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DAI1LONEGA, GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1903.
W. B. TOWNSEND, Editor and Proprietor
lotions,
GrocErieS.
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Phosphoric Acid.
Phosphoric acid is formed by
the union of 1 hosphorous and
cxygin in the | roportion of 2:5.
Oxygou is :i gas while phosphor
ous is u poi onous, \ellow, waxy
solid, easily c it like beeswax and
very inflamahle. If we dissovlo
phosphorous in carbon di snl|)hide
and pour the liquid on orjaranu*
matter it takes tiro and burns with
a brilliant flame as soon as it
evaporates. It is .used also for
making: matches. It is found in
bones, mineral deposits and in |
soils and ores. It is -valuable in
agriculture only when it is com- |
bined with oxygen forming: phos- |
phoric acid. \ phosphate is phos- j
phoric acid uniti (I with a hase as |
lime, iron, alnmiuum, and mug- j
nesium the phosphate of lime is :
he form usually us d as a source
o phosphoric acid. Let us cx-
i plain, the difference between a
I phosphate and a supcrpl osphatc.
i Any material containing: phos-
| phone acid as its chief constituent
j is a phosphate. Any material
phosphoric acid and a small
amount of nitrogen. Bone-ash is
free from nitrogen and contains
from twenty—seven to thirty-six
per cent, of phosphoric acid.
Largo exports are made from
South America, lioek phosphate is
now being used very extensively.
Large quantities are mined in
Term.., S. C. and Fla. Some rooks
contain 11s high as 10 per cent of
phosphoric acid.
The ellioot of phosphoric acid on
plant life has been noticed in three
forms:
1. It helps plant nutrition, play
ing an important part in building I
proleids.
2. Applied early in the season
it hastens maturity unless its ef
fect has been counteracted by the
application of a large amount of
nitrogen. If the seeds do not de
velop normally and the plant fails
to mature this is good evidence of
the lack of phosphoric acid.
3. It aids certain nutrients in
becoming soluble, so that they
may be tnmsfored from the grow
ing parts to the seed or wherever
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DA FI I.ON LCG-^
containing soluble plmiphoric acid they arc to bo aasimalab'd.
is a superphosphate. Phosphates
are converted irlto suporphos-! Potash is formed by the union
phutes by treating with sulphuric | of potassium, an iffflamable, silver
acid. (By so doing we get the I white metal with oxygen. It is
following reaction: 5>CaO, P2 05 2 found m abundance in tho ash of
(!I-> 0. MOd) —2 (CaO SOU) CaO, { plants. All soils contain potash as
2[l2 0, PI 05.) Omit in “(C.)” ; it is an ingredient of many min
The compounds formed by the ap- i orulp and rocks. Soils composed
and | largely of sand are often found
j deficient, in potash. In the early
history of our country wood ashes
was practically the only source of
potash, while now the Stassfnr
■ mines of Germany furnish largely
; what is used. The product of
j these mines sold in this country is
i ehielly Kainit, which usually oon-
| tains about twelve and one half
per cent, of potash..
1 Muriate of potash and sulphate
of potash are (he manufactured
products. In the first, potash is
I combined with chlorine forming a
1 chloride, while in tho second pot
J ash is combined with sulphuric
j acid forming a sulphate. Potash
; is found ccmhincd in rocks, as
! mineral salts, in vegetable matter
I and in the ash of plants.
These are the known functions
of potash: Aids in tho formation
and transference of starch! n plants
and in the formation of sugar.
Essential iu the development of
wood structure and the fleshy por
tion of fruits. It neutralizes plant
acids. Chan. W. Davis,
X. G. A. (J.
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superphosphate.
Commercial fertilizers
phospoi'ic acid combiuod
lime in four forms:
1. Soluble phosphoric acid one
Ila-rt of lime (calcium) united with
one part of phosphoric acid and
two parts of water. 'Ibis form
unlike nitrates is not lost to any
extent by leaching.
2. Reverted phosphoric acid-
this contains two parts of lime ;
with one part of phosphoric acid ,
and ono'part of water. This is j
called “reverted” phosphoric acid, j
which means that it at one time ;
was soluble in water, but has
“gone back” to a form insoluble
in water. This form is almost as
available as the soluble as it can
readily be takon up by the roots.
3. Insoluble phosphoric acid
three parts of lime united with one
part of phosphoric acid. This
j form is readsly dissolved bv strong
! ,-icids but i-' Howdy taken up by
j plants, being firmly bound by a
large amount of lime. The phos
; phoric acid made from bone is
1 more readily used than that liom
| phosphate rock, as the organic
, matter honeycombs it and renders
i ii more favorable for solution.
!. Tot rn — calcic phosphate—
j four parts of lime are united with
i one part of phosphoric acid. This
j is insoluble but is more available
i than the preceding form. Tt con-
tains much lime and is found in
the slag of the Jlessamer steel pro-
! cess.
I Wo will now speak of the
| sources of phosphoric acid. Bones
of animals is one of the chief
sources. The chief cause of the
variation in the -composition of
l,ones used as a fertile/, m is due to
the treatment they receive. Bone
meal is ground bone. Its avail
ability depending upon its fineness
of diyisimi. Steamed -or boiled
Reform the School.
The whole course needs to lie j
simplified and the children should j
be taught to spell. The spelling ;
of even high-school children of !
I honor rank is disgraceful. The |
‘ old routine, parrot-liko spelling j
i has disappeared before the march 1
of “progress” along with the old
! fashioned way of teaching chi-1- |
: dren their alphabets. They now
1 learn to read phonetically, and ;
i are supposed to spell by the same |
1 process. They are supposed to,
! but they do not. The theory ,
! sounds well, but it doesn’t work.
It might do, perhaps, for adults of j
! another race learning t he English
I language. Hut with the large |
!-classes in our public schools the
There !
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ng that underlies them. As a re-
result, a bright child will “do
complicated examples without the
slightest idea of why he takes cer
tain steps save that the teacher
told him to. When ho comes to
a new process he is at sea until tho
teacher has told him how to work/i
that. There is no time for the
reasoning which children of au
earlier generation were put
through in-solving problems with
out tho use of pencil and figures.
That training itself was a pretty
good substitute for geometry and
logic. A child who mastered it
had learned to think, and that is
the foundation of all education.
If a child learns to think or to
spell under the present system, it
is because he stumbles into it or
else is taught at home by parents
who went to school before the
modern frills were invented. In
place of these fundamentals he
gets an excellent smattering of
history, a pretty good idea that
there is such a thing as English
literature, with some knowledge
of the biographies of tho men and
women who made it, a patchwork
of interesting facts from natural
science, makes a few rudimentary
motions toward drawing and
painting and gets a, vague sort of
notion that if he were smart lie
might learn to read music. These
are all excellent things in them
selves. They arouse a curiosity
about, and,perhaps in rare cases a
real hunger for, knowledge which
may lead the child to read or to
study after he leaves school. That
is fine if it can be combined with
good spelling and a real mastery
of simple arithmetic. But the
; schools have not been able to com
bine - the two. Like the fabled dog
| swimming the stream, they have
dropped the real meat of elemen
tary education for its shadow in
tho water. It is time that the
process should be reversed and the
children fed and nourished.—
Brooklyn Eagle.
CITY DIRECTORY
SUPERIOR COURT.
Uni Mondays in April and Octo
ber. ,J. J. Kimsey, .lodge, Cleve
land, Ga. W.A. Charters, Solici
tor General, Dahlonega, Ga.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
John Huff, Ordinary.
John II Moore,Cle.ik.
James M. Davis Sheriff.
E. J. Walden, Tax Collector.
James L. i Ionian, Tax Receiver.
V. R. llix, County-Surveyor.
Joseph B. Brown, Treasurer.
D. C. Stow Coroner.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
E. II. Baker. M ay or.
Aldermen: E. S Strickland, J.
E. McGee, F. G. Jones. J. W.Boyd,
T. J. Smith. W. P. Price,Jr.
Win. J. Worley, Clerk.
Geo. W. Walker, Marshal.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
Baptist Church —
, Paster. Services Sunday at
11 and at night. Prayer meeting
Thursday night.
Sunday School at ’J o’clock.
Methodist—Services every Sun
day at 11 and at night. Rev. .J D
Turner, Pastor Prayer meeting
every Wednesday night.
•Sunday School at !) o’clock.
Presbyterian—Services only on
1st and 3rd Sundays.
D. J Blackwell, pastor.
Sunday School ff a. in.
MASONIC.
Blue Mountain Lodge No. 38, F.
6c A. M.„ meets 1st Tuesday night
of each month.
R. H. Baker, W. M
K. ofP.
Gold City Lodge No. 117, Dah-
lonega, Ga, meets in their Castle
Hall, over Anderson & Jones’ store,
the first and third Mondays in each
month at 8, p. m. All visiting
brothers who are in possession -of
the S. A. P. W. are hereby cordially
invited to attend all meetings. W.
W, Crissnn, C. C.. W. E. Ricketts,
V. C. D. J. Blackwell, P.; D. C.
Stow, It. It. & S.; F. M. Meadors,
M. of F.; Wharton Anderson, M. A.
b ine contains more phosphoric | thing is a wretched failure,
adid. and less nitrogen than raw j seems to be 1.0 way of teaching
I,one. Bone- black is prepared by j the average child to spell save by
heating bones in air tight vessels
until all the volatile matter is
driven off, leaving the original
form of the bone which contains
carbon and phosphate of lime.
This ground inton powder is used
A.
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J-eneral Ji^erch.and.ise.
Iii„t for clarifying sugar. When
received from the refineries it e at
tains impurities of vegetable niaC
ter and moisture- the composition
varying from R2 to <W per cent of
going over and over lists of words
that sound alike and have slight
differences until he has glued them
in his memory like a parrot. It
10ay not lie scientific, but the re
sults abide, and it is results that
count.
Their there is arithmetic, upon
which the public schools lay prop
erly great stress. But they teach
| the processes without the reason*
A Philadelphia photographer
tells this as having actually hap
pened, says the Ledger. A woman
entered his studio.
“Are you the photographer?’’
“Yes, madam.”
“Do you take children’s pic
tures? 1 ’
“Yes certainly.”
“How much do you charge?
“Three dollars a dozen. ’
“Well,” said the woman sor
rowfully. “I’ll have to see you
again. I’ve only got eleven.
Will. J. WORLEY,
Attorney at Law,
AND BEAL ESTATE AGENT,
Dah'oneqa, Ga-
l)r. H. C. WHELCHEL,
Physician & Surgeon,
CDahlonega, Ga.
FOLEYimONEMAR
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R. H. RAKER,
Attorney at
Law,
Dahloneya, Ga.
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