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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

DESTROYING wormy fruit that drops is
good thing, but it is only part of the
warfare that must be waged against
insect enemies.
Now comes writer who says that
watermelons would not be good in win
ter. Never mind, they will never be
plenty at Christmas
IT makes little difference what kind
of fruit we grow, SO that we grow good
fruit, though it is fact that the apple
serves the most purposes.
CUT a hole in a potato and insert a
flower bud that you desire to preserve,
and there will be moisture enough to
do it, some one says. The idea looks
feasible.
IT is trying to a tree when it is re.
moved from the ground; and if no care
is taken to protect it at the roots while
it is out, we ought not to be surprised al
our failure to make it grow.
A WRITER practically reioices in the
fact that some fruit growers grow poor
fruit as that prevents the market from
being overloaded with good fruit Thai
man has great head on his shoulders!
WE see steel trap recommended tC
be set in the fruit tree to catch thieving
birds. If greater blunder can be made
than killing birds, because they eat &
little fruit we do not see how it can be
made.
DELAWARE is not going to have any
peaches again. We never knew Della
ware when she expected any peaches
Still she generally makes out to pro
duce about as many as she can hold in
side OF her little self
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

AS an egg she'll Is somewhat porous
they easily absorb unpleasant odors, and
should be kept in a clean, airy, cool
place-never in cellar with decaying
vegetables.
-Wormwood boiled in vinegar, and
applied hot with enough cloths wrapped
around to keep the flesh moist, is said
to be an invaluable remedy for e sprain
or bruise. Western Rural.
Soup is said TO be the best food for
singers; strong soup, well made. Rare
beef is good, also fruit and vegetables.
Pastry and sweets are not good, but are
to be avoided more because they hurt
the complexion than because they affect
the throat.
Peach Plea very fine peach pie
may be made from the best evaporated
peaches. Soak over night in water to
cover, and simmer carefully until per-
fectly tender; sweeten to TASTE and boil
down the strip until very thick and
rich. Flavor with very little bitter
almond. Country Gentleman.
Chicken Pudding.-Cut up a spring
chicken, and cook tender in little
water. Take up, spread on dish, sea-
son with pepper, salt and butter. Make
thick batter. Butter pudding dish,
and put layer of chicken in, and pour
over a cupful Of batter. Continue until
the dish is full. Bake and serve with
butter sauce in a gravy boat.-House-
hold.
Gore Gems. -One-half pint Of finely
bolted corn meal, one-half pint of flour,
one tablespoonful of white sugar, half a
teaspoonful of salt and two heaping tea
spoonfuls of baking-powder; mix to-
gether thoroughly while dry; then add
two well-beaten eggs and cold sweet
milk, or milk and water, to moderately
thin batter; bake in gem pans or muffin
rings.
There is an old-fashioned prepare.
tion which our grandmothers made for
whitening the hands. Two cakes OF
old-time brown Windsor soap were
shaved fine, and wine-glass of German
cologne and wine-glass Of lemon
juice added. In day or two the liquid
became incorporated with tho soap sc
that the mixture could be nodded into q
cake. Though old this is an admirable
preparation or bleach for removing
stains from the hands.
Tho English Mechanic prints the
following as a speedy cure for rheuma
tism: One quart of milk, quite hot, into
which stir one ounce of alum, this will
make curds and whey. Battle part af
fected with the whey until too cold. II
the meantime keep the curds hot, and
after bathing, put them on as poultice
wrap in flannel and go to sleep (you
CAM. Three applications should be {
perfect cure, even in aggravated cases
This may be worth trying. 1t can Ger
tainly do no harm.
ITO kill chicken without unneces
sary pain contributor to New Yorl
Tribune advises: Hang it up by string
fastened around the legs, and theI
strike 1t a smart blow on the back of tn,
head mot front or center), with a rounC
stick. This deprives the bird of al
feeling. Take the head in the left hand
comb down, insert long, narrow knife
blade back beyond the skull, and il
withdrawing it cut a deep cash in tn,
root of the mouth. The fowl will bleed
out freely and give only violent shud
der instead of tapping its wings"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27

from the stables through cement gut
ter From this it is pumped into the
cart without any inconvenience. The
odor is, perhaps, not quite so agreeable
as that Of the ottar OF roses, but the
whole of the work can be done without
soiling the hands or the clothing. Mr.
Hicks told of one of his neighbors who,
convinced of the value of liquid manure
had utilized a cart for spreading it, dip
ping it up with pals, and allowing it
to trickle out from the raised end board
after the field was reached. He regard
cd such dirty job as this sufficient
cause fora strike on the part of hired
man. The large cistern had been emp
tied but a few days before our visit, the
liquid being spread upon the meadow
land. Mr.T Hicks considers this the
most valuable part of the manure, and
if he were to build another cistern he
would build much larger one,-Rural
New Yorker.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
THE HORSES ENEMY.
Worms And How to Remove Them
Some Good Hints.

Worms And How to Remove Them
Some Good Hints.
Of all enemies of the horse, worms ap-
pear to be the most frequent and formid-
able. The most favorable condition for
their increase and injury to the animal
Is where the mucous membrane of the
horses intestines is in a morbid condi-
ton. This must be corrected before
any permanent advantage can be de-
rived from treatment Of worms. Many
preparations expel worms, but this
physical imperfection continued, more
of these pests will soon be developed
and the animals condition worse than
before.
With view to correcting the I'M
healthy condition above alluded to, see
that the animals teeth are in good
order, attending in the colts case
especially to the unshed crowns of the
grinders. Place salt where it may
be had when wanted by the ami
NAL, feed only good sound oats, hay
and roots, and let exercise and grooming
be regularly attended to. Begin internal
treatment by giving purgative dose
of raw linseed oil-saJ one quart-be-
fore breakfast, bran mash having been
given the night before. After the oil
had ceased acting, begin giving pow.
der containing dried sulphate of iron
two drains, powdered barbados aloes
one-half scruple, powdered gentian foul
drains; this powder to be mixed with
the feed and its use continued until the
animal is in satisfactory condition.
If the powder induces constipation, il
must be corrected by feeding mashes
roots or other laxative food.
After continuing the foregoing treat
ment for few weeks, it may be we'll to
give hal f-ounce or an ounce of pow.
dered santonine. This should be given
mixed with pint of linseed oil, and be.
| fore breakfast. With an occasional
repetition of the santonine- the tonic
powders being continued, cure is but Q
matter of time. Indeed, the santonine
treatment may be dispensed with alto
gether. as when the horse is put in 6
healthy condition. Farm and Home.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27

A quarter of an acre of strong clay soil
was sowed last spring to white and red
onions, says Duchess County, N. Y,
farmer. A good coating of composted
stable manure was applied before plow-
ing. No chemical fertilizer was used on
the surface, as in two previous years
the crop was under the pillow. They
were weeded twice and cultivated once.
They grew we'll and ripened early.
Housed in August, the one hundred and
forty bushels of onions brought one
hundred and fifteen dollars. Another
quarter-acre was ridgcd with a two.
horse pillow and potatoes dropped in the
furrow about fifteen inches apart
These were covered lightly with soil
and a small quantity of Mapes potato
manure strewed in the burrows at the
rate Of twenty-four hundred weight per
acre. This was used again when the
tops appeared. The crop was twice cul
tivated, but not hoed. After ninety
days, ninety-two and half bushels OF
large potatoes and four and half OF
small ones was the result The crop
brought eighty five dollars. This with
the onion money made two hundred dol.
lars from half an acre. To make pay
ing crops, prepare the soil wcll in which
the seed starts.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
THE WORLDS END.
In the Year 1000 Man win Disappear From
the Earth.

A French statistician who has been
studying the military and other records
with view of determining the height
of men at different periods has reached
some wonderful results. A Frenchman
is naturally an artist, even in figures. A
German or an American might content
himself with a dry arithme tical compil-
alton, but this artist carries his statis-
tics into the realm of history and of poet,
ry and even of prophecy. He has not
only solved some perplexing problems in
regard to the past of the human race,
but also Is enabled to calculate its future
and to determine the exact period when
man will disappear from the earth.
The recorded facts extend over nearly
three centuries. 1t is found that in 1910
the average height of men in Europe
was LIS meters, or say feet inches.
In 1890 it was feet 6 inches In 1920 it
was feet inches and fraction At
the present time it is feet go inches.
1t is easy to deduce from these figures q
rate of regular and gradual decline in
human stature, and then to apply this,
working backward and forward, to the
past and to the future.
BY this calculation ii it is determined
that the statue of the first man attained
the surprising average of 10 feet o
inches. Truly there were giants on
earth in those days. The race had al
ready deteriorated in the days of Og, and
Goliath was quitea degenerate offspring
of the giants. Coming down to the later
times we find that at the beginning of our
era, the average height of man was Q
feet and in the time of Charlemagne it
1t was s feet s inches, fact quite sufii-
Gent to account for the heroic deeds OF
the paladins.
But the most astonishing result of this
scientific study comes from the applica-
ton of the same memorable law of dim
inuation to the future. The calculation
shows that by the year 1000 A. D. the
statue of the average man will be re-
duced to Is inches At that epoch there
will be only lilliputians on earth. And
the conclusion of the learned statisti-
clan is irresistible that ''the end of the
world will certainly arrive, for the in
habitants will have become so small
that they will finally disappear
Finish by disappearing" as the French
idiom expresses it-'from the terres-
trial globe. philadelphia Times.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
Catarrh Can,t ne Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can not
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
bloodor constitutional disease, and in order
20 cure it you have to take internal rene.
dies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is
no quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one OF the best physicians in this country
FOR years, and is regular prescription. Il
Is composed Of the best toncs known, COM
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The per-
fect combination of the two Ingredients is
curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
y; J: CHENEY Il Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27

enough to span the crook is laid on q
few thicknesses Of cloth where it
touches the tree; the crooked portion is
then pressed up close to the stick and
retained in position by leather band.
One seasons growth is usually sufficient
to correct any of the irregularities
named and then the guide may be
wholly removed.
Remember, all these corrections of
malformations will add to the trees
beauty as long as it stands-in many
cases for several generations. Rural
New Yorker.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
AN UNFORTUNATE. BEING.
The Cranky Individual Who, Can Not Get
Along with Other Men.

Along with other Men.
There are some people who can never
get along with other people. They irri-
tate any community in which they live,
as cinder irritates mans eye. They
are perpetual menace to neighborhood
comfort, to social peace and to family
harmony. The Man Who Can Not Get
Along with Other People, always be-
lieves himself most exemplary man
whose lot Ia cast in miserable neigh
borhood. The beam protruding from his
eye precedes him through the streets
and crossroads as he goes on his trips OF
discovery, seeking for the mote in his
brothers. eye. He searches people Tor
defects as proof-reader searches for
typographical errors. He is an artist in
other peoples faults.
The Man Who Can Not Get Along
With Other Men has nevor learned the
heavenly virtue of compromise. The
man who doesn't agree with him in re-
ligion is bigot, and supporter OF
damnable heresy. He refuses to listen
to his arguments, for they are mon
strous, and utterly foolish and childish.
So he forthwith hates his neighbor for
the awful crime of disagreeing with him.
His neighbor, too, is on the opposite
side in politics. Now, every body
knows, he reasons, that his neighbours
party, if it had its.own way, would ruin
the country and overturn the Govern
ment. So, of course, man who allies
himself with such political organiza-
ton is either fool or a knave. It's no
use trying to get along with such man.
The Man Who Can Never Get Along
with Other People is at least the law
yer's best friend. He always has law
suit on his hands. His neighbours dog,
in an innocent canine regard Of the
sacred rights of property, runs across
his lawn. A bill for damage is immedi-
ately sent the owner of the dog. The
same thing is done If his neighbours
stray hen scratches up hill of cucum-
bers. He is always in a dispute about
boundary lines, and is utterly. unhappy
for fear he will lose some little share of
his portion of the surface of the earth.
His neighbours house cuts off his view,
his neighbours stable is disagreeable; in
short, he hates his neighbor in the in
verse ratio as he loves himself.
The Man Who Can Not Get Along
with Other People is worse in a family
than closet full of skeletons. Del.
monico's $15, 900 cook could not provide
viands which would be satisfactory to
his fastidious paptics. His wife's dress
is pattern that offends his critical eye.
The temperature of the room is unen
durable. The arrangement of the fur.
niture is an eyesore. The man who
looks for defects will always find them
and The Man Who Can Not Get Along
with People is always looking for them
| Yankee Blade,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27

tongue is fastened solidly, and seat
for the driver, and is used for variety
of purposes.
Fig. shows the structure of silage
cart. 1t is about sixteen or eighteen
feet long; the axle-tree is six feet long,
and on the under side are bolted, close
to the wheels, two strong bed-pieces,
approaching each other to distance of
perhaps foot apart at the front end.
Boards are nailed across these, each
alternate one coming out flush with the
bed-pieces, the others projecting some
distance. A ladder behind, to hold the
load in place, completes the rack Two
small, broad-tired wheels are used
When needed for use, the narrow end
of the rack is chained under the tow
cart, which has high wheels, giving the
appearance of wagon with the front
and hind wheels changed about. The
rack is but foot above the ground, and
the alternate short boards allow q per-
son to walk close to the center of the
load to deposit his armful of corn or
other fodder. This renders the hand
ling of heavy silage corn comparative
ly easy matter. In unloading, the
wagon is driven alongside the cutter,
and the unloading is easily &C
complished. There are many purposes
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
Sentences Containing the Alphabet.

Half dozen members of the Press
Club were discussing the peculiarities Of
the English language the other evening
when DR.. F. e. Rice, who, by the way,
Is bad man to run up against in the
discussion of almost any subject, took
the Argus to taskfor printing para
graph which read about as follows;
1.-The following is said to be the short,
est sentence in the English language
containing all the letters of the alpha
bet: John p. Brady gave me black
walnut box of quite small size The
entire sentence contains less than twice
the number of letters in the alphabet. "
That's a good sentence.of its kind, "
said the doctor, but think If you will
carefully study the sentence Pack my
box with five dozen liquor jugs you
will find that it contains less letters
than the sentence you published and yet
omits no letter in the alphabet" 1t
will be seen that the sentence of the
doctors construction contains fifteen
letters less than the former and also has
but six superfuous letters.- AlbanT Ar
Una
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
TREE TRAINING.
Methods of Making the Crooked Grow
Straight.


Methods of Making the Crooked Grow
Straight.
Many fruit trees as they come from
the nursery have crooked trunks,
and II these are not made straight
they are liable to grow into deformed
trees. The proper time for doing this
work is when the trees have been trans
planted, but it is too often neglected,
yet crooked trees not more than two
inches in diameter set in the orchard
may be greatly improved. If tho trunk
simply leans to one side in gradual
curve drive strong stake into the
ground about twenty inches from the
tree; connect the top of this with the
tree near the branches, drawing the
tree SO that it will occupy an upright
position, as indicated by the dotted
lines (b) In figure shown. A band of
wire, leather or cloth can be used, but
the place where it comes in contact with
the tree should be padded with cloth or
twist of hay to prevent injury to the
bark. When bad crook occurs along
the trunk, as shown in the middle
figure, instead of using two stakes
simply follow the plan shown at the
left-hand figure. A strip of seasoned
wood about one inch square or large
enough not to bend readily and long
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27

for which such wagon might be used
about farm in moving heavy materials
which can be loaded on high wagon
only with difficulty. The whole rig
can be constructed by any one having
ordinary mechanical ingenuity. The
Messrs. Hicks have large silo built of
brick in the form of round cistern,
sixteen feet deep, but they do not use it.
as the milkman to whom they sell their
milk refuses to purchase it If they feed
silage.
Fig. 3 repres ents cart for spreading
| liquid manure, not such one as is now
| in use, but more like one that would be
made were another required. The one
now in use consists of three casks Of the
size of ordinary oil barrels, but pre-
ferable device like the one illustrated,
consists of only one holding from $50 to
200 gallons. AS shown, the cask is
mounted on framework of sufficient
strength to sustain the weight, this be-
ing supported by an axle-tree and
wheels far enough apart to allow the
cask to rest between them. The cask
has an opening at the top mot shown
in the CUT for pumping the liquid in,
and at the bottom an opening closed
with valve controlled by the driver,
which allows the liquid to escape into
a pipe IAN ordinary pump.log was
used) which conducts it to V-shaped
trough, perforated with numerous
small holes, through which it is spread
rs the cart is driven over the field.
Here the tow-cart is again brought
into use, the manure-sprinkler being
chained to the under side of the axle
tree in manner similar to the silage
cart The liquid manure is collected in
large cistern to which it is conducted
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
The Most Wonderful Invention.
From the St. Louis Bulletin.1
DIR. A. OWENS ELECTRICAL BELTS.

DIR. A. OWENS ELECTRICAL BELTS
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, February 20, 1SS7-Dr. A.
Owen is the most successful inventor and
manufacturer in the country of Electrical
ApplianceSfor the cure of acute, chronic and
nervous diseases. They have received the
unqualified Endorsement OF physicians of
high standing, as well as thousands OF
sufferers who have been cured by them.
The following Endorsement, for instance, is
absolutely convincing, and the writer is
Professor of the Theory and Practice of
Medicine in the American Medical College
at St. Louis, Clinical Lecturer at the City
Hospital, ST. Louis; Editor of the American
Medical Journal; Author of Electricity in
Medicine and Surgery" aud Author of "Di-
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 10, 1861 take
pleasure in stating that ] have examined
and tested Dr. OWENS Electro Galvanic
Belt and Appliance, and do not hesitate to
say that it is the most practical and efficient
of all the Galvanic Belts ! have used in
my practice. It's very useful device, and
whenever electric belts or shields can be of
any benefit, this will more than take the
place of any thing of the kind l have ever
seen. GEORGE C. PITzER, M. ID.
= The Belts have reversible current, and
can be regulated to any desired power, and
the current is under the control of the pa
tient The Belt will completely cure nervous
and general debility, lumbago, paralysis
neuralgia, rheumatism, kidney and spinal
diseases, indigestion, dyspepsia, erysipelas
catarrh, blood poisoning, asthma and al
female diseases. These Appliances, in.
dorsed (as the best made) by all dealers in
electrical and surgical instruments, may be
obtained from them or from DR.. Owen him
self. Parties living outside the city should
address Dr. Owen for illustrated circulars
testimonial circulars, price lists, etc, which
will give them every possible information
Another wonderful invention Of DR.. Over
is his Electrical Insoles. Their use will
cure all diseases due to cold feet Ladies
Belts are made little different from the
Gents Belt The prices asked for all these
Appliances are very low. Try them. OF
fees, s06 N. Broadway, ST. Louis, Mo-; so
Broadway, N. Y.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
scraping OR the Bark of Old Fruit Trees

A correspondent writes from West
field, H., of the success he has had in
renewing the growth Of his old fruit
trees by scraping off all the old bark
from their trunks from the branches
TO the ground. He went to work June
81, 1850, and scraped the bark from his
Secliel pear and apple trees, which
were not growing thriftily, did not dis
turb the green, living bark at ALL The
result has been that they made new
start and have Produced fine crops OF
frui; since, and he did not lose single
tree by the process. We know that a
similar plan to this has been employed
to some extent in Franco to renew
the life Of old elm trees, and to destroy
the eggs of insects which were lodged
in the old bark. Harm and Fireside.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
Westward, the Course of Empire, &c

We all know the quotation, but many
enigrants westward bound do not know
that upon their arrival they will have to en-.
counter that invisible foe of the frontiers.
man-malaria. They should take an ample
supply OF Hostetter's Stomach Bitters along.
Not only is it q certain safeguard against
every form of malarial disease, but it Grad.
icates liver complaint, constipation, dyspep.
STA, nervousness and rheumatism.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-27
THREE GOOD DEVICES.
Some Homo -Made Appliances That Every
Farmer Should Have.

Farmer Should Have.
We show this week cuts of some Of
the devices seen at the farm of Isaac
Hicks Il Son. They are not exact re-
productions, but are as Erarly such as
our artist could draw from imperfect de-
scriptions without seeing the imple-
ments, and are sufficiently accurate to
show the principles of construction.
These are all homemade. Fig. 1 repre-
sents what is called a tow-cart. 1t
consists simply of two broad-tired
wheels and an axle-tree to which a