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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16
A DISCUSSION.
The Theme Being: How Long Should a
Cow Go Dry?

The Theme Being: How Long Should q
Cow Go Dry?
| was in farmers institute the other
day and question box was part of the
programme. One query read; "How
long should a cow go dry?" Several
dairymen arose and said that they did
not let their cows go dry at all, but
MIXED them up to the time of calf drop
ping. They claimed to have the best
success by this method. Other farmers
said let them go dry three, two or one
month prior to calving. The gentlemen
who took part in the discussion were all
practical dairymen, belonging to that
progressive class who are generally held
up for emulation in dairy matters. Two
thirds of the assembly had come 70 the
institute to learn; they were simply
listening audience of interested but ST.
lent farmers. You know great many
farmers are little abashed when they
get into meeting of this kind, even if
it is composed of their brother Lords of
the soil" They are mute when they
might profitably be loquacious.
They can talk freely enough person.
ally to friend or neighbor, but they
are constrained when it comes to lit
tie formality. By the way, think that
every means should be employed at in
stitutes to remove all sense of embar-
rassment from the timid and diffident
| ones, so that those who come to listen
will feel free to speak as we'll, About
| two-thirds of this assemblage took no
part in the spirited discussions, but re-
spectfully listened to the debates, and
went their way. do not believe there
was farmer there who came out OF
mere curiosity; they left their rural
homes, and travelled in some cases many
miles, to learn something advantageous
to their craft Now, reader, don't you
think that it would puzzle the learner a
little as to what course to pursue, to
have farmer A jump up and mention a
method in dairying which experience
has taught him to be the right way, and
then have BIS experience fatty contra
dict AS, and C's refute both AS and BIS?
Now these different men might have
all had success by adherence to contra
dictory principles of drying off the COW,
but surely only one way could have
been the right one and those who came
to learn were befogged by the discus,
sion instead OF being enlightened. That
was how the case impressed me, any
way
The subject may seem trivial to some,
and yet it is very important. My own
experience has been that COW should
have some rest from tactical secretion
prior to the parturient period. 1t is
natures law that there should be sus-
pension of action in the milk functions
for a space of time between every period
of dropping calf. The length of sus.
pension should be long enough to allow
the pregnant dam to physically recuper
ate from long period of milk produc
ton, before she passes through the or
deal of giving birth to young, We ad
wise this for the sake of the cows future
usefulness, and for the strength anC
vigor of the offspring.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Iowa is the banner State for women
educators. Fourteen of the State super
intendents are women, and four -Iifths of
the teachers are women.
The collections for the board of edu-
cation of the Methodist Episcopal
Church during the last year were SO per
cent. in advance of those taken in 1888.
The last census in New Zealand re-
veals the interesting fact of a profess
sion of religion on the part of no less
than 90 per cent. of the whole popula-
ton.
An association of Baptist churches
in Upper Burmah has been formed. 1t
is called the Oung-pin-leh Association,
from the place where DR., Adoniram
Judson suffered his cruel imprisonment
--One hundred and eighty-fve new
societies of Christian Endeavor were re-
Gently formed in one week. Of these
43 were Presbyterians, 20 Methodist, 20
Baptist, Is Congregational and Chris
tan.
Two missionaries, one in service on
the Moskito Coast, Central America, the
other in Labrador, are representatives
of a family who for six generations
from 1876 downwards have been labor
ing in one or another of the Moravlan
Mission Fields.
1t is stated that there are now $780,
900 Protestant Sabbath schools-meet-
ing every Sabbath-in this country.
/ lnu off
GERS and about ten million pupils. This
indicates gain of so per cent. in the
last twelve years, but still there are H.
900, 900 more children not reached.
The old school of our fathers has
| gone forever, and we are now building
with clearer eyes, upon better founda-
tons and with more durable materials
J shan ever in the past. All hail the new
day of educational work! 1t is a joy to
be permitted to live and work in such a
time as this!-The School Journal.
The boy is educated when he has
used his powers of observation, reflec-
ton, attention, expression and applica-
ton, and by use developed them until
they promptly obey his will and easily
endure protracted effort; when he has
learned to know what ought to be done,
and to do that thing at once.-I. A.
Cooper
The college should teach men not
to be orators but to be speakers. Dis
tinctness in elocution, force and beauty
in manner are quite as much needed by
the ordinary college graduate as elo-
quence, The Cambridge Tribune says
that the proportion of Harvard men
whom the professor of rhetoric finds
able to speak before an audience in a
fitting way is very small.-Advance,
The Chicago Hebrew Mission, work.
ing for the 40, 600 Jews of the city, had
during the past year Sunday school
attended by from fifty to seventy chill
dren, which has been so successful as to
rouse the opposition of Hebrew papers.
An industrial school and Sunday meet
ings have also been maintained. A
reading-room is open most of the time
and Christian books and tracts are al
the disposal of inquirers. Mr.. Bern
hard Angel, young Hebrew studying
in Chicago Theological Seminary, is il
charge of the work. Prof. II. M. Scott
of Chicago Seminary, is president of the
: mission.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16
COOLING ROOM.
Its Value to the Dairyman and Fruit
Raiser.

Its Value to the Dairyman and Fruit
Raiser.
There is more attention being given
to the construction of cooling rooms
where the temperature can be main
tanned at proper degree for the pres
ervation of dairy products and fruits.
We have frequent inquiries about the
construction of such rooms. In most
sections of the country there will be
a scarcity of ice next summer. No ice
has been made in many sections, and
all that we shall have will come from
the North, A.. room can be so con-
structed that it will serve for the pres
ervation of both dairy products and
fruits, and that will keep the tempera-
ture at low degree in summer and at a
mparatively high degree in winter
When the house or room is constructed
for ice an apartment is made above the
room for the storing of the ice. That is
the principle that applies to the cooling
room when ice is used. The sides of the
cooler are made so they will not conduct
heat, and an apartment above holds the
ice
Whether ice is used or not-of course
it should be when atall practicable-t the
construction of the room is the same. II
is to be m ade with double walls with a
space between of from six inches to q
foot, and this filled with some non-heat
conducting material. Tho roof ought tc
be double also; so should the doors and sc
should the bottom. Following these di
rectiOns, we shall get room that viii
be pretty cool in summer even without
ice, and pretty warm in winter. If the
structure can be erected on the nortt
side of building so much the BETTER
Western Rural.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16
WIT AND WISDOM.

To be found in bad company is often
equivalent to being lost. Texas Sift-
ings.
That which we are we shall teach
not voluntarily, but iRv0luntarily. -
Emerson.
Adversely is the trial OF principle.
Without it a man hardly knows whether
he is honest or not, Fielding.
"A man can always make an opportun-
ity when he has some thing bad to say
about people. -Atchison Globe.
The fellow who promises so faith
fully to pay tomorrow often intends to
swinole you to-day. Trav-
eler.
When man attains power, he has
all the virtues of an epitaph; let him
fall into misfortune, he has more vices
than the prodigal son.
The happiness of the human race IN
this world does not consist in our being
devoid of passions, but in our learning
to command them. From the French.
Many persons fancy themselves
friendly when they are only o1icious
They counsel not so much that You
should become wise, as that they
should be recognized as teachers of wis
dom.
Anger is the most impotent passion
that accompanies the mind of man; ii
effects nothing it goes about; and hurts
the man who is possessed by it more
than any other against whom it is d.
reCted. Clarendon.
There are some people who seem to
be afraid of nothing so much as that
they will cast their pearls before swine.
| ! have observed that these people are
not apt to be the best judges of either
pearls or swine. Elizabeth Cleveland.
is it not true that nine-tenths of the
world do not know that there is the
slightest excuse for their living? The
human family, as whole, are either
struggling for bread and butter, or to
hoard money. The man who is living
| for others is the rare exception, West
ern Rural.
i have often noticed that people
were so much like children, that if you
denounce an amusement or bad book
they will be sure to seek it. Let the
pulpit recommend one good book, and
perhaps one will buy it; let it denounce
a bad book, and ten will but it. That is
human nature. -Rov. John Todd
By acknowledging and emphasizing
| the good that is in those around us, We
strengthen their self-respect and give
them a powerful motive in the right
direction; by caviling and criticism, by
contempt and ridicule, by exposing and
emphasizing faults and failings, we de-
stroy their self-respect and deprive them
of one of the strongest motives for i'm
provement
! AT the best no one can know much.
Compared with the infinite realms above
and beyond us to be yet discovered, the
knowledge of the most learned man
covers but a tiny spot, and what frac'
ton of such a spot ours may cover is but
a small matter. But it does not matter
to ourselves and to all around us the
use we shall make of what we do pos
sess-whether we shall carry it around
for exhibition, or whether we shall con
vert it into living force to elevate oul
own natures and to bless and help man
kind.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
TO HAVE BETTER ROADS.
An Awakened Interest on This Impor-
tnnI GnhInnt In, NnrIoun Gtn

An Awakened Interest on This Impor-
tant Subject in Various States.
Up in the little State of Rhode Island
the people are waking up to the impor-
lance of having good roads. A State
Road Improvement Association has been
formed and it is already doing much
good. At regent meeting of this body
the following letter from Mr.. Scott A.
Smith, treasurer of the Providence Oil
company, was read;
Good roads already exist in various
parts of the older States of our country,
and if they arc to be made and main
tanned in Rhode Island much exact in
formation is needed as to methods for
making and maintaining roads. 1t may
be stated as an axiom for us that there
is not so much difficulty in making good
roads as in maintaining them. | speak
from personal observation in saying
that in France, where there are some
of the best of modern made roads, there
exists system of maintenance which
is carried to that degree of perfection
for which the French are so justly re-
nowned in all their methods relating
to public affairs. To particularize: Each
section of a road is under constant sur
Vigilance and needed repairs are at once
made. Further, the destruction Of we'll
made roads by the use of heavily loaded
wagons having narrow tires can not
happen, as such matters are regulated
by we'll formulated laws, and the nee
essary obedience to such laws is en-
forced under the civil system of laws
without any of the embarrassments
which exist in countries governed by
what is termed common law.
This agitation of the subject of good
roads has come none too soon. To one
who has seen with what ease heavy
loads are moved in Europe, on good
roads in wagons properly tired, the feel
ing exists that we are a generation, II
not a century, behind other nations
The actual practical value to farmers
and others of good roads can not be
questioned, and looking into the future
may not the advent of the bicycle and
the tricycle. again call the maintenance
of the country inn. With good smooth
roads, those now living may see car
riages propelled by storage batteries
and going at speed over country roads
which is not now dreamed of by users o
horses.
In conclusion, if the Romans coulC
make roads which have endured two
thousand years, why can not we make
and maintain good roads possessing al
we do facilities for such work wholly
unknown to the Romans?
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

part Of the barrel. The barrel is set on
a platform, that the bucket may be set
under the faucet. The slop can be
drawn from the barrel without splash
ing, dripping. or fouling the outside of
the bucket. The head is not removed
from the barrel. A hole is cut in the
head and closed by hinged lid. When
slop is to be put in the BARREL the lid is
raised and allowed to rest against the
top of the bucket, hence it catches the
splash. When the head is kept in the
barrel chicks are not drowned in the
slop. American Agriculturist.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

sy local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is
only one wsy to cure Deafness, and that il
BY constitutional remedies Deafness ia
CAUSED by an intlamed condition of the mn
Qous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness caused by Catarrh) that
we can not cure by taking Halls Catarrh
Cure, Send for circulars, free,
FL. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

IT is better to apply the manure
thick than to attempt to make it go as
far as possible by spreading it on in
thin layers, In the one case it must
nourish more plants than it possesses
nutrition for, and in the other case tbs
plants will have a sufliciency and pro-
duce more than If the supply is de.
ficient. Plants waste a portion of the
manure in the gro1th of stalks and
leaves that are unstable, and if they
can be made to yield more at less ex-
pense of growth the manure will give
better results and the profit will be
greater.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

THE best use of clover is to feed it at
home on the faruA and with it enough
of grain, oil meal or other heterogeneous
food to make rich manure pile. So
says the American Cultivstor, adding
that to make such feeding profitable,
there must be improved stock.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

Theabove class of scientists recognize, and
ficacy of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as q
remedy and preventive Of fever and ague,
rheumatism, want Of vigor, liver complaint
and some other ailments and infirm condi-
tions of the system. Experience and OBJ
servation have taught them its value They
but echo the verdict long since pronounced
by the public and the press Only the be-
nighted now areignorant of Americas tonic
and Alternative.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

Mr. Tick-fIow long will it take you
70 make me a suit of clothes?
Tailor-Three days.
Mr.. Tick-All right; and I'll settle the
bill in just sixty days from to-day.
You'll have EN- ready on time; now
won't you?
Tailor -Yes, sir; They'll be ready in
Just sixty-three days,-Smith, Gray d
Co.'S Monthly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

ONE Of the best locations for garden
is to turn under clover sod; nov apply
thirty bushels of air-slacked lime per
acre Tor proportionatelyl, and then cross
plough the land in the spring. The
ground must be well narrowed ard made
fine before planting the seed, however,,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

To THE EDITOR Pleased inform your read
ers that 1 have positive remedy for the
above named disease. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per-
manently cured / shalt be glad to send two
bottles of my remedy FREE to any of your
readers who have consumption if they will
s8nd me their express and post-office ad-
dress. Respectfully, T, A SLoCUM, M. c.,
ISL Pearl street, New York.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16
IMPROVED SLOP-&aNifa ,.
Here Is Sensible suggestion-Try 1t for
Yourself.

Yourself.
The ordinary barrel used to receive
Stops has several unpleasant features.
When the slop is poured into the barrel
it is likely to splash on the clothes, or
in the face. When the slop is to be
taken from the barrel, If the bucket is
dipped IN to be filled, there is another
chance of being splashed, and the
bucket comes out dripping, and foul on
the outside; the clothing is sure to be
damaged If cup or can is used for
dipping tho slop from the barrel, the
chance of being splashed is less, but the
dripping is increased. These features
are removed by the devices SHOWN in
the cut A faucet is fitted in tAe lower
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

Within the last year a dozen shoot
ers In the west and southwest have been
cleared on the plea that the deceased
made motion as if to draw his gun"
1t made no difference whether this mo-
tion was toward the ear, nose, foot or
hip-pocket. Any sort of motion is a
gun motion when dispute is in pro-
gress.-Detroit Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

"A little girl was saying her Now
lay me" when she added to the line, "If
| should die before wake, pray Thee,
Lord, my soul to take" "If don't die,
don't take it." Then, in an aside, she
remarked; IF should die I'd be mad. {"
Hartford Post.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16
Home-Seekers' Half Rate Excursions via
the Wabash.

On April % and May 20 the Wabash Rail-
road will sell tickets at one fare for the
round trip to points in Kansas, Nebraska,
Indian Territory, Texas, New Mexico, Colo
rado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Montana,
North and South Dakota, Northwestern
Iowa and Minnesota. Tickets will be good
returning thirty go, days from date of sale.
For particulars apply to the nearest ticket
agent of the Wabash or connecting railroads.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

If Heaven had high board fence round
1t you'd see dozens of peslSy sinners trying
TO climb in on each others shoulders way
down in the far corner while the gate-keep-
er's attention was held by single dead
head in 1ront-Ashland Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

My labor was shorter and less painful
than on two former occasions; physicians
astonished; | thank you for Mothers
Friend 1t is worth its weight in gold.
Address the Bradfeld Reg Co, Atlanta,
Ga, for particulars. Sold by all druggists.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

Sir Nopels Free, will be sent by Cragin &
Co., Philada, Pa, to any one in the U. S. or
Canada, postage paid, upon receipt of rs
Dobbins Electric Soap wrappers. See list
of novels on circulars around each bar.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

DON'T wait until you are sick before trying
Carriers Little Liver Pills. but get vial at
once. You can't take them without benefit.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

COLUMBUS was a great man and did DIS.
cover America, but he no doubt had as hard
a time to discover the pocket in his wife's
dress as anybody else.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

IT is regarded as proper and commends.
BILE thing for a woman to take another name,
and yet just as soon as a man does it he is
looked upon with suspicion. Philadelphia
Times.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

| send you a rough sketch of sub
stantial way to brace the ends of wire
fence. Braced in this way, the end post
will not yield to the tension of the
wires, and your fence will not slack
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16
WIRE FENCE BRACE,

The post should be set three feet deep
in the ground. This way of bracing the
end post will hold as many wires tight
as are ever used. Charles f. O'Neil, in
Farm and Fireside.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

WHEN short man falls in love with a
tall girl, the first indication is that he
begins to wear a stovepipe hat-Atchison
Globe
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter's Little Liver Pills immediate
ly after dinner. Don't forget this.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

THE language of love contains much ex-
aggeration, but the lover of millionaire S
heiress can truthfully declare that he is hsr
bond slave. Baltimore American.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

TESTED BY TINE. For Bronchial affec-
tons, Coughs, etc, BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs have proued their efficacy by test
of many years. Price, % cts.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

The Burlington Route, c., B. & 9. R. R.,
will sell on Tuesdays, April 22d and May
Goth, Home Seekers Excursion Tickets at
Hat Rates to points in the Farming Regions
Of the West, Northwest and Southwest.
Limit thirty days. For folder giving de
tails concerning tickets, rates and time Of
Trains, and for descriptive land folder, call
EusrIs, Genl Pass, and Ticket Agent, Chi
cago, III.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

People arc always agitated at the ~
pcarance of Il cyclone, and vet it is a sort
of trouble that soon blows over Baltimore
American.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

Actors, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

THERE is said to be period in the life of
every intelligent individual when there is
in his mind tendency to skepticism. He
is in his doubtage as it were.-Texas Sift-
ings.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

"WHERE the treasure is there will the
heart be alsO,n remarked the PLAYER
thoughtfully, as he got the ace of hearts he
needed to make fours and took in the Jack
not.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

A SQUEEZE in the stock market nay be
bear hug, or it may be the result of getting
entangled in the bull rushes.-BiRgfamton
Republican.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

THE professional politician who an.
nouncces that he has cleft the political
arena" generally leaves because he got left.
Minneapolis journal
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

The best cough medicine is Piso's Cur,
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16
Physicians Wise in Their Generation,

WHEN man doesn't impose on his wife
she acquires the idea that he no longer loves
her.-W ashiugton Star.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

The cleansing, antiseptic and healing
qualities of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are
unequaled.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

WE can learn nothing about the toma-
hawk from books on ornithology--Pitts-
burgh Chronicle.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-05-16

BLOOD may be thicker than water, but did
you ever know a girl who would not steal
her brothers cigars to give to some o1f
slsel-Atchison Globe.