Georgia Historic Newspapers

    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.
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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.*
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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.
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