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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1892)
BIRDS TO SING ENLARGING NATUHE’3 GIFT T! THE FEATHERED FOLK. Canaries May be Tuught a Varietyol j, otes _Best Methods ot Teaching Them to Sinff To think of music lessens for a bird seems rather odd, for song is nature’s gift to the feathered folk. Undoubt edly, says Olive Thorne Miller in the New York Recorder, a bird hatched in solitude, and never allowed to hear the voices of his kind, would express his emotion in some sort of musical fashion. But. as a matter of fact, many, perhaps all. birds are taught to sing. I have my. self heard several birds at what I believe to be their singing lessons, notably the American robin and the whip-poor-will. Id both these cases the old bird sang his full song and waited while the little one with more or less success imitated it. Over and over the parent repeated the notes and the infant tried to copy them. •, V These are the native teachers, but birds destined to the life of parlor me* sicians, as the bullfinch and some others, human teachers, when their music sons are as regular and their instruc tors as painstaking as the professors who teach our daughters. The canary, our most familiar house companion, is usually imitative and in telligent, and a wonderful capacity for song dwells within his tiny frame. I may say hers also, for hi3 pretty little mate can sing, though not everyone knows this. There are three distinct ways in which a bird may receive a musical education. Re may be taught to sing our luues, opera a rs or negro melodies, as is gener ally done with the bullfinch; or, second, he may be instructed in the notes of another bird, as a lark or a rob bin; or, thirdly, his capacity may be developed, his powers of voice cultivated and his song remain the canary song through all. A seed diet gives the muscles compact ness, therefore, according to this system, seeds should not be the principal die! until he “graduates,” but a soft food oi hard-boiled egg grated with cracker oi bread, and boiled in milk to the con sistency of stiff paste. Some seed may be added, and this may be varied by bread and crackers in milk, and grated egg, or a little lean beef chopped very fine. He should have variety of food and plenty of it, for he is growing and must be well nourished. It is godd also to let him fly about, for this helps to ex pand the chest. Now to teach him. If he is to sing “Annie Laurie” or “The Last Rose ol Summer,” he must be placed in a quiet room, with the cage covered. Then a few notes of the chosen air should be whistled, or played on some instrument, flute, bird organ or piano. They musi be played slowly and distinctly, in cor rect time, and over and over till the bird begins to try it himself. He must not see the teacher, nor hear the least noise to distract his attention from the notes so constantly repeated. The in structor may have to spend hours, it may he twelve, before the bird learns his lesson, but he must persist in reiterating those few notes and no others till the pupil repeats them. "When he sings his notes he should be rewarded with some thing he likes, for one a bit of food, for another a little praise. No matter how well the bird has learned his artificial song, he will forget it the first time he moults, unless it is carefully repeated to him every day while moulting. If the bird’s owner wishes her canary to sing like a lark or robin, she must put 4“ m UQder nafciv,e instruction. He is to placed, with his cage covered closely, a room aloue with his teacher, whose cage is in a light, sunny window. The lark sings for his own pleasure, and the canary, in his darkened cage, forced to pay attention to it, learns to imitate it. One man, who kept a large number of canaries, tells of having one of them trained by a wild English robin. Her cage—for it was a female, a year old— alone near the window, outside w nek was the robin’s favorite singing perch. The cage was uncovered, for he never thought of training; her, and for weeks she uttered no sound, but listened and looked at the singing bird, and aay she one Jhe surprised her master by giving robin song perfectly. Treated in imitate ie way almost described, a canary will learn to iheihird any bird song. is to have method, and the most natu tine the young bird trained by a singer of his own family—a can ary—and or a ll that is needed to do this is to keep the young during the learn one o period IQ the roota tlie g ae gcr a one, when he will follow his °ti ! t! S ° { u lin ar S US s to k' 8 powers allow. „v , remember are that he 0t ° e ^* stUl "t>ed by other sounds, es . ,■ 1 n y ° tlier sin learns' S ia g> and that he noie . i quickly if hig cage is cov ered. S ? V 1 at attention not bo distr distracted a by , seeing may ne caut, should anything. °n be heeded. How evpr violence, never be stopped by scold,„ ^ throwing ^ something at him, little *"* matures ° P S ia king the cage. These and 1 icy by are exceedingly sensitive, are terror sometimes thrown km j tu ®pdeptic 11 fit, and occasionally to ° Dois T> fits caire should be rmieLi covered while t0 > a kind word is * – weeten the imprisonment in di-izr darkness which he mistress must suffer that hi* may talk . SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. CREAM SALMON. Take one can of salmon; mince ft fine, drain off the liquor in a colander and throw it away. Boil one pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls butter, salt and pep per to taste. Have ready a pint of fine bread crumbs, which place in a layer in the bottom of a dish. Upon this lay a layer of the minced salmon, then a layei of the dressing made of the milk, pepper and salt, more bread crumbs so on, having crumbs for the last layer. Bake until brown.—Detroit Free Press. CHICKEN CROQUETTES. For chicken croquettes use one solid pint of finely chopped cooked chicken, one tablespoonful of salt, one-half table spoonful of pepper, one teacupful of cream or of chicken stock, one table spoonful of flour, four eggs, one tea spoonful of chopped parsley, one tea spooqful of onion juice, one tablespoon ful of lemon juice, one pint of bread crumbs and three table$poonfuls of but ter. Put the cream or stock on to boil, mix flour and butter and stir into the cream; add chicken and seasoning. Boil two minutes and add two of the eggs well beaten. Take from the tire imme diately. When cold, mold, cover with egg and bread crumbs and fry. — Brook lyn Citizen. MOCK HARE. For a mock hare cut a nice, lean beef steak from the sirloiu, leaving out the tough end. Chop two tablespoonfuls of suet fine, with a cup of fine bread crumbs. Add a little parsley and a sprig of thyme. Put in a teaspoonful of salt and half a teaspoonful of pepper. Wet the mixture together with; the, yolk and white of an egg, and finally add a tea spoonful of onion juice for flavor. Spread this stuffing on the steak and roll it up in it, tying it in place to keep the stuffing in. Rub the steak with butter, Sour it thickly, lay it on a roasting rack and keep it in the oven till it is fairly well done. If the oven is hot, it should be cooked brown on the outside in twenty or twenty-five minutes. When ready to serve remove the strings, and serve it in a platter with a brown gravy made from the drippings of the pan and accompanied by a crimson mould of spiced currants. Carve it in slices from the outside, not across the roll, serving a little dressing with each slice. This is a delicious way to cook a sirloin steak for a change.—New York Tribune. DEEP APPLE PUDDING. It may also be made with canned fruits, used if some of the liquid is poured off and for sauce. Lino a buttered three-pint crockery bowl, with a rolling rim, with a paste made as follows: Sift a quart ot flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a small teaspoon ful of finely-chopped suet, half mutton and half beef; stir into a soft of dough with a fork and about two cups, of very cold water. Roll out once a little thin ner than for biscuit crust and spread on the bottom and sides of the bowl; then put a layer of thinly-sliced tart apples, and sprinkle with about a teaspoontul of sugar and a little lemon or grated lemon peel, if liked, and so on until tte bowl is heaping full; sprinkle two tablespoon fuls of cold water through, then covei with paste. Wring the pudding cloth as dry as possible out of cold water, dredge it with flour and put over the top of the pudding and tie with stout twine three times round under the rim of the bowl. The cloth should be square and of good size. Bring the ends together in the middle, pulling taut to tighten the string and secure with safety-pins or a few stitches. Put in a large pot of boiling water with an inverted plate or stand on the bottom and boil for three hours; the water should be replenished when needed and kept boiling. When cocked remove the cloth, run a knife around the sides of the bowl, hold a good-sized, rather deep dish over the top; invert quickly and you have a mound of light paste with plenty of well cooked fruit. Half beef and half mut ton makes a lighter paste than all beef. The former is better flavored, as it is not well to use all mutton.—New York World. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Never set coal oil near butter or Isrd. Save your cold tea; it is excellent foi cleaning grained wood. Hot solution of salt and vinegar brightens copper and tinware, also zinc bathtubs. When suffering from overstrained and fired eyes bathe them in hot water sev eral times a day. Fine shavings from soft pine wood make a pleasant pillow. They have special curative virtues for coughs and lung troubles. In trimming lamps with broad wicks clip the ends a little lower than along the middle and thus avoid a smoked or cracked lamp. Cracks in furniture may be filled with Indian red or burnt umber to get the desired shade. Wheu dry it will take on equal polish. According to the Medical Record cas tor oil has not failed in any case to re move warts to which it was applied once a day for two to sir weeks. In washing greasy skillets the tion of a little soda to the first water will acutralizc the grease, and make it much easier to clean. These are best cleaned when hot. Uow'ii This f We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any oase of catarrh that oaano, bj cured by taking F. Hall’* J. Cheney Catarrh Co., Cure. Props Toledo. – . O. We, the undersigned, have known K. J. Cheney peruse,ly for honorable the last 15 year.*, bu and inest believe him in all transac tions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West – Troax, Wholesale Druggists, Tole W do, O. Rinnan Wholesale Druggists, albino, A Martin, ' Hall’s Catarrh Toledo, O. taken ’ ' internally, • Cure is act ing faces directly the upon tho blood and mucous sur of system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Rub your lamp-chimneys will^be after washing with dr y salt, and you surprised at the new bri lliance of your lights. Malaria cured and eradicated from the system by Brown's Iro'i Bitters, which en riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids diges tion. Acts like a charm on persons in general ll! health, giving new energy and strength. Mirrows are for the indolent; they encour age idle reflections. Mr John C. Fertman, Albion, Illinois.writes on Jan. 16,1891. “My wife has been a great sufferer from headaches for iver 20 years, tnd your Bradycrotine is the only medicine that has ever relieved her. I can get you all the recommendations you want’from hero. We take great pleasure in recommending it on ail occasions.” The Throat.-" Frown’s Bronchial Troches” act directly on the organs of the voice. They have an extraordinary effect in all disorders of the throat. For i=ick headachy, dizziness or swimming In the head, pain in the back, body or rheu matism. take-Beecham’s Pills. The worst cases of female weakness readily Dr, yield to Dr. Swan’s Pastiles. Samples free. Swan, Beaver Dam, Wis. : s 'M A J y X 1 \ * ° ( sJ 1 )!/H Jj * / //I u 70PVR(GHT 1891 Arrested all —the its progress of Consumption. In earlier stages, it can be cured. It’s a scrofulous affection of the lungs — a blood taint—and, as in every other form of scrofula, Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is a certain remedy. But it must be taken in time — and now is the time to take it. It purifies the blood — that’s the secret. It’s the Nothing else acts like it. blood most cleanser, potent strength-re storer, - and flesh builder known to medical scienoe. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, and all lingering that’s guaranteed, Coughs, in it’s a remedy benefit every case, to or cure. If it doesn’t, the money is re turned. In other words, it’s sold on trial. No other medicine of its kind is. And that proves thi C-* u: is “just as good” as “ Discov ery.” The dealer thinking is of his profit, something not of else. yours, when he urges 7K * ¥■ Or, – 1 it! 1 i RELIEVES all Stomach Distress. REMOVES Nausea, Sense of Fullness, Congestion, Pain. REVIVES Failing ENERGY. RESTORES Normal Circulation, arui Warms to Toe Tips. DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. St. Louis, Mo. ■tt.jt.jLjt.^ ^n ^.ji.Jt.Jt.jt.ji. 4 OC/UuEO^ C///W"VQ /Q A It * * * IBest Seeds! I It W A «AWOODst-; 2* PI® I l A A 1 r ! 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After suffering untold agonies three years from Rheumatism, having had much treat ment without relief, I decided to take Swift’s Specific. Eight bottles CURED ME ENTIRELY and I wish other sufferers to know of the value of your great remedy for Rheumatism.— John McDonald, McDonald's Mills, Ga. JgL-Send for free Treatise oh the Blood and Skin. SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga. IPSA U4 UERO or SWEET GUM – MULLEIN ’* ' CURES AND ALL LUNG TROUBLES Sold by ull dcnlers. Accept no substitute. w. $3 L. DOUGLAS SHOE GENTLEMEN, FOR Is a fine Calf Shoe, made seamless, of the best leather produced in country. There are no tacks o'- wax threads to hurt the feet, and is made as smooth inside as a hand-sewed shoe. It is as stylish, easy fitting and durable as custom-made shoer costing from $4.00 to $5.00. This shoe has been on sale through out the United States over eight years, and has given excellent satisfaction, as the increasing sales show We are now selling more shoes of this grade than any other manufacturer m the world Try a pair—you cannot make a mistake. One trial will convince you that It is the Best Shoe in the World for the Price. ! m 'im A y T ’’i; ‘, $m mm-tVY x. n I 1st Wfp. ' as % i Hr SI Wwmlmc | m tv ;/- ' / a § w m % m m m 2a take no substitutes. ■W. L. DOUGLAS FINE CALF HAND SEWED $4.00 and $5.00 SHOES for Gentlemen are very stylish and bargain, lorable. Those who buy this grade get a as shoes of this quality are sold every day from $6.00 to $9.00. W L. DOUGLAS $3.50 POLICE CALF SHOE is made with three heavy s* les, Extension Edge; it gives excellent satis faction to those who want to keep their feet dry and warm If yon want to walk with ease, bay this shoe. One pair will do for r. year. W 1 L DOUGLAS $2 50 $2.25 and $2.00 SHOES are excellent shoes tr every day Workingmen all wear t hem, It is a duty you owe to vourself and your family during these hard times to get the. most value for your money You can economize in your foot-wear if vou purchase W. L Douglas Shoes, which, with out question, represent a greater value for the money than any other make in the world, as thousands who have worn them will testify. If there is no dealer ia your vicinity who keep* W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES,then lend direct to the factory Inclosing advertised price. Shoes are sent to all parts of the country, postage free. HOW TO ORDER HY MAIL. For Gentlemen's and Boys’ Shoes, state size and width usually worn whether Congress or Lace, ( ap Toe, Narrow Cap »r Plain Medium French Toe Is desired. Ladles, state size and width usually worn, whether Opera or Common Sense Toe Is de lred. Hhoe Dealer, mid (ienrrnl Merchant* ol good credit can secure the exclusive agenery fortlieW local paper L. free, DOl't.I.AH by applying NHOEN at where I Be have no to .gent, send uml for Hpecfal ran be Lint advertised ‘•D,” in their ing full information. once. Mire contain lient free. W. L. DOUtihAH ,M<• -- HM 1 )T( mkLBKK» wtbTEo TfT JL JL You don’t want comfort II you don’t with to look well dressed. If you don’t want the beat, then you don't want the Lace Back Suspender. Your dealer hat it if he is alive. If he isn't he shouldn't be your dealer. We will mad a pair on receipt of $1.00. None genuine without tho stamp as above. Bark ---. Suspender Co., Laoo 67 Prince street, N. Y. Plso’s Remedy fbr Catarrh to the Rest, Easiest to Use. and Cheapest. CATA R R H I 60c. .Sold E. by T. druggists Hazel tine, or Warren, sent by mail. Pa. ■ nogE 11 TnOBOUOHLt Tavout BT M A1 l,.l Stf Circulars tree. Bryant’s College. 457 Main , Buffalo. M. Y. $2.00 W L. 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W* I wIII DR.4.STEPHENS, Lebanon,Ohio, A. N. U....... ... Eight. ’93.
