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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1894)
CARP OP A CANARY. Looking After the Health of the Little Songsters. Hints Which May Prove Useful to Their Owners. Of all birds to keep canaries are cer tainly tho nicest. They are very af fectionate, and can be tamed to al most any extent. In buying a bird be sure to go to a respectable shop, or you may be cheated, The writer heard of one lady, who, to her dis gust, discovered that she had bought a sparrow painted yellow, thinking it n very handsome canary. Sliejhad given ft large price for it. The best cages for canaries are those made of mahogany or any other hard wood. Be sure never to Tiny one made of fi r or other soft or porous woods, as they harbor insects. Cages are really best made chiefly of wire: these are light, neat and easily kept clean. Tho food or water vessels should always be of glass or porcelain, and placed outside th<f cage, so as to let the bird have the whole of the interior to himself. For one bird the cage should not be less than twelve inches in height and eight in length and breadth. Each cage should have two perches, not under one another. The best food is canary and turnip seed (the smaller summer]rape seed), in the proportion of one-tliird or one-fourth of the latter to two-thirds or three fourths of the former. A little variation in their food occa sionally will be found conducive to the health and well-being of birds, yatmeal or groats, now and then, mixed with their seeds or given in the little tin box with which cages are usually furnished, will be useful; chiekweed, groundsel or a lettuce leaf Should be given three or four times a week, except in a breeding cage. A small lump of bay salt or a piece of old mortar is good for them to peck at, and a slice of apple, pear, plum or a cherry will be grateful to the birds, if not too often repeated. It is most important that canaries should be kept dry, clean and warm, and their owners must uot forget that these elmrming little birds are foreign ers, and therefore cannot always bear exposure to draughts in which hardy American birds thrive. When keeping pets children should try to realize the kind of the country, and especially the sort of climate, natural to them, it will then be easy to surround them with what is best suited to the nature of each. For instanco, remembering the bright, hot sunshine to which birds from distant lauds are accustomed, it would be well to place the cage in a nice, safe, warm place daily. But the poor little bird must not be left to shiver when the sunshine has passed. It is better to move his cage before that moment. This should not be forgotten by the young mistress or master who wants to keep a pet healthy and happy.—[St. Paul Globe. No Han’s Laud. The little strip of territory which lies between Texas on the south, Colo rado and Kansas on the north, Okla homa on the east and New Mexico on the west has always been a political orphan. In surveying and aligning territory this little strip appears to have been entirely overlooked. For years it has been left out in the cold and has been referred to under the general designation of “No-Man’s Land.” Now it wants to be taken in out of the wet aud cared for. The supposition lias been that it would be attached to Oklahoma, but just why no good reason has ever been given. There is no more reason apparent w hy it should be made a part of Oklahoma than any other territory or state which it adjoins. Su'ch, at least, is the view of the inhabitants of No Man’s-Land. Not being inclined to maintain a separate and independent common wealth the people of the outlying ter ritory are agitating the matter of an nexation to an established common wealth. They have expressed their opposition to being made a part of Oklahoma Territory, but are divided ,as to preference in other directions. Some of them favor Texas, others j Colorado and others Kansas, The geographical position of the strip, if nothing else, suggests that it should be added to Texas. A glance at the map will readily favor 1his conclusion. It looks like it might have been cut off from tlm Texas Panhandle, of which it seems to have formerly been a part. It would im prove the shape and general outline of the Panhandle and lit it nicely all around. It may be argued that Texas is large enough already, but the addi tion of this little strip would not ma terially increase its size. Texas ought to have No-Man’s-Laml and with proper effort aud a little missionary work she would probably get it.— [Houston (Texas) Posh Hon Napoleon III. Died. How odd it is that no one should have thought it worth while to draiv attention to the coincidence that ex ists between the death of Professor Tyndall and that of Napoleon III. In each case the demise was caused by an overdose of chloral, and in each case, too, it was administered with the most loving and best intentions by the de voted wife. Perhaps it is due to the fact that so few persons are aware of the true circumstances of Napoleon III. ’s death. The operation that had been per formed upon him by Sir Henry Thompson had been most successful in all respects and had produced such favorable results that the Prince Im perial had been sent back to Wool wich to school on the following day. The Emperor felt so well that he ab solutely refused to take the chloral, saying that he felt no pain that would prevent his sleeping and that he did not require the chloral prescribed by his physician, Sir William Cull. It was only on the urgent entreaty of the Empress that he took it from her hand, and with manifest reluct" ance, that fatal dose of chloral which brought to him a sleep from which he never awakened. A bitter quarrel took place on the following morning between the physician and the sur geon, in the hearing of many of the members of the imperial household. The facts are well known to all the leading Bonapartists, and if they were not made public in the official record of the autopsy it was solely out of feel ings of consideration for the grief stricken Empi'ess Eugenie.—[Chicago Record. Law In China. In China there are no lawyers, fee– and costs. Litigation is regarded as a great evil, and is made very simple. A magistrate hears the case very much as a father would a dispute between two children, and in the main justice is administered, speedily, thoroughly and cheaply. To prevent litigation, many debts have been made debts of honor, not binding in law. Among these are all loans to friends or rela tives to start a man in business or ex tricate him from trouble; all loans to a gambler, spendthrift, drunkard ora runaway wife; all debt upon parole and various other debts. Drinking debts are not collectable. Profession al services cannot be sued for unless there is a written obligation. The unsecured creditor to collect an old acoount simply stands in front of the debtor’s door and weeps. He rarely has to do this longer than an hour, To get rid of the annoyance aud avoid disgrace the debtor hustles around and gets up the money. A Chinese who gets financially embarrassed will sell himself for a plantation coolie, go into exile for twenty years, or even commit suicide. It is part of his religion to pay off all he owes in the last week of the year, in order that he may begin the next one free from care and obligation.—[New York Mail and Express. Opening of the Riot. Police Justice—But you say this man struck you first? Prisoner—He did, Your Honor. Well, he must have had some provo cation—what did he strike you for? Five dollars, Your Honor.—Detroit Tribune. Economy Is Wealth. Brown—Why, Jones is so very economical that he won’t even argue about anything! Robinson—iWhat does he save by that—his time? Brown—No! His breath!—Hello. SCHILEY COUNIT NEWS. BANK PISHING. A Business in Which 10,000 Per sons Are Engaged. catching Mackerel and Codfish With Trawls, IIow many of tho thousands, yes, millions, who enjoy the luscious mack erel and the flaky cod realize what the capture of these sea fish means to the fisherman, and what a demand that same fishing makes upon capital, and often upon life. A season’s fishing on tlie Banks is by no means the pleas antest life one can spend, and yet it is conservatively estimated that there are 10,000 men aud boys so employed each year. Bank fishing during the past year has not been such a success as it might have been, although the seafaring peo ple who follow itfor a livelihood expec ted that great hauls would be brought in, and that a great deal of money would be made, both by themselves and their employers; but their hopes have not been realized. Compared with the previous year there have been more fish caught, but they were of an inferior quality, and consequently less money was paid for them in the market and so about the same average was made. The Georges Bank, and what is known as “The Channel,” are where the schooners go mostly for fresh fish. Georges is situated about southeast by east, 180 miles from Cape Ann lights, and “The Channel” is about seventy miles off Cape Cod. In tho summer time, before the boats start out to the fishing ground a large quantity of ice is put on board to preserve the fish, as the boats are out from ten to fourteen days. At that, time of the year, there is usually a fleet of about 130 vessels, ranging from thirty tons to 150 tons measure ment, making their headquarters on the western edge of the South Channel, and fishing there the entire summer for what is known to the Ashman as “ground fish,” namely, cod, haddock, halibut, and hake. As the summer advances the fish gradually leave this bank, and in early fall the fleet makes its way to Georges Bank and fishes there until spring. Each schooner is supplied with dories, according to her size, the largest of them carrying ten, five on each side of the boat* packed one inside the others. The Boston schooner Nellie Dixon carried a crew of twenty-three men, all told, twenty of them being out in the dories, and the remaining three—the captain, cook, and one hand—being left to take care of the ship. Each dory is supplied with trawls— which are simply lines with about 4,000 hooks fastened to them at inter vals of about a fathom—and a small tub of bait enough to last them all day. The trawls are always set with the tide, one man pulling the boat and the other in the stern, casting out the trawl. When it lias been out about an hour it is hauled off aud the hooks re baited, ready to be put out again. The work is repeated over and over again until dark, or as long aB the weather is good and clear. While the fishing is going on, the men on board the ves sel are preparing the deck and hold for the fish. On the arrival of a dory alongside, the fish are counted out by the skipper, and the number credited to the men who had caught them, After the fish are cleaned they are put below and packed in ice. This work is kept up until the vessel has a good caf^h. She then sails for home. After arriving at her destination the fish are sold and taken ashore, and the ship is cleaned, ready for another trip.— [Boston Herald. Fancy Pigeon Breeding. The breeding of fancy pigeons is becoming more popular than it has ever been hitherto. Over in Balti more this week and next there is going to be a great show of these birds— one of the most important exhibitions of the kind ever given. Among the pigeons showu will be thirteen tur bits, for which the owner paid $3000. They are the property of Mr. Lever ing, the coffee millionaire, who is a famous amateur fancier in that kind of stock. Next in point of expensive nees to “turbits” come “pouters,” which cost $50 a pair for first-rate ones. After them follow the “sati ettes” and “blondinettes,” so called ©n accouut of their peculiar plumage. During the lust few years tho homing pigeons liavo been propagated to such un ( » x tent that they can now be bought for as small a price as common pigeons. Of course pigeons which have fecords of COO miles or move fetch exceptional prices, But it is an actual fact that more than hall' oi ihe birds now used for shooting matches are homers. Seems a shame, does it uo jy Tho animals of all sorts which are collected near Washington by boy aud sold to me, I dispose of partly by sending them to other cities—Phila delphia, New York, Chicago, and else where. Mocking birds I get from Texas mostly. Parrots are about the riskiest goods that 1 have to handle. Not long ago I employed a man to purchase $600 worth of yellow-headed parrots in Mexico. So many of them died that I only received $70 for the survivors. The greatest difficulty with them is water. For some reason not very well understood, the water to be had in this country does not suit im ported parrots, and commonly it is necessary to avoid giving it to them although for a while, using soaked food as a substitute. If one parrot in a consignment dies, the whole lot is likely to perish within a few days, and nothing can bo done to stay the mischief. A good talker is worth $100.—[Washington Post. Taylor’s Preparation for Buena Yista. “I refer to Zachary Taylor, whose record in the Mexican war was some thing phenomenal. He fought the battle of Buena Yista with only 5,000 men, although he was attacked by 25, 000 men under the leadership of Santa Anna, who w'as the greatest military leader the Mexican people have ever known. Santa Anna went to the battle of Buena Yista with the avowed pur pose of exterminating the entire army of the United States, and there was no doubt in the mind of Santa that this great feat could be accomplished with comparative ease. General Tay lor, with his 5,000 men, prepared for the unequal contest, and not only de fended himself, successfully, but won a substantial victory from his aggres sive antagonists and drove them from the battlefield of Buena Yista. “Some time after the battle was fought and the Mexican war con cluded, General Taylor was criticised for having made no preparations for the retreat of his army in the event of defeat. General Taylor promptly' re plied; “I made every prepartion nec essary for the battle of Buena Yista. I wrote my will and so did nearly every man in my army. If we had not won that battle we would have needed no lines of retreat. It was from our standpoint, victory or anni hilation. The only preparation nec essary for the contingency of defeat a* Buena Vista was that we should write our wills. 9 99 How to Gaess a Train’s Speed. Superintendent Alvey of the Balti more and Ohio road lives out at Ta coma, and the coterie of commuters in the smoking car always save a seat for him in the morning, no matter how big the crowd may be. Coming in to church recently some one asked him how fast the train was running. He pulled out his watch, and after quickly glancing at it, peered intently out of the window-. In a little while he re marked quietly : “This train is going between thirty one and thirty-two miles an hour.” There was a chorus of inquiries as to how he had determined it, because his manner left no doubt in the mind of any one that he was entirely serious. “It is very easy to find out the speed when you are travelling on a double-tracked road,” he replied. “If you are curious about it hereafter just look at the inside of the outer rail on the opposite track for a minute or two until you find that you can distinguish where one rail joins the other. Then count the joints, and as many rails as you pass in 21 seconds is the number of miles your train is travelling an haur. Try it yourselves and figure it out, and you will find out I’m right.” —[Washington Post. What Bid She Mean? Young Verrisopht—S’pose you’vt hearcbl’m going abwoad, Miss Mabel? Ya-as—may remain thwee or four yeahs; p’waps longer. Miss Mable—How nice 1—Judge. «§fc .IV m A pj: mm “‘f ft* kv Wj Wm l 'rTwr. •i ✓I Goss. Savannah, New York. Scrofulous Bunches Keck Lanced Without Relief Hood's Sarsaparilla Purifies the Blood and Conquers. “C. I. Hood – Oo., Lowell, Mass.: scrofulous “Gentlemen:—I had large hunrhes on rcy neck for 7 years. I treated, with differ ent physicians and tried many remedies but Bid Not Got Any Help for them. 1 went to Home, N. Y., and bad them opened,but My this gave me only temporary take Hood's relief. physician then urged I had me to used bottle Sarsaparilla, and before one the bunches began to grow better. To-day I Am O. K., and the trouble has not returned since I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, only the scars, being left. Hood’s 5 ^ Cures Upon my recommendation and ‘he effects of Hood’s Sarsaparilla in my case the druagist has sold a great deal of Hood’s Sarsaparilla in this place.” .T.W. Goss, Savannah. New York. Homi’s Pills are prompt and efftele.if, yet easy In action. Sold by all druggists. 25 cents. CLIP. mi AND –E5D TO Dl A coiopleteMt of our 13 a<Jv«rfi«*m»nts, of »-i: eli ttmmjfo. I. Tkn wtl. worth $25, had we »HI allow you tint arnonnt for .1 in the folio-wins wav. If tent <" <‘U at one tin e ',i /a reg~ utar niiscrUer to this paper immediately and address ojtee- of bo'h d'- '*■*> rukscrioer me op , -art n’oprr-...one/ together with tho name they Wu. iu.ow dates of papers TowAiio from which the at r< are tank . Upped, ci.* WK von tie ox* or oi n sew, large size, all steki, feed < i tiers WORTH 940. Only one Feed Cutter to anyone person. This makes the cash payment only |15for tlim Teen Cutter, winch will be found as superior to any now in use a> the Aerniotor was to anythin* in existence w hen it fir - appeared, and will drivefrora the field all competitors and :xke and hold the trade in Feed Cutters as the Aermotor, tho A-r-.mtor Steel Fixed ana Steel Tilting Tower nave in Windmills aniTowers. The talent which the Aermotor Company ha- shown in revis ing, revolutionizing, getting and holding the windmill business of ihe world, can he turned to many fields in the agricultural implement line and it proposes toshow ssliat :t can do ny taking up a number of articles, making them of steel at; d putting them in their final shape at a single stroke, as was done m the case cf the Windmill and Steel Tower, and it proposes to furnish them at a greatly reduced price. This Feed Cutter, for the present, will onlv be furnished on the anove terms. THESE TERES GIVE TO THIS SERIFS Oi* IS ADVERTISEMENTS A CASH VALUE OF $26. We shall offer other articles for which wo will accept these advert .-.ements or single copies of them, in part payment. One w;" be a Steel Hand Truck, in which we feel a special pride in shewing easJi our skill as revisers and improvers of staple articles. Die requirement with this will be ridiculously small. The third Advertisement in thij series will s'.i.vr i Steel Cir cular Saw and Frame, for farm and sawyer* ■*—». Ft is a PERFECT POLE SAW WITH PERFECT SAFE! 1 GUARDS, and rune with very much less power than ' 1 . ary buzz saws and has a better saw. THIS $lfP S.lVf AND FRAME WILL BK GIVEN FOB AND FIVE COPiBB (LIPPED AS ABOVE OF ADVERTISE WENT No. 2. ^eshtiet where we can we are .?; ing to make liberal offers to accept copies of * these adver tisements in part payment for Windmills. If you have any thought cf using a wind ^ay Sw ^roill what this year think write us ••‘•■•.11 at neeiL ovee, whether stating you you if possible Pumping or Gcare I, an f we will mai^e you a liberal offer, past year, though one of unparalleled financial dis urbancs and .r.s.ness de* pression was one of great NaagfljV prosperity motor u to The the Aer- f»ct . N–Satf–L that the Aermotor m the past B j ^sSyrflT benefit ^ncl has M a gHr bought to l!s fortory is ■ o.n enornojs volume of V If a business. Even at the very * ow price? at which we sell f/f– *7*1 Steel Windmills and Steel fjlpjr Biv wvl–ir lowers, made ;n the most perfect AEBSW manner, of the most perfect ma M/P ferial, wid GALVAN 1 ZER-AF'fFK ' COMPLETION* THUS PERFECTLY PROTECTING ETERI PORTION CF THE METAL, it is possible I save a few jtj EJljsr on cents the enormous on each number outfit, .and of outfits these are few wholly cents jEjjfSSir derived satisfactory to pleasure the Aermotor from the Co .. service wii •hlwsalwaj# >t has rvn ■Hr move dered a great number of people nnd fmn the pride W' it takes in doing well whatever it puts ir» hands to, r than from the money it makes from its enterprise. This year, because it buys its material more cheaply and ex pects an enormous increase in its ever growing business, it offers its patrons a vast Increase in the quantity nml quality of material employed in the eonst ruction of its 8tee5 Towers. The accompanying diagram, 2 1-2x 2 1-2 shows tho smallest angle that will be used hy it in the corner post* of Towers, even for the 8-ft. wheel. For the HS-ft. we us© 4x4. 'fhiniKaoda of ton* of Angles for Towers, eold.rolled and very straight and perfect are now being delivered at our works, of ethers who have which a few tons, and therefore a year's supply, fix‘2 angle they are using for 8-ft,., 10 ft., and even for 12 ft wheels, will read this paragraph with surprise and sorrow, since we have not previously given them any information concerning what we will use for ’94. CASH IN The Aermotdy Co. proposes to distribute $600 131 PRIZES for the best essays written by the wife. scr. >r daughter of a fanner or user of a windmill, answering the <u>estion, of “WHY SHOULD I USE AN AERMOTOR I” f r conditions competition and amounts and numbers of prizes send for par ticulars to the Aermotor Co., Chicago, or to its branches, at San Francisco, Kansas City, Lincoln, Neb., Sioux City, Iowa, Min neapolis, Buffalo, or 65 Park Place, New York City. Aermotor** Pumping and Geared same price, All .Steel, all Gal van aed-Af ter Completion, delivered free following on cars at Chicago and shipped to any one, anywhere, at the prices 16-ft. r $125. ROM GERIET1R Cures LaGrippe ilng’s Royal Uermetuer Co., Alla », Ga. EKT *W TV. h. BOTTGUAS *3 SHOE 4 equals custom work, costing iiom , WKX VA 8 Sm® Every J .'WELT. 'pair stamped on the bottom. suhr-ii fv^PUCdKlCSi I 4,4. ^lL warranted. Tah-: n9 for udj lute. See local papers complete i Raw ’ description of oar LjfiTONWATEPyDs iii._ and gem 'X lines for ladi 4 11 ffen.cn or - -id tor iyl'LluslraHJ (.dialogue PH Oktist s — -psuMj — ,— how to or der by mail. Postage free. Yon ran ge: the best bargains of dealers who push our shoes, WORLD’S FAIR awards MEDALS • ATlria.. 94i. TWO Beanty* MtflHBHRtti ftnd °no Diploma for M 5been sold direct for to - i* >mplfJ, I Send at once our A Or*4e, $ 1*0. of testimonials, CINCINNATI. lb- 1 » ALLIANCE CARRIAGE CO-,
