things needed for egg production. The rye will not cost much, and will be worth more than the expense for seed to plow under as manure in spring. One acre of ground thoroughly tilled is much more profitable than to Spread the same amount of work over two acres. The wise should learn this les son. y. Potash Victim. Cured by S. S. S. H CAUTION. Consumer.* should not cotif use our Specific irifh the numerous imitations. substitutes, r-oiash and mercury nurture - which are got ten up ;o sell, not on their emm merit, but on (he merit of our remedy. An imitation is always a fund and a cheat, and they thrive vr>ln a-: they can steal/ fom the art hie imitated. Trealise on lilood an d Shin Diseases mailed £ free. For sale by all druggis{s. ( ' the swift SPECIFIC CO.,. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. r “——'iri—ii ■ijii S. S. 2. vs. POTASH. . ..? h a J° had blood poison for ten years. I know I have taken one hundred bottles of loaiae of potash in that time, but it did me no pood. Last summer my face, neck, body ana limbs were covered with sores, and I could scarcely use ray arms on account of rheu matism m my shoulders. I took $. S. S., and it has done nm mere good than all other medi cines I have taken. My face, body and neck are perfectly clear and clean, and my rheu matism is entirely pone. I weighed 116 pound* when I began the medicine, and I now weigh 1555 pounds. My first bottle helped me greatly, and gave me an appetite like a strong man. I would not be without tf. S. S. for several times its weight in gold. C. K. MITCHELL, W. S'A St. Ferry. New York. * June 22, 188G. 50 cw ly. Lucy Hinton Tobacco FOE SALE BY L H. WOOD k C0. 7 At 12iy cents a Plus*. SUGAR! SUGAR! SUGAR! We are selling Sugar very Low and those wlio want it for Canning Fruit or other purposes, will find it to their interest to get onr fig ures before buying. OUR STOCK OF Staple and Fancy Groceries! Is 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 w’ith us.^ A cordial welcome extended to all. L. H. WOOD & CO.. Mo. 18 S. Wayne Street, MilledgeyilLe, Ga. June 15, 1886. v 31 ^ Brick! Brick! Brick l 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. # First-Class Paving Brick a Specialty. We are making Brick with the latest Improved Machinery, on the celebrated Cara- kei >ald *BEICK DELIVERED TO AMY PART OF TOWN. ttg^AVe take pleasure in referring to Maj. J. FUSS, Architect and Building Superin- FOSTER & McMILLAN, * Contractors and Builders. Mtlledgevfile, Ga., June 10th, 1885. 48 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. BASHES, April 6th, 1886. 39 3m The Mirror is no flatterer. Would you make it tell a sweeter tale ? Magnolia Balm is the charm er that almost cheats the looking-glass. Agricultural Implements T -AND— As the prosperity of every country depends upon the success of agriculture, and realizing the necessity of thet borough bicaking 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 ol the Syracuse, Benton & Harher, TV bite s Clipper, Meikle s Blue Pony and the Boss, and I also have a laige 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 ,-ta •FrrKTTBB: Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26th, 1886. , ^ Midville, Ga., 9| C. R. R., i —MANUFACTURE— Yellow Ptne' Lumlier. and Dressed. Of Every Description, Rough ^ Framing Lumber, Ceiling, Flooring, Weatherhoarding, Staves, Shingles, Laths, Fence Pickets. VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CRATES. connected with Central and Southwestern Railroads. [All trains of this system are run by Standard (90) Meridian time, which is 36 minutes slower than time kept by City,] Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15, 1885. ( AND AFTER THIS DATE, PAS- u oENGER Trains on the Central and boaAiwestern Railroads and branches will run as follows: i going north. Leave No. 51. No. 53. Savannah, D Arrive No. 51. Augusta D 1 Macon D ! Atlanta ..D i Columbus... .D 8.40 a.m.. D 8.10 pm No. 53. 3A5p m ... d 6.15 am 4.20 pm... D 3.20 a m 9.3o p m... D 7.32 am 3.42 am... D 2.15 pm Perry DES 8.45 p m DES 12.05pm I Fort Gaines DES 4.38 p m ! Blakeley DES 7.10 p m Eufaula D 4.06 p m (Albany D 10.45pm.. D 2.45pm I Montgomery.. D 7.26 p m ! Milledgeville DES 5.49 p ra Eatonton ....DES 7.40 pm 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- vifie and Louisville. At Atlanta—Trains 51 and 53 connect with Air Line and Kennesaw routes tp all points North and East, and with all di verging roads for local stations. COMING SOUTH. Leave—Nos. Augusta.. 18 D Macon 52 D Atlanta..-..52 D Columbus20 D Nos. 9.30 am..20 D ,9.3p p m 9.40 a m.. 54 D 10.50 p m G.00 a m.. 54 D 6.50 p m 9.00 p m.. 6 D 11.10 am •SsTSteam Saw and Planing Mills in Emanuel County, Midville by Private Railroad and Telephone Lines. April 6th, 1880. 39 Cm. Perry 24 D E S 6.00 a m.. 22 D E S 3.00 p m Ft. Gaines 28 10.05 am Blakeley 26 “ 8.15am Eufaula 2 D.10.55am Albany 4 D 4.10 a m. .26 D 12.15 p m Montg’ry 2 D 7.80 am Mill’dg’ve 25 D E S 6.37 am Eatonton 25 D E S 5.15 am Arrive—No. No. Savannah.52 D 4.07 pm..54 D 5.55am Connections 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 sleep ng 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. MacoD. W. F. Shellman, Traffic Mang’r., Sav. “D” daily“D E S,” daily except Sunday. Georgia Railroad Company. STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER,« Augusta, Ga., April 17th, 1886. Commencing Sunday, 18th instant, the follow- ingpassenger schedule will be operated. Trains ruu by 90th Meridian time? N018—EAST (daily). Leave Macon 7:io a m LeaveMiiiedgeville 9:19 am Leave Sparta 10:41 a m Leave Warreuton I2:00no©a ArriveCamak - 12:15 p m Arrive Washington 2:20 p m Arrive Athens 6:30 pm Arrive Gainesville— 8:25 pm Arrive Atlanta 5:50 p m Arrive Augusts 3:35 p m NO 17—WEST (daily). LeaveAugusta 10:50 a m Leave Atlanta 8:00 am Leave Gainesville.' 5:55 a m 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 Milledgeville .. 4:20 p m Arrive Macon 6:15 pm NO 16—EAST (daily.) Leave Macon 7:35 p m Lbave Milledgeville 9:30 pm Leave Sparta 10:48 p m Leave Warrenton .12:01 a m ArriveCamak 12:10 a m Arrive Augusta 6:00 am • NO 15—WEST (daily.) Leave Augusta 9:40 p m Leave Camak. 1:18 a m Arrive Warrenton! 1:33 am Arrive Sparta 2:57 a nt Arrive Milledgeville 4:27 a m Arrive Macon... C6:46 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 Angnsta for all points East, and Southeast, and at Macon for all points In Southwest Georgia and Florida. Snperb improved Sleepers between Macon and Angnsta. Superb. Improved Sleepers between Augusta and Atlanta. JNO. W. GREEN, General Manager. E. R. DORSEY. General Passeneer Agent. • JOE W. WHITE, General Traveling Passenger Ag^nt. Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. OLD EYES BADE H»! 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, we guarantee to fit the eye. Call and see them in prices ranging from 25c to $3.00. JOSEPH MILIJEK, The Jeweler and Optician, Milledgeville, Ga^. Jan. 5,1886. 26 tf Machine Shop. T HAVE REMOVED my Machine 1 Shop from Milledgeville to Scotts- boro, where I am prepared tq do any and all kinds of work in iron and metal. Any person having intricate or particular work in repairing would do well to call on me. My P. O. ad dress is Milledgeville, Ga. A. CORMANNI. March 2d, 1886. 84 tf Wool Carding. T AM prepared to do Wool-Carding 1 at my place, at Scottsboro. Wool sent to my address at Milledgeville, Ga., will be promptly carded and re turned. All persons shipping wool to me should, also, mark plainly tlxeir own name and address on the package, so that no mistake can be made m re- turnmg carded wool.