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POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder 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 tests, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Co., 10G Wall St. New York. 19 ly. Agricultural UEpartniEut, of straw to exclude light. On the ap proach of freezing weather in Novem ber they are taken to the cellar and placed in large boxes with slatted bot toms, and raised a few inches from the cement floor on cross pieces of scantling. These boxes hold about twenty bushel each, and resemble those used by nursery men for pack ing trees. It will be seen that the on ly handling or hand picking required is in placing them in the basket in the field after digging them and convey ing them from the barn to the cellar. —Ishmaelite. An End to Bone Scraping. Edward Shepherd, of Ilarrisburg, III., says: “Having received so much benefit from Electric Bitters, I feel it my duty tc let suffering humanity know it. Have had a running sore on my leg for efght years; my doctors told me I would have to have the bone scraped or leg amputated. I used, Instead, three bottles of Electric Bit ters and seven boxes Bueklen’s Arnica Salve, and my leg Is now sound and well.” Electric Bitters are sold at fifty-cpnts a bottle, and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve at 25c. per box by John#M. Clark. Rotation in Crops and Shallow Cultivation. Mason’s Machine. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE COTTON HARVESTER. Farm Notes. Mr. William Pilcher, of Sumter county, gathered 208 bushels of corn from five acres. Mr. Mark Perry, of Schley, gathered seventy-two bush els from 1£ acres. Mr. J. D. Geise, of Brownwood, made, this year, one hundred and twenty-five bushels of corn on two and a half acr-s and sixty bushels of oats on one acre. After harvesting the oats Mr. Geise then planted the land with potatoes and gathered from it one hundred buslleis of fine tubers. On 20 acres John R. Hall, of Wash ington county, made 280 bushels of fine corn, all of the land having been cultivated 12 or 14 years and the rest of it still longer. The only fertilizer that was used was a handful of cot ton seed to the hill. Two ears weigh ed over two pounds, and TO ears of this corn would make a bushel of ear corn. He also made a good crop of peas on the same stand. Mr. ,T. R. Thigpen, of Washington county, cultivated three acres in corn and lias gathered forty-one bushels three pecks per acre from the land. He also made a fine crop of peas on the land, probably enough to pay for expenses for cultivating the whole. He is confident also that he will make two bales of cotton on tw r o and a half acres of land. If the cotton had not been cut off by the drought, he thinks he would have made three good bales. Charcoal and Lime. E. Graham in Petaluma Argus These two articles play a very im portant! part in the management of fowls, whether bred in a fancier’s yard or on a farm. Charcoal should be liberally fed, for no one thing is more conducive to health than this. It should be broken into lumps and put where the fowls can get at it, and they will eat it with great relish. I have fed and seen it fed to pigs with the very best results, and those who were treated to it were never troubled with, sickness or disease, while neighboring ones were. This helps to prove its value, not only for swine, but for fowls. Where birds are kept in confinement, it is a good plan to keep a trough in a sheltered place, full of small bits of charcoal, and the fowls will soon learn to help them selves. In preparing pills and pow ders for sick fowls, I am as sure to prepare my charcoal first as a person starting a fire is to put the kindling in first. I have put it in condition pow ders for horses, and even taken it my self with good results. The value of lime in the shape of white wash is well known, and those who use it liberally are the ones who keep their flocks healthy and cleanly. To render whitewash more effective in dislodging, driving away or destroy ing lice and other parasite nuisances, the addition of a little carbolic acid is invaluable, for scarcely anything else seems so distasteful to the vermin. Air-slacked lime should be occasion ally scattered over the floor of the chicken house to remove all unpleas ant and unhealthy odors, while a little might be scattered around the yard and hA. For material for egg shells, oyster shells and lime, or old plastering, is very good, and any kind of fine brittle sea-shells, but according to my experience there is nothing in the world equal to old rotten fine clam-shells. Charleston, S. C., October 21.— The Committee appointed by the Na tional Cotton Planter’s association, consisting of the state commissioner of agriculture of Georgia and practi cal cotton planters from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, accompa nied by Col. F. C. Morehead, presi dent of the association, witnessed the trial of the Mason cotton planter har vester at Sumter, S. C., yesterday, and made an official report to-day. The committee say they witnessed for the larger part of the day the practi cal operation of the harvester in gath ering seed cotton from plants in an open field, and that, while some little practicable improvements are needed, the committee were agreeably sur prised and gratified to witness in op eration a machine approaching so closely to a practical, successful cot ton harvester, and feel that they can, with confidence, predict more cotton planter’s machines that will in the near future relieve him of the most dis tasteful part and extensive item of harvesting the cotton crop of the South. The commission say that the ma chine was easily handled and gather ed at the rate of 240 pounds of cotton per hour from cotton plants that would not yield more than one-tliird of a bale of cotton to the acre, and are satisfied that with cotton yielding more to the acre, the amount gather ed would increase in proportion. The committee could discover no damage done in the operation of the machine to the plant in any way, either to un open bolls, leaves or stalks, and re port that the machine distinguished between the open cotton and the plant, gathering the one and leaving the other uninjured, which, in the opinion of the committee, had been an insurmountable difficulty. The committee say there was more cot ton wasted on the ground than they thought allowable, but at the same time they are satisfied that much of such waste was caused by a slight de fect in the mechanism for bagging the cotton and likewise the fact that the cotton had been opened since early in August, and after a long drought was unduly sensitive to the slightest touch. It is generally conceded by farmers that the result of continuously plant ing the same crop on the same land year after year is that a poorer yield is obtained and the fertility of the land is gradually exhausted. Mr. Daniel Denet, in writing upon this subject i in the New Orleans Picayune, says: | “Bui few crops will do well year! after year on the same land, particu- larly on old lands that are being built I up and restored to its earlier fertility. Change the crops every year, break up in the winter, deep as possible, and cultivate the crop shallow and on as flat a surface as possible. Neither high corn ridges nor high potato ridges are good. If the ground is g lowed deep and well subsoiled and arrowed, the subsequent cultivation should• be just, deep enough to kill the young and tender grass and weeds, and keep the surface from baking after rains. Barring off and throwing the dirt back immediately when plants are small and just begin to form roots will do, but after that harrows, light plows and light culti vators stirring the ground from one to two inches deep is all that is neces sary on most lands. But in rice bot tom lands in cane and cotton and corn culture, where a great deal of ditching is needed, and ev.ery water furrow is a ditch to take off surface water to large ditches, ridges and deep cultivation becomes necessary.” A well known citizen of Wetherd- ville, Md., Mr. W. R. Graves, writes: I suffer sometimes with acute rheuma tism and your Salvation Oil gives me instantaneous relief, and I recom mend it as a sure cure for this terrible disease. 1836111SWIFT’S SPECIFIC.! 111886 s s s s s s s s A REMEDY NOT FOE A DAY, BUT FOE JS6T TTAT.F A CENTTJEY BELIEVING SUFFERING HUMANITY! AN INTERESTING TREATISE ON BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES SENT FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS. IT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYBODY. ADDRESS THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. June 22, 1886. 50 cw ly. John T. Jones sold for Col. Tom Johnson four fine young horses, by Magic. One pair to N. Bavless, of Bourbon, for $450, one to Dr. Yansant for $200, and one to Joe Fesler. He has others of the same kind for sale. He has one three-year old stallion for which he refused $1,000. This colt is by Magic out of Alta mare; is a beau tiful blood bay sixteen hands high, and goe3 a 2:40 gate.—Mount Sterling Ky., Sentinel Democrat. Baby falls and bumps its head, Baby bawls, they think its dead, Mamma gets St. Jacobs Oil, Rubs the baby; stops turmoil. y\ INFORMATION ^■■■■■■■■■■BnsxEa < 'VOLINA' .CORDIAL; ac u V 8V / r niu HALL’S There is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other dis eases put together, and until the 1 last few years was supposed to be incura ble. For a great many years Doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treat ment pronounced it incurable. Sci ence has proven Catarrh to be a con stitutional disease, and therefore re quires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure now on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon ful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circular and testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. SsTSold by Druggists, 75 cts. CATARRH CURE. MANY PERSONS at this season suffer from either ' Headache, Ifeuralgia, Rheumatism, Pains in the IAmbSf Rack and Sides, Rad Rlood, r Indigestion,Ryspcpsia, Malaria,Constipation & Kidney Troubles. •"—VOLINA CORDIAL CURES RHEUMATISM, Bad Blood and Kidney Troubles, by cleansing tha blood of all Its Impurities, strengthening all parts of the body. -•—VOLINA CORDIAL CURES SICK-HEADACRE, Neuralgia, Fains in the Limbs, Back and Sides, by toning tho nerves and strengthening the muscles. Y0LINA CORDIAL CURES DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion and Constipation, by aiding tbe assim ilating of the Food through the proper action of the stomach ; it creates a healthy appetite. -•—VOLINA CORDIAL CURES NERVOUSNESS, Depression of spirits and Weakness, by enliven ing and toning the system. ■"—VOLINA CORDIAL CURES OVERWORKED and Delicate Women. Punjr and Sickly Children. It is delightful and nutritious as a general Tonic. Volina Almanac and Diary, for 1887. A handsome, complete and useful Book, telling howto CURE DISEASES at HOME in a pleasant, natural way. Mailed ou receipt of a 2c. postage stamp. Address VOLINA DRUG & CHEMICAL CO, BALTIMORE, MD.. U. S. A. Sept. 7, 1886. nr9 1y THE NEW YORK STORE. We have painted our store on the outside. And we have used the brush still more on the inside. We have made a big mark on our past Low Prices. And have brushed prices down so low' that com petition can’t touch them. Our stock of Fancy CUPS AND SAUCERS New Advertisements. Its causes, and a new and successful CURE at your own home, by one who “was deaf twenty-eight years. Treated by most of thenoted specialists without benetlt. Cured himself in three months, and since then hundreds of others. Full particulars sent on application T. S Page, No 41 West 31st St., New York City Cannot be equalled in this market or anywhere else. In fact we can and will sell you anything you need in the Crockery line cheaper than you can get them anywhere else. Howls and Pitchers For 75c. Steak Dishes, Flat Dishes, Baker’s Small Bowls, Water Pitchers, Cream Pitchers, Ac., at bottom prices. rrxisr e are now prepared to sell Tin Ware at Wholesale and Detail. Bring along your prices and we will show you what we will do. Special Inducements to Merchants. Our stock now consists of 14 quart Dish Pans, 10 quart Dish Pans, 10 quart Buckets, 4 quart Buckets, 4 quart covered Buckets, 2 quart covered Buckets, Kerosene Cans, Zinc Oilers, 6, 4 and 2 quart Dairy Pans, Dippers of different kinds. One of our greatest bargains in in this is our Tin Setts for the small sum of $1.75. GLASSWARE. As has been our motto in the past we do not intend to be under sold in this line of goods. Our stock consists of Crystal Glass Castors, White and Colored Goblets, White and Colored Water Pitchers, all colors, Ice Cream Plates, Cake Plates, Syrup Pitchers Sugar Dishes, Butter Dishes, &e. LAMPS, LAMPS, LAMPS, We are making Lamps one of our specialties this season and can sell them to you cheaper than the cheapest. Gents’ Furnishing Goods Is our leading specialty this Fall. We have taken special pains in selecting our stock and can furnish them to you almost at your own price. Our 50c Shirt can’t be beat. Our 50c Merino Undershirt can’t be duplicated in the South. All we ask is one visit to our store and we will convince you that what we say to you is so. It is the only store in the town where you have three thousand different articles to select from. It is the only place you can get 3 pair of Hose for 25c. Yours Truly, R. L. Holloway. No. 36 Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga. Sept. 21st, 1886. 11 3m Gwrgia Kailmi Ummii i STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTT? ! OFFICE GENERAL MAN AGE It CommeQMM SuMa’v^tt:; , N °, V ' 13th - 18 »«- ing passenger schedule wm ^o tant ’ tbe f°Uow- Tram, r„£ Kd - Leave Macon N ° 18 ~“ EAST (daily). LeaveMilledgeviiie". * 7:10 a m LeaveSparta ! 9:19am Leave Warrenton a m ArriveOamak ’’!! Arrive Washington.”.** p m Arrive Athens Arrive Gainesville 5:S0p m ArriveAtlanta P m Arrive Augusta .!!!!”” 5; 45 p m NO 17—WESTVd"ailV>*"* ' 3=35 P m Leave Augusta.. ' Leave Atlanta 10:50 a m Leave Gainesville... *.*.*” 8:00 a m Leave Athens 5:55 am Leave Washington...*”.”. 0:00 am LeaveCamak * Jp 20 am Arrive Warrenton...*.*. 1 p m Arrive Sparta p m Arrive Milledgeville *. ; „; p m Arrive Macon •-••bMpn LC...B.CO“ ,m i Leave Milledgeville * * p ® Leave Sparta p ® Leave Warrenton I „.7 0 W In ArriveOamak * m ArriveAugusta NO 15-WEST (daily.*) “ Leave Camak , p m Arrive Warrenton Arrive Sparta „ 7 8 a m Arrive Milledgeville.*.".*.!! Vli am Arrive Macon 3:36 a m B.TKSS52S SSE** ‘" *“? EsSToSSX: and In Southwest Georgia and Florida allpoints Augusta lmproved slee P ers between Macon and ® apel ’ 1) improved Sleepers between Augnsta and Atlanta. JNO. W. GREEN, General Manager. E. R. DORSEY. General Passenger Agent. JOE W. WHITE. General Traveling Passenger Agent. To Prevent Potatoes from Rotting. As soon as the potato tops begin to die, which in early sorts takes place by the end of July, we harvest the tu bers. The autumn rains not having set in, they come out of the soil clean and right. If there has been heavy rain we omit the digging until the soil becomes dry enough to leave the potatoes clean, as the rot usually be gins first under adhering portions of earth. The strong and cheap twenty- five cents baskets now made are used in gathering the potatoes, and enough of these baskets to make a wagon load. The use of the basket obvi ates the necesity of handling the po tatoes again. They are drawn into the barn, where, on a cool side, a slatted floor is provided, and they are gently emptied from the basket on this floor. Additional protection from rot is se cured by having the tubers perfectly clean. A third and very important aid is in the ventilation on the slatted floor Here they remain two or three months, covering them with a layer Among the Southern bonanzas, the North Georgia marble quarries are taking a leading part. Within the past three years fully a million of dollars has been invested in marble quarries, machinery or cutting works. Train loads of marble are delivered in Marietta every day. Mr. Geo. B. Eager reports a remarkable discovery. He says: “We are putting our dia mond drill into the mountains in the search of soapstone. We thought we had struck it and bored about two hundred feet deep. The core we brought up was of a rich and delicate green. We examined it carefully and found that it was marble of exquisite grain and color. The real verde an tique, that is very rare and precious. We got a core eighteen feet in length without a flaw or flake in it. Develop it? Of course we will. There is no telling what it will be worth when our machinery reaches it.” If any one has a desire to see a specimen of Georgia marble let him call at the office of Mr. James U. Jackson in this city, and inspect a solid column of variegated marble pillar which was received yesterday. It is beautiful, and will give the beholder an idea of the wonderful resources of this State. Augusta News. PIANOFORTES. UNEQUALED FOR TONE,. Touch, f orhiaoship & Durability WILLIAM KNABE & CO.. Nos. 304 & 206 West Baltimore St. Haiti, more. No. 112 Fifth Avenue, New York, Mason SlHamij i Furniture! Buggies] Coffinsl UNRIVALED ORGANS On the EASY PAYMENT systea, from *3.85 per month up. 100 styles, $22 to $900. Send for Cat alogue with full particulars, mailed free. UPRIGHT PIANOS, Constructed on the new method of stringing, on similar terms. Send for descriptive Catalogue. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO., Boston, Now York, Chicago. “For forms of government, let. fools contest.” For ordinary life it is! enough to know that Dr. hull’s Cough; KfhRY * JO^gbTllroprie.ors New Tort. Syrup cures coughs and colds. ' November soth, 1886.. 21 lm Highest Awards of Medals in Europe and America. The neatest, quickest, safest, and most power ful remedy known for Rheumatism, Pleurisy, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Backache, Weakness, colds in the chest and all aches and pains. Emiorseu by 5,040 Physicians and Druggists of the highest repute. Benson’s Plasters promptly relieve and cure where other plasters and greasy salves, liniments and lotions, are absolutely useless. Beware of imitations under similar sounding names, such as “Capsicum,” “Capucin,” “Cap- sicine,” as they are utterly worthless and intend ed to deceive, ass for Benson’s and take no others. All druggists. We now have on hand the largest and best selected stock of Furniture, Buggies, Harness, Saddles, Bridles, &c., ever brought to the city. Beautiful MOQUETTE LOUNGES, CARRIAGE and DOOR MATS, BABY CARRIAGES, LEATHER and RUBBER BELTING, LACE LEATHER, LAP ROBES, HORSE BLANKETS, in fact, everything usually kept in a First-Class Furniture and Buggy Store. All of which we are selling Cheaper than Ever Heard Of. Large stock of COFFINS and CASKETS of all sizes and quali ties, at very Low Figures. Give us a Call and Price our Goods. Ey Calls for Coffins answered any liour, day or night, by W. S. SCOTT. ' ' L. Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 4th, 1886. W. DAVIDSON. 13 3m W. H. HALL, Jr., Dealer In Groceries, Confectionery, Cigars, Tobacco, Etc. I5PFRESH GEORGIA CANE SYRUP, just arrived. •SFGOODS PROMPTLY DELIVERED^ W. H. Hall, Jr. No. 5 East Hancock Street, Milledgeville, Ga. ®”Two doors below Whilden’s Livery Stable^ Oct. 5th, 1886. i3 3 m Central Railroad Schedule. ™S iv } ng arrivaI - &<*-, of Trains at Milledgeville: Passenger train leaves Eatonton, dai ly, except Sunday, at 4.40 a. in. Ar. at Milledgeville, at 5.44 a! m! Ar. at Macon, at 8.55 a. m! Ar. at Atlanta, at 1.05 p. m. Ar. at Savannah, at 12.50 p! in! Ar. at Columbus, at 1,55 p. m * Passengers make close connection at Gordon and Macon. Passenger train lv. Macon at 2.20 p. m. Ar. at Milledgeville, at 5.04 p. m* Ar. at Eatonton, at 6.55 p. ui. daily except Sunday. No change at Gordon for Macon. Freight train, for present, leaves Gordon, at 7.40 a . m. Ar. at Milledgeville, at 9.25 a. m. Ar. at Eatonton, at .'. 11.40 a. m. daily except Sunday. Freight train lv’s. Eatonton, 2.50 p.m. Ar. at Milledgeville, at 4.40 p. m. Ar. at Gordon, at 6.40p. m! daily except Sunday. Passengers are allowed on Freight train, provided they have no baggage. In effect, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1886. A. D. NISBET, Agt. Central and Southwestern Ballroads. Savannah, Ga., Nov. li t 1886. THI £ DATE, PAS- w bENGER Trains on the Central and Southwestern Railroadb ktod branches will run as follows: Trains t daily, * dally except Sunday. [All trains of this system are run by Standard (90) Meridian time, which Is 86 minutes slower than time kept by Clty.J Lv Savannah, t8.40 a m t8.20 p m t5.40 d m Ar MlllCn,.... tll.40 a m tll.03 pm f8.45 d m Ar Augusta.t2.1Sp m *6.15 am Ar Macon t4.20 p m ts.20 a m Ar Atlanta... tl2JL5 a m *7.30 a m Ar Columbus,.. t5.50 a m 11.55 p m Ar Montgomery. t6.40 p m Ar Eufaula,.. . ta.15 p m Ar Albany.... U0.08 p m tl0.35 a m Ar Milledgeville # 5.04 p m Ar Eatonton. .. *6.55 p m Train leaving at 8.20 p m and arriving at 5.55 a m. will not stop to put off or take on passengers between Savannah and Miilen. Lv Miilen—tio.13 a m t3.10 a m *5.10 a m Lv Augusta.. t7.45 a m t9.30 p m Lv Macon— *6.25 a m *10.50 p m Lv Atlanta... J2 25 am *6.50 p m Lv Columbus '9.00 p m *11.30 a m Lv Montg’ry. *810 a m Lv Eufaula.. *11.25 am Lv Albany.... +5.00 a m +3 57 p m Ar Savannah.*12.50 p m +5.55 a m +8.05 a m Lv Eatonton, *5.00 a m Ar Mill’dg’ve. *6.05 a m Connections at Savannah with Savannah? Florida and Western Railway for all points in Florida. Local Sleeping Cars on ail Night Pas senger Trains between Savannah and Au gusta, Savannah and Macon, Savannah and Atlanta.Macon and Columbus WM. ROGERS, G. A. WHITEHEAD, Gen.Supt., Sav. Gen. Pass. Agt. Sav. T. D. Kline, A. C. Knapp. Supt. Macon. Agt. Macon, W. F. Shellman, Traffic Mang’r., Sav. Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. 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 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 MILLER, The Jeweler and Optician, Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 5,1886. 26 tf Wool, Carding. AM prepared to do Wool-Carding 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 their own name and address on the package, so that no mistake can be made in re turning carded wool. I am also pre pared to card batting for mattresses and comforts. . A. CORMANNI. Milledgeville, Ga., March 2, 1886. tf