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POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More econo’mical 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., 106 Wall St New York. 15 11m Agricultural HlEpartmEut, An Appeal to Farmers. Who are your true and special friends? There are at least eight mil lions of people in the United States whose exclusive occupation is the cul tivation of the soil. They, with those dependent upon them, constitute more than half of the sixty millions of the population of our vast country. Have they investigated the important question, who are their friends? They should know who they are. First let them place a proper estimate upon the work of their hands. Do they know' that by the sw T eat of their brows, the United States Treasury is supplied with its money, and has all tife time been having a surplus of several hun dred million of dollars? Is it not rea sonable for them to think, that they should be favorites of the Govern ment, and are there any among them who can say they are favorites of the government? If they had been read ers of the Union & Recorder, they would have known that there was, when the war ended, an income tax upon bond-holders, bankers and cor porations, from which an immense sum was obtained. If all that money was needed the tax was a just one. It was a tax upon w r ealth, and not upon the poor, upon capital and not labor. Do the farmers know that these tax laws were repealed? and what for? Yea, what for? but to gratify the cu pidity of the wealthy classes. The Democratic party is now complaining of the repeal of those laws, and the substitution of others which are grinding the poor to powder, under tariff laws which rob them of their hard earned gains and add to the wealth of the rich. We have de nounced the anarchists, the socialists, and that portion of the Strikers who while ref using to work, will not per mit others to work, though ready and willing to do so. We do this because society must be protected, to prevent anarchy and revolution. It is the un just tariff which inflames and misleads many of the strikers into such im proper measures. The laborer wants ilothing and the tariff forbids his get ting it where he can get it cheapest. He wants a blanket in cold weather, and the tariff forbids his getting it from the English for three dol lars, and forces him to buy it from the American manufacturer at four dol lars, or more, under the false pre tence of encouraging home labor. That has been the cry for many years, and the people have been robbed all the time* under that deceitful cry. As to blankets, so of thousands of'other We throw out a few hints gathered in part from personal experience Some farmers are very negligent about their tools after use. The ordi nary use is an annual tax. Plows and other tools are Often left in the fields to take the rain and rust. Instead of this they should be cleaned of all soil and laid in a safe place under shelter. From neglect the wooden parts, such as the plow stocks, should be sheltered and would answer for one, two or more years. We have on. sev eral occasions called the attention of our - farming friends to attempting to cultivate too much land for their force. This is a very important mat ter for a whole crop may be endang ered by it. Never undertake to cul tivate more land than may be work ed well, and kept all the time free from grass and in good condition. Cul tivate enough to get over in ten days and the result will be wonderful if the land is good. Never cultivate an acre that will not pay for labor, inter est and taxes, and cultivate none that will not pay a profit in addition. Such land as will not do this, should be rested or manured until it will. Large and profitable erftps can only be ob tained by appyling a suitable quanti- artk-les. The large sum which was obtained from tin- rich, is now obtained from the tanners, and all the poor classes, who are able to pay any sum at all. The manufacturers, the iron men, and all engaged in any kind of manufact uring are protected, and the farmers, no matter whether they make, corn, cotton, tobacco, or anything else in the .way of crops, pay t he protection, and bear the many burdens of the government. We tell you, respected farmers, that you bear your own tax burdens, and those of the rich classes referred to, as well as your own. We have told you of these*things before, but you have not sustained us, as we have your interests: We are sustain ing and defending you against these oppressive wropgs. * We implore you to look into these matters. If we can assist you, you can call upon us at any time, but in the mean time, we look to you to back us in the mighty struggle. There is, or ought to be, a bond of union between us, a friend ship founded upon similar principles and mutual aid. In life there is noth ing more pure and touching than dis interested friendship, founded .upon pure principles in social concord or political unison. ty of good manure. Remember that good land will be made doubly profi table by additional manuring, and one will be surprised to see the dif ference. If an acre is already gDod enough to make a bale of cotton, it will not take a great deal of manure to make it yield two bales. The in crease is in a compound proportion. It is good pblicy to make on the place all the manure that is possible. This can be done at times when little else can be done. Use all the waste about the household. Put it into a vat or heap and deodorize it by dust from a road, all th^ bad smells will go into this dust aft be retained by it. Put with it all the manure from the hen house and privy. The whole will be valuable for corn, cotton, or any of the grains. If there are hogs put all the manure in a vat or vats and mix with it a liberal supply of muck which can be got on most farms, and put leaves with it, raked from the woods, to absorb any excess of fluid matter. This makes a good manure for most crops but especially for corn. Muck is a valuable absorbent to be placed in cow stables, or pens, and should be used without stint. It may be profi tably used with stable manure. We give a receipt for composting muck as follows—Forty bushels of muck, five bushels of unleacbed ashes, one hundred pounds of bone flour, one hundred pounds of plaster. Throw all into a heap and in three months it will be fit for use. The mixture will be worth as much as twice the quan tity of cow manure. If the bone flour is not used, substitute for it five bush els of unslacked lime. The lime and ashes decompose all the vegetable matter, liberate the salts, and expel the acids, fitting it for an excellent and active plaint food. It may be used with fine effect for corn or pota toes using a pint or even a iittle more for the hill of corn'or potatoes. A few bushels of hen manure may be added with fine effect, if that much can be procured. Experiments have been made with this formula showing that land almost unfit for cultivation, yielded from six to ten dollars per acre above all costs. Used for two or three years on the same land, almost worthless at firsjt, made it as rich as the best land on the place. These views, about the above receipt, we shorten from an article in the Coun try Gentleman, but our statement con tains every essential particular. Every farmer can readily obtain the materials. The character of the pa per fully commends the article to the confidence of all farmers, and, we are satisfied justifies our commendation of it to our readers. But few things could accomplish more, for it makes a good crop the first year on land too poor for cultivation, and in two or three years makes it equal to the richest. HOUSEHOLD NOTES. of be be A refreshing beverage for an inva lid is made by slicing a tart apple after peeling it and adding a small piece of lemon peel and three lumps*of sugar; pour boiling water over it and strain. A nice breakfast relish may be made by slicing cold sweet potatoes and setting them in the oven to warm. Thicken some milk or cre am with a little flour and season with butter, pepper and salt. When the potatoes are hot pour the sauce over them and serve. Any kind of cbld boiled fish may be utilized for breakfast or lunch. Pick the fish into flakes and put in a sauce pan with enough milk to moisten it, seasoning with pepper and salt. Add, a little butter, and when quite hot pour it pn buttered toast, garnishing with hard-boiled eggk cut in slices A little five-cent blank book with stiff paper covers, and a short bit lead pencil, both of which may carried in the vest pocket, may made of more real help to a neat, tidy farmer, than many another thing costing ten times as much. Half the little jobs that are neglected, are neg lected because they are forgotten when the time conies at which they might be done. Note them down when thought of. A correspondent sends this recipe for waffles: Mix together one table spoonful of butter and one of sugar and add the yolks of three eggs which have been beaten. Beat thoroughly and mix with one quart of milk, add ing flour enough, in which has been put two teaspoonfuls of baking pow der, to form a stiff batter. When well mixed, add the whites of the eggs which have been beaten to .a stiff froth, and bake in the w-affle iron delicate brown. Try this lemon pudding; The juice and grated rind of one lemon, one tablespoonful of butter, three eggs one cup of sugar, tw r o tablespoonfuls of cornstarch and two cups of milk Put the milk in a saucepan on the range and when it is hot stir in the cornstarch which has been mixed w-ith tw-o tablspoonfuls of cold w ater, Cook until it is thick, stirring con stantly; then add the butter and set aside until cold. Beat the eggs very light, add the sugar, the lemon juice and grated rind, and when w-ell mixed stir in the cold cornstarch. Mix thoroughly, bake in a buttered dish and serve cold. Resting One-Fourth of year. Land Every .Cultivating Burr Clover. Crops. The Rural New- Yorker sends out a statement at variance with the gener al opinion. It makes winter wheat a good crop on the whole. The area is stated to be greater than the previous year. Smaller area in the South, and a poor crop; California makes the best exhibit; the poorest in Kansas; total crop 435,000,000 bushels. Oats 000,000,000bushels against 629,000,000 in 1885; rye and barley pretty good crops; corn, general outlook a fine crop ; a great increase in clover and grass culture ; tobacco prospect good; hops, less area, but crop good; cotton larger area, condition lower than in 1885. Fruit—Apples fair, poor crop*of fruit in the South. In the West fruit crops poor. Apples good in New Eng land. Southern Cultivator. In answer to an inquirer in the April number of The Cultivator as to the merits of Burr clover, I will give you my experience with it. Some six years ago I obtained a few- seed and planted a small place, which I have plowed only once since. It is now (the 10th of April) from eighteen to twenty inches high, and as thickly set as you ever saw- red clover. It is perfectly beautiful, so much so that those w-ho see it are anxious for seed In regard to stock eating it, I have never yet seen any kind of animals re fuse it. All my horses, mules, cows and hogs are very fond of it. The chickens and turkeys begin to eat it as soon as it comes ont of the ground, and continue to do so all the while! A-farmer has hut to see it growing to appreciate the *value of it. When once set it will reseed itself for years without any more planting, making a permanent pasture for grazing. It dies dow-n in June to reappear in Sep tember, and should be planted earlv between those months, for if planted in November or December it will be liable to get killed. If sow-n in time it will withstand our coldest winters. The past winter w-as very severe, kill ing all the small grain; nevertheless this clover remained green and flour ishing. In regard to its requiring very rich soil, it. will grow if planted in the road, but like everything else, the richer the soil the more luxuriant the growth. I have a friend who claims he could not afford to raise hogs and sheep but for his clover fields. I am confident it w-ill prove one of the best renovators of w-orn lands we can have, as it is easily ex terminated wlien desired. I only wish all the old red hills of Georgia.w r ere set in it. Imagine the contrast to tou rists, in passing along the line of rail ways. They w-ould be favorably im pressed w-ith the beautful sight. I ask Georgians, therefore, to obtain a few seed of something and hide these unsightly red hills. It will not only make the country more pleasing to the eye, but will prove beneficial for the future generation. j. W. Moran. Monroe County, Ga. What do you think of the plan of letting one-fourth of our lands rest every year? By this method don’t you think our lands would grow rich in humus and the fertility of the soil be increased? Won’t it lessen our ex penditures for labor one-fourth, and at the same time increase our crops? By this method we \jould have one stubble field to plant in cotton every year, which would bear heavy appli cations of manure. Don’t you think the cotton w-ould hold to the fruit bet ter and retain fully one-fourth more fruit than under the present mode of planting? If you can fully satisfy me that this is best, I trust to be able to farm ac cordingly. I can*byt feel that it is the plan w-e will be forced to pursue for protection, both to enrich our land and to lessen the expenditure for la bor.—Farmer, Nona, Ga. Answer.—We understand your propositiou to be: plant one-fourth the land in cotton, one-fourth in corn and one-fourth in small grain, and let that in small grain rest the remainder of the year after harvest and during the next year’s also. If our interpre tation is correct we most heartily en dorse it. One of the most successful farmers w-e ever knew always rest ed his land every third year; even his newgrounds were rested the fourth year after cleaning. Resting keeps up the supply of humus, allow-s an accumulation of nitro gen from rainfalls—(some ten or twelve pounds'per acre are carried down into the soil by rain every year) —allow-s mineral matters, which were not available, to become available—in short improves the soil in every res- i pect. Some striking experiments have j been made in England, where for many years half the land, in alternate strips, sown in wheat, has produced as large aggregate crops as equal areas of the same quality of land sown broadcast. There, however, the al ternate bare strips were kept thor oughly cultivated to develop to its fullest extent the natural resources of the soil. In the cool, moist climate of England, ploughing is not such a scourging process as it is with us; the supply of humus is not so easily ex hausted as it is here. We feel pretty certain that a field planted in ’ alter nate strips of cotton—the intervening ones allowed to rest—so that each strip would be in cotton one year and in rest the next, would in a series of years make quite as much cotton as if the whole surface had been con tinuously ‘planted in cotton. Of course the labor of cultivating a* half or three-fourths of the land would be decidedly less than that of cultivating the whole.—So. Cultivator. Dr. Gunn s Liver Pills. CAUTION. Consumers should not confuse our Specific with the numerous imitations, substitutes, potash and mercurj mixtures which are got ten up to fell, not on their own merit, but on the merit of our remedy. An imitation is always a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive only as they can s Leal from the article imitated. Treatise on Bloc>d and Shin Diseases mailed free. For sale by all druggists. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC 'CO.. I Drauer S. Atlanta. Ga. MSTJa—a———w ii m—u II — S. S. S.. vs. POTASH. .^iB 1 P°i? on f ™\ te . n ??***■ 1 I hHve taken one hundred bottles of HmhJ'wpro. mvi 1 * i nlt lt; T me 11 ft P‘»h1. Lu>t summer my face, neck, body ® or , ee \*nd I could scarcely use my arms on amount of rheu- ^ ^ er -M I^ook^.^. S., and it has done me more good than all other medi- ™ My face, body and neck arc perfectly clear and clean, and myrheu- H® I weighed H0 pounds when I began the medicine, and 1 now weigh 152 pounds. My first puttie helped me greatly* and gave me ail appetite like a strong man. I would not be without S. S. S. for several times its weight in gold C. E. MITCHELL, W. 23d St. Ferry, New York. June®2, 1886. 50 cw ly. liticy Hinton Tobacco FOR SALE BY L H. WOOD & C0. T At 12^ cents a’Pluo*. o OUR STOCK OF ; Staple and Fancy Groceries! Is large, and knowing that money is not abundant at this t season of the year, we have determined to put prices low, in order to make t to the consumer’s interest to spend their cash with us. A cordial welcome extended to.all! L. H. WOOD & CO., No. 18 S. Wayne Street, •. Milledgeville, Ga. June 15, 1886. • 31 ly Brick! Brick! Brick! 1,000,090 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-Glass Paving' Brick a Specialty. We are making Brick with the latest Improved Machinery, on the celebrated Cara- kcr yard BRICK ©ELIVERED TO ANY PABT OF TOWN. »rWe take pleasure in referring to Maj.J. FUSS, Architect and Building Superin tendent. _ __ . , , FOSTER & McMILLAN, Contractors and Builders. Milledgeville, Ga., June 10th. 1885. 48 ly LUMBER! LUMBER!! I have mdved my Saw Mill into a fine lot of timber, syi miles south of Milledgeville, and am prepared to fill • orders promptly for any and All kinds of Lumber at the Lowest Prices, fill orders and deliver lumber on short W. H. H. BARNES, in any quantity, notice. Will Removes Constipation, prevents, Ma laria, cures Dyspepsia,* and gives new life to the system. Only one for a dose. Free Samples at T. H. Kenan’s Druggist, Milledgeville, Ga., FOR ’ .• ♦ Man and Beast. Mustang Liniment is older than most men, and used. more and wore every year, April 6th, 1886. 39 3m Agricultural Implements r 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 piakes, 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 mjseii and. many others have been using with perfect satisfaction for ^o me 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. ZMZ. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26th, 1886. 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. O N AND AFTER THIS DATE, PAS SENGER Trains on the Central and ; Southwestern Railroads and branches will (run as follows: I GOING NORTH. SUGAR! SUGAR! SUGAR! We are selling Sugar very Low and those who want it for Canning Fruit or pther purposes, will find it to their interest to get our fig ures before buying. Leave No. 51. Savannah, D Arrive No. 51. Augusta D Macon D Atlanta D Columbus D J?erry D E S 8.40 a. m .. No. 53. D 8.10 p m No. 53. D 6.15 am D 3.20 a m D 7.32 a m D 2.15 p m 3.45 p m.. 4.20 p m.. 9.35 p m.. 3.42 a m.. 8.45 p m D ES 12.05 p m Fort Gaines DES 4.38pm Blakeley DES 7.10pm Eufaula D 4.06 pm Albany D 10.45 pm..- D 2.45 p m Montgomery. .D :7.25 pm Milledgeville DES 5.49 pm 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- ville and Louisville. At Atlanta—Trains 51 and 63 connect with Air Line and Kennesaw routes to 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 Columbus 20 Ih Perry 24DE Nos. 9.30am..*0 D 9.30pm 9.40am..54 D 10.50pm 6.00 am..54 D 6.50 pm 9.00 pm.. 6 D 11.10 am S 6.00 am. .22D ES3.00p m 10.05 a m “ 8,15 a m D 10.55 am D 12.15 p m D 7.30 am Ft. Gaines 28 Blakeley 26 Eufaula 2 Albany 4 D 4.10 a m. .26 Montg’ry 2 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 withSavannah. 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. Yass. 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 MANAGER, Augusta, Ga., April 17th, 1886. Commencing Sunday, 18th instant, the follow- ingpassenger schedule will be operated. Trains run by 90th Meridian timet NO 18—EAST idaily). Leave Macon... 7:10 a m LeaveMiUedgeville 9:19 am Leave Sparta 10:41 a m Leave Warrenton I2:00noen ArrlveCamak 12:15 p m Arrive Washington 2:20 pm Arrive Athens... 5:30 pm Arrive Gainesvflle 8:25 pm ArriveAtlanta 5:50 pm Arrive Augusts 3:35 p m NO 1 17—WEST (daily). LeaveAugusta.i. 10:50 a m LeaveAtlanta 8:00am Leave Gainesville 5:55 a m Leave Athens 9:00 a m Leave Washington 11:20 am Leave Gamak 1:36pm Arrive Warrenton 1:50 p m Arrive Sparta ..J . 3:04 pm Arrive Milledgeville 4:20 p m Arrive Macon...' 6:15 pm N016—EAST (daily.) Leave Macon 7:35 pm LeaveMiUedgeville....* 9:30 p m Leave Sparta 10:48 p m Leave Warrenton 12:01 a m ArriveCamak 12:10 a m Arrive Augusta : 5:00 am NO 15—WEST (daily.) Leave Augusta 9:40 p m LeaveCamak.... 1:18 am Arrive Warrentop L33 a m Arrive Sparta 2:X am Arrive Milledgeville 1 4:27am Arrive Macon... 16:46 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 dag 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. . JXO. W. GREEN, General Manager. E. R. DORSEY. General Passenger Agent. ' JOE W. WHITE, General Traveling Passenger Agent. Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. 29 ly Midville, Ga., 9^. C. R. R-> —MANUFACTURE— Yellow Pine. Lumber, Of Every Description, Rough and Dressed. Framing Lumber, Ceiling, Flooring, Weatherboai'ding, Staves, Shingles, Laths, Bence Pickets. VEGETABLE AND FBUIT CEATES. «£S”Steam Saw and Planing Mills in Emanuel County, connected with Midville by Private Railroad and Telephone Lines. April 6th, 1886. 39 6m. OLD EYES MADE NEW! A N astonishing announcement which will please the people, is that JOSEPH MILLER has the largest, and one of the best select ed stocks ot “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 MILLER, The Jeweler and Optician, Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 5,1886. 26 tf • Machine Shop. J HAVE REMOVED my Machine 1 Shop from Milledgeville to Scotts- boro, where I am prepared to do any and all kinds of work in iron and metal. Any person having intricate or particular work in repairing would do w r ell to call on me. My P. O. ad dress is Milledgeville, Ga. A. CORMANNI. March 2d, 1886. 34 tf Wool Carding. T AM prepared to do Wool-Carding 1 at my place, at Seottsboro. Wool sent to my address at Milledgeville, Ga., will b*e promptly carded and re turned.' All persons shipping wool to me should, also, mark plainly their own name and address on the package, so that no mistake can be made in re turning carded wool. A. CORMANNI. Milledgeville, Ga., March 3,. 1885. tf