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1 POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of puritv, strength and wholesomoness. Moro economical than the ordinary kinds, and eannot bo sold In competition with the multitude of low tests, short weight, alum or phosnhate powders. Held only In cans. Hotat, Baking Powder Co., 10# Wall St. New York. 19 1>" Hcricultural DepartmEnt, Cabbage, onions and steam chopped hay are good for stimulating fowls, and will greatly increase the laying of ogge- _ Nobody has seen ground harrowed too innch for the preparation of wheat, for it is hardly possible to get too fine tilth. One reason why large breeds of why larg fowls are better winter layers is be cause their greater size makes them less susceptible to severe cold. The large breeds also moult early, and are in full feather when winter comes, rbieh gives them greater hardiness. ak< Moulting also takes for growing which feathers the strength and food should go to egg production. The persistant layers through the summer are good for little or nothing in win ter. but a hen that moulted in warm weather, if not too fat, lays when eggs are scarcest and dearest. The dry feed usually given cows in cold weather is less stimulating to milk, production than the green herb age they get at pasture. The bad effects of too dry feed are generally intensified by lack of water. This is especially true where only cold water is provided. The large quantity that cows should drink chills their stom achs and retards digestion. They will not drink as much as is good for them unless the icecold chill is taken off. The best arrangement is to have a cistern in a barn basement, where the water will not freeze; and where cows may drink and be sheltered from cold winds. BcttkRMILK.—In warm summer weather many persons feel an irresis tible craving for something sour, and often gratifying this desire by a free indulgence in pickles and vegetables made acid with vinegar. This de mand for acid indicates a deficiency in the acid secretions in the stomach, and the demand for an artificial one is a natural one, but vinegar is not the best substitute. Lactic acid is one of the chief agents that give acid ity to the gastric juice of the stomach in health. This is the acid of sour milk, and, therefore, one of the. best summer diet drinks that, we can use is buttermilk. It satisfies the crav ing for acids by giving the stomach a natural supply, and at the same time furnishing in its cheesy matter a good supply of wholesome nutrition. A man will endure fatigue in hot weath er better on buttermilk than any drink lie can use. A writer for a New England jour nal says that “warm drinks tend to produce milk. The same amount oj grain, fed in a warm, thin gruel, will produce more milk ami butter of rich er quality than when used dry, and some advocate the steaming of hay and other food. Cutting food for horses and cattle is recommended by all w ho have tried it, as giving an eco nomical control over the supply, se curity against waste, and the facility of mixing different kinds of food in such propotions as may be found best. Corn stalks, coarse bay and straw may be fed to great advantage. Corn stalks well cured are thus made worth as much’as the best hay. and one or two quarts of meal will make a bushel of cut staw equal to hay.— Roots in this case are necessary as a uppetizer and to prevent constipa tion, and may take the place of grain. Cattle should always have a supply of salt, especially those in the interior, such needing it more than those kept near the ocean. Make a Modern Garden. By a modern, and I might say mod el garden, 1 do not refer in any way however remote to the ancient affair that served for our grandmothers to raise a supply of vegetables and sweet herbs for their families. Newer and more productive soil as well as cus toms made a small inclosure answer tin? purpose of a kitchen garden, lhit the old things have* passed away and | now the call is for a plot of ground large enough and surrounded by a I grass plot at least wide enough for | the turning of teams and for conve nience in carting to and from the garden. One convenient way is to set asparagus and small fruits in rows wide enough npart to allow several rows of annuals to be cultivated be tween them, and also to give room in winter for a team to be driven through to unload a heavy coat of manure. I hold that more manure can be applied then without bad ef fects than at any other season. The action of frost and water render the manure available for next year’s crops and with no trouble as from the application of green manure in the spring. Everyone needs at least one lot to which "stock and poultry have no ac cess In which to produce fruit and garden truck. Although the average farmer may not enlarge his bank ac count very rapidly by the suggested 1 or supplying his family with method fruit and vegetables, he may gain very largely those things that are of much more importance than is the very convenient bank account. The development of health and character is essentially advanced in every fami ly where the flower and farm garden and the orchard of fruits small and large receive the attention they de serve. The idea that a large outlay of labor and money for modern gar den tools is necessarv to good results deter many from making an attempt in this direction, but almost any good farmer has the tools and appliances for cultivating with horse power most garden crops. Allow space enough, take in the horse and do most of the work in a few hours for each round of cultiva tion. Be sure to plant enough and take good care of all you plant, and then sell enough to twice pay for all the outlay, and what is left from your table will come in nicely for the hens and cow. Small fruits in abundance will do much to content the young people at home anil add a liltle to the income if you have a home market. My two boys, 8 and 10 years of age raised last season several dollars’ worth of vegetables all by their own labor; anil the mental training involv ed in the fact was wortli more than “much money."—[E. C. Bailey. Hiatt on Little Things. Of all the business under the sun, there is none that needs to be looked after in a more economical manner than the poultry business—there are so many little tilings that are liable to be overlooked and in fact, are, in most cases. The first and main point for success is to keep the stock, both ihlcks, in a thrifty old and growing c condition, so that few will be lost by death. In dressing chickens, have a place to do it all so that the feathers may be saved carefully and not scat tered about, for they can be readily sold for cash or bartered for tins from the peddler's cart. The houses should be arranged with platforms under the roosts in order to save all the manure dropped In the night, anil the floor frequently raked over to save as much as possible that is dropped through the day, as a sav ing as well as for the clean appear ance of the house and tin* health of tile fowls. Another important item is to watch the growing cockerels and dress them off as soon as they are ready, so as not to feed much beyond this time, as they pay better killed early than when kept longer, besides giving those remaining a better chance. Another frequent waste is in the manner of feeding. Be care ful not only not to lose by carelessly throwing the food around, but feeil in such quantity and of such quality that tlie return in eggs will bt* sufli- oient to repay well for all expended. The farmer too frequently depends on an exclusive diet of whole corn for 11is liens all day and all the year. Tilt* consequence is, lip gets a goodly SWIFT’S SPECIFIC. ’ A REMEDY NOT FOB A DAY, BUT FOB W& HALF A CENTUBY “XiS* BELIEVING SUFFERING HUMANITY I 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. First-Class Grocery Store in Milledgeville, anil intends, so long ns lie continues in 1 • keep up n full and complete stock of FRESH GOODS " just as LOW as the same goods can lie sold in this or to market. He does not propose to cut under liis Brother tu'- v 1 but it will be a “cold day in August” when he is r UU out? J une 22, 1880. 50 owly. ^STEYENS 9 *t*FOTTEM¥,^ Naar MillEdgeville, G-Enrgia, Manufacture! STEAM-PBESSED DOUBLED-GLAZED VITRIFIED DRAIN, SEWER and WATER PIPES, SMOKE AND HOT-AIR FLUE PIPE, Flower Pots, Greenhouse Tile, and Other Ware, Etc, FIRE BRRUK A SPECIALTY. STEVENS BROTHERS & CO. PROPRIETORS. March 1, 1887. 34 tf GEO. R. LOMBARD & CO., Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works, Above Passenger Depot, near Water Tower, AUGUSTA, GA., Sell the Best and Cheapest Engines and Boilers. Complete Gin and Mill Outfits, -A SPECIALTY. Mill ami Engineer’s Supplies, Cotton, Grain, Sawmill and Labor-saving Machinery, Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, Saws, Emery Wheels, Governors, Pumps, Insphaturs, Injectors, etc. Large stock to select from. Prices low, good* guaranteed. Write for circulars. Castings of every kind, and now work (light and heavy) prompt ly dono. Best outfit South. pf^GIN WORK, New and Repairs, promptly and well done, at AUGUSTA GIN WORKS. GEO. R. LOMBARD. April 19th, 1887. 41 ly. S-A-YTHI IMIOIsriEJYn BY BUYING YOUR Furniture, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Saddles, Harness Leather, Children Carriages, S. Barren, Invites his friends to call and examine his new nn,i of Groceries. He has endeavored to open a ni U^ r 't* v but it will be a “cold day in August wnen lie is ruu 0llf T* Brother who proposes to undersell him. His advantn™? * T better than any other man, BUT JUST AS GOOD and l, We afford to meet their prices. He ’ lle Cai1 Makes a Small Profit on all he Sel and “Don’t you forget it." He does not sell at COST lie bn the best houses, pays cash, gets the benefit of cash disrnmu r ° therefore can and will Ult > t Sell Goods as Low as Any One To mention the articles would be useless, suffice it to sav 1 i nearly all the goods usually kept in a First-Class Grocery Sto? cities of any size. He will endeavor, by STRICT HONESTY polite attention, to merit a full share of the public patronage if successful in business, will promise to do all he can to build the interest of the city that has so kindly received him S, BARRETT. N °- Dec.' llXisaT 0* T. C. H1CNDRIX. o. P. WILLINGHAM, HENDRIX & ' MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Sash, Doors, Blinds, Moulding IMLA-ljTTIEIjS, Newels, Rough and Dressed Lumber, ShingL AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL. Lime, Plaster, Cement, Hair, Laths, Paints, Oils, Glass and Builder's Hardware, BXXXB WORKS, Foot of Cherry St. March 8, 1887. MACON, OA. 353m, I am here to Supply a Long Felt Want. Wall Paper, Window Shades, Mixed Paints, White Lead, Linseed Oil, Etc., from Us! number of eggs in summer, while his Ii hi*us run at large anil catch insects, while lie should be gathering a fair number all winter by judiciously feeding proper quantities of meat, milk, shells and warm dough for breakfast. For profit, the age of fowls is much to be considered, and they should not be kept more than two laying seasons. THE SOIL FOR POTATOES. Those who think fertilizer manufac turers do nothing but "skin” the farmers out of $10 profit on every ton of fertilizer sold, will have their ideas rudely shocked when theyle&rnof the' failure of several manufacturers.— The 3 per cent dividend recently de dared by one of the largest firms in the trade is the first retur turn to the stockholders made in several years, who have been meanwhile heavily as sessed to make up the company’s los es. The fact is that the fertilizer bus- ness is suffering from the worst kind of competition—that which compels sales on cash commissions to seliing agents. The remedy is for farmers to combine and invite bids from manu facturers for large lots of specified grades to be paid for in cash. The Weaker Sex Are immensely strengthened by of Dr. R. V. Pierce’s “Favc the use of Dr. R[ V. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription ” which cures all female derangements, and gives tone to the system. Bold by druggists. I Afferent varieties of potatoes re quire different conditions of soil.— Some soils are better adapted for growing potatoes than others. We all know that n*t only can the appear ance of any given variety be changed by a radical change of soil and con ditions, but tbe quantity also. I have yet to find a variety that will produce all condi- equally good quality on tions of soil. The test of earliness de pends largely upon the right selection of soil. The Early Essex, which I believe to be tbe earliest kind vet kudwn, needs a light warm soil.— Heavy Boils will generally produce a larger yield, but the potatoes will not be so smooth and handsome, and as a rule they will be inferior in table qualities. I have found varie ties that invariably do best on heavy land; they seem to require it. Tbe different varieties of potatoes love to choose their own conditions of soil as much as different varieties of grasses.—[W. F. Andross, Hartford county, Ct. Says an Eminent Physician, "Have used for twenty years the prep aration known as Bradlield’s Female Reg ulator. It is the best combination known for female diseases. For particulars write The Bradlield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. We are prepared to ilo all kinds of job work elegantly and promptly. Wo need money and for tlie CASH wo will duplicate prices of any house in Georgia. Also, MILLEDGEVILLE Marble and Granite Worksl M Y YABD is open and everybody is cordially invited to coins and see my work and how it is done. I am prepared to furn ish any size job from a small Headstone to tbe finest elaborately carved Tablet or Monument. I have as good a selection of origi nal Designs and Photographs as can he found anywhere in the United States. Satisfaction Guaranteed in every instance. Prices, Designs and Estimates sent by mail upon application. Correspondence solicited. E. P. LUGAND, Lock Box, No. 1, Milledgeville, Ga. Jan. 11, 1887. 27 tf COFFINS AND CASKETS. All Styles and Prices. W. &c J. CARAKER, !!2 South Wayne Street Milledgeville, Ga. March 1, 1887. 34 4m. CTTTST ZREJCEJIYriEID —AT— W. H. HALL’S, —A large lot of Best— And in fact, everything kept by a First-Class Grocer. My trade men all that I desired, and with better facilities, in the past has been lower prices, larger stock and a motto of “Honest Dealing,” I shall try and increase it. I solicit the patronage of my friends and the public generally. W. H. HALL, Jr. No. 5 E. Hancock, St Milledgeville, Ga. March 7th, 1887. 35 ly, CROCKETT’S IRON WORKS. I BUILD and repair ENGINES for Steamboats, Locomotives and Stationary,—for SAW, Grist, Stavo and Lathe Mills, also Bolting Machinery, Piping and its Fittings, Shaftings, Boxes, Pulleys and Gearing, am prepared to do any job tbo country calls for. Make tho best Water Wheel, call on or send for price list E. CROCKETT. MACON, GA. April, Otli, 1887. [30 ly. Brick! Brick! Brick! 1,000,000 FIRST-CLASS BRICK for sale. P ARTIES Intending to build on the* line of theGoorgia 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 ker yard. BRICK DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF TOWN. tar We take pleasure in referring to Maj. J. FUSS, Architect and Building Superli tendent. foster & mcmillan, Milledgeville Ga.,June 10th, 1880. Contractors and Builders. 49 u A. B. FARQUHAM CO. MACON. GA.. —Southern Branch of— Pennsylvania Agricultural Works, —Manufacturers of— Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Jflills, AND MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY. JOBBERS OF Hardware, Bellini Iron Pile, Brass*® HANCOCK INSPIRATORS, ETC^ March 8th,*.1887.