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8 ’ 1 subscription and Advertising Rates, j* The Georgia Grange, representing and advocat * ing the interests of the Patrons of Husbandry in this State, already numbering a membership of ten thou sand, and rapidly increasing from day to day, presents to every class of our citizens, both in Georgia and else where. one of the most efficient and valuable advertis ing mediums in the land. It will circulate in every county in the State, and will doubtless tome under the eyes of a hundred thousand persons. AU interested should not fail to take notice of this fact. Our advertising rates are as follows: Space 1 wk. 2 wks. 3 wks. 4 wks. 3 in. 6m. 1 year 1 sq . 82 00 S 3 30 84 20 $6 10 sl2 60 851 60 836 00 2sc 360 540 720 87021 60 36 00 60 00 3so J 510 780 10 20 12 30 30 00 50 00 80 00 4 sq' I 660 960 13 20 15 60 88 40 64 80 100 00 5 sq. 780 12 00 15 60 20 50 46 80 79 20 120 00 6 sq..| 9 25 13 75 18 60 22 80 55 20 93 60 137 50 Eight lines make one square. Large cuts and heavy lettering double price. . All transient advertisements must be paid in ad vance ; regular advertisements quarterly. Terms of Subscription. One Year Off To Grangers, 8- 50 To Clubs of ten and upwards 82 00 Address letters and comniiTnications to GEORGIA GRANGE PIBLIRHIW COMPANY, ♦ P. O. Drawer 24, ATLANTA, GA. > ' ' Meeting of the Patrons and Farmers of Pike County. Zebulon, Pike County, Ga., ) December 27, 1873. f At a meeting of the Grangers and Farmers, Rev. J. A. Jackson was called to the Chair, and J. F. Madden requested to act as Secreta ry- A Copimittee of ten was appointed to ar range business for the meeting. While the Committee was absent, the meet . ing was entertained by interesting remarks from Messrs. Cooper, Jackson and Lavender. On the return of the Committee, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas, We, the Grangers and Farmers of Pike, do believe the mode and manner thajt the most of our farmers have conducted their financial business, is ruinous to them and the country, and for the purpose of trMng to remedy the same, have met to take such action together as may tend to remedy the same, therefore, I, Resolved, We, the Grangers and Farm ers of Pike county, recommend the farmers not to plant more than one-third of our crop, the ensuing year, in cotton. 3. Resolved, That we recommend our farm ers to use more economy in the use of fertili zers, and, if possible, to pay the cash for the same. We further recommend, that they use a liberal portion of it on their corn. 3. Resolved, That we deprecate this whole sale bonding for provisions, and we further recommend that the Legislature modify, or repeal, the lien law as early as possible, as we believe it should be stricken from the statutes within twelve months. 4. Resolved, That the homestead is entirely too large, and should lie modified ; we there fore call the attention of the proper authori ties to it. The public school system is also very deficient, and we ask our immediate Representative to have a law passed, leaving the poll tax of our county in the hands of the Treasurer. 5. Resolved, That we send a copy of the above resolutions to the Barnesville Gazette and Georgia Grange, and request their pub lication. J. A. Jackson, Chairman. J. F. Madden, Secretary, OFFIC I _A_ L._ Georgia State Grange, Secretary's Office, ( Colaparchee, Ga., Dec. 31, 1873. | MEETING OF STATE GRANGE. “Masters of Subordinate Granges and their wives who are Matrons,” “Past Masters and their wives who are Matrons,” and proxies, are hereby notified that the next session of the Georgia State Grange will be held in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, 9 o’clock a.m., third Wednes day in January. Subjects will be discussed, than which none more important can ever be presented to the consideration of the Grange. Attend if you can. E. TAYLOR, Sec y. [ Papers friendly, throughout the State, please notice.] Georgia Stale Grange, Secretary’s Office. 1 Colaparchee. Ga, Dec. 31, 1873.) Ye Scribes of Local Granges : Will please do us the favor, in preparing then quarterly reports to this office, to observe the following instructions, to-wit: Fill out all blanks j within and without with the names and numbers . and quarter endings of your Granges. In fold ing your reports, fold in the mhldle across the : short way, then fold in the middle once again, i By thus doing, you present the heading on the ; outside “right side up," and easily and quickly ! read. Tie not much trouble to you individually ’ thus to perfect your single reports, but when it comes to one's preparing over four hundred, and •till-a-coming. it is different. "Have pity upon the poor” Jephosaphat. . E. TAYLOR, Secy. Georgia State Grange, Secretary’s Office, ( Colaparchee, Ga,. Dec. 31, 1873. i TYnurunrs of Local Granges: When quarterly reports and quarterly assess ments fall due. forward them directly to your State Grange Treasurer. Mm. hell Jones, Val dosta, Georgia. The direction in the outward address—"To the State Secretary is inap plicable and entirely unnecessary under our I State Organization; and so soon as pres jfi, ent supply of blanks shall have been ex- K hausted. the address will be "To the State Treas * urer." Doubtless, the former has produced the IL impression in your minds that these reports and ; a dues had to be forwarded to this office. Brother : J Jones is your bunded officer, and in every • R' sense worthy and qualified for the honored $ trust. Fraternally. BH E. TAYLOR. Sec Nr. i THE GEORGIA GRANGE. Atlanta Music House. Messrs. Guilford, Wood & Co., of this city, wish to announce to the various Granges throughout the State and the South that, as man ufacturers’ agents, having exclusive control of territory, and buying in large quantities, they must necessarily buy at greatly reduced rates. These reduced rates they propose to give their patrons the full benefit of. Any one thinking of purchasing an organ or piano will, we are sure, benefit themselves by writing to them on the subject before concluding a purchase elsewhere. Catalogues, price lists, and full information fur nished, by addressing Guilford, Wood & Co., Atlanta, Georgia. To insure insertion, advertisements should be forwarded the week preceding that in which they are to appear in The Grange. We adhere strictly to our published rates. We will not, under any circumstances, print “paid for” notices in the editorial columns; but will insert reading notices in the publishers’ department at 30 cents per line. Address all communications to The Georgia Grange Publishing Co., P. O. Drawer 24, At lanta, Ga. For the Ladies. The Lady's Journal discourses pleas antly and sensibly concerning the true meaning of “help-meet”: The ideas of most young people con cerning married life, are generally so vague and visionary that it is no won der they are apt to be disappointed •when the sober reality of care and re sponsibility settles down upon them. They are to be pitied rather than blamed, since they have been either illy taught, or not taught at all the correct position they must assume the day they don the title of wife. It is not uncommon for young girls to plunge direct from school into the sea of matrimony, unsupported by a single sensible notion of the life upon which they enter; and what can be expected to follow but failure and discontent ? Marriage to them is a sort of materialized Heaven ; it is so sweet to love and be loved; orange flowers, bridal presents, and a fine-looking husband are so prom inent in their day-dreams, as to ex clude homelier, but full as important, accessories from their fanciful vis ion. After the days of the honeymoon pass, the veil gradually uplifts, and they find themselves forced to the performance of duties disagreeable, and oftentimes uncongenial. It is different from what they expected, and, naturally enough, they feel that they have not received the equiva lent due them. It is not the fault of the young wife, but owing, in most cases, to lack of sense displayed by those whom experience should teach better. Had these girls been in structed that marriage is a vineyard, in which, properly, both parties should labor, that the woman must do her part as well as the man, that to promote happiness, comfort, and prosperity, she must be emphatical ly a help-meet, and not a help-eat, why then they might have taken their choice between what captious people might call two evils, and have no one to blame but themselves. Left to herself, how does a girl of seventeen understand these matters ? It was originally intended that the wife should be a help-meet to the husband, not an idle, listless wo man, fritting away her moments in useless employments that interfere with the proper and conscientious perform ance of her duties. When a man mar ries, his whole future depends on the sort of woman he marries, especially if he is poor, and has his own fortune to carve. If the wife is not prudent, wise, and energetic, he will remain forever a mere powerless machine dragged down by a dead weigh'.. It is the men whose wives have proved themselves help meets, truly, that are the rich men of to-day ; they may attribute their wealth to speculation, keen business talent, or anything their pride may suggest, but examine closely the machinerv that backs them, and you will find it well greased with the oil of feminine craft. Men are inclined to be extravagant, and, if helped on and encouraged by spend thrift wives, will lay up no pennies for the “rainy” days of life. A woman should be proud to be a help-meet to her husband. These po etical fancies concerning the ivy and the oak are very pretty, and to a cer tain extent, appropriate; but, as an American writer finely expresses it, “ the ivy should always be ready to stand alone, if the oak shows signs of weaii ness.” Some women seem to have no self-dependence; they throw all the burdens of life on to their husbands’ shoulders, and cannot act for them selves in the smallest matters. It is certainly not a woman’s place to earn daily bread for a strong, able- bodied man to eat, but we have noble instances on record, where in case of failing health or accident, the wife has stood up equal to the emergency, and exhibited her capacities most thorough ly in this respect. The increasing ad vantages daily accruing to American women for educating and fitting them selves for the pursuit, even, of mascu line occupations, render them able, on necessity, to make themselves help meets and blessings to their husbands and families. May such be the choice of all. Coffee and Tea Tax. —Upon the Subject of increased taxation recently recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury, Harper's Weekly says : “ Should increased taxation be found indispensable, the Secretary’s recom mendations are judicious. There can, indeed, be no question of the method by which he proposes to raise half of the sum, namely, the restoration of the tax on tea and coffee. The selection of that tax for repeal impeached the intel ligence of the Republican leaders. The specious plea was that it ■was a tax which invaded every home, and that every home, therefore, would feel the relief. The truth is that, taxes being necessary, none is so just, so equally distributed, and so little felt as that upon tea and coffee. The repeal was favored by enough Democrats to prove that their party has no principle of free trade ; for the most elementary knowl- 111 111 M I II I IWi fe glOMMkii ’ H till IIIi 11 If l|i 4' l >|l jli 11 hl II I ils i lib iMlpll |l|jl ;i ■ b 111 MW- edge of the subject shows that the; principle of a revenue tariff would re quire the duty • upon tea and coffee, j Those who are not familiar with the | elements of the subject do not perhaps see that as there can be no home pro duction of tea and coffee, the whole cus toms revenue from them goes into the Treasury, and does not serve to heighten the price of a native production, as is , the case with a protective duty.” AV e Lead tlie Van.! Frai|klii| rfii|tipg c ATLANTA, GEORGIA. JAS. P. HARRISON & CO-, Proprietors. The largest and most complete Book and Job Printing House in this section, and at which every style of Book. Mercantile. Legal and Railroad Printing is executed. In excellency of work, prompt ness and cheapness, the Franklin simply defy competition. This establishment has been thoroughly refitted and refurnished, regardless of expense, with e very variety of New Book and Job Printing Material! Together with a full complement of SKILLED WORKMEN! Wedding Cards of* new and elegant design, rivalling the beautiful productions of the engra ver : B.li and Letter Heads of the most approved styles. Showbills. Posters. Programmes. Minutes, Catalogues. Books. Railroad Tickets, and everything else that can be printed. Try the Franklin. JAMES P. HARRISON & CO. Transmutation of Grains. A book, recently published in Scotland, and which is referred to by the Aberdeen, Scotland, Free Press, discusses social, historical and scientific subjects. From these we collate the following curious treatise on the transmutation of grains: Wheat, barley, oats and rye come from one and the same grass, as is proved by the fact that, by a particular process of cultivation, you can change oats into rye, or barley, or wheat. This is well known to botanists, and was fully discussed in the Gardners' Chronicle many years ago. The word corn, as translated in our Bibles, includes in its wide signification not only wheat, barley, and oats, but other grains, among which pulse and rye may perhaps be numbered. The Hebrew word translated rye does not mean the grain we know by that name. Rye, a.i far as history-shows, was never culti vated in Egypt or Palestine. Among many other grains, there is’ no doubt but wheat and barley were cultivated by the Egyptians and Jews. ' By an experiment on a wild grass called by tourists AEgiiop ovata, extending over twelve years, and ending in 1852, perfect wheat was procured by M. Fabre, as may be read in more than one of our books on the trasmutation of species. Nor is that more wonderful than other factsofa kindred nature brought to light by scientific investigation. Cauliflower, broc coli, savoys and cabbages all come from a plant that botanists find growing wild upon our sea shores. Professor Henslow repeated M. Fa bre’s experiment of producing wheat from the species of wild grass named, and was successful. 1 The cowslip, primrose, oxslip, and polyan thus are one, and many other flowers that we look upon a® distinct; and wheat, barley, or rye can also be resolved into one. It is surprising that the cultivation of rye never became more common in this country, for, as a grain, it is considered next to wheat. It is supposed to have been brought from the East, and, curiously, it has not, like corn and bai ley, been the least altered by cultivation. It grows in much colder climes than wheat, and “learning to read.” 1 on any kind of soil howevei poor, if it be not too moist. It is grown as extensively in Con . tinental Europe as wheat is, and sustains more I than one-half of the population. Rye-bread is not quite so nourishing as that of wheat, but it has more flavor. In France, bread half-wheat half-rye is found in every house. . At the first sessions of the North Georgia Agricultural College, 127 boys and 87 girls entered, making 211 in all. A Bulloch county planter writes the Savannah News that a German on his place made, this year, with one mule, sixteen bales of cotton, weighing five hundred pounds each, and three hun dred and fifteen bushels of corn. The Lumpkin Independent says “a trip through a portion of our county since our last issue, convinces us that there has been an unusual amount of small grain sown this year. We saw fields of wheat and oats up and growing finely.” _ Jack Newman, a tenant on the home place of W. C. Riddle, Esq., of Sanders ville, the past year, raised on a one mule farm, 5,994 pounds of cotton, making 14 bales, 128 bushels of corn, 2,000 pounds of fodder, and 60 bushels of potatoes. Good Advice to Girls. The following, taken from a Western journal, contains a great deal of good sense, and will be food for profitable thought to those who feel themselves addressed : “ Girls, let me talk to you a little while. Not to you, wild girls, who do not care much what you do; nor to you, very proper girls, who never laugh out of the wrong side of your mouth, nor at the wrong time, nor ever do any thing you shouldn’t But the common average girls, whom we meet at the ' railway station and in the academy, , in the farm-house, and in the village, and who have ‘fellows’ and enjoy ‘going’ with them. [i “ When I see you at church, and at : lectures with these same ‘ fellows ’ sitting close together, hand in hand, I want to whisper in your ear— don't. Don’t do anything that you will look back upon from the maturer age of thirty, and wish you hadn’t. Don’t do anything, no matter how long you have been engaged to a , man, that, when you are married, you will regret. Your husband will i respect you all the more if you have ; always been true to yourself during his courtship. Time enough for the kisses and ‘loving clasps’ will come after marriage, and be enjoyed all the more for true purity of thought and deed. And if the engagement should happen to get broken, it will save many annoying thoughts,if not words, to know that it is impossible for some man, whom you care noth ing for then, to boast of familiarities from you. These young men who are willing to draw out these little, caressing, familiar acts, that in them selves contain nothing impure, must possess impure minds, and imagine license from the innocent, thought less expression of pleasure, will, sooner or later, with some one ven ture more, you may depond. Your careless words and actions may in flame his passions, and presently some one falls —andean you say but that it is partly your fault? No doubt it is very pleasant to be sup ported in your evening walk or ride by the arms of your dear Augustus, or to lean your head to rest upon his convenient shoulder, holding his hand, and to give him a parting kiss ; but, as sure as you live to be ten years older, you will be sorry that you did it. Then consider one thing more. In the strength of your virtue, did you ever think that some weaker sister may see i or know of the act, and think if you do Iso it cannot be improper ? The conse quence is that sombody takes advan tage of her weakness, and she is lost. O girls, we must blame our own selves for some of this evil! Do be thoughtful, and avoid any action which self-respect calls doubtful.” Globe Flower Cough Syrup. The most popular and effective remedy ever introduced for the immediate and perfect cure of every form of disease incident to the throat and lungs. Free from opium and all poisonous in gredients. Perfectly harmless, but acts with magical effect. la the coming remedy, as tens of thousands voluntarily testify. No child can die with croup where Globe Flower Syrup is used; no cough can exist where this specific is used. It is the deadly enemy of the deadliest disease known to the human family, consumption. Whooping cough is a trivial matter with Globe Flower in the house. The strong voice, with ringing clear ness after its use. makes it very valuable to pub lic speakers and singers. Nothing disagreeable in the taste—very palatable. Chemical skill has extracted from the Cephelanthus Occidentalis of the botanist, the Globe Flower of the florist, the Button Root of the herbalist, the crowning glory of science. Globe Flower Cough Syrup. These are startling statements, though naked facts, unembellished save by the simple habiliments of pure truth. Grave-robbed thousands cherish it as a savior. Remember these truths, they may save you from death, and bequeath to you the greatest blessing, sound lungs and immunity from consumption. Sold by all druggists. De. J. S. Pemberton, Proprietor. Atlanta, Ga. I THE GEORGIA GRANGE! / \ i l loo Jh 1 / A FIRST-CLASS EIGHT-PAGE Agricult ora], Commercial and Family Journal, Devoted to the interests of the PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. EDITION, 10,000 I 'gU The Georgia Grange, representing and advo cating the interests of the Patrons of Husbandry, is published by the Georgia Grange Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia. Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms. Circulating iu every county of the State and adjoining territory, The Geor gia Grange offers excellent facilities to adver tisers. To Patrons of Husbandry, and others, its merits will be its best recommendation. Terms of Subscription: One year $3 00 To Patrons 2 50 To clubs of ten and upwards 2 00 Address GEORGIA GRANGE PUBLISHING 00., novß-tf P. O. Drawer 24, Atlanta, Ga. CENTRAL RAILROAD. General Superintendent's Offce, 4 Central Railkoad, Savannah, November 1,1873. J ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, THE SECOND INST., Passenger Trains on the tie irgia Central Railroad, its Branches and Connections, will run as follows: TRAIN NO. 1, GOING NORTH AND WEST. Leave Savannah 8:45 a.m. Leave Augusta 9:05 a.m. Arrive in Augusta 4:00 p.m. Arrive in Milledgeville 10:09 p.m. Arrive in Eatonton 11:55 p.m. Arrive in Macon .....’. 6:45 p.m. Leave Maconjor Columbus 7:15 p.m. Leave Macon for Eufaufa 9:10 p.m. Leave Macon for Atlanta 7:30 p.m. Arrive at Columbus 3:57 A.M. Arrive at Eufaula 10:20 A.M. Arrive at Atlanta 1:40 a.m. COMING SOUTH AND EAST. Leave Atlanta,.... 1:00 a.m. Leave Columbus 7:40 P.M. Leave Eufaula 7:25 r.M. Arrive at Macon from Atlanta 6:50 a.m. Arrive at Macon from Columbus 5:00 a.m. Arrive at Macon from Eufaula 6:45 a.m. Leave Macon 7:15 a.m. Leave Augusta 9:05 a.m. Arrive at. Augusta 4:00 p.m. Arrive at Savannah 5:25 p.m. TRAIN NO. 2, GOING NORTH AND WEST. Leave Savannah 7:30 a.m. Leave Augusta 8:05 r.M. Arrive in Augusta 5:55 a.m. Arrive in Macon 8:20 a.m. Leave Macon for Columbus 8:45 a.m. Leave Macon for Eufaula 9:05 a.m. Leave Macon for Atlanta 9:10 a.m. Arrive in Columbus 1:50 p.m. Arrive in Eufaula 5:40 r.M. Arrive in Atlanta 5:48 P.m. COMING SOUTH AND EAST. Leave Atlanta 7:00 a.m. Leave Columbus 2:30 p.m. Leave Eufaula 7:20 a.m. Arrive in Macon from Atlanta 3:40 p.m. Arrive in Macon from Columbus 7:30 p.m. Arrive in Macon.from Eufaula 5:10 p.m. Leave Macon 7:35 p.m. Arrive in Milledgevilje 10:09 P.M. Arrive in Eatonton 11:55 p.m. Leave Augusta 8:05 P.M. Arrive in Augusta 5:55 a.m. Arrive in Savannah 7:15 a.m. Train No. 2, being a through train on the Central Railroad, stepping only at w hole stations, passengers for half stations can not be taken on or put off'. Passengers for Milledgeville and Eatonton will take train No. 1 from Savannah and Augusta, and train No. 2 from points on the Southwestern Railroad, At lanta and Macon. The Milledgeville and Eatonton train runs dailv, Sundavs excepted. WILLIAM ROGERS, General Superintendent. D. B. MORGAN & CO., Wholesale and Retail Furniture Dealers, 85 Whitehall and 92 Broad Street, ATLANTA, GA. Send in your orders for Furniture. We pack securely and ship promptly. P. O. box 380. dec2~, WM. K. NELSON, PROPIgETOR OF THE GEORGIA NURSERY, Cultivator of and Dealer in Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Strawbeny Plants, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. W 10.000 Peach Trees ; 20,000 Apple Trees Send for Price List. novß-tf THE GRANITE HOUSE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, BY MRS. BjVRNETT, Formerly of Milledgeville, Ga., Is now open as a Private Boarding House, for the accommodation of Transient, Regular and Day Boarders. This House is on Broad street, between the Railroad Bridge and Marietta street, near the center of the city, and within less than two hun dred vards of the present Capitol. Terms reas onable. N. C. BARNETT. November Ist, 1873. novß-tf Let it be remembered that the Franklin Steam Printing House binds books, music, periodicals, etc., manufactures blank books, does all kinds and»tyle 3 of ruling, to order, in the best manner.