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Tsic lb; Is Tree.
A m] glance at the surround
ings of y timber eauntry, notab
ly along, ■’ . •.Vc; and ravine*, rn
voabj tho fact that at 1 >ast some
birch twigs have withafoel the on
slaught of country pedagogues who
from time remote have bean identi
fied with ihe legend of birch oil
aied elbow grease as an accelerator
to the sluggish echoed boy as ha
stumbles along ©ver tlio obstacles
on the side of Science hill. Many
twigs remain, and outside their le
gendary historic value suggested in
the foregoing, tho twigs and bark o'"
the common birch (Belula alba)
have already an intrinsic value not
secandlo many of the most valu
able plants.
Even tho leaves and young sheofs
secrete a resincus substance, hav
inganaeid reaction, which, under
the long logged names of the phar
macists, is sold as a medical prepar
atioa for as high as sl6 per fluid
ounce. Tho inner bark secretes a
bitterish alkaloid not unlike cinch©
na in its nature, and is used largely
as aa adulterant fer qaiaine la many
parts of Europe. The so called ‘’Cin
enoca Mixture” has been found by
analysis to consist, in many instances,
of tho alkaloid found in :he inner bark
rtf tho humble birch tree.
The outer bark, subjected to dry
distillation, yields a peculiar empyreu
jrsatic oil having tie peculiar odor of
.Russia leather, and the secret of pre
paring skins, that, too, of the very
poorest quality of skins, being taken
from cattle tbat have perished on
thoso barren, desolate plains, is iha oa
i v obstacle, thus far, to prevent Ameri
c :.u artisans competing with Russia
Uiid Austria in leather goods.
it is not necessary, however, to go
is.ro chemical technicalities and details
t<> r:ive at a profitable solution of the
v.r :> of birch twigs and birds bark,
when the larger timber is being cut
away and hauled to the saw mill or
the turning lathe. When it is stated
that the oil of winter green (Oleum
gauhbeiia,) so useful, fragrant and ex
pensive, j* nearly always adulterated
wit 1 birch oil; much ef it is birch oil
pure and simple, but is sold as winter
green oil, and is wintergrevn oil to all
intents and purposes, having, when
properly piepared and refined, the
tame pro; ernes, v iz., specific gravity,
1,173; boiling point, 412 degrees, and
readily with alcohol, chloroform,
etc.
Tho appliances necessary for the
j reparation of this oil aro neither in*
u-icat nor costly, being simply a large
fab supplied with a coil and steam con*
nectiin. Of course we are not expect
ed to f:o into all the details of mana
faclme. Only brief outlines can be
{ I V*H,
Thu birch liteos, twigs, bark and
t ven the leaves, if a mere commercial
oil is to he rend?, aro gathered aad
placed in this large tub containing
the coil for steam beating, and as fast
f-o the mass accumulates it is kept cov
the tub, being
O r
|( r - 'AT- WAsfei ’• t,L
moment or two. With a woodon con
noction, with a imall barrel or kej.
die tank io made tight and brought to
a boil; the steam, having previously
dissolved the oil*, etc,, will row evap
niiza ihern and will condense in ti e
last named keg. After a tew hours
the job is done, tho keg is bunged or
corked up, and is ready for shipment
ns commercial wintorgreen oil, though
made from birch refuse eontiavally in
the way.— [N ew York Lumber Trade
Journal.
Selecting a Daetor.
A certain man, who was lately
wed, dwelt in the country far frem
the noiso of any town. It chanced
ony night that his wife fell sick,
and, being igeerast of the ways of
womenfolks, he mounted his cart
horse anil gallopped exceedingly
last toward the town in search of a
skillful leech.
Oa the way he met a gaunt and
withered hag, who asked him:
“Whither so fast, good man?”
To got a leech for my wife, who
is sick unto death.
“Know ye how to t#il a good doc
tor?”
Nay, mother, I taka tho first
which God leadeth me to.
Whereupon the ancient dame
gave him a sprig of Euphrasey and
said; “Hold this to thy eyes when
thou lookest at a doctor’s home,
and thou wilt straightway see the
ghosts of those who have died from
his bungling. Take thou the doctor
with the lowest ghosts.”
Thereafter whenever that in an
came to a doctor's lnuse he hel l
the mystio herb to his eyes, and
Oddzook! a fearful sight met his
clairvoyant gaze, Around every
doctor’s door shivered a ghastly
crowd of uneasy ghosts, and what
seemed strange to that man, the
larger and more comfortable the
house, tho greater were the awe
some troop at the door.
Through the deserted streets he
galloped from doctor’s house Jo
doctor's house, seeking in vain for
on© whose gates were not besieged
by uneasy spirits. At length, up
a quiet lane he espied a modest
house, bearing a doctor's shingle,
and 10l but a solifary ghost sat up
cn the doorstep.
•‘Here, by Ged’s grace,” quoth
the man, is the doctor for mo.”
But little time had passed, I
wees, before that stout hers® was
bearing the man and his physician
along the road to the sick \feman.
When they were well on toward
the end ®t their journey the doctor
smiled a pleasant smile to see, and
said, “I wonder right well by what
good chance you called on me, tor
I know 1 have only been practic
ing medicine two days, and your
good wife will be the sec md pa
tient I have treated.”—[Medical
Visitor.
He Was Armed.
A colored man was going up Brash
street with a watermelon in a wicker
baby cart when he encountered a pa
tioiiiian and at once came to a stand
fell.
queried the negro.
you have a melon tlwre. P
Hb early in the cvenlag 1 c-
Lz-m fur D.t. *E
Jist look at dat.”
Rq pnHad a pap*r from hi* pocket
which real:
• The boaror of 'his if O. K. He
paid in* forty cent* fur the nerompany
itig melon. J. Blank, Gioc.wr.”
li’rr I said tho officer as ks returned
die paper.
•Tze afvvine,” echoed the negro an he
picked up his lout a> and moved on.
Teach’ng a bpidar.
On'one occasion, when Mr. Ab
bott was tenting in the woods in
'pursuit, of knowledga among his
friends, the birds and insects, the
spiders made a great inroad upon
his quarters, spinning their webs in
every conceivable place. Ila be
lieved that they were susceptible
tOiteaching, and to test the matter
ho made a series of interesting ex
periments. This is what ha says
about if: “Choosing one great
gray fellow that had an elaborate
web just back ot mv table, I en
deavored to determine if it would
recognize me as a purveyor if I as
sumed that oflica. At the outset no
sooner was wiy candl# lighted and
I had taken my seat than the spid
er would retreat to its innermost
sanctum, and not reappear while I
was at work. It was afraid of me,
and of me only, not of tho candle
or its flickering flame.
“I commenced then by offering
a lly'impaled on a splint ot broom
straw. Ne notice wrs taken ot it
so long as my hand was in sight, I
kept the fly in position all the ev
ening, resting it between two
books, but still in line with my
hand, which was in constant mo
tion, for I was busy writing. Di
rectly alter I retired the fly was
seized and dragged away. Night
after night I struck a match to de
termine this, and always with the
same result.
It was quick work with the spi
der, for I relighted my candle sev
eral times almost the same mo
meat I extinguish® 1 it, but never
caught the spider, and yet lbs fly
had disappeared. It evidently fol
lowed my movement closely—a
proof itself of cunning.
During the second week the ne
cessary conftdenca was gained and
flies were seized if the splint was
severlinches long, and I did not
move my hand. The rest was easy,
and every night the splint was
shortened until- but two inches in
length, but I could never induce
the spider to take a fly from my
flagers, or aliow me to tpuch it.
“Then came the eomluding evi
dence of the spider’s teachableness.
Long before 1 left camp it would
come from its web and lake its
place before me, when the candle
was lighlod and I had sat down to
write, expecting its nightly rations
of two or three flies, These I near
ly always provided. During the
day the spider did not pay any at
tention to mo, nor wauhl it show it
self at night it I moved about rest
lessly, had company, or made any
unusually noise, such as whistling.
It had 'earned to associate my po
sition at the table, directly Doing
its web, wiih an available supply
oflcod; and probably of my per
sonality, otherwise it bad no con
ception.—[Philadelphia Times.
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HARMONY GROVE, GA.
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Also fine Line of Hardware, Tinware, Crockery and Glasw .re, I'air. Jy
Groceries, Flour, Meats, Etc.
Our stoak is Complete and wa are fully prepared to eatl.sfy our Cus
tomer* in respect to styles arid Dualities.'
tGery thing sold for piicp* far below any ever made in this c; env o‘.‘ter
MARKET IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA, to Cal! and sea
uo Detore purchasing elsewhere. The oldest Firm in this section. l'J
T. E. EIY & CO.,
DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, u lothiug 1
fTST*Notions, Fancy Goods, Fine Millinery, Groceries and General
Merchandise. Give us i Call when in HARMONY GROVE.
Hardman & Comp ’y,
HARDWARE And CUTLERY,
Line of Stoves, Tinware, Agricnltural, Implements, Etc., can not
he found io better Quality and Duiabiluy, Elsewhere. We also have in stock
a fine line of guns and pistols, and we are tho only house iu Harmony Qruve
that pay a License to sell Pistols and Cartridges. , Cart and see ns.
Drug’s And Medicines.
Families must Castor Oil, Spirits Turpentine, Pills, Mustard and Com
position Powders. Liniments, Horse and Cattle Powders, Sarsa
parilla and other Patent Medicines. Before buying
such supplies, call on Dr. 7. D. Lockhart at the
’feovWW VwOU.
Harmonv Grove Academy,
Male Ar.d Female,
HARMONY GROVE GA,
J. H. Wa’ker, A. B. Principal, Cbas.'M. Walker, A. B , Assistant.
Miss Annie Hurbt, Second Assistant. Mrs. L. A. MeSuiith, Music Teacher.
And Continues Thirty-Eight Weeks: Two Weeks Vacation Christmas.
RATES OF TUITION:
First Grade Writing, Orthography, Reading and Arithmetic $1 50
Second Grade. Embraces same topics as first grade, and Gram
mar, Geography and Composition 2 00
Third Grade. Languages, Higher Mathematics, Rhetoric, Chemis
try, Physics, Em.
Music, 3 0 i!
Incidental Fees, Fall Term 20 cents, spring Term, 30 cents.
All patrons allowed full benefit ot Common School Fund.
Board can be had in the best familes at eight to twelve dollars per m. n
- Grove has, by taxation, built a large and commodious
building. The school will be thoroughly equipped with patent desk-.
• cards, comfortable recitation seats, maps, globes, apparatus, and every ■>
evn improvement for successful teaching. This school, with a full eor; ■ o?
good teachers, with comfortable building and modern improvements comm
itself to the parents of Harmony. Grove and stirronuding countiy.
We most respectfully solicit, the patronage of the citizens of Banks County.
For further information address J. 11. WALKER, Harmony Grove, ua