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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1895)
rrzz S\h=ViV v SUMMER CARE OF MILK. ClcnulinesB first in all dairy operations is of importance. MiJk with dry hands. Keep the atmosphere in which the milk must stand free from bad odors. Preserve the desirable flavors in the cream. If the milk is wanted sweet, lower the temperature as soon as the milk is drawn from the cow to just above freezing if possible. Neglect of proper care of inilk by patrons is the cause of much trouble at the fac tory and results in a like reduction in net profits. It pays to be honest.— American Agriculturist. RETAINING TIIE RUTTER FLAVOR. Concerning cold storage of butter, We will say that there is only method that will keep butter so as to preserve its first rosy flavor, and that is by freezing it. The old method of cold storage by holding it at a temperature of thirty eight to forty degrees would keep the butter from getting rancid, but it would soou lose its fine flavor and show a sort of dead, cold storage taste. If refrigerators are constructed on a system whereby a temperature of six teen to twenty degrees can be con stantly maintained, butter can be held in a sweet, rosy condition six months. Receril experiments have indicated that it is better to go down even as low as eight degrees above zero. The but ter does not lose its flavor quickly when brought into consumption. The sixty-pound package, either in tubs or firkins, is probably the best form of package for this work,—Hoard’s Dairyman. . , THE CULTURE OF FLAX. Flax requires a rich, light loam soil, and, preferably, a grass sod turned un der. The land should be moist, but not wet, and a low-lying meadow on a river bottom is especially favorable to it. It is grown either for the seed or for the fibre, and the method of cultivation differs as the purpose for ■which the crop is grown. For seed, the seed sown is not more than two to three pecks per acre, as thin sowing encourages the growth of side branches, on which the fruit, called seed boils, are produced more than on the main stem. It is mostly grown for seed on this continent, as the climate is too dry and warm for the best kind of fibre. The only locality where the best fibre might be grown is in the Southern mountain region, where the summers are cool and the rainfall is twice as much as elsewhere on the Continent. The seed is sown early in about the time of oat seeding. The product of seed is from ten to fifteen bushels an acre, and at the present prices prevailing, it is the most profitable of all grain crops. As the preparation of the fibre requires much hand labor, it is not a paying crop, and it is hardly possible that at pres ent wo can compete with the Russians and Bohemians in growing and pre paring it. The culture is rapidly dy ing out in Ireland on account of the competition of the Eastern European Nations, where labor is so cheap.— New York Times. A CHEAF PLANT HOUSE. I should like to tell of a cheap little house we built last fall, writes Mrs. G. D. The winter was unusually se vere, yet all my flowers except an ar tillery plant were saved, even the ten der begonias. As it may be of use to some other beginner I will give the plan of this house. Strong posts were driven into the ground at intervals of six feet. Upon each side of the posts inoh planks were nailed. The space between was filled with sawdust rammed down close. The boards on the inside were planed bo as to make a smooth ceiling, but the outer ones were not dressed. Over the outside a layer of asbesto3 is tacked, and over this is a heavy weather boarding. The roof has a double ceiling, as well as a thick shingling. A coating of sawdust about three inches thick is placed be tween the shingles and the first ceil ing; and between the two ceilings overhead is a layer of asbestos. The dimensions of this little house are only Gxl2 feet, yet it gives room for as many plants as I care to keep. Height of the front is nearly eight feet, height at back is six. It fronts south, and is lighted, by sliding win dows, which come within three feet of the ground, below them being ceiled and weather-boarded like the other walls, At the east end is a glass door. I have heavy duck curtains outside tho glass. These are dropped down during the worst weather, and left down every night in the middle of winter. I he flowers are placed on a eet of steps eight inches apart. The lower ones are twelve inches wide, the two upper six inches. The most ten der plants are put on top. I open the windows on every warm day in winter to make the plants hardy. The only heating apparatus is coal oil stove. This is kept •whenever I find it necessary, and gives warmth enough fora South ttessee winter. I don’t know such a structure and such heating ap pliances would bo safo further north or not.—Detroit Free Press. ROSES FOR TIIE GARDEN. Thousands of people who love roses, and have plenty of room in their gardens or dooryards for a bed of roses of lnrger or smaller dimensions, are afraid to attempt to grow them, because they imagine it requires too much skill. A great deal of this may be laid at the door of our older-school gardeners and florists, who, from nar row-mindedness more than anything else, have tried to envelop everything pertaining to floriculture in mystery, and to spread the belief that to grow even the commonest flowers roquired their skill and superintendence. Cer tainly no more mistaken idea regard ing the culture of the roses could pos sibly exist. The main factor required is good plain common sense, which, if rightly applied, cannot fail to make it very easy to grow successfully tho choicest kinds of rcses. * What to Avoid.—Never attempt to grow roses under the shade of a tree, or even where the roots of near-by trees can reach the rose bed, and re member that tho roots of established trees will travel far beyond the spread of their branches in search of new and richly manured soil, and when once they reach it they will soon monopo lize the whole, leaving the proper oc cupnnts a very scant proportion of food to exist upon, No rose can thrive under such conditions. Never choose a place to plant roses that is very wet or undrained, as extreme moisture will rot the roots, and the poor rose will soon die of rapid con sumption. Neither should a gravel or sand heap bo selected, for the simple reason that such positions are so porous that all the fertilizing given will be washed away by every rain that falls upon it. These are the prin cipal extremes to avoid in selecting a place for planting roses. Preparation of the Rose Bed.—Dig up the soil to the depth of eighteen to twenty inches, thoroughly incorporat ing a liberal proportion of well de composed manure, and if the natural so il is of a heavy clayey nature the addition of three or four inches of sand will help it materially ; on the contrary, if the soil is of a light, sandy or gravelly nature the addition of a proportion of a heavier or clay will be very beneficial. Where bed has to be entirely prepared new earth I would advise select a good, fresh, loamy soil—the sur five or six inches deep from an pasture is the best. First remove natural soil altogether, to the given above, replacing it with new soil, adding one load of to every five or six of soil, mixing the whole, and the bed is filled up a little higher than the original soil, to allow for settling, it is ready for the rose plants. Roses.—Place Planting and Care of the plants about eighteen inches apart each way, and should dry weather set in give them a liberal soaking of water once a week as long as dry weater con tinues. Do not give water in homeo pathic doses, for roses are like robins, they like the best there is and plenty of it. It will also very greatly help them to produce continuous bloom if they are heavily mulched with short manure or chopped straw; even a coat of coarse, dry grass is better than nothing. In the following spring, after all frost is past, go over them, shorten back any long shoots and cut out any dead tips that may appear ; keep all weeds cleared out at all times as soon as they show themselves, and renew the mulching in the spring as pruned. When the plants have started into new growth go carefully over them, and as soon as the first green worm or caterpillar is seen on the leaves, syringe the leaves both under and above with water, then dust them with hellebore powder—a large pepper box or flour dredger is a good thing for this purpose. Repeat this three or four times before the flowers open, and these peats will all disap pear, and you will be rewarded with such a crop of beautiful flowers that you will wonder why you had never tried rose growing before. You will find it both a pleasure and a profit— pleasure in the beauty and grace it will add to your home, and profit in giving you employment and recrea tion in the open air, thereby often saving doctor’s bills and discontented minda—New England Homestead. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Always weigh your butter at home, _ Dou { kee P tbe 8011 . ’ as lk m ' chnes , thern to dec– y at tbe base ' Don’t breed for bones, but strive to build up a dairy of butter producers. Do not leave an orchard to itself after planting. Cultivate it without ceasing. It is necessary that you be able to con t ro i the temperature while ripeu ing cream. Pure wuter is absolutely necessary, and pastures must be kept free of nox ious weeds. Lantanas, perennial phloxes and chrysanthemums will grow rapidly cuttings put out now. Two largely common crops that should be considerably reduced—lice on hens and weeds in the garden. SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS. A1,Li iUCiUlVI \1 T? |? V 0lU£j SIIW Hi? UlL LIPF BTOTUKS TT-IAT A TITS TOT/D BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Co-Operation— Woman’s Way—A Lit erary Quality—Effects of Ambi tion— lla<l a Counter Fit, Ktc. Tho happy youth and maiden fair Rode out, the summer through. For charming runs tho country o’er On a cycle built for two. They married when tho autumn came, And now they try to run A little house in Lonsomehurst On an income built for one. —Brooklyn Life. A LITERARY QUALITY. “Ts slio so very literary, then?” “Oh, very. Why, she wore glasses when she was only five years old.”— Judge. woman’s way. Ho—“She’s tho picture of health, isn’t she?” She—“Yes; a painted picture.”— Detroit Free Press. EFFECTS OF AMBITION. Clerkly (dining out) —“What’s be come of the star boarder?” Scribbler—“Sh! That’s me. The old star married the landlady and now eats in the kitchen.”—Puck, NOT POPULAR. Briggs—“If monkeys are so far ad vanced I don’t see why they aro not utilized to polish shoes.” Griggs—“Few people care for mon key shines.”—Detroit Free Press. HAD A COUNTER FIT. “They say that Miser Mendel is sick. What is the trouble?’’ “Remorse, He gave a tramp a counterfeit dollar, and the fellow passed it at his store.”—Harper’s Ba zar. A THEOLOGICAL QUESTION. Sunday-school Teacher—“Johnnie, what do you understand by the future state?” Johnnie—“Please, ma’am, I guess it’s a territory.”—Philadelphia Rec ord. AMPLE ACCOMMODATIONS. Student—“Several of my friends are coming to dine here, so I want a big table.” Mine Host—“Just look at this one, sir. Fifteen persons could sleep quite comfortably under it.”—Fiiegende Blaetter. HIS GOLDEN WEDDING. Joneeley—“Coming around to my golden wedding next week?” Brownkins (indignantly) — “Your golden wedding! Why, man, you’re not thirty-five.” bagged “Jonesley—“No, but I’ve an American heiress.”—Judge. TOOK THE HINT. She (about midnight, playing “Homo Sweet Home”) —“Don’t you think, Mr. BrowD, there is something very moving about these familiar melodies?” Brown (taking the hint and his hat) — “Yes, that one in particular always carries me back over familiar ways.” DEFINED. Teacher—“What is greediness, Ted die? When is a person greedy?” Teddie (tentatively) — “A little boy?” when is little boy Teacher—“Yes; a greedy?” (promptly) “When he Teddie — wants something that you want for yourself. ”—Judge. ALTOGETHER UNGALLANT. “It takes some women a long time to say ‘good-bye’ to their friends,” said the man who disobeys the ‘don’t talk to the gripmau’ sign. ‘Yes,” replied the cynical genius of the levers; “if it took Them as long to say ‘yes’ when a man proposes to them there would be a terrible lot of old maids in the world.”—Washington Star. WANTED IT TO RAMBLE. Dedbroke—“Let me give you my note for that money I owe you.” Jumpuppe — “O, never mind.” Dedbroke--“I assure you I'd feel much more comfortable if you let me give you my note.” Jumpuppe—“But 1 don’t want you to feel comfortable! I want you to hurry and pay up.” — Browning’s Monthly. THE ENTIRE GAMUT. Young Wife (sobbing)- “I will not keep still! Before we were married you said I had a charming flow of language. ” Young Husband—“I know it, dear ; but since then I’ve discovered that it not only flows, hut roars, dashes, leaps, bounds, and goes over cataracts, dams and mill-sluices, with an occa sional waterspout.”—Judge. cholly’s joke. “Cholly got off a gweat joke, don cher know, a while ago.” “Ah 1” “Ynas. He came into the club, {lon elier know, and I said to him, ‘Beast ly weathaw, isn’t it?’ And he we* plied, just ns quick as a flash, ‘Ynas, beastly weathaw. Waining cals and dogs.’ O, I tell you, Cholly 1ms a gwato head!”—Browning’s Monthly. CHOICE SOON MADE. “Can’t we get anything to cat on tho cars, papa?” anxiously inquired the little four-year-old, who was get ting ready for her first long railroad journey. “Certainly, Puss,” replied her father. “There will be a dining-car on the train.” “But we’ll get awfully hungry wait ing for dinner. Won’t there be any breakfast car?” “You don’t understand, dear. Wo shall get our breakfast in the dining car. „ „ M “What’ll there be to eat?” “Well, there will bo a bill of faro that will have the names of ever so many kinds of food on it. You can have beefsteak, mutton chops or fried chicken; baked potatoes, fried pota toes or boiled potatoes ; ham and eggs, oatmeal, hot biscuit, Graham bread, raw or cooked fiuits, coffee, tea or chocolate. Now', with all that before you, what would you choose?” “Cake.”—Chicago Tribune. Maple Sap and Syrup. It has always been customary on re ceiving maple sugar early in the sea son to roll your eyes about and say, “Ah, that’s the real article.” Asa matter of fact, you are more apt to get adulterated sugar at a grocery 6toro during the season than after it; and that’s one thing which has made a great change in the industry. In years gone by practically all the sap was boiled down to sugar; but a dozen years ago some one in Chicago discov ered a modern and dishonorable method of making a combination of oak bark and glucose which tho most expert could not tell from the genu ine stuff*. Immediately afterward, when the farmers went to ship their sugar, they discovered that their mar ket was pre-empted by the product of New York and Chicago tan yards. Since that time the farmers have pat the bulk of their sap into syrup, and stored it away through the summer in their garrets, shut up iu air-tight cans, by means of which another fal lacy, that new syrup cau be told from old, has been exploded. As long as you keep your syrup air tight, the greatest expert cannot tell the differ ence. You want your syrup to weigh eleven pounds to the gallon to be standard, and the experience of the boiler will tell him within a few ounces of what it weighs. When the liquid rises heavily from the hot bottom of the last compartment in little mottled places, in just the right frequency, it is time to draw your syrup. It is quite a knack to do this properly, for syrup in passing from ten to eleven pounds per gallon is reduced just one half its bulk. A barrel of sap will make on an average a gallon Republican. of syrup.—Spring field (Mass.) The Skeleton Market. A professor in a New York medical college told me yesterday that just at this time there was an unusual scarcity of material in the skeleton market. As with everything else, there is a wide range in the price of skeletons. The domestic article may be had for $50, while the imported runs from that to $500, the average price for a good French skeleton being about $150. In the high priced article the nervous and circulatory systems are preserved. An ordinary skull, with cross-bones, such as arc used at the feast of the ghoul clubs, may be had for $10, but a real fine article that will unhinge and let you see what is contained inside will cost you in the neighborhood of $25. The very finest specimen of articulation is a skull that costs $75. A slight pressure on a spring is sufficient to open the cranium, and all the nervous system of the head is revealed, quivering as if it were filled with life. The illu sion is produced by attaching each part to a spiral spring or wire, which is in turn fastenened to an upright brass rod. Second-hand domestic skeletons can often be purchased as low as $15 or $20. They are first pre pared by amateurs, either medical students or janitors of hospitals, and when the students are through with the bones they are willing to let them go at almost any price. If you want a foot or a hand, you can buy them separately, but most articulators ob ject to selling arms, ribs or collar bones unless the purchaser is willing to take the entire frame.—Chicago Mail. Jingles For Business Men. The sound that cheers the merchant Advertising with a will Is the jingle of the dollars As they drop into his till. I can tell you in less than a minuto Why it is that some aren’t in ute; They And*’tis don’t advertise, no surprise inflnuto. That tho trade they don’t get is The man who is first to fail, When a panic begins to rise, Is the man who takes in sail, When he ought to advertise. Tell us not with lengthened pay;” facos “Advertising does not Ope your eyes and see its traces, lathe solid wealth to-day. —Frinter’s Ink. Wanted to Close tho Account. An office boy attended nt the colleo. tor s office on the last day for paving the income tax. 8 “I’ve oorna to pay Mr. R--’ 8 tnx ” Raid the youth, putting both arms d n the counter. “I suppose you allow the usual two and a hull' ?” “No, my boy,” said the inspector gazing benignantly through his spec tacles at the small speciinan < f hu manity, “there is no discount here.” “Very well,” replied the small boy; “then I’ll pay it this time, but my in structions are to close the account.” Advice —Not Gratis. I- — (At the doctor’s)—Victim of hay fever—Can you suggest any mode of relieving my persistent inclination to sneeze? Doctor—Oh! yes—sneeze. If.—(At the lawyer’s)—Client—My neighbor has got a big dog that fright ens us all out of our wits. What do you advise me to do? Lawyer—Get a bigger one; $5, pleuso. It Stirki'tli (flower tlmn a Brother, Does the rheumatism. Cut off all rela'ion ship with it by the aid of Hostetler’* Stomach Bitters, which severs the bond without loss of time, if you u-e it prompt y and per-flstently. No testimony is more positive and concurrent than 'hat which establishes its tffloacy in this ob-tinate disease. U-e it with assurance of Kood results for malarial, dysp ptio ami ner vous trouble, constipation and biliousness. Drinking whiskey to drown trouble is a 9 absurd as it is impos-ible. To Cleanse the stem Effectually yet gently, when costive or bilious, or when the blood is impure or sluggish, toper manenfly cure habitual constipation, toawak en the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, to dis pel headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup of Figs. __ L'fe is not worth living unless we live it for somebody else. Dr. Khmer’s Swamp- Ho ot cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet Laboratory and Consultation free. V. Binghamton. N. A rig'd self-examination often brings about a genuine repentance. Adjust Family Differences. Bad temper is often merely bad digestion. Many quarrels attributed to perverse dispo sitions are due to disordered livers. Ripans Tahules adjust them, family differences, and would prevent which is better, if taken in time. and Ripans T tbub’s, taken after meals, morning and evening, the for a while, regulate the system sweeten temper. Itrogdou, ts. C. I have used 4 boxes of Tetterine, for Tetter on my feet, of 12 years’ standing. My nails were thick and rotten, since using Tetterine they are growing out new and healthy. Please send me two more boxes to u>e in case it should show any sign of returning. C. M. Bi-st. Sent by mail tor 50c. in stamps. J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. After Dinner. After the heartiest dinner adoseof Tyner’8 Dyspepsia Remedy will remove all unpleas ant feelings, aid digestion, and build up your health. As an after dinner drink it's ft ar su perior to all other remedies, as it never disap points, and leaves an appetite for the next meal. For sale by Druggists. Manufactured by Chas. O. Tyner, Atlanta, Ga. Tobacco Destroys Vitality. Nervous system paralyzed by nicotine means lost manhood, weak eyes, and a general all gone look and feeling that robs life of its pleasure. Tobacco is the root of many an impotent symptom, and No-To-Bao a guaranteed cure that will make you strong, vigorous and happy in more ways than one. No-To-Baa guaranteed and sold by Drug gists everywhere. Book, titled ‘'Don’t To bacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away.’) Ad. Sterling Remedy Co., New York or Chicago. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mneous surfaces Manufactured of the system. by Write for tes timonials, free. F. J. Cheney – Co., Toledo, „ O. _ Many InflueneesComblne to Reduce Health to the danger limit. The reviving properties these ills. of Parker’s Ginger Tonic overcome I could not get along without Piso’s Cure for Consumption. It always cures.— Mrs. L. L. Moulton, Needham, Mass., Oct. 22, ’94. Mr*. Winslow’s Soothing Syrupfor children teething, softens the earns, redu-es inflamma tion. allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle Wife used “ Mothers’ Friend ” before first child—was quickly relieved; suffered but little; recovery rapid. E. E. Johnston, Eufaula. A If You are Tired All the time, without special exertion, as tired in the morning as when you retire at night, you may depend upon it, your blood is impure and is lacking in vitality, That is wby it does not supply strength to nerves and muscles. You need Hood’s Sarsaparilla A few bot To purify and enrich your blood. tles of this great medioine will give you strength and vitality because it will make pure blood. Get Hood’s. Hood’s Pills cure habitual constipa tion. Price 25 cents ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR ★ THE BEST ★ FOOD FOR Dyspeptic,Delicate,Infirm and AGED PERSONS * JOHN CARLB – SONS, N ew York .__* amt; Best Couah Syrup. Tastes Good, c -<• In time. n oM t»' d
