The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-08-17
PACKING OLIVES TO EAT.
Great Care Necessary in Handling Them
NO Part Ever Wasted.

NO Part Ever Wasted.
The olives used for eating are of a
different quality and much larger than
those used for oil. They are gathered
when still quite green, and the gather
ing must be done very carefully, as
they would be worthless II bruised.
They are placed in salt and water,
where they remain for some time, be-
fore being transferred to jars, which
are Theoretically sealed. They must on
no account be touched by the hand
when they are taken out of the salt
and water, as in that case they would
all be spoilt. A silver or wooden spoon
must be used in transferring them to
the jars. There are different kinds OF
olives used for preserving, and the
preparation of each quality differs
slightly in some respects. The small
olives used for oil when quite ripe
and black are also much eaten by
the people. They are preserved with
salt alone, and when they become too
dry little oil is added to soften
them. These are never placed in jars,
but are sold by weight. 1t takes IL
or Is years for tree to grow to its
normal size, and the olive, as every
one knows, lives for centuries. 1t Is
valuable not only for the fruit 1t
yields, bat also for its wood, which Is
much priced. Even the pulp or paste,
after the oil is extracted from it, is
serviceable, for 1t is dried, broken up
and burned as firewood. Sometimes,
when taken out of the mill and still
moist, 1t is given to pigs mixed with
other food, so that no part of the fruit
is ever wasted. So high value Is
placed on these trees in Italy that the
space on which one of them could
stand is grudged for any other pur-
pose. In Apulia, where they are still
more valuable, as they grow to much
greater size, the unitarian principle
is carried to such lengths that scarcely
any flowers are ever planted. as they
have no market valus.-Chambers
Journal
Strauss Played the Chant
The teacher VINO influenced Strauss
most was one Joseph Dreshler, the
choirmaster of st. Stevens church in
Vienna, who tried to get the waltzes
out of the boys head and put in their
place anthems and chorals. In this
undertaking he met with indifferent
success, for the worshippers in one of
the Vienna churches were startled on
a Sunday morning when there poured
forth from the organ. filling the gloomy
building by its enchanting notes, a
waltz instead Of the solemn Gregorian
chant to which they were accustomed.
1t was Johann Strauss, Jr., who had
taken the organist's place and substi-
tuted his own favorite selection for the
usual sacred music. much to the dis
may of the pious folk and the amuse-
ment of the younger people of the con-
northumberland A. Steiner In the
January Woman's Home Companion.
HOLLANDS Queen on Skates
Wilhelmina, the young queen OF Hol-
land, is not only an enthusiastic de-
voice of walking and horseback riding,
but also a liver of skating, with whom
few of her sex can cope. AS soon as
there is any ice in the neighborhood
she goes out with some OF the ladies'
and gentleman of her court to skate
where people Of all classes are enjoy
Ing the sport, and answers the greet
ings Of the poorest peasant with a
friendly Good morning without be-
ing recognized. Once In q while a peas
ant turns and thinks he sees the face
Of the lady who greeted him 50 pleas
antiy a resemblance to his sovereign