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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25

fee. The large root is much esteemed
in medicine, its properties being ca
thartic or in large doses emetic. 1t is
often used in place of ipecacuanha.
In June, its season of bloom, the
coarse, dark heritage and curious, sus-
picious looking, dusky or brownish
purple flowers can scarcely fail to draw
attention even from the least observ-
ant. It's original habit is given as
"rocky woods" but through the
agency probably of birds it has ex-
tended it's domains to hedges and road
SIDES where it rarely forms patches of
small eXtent-more commonly grow
ing singly or in groups of three or four.
The order to which this plant be-
longs - the caprifoliace@ - includes
about 22O species, At of which are
North American. Among its rela-
tives of note we might name the
honcysuckles, snowberry, elder, cram
berry, SNOWFALL and black haw. With
few exceptions this. is an order of
shrubs many of them being of rare
beauty but few, if any, destitute of
that quality or deserving of the cpl
thets "bush or weeds" - Prairie
| Farmer.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
A NOVEL CALENDAR.
1t Furnished Entertainment for Whole
Year.


Year.
Some one the other day thought of
this about calendar A daughter was
to go away, to be gone a long time, on
the other side of the earth. So the
mother, thinking to bring her good
cheer, bought calendar.
Now the ordinary calendar differs
little from it's fellow, except happily
now and then in the way of quoted
phrases, or blithesome child, or maybe
decorative fruit and flower More than
that no ordinary calendar seems an in
dividuars very own. AS how could it,
with its counterpart on everybody S
desk, and its mates all manufactured by
the dozen?
But the calendar this mother made
could be duplicated by no one, for this
is what she did. Below the date on each
leaf there was blank space She,
therefore, took the calendar apart, send
ing it's three hundred and sixty-fve
leaves to as many different friends and
relatives, asking each to write some sort
of salutation on this blank space below
the date. When these were returned,
they were bound together again, and
the calendar was given to the daughter,
who knew nothing of what had been
done. She was made to promise, how
ever, to tear off no leaf until the day
had dawned when the leaf was due.
What a source of delight such cal
endar would be to an exile from home
can easily be imagined Every day g
different greeting from a different
friend! Every day a new surprise, and
never to know till the morrow what
friend was to send word of good cheer
The one addition this mother might
make on another calendar of its kline
would be to ask each friend to keep /;
record of the date when the greeting, al
it WERE, fell due; then to remember
both greeting and date, so that wher
the exile read it in one of these far
away countries, she and her friends a
home might, for moment at least
stand consciously face to face.-Har
per's Bazaar
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
He Knew Human Nnture.

A peddler was slowly passing along
the street with the cry of "Strawber-
ries," melodiously rising and falling
Up at second-story window sat a
woman with baby in her arms. The
peddler stopped as he came underneath.
Don't you want some nice strawber-
ries, ma'am?" said he. "Only five cents
quart"
mo, not to-day" said the woman de.
cidedly.
"1've only got two quarts left" said
the peddler Won't you buy them for
the. baby?"
moo, think not, said the woman
IF had baby like that" said the
peddler, "I'll buy these Strawberries
for him"
The woman rose from her seat. "Jus'
wait a minute and I'll send down fol
them" she said.-St. Louis Chronicle
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
NUMBER 81.
THE CHEAPEST MANURE.
Glover In Rotation Leaves Land Richer
Than 1t Was Before.


Than 1t Was Before.
We are asked; "What is a clover rota.
tionP" 1t is rotation of crops in
which clover occupies the land for ono
or two years, The crops in use to form
the rotation are corn, potatoes, oats,
rye, wheat, barley, roots and some
times others. A common rotation in
the east is corn or potatoes on sod, oats
the next year, rye or wheat sowed in
the fall and seeded to clover on this.
The clover remains one or two years
and is then plowed under and the land
planted to corn and potatoes again. A
quicker rotation is to seed in the
spring with oats Potatoes or roots
may follow corn for ayear, then the
land may be seeded with oats. The
| clover seed is sown directly after the
oats and brushed in or rolled. Thick
seeding should generally be practiced.
In the south, where a protection is
needed on the ground in winter, oats
may be sown in the fall, plowed under
in the spring and the land planted to
corn or cotton. The COW pea here
takes the place of clover at the north,
but unlike it, will grow on poor soils.
! The peas are sown in the spring in
drills and may b, harvested for fodder
crop in the summer, or be turned under
as a green manure when well up, or
even allowed to rot on the land. In the
west tho rotation is shorter and is gen
orally corn, followed by spring wheat,
or oats, and then winter wheat and
seeded to clover. In sections where
wheat is not grown the seeding is
done with oats. 1t is bad practice to
| follow corn with corn or wheat with
wheat, for year after year. This will
should come in at least once in every
five years.
The great value of clover in rota.
ton is that it leaves the land richer
and in better mechanical condition than
it was before. This is from the fact
that the clover roots penetrate very
deeply into the subsoil and bring much
fertility to the surface. A great amount
of the stalks and stems are always left
on the field and these, with the roots,
greatly enrich the soil when they de-
cay. 1t is a generally accepted fact
that clover and other plants of the
same family have the power to use the
nitrogen of the air. Assimilating the
nitrogen of the air and bringing up fer.
tility from below where other plants
feed, are the two ways in which clover
enriches the soil-N. e. Homestead.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The grave Of Oliver Goldsmith, in
the precincts of the Inner Temple, il
one of the neglected graves of England.
The engraved letters are becoming dim
and the tablet is scratched.
-Stanley's contract with the Ameri-
can publishers of his book called for
$4,000 in royalty, 1t is now authori-
tatively stated that he has received
from them the additional sum of SAL
600, and that Maj Pond paid to him
some ninety thousand dollars as his por.
ton of the proceeds of the lecture tour.
The German empress went shop
ping in London. Her purchases includ-
sd beautiful hand-em broidered cover
ct of Italian design, supposed to be
'wo hundred years old, for which she
rave forty-fve pounds, and a very
handsome satin quilt-a reproduction
Of an old pattern-embroidered in soft
ly blended tones of terra Gotta and gold
which cost forty pounds.
ALLEN G. Thurman is said to be
breaking down physically. He takes
no exercise at all. Since his retirement
from public life he has.got into the way
of shutting himself up in his library,
reading nearly all night, and then re-
firing SO late as not to rise before noon.
His wife is i'll enough to be confined to
her bed, but she tries earnestly to per-
suade the "Old Roman" to take more
outdoor air.
That old Bourbon, the London Sat-
urday Review, thus protests against q
new spelling of the name of classical
author: For men of letters who are
scholars and scholars who are men of
letters there is no such vocable as
'Vergil' in the world, nor ever will be.
'Vergilius' in Latin, if you like (you
needn't, but if you like).' But Virgil
in English, absolutely, peremptorily,
without stay Of Judgment, without
leave to appeal"
There is just a faint possibility that
babies may supersede as fashionable
pets the pampered lap-dog. The duchess
Of Portland has taken an odd and, per-
haps, unaccountable fancy to be very
proud of her baby daughter and to avail
herself of every opportunity of having
the little woman with her. When the
duchess opened the great Kensington
bazaar recently baby Lady Victoria was
proudly displayed to the public in her
mothers arms. Whatever is English
goes" and why not this?
The late Mrs. e. L. Davenport was
most charming and estimable WON
when, as Mrs. Vining, she met and
married the actor Davenport. Hel
daughter Fannie has had some claim
to good looks, but it appears to have
been an instance of mother prettiel
than pretty daughter" All of hel
Ave daughters acquired regulations OF
the stage, and her two sons have made
names for themselves in their profes.
sion.
London Punch reached it's fftietl
birthday recently. In all this time it il
said that it has never contained vulga,
or immoral illusion by pen or pencil; i
has been pure and respectable sheet
1t has reflected the signs of the times
1t has been patriotic in its spirit. /
has encouraged the artists who have tn
power to put humor into caricature
writer in the Contemporary Review
points out that every person who ha
genius as comic artist has drifted int
the company of Punch artists an
writer's during the last fifty years.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
FARM AND GARDEN.

THIN out your early beets by using
the large ones for the table, or, ii
necessary, thin them out and throw
the surplus beets and leaves to the
pigs.
FERTILIZER Mt the stem of plant is
not as valuable as if mingled in the
soil around it, foot away or more,
according to the size of the growing
plant above ground. For trees it should
extend even further than the largest
branches
ALL stimulants should be applied
with care. Begonias are particularly
sensitive to them, and they should be
used but seldom on geraniums, but to
roses, fuchsias, carnations, heliotropes
and others they may be given with
more safety.
If the droppings from the cows in a
small pasture become very noticeable
it will pay to have the heaps scattered
over the ground. If left, a major part
of the fertility sinks directly into the
soil and gets down below the roots of
the grass.
THE cost of keeping COW has been
shown to be about 10 cents per day,
or S36 per year. Any variation from
this is probably offset by the differ
ence in value of products. If COW
will not pay this per year she is worse
than no cow.
In order to lessen the number of in
sects next season make it a point to
rake up all the falle n fruits, as they
will make excellent food for the pigs if
cooked. 1t Is in the fallen apples,
peaches and pears that many of the
insects are bred.
A FARMER should first find out
whether or not his COW is capable of
producing profit, before beginning to
feed her on scientific principles. There
are thousands of cows that could not
produce cents worth of profit on the
best feed on earth.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
AN INNOCENT QUESTION.
But 1t Was Asked of the Wrong Person
That Time.

But 1t Was Asked of the Wrong Person
That Time.
The little man was lonely and wanted
to make friends and the big man with
his left arm in sling seemed to be the
only one in the smoling-room of the
car who seemed to have no one to talk
to. So the little man picked him out.
"Arm hurt?" he asked pleasantly.
The big man took his cigar out of his
mouth, looked at the little man severe
ly, and said:
"See that sling?"
"Why, yes, of course"
Think it's pretty?"
well, no. /"
Doesn't look like a decoration, does
it?"
"Of course not. You sec"
PERSONALLY you wouldn't wear IL for
an ornament would you?"
mo, certainly not /"
"Well do you suppose l am wearing
it to improve my personal appearanceP'
Not at all ! meant to ask what the
matter with your arm was"
We'll, why didn't you say what you
meant It's hurt"
Then the big man settled back In his
seat and put his cigar in his mouth
again; and the next time the little man
tries to strike up an acquaintance he'll
be more careful of the language he
uses, and will study the man.-Chicago
Tribune
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
HOMEMADE ROLLER.
Bill Arp Combines Phil osophy with Prac-
tical Farming.

Bill Arp Combines Phil osOphy with Prac-
tIcal Farming.
ANY farmer can make one. Make in
two sections each three feet long and
as near three inches in diameter as
you can get. Poplar is the best timber
Bore through with two-inch AMOUR
that is, bore half way from each end,
and if man has good eye he can hit
the hole. If he misses it little the
iron spindle will burn its way through.
Let the spindle be only one and a half
inches in diameter and project four
inches. Put washer between the
rollers Build frame round and let
the end of the spindle support it Bolt
the corners of the frame together. Bolt
two upright standards at each end for
a plank seat TO rest upon and fasten
seat securely to the cross pieces. Then
bolt and brace a good tongue TO the
front of the frame and use your wagon
doubletree. Then go aboard and pop
your whip and ride. 1t is splendid rid
ing. Carl does all my rolling and Jessie
rides with him sometimes. A roller
beats any harrow in the world for pull
verizing. In fact l have never seen a
harrow that would pulverize much.
This spring my land broke up very
cloddy, but | planted corn and covered
it with the clods and then rolled it, and
it was smooth as parlor floor and
every hill camo up. sowed my turing
seed Saturday and rolled them in and
they came up before breakfast Monday
morning. Roll your wheat, roll your
clover seed, roll everything you can
| As Byron says; Roll on"-Bill Arp
in Southern Farm. tElt
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
HUMOROUS.

-Tom-"Have you asked Bessie yet?"
Jack-"Yes." Tom-'What did she
say?" Jack-"That she would take
vanilla."-N. Y. Herald.
Mrs P.-"They say that Mr.. Hay,
who used to sing so much, has lost his
voice." Mr.. Pr shouldn't think
he'd offer much of reward. Truth.
The initiated believe that half the
pleasure of camping out consists in see.
Ing how miserable your fellow campers
can be under unfavorable circum.
stances. Journal
Hoffman Howes-"You remember
Jack Eastman, who married Miss Ter.
magant last year, don't you? He's
dead" Murray Hill-"Out of the fry,
ing-pan into the fire, eh?"-Kate Fields
Washington.
-Ridgewood, Too.-Small Boy.
Somebody come quick and catch this
hydrant." All the Neigbors-"What's
the matter with itp" Small Boy-'Tt's
running" Small boy promptly fol.
lows its example. )-Brooklyn Eagle.
-Hostess-"Te he! l beg pardon,
Mr.. Downeast, but really the New
England custom of having pie for
breakfast seems very funny" Mr..
Downeast-"Ah, madam, if you could
taste New England pies, you'd want
them three times day."
She Was a Good Cook. --Freshwed
(pettishly)-"I can't see why you don't
cook as well as mother did" Mrs.
Freshwed latter a pause)-"Let's see,
George, dear, think you told me that
your father died soon after you were
born. Freshwood-"Yes; dyspepsia
killed him" West Shore.
-Manitou.-Early in the season: Ac
quaintance-"Have you any relative:
with your Young Mr.. Seelsingawife-
"No" Later in the season: Anothe
Acquaintance-''Have you any relative:
here?" Young Mr.. Seelkingawife-
Eyes, nine isters."-Colorado Sun.
They were sitting together on
bench in one of the public parks when
a gentleman well known for his phi
lanthropic practices passed them
THAT man played mighty NEAR
trick on me yesterday" said one o
them. What did he do?' Evoke m,
out of nice, comfortable sleep to tel
me where l could get work. "-Detroi
Free Press.
"A well.known dentist tried hard t,
collect bill, but after many ineffect
ual efforts said to the debtor; II d,
not intend to send you any more bills
and don't intend to sue you; but Their
Is one thing want TO tell you Ever,
time you cut of piece of beefsteal
and pass it to your wife, l want you Il
remember that she is not chewing tina
beef with her teeth, nor with you
teeth, but with my teeth" In two o
three days he received a check. Tn
motion of those doubly false teeth il
his wife's mouth was to much for tn
husband.-Demorest's Monthly.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
Tho Kind of Cow to Buy.

Beware of the COW or heifer with a
masculine head, as well as the COW sus-
piciously fat The latter is probably
fat because she is shy breeder and
has calf only once in awhile. Buy the
cow with the motherly look. We cam
not describe it in words, but every man
who has his eyes open knows the ex-
preston of maternity or motherliress.
She may be thin in flesh, not half so
good-loolsing as others, but II is simply
because she has been duplicating her
self regularly, and thus fulfilling her
mission. If she has the form and the
breeding and good, lusty calves to her
credit, buy her. Don't buy the long
legged, thin-chested, consumptive'
looking animal under any circum'
stances, no matter what the breeding
Iowa Homestead.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
LAND MEASURE.

point, letting be in the direction you
are to measure, and a pointing upward
A colored tag should mark to remind
you to count one each time it comes
pointing upward. The advantage of
this shape over that of common tri-
angle is that it permits straddling over
slight objects or elevations, and thus
does not measure the circuitous dis
lance over them, fault of all wheel
measures. This measure is very light,
rapid worker, quite accurate and re-
quires no STOPPING on the part of the
operator. American Agriculturist.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
To Test Powder,

During the warm weather, when the
use of powder is considered almost nee
essary, great care should be taken tc
obtain the best. Rice powder is con.
sidered by most physicians to be the
least injurious, although few advise q
talcum powder.
Every woman who wishes to be sure
that there is nothing injurious in her
toilet powder can satisfy herself by
submitting it to the following test:
Place teaspoonful of the powder in
a glass and add the juice of lemon. II
effervescence takes place, it is an infal.
lible proof that the powder is danger.
Gus, and that its use should be avoided,
as it will injure the skin and destroy the
beauty of the complexion. NY. World.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
MEASURING LAND.

A Device That Is Very Light, q Rapid
Worker and Accurate.
Take three strips of batten two
inches wide, half an inch thick and
six feet long, and nail them together,
as shown in the accompanying engrav-
ing After fastening them together,
saw off the ends so that the air line dis
lance from a to b, from to c, and from
c to shall be exactly five and half
feet. A man can stand erect in using
this, and roll it over at walking gait,
each revolution measuring one rod. In
commencing place at the starting
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
TWO QUEER COLONIES.
The Fierce Rivalry Existing Betwee
Them in San Francisco.

There are two queer colonies in San
Francisco, and the hatred between them
is intense. One outfit comes from Bias.
cinta, a suburb of Beyrout Syria, and
the other from Bartrona, village near
the same city. The members of these
colonies are all in the same business
peddling cheap jewelry and notions
throughout the rural districts of the
state-and they buy most of their ware,
OF us. 1t takes not little diplomacy
and smooth talk to keep the trade of
both factions, as they are constantly
watching each other and the firm
to see if one side gets any advantage
over the other in the way of prices
or terms. A man named Saba
heads the Bascinta colony, which in
habits regular rookery up on Tele-
graph hill. The Bartrona people live
down on Minna street, and are led by
one Shorbel. These hawkers make a
good thing of it, though they dress
shabbily and are always making poor
mouths. They have been out here for
five or six years and the colonies are
growing steadily Years ago similar
colonies were started in New York city,
and now two or three of the ex-ped-
dlers are wholesale merchants there
They have hardly any dealings with
their neighbors, and very few of them
are naturalized. One of the Bacinta
men, see, was mysteriously murdered
up country the other day. have often
wondered if the crime was not the out
growth of the feud. If it was / don't
think the assassin will ever be found.
The dead mans friends and relatives
will see that he is avenged.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
After the Culprfa

After the bridal party partoolz of a
sumptuous banquet, younger brother
of the bride got up and said, solemnly,
raising his glass;
Ladies and gentlemen, have to
propose toast, which, however, must
be drunk standing. Please take your
glasses and rise up"
The guests, although somewhat be-
wildered, did so,
Now" said the young scspegrace,
IF you will remain standing for few
minutes I'll find out who has been sit.
ting on my new stovepipe hat"-Roch
ester Times.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
An Enormous Water Power.

The enormous water power of Lake
Superior is the next natural force to be
utilized. 1t has been calculated that
the actual velocity andvolume of water
falling at Sault Ste. Marie is 1872, 900 feet
per second-equivalent to $50, 900 horse
power-and 1t is proposed to construct
very extensive works in the vicinity, in
GLIDING blast furnaces and ship-yards,
papermills, pulp-mills, four-mills and
other industries. The learning of
science and the ingenuity of inventors
are daily succeeding in diminishing the
waste of energy that is met with in the
mechanical world, and, doubtless be-
fore the century shall have closed, even
greater triumphs will be recorded
Philadelphia Record.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
FARM AND GARDEN.
A BEAUTIFUL PLANT.
rrlostcum, or Fever Root, Where an,
HWY 1t lsrnWa.

Trlostcum, or Fever Root, Where and
How 1t Grows.
The name of this interesting plant is
derived from two Greek words meaning
three bones. (The drupe contains three
bony seeds.)
Two species only are found in the
United States-T. augustifolium, q
rarer and more southern form, and T.,
perfoliatum which is widely distributed,
and, though seldom abundant, is still
not rare. The plant is her baceous,
growing from three 10 four feet high
without branches The leaves are
large, perfoliate, and as well as the
stems are clothed with soft somewhat
sticky or clammy hairs. Flowers,
dusly purple, growing in clusters of
five or more closely around the stem at
the basis of the leaves; these are fol-
lowed by orange-colored, three-se eded
drupes crowned by the persistent calyx
segments. These drupes are said to be
used sometimes as substitute for cof-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25

-Teacher-"Tommy, man has been
called the Laughing animal Can you
mention some other attribute that
raises him above the mere brute?"
Tommy Figg-"Yes'm. He-he knows
how TO spit indianapolis Journal.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25

A SHED on the south side Of the poul'
try house will be found quite an adj
vantage during the winter, especially
If protected from the northwest winds
1t will afford the fowls an opportunity
to air themselves on days when it would
otherwise be impossible.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25

SOME people are so careless that they
fold and tie wool when it is damp with
the almost certain result of its bocoW
ing heated.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25

-Father-"Harry, what time was it
when you got in last nightP" Harry
(vagucly) -" Bedtime"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1891-09-25
Proof Against slander.

Isn't your husband a little bald?"
"Bald-there isn't bsld hair on his
headg'-Lite